Tunis Ryer, Sr.

1744 - 1791  (47 years)

• Name	Tunis Ryer  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]
  Suffix	Sr.
  Birth	17 Feb 1744	Fordham Manor, Westchester, New York, USA   [3, 4, 9]
  Gender	Male
  Also Known As	Dennis Ryer  [9]
  Also Known As	Tunas Michaelese  [7, 8, 10]
  Military	15 Aug 1776  [2]
  	private, Joseph Drake's Regiment, New York Militia, American Revolutionary War
  Census	2 Aug 1790	New York City Out Ward, New York, New York, USA   [9]
  Death	30 Dec 1791	Fort Washington, New York, New York, USA   [3]
  Person ID	I45	Ryer Genealogy
  Last Modified	5 Feb 2025

  
  

  Father	Hendrick Ryer,   b. Abt. 1705, Fordham Manor, Westchester, New York, USA d. Bef. 06 Nov 1789, Westchester, Westchester, New York, USA (Age ~ 84 years)
  Mother	Jane,   b. Abt. 1715, New York, USA d. Aft. 1771, Westchester, Westchester, New York, USA (Age ~ 57 years)
  Family ID	F19	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Bussing
  Marriage	26 Nov 1772	First Collegiate Church of Harlem, Manhattan, New York, New York, USA   [4]
  Children	+ 1. Samuel Ryer,   b. 31 Aug 1773, Fordham Manor, Westchester, New York, USA d. 21 Aug 1852, Fort Washington, New York, New York, USA (Age 78 years) + 2. Henry Ryer,   b. Abt. 1774, Fordham Manor, Westchester, New York, USA d. 9 Oct 1846, Manhattan, New York, New York, USA (Age ~ 72 years)   3. Tunis Ryer,   b. Abt. 1776, Fordham Manor, Westchester, New York, USA d. 1820-1830, Fort Washington, New York, New York, USA (Age ~ 54 years)
  Family ID	F23	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	5 May 2024

  
  

• Notes

  Benjamin Coursen, Manor of Fordham. Directs estate to be sold. Leaves legacies to son Tunis, daughter Jane Lent, grand son Benjamin son of my son John, and son Isaac. Witnesses. TUNIS MICHAELSEN HENRY MICHAELSEN FRANCIS GODFRIE Dated Oct. 1, 1770. Proved Dec. 22, 1770. source: Pelletreau, William S. Early Wills of Westchester County, New York : from 1664 to 1784: a Careful Abstract of all Wills (nearly 800) recorded in New York Surrogate's Office and at White Plains, N.Y. from 1664 to 1784 : also the Genealogy of "the Havilands" of Westchester County and Descendants of Hon. James Graham (Watkinson and Ackerley Families): with Genealogical and Historical Notes. New York, NY: F. P. Harper, 1898.

  
  

• Sources

  [S17] New York Department of State, Calendar of Historical Manuscripts Relating to the War of the Revolution, in the Office of the Secretary of State, Albany, N. Y., Vol. 1, (Albany, NY: Weed, Parsons and Company, 1868). [S24] Ancestry.com, U.S., Compiled Revolutionary War Military Service Records, 1775-1783 [database on-line]., (Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010). [S25] National Society Sons of the American Revolution, U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 [database on-line]., (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011). [S11] Holland Society of New York, U.S., Dutch Reformed Church Records in Selected States, 1639-1989 [database on-line]., (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014). [S13] Will of Benjamin Corsen, 1 Oct 1770, Fordham Manor, Westchester County, New York. [S6] William Smith Pelletreau, Early Wills of Westchester County, New York: from 1664 to 1784: a Careful Abstract of all Wills (nearly 800) recorded in New York Surrogate's Office and at White Plains, N.Y. from 1664 to 1784 : also the Genealogy of "the Havilands" of Westchester County and Descendants of Hon. James Graham (Watkinson and Ackerley Families): with Genealogical and Historical Notes, (New York, NY: F. P. Harper, 1898). [S21] Ancestry.com, New York, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1659-1999 [database on-line]., (Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015). [S22] Will of Hendrick Mchaelse, 5 Apr 1771, Westchester, Westchester County, New York. [S150] National Archives and Records Administration, 1790 United States Federal Census, New York City Out Ward, New York County, New York, National Archives Microfilm Roll M637_6; 1790 United States Federal Census [database on-line], (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010). [S229] The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, Volume 21, (New York: New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, 1890).