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Baptized December 26, 1655 in New York, New York and buried in PoorBowery, Family Cemetery, N ew York.
Abraham Riker, son of Abraham,1 was born in 1655, in New Amsterdam, andon Jan. 10, 1682, marr ied Grietie, daughter of Jan Gerrits VanBuytenhuysen, of New York, by his intermarriage wit h Tryntie, daughter ofJan Van Luyt, of Holland. He proved to be a man of intelligence, andinh eriting the paternal estate, added considerably to the extent of hislands, his most importan t purchase being that of a third of the Tuderpatent, on Nov. 2, 1688. His estate he settled o n his sons, Abraham andAndrew, Nov. 10, 1733, and having been for a number of years entirelyb lind, he suddenly recovered his sight, and almost immediately expired,Aug. 20, 1746, in his 9 1st year. A rude slab marks his grave in thefamily cemetery at the Poor Bowery. Mrs. Riker di ed Nov. 15, 1732, at 71.Their children were Catharine, Margaret, Mary, Abraham,3 John, Hendri ck,Andrew, and Jacob. Of the daughters, Mary married Hasuelt Van Keuren, ofKingston. Margare t married in succession Peter Braisted, Thomas Lynch,and Anthony Duane, father of the Hon. Ja mes Duane, afterwards mayor ofNew York. She had no children and died Jan. 8, 1775, in her 90t h year. Aninteresting obituary of this lady is contained in Rivington's New YorkGazette, of J an. 12, '75. Jacob, the youngest son, born in 1702, marriedMay 25, 1729, Catherine, daughte r of Rev. Samuel Pumroy, and settled inNew York, where for many years he conducted a bakery i n Beekman Street.When that city became a prey to the enemy in the Revolution, he retired,firs t to Long Island and then to Rhinebeck, where he died in 1778. Hischildren who attained to ad ult years, were Lydia, born 1732, marriedCapt. Isaac Sheldon; Abraham, born 1734, Margaret, b orn 1740, marriedCapt. Abraham Riker; Catharine, born 1742, married successively Capt.Denni s Candy, and Cornelius Bradford; and Elizabeth, who married Capt.George Collins. Abraham, th e only son, pursued his father's occupation,and married Oct. 29, 1757, Sarah, daughter of Hen ry Rousby, a son ofChristopher Rousby by his intermarriage, in 1703, with Sarah, widow ofth e noted Capt. Wm. Kidd. Mr. Riker died respected, during theRevolution. His widow, a lady o f intelligence and exemplary piety, (aswas also her grand-mother, Sarah), died in 1802, at 6 2 years old. Theyleft issue, Sarah, born 1768, married John Walgrove, ornamental painter,an d father of Effingham W. Walgrove, of Dobb's Ferry, New York; Emma born1772, married Willia m Whitehead, Esq., late president of the CommercialBank, of Perth Amboy; and John, born 178 0 who removed to Philadelphia.
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Davis Uriah I | Born 1707
1655 - 1746 (90 years)