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RIKER, John

Male 1689 - 1783  (94 years)


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  1. 1.  RIKER, John was born 1689, Newton, Queens County, New York; died 1783, Bergen, New Jersey.

    Notes:



    John Riker, son of Abraham, married Geertie, daughter of Teunis Wiltsee of Newtown, and after living some years at the latter village removed, in 1744, to Closter, then Rockland County, New York and now Bergen County, New Jersey where he had bought a farm. The next year he erected a house on the spot where his grandson, Jacob Riker, later resided. Mr. Riker and his partner were members of the Dutch church, and they yet live in the memory of their descendants as devout Christians. He survived his partner two years, and died in 1783, at over 90. He left issue:
    1. Abraham,
    2. John,
    3. Gerardus,
    4. Deborah, married Daniel Martine,
    5. Margaret, married Cor. Blauvelt ,
    6. Mary, married John Bell,
    7. Elizabeth, married Abm. Blauvelt, and
    8. Catherine, married John Lawrence and John Ryder.
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    John, born Oct. 25, 1736, served both in the French War and as a patriot in the Revolution. At the age of fifty he married Margaret Blauvelt. He owned the paternal farm, was a kind and worthy gentleman, and died Oct. 6, 1828, at 92. His children were Jacob and Gertrude, twins and Abraham. Gertrude married Michael Hines. Abraham married Grace Gracie. Jacob, born Aug. 19, 1786, married Leah, daughter of Martin Paulas, and resides on the ancestral estate at Closter.
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    The Will of John Rycken dated June 21, 1765 says it is the "Will of John Riker of Orangetown, New York".

    John — WILTSEE, Geertruy. Geertruy (daughter of WILTSIE, Theunis Hendricksen and BARKMAN, Divertje Wilkes) was born 25 Apr 1698, Newtown, Queens County, New York; died 1781, Closter, Bergen County, New Jersey. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 2. RIKER, Abraham  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 3. RIKER, John  Descendancy chart to this point
    3. 4. RIKER, Deborah  Descendancy chart to this point
    4. 5. RIKER, Margaret  Descendancy chart to this point
    5. 6. RIKER, Mary  Descendancy chart to this point
    6. 7. RIKER, Elizabeth  Descendancy chart to this point
    7. 8. RIKER, Catherine  Descendancy chart to this point
    8. 9. RIKER, Gerardus  Descendancy chart to this point was born 16 Nov 1740, Cloister, New Jersey; died 15 Sep 1781, Shelby County, Kentucky.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  RIKER, Abraham Descendancy chart to this point (1.John1)

  2. 3.  RIKER, John Descendancy chart to this point (1.John1)

  3. 4.  RIKER, Deborah Descendancy chart to this point (1.John1)

  4. 5.  RIKER, Margaret Descendancy chart to this point (1.John1)

  5. 6.  RIKER, Mary Descendancy chart to this point (1.John1)

  6. 7.  RIKER, Elizabeth Descendancy chart to this point (1.John1)

  7. 8.  RIKER, Catherine Descendancy chart to this point (1.John1)

  8. 9.  RIKER, Gerardus Descendancy chart to this point (1.John1) was born 16 Nov 1740, Cloister, New Jersey; died 15 Sep 1781, Shelby County, Kentucky.

    Notes:

    Gerardus Ryker served as Ensign (or Lieutenant?) in Col. Theunis Dey's Bergen County, Regiment of New Jersey Militia; also as Ensign in Major Mauritius Goetschius' battalion, NJ Militia
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    Gerardus was married and before his father's death, removed to Kentucky. He has descendants living in Indiana. He lived near Bull Skin Creek, Shelbyville, Shelby Co., Kentucky. He was killed at the "Long Run Massacre" at Bull Skin, Eastwood, Kentucky while fighting with Boone & Tyler, on September 15, 1781, at 40 years of age.
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    Gerardus Ryker was listed as a cordwainer at the time of his marriage in New York in 1762. He immigrated to Kentucky in 1780 from Berkeley Co., VA and was part of the "Low Dutch Colony" in Shelby and Henry Counties in Kentucky. He was killed by Indians in the Long Run Massacre, also known as Floyd's Defeat, September 15, 1781 near Eastwood in Jefferson County, Kentucky. From The Kentucky Encyclopedia edited by John E. Kleber (University Press of Kentucky, 1992): LONG RUN MASSACRE. The Long Run massacre was a major incident in the series of battles in which early settlers in Kentucky fought Indians and their British allies on the western frontier during the Revolutionary War. Long Run is located near Eastwood in Jefferson County, Kentucky. In September 1781 Maj. Bland Ballard discovered Indian signs near Squire Boone's Painted Stone Station, near what is now Shelbyville. He warned the settlers there and at Beargrass Station to move to Lynn Station, which was a more secure area. For unknown reasons, Boone's and several other families delayed moving for two days. When they finally left the station on September 14, 1781, they were surrounded at Long Run Creek by a large party of Indians reinforced by British soldiers under the command of Capt. Alexander McKee. An estimated sixty people were killed by the Indians; only a handful, including Squire Boone, escaped. See Lou Catherine Ciore, "Long Run Massacre,'' Register 10 (Jan. 1912): 75-6.
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    While many of the Ryker families remained in the New York/New Jersey area, in about 1780 some 75 people, including Gerardus Ryker, Sr. and his family decided to "head west" under the leadership of Hendrick Banta. The particulars of their westward move- ment are shrouded in mystery, but it is likely that some of them floated 700 miles down the Ohio River to the Falls of the Ohio (Louisville, Kentucky) and came ashore there. Others, led by Samuel Duryea, came by wagon via the Cumberland Gap and the Wilderness Road to the Mercer County area. Regardless of their mode of transportation, it is fact that a number of these families settled on a tract of land at the "Low Dutch Station on the Beargrass," about 15 miles from the Falls of the Ohio. In 1784 they purchased 10,000 acres of land from Squire Boone, brother of Daniel Boone, and commander of Painted Stone or Boone's Station, Kentucky. Gerardus Ryker, Sr. subsequently moved his family further inland from the Beargrass to Shelby County, around what is now Bullskin Creek, where he and his sons had a farm and where Gerardus, Sr. later met his death at the hands of marauding Indians.
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    Gerardus married DEMAREST, Rachel 20 Nov 1762, Tappan, Bergen, New Jersey. Rachel (daughter of DEMAREST, Joost and MAYER, Maria) was born 9/09 Jan 1742/1743, Schraalenburg, Bergen County, New Jersey; died Between 1812 and 1814, Jefferson County, Indiana. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 10. RIKER, Jacob  Descendancy chart to this point was born 1762, Old Tappen, Bergen County, New Jerset; died Yes, date unknown.
    2. 11. RIKER, John  Descendancy chart to this point was born 18 Jan 1764, Closter, Bergen County, New Jersey; died 22 Nov 1848, Madison Township, Jefferson County, Indiana.
    3. 12. RIKER, Leah  Descendancy chart to this point was born 28 Nov 1765, Tappan, Rockland County, New York; died 24 Nov 1844, Riker's Ridge, Jefferson County, Indiana.
    4. 13. RIKER, Gerardus Jr.  Descendancy chart to this point was born 4 Nov 1767, Tappan, Rockland County, New York; died 7 Jan 1839, Madison, Jefferson County, Indiana.
    5. 14. RIKER, Samuel  Descendancy chart to this point was born 4 Nov 1769, Closter, Bergen County, New Jersey; died 1835, Madison, Jefferson County, Indiana.
    6. 15. RIKER, Charity Geertie  Descendancy chart to this point was born 6 Aug 1771, Old Tappen, Bergen, New Jersey; died Yes, date unknown.
    7. 16. RYKER, Rachael  Descendancy chart to this point was born 19 Jun 1773, Tappan, Rockland, New York; died 28 Oct 1861, Mars Hill Cemetery, Wapello, Iowa.
    8. 17. RIKER, Peter  Descendancy chart to this point was born Abt 1775, Old Tappen, Bern County, New Jersey; died Yes, date unknown.
    9. 18. RYKER, Deborah  Descendancy chart to this point was born 23 Jan 1777, Tappan, Rockland County, New York; died Abt 1837, Ripley County, Indiana; was buried , Near Rexville, Ripley County, Indiana (Unmarked).
    10. 19. RYKER, Charity  Descendancy chart to this point was born 1780, Shelby, Kentucky; died Yes, date unknown.


Generation: 3

  1. 10.  RIKER, Jacob Descendancy chart to this point (9.Gerardus2, 1.John1) was born 1762, Old Tappen, Bergen County, New Jerset; died Yes, date unknown.

    Jacob married GALLOWAY, Polly 27 Jun 1788, Taffon, New York (Now In New Jersey). [Group Sheet]


  2. 11.  RIKER, John Descendancy chart to this point (9.Gerardus2, 1.John1) was born 18 Jan 1764, Closter, Bergen County, New Jersey; died 22 Nov 1848, Madison Township, Jefferson County, Indiana.

    Notes:



    Baptized on February 12, 1764, Old Tappan, Bergen Co., New Jersey and was buried at Ryker's Ridge Cemetery, Madison, Jefferson Co., Indiana.

    John — LITTLEJOHN, Cornelia. [Group Sheet]

    John married VAN CLEVE, Mary 16 Jun 1784, Lincoln, Kentucky. [Group Sheet]


  3. 12.  RIKER, Leah Descendancy chart to this point (9.Gerardus2, 1.John1) was born 28 Nov 1765, Tappan, Rockland County, New York; died 24 Nov 1844, Riker's Ridge, Jefferson County, Indiana.

    Notes:



    Baptized on December 25, 1765, Old Tappan, Bergen, New Jersey and Ryker's Ridge Cemetery, Madison, Jefferson Co., Indiana.

    Leah married MEDDICK, Emanuel Mar 1787, Shelby, Kentucky. [Group Sheet]


  4. 13.  RIKER, Gerardus Jr. Descendancy chart to this point (9.Gerardus2, 1.John1) was born 4 Nov 1767, Tappan, Rockland County, New York; died 7 Jan 1839, Madison, Jefferson County, Indiana.

    Notes:



    Baptized on December 06, 1767, Old Tappan, Bergen, New Jersey and buried at Rykers Ridge Cemetery, Madison, Jefferson Co., Indiana.

    Gerardus married SMOCK, Leah 5 May 1791, Mercer, Kentucky. [Group Sheet]


  5. 14.  RIKER, Samuel Descendancy chart to this point (9.Gerardus2, 1.John1) was born 4 Nov 1769, Closter, Bergen County, New Jersey; died 1835, Madison, Jefferson County, Indiana.

    Notes:



    Baptized at Old Tappan, Bergen, New Jersey on December 03, 1769 and buried at Ryker's Ridge Cemetery, Madison, Jefferson Co., Indiana in 1835.

    Samuel married FULLENWEIDES, Barbara 5 May 1790. [Group Sheet]


  6. 15.  RIKER, Charity Geertie Descendancy chart to this point (9.Gerardus2, 1.John1) was born 6 Aug 1771, Old Tappen, Bergen, New Jersey; died Yes, date unknown.

    Notes:



    Baptized at Old Tappan, Bergen, New Jersey on August 25, 1771.

    Charity — ROBBINS, William. [Group Sheet]


  7. 16.  RYKER, Rachael Descendancy chart to this point (9.Gerardus2, 1.John1) was born 19 Jun 1773, Tappan, Rockland, New York; died 28 Oct 1861, Mars Hill Cemetery, Wapello, Iowa.

    Notes:



    Baptized at Old Tappan, Bergen Co., New Jersey on July 18, 1773 and buried in Mars Hill Cemetery, Wapello, Iowa.

    Rachael married SMOCK, Samuel 18 Nov 1797, Shelby, Kentucky. [Group Sheet]


  8. 17.  RIKER, Peter Descendancy chart to this point (9.Gerardus2, 1.John1) was born Abt 1775, Old Tappen, Bern County, New Jersey; died Yes, date unknown.

    Notes:



    Baptized in Abt. 1775 at Old Tappen, Bern, New Jersey.


  9. 18.  RYKER, Deborah Descendancy chart to this point (9.Gerardus2, 1.John1) was born 23 Jan 1777, Tappan, Rockland County, New York; died Abt 1837, Ripley County, Indiana; was buried , Near Rexville, Ripley County, Indiana (Unmarked).

    Notes:

    Deborah was baptized February 16, 1777 at Old Tappen, Bergen Co., New Jersey. She was buried at Mavity Cemetery, near Rexville, Indiana.

    Deborah married WATTS, Mason 18 Jun 1793, Shelby, Shelby County, Kentucky. Mason (son of WATTS, Thomas and THORNTON, Lydia) was born Between 1763 and 1765, Faquier, Virginia; died 2 Mar 1850, Jennings, Jennings County, Indiana; was buried , Cemetery 2 Miles North of Butlerville, Jennings County, Indiana. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 20. WATTS, Lydia B.  Descendancy chart to this point was born 4 May 1794, Shelby County, Kentucky; died Yes, date unknown.
    2. 21. WATTS, Sarah  Descendancy chart to this point was born 4 Feb 1796, Shelby County, Kentucky; died 6 Feb 1796, Shelby County, Kentucky.
    3. 22. WATTS, Rachel  Descendancy chart to this point was born 12 Dec 1796, Shelby County, Kentucky; died 16 Mar 1889, Nashville, Brown County, Indiana.
    4. 23. WATTS, Mary  Descendancy chart to this point was born 27 Jan 1799, Kentucky; died Bef 1840, Indiana.
    5. 24. WATTS, Rhoda  Descendancy chart to this point was born 28 Dec 1800, Shelby County, Kentucky; died Yes, date unknown.
    6. 25. WATTS, David  Descendancy chart to this point was born 8 Dec 1802, Shelby, Kentucky; died 8 Nov 1877, Jefferson, Indiana.
    7. 26. WATTS, Margaret  Descendancy chart to this point was born 15 Jan 1807, Shelby County, Kentucky; died Yes, date unknown.
    8. 27. WATTS, John  Descendancy chart to this point was born 13 Feb 1808, Shelby County, Kentucky; died Yes, date unknown.
    9. 28. WATTS, Charity  Descendancy chart to this point was born 6 Nov 1809, Indiana; died 1834.
    10. 29. WATTS, Thomas B.  Descendancy chart to this point was born 1 Dec 1811, Indiana; died , Bond, Illinois.
    11. 30. WATTS, Deborah Ann  Descendancy chart to this point was born 7 Jun 1813, Indiana; died Abt 1842, Brush Creek Cemetery, Jennings, Indiana.
    12. 31. WATTS, Mason  Descendancy chart to this point was born 5 Nov 1815, Indiana; died 27 May 1865, Nashville, Brown County, Indiana.
    13. 32. WATTS, Peter V.  Descendancy chart to this point was born 13 May 1818, Indiana; died 20 Oct 1897, Jennings, Indiana.

  10. 19.  RYKER, Charity Descendancy chart to this point (9.Gerardus2, 1.John1) was born 1780, Shelby, Kentucky; died Yes, date unknown.

    Charity married ROBBINS, Vinson 22 Dec 1797, Mercer, Kenticky. [Group Sheet]



Generation: 4

  1. 20.  WATTS, Lydia B. Descendancy chart to this point (18.Deborah3, 9.Gerardus2, 1.John1) was born 4 May 1794, Shelby County, Kentucky; died Yes, date unknown.

    Lydia married SULLIVAN, Daniel 21 Sep 1809, Clark County, Indiana. [Group Sheet]


  2. 21.  WATTS, Sarah Descendancy chart to this point (18.Deborah3, 9.Gerardus2, 1.John1) was born 4 Feb 1796, Shelby County, Kentucky; died 6 Feb 1796, Shelby County, Kentucky.

  3. 22.  WATTS, Rachel Descendancy chart to this point (18.Deborah3, 9.Gerardus2, 1.John1) was born 12 Dec 1796, Shelby County, Kentucky; died 16 Mar 1889, Nashville, Brown County, Indiana.

    Rachel married WISE, James 25 Dec 1814, Jefferson, Indiana. James (son of WISE and Possibly Elizabeth) was born Abt 1791, Probably Eastern Shore, Maryland; died 26 Sep 1880, Nashville, Brown County, Indiana. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 33. WISE, Williamson  Descendancy chart to this point was born Between 1815 and 1817; died 26 Aug 1847, New Orleans, Louisiana.
    2. 34. WISE, Deborah Ann  Descendancy chart to this point was born Abt 1818, Indiana; died Abt 1848.
    3. 35. WISE, Mary  Descendancy chart to this point was born Abt 1823, Indiana; died Yes, date unknown.
    4. 36. WISE, Mathew  Descendancy chart to this point was born 11 Jan 1825, Decatur County, Indiana; died Yes, date unknown.
    5. 37. WISE, James W.  Descendancy chart to this point was born 28 Jan 1827, Indiana; died 28 Sep 1898, Brown County, Indiana.
    6. 38. WISE, Margaret  Descendancy chart to this point was born Abt 1828, Indiana; died Yes, date unknown.
    7. 39. WISE, Bennet  Descendancy chart to this point was born 11 Apr 1830, Indiana; died 17 Mar 1892, Nashville, Brown County, Indiana.
    8. 40. WISE, Lydia  Descendancy chart to this point was born Abt 1836, Indiana; died Yes, date unknown.
    9. 41. WISE, Mason  Descendancy chart to this point was born Abt 1837, Indiana; died Yes, date unknown.
    10. 42. WISE, Peter Arthur  Descendancy chart to this point was born 27 Nov 1838, Indiana; died 12 Nov 1922, Oto, Woodbury County, Iowa; was buried 15 Nov 1922, Oto Cemetery, Oto, Woodbury County, Iowa.
    11. 43. WISE, John  Descendancy chart to this point was born Abt 1841, Indiana; died Yes, date unknown.

  4. 23.  WATTS, Mary Descendancy chart to this point (18.Deborah3, 9.Gerardus2, 1.John1) was born 27 Jan 1799, Kentucky; died Bef 1840, Indiana.

    Mary married STEPHENS, James 20 Apr 1817, Jefferson, Indiana. [Group Sheet]


  5. 24.  WATTS, Rhoda Descendancy chart to this point (18.Deborah3, 9.Gerardus2, 1.John1) was born 28 Dec 1800, Shelby County, Kentucky; died Yes, date unknown.

    Rhoda married PRETHEROW, William 13 Aug 1819, Jefferson, Indiana. [Group Sheet]


  6. 25.  WATTS, David Descendancy chart to this point (18.Deborah3, 9.Gerardus2, 1.John1) was born 8 Dec 1802, Shelby, Kentucky; died 8 Nov 1877, Jefferson, Indiana.

    Notes:



    Buried at Hebron Cemetery, Jefferson Co., Indiana.

    David married ROSS, Nancy 23 Sep 1824, Ripley, Indiana. [Group Sheet]


  7. 26.  WATTS, Margaret Descendancy chart to this point (18.Deborah3, 9.Gerardus2, 1.John1) was born 15 Jan 1807, Shelby County, Kentucky; died Yes, date unknown.

    Margaret married MAVITY, James 13 Sep 1825, Ripley, Indiana. [Group Sheet]

    Margaret married SUMMA, George 25 Jan 1846, Ripley, Indiana. [Group Sheet]


  8. 27.  WATTS, John Descendancy chart to this point (18.Deborah3, 9.Gerardus2, 1.John1) was born 13 Feb 1808, Shelby County, Kentucky; died Yes, date unknown.

  9. 28.  WATTS, Charity Descendancy chart to this point (18.Deborah3, 9.Gerardus2, 1.John1) was born 6 Nov 1809, Indiana; died 1834.

    Charity married MAVITY, Morton 24 Oct 1828, Ripley County, Indiana. [Group Sheet]


  10. 29.  WATTS, Thomas B. Descendancy chart to this point (18.Deborah3, 9.Gerardus2, 1.John1) was born 1 Dec 1811, Indiana; died , Bond, Illinois.

    Thomas married CARTER, Elizabeth 13 Mar 1830, Ripley County, Indiana. [Group Sheet]

    Thomas married MEAD, Margaret Abt 1846, Indiana. [Group Sheet]


  11. 30.  WATTS, Deborah Ann Descendancy chart to this point (18.Deborah3, 9.Gerardus2, 1.John1) was born 7 Jun 1813, Indiana; died Abt 1842, Brush Creek Cemetery, Jennings, Indiana.

  12. 31.  WATTS, Mason Descendancy chart to this point (18.Deborah3, 9.Gerardus2, 1.John1) was born 5 Nov 1815, Indiana; died 27 May 1865, Nashville, Brown County, Indiana.

    Notes:



    Buried at Oak Hill Cemetery, Brown Co., Indiana.

    Mason married MCLEARY, Elizabeth 20 Feb 1834, Decatur, Indiana. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 44. WATTS, Nancy  Descendancy chart to this point was born Abt 1837; died Yes, date unknown.
    2. 45. WATTS, Rachel  Descendancy chart to this point was born Abt 1839; died Yes, date unknown.
    3. 46. WATTS, Henrietta  Descendancy chart to this point was born Abt 1842; died Yes, date unknown.
    4. 47. WATTS, Mary  Descendancy chart to this point was born Abt 1844; died Yes, date unknown.
    5. 48. WATTS, Williamson  Descendancy chart to this point was born Abt 1846; died Yes, date unknown.
    6. 49. WATTS, Matthew  Descendancy chart to this point was born Abt 1848; died Yes, date unknown.
    7. 50. WATTS, David  Descendancy chart to this point was born Abt 1849; died Yes, date unknown.

  13. 32.  WATTS, Peter V. Descendancy chart to this point (18.Deborah3, 9.Gerardus2, 1.John1) was born 13 May 1818, Indiana; died 20 Oct 1897, Jennings, Indiana.

    Notes:



    Buried at Brush Creek Cemetery, Butlerville, Jennings Co., Indiana.

    Peter married DUBRIN, Eleanor 4 Oct 1838, Ripley, Indiana. [Group Sheet]



 

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