John was baptized on February 12, 1764, at the Dutch Reformed Church of Old Tappan, at Rockland County, New York (today, Tappan, Bergen County, New Jersey).
John was married (firstly) on June 16, 1784, in Lincoln County, Kentucky, to Mary Van Cleave, the daughter of Benjamin Van Cleave and Ruth Munson. To this union he fathered the following children: Rachel, Ruth, Gerardus Jared, Deborah, Sarah, Samuel J., Leah,Malinda, John J., and Rod/Rodis.
He was married (secondly) on July 3, 1838, in Jefferson County, Indiana, to Amelia Littlejohn. To this union he fathered Mary Ann.
Information from Bob Scott: There was no stone when the DAR transcription was made (published in 1941). However a stone memorializing him has been erected since. John Ryker's memorial stone was dedicated at 1:30 PM, on May 23, 1987, by Ryker family members.
Additional information: His grave was either unmarked, or the original marker was lost over time. His lost grave was believed to have been located in 1972, and a memorial marker placed there by the Ryker-Riker Historical Society.
John served from Essex County in Captain Bell’s Company, Colonel Heron’s Regiment of the New Jersey Militia, and participated in the “Dobbs Ferry” skirmish with the British. From 1779-1781 he served under General George Rogers Clark in his Northwest Territory campaign. John was denied a pension (claim R-9129), as he could not prove six months’ actual service.
He served as a spy under Captains Robert Johnson, Floyd Whitaker, and Richard Chenoweth in the Jefferson County (Kentucky) Militia, and was commissioned a Colonel in the 18th Regiment of that Militia on 09 Apr 1800.
He resided in what is now Shelby County, Kentucky (Jefferson County until 1792) from 1786 to at least 1802. John is credited as being one of the first white settlers of Jefferson County, Indiana, having moved there in about 1804. He was one of the first two overseers of the poor appointed in that county.
More information about Col. John Ryker can be found in The History and Genealogy of the Ryker Family by Franklin Alexander Ryker (1976), The Demarest Family, vol. 1, a publication of the Demarest Family Association (1964), and The Rikers: Their Island, Homes, Cemetery and Early Genealogy in Queens County, New York.
***Col. John Ryker's death has historically been reported as having been November 22, 1848, but the attached death notice, from a Madison, Indiana newspaper of 1847, confirms his correct date of death was November 22, 1847.***
John was married (firstly) on June 16, 1784, in Lincoln County, Kentucky, to Mary Van Cleave, the daughter of Benjamin Van Cleave and Ruth Munson. To this union he fathered the following children: Rachel, Ruth, Gerardus Jared, Deborah, Sarah, Samuel J., Leah,Malinda, John J., and Rod/Rodis.
He was married (secondly) on July 3, 1838, in Jefferson County, Indiana, to Amelia Littlejohn. To this union he fathered Mary Ann.
Information from Bob Scott: There was no stone when the DAR transcription was made (published in 1941). However a stone memorializing him has been erected since. John Ryker's memorial stone was dedicated at 1:30 PM, on May 23, 1987, by Ryker family members.
Additional information: His grave was either unmarked, or the original marker was lost over time. His lost grave was believed to have been located in 1972, and a memorial marker placed there by the Ryker-Riker Historical Society.
John served from Essex County in Captain Bell’s Company, Colonel Heron’s Regiment of the New Jersey Militia, and participated in the “Dobbs Ferry” skirmish with the British. From 1779-1781 he served under General George Rogers Clark in his Northwest Territory campaign. John was denied a pension (claim R-9129), as he could not prove six months’ actual service.
He served as a spy under Captains Robert Johnson, Floyd Whitaker, and Richard Chenoweth in the Jefferson County (Kentucky) Militia, and was commissioned a Colonel in the 18th Regiment of that Militia on 09 Apr 1800.
He resided in what is now Shelby County, Kentucky (Jefferson County until 1792) from 1786 to at least 1802. John is credited as being one of the first white settlers of Jefferson County, Indiana, having moved there in about 1804. He was one of the first two overseers of the poor appointed in that county.
More information about Col. John Ryker can be found in The History and Genealogy of the Ryker Family by Franklin Alexander Ryker (1976), The Demarest Family, vol. 1, a publication of the Demarest Family Association (1964), and The Rikers: Their Island, Homes, Cemetery and Early Genealogy in Queens County, New York.
***Col. John Ryker's death has historically been reported as having been November 22, 1848, but the attached death notice, from a Madison, Indiana newspaper of 1847, confirms his correct date of death was November 22, 1847.***
John was baptized on February 12, 1764, at the Dutch Reformed Church of Old Tappan, at Rockland County, New York (today, Tappan, Bergen County, New Jersey).
John was married (firstly) on June 16, 1784, in Lincoln County, Kentucky, to Mary Van Cleave, the daughter of Benjamin Van Cleave and Ruth Munson. To this union he fathered the following children: Rachel, Ruth, Gerardus Jared, Deborah, Sarah, Samuel J., Leah,Malinda, John J., and Rod/Rodis.
He was married (secondly) on July 3, 1838, in Jefferson County, Indiana, to Amelia Littlejohn. To this union he fathered Mary Ann.
Information from Bob Scott: There was no stone when the DAR transcription was made (published in 1941). However a stone memorializing him has been erected since. John Ryker's memorial stone was dedicated at 1:30 PM, on May 23, 1987, by Ryker family members.
Additional information: His grave was either unmarked, or the original marker was lost over time. His lost grave was believed to have been located in 1972, and a memorial marker placed there by the Ryker-Riker Historical Society.
John served from Essex County in Captain Bell’s Company, Colonel Heron’s Regiment of the New Jersey Militia, and participated in the “Dobbs Ferry” skirmish with the British. From 1779-1781 he served under General George Rogers Clark in his Northwest Territory campaign. John was denied a pension (claim R-9129), as he could not prove six months’ actual service.
He served as a spy under Captains Robert Johnson, Floyd Whitaker, and Richard Chenoweth in the Jefferson County (Kentucky) Militia, and was commissioned a Colonel in the 18th Regiment of that Militia on 09 Apr 1800.
He resided in what is now Shelby County, Kentucky (Jefferson County until 1792) from 1786 to at least 1802. John is credited as being one of the first white settlers of Jefferson County, Indiana, having moved there in about 1804. He was one of the first two overseers of the poor appointed in that county.
More information about Col. John Ryker can be found in The History and Genealogy of the Ryker Family by Franklin Alexander Ryker (1976), The Demarest Family, vol. 1, a publication of the Demarest Family Association (1964), and The Rikers: Their Island, Homes, Cemetery and Early Genealogy in Queens County, New York.
***Col. John Ryker's death has historically been reported as having been November 22, 1848, but the attached death notice, from a Madison, Indiana newspaper of 1847, confirms his correct date of death was November 22, 1847.***
John was married (firstly) on June 16, 1784, in Lincoln County, Kentucky, to Mary Van Cleave, the daughter of Benjamin Van Cleave and Ruth Munson. To this union he fathered the following children: Rachel, Ruth, Gerardus Jared, Deborah, Sarah, Samuel J., Leah,Malinda, John J., and Rod/Rodis.
He was married (secondly) on July 3, 1838, in Jefferson County, Indiana, to Amelia Littlejohn. To this union he fathered Mary Ann.
Information from Bob Scott: There was no stone when the DAR transcription was made (published in 1941). However a stone memorializing him has been erected since. John Ryker's memorial stone was dedicated at 1:30 PM, on May 23, 1987, by Ryker family members.
Additional information: His grave was either unmarked, or the original marker was lost over time. His lost grave was believed to have been located in 1972, and a memorial marker placed there by the Ryker-Riker Historical Society.
John served from Essex County in Captain Bell’s Company, Colonel Heron’s Regiment of the New Jersey Militia, and participated in the “Dobbs Ferry” skirmish with the British. From 1779-1781 he served under General George Rogers Clark in his Northwest Territory campaign. John was denied a pension (claim R-9129), as he could not prove six months’ actual service.
He served as a spy under Captains Robert Johnson, Floyd Whitaker, and Richard Chenoweth in the Jefferson County (Kentucky) Militia, and was commissioned a Colonel in the 18th Regiment of that Militia on 09 Apr 1800.
He resided in what is now Shelby County, Kentucky (Jefferson County until 1792) from 1786 to at least 1802. John is credited as being one of the first white settlers of Jefferson County, Indiana, having moved there in about 1804. He was one of the first two overseers of the poor appointed in that county.
More information about Col. John Ryker can be found in The History and Genealogy of the Ryker Family by Franklin Alexander Ryker (1976), The Demarest Family, vol. 1, a publication of the Demarest Family Association (1964), and The Rikers: Their Island, Homes, Cemetery and Early Genealogy in Queens County, New York.
***Col. John Ryker's death has historically been reported as having been November 22, 1848, but the attached death notice, from a Madison, Indiana newspaper of 1847, confirms his correct date of death was November 22, 1847.***
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