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1	11 Jul 1870 - The value of her personal estate was $10,000 at this time source: National Archives and Records Administration. 1870 United States Federal Census, Boonton, Boonton Post Office, Morris County, New Jersey, National Archives Microfilm Roll M593_877; 1870 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009.	Ryer, Maria Caroline (I348)
2	11 Jul 1870 - The value of her real estate was $4,500 at this time source: National Archives and Records Administration. 1870 United States Federal Census, Boonton, Boonton Post Office, Morris County, New Jersey, National Archives Microfilm Roll M593_877; 1870 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009.	Ryer, Maria Caroline (I348)
3	11 Jul 1870 - The value of his personal estate was $1,000 at this time source: National Archives and Records Administration. 1870 United States Federal Census, Boonton, Boonton Post Office, Morris County, New Jersey, National Archives Microfilm Roll M593_877; 1870 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009.	Jennings, Nathaniel Tileston Jr. (I556)
4	11 Jul 1870 - The value of his real estate was $2,000 at this time source: National Archives and Records Administration. 1870 United States Federal Census, Boonton, Boonton Post Office, Morris County, New Jersey, National Archives Microfilm Roll M593_877; 1870 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009.	Jennings, Nathaniel Tileston Jr. (I556)
5	11 Sep 1763 - Gerrit Krankheyt was the sponsor to his baptism source: Dutch Reformed Church of Sleepy Hollow. Gerret Gerritsen, Baptismal Record, 11 Sep 1763, Dutch Reformed Church, Sleepy Hollow, Westchester County, New York.	Garrison, Garret (I146)
6	13 Jul 1860 - The value of his personal estate was $300 at this time source: National Archives and Records Administration. 1860 United States Federal Census, Pequannock, Boonton Post Office, Morris County, New Jersey, National Archives Microfilm Roll M653_704; 1860 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009.	Jennings, Nathaniel Tileston Jr. (I556)
7	13 Jul 1860 - The value of his real estate was $1,800 at this time source: National Archives and Records Administration. 1860 United States Federal Census, Pequannock, Boonton Post Office, Morris County, New Jersey, National Archives Microfilm Roll M653_704; 1860 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009.	Jennings, Nathaniel Tileston Jr. (I556)
8	19 Aug 1850 - The value of his real estate was $1,000 at this time source: National Archives and Records Administration. 1850 United States Federal Census, New York Ward 12, New York County, New York, National Archives Microfilm Roll M432_549; 1850 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009.	Ryer, Blazius (I256)
9	19 Aug 1850 - The value of his real estate was $6,000 at this time source: National Archives and Records Administration. 1850 United States Federal Census, New York Ward 12, New York County, New York, National Archives Microfilm Roll M432_549; 1850 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009.	Ryer, Samuel (I246)
10	2 Aug 1790 - Identified as John Ryer, son of Henry Ryer, on the 1790 U.S. federal census (source: National Archives and Records Administration. 1790 United States Federal Census, Westchester, Westchester 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.)	Ryer, John (I57)
11	2 Aug 1860 - The value of his real estate was $2,500 at this time source: National Archives and Records Administration. 1860 United States Federal Census, Aurelius, Cayuga Post Office, Cayuga County, New York, National Archives Microfilm Roll M653_729; 1860 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009.	Valentine, James (I528)
12	28 Jul 1870 - The value of his real estate was $4,800 at this time source: National Archives and Records Administration. 1870 United States Federal Census, Aurelius, Port Byron Post Office, Cayuga County, New York, National Archives Microfilm Roll M593_910; 1870 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009.	Valentine, James (I528)
13	28 Jun 1757 - He and his wife, Annatje Krankheyt, were sponsors to their niece Antje Gerritse’s baptism (source: Dutch Reformed Church of Sleepy Hollow. Antje Gerritse, Baptismal Record, 28 Jun 1757, Dutch Reformed Church, Sleepy Hollow, Westchester County, New York.) 9 Jun 1759 - His brother Jan Gerritse and his wife were witnesses to his son Jan's Gerritse's baptism (source: Dutch Reformed Church of Sleepy Hollow. Jan Gerritse, Baptismal Record, 9 Jun 1759, Dutch Reformed Church, Sleepy Hollow, Westchester County, New York.) 12 Sep 1761 - He and his wife, Annatje Krankheyt, were sponsors to their nephew Tunis Kranckheyt's baptism (source: Dutch Reformed Church of Sleepy Hollow. Tunis Crankheyt, Baptismal Record, 12 Sep 1761, Dutch Reformed Church, Sleepy Hollow, Westchester County, New York.) 30 Jun 1764 - He and his wife, Annatje Krankheyt, were sponsors to Annatje Lent's baptism (source: Dutch Reformed Church of Sleepy Hollow. Annatje Lent, Baptismal Record, 30 Jun 1764, Dutch Reformed Church, Sleepy Hollow, Westchester County, New York.) 2 Sep 1769 - He and his wife, Annatje Krankheyt, were sponsors to their nephew Nathaniel Kranckheyt’s baptism (source: Dutch Reformed Church of Sleepy Hollow. Nathaniel Kranckheyt, Baptismal Record, 2 Sep 1769, Dutch Reformed Church, Sleepy Hollow, Westchester County, New York.)	Gerritsen, Tunis (I143)
14	29 Jun 1702 - He and his wife were witnesses to their niece Hillegont Hardenbergh’s baptism at this time source: First Reformed Dutch Church of Jamaica. Hillegont Herdenbergh, Baptismal Record, 29 Jun 1702, First Reformed Dutch Church of Jamaica, Jamaica, Queens County, New York.	Wiltsie, Theunis Hendricksz (I266)
15	29 Jun 1702 - She and her husband Theunis Wiltse were witnesses to their niece Hillegont Hardenbergh’s baptism at this time source: First Reformed Dutch Church of Jamaica. Hillegont Herdenbergh, Baptismal Record, 29 Jun 1702, First Reformed Dutch Church of Jamaica, Jamaica, Queens County, New York.	Gerritsen, Divertje (I586)
16	4 Apr 1704 - Her uncle Pieter Gerritse and aunt Cornelia Gerritse were sponsors to her baptism source: First Reformed Dutch Church of Jamaica. Hillegont Wiltse, Baptismal Record, 4 Sep 1704, First Reformed Dutch Church of Jamaica, Jamaica, Queens County, New York.	Wiltsie, Hillegont (I365)
17	4 Apr 1704 - His uncle Hendrick Wiltse and aunt Grietie Hardenberg were sponsors to his baptism source: First Reformed Dutch Church of Jamaica. Hendrick Wiltse, Baptismal Record, 29 Jun 1702, First Reformed Dutch Church of Jamaica, Jamaica, Queens County, New York.	Wiltsie, Hendrick (I364)
18	9 Jan 1709 - Jacobs Crankeidt and his wife, Elisabeth, were sponsors to her baptism source: Dutch Reformed Church of Flatbush. Debora Wilze, Baptismal Record, 9 Jan 1709, Dutch Reformed Church, Flatbush, Kings County, New York.	Wiltsie, Deborah (I367)
19	AGED COPPER MAGNATE DEAD Millionaire Meyer Guggenheim, Who Went to Palm Beach, Fla., for a Rest, a Victim of Pleurisy. Meyer Guggenheim, the aged financier and copper magnate, died at Palm Beach, Fla., early this morning. Mr. Guggenheim went South only four weeks ago in perfect health for a month’s rest. He was attacked with pleurisy last Sunday. In spite of the efforts of several physicians pneumonia developed and Mr. Guggenheim sank rapidly, until the end came at 2:30 o’clock to-day. As head of the firm of M. Guggenheim’s Sons, Mr. Guggenheim was one of the best known copper men in the world. He was seventy-eight years old, but still took an active interest in business. Born a poor boy at Langnau, Switzerland, on Feb. 1, 1828, he learned a trade in his boyhood days and as a journeyman travelled through Europe. He came to this country in 1848. On the way over he met Miss Barbara Myers, whom he afterward married. His father and Miss Myer’s mother met at the same time, and they, too, were married. Mr. Guggenheim became a vender upon his arrival in this country, but he soon tired of that modest enterprise and started a stove polish manufactory in Philadelphia. The business was successful from the beginning. A few years later Mr. Guggenheim became interested in a mining venture in Leadville out of which developed millions of profits. In 1890 he built an enormous ore smelter at Pueblo and sent his sons to attend to the business. About five years ago he purchased all the available mining properties in Mexico, and the deal astounded the business world. Mr. Guggenheim was greatly interested in hospitals. He have $200,000 to Mount Sinai Hospital in the city. source: “AGED COPPER MAGNATE DEAD.” New York, NY: The Evening World, 16 Mar 1905, p. 13.	Guggenheim, Meyer (I6)
20	Bastiaen Michielsen, always so styled in the town books, though in the church records usually called Bastiaen Kortright, remained in H., where he m. in 1689, Joiante, dr. of John La Montagne, dec. On Sept. 19, 1701, he bought from Peter van Oblienis, a tract of land at Sherman’s Creek, laid out to Oblienis in 1691, as lot No. 20. This became the well-known Kortright farm, which continued in the family till 1786. It was originally ten morgen, or twenty acres, and is so rated on the town books for the next half century; but this was exclusive (for meadows were never taxed) of the adjoining marsh, or the morasse creupelbos, of the original description. And, then, be it remembered, the allotments of 1691 generally overran the estimate, and this lot lying isolated was not likely to be an exception. This brought it up to 45 acres, 27 perches. Here Bastiaen Michielsen built and lived till very aged; at least, his name in the tax lists runs down to 1753. He also owned two pieces of meadow at Kingsbridge, bought of the town by Joh. Vermilye, Apl. 1, 1693, and on the same date transferred to Bastiaen, to whom the town gave a deed Jan. 4, 1700. Bastiaen Michielsen Kortright had issue, as far as appears, Michael, b. 1697; Johannes, b. 1702; Aefie, who m. John Devoor; and Rachel, who m. Isaac Delamontagne. Johannes Bastiaens, as he is properly styled in certain deeds, but calling himself (after his fa.’s patronymic) “Johannes Michelson Kortright,” m. Aeltie, dr. of John Vermilye, 2d. He was a weaver, but succeeded to the farm at Sherman’s Creek, which, in a mortgage given January 9, 1768, he describes as No. 20, and 10 morgen, and by the original boundaries of 1691. Within a year after, he removed to New York, and having lost his wife, appears to have died about 1775. His son, John Courtright, as he wrote his name, married in 1774, his cousin, Aefie, or Effie, daughter of John Devoor, of Hoorn’s Hook, and was last of the family to own the ancestral farm, of which he made sale, May 24, 1786, to Cornelius Harsen, who conveyed it, January 3, 1804, to Jacobus Dyckman, whence it came to his son, the late Isaac Dyckman. It was included in the tract of 128 acres (being part of said Isaac’s estate) called the Fort George Tract, which was parceled into lots, and disposed of by public sale, October 14, 1868. source: Riker, James. Revised History of Harlem: Its Origins and Early Annals. New York: New Harlem Publishing Company, 1904.	Kortright, Bastien (I17)
21	Bastiaen Van Kortryk, a native of the city of Kortryk, West Flanders, Belgium, emigrated to Holland about 1615, settling in the town of Leerdam, as has been shown. He had sons Jan and Michiel. source: Abbott, John Howard. The Courtright (Kortright) Family Descendants of Bastian van Kortryk, a Native of Belgium who Emigrated to Holland about 1615. New York: Tobias A. Wright, 1922.	Van Kortrijk, Sebastian (I1)
22	Bedford The 3rd of July 1816 Dear Father, Brother and Sister I received your very acceptable letter dated the 4th of June by the hand of Nathan Hoag which afforded us great satisfaction in hearing once more from you. As thee wanted me to inform thee about mother she departed this life in the winter of the year 1814-1815. As for our brothers and sisters, Anna is not married. Deborah married Tucker and he is dead. Elizabeth married Isaac Dean. They are both living at Queensbury. Sarah married Samuel Cox, Amos married a Post. They are all living in the Genesees. Rhoda married William Husted living in the Navesink. Abraham married an Archer, lives near King’s Bridge. Henry and Mary never married. They all live in New York State except John and Amy, they live in Upper Canada. John married a Roblin. Amy married Jonathan Bedford. Thee mentioned something in thy letter about that land. We never got it and think it is too late as we have no title for it. As for Tobacco, there is none grown in these parts. So must conclude, with informing you that we are all as well as common except my wife who has been unwell for some time. My wife and family join me in love to you all, and have a desire to be remembered to Rachel. So no more but remain your affectionate brother and sister James and Martha Wood source: Howe, Herbert Barber. Yorkshire to Westchester: A Chronicle of the Wood Family. Rutland, VT: Tuttle Publishing Company, Inc., 1948.	Wood, Abraham (I636)
23	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.	Ryer, Henry (I42)
24	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.	Ryer, Tunis Sr. (I45)
25	BY His Excellency GEORGE CLINTON, Esq. Governor of the state of New-York, General and Commander in Chief of all the Militia, and Admiral of the Navy of the same. PROCLAMATION. WHEREAS by an inquisition taken before David I. Pell, Esq. one of the coroners of the county of West Chester, on the 18th day of May, instant, it appears that Isaac Smith, deputy sheriff of the said county, was on the 17th day of the said month, inhumanly murdered while in the due execution of his said office; and that a certain John Ryer, late of the town of Westchester, in the county of Westchester aforesaid, stands charged with the commission of the said horrid crime, and whereas it is represented to me that the said John Ryers hath fled from justice. NOW THEREFORE, I have issued this my proclamation, hereby offering a reward of FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS to any person or persons who shall apprehend and deliver the said John Ryer to the keeper of the common gaol of the said county, so that he may be brought to justice. And I do by these presents strictly enjoin and require all officers, civil and military, and all other the good citizens of this state, to be aiding and assisting in the premises to the utmost of their power. And do further hereby enjoin and require the Magistrates of the said county to cause to be apprehended (if that is not already done) every person who may have been in any way accessory to the said offence, who may have aided the said John Ryer in his escape, or who may have withheld that assistance which was required of them by the said deputy-sheriff in the execution of his said office, and which, by the law and their duty as good citizens, they ought to have rendered, in order that they may be held to answer for the same. GIVEN under my hand and the privy Seal at the city of New-York, this twenty-fourth day of May, in the year 1792, and in the sixteenth year of the independence of the said state. GEORGE CLINTON. source: Poughkeepsie, NY: The Poughkeepsie Journal, 31 May 1792, p. 2.	Ryer, John (I57)
26	CORNELIUS RYER IS MISSING FROM HOME. Cornelius Ryer, the youngest son of Mr. John G. Ryer, of 252 Nepperhan avenue, has been missing from his home, since September 3, 1903. When his father and sister, left him in the morning for their work, he was in his usual frame of mind and showed no signs of a desire to go away. When they returned at noon he was not home, and as he sometimes went out into the woods with his companions, it was thought he was there then. He has not been seen since. The last place, he was known to go to, after leaving his own house was to Mrs. Miller’s at 63 Garfield street, with whom he used to live. He went on some errands for her and then left. Any information leading to the discovery of his whereabouts will be thankfully received by his father. Cornelius is 12 years of age. He is of fair complexion, very straight, light hair and brown eyes. When last seen, he had on a white straw hat, red waist with white dots, brown knickerbockers and black shoes and stockings. He is a pupil of No. 7 school. source: “Cornelius Ryer is Missing from Home.” Yonkers, NY: The Herald Statesman, 9 Sep 1903, p. 2.	Ryer, Cornelius Abram (I93)
27	Cornelius W. Ryer Cornelius Wheeler Ryer died at his home, 170 Buena Vista avenue, Friday night from oedema of the lungs. He was born in Mosholu, 65 years ago, but had resided in Yonkers since he was a small boy. After leaving school he learned the trade of machinist with Osterheld & Eickemeyer, and was employed by them for forty-two years and also worked for the Otis Elevator Company, and the Waring Hat Company. On March 6, 1872, he married Miss Ida Archer of this city. He was a member of the Westminster Presbyterian Church and organized the Young People’s Society, at that church, many years ago. He also was affiliated with the Otis Mutual Aid Association, and a veteran of the Fourth Separate Company. He is survived by his wife, a son, Patrolman Frank E. Ryer, and four daughters; Mrs. Charles F. Nugent, of New York; Mrs. Geo. W. Cottam, of Tuckahoe, and Mrs. Samuel Worthington; and Mrs. Henry M. Lewis, of this city. He also leaves an adopted son, William Archer Ryer; two sisters, Mrs. George Parry; and Mrs. John Bagley, and a brother, John G. Ryer. The funeral will be held to-morrow afternoon, at 2.30. The services at the house, will be conducted by the Rev. A. C. McMillan, pastor of the Westminster Presbyterian Church. The burial will be in Oakland Cemetery. source: Obituary of Cornelius Wheeler Ryer. Yonkers, NY: The Herald Statesman, 9 Jan 1911, p. 4.	Ryer, Cornelius Wheeler (I88)
28	CORRECTION - We were led into an error in stating that Alfred Van Orden contracted the smallpox while working in Sing Sing. It was at Portchester he took the fatal malady. source: Yonkers, NY: The Yonkers Statesman, 31 Jul 1874, p. 1.	Van Orden, Alfred (I100)
29	DIED AT AGE OF 68. In the obituary of George Parry, published yesterday, his age was given as 58. We are informed by the family that there was a mistake of 10 years, 68 being the correct age. source: “Died at the Age of 68.” Yonkers, NY: The Yonkers Statesman, 6 Sep 1916, p. 6.	Family: George Parry / Jane E. Ryer (F46)
30	DIED. MAJORY. – At Yonkers, September 16, Margaret, widow of the late Dennis G. Majory, in her 87th year. source: Death notice of Margaret Majory. Yonkers, NY: The Yonkers Gazette, 22 Sep 1888, p. 3.	Wood, Margaret (I113)
31	DIED. AT YONKERS. RYER. – Feb. 7, Emma Van Orden Ryer, 41 years. source: Death notice of Emma Van Orden Ryer. Yonkers, NY: The Yonkers Gazette, 11 Feb 1893, p. 3.	Van Orden, Emma Josephine (I92)
32	FUNERAL OF MEYER GUGGENHEIM. The funeral of Meyer Guggenheim was held yesterday morning at 10 o’clock at the Temple Emanu-El, 5th-ave. and 43d-st. The interment was in the family plot in Salem Fields. Mr. Guggenheim died last Wednesday at Palm Beach, Fla., and his body was brought to this city Saturday. Besides the seven sons and two daughters who survive Mr. Guggenheim, there were present at the temple fifteen grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Representatives of the various enterprises with which he was connected were also present. With the entrance of the funeral cortege the choir intoned the “Kol Nidre.” The anthems were “Oh, for the Wings of the Dove” and “Rest Thy Burden on the Lord.” The recessional was Chopin’s “Funeral March.” The Rev. Dr. Joseph Silverman conducted the service and pronounced the eulogy. Mourning services were held at Mr. Guggenheim’s home, No. 36 West 77th-st., last night at 6 o’clock. source: “Funeral of Meyer Guggenheim.” New York, NY: New York Tribune, 20 Mar 1905, p. 16.	Guggenheim, Meyer (I6)
33	GARRISON. - At Fordham, on Sunday evening, November 4, Mrs. MARIA GARRISON, wife of the late Jacob Garrison, aged 78 years. source: Death notice of Maria Garrison. New York, NY: The New York Herald, 6 Nov 1866, p. 8.	Cole, Maria Anna (I184)
34	I, Garrett Garrison, of the town of Yonkers, in the county of Westchester, saith; I am the age of seventy-five years at June next; that I have been acquainted with Harlem river about fifty years, and have seen pettiaguers navigating said river as far up as the New King’s or Farmer’s bridge, and that I have been a passenger on board the above described vessels separately. And I further state, that I think and believe that there are water enough for vessels of sixty tons as far up as said bridge. GARRET his x mark GARRISON Signed in the presence of Peter Valentine. Sworn and subscribed to, this 6th day of March, 1838, before me. PETER VALENTINE, Commissioner of Deeds. source: Documents of the Assembly of the State of New York, Sixty-Second Session, 1839, Volume 4. Albany, NY: E. Croswell, 1839.	Garrison, Garret (I146)
35	In the name of God, Amen. “I, Ryer Michelsen, the elder, of the Manor of Fordham, in the County of Westchester, being now about four score years of age, and of sound and perfect memory.” It is my will that my 3 sons, Ryer, Hendrick, and Tunis Michelsen, shall have the use and benefit of all lands, meadows, rights, and privileges in Westchester County, until July 1, 1736, and then all my lands are to be sold “for the most that can possibly be got,” and each of my sons is to receive £18. And all of my personal property of horses, cattle, and sheep are also to be sold. I leave to my eldest son, Ryer Michelsen, 40 shillings as a preference for his birthright. And whereas it happened that in the life time of my eldest son, Michel Michelsen, deceased, I was bound for him for his only debt to Benjamin Corsa, for the payment of £21, 8s., on or before February 17, 1725, the same is to be paid out of 1/7 of the money, and the rest is to go to his son, Ryer Michelson. I leave to my daughter Mary, wife of Benjamin Haviland, £5. To Michel Michelsen, the second son of my deceased eldest son, Michel Michelson, £5. And whereas it so happened, that for the only debt of my son-in-law, Joseph Haviland, I and Benjamin Corsa became bound to Michael Furman, “in the sum of 20 odd pounds,” the same is to be paid out of 1/7 of the money, and also an account of money which the wife of said Joseph Haviland is indebted to me, “and has left her cupboard and glass in pledge for the same.” And the overplus is to be paid to my said daughter Sarah, wife of Joseph Haviland. The rest of the money is to be divided among my 3 sons, Ryer, Hendrick, and Tunis, and my daughters, Hannah, wife of Leonard Vincent, deceased, and Jane, wife of Benjamin Corsa. I leave to my son Ryer, and my loving friend Peter Keer, executors. Dated July 7, 1733. Witnesses, Isaac Turner, Benjamin Betts, Roger Barton. Proved, December 20, 1733. source: New York Historical Society. Collections of the New York Historical Society for the Year 1894. New York: New York Historical Society, 1894.	Michaelson, Ryer Bastiensen (I14)
36	Jan Bastiaensen (born 1618) ... came to [New Netherland] from the County of Leerdam, or the Prince's land, in South Holland, in 1663, accompanied by his brother, Michiel Bastiaensen, (born 1620), both of whom afterwards lived in Harlem. Jan was the "Kortryck" who owned a Bouwery on Staten Island in 1674. He spent part of his time at Harlem, but is last mentioned there Jan. 8th, 1677, when he is witness to a power of attorney, given by his old Schoonrewoerd friend, Jan Louwe Bogert. His children were Cornelius, born 1645, Hendrick, 1648, Laurens, 1651, and Belitie, 1659, known as 'the others, uit Holland', Belitie married, December 8th, 1678, Jacob Jansen Decker, of Esopus, whither her brother Hendrick had gone to live. source: Abbott, John Howard. The Courtright (Kortright) Family Descendants of Bastian van Kortryk, a Native of Belgium who Emigrated to Holland about 1615. New York: Tobias A. Wright, 1922.	Van Kortrijk, Jan Sebastiansen (I3)
37	Jan Bastiaensen (Van Kortryk) born 1618, at Leerdam, Holland, went to the town of Beest, not far from Leerdam, where he married and where his children were born, these being Cornelis, Hendrick, Laurens and Belitie. With his brother Michiel and their families, he sailed for New Amsterdam, embarking in the Spotted Cow April 16th, 1663, and had a Bouwery on Staten Island, but probably spent a part of his time at Harlem. source: Abbott, John Howard. The Courtright (Kortright) Family Descendants of Bastian van Kortryk, a Native of Belgium who Emigrated to Holland about 1615. New York: Tobias A. Wright, 1922.	Van Kortrijk, Jan Sebastiansen (I3)
38	JENNIE RYER PARRY Mrs. Jennie Ryer Parry, aunt of Captain John A. Ryer of the Yonkers Police Department, died early this morning in St. John’s Home, Riverdale Avenue, after a lingering illness. She was 75 years of age. Mrs. Parry was born in Yonkers and had lived here all her life. Upon the death of her husband, the late George Parry of this city, about 10 years ago, she entered the St. John’s Home. She was a member of the Westminster Presbyterian Church. Besides Captain Ryer, a nephew and two nieces, all of this city, survive. source: Obituary of Jennie Ryer Parry. Yonkers, NY: The Yonkers Herald, 6 Apr 1929, p. 16.	Ryer, Jane E. (I91)
39	Jonathan Dean, prominent in the early history of Jamaica and of Oyster Bay (Cohasset), married Margaret (Oakley?) and had twelve children, three of whom settled in Westchester County. Jonathan (married 1773 Mary Causter of Westchester, daughter of Joseph) figures in the early history of Nine Partners. Nicholas settled in Eastchester and later in Yonkers, and Isaac in Greenburgh. source: Spooner, Walter W. Westchester County, New York Biographical. New York, NY: The New York History Company, 1900.	Dean, Jonathan (I434)
40	Mary Ann Post, widow of Lawrence Post, died yesterday, in this city. She was in her 91st year. Mrs. Post was the mother of William H. Post, a former Postmaster and Village Clerk of Yonkers; of Mrs. Ann M. Ackert, widow of Nelson Ackert, formerly of the firm of Ackert & Quick; of Mrs. Henry B. Archer, of 235 Warburton avenue, wife of the present Tax Receiver of Yonkers. She was a daughter of Abram and Sarah Wood, and was born in Yonkers on July 13, 1810, and she had always lived in this city. She enjoyed uniformly good health till recently. Her husband died some years ago. She has resided with her daughter, Mrs. Archer, for the last eight years. Her death was due to the weakness caused by old age. source: Obituary of Mary Ann Post. Yonkers, NY: The Yonkers Statesman, 9 Jan 1901.	Wood, Mary Ann (I637)
41	Michiel Bastiaensen (Van Kortryk), born 1620, at Leerdam, Holland, also married and removed to the village of Schoonrewoert, not far from Leerdam, where his children Reyer, Metje, Annetie, and Bastiaen were born, his fifth child. Aefie, born in Harlem. They all came in the Spotted Cow in 1663, with Jan and his family, and soon came to Harlem, later making their home at Fordham. source: Abbott, John Howard. The Courtright (Kortright) Family Descendants of Bastian van Kortryk, a Native of Belgium who Emigrated to Holland about 1615. New York: Tobias A. Wright, 1922.	Van Kortrijk, Michiel Sebastiansen (I6)
42	Michiel Bastiaensen, of whose history up to his emigration, in 1663, we have before spoken, had, so far as known, five children, viz.: Reyer, born 1653; Metje, born 1655, who married Hendrick Kiersen: Annetie, born 1658, who married John Odell (ancestor of the Fordham Odells); Bastiaen, born 1662, and Aefie, born 1665, in New York, who married Jacques Tourneur. source: Riker, James. Revised History of Harlem: Its Origins and Early Annals. New York: New Harlem Publishing Company, 1904.	Van Kortrijk, Michiel Sebastiansen (I6)
43	MINUIT, Peter, pioneer and colonial governor, was born in Wesel, Rhenish Prussia, about 1580. Very little is known about his personal history. Although born in a German town he is supposed to have been of Dutch extraction. He subsequently removed to Holland and had resided there for several years, when, in 1625, he was appointed by the Dutch West India Company its director-general in New Netherlands. There had been two directors before him — Cornelius Jacobsen Mey and William Verhulst — but they held this office but one year each and had very limited authority, while now the company ordained a more formal government and conferred upon its head enlarged powers, with a more exalted title, so that Minuit is properly regarded as the first governor of New Netherlands. On Dec. 19, 1625, he sailed from Amsterdam in the "Sea Mew," and, landing on Manhattan island May 4, 1626, summoned the chiefs of the native Indians, who owned these parts, and purchased the 22,000 acres constituting the island for 60 guilders, about $24, or $100 in modern value, worth of pots, cans, cattle, ax-heads, blankets, beads, and other trinkets. On July 27th, a vessel named the "Arms of Amsterdam " arrived at Manhattan island, bringing among other passengers Isaac de Rasières, the secretary of the colonial government, and on Sept. 23rd it sailed again for Holland, carrying the official announcement of the purchase of Manhattan island and a valuable cargo of furs and timber. In the meantime Minuit built a fort, a warehouse, and a mill, which had the effect of drawing people from neighboring settlements, so that soon the population of the island increased to about 200. In 1627, as a result of a friendly correspondence between Peter Minuit and Gov. William Bradford, of Plymouth, commercial relations were established between the two colonies, and this fact still further contributed toward the growth of the new settlement. Minuit directed the affairs of New Netherlands until August, 1631, when he was recalled by the Dutch West India Company. Upon arriving in Amsterdam, in 1632, he endeavored to regain his office, but was unsuccessful, as the company held him responsible for the accumulation of lands in the hands of the patroons. He thereupon entered the Swedish service, and was placed in command of a body of Swedish and Finnish colonists in two vessels, which sailed from Gothenburg in 1637, under the auspices of the Swedish West India Company. He ascended the Delaware bay early in 1638, erected Fort Christiana on land purchased from the Indians, near the present city of Wilmington. This was the first permanent European settlement on the Delaware river. This region being claimed by the Dutch, Gov. Kieft, of New Netherlands, protested against its occupancy by Minuit's party, but the protest was disregarded, and the colony remained a Swedish possession till 1655, when it was captured by the Dutch. The colonists encountered the severest hardships, and on one occasion, in 1640, their necessities became so pressing that preparations were made for abandoning their home and removing to Manhattan, when a ship laden with provisions opportunely arrived. Peter Minuit displayed great sagacity and skill in keeping the settlers together and avoiding hostilities with the Indians and Dutch. He successfully managed the affairs of the colony until his death, which occurred in 1641. source: White, James Terry. The National Cyclopedia of American Biography: Being the History of the United States as Illustrated in the Lives of the Founders, Builders, and Defenders of the Republic, and of the Men and Women who are Doing the Work and Moulding the Thoughts of the Present Time, Volume 12. New York: James T. White & Company, 1904. 208.	Minuit, Peter (I1)
44	Nicholas (1697?-1772), whose branch of the family retains many members in the Society of Friends, married Deborah – , and had Stephen, Solomon, Daniel, Phebe (married Joseph Pell), Charity (married John Valentine), Mary (married William Underhill), Amey (married Samuel Thorn), Margaret (married Joshua Gedney), Anna (married Elias Doty), Sarah (married Samuel Barnes), Stephen, eldest son of Nicholas (1724-1796), married (1) Abigail Bowne, and had Nicholas, of Yonkers, Mary (1752-1832), Lawrence (1755), Susannah (1756), Elizabeth (1759), Stephen (1760). From Nicholas (1751-1797) descend Nicholas, of New York, who was a projector of the Croton Aqueduct and a well-known philanthropist (v. Memorial Biographies of the N. E. Gen. Soc., 1881, Vol. II), Robert, Joseph, William R., and Stephen. Stephen married (II) Mary Flandreau and had Joseph (1763-1825), Abigail (1764-1824), Daniel (1766-1811), Anne (1768-1845+), William (1770-1845+), Margaret (1772-1845+), David (1774), Jonathan (1776-1845+), Israel (1777-1845+), John (1781-1845+), Hannah (1784-1840). source: Spooner, Walter W. Westchester County, New York Biographical. New York, NY: The New York History Company, 1900.	Dean, Nicholas (I424)
45	Obituary. MRS. ELIZA A. RYER died yesterday, of consumption, at 247 New Main street, in the 62d year of her age. She was born in Mosholu, and has lived all her days in Yonkers. She leaves two sons and two daughters, one of the daughters living in Poughkeepsie. Her mother, the widow of the late Dennis Majory, still survives, and is 83 years of age. The funeral services will be held at the residence, on Saturday afternoon at 4 o’clock. Mrs. Ryer was a member of the Westminster Presbyterian Church. source: Obituary of Eliza A. Ryer. Yonkers, NY: The Yonkers Statesman, 7 Aug 1885, p. 3.	Majory, Elizabeth Ann (I86)
46	OBITUARY. MRS. SARAH ESTHER VAN ORDEN, wife of the late Alfred Van Orden, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. G. B. Valentine, of 16 Astor place, Yonkers, yesterday morning, after a long illness. She was born in New York City, Nov. 14, 1832. She was married to Mr. Van Orden in that place, in 1846. He died about 33 years ago. She had resided in Yonkers for 59 years. Mrs. Van Orden is survived by three daughters - Mrs. Robert P. Allison and Mrs. G. B. Valentine, of this city, and Mrs. Alfred Russell, of Somers Center, N. Y. source: Obituary of Sarah Esther Van Orden. Yonkers, NY: The Yonkers Statesman, 16 Apr 1908, p. 6.	Young, Sarah Esther (I101)
47	OBITUARY. JOHN GARRISON RYER. John Garrison Ryer, father of Police Sergeant John Ryer, and who had been substantially a resident of Yonkers all his life, died at Grasslands Hospital, Valhalla, yesterday. He was taken there nine days ago. For the past five years he has been an invalid, having suffered an apoplectic stroke. He made his home with his son John, at 93 Maple street. Heart failure is given as the cause of death. Mr. Ryer was 71 years of age. He was born in Mosholu when it was a part of the town of Yonkers. He was a son of the late Abram and Elizabeth Ryer. His grandfather, Dennis Majory, for many years was the keeper of a toll-bridge at Kingsbridge. When his father died, Mr. Rver, who was then a boy, came to Yonkers proper with his mother and his grandmother, Mrs. Margaret Majory. For sixty years Mr. Ryer lived at 247 New Main street. He was a graduate of School No. 2. He was a hat-cutter by trade, and worked in the different local factories. For thirty years he was employed by the Waring Company, and for a long time was foreman of one of the departments in the plant. His wife, who was Miss Emma Van Orden, died about twenty-five years ago. Of the eight children only three survive – Sergeant Ryer, Cornelius Ryer of Buffalo, N. Y., and Mrs. Hugh M. Stevenson, of Lincoln, Neb. There are also two sisters, Mrs. Jennie Parry of this city, and Mrs. Sarah Baguley of Poughkeepsie, N. Y. The funeral services will be held at his late residence, 93 Maple street, tomorrow afternoon; interment, Oakland Cemetery. source: Obituary of John Garrison Ryer. Yonkers, NY: The Yonkers Statesman, 30 Aug 1921, p. 6.	Ryer, John Garrison (I90)
48	Of Oblinus' companions on board the de Bonte Koe (Spotted Cow), Demarest went to Staten Island, Journee and Bogert to Brooklyn, and the Bastiaensen brothers to Stuyvesant's Bouwery, though they all soon after came to Harlem. The Bastiaensens, it may be observed, were the ancestors of the entire Kortright or Courtright family, in the States of New York and New Jersey, and also, through other branches, of the families of Ryer and Michiel (now Mekeel and McKeel, -- a Dutch metamorphosed into a Hibernian name!) of Westchester and other counties of our State, and that of Low, in Somerset County, New Jersey but distinct from the Lows of Ulster county, named in a preceding note. source: Riker, James. Revised History of Harlem: Its Origins and Early Annals. New York: New Harlem Publishing Company, 1904.	Van Kortrijk, Michiel Sebastiansen (I6)
49	Of Oblinus' companions on board the de Bonte Koe (Spotted Cow), Demarest went to Staten Island, Journee and Bogert to Brooklyn, and the Bastiaensen brothers to Stuyvesant's Bouwery, though they all soon after came to Harlem. The Bastiaensens, it may be observed, were the ancestors of the entire Kortright or Courtright family, in the States of New York and New Jersey, and also, through other branches, of the families of Ryer and Michiel (now Mekeel and McKeel, -- a Dutch metamorphosed into a Hibernian name!) of Westchester and other counties of our State, and that of Low, in Somerset County, New Jersey but distinct from the Lows of Ulster county, named in a preceding note. source: Riker, James. Revised History of Harlem: Its Origins and Early Annals. New York: New Harlem Publishing Company, 1904.	Van Kortrijk, Jan Sebastiansen (I3)
50	Reyer Michielsen, eldest son of Michiel Bastiaensen, was b. at Schoonrewoerd, Holland, in 1653, coming in 1663 with his parents; he m. April 15, 1686, Jacomyntje, dau. of Jan Tibout, settling at Fordham, where he took part in building the church, of which he was an active member. A mortgage given by John Archer to Cornelis Steenwyck, of New York, in 1676, gave him full title and possession of the Manor of Fordham, which passed under his will and by certain deeds, to the Dutch church of New York. In getting possession, the church met with great opposition from the town of Westchester. This led in 1688 to a forcible entry by the officers and friends of the church. Elijah Barton, engaged with his father, Roger Barton, to keep possession for and in behalf of the town of Westchester, when on July 16th, in the afternoon, there came a great company of men with Nicholas Bayard, of New York, demanding admittance. This being refused, Reyer Michiels and Teunis De Key, at Bayard's word, broke open the door and the Bartons were ousted and roughly handled. With Bayard were also Nicholas Stuyvesant, Johannes Kip, Isaac Van Vleeck, Michiel Bastiaens and his wife, and sons Bastiaen, Reyer, Michiel, Hendrick Kiersen, and Jacques Tourneur. Also, “in the exploit” was Hannah (or Anna) Odell. The Westchester authorities issued a warrant July 20th, “to take the bodies of the said Reyer Michiels, with the said complycetors”, but the church maintained its hold and the lands were ultimately sold. Reyer Michielsen died in 1733, having had children, Michiel, Reyer, Hendrick, Teunis, Hannah, Mary, Sarah, Jane, Jacomyntie, Johannes, some of whom being called Michiels and others Reyers. source: Abbott, John Howard. The Courtright (Kortright) Family Descendants of Bastian van Kortryk, a Native of Belgium who Emigrated to Holland about 1615. New York: Tobias A. Wright, 1922.	Michaelson, Ryer Bastiensen (I14)

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11 Jul 1870 - The value of her personal estate was $10,000 at this time

source: National Archives and Records Administration. 1870 United States Federal Census, Boonton, Boonton Post Office, Morris County, New Jersey, National Archives Microfilm Roll M593_877; 1870 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009.

Ryer, Maria Caroline (I348)

11 Jul 1870 - The value of her real estate was $4,500 at this time

source: National Archives and Records Administration. 1870 United States Federal Census, Boonton, Boonton Post Office, Morris County, New Jersey, National Archives Microfilm Roll M593_877; 1870 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009.

Ryer, Maria Caroline (I348)

11 Jul 1870 - The value of his personal estate was $1,000 at this time

source: National Archives and Records Administration. 1870 United States Federal Census, Boonton, Boonton Post Office, Morris County, New Jersey, National Archives Microfilm Roll M593_877; 1870 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009.

Jennings, Nathaniel Tileston Jr. (I556)

11 Jul 1870 - The value of his real estate was $2,000 at this time

source: National Archives and Records Administration. 1870 United States Federal Census, Boonton, Boonton Post Office, Morris County, New Jersey, National Archives Microfilm Roll M593_877; 1870 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009.

Jennings, Nathaniel Tileston Jr. (I556)

11 Sep 1763 - Gerrit Krankheyt was the sponsor to his baptism

source: Dutch Reformed Church of Sleepy Hollow. Gerret Gerritsen, Baptismal Record, 11 Sep 1763, Dutch Reformed Church, Sleepy Hollow, Westchester County, New York.

Garrison, Garret (I146)

13 Jul 1860 - The value of his personal estate was $300 at this time

source: National Archives and Records Administration. 1860 United States Federal Census, Pequannock, Boonton Post Office, Morris County, New Jersey, National Archives Microfilm Roll M653_704; 1860 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009.

Jennings, Nathaniel Tileston Jr. (I556)

13 Jul 1860 - The value of his real estate was $1,800 at this time

source: National Archives and Records Administration. 1860 United States Federal Census, Pequannock, Boonton Post Office, Morris County, New Jersey, National Archives Microfilm Roll M653_704; 1860 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009.

Jennings, Nathaniel Tileston Jr. (I556)

19 Aug 1850 - The value of his real estate was $1,000 at this time

source: National Archives and Records Administration. 1850 United States Federal Census, New York Ward 12, New York County, New York, National Archives Microfilm Roll M432_549; 1850 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009.

Ryer, Blazius (I256)

19 Aug 1850 - The value of his real estate was $6,000 at this time

source: National Archives and Records Administration. 1850 United States Federal Census, New York Ward 12, New York County, New York, National Archives Microfilm Roll M432_549; 1850 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009.

Ryer, Samuel (I246)

2 Aug 1790 - Identified as John Ryer, son of Henry Ryer, on the 1790 U.S. federal census (source: National Archives and Records Administration. 1790 United States Federal Census, Westchester, Westchester 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.)

Ryer, John (I57)

2 Aug 1860 - The value of his real estate was $2,500 at this time

source: National Archives and Records Administration. 1860 United States Federal Census, Aurelius, Cayuga Post Office, Cayuga County, New York, National Archives Microfilm Roll M653_729; 1860 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009.

Valentine, James (I528)

28 Jul 1870 - The value of his real estate was $4,800 at this time

source: National Archives and Records Administration. 1870 United States Federal Census, Aurelius, Port Byron Post Office, Cayuga County, New York, National Archives Microfilm Roll M593_910; 1870 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009.

Valentine, James (I528)

28 Jun 1757 - He and his wife, Annatje Krankheyt, were sponsors to their niece Antje Gerritse’s baptism (source: Dutch Reformed Church of Sleepy Hollow. Antje Gerritse, Baptismal Record, 28 Jun 1757, Dutch Reformed Church, Sleepy Hollow, Westchester County, New York.)

9 Jun 1759 - His brother Jan Gerritse and his wife were witnesses to his son Jan's Gerritse's baptism (source: Dutch Reformed Church of Sleepy Hollow. Jan Gerritse, Baptismal Record, 9 Jun 1759, Dutch Reformed Church, Sleepy Hollow, Westchester County, New York.)

12 Sep 1761 - He and his wife, Annatje Krankheyt, were sponsors to their nephew Tunis Kranckheyt's baptism (source: Dutch Reformed Church of Sleepy Hollow. Tunis Crankheyt, Baptismal Record, 12 Sep 1761, Dutch Reformed Church, Sleepy Hollow, Westchester County, New York.)

30 Jun 1764 - He and his wife, Annatje Krankheyt, were sponsors to Annatje Lent's baptism (source: Dutch Reformed Church of Sleepy Hollow. Annatje Lent, Baptismal Record, 30 Jun 1764, Dutch Reformed Church, Sleepy Hollow, Westchester County, New York.)

2 Sep 1769 - He and his wife, Annatje Krankheyt, were sponsors to their nephew Nathaniel Kranckheyt’s baptism (source: Dutch Reformed Church of Sleepy Hollow. Nathaniel Kranckheyt, Baptismal Record, 2 Sep 1769, Dutch Reformed Church, Sleepy Hollow, Westchester County, New
York.)

Gerritsen, Tunis (I143)

29 Jun 1702 - He and his wife were witnesses to their niece Hillegont Hardenbergh’s baptism at this time

source: First Reformed Dutch Church of Jamaica. Hillegont Herdenbergh, Baptismal Record, 29 Jun 1702, First Reformed Dutch Church of Jamaica, Jamaica, Queens County, New York.

Wiltsie, Theunis Hendricksz (I266)

29 Jun 1702 - She and her husband Theunis Wiltse were witnesses to their niece Hillegont Hardenbergh’s baptism at this time

source: First Reformed Dutch Church of Jamaica. Hillegont Herdenbergh, Baptismal Record, 29 Jun 1702, First Reformed Dutch Church of Jamaica, Jamaica,
Queens County, New York.

Gerritsen, Divertje (I586)

4 Apr 1704 - Her uncle Pieter Gerritse and aunt Cornelia Gerritse were sponsors to her baptism

source: First Reformed Dutch Church of Jamaica. Hillegont Wiltse, Baptismal Record, 4 Sep 1704, First Reformed Dutch Church of Jamaica, Jamaica, Queens County, New York.

Wiltsie, Hillegont (I365)

4 Apr 1704 - His uncle Hendrick Wiltse and aunt Grietie Hardenberg were sponsors to his baptism

source: First Reformed Dutch Church of Jamaica. Hendrick Wiltse, Baptismal Record, 29 Jun 1702, First Reformed Dutch Church of Jamaica, Jamaica, Queens County, New York.

Wiltsie, Hendrick (I364)

9 Jan 1709 - Jacobs Crankeidt and his wife, Elisabeth, were sponsors to her baptism

source: Dutch Reformed Church of Flatbush. Debora Wilze, Baptismal Record, 9 Jan 1709, Dutch Reformed Church, Flatbush, Kings County, New York.

Wiltsie, Deborah (I367)

AGED COPPER MAGNATE DEAD

Millionaire Meyer Guggenheim, Who Went to Palm Beach, Fla., for a Rest, a Victim of Pleurisy.

Meyer Guggenheim, the aged financier and copper magnate, died at Palm Beach, Fla., early this morning. Mr. Guggenheim went South only four weeks ago in perfect health for a month’s rest. He was attacked with pleurisy last Sunday. In spite of the efforts of several physicians pneumonia developed and Mr. Guggenheim sank rapidly, until the end came at 2:30 o’clock to-day.

As head of the firm of M. Guggenheim’s Sons, Mr. Guggenheim was one of the best known copper men in the world. He was seventy-eight years old, but still took an active interest in business. Born a poor boy at Langnau, Switzerland, on Feb. 1, 1828, he learned a trade in his boyhood days and as a journeyman travelled through Europe.

He came to this country in 1848. On the way over he met Miss Barbara Myers, whom he afterward married. His father and Miss Myer’s mother met at the same time, and they, too, were married.

Mr. Guggenheim became a vender upon his arrival in this country, but he soon tired of that modest enterprise and started a stove polish manufactory in Philadelphia. The business was successful from the beginning. A few years later Mr. Guggenheim became interested in a mining venture in Leadville out of which developed millions of profits. In 1890 he built an enormous ore smelter at Pueblo and sent his sons to attend to the business. About five years ago he purchased all the available mining properties in Mexico, and the deal astounded the business world.

Mr. Guggenheim was greatly interested in hospitals. He have $200,000 to Mount Sinai Hospital in the city.

source: “AGED COPPER MAGNATE DEAD.” New York, NY: The Evening World, 16 Mar 1905, p. 13.

Guggenheim, Meyer (I6)

Bastiaen Michielsen, always so styled in the town books, though in the church records usually called Bastiaen Kortright, remained in H., where he m. in 1689, Joiante, dr. of John La Montagne, dec. On Sept. 19, 1701, he bought from Peter van Oblienis, a tract of land at Sherman’s Creek, laid out to Oblienis in 1691, as lot No. 20. This became the well-known Kortright farm, which continued in the family till 1786. It was originally ten morgen, or twenty acres, and is so rated on the town books for the next half century; but this was exclusive (for meadows were never taxed) of the adjoining marsh, or the morasse creupelbos, of the original description. And, then, be it remembered, the allotments of 1691 generally overran the estimate, and this lot lying isolated was not likely to be an exception. This brought it up to 45 acres, 27 perches. Here Bastiaen Michielsen built and lived till very aged; at least, his name in the tax lists runs down to 1753. He also owned two pieces of meadow at Kingsbridge, bought of the town by Joh. Vermilye, Apl. 1, 1693, and on the same date transferred to Bastiaen, to whom the town gave a deed Jan. 4, 1700. Bastiaen Michielsen Kortright had issue, as far as appears, Michael, b. 1697; Johannes, b. 1702; Aefie, who m. John Devoor; and Rachel, who m. Isaac Delamontagne. Johannes Bastiaens, as he is properly styled in certain deeds, but calling himself (after his fa.’s patronymic) “Johannes Michelson Kortright,” m. Aeltie, dr. of John Vermilye, 2d. He was a weaver, but succeeded to the farm at Sherman’s Creek, which, in a mortgage given January 9, 1768, he describes as No. 20, and 10 morgen, and by the original boundaries of 1691. Within a year after, he removed to New York, and having lost his wife, appears to have died about 1775. His son, John Courtright, as he wrote his name, married in 1774, his cousin, Aefie, or Effie, daughter of John Devoor, of Hoorn’s Hook, and was last of the family to own the ancestral farm, of which he made sale, May 24, 1786, to Cornelius Harsen, who conveyed it, January 3, 1804, to Jacobus Dyckman, whence it came to his son, the late Isaac Dyckman. It was included in the tract of 128 acres (being part of said Isaac’s estate) called the Fort George Tract, which was parceled into lots, and disposed of by public sale, October 14, 1868.

source: Riker, James. Revised History of Harlem: Its Origins and Early Annals. New York: New Harlem Publishing Company, 1904.

Kortright, Bastien (I17)

Bastiaen Van Kortryk, a native of the city of Kortryk, West Flanders, Belgium, emigrated to Holland about 1615, settling in the town of Leerdam, as has been shown. He had sons Jan and Michiel.

source: Abbott, John Howard. The Courtright (Kortright) Family Descendants of Bastian van Kortryk, a Native of Belgium who Emigrated to Holland about 1615. New York: Tobias A. Wright, 1922.

Van Kortrijk, Sebastian (I1)

Bedford
The 3rd of July 1816

Dear Father, Brother and Sister

I received your very acceptable letter dated the 4th of June by the hand of Nathan Hoag which afforded us great satisfaction in hearing once more from you. As thee wanted me to inform thee about mother she departed this life in the winter of the year 1814-1815. As for our brothers and sisters, Anna is not married. Deborah married Tucker and he is dead. Elizabeth married Isaac Dean. They are both living at Queensbury. Sarah married Samuel Cox, Amos married a Post. They are all living in the Genesees. Rhoda married William Husted living in the Navesink. Abraham married an Archer, lives near King’s Bridge. Henry and Mary never married. They all live in New York State except John and Amy, they live in Upper Canada. John married a Roblin. Amy married Jonathan Bedford. Thee mentioned something in thy letter about that land. We never got it and think it is too late as we have no title for it. As for Tobacco, there is none grown in these parts. So must conclude, with informing you that we are all as well as common except my wife who has been unwell for some time.

My wife and family join me in love to you all, and have a desire to be remembered to Rachel. So no more but remain your affectionate brother and sister James and Martha Wood

source: Howe, Herbert Barber. Yorkshire to Westchester: A Chronicle of the Wood Family. Rutland, VT: Tuttle Publishing Company, Inc., 1948.

Wood, Abraham (I636)

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.

Ryer, Henry (I42)

Ryer, Tunis Sr. (I45)

BY His Excellency GEORGE CLINTON, Esq. Governor of the state of New-York, General and Commander in Chief of all the Militia, and Admiral of the Navy of the same.

PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by an inquisition taken before David I. Pell, Esq. one of the coroners of the county of West Chester, on the 18th day of May, instant, it appears that Isaac Smith, deputy sheriff of the said county, was on the 17th day of the said month, inhumanly murdered while in the due execution of his said office; and that a certain John Ryer, late of the town of Westchester, in the county of Westchester aforesaid, stands charged with the commission of the said horrid crime, and whereas it is represented to me that the said John Ryers hath fled from justice.

NOW THEREFORE, I have issued this my proclamation, hereby offering a reward of FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS to any person or persons who shall apprehend and deliver the said John Ryer to the keeper of the common gaol of the said county, so that he may be brought to justice. And I do by these presents strictly enjoin and require all officers, civil and military, and all other the good citizens of this state, to be aiding and assisting in the premises to the utmost of their power.

And do further hereby enjoin and require the Magistrates of the said county to cause to be apprehended (if that is not already done) every person who may have been in any way accessory to the said offence, who may have aided the said John Ryer in his escape, or who may have withheld that assistance which was required of them by the said deputy-sheriff in the execution of his said office, and which, by the law and their duty as good citizens, they ought to have rendered, in order that they may be held to answer for the same. GIVEN under my hand and the privy Seal at the city of New-York, this twenty-fourth day of May, in the year 1792, and in the sixteenth year of the independence of the said state.

GEORGE CLINTON.

source: Poughkeepsie, NY: The Poughkeepsie Journal, 31 May 1792, p. 2.

Ryer, John (I57)

CORNELIUS RYER IS MISSING FROM HOME.

Cornelius Ryer, the youngest son of Mr. John G. Ryer, of 252 Nepperhan avenue, has been missing from his home, since September 3, 1903. When his father and sister, left him in the morning for their work, he was in his usual frame of mind and showed no signs of a desire to go away. When they returned at noon he was not home, and as he sometimes went out into the woods with his companions, it was thought he was there then. He has not been seen since. The last place, he was known to go to, after leaving his own house was to Mrs. Miller’s at 63 Garfield street, with whom he used to live. He went on some errands for her and then left.

Any information leading to the discovery of his whereabouts will be thankfully received by his father.

Cornelius is 12 years of age. He is of fair complexion, very straight, light hair and brown eyes. When last seen, he had on a white straw hat, red waist with white dots, brown knickerbockers and black shoes and stockings. He is a pupil of No. 7 school.

source: “Cornelius Ryer is Missing from Home.” Yonkers, NY: The Herald Statesman, 9 Sep 1903, p. 2.

Ryer, Cornelius Abram (I93)

Cornelius W. Ryer

Cornelius Wheeler Ryer died at his home, 170 Buena Vista avenue, Friday night from oedema of the lungs. He was born in Mosholu, 65 years ago, but had resided in Yonkers since he was a small boy. After leaving school he learned the trade of machinist with Osterheld & Eickemeyer, and was employed by them for forty-two years and also worked for the Otis Elevator Company, and the Waring Hat Company. On March 6, 1872, he married Miss Ida Archer of this city. He was a member of the Westminster Presbyterian Church and organized the Young People’s Society, at that church, many years ago. He also was affiliated with the Otis Mutual Aid Association, and a veteran of the Fourth Separate Company. He is survived by his wife, a son, Patrolman Frank E. Ryer, and four daughters; Mrs. Charles F. Nugent, of New York; Mrs. Geo. W. Cottam, of Tuckahoe, and Mrs. Samuel Worthington; and Mrs. Henry M. Lewis, of this city. He also leaves an adopted son, William Archer Ryer; two sisters, Mrs. George Parry; and Mrs. John Bagley, and a brother, John G. Ryer. The funeral will be held to-morrow afternoon, at 2.30. The services at the house, will be conducted by the Rev. A. C. McMillan, pastor of the Westminster Presbyterian Church. The burial will be in Oakland Cemetery.

source: Obituary of Cornelius Wheeler Ryer. Yonkers, NY: The Herald Statesman, 9 Jan 1911, p. 4.

Ryer, Cornelius Wheeler (I88)

CORRECTION - We were led into an error in stating that Alfred Van Orden contracted the smallpox while working in Sing Sing. It was at Portchester he took the fatal malady.

source: Yonkers, NY: The Yonkers Statesman, 31 Jul 1874, p. 1.

Van Orden, Alfred (I100)

DIED AT AGE OF 68.

In the obituary of George Parry, published yesterday, his age was given as 58. We are informed by the family that there was a mistake of 10 years, 68 being the correct age.

source: “Died at the Age of 68.” Yonkers, NY: The Yonkers Statesman, 6 Sep 1916, p. 6.

Family: George Parry / Jane E. Ryer (F46)

DIED.

MAJORY. – At Yonkers, September 16, Margaret, widow of the late Dennis G. Majory, in her 87th year.

source: Death notice of Margaret Majory. Yonkers, NY: The Yonkers Gazette, 22 Sep 1888, p. 3.

Wood, Margaret (I113)

DIED.
AT YONKERS.

RYER. – Feb. 7, Emma Van Orden Ryer, 41 years.

source: Death notice of Emma Van Orden Ryer. Yonkers, NY: The Yonkers Gazette, 11 Feb 1893, p. 3.

Van Orden, Emma Josephine (I92)

FUNERAL OF MEYER GUGGENHEIM.

The funeral of Meyer Guggenheim was held yesterday morning at 10 o’clock at the Temple Emanu-El, 5th-ave. and 43d-st. The interment was in the family plot in Salem Fields. Mr. Guggenheim died last Wednesday at Palm Beach, Fla., and his body was brought to this city Saturday. Besides the seven sons and two daughters who survive Mr. Guggenheim, there were present at the temple fifteen grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Representatives of the various enterprises with which he was connected were also present.

With the entrance of the funeral cortege the choir intoned the “Kol Nidre.” The anthems were “Oh, for the Wings of the Dove” and “Rest Thy Burden on the Lord.” The recessional was Chopin’s “Funeral March.” The Rev. Dr. Joseph Silverman conducted the service and pronounced the eulogy. Mourning services were held at Mr. Guggenheim’s home, No. 36 West 77th-st., last night at 6 o’clock.

source: “Funeral of Meyer Guggenheim.” New York, NY: New York Tribune, 20 Mar 1905, p. 16.

Guggenheim, Meyer (I6)

GARRISON. - At Fordham, on Sunday evening, November 4, Mrs. MARIA GARRISON, wife of the late Jacob Garrison, aged 78 years.

source: Death notice of Maria Garrison. New York, NY: The New York Herald, 6 Nov 1866, p. 8.

Cole, Maria Anna (I184)

I, Garrett Garrison, of the town of Yonkers, in the county of Westchester, saith; I am the age of seventy-five years at June next; that I have been acquainted with Harlem river about fifty years, and have seen pettiaguers navigating said river as far up as the New King’s or Farmer’s bridge, and that I have been a passenger on board the above described vessels separately. And I further state, that I think and believe that there are water enough for vessels of sixty tons as far up as said bridge.

GARRET his x mark GARRISON

Signed in the presence of Peter Valentine. Sworn and subscribed to, this 6th day of March, 1838, before me.

PETER VALENTINE, Commissioner of Deeds.

source: Documents of the Assembly of the State of New York, Sixty-Second Session, 1839, Volume 4. Albany, NY: E. Croswell, 1839.

Garrison, Garret (I146)

In the name of God, Amen. “I, Ryer Michelsen, the elder, of the Manor of Fordham, in the County of Westchester, being now about four score years of age, and of sound and perfect memory.” It is my will that my 3 sons, Ryer, Hendrick, and Tunis Michelsen, shall have the use and benefit of all lands, meadows, rights, and privileges in Westchester County, until July 1, 1736, and then all my lands are to be sold “for the most that can possibly be got,” and each of my sons is to receive £18. And all of my personal property of horses, cattle, and sheep are also to be sold. I leave to my eldest son, Ryer Michelsen, 40 shillings as a preference for his birthright. And whereas it happened that in the life time of my eldest son, Michel Michelsen, deceased, I was bound for him for his only debt to Benjamin Corsa, for the payment of £21, 8s., on or before February 17, 1725, the same is to be paid out of 1/7 of the money, and the rest is to go to his son, Ryer Michelson. I leave to my daughter Mary, wife of Benjamin Haviland, £5. To Michel Michelsen, the second son of my deceased eldest son, Michel Michelson, £5. And whereas it so happened, that for the only debt of my son-in-law, Joseph Haviland, I and Benjamin Corsa became bound to Michael Furman, “in the sum of 20 odd pounds,” the same is to be paid out of 1/7 of the money, and also an account of money which the wife of said Joseph Haviland is indebted to me, “and has left her cupboard and glass in pledge for the same.” And the overplus is to be paid to my said daughter Sarah, wife of Joseph Haviland. The rest of the money is to be divided among my 3 sons, Ryer, Hendrick, and Tunis, and my daughters, Hannah, wife of Leonard Vincent, deceased, and Jane, wife of Benjamin Corsa. I leave to my son Ryer, and my loving friend Peter Keer, executors.

Dated July 7, 1733. Witnesses, Isaac Turner, Benjamin Betts, Roger Barton. Proved, December 20, 1733.

source: New York Historical Society. Collections of the New York Historical Society for the Year 1894. New York: New York Historical Society, 1894.

Michaelson, Ryer Bastiensen (I14)

Jan Bastiaensen (born 1618) ... came to [New Netherland] from the County of Leerdam, or the Prince's land, in South Holland, in 1663, accompanied by his brother, Michiel Bastiaensen, (born 1620), both of whom afterwards lived in Harlem. Jan was the "Kortryck" who owned a Bouwery on Staten Island in 1674. He spent part of his time at Harlem, but is last mentioned there Jan. 8th, 1677, when he is witness to a power of attorney, given by his old Schoonrewoerd friend, Jan Louwe Bogert. His children were Cornelius, born 1645, Hendrick, 1648, Laurens, 1651, and Belitie, 1659, known as 'the others, uit Holland', Belitie married, December 8th, 1678, Jacob Jansen Decker, of Esopus, whither her brother Hendrick had gone to live.

source: Abbott, John Howard. The Courtright (Kortright) Family Descendants of Bastian van Kortryk, a Native of Belgium who Emigrated to Holland about 1615. New York: Tobias A. Wright, 1922.

Van Kortrijk, Jan Sebastiansen (I3)

Jan Bastiaensen (Van Kortryk) born 1618, at Leerdam, Holland, went to the town of Beest, not far from Leerdam, where he married and where his children were born, these being Cornelis, Hendrick, Laurens and Belitie. With his brother Michiel and their families, he sailed for New Amsterdam, embarking in the Spotted Cow April 16th, 1663, and had a Bouwery on Staten Island, but probably spent a part of his time at Harlem.

source: Abbott, John Howard. The Courtright (Kortright) Family Descendants of Bastian van Kortryk, a Native of Belgium who Emigrated to Holland about 1615. New York: Tobias A. Wright, 1922.

Van Kortrijk, Jan Sebastiansen (I3)

JENNIE RYER PARRY

Mrs. Jennie Ryer Parry, aunt of Captain John A. Ryer of the Yonkers Police Department, died early this morning in St. John’s Home, Riverdale Avenue, after a lingering illness. She was 75 years of age.

Mrs. Parry was born in Yonkers and had lived here all her life. Upon the death of her husband, the late George Parry of this city, about 10 years ago, she entered the St. John’s Home. She was a member of the Westminster Presbyterian Church.

Besides Captain Ryer, a nephew and two nieces, all of this city, survive.

source: Obituary of Jennie Ryer Parry. Yonkers, NY: The Yonkers Herald, 6 Apr 1929, p. 16.

Ryer, Jane E. (I91)

Jonathan Dean, prominent in the early history of Jamaica and of Oyster Bay (Cohasset), married Margaret (Oakley?) and had twelve children, three of whom settled in Westchester County. Jonathan (married 1773 Mary Causter of Westchester, daughter of Joseph) figures in the early history of Nine Partners. Nicholas settled in Eastchester and later in Yonkers, and Isaac in Greenburgh.

source: Spooner, Walter W. Westchester County, New York Biographical. New York, NY: The New York History Company, 1900.

Dean, Jonathan (I434)

Mary Ann Post, widow of Lawrence Post, died yesterday, in this city. She was in her 91st year. Mrs. Post was the mother of William H. Post, a former Postmaster and Village Clerk of Yonkers; of Mrs. Ann M. Ackert, widow of Nelson Ackert, formerly of the firm of Ackert & Quick; of Mrs. Henry B. Archer, of 235 Warburton avenue, wife of the present Tax Receiver of Yonkers. She was a daughter of Abram and Sarah Wood, and was born in Yonkers on July 13, 1810, and she had always lived in this city. She enjoyed uniformly good health till recently. Her husband died some years ago. She has resided with her daughter, Mrs. Archer, for the last eight years. Her death was due to the weakness caused by old age.

source: Obituary of Mary Ann Post. Yonkers, NY: The Yonkers Statesman, 9 Jan 1901.

Wood, Mary Ann (I637)

Michiel Bastiaensen (Van Kortryk), born 1620, at Leerdam, Holland, also married and removed to the village of Schoonrewoert, not far from Leerdam, where his children Reyer, Metje, Annetie, and Bastiaen were born, his fifth child. Aefie, born in Harlem. They all came in the Spotted Cow in 1663, with Jan and his family, and soon came to Harlem, later making their home at Fordham.

source: Abbott, John Howard. The Courtright (Kortright) Family Descendants of Bastian van Kortryk, a Native of Belgium who Emigrated to Holland about 1615. New York: Tobias A. Wright, 1922.

Van Kortrijk, Michiel Sebastiansen (I6)

Michiel Bastiaensen, of whose history up to his emigration, in 1663, we have before spoken, had, so far as known, five children, viz.: Reyer, born 1653; Metje, born 1655, who married Hendrick Kiersen: Annetie, born 1658, who married John Odell (ancestor of the Fordham Odells); Bastiaen, born 1662, and Aefie, born 1665, in New York, who married Jacques Tourneur.

source: Riker, James. Revised History of Harlem: Its Origins and Early Annals. New York: New Harlem Publishing Company, 1904.

Van Kortrijk, Michiel Sebastiansen (I6)

MINUIT, Peter, pioneer and colonial governor, was born in Wesel, Rhenish Prussia, about 1580. Very little is known about his personal history. Although born in a German town he is supposed to have been of Dutch extraction. He subsequently removed to Holland and had resided there for several years, when, in 1625, he was appointed by the Dutch West India Company its director-general in New Netherlands. There had been two directors before him — Cornelius Jacobsen Mey and William Verhulst — but they held this office but one year each and had very limited authority, while now the company ordained a more formal government and conferred upon its head enlarged powers, with a more exalted title, so that Minuit is properly regarded as the first governor of New Netherlands. On Dec. 19, 1625, he sailed from Amsterdam in the "Sea Mew," and, landing on Manhattan island May 4, 1626, summoned the chiefs of the native Indians, who owned these parts, and purchased the 22,000 acres constituting the island for 60 guilders, about $24, or $100 in modern value, worth of pots, cans, cattle, ax-heads, blankets, beads, and other trinkets. On July 27th, a vessel named the "Arms of Amsterdam " arrived at Manhattan island, bringing among other passengers Isaac de Rasières, the secretary of the colonial government, and on Sept. 23rd it sailed again for Holland, carrying the official announcement of the purchase of Manhattan island and a valuable cargo of furs and timber. In the meantime Minuit built a fort, a warehouse, and a mill, which had the effect of drawing people from neighboring settlements, so that soon the population of the island increased to about 200. In 1627, as a result of a friendly correspondence between Peter Minuit and Gov. William Bradford, of Plymouth, commercial relations were established between the two colonies, and this fact still further contributed toward the growth of the new settlement. Minuit directed the affairs of New Netherlands until August, 1631, when he was recalled by the Dutch West India Company. Upon arriving in Amsterdam, in 1632, he endeavored to regain his office, but was unsuccessful, as the company held him responsible for the accumulation of lands in the hands of the patroons. He thereupon entered the Swedish service, and was placed in command of a body of Swedish and Finnish colonists in two vessels, which sailed from Gothenburg in 1637, under the auspices of the Swedish West India Company. He ascended the Delaware bay early in 1638, erected Fort Christiana on land purchased from the Indians, near the present city of Wilmington. This was the first permanent European settlement on the Delaware river. This region being claimed by the Dutch, Gov. Kieft, of New Netherlands, protested against its occupancy by Minuit's party, but the protest was disregarded, and the colony remained a Swedish possession till 1655, when it was captured by the Dutch. The colonists encountered the severest hardships, and on one occasion, in 1640, their necessities became so pressing that preparations were made for abandoning their home and removing to Manhattan, when a ship laden with provisions opportunely arrived. Peter Minuit displayed great sagacity and skill in keeping the settlers together and avoiding hostilities with the Indians and Dutch. He successfully managed the affairs of the colony until his death, which occurred in 1641.

source: White, James Terry. The National Cyclopedia of American Biography: Being the History of the United States as Illustrated in the Lives of the Founders, Builders, and Defenders of the Republic, and of the Men and Women who are Doing the Work and Moulding the Thoughts of the Present Time, Volume 12. New York: James T. White & Company, 1904. 208.

Minuit, Peter (I1)

Nicholas (1697?-1772), whose branch of the family retains many members in the Society of Friends, married Deborah – , and had Stephen, Solomon, Daniel, Phebe (married Joseph Pell), Charity (married John Valentine), Mary (married William Underhill), Amey (married Samuel Thorn), Margaret (married Joshua Gedney), Anna (married Elias Doty), Sarah (married Samuel Barnes), Stephen, eldest son of Nicholas (1724-1796), married (1) Abigail Bowne, and had Nicholas, of Yonkers, Mary (1752-1832), Lawrence (1755), Susannah (1756), Elizabeth (1759), Stephen (1760). From Nicholas (1751-1797) descend Nicholas, of New York, who was a projector of the Croton Aqueduct and a well-known philanthropist (v. Memorial Biographies of the N. E. Gen. Soc., 1881, Vol. II), Robert, Joseph, William R., and Stephen. Stephen married (II) Mary Flandreau and had Joseph (1763-1825), Abigail (1764-1824), Daniel (1766-1811), Anne (1768-1845+), William (1770-1845+), Margaret (1772-1845+), David (1774), Jonathan (1776-1845+), Israel (1777-1845+), John (1781-1845+), Hannah (1784-1840).

source: Spooner, Walter W. Westchester County, New York Biographical. New York, NY: The New York History Company, 1900.

Dean, Nicholas (I424)

Obituary.

MRS. ELIZA A. RYER died yesterday, of consumption, at 247 New Main street, in the 62d year of her age. She was born in Mosholu, and has lived all her days in Yonkers. She leaves two sons and two daughters, one of the daughters living in Poughkeepsie. Her mother, the widow of the late Dennis Majory, still survives, and is 83 years of age.

The funeral services will be held at the residence, on Saturday afternoon at 4 o’clock. Mrs. Ryer was a member of the Westminster Presbyterian Church.

source: Obituary of Eliza A. Ryer. Yonkers, NY: The Yonkers Statesman, 7 Aug 1885, p. 3.

Majory, Elizabeth Ann (I86)

OBITUARY.

MRS. SARAH ESTHER VAN ORDEN, wife of the late Alfred Van Orden, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. G. B. Valentine, of 16 Astor place, Yonkers, yesterday morning, after a long illness.

She was born in New York City, Nov. 14, 1832. She was married to Mr. Van Orden in that place, in 1846. He died about 33 years ago. She had resided in Yonkers for 59 years.

Mrs. Van Orden is survived by three daughters - Mrs. Robert P. Allison and Mrs. G. B. Valentine, of this city, and Mrs. Alfred Russell, of Somers Center, N. Y.

source: Obituary of Sarah Esther Van Orden. Yonkers, NY: The Yonkers Statesman, 16 Apr 1908, p. 6.

Young, Sarah Esther (I101)

OBITUARY.

JOHN GARRISON RYER.

John Garrison Ryer, father of Police Sergeant John Ryer, and who had been substantially a resident of Yonkers all his life, died at Grasslands Hospital, Valhalla, yesterday. He was taken there nine days ago. For the past five years he has been an invalid, having suffered an apoplectic stroke. He made his home with his son John, at 93 Maple street. Heart failure is given as the cause of death.

Mr. Ryer was 71 years of age. He was born in Mosholu when it was a part of the town of Yonkers. He was a son of the late Abram and Elizabeth Ryer. His grandfather, Dennis Majory, for many years was the keeper of a toll-bridge at Kingsbridge. When his father died, Mr. Rver, who was then a boy, came to Yonkers proper with his mother and his grandmother, Mrs. Margaret Majory. For sixty years Mr. Ryer lived at 247 New Main street. He was a graduate of School No. 2. He was a hat-cutter by trade, and worked in the different local factories. For thirty years he was employed by the Waring Company, and for a long time was foreman of one of the departments in the plant.

His wife, who was Miss Emma Van Orden, died about twenty-five years ago. Of the eight children only three survive – Sergeant Ryer, Cornelius Ryer of Buffalo, N. Y., and Mrs. Hugh M. Stevenson, of Lincoln, Neb. There are also two sisters, Mrs. Jennie Parry of this city, and Mrs. Sarah Baguley of Poughkeepsie, N. Y.

The funeral services will be held at his late residence, 93 Maple street, tomorrow afternoon; interment, Oakland Cemetery.

source: Obituary of John Garrison Ryer. Yonkers, NY: The Yonkers Statesman, 30 Aug 1921, p. 6.

Ryer, John Garrison (I90)

Of Oblinus' companions on board the de Bonte Koe (Spotted Cow), Demarest went to Staten Island, Journee and Bogert to Brooklyn, and the Bastiaensen brothers to Stuyvesant's Bouwery, though they all soon after came to Harlem. The Bastiaensens, it may be observed, were the ancestors of the entire Kortright or Courtright family, in the States of New York and New Jersey, and also, through other branches, of the families of Ryer and Michiel (now Mekeel and McKeel, -- a Dutch metamorphosed into a Hibernian name!) of Westchester and other counties of our State, and that of Low, in Somerset County, New Jersey but distinct from the Lows of Ulster county, named in a preceding note.

source: Riker, James. Revised History of Harlem: Its Origins and Early Annals. New York: New Harlem Publishing Company, 1904.

Van Kortrijk, Michiel Sebastiansen (I6)

Van Kortrijk, Jan Sebastiansen (I3)

Reyer Michielsen, eldest son of Michiel Bastiaensen, was b. at Schoonrewoerd, Holland, in 1653, coming in 1663 with his parents; he m. April 15, 1686, Jacomyntje, dau. of Jan Tibout, settling at Fordham, where he took part in building the church, of which he was an active member.

A mortgage given by John Archer to Cornelis Steenwyck, of New York, in 1676, gave him full title and possession of the Manor of Fordham, which passed under his will and by certain deeds, to the Dutch church of New York. In getting possession, the church met with great opposition from the town of Westchester. This led in 1688 to a forcible entry by the officers and friends of the church. Elijah Barton, engaged with his father, Roger Barton, to keep possession for and in behalf of the town of Westchester, when on July 16th, in the afternoon, there came a great company of men with Nicholas Bayard, of New York, demanding admittance.

This being refused, Reyer Michiels and Teunis De Key, at Bayard's word, broke open the door and the Bartons were ousted and roughly handled.

With Bayard were also Nicholas Stuyvesant, Johannes Kip, Isaac Van Vleeck, Michiel Bastiaens and his wife, and sons Bastiaen, Reyer, Michiel, Hendrick Kiersen, and Jacques Tourneur. Also, “in the exploit” was Hannah (or Anna) Odell.

The Westchester authorities issued a warrant July 20th, “to take the bodies of the said Reyer Michiels, with the said complycetors”, but the church maintained its hold and the lands were ultimately sold.

Reyer Michielsen died in 1733, having had children, Michiel, Reyer, Hendrick, Teunis, Hannah, Mary, Sarah, Jane, Jacomyntie, Johannes, some of whom being called Michiels and others Reyers.

source: Abbott, John Howard. The Courtright (Kortright) Family Descendants of Bastian van Kortryk, a Native of Belgium who Emigrated to Holland about 1615. New York: Tobias A. Wright, 1922.

Michaelson, Ryer Bastiensen (I14)

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