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Gerardus Rycken (1740 - 1781)

Gerardus Rycken aka Rycker, Ryker
Born in Closter, Bergen, New Jerseymap
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Husband of — married 20 Nov 1762 in New Yorkmap
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Father of , , , , , , , and
Died at age 40 in Bullskin Run, Jefferson, Virginia, United Statesmap
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Gerardus Rycken was a New Netherland Descendant 1674-1776.
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Biography

This profile is part of the Ryker Name Study.
Gerardus Rycken was part of the Low Dutch Settlements in Kentucky, 1780-1810


1776 Project
Ensign Gerardus Rycken served with New Jersey during the American Revolution.
Daughters of the American Revolution
Gerardus Rycken is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A098860.

Gerardus was born in 1740. Gerardus Ryker ... He passed away in 1781.

Note

Note: Gerardus Ryker was listed as a cordwainer at the time of his marriage in New York in 1762[1]. 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. [2] [3] 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. [4]

Death

Died September 15, 1781 in "Long Run Massacre", Eastwood, KY[5]
Died September 15, 1781 in Bullskin, Shelby, Kentucky, United States[6]

Note

Painted Rock Station, the site of the original attack, was part of Jefferson County, Kentucky, when it was settled. The site of the massacre is just over the county line in Jefferson, while the station is now located in Shelby county. See sources below for details.

Sources

  1. ↑ Marriage: "New York, County Marriages, 1847-1848; 1908-1936"
    citing Digital film/folder number: 007727384; FHL microfilm: 000930131; Image number: 457
    FamilySearch Record: Q2CL-8242 (accessed 20 February 2024)
    FamilySearch Image: 3Q9M-C9BL-JL7K
    Gerardus Ryker marriage to Rachel De Marre on 17 Nov 1762 in New York.
  2. ↑ From [UL:The Kentucky Encyclopedia:UL] edited by John E. Kleber (University Press of Kentucky, 1992): LONG RUN MASSACRE.
  3. ↑ Detailed History of Painted Stone Station by Vince Akers • https://paintedstonesettlers.org/detailedhistory.html
  4. ↑ See Lou Catherine Ciore, "Long Run Massacre, Register 10 (Jan. 1912): 75-6.
  5. ↑ The Kentucky Encyclopedia
  6. ↑ DAR but not sourced
  • Find a grave memorial ID 189779696 for grandfather of wife, Rachel

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Acknowledgments

  • This person was created on 14 September 2010 through the import of 124-DeCoursey.ged.
  • This profile was created through the import of LaBach Family TreeApril28_2011.ged on 05 May 2011.




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Kephart-111 Peggy (Kephart) Morrow
Hello,

I am a direct descendant of Gerardus Ryker, Sr. You cite the following: Lou Catherine Ciore, "Long Run Massacre, Register 10 (Jan. 1912): 75-6. What is the "Register"? Where can I find this publication?

Thank you!

posted by Peggy (Kephart) Morrow
X-7764 Elizabeth x
This is the source for The Kentucky Encyclopedia

By John E. Kleber, page 571, [1] . This is the source for "The Long Run Massacre" by Lou Catherine Clore, Register of Kentucky State Historical Society Vol. 10, No. 28 (JANUARY, 1912), pp. 57, 59-82 (25 pages), images 18 and 19 in file [2]

posted by Elizabeth x
Jim Moore
The citation probably refers to the Register published by the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society.
posted by Jim Moore
Mix-216 Steven Mix
Ryker-1 and Rycken-4 appear to represent the same person because: This son can be merged now. No tree conflicts. Keep the birth Closter, Bergen, New Jersey. The siblings are all Rycken, so I am inclined to keep that as LNAB. And then his children are all Ryker, as he moved away from New Netherland, so it makes sense that he would have Americanized his name as Ryker later in his adult life, so we should probably make that the current last name. Thanks!
posted by Steven Mix
Willhite-329 Catherine (Willhite) V
Ryker-1 and Ryker-59 appear to represent the same person because: same person
posted by Catherine (Willhite) V

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