The Ancestors of My GrandchildrenJohn Riker1 
M, #1371, * 21 Jul 1841, + 29 Jan 1926
| Father | Samuel Riker1 * 22 Jun 1814 |
| Mother | Jane Cyphers1 * s 1815, + b 1856 |
John Riker was born on 21 Jul 1841 in Singac, New Jersey.1,2 He married Hester A. Demarest on 13 Jul 1862 at Pompton Plains, New Jersey.2 He died on 29 Jan 1926.
Other information:
John Riker and Hester A. Demarest had at least five children: Theodore, Anthony, Louis, Percey, and Sarah. The 1880 census list 6 children, the 1870 census lists two.2 The Demarest book does not mention the date of the marriage with Hester Demarest.
He is listed in the following census:
1850 Fed. census (1 Jun): Household of Samuel Riker, Acquackanonck Township, Passaic County, New Jersey.3
1860 Fed. census (1 Jun): Household of Samuel Riker, Acquackanonck (Little Falls Postoffice), Passaic County, New Jersey.1
1870 Fed. census (1 Jun): Household of John Riker, 5th Ward (#706), Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey. Household consists of John, his wife Hester A. and two childen: Lewis (4) and Henry (2.)4
1855 New Jersey census: Household of Samuel Riker, #524, Acquackanonck Township.5
Name variants: John Henry Riker (full name.)2
Other information:
John Riker and Hester A. Demarest had at least five children: Theodore, Anthony, Louis, Percey, and Sarah. The 1880 census list 6 children, the 1870 census lists two.2 The Demarest book does not mention the date of the marriage with Hester Demarest.
He is listed in the following census:
1850 Fed. census (1 Jun): Household of Samuel Riker, Acquackanonck Township, Passaic County, New Jersey.3
1860 Fed. census (1 Jun): Household of Samuel Riker, Acquackanonck (Little Falls Postoffice), Passaic County, New Jersey.1
1870 Fed. census (1 Jun): Household of John Riker, 5th Ward (#706), Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey. Household consists of John, his wife Hester A. and two childen: Lewis (4) and Henry (2.)4
1855 New Jersey census: Household of Samuel Riker, #524, Acquackanonck Township.5
Name variants: John Henry Riker (full name.)2
Citations
- [S108] Fed. Census: 1860. New Jersey, Passaic County, Acquackanonck (Little Falls Post Office), sheet 79, line 2-10 (NARA: M653 Roll: 706 Page: 1039). Household of Samuel Riker.
- [S283] David M. Riker, Riker Family, Riker Genealogy (copies).
- [S108] Fed. Census: 1850. New Jersey, Passaic County, Acquackanonck Township, sheet 365, line 31-35 (NARA: M432 Roll: 461 Page: 365). Household of Samuel Riker.
- [S108] Fed. Census: 1870. New Jersey, Passaic County, Paterson City, 5th Ward, sheet 134, line 12-15, (NARA: M593, Roll 885, Page 134). Household of John Riker.
- [S107] State Census: 1855 New Jersey, Passaic County, Acquackanonk Township. Household of Samuel Riker. "New Jersey State Census, 1855," database with images, FamilySearch (<https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9BL-ZQXQ-1> : 2 October 2017), Passaic > Acquackanonk Township > image 5 of 8; citing New Jersey Department of State Division of Archives and Records, Trenton.