The Ancestors of My GrandchildrenIsaac Rycke1 
M, #1762, * 14 Jul 1714, + b 2 Dec 1771
| Father | Pieter Rycke2,1,3 * s 1675 |
| Mother | Marietje Massecker3 * s 1680 |
Family | Lena Bruyn * s 1720 |
| Children |
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Isaac was from Staten Island at his marriage.1 Isaac was baptized (DRC) on 14 Jul 1714 at Port Richmond, Staten Island. Sponsors were Beniamin Crorssen [sic] and Blandina Corssen.2,3 He married Lena Bruyn, daughter of Johannes Bruyn,1 (banns (DRC) 4 Feb 1738, Acquackanonck.)1,4 He died b 2 Dec 1771 because his will was probated.4
Other information:
He lived at the time of his marriage at Gansegat (Second River).1 He is listed in 1755 as freeholder at Acquackanonck Township, Essex County.4
Isaac Rycke made a will on 30 Sep 1768. It was probated on 2 Dec 1771. He mentioned his wife Hellener Ryker, his son Johannis Ryker, and his daughter Mary Ryker, wife of Josiah Harvey.5 He lived at that time in Horseneck.4
On 26 Dec 1749 Governor Belcher wrote a letter to the Secretary of State in England about the State of the Colony of New Jersey. He encloses two depositions about riots at Horseneck. Abraham Phillips had leased land there, and improved it, and the house upon it. On Thursday 9 Nov 1749, 6 people, namely Edward Archer, Hendrick Rycke, John Massacker, Aaron Clawson, Hendrick Riker, Jr. and Isaac Rycke came to his house, and threatened him, and took away lumber, and destroyed his improvements, including the fence aroud the hog-pen, because of which he lost his best breeding sow. He felt threatened, and went with his mother to stay somewhere else. When he returned the next morning, his house was broken open and destroyed, and most of his stocks and fodder burned.6
Isaac Rycke had a house and tavern in Little Falls. On 25 Nov 1767 surveyors of Essex met at his house and proceeded to lay out a road leading to the little falls, to the road leading from Newark to Horseneck. This road leads out of Horseneck Road on the eastside and near to Peckman's River; beginning in the plantation if Isaac Riker 50 links westward of a chestnut tree standing west of said Riker's dwelling house, and in the north side of said Horseneck Road thence running NE to David Brower's gristmill.7,8,9
Name variants: Isaac Riker.4
Other information:
He lived at the time of his marriage at Gansegat (Second River).1 He is listed in 1755 as freeholder at Acquackanonck Township, Essex County.4
Isaac Rycke made a will on 30 Sep 1768. It was probated on 2 Dec 1771. He mentioned his wife Hellener Ryker, his son Johannis Ryker, and his daughter Mary Ryker, wife of Josiah Harvey.5 He lived at that time in Horseneck.4
On 26 Dec 1749 Governor Belcher wrote a letter to the Secretary of State in England about the State of the Colony of New Jersey. He encloses two depositions about riots at Horseneck. Abraham Phillips had leased land there, and improved it, and the house upon it. On Thursday 9 Nov 1749, 6 people, namely Edward Archer, Hendrick Rycke, John Massacker, Aaron Clawson, Hendrick Riker, Jr. and Isaac Rycke came to his house, and threatened him, and took away lumber, and destroyed his improvements, including the fence aroud the hog-pen, because of which he lost his best breeding sow. He felt threatened, and went with his mother to stay somewhere else. When he returned the next morning, his house was broken open and destroyed, and most of his stocks and fodder burned.6
Isaac Rycke had a house and tavern in Little Falls. On 25 Nov 1767 surveyors of Essex met at his house and proceeded to lay out a road leading to the little falls, to the road leading from Newark to Horseneck. This road leads out of Horseneck Road on the eastside and near to Peckman's River; beginning in the plantation if Isaac Riker 50 links westward of a chestnut tree standing west of said Riker's dwelling house, and in the north side of said Horseneck Road thence running NE to David Brower's gristmill.7,8,9
Name variants: Isaac Riker.4
Citations
- [S278] Arthur C. M. Kelly, Acquackanonk, NJ, pg. 212, #157. Izaak Rycke and Lena Bruyn.
- [S364] Tobias Alexander Wright, Staten Island-DRC, pg 16.
- [S283] David M. Riker, Riker Family, Riker Family Tree.
- [S283] David M. Riker, Riker Family, Riker Genealogy (copies).
- [S283] David M. Riker, Riker Family, Riker Genealogy (copies NJ Will Extracts).
- [S447] William Nelson NJ Documents, Vol. 7 (1746-1751), pg. 369-376.
- [S152] W. Woodford Clayton and William Nelson, Clayton, pg. 565.
- [S286] Robert R. Beckwith, Little Falls, pg. 16 (quoted from Essex Roads, A, 179, 187).
- [S287] Nelson: Passaic County, NJ, pg. 29.