Person:Barent Ryder (1)

Barents' year of immigration is established by two sources. The one that has been recognized the longest is derived from his statement that he had been in the colony for 29 years when he took the oath of allegiance in 1687.

1. ↑ ^1.0 1.1 Christoph, Florence A. Van Voorhees Family in America: The First Six Generations. (Baltimore, MD: Van Voorhees Association, 2000)
   pp. 2, 9.

   Barent Jurianz Ryder was born circa 1654. He emigrated in 1658. He was a magistrate at Gravesend in 1673 and 1679 and a surveyor 1687 and 1707 and appears on the Gravesend assessment rolls in 1683. He took the oath of allegiance in 1687. In 1672 he purchased the farm of Anthony Jansen van Salee in the village of Gravesend. He is last mentioned 7 Oct 1709 when he sold 24 acres to Nicholas Stillwell. [E. Van Voorhis, "The Van Voorhees Family," pg. 22 &656; A. Stokes, "The Van Voorhees Family," pg. 55; T. Bergen, "Early Settlers of Kings County"; F. Ryder, "Ryder Genealogy."]

2. ↑ Oath Barent Jurians, in O'Callaghan, E. B. (Edmund Bailey), and New York. Secretary of State. The documentary history of the State of New-York. (Albany, New York: Weed, Parsons & Co., 1849)
   1:661.

   Off gravesen End
   barent Juriaense 29 Jeare

3. ↑ 1698 Censes, in O'Callaghan, E. B. (Edmund Bailey), and New York. Secretary of State. The documentary history of the State of New-York. (Albany, New York: Weed, Parsons & Co., 1849)
   3:137.

   In the Town of Gravesend
   Barent Juriaense
   Men 1
   Women 1
   Children 9
   Slaves 1

4.   On the 1698 Census, Barent is attributed with 9 children in his household. While 9 have been identified and listed here, one child remains unknown and thus missing from the list. That is because the first son named Jan, born in 1680, had died by 1685 when the name was used again. That leaves 8 known children living at the time of the census. One appears to be missing. It may be a child who died young or it might be a daughter who has not been identified.