Gideon Ryder & Ruth Conger - my 4th Great-Grandparents

84.  Gideon Ryder (Jonathan ⁵, William ⁴, William ³, Samuel ², Samuel ¹) was born about 1770 in Dutchess Co., NY and died about 1851 in Brant Co., Canada West. 

There is a Gideon Rider on the 1820 US Census of New York, Dutchess, Beekman.

A Gideon Ryder took the Oath of Allegiance to the Crown on November 16, 1830, Burford, Oxford, Upper Canada.  This means he had been in the Province at least seven years. 

Sources:

Rathbone Genealogy, by Cooley, John C., Syracuse, N.Y., 1898.

1820 US Census of New York, Dutchess, Beekman

Naturalization Returns 1828-1850, RG5; Library and Archives Canada, mf C-15692 and C-15693.

Rootsweb WorldConnect: Ginny Meachum Ginny39FL@aol.com

Ancestry.com Family tree of Laurie Smit. 

Gideon married Ruth Conger, daughter of Benjamin Conger and Millie [Conger], about 1795. Ruth was born about 1781 in Dutchess Co., NY and died in Apr 1837 in Brant Co., Upper Canada.

Sources:

Rathbone Genealogy, by Cooley, John C., Syracuse, N.Y., 1898. 

Children from this marriage were:

          85   M        i.       Rowland Ryder was born on Jul 26, 1796 in New York, USA and died on Nov 29, 1877 in Burford, Brant Co., ON, Can. 

         Sources:

         Ontario Deaths. Burford, Brant. Ref # 021212.

         1851 Census of Canada.

  +      86   M       ii.       Benjamin Ryder was born on Jun 18, 1798 in Beekman, Delaware, NY, USA, died on Oct 18, 1885 in Vergennes, Kent, MI, USA, and was buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Lowell, Kent, MI, USA. 

          87   M      iii.       Jonathan Ryder was born in Apr 1799 and died on Jan 23, 1890. 

  +      88   M     iv.       Enoch Ryder was born on Sep 2, 1801 in New York, died on May 14, 1881 in Van Buren, MI, USA, and was buried in Keeler, Van Buren Co., MI, USA. 

          89   M      v.       Charles Ryder was born in 1805 and died in 1898. 

  +      90   F       vi.       Mercy Ryder was born on Mar 15, 1807 in Dutchess Co., NY, USA, died on Jan 10, 1898 in Harley, Brant Co., ON, Can, and was buried in Harley Cemetery, Brant Co., ON, Can. 

  +      91   M    vii.       William Ryder was born on Apr 1, 1810 in New York, died on Dec 23, 1884 in Van Buren, MI, USA, and was buried in Keeler, Van Buren Co., MI, USA. 

  +      92   M   viii.       Samuel Ryder was born in 1815 in New York and died in 1900.

Jonathan Ryder & Zilpha Kirby - my 5th Great-Grandparents

63.  Jonathan Ryder (William ⁴, William ³, Samuel ², Samuel ¹) was born on Jan 25, 1732/33 in Dartmouth, Bristol, MA and died about 1811 in Beekman, Delaware, NY, USA.  

Sources:

Ancestry.com: Massachusetts, Town Vital Collections 1620-1988. P. 357. Dartmouth. Birth.

Ancestry.com: Massachusetts, Town Vital Collections 1620-1988. P. 733. Dartmouth. Intentions to marry. Sept. 28, 1765.

Ancestry.com: Massachusetts, Town Vital Collections 1620-1988. P. 319. Dartmouth. Marriage. Zilpha Kirby and Jonathan Rider both of Dartmouth Oct. 14, 1765.

Ancestry.com Family tree of Laurie Smit. 

Jonathan married Zilpha Kirby, daughter of William Kirby and Hannah Reed, on Oct 14, 1765 in Dartmouth, Bristol, MA. Zilpha was born on Jun 3, 1739 in Dartmouth, Bristol, MA and died about 1815 in Beekman, Delaware, NY, USA.

Sources:

The Kirbys of New England, by Melatiah Everett Dwight. The Trow Print. New York. 1898.

Ancestry.com: Massachusetts, Town Vital Collections 1620-1988. P. 45. Dartmouth. Birth. 

The child from this marriage was:

  +      84   M        i.         Gideon Ryder was born about 1770 in Dutchess Co., NY and died about 1851 in Brant Co.,

                                        Canada West.

Documentation is a bit thin on the connection between Jonathan and Gideon. If anyone has sources please contact me at ekipp@rogers.com.