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Grietje Rycken (Harmensen)

Also Known As: "Gertie Harmansen", "Grietje Hendricks"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
Death: 1662 (45-46)
New Netherland Colony
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Hendrick Harmanson and Tryn Herxker
Wife of Abraham de Rycke, I
Mother of Ryck Abrahamsen Van Lent; Jacobus Rycken; Hendrick Rycken; Marytje Rycke; Jan Abraham Rycken and 3 others
Sister of Harmen Hendrickson; Jacob (Hafte) Hendricks Hendrickson; Jan Hendricks and Geesje Hendrickson

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About Grietje Rycken

Daughter of Hendrick Harmensen and Tryn Herxker.

Hendrick Harmensen was a progenitor of the Riker Family, as his daughter married Abraham Riker.

Hendrick Harmensen was also known as Henry The Farmer.

Hendrick Harmensen was believed to have been slain by Indians in a massacre 1643.

Henerick Harmensen, a farmer, erected a cabin, cultivated his fields and owned cattle by 1638.

Hendrick Harmensen's widow Tryn Herxker Harmensen married in 1645 Jeuriaen Fradell, a native of Moravia, at one time a deacon of the Dutch Reformed Church of Amsterdam.



see http://members.fortunecity.com/labach/rykeranc.htm#i5427

Grietie Harmensen

Land grant on the waal-boght

Her husband Abraham was given a grant in (future) Brooklyn > see map


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Grietje Rycken's Timeline

1616
1616
Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
1637
1637
Nieuw-Amsterdam, Nieuw-Nederland
1640
October 14, 1640
New Amsterdam, New Netherlands
1647
February 17, 1647
New Amsterdam, New Netherlands
1649
February 21, 1649
New Amsterdam, New Netherlands
1651
June 25, 1651
New Amsterdam, New Netherlands
1653
November 9, 1653
New Amsterdam, New Netherlands
1655
December 26, 1655
New Amsterdam, New Netherlands
1662
September 28, 1662
New Amsterdam, New Netherlands