Judge Joris "George" Ryerson Ryerson, Jr.

He was a leading man of his day, being a surveyor of note and also one of His Majesty's Judges. Judge Ryerson was agent for the East Jersey Proprietors and represented them in Bergen County. Judge Ryerson was appointed the first Judge of the court of Common Pleas for Bergen County. The first record of his appointment appears in the minutes of the Council held in Burlington, March 28, 1749. Other records appear of appointments of the same office at Councils held in Perth Amboy, February 16, 1752 and April 21, 1768. (NJ Archives).

Judge Ryerson married Mary, daughter of Abraham Duboise of Raritan, in Somerset County, NJ. Their children's births are recorded in an ancient Bible, the records being in the Dutch language in the handwriting of Judge Ryerson. The Bible decended to their daughter Ann Ryerson, wife of Henry Cook, and is now said to be in possession of the Cook Family. according to Geraldine Ryerson Kanner, sheldy1@aol.com submitted by MM van Beuren (Geni.com)

• JORIS (GEORGE) RYERSON, JR.: George Ryerson is buried in the Ryerson Plot at Paquanac, NJ.

He signed his name Yoris Ryerson.

He resided upon the homestead farm at Pacquanac, NJ, now Wayne, NJ.

• Marriage Notes for JORIS RYERSON and MARY DUBOISE: The marriage date is from Bible records sent to Geraldine Ryerson Kanner (sheldy1@aol.com) by David Berry (hypnodoc@redshift.com). David is the 5th great grandson of Henry Cook (aka Hendrik Van der Cook) and Ann Ryerson of Essex and Bergen Counties, NJ. This was a copy of some items from family Bible records that he acquired from his great granduncle, Edwin A. Moore, by way of his cousin Gertrude Moore Schouten in 1923. Submitted by Geraldine Ryerson Kanner, sheldy1@aol.com

More About JORIS RYERSON and MARY DUBOISE: Marriage: April 25, 1745, (Marriage information is not known)

Jores, eighth child of Joris and Anneken (Schouten-Dey) Ryerson, was baptized Jan. 5, 1703, and married Maria, daughter of Abraham Du Bois, of Sourland, June 6, 1744. He was appointed a judge of the Common Pleas Court in 1762 and 1768. He lived on a part of his father's farm at Pacquanac. He died April 23, 1792. Children : Joris, died in infancy ; Mary, married George Lukas Ryerson; Joris, died aged six years; Nicholas, died aged four years; Antje, married Hendrick Cook, of Beavertown; Margaret Elisabeth, married Johannis Van Winkle, of Lower Preakness ; Abraham, bom Jan. 23, 1762, married Sarah, daughter of Peter Mandc- ville. He was a surveyor, and subsequently a judge of the Common Pleas Court. He died Sept. 3, 1810 ; Martin, was a soldier in the Revo- lutionary War, and died while in service in South Carolina ; John, died about 181 3, unmarried. The descendants of Joris and Anneken (Schou- ten-Dey) Ryerson became identified with Pacquanac and the surrounding country.

http://www.archive.org/stream/historypaterson00shrigoog/historypate...