. History of Queens County, New York, with illustrations, portraits, & sketches of prominent families and individuals . he received an allotment of land at the VVallabout, fromGovernor Kieft. They were originally a German family,and it is believed that this branch descended from afamily of importance at Amsterdam. In 1654 AbrahamRycken obtained a grant of land at the Poor Bowery,afterward adding to his domain the island known asRikers Island. His wife was a daughter of HendrickHarmensen, He died in 1689, leaving his farm by willto his son Abraham, who added considerably to the ex-tent of his l
. History of Queens County, New York, with illustrations, portraits, & sketches of prominent families and individuals . he received an allotment of land at the VVallabout, fromGovernor Kieft. They were originally a German family,and it is believed that this branch descended from afamily of importance at Amsterdam. In 1654 AbrahamRycken obtained a grant of land at the Poor Bowery,afterward adding to his domain the island known asRikers Island. His wife was a daughter of HendrickHarmensen, He died in 1689, leaving his farm by willto his son Abraham, who added considerably to the ex-tent of his lands, and at his death, in 1746, left the estateto his sons Abraham and Andrew. Abraham locatedupon that part of his fathers estate which included athird of the Tuder patent. The tenement which heerected still remains, and forms the center room of thehouse now owned by the heirs of Charles Rapelye, de-ceased. Mr. Riker took an active part in the erection ofthe first Dutch church built at Newtown, and was one ofthe trustees to whom the deed for the church lot wasexecuted; and at the time of his death, February 20th.
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