Illustration Of A Dutch Maiden

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Paulus Richards And Gelatie Jans

A brief bio of Paulus Richards:

Paulus Richards

"Paulus Richards was the son of a French nobleman...driven into Holland through religious persecution in 1650. ...in 1664 married Gelatie, daughter of the celebrated Anetje Jans."



The Paul Richards family (including Stephen, below) in A Genealogical Register of the Descendants of Several Ancient ..., Volume 3:

Information From New York wills, *L 11, p. 14

Will of Stephen Richards (online at FamilySearch):

Name: Stephen Richards

Probate Date: 19 Nov 1730

Probate Place: New York, New York, USA

*Will: 11-13; 11-14, etc.

A Few Of Annekje Jans' Descendants

More about Annekje Jans and her family here.

Maria Van Brugh was the daughter of Tryntje (Catrina) and Johannes Van Brugh.

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Stephen Richard(s) married Maria Van Brugh

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Also see History of the City of New York...

Colonel Joseph Ryerson's Obituary

" Died, at his residence, near Vittoria, county of Norfolk, on "Wednesday, the 9th of August, 1854, after a short illness of three days, Colonel Joseph Ryerson (father of the Rev. Messrs. George, William, John, Egerton, and Edwy Ryerson), in the ninety-fourth year of his age."

" Colonel Ryerson was born near Paterson, New Jersey, about fourteen miles from the city of New York, the 28th of February, 1761. His ancestors were from Holland; he was the seventh son; he lost his father in childhood. At the breaking out of the American revolution, two of the brothers entered the British army."

"His [Colonel Joseph Ryerson's] funeral was attended by a large concourse of people — especially of the old inhabitants. Six of his old neighbours acted as pall-bearers — namely, Colonel Potts, F. Walsh, Aquilla Walsh, Abner Owen, Joseph Culver, and S. Ellis, Esquires — whose joint ages amounted to almost 400 years. The Scripture lesson was read, and prayers offered up at the house by the Rev. Mr. Clement, Wesleyan minister; and the service was read at the grave by the Rev. George Salmon (an old friend of the family), in the absence of the Rev. Mr. Evans, rector of Woodhouse, to the erection of the church of which rectory Colonel Ryerson had been the largest contributor. " Colonel Ryerson is probably the last of the old United Empire Loyalists in Canada who joined the British army in 1776 — a race of men remarkable for longevity and energy, and a noble enthusiasm for British institutions." Page 259 of The Loyalists Of America

Ancient Names Eventually In Canada

From the History of Leeds and Grenville, Ontario...:

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"Among the Palatines...originally from the banks of the Rhine...from whom spring many of the United Empire Loyalists...".

Possible Early Backus Roots

From The Backus Families Of Early New England, by Reno W. Backus (excerpted *here, too):

After 1200, references to the family became more numerous, though with varying spelling of the name. Joseph Foster's "Descendants of John Backhouse, Yeoman, of Moss Side",...list[s] several branches of the family in [England]... .

But a review of the Backhouse family records gives no clue to a William Backhouse or Backus of Norwich in the late 1500's or early 1600's. This does not rule out the possibility that our William could have been a member of a more distant and unlisted branch of the family, yet the assumption seems rather thin.

2. A second possibility is that William came from an entirely different English family... .

3. A third possibility looks more promising. The frequency of occurrence of the name Backhaus or its equivalent in German or Dutch suggests the chance value of a search for a German or Dutch connection. [See link* for more detail]

Of further interest regarding Dutch emigration is this paragraph from a "History of the City and County of Norwich, 1768", p. 225.