Captain Albert Janse Ryckman | |
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| Mayor of Albany, New York | |
| In office 1702–1703 | |
| Preceded by | Johannes Bleecker, Jr. |
| Succeeded by | Johannes Schuyler |
| Personal details | |
| Born | ca. 1642 Albany,New York |
| Died | January 12, 1737 |
| Spouse | Cornelia Quackenbush |
| Children | 12 |
| Parent(s) | Jan Janse Catharina van de Woestijne |
Albert Janse Ryckman (c. 1642 – 1737) was an 18th-centuryAmerican businessman andpolitician who served as the 9thMayor of Albany from 1702 to 1703.[1]
Ryckman was born in 1642 toBeverwyck pioneers Jan and Catharina Janse. After his father's death, his mother Tryntje Janse, married Eldert Gerbertse Cryff.[1]
In a court document dated Albany, June 2, 1675, he signed as Albert Janse Ryckman, he declared that he had made a contract withStephanus Van Cortlandt, the director ofRenesellaerswyck, with the consent of Jans Hendrickse Bruyn, for two mortgages which Bruyn holds against Eldert Gerbertse Cruyff, his step-father. Albert promises to pay the mortgages in good beaver skin in installments, in 1676 and 1677, the mortgages amounting to 399 guilders and 4 stivers with interest at 10%. A footnote by Pearson states that Captain Albert Janse Ryckman was a brewer and indicated that his house was on the south corner of Hudson St. and Broadway. Ryckman was considered one of the most prominentAlbany brewers of his time and became quite adept at business and polticking. In 1686, he was appointed to the firstcity council of Albany as anAlderman. Ryckman made connections and increased his family notoriety until his appointment as Mayor in 1702. He was a Captain in theAlbany Militia. Living until his nineties, Captain Ryckman always considered himself an "Albany county brewer."[2]
In 1690, he assisted in taking of an inventory of the estate of Jan Cock, a young man killed by a cannon atFort Albany on the February 9, 1690 after theSchenectady massacre. Ryckman and Jan Lansing, also an alderman of Albany, made the inventory."[3]
In 1703, Marten Cornelissen Van Buren writes his will and makes Albert Ryckman andDirck Wessels the guardians of his sons Peter and Marte, which was written on April 10, 1703.[4]
In the mid-1660s, he was married to Neeltje "Cornelia" Quackenbush, with whom he eventually had twelve children, of whom nine were living and spoken of in his will made in 1736, including:[5]
Ryckman was also known to have purchased a few properties with the payment to be received in the form of beaverskin.[7]
He was buried January 12, 1737, and his wife on October 17 the following year.[5]
Ryckman Hall on theUniversity at Albany campus is named after Albert Janse Ryckman. "[8]
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| Preceded by | Mayor of Albany, New York 1702–1703 | Succeeded by |