Henrick Ruiter b. 14 Feb 1741/42 Hoosick, Rensselaer County, New York, USA d. 1819 Quebec, Canada

1742 - 1819 (76 years)

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Name Henrick Ruiter [1]

Born 14 Feb 1741/42 Hoosick, Rensselaer County, New York, USA [2, 3]

Gender Male

Name Hendrick Ruyter [2]

Name Hendrik Ruiter [4, 5]

Reference Number 6316

Died 1819 Quebec, Canada [3, 6]

Siblings 1 Sibling

+	1. Henrick Ruiter, b. 14 Feb 1741/42, Hoosick, Rensselaer County, New York, USA , d. 1819, Quebec, Canada (Age 76 years) ▻ Catherine Friot; Rebecka Daat, m. 16 Aug 1763
	2. Johannes Ruiter, b. 24 Apr 1743, Albany, New York, USA

Person ID I6316 FelsingFam

Last Modified 16 Feb 2024

Father	Johann Philip Ruiter, b. 27 Dec 1720, New York, USA , d. 1 Jun 1746, Albany, New York, USA (Age 25 years)
Relationship	natural
Mother	Geertruy Van Der Werken, b. 1 Nov 1718, d. 1 Jun 1746, Albany, New York, USA (Age 27 years)
Relationship	natural
Married	20 Mar 1741	Albany, New York, USA [2]
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Family ID	F2668	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family 1 Catherine Friot, b. 1760, d. 1819, Dunkin, Estrie, Quebec, Canada (Age 59 years)

Children

	1. Abigail Ruiter, b. Between 1784 and 1796, Caldwell's Manor, Quebec , d. Between 1822 and 1832, Potton, Quebec (Age ~ 38 years) [natural]
	2. Joseph Ruiter, b. Between 1784 and 1796, d. Aft 31 Aug 1822, Potton, Quebec (Age ~ 38 years) [natural]
	3. Katherine Ruiter, b. 25 May 1784, Caldwell's Manor, Quebec [natural]
+	4. Abraham Ruiter, b. 1785, d. 8 Oct 1864 (Age 79 years) [natural]
+	5. Mary Polly Ruiter, b. 1787, Caldwelll's Manor, Quebec , d. 1869 (Age 82 years) [natural]
	6. Rebecca Ruiter, b. 1788, Caldwelll's Manor, Quebec [natural]
+	7. Henry Ruiter, b. 1791, Lower Canada , d. 10 Mar 1866 (Age 75 years) [natural]
	8. Jacob Ruiter, b. Between 1797 and 1800, Caldwell's Manor, Quebec , d. Bef 31 Aug 1822, Potton, Quebec (Age ~ 25 years) [natural]

Last Modified 16 Feb 2024

Family ID F1751 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Family 2 Rebecka Daat, b. 6 Apr 1746, New York, USA , d. 1781 (Age 34 years)

Married 16 Aug 1763 Albany, New York, USA [2, 6, 7]

Albany Reformed Church book

Children

	1. Gertrude Ruiter, b. 12 Apr 1764 [natural]
	2. Philip Ruiter, b. 1765, Hoosie, New York, USA [natural]
+	3. Johannes (John) Ruiter, b. 16 Jun 1768, Albany, Albany, New York, USA , d. 8 Aug 1853 (Age 85 years) [natural]
+	4. Elizabeth Ruiter, b. 8 Sep 1770 [natural]
+	5. Hannah Ruiter, b. 4 Mar 1774, Schaghticoke, Rensselaer, New York, USA [natural]
	6. Margrieta Ruiter, b. 24 Aug 1776 [natural]

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Family ID F1752 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Event Map

Born - 14 Feb 1741/42 - Hoosick, Rensselaer County, New York, USA

Married - 16 Aug 1763 - Albany, New York, USA

Died - 1819 - Quebec, Canada

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		ruiter henrich stone findagrave.com
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		US, Dutch Reformed Church Records in Selected States, 1639-1989 - Elizabeth Ruiter Holland Society of New York; New York, New York; Albany, Vol III, Book 3

Notes

Fought with the British during the French and Indian Wars and during the American Revolution. After Burgoyne was defeated at Saratoga in Oct 1777, Henry Ruiter Fled to Canada. His wife stayed in New York until 1780, but then also fled to Canada.

from findagrave.com:
Henry, and his brother John, stayed loyal to the British side at the start of the American Revolution. In 1777, he was forced to hide in the woods outside his home in Pitts Town, N.Y. for three months while revolutionists tried to capture him for his political beliefs. While they tormented his wife and their children, he managed to join the Burgoyne's British soldiers. He probably fought in the battles of Bennington and Saratoga. He escaped to Canada after Benedict Arnold's defeated Burgoyne at Saratoga. He later returned to the Albany area to recruit other Loyalists. He got them to join Major James Roger's Corps of Rangers, a British militia group. They fought with the British regular army and were headquartered in St. John's (St. Jean), Quebec on the Richelieu River.

By 1780, Henry Ruiter was leading his own Company of militia. They fought in battles at Fort Anne, N.Y. and Fort George (Lake George, N.Y.). Captain Ruiter's Company, one of three of Roger's Rangers companies, helped the army by spying on the rebels. They captured local rebel leaders, guarded prisoners of war, scouted, and delivered messages. They helped build defenses and forts. They saved loyalist families by helping them escape to Canada. His wife, Rebecca, and 6 of their 9 children were one of these families, arriving in St. Jean after being moved by the Army. The family was near starving to death. Finally in 1781, the Rangers took part in General Barry St. Leger's attacks along Lake Champlain. They were disbanded at the end of the Revolutionary War in 1783.

In 1781, Henry's wife Rebecca died in St. John's (St. Jean). A few years later, around 1783-84, he was remarried to Katherine Friot. She came from Pownal, Vermont, near where he had fought in the Battle of Bennington in 1777.

Henry Ruiter settled in Dunkin, a town along the Mississquoi River and near Mount Sutton. Many other Loyalists, like his brother John, settled there too. The land was just across from the Canadian-American border and just east of Mississquoi Bay, the northern part of Lake Champlain. Ruiter finally got the legal grant for his farm in 1803. He went on to build several saw and grist (lumber & grain) mills in the area. Ruiter soon became "well off" because of the money he made from his mills, selling land, farming and his military pension.

PARENTS:
It is not clear who the parents of Henry Ruiter were. Genealogical records of the Albany area show the baptisms of two infants named Hendrik Ruyter in 1742. Hendrik Ruyter, baptized 14 Feb, was the son of Philip Ruyter and Geertruy Vander Werken, who were married 20 Mar 1741. Hendrik Ruyter, baptized 26 Sep 1742, was the son of (John) Frederic Ruyter and Engeltie Vander Werken, married 6 Feb 1738. The two young Hendriks may have been double first cousins, their fathers being brothers and their mothers sister. To complicate the problem of identification further, both the Hendriks had younger brothers named Johannes. Both fathers died while the boys were still young, conforming to a family tradition that Henry Ruiter was early left a half-orphan. Frederic Ruyter was buried 19 may 1746. Philip Ruyter was buried less than two weeks later, on 1 June. (from "The life of Henry Ruiter 1742-1819" by Rick Ashton pub. 1974)

I am showing Philip and Geertruy as the parents based upon Hendrik naming his first daughter Geertruy.

Sources

[S611] U.S., Dutch Reformed Church Records in Selected States, 1639-1989, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014;), Holland Society of New York; New York, New York; Albany, Vol III, Book 3.
Record for Elisabeth Ruyter
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=6961&h=164078&indiv=try

US, Dutch Reformed Church Records in Selected States, 1639-1989 - Elizabeth Ruiter
Holland Society of New York; New York, New York; Albany, Vol III, Book 3
[S606] Genealogies of the First Settlers of the Ancient County of Albany from 1630 to 1800, Prof Jonathan Pearson, (Name: J Munsell; Location: Albany, NY; Date: 1872;), P94.

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[S369] FindAGrave.com, Ruiters Settlement Cemetery in Dunkin, Estrie, Quebec, Canada.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/17058989
[S605] Us Dutch Reformed Church Records, Schaghticoke Schenectady, Berne and Schaghticoke, Book 5.
Annatje b. Mrch 4, 1774
Parents: Hendrik Ruiter, Rebecka Daat
Witnesses: Jacob Pest, Catharina Daat

hannah ruiter baptism
Date:4/12/2019 7:12:39 PM
[S605] Us Dutch Reformed Church Records, Dutch Reformed Church Albany, Vol 3, Book 3.
Johannes b. June 16, 1768
Parents: Hendrik Ruiter, Rebecca Dath
Witnesses: John Brath, Elisab.

ruiter johannes birth
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[S612] The Life of Henry Ruiter, 1742-1819, Rick Ashton, (Date: 1974;).
https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/viewer/374740/#page=1&viewer=picture&o=&n=0&q=
[S610] The Palatine Families of New York, 1710, Henry Z Jones, (Name: Universal City; Location: California; Date: 1985;), P774-775 Vol II Reuther/Reuter Family.