Individual Details

Martin J. Ryerson was born in 1751, the son of Johannis Ryerson. The Ryersons were a Dutch family that had immigrated to Long Island from Amsterdam in 1646. Ryerson's grandfather later relocated, first to Hackensack and then to a farmstead in present-day Oakland around 1715. It was on this farmstead that Martin was born and raised. He lived there until his marriage in 1778 to Frouche Van Winkle. The newly-married couple then moved to the Pompton area, where he resided for the remainder of his life.

Birth	1751
Death	1837

Father	Johannis Ryerson (1716 - 1802)
Mother	Cathalyna Berry (1721 - )
Sibling	Ryer Ryerson (1743 - 1817)