Individual Details
BENJAMIN RUFUS RIDER
(11 Oct 1823 - 1894)
[Below is from Ryder to Rider Book:
Benjamin spent his early years in New Canaan, and was active in land transactions there. He is listed as a Corporal on the Muster Rolls of Capt Keith's Company, September 28 1846. On 18 Nov 1847 he signed a quit claim in exchange for £50 giving up any claim to lot 27 of his father Ebenezer's grant.
He married Mary Alward, but no record of the ceremony has been located. However, tragedy struck this family about 1848, a newspaper report reading: "Died, New Canaan (Queen's County) 28th ult, Mary, wife of Benjamin Rider; aged 24; left husband and two children."
It may have been the death of his wife that decided Benjamin to leave the country. Nellie Rider says that about 1850 he moved to Santa Barbara CA, where he died about 1894; descendants, if any, not known. He is not in the 1851 census for the New Canaan. And he is not in the 1850 census for Santa Barbara; indeed, the 1850 census for all of California is indexed, but does not show a Benjamin Rufus Rider. It's quite possible , of course, that he arrived in California after 1850, but research for him after that date has not been done.
References: Dana Ryder; Nellie Rider; Fremont Rider; Rowland Corey; LRIS; Muster Rolls of Capt Keith's Company, September 8 1846; Vital Statistics From New Brunswick Newspapers, Vol 12 #1807; Ronald Vern Jackson and Gary Ronald Teeples, California 1850 Census Index, Accelerated Indexing System 3346 South Orchard Drive, Bountiful Ut 84010; Land Registry Queens #4744.]
[Vital Statistics Vol. 1807 pg 107 / Year 1875 age 52 / Residence Santa Barbara, California / Alward Book - Benjamin died 1894 age 70: Dana C. Ryder]
Benjamin spent his early years in New Canaan, and was active in land transactions there. He is listed as a Corporal on the Muster Rolls of Capt Keith's Company, September 28 1846. On 18 Nov 1847 he signed a quit claim in exchange for £50 giving up any claim to lot 27 of his father Ebenezer's grant.
He married Mary Alward, but no record of the ceremony has been located. However, tragedy struck this family about 1848, a newspaper report reading: "Died, New Canaan (Queen's County) 28th ult, Mary, wife of Benjamin Rider; aged 24; left husband and two children."
It may have been the death of his wife that decided Benjamin to leave the country. Nellie Rider says that about 1850 he moved to Santa Barbara CA, where he died about 1894; descendants, if any, not known. He is not in the 1851 census for the New Canaan. And he is not in the 1850 census for Santa Barbara; indeed, the 1850 census for all of California is indexed, but does not show a Benjamin Rufus Rider. It's quite possible , of course, that he arrived in California after 1850, but research for him after that date has not been done.
References: Dana Ryder; Nellie Rider; Fremont Rider; Rowland Corey; LRIS; Muster Rolls of Capt Keith's Company, September 8 1846; Vital Statistics From New Brunswick Newspapers, Vol 12 #1807; Ronald Vern Jackson and Gary Ronald Teeples, California 1850 Census Index, Accelerated Indexing System 3346 South Orchard Drive, Bountiful Ut 84010; Land Registry Queens #4744.]
[Vital Statistics Vol. 1807 pg 107 / Year 1875 age 52 / Residence Santa Barbara, California / Alward Book - Benjamin died 1894 age 70: Dana C. Ryder]
Events
| Birth | 11 Oct 1823 | New Canaan, Brunswick Parish, Queens County, New Brunswick |  | ||
| Death | 1894 | perhaps Santa Barbara, California | | ||
| Marriage | MARY "POLLY" ALWARD |
Families
| Spouse | MARY "POLLY" ALWARD (1824 - 1848) |
| Child | Living |
| Child | Living |
| Father | EBENEZER RIDER (1771 - 1853) |
| Mother | ANN GOLDSMITH (1777 - 1849) |
| Sibling | JOHN RIDER (1794 - 1866) |
| Sibling | STEPHEN RIDER (1798 - 1861) |
| Sibling | MARY RIDER (1798 - 1845) |
| Sibling | EBENEZER RIDER (1800 - 1849) |
| Sibling | JAMES RIDER (1802 - ) |
| Sibling | ELIZABETH RIDER (1804 - 1888) |
| Sibling | ANN R. RIDER (1806 - ) |
| Sibling | MERCY R. RIDER (1808 - 1820) |
| Sibling | HENRY RIDER (1810 - 1892) |
| Sibling | REUBEN RIDER (1812 - 1860) |
| Sibling | JOSEPH CRANDALL RIDER (1814 - 1849) |
| Sibling | NATHAN RIDER (1817 - 1896) |
| Sibling | CAROLINE RIDER (1818 - ) |
Endnotes
1. RYDER GENEALOGICAL FILES.
2. RYDER GENEALOGICAL FILES.