certificate application - for United Empire Loyalists

Applicant
Title
Name in full.
Maiden Name
Address
E-Mail address
Place of Birth
Married at
Husband/Wife
Full Name
Place of Birth
Place of Burial
The United Empire Loyalists’
Association of Canada
50 Baldwin Street, Suite 202, Toronto, Ontario, M5T 1L4
Telephone (416) 591-1783 Fax (416) 591-7506
Email: uela@becon.org
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CERTIFICATE APPLICATION
BRANCH: VANCOUVER
DUMFRIES, Gwennyth Margaret
Date Certificate
Issued:
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Dau of
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Date
02 Jan 2012
Loyalist Ancestor Information
Loyalist Ancestor
RYCKMAN, John (Johannes)
Listed as “Ryckman, John of Barton; deceased” on the UEL list*
Military Service
(Rank & Regt. If
known)
Where Settled
(date & Location)
1777: joined the Royal Standard in New York
taken prisoner and detained ‘for some time’ (probably Fishkill Gaol)
1794: to Upper Canada with his family
died 9 months after arriving,
wife and children settled in Barton Township (now Hamilton,
Ontario)
* Not to be confused with: Ryckman, John, Lt of the Home District (his son); or
Ryckman, John of Adolphus Town

Applicant Line of Descent From a Loyalist Ancestor
Loyalist Ancestor RYCKMAN, John (Johannes)
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1777 – joined the Royal Standard in New York; taken prisoner & detained
died shortly after arriving in Canada, wife and
children settled in Barton Township (now
Hamilton, ON)
Privacy
Privacy
BURGESS, Frederick William
WHITELY, Mary Jane
BURGESS, William David
ENGLISH, Mary
BURGESS, William
RYCKMAN, Margaret
RYCKMAN, David
BASTEDO, Mary Ann
RYCKMAN, Albert
VAN ETTEN, Annetje (Anna)
RYCKMAN, John
WARD, Eunice
Born
(year)
1913
1917
1880
1876
1848
1857
1821
1829
1806
1806
1766
1770
1730
Married
(year)
1941
1912
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1754
Died
(year)
1988
1987
1948
1950
1914
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1865
1894
1891
1864
1850
1821
1794
1801

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Parents
2. Father privacy Son of privacy
Place of privacy Date privacy
Birth
Married at privacy Date privacy
Residence privacy Occupation privacy
Place of privacy
Death Date privacy
Burial
& Place
Mother privacy Daughter of privacy
Occupation privacy privacy
Place of
Birth
Place of
Burial
Children
and
spouses
if known
privacy Date privacy
privacy
privacy
Death Date
& Place
privacy
Grandparents
3. Father BURGESS, Frederick William Son of BURGESS, William D
ENGLISH, Mary
Place of London East, Ontario Date 27 Jan 1880
Birth
Married at Sarnia, Ontario Date 27 Mar 1912
Residence Cranbrook, BC Occupation Accountant
Place of
Burial
Cranbrook Cemetery, Cranbrook, BC Death Date
& Place
25 Jun 1948
Cranbrook, BC
Mother WHITELY, Mary Jane Daughter of WHITELY, John
STURDY, Margaret
Occupation
Place of
Birth
Place of
Burial
Children
and
spouses
if known
Goderich, Ontario Date 13 Apr 1876
Cranbrook Cemetery
privacy
Death Date
& Place
25 Aug 1950
Cranbrook, BC

1 st Great Grandparents
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4. Father BURGESS, William David Son of BURGESS, William B.
RYCKMAN, Margaret
Place of London, Ontario Date 20 Sep 1850
Birth
Married at London, Ontario Date 11 Aug 1875
Residence Petrolia, Ontario Occupation Chemist (Stillman) at Imperial
Oil, Petrolia, ON
Place of
Burial
Hillsdale Cemetery, Petrolia, ON Death Date
& Place
07 Aug 1914
Petrolia, ON
Mother ENGLISH, Mary Daughter of ENGLISH, William
CROCKETT, Nancy
Occupation
Place of
Birth
Place of
Burial
Children
and spouses
if known
Dorchester Township, ON Date 1857
Hillsdale Cemetery, Petrolia, ON Death Date
& Place
04 Jan 1940
Petrolia, ON
Ethel M (b: 16 Mar 1877); Frederick William (b: 27 Jan 1880-25 Jun 1948) & Mary Jane
WHITELY; Truman; James Edward (b: 12 Oct 1884); Annie E; Margaret Alice (b: 26 Jul 1889);
Eva Mary (b: 31 Oct 1891); Myrtle Edna (b: 29 Apr 1894).
2 nd Great Grandparents
5. Father BURGESS, William B. Son of BURGESS, William
Place of London, Ontario Date 20 Sep 1821 (as per
Birth
tombstone)
Married at London, Ontario Date 1 Jan 1848
Residence London, Ontario Occupation
Place of Gore Cemetery, Trafalgar St., London Twp., Death Date 14 Dec 1865,
Burial Middlesex Co., Ontario
& Place (as per tombstone)
Mother RYCKMAN, Margaret Daughter of RYCKMAN, David
Residence
Place of
Birth
Place of
Burial
Children
and spouses
if known
Lived on Rectory Street, London, ON.
London, ON Date 22 Dec 1829 (as per
cemetery stone)
Gore Cemetery, Trafalgar St., London Twp., Death Date 12 May 1894,
Middlesex Co., Ontario
& Place London, ON (as per
cemetery stone)
William David (b: 20 Sep 1850-7 Aug 1914) & Mary ENGLISH;
Margaret Ann (b: Feb 1851- Nov 1868);
Royal Benjamin (b: 1852)
James A (b: 1854);
John George (b: 17 Apr 1859) & Clarissa Agnes HOLBROOK

3 rd Great Grandparents
6. Father RYCKMAN, David Son of RYCKMAN, Albert Janse
Place of Barton Township, Wentworth County, Date 16 Oct 1806
Birth Ontario
Married at London, Ontario Date 18 Jul 1825
Residence
Place of
Burial
Mother
Place of
Birth
Place of
Burial
Children
and spouses
if known
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Middlesex East, London Twp, Ontario
(Canada Census Index 1871)
Occupation Farmer
Gore Cemetery, Trafalgar St., London Twp., Death Date 01 Oct 1891; AE 84 yrs (as
Middlesex Co., Ontario
& Place per tombstone)
(probably BASTEDO), Mary Ann (as per son Daughter of
David’s marriage certificate)
London, Ontario Date 22 Jun 1806
Gore Cemetery, Trafalgar St., London Twp.,
Middlesex Co., Ontario
Death Date
& Place
09 Oct 1864 (AE 58 yrs. &
6 ms. (as per tombstone)
Albert & Margaret Ann PERKINS; Margaret & William B BURGESS; James William &
Alvira COOMBS; Hannah; Gilbert & Arabella NELSON; Eliza Jane; David (m 18 Oct 1877,
London, ON) Mary Ann SUTTON; Mary Anne & George Bookman; Rachel.
4 th Great Grandparents
7. Father RYCKMAN, Albert Janse Son of RYCKMAN, John
Place of Schenectady, New York Date 12 Aug 1766;
Birth
baptized: 18 Aug 1766
Married at Reformed Dutch Church, Schenectady, NY Date 25 Jan 1791
Residence London, ON Occupation Farmer
Place of
Burial
Mother
Occupation
Place of
Birth
Place of
Burial
Children
and spouses
if known
Gore Cemetery, Trafalgar St., London Twp.,
Middlesex Co., Ontario
1 st : VAN ETTEN, Hanna Annetje
2 nd : LNU, Margaret (m 10 Sep 1822, Ancaster,
ON) widow of Joseph BASTEDO (died 05 Sep
1814, Battle of Chippewa during War of 1812).
Death Date
& Place
Daughter of
“died Apr. 23 1850.
Aged 84 years” as per
tombstone
VAN ETTEN, Jacobus
PENBURN, Annatje
Baptized: Baptism Records of the First Dutch
Reformed Church of Schenectady, (1692-
1945), Vol 3, Pt 1. p. 81) New York State
Archives
Date 27 Jan 1770
Death Date 20 Mar 1821,
& Place London, ON
Marytje Albertse (b: 14 Nov 1791); Albert (b: 29 Mar 1802); James (b: 01 Jan 1794);
Annis Bessie (b: 26 Apr 1804); John (b: 22 May 1797) & Rachel WATTS; David (b: 16 Oct
1806); Peter (b: 3 Dec 1799) & Catherine SHEWFELT; William (b: 15 May 1811)

5th Great Grandparents
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8. Father RYCKMAN, John (Johannes) - Loyalist Son of RYCKMAN, Johannes
VAN SLYCK, Maria Cornelise
Place of
Birth
Schenectady, New York Date 14 Dec 1730
chr: 20 Dec 1730
Married at New York Date 30 May 1754*
Residence
Death Date
& Place
1776 - on his own farm with his large family
in Orange County, New York (as per his son,
Samuel’s Memorial). His property was
consumed by fire.
1794 – brought his family to Upper Canada
Occupation
04 Oct 1794; Barton Twp., ON (9 mths after arriving in Upper Canada)
Mother WARD, Juna ‘Eunice’ Daughter of
Place of
Birth
Place of
Burial
Children
and
spouses
if known
New York Date 1733
Death Date
& Place
Farmer; Captain of Militia
(helped in taking Fort Niagara
from French, 1759)
1801
Barton Twp., ON
Maria (b: Feb 1755-14 Apr 1814).
Rachel (chr. 08 Oct 1758, Schenectady, NY- 14 Apr 1814) & Andries ‘Andrew’ BRADT, Capt.
Butler’s Rangers, Loyalist;
John (Johannes) (bp. 16 Apr 1756 NYC-06 Apr 1842, buried Christ Church Cathedral, Hamilton,
ON); Lt., (Six Nations) Indian Dept. (commanded by Guy JOHNSON), settled in the Home
District) Loyalist; m. Elizabeth DEPEW, widow of Adrian MARLATT. She was granted Lot 6,
Con 3 & 4, Aldborough, Glanford Twsp., Lincoln Co., ON, 400 acres in 1798 as the daughter of
John Depew, late of the township of Barton, a UE Loyalist.
Cornelia (b: 19 Oct 1760, Tappan, Rockland, NY; d: 1761);
Cornelius (chri. 06 Nov 1763, Schenectady, NY; d abt 1815, Lincoln County, ON) & Margareta
BRADT (6 Apr 1758 Schenectady, New York) granted land in Barton Twsp. (200 acres, 8 th
Twsp.)
Albert Janse (b. 24 Aug 1766) & Annetje (Anna) VAN ETTEN;
Sarah (b: 20 Nov 1768)
m 1 st : Robert LOTTRIDGE, Capt, Indian Dept. Loyalist;
m 2 nd John SPRINGER (son of Loyalist David SPRINGER)
Harmanus J. (b. 19 Mar 1771, Schenectady; d. 27 Jul 1846 West Flamborough) & Hannah
FEVERRITA;
Clara (18 Sep 1774)
Samuel Ward (04 Jun 1777- 06 Feb 1846) & Rachel MARLATT (1786-18 Feb 1868, Hamilton, ON) .
He was a surveyor. He built a log house and barn on what became the northeast corner of
Ryckman’s Corners.
* Marriage Record: Samuel S. Purple, Records of the Reformed Dutch Church in New Amsterdam and New York:
Marriages from 11 December 1639 to 26 August 1801, (Heritage Books Inc. Reprint 1977), p 188:
Betrothed 12 May, married 30 May.
Johannes Ryckman, j.m. geboren in Schonechtade & Juna Waard j.d. geborente New York, beide wonende alhier.
Translation:
Johannes Ryckman, young unmarried man, born in Schenectady
and Juna [sic] Ward, unmarried woman born in N.Y., both living nearby.

6 th Great Grandparents
9. Father RYCKMAN, Johannes Son of RYCKMAN, Johannes
KIP, Catharina
Place of
Birth
Schenectady, New York Date Chr. 18 Apr 1705, Dutch Reformed
Church, New Amsterdam, NY
Married at Schenectady, New York Date 13 Jun 1729; Schenectady, NY
Place of
Burial
Mother
Place of
Birth
Place of
Burial
Children
and
spouses
if known
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VAN SLYCK, Maria Cornelise
(a descendant of Otstoch, a woman of
Mohawk & French Blood)
Death Date
& Place
Daughter of
Schenectady, NY Date 23 May 1697
Death Date
& Place
Johannes (b: 14, bp. 20 Dec 1730) & Eunice WARD;
Cornelis J. (b: 26 Mar 1732);
Cathrina (b: 23 Sep 1733, d: 1737 Schnectady, NY);
Clara (b: 23 Mar 1735) & James REID;
Cathrina (b: 29 Mar 1737);
Susanna (b: 14 Feb 1738);
Maria (b: 08 Mar 1740);
Jacobus (b: 1741, Schenectady, NY)
VAN SLYCK, Cornelis Jacquese
BRADT, Clara Janse
7th Great Grandparents
10 Father RYCKMAN, Johannes Albertse Son of RYCKMAN, Albert Janse
QUACKENBOS, Nelletje
Place of Birth Albany County, NY Date 26 Jan 1672
Married at Date 11 Jul 1697
Residence
Place of Burial
Mother
Place of Birth
Place of Burial
Children
and spouses
if known
1 st 11 Jul 1697 - KIP, Catharina
2 nd 17 Jun 1717 - VAN VLECK, Cornelia
Occupation
Death Date
& Place
Daughter of
Date
Death Date
& Place
Albert m. Anna CHRISTOFFEL;
Jacobus m. Geertje ADRIANSE;
Johannes m. Maria VAN SLYCK;
Tobias m. Maarytje Evertse VAN EPPS and Cornelia DALY;
Nelletje (d. young);
Maria m. Lucas KIERSTEDE.
23 Dec 1736;
Turtle Bay, NY
KIP, Jacobus Hendricksen
de la MONTAGNE, Maria

8 th Great Grandparents
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11 Father RYCKMAN, Albert Janse (Captain;
Mayor of Albany 1702-3)
Son of
RYCKMAN, Harmen Janse
JANSE, Tryntje; (they lived
at Fort Orange 1666-67)
Place of Birth
Married at
Residence
Had a brewery on the east side of
Broadway on or near the south
corner of Hudson street and
Broadway (became property of Pieter
Bronck)
Date
Date
Occupation
Place of Burial
Death Date
& Place
Mother QUACKENBOS, Neeltie Daughter of
Occupation
Place of Birth
Place of Burial
Children
and spouses
if known
Date
Death Date
& Place
Johannes (died 1736);
Albert (buried 8 Oct 1722);
Trynjtje;
Pieter;
Harmanus;
Margaret & Samuel KIP;
Catharina (wife of Anthony BRIES);
Maria (bp. 26 Aug 1683) & Barent BRATT;
Magdalena (bp 13 May 1685);
Tobias (bp 27 Oct 1686;)
Magdalena (bp. 24 Mar 1689) & Benjamin BRATT;
Rachel (bp. 18 Dec 1692).
brewer
12 Jan 1737
17 Oct 1738

1. Applicant Privacy
Proof
Privacy
2. Parent Privacy
Proof
Privacy
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PROOFS OF LINEAL DESCENT
3. Grandparent BURGESS, Frederick William, the son of William D. BURGESS
Proof 3: Ontario Birth Certificate (link to father), Registrations of Births and Stillbirths –
1869-1909, MS 929, Schedule A, Folio 416, Registration #018828; Archives of
Ontario, Toronto, ON.
4. 1 st Great
Grandparent
BURGESS, William David, the son of Margaret RYCKMAN
Proof 4: Death Registration (link to mother); Registrations of Deaths, 1869-1934, MS 935,
Folio 136, Certificate #017579; Archives of Ontario, Toronto, ON.
RYCKMAN, Margaret, the daughter of David RYCKMAN
5. 2 nd Great
Grandparent
Proof
6. 3 rd Great
Grandparent
Proof
7. 4 th Great
Grandparent
Proof
8. 5 th Great
Grandparent
Proof
5A: Registration of Marriage between William BURGESS and Margaret RIGHTMAN,
witnesses John Tinkeling [sic] and Benjamin BURGESS); Marriage Register Entry,
Ontario Parish Marriages; Vol. 16 London District, 1833-1855; MS 248, Reel 3,
(103178-6); Archives of Ontario, Toronto. (2 pgs)
5B: Death Certificate of Margaret Burgess named as widow of William Burgess and
daughter of David Ryckman. State of Michigan, Division of Vital Statistics;
Registered Certificate No. 651, dated 05 Oct 1918; Genesee County [Flint Michigan]
Death Records, 1897-1920.
RYCKMAN, David, the son of Albert RYCKMAN
6A: Passage of land (50 acres) from father, Albert’s, land grant as SUE (Lot 4, Conc C) to
son David by Bargain & Sale (Memorial No. 5459); Land Registry Office (London
(Middlesex) LRO #33, Bell Canada Building, 100 Dundas Street, Ground Floor,
London, Ontario N6A 5B6) 4 pages
6B: tombstones and inscriptions of father and son in Gore Cemetery, London, ON; from
OGS transcriptions of Gore Cemetery and family photo. (3 pages)
RYCKMAN, Albert, the son of John RYCKMAN (and Eunice WARD)
7A: Petition and grant of land (Lot 4, Conc. C in London, Ontario) as SUE; Crown Land
Records, The Township Papers, MS658, Reel 252; Archives of Ontario, Toronto, ON.
7B: Baptism Record, Baptism, Church Records of the Dutch Reformed Church,
Schenectady, NY, 1694-1823; Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Microfilm 17912
[Items 1-2].
RYCKMAN, John - LOYALIST
8A: Record of military service (and imprisonment) in the petition of Samuel RYCKMAN,
son of the late John RYCKMAN, requesting his father be added to the UE Loyalist
List; Upper Canada Land Petitions (RG 1 L3); Film C-2742, Vol. 426A , Bundle R 10,
Petition No. 93; Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, ON. (3 pages)
8B: listed as John RYCKMAN 'of Barton' deceased as per petition of son, Samuel
RYCKMAN: folio 212 "Names inserted on the U.E. List by order of the Hon.l the
Executive Council"; as it appears on the "Old Executive List" in the Halidmand
Papers; RG1, L7, Volume 52A; Library and Archives Canada; Ottawa, ON.