Lucy Ryckman

1765 - 1843  (77 years)

• Name	Lucy Ryckman  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]
  Alt. Birth	15 Nov 1760  [10]
  Born	15 Nov 1765	Cumberland County, Virginia   [1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11]
  Gender	Female
  Physical Description	was active and full of energy even to her last days  [11]
  	"Though she lived to be seventy-eight years old, it was no unusual thing to see her run from the house to the kitchen or negro cabins.  She was five feet four inches in height, and of athletic build.  Aside from more useful arts she taught her daughters to embroider and do fancy work."
  Alt. Birth	Cumberland County, Virginia   [12]
  Alt. Death	Tennessee   [12]
  Religion	From 1787	Knox County, Tennessee   [13]
  	a member of the Presbyterian church
  Alt. Death	14 Jul 1841	Williamson County, Tennessee   [9]
  Alt. Death	14 Jul 1843	Williamson County, Tennessee   [6, 7, 8]
  Alt. Death	14 Jul 1843  [5, 10]
  Biographical	was Dutch  [2, 11]
  	She came of an old Dutch family, some of whom settled in New York at an early date.  Frances Cowles says in the Nashville Banner, July 6, 1916:  "There isn't the slightest doubt that the old records would give some very interesting light on this fine old Dutch family.  Harme Janse Ryckman was a resident of Albany between 1666 and 1667, and other members of the family were early settlers in New Amsterdam, now New York.  A captain Albert Janes Ryckman, who was Mayor of Albany in 1702 and 1703, owned a brewery on the east side of lower Broadway, which included the south corner of Hudson street and Broadway.  This property had formerly belonged to Peter Bronck, a member of the family for which borough of the Bronk, part of Greater New York, is now named.  The family was also settled in Schenectady at an early date."  Ary Ryckman owned a farm which included what is now Astor place.  One branch of the family left New York for Virginia, settling in Cumberland county, Va.  To this branch Lucy (Ryckman) Henderson belongs.
  Name	Lucy Richmond  [12]
  Died	14 Jul 1843	Bethesda, Williamson County, Tennessee   [1, 11]
  Buried	Bethesda, Williamson County, Tennessee   [1, 3]
  Person ID	I116484	If the Legends Are True...
  Last Modified	15 Jun 2020

  
  

  Father	Ryckman
  Family ID	F42958	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Samuel Henderson,   b. 29 Nov 1759, Granville County, North Carolina ,   d. 5 Dec 1828, Bethesda, Williamson County, Tennessee  (Age 69 years)
  Alt. Marriage	14 Mar 1785	Greene County, Tennessee   [2]
  	At the time this was part of the short lived "State of Franklin".
  Alt. Marriage	14 Mar 1785  [5, 10]
  Married	22 Feb 1786	Greene County, Tennessee   [9]
  Alt. Marriage	22 Feb 1786  [8]
  Alt. Marriage	14 Mar 1786	Greene County, Tennessee   [12, 14]
  Residence	Bef 1804	Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee   [2]
  	Some time after his marriage he moved to Knox County, and settled on the Holston river, about four miles from Knoxville, on the opposite side of the river.  Here their children were born.
  Move	Abt 1808	Saint Louis City, Missouri   [13]
  	At that time Louisiana Territory, they settled on a farm near present-day St. Louis. "They went all the way by wather in a little boat, down the Holston to the Tennessee river, down this to the Ohio, along this to the Mississippi, then up to St. Louis. It is interesting to note the state of St. Louis at this time.  From the St. Louis Republic of July 12, 1908, we learn that St. Louis in 1808 had two hundred houses.  Of these, fifty were built of stone.  These were whitewashed.  The houses stood in the midst of gardens and orchards.  The settlement occupied three streets, now named Main, Second and Third.  There was one school-master, Trudeau, who lived and taught in the same house.  This was the only school around here."
  Religion	Aft 1808	Saint Louis City, Missouri   [3]
  	members of the Methodist Church
  	They joined the Methodists as there was no Presbyterian Church in Saint Louis at the time.
  Move	Abt 1817	Bethesda, Williamson County, Tennessee   [3]
  	During the agitation over the Missouri Compromise, through fear of losing his negroes, Samuel Henderson came back to Tennessee about 1817, and settled in Williamson county, near Bethesda.  Here he and his wife are both buried.  Their graves are marked by little, old-fashioned tombstones. My father, Samuel Henderson (1804-1884), always told us that Grandpa sold his farm for a mere song – for nothing much more than wagons and teams to bring them back to Tennessee.  Now this land is incorporated inthe city of St. Louis, and is of untold value.
  Children	+ 1. Anna Henderson,   b. 5 Jan 1787, Knox County, Tennessee ,   d. 13 Mar 1839, Franklin, Williamson, Tennessee  (Age 52 years) + 2. Levisa Henderson,   b. Abt 1795, Tennessee ,   d. Yes, date unknown + 3. Mary Polly Henderson,   b. 27 Dec 1787, Knox County, Tennessee ,   d. 10 Dec 1827, Hempstead County, Arkansas  (Age 39 years)   4. Mathilde Henderson,   b. Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee   5. Elizabeth Henderson,   b. Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee   6. Sally Edwards,   b. Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee + 7. Lucinda Henderson,   b. 19 May 1799, Granville County, North Carolina ,   d. 27 Oct 1867, Gallatin, Sumner, Tennessee  (Age 68 years) + 8. Samuel Henderson, M. D.,   b. 8 Oct 1804, Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee ,   d. 9 Dec 1884, Franklin, Williamson, Tennessee  (Age 80 years)
  Last Modified	12 Jun 2020
  Family ID	F42905	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Reference

  If the Legends Are True... by J. Craig Canada, "Lucy Ryckman" (accessed May 5, 2024) | http://palmspringsbum.com/genealogy/getperson.php?personID=I116484&tree=Legends.