Site Title - John Rider

John Rider

M, b. 28 May 1692, d. 10 January 1766

Father

John Rider b. c 1667, d. 9 Jan 1719

Mother

Hester Hall b. Apr 1672, d. bt 1712 - Jul 1721

John was born on Wednesday, 28 May 1692 in Yarmouth, Barnstable County, Massachusetts. John married Mehitable Crowell circa 1713 in Chatham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts. John made his will in 1766. He mentions his children: John, Simeon, Reuben, Stephen, Zenas, Mehitable Taylor, Zerviah Colline, Esther Nickerson & Bethia.¹ John died on Friday, 10 January 1766 in Chatham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, during a smallpox epidemic.² He was buried at Chatham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, in the Old Baptist Burying Ground.

Family

Mehitable Crowell b. 1691, d. 21 Mar 1766

Children

John Rider b. 4 Apr 1714, d. b 22 Mar 1774
Reuben Rider b. c 1716, d. 12 Feb 1773
Stephen Rider b. c 1718, d. 18 Jan 1766
Simeon Rider+ b. 4 Apr 1720, d. a 21 Feb 1774
Mehitable Rider b. 27 Jan 1724, d. 9 May 1788
Zenus Rider b. 27 Apr 1726, d. Jan 1766
Bethiah Rider b. 11 Sep 1728, d. 17 Jan 1766
Zerviah Rider b. 12 Jan 1734
Esther Rider b. 4 Mar 1735

Citations

[S1826] Martin E. Hollick, The John Riders of Yarmouth, Massachusetts, page 135 - Will of John Rider - dated:.
[S1827] Stanley W. Smith, Chatham, Mass., Gravestone Records, page 49 - John Rider, died with the smallpox, 10 January 1766, in his 76th year - The Old Baptist Cemetery.