When Sarah Ryckman was born on 15 December 1783, in Schaghticoke, Schaghticoke, Rensselaer, New York, United States, her father, Garret Luccase Ryckman, was 44 and her mother, Elisabeth Van Buren, was 36. She married Garret Hooghkirk on 18 October 1801, in Albany, Albany, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 5 daughters. She died on 1 October 1823, in Albany, Albany, New York, United States, at the age of 39.
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Caused by war veteran Daniel Shays, Shays' Rebellion was to protest economic and civil rights injustices that he and other farmers were seeing after the Revolutionary War. Because of the Rebellion it opened the eyes of the governing officials that the Articles of Confederation needed a reform. The Rebellion served as a guardrail when helping reform the United States Constitution.
Historical Boundaries 1791: Rensselaer, New York, United States
The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.
Americanized and Flemish form of Dutch Rijkman: from Middle Dutch rike ‘powerful, rich’ + man ‘man’, probably interpreted as a nickname for a rich man.
History: This surname is recorded in Beverwyck in New Netherland (now Albany, NY) in the mid 17th century.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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