Birth - ca. 1642
Albany, NY
Death - ca. 1737
Albany, NY
Father - Jan Janse
Mother - Tryntje
Spouse - Nelletje Quakenbush
Children
Tryntje, d. ca. 1669
Pieter, b. September 30, 1670
Johannes Albertse, b. January 25, 1672
Catharina Tryntje, b. ca. 1674
Albert, b. ca. 1676
Harmanus, b. ca. 1678
Margaret, b. September 17, 1681
Maria, b. August 20, 1683
Magdalena, b. ca. 1685
Tobias, b. ca. 1686
Magdalena, b. March 24, 1689
Rachel, b. ca. 1692
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Albert Janse was born during the 1640s - the son of Beverwyck pioneers Jan and Tryntie Janse. In Albany history, their descendants
are known by the surname "Ryckman." By the mid-1660s, Albert had married Cornelia Quackenbush - daughter of a Beverwyck brickmaker.
They became Albany householders with a large family of at least twelve children. Both parents were members of the Albany Dutch church
and were active in church activities.
Albert Janse was a brewer - perhaps the most prominent Albany brewmaster of the late seventeenth century. Among his customers were
the fort and the Dutch church where Deacon Ryckman frequently supplied beer for funerals. His house and brewery were located riverside
stretching along today's Broadway. As a producer of one of the most highly sought American commodities, Albert Ryckman became quite
wealthy - with a property assessment that rivalled that of the most successful fur traders. In 1690, he was identified as a merchant dealing
in materials for repairing canoes. He also acquired a number of house and garden lots close to the shoreline.
Sometimes, he was referred to as "Captain" Ryckman. His overall wealth and status were reflected in an appointment to the first city council
as alderman and assessor for the third ward in 1686. He would be re-elected annually the aldermanic seat until he was appointed mayor of Albany
in 1702. He served for a year - the only member of his family to achieve such high distinction.
Approaching sixty, Albert Ryckman then retired from public life and seems to have been most involved in furthering the interests of his sons.
Albert Ryckman filed his will in 1736. Probably into his nineties, at that time he still thought of himself as an "Albany county brewer."
Although Cornelia was still alive, she was not mentioned when he divided his estate among his living children. He died in January 1737
and was buried from the Albany Dutch church.
Ref.: www.nysm.nysed.gov/albany/bios/r/ajryckman1905.html#assessment
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