Eastham, Wellfleet and beyond


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picture Mary Rider 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
          Birth: Provincetown, Massachusetts
        Baptism: 5 Aug 1764 - Truro, Massachusetts 1
          Death: 
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: Benjamin Rider (1725-1811)
         Mother: Achsah Crosby (Est 1737-1780)



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Mary Rider 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
          Birth: 27 Dec 1777 - Provincetown, Massachusetts 2 3
        Baptism: 
          Death: 
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: Lot Rider (1747-      )
         Mother: Mary (Est 1750-      )



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Mary A Rider 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
          Birth: 23 Feb 1846 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 4 5
        Baptism: 
          Death: 8 Aug 1846 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts
         Burial: in Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Wellfleet
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: Isaac Rider (1811-1886) 6
         Mother: Mary Higgins Atwood (1813-1874) 7



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Mary Ellen Rider 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
          Birth: 21 Oct 1846 - Truro, Massachusetts 8
        Baptism: 
          Death: 
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: Alfred Rider (1813-      )
         Mother: Polly Myrick Stevens (1816-      )



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Mary H Rider 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
          Birth: 15 Apr 1828 - Truro, Massachusetts 9
        Baptism: 
          Death: 28 Dec 1883 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts
         Burial: in Oak Dale Cemetery, Wellfleet
 Cause of Death: paralysis

Parents 
         Father: Stephen Rider (1799-      ) 10
         Mother: Sabra Lombard Hatch (1802-      )
Spouses and Children 
1. *Hosea Ballou Hatch (12 Jun 1826 - After 1883) 11 
       Marriage: 1848 - (Wellfleet, Massachusetts)
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Bethiah Arey Hatch (1850-1852) 12
                2. Sarah L Hatch (1852-1852)
                3. Stephen F Hatch (1855-1855)
                4. Mary E Hatch (1857-1858)
                5. Thomas L Hatch (1861-1862)
                6. Isaiah Warren Hatch (1864-      ) 13
                7. Henry Leger Hatch (1866-      ) 14



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Matthias Rider 
      Sex: M
AKA: Matthias Ryder
Individual Information 
          Birth: 22 Oct 1807 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 16
        Baptism: 
          Death: 9 Nov 1848
         Burial: in Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Wellfleet
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: Captain Samuel Rider (1769-1852) 17 18
         Mother: Mehitable Mayo Waterman (1774-1816) 19
Spouses and Children 
1. *Mary Harding Higgins (16 Jan 1810 -       ) 15 
       Marriage: 9 Dec 1832 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 20
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Captain John Harding Ryder (1843-1930) 17 21
                2. Rider (1833-1833) 22
                3. Jerusha A Rider (1835-1917) 22
                4. Polly Rider (1837-      ) 22
                5. Olive Jenkins Rider (1839-      ) 22
                6. Elmira Foster Rider (1841-1861) 22 23
                7. Martha Matilda Rider (1843-      ) 22 24
                8. Matthias Rider (1845-1880) 22 25 26
Notes
General:
occupation
1844, 1845 mariner, Wellfleet 24
Marriage Notes (Mary Harding Higgins)
1850 US census, Wellfleet:
Jerusha N. Ryder was 14, in the household of Wells E & Huldah Kemp

Martha M Ryder, 6, in school, in the home of Timothy A & Anna R Atwood
Olive J Rider, 11, in school, at adjacent household of Charles & Nancy A Freeman

picture Captain Matthias Rider 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
          Birth: 7 Mar 1747 - Truro, Massachusetts 28 29
        Baptism: 31 May 1747 - Truro, Massachusetts 1
          Death: 14 Oct 1807 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 30 31
         Burial: in Duck Creek Cemetery, Wellfleet
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: Samuel Rider (1725-Cir 1752)
         Mother: Hannah Rider (1728-1807) 28
Spouses and Children 
1. *Martha Pierce (1750 - 9 Dec 1818)
       Marriage: 20 Oct 1768 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 32
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Captain Samuel Rider (1769-1852) 17 18
                2. Joseph Rider (1775-      )
                3. Matthius Rider Jr (1777-      )
                4. Patty Rider (1779-1847) 33
                5. Huldah Rider (1782-1861)
                6. Deacon Isaac Rider (1784-1856) 34
                7. Drusilla Rider (1786-1839) 35 36
                8. Nehemiah Murray Rider (1788-      )
Notes
General:
"Erected in memory of Capt. Matthias Rider who died Oct. 14, 1807 in the 61 year of his age.
'In life respected
In death lamented.' " 37
Marriage Notes (Martha Pierce)
The birth records for Joseph, Matthias, Patty, Huldah, Isaac, Drusilla and Nehemiah list their parents as "matthias and matthew Rider." 38

picture Matthias Rider 
      Sex: M
AKA: Matthias Ryder 39
Individual Information 
          Birth: 3 Sep 1845 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 22 26
        Baptism: 
          Death: 9 Feb 1880 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 40
         Burial: in Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Wellfleet
 Cause of Death: Phthisis

Parents 
         Father: Matthias Rider (1807-1848) 15 16
         Mother: Mary Harding Higgins (1810-      ) 15
Spouses and Children 
1. *Eunice B Brown (1849 - 28 Dec 1930) 25 39 
       Marriage: 15 Dec 1869 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts
         Status:
Notes
General:
stone:
"My Husband - Matthias Ryder died Feb. 9, 1880 aged 34 years, 5 months, 6 days

'Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death his saints.' Psa. CXVI:15" 41
Medical:
age 34-5-6
married
parents Matthias & Mary 40 41

picture Matthius Rider Jr 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
          Birth: 25 Apr 1777 - Truro, Massachusetts 38
        Baptism: 
          Death: 
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: Captain Matthias Rider (1747-1807) 28
         Mother: Martha Pierce (1750-1818)
Spouses and Children 
1. *Bethiah Cole (Est 1776 -       )
       Marriage: 23 Jan 1794 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 42
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Asa Cole Rider (1794-      )
                2. Matthius Rider (1796-      ) 15
                3. Patty Rider (1799-      )
Notes
Marriage Notes (Bethiah Cole)
A particularly hard to decipher section.
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picture Matthius Rider 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
          Birth: 20 Aug 1796 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 44
        Baptism: 
          Death: 
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: Matthius Rider Jr (1777-      )
         Mother: Bethiah Cole (Est 1776-      )
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Sources

1 John Harvey Treat, rearranged by Kathryn Rich, Wellfleet, Truro, & Cape Cod Vital Statistics. Section Two, Truro Baptisms 1711-1800 (1969. Wellfleet MA: Rich Family Association), TB53.

2 New England Historical and Genealogical Register (New England Historic Genealogical Society. Boston), 8:221 (1854).

3 George Ernest Bowman and Ethel A. Richardson, "Provincetown, Massachusetts Vital Records" (Mayflower Descendant), 12:76.

4 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:180. The children of Isaac Rider and Mary his wife.

5 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Births 1843 - 1858,. in vol. 2 (Wellfleet, Massachusetts), 9.

6 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:98. Isaac and Polly Rider family.

7 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:100. Uriah S. and Mary Atwood family.

8 George Ernest Bowman, compiler, Vital Records of Truro, Massachusetts to the year 1849 (1933. Mass. Society of Mayflower Descendants. republished online), 360-1.

9 George Ernest Bowman, compiler, Vital Records of Truro, Massachusetts to the year 1849 (1933. Mass. Society of Mayflower Descendants. republished online), 259.

10 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:55.

11 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:69. Thomas and Bethiah Hatch family.

12 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Births 1843 - 1858,. in vol. 2 (Wellfleet, Massachusetts), 22.

13 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Births 1858-1910 (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 8.

14 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Births 1858-1910 (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 10.

15 Wellfleet Historical Society and Rich Family Association, Wellfleet, Truro & Cape Cod Cemetery Transcriptions, section 9. Pleasant Hill and Oakdale Cemeteries, Wellfleet, Massachusetts (1986. Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Wellfleet Historical Society and Rich Family Association), lot 726. Matthias & Mary Rider.

16 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:72. The Children of Samuel Rider & Mehetable his 2d wife.

17 R Bradley Potts, "The Atwood Families of New England ..." (Rootsweb file atwood).

18 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:173. the son of Matthias and Martha Rider.

19 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:14. Samuel & Sarah Waterman family.

20 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:586. Marriages.

21 Wellfleet Historical Society and Rich Family Association, Wellfleet, Truro & Cape Cod Cemetery Transcriptions, section 9. Pleasant Hill and Oakdale Cemeteries, Wellfleet, Massachusetts (1986. Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Wellfleet Historical Society and Rich Family Association), A-60. Ryder and Atwood.

22 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:158. The children of Matthias and Mary Rider.

23 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Births 1843 - 1858,. in vol. 2 (Wellfleet, Massachusetts), 47.

24 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Births 1843 - 1858,. in vol. 2 (Wellfleet, Massachusetts), 2.

25 Wellfleet Historical Society and Rich Family Association, Wellfleet, Truro & Cape Cod Cemetery Transcriptions, section 9. Pleasant Hill and Oakdale Cemeteries, Wellfleet, Massachusetts (1986. Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Wellfleet Historical Society and Rich Family Association), 24, lot 126.

26 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Births 1843 - 1858,. in vol. 2 (Wellfleet, Massachusetts), 11.

27 Evelyn Rich, "Richard Rich of Eastham on Cape Cod and some of his descendants" (New England Historical and Genealogical Register.), 83:268. in 5 parts. vol. 83: 261-278 , 394-414 (1929) and vol. 84: 34-62, 117-134, 294-304 (1930)
Numerous small mistakes.

28 Evelyn Rich, "Richard Rich of Eastham on Cape Cod and some of his descendants" (New England Historical and Genealogical Register.), 83:268.

29 George Ernest Bowman, compiler, Vital Records of Truro, Massachusetts to the year 1849 (1933. Mass. Society of Mayflower Descendants. republished online), 65.

30 Stanley W. Smith, "Records from the Duck Creek Cemetery, Wellfleet, Mass." (Mayflower Descendant, vols 10, 11, 12).

31 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:230. Daths.

32 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:522, Marriages.

33 Wellfleet Historical Society and Rich Family Association, Wellfleet, Truro & Cape Cod Cemetery Transcriptions, section 9. Pleasant Hill and Oakdale Cemeteries, Wellfleet, Massachusetts (1986. Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Wellfleet Historical Society and Rich Family Association), lot 707. Mrs Martha Rich.

34 Elizabeth Freeman, Wellfleet, Truro, & Cape Cod Cemetery Transcriptions. Section Three. Duck Creek Cemetery, Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet MA: Rich Family Asscociation).

35 Wellfleet Historical Society and Rich Family Association, Wellfleet, Truro & Cape Cod Cemetery Transcriptions, section 9. Pleasant Hill and Oakdale Cemeteries, Wellfleet, Massachusetts (1986. Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Wellfleet Historical Society and Rich Family Association), lot 682. Joshua & Drusilla Hamblen family.

36 Rootsweb.com, utzing.

37 Elizabeth Freeman, Wellfleet, Truro, & Cape Cod Cemetery Transcriptions. Section Three. Duck Creek Cemetery, Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet MA: Rich Family Asscociation), 21.

38 George Ernest Bowman, compiler, Vital Records of Truro, Massachusetts to the year 1849 (1933. Mass. Society of Mayflower Descendants. republished online), 170.

39 Simeon L. Deyo, editor, History of Barnstable County Massachusetts, 1620-1890. Chapter 24: Wellfleet (1890. New York: H. W. Blake & Co.), 814.

40 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Deaths 1859-1907 (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 24.

41 Wellfleet Historical Society and Rich Family Association, Wellfleet, Truro & Cape Cod Cemetery Transcriptions, section 9. Pleasant Hill and Oakdale Cemeteries, Wellfleet, Massachusetts (1986. Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Wellfleet Historical Society and Rich Family Association), lot 126. Benjamin & Martha A. Brown family.

42 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:545. Marriages.

43 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), Matthius jr and Bethiah Rider family: book 1, p 68 (fiche 4).

44 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:66.

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