Mary Cross Cooper was born on Mar 6, 1780. Mary married John Annin on Nov 2, 1815. Mary Cross Cooper died on Aug 15, 1817 at age 37.

     Metje married Jacobus Van der Voort.

     Stephen married Mary Polly Griffin.

     Mary married Stephen Green.

     David Green was the son of David Green and Malinda Ryker.

     Samuel Green was the son of David Green and Malinda Ryker. Samuel Green died young.

      Mary Green was born in 1823 at Iowa. She was the daughter of David Green and Malinda Ryker. Mary Green died in 1850.

      Rhoda Green was born on Jan 15, 1800. She was the daughter of David Green and Malinda Ryker. Rhoda married Samuel Jerrard Ryker, son of Col. John Berian Ryker and Mary Van Cleave, on Sep 29, 1817 at Switzerland County, Indiana. Rhoda Green died on May 28, 1874 at age 74. Rhoda was buried at Rykers Ridge Cemetery Old, Central, Jefferson County, Indiana.

      Amy Green was born in 1833 at Jefferson County, Indiana. She was the daughter of David Green and Malinda Ryker. Amy married Lewis Van Burren on Jun 9, 1853. Amy Green died on Feb 4, 1894.

      Martha Green was born on Jul 26, 1836 at Indiana. She was the daughter of David Green and Malinda Ryker. Martha married Dr. Charles Ryker. Martha Green died on May 19, 1876 at age 39.

      Permelia Green was born on Nov 28, 1837 at Indiana. She was the daughter of David Green and Malinda Ryker. Permelia married Silas Jones on Feb 13, 1854. Permelia Green died on Jan 11, 1910 at Madison, Jefferson County, Indiana, at age 72. Permelia was buried at Rykers Ridge, Jefferson County, Indiana.

      John Robert Green was born in Aug, 1840 at Madison, Jefferson County, Indiana. He was the son of David Green and Malinda Ryker. John married Charlott Vaunoda? or Vaunodale? Vaunsda? John Robert Green died on Jan 13, 1906 at age 65.

     Charlott married John Robert Green, son of David Green and Malinda Ryker.

     Lewis married Amy Green, daughter of David Green and Malinda Ryker, on Jun 9, 1853.

     Charles married Martha Green, daughter of David Green and Malinda Ryker.

     Silas married Permelia Green, daughter of David Green and Malinda Ryker, on Feb 13, 1854.

      Betsy Ryker was born on Apr 28, 1831. She was the daughter of Samuel Jerrard Ryker and Rhoda Green. Betsy married Jared G. Ryker, son of John Geradus Ryker and Sarah G. Jones, on Apr 14, 1840 at Jefferson County, Indiana. Betsy Ryker died on Apr 28, 1850 at age 19. Betsy was buried at Rykers Ridge Cemetery Old, Central, Jefferson County, Indiana.

      Jared G. Ryker was born on Jan 8, 1821 at Jefferson County, Indiana. He was the son of John Geradus Ryker and Sarah G. Jones. Jared married Betsy Ryker, daughter of Samuel Jerrard Ryker and Rhoda Green, on Apr 14, 1840 at Jefferson County, Indiana. Jared G. Ryker died on Oct 28, 1908 at Jefferson County, Indiana, at age 87. Jared was buried at Rykers Ridge Cemetery Old, Central, Jefferson County, Indiana.
     

JARED D. RYKER, a representative of one of the earliest and first families of Jefferson county, and also one of the most prominent and successful farmers of the county, was born January 8, 1821, at the old Ryker homestead, Jefferson county, Ind. His parents were John G. and Sarah Ryker (nee Jones), who were respectively born in Shelby and Boone counties, Ky. John G. Ryker was born August 9, 1793, and removed with his father, before he became of age, to Jefferson county. His father was Geradus Ryker, a native of the State of New Jersey, born in 1769, who emigrated in the latter part of the last century to Shelby county, Ky., and subsequently to Jefferson county, Ind., in about 1811.

He brought with him, to Indiana, six sons and three daughters: His eldest son, Samuel, born in Shelby county, 1799; John G., Jacob S., Jared, Abram and William C., born respectively 1793, 1796, 1799, 1804, 1807; Polly S., 1809; Peter V., 1816; Leah, 1818.

John G. Ryker was a soldier in the War of 1812, and was known as one of the "Rangers," and for his meritorious services drew a pension from the Government until the day of his death, in 1875. Jared D.'s maternal grandfather, David Jones, a Revolutionary soldier, emigrated from Kentucky and settled in an early day within two miles of what is now the village of Canaan.

His mother, Sarah Jones Ryker, was born in Kentucky, in 1798.

He has three times been married; first in 1841, to Miss Eliza, granddaughter of Col. John Ryker, and of this union three children survive—Sarah, Jane and Mary Ann. His second wife was Miss Mary Howard, a native of Jefferson county, and two children of this union are also living— John and Permelius. His present wife, a very estimable and clever lady, was Miss Anna Harris, who is still living, and a native of England; this marriage occurred in 1857. The children by this marriage are Benjamin H., Walter H., Thaddeus H., Herbert H., Jared H. and Edgar H.

Mr. Ryker has a farm of 361 acres of well-improved land, and is nearly the sole owner of the Madison, Ryker's Ridge and Wolf Run Turnpike. He has long been one of the leading members of the Ryker's Ridge Baptist Church, and is one of its deacons. While Mr. Ryker did not receive any of the advantages of a collegiate education, he is nevertheless a man of fine sense, liberal in his views as to both politics and religion, and affable and courteous in his dealings with his fellow-men.

Biographical and historical souvenir for the counties of Clark, Crawford ... By John M. Gresham Company.

      John Geradus Ryker was born on Aug 9, 1793 at Shelby County, Kentucky. He was the son of Gerardus Ryker Jr. and Lea Smock. John married Sarah G. Jones on Mar 15, 1814 at Jefferson County, Indiana. John Geradus Ryker died on Jan 9, 1875 at Jefferson County, Indiana, at age 81.

      Sarah G. Jones was born on Apr 3, 1798 at Boone County, Kentucky. Sarah married John Geradus Ryker, son of Gerardus Ryker Jr. and Lea Smock, on Mar 15, 1814 at Jefferson County, Indiana. Sarah G. Jones died on May 23, 1858 at Jefferson County, Indiana, at age 60.