My Maternal 5th Great Dutch Grandfather, Hannes “John”Riddenaar (aka Redner)

 

Name: Hannes “John” Riddenaar (aka Redner), son of Hendrik Riddenaur and Margrietje “Grietje” Reyger

Birth: 1745 in Bergen, New Jersey, British Colonial America

Christening: 23 June 1745 in Schraalenburgh, Bergen Township, Bergen, New Jersey, British Colonial America

Death: 1840 in Highland Falls, Orange, New York, United States

Burial: 1840 in Sacred Heart Cemetery, Highland Falls, Orange, New York, USA

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Managed by: Sally Frederick Johnson

Record added: Jun 15, 2016

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Note: Hannes “John” Riddenaar. Surname also spelled Riddenaur, Redner, Ridner and Ritnar. He appeared in the 1830 Census for Newfield, Orange, New York, and the 1840 Census for Newburg, Orange, New York, USA.

Married: about 1763 in Orange County, New York to Nansje “Nancy” (maiden name unknown) In America they changed the spelling of their surname to Redner.

Children: (4)

Margarette Redner (Linderman) 1764-1837

Henry Redner, Sr. 1770-1850

Peter Redner 1772-1840

John Redner 1774-1816

The Life Summary of Hannes “John”

When Hannes “John” Riddenaar was born in 1745, in Bergen, New Jersey, British Colonial America, his father, Hendrik Riddenhaur, was 40 and his mother, Margrietje “Grietje” Reyger, was 36. He married Nansje “Nancy” about 1763, in New York Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Warwick, Warwick, Orange, New York, United States in 1790. He died in 1840, in Highland Falls, Highlands, Orange, New York, United States, at the age of 95, and was buried in Highland Falls, Highlands, Orange, New York, United States.

“These were the people who conquered a virgin wilderness and gave their lives to establish our great nation, the reason those people were called Pennsylvania Dutch, even though they were of German origin. Hannes Riddenaar (1745 – 1840)