104 STATEN ISLAND INSTITUTE or ARTS AND SCIENCES 
Dec. 28, 1680. Description of a survey of 180 acres of land 
near John Palmers run, upon Staten Island laid out for Capt. 
Cornelius Coursen and others, by Ro: Ryder surveyor (with 
draught ) .*° 
The above is the last work by Robert Ryder which appears in 
the Land Papers. 
We find dated the next day the following: Dec. 29, 1680. De- 
scription of a survey of 357 acres of land lying at the head of 
the Fresh Kill upon Staten Island, laid out for Robert Ryder by 
Philip Welles, surveyor, (with draught). Ryder therefore had 
property interests on Staten Island. It does not appear that 
Robert Ryder was at any time surveyor general. He usually 
signs himself surveyor although in one of his official documents 
he takes the title of deputy surveyor. 
It is believed that the author of the map lived at Gravesend, 
Long Island, for the court at Gravesend directed the administra- 
tion of his estate, and it is known that Gravesend was the home of 
a number of Ryders.*® In the village cemetery at Gravesend may 
be seen the plot where several Ryders were buried, one of the 
stones dating back to 1747. Ryder died in the early part of 1681, 
for we have the following record: “1681 June 15th. Order of 
-the court at Gravesend granting letters of administration on the 
estate. of Robert Ryder deceased, to Cornelis Steenwyck and 
Oulacirs, © | 
Among the early maps of New York and vicinity the Ryder map 
occupies a very important place. It is one of very few original 
maps of this vicinity of an early date to be found on this side of 
the Atlantic, and is particularly valuable on account of the pro- 
fessional skill of the author and his intimate knowledge of the 
country. A photograph of the map made several years ago is in 
the library of the Institute. The map has been reproduced, very 
76 Cal, Land Papers p. 23) Wand! Papers 1: 210: 
de (Cayl, Ibexnal layers jo, 2, ILemael IPapers 23 Biri, 
78 The Early Settlers of Kings County, New York, by Teunis Bergen. 
Ryder Family of Putnam County, New York. Clayton Ryder, Pough- 
apie, IN, Wo U@ikit, 
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