RYDER

The RYDER Family History

The first of this family to come to America. of whom we have record, was William Ryder, an English seaman. He was in Savannah, GA on a trip, when he took sick with yellow fever and died 26 July 1832 at the age of 45. He is supposedly buried in the Old Colonial Cemetery in an unmarked grave. His son, William, was born in Liverpool, England 15 Aug 1819. He ran away from home at the age of 16 and stowed away on a ship for Savannah. The captain found him (he knew the family) and decided to take him on to Savannah and return him on the next voyage. But William did not return to England. He lived with the Captain, who put him through school. William became an educator in Bibb County, GA. On 18 Nov 1845, he married Sarah McArthur (daughter of John and Harriet (Pace) McArthur).

WILLIAM RYDER IN THE CIVIL WAR

William enlisted in Company C, 14th Battalion Georgia Infantry (State Guards) 4 Aug 1863. This company was also known as Captain Jones' Company. This company was enrolled for six months for local defense to serve in one fourth of the State, Macon being the center. He also served as a Private in Company D, 7th Regiment Georgia Militia. He was in battles around Atlanta, Griswoldsville, Johnson Station and Dorchester. He was taken prisoner at Dorchester 4 Dec 1864 and was sent to the prison at Point Lookout, Maryland. He taught school in the prison and was acting bookkeeper. William was released 17 June 1865 on taking the Oath of Allegiance to the United States.

William and Sarah had nine children-John (married Mattie Chipley); Theodosia (married Middleton McDonald); Thomas (married Blanche Hayden); Victoria (married Walter T. McArthur); Robert (married Kate Gorman); James (married Margaret Murchison Rogers); Charlie (married Lucy McCoy); and W. L. Ryder. William died 12 Dec 1895 and is buried at Liberty Methodist Church, Bibb County, GA. Sarah died at the home of her son Thomas, in Macon, 17 Aug 1907.

The Ryder Family Line

William Ryder b.1787 married ?

William Ryder b. 1819 married Sarah McArthur

James Tinley Ruben Ryder b. 30 Sept 1861 married Margaret Murchison Rogers

Mary Ella Ryder b. 16 June 1894 married Z.L. Chancellor

Margaret Ryder Chancellor b. 25 July 1924 married Lewis G. Bowdoin (son of Gip and May Bell (Johnson) Bowdoin)

Margaret Ellen Bowdoin b. 29 July 1957 married Robert Floyd Lewin

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