Abraham Rycken (Riker)

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Dutch colonist Dutch colony human island settlement settler

Abraham Rycken (Riker) was a 17th-century Dutch settler in New Netherland whose family name gave rise to the name of Rikers Island in New York City.

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Label Occurrences
Abraham Rycken (Riker) canonical 2

Statements (37)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Dutch colonist ⓘ
Dutch colony ⓘ
human ⓘ
island ⓘ
settlement ⓘ
settler ⓘ
activeInCentury 17th century ⓘ
continentOfActivity North America ⓘ
continentOfOrigin Europe ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Dutch Republic ⓘ
ethnicGroup Dutch ⓘ
familyName Riker ⓘ
Rycken ⓘ
givenName Abraham ⓘ
hasDescendant Riker family of New York ⓘ
hasNameVariant Riker ⓘ
surface form: Abraham Riker

Abraham Rycken (Riker) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
hasSurnameEtymology source of the toponym "Rikers Island" ⓘ
languageSpoken Dutch ⓘ
locatedIn East River ⓘ
New Netherland ⓘ
New York City ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeEntity The Bronx ⓘ
surface form: Borough of the Bronx
locatedInContinent North America ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay New York City ⓘ
namedAfter Abraham Rycken ⓘ
Riker family of New York ⓘ
surface form: Riker family
notableFor being an early Dutch settler in New Netherland ⓘ
being the namesake of Rikers Island ⓘ
occupation settler ⓘ
placeOfActivity Manhattan ⓘ
New Netherland ⓘ
Rikers Island ⓘ
residence Manhattan ⓘ
surface form: New Amsterdam

New Netherland ⓘ
Rikers Island ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ

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Rikers Island → namedAfter → Abraham Rycken (Riker) ⓘ
Abraham Rycken (Riker) → hasNameVariant → Abraham Rycken (Riker) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Abraham Rycken