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Ryckie
Van Schaick Douw
Ryckie Van Schaick was baptized on January 4, 1741. She was the second daughter of the eight children born to Albany residents Sybrant and Alida Roseboom Van Schaick. Several siblings became Albany mainstays including her brother, Colonel Goose Van Schaick.
As
the daughter of the city's mayor, she grew up in
an advantaged Albany household. An appropriate mate
was Peter Winne Douw, whom she married in 1762. Four
children were born to the couple between 1764 and
1789.
Over
the next four decades, these Douws lived in each
of the city's three wards as Peter became a prominent
city official. By 1790, they had settled into a large
house on Market Street and were attended by a number
of servants.
Peter
W. Douw died after 1800. In 1803, his widow was alone
in the house. Ryckie Van Schaick Douw died a few
years later in November 1807. She had lived sixty-six
years.
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Notes: The
life of Ryckie Van Schaick Douw is CAP biography
number 3979. This profile is derived chiefly from
family and community-based resources.
By Stefan Bielinski, Colonial Albany Social History Project [http://www.nysm.nysed.gov/albany]
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