Andrew Riker (1771-1817)

He commanded a vessel and was successively in the European and East Indian trade. During the War of 1812 he engaged in privateering and in command of the Saratoga and the Yorktown he was "eminently daring and successful" but was eventually taken prisoner at Newfoundland. After the war, he continued his mercantile life at sea. He was taken ill at St. Domingo where he died. In 1802, he married Margaret, daughter of Nathaniel Moore, by whom he had several children.