Jannetje Hendrickse Suydam

Brief Life History of Jannetje Hendrickse

When Jannetje Hendrickse Suydam was born on 23 June 1685, in Flatbush, Kings, New York Colony, British Colonial America, her father, Hendrick Rijcken van Zuidam, was 45 and her mother, Eytje Jacobs, was 40. She married Paulus van Enden in 1701, in Flatbush, Kings, New York Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 5 daughters. She died in 1738, at the age of 53.

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Family Time Line

John Van Mater
1688–1761
Jannetje Hendrickse Suydam
1685–1738
Abraham Van Metre
1709–
Anne Van Mater
1713–
Catharina Vanmater
1715–
Cornelius Jansen Van Mater
1717–
Elizabeth Van Mater
1721–
John Van Mater
1727–
Maarya Van Meter
1729–
Isaac Van Metre
1711–
Cryn Jans Van Mater
1718–1766
Maria Janse VanMater
1731–1781
Neeltje Van Mater
1735–1785

Sources (2)

  • Hendrick Rycken, the Progenitor of the Suydam Family in America
  • Legacy NFS Source: Janetje Rijcken -

Name Meaning

Dutch: variant, archaic or Americanized, of Suijdam, itself a variant of Zuijdam or Zuidam ‘south dam’, a habitational name from a dam so named near Maasland.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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