Cornelius Jacobse Suydam

Brief Life History of Cornelius Jacobse

When Cornelius Jacobse Suydam was born about 1695, in Flatbush, Kings, New York, United States, his father, Jacob Hendricksen Suydam, was 30 and his mother, Seytje Jacobs, was 26. He married Margrietje Van Sicklen about 1728, in Flatbush Reformed Dutch Church Cemetery, Flatbush, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Flatbush, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States in 1790.

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Family Time Line

Cornelius Jacobse Suydam
1695–
Margrietje Van Sicklen
1705–
Marriage: about 1728
Jacobus Suydam
1729–
Ferdinandes Suydam
1731–1733
Minne Suydam
1737–1818
Adriana Suydam
1746–
Cornelius Suydam
1748–
Jannetje Suydam
1750–
Fernandus Suydam
1733–
Geertie "Charity" Sudam Suydam
1734–1794
Seytie Suydam
1734–
Johannes Suydam
1738–
Ida Suydam
1740–1819

Sources (9)

  • Legacy NFS Source: Cornelius Suydam - birth: about 1695;
  • Jacob Suydam in entry for Jan Suydam, "New York Births and Christenings, 1640-1962"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Cornelius Suydam - birth-name: Cornelius Suydam

World Events (4)

1776

Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.

1776

New York is the 11th state.

1786 · Shays' Rebellion

Caused by war veteran Daniel Shays, Shays' Rebellion was to protest economic and civil rights injustices that he and other farmers were seeing after the Revolutionary War. Because of the Rebellion it opened the eyes of the governing officials that the Articles of Confederation needed a reform. The Rebellion served as a guardrail when helping reform the United States Constitution.

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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