Jerome Suydam, son of Daniel Lott Suydam and Jane Wyckoff Van Dyke, was born in November 1877 at New York.³

     As part of a list of heirs and next of kin, Jerome Suydam, residing at Mill Lane near East 56th Street, Flatlands, Brooklyn, New York, was listed as part of the "Notice of Petition for Letters of Administration", probate of the estate of Jane Wyckoff Van Dyke on 15 March 1912.⁴

     Jerome died in March 1958, at age 80,⁵ and was buried at Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings, New York.⁵

     Jerome Suydam, son of Abraham Voorhees Suydam and Helen Woolsey, was born circa 1857 at New York.¹

     Jerome D. Suydam, son of Daniel Lott Suydam and Jane Wyckoff Van Dyke, was born on 3 October 1862.²

     Jerome died on 17 January 1866, at age 3,^3,2 and was buried at Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings, New York.²

     Jeromus Suydam was born on 28 December 1796.²

     Jeromus married Harriet F. Voorhees circa 1826.¹

     Jeromus died on 13 November 1872, at age 75,^2,3 and was buried at Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings, New York.²

     Jeromus's estate was probated on 9 December 1872;

See Documents: The Probate documents May be viewed By Left-Clicking on This Link.⁴

     John Pratt Suydam was born on 10 June 1884 at Libertyville, Lake, Illinois.²

     John married Mary Anna Anderson, daughter of August Andersson and Adeline Marthina Cristensen, on 4 March 1908.³

     Due to a need for men to serve during World War I, the United States instituted a draft. The first registration was for men between the ages of 21 and 31. As a result, this first registration included men born between June 5, 1886 and June 5, 1896. As World War I continued to escalate, the United States instituted a second draft registration. The second registration was for men who had turned 21 since June 5, 1917, so it added men born between June 5, 1896 and June 5, 1897. Two months later, a supplemental registration was held on August 24, 1918 for men who had become 21 years of age since June 5, 1918, adding the names of men who were born between June 5, 1897 and August 24, 1897. With no end in sight for World War I, the United States instituted it's third and final registration. It included all men who were between the ages of 18 and 21, and 31 to 45 years of age. This added younger men than the previous registrations, those who were born between September 12, 1897 and September 12, 1900; and added an older group of men, born between September 12, 1873 and September 12, 1888. John filled out a draft card for World War I on 12 September 1918 (at age 34), while living at Libertyville, Lake, Illinois. He was employed at Fould's Milling Company and described as height, medium and medium build with brown eyes and black hair..²

     The U.S. officially entered World War II on 8 December 1941 following an attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Just about a year before that, in October 1940, President Roosevelt had signed into law the first peacetime selective service draft in U.S. history, due to rising world conflicts. After the U.S. entered WWII a new selective service act required that all men between ages 18 and 65 register for the draft. Between November 1940 and October 1946, over 10 million American men were registered. The Fourth Registration, often referred to as the "old man's registration", was conducted on 27 April 1942 and registered men who born on or between 28 April 1877 and 16 February 1897 - men who were between 45 and 64 years old - and who were not already in the military. John filled out a draft card for World War II on 27 April 1942 (at age 57), while living at Wincester Road, Libertyville, Lake, Illinois. John was working at Fould's Milling Company, Libertyville.⁴

     John died on 20 February 1969, at age 84,⁵ and was buried at Lakeside Cemetery, Libertyville, Lake, Illinois.⁶