of Jackson County, Michigan · from Syracuse, New York · documented from the public record
The family in the record
Josiah Suylandt b. 1812
parentsJames Suylandt & Fannie Winning
Josiah Suylandt⚭ Mary Marselous
childrenShadrac Suylandt · David L. Suylandt
Source: History of Jackson County, Michigan (1911)
Their story
What the record says
Farmer, sec.
Born Aug. 15, 1812, son of James and Fannie (Winning) Suylandt, natives of New Jersey (father a millwright).
Carpenter/joiner.
Married 1854 to Mary Marselous.
Moved to Ohio 1837, then to Jackson County, Michigan in March 1865.
Had 11 children (6 boys, 5 girls), only 2 living: Shadrac and David L. Republican.
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