David Lydig Suydam

1812–1884 (age 72)

Biography

David Lydig Suydam, born in 1812, spent his life in close connection with St. Mark's Church in-the-Bowery, witnessing the neighborhood grow and change across decades.

He is remembered by parishioners and neighbors for the quiet ways he supported the church community and upheld the traditions that bound his corner of the city together.