Not Barbara Suydam but perhaps a descendant.

The October 22, 1887 issue of the Brooklyn Daily Eagle reported on the dastardly exploits of a muscular woman and her two-fisted henpecking. The story in full:

“Barbara Suydam, of Babylon, being more muscular than her husband, frequently pummeled him and finally turned him out of doors. She removed to Bay Shore and took all of their household goods with her. Mr. Suydam summoned up courage enough to sue out a writ of replevin with his wife five miles away, and is now the possessor of the furniture.”