Beekman family

The Beekman family is a historic family of New York state, tracing to mid-seventeeth century New Amsterdam in the Dutch province of New Netherlands.

Family tree

Descendants of the Beekman family of Overijssel[1] include:

  • Wilhelmus Beekman (1623-1707), Treasurer of the Dutch West India Company, Governor of Delaware and Pennsylvania, 1653/58-1663
    • Hendrick Beekman (1652-1716), Governor of Delaware, Mayor of New York City, namesake of the town of Beekman, New York
      • Henry Beekman, prominent colonial American politician and landowner
      • Cornelia Beekman (1693–1742) x Hubertus Livingston
    • Gerardus Beekman (1653–1723), colonel, surgeon, Governor of the Province of New York
      • William Beekman (1684–1770), New York City physician
    • Johannes Beekman (1656–1751)
      • Thomas Beekman (1689–1759)
        • Johannes Beekman (1723–1792)
          • John J. Beekman (1761–1795)
            • John P. Beekman (1788–1861), New York physician and politician
            • Thomas Beekman (1790–1870), American politician, U.S. Representative from New York

References

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