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
    - James Beekman (1732–1807), New York City merchant
      - Gerard Beekman (1774–1833)
        James William Beekman (1815–1877), New York City landowner
- 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

William Benford Aitken, Distinguished Families in America, Descended from Wilhelmus Beekman and Jan Thomasse Van Dyke, Knickerbocker Press, 1912

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[1] William Benford Aitken, Distinguished Families in America, Descended from Wilhelmus Beekman and Jan Thomasse Van Dyke, Knickerbocker Press, 1912