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 include:
- Wilhelmus Beekman, Treasurer of the Dutch West India Company, Governor of Delaware and Pennsylvania, 1653/58-1663
- *Hendrick Beekman, Governor of Delaware, Mayor of New York City, namesake of the town of Beekman, New York
- **Cornelia Beekman x Hubertus Livingston
- *Gerardus Beekman, colonel, surgeon, Governor of the Province of New York
- **William Beekman, New York City physician
- ***James Beekman, New York City merchant
- ****Gerard Beekman
- *****James William Beekman, New York City landowner
- *Johannes Beekman
- **Thomas Beekman
- ***Johannes Beekman
- ****John J. Beekman
- ***** John P. Beekman, New York physician and politician
- ***** Thomas Beekman, American politician, U.S. Representative from New York
