Col. Hendrick "Henry" Beekman JP (March 9, 1652 – 1716), was a colonial American judge and politician.
Beekman was born on March 9, 1652, in Kingston. He was the eldest son of the former Catalina de Boogh and Wilhelmus Beekman. [1] [2] His father was a Dutch immigrant who came to New Amsterdam from the Netherlands on the same vessel as Peter Stuyvesant and soon became Treasurer of the Dutch West India Company [3] and later became the Mayor of New York City, [4] Governor of Delaware from 1653 to 1664, [5] and Governor of Pennsylvania from 1658 to 1663. [6]
Among Henry's siblings were sister Maria Beekman (wife of Nicholas William Stuyvesant, son of Governor Peter Stuyvesant); Gerardus Beekman, a wealthy physician and land owner who served as president of the council and acting governor of the Province of New York in 1710; Cornelia Beekman (wife of Isaac Van Vleck); and Johannes Beekman (who married Aeltje Thomas Popinga). [7]
In June 1682, Beekman received the deed[ which? ] of Esopus Indians. In 1703, he received the patent to Marbletown, New York, [8] along with Capt. Thomas Garton and Capt. Charles Brodhead for the freeholders of Marbletown. [9]
On January 25, 1684, Beekman was appointed Justice of the Peace for Ulster County by the Governor and Council. [10] He also served as a Colonel of Militia. [9]
From 1691 to 1693, again from 1695 to 1698, and lastly, from 1702 until his death in 1716, he represented Ulster in the New York General Assembly. [11] [12] From 1691 to 1693, he concurrently represented Westchester and Dutchess in the Assembly. [13]
On June 5, 1681, Beekman was married to Jannetje "Johanna" (née de Loper) Davidson (1650–1743), a daughter of Captain Jacob de Loper of Stockholm and Cornelia (née Melyn) de Loper, and the widow of Joris Davidson. Her maternal grandfather was Cornelius Melyn, Patroon of Staten Island. [14] Together, they were the parents of: [15]
Beekman died in Esopus in 1716. His widow lived until December 1743. [17]
Through his son Henry, he was a grandfather of Margaret Beekman (1724–1800), the wife of Judge Robert Livingston of Clermont Manor. They were the parents of many children, including the Chancellor of New York Robert R. Livingston; [18] Janet Livingston (wife of Gen. Richard Montgomery); [19] Margaret Livingston (wife of New York Secretary of State Thomas Tillotson); [20] Henry Beekman Livingston; [20] Catharine Livingston (wife of Freeborn Garrettson); [20] [21] John R. Livingston; [22] [23] [24] [16] Gertrude Livingston (wife of Gov. Morgan Lewis); Joanna Livingston (wife of Peter R. Livingston, acting Lieutenant Governor of New York); Alida Livingston (wife of U.S. Senator, U.S. Secretary of War, and U.S. Minister to France John Armstrong Jr.), and Edward Livingston, a U.S. Senator and U.S. Secretary of State. [25]
Through his daughter Cornelia, he was grandfather to thirteen, including Margaret Livingston (wife of Peter Stuyvesant, a great-grandson of the Peter Stuyvesant the last Dutch Director-General of New Netherland), and Joanna Livingston (wife of Pierre Van Cortlandt, the first Lieutenant Governor of the New York). [26] [27]
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