Col. Hendrick "Henry" Beekman
JP (March 9, 1652 – 1716), was a colonial American judge and politician.
Early life
Beekman was born on March 9, 1652 in Kingston. He was the eldest son of the former Catalina de Boogh and
Wilhelmus Beekman
Wilhelmus Hendricksen Beekman (April 28, 1623 – September 21, 1707) — also known as William Beekman and Willem Beekman (or Beeckman) — was a Dutch immigrant to America who came to New Amsterdam (now New York City) from the Netherlands in the ...
.
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 and later became the Mayor of
New York City
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,
Governor of
Delaware
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from 1653 to 1664, and Governor of
Pennsylvania
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from 1658 to 1663.
Among Henry's siblings were sister Maria Beekman (wife of Nicholas William
Stuyvesant, son of Governor
Peter Stuyvesant);
Gerardus Beekman
Gerardus Willemse Beekman (c. August 1653 – October 10, 1723) was a wealthy physician, land owner, and colonial governor of the Province of New York.
Early life
He was christened August 17, 1653 at Corlaer's Hook Plantation, New York, the seco ...
, a wealthy physician and land owner who served as president of the council and acting governor of the
Province of New York
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in 1710; Cornelia Beekman (wife of Isaac Van Vleck); and Johannes Beekman (who married Aeltje Thomas Popinga).
Career
In June 1682, Beekman received the deed of
Esopus Indians. In 1703, he received the patent to
Marbletown, New York
Marbletown is a town in Ulster County, New York, United States. The population was 5,658 at the 2020 census. It is located near the center of Ulster County, southwest of the City of Kingston. US 209 and NY 213 pass through the town. It is at the ...
, along with Capt. Thomas Garton and Capt. Charles Brodhead for the freeholders of Marbletown.
On January 25, 1684, Beekman was appointed Justice of the Peace for
Ulster County
Ulster County is a county in the U.S. state of New York. It is situated along the Hudson River. As of the 2020 census, the population was 181,851. The county seat is Kingston. The county is named after the Irish province of Ulster.
History
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by the Governor and Council.
[Aitken, William B., ''Distinguished Families in America Descended from Wilhelmus Beekman and Jan Thomasse Van Dyke'', Knickerbocker Press, New York, 1912, p. 7](_blank)
/ref> He also served as a Colonel of Militia.New York General Assembly
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.
Personal life
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
In the United States, a patroon (; from Dutch '' patroon'' ) was a landholder with manorial rights to large tracts of land in the 17th century Dutch colony of New Netherland on the east coast of North America. Through the Charter of Freedoms ...
of Staten Island. Together, they were the parents of:Henry Beekman
Henry Beekman (January 4, 1687 – January 3, 1775) was a prominent colonial American politician and landowner.
Early life
Beekman was born in Kingston, New York. the son of Judge Hendrick "Henry" Beekman (1652–1716) and his wife, Johanna ( nà ...
(1687–1775), who married Janet Livingston (1703–1724), a daughter of Robert Livingston the Younger
Robert Livingston the Younger (1663 – April 1725), sometimes known as Robert Livingston Jr., or The Nephew was a wealthy merchant and political figure in colonial Albany, New York.
Early life
Livingston was born in 1663 in Edinburgh, Scotland ...
. After her death in 1724, he married Gertrude van Cortlandt (1682–1777), a daughter of New York City mayor Stephanus Van Cortlandt
Stephanus van Cortlandt (May 7, 1643 – November 25, 1700) was the first native-born mayor of New York City, a position which he held from 1677 to 1678 and from 1686 to 1688. He was the patroon of Van Cortlandt Manor and was on the governor' ...
, in 1726. Henry was the recipient of two large tracts of land in Dutchess County, one near Rhinebeck and the other, called the Back Lots or Beekman Patent, in the Southeast corner of Dutchess County.
* Cornelia Beekman (1693–1742), who married Gilbert Livingston, a younger son of Alida Schuyler and Robert Livingston the Elder, 1st Lord of Livingston Manor.[White, Philip L., ''The Beekmans of New York in Politics and Commerce 1647-1877'', ]New-York Historical Society
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, New York, 1956
Descendants
Through his son Henry, he was a grandfather of Margaret Beekman (1724–1800), the wife of Judge Robert Livingston of Clermont Manor
The Clermont State Historic Site, also known as the Clermont estate, the Clermont Manor or just Clermont, is a New York State Historic Site in southwestern Columbia County, New York, United States. It protects
the former estate of the Livingston ...
. They were the parents of many children, including the Chancellor of New York Robert R. Livingston
Robert Robert Livingston (November 27, 1746 (Old Style November 16) – February 26, 1813) was an American lawyer, politician, and diplomat from New York, as well as a Founding Father of the United States. He was known as "The Chancellor", afte ...
; Janet Livingston (wife of Gen. Richard Montgomery);New York Secretary of State
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The current secretary of state of New York is Robert J. Rodriguez, a Democrat.
Duties
The secre ...
Thomas Tillotson);Henry Beekman Livingston
Henry Beekman Livingston Jr. (October 13, 1748 – February 29, 1828) has been proposed as being the uncredited author of the poem ''A Visit from St. Nicholas'', more popularly known (after its first line) as ''The Night Before Christmas''. Cre ...
;U.S. Secretary of War
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, and U.S. Minister to France John Armstrong Jr.
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), and Edward Livingston
Edward Livingston (May 28, 1764May 23, 1836) was an American jurist and statesman. He was an influential figure in the drafting of the Louisiana Civil Code of 1825, a civil code based largely on the Napoleonic Code. Livingston represented both ...
, a U.S. Senator and U.S. Secretary of State
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.Director-General of New Netherland
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), and Joanna Livingston (wife of Pierre Van Cortlandt
Pierre Van Cortlandt (January 10, 1721 – May 1, 1814) was an American politician who served as the first Lieutenant Governor of New York.
He was first elected to the New York Assembly in March 1768 and served in that body as the representative ...
, the first Lieutenant Governor of the New York).''Van Cortlandt, Pierre (1721-1814)''
at The Political Graveyard
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18th-century American politicians
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