There are so very many. This discussion is an attempt to keep them all straight.
I'll use the acronyms (LF) = LOYALIST FAMILY (PF) PATRIOT FAMILY & (NF) NEUTRAL FAMILY to assist in this process, generations and professions as well. Beyond that I'll place them in a project entitles Co you name is Michael van Beuren
Let's start with ones who lived to maturity in Gen 2.
No.1 Gen 2 (NF) Michael van Beuren, cordwainer (1723-1816) cordwainer. He had a son Michael but that son died young
No.2 Gen 3 (LF) Michael van Beuren, cordwainer (c. 1774-1836) carpenter. He had a son Michael, Col. MMvB, who lived to maturity
No.3 Gen3 (PF) Michael van Beuren, merchant (1787-1854) merchant.He had a son Michael Beekman van Beuren of Brooklyn
And this is jus the tip of a proverbial Michael van Beuren iceberg. We're only as far as Gen3.
Contrary to a widespread contention that most VB men of the era were physicians, none of these were.
