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great-great grandson of Wilhelmus Beekman who was the founder of the Beekman family in America. Wilhelmus came to New Amsterdam from Holland on the ship Princess, on May 27, 1647, with the Director-General of New Amsterdam, Peter Stuyvesant.
DAR 008513, Patriotic service, Provincial Congress, NY
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Beekman
A Trader who abandoned his mansion in NYC during the revolution. It was used as head quarters for the British occupation,
Nathan Hale was hanged in a nearby orchard.
https://www.nysoclib.org/collection/ledger/people/beekman_james
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Middlesex, Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States
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