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James Beekman

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Birthplace: Middlesex, Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States
Death: 1807 (74-75)
New York, New York, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Gerard G. Beekman, Sr. and Anna Beekman
Husband of Janneke Beekman
Father of William Beekman; Abraham Keteltas Beekman; James Beekman; Jane Beekman; Catharina Beekman and 5 others
Brother of Gerard Garret Beekman, Jr. and William Beekman

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About James Beekman

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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James Beekman's Timeline

1732
1732
Middlesex, Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States
1754
1754
New York, USA
1756
1756
New York, USA
1758
1758
New York, USA
1760
1760
New York, USA
1762
1762
New York, USA
1765
1765
New York
1767
March 5, 1767
New York, USA
1770
1770
New York, USA
1773
1773
New York