"GERARDUS BEEKMAN, M.D., child and second son of Beekman, the Founder, baptised August 17, 1653, died October 10, 1723, married August 29, 1677, Magdalena Abeel of Albany, N.Y., daughter of Stoffel Janse Abeel and Neeltje Janse Croon his wife, born in 1657, died October 20 1745.
In March 1711 Gerardus served as co-executor of the will of John Abeel of Albany, NY along with Abeel's widow. Calendar of NY Wills page 1
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Colonel Beekman was a physician and surgeon and resided in New York and Flatbush, Long Island, and occasionally on his estate on the Millstone River, New Jersey. In 1685 he was Justice of Kings County, New York. He was Captain of militia at Flatbush in 1681, and in 1689, he took the oath of allegiance and was appointed Major of all the horse and foot in Kings County as appears by his military commission published in Historical Documents of New York, vol xxxvi., p. 142. In 1690 and 1691 he was a member of Leisler's Council. He did not thoroughly agree with Leisler in politics and when Leisler's conduct caused disturbances, Dr. Beekman prepared and delivered an address in pacification of the people, When Colonel Sloughter came here as Deputy Governor in 1691, to succeed Deputy Governor Nicholson, whose government after the accession of William of Orange had been overthrown by Leisler. Dr. Beekman was arrested with Leisler and others, and was seventeen months in prison, but was afterward pardoned. The unfortunate patriot Leisler was hanged. Governor Benjamin Fletcher who succeeded Colonel Sloughter was in turn succeeded by Governor Bellomont. In 1700 Dr Beekman was appointed Lieutenant-Colonel and then Colonel under Richard Coote, Earl of Bellomont." [2]
A detailed account of the life and activities of Gerard Beekman is found in "The Beekmans of New York: in Politics and Commerce” published in 1956 by the New York Historical Society.
Birth
Gerardus Willemse Beekman, was born on August 17, 1653, in Flatbush, New York, to Catalina DeBoogh, age 30, and Wilhelmus Hendrickse Beekman, age 30.[2][3]
Baptism
Gerardus was baptized 17 August 1653 in New Amsterdam, Province of New York.[4][5][6][7][8]
Marriage
Gerardus Willemse Beekman, married Magdalena Abeel in Queens, New York, on August 29, 1677, when he was 24 years old.[4][9][2][6][7][8][10][3]
Military
Gerardus Willemse Beekman, served in the military in 1681 in Kings, New York, He was appointed Captain of Militia at Flatbush in 1681, then in 1689 he was appointed Major of all horse and foot in Kings County, and in 1700, he was appointed Lt Col and then Colonel under Richard Coote, Earl of Bellomont.[4][2][6][7][8][10][3]
Offices Held
Gerardus was appointed a Justice for Kings County in 1685.[2][6]
Gerardus was a member of Leisher's council in 1690 to 1691.[4][2][6][7][10]
Gerardus was a Judge for the Kings County Court in 1700.[7]
Gerardus was a member of Governor Cornbury's Council from 1702 to 1709.[4][6][7][8][10]
Gerardus was Acting Governor for the Province of New York from 17 September 1709 to 4 June 1710.[4][6][7][8][10][3]
Oath of Allegience to Britain
Gerardus took the Oath in 1689 in Kings Co, New York.[8]
Death
Col. Gerardus Willemse Beekman, died on October 10, 1723, in Salem, New Jersey, when he was 70 years old.[4][2][6][7][3]
Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/242726519/gerardus-willemse-beekman: accessed 13 June 2023), memorial page for Gerardus Willemse Beekman (Aug 1653–10 Oct 1723), Find A Grave: Memorial #242726519, citing Dutch Reformed Church Cemetery, Manhattan, New York County (Manhattan), New York, USA; Maintained by Nirmannnnnn (contributor 51282057).
Occupation
Gerardus was a Physician and Surgeon, land owner and politician.
Property
In addition to his estate in Flatbush, Beekman owned three large farms in the Province of New Jersey. One farm extended for two miles along the Raritan River and contained 1,800 acres, held jointly with Laford Paterson, also of Flatbush, that was purchased for £366. Another farm of 4,000 acres in Somerset County, New Jersey, was purchased in 1702 from Thomas Hart of England, one of the 24 Proprietors of East Jersey, through his attorney, Rip Van Dam. The third farm was 608 acres on the Millstone River. His sons Christopher, Adrian, and William latet became the owners of large tracts of these lands.[4][2]
Children
Gerardus and Magdalena had the following issue:[4]
Divertje "Deborah", b. 1674, d. 1737; m. Theunis Hendricksen Wiltse
William, b. 1679, d. young.
Christopher, b. 1681, d. 1724; m. Maria DeLanoy.
Dr. William, b. 1684, d. 1770; m. Catharine Delanoy.
Adrian, b. 1682, d. 1705; m. Aletta Lispenard.
Gerard, b. 1693, d. 1746; m. Anna Maria van Horne.
↑Nationaal Archief Nieuw-Nederland; Den Haag, Nederland; DTB Baptism; WieWasWie. https://www.wiewaswie.nl/: accessed 24 May 2016.
↑ 6.06.16.26.36.46.56.66.7 Reynolds, Cuyler, Genealogical and Family History of Southern New York and the Hudson River Valley, Reprinted by Genealogical Publishing Company; Baltimore, Md; (multiple volumes) Originally 1914, reprinted 1997; Vol I, Page 489-490.
↑ 7.07.17.27.37.47.57.67.7 Pelletreau, William S., Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Family History of New York. The Lewis Publishing Company; New York, Chicago; 1907; Reprinted by Genealogical Publishing Company; Baltimore, Md; 1998 (Multiple volumes), Vol II, Page 79
Johnson, Alvin Page,. Franklin D. Roosevelt's colonial ancestors : their part in the making of American history. Boston: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, c1933, page 47-49.
Ancestry.com. New Jersey, U.S., Births and Christenings Index, 1660-1931 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
Ancestry.com. New Jersey, U.S., Deaths and Burials Index, 1798-1971 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
Ancestry.com. New York City, Compiled Marriage Index, 1600s-1800s [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005.
Name: Magdaleentie Abeel
Marriage Date: 1689
Marriage Place: New York City, New York, New York
Other Comments: On microfilm at Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah.
Source: The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record (quarterly), 1880 , selected extracts; Publisher: New York Genealogical and Biographical Society; New York, NY; Page 39.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Gerardus by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Gerardus: