Born about in Fort Nassau (Albany), New York
[uncertain]
Ancestors [uncertain]
Daughter of Martin Hendricksz Beekman
[uncertain]
and Susanna Jans
[uncertain]
Sister of
Henderik Maartensen Beekman, Metje Beeckman, Johannes Martense Beeckman and Neeltje (Beekman) Bennet
Wife of
Christopher (Davis) Davids
— married
1660 in Ulster, New Netherland
Descendants 
Mother of
Abraham Christoffell Davids, Debora Christoffelse Davids, Martin Christoffell Davids, Isac Davids, Jan Davids, Andries Christofell Davy, Johanna Davids, Marretje Davidse and Mary Davids
Died
at about age 30
in Marbletown, Province of New York
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Biography
Maria was the second wife if Christopher Davids (Davis). Her origin is uncertain. Her patronymic name of Martens or Martensen indicates that her father had the first name Marten.
She is estimated to have married Christopher Davids by about 1660, probably in Albany, where church records are not available for the years before 1683.
Church Records
- Children's baptisms
- 1663 May 3. Christoffel Davids, ____ Martens. Abraham. Wit.: Evert Pels, Geertruy Andries.
- 1665 Jan 25. Christoffel Davids, Maria Martensen. Debora. Wit.: Geertruy Andriesen. [1]
Research Notes
LNAB is Martens. This is the name for her on the earliest church record we have so far, and unlike Martensen it is a proper form for a feminine patronymic. - Smith-62120 03:01, 1 June 2020 (UTC)
The following content is from earlier versions of this profile.
Birth
- 1630 Marbletown, New York, United States.
- about 1640 in Fort Nassau (Albany), New York
Marriage
- 1662 Kingston, Ulster, New York, USA[2]
Death
- 1670 Marbletown, Ulster, New York, USA
Sources
- ↑ Roswell Randall Hoes. Baptismal and Marriage Registers of the Old Dutch Church of Kingston, Ulster County, New York: (formerly Named Wiltwyck, and Often Familiarly Called Esopus or 'Sopus), for One Hundred and Fifty Years from Their Commencement in 1660. New York: De Vinne Press, 1891.
- ↑ International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, Ancestry.com. Name: Christopher Davis, Gender: Male, Birth Place: EN, Birth Year: 1615, Spouse Name: Maria Martens, Marriage State:NY Source number: 1238.024; Source type: Family group sheet, FGSE, listed as parents; Number of Pages: 1
- Hoes, Roswell Randall, ed. Baptismal and Marriage Registers of the Old Dutch Church of Kingston, Ulster, New York, 1660-1809. New York: De Winne Press, 1891.
- Ancestry Family Trees. Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Note: This information comes from 1 or more individual Ancestry Family Tree files. Ancestry Family Tree https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/tree/70401209/family
- Yates Publishing U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 Publication: Ancestry.com Operations Inc Repository: #R1
- Jordan, John W. Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (Lewis Historical Pub. Co., New York, 1915, Vol. 3, p. 1295-1297)
Acknowledgments
- This person was created through the import of MacEntee_Richard_2010-11-01.ged on 02 November 2010.
- Ray Obert for creating WikiTree profile Martenson-14 through the import of The Family Tree.ged on Apr 2, 2013.
- Scott Bilyou
- Rich Davis
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But the earliest children of Maria as currently attached here are clearly in error, and by the matches, those earliest ones belong instead to Cornelia. The current range of birth is 1637-1675. So it would obviously make sense that all the children born by 1657 belong to Cornelia instead.
However, it might be best to first merge the profiles of Maria, and Cornelia, before moving any of the children around. That way, it will be easier to study the desecndant tree after merge, to figure out the true duplicate children, and which mother is correct.
Maria's attached son Isaac here is also in error, b 164os. He would instead have to be a son of Cornelia. But there may be a younger Isaac who is indeed Maria's son, as shows in a matching profile with much later dates. More study will need to be done first to determine that descent of Isaac's line, either from Maria or Cornelia.
But I would recommend to start by first simply changing the birth here to abt 1640, in line with the matching profiles.