Gerardus Beekman M.D. (1653 - 1723)

Born 17 Aug 1653 in New Amsterdam, New York

Ancestors

Husband of Magdaleentje Abeel — married 25 Oct 1677 in RDC Flatbush, Kings Co, NY

Descendants

Died 10 Oct 1723 at age 70 in New Amsterdam, New York

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Biography

Gerardus Beekman M.D. is Notable.

Acting Governor of New York, 1809-1810.

"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 ^[1]

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and was appointed Major of all the horse and foot in Kings County as appears by his military commission published in Historical Documents of New York, vol xxxvi., p. 142.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).

The Will of Gerardus, admitted to probate November 17, 1723, provides:

In the name of God amen this tenth day of November in the ninth year of the Reign of our sovereign Lord George by the grace of God King of great Britain, France and Ireland, Defender of the faith ec. Anno Domini 1722 I Gerard Beekman of the City of New York Gentle being aged but of Sound and perfect memory thanks be Almighty God and calling to remembrance the uncertainty of this life do make constitute ordain and declare this my Last Will and Testament in manner and form following that is to say Revoking and Annulling by these presents all and every Will and Wills by me heretofore made and declared either by word or in writing and desiring and appointing that this only be taken for my Last Will and Testament and being heartily sorry for my sins past and most humbly desiring forgiveness of the same I commit my soul unto almighty God trusting to be saved by the merits of Jesus Christ and my bdoy7 to be buried where it shall please my Executrix hereafter named to appoint and to the settling of my Temporal estate which it hath pleased God to bestow upon me I do order give and dispose of the same in manner and form following that is to say my just debts and funeral charges being first thereout paid and Satisfied I do give and bequeath unto my eldest son Christopher the sum of five pounds in right of primogeniture. Item it is my will and desire that all my wearing apparel shall be Equally shared amongst my five sons to all of them one equal fifty part and as to my wife’s wearing apparel at her own discretion so that neither of our apparel nor my wife’s paraphernalia shall be taken for any part of my residuary Estate. Item it is my will and intent that all my sons vizt Christopher William Jacobus and Hendricus and my three daughters by name Catherine Cornelia and Marytie be Equally and in even portions share of my Residuary Estate Real and Personal whatsoever and in case any of them shall happen to dye under aged that is to say any of my sons before the age of twenty-one and any of my daughters before the age or marriage the share and portion of my said Residuary Estate which should have come to such child or children so dying shall enure and devoke upon the surviving children to each and Equal share and that otherwise and because some of my said children have already come of age and had their education and out sett out of my Estate and others of them are not of age nor have had their education and out sett Equal to the others I do therefore give and devise and bequeath unto my well beloved wife Magdalena all the Rest and Residue of my said Estate Real and Personal whatsoever during her natural life if so long as she remains a widow Provided always that out of the income and profits thereof she shall be obliged to give unto my children not equally provided for with the rest of my life time such suitable education maintenance and outsett as any of the rest of my children have had so as to make them all Equal shares of my Estate my give to my eldest son Christopher on right of Primogeniture before mentioned and expressed only Excepted to him. But if my said wife Magdalena after my decease shall Remarry then and in that case I do give devise and bequeath unto my said wife Magdalena the Moiety or half part of all the profits and income of my said residuary Estate Real and personal from the time of her Remarriage till the time of the death and te4h other Moiety or half part of all the Profitts and income of my said Residuary Estate Real and personal from the same time of her Remarriage until the time of her death I do give devise and bequeath unto my said children to be equally divided amongst the share and share alike and it is always provided that in case my said wife during the time of her widowhood and myself in my lifetime shall not have pursued my intention towards the underaged of my said children of Giving them out of my estate or the profits or income thereof Education maintenance and outset so as to make them equal share of my estate in manner as above exprest it is always to be understood and it is my true intent and meaning that my said Estate both Real and personal is and shall stand charged therewith until it shall be fully performed and accomplished according to my true intent and meaning above esprest in favor of the underaged and not fully provided for an furnished children. Item I do give devise and bequeath all the residue and remainder of my said Estate after the decease of my wife Magdalena unto my said children Christopher William Jacobus Gerardus and Hendricus Catherrine Cornelia and Marytie forever to be equally shared and divided amongst them to each of them one equal share thereof and I do make and ordain my said wife Magdalena the whole Executrix of this my Last Will and Testament and three sons name William Gerardus and Hendricus together with my son in law Charles Le Roux to be overseers thereof requiring them in the name of God to see this my last Will nad Testament performed accordingly that is to say during her widowhood after my Decease but in case of her Remarriage then and in that case her executorship of this my Last Will and Testament shall thenceforward cease and I do make and ordain my three sons vizt William Gerardus and Hendricus and my son in law Charles Le Roux the whole and sole Executors of this my Last Will and Testament Requiring them as such to see the same fulfilled and performed accordingly in Witness whereof I have hereunto put my hand and seal and do publish the same to be my Last Will and Testament the day and year first above written.

Gerard Beekman

Signed sealed published and declared by the said testator as his Last Will and Testament in the presence of us whose names are hereunder subscribed as witnesses and these attested by us in the presence of us the said testator

Cornelis Rapale, Abrah m Lefferts Jacob Ten Eyck Adrian Rankin

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]
  1. Divertje "Deborah", b. 1674, d. 1737; m. Theunis Hendricksen Wiltse
  2. William, b. 1679, d. young.
  3. Christopher, b. 1681, d. 1724; m. Maria DeLanoy.
  4. Dr. William, b. 1684, d. 1770; m. Catharine Delanoy.
  5. Adrian, b. 1682, d. 1705; m. Aletta Lispenard.
  6. Gerard, b. 1693, d. 1746; m. Anna Maria van Horne.
  7. Catherine.

Sources

1. ↑ Fernow, Berthold Calendar of Wills on File and Recorded in the Offices of the Clerk of the Court of Appeals, of the County Clerk at Albany, and of the Secretary of State:: 1626-1836 The Colonial Dames of the State of New York; 1896. https://ia802703.us.archive.org/27/items/calendarofwillso01fern/calendarofwillso01fern.pdf
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7} Distinguished Families in America, Descended from Wilhelmus Beekman and Jan Thomasse Van Dyke, by William Benford Aitken; Knickerbocker Press; USA; 1912, pp. 53-54."
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4} Burke, Arthur Meredyth. The Prominent Families of the United States of America, Vol I, page 401. Heraldic Publishing Co; New York; 1975. https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/132421-the-prominent-families-of-the-united-states-of-america?viewer=1&offset=8#page=1&viewer=picture&o=&n=0&q=
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.8} Wikipedia contributors, "Gerardus Beekman," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gerardus_Beekman&oldid=995761430 (accessed May 23, 2021).
5. ↑ Nationaal Archief Nieuw-Nederland; Den Haag, Nederland; DTB Baptism; WieWasWie. https://www.wiewaswie.nl/: accessed 24 May 2016.
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 6.7} 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. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6 7.7} 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
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5} Bergen, Teunis G., Register in alphabetical order, of the early settlers of Kings County, Long Island, N.Y.. S. W. Green's Son, Printer; New York; 1881; page 25. https://archive.org/details/registerinalphab00berg/mode/2up
9. ↑ Dutch Reformed Church Records from New York and New Jersey. Holland Society of New York; New York, New York; Brooklyn and Flatbush NY, Book 72, page 320. https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/6961/images/42037_2421401696_0511-00163?pId=80538
10. ↑ ^{10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4} Hamm, Margherita Arlina. Famous Families of New York - Historical and Biographical Sketches of Families which in successive generations have been Identified with the Development of the Nation, Vol I, page 28-29. G.P. Putnum’s Sons; New York; 1901 https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/98950-redirection

• Ancestry.com. Alabama, U.S., Marriages, Deaths, Wills, Court, and Other Records, 1784-1920 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
  • Name: Geradus Beekman
  • Birth Date: 1653
  • Death Date: 1723
  • Death Age: 70
  • Roll # 3
  • Archive Collection # SG031404 https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/1898/images/32499_1220706416_0000-00494?pId=160096.
• 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.
• Heritage Consulting. Millennium File [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2003.
• 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.
• "Revolutionary War Journal: 'Beekman House at Mt. Pleasant & Nathanial Hale', by Harry Schenawolf; January 25, 2014."

Acknowledgments

• Thank you to Sherry Clendenon for creating WikiTree profile Beekman-107 through the import of Moore - Johnson-tree-Aug2013-2.ged on Aug 17, 2013.