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. Personal life On August 29, 1677, he married Magdalena Abeel (c. 1662–1745), the eldest daughter of Christopher Janse Abeel (1621–1684) and Neeltje Jans Kroom. Magdalena's brother was Johannes Abeel (1667–1711), the second mayor of Albany. Together they had: Divertje "Deborah" Beekman (1674–1737), who married Theunis Hendricksen Wiltse (1674–1741) William Beekman (b. 1679), who died young. Christopher Beekman (1681–1724), who married Maria DeLanoy (1681–1726), a daughter of Abraham Delanoy (1642–1702) and Cornelia Jacobse Toll. Dr. William Beekman (1684–1770), who married Catharine Delanoy (1691–1765); though educated in medicine, he had a successful mercantile career. Adrian Beekman (1682–1705), who married Aletta Lispenard (c. 1686–1705), relative of Leonard Lispenard Gerard Beekman (1693–1746), who married Anna Maria van Horne (1696-1726) Catherine Beekman He died in New York City October 10, 1723. Descendants His grandson, Gerardus Christopher Beekman (died 1778), married Catharine Van Dyke (born 1708), the daughter of John Van Dyke, granddaughter of Jan Janse Van Dyke, and great-granddaughter of Jan Thomasse Van Dyke, who came from Amsterdam in 1652 and is considered to be the progenitor of the Van Dyke family in America. He was the grandfather of James Beekman (1732-1807) the owner of Mount Pleasant, a mansion on Manhattan that was requisitioned by the British Army during the Revolution. The location of this property is the current Beekman Place. The fireplace mantle of the mansion, which features the Beekman family coat of arms, can be seen at the New York Historical Society. He is also an ancestor of cartoonist Garretson Beekman Trudeau (born 1948). References 1653 births 1723 deaths American people of Dutch descent Governors of the Province of New York Members of the New York General Assembly Beekman family