Descendants of Wilhelmus Beekman

Generation No. 1

1.  WILHELMUS¹ BEEKMAN was born 28 April 1623 in Hasselt, Overyssell, Holland, and died 21 September 1707.  He married CATALINA DE BOOGH 05 September 1649. - (Wilhelmus Beekman was appointed Lieutenant of the Burgher Corps, in 1651; one of the Schepens of New Amsterdam, when that city was incorporated, in February, 1653, in which office he was continued in 1654, 1656, 1657, and 1673; Commissary of South River, in July, 1658; Vice-Director of the same Colony, in October, 1658; Commissary at Esopus, in July, 1664; Burgomaster of New Orange, in 1674; and an Alderman of New York in 1679, 1680, 1682, and 1685; and Alderman of the East Ward of the city, from 1691 until 1695)

Children of WILHELMUS BEEKMAN and CATALINA DE BOOGH are:

2.                i.       COLONEL HENRY² BEEKMAN.

                 ii.       MARIE BEEKMAN, m. WALTON.

3.              iii.       COLONEL GERARDUS BEEKMAN, b. 17 August 1653; d. 10 October 1723.

                 iv.       CORNELIA BEEKMAN, m. VAN DAM.

                  v.       JOHANNES BEEKMAN.

                 vi.       JACOBUS BEEKMAN, d. Bef. 19 June 1727.

                vii.       WILLIAM BEEKMAN, d. 1702.

               viii.       CHRISTOPHER BEEKMAN, d. Bef. 19 June 1727.

 Generation No. 2

2.  COLONEL HENRY² BEEKMAN (WILHELMUS¹)  

Children of COLONEL HENRY BEEKMAN are:

4.                i.       CATHERINE³ BEEKMAN, b. 16 September 1683.

5.               ii.       CORNELIA BEEKMAN, b. 1696.

                 iii.       COLONEL HENRY BEEKMAN, m. JANET LIVINGSTON.

3.  COLONEL GERARDUS² BEEKMAN (WILHELMUS¹) was born 17 August 1653, and died 10 October 1723.  He married MAGDALENA ABEEL 29 August 1677.  She was born 1657, and died 20 October 1745.

Children of GERARDUS BEEKMAN and MAGDALENA ABEEL are:

6.                i.       CHRISTOPHER³ BEEKMAN, b. 04 January 1680/81; d. 28 January 1723/24.

                  ii.       GERARDUS BEEKMAN, b. 1693; d. 1742; m. CATHERINE PROVOOST.  

Generation No. 3

4.  CATHERINE³ BEEKMAN (HENRY², WILHELMUS¹) was born 16 September 1683.  She married (1) ALBERT PAWLING.    She married (2) JOHN RUTSEN.  He died Abt. 1727 in Ulster County, New York.

Child of CATHERINE BEEKMAN and JOHN RUTSEN is:

7.                i.       CAPT. JACOB⁴ RUTSEN.

5.  CORNELIA³ BEEKMAN (HENRY², WILHELMUS¹) was born 1696.  She married GILBERT ROBERT LIVINGSTON, son of ROBERT LIVINGSTON and ALIDA SCHUYLER.  He died 1746 in Kingston, Ulster, New York.

Children of CORNELIA BEEKMAN and GILBERT LIVINGSTON are:

8.                i.       MARGARET⁴ LIVINGSTON, b. June 1738.

9.               ii.       JOANNA LIVINGSTON.

10.            iii.       ALIDA LIVINGSTON.

                 iv.       CATHERINE LIVINGSTON, m. THOMAS THORNE.

                  v.       ROBERT LIVINGSTON.

                 vi.       HENRY LIVINGSTON.

                vii.       PHILLIP LIVINGSTON.

               viii.       JAMES LIVINGSTON.

6.  CHRISTOPHER³ BEEKMAN (GERARDUS², WILHELMUS¹) was born 04 January 1680/81, and died 28 January 1723/24.  He married MARY DE LENOY 28 January 1703/04. 

Child of CHRISTOPHER BEEKMAN and MARY DE LENOY is:

11.              i.       GERARDUS⁴ BEEKMAN, d. 1778.  

Generation No. 4  

7.  CAPT. JACOB⁴ RUTSEN (CATHERINE³ BEEKMAN, HENRY², WILHELMUS¹)  He married ALIDA LIVINGSTON 24 November 1735, daughter of GILBERT LIVINGSTON and CORNELIA BEEKMAN. 

Child of JACOB RUTSEN and ALIDA LIVINGSTON is:

12.              i.       COLONEL JOHN⁵ RUTSEN, b. 1743; d. 27 March 1771, Dutchess County, New York.

8.  MARGARET⁴ LIVINGSTON (CORNELIA³ BEEKMAN, HENRY², WILHELMUS¹) was born June 1738.  She married PETRUS STUYVESANT, son of GERARDUS STUYVESANT and JUDITH BAYARD.  He was born 1727, and died 31 August 1805.

Children of MARGARET LIVINGSTON and PETRUS STUYVESANT are:

                   i.       JUDITH⁵ STUYVESANT, b. 25 December 1765; d. 07 March 1844; m. BENJAMIN WINTHROP, 19 January 1785. - (Benjamin Winthrop is the great-grandson of Gov. John Winthrop of Massachusetts)

13.             ii.       ELIZABETH STUYVESANT.

9.  JOANNA⁴ LIVINGSTON (CORNELIA³ BEEKMAN, HENRY², WILHELMUS¹)  She married GENERAL PIERRE VAN CORTLANDT. 

Child of JOANNA LIVINGSTON and PIERRE VAN CORTLANDT is:

14.              i.       KATHERINE⁵ VAN CORTLANDT.

10.  ALIDA⁴ LIVINGSTON (CORNELIA³ BEEKMAN, HENRY², WILHELMUS¹)  She married CAPT. JACOB RUTSEN 24 November 1735, son of JOHN RUTSEN and CATHERINE BEEKMAN. 

Child is listed above under (7) Jacob Rutsen.

11.  GERARDUS⁴ BEEKMAN (CHRISTOPHER³, GERARDUS², WILHELMUS¹) died 1778.  He married CATHERINE VAN DYKE Abt. 1729.  She was born 12 April 1708.

Child of GERARDUS BEEKMAN and CATHERINE VAN DYKE is:

15.              i.       CHRISTOPHER⁵ BEEKMAN, b. 1730; d. 1829.  

Generation No. 5

12.  COLONEL JOHN⁵ RUTSEN (JACOB⁴, CATHERINE³ BEEKMAN, HENRY², WILHELMUS¹) was born 1743, and died 27 March 1771 in Dutchess County, New York.  He married PHEBE CARMAN 15 December 1767 in ,Dutchess, New York, daughter of JOSHUA CARMAN and SARAH HEWLETT.  She was born 02 March 1746/47 in Beekman's Patent, Dutchess, New York, and died 23 November 1819 in Rhinebeck, Dutchess, New York.

Children of JOHN RUTSEN and PHEBE CARMAN are:

16.              i.       CATHERINE⁶ RUTSEN, b. 18 September 1768, Rhinebeck, Dutchess, New York; d. 26 November 1825, New York City, New York, New York.

17.             ii.       SARAH RUTSEN, b. June 1770.

13.  ELIZABETH⁵ STUYVESANT (MARGARET⁴ LIVINGSTON, CORNELIA³ BEEKMAN, HENRY², WILHELMUS¹)  She married COLONEL NICHOLAS FISH.

Child of ELIZABETH STUYVESANT and NICHOLAS FISH is:

                   i.       GOVERNOR HAMILTON⁶ FISH, b. 1808, New York City, New York, New York; d. 1893; m. JULIA KEAN. - (Governor Hamilton Fish was a distinguished statesman, member of Congress, Governor of New York , United States Senator, and Secretary of State during the administration of President Grant )

14.  KATHERINE⁵ VAN CORTLANDT (JOANNA⁴ LIVINGSTON, CORNELIA³ BEEKMAN, HENRY², WILHELMUS¹)  She married ABRAHAM VAN WYCK 07 January 1776. 

Child of KATHERINE VAN CORTLANDT and ABRAHAM VAN WYCK is:

18.              i.       THEODORUS⁶ VAN WYCK.

15.  CHRISTOPHER⁵ BEEKMAN (GERARDUS⁴, CHRISTOPHER³, GERARDUS², WILHELMUS¹) was born 1730, and died 1829.  He married MARTHA VEGHTE Abt. 1765.  She was born 1741, and died 30 October 1817.

Child of CHRISTOPHER BEEKMAN and MARTHA VEGHTE is:

                   i.       CHRISTOPHER⁶ BEEKMAN, b. 1773; d. 26 February 1860.  

Generation No. 6 

16.  CATHERINE⁶ RUTSEN (JOHN⁵, JACOB⁴, CATHERINE³ BEEKMAN, HENRY², WILHELMUS¹) was born 18 September 1768 in Rhinebeck, Dutchess, New York, and died 26 November 1825 in New York City, New York, New York.  She married GEORGE SUCKLEY.  He was born 05 December 1765, and died 06 June 1846.

Child of CATHERINE RUTSEN and GEORGE SUCKLEY is:

19.              i.       THOMAS H.⁷ SUCKLEY, b. 22 November 1810; d. 09 February 1888.

17.  SARAH⁶ RUTSEN (JOHN⁵, JACOB⁴, CATHERINE³ BEEKMAN, HENRY², WILHELMUS¹) was born June 1770.  She married PHILLIP JEREMIAH SCHUYLER, son of PHILLIP SCHUYLER and CATHARINE VAN RENSSELAER.  He was born 20 January 1768 in Albany, Albany, New York, and died 21 February 1835 in New York City, New York, New York.

Child of SARAH RUTSEN and PHILLIP SCHUYLER is:

                   i.       CATHERINE⁷ SCHUYLER, b. 1793; d. 20 November 1829; m. CHIEF JUSTICE SAMUEL JONES; b. 26 May 1770; d. 09 August 1853, Cold Springs Harbor, Suffolk, New York.

18.  THEODORUS⁶ VAN WYCK (KATHERINE⁵ VAN CORTLANDT, JOANNA⁴ LIVINGSTON, CORNELIA³ BEEKMAN, HENRY², WILHELMUS¹)  He married MARY HOWELL STRETCH 1800. 

Children of THEODORUS VAN WYCK and MARY STRETCH are:

                   i.       PHILIP RENSSALAER⁷ VAN WYCK.

20.             ii.       ABRAHAM VAN WYCK, b. 1801; d. 1853.  

Generation No. 7

  19.  THOMAS H.⁷ SUCKLEY (CATHERINE⁶ RUTSEN, JOHN⁵, JACOB⁴, CATHERINE³ BEEKMAN, HENRY², WILHELMUS¹) was born 22 November 1810, and died 09 February 1888.  He married KATHERINE MURRAY BOWNE. 

Child of THOMAS SUCKLEY and KATHERINE BOWNE is:

                   i.       ROBERT BOWNE⁸ SUCKLEY, b. 05 June 1856; m. ELIZABETH P. MONTGOMERY.

20.  ABRAHAM⁷ VAN WYCK (THEODORUS⁶, KATHERINE⁵ VAN CORTLANDT, JOANNA⁴ LIVINGSTON, CORNELIA³ BEEKMAN, HENRY², WILHELMUS¹) was born 1801, and died 1853.  He married ELIZABETH SEARCY CANTRELL. 

Children of ABRAHAM VAN WYCK and ELIZABETH CANTRELL are:

21.              i.       SARAH⁸ VAN WYCK, b. 1831.

                  ii.       JULIET VAN WYCK, b. 1834.

                 iii.       PHILLIP V. R. VAN WYCK, b. 1836.

22.            iv.       MARY VAN WYCK, b. 1838.  

Generation No. 8

21.  SARAH⁸ VAN WYCK (ABRAHAM⁷, THEODORUS⁶, KATHERINE⁵ VAN CORTLANDT, JOANNA⁴ LIVINGSTON, CORNELIA³ BEEKMAN, HENRY², WILHELMUS¹) was born 1831.  She married DR. WILLIAM B. MAGRUDER. 

Child of SARAH VAN WYCK and WILLIAM MAGRUDER is:

                   i.       MILLICENT⁹ MAGRUDER, m. FREDERICK ALMY.

22.  MARY⁸ VAN WYCK (ABRAHAM⁷, THEODORUS⁶, KATHERINE⁵ VAN CORTLANDT, JOANNA⁴ LIVINGSTON, CORNELIA³ BEEKMAN, HENRY², WILHELMUS¹) was born 1838.  She married BENJAMIN S. CHURCH. 

Child of MARY VAN WYCK and BENJAMIN CHURCH is:

                   i.       ANGELICA SCHUYLER⁹ CHURCH.