Brief Life History of Hendrick Maartensen
When Hendrick Maartensen Beeckman was born in 1652, in New Amsterdam, New Netherland, his father, Martin Hendrickse Beekman, was 28 and his mother, Susannah Janz Labattie, was 28. He married Annetje Quackenbosch on 24 May 1681, in New York City, New York County, New York Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. He died on 8 October 1732, in Somerset, Franklin Township, Somerset, New Jersey, United States, at the age of 80.
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- Legacy NFS Source: Hendrick Martense Beekman - birth-name: Hendrick Maartensen BEECKMAN
- Henricus Beekman in entry for Wilhelmus Beekman, "New York, Church Records, 1660-1954"
- Henricus Beekman in entry for Catharina Beekman, "New York, Church Records, 1660-1954"
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about 1688
Historical Boundaries 1688: Somerset, New Jersey Colony, British Colonial America 1776: Somerset, New Jersey, United States
1703
Historical Boundaries: 1703: Middlesex, New Jersey Colony, Brittish Colonial America 1710: Somerset, New Jersey Colony, Brittish Colonial America 1745: Eastern Precinct, Somerset, New Jersey Colony, Brittish Colonial America 1776: Eastern Precinct, Somerset, New Jersey, United States 1798: Franklin Township, Somerset, New Jersey, United States
Name Meaning
Dutch: archaic variant of Boekman, a topographic name for someone who lived by a beech tree, from Middle Dutch boeke ‘beech’ + man ‘man’. The surname Boekman is rare in the Netherlands, while the variant Boeckman is no longer found there. Compare Bookman .
Americanized form of German Böckmann (see Boeckmann ), a cognate of 1 above. Compare Beckman .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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