Stephanus Van Cortlandt
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Stephanus van Cortlandt was the first native-born mayor of New York City, a position which he held from 1677 to 1678 and from 1686 to 1688. He was the patroon of van Cortlandt Manor and was on the gov
Depiction of New York City counsellors van Cortlandt, Nicholas Bayard, and Frederick Philipse quieting crowds during Leisler's Rebellion
Wilhelmus Beekman
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Wilhelmus Hendricksen Beekman – also known as William Beekman and Willem Beekman – was a Dutch emigrant who came to New Amsterdam from the Netherlands on May 27, 1647 in the same vessel, Princess, wit
Stephanus Van Cortlandt
…who married his second cousin, Joanna Livingston (1722–1808), daughter of Cornelia Beekman (1693–1742), niece of Gerardus Beekman and granddaughter of Wilhelmus Beekman, and Gilbert Livingston (1690–1746), a son of Robert Livingston the Elder and Alida Schuyler; Catherine Van Cortlandt (1725–1735), who died young…
Wilhelmus Beekman c 1645
Depiction of the wall of New Amsterdam on a tile in Wall Street subway station on the 4 and 5 trains
Beekman Home at Rhinebeck abt 1688