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Beekman is a town in Dutchess County, New York, United States. It is part of the Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie–Newburgh, NY Metropolitan Statistical Area as well as the larger New York–Newark–Bridgeport, NY-NJ-CT-PA Combined Statistical Area. The population was 14,172 at the 2020 census.
The Beekman family (sometimes spelled Beeckman) is a family of Dutch descent that was prominent during the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries in the area now known as the state of New York. Members of this family played a critical role in the formation of the United States and served as leaders in business, politics and society.
This is intended to be a complete list of the 130 properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Dutchess County, New York outside of Poughkeepsie and Rhinebeck. The locations of National Register properties and districts (at least for all showing latitude and longitude coordinates below) may be seen in a map by ...
Wilhelmus Hendricksen Beekman (April 28, 1623 – September 21, 1707) – also known as William Beekman and Willem Beekman (or Beeckman) – was a Dutch immigrant to America who came to New Amsterdam (now New York City) from the Netherlands in the same vessel (the ship Princess, on May 27, 1647) with Director-General and later Governor Peter Stuyvesant.
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). [12]
James William Beekman was born in New York City on November 22, 1815. He was the son of Gerard Beekman (1774–1833) and Catharine Saunders (1785–1835). [4] His paternal grandparents were James Beekman (1732–1807) and Jane Keteltas (1734–1817).
The Great Nine Partners Patent, also known as the "Lower Nine Partners Patent," was a land grant in Dutchess County, New York, made on May 27, 1697, by New York governor Benjamin Fletcher. The parcel included about four miles (6 km) along the Hudson River and was eight to ten miles (13 to 16 km) wide, extending from the Hudson River to the ...
The Beekman Arms Inn—formerly known as the Traphagen Tavern, Bogardus Tavern and Potter's Tavern, and currently known as the Beekman Arms and Delamater Inn—is a historic inn located in the village of Rhinebeck, New York. [1]