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at the hands of the several Colonial Governors. In 17C9
Lord Lovelace, the Govemor, died and Lieutenant-Governor
Ingoldsby became Govemor, but was immediately suc¬
ceeded by Colonel Beekman, who was appointed to fill the
office until Govemor Robert Hunter arrived in New York
in June, 1710, when Colonel Beekman became President
of his Council, retaining the position until his death.

Besides his estate in Flatbush, Colonel Beekman had
three large farms in New Jersey. One farm extended for
two miles along the Raritan River and contained 1800 acres.
It was held jointly with Laford Paterson of Flatbush and
the deed of conveyance to them from William Dockra and
Rebecca his wife, bearing date February 2, 1702, and re¬
corded in Book I. of deeds, p. 429, at Trenton, N. J., states
that the consideration was £366. Another farm of 4000
acres in Somerset County, New Jersey, was purchased
February 20, 1702, of Rip Van Dam, attorney for Thomas
Hart of England, one of the twenty-four Proprietors of East
Jersey, and the record of it is found in Book C of deeds.
Another farm of 608 acres was on the Millstone River,
New Jersey, and is described in Book A under date October
2S, 1708. His sons Christopher Beekman, Adrian Beekman,
and Dr. William Beekman were owners of large tracts of
these lands.

Colonel Gerardus Beekman and Magdalena Abeel his
wife had children:

Ilia.    William Beekman, born January 25, 1679, died

young.
lllh. Christopher Beekman, bom January 4, 1681,
baptized January 16, 1681, died January 28, 1724,
married January 28, 1704, by license dated January
25, 1704, and recorded in Albany, N. Y., Mary De
Lanoy, daughter of Abraham De Lanoy, born in
1642, died in 1702, Corporal in the Burgher Corps of
New Amsterdam, who married Cornelia Jacobse
Toll, widow of Evert Duyckinck. He was a descen¬
dant of Gysbert de Lannoy, 1545, of Turnay, Hainaut,
Flanders.    The De Lanoy arms are: Argent three
 

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