Ancestry of
Prescott Sheldon Bush

(1895–1972)

Wilhelmus Hendricksen Beekman

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• • 7th Great-grandfather of Prescott Sheldon Bush — 10th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 932 
  • Father:
  • Hendrick "Henry" Beekman 
  • Mother:
  • Maria "Mary" Baudertius   
  • Birth Date:
  • 28 Apr 1623 
  • Birth Location:
  • Hasselt, Overyssel, Belgium 
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  • Death Date:
  • 21 Sep 1707 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Catalyntje De Boog
  • Marriage Date:
  • 5 Sep 1649 
  • Marriage Location:
  • New Amsterdam 
  • Children:
  
  

  Hendrick Beekman (Ahnentafel No:466 )

  Gerardus Beekman

  • Notes: 

  • Wilhelmus Beekman's given name is also seen as William.

• Sources for Wilhelmus Hendricksen Beekman

  • ¹ NEHGS NEXUS: New England Across the United States, 1996, Vol. 13, p. 81.
  • ² New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, 1888, Vol. 19, p. 42.
  • ³ New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, 1874, Vol. 5, p. 150, Baptism of son Gerardus Beekman.
  • ⁴ Aitken, William B., Distinguished Families in America: Descended from Wilhelmus Beekman and Jan Thomasse Van Dyke, New York: The Knickerbocker Press (1912), 3-6.
  • ⁵ Pelletreau, William S., Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Family History of New York, Vol. 2, Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company (1998), Originally published New York, 1907, 78-79.
  • ⁶ Roberts, Gary Boyd, comp., Ancestors of American Presidents, 2009 Edition, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2009), 503.
  • ⁷ Wikipedia, "Gerardus Beekman", (accessed 12/06/2012).