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those of A. C. Kingsland ; L. Ludovici ; Gen. John C. Fremont ; Mrs. 

 Anson G. Phelps; Bartlett Castle, the seat of the late William H. 

 Aspinwall, Esq. ; Rockwood, the seat of Lloyd Aspinall ; and Inclen- 

 bury, the residence of W. F. Beams. About a mile north from the 

 mouth of the Pocanteco is a beautiful little cove called the " Havenje," 

 a Dutch term, which is the diminutive of haven, and means a little 

 haven or harbor, near which is situated the former estate and residence 

 of Gen. James Watson Webb. The Beeckman family can be traced 

 to a remote period in Germany. Cornelius Beeckman, (who mar- 

 ried Christiana Huygens of Cologne, who died December 4, 1506,) 

 flourished about 1478; his son Gerard, born at Cologne on the 17th 

 of May, 1558, married Agnes Stuning of Cleves, (born January 13, 

 1557,) studied divinity at Frankendoel, 1576, 1577 and 1578, and was 

 conversant with the Latin, French, Italian and German languages ; 

 after completing his education he traveled extensively through Europe. 

 During the great religious persecution, which commenced about this 

 time, (1612,) several delegates were selected to meet the Duke of New 

 Berg, the elector of Brandenburg at Berlin, and King James of England 

 — whom the Protestant world flatteringly denominated " Protector de la 

 Fois" (Protector of the Faith) to obtain assistance in behalf of the re- 

 formed religion. Gerard Beeckman and Velt Keyser, a gentleman of 

 inferior abilities, were chosen for this important mission, which they ex- 

 ecuted with so much credit to themselves that King James caused the 

 coat of arms of the Beeckman family to be remodelled, as it now is, viz : 

 "a rose on either side of a running brook." After the death of his wife 

 at Mulheim, on the 10th of March, 16 14, he became auditor and sec- 

 retary of the electoral chamber at Cleves, in the service of the Elector 

 of Bradenburgh. ' He died at Emeric on the 31st of January, 1625, 

 ffitat 66. His eldest son was Hendrick or Henry Beeckman, who was 

 born at Cologne, Sept. 14, 1585 j fled from Emeric and settled at 

 Berg. He married for his second wife, Mary, daughter of Wilhelmus 

 Bandetius, minister of the Reformed church at Tutphen Guilderland • 

 she was born January 24, 162 1, and died the 17th of September, 163 1. 

 Hendrick Beeckman died at Wezel, Dec. 2, 1642. Their son, William 

 Beeckman, was born at Hasselt, Overyssel, April 18th, 1623. In 1647, 

 he came to New Amsterdam," and was appointed Lieut. Governor of 

 the South River in 1659. He continued in that station till 1664. " In 

 the summer of 1664, Gov. William Beeckman was transferred from 

 the Delaware and commissioned Sheriff of Esopus — an appointment 

 which he held until the close of Lovelace's administration, when he 

 a Beeckman Family. Misc. works of Gen. Depeyster. See Holgate's Geneology pp. 66-68. 



