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Debora
Hansen Beekman
Debora
Hansen was born in August 1693. She was the daughter
of Albany leader and businessman Hendrick and Deborah
Van Dam Hansen.
She
married Albany native Jacob Beekman in December 1714.
By 1733, six of her children were baptized at the
Albany Dutch church where she was an occasional baptism
sponsor.
These
Beekmans lived on Pearl Street while Jacob was on
his way to establishing himself in the community
before an untimely death in March 1739. His will
left a considerable estate for the use of his widow.
Previously, she had inherited from her father - a
one-time mayor of Albany.
Debora
Hansen Beekman did not enjoy a long life either.
Although she was left use of the estate of her husband
in his will filed in 1738, she died in December 1745
at the age of fifty-two. She was buried from the
Albany Dutch church. Her son, Johannes, was appointed
mayor of Albany in 1783.
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Sources: The life of Debora Hansen Beekman is CAP biography
number 4947. This profile is derived chiefly from
family and community-based resources.
By Stefan Bielinski, Colonial Albany Social History Project [http://www.nysm.nysed.gov/albany]
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