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James William Beekman Jr.
RON
31st President of the Saint Nicholas Society of the City of New York
In office
1890–1891
Preceded byEdward Schell
Succeeded byFrederic James de Peyster
Personal details
Born(1847-11-04)November 4, 1847
Mount Pleasant, New York, U.S.
DiedAugust 7, 1908(1908-08-07) (aged 60)
Oyster Bay, New York, U.S.
RelationsPhillip Milledoler (grandfather)
Parent(s)James William Beekman
Abian Milledoler Beekman
Alma materColumbia Law School
AwardsOrder of Orange-Nassau

James William Beekman Jr. RON (November 4, 1847 – August 7, 1908) was an American lawyer and philanthropist.

Early life

Beekman was born on November 4, 1847 in Mount Pleasant, New York. He was one of five children born to James William Beekman (1815–1877)[1][2] and Abian Ann Steele (née Milledoler) Beekman (1819–1897). Among his siblings was Catherine Beekman, who married William W. Hoppin, Jr. (son of Governor William W. Hoppin);[3] Gerard Beekman; Philip Milledoller Beekman, who died young; and Cornelia Augusta Beekman. His father was a New York State Assemblyman and Senator who also served as the vice president of the New York Hospital.[4]

His maternal grandparents were Margaret (née Steele) Milledoler and Phillip Milledoler, the president of Rutgers University. His paternal grandparents were Catharine (née Saunders) Beekman and Gerard Beekman,[5] himself the son of James Beekman, a prominent merchant. Beekman was a direct descendant of Gerardus Beekman,[5] acting Mayor of New York City, and Wilhelmus Beekman,[5] who sailed to New Netherlands with Peter Stuyvesant and was an officer of the Dutch West India Company.[6]

Career

Beekman graduated from Columbia Law School, and after being admitted to the bar in 1871, he built up a large practice with an office located at 7 East 42nd Street.[7] Beekman was devoted to various charities, including as a trustee of the New York Hospital and a member of the Executive Committee of the New-York Historical Society.[8] He was a member of many clubs and patriotic societies, including the Downtown Club, the Union Club of the City of New York, the Knickerbocker Club, the University Club of New York, the New York Yacht Club, the Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club and the Century Club.[9]

After his father's death in 1877, he inherited his father's Madison Avenue residence and his elder brother Gerard, also a lawyer, inherited The Cliffs, the family estate in Oyster Bay, New York designed by Henry G. Harrison.[10] Both brothers and their sister Nellie lived at The Cliff's in the summer.[9]

In 1890, Beekman became the 31st President of the Saint Nicholas Society of the City of New York, an organization his father was the 17th president of from 1868 to 1869. Due to his work with the Saint Nicholas Society, he was recognized by Wilhelmina, the Queen of the Netherlands, and made a Knight of the Order of Orange-Nassau in honor of "his services to the Officers of the Dutch Man-of-War Van Speijk during the Columbian Naval Review" in 1893.[8]

Personal life

Beekman, who did not marry, died at The Cliffs in Oyster Bay on Friday evening, August 7, 1908.[11][12] His funeral was held at the Reformed Dutch Church at Fifth Avenue and 29th Street in New York.[13]

References

  1. ^ "RECENT DEATHS.; CAROLINE NORTON-MAXWELL. MARY CARPENTER. RIGHT HON. SIR GEORGE MELLISH. MR. JAMES W. BEEKMAN. PRESIDENT HAYES' EASTERN VISIT. CENTENARY COLLEGIATE INSTITUTE. CUSTOM-HOUSE SEIZURES. CHARGE AGAINST A PHYSICIAN". The New York Times. 16 June 1877. Retrieved 3 February 2017.
  2. ^ "FUNERAL OF THE LATE MR. BEEKMAN". The New York Times. 20 June 1877. Retrieved 3 February 2017.
  3. ^ "Mrs. Allison Wright Post (d. 1961)". www.nyhistory.org. New-York Historical Society. Retrieved 3 February 2017.
  4. ^ "James William Beekman, Sr. (1815-1877)". www.nyhistory.org. New-York Historical Society. Retrieved 3 February 2017.
  5. ^ a b c York, Saint Nicholas Society of the City of New (1902). Genealogical Record of the Saint Nicholas Society: Advanced Sheets, First Series. Society. p. 9. Retrieved February 3, 2017.
  6. ^ Aitken, William Benford (1912). Distinguished Families in America, Descended from Wilhelmus Beekman and Jan Thomasse Van Dyke. Knickerbocker Press. p. 61.
  7. ^ Banta, Theodore Melvin; Winkle, Edward Van; Bogert, Henry Lawrence (1916). Year Book of the Holland Society of New York. Holland Society of New York. p. 168. Retrieved 19 April 2019.
  8. ^ a b Portraits of the Presidents of the Society, 1835-1914. New York: Saint Nicholas Society of the City of New York. 1914. p. 63. Retrieved 19 April 2019.
  9. ^ a b "J. WILLIAM BEEKMAN DEAD. Member of Old Family Passed Away at Oyster Bay Last Night". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. 9 Aug 1908. p. 5. Retrieved 19 April 2019.
  10. ^ "LAW REPORTS; COURT NOTES. JAMES W. BEEKMAN'S WILL". The New York Times. 27 July 1877. Retrieved 3 February 2017.
  11. ^ "Died". New-York Tribune. August 11, 1908. p. 7. Retrieved 19 April 2019.
  12. ^ "James William Beekman, Jr. (1847-1908)". www.nyhistory.org. New-York Historical Society. Retrieved 3 February 2017.
  13. ^ "James William Beekman". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. 12 Aug 1908. p. 3. Retrieved 19 April 2019.
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