Wilhelmus Beekman, Dutch politician (died 1707)

Wilhelmus Beekman

Dutch politician (1623–1707)

Wilhelmus Hendricksen Beekman – also known as William Beekman and Willem Beekman – was a Dutch emigrant who came to New Amsterdam from the Netherlands on May 27, 1647 in the same vessel, Princess, with Director-General and later Governor Peter Stuyvesant.