page_title: James Beekman
section_title: Personal life
hierarchical_section_title: James Beekman / Personal life
caption_attribution_description: English: Includes photomechanical reproductions. Printmakers include William Birch, Asher B. Durand, Henry Bryan Hall, Charles Hullmandel, James Barton Longacre, Albert Rosenthal, Max Rosenthal &amp; John Sartain. Draughtsmen include David McNeely Stauffer. Title from Calendar of Emmet Collection. EM10006
context_page_description: James Beekman was a New York City merchant and a member of the prominent Beekman family.
context_section_description: In 1752, he was married to Janneke "Jane" Keteltas (1734–1817), daughter of Abraham Keteltas and Jeanne d'Honneur, and sister of Abraham Keteltas (1732–1798).  Together, they had:
  William Beekman (b. 1754)
  Abraham Keteltas Beekman (1756–1816), who married his cousin, Johanna Beekman
  James Beekman, Jr. (1758–1837), who married Lydia Watkins Drew
  Jane Beekman (b. 1760), who married Stephen Van Cortlandt
  Catharine "Caty" Beekman (b. 1762), who married Elisha Boudinot, brother of Elias Boudinot, in 1805.
  Mary Beekman (b. 1765), who married Stephen N. Bayard.
  John Beekman (1768–1843), who married Mary Elizabeth Goad Bedlow (1771–1848)
  Cornelia Beekman (b. 1770)
  Elisabet Beekman (b. 1773)
  Gerard Beekman (1774–1833), who married Catharine Saunders (1785-1835)
caption: James' wife, Jane Ketaltas
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