In 1700, Gerardus Beekman was appointed Lieutenant-Colonel, and then Colonel, under the Earl of Bellomont, and became one of the advisers of Viscount Cornbury when the latter succeeded Belmont in 1702.
In 1700, Gerardus Beekman was appointed Lieutenant-Colonel, and then Colonel, under the Earl of Bellomont, and became one of the advisers of Viscount Cornbury when the latter succeeded Belmont in 1702.