Daniel Overbeek

Daniel Overbeek
26th Governor of Zeylan
In office
8 January 1742 – 11 May 1743
Preceded byWillem Maurits Bruyninck
Succeeded byJulius Valentyn Stein van Gollenesse

Daniel Overbeek or Overbeke (13 March 1695, Amsterdam - 29 July 1751, Colombo)[1] was the 26th Governor of Ceylon during the Dutch period in Ceylon. He was appointed on 8 January 1742 and was Governor until 11 May 1743. He was succeeded by Julius Valentyn Stein van Gollenesse.[2]

From 15 May 1717 to 13 March 1718 Overbeek sailed from Holland to Ceylon on the ship "Vaderland Getrouw".[3] Only four months later (22 July 1718) he married Elisabeth Hals, the daughter of the captain of the burghers in Colombo.[4] By 1737 Overbeek was Commander of Galle. Elizabeth had five children, but died in October 1738 in Galle. Overbeek remarried Gertruida Brengman.[5]

  1. ^ Bernard Burke, Overbeek in A genealogical and heraldic history of the colonial gentry, Harrison & Sons, London, 1895, p. 628
  2. ^ Cahoon, Ben. "Dutch Governors". Worldstatesmen. Retrieved 1 March 2013.
  3. ^ Kyle Joustra, Founders & Travellers –Dutch East India Company Archived 2013-06-26 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ Willem Wijnaendts van Resandt, De gezaghebbers der Oost-Indische Compagnie op hare buiten-comptoiren in Azië, Liebaert Publishers, 1944, p. 74
  5. ^ F.H. de Vos On the monumental remains of the Dutch East India Company in Ceylon, in The Journal of the Ceylon Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, vol. XVII, 1901-1902, p. 24