Daniel Overbeek, Date of Birth, Date of Death
TweetDaniel Overbeek
Dutch colonial governor
Date of Birth: 13-Mar-1695
Date of Death: 29-Jul-1751
Profession: colonial administrator
Nationality: Netherlands
Zodiac Sign: Pisces 
About Daniel Overbeek
- Daniel Overbeek or Overbeke (13 March 1695, Amsterdam - 29 July 1751, Colombo) 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.From 15 May 1717 to 13 March 1718 Overbeek sailed from Holland to Ceylon on the ship "Vaderland Getrouw".
- Only four months later (22 July 1718) he married Elisabeth Hals, the daughter of the captain of the burghers in Colombo.
- By 1737 Overbeek was Commander of Galle.
- Elizabeth had five children, but died in October 1738 in Galle.
- Overbeek remarried Gertruida Brengman.
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