Daniel Overbeek or Overbeke (13 March 1695,

Amsterdam Amsterdam ( , , , lit. ''The Dam on the River Amstel'') is the Capital of the Netherlands, capital and Municipalities of the Netherlands, most populous city of the Netherlands, with The Hague being the seat of government. It has a population ...

- 29 July 1751,

Colombo Colombo ( ; si, කොළඹ, translit=Koḷam̆ba, ; ta, கொழும்பு, translit=Koḻumpu, ) is the executive and judicial capital and largest city of Sri Lanka by population. According to the Brookings Institution, Colombo me ...

)Bernard Burke
Overbeek
in ''A genealogical and heraldic history of the colonial gentry'', Harrison & Sons, London, 1895, p. 628 was the 26th Governor of Ceylon during the

Dutch period in Ceylon Dutch Ceylon ( Sinhala: Tamil: ) was a governorate established in present-day Sri Lanka by the Dutch East India Company. Although the Dutch managed to capture most of the coastal areas in Sri Lanka, they were never able to control the Kand ...

. He was appointed on 8 January 1742 and was Governor until 11 May 1743. He was succeeded by

Julius Valentyn Stein van Gollenesse Julius Valentijn Stein van Gollenesse (17 February 1691, Groel, Sweden - 14 January 1755, Batavia, Dutch East Indies) was the 27th Dutch Governor of Ceylon during the Dutch period in Ceylon. He was appointed on 11 May 1743 and was Governor until 6 ...

. 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 Galle ( si, ගාල්ල, translit=Gālla; ta, காலி, translit=Kāli) (formerly Point de Galle) is a major city in Sri Lanka, situated on the southwestern tip, from Colombo. Galle is the provincial capital and largest city of Southern ...

. Elizabeth had five children, but died in October 1738 in Galle. Overbeek remarried Gertruida Brengman.F.H. de Vo
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

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