The following are excerpts of Ten Broeck's involvement in Schenectady: A few days previous: "Resolved that Mr Dirk Wesseles and Capt Johannes Wendel Justice of ye Peace goe thither & Conveen ye Company together and consult what measures they are to take upon occasion if an enemy should come, to ye end there may be unity in such extremityes & ye Inhabitants there are ordered to submitt to what ye sd gentn and ye head officers of there Toune shall Conclude upon, upon there oun...

Dirck Wesselse Ten Broeck From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Link:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirck_Wesselse_Ten_Broeck Dirck Wesselse Ten Broeck (1638–1717), also known as Dirck Wessels, was a prominent early settler of Albany, New York. He is known as "the progenitor of the Albany family of Ten Broecks."[1] Contents • 1 Early life • 2 Career ◦ 2.1 Business career ◦ 2.2 Political career • 3 Personal life • 4 References • 5 See also...

Most of the information on the children is from The Ten Broeck Genealogy, pages 35-36. Pages 10-35 of this book are a detailed biography of Dirck, who was a very prominent man. He was alderman under the original charter of the city of Albany, 1686, recorder for ten years, member of provincial assembly, five years, and was appointed the fourth mayor of Albany, 1696. Dirck's date of birth is taken from the record of his death written by his eldest son, Wessel, in his family Bible: "My father,...