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Dirck Wesselse Ten Broeck (December 18, 1638 – November 24, 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]
Dirck Wesselse Ten Broeck | |
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Mayor of Albany, New York | |
In office 1696–1698 | |
Preceded by | Evert Bancker |
Succeeded by | Hendrick Hansen |
Personal details | |
Born | December 18, 1638 |
Died | November 24, 1717 78) Clermont, Province of New York | (aged
Spouse |
Christyna Van Buren (m. 1663) |
Children | 13 |
Parent | Wessel Ten Broeck |
Relatives | Johannes Cuyler (son-in-law) |
Dirck Ten Broeck was born on December 18, 1638, the second of five children of Wessel Ten Broeck, who worked for the West India Company.[2]
In 1663, he was listed as "a free merchant in Albany", and purchased a house and lot on the corner of State and James Streets. In 1676, Governor Thomas Dongan appointed him Magistrate Commissary, and later Envoy to Canada. In 1686 he was a signatory of the "Charter of Beverwijck." After the first election under the charter he was appointed Recorder, in which office he served for ten years.[2]
In 1684, he was one of the purchasers of the 150,000-acre[3] Saratoga Patent together with Cornelis Van Dyck, Jan Jansen Bleecker, Pieter Schuyler, Johannes Wendel, David Schuyler, and Robert Livingston the Elder. He was one of the purchasers of the disputed Mohawk Patent in 1697, and other properties.[2]
At the time of the Schenectady massacre in 1690 Ten Broeck served as envoy to the Mohawks, Oneidas, and Onondagas to determine their loyalties. At this time also he served as a Major in the militia under Colonel Pieter Schuyler.[2]
In 1696, he was appointed Mayor of Albany by Governor Benjamin Fletcher. He was elected to the first Provincial Assembly of New York, and served through the Fifth Assembly. During Leisler's Rebellion he refused his support to Jacob Leisler.[2]
Together with Pieter Schuyler, Godfridius Dellius, and Evert Bancker, he was one of the four original members of the Commissioners for Indian Affairs appointed by Governor Fletcher in 1696.[2]
In 1663, he married Christyna Van Buren (1644–1729), the daughter of Cornelis Maessen Van Buren and Catalyntje Martensen, in Albany. The couple had six sons and seven daughters:[4][5]
Dirck Ten Broeck died on November 24, 1717, at his estate called "The Bouwerie" in Clermont, Province of New York and was buried there.[6]
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