Wessell Ten Broek, Dirck, 1638 - 1717

Born in Europe around 1638, Major Dirck Wessell Ten Broek was the son of Wessel Wesselese of the West Indian Company.  After immigrating to New York, he became the largest fur-trader at Beaver-Wyck (now Albany). He was active in the political affairs of the town and a manager on the Livingston Manor.  Serving as the recorder of the City of Albany.  New York's Governor Dongan chose him to carry a truce between the Kings of England and France to the Governor of Canada. 

Wessel Ten Broek was one of the purchasers of the 150,000 acre Saratoga Purchase in 1684 and of the Mohawk Patent in 1697.  By 1690, he served as an envoy to the Mohawk, Oneida, and Onondaga.  In 1696, Governor Fletcher appointed him one of the four original members of the Commisioners for Indian Affair.

Mary Lou Cook, Descendants of Wessel Wesselse TenBroeck Working file of Mary Lou Cook, http://collectornuts.com/tenbroeck.pdf.  The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography, Charles Henry Adams, p. 259. Wikipedia.