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Abraham Ten Broeck (May 13, 1734 – January 19, 1810) was a New York politician, businessman, and militia Brigadier General of Dutch descent. He was twice Mayor of Albany, New York and built one of the largest mansions in the area, the Ten Broeck Mansion , that still stands more than 200 years later.
Ten Broeck Mansion was built in 1797 by Elizabeth (Van Rensselaer) Ten Broeck and her husband Abraham Ten Broeck on land leased from her brother, the patroon Stephen Van Rensselaer. At the time the land was in the town of Watervliet north of the city of Albany. [ 2 ]
The regiment served in Brigadier General Abraham Ten Broeck's Brigade. With the defeat of General John Burgoyne's British Army on October 17, 1777, the regiment stood down. It is uncertain whether the regiment participated in the October 7 Battle of Bemis Heights, and if it did, whether the entire regiment was there.
A force of 1,200 New York militia under Brigadier General Abraham Ten Broeck was held in reserve behind Learned's line. [67] In all, more than 8,000 Americans took the field that day, [68] including about 1,400 men from Lincoln ' s command that were deployed when the action became particularly fierce. [69] Benedict Arnold portrait by Thomas Hart
Elizabeth van Rensselaer (1734–1813) ⚭ 1763: Abraham Ten Broeck (1734–1810) Stephen Van Rensselaer II (1742–1769) ⚭ 1764: Catherine Livingston (1745–1810); After van Rensselaer died in 1769, Catherine Livingston ⚭ 1775: Eilardus Westerlo (1738–1790).
Ten Broeck's Brigade New York Militia Brigadier General Abraham Ten Broeck. 1st Regiment: Colonel Jacob Lansing; 3rd Regiment: Colonel Francis Nichol; 4th Regiment: Colonel Robert Killian; 5th Regiment: Colonel Gerrit G. Ven Den Bergh; 6th Regiment: Colonel Stephen John Schuyler; 7th Regiment: Colonel Abraham Van Alstine
The regiment served in Brigadier General Abraham Ten Broeck's Brigade. With the defeat of General John Burgoyne 's British Army on October 17, 1777 the regiment stood down. See also
Abraham Ten Broeck (1734–1810), American merchant and politician; Dirck Wesselse Ten Broeck (ca.1638 – 1717), Dutch/American politician, businessman, and landowner; Dirck Ten Broeck (1765–1832), American lawyer and politician; Lance Ten Broeck (1956–2023), American golfer; Robert Ten Broeck Stevens (1899–1983), American businessman