Johannes Westbrook served as a Trustee at Kingston, N.Y. 1694. He is one of the six white founders of Minisink Village. (Wantage recorder, Dec. 22 and 29, 1911). He took the oath of allegiance in Ulster County, N.Y., September 1, 1689.559, pg 281

He was a member of the Company of Fort in Kingston, 1686 or 1687.560, pg 280-281

In 1709-10, and in 1718-19, he was taxed one schilling in Ulster County for one fyre place.561, pg 280-281

A view of the Westbrook house built about 1725 is given in Pre-Revolutionary Dutch houses and Families in Northern New Jersey and Southern New York,” 1936/1968, p. 581; in “That Ancient Trail,” 1942, p. 111; in “Fifty Years on the Frontier with the Dutch Congregation at Maghaghkamik,” 1937, p. ii; and in “Before the Waters, The Upper Delaware Valley,” 1966, p. 31.

Liber 10, p. 422.—WESTBROOK, JOHANES, of Knightfield.

Will dated Jan. 25, 1725/6, and written in Dutch.

“Myn Lieve huysvrouw Magdalena sall int’ volle besit blyve van myn geheele Staat geduurende De tyt van haar natuurelycke Leven” (my dear wife, Magdalena, shall reain in possession of my whole estate during her natural life). “Aan myn Jongste soon Dirck als hy komt te heuwelyke Eeen goet parteen Een koegelyck myn andere kinderen gehadt hebbe” (to my youngest son, Dirck, when he maries a good horse and a cow, similar to what my other children has received). “Aan myn oudste son Anthony vooruyt drie Schelling voor syn Recht van Eerst geborene soon” (to my eldest son anthony three schillings, in advance, as his right of primogeniture). “Aan myn jongste soon na syn moeders overleyde voor syn trouwe Dienst en goet paart en en goede Merry paart, Ende holl Koeyens” (to my youngest son after his mother’s death, a good horse, and a good mare, and a (grazing?) cow). “Aan myn ses Kinderen met Namen” (to my six children by name) Anthony, Johanes, Cornelius, Dirck, Sarah, wife of cornelius Van Aken, and antie wife of jacob Van Eten “myn geheelle Staat (my whole estate) Elck van myn ses kinderen elck voor syn hooft betalen aan het soontie van myn overledene doghter Ursulla, genaamt Benjamin (each one of my six children shall pay equally to the little son of my deceased daughter Ursulla, called Benjamin). Wife and sons Anthony and Johanes appointed executors. Witnessed by Jacob Rutsen, Jr., Nicholas Roosa, Jan Hardenbergh, William Nottingham. Proved Apr. 10, 1727.

(Johannes Westbroeck, born Albany (son of Jonathan Westbroeck, an officer in Cromwell’s army, and later on, a resident of Rochester, whose sons, Johannes and Derck, took the oath of allegiance in 1689), married, after May 12, 1687, Magdalena Jansen (Lena Dekker), and had: i. Antony, baptzed apr. 17, 1691, married April 30, 1714, Aaltjen Van Etten, born Hurley; ii. Sarah, baptized June 10, 1694, married April 30, 1714, Cornelius Van Aken; iii. Johannes, baptized July 19, 1696; iv. Johannes, baptized jan. 9, 1698, married December 19, 1715, Antjen Roosa; v. Ante, baptized July 28, 1700, married apr. 22, 1719, Jacob Van Etten,, born Hurley; vi. Cornelius, baptized March 14, 1703, married Apr. 10, 1724, Annatjen Roosa; vii. Dirk, baptized Dec. 15, 1706, married May 12, 1728, Janneken Van Keuren).183, pg 112-13