The first member of this clan, has been extensively documented, was the Elbinger Councilman Henry Wessel (The first mention dates back to 1363).

Another family is the foundation of the family bag. It is characterized by the quantity of participants as well as diverse provisions of the founder. Even most members of the full regulations are largely unknown to the donor.

Quedlinburg (Marshal) Line: Occurring around the year 1148 and almost 400 Years in the Quedlinburg foundation documents, the family is traced. Its members were the chief of the imperial ministeriales, free secular pen St. Servatii. Who held the Erbmarschallamt the abbesses and probably had their fief in the nearby village Ditfurth, of the whole race was his name. In 1328 they lived but also already been shown in the adjacent paths of life as a vassal Halberstadt. This line became extinct in the male line with the canon of Halberstadt John X. um das Jahr  [...]