Before European arrival, the area was settled by the Mahican Indian tribe. There were at least two settlements within todays city limits, Panhooseck and Paanpack. The Dutch began settling in the mid 17th century; the patroon Kiliaen van Rensselaer called the area Pafraets Dael, after his mother. Control of New York passed to the English in 1664 and in 1707 Derick Van der Heyden purchased a farm near todays downtown area. In 1771 Abraham Lansing had his farm in todays Lansingburgh laid out into lots. Responding to Lansings success to the north, in 1787, Van der Heydens grandson Jacob had his extensive holdings surveyed and laid out into lots as well, calling the new village Vanderheyden. https://facebook/pages/Troy-New-York/109570709060881# en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_massacre en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berne,_New_York
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