One of the fourteen signers of this protest, "settlers of Schanechstede," was "Marten Cornelisse [Van Isselsteyn]." The document was considered by the Director-General and Council on June 18, 1663, but they found further pretext for delay. Nearly a year later they were bombarded by another petition from "the settlement named Schaneghstede," dated April 17, 1664, in which it was skillfully urged that "to prevent further dispute the surveyor might be sent up to lay out and parcel the land and...

Martin Cornelisz Ysselsteyn was born in 1634 in Ysselsteyn, Utrecht, Netherlands. His parents were Cornelisse Van YSSELSTEYN and [__?__]. He married Mayke Cornelise BARNAVELT in 1659 in Holland. They emigrated to New York in 1675/76. He was one of the first settlers of Schenectady; after residing here about six years he sold his farms and removed to Claverack. He and Mayke made a joint will on 12 Jan 1676/77 when they were both then living in Claverack. Martin died in 1705 in Claverack,...