Who purchased a farm near today's downtown Troy in 1707?
Derick van der Heyden
Kiliaen van Rensselaer
Jacob Vanderheyden
Abraham J. Lansing
Answer
In 1707, Derick van der Heyden purchased a farm near today's downtown Troy. His grandson, Jacob Vanderheyden, later had his extensive holdings surveyed and laid out into lots, naming the new village Vanderheyden.
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