Their 50-acre lots were unique for the colony, 'laid out in strips along the Mohawk River', with the narrow edges fronting the river, as in French colonial style. As most early colonists were from the Fort Orange area, they may have anticipated working as fur traders, but the Beverwijck (later Albany) traders kept a monopoly of legal control.

Van Curler took the largest piece of land the remainder was divided into 50-acre plots for the other first fourteen proprietors Alexander Lindsey Glen, Philip Hendrickse Brouwer, Simon Volkertse Veeder, Pieter Adrianne Van Wogglelum, Teunise Cornelise Swart, Bastia De Winter atty for Catalyn De Vos, Gerrit Bancker, William Teller, Pieter Jacobse Borsboom, Pieter Danielle Van Olinda, Jan Barentse Wemp(le), Jacques Cornelise Van Slyck, Marten Cornelise Van Esselstyn, and Harmen Albertse Vedder. The settlers recognized the Mohawk had cultivated these bottomlands for maize by the Mohawk for centuries. The Colonial government gave other colonists grants of land in this portion of the flat fertile river valley, as part of New Netherland. In 1661, Arendt van Corlaer, (later Van Curler), a Dutch immigrant, bought a large piece of land on the Mohawk River's south side. The settlers in Fort Orange used skahnéhtati to refer to the new village at the Mohawk flats (see below), which became known as Schenectady (with a variety of spellings). Eventually, this word entered the lexicon of the Dutch settlers. About 3,200 acres of this unique ecosystem are now protected as the Albany Pine Bush. When Dutch settlers developed Fort Orange (present-day Albany, New York) in the Hudson Valley beginning in 1614, the Mohawk called their settlement skahnéhtati, meaning 'beyond the pines,' referring to a large area of pine barrens between the Mohawk settlements and the Hudson River. The easternmost one was Ossernenon, about 9 miles west of present-day Auriesville, New York. In the 1640s, the Mohawk had three major villages, all on the Mohawk River's south side. Schenectady was part of emerging technologies, with GE collaborating in the production of nuclear-powered submarines and, in the 21st century, working on other forms of renewable energy. In the 19th century, nationally influential companies and industries developed in Schenectady, including General Electric and American Locomotive Company (ALCO), which were powers into the mid-20th century. By 1824, more people worked in manufacturing than agriculture or trade like many New York cities, it had a cotton mill that processed cotton from the Deep South. Connected to the west by the Mohawk River and Erie Canal, Schenectady developed rapidly in the 19th century as part of the Mohawk Valley trade, manufacturing, and transportation corridor. Residents of the new village developed farms on strip plots along the river. The name 'Schenectady' is derived from the Mohawk word skahnéhtati, meaning 'beyond the pines' and used for the area around Albany, New York. Schenectady was founded on the south side of the Mohawk River by Dutch colonists in the 17th century, many of whom came from the Albany area. It is in the same metropolitan area as the state capital, Albany, which is about 15 miles (24 km) southeast. The city is in eastern New York, near the confluence of the Mohawk and Hudson rivers. As of the 2020 census, the city's population of 67,047 made it the state's ninth-largest city by population. Schenectady ( / s k ə ˈ n ɛ k t ə d i/ ) is a city in Schenectady County, New York, United States, of which it is the county seat.

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