Frederick Gerritse, farmer, and Elizabeth Christianse, his wife, were residents of Schenectady in 1687. On September 9th, 1689, he conveyed to Myndert Wemp ten acres of land at Maalwyck and Bent's Island, formerly belonging to Benjamin Roberts, always called by the old settlers "Bent Roberts," from which circumstance, the island in the Mohawk, three miles above the city and opposite the Viele farms, was so called.