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John,
Cornelis Aertszen Van Schaick was my 9th great grandfather. I'm beginning to spend more time researching my Van Schaick/Van Scyoc families. I found from the following source an answer to your inquiry.
Source: Bryant Family History: Ancestry and Descendants of David Bryant (1756) of Springfield, N.J., Washington Co., Pa., Knox Co., Ohio, and Wolf Lake, Noble Co., Ind.; Chicago, Illinois; Author: Clara Vaile Braiden; 1913; 329 pgs.
From 1st Generation, pages 23-24:
Cornelis Aertszen, the founder of the American branch of the Dutch family of Breyant, like so many thousands of others (says Mr. Dingman Versteeg of New York, an expert on the records of early Holland Dutch in this country, and who has made extensive research on the Bryant ancestry), appears to have been known and referred to only by his patronymic. One of his sons seems to have adopted the family name of BREYANT [a customary proceeding which was regarded as both proper and legal]. Tradition states that two brothers of the family of Bryant went from England to Holland to escape religious persecution. They may have married in Holland before then, or more probably their descendants emigrated to America. The custom of taking surnames, sometimes, of a near relative makes it possible that Pieter Cornelisse adopted the name of Breyant, which may have belonged to the maternal side of the house. As in most all similar instances, the evidence appears to be only circumstantial. Sufficient time has not been taken to solve this problem.
Per Ms. Braiden, Pieter Cornelisse Breijandt was Cornelis Aertszen's son from his first marriage to Belitje Hendricks.
I hope you find this information helpful.
Regards,
Patty Frank
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