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A History of the County of Westchester, Vol. I — Passage 33

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[Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)] filled almost uninterruptedly to the close of the Dutch govern-ment. His place of residence was in Brouwer-straat, now Stone street. He had the character of being a worthy citizen, and a man most liberal in his charities." By his wife Ann Loocker-mans, " he had issue — seven children — Siephanus who married Gertrude Schuyler; Maria who married Jeremias van Rensselaer, 12th July, 1662; Catharine, who married first, John Derval, and secondly, Frederick Philips; Cornelia, who married Barent Schuyler; Jacob, who married Eva Philips; (ancestor of the Van Cortlandts of Yonkers;) Sophia, who married Andrew Tel-ler, and John who died unmarried. Oloff Stevens van Cortlandt died some time subsequent to 1683, leaving his son Stephanus, then a highly respectable mer-chant in New York."a-In 1664, the name of Oloff Stevensen van Cortlandt, occurs as one of the six commissioners, appointed to meet the English De-puties at Governor Stuyvesant's house in the Bowery, to treat concerning the surrender of the colony. This individual subse-quently signed the articles of capitulation. Among the wealthy Autograph and Seals of Oloff Stevensen van Cortlandt. O'Callaghan's Hist. N. N. 212. COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER. 53 citizens of New Amsterdam in 1653, occurs the name of Oloff Stevens, who contributed the sum of 150 guilders, or 60 dollars, towards putting the city in a state of defence. a-In a tax list for the city of New York, A. D., 1674.