[Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)] Jacobus van Cortlandt, the first of the name who erjjoycd this estate was the second son of the Right Hon. Oloff Stevensen van Cortlandt, a native of Cortlandt in Holland, who came out to this country in the military service of the Dutch West India Com-pany, and grandson of the Right Hon. Steven van Cortlandt a lineal descendant of the ancient Dukes of Cortlandt or Courland.a Jacobus married Eva Philipse daughter of the Hon. Frederick Philipse of the manor of Philipsburgh. Besides the Yonkers es-tate, Jacobus van Cortlandt was a large landed proprietor in the town of Bedford, in this county. This individual was one of the See Cortlandt -town, vol. i. 50. PEDIGREE OF VAN CORTLANDT OF YONKERS. r a wind-mill Bahierwflj'B ea. voided of the field, five ostoUes gu. Crest. — An eatotle gu. bclwcot tigijfiHrrJl' ±,... sS'Sisf 1^. COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER. 449 five members returned by the High Sheriff to represent the city and county of New York in the Colonial Assembly A. D. 1691. By his will dated 12tli of May, 1739, he devised, and bequeath-ed unto his son Frederick van Cortlandt, All that my farm situate lying and being in a place commonly called and known by the name of the Liltle or Lower Yonckers &c., and all other tho land, meadows and real estate, I am seized of or have a right to in the Manor of Philipsburgh &c. for his natural life, and from and after his decease to the heirs male lawfully begotten, &c.