[Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)] 451 White, and in case Augustus, the son of the said Henry White and my said deceased daughter shall survive the said Henry White, then to hold the same for the use of the said Augustus, and his heirs and assignees, on condi-tion that from and after my decease, he do take and constantly and exclu-sively use the name of.Van Cortlandt, &c., &c.a Augustus van Cortlandt, the above devisee, subsequently took possession of the estate under the will of his grandfather, the above testator. The Revised Statutes of 1825, having abolished the entail, Augustus became possessed of the estate in fee sim-ple. Upon the 18th of Feb., 1827, Augustus van Cortlandt be-queathed the Yonkers to his brother Henry, for life, and to his brother's eldest son fore^^er, provided they take and constantly use the name of " Van Cortlandt;" and upon the failure of male heirs, to Henry, the testator provided that the property should pass to his nephew, Augustus van Cortlandt Bibby, son of his sister Augusta." Henry, the above devisee, took possession of the estate on his brother's death, in 1839, and assumed the name of Van Cort-landt. Hetny van Cortlandt died Oct., 1839, and was succeeded by his nephew, the present proprietor, Augustus van Cortlandt, Esq. The present mansion house, a large edifice of stone, was erected by Frederick van Cortlandt, A. D. 1748 j^ it forms a noble object when viewed from the lawn.