[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] 1873-75 Charles R. Swain. 1876 Carlton B. Jordan. 1877 John McCord. 1S78-79 James McLnckey. 1880-82 -John S. Jones. 1883 Cyrus W. Hortou. CENSUS — CORTLANDT. 1712.— «..« 1850.— 7,758. 1782.— 798.-1 1855.— 8,468. 1790.— 1,932. 1860.-111,074. 1825.— 3,385. 1865.— 9,393. 18*).— 3,840. 1870.-11,69*. 1835.— 3.994. 1875.-11,928. 1840.— 5,592. 1880.-12,664. 1845.— 6,738. THE VAN CORTLANDT FAMILY. BY MRS. PIERRE E. VAN CORTLANDT.5 Of the Manor House, Croton. This family lias been for over two centuries identified with the history of Westchester County. The great manor of Cortlandt comprehended within its bounda-ries, the towns of Cortlandt, North Salem, Somers and 1 Died in 1839, and succeeded for the rest of his term by William II. Briggs. 2Succeeded during his term, on account of sickness, by Thomas A. Whitney. 3 Manor of Cortlandt. * West Ward of Manor of Cortlandt and Rvck's Patent. s Copyrighted by Mrs. Pierre E. Van Cortlandt, 1886. Yorktown with a large part of the town of Lewisboro'. Its northern boundary began mi the Hudson River al the dividing line between the present counties of Westchester and Putnam, running twenty miles east to the boundary of the colony of Connecticut. Before proceeding to the history of the family, when resident on their manor, a brief sketch of their early settlement in this county will not he oul of place.