[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] 1700, at the age of fifty-seven. He left eleven children to the guardianship of his widow Gertrude, his brother Jacobus, his brother-in-law Brant Schuy-ler and bis cousin William Nicolls. lie divided his property between his children, giving to each one "a lot of ground within the City of New York for the. building of a convenient dwelling house " and appor-tioned the rest of the estate among them, giving to John, his eldest son (now second Lord of the Manor), Meanagh. John died without male issue. Gertrude, his only child, married Philip Verplanck, from whom this property received its present name of Verplanck's Point. In 1^06 Oliver, one of the sons of Stephanus, -died, leaving his share of the manor to his surviving brothers and sisters. The division was not agreed upon until 1730; in 1733 a division was made of lands north of Croton River, and in 1734 a final partition was made as follows : Lot No. 1, to Philip Van Cortlandt. Lot No. 2, to Philip Verplanck, who married the only child of John Van Cortlandt. Lot No. 3, to William Skinner, who married Eliza-beth Van Cortlandt.3 Lot No. 4, to Stephen Van Cortlandt. Lot No. 5, to John Miln, who was the second husband of Maria (Van Cortlandt) Van Rensselaer/ Lot No. 6, to Stephen de Lancey, who married Anne Van Cortlandt. Lot No. 7, to Margaret V. C, widow of Samuel Bayard. Lot No. 8, to Col. John Schuyler, who married Cornelia Van Cortlandt. Lot No. 9, to Andrew Johnson, ' who married Cath-arine Van Cortlandt. Lot No.