[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] The-Manor included about what are now the towns of Cortlandt, Yorktown, Somers, North Salem and a portion of Lewisboro.3 The town, as early as 1760, seems to have borne the name of Hanover, one undoubtedly derived from the reigning house of England, but by whom given can not be ascer-tained. It appears in the ancient hog-skin record of the Presbyterian Church and was also found in the old town record (now lost) as quoted by Bolton in his history of the county. So far as the civil law was concerned, it was known simply as the Manor ot Cortlandt. By an Act of the Legislature, date of March 7, 1788, the pres-ent town was erected and called Yorktown. jThe principal occupation of its inhabitants is agricul-ture and the products are wheat, rye, oats, corn, (largely for home consumption) potatoes, apples, mil k and butter. The partition of the manor of Cortlandt among the heirs took place in 1734, for which purpose the map of "The Mannor of Cortlandt" was prepared. This town passed into the possession of Andrew Miller, Gertruyde Beeksman, John Schuyler, Margaret Bay-ard, Philip Verplanck and others. It was after this date that sales of land were made. There were few, if any, white inhabitants by 1712, for the popu-lation of the entire manor was only ninety-one, most of whom, doubtless, resided near the Hud-son River. -See Bketch on the following page. 3 The boundaries as given here are taken from conveyances as quoted by Bolton, " History of County of Westchester," vol.