[Frederic Shonnard & W.W. Spooner (1900)] Although after the death of Stephanus there was always a recognized ''head" of the Van Cortlandt family, there was never a second "lord" of the manor. Johannes, the eldest son of Stephanus, died at a comparatively early age, leaving one child, Gertrude, who married Philip Ver-planck, a descendant of one of the early Dutch settlers of New Am-sterdam1 and a man of varied abilities. Among his accomplishments 1 Abraham Isaac-sen Verplanck, or Planck. He planck, who has descendants still living in this was one of the instigators of the Dutch war county. The Verplancks of Fishkill-on-the-of retaliation against the Indians (1643-1645). Hudson belong to another branch of the family. Verplanck's Point was named for Philip Ver-THE ARISTOCRATIC FAMILIES 269 was an expert knowledge of surveying-. By articles of agreement en-tered into by the Van Cortlandt heirs in November, 1730, Philip Verplanck was appointed to survey and lay out the manor into thirty lots. This commission was duly executed, although Verplanck's sur-vey was confined to the portion of the manor north of the Croton River. The lots were soon afterward conveyed to the several parties in interest by partition deeds, appraisals of value having been made by Daniel and Samuel Purdy, who were specially selected for that purpose. The following table shows the number of acres and their estimated value at this time (1733) apportioned for each share: NAMES. ACRES. VALUES IN NEW YORK MONEY.