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History of Westchester County, New York — Passage 119 (part 4)
[Frederic Shonnard & W.W. Spooner (1900)] The subsequent history of the whole great Van Cortlandt estate, from the proprietary point of view, is well repre-sented by that of the share which fell to young Stephen de Lancey, the son of the chief justice — a share, as already mentioned, embracing nearly all of the present Town of North Salem. We quote from Mr. Edward Floyd de Lancey's ki History of the Manors": Chief Justice de Lancey in 1744 conveyed them (his Cortlandt Manor lots), as a gift, to his second son, Stephen. Stephen a few years later began their settlement, and brought in Pliffll ffiij!!'!| » iF '■ tr:!"!,"iir:";ii 11 |||||