[Frederic Shonnard & W.W. Spooner (1900)] He had twenty-three children, twelve of English branch no male descendant of the whom reached maturity, the sons all attaining name is living.— The Van Cortlandt Family, by high rank in the British army and the daugh-Mrs. Pierre E. Van Cortlandt, Scharf, ii., 428. THE ARISTOCRATIC FAMILIES 273 my house and farm or lott of land, — being the east town lott from Teller's Point extending all along Croton River, together with the Ferry House and ferry thereunto belonging." He married Joanna, daughter of Gilbert Livingston and granddaughter of Robert, the first lord of Livingston Manor; and in September, 1741), he made the manor house his permanent place of abode. There were born all of his children, four sons and three daughters, of whom Philip, the distin-guished General Philip Van Cortlandt of the Revolutionary army, was the eldest. Those were palmy days for the old manor house. Cad-wallader Golden, writing to his wife in 1753, said: "'I have had a very pleasant ride from Pishkill to Van Cortlandt, where I lodged, passing easily through the mountains. Young Pierre ami his charm-ing wife keep up the hospitality of the house equal to his late father.'' His time was largely devoted to caring for the interests of the numer-ous Van Cortlandt heirs in connection with the manor lands — a very responsible business, involving many delicate matters. He died in the manor house on the 1st of May, 1S14, being aged more than ninety-three years.