…By this partition of the Manor, the following lots were laid out to the devisees in Cortlandt town, viz. : River lot No. 1, to Philip van Cortlandt; No. 2, Philip Ver-planck, who married Gertrude, only daughter and sole heiress…

…van Cortlandt. This individual had previously obtained a charter from the » Salem was incorporated on the 18th of March, 1791. b See page 6. 264 HISTORY OF THE Crown, erecting the whole of his possession into the lordship and manor…