…Both Van Bursum's and Dongan's holdings were later sold to Van Cortlandt.

…Spooner (1900)] It is unquestionable, however, that on more than one occasion during the Revolution he was the guest of the patriotic Colonel James Van Cortlandt at the old Van Cortlandt mansion in the " Little Vonkers." The old Valentine house…

…During the skirmish, as Colonel Van Cortlandt was leaning against a tree, waiting for his men to close up, Brant ordered one of his Indians to pick him off, but the ball passed three inches above his head.4 l…

…The latter married the step-daughter of the Herr Frederick Philipse, and was the ancestor of the Yonkers branch of the Van Cortlandt family. Be-side owning the Yonkers estate be was a large landed proprietor in the town of…

…The " Yonkers branch " of the Van Cortlandts, founded by the New York merchant, Jacobus Van Cortlandt (a younger son of Oloff Stev-ense Van Cortlandt), who married Eva, stepdaughter of the first Fred-erick Philipse, was throughout the colonial era…

…Near it is the Van Cortlandt burial ground, a small, square inclosure, where a number of the most emi-nent descendants of Stephanus, including the noted General and Lieutenant-Governor Pierre Van Cortlandt of the devolution, are in-terred. Apart…

…The Manor House, with its surrounding estate, now became the property of Pierre Van Cortlandt; by his will the Genera] bequeathed portions to his three sis-ters, and the residue to his nephew, Philip G. Van Wyck, who had always…

…Jacobus Van Cortlandt, younger brother of Stephanus and an-TLANDT MANSION, NEAR KINGSBRIDGK. Gysbert, died young. 11. Elizabeth, died young. 12. Elizabeth, 2d, married Rev. William Skinner, of Perth Amboy. N. J. 13. Catharine, married Andrew Johnston, of New Jersey…

…Philip Van Cortlandt was elected supervisor; Joseph Travis, town clerk; Daniel Rirdsall, Nathaniel Brown and Pierre Vau Cortlandt, ] toor-m asters; David Ferris, constable; John Paulding, collector, and other officers were also chosen. The names of the supervisors and town…

…Spooner (1900)] At the expiration of that time, Stephanus Van Cortlandt, his heirs or assigns, had full authority to " return and send a dis-creet inhabitant in and of the said manor to be a representative of the said manor…

…Beekman. ' I am Pierre Van Cortlandt's daughter," answered she, "and it becomes not such as you to call my father a rebel." She bade them begone. The Honorable Pierre Van Cortlandt died in May, 1814, at the age of…

…Van Cortlandt, in her historical account of the Van Cortlandt family, tells how he nobly rebuked the royal Governor Tryon when approached by that personage with corrupt offers: In 1774 Governor Tryon came to Croton, ostensibly on a visit of…

…It was the first property purchased by Stephanus Van Cort-landt in his manor. By the will of Stephanus Van Cortlandt, made and J published in 1700, this land was bequeathed (after the decease of his wife,) to his eldest…

…About the year 17(i.) he married that remarkable woman, Miss Cornelia Van Cort-landt, second daughter of Pierre Van Cortlandt, pro-prietor of the Van Cortlandt manor and manor-house still standing and occupied by the Van Cortlandt family…

…Steph-anas Van Cortlandt — Lmiij Van Cortlandt as she was then styled.

…Van Cortlandt succeeded Verplanck as member from Cortlandt Manor. Morris was a delegate for only one year. The de Lanceys and Wil-kins were from Westchester Borough, Wilkins being assemblyman during the four closing years (1772-75*. James de Lancey.

…Pierre Van Cortlandt, and copied for Stone's " Life of Brant;" also for the Indian Gallery at Washington by permission of William Caldwell. '•Manuscript journal of Philip Van Cortlandt published in Am Mag. of History. 134 HISTORY OF WKSTCHKSTKK COINTY…

…Its first senators were Pierre Van Cortlandt and General Lewis Morris; and upon the organization of the senate (June 30, 1777) Van Cortlandt was elected its presiding officer and also lieuteant-governor of the State. As General Clinton, after his…

…Somen was carved out of the old Cortlandt Manor and was first called " Stephen Town." All of this territory was first represented in the Hoard of County.Supervisors by Pierre Van Cortlandt in 1700. He continued in that capacity until…

…The western portion, or west of the " twenty-mile line," to Croton River, belonged to ] Cortlandt Manor, for which a royal patent or • charter was issued to Stephanus Van Cortlandt, June 17, 1697. The commissioners who surveyed the "manor" in…

…Thomas Scharf (1886)] named royal councillors for New York, and as among the number were Philipse, Van Cortlandts and Bayard, it was manifest their course was approved. For a long time Van Cortlandt had been advancing moneys to the government…

…Thomas Scharf (1886)] The Kitchewonks had two important vil-lages,— one where Peekskill now stands, called Sack-hoes, and the other upon Van Cortlandt's Neck, con-necting Senasqua or Croton Point with the main land. Here they had a…

…More than a century ago Governor Pierre Van Cortlandt gave land for a meeting-house and ceme-tery. No deed was given, however, until 1831, when General Philip Van Cortlandt, his son and successor, |ave a written title for the…

…And (hen, attended by his staff and joined by Governor Clinton, Lieutenant-Governor Van Cortlandt, and other representatives of the State government, he followed. The following itinerary of the dis-tinguished party through Westchester County is from a memoran-dum…

…Van Cortlandt was chosen Schepen in lfi">4, with a -salary of two hun-dred and fifty guilders, and was sent to confer with the Indians at Esopus, who bad risen and slaughtered the settlers in that region, and a…

…Spooner (1900)] At the time of Bayard's arrest, fearing a like fate, he saved himself by hasty flight.' It is an interesting fact that Leisler was related by marriage to both Van Cortlandt and Bayard; and Philipse also became…

…the nior.v of 'Colonel Philip Van Cortlandt, n retired Royalist Officer of the American War, died at llailslmm May, 1st I. aged 71.' "— " Fields, Paths and ( liven Lanes," by Louis J. Jennings, p. 58. CORTLANDT. I I'll tion…

…Van Cortlandt survived her husband for some years, dying in 1723. In her position, as executrix, she had much to contend with. Bellomont, in the most offensive manner, contested the accounts of Van Cortlandt. He demanded a settlement immediately after…

…genitors of all the Van Cortlandts of subsequent generations; Steph-anus being the founder of the so-called elder Van Cortlandt branch, t-Stephanus, whose history is given in the text; Maria, married Jeremias Van Rensselaer; Johannes, died a bachelor…

…land for the pur-pose of a reservoir on Great George Street, owned by Augustus Van Cortlandt and Erederick Van Cortlandt, of the Van Cortlandt fam-ily of our county, was purchased and works were built and put in operation…