…Caleb Heathcote bought of Wampus and his associates the tract lying west of the By ram River and Bedford, and within the angle formed by the boundaries of the Van Cortlandt and Philipse Manors, in 1(59(5. It is…

…The name of the town is derived from Van Cortlandt, of whose manor it once formed a part. The Indians along the east bank of the Hudson were sub-divisions of the great Mohegan tribe. Those north of the Kitchewan…

…ern boundary starting just below Kingsbridge and above Archers lands and its northern passing through Van Cortlandt Lake along the north side of -Van der Donck's planting field." About the same time (June 7, 1668), for the value of…

…In a deed -bearing date of March 20, 1)686, conveying a tract id' land called " Kechtawong,'' extending from the mouth of the CrotOU River, north along the Hudson River to the land already owned by Van Cortlandt, thence eastward…

…Timothy Oakley, John Oakley, Solomon Fowler, Joseph Hadden, Thomas Kirkham and Jacob Badeau as trustees." April 13, 1796, Pierre Van Cortlandt, for the sum of five shillings, deeded one and a quarter acres, upon HISTORY OF WESTCHESTER COUNTY. which the…

…the family of his daughter Anna, who married Henry White, the White heirs of Augustus assuming the name of Van Cortlandt agreeably to a requirement of his will. The Manor of Pelham, having been reduced to one-third its original…

…Patthunck. — A personal name; "pounding-mortar." Pachamitt.— (Van der Donck's map. ) Name of a tribe taken from the place where they lived, "at the turning-aside place." De Laet says : " Visher's Rack, that is the fisherman's bend…

…The news GENERAL COUNTY HISTORY TO 1342 543 of his arrival had been brought by express to General Philip Van Cortlandt, then living at the Manor House on the Croton, who at once set off for the city, "'where he…

…of lands in the Lower Yonkers by Jacobus Van Cortlandt 171; of lands in Bedford by the same. 171: of New Rochelle lands by Leisler, 174; of the Richbell lands by Caleb Heathcote. 178; of the Fox Meadows by the…

…Robert P. (Jetty, Ethan Flagg, Augustus Van Cortlandt, George W. Cobb and Wil-liam W. Woodworth, who held those offices respec-tively in the order named. As their successors, Mes-srs. James C. Courter, Thomas Smith, Lyman Cobb, Jr., and…

…A party of them, about two hundred strong, took possession of a height south of Van Cortlandt's. In the mean time Lieutenant-Colonel Willett, having reinforced Mc-Dougall with about eighty men, obtained permission to attack the enemy on…

…Lieutenant-Governor Nicholson's councilors were Anthony Brockholst, Frederick Philipse, Stephanus Van Cortlandt, and Nicho-las Bayard. Dongan, before being superseded, granted to the City of New York, in 1GSG, its first charter as a corporation, under the style of…

…Scrugham; 1858-59, Augustus Van Cortlandt; l.Siio, Ktlian Flagg; 1861-62, James L. Valentine; 1868, Ethan Flagg; 1864-66, Isaac H. Knox; 1867-68, Ethan Flagg; 1869, Edward De Witt; 1870-71, Ethan Flagg. The city, coining in at…

…Van Cortlandt, that the afore-mentioned Church shall be bound, without moving any exception against it, to pay ami deliver over a just fourth part yearly for the religious service in the Church at Philipsburgh, in order that the Jlev…

…Jacobus Van Cortlandt, of y* city and province of New York, and Zachariah Roberts, sen'r, of Bedford, a sertain track of upland medow land and swamps... to begin where Bever dam river and y* Cross River meets and so…

…167; to Stephanus Van Cortlandt. 168; to John Pell. 173; to Caleb Heathcote, ISO, 183; to John Harrison and others. 215; to Joseph Budd and others (White Plains), 219: to the people of Bedford, 222: to Roger Mompesson and others…

…Other purchasers were John Hadden, who bought some three hundred and twenty acres on both sides of Tippett's Brook just north of the present Van Cortlandt Lake, and Francis French and associates, who wore the original owners of the…

…In 1700 he married Ann, second daughter of Stephanus Van Cortlandt. James de Lancey, the future chief justice and governor, was their eldest son, born in New York City, November 27, 1703. James was educated at the University of Cambridge…

…Spooner (1900)] Moreover, the THE ARISTOCRATIC FAMILIES 275 successors of John Pell in its kk lordship " did not compare in influ-ence or public activity with the descendants of the founders of Mor-risania, Philipseburgh, Van Cortlandt, and Scarsdale Manors…

…His sec-ond wife, Catherina, a sister of Stephanas Van Cortlandt and widow of John Der-vall, survived him many years, dying in V 1730. She lived witli her stepson, Adolph, \a at Castle Phiiipse, and was universally beloved for…

…Had this been done by a Van Cortlandt, a Philipse, a Van Rensselaer, or any three of the " Lords of the Manor," on the Hudson River, the act would have been engraven on the rocks with the point of a…

…During most of this time the family of l'ierre Van Cortlandt were absent from their home. They rented a farm from their kins-folk, the Livingstons, at Rhinebeck, removing there in 1777.

…The present Lord Elphinstone, one At the termination of the war, he went to of the Queen's lords in waiting, is a great-England to reside, and died at Hailsham, in grandson of Colonel Van Cortlandt. Of the 1S14.

…Tradition says it was built by order of Stephanus Van Cortlandt soon after the Van Cort-landt Manor was granted. It can scarcely be said that he " builded better than he knew;" for he built it as the boundary line…

…10, still farther east, to Stephen De Lancey, who married Anne Yan Cortlandt, a daughter of Stephanus Van Cortlaudt. By will Ste-phen De Lancey devised all his estate in the town (now North Salem) to his eldest son, James…

…of Morgan Lewis, the Governor of I New York in 1804, and is related to the Ludlow, Livingston and Van Cortlandt families of this State. The children of this marriage have been six in ii.— 17. I number, of whom…

…Thomas Scharf (1886)] tenant Jesse Truesdale, Second Lieutenant John Van Wart and Capts. Solomon Close, Titus Reynolds and Kbenezer Slawson. In 177* Jonathan Horton was major commanding the North Battalion of West-chester County. Two ( panics having been con-solidated…

…The records are extremely meagre." But he gives the sujier-vi-.r-of 111.' precinct before 1772, viz.:.lames Van Cortlandt, 1750-5J; J M entry, 1788-61; James Van Cortland, 1702-72. himself finally passed away February 11, 1842…

…Augustus Van Cortlandt. THE MAVOIt"S ADDRESS. "Ladies and Gentlemen : — As president of this mats-mooting, it is solely my duty to maintain order and have the arranged programme carried out. It is a pleasure to mo that what is…

…Had this been done by a Van Cortlandt, a Philips, a Van liens-BeUer, or any three of the 'Lords of the Manor,' on the Hudson river, the act would have been engraven on the rocks with the point of…