…It estate of the Lower Yonki Van Cortlandt Lake. 11, 144, 273. Van Cortlandl Manor House. 167. Van Cortlandt Mansion. Lower Yonkers. 107, 171. 274. 384. 619. Van Cortlandt Mansion near Peekskill, 427. Van Cortlandt Park. 160, 171. 619. Van…

…5 Husband of Gertrude Van Cortlandt. 2 Margaret Van Cortlandt, wife of Colonel " Husband of Elizabeth Van Cortlandt. Samuel Bayard. 7 Husband of Catherine Van Cortlandt. 3 Husband of Ann Van Cortlandt. 8 Husband of Cornelia Van Cortlandt. 4 Second…

…1, to Philip Van Cortlandt. Lot No. 2, to Philip Verplanck, who married the only child of John Van Cortlandt. Lot No. 3, to William Skinner, who married Eliza-beth Van Cortlandt.3 Lot No. 4, to Stephen Van Cortlandt…

…Thomas Scharf (1886)] Van Cortlandt was energetic and vivacious and the old house was gay and cheerful. In 1811 she died, alter a short illness. Van Cortlandt was sent by his district to Congress in 1811-12. During his time…

…Howe 10 (the present incumbent.) Pierre Van Cortlandt, Jr... 64 Ezekiel Robins 55 John It. Coles 41) Pierre Van Cortlandt 5 Richard Hatfield 1 Nathan Rockwel 1 Charles Teed 1 Abel Smith 1 Abijah Gilbert 1 The vote in subsequent…

…two good men (Van Cortlandt and Bayard] may be spared many years, " for the greater propagation of truth and the increase of Christ's kingdom." 4 Like all his family, Van 1 Governor Fletcher ordered Van Cortlandt to hold a…

…Jaco-bus Van Cortlandt bought fifty acres from his father-in-law in the Lower Yonkers tract, which formed the nucleus of the his One Van Cortlandt estate in the present Borough of the Bronx (whence tin names of Van…

…It was taken there from one of the Van Cortlandt residences in New York, and has always been supposed to be the portrait ol Cath aline Van Cortlandt. 8 "The order of Sword Bearers, in 1186, united with the Teutonic…

…Pierre Van Cortlandt, mistress of the Van Cortlandt Manor-House at Croton Land-ing, which is of peculiar interest in connection with this inquiry. Referring to a statement made by •See accountuf Wolfert'e BWJt umlvr Greenburgh. General Van Cortlandt…

…No use to go farther; so he ran his line around the north side of Bedford, leaving her out of the Van Cort-landt Manor." 1 Indeed, Van Cortlandt or his heirs, fully accepting the claims of the Bedford people…

…The treaty of Westminster placed New York once more in English hands; Sir Edmund Andros was made governor, and he selected Van Cortlandt as one of his council. In the tax list of this year (H574) Van Cortlandt's property…

…About 1700 he dammed Tippet's Brook, thus creating the present Van Cortlandt Lake; and probably not long afterward he erected below the dam the Van Cortlandt mill, which until as recent a date as 1889 (when it came into…

…In consequence of the ter of that old rebel Pierre Van Cortlandt?' firm adhesion of Pierre Van Cortlandt. the She replied: ' I am the daughter of Pierre Van head of the family, to the patriot cause, the Cortlandt. but it…

…Thomas Scharf (1886)] Van Cortlandt's regiment was engaged first against the Hessians and next against a troop of light infantry. " This was one of the longest, warmest and most obdurate battles fought in America.'' 1 " The theatre of action…

…THE VAN CORTLANDT FAMILY. BY MRS. PIERRE E. VAN CORTLANDT.5 Of the Manor House, Croton. This family lias been for over two centuries identified with the history of Westchester County. The great manor of Cortlandt comprehended within its bounda…

…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…

…Van Cortlandt always retained a most devoted attach-ment to Washington, and was constantly a guest at the dinners given by his Excellency, when the latter was in New York. At the close of the war, Van Cortlandt returned to…

…Thomas Scharf (1886)] Van Wyck, was at the Manor House with her brother, General Van Cortlandt, and the old gentle-man, loyal to the wish of his kinswoman, had them hung where the giver desired they should he, a desire…

…Van Cortlandt Park was constructed mainly out of the ancient Van Cort-landt estate of the Lower Yonkers. The city's purchase included the historic mansion (erected by Frederick Van Cortlandt in 1748), which was placed in the custody of…

…In the historic assembly of 1775, when the issues for and against aggressive re-sistance to England were sharply drawn, Westchester County's rep-resentatives were Van Cortlandt, Thomas, Philipse, and Wilkins. It is thus seen that, as concerns representation…

…Thomas Scharf (1886)] Olaf Stevense Van Cortlandt, the first of the name who came here from Holland, was from Wvk bij Durnstede,6 a village in the Netherlands thirteen miles southeast of Utrecht, and was the son of Stevan and…

…Thomas Scharf (1886)] One son of Colonel Van Cortlandt was killed in Spain in 1811, one died in Madras and one in Afghanistan. Their graves "Were severed far and wide, liy mount, stream and sea.1 " William llieketts, the second…

…Spooner (1900)] This was the same Jacobus Van Cortlandt who married Eva, adopted daughter of the first Frederick Philipse, and founded the Van Cortlandt estate of the Little or Lower Vonkers, above Kingsbridge. He purchased lands of the Indians and…

…Spooner (1900)] This embraces all the exterior portions of the county except the section from Croton Bay to the Highlands — that is, the present Town of Cortlandt, — which, as we have indicated, was bought by Stephanus Van Cortlandt in a…

…Thomas Scharf (1886)] "No one shewed more zeal at this time of alarm than Colonel Van Cortlandt, of an old colonial family, which held its manorial resi-dence at the mouth of the Croton. With his regi-ment he kept…

…Spooner (1900)] Robert Graham, Colonel Lewis Graham, and Colonel James Van Cortlandt, all of the Town of Westchester; Stephen Ward and Joseph Drake, of East-chester; Major Philip Van Cortlandt, of Cortlandt Manor; Colonel James Holmes, of Bedford; John Thomas…

…Thomas Scharf (1886)] There was never an hour's cessation of the labors of Van Cortlandt, and his services were not to end until peace should come. Most of bis journeys were made on horseback. "The Provincial Congress met at…

…Van Cortlandt, whom Asbury calls " a Shunamite, indeed," hail always a prophet's chamber in readiness for the welcome 4 Mr. Stuyvesant married the sister of Mr. Van Cortlandt. &See Original Documents, Sir Henry Clinton's Secret Record, from Captain…

…This tract formed the nucleus of the large Van Cortlandt estate in Lower Yonkers, now within {he city of New York. Jacobus and Eva Van Cortlandt were the an-cestors of the Yonkers (youngest) branch of the Van Cortlandt family…

…Surrounding the church was a farm of one hundred and seventy-two acres, which was held by the consistory of the church simply by permission or lease from James Van Cortlandt, great-grandson of De Herr Stephanus Van Cortlandt. but…