…Whereas, our loving subject, Colonel Stephanus Van Cortlandt, one of the members of our Council of our Province of New York, &c., hath by his petition present-ed unto our trusty and well beloved Colonel Benjamin Fletcher, Captain Gen-eral…

…Washington assembled his troops from their different encampments on the west side of the Hudson, brought them across King's Ferry, and ou the 2(>th established his headquarters at the Van Cortlandt house north of Peekskill. lie at once…

…Two miles east of Katonah is the Jay estate, owned by that family since 1743, when Mary, wife of Peter Jay and mother of Chief Justice Jay, inherited it from her father, Colonel Jacobus Van Cortlandt.1 It then consisted…

…Catharine Depeyster, and has one son, Cortlandt. The four da. of Haz-ard are Phcebe, Hannah, Jerusha, and Abigail. 2. John mar. Frances Perry, 3. Daniel mar. Elizabeth Field, and left one son James, and two da. James had Edward…

…Thereupon it was resolved, that Colonel Van Cortlandt and Mr. Z. Piatt^ be directed to re-pair immediately to the Highlands. '^ » Jour. N. Y. Pro. Cou Book I. 523. t-A distinguished ofEcer of the American service, grandfather of Lewis…

…In 1002, Mar garet having died, li<-married for his second wife Catherina, daughter of Oloff Stevense Van Cortlandt and widow of John Dervall — an-other fine alliance from the substantial point of view. His commer-cial and financial operations…

…manors, was just beginning to be divided and valued — but was, as yet, hard- Odell, Hyatt, Wildey, Acker, Beekman, Van Cortlandt — the names of ly "developed." The new public work would bring pure and abundant these Westchester landholders of the…

…Catherine Van Cortlandt in 1(592. The first wife, Margaretta, must have died therefore, be-tween these two dates, probably not later than 1690. As the service for which the congregation expressed its gratitude must have been rendered by her…

…A few rods above the Van Cortlandt mansion the road splits into two branches, that to the left going over Gallows Hill and the one to the right passing tlie old church. At the junction of these roads stands the…

…Its precise location was at the entrance or neck of Teller's Point (called Senasqua), and west of the cemetery of the Van Cortlandt family. The traditional sachem was Croton.

…Lord" Philipse, in connection with his first wife, Margaretta, who must have died before 1692 (when he married for his second wife Catharine Van Cortlandt), for the many blessings enjoyed by the church through their instru-mentality. < )n several occasions…

…old manor-house, still standing, but after the Revolution conveyed by the Commissioners of Forfeitures, Isaac Stoutenburgh and Philip Van Cortlandt, to Gerard G. Beekman "for and in consideration of the sum of Nine thousand and forty pounds lawful money…

…Kobert Graham, of Westchester; Stephen Ward, of Eastchester; Colonel James Holmes and Jonathan Piatt, of Bedford; John Thomas, Jr., of Bye; and Samuel Drake and Philip Van Cort-landt of the Manor of Cortlandt.

…Indian Field in the Bronx is located in Van Cortlandt Park in the Katonah section (see below) of the borough on East 233rd Street between Van Cortlandt Park East and Jerome Avenue. The name marks the site of the Revolutionary…

…Pierre Van Cortlandt, by liis wife Joanna Livingston, whose birth took place in the old manor house, by the banks of the Croton, on the 2d of August, 1753. Here her infancy and youth glided av/ay, and but a…

…The general introduced himself, and, After the retreat of the Indian force Colonel Van Cortlandt joined Sullivan, who ordered him to con-struct a road to Wilkesbarre, a duty for which his early training as a surveyor fitted hint. Here…

…province, and the citizens were called upon to come together and choose by popular election a successor to Stephanus Van Cortlandt in the mayoralty of the city, which they did accordingly. Finally, in December, by vir-tue of a letter…

…00 from its proprietor, Philip Verplanck, to whom it had descended from the original Philip Verplanck, grandson of Stophanus Van Cortlandt. These £>entlemen laid oil the Point into streets and COKXEI.irS YAXm.RKILT. GENERAL COUNTY HISTORY TO 1842 563…

…important body whose sessions began within its walls on the 9tli of July were Colonel Lewis Graham, Colonel Pierre Van Cortlandt, Major Ebenezer Lock-irt house was erected. His ef-ly seconded by John Thomas,.if the credit of having…

…The trail passed to the south of this village-site along the low ridge, on which the Van Cortlandt mansion was later placed, crossed Broadway at 244th street, and turned north and extended parallel with Broadway. This old highroad, now…

…General Van Cortlandt, the present proprietor of the Nose, gives the following origin of that name : — " Before the Revolution a vessel was passing up the river un-der the command of a Capt. Hogans. When immediately oppo-site this mountain…

…The successive presidents have been General Pierre Van Cortlandt (elected 1833), Isaac Seymour (elected June 26, 1848), Charles A. G. Depew (elected April 7, 1851) and D. F. Clapp (elected January 8, 1878). The cashiers have been Isaac Seymour (elected…

…riding up from the city of New Yorlv on horseback, mounted on a pillion behind her favorite brother, Jacobus van Cortlandt, for the purpose of superintending the erection of this church; her husband was at this time a merchant in…

…VAN CORTLANDT TO SR ED. ANDROSS. [ Lond. Doc. VII. ] 19 May, 1690. May it please your Excellency, * * * The French and Indians have againe, since your Excellcy's departure, de-stroyed some people to the Eastward of Boston, have also burned…

…This Point was originally granted by the Van Cortlandts to the Dutch Reformed Church of Cortlandt manor. Some time subsequent to the revo-a Monlton & Yates Hist. N. Y., page 271. b The Wickapy Indians, whose principal settlements were in…

…The second is also richly engraved whh an-tique figures, representing angels, birds, fruits and flowers, be-side, three ovals containing emblematic figures of Faith, Hope and Charity, near the top is engraved the name of Catharina van Cortlandt, this…

…Its precise location was at the entrance or neck of Teller's point (called Senasqua), and west of the cemetery of the Van Cortlandt family. Their burial ground was a short distance east of the castle; a roman tic and…

…The first was built in 1809, to carry Albany Post Road traffic across the river, avoiding the cost of the ferry at Van Cortlandt Manor. That bridge was rebuilt in 1830 by local Quaker preacher, William Purdy, hence the name…

…By his wife, Anne van Cortlandt, Stephen de Lancey left issue James, Oliver, Peter, Susan and Anne. The eldest son, James de Lancey, was a man of great talents. This individual received his education at the University of Cambridge, and…

…Tompkins, Pierre Van Cortlandt, Jr., and Ebenezer White, and to that of 1821 Peter A. Jay, Jonathan Ward, and Peter J. Munro. Both conventions made revisions in the constitution de-signed to render it more acceptable to the democratic masses…