…the record of a deed conveying land at "Old Yonkers," adjoining "George's Point," from John Tarry to Jacobus Van Cortlandt in 1693. It is stated in the deed that John Tarry came from Long Island, and the records of…

…Then, again, he gives us an Indian deed for the same fifty acres to Jacobus Van Cortlandt and others, bearing date August, 1701, although the property had then already been owned by the parties named for years. The explanation of…

…A large hotel had been built there about the same time by Pierre Van Cortlandt, known as the Fort Independence Hotel, and access to the village was furnished by a wooden bridge across the mouth of the creek, fourteen hundred…

…It is bounded on the north by Putnam County, on the east by Somen and New-Castle, on the south by New Castle and on the west by Cortlandt. The distance from White Plains to the centre of the town…

…Fowler, a great-grandson, on what was called the "tenement-farm, {probably at first a leasehold from the heirs of Van Cortlandt). Among the children of Joseph were Joseph and Jesse. All of the Fowlers of this section are descended…

…Van Cortlandt's. They appear to have taken the route of Tippett's valley, as the party stopped at Mr. Frederick Post's lo obtain a drink of water. In the mean lime an express had been forwarded to Miss…

…In 1699, perhaps at the prompting of his wife, Catharina Van Cortlandt, he built the He-MAXOR HOl-SE AND SURROUNDINGS IX 1842 formed Church of Sleepy Hollow, which still^stands. In the communion of that church he died. The…

…It may be added that the one beaker bearing the name of Catherine Van Cortlandt, the baptismal bowl, the communion table and a damask doth of specified dimensions were given by will of Mrs. I'hilipse, in 17:10, to…

…J., son-in-law of Stephanus Van Cortlandt, for the sum of five pounds, conveyed to Caleb Hall, Joseph Travis and Pelatiah Hawes six acres of land ly-ing at a place called Peekskill, on the north side of the…

…Thomas Scharf (1886)] Louis; Frederick, now living with his par-ents on the Van Cortlandt homestead; Augusta, wife of Arthur Morse, deceased; Albert, who died in New Orleans in 1868; and George W., who mar-ried Ella, daughter of Marine…

…This gentleman also has the charge of and cultivates the two remaining farms of the Van Cortlandt prop-erty, which adjoins his own estate. He married Rosalie Hanks, of Lewisboro', and has two children — Isaiah and Mary. In the northeastern…

…Pierre van Cortlandt died on the morning of the first day of ]\Iay instant, at his seat at Croton Kiver in this town, in the 94th year of his age, leaving issue by his wife Joanna Liv-ingston, Philip, Gilbert…

…Philipse, was that of fifty acres, known as George's Point, to his son-in-law, Ja-cobus Van Cortlandt, October 16, K399.1 Meanwhile, November 1, 1683, the county of West-chester, one of New York's ten original…

…It comprises the tract included between Bedford on the east and Yorktown on the west, the Croton on the north and the old Van Cortlandt Manor line, the present southern boundary of Yorktown and Somers, on the south. It is…

…Thomas Scharf (1886)] he Jfnr Stephanas Van Cortlandt (for by this title he is named in all the old papers) now took formal possession of his manor. It is more than probable that as soon as he had purchased of…

…6, which was allotted to Stephen Van Cortlandt, was surveyed by Philip Verplanck, and divided into twenty-two lots. A map of this tract made at the time shows that on lots 11, 12 and 22 there were houses. Lot…

…3J2 HISTORY OF THE In 1724, the inhabitants of East Chester appear to have held a quit-rent on the patent of Jacobus van Cortlandt, and others, The following items relate to the election of town officers from 1672 to…

…henceforth, stand and be seized of, and in all that tract or parcel of land in the manor of Cortlandt, in the county of Westchester, distinguished and known by the name of nortii lot number nine, and north lot number…

…From Pierre Van Cortlandt. Peekskill, October 8th, 1842. To C. CROLIUS, JR., E. D. WEST, WM. DODGE, Esq'rs. GENTLEMEN : — I have this day received your polite invitation from the Common Council of the city of New York, to join…

…North of his extensive territory, more particularly defined in another chapter, lay the manor of Cortlandt, reaching as far as Anthony's Nose. On the north of Van Cortlandt Philipse again appears ; the Highland Patent, as it was called, taking…

…Company officials selected the local Indian place name Meahagh as it was spelled in Robert Bolton’s (1881 1:86-87) published transcript of Stephanus van Cortlandt’s August 24, 1683, deed for their new lake. Examination of a manuscript…

…river commonly called by the Indians Kightowank and by the English Kno-trus river, and now belonging to Stevanus van Cortlandt, Esq., and so east-ward into the woods along the said creek or river two English miles, and from…

…Livingston, Pierre Van Cortlandt, Gou- verneur Morris, Colonel De Witt, Gansevoort, Scott, Ten Broeck, and others met to deliberate about the form of government to be adopted by New York State. There John Jay presented the draft of the constitution…

…It remained a school (for grades one through twelve) until 1939 when the Pierre Van Cortlandt school was built. The entrance on Van Wyck Street we use today is actually the back side of the building. This view shows the…

…2018. “Van Cortlandt Park.” NYC Parks, New York City Department of Parks & Recreation, www.nycgovparks.org/parks/VanCortlandtPark/highlights/11610. Accessed 2 Jun. 2018. “Van Schaick Mansion.” Cohoes Proud, City of Cohoes, 2009, www.cohoes.com/cit-eaccess/webpage.cfm…

…Van Cortlandt Park was the site of the Battle of Kingsbridge on August 31, 1778. Indian Field honors the Native Americans who died fighting the British in this battle, including Chief Daniel Ninham, his son Abraham, fifteen other Stockbridge Munsee…

…When his first wife died, in 1690 or '91, he married the daughter of Oloff Van Cortlandt and widow of John "Dervall, who brought him a fortune of considerable extent to add to the eighty thousand guilders which made him…

…Indian Field, part of Van Cortlandt Park in the Bronx, honors Ninham, his son Abraham, and the fifteen other Stockbridge Munsee Mohican warriors who died fighting the Queen’s Rangers on this site in the Battle of Kingsbridge in 1778…

…In 1677, Stephanus Van Cortlandt, who later became the first native-born mayor of New York City, began acquiring land to create a manor and in 1697, a Royal Patent was issued designating the estate

…A March 4, 1837, meeting of Westchester citizens, under the guidance of Van Wyck, prepared a memorial to the legislature condemning the Water Commissioners for extending the boundaries of New York City and "invading the historic manor of Cortlandt and…