…van Cortlandt was a member of the court that tried Gen. B. Arnold for improper conduct. His own views of the matter are thus recorded in his diary : '• Gen. Arnold being under arrest for improper conduct in Philadelphia, while he…

…Quartermaster The Regiment consists of six hundred & one men, Of the Regiment of Militia in filing's County on ye said Island, Stephen Cortlandt.. Colonel Gerrardus Beekman.. Leiu1 Col. ^ Feild Officers Corn: Van Brunt.. Maj*-Of the Foot Compa in…

…These persons were doubtless lessees under Van Cortlandt, and later, perhaps, became pur-chasers. On March 20, 1762, Andrew Johnson leased to John Hempstead a certain lot of land, lying and being at Plum Brook, in the Manor of Cortlandt…

…Thomas Scharf (1886)] The earliest grant bears the date of August 24, 1683, covering certain districts in the town of Cortlandt. June 17, 1697, William III. of England, conferred on Stephanus Van Cortlandt what are really feudal rights and made…

…Thus Stephanus Van Cortlandt became the proprietor of nearly the whole of Westchester County along the Hudson from Croton Bay to the Highlands. In the interior his bounds, both at the north and the south, ran due east twenty miles…

…MANOR OF CORTLANDT. The District late commanded by Francis Lent. James Kronkhyte, Captain. Staats Degrete, 2d Lieutenant. Abraham Lamb, 1st Lieutenant, David Penore, Ensign. The District late commanded by Bartow Underbill. Gilbert van Cortlandt, Captain. Daniel Haines, Ist Lieutenant; signed…

…Kewighecack, the name of a boundmark of Van Cortlandt's Manor, is written on the map of the Manor _Keweghteuack_ as the name of a bend in the Croton west of Pine Bridge. It is from _Koua, Kowa, Cuwé,_ "Pine…

…and divers other goods, paid by Cornelius Van Bur-gum.^ It is certain that some time prior to 1748, Sarah Teller held the neck as tenant at sufferance nnder the Van Cortlandt fami-ly. A branch of the Teller family…

…Philip Hughes, Chaplain of a Regiment of foot, and Mary his wife; Philip Van Cortlandt, of Jamaica in Queens County, Gentleman, and William Ricketts Van Cortlandt, of the City of New York," for the sum of two hundred and five…

…anus Van Cortlandt. ter, Margaret Van THE ELECTION OF 1733 241 for the same period. Cosby scornfully refused to listen to so impu-dent a proposal, and Van Dam stubbornly declined to accept any less equitable terms. This unseemly dispute…

…Henry 1 Philip Van Cortlandt was the eldest son of diet Arm. Id for improper conduct in 1779-SO. Lieutenant-Governor Pierre Van Cortlandt. Alluding to this trial he wrote: " Had all the He was born in the City of…

…Thomas Scharf (1886)] In 1753 Cadwallader Colden writes to his wife in Orange County : " I have had a very pleasant ride from Fishkill to Van Cortlandt's, where I lodged, passing easily through the mountains. I baited my horse at…

…Underhill, one of three brothers who established a flour mill on the Croton River in 1792 under a Van Cortlandt family lease. The bible contained handwritten documentation of Abraham Underhill's marriage "in a publick Meeting of the people called…

…Ann Van Cortlandt (afterwards Mrs. Van Rensse-laer,) accompanied her brother Pierre on a visit to Andre. In 1788, on the occasion of " the Doctor's Mob," in New York, being mistaken for a medical student, he was in serious…

…The lady in this case was Catharina Van Cortlandt, daughter of Oloff Stephanus Van Cortlandt and widow of John Derval. She brought him a double fortune, first from her father and then from her late husband, who had left her…

…Van Cortlandt, who was not only one of Nicholson's councilors, but mayor of New York, at first remained at his post, and after the choice of his successor by the elective process declined to recognize the act as legal…

…Richard Morris (estimated) 117 Henry Brown 113 Parsonage Lot 107 Elnatban Taylor 99 Frederick Van Cortlandt (about) 98 Margery Rich 92 John Gnerino 89 William Hyatt 89 Mary Valentine 76 Abijah Hammond 69 Jacobus Dyckman 45

…Van Cortlandt Manor This postcard of Van Cortlandt Manor, circa 1907-1914, shows the building when it was still a private residence, owned by descendants of Pierre Van Cortlant. The once grand manor had been reduced to just a few…

…Valentine, Van Cortlandt, Vermilyea, Warner and Williams.

…One of them insultingly said to her: ' Ale you not the daughter of that old rebel, Pierre Van Cortlandt V ' She replied with dignity : ' I am the daughter of Pierre Van Cortlandt — hut it be-comes not such as you…

…General Philip Van Cortlandt, son of Lieutenant-Governor Pierre Van Cortlandt, was one of the commissioners for the Southern district, which comprehended our county. Most of the resulting sales oc-curred in 1785, although a few were made in 1786…

…Cortlandt, on the first Tuesday, in April, in the year of our Lord, 1760, to choose town officers for ye said manor for the ensuing year, and the re-spective names and offices of ihose chosen." Pierre van Cortlandt, Supervisor…

…TEARING DOWN THE KING S STATUE NEW YORK CITY Colonel Pierre Van Cortlandt, and Colonel Gilbert Drake, any three of whom were authorized to cast the vote of the county. The new body experienced considerable difficulty in procuring a quorum…

…Thomas Scharf (1886)] Soon after the army was disbanded, and the musical instruments of the band of the Second New York and the colors of the two regiments were presented by Colonel Van Cortlandt to (Jeorge Clin-ton at Poughkeepsie…

…The disaster destroyed valuable mill infrastructure owned by General Philip Van Cortlandt. The Damage "The rapid thaw on Saturday...attended with heavy rain, occasioned the Croton river to rise to a considerable height, and floated down ponderous shoals of ice…

…said Tndians do for themselves their heirs and every of them consent, promise, and engage, that the said Stephanus Van Cortlandt his heirs and assignees shall and may from henceforth and forever lawfully peaceably and quietly have, hold, pos-sess…

…Philip Van Cortlandt, son of Pierre Van Cortlandt and a leading member of the provincial congress, was made lieuten-ant-colonel of the Dutchess County regiment. Three of its ten com panics were largely from Westchester County.

…Jacobus Yan Cortlandt, the ancestor of the Yonkers Van Cort-landts, also owned a large estate in the Town of Bedford, part of which descended to Chief Justice John Jay and is still in the pos-session of the Jay…

…By reference to a map of the manors of Westchester County it will be observed that the northern section of Bedford Patent overlaps Cortlandt Manor, taking a quite considerable area from that manor. On the other hand, Stephanas Van Cortlandt…

…Van Cortlandt avenue, once the Indian Shore path 116 INDIAN NOTES ILLUSTRATIONS 7 XIII. Acqueanounck, the Hutchinson river, where the Shore path