Jan Cornelius Van Tassel was the first of that name, known to have come to New Netherland. Among the first settlers to locate upon Philipse Manor, were John, Jacob and Cornelius Van Tassel, sons ol the first mentioned. They were the 38th, 53d and 73d persons whose names appear upon the roll of members of the old Dutch Church of Sleepy Hollow. Dirck, the son of Cornelius, was the 25th person baptised previous to 1699. In 1723 lie married at the church in Hackensack, N. J., Chrestina Buise, daughter of Aaron Buise, who was an officer ol the old Dutch Church, from 1743 to 1767. His five daughters, and Cornelius, the subject of this sketch, were all baptised at that church, the latter in 1734. A receipt given by Dirck Van Tassel to Frederick Philipse dated Dec. 22, 1767, for 6 pounds, 2s. 6d, for rent ot the farm, is still preserved. Lieut. Cornelius married Elizabeth Storms, daughter of Nicholas, and sister of Capt. Abraham Storms, the first

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Captain elected for the company that was known as the Tarrytown Company, this Sept. 2, 1775, being the first and earliest mention of the name Tarrytown yet discovered.

Lieut. Cornelius Van Tassel, was elected an officer of one of the four companies organized in the upper Manor ot Philipsburg. The Provincial Congress in session in New York city, gave them their commissions during the month of Sept. , 1775. His farm of two hundred and odd acres, was the same formerly occupied by his father and grand-