By this partition of the Manor, the following lots were laid out to the devisees in Cortlandt town, viz. :

River lot No. 1, to Philip Van Cortlandt ; No. 2. Philip Verplanck, who married Gertrude, only daughter and sole heiress of Johannes Van Cortlandt, one of the original devisees.

<t The father and mother of Gen. Philip Schuyler.

b Copied from original document in the possession of Pierre Van Wyck. M. D., of Sing Sin<r, another Partition Deed for the Manor or Cortlandt dated Dec. 14th,"lI53, occurs among the Van Wyck JISS.

THE TOWN OF CORTLANDT.

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No. 3, William Skinner, who married Elizabeth Van Cortlandt. This individual " was the first rector of St. Peter's church, Perth Amboy ; his real name was MacGregor, and he was among those of that clan, proscribed after the rebellion of 1 7 1 5 ; he had received a superior education, and was endued with a strong mind ; having received holy orders, he was appointed missionary to Amboy, in New Jersey, 1721, and died rector, A. D , 1757."0

No. 4, Stephen Van Cortlandt ; No. 5, Mr. Melin ; No. 6, Stephen de Lancey; No. 7, Margaret Bayard, widow of Samuel Bayard; No. 8, Mr. John Schuyler ; this lot had been sold prior to partition. North lot No. 1, Andrew Johnson. We have previously shown that Verplanck's Point, (by the will of Stephanus Van Cortlandt) passed to his son Johannes or John, whose daughter Gertrude married Philip Verplanck.