" Conditions of sale of the South lot No. 1, 978 acres of land situated in the south-west corner of Cortlandt Manor, and corner of north lot No. 6, belonging to the estate of Philip Van Cortlandt, Esq., deceased, above mentioned, sometime posted in the New York Gazette, and now to be sold at public vendue, pursuant to an act of General Assembly, passed for the purpose and agreeable to, to a map hereunto annexed, Pierre Van Cortlandt, surviving executor of Philip, deceased, will give a title agreeable to the act of the Assembly, &c. The lands are to be sold to the highest bidder, and the purchase money to be immediately paid as soon as the deeds are given. Date'd, Manor of Cortlandt, at the ferry-house near the mouth of Croton River.6

The will of Stephen Van Cortlandt, son of Philip, and grandson of Stephanus, bears date 7th of June, 1754. His wife was Mary Walton, daughter of William Ricketts of Westmoreland* Island of Jamaica, and Mary Walton of New York. His sons were Philip and William Ricketts, and a daughter, Catharine, who died young.

Item. -- I do hereby give, devise and bequeath unto my said son Philip Van Cortlandt, all that my farm and plantation lying and being in the Manor of Cortlandt, now in the tenure and occupancy of Jacob Cornwall, to have and to hold the same farm and plantation to him, the said Philip, and to his heirs and assigns forever. Item. -- I do hereby give and bequeath unto my said sou Philip, my large silver tankard marked with the family coat of arms, to him, the said Philip; and to his heirs and assigns forever, &c, &c.