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.

This will was proved and administered 24th of May, 1757, Surrogate's Office, N. Y., Lib. xx, 1273.

Upon the 30th of March, 1762, John de Milt and Susannah his wife, conveyed to Pierre Van Cortlandt two tracts of land, the first being a part of lot No. 6, and the second, lot No. 1, south of the Croton. The

a Surrogate's Office. N. Y., Lib. xlii. : 410.

b Copied from original document iu possession of tne late Pnilip G. Vau Wyck, Esq.

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heirs of the above grantee still hold lot No. i. Lot No. 2 belonged to Oliver de Lancy, and lot No. 3 to John Watts.

Philip Van Cortlandt the eldest surviving son of Stephanus was born on the 9th of August, 1683. He married Catharine de Peyster, and on the failure of heirs, male, to his elder brother John, continued the line of the family. Upon the death of Philip,0 (which took place 21st of August, 1746,) his property became divided among his six children, viz., Stephen, Abraham, Philip, John, Pierre and Catharine. Stephen, the eldest, married Mary Walton Ricketts. Their descendants at present reside in England, and have intermarried with many members of the British nobility.