He had the character of being a worthy citizen, and a man most liberal in his charities." By his wife Ann Loockermans, " he had issue -- seven children -- Siephanus who married Gertrude Schuyler ; Maria who married Jeremias van Rensselaer, 12th July, 1662; Catharine, who married first, John Derval, and secondly, Frederick Philips ; Cornelia, who married Barent Schuyler; Jacob, who married Eva Philips; (ancestor of the Van Cortlandts of Yonkers;) Sophia, who married Andrew Teller, and John who died unmarried.

Oloff Stevens van Cortlandt died some time subsequent to 1683, leaving his son Stephanus, then a highly respectable merchant in New York."a-

In 1664, the name of Oloff Stevensen van Cortlandt, occurs as one of the six commissioners, appointed to meet the English Deputies at Governor Stuyvesant's house in the Bowery, to treat concerning the surrender of the colony. This individual subsequently signed the articles of capitulation. Among the wealthy

Autograph and Seals of Oloff Stevensen van Cortlandt.

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citizens of New Amsterdam in 1653, occurs the name of Oloff Stevens, who contributed the sum of 150 guilders, or 60 dollars, towards putting the city in a state of defence. a-

In a tax list for the city of New York, A. D., 1674. the estate of Oloff Stevensen van Cortlandt is assessed at 45,000 guilders ; his son's, Stephanus, at 5000 guilders.^

The Hon. Stephanus, (son of Oloff Stevensen van Cortlandt,) was born on the 7th of May, 1643. This distinguished personage, upon the death of his brother-in-law, Jeremias van Rensselaer, A. D., 1675, became one of the three administrators of his estate, during the minority of Killian'van Rensselaer, (then 12 years old.) Stephanus van Cortlandt had charge of the books, for which duty he received one hundred schepels of wheat. ^ Iq the year 1677 he was elected Mayor of the city of New York.