Stephanos van Cortlandt, when they gave to each other releases in due form of law, viz. :

Phih'p Verplanck and Gertrude, his wife.

Mary Melin.

Samuel Bayard and Margaret, his wife.

Andrew Johnson, and Catharine, ditto.

Stephen de Lancey, and Anne, ditto.

Philip Van Cortlandt.

John Schuyler, and Cornelia, his wife.^-

William Skinner, and Elizabeth, ditto.

The original partition deed is in the possession of Philip G. van Wyck, Esq. of Sing Sing. The share of each heir amounted nearly to 8000 acres.

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.

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 1715; 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."^

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 t© his son Johannes or John, whose daughter married Philip Verplanck.