" Conditions of sale of south lot No. 1 : 978 acres of land situated in the south-west corner of Cortlandi's 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 that purpose and agreeable to a map hereunto annexed. Pierre Van Cortlandt, surviving executor of Philip, deceased, will give a title agreeable to the act of 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. Dated Manor of Cortlandt, at the ferry house, near the mouth of Croton River."b

»Co. Rec. lib. G. 681.

b From the original document in possession of Philip G. van Wyck, Esq.

COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER. 57

"Upon the SOtii of March, 1762, John de Milt and Susannah his wife, conveyed to Pierre van Corllandt two tracts of land, the first being a part of lot No. 6, and the second lot i\o. 1 south of theCroton. The heirsof the above grantee still hold lot No. 1. Lot No. 2 belonged to Oliver de Lancey, and lot No. 3 to John Watts.

Philip van Corllandt, the eldest survivin"^ son of Stephanus, was born on ti]e 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, (which took place 21st August, 1746,) his property became divided among his six children, viz., Stephen, Abraham, Philip, John, Pierre and Catharine. Stephen, the eldest, married Mary Walion Ricketts. Their descendants at present reside in Enghmd, and have intermarried with many members of the British nobility.^-