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.^-

The fifth son, Pierre van Cortlandt, ultimately became the oldest surviving representative of the Van Cortlandt family in America, and the heir at law of the entail.

Upon the breaking out of the revolutionary w^ar, Pierre van Cortlandt was appointed president of the committee of public safety, and v/as subsequently elected lieutenant governor of this state. Throughout the trying period of the revolution, he appears to have been the principal administrator of the state govermnent, (George Clinton being necessarily engaged in military duties.) His patriotic zeal rendered him so obnoxious to the enemy, that the British governor set a bounty on his head.

The following obituary notice of this illustrious individual occurs in the Gazette office of May 17, 1814 : '

"Pierre Yan Cortlandt, early took an active part against every oppression of the British government upon the colonies. He was chosen into the first Provincial Congress, was a member of the committee which formed the constitution of this state, and was honored by the suffrages of his country at the first election under the new government with the station of lieutenant governor, and continued to be elected to that office for eighteen years successively. He was the friend and confident of that great patriot,