The lauds north of the Croton River were divided into two ranges called north and south "Great Lots " of the same Arabic nundiers, from 1 to 10. Those north of the Croton but fronting on the Hudson River were called "Front lots" and were also numbered from 1 to 10. Number 11, was the tract on the west side of the Hudson. The lots south of the Croton were also numbered in the same way, and called "Lots South of Croton."

The fourth clause of the Will of Stephanus Van Cortlandt directed that when a division was decided upon it should be as follows: " Item. It is my will and appointment and Direction that upon a division of my s* houses, lands, and mills, and other Real Estate my sons according to their ])riority of birth shall have the first choyce, alwayes allowing to the value of those parts they shall choose that the respective parties and i)ersons of my children may be made Equall in worth one to another." Nothing is said as to how the daughters' shares should be chosen, which presumably was to be in the ordinary way, that is by lot. It is believed that when the first two divisions were made the sons first chose their parcels in the order of their births, and that the daughters drew lots for the remainder. But in whatever way these two divisions were made, the result was, that the following lots fell to the following named children--