History of Westchester County, New York, Vol. I
THE ORIGIN AND HISTOKY OF THE MANORS.
To Stephen rleLancej', North lot No. ten, and Soutli h)t No 5, north of Croton, and Front lot No. six, on the Hudson.
To Philip Van Cortlandt, north lot No. six and South lot No. one, north of Croton, and Front lot No. one on the Hudson.
To Stephen Van Cortlandt, South lots Nos. six and seven. North of Croton, and Front lot No. 4 on the Hudson.
To John iNliln,' North lots Nos. two and eight North of Croton aiul Front lot No. five on the Hudson.
To Gertrude Beekman, wife of Heniy Beekman, North lot No. three, and South lot No. eight, North of Croton, and Front lot No. 10 on the Hudson.
To William Skinner, South lots Nos. four and ten north of Croton and Front lot No. three on the Hudson.
To Andrew Johnston, North lot Number one and Front lot Number nine on the Hudson.
To John Schuyler jr. North lots Nos. four and nine north of Croton, and Front lot No. nine on the Hudson.
It is easy to see, from the choice of the sons in this division and the extra value that must have been put upon the lots which fell to Andrew Johnston, to ecjualize, that, the lots on and nearest the Hudson were then deemed the most valuable and desirable.
When Verplanck's Map was made the ten lots South of the Croton, shown in it were not included in the " thirty lots " divided in the first two divisions of 1782 and 1738. Consequently no names of owners appear on them. They were however subsequently divided, later among the heirs by the same method, and they fell to the following persons: