By articles of agreement entered into by the Van Cortlandt heirs in November, 1730, Philip Verplanck was appointed to survey and lay out the manor into thirty lots. This commission was duly executed, although Verplanck's survey was confined to the portion of the manor north of the Croton River. The lots were soon afterward conveyed to the several parties in interest by partition deeds, appraisals of value having been made by Daniel and Samuel Purdy, who were specially selected for that purpose. The following table shows the number of acres and their estimated value at this time (1733) apportioned for each share: NAMES.

Philip Verplanck1 Margaret Bayard2 Stephen de Lancey3 Philip Van Cortlandt Stephen Van Cortlandt John Miln4 Gertrude Beekman5 William Skinner6 Andrew Johnston" John Schuyler, Jr. * 1 Grandson of Johannes Van Cortlandt. 2 Margaret Van Cortlandt, wife of Colonel Samuel Bayard. 3 Husband of Ann Van Cortlandt. 4 Second husband of Maria Van Cortlandt.

5 Husband " Husband 7 Husband 8 Husband

ACRES.

VALUES

IN NEW MONEY.

6,831 7,398 7,377 0,(348 6,894 7,714 8,062 8,163 9,023 7,364

£973 1,018

YORK

75,474 £9,625 of Gertrude Van Cortlandt. of Elizabeth Van Cortlandt. of Catherine Van Cortlandt. of Cornelia Van Cortlandt.

Thus in 1733 all of Westchester County north of the Croton River, and between that stream and the Connecticut line, having an aggregate area of over seventy-five thousand acres, was appraised for the paltry sum of $48,000. This territory now includes the Towns of Cortlandt, Yorktown, Sinners, North Salem, Lewisboro, and a portion of Pouudridge, whose combined taxable value amounts to not a few millions. In 1753 the manor lands south of the Croton River were divided. The heirs-at-law, entering into enjoyment of their individual properties as partitioned to them, gradually leased the lands to settlers or sold them in fee.