At the termination of the war, he went to England to reside, and died at Hailsham, in 1S14. He had twenty-three children, twelve of whom reached maturity, the sons all attaining high rank in the British army and the daughters marrying into the best English and Scotch families. The present Lord Elphinstone, one of the Queen's lords in waiting, is a greatgrandson of Colonel Van Cortlandt. Of the English branch no male descendant of the name is living.-- The Van Cortlandt Family, by Mrs. Pierre E. Van Cortlandt, Scharf, ii., 428.

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my house and farm or lott of land, -- being the east town lott from Teller's Point extending all along Croton River, together with the Ferry House and ferry thereunto belonging." He married Joanna, daughter of Gilbert Livingston and granddaughter of Robert, the first lord of Livingston Manor; and in September, 1741), he made the manor house his permanent place of abode. There were born all of his children, four sons and three daughters, of whom Philip, the distinguished General Philip Van Cortlandt of the Revolutionary army, was the eldest. Those were palmy days for the old manor house. Cadwallader Golden, writing to his wife in 1753, said: "'I have had a very pleasant ride from Pishkill to Van Cortlandt, where I lodged, passing easily through the mountains. Young Pierre ami his charming wife keep up the hospitality of the house equal to his late father.'' His time was largely devoted to caring for the interests of the numerous Van Cortlandt heirs in connection with the manor lands -- a very responsible business, involving many delicate matters. He died in the manor house on the 1st of May, 1S14, being aged more than ninetythree years. He lies buried in the cemetery of the Van Cortlandts. The following is the inscription on his tomb: " Mark the perfect man and behold the upright ; for the end of that man is peace." In memory of the Honorable Pierre Van Cortlandt, late Lieutenant-Governor of the State of New York, and President of the Convention that formed the Constitution thereof during the Revolutionary war with (heat Britain.