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Bolton, Robert Jr. A History of the County of Westchester, from its First Settlement to the Present Time, Vol. II. New York: Alexander S. Gould, 1848.
…Titian's Mistress, Heely ; Augustus van Cortlandt of Yonkers, Jarvis ; Mrs. van Cortlandt, (a miniature) Leslie. The views of the water from this place are of a beautiful description. Jn the immediate vicinity are located the residences of Mr. Daniel…
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Scharf, J. Thomas, ed. History of Westchester County, New York, including Morrisania, Kings Bridge, and West Farms, which have been annexed to New York City, Vol. I. Philadelphia: L.E. Preston & Co., 1886.
Previously to his purchase of the Dongan lands, and on the 13th of July, 1688, Stephanus Van Cortlandt bought from the Haverstraw Indians a tract on the West side of the Hudson River, directly opposite to the promontory of Anthony…
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Bolton, Robert Jr. A History of the County of Westchester, from its First Settlement to the Present Time, Vol. I. New York: Alexander S. Gould, 1848.
…A schedule or list of goods paid by Stephanus Van Cortlandt, in his deed expressed. , ^ ^ .. 8 guns, 9 blankets, 5 coats, '" r . 14 fathom of Duffels, 14 kettles, 40 fathoms of black Wampum, 80 fathoms of white Vv'ampum, 2…
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Scharf, J. Thomas, ed. History of Westchester County, New York, including Morrisania, Kings Bridge, and West Farms, which have been annexed to New York City, Vol. I. Philadelphia: L.E. Preston & Co., 1886.
Van Cortlandt's home was in New York, and this first building was intended as a station for Indian traffic. Naturally it became his place of temporary residence when visiting his lands after his first purchase, either for business, pleasure…
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Ruttenber, E.M. History of the Indian Tribes of Hudson's River; their origin, manners and customs; tribal and sub-tribal organizations; wars, treaties, etc., etc. Albany: J. Munsell, 1872.
…gan's purchase in 1685 covered this tract, and had as one of its grantors Werekepes, who was also a grantor to Van Cortlandt. From Verdrietig hook to Stony point may be assumed as the territory of the Haverstraws. The…
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Scharf, J. Thomas, ed. History of Westchester County, New York, including Morrisania, Kings Bridge, and West Farms, which have been annexed to New York City, Vol. I. Philadelphia: L.E. Preston & Co., 1886.
…Sec'y.^ The earliest movement of Stephanus van Cortlandt towards obtaining the Lands of the Manor, was to take out, pursuant to the law of the Province,'^ a License to purchase them from the Indians, in order to extinguish the…
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Scharf, J. Thomas, ed. History of Westchester County, New York, including Morrisania, Kings Bridge, and West Farms, which have been annexed to New York City, Vol. I. Philadelphia: L.E. Preston & Co., 1886.
…ten in width, in shape nearly a rectangular parallelogram, formed, " The Manor of Cortlandt." Acquired by direct purchase from the Indians, in part, by Stephanus van Cortlandt, a native born Dutch gentleman of New York, and in part by others…
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Bolton, Robert Jr. A History of the County of Westchester, from its First Settlement to the Present Time, Vol. I. New York: Alexander S. Gould, 1848.
…1699, Sachima Wicker, sachem of Kightawonck and his associates sold to Stephanus van Cortlandt, all their rights as owners and proprietors in the " land lying and being v/ithin Cortlandt's manor, beginning on the south side of Kightawonck creek…
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Bolton, Robert Jr. The History of the Several Towns, Manors, and Patents of the County of Westchester, from its First Settlement to the Present Time, Vol. I. New York: Charles F. Roper, 1881. Revised posthumous edition.
Stephanus Van Cortlandt's land to the said river to another creek, and so runs up said creek in several courses to a certain tree marked with R, and from the 3aid marked tree southerly by marked trees all along…
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Bolton, Robert Jr. The History of the Several Towns, Manors, and Patents of the County of Westchester, from its First Settlement to the Present Time, Vol. I. New York: Charles F. Roper, 1881. Revised posthumous edition.
The west purchase was made and "every man y' hath land in ye town hath liberty to put in a head," or share. -- There were 36 of these head rights, of which Col. Jacobus Van Cortlandt had 8, Zach. Roberts…
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Shonnard, Frederic, and W.W. Spooner. History of Westchester County, New York, from its Earliest Settlement to the Year 1900. New York: The New York History Company, 1900.
…of Colon Donck by Adrian Van der Donck, 106; of Weckquaesgeck by Stuyvesant, 114: of lands by Thomas Pell, 115; Turner's purchase, 115; of Rye and adjacent lands by Peter Disbrow and others, 124: of Mamaroneck lands by John…
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Scharf, J. Thomas, ed. History of Westchester County, New York, including Morrisania, Kings Bridge, and West Farms, which have been annexed to New York City, Vol. I. Philadelphia: L.E. Preston & Co., 1886.
Van der Donck's " planting-field " was on the plain or flat of the Van Cortlandt estate, lying between Broadway and the present lake, and extending up to the southerly end of Vault 11111.** It is probable that his house…
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Bolton, Robert Jr. The History of the Several Towns, Manors, and Patents of the County of Westchester, from its First Settlement to the Present Time, Vol. I. New York: Charles F. Roper, 1881. Revised posthumous edition.
…The principal sachem of Kitchtawan, when Stephanus Van Cortlandt made the purchase, was Sackima Wicker, a son probably of the illustrious Indian warrior Croton or Noten, who had for a long period lived and exercised his authority at the mouth…
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Bolton, Robert Jr. A History of the County of Westchester, from its First Settlement to the Present Time, Vol. I. New York: Alexander S. Gould, 1848.
…This Point was originally granted by the Van Cortlandts to the Dutch Reformed Church of Cortlandt manor. Some time subsequent to the revoa Monlton & Yates Hist. N. Y., page 271. b The Wickapy Indians, whose principal settlements were in the…
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Bacon, Edgar Mayhew. The Hudson River from Ocean to Source: Historical, Legendary, Picturesque. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1903.
…He married a wealth}' wife, and became, by purchase, the proprietor of the \^an Cortlandt Manor on the river. Van Cortlandt 's neighbour, Philipse, began life (according to Chief-Justice John Jay) as a carpenter. The ex|)crts in heraldry…
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Scharf, J. Thomas, ed. History of Westchester County, New York, including Morrisania, Kings Bridge, and West Farms, which have been annexed to New York City, Vol. I. Philadelphia: L.E. Preston & Co., 1886.
…for, and in consideration of, a certain sum of Wampum, and divers other goods, paid by Cornelius van Bursum. The lands from the Croton River Northward to Stephanus van Cortlandt's Appamapogh purchase before mentioned, and running eastward to the…
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Scharf, J. Thomas, ed. History of Westchester County, New York, including Morrisania, Kings Bridge, and West Farms, which have been annexed to New York City, Vol. I. Philadelphia: L.E. Preston & Co., 1886.
…Flypssen Werekepes Gulain Verplancke The Marke of John Weis f My Marke Kaghtsikroos" t Mantion The last purchase which Stephanus Van Cortlandt is known to have made, was a tract on the east side of the Hudson, then belonging to…
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Shonnard, Frederic, and W.W. Spooner. History of Westchester County, New York, from its Earliest Settlement to the Year 1900. New York: The New York History Company, 1900.
…mansion) was held, until its purchase by the City of New York, in the family of his daughter Anna, who married Henry White, the White heirs of Augustus assuming the name of Van Cortlandt agreeably to a requirement of his…
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Bolton, Robert Jr. The History of the Several Towns, Manors, and Patents of the County of Westchester, from its First Settlement to the Present Time, Vol. I. New York: Charles F. Roper, 1881. Revised posthumous edition.
…and so through to the purchase.d a llth May, 1772, John Farnam conveys to James Holmes a lot of laud ljuig iu Bedford near a place called Aspetonjr. b Report of Water Commissioners. < Van der Donk's Hist. N…
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Scharf, J. Thomas, ed. History of Westchester County, New York, including Morrisania, Kings Bridge, and West Farms, which have been annexed to New York City, Vol. I. Philadelphia: L.E. Preston & Co., 1886.
…It conveys three parcels aggregating three hundred and twenty acres, lying directlj' north of Van der Donck's planting- field and extending across from the Albany post road to the road to Mile Square. The Van Cortlandt estate now includes…
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Bolton, Robert Jr. The History of the Several Towns, Manors, and Patents of the County of Westchester, from its First Settlement to the Present Time, Vol. I. New York: Charles F. Roper, 1881. Revised posthumous edition.
…1699, Sachima Wicker, sachem of Kightawonck and his associates sold to Stephanus Van Cortlandt, all their rights as owners and proprietors in the " land lying and being within Cortlandt's manor, beginning on the south side of Kightawonck creek, and…
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Shonnard, Frederic, and W.W. Spooner. History of Westchester County, New York, from its Earliest Settlement to the Year 1900. New York: The New York History Company, 1900.
…as deed the in is described the purchase thus made on the east side of the Hudson River, at the entering in of the Highlands, just over against Haverstraw." Van Cortlandt purchased Earlier in the same year (July 13, 1683…
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Shonnard, Frederic, and W.W. Spooner. History of Westchester County, New York, from its Earliest Settlement to the Year 1900. New York: The New York History Company, 1900.
…mansion) was held, until its purchase by the City of New York, in the family of his daughter Anna, who married Henry White, the White heirs of Augustus assuming the name of Van Cortlandt agreeably to a requirement of his…
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Bacon, Edgar Mayhew. The Hudson River from Ocean to Source: Historical, Legendary, Picturesque. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1903.
…North of his extensive territory, more particular!}^ defined in another chapter, lay the manor of Cortlandt, reaching as far as Anthony's Nose. On the north of Van Cortlandt Philipse again appears; the Highland Patent, as it was called, taking…
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Shonnard, Frederic, and W.W. Spooner. History of Westchester County, New York, from its Earliest Settlement to the Year 1900. New York: The New York History Company, 1900.
…of Colon Donck by Adrian Van der Donck, 106; of Weckquaesgeck by Stuyvesant, 114: of lands by Thomas Pell, 115; Turner's purchase, 115; of Rye and adjacent lands by Peter Disbrow and others, 124: of Mamaroneck lands by John…
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Bolton, Robert Jr. The History of the Several Towns, Manors, and Patents of the County of Westchester, from its First Settlement to the Present Time, Vol. I. New York: Charles F. Roper, 1881. Revised posthumous edition.
…The west purchase was made and "every man y' hath land in ye town hath liberty to put in a head," or share. -- There were 36 of these head rights, of which Col. Jacobus Van Cortlandt had 8, Zach. Roberts…
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Scharf, J. Thomas, ed. History of Westchester County, New York, including Morrisania, Kings Bridge, and West Farms, which have been annexed to New York City, Vol. I. Philadelphia: L.E. Preston & Co., 1886.
From this George Tippett, or Tippits, as the name is spelled in his inventory made the 29th of September, 1675,* the stream is called Tippetts brook, which forms the van Cortlandt Lake, and, thence flowing southerly in a sinuous course…
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Shonnard, Frederic, and W.W. Spooner. History of Westchester County, New York, from its Earliest Settlement to the Year 1900. New York: The New York History Company, 1900.
…385, at the Van Cortlandt Mansion and Birdsall House (Peekskill), 427. at Joseph Appleby's (Dobbs Ferry), 507; on Howe's return movement from White Plains. 100; departure from Westchester Countv to New Jersey. 401; his consuming anxRiver and the…
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Bolton, Robert Jr. A History of the County of Westchester, from its First Settlement to the Present Time, Vol. I. New York: Alexander S. Gould, 1848.
Some of these lands must have subsequently reverted to the Indians, for in 1699 the Kitchawan tribe again released the same territory to Stephanas van Cortlandt. This individual had previously obtained a charter from the » Salem was incorporated on the…
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Scharf, J. Thomas, ed. History of Westchester County, New York, including Morrisania, Kings Bridge, and West Farms, which have been annexed to New York City, Vol. I. Philadelphia: L.E. Preston & Co., 1886.
…It conveys three parcels aggregating three hundred and twenty acres, lying directlj' north of Van der Donck's planting- field and extending across from the Albany post road to the road to Mile Square. The Van Cortlandt estate now includes…
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