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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.
…It was erected in 1748 by Frederick Van Cortlandt -- a stone on the
southwest corner bears the date -- and possesses within and without many peculiarities of the
last century. . . . The style of architecture of the house is essentially Dutch. The…
Dawson, Henry B. Westchester County, New York, During the American Revolution. Morrisania, NY: (privately printed by the author), 1886.
…Kissam was
then carried, without any dissent, except that of
Philip Van Cortlandt, who recorded that dissent on
the Journal of the Congress.
Colonel Woodhull, of Suffolk, one of those who
had opposed the motion, then moved, as an amendment…
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 lands by Frederick
Philipse, 156; of lands by Stephanus Van Cortlandt, 166; of lands near Peekskill by Jacobus
De Kay, 167; of Ryck's Patent by Richard
Abrainsen and others, 167: of lands in the
Lower Yonkers by Jacobus…
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.
…Bolton has not named any aiithority for Jiisstiitement, altliough
he was not the tirst to print it, he must be regarded as autliorially
responsible for it ; and, therefore, it may be proper to say, further, that
PieiTe Van Cortlandt was…
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.
…In consequence
Van Cortlandt. the
of Pierre
firm adhesion
head of the family, to the patriot cause, the
Manor House at Croton became an unsafe nabitation. and the Van Cortlandts were obliged
to take up their
residence
in the Peekskill…
Library of Congress
…It includes landmarks such as the Van Cortlandt ferry crossing the Croton River, mile markers, and various property owners' names.
Date: 1789
Location: Croton-on-Hudson, NY
Type: map
Subjects: river, road, ferry, mile markers, property owners
Source: Library of…
Dawson, Henry B. Westchester County, New York, During the American Revolution. Morrisania, NY: (privately printed by the author), 1886.
…Tuesday, P.M., White Plains, 1
" July 9, 1776."
7 The Journal of the Congress, July 9, placed Colonel Van Cortlandt's
name at the head of the list of "the new members present" who
" took the general oath of…
Macdonald, John. Interview with Peterson, John, 1746-1850; (1845-10-30). John M. McDonald Interviews, 1844-1851, WCHS item 401. Westchester County Historical Society. Transcribed by history.croton.news April 2026.
…took breakfast at John Barratts. -- I was under Captain Pell, at Saratoga, where we were much cut up
General Van Cortlandt got me a pension. Mosier carried a musquet and bayonet. We were not encamped but scouting about the country…
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.
…Lewis Morris Philip van Cortlandt
Philip Livingston ■••,.7-- Thaddeus Crane " '
Richard Hatfield Lolt W. Sarles.
Delegates from Westchester County to the Convention met at
Kingston, Ulster County, to frame the Constitution of the State
of New York, April 20th, 1777…
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.
* They probably stood in the neighborhood of the present Van Cortlandt mansion.
5 To wit : " 1 penny for each head of neat cattell ; 2 pens for each
"niann and horse, and 12 pens for each score of Uoggs and sheep…
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.
…8TRi The flshingrtghts of the Van Cortlandt's are said to have extended two miles, i.e., from
Deer Island iu the river Croton to the marked rock on Crawbucky Point near Siug-Sing.
I IO
HISTORY OF THE COUNTY…
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.
…Governeiir Morris, Lewis Graham, James van Cortlandt,
Stephen Ward, Joseph Drake, Philip van Cortlandt, James
Holmes, David Dayton, John Holmes, jr., Robert Graham, and
■^ American archives, fourth series, vol.
k Ibid. 446.
COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER. 359
William Paulding, were chosen…
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.
…dcLancey^
General Philip Van Cortlandt.
Manor House
Nov. 2!) 1S15
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.
…5 Journal of the Provincial Congress, " Tuesday, P.M., White Plai.vs,
" July 9, 1776."
" The Journal of the Congress, July 9, placed Colonel Van Cortlandt's
name at the head of the list of "the new members present" who…
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.
…Kissam was
then carried, without any di.ssent, except that of
Philij) Van Cortlandt, who recorded that dissent on
the Joarnnl of tlic Coin/irss.
Colonel Woodhull, of Sufiblk, one of those who
had opposed the motion, then moved, as…
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.
…Handsome knolls and
ranges of hills line the edge of the valley, and, on
a fine eminence, is the large stone mansion of the Van
Cortlandts, tlic road to which lies through the wooded
range known as "Cortlandt's Ridge…
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…
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.
…Van Wyck, Esq., a
grandson of the late Lieutenant-Governor Pierre Van Cortlandt.
The Methodist Episcopal church, which was erected soon after the
Revolutionary war (some say 1796-7), occupies a commanding position
on a knoll overlooking the Albany and…
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.
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Ruttenber, E.M. Footprints of the Red Men: Indian Geographical Names in the Valley of Hudson's River, the Valley of the Mohawk, and on the Delaware. Published in the Proceedings of the New York State Historical Association, Vol. VI. 1906.
…Kewighecack, the name of a boundmark of Van Cortlandt's
Manor, is written on the map of the Manor Kezveghteuack as the
name of a bend in the Croton west of Pine Bridge. It is from
Kona, Kozva, Cnzvc, "Pine…
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.
…said Indians do for themselves their heirs and every of them
consent, promise, and engage, that the said Stephanus
Van Cortlandt his heirs and assignees shall and may
from henceforth and forever lawfully peaceably and
(juietly have, hold, possess and…
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.
" All that tract or parcel of land situate lying and being on Hudson's River
at a certain place called by the Indians Sachus, and stretching by the north
side of Mr Stephanas Van Cortlandt's land to the said…
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.
…This movement would be
perfectly concealed by the fall of the ground to the
right {i.e., down the slope in Woodlawn Heights, towards the stream at Second Street) and by the woods
on the left {i.e., Van Cortlandt…
O'Callaghan, E.B., ed. The Documentary History of the State of New York, Vol. II. Albany: Weed, Parsons and Co., 1849.
…Van Cortlandt.
Richard Adams
Samuel Wheeler
Samuel Magaw
Adam Kuhn
Miers Fisher
M. F. for Robert Barclay
of London
Charles Vancouver
Burgis Allison
John Vaughn
John Ross
William Turner
EARLY STEAM NAVIGATION.
A LIST OF THE RUMSEIAN SOCIETY.
His Excellency…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…Ordered That the northerly part of the property of Augustus Van Cortlandt and
Frederick Van Cortlandt, fronting on Great George street, be purchased at 600 per acre, for
a RESERVOIR, provided, that upon sinking a well there, good water be…
Lossing, Benson John. The Hudson, from the Wilderness to the Sea. New York: Virtue & Yorston, 1866. Internet Archive identifier: hudsonfromwilder00lossi. Illustrated travel-history of the Hudson River valley by the writer and artist Benson J. Lossing, whose chapter on Teller's / Croton Point is a primary source for Senasqua place-name etymology, Sarah Teller's 1682 purchase, and the Underhill vineyard.
…The flood of 1841, that swept away the Croton
Dam, almost filled the bay with earth ; it is accumulating there every
hour ; and, in the course of a few years, the Van Cortlandt estate will
have many acres of fine…
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.
…Pierre Van Cortlandt, executed from the
original portrait by Jarvis; and a portrait of Gen. Pierre Van Cortlandt,
executed in crayons by Valdenuit in 1797. Also the silver mounted
pistols of the Lieut. Governor. The suit of apartments on the…
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.
…Beekman, Jr., husband of Cornelia Van Cortlandt, that
indomitable patriotic lady (daughter of the lieutenant-governor) who
YONKERS
17S41.
was the hostess of the Van Cortlandt house near Peekskill during
the Revolution, and whose stern reply to an insolent soldier…
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.
…By the death of his elder
brothers, Johannes who left only a daughter, Gertrude, the wife of Philip Verplanck, and Oloff, or
Oliver, who died a bachelor, Philip became the head
of the Van Cortlandt fannly. His five sons were…
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.
…Sarles, of
New Castle, and Philip Van Cortlandt were chosen
over their Anti-Federalist opponents by very large
majorities. The Convention met, and on the 26th of
July, by a vote of thirty to twenty-seven, ratified the
proposed Constitution…