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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 Van Cortlandts, whose families were both
represented in the governor's council at that period, especially, as the
lord of the manor of Cortlandt was ranger within the forests of Cortlandt. The manorial proprietors of Philipsburg and Cortlandt, had…
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.
Stephen Van Cortlandt October 30, 1700.
Abraham De Peyster January 21, 1701.
William Atwood August 5, 1701.
William Smith June 9, 1702.
John Bridges April 5, 1703.
Roger Mompesson luly 15, 1704.
Lewis Jlorris March 13, 1715.
James de Lancey…
Dawson, Henry B. Westchester County, New York, During the American Revolution. Morrisania, NY: (privately printed by the author), 1886.
Bolton has not named any authority for his statement, although
he was not the flrat to print it, he must be regarded as authorially
responsible for it ; and, therefore, it may be proper to say, further, that
Pierre Van Cortlandt…
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.
…Van Cortlandt,
I rode to the village of Croton, a mile distant, to visit one of twin sisters,
who were ninety years old in August, I860.*' On our way we turned
into the cemetery of the Van Cortlandt family, upon…
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.
…Whereas, Benjamin Haight, Philip van
Cortlandt, Jun., Joseph Travis, David Birdsall, Thaddeus Crane, Philip van
Cortlandt, Joseph Browne, Ebenezer Purdy, James Duane, Richard Varick, Alexander Hamilton, John Lawrence, Richard Piatt, Samuel Jones, Isaao Stoleteuburgh, Peter Jay Munro, Frederick Jay, William…
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.
…351
General Assembly of this Province, and particularly to Jolin Thomas and Pierre
van Cortlandt, Esq., two of our Representatives, for their attachment to, and
zeal on a late occasion, for the preservation of the union of the Colonies, 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.
…would enable them alternately to open the Congress,
"every morning, with prayer;" but Gouverneur Morris, Lewis Graham, Colonel Philip Van Cortlandt,
Colonel James Holmes, Stephen Ward, and John
Thomas, Junior, six of the nine members of the Congress who 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.
…Jacobus Van
Cortlandt bought a plot of fifty acres, known as
" George's Point," * from Mr. Flypsen, in 1699, and
* They probably stood in the neighborhood of the present Van Cortlandt mansion.
5 To wit : " 1 penny for each head…
Dawson, Henry B. Westchester County, New York, During the American Revolution. Morrisania, NY: (privately printed by the author), 1886.
…would enable them alternately to open the Congress,
"every morning, with prayer;" but Gouverneur Morris, Lewis Graham, Colonel Philip Van Cortlandt,
Colonel James Holmes, Stephen Ward, and John
Thomas, Junior, six of the nine members of the Congress who 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.
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…
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.
…On the 8th of May the
new committee for Westchester County, on which
Frederick Van Cortlandt represented the Yonkers,
chose Colonel James Van Cortlandt as deputy to the
new Provincial Congress, and he attended its first
meeting at the exchange…
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 party of royalists, under Colonels Bayard and Fanning, came to the Peekskill house, and commencing
their customary course of treatment, one insultingly asked her,
'Are you not the daughter of that old rebel Pierre van Cortlandt ?' She replied, ' I…
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.
…1717, entitled: -- "A continuation of the persons, members, living in the manor of Cortlandt and patent of Captain
Dekay and Ryck Abrahamson. First, Sybout Herricksen Krankheyt
and Geertje his wife, Jan Corne Van Texel and Annentj his wife, Francoy de…
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.
…grounds
of the former Indian owners, now the beautiful flat
surrounding the old " Cortlandt House" soon to
be the parade-ground of the new "Van Cortlandt
Park ; " that estate which has continued in the family
for nearly two centuries, liaving…
Macdonald, John. Interview with Van Cortlandt, Pierre, 1762-1848; (). John M. McDonald Interviews, 1844-1851, WCHS item 1577. Westchester County Historical Society. Transcribed by history.croton.news April 2026.
He got a gallon of brandy -- treated the soldiers -- climbed picket fence -- "Come down, you rebel rascal!" -- At last, watching his opportunity, he got over and made his escape to Nathan Lavinus who kept a livery stable in Chatterton Street…
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.
…tremendous increase in
value of the Manor between the time of its division
among the ten heirs of Stephanus van Cortlandt and
''he present day. '
Vn/ini/lo)i (if 1829.
Township of Cortbindt, 1505,801
of Yorktown, 499,404…
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.
…Underhill, James Graham and James Van
Cortlandt, they were incorporated, with the rest of
the inhabitants of the town, in communion with the
Church of England, by royal charter, as " The Rector
and Inhabitants of the Borough Town of Westchester…
O'Callaghan, E.B., ed. The Documentary History of the State of New York, Vol. IV. Albany: Weed, Parsons and Co., 1851.
…Van Cortlandt, Pierre, president of the New
York provincial congress, complains that
a faction in the N. E. part of the state
are countenanced in their designs by certain members of congress, 941.
Van Couwenhoven, Lieut Pieter Wolfertsen,
proceeds with…
Macdonald, John. Interview with Van Cortlandt, Pierre, 1762-1848; (). John M. McDonald Interviews, 1844-1851, WCHS item 1577. Westchester County Historical Society. Transcribed by history.croton.news April 2026.
In March 1777, the British advanced guard occupied two conical hills, about one mile north of Peekskill which was situated on the East side of, and near the public road, and about 200 or 300 feet apart. Colonel Willett attacked…
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.
…In the Governor's Council at
the time of this first A.ssembly as Members by Royal
appointment, and as such, members of the Upper
House which passed this Act, were Stephanas Van
Cortlandt and Frederick Philipse, who were also…
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.
…in part of rent.
"Stephen van Cortlandt."
COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER.
"Received at Yorhtown, Nov. 7th, 1789, of Mr. Elvan Pardy,
two pounds 19^. 9c?. in full of rent due.
■ ;._; .. - "Stephen van Cortlandt."
Crompond, the principal village in (his township, is…
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.
…His father, Olofl" Stevens, or Stevense, van Cortlandt, came to New Netherland, a soldier in the service of the West India Company, arriving there in the
Ship Haring (The Herring) with Director Kieft on
the 28th of March, lG38.i…
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…In 1677, Stephanus Van Cortlandt, who later became the first native-born mayor of New York City, began acquiring land to create a manor and in 1697, a Royal Patent was issued designating the estate as the Manor of Cortlandt…
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 TOWN OF CORTLANDT. 1 63
republicans as far north as Livingston's Manor, on tho lower verge of Columbia
county."*
The late Gen. Pierre Van Cortlandt, the proprietor of "Antonie's
Nose," or St. Anthony's Nose, which lies…
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. II. New York: Charles F. Roper, 1881.
…ton rence renc^ ertiird
James van Angastus Freder- Richard Robert R. William II. Catharine-
Cortlandt ict van Cortlandt Lewi3,M.D.
I/iui-t)_Elward
! e Roy
THE TOW"^; OF WEST FARMS.
Tlic next possessor of BroncJSs land was Captain…
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.
…About two years after receiving the Grant of the
Manor Stephanus van Cortlandt, following the usual.
1 Tenure.
2 The Croton Kiver.
3 A brother of Frederick Phillipse. The tract was called "Phillipse's
Upper Patent," and included almost all…
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.
…Nicholson went to
England at the outbreak of Leisler's insurrection and
actual usurpation, to report in person to King William, he committed the Government itself in his
absence, to Stephanus van Cortlandt and Frederick
Philipse. * A fact that caused…
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.
…James Van
Cortlandt and Benjamin Fowler.
Supervisors for the Yonkers : Colonel James Van
Cortlandt, 1772-76 ; (none during the British occupation); Israel Honeywell, 1784; William Hadley,
1786-87 ; David Hunt, 1787.
Constables : Jeremiah Sherwood, 1773 ; Henry
Odell, 1775; Thomas Sherwood…
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.
…broken -- the last stay of freedom destroyed, and the last ray of hope perhaps
a Generals Pierre van Cortlandt and Philip van Cortlandt, Daniel W. Birdsall, St. John Constant, Ward B. Howard, Benjamin Dyckman, Doctor Peter Goetchius,
James Mandeville, 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.
…Among the electors chosen by the Legislature was Colonel Pierre
Van Cortlandt, Jr., of this county, who had married a
daughter of ex-Governor George Clinton, still the
leader of the Republican party in the State. General
Thomas, of Rye…