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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.
…Philip Van Cortlandt, son of Pierre Van Cortlandt
and a leading member of the provincial congress, was made lieutenant-colonel ofthe Dutchess County regiment. Three of its ten com
panics were largely from Westchester County. In the summer of 1775…
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.
…parcell or
member thereof unto the Said Stephanus van Cortlandt
liis heirs and assigns to the Sole and only proper use
Benefit and Behofe of him the said Stephanus van
Cortlandt his heirs and assigns for Ever.
And Moreover Know…
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.
…But it was provided
that the exercise of the privilege, so far as Cortlandt Manor was
concerned, was not to begin until twenty years after the grant (i. e.,
in 1717). At the expiration of that time, Stephanus Van Cortlandt…
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.
…When by the Duke of York's Commission
and Instructions to Governor Dongan, a Governor's Council was established in New York,
Stephanus van Cortlandt and Frederick Philipse were
named by the Duke therein as Councillors, and with
them Dongan…
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 February, 1776, Augustus Van Cortlandt, clerk
of New York City, rejjorted to the Committee of
Safety that for their security he had removed the
public records to Yonkers. They were deposited in
Colonel Van Cortlandt's family burial vault…
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.
…besides being the
son-in-law of Heathcote, was a grandson of Stephanas Van Cortlandt, the founder of Van Cortlandt
Manor, and therefore may be regarded as one of
Westchester's sons. As the husband of Ann Heatht>e lancey…
King, Charles. A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct. New York: Charles King, 1843.
…From Pierre Van Cortlandt.
Peekskill, October 8th, 1842. To C. CROLIUS, JR., E. D. WEST, WM. DODGE, Esq'rs. GENTLEMEN :
I have this day received your polite invitation from the Common Council of
the city of New York, to join…
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.
…Caleb Heatheote,
and great grand daughter of Anne van Cortlandt, one of the daughters
and devisees of the Hon. Stephanus von Cortlandt, Lord of the Manor
of Cortlandt. She died unmarried in 1815, and was inferred in the
family cemetery…
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.
…He was the friend and confident of that great patriot,
^ The will of Philip Van Cortlandt was proved 17th November, 1748. Surrogate's Office, N. Y., No. XVI., 375.
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58 HISTORY OF THE
George Clin(on. In…
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.
…Pound-Master, and one or more
Surveyors of Highways, with all the powers and
< The original is among the Van Cortlandt papers.
61. V. S. Laws, Ch. 1015, p. 359.
6 These divisions are often spoken of in the documents…
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.
…Van Cortlandt, Gen. Philip, i. 58.
Ann Stevenson, epitaph to, i. 65.
residence, Peekskill, i. 76. Hon. Pierre, monument to, i. 112. Johanna, epitaph to, i. 113. Van Curler, Arendt, ii. 281. Van der Donck, De Heer Adriaen, ii. 405…
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 were swiftly pursued up over the fields,
across the lane, down through Van Cortlandt's woods,
over Tippett's Brook into the woods on the ridge beyond, where a few survivors found concealment
among the rocks and bushes, and…
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…
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.
…She was alive and a passenger on the ship with our travelers
in 1679, but she must have died before 1692, when Frederick Philipse
espoused Catharine Van Cortlandt, widow of John Derval and daughter
of Oloff Van Cortlandt, for his…
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.
…Thaddeus Crane, of
North Salem ; Jonathan Horton and Philip Livings^
ton, of Westchester; Judge Nathan Rockwell, of
Lewisboro ; Walter Seaman and General Philip Van
Cortlandt. At the assembling of the Legislature in
December, however, such was the political complex*
ion…
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.
…The congressional district to which this county was apportioned
was represented in the national house of representatives for sixteen
successive years (1793-1809) by General Philip Van Cortlandt.1 From
1795 until 1801 our John Jay was governor of the…
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.
…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 Philipsburgh 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.
…Morell, the Onderdonks, Colonel Van Cortlandt, Philip Van Wyck, D. L. Seymour, William Nelson and many others of equal
prominence.
HISTORY OF WESTCHESTER COUNTY.
Population. -- The population of Westchester
County in 1880, when the last census was taken, was
108…
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.
…The
Adirondack Mountains were long known as " Maeomb's Mountains."
Matthias Valentine, Andrew Corsaand Augustus Van
Cortlandt adjoining parcels, mostly salt meadow, making up nearly one hundred acres, bounded north by
Van Cortlandt, east by the Albany road, south by…
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.
…TEARING
DOWN
KING
STATUE
YORK
CITY
Colonel Pierre Van Cortlandt, and Colonel Gilbert Drake, any three of
whom were authorized to cast the vote of the county. The new body
experienced considerable difficulty in procuring a quorum, and did not…
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.
…Henry
1 Philip Van Cortlandt was the eldest son of diet Arm. Id for improper
conduct
in 1779-SO. Lieutenant-Governor
Pierre
Van
Cortlandt. Alluding to this trial he wrote: " Had all the
He was born in the City of…
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.
…When
the Colonel spoke of this, Brant replied, "I ordered one of my best
marksmen to pick you off but you seemed bullet-proof."
The eminent George Whitefield once preached eloquently to Van
Cortlandt's assembled tennants from the veranda…
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.
To the death of Stephanus van Cortlandt so shortly after the erection of his
lands into a Manor, is probably to be ascribed the
fact, that there are no records to show whether he
ever organized his Manorial Courts. The…
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 moved down on the night of the 17th,
in three divisions -- the right, under General Lincoln,
from Tarrytown by the old Albany road, to the
heights above Colonel Van Cortlandt's ; the centre,
under General Scott, from below White…
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.
…mills at Yonckers
\
James van Wart . ,
Sarah Archer
William van Wart
John Williams
William Hunt
Dennis Post
John van W^art
Thomas Valentine
Reformed Dutch Church
Joseph Oakley
Glode Requa
Elnathan Taylor
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Frederick van Cortlandt
John Dead
On the…
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.
…Caleb Heatheote,
and great grand daughter of Anne van Cortlandt, one of the daughters
and devisees of the Hon. Stephanus von Cortlandt, Lord of the Manor
of Cortlandt. She died unmarried in 1815, and was inferred in the
family cemetery…
Dawson, Henry B. Westchester County, New York, During the American Revolution. Morrisania, NY: (privately printed by the author), 1886.
' Pierre Van Cortlandt was subsequently a member of the Second Provincial Congress, 1775-6, and Chairman of its Committee of Safety, January and February, 1776 ; a member of the ^hird Provincial Congress,
1776 ; of the Fourth Provincial Congress, 1776 ; of…
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.
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Upon the 24th of August, 1787, Isaac Stoutenburgh and Philip
van Cortlandt (commissioners of forfeitures for the southern district of New York,) conveyed to the trustees of this church and
their successors, &c., "all that certain church 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.
…Philip van Cortlandt remarks, "As I approached him (Brant) he being on the
hills, and seeing me leaning against a pine tree waiting for the
closing up of my men, ordered a rifle Indian to kill me, but fortunately he…
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.
…following, between which
dates the new election was held, in the manner that
has been before described, and " Pierre Van Cortlandt
Esq." was duly elected representative for the Manor,
and took his seat at the opening of the session on…