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…History [ edit ] Van Cortlandt Manor [ 3 ] [ 4 ] was originally an 86,000-acre (35,000 ha) tract granted by royal
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York City, and in part by others whose titles he subsequently bought. [ 3 ] The Manor also included a small tract on the west side of the Hudson River opposite the promontory of Anthony's Nose , which van Cortlandt also purchased…
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.
…Oloff
Stevens Van Cortlandt, who married Annetje,
HISTORY OF WESTCHESTER COUNTY.
daughter of Gouvert Lockermans, in 1642, and died in
1669. The children of this marriage were Hon. Stephanas Van Cortlandt (the lord of the Manor of
Van Cortlandt), Jacobus…
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.
…Hetny van Cortlandt died Oct., 1839, and was succeeded
by his nephew, the present proprietor, Augustus van Cortlandt,
Esq.
The present mansion house, a large edifice of stone, was
erected by Frederick van Cortlandt, A. D. 1748 j^ it forms…
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charter to Stephanus Van Cortlandt (son of Dutch immigrants who would become the first native-born mayor of New York City ) in 1697 by King William III . As described in the charter, the tract stretched "from the Hudson River on…
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.
…No use to go farther; so he ran his line
around the north side of Bedford, leaving her out of the Van Cortlandt Manor." 1 Indeed, Van Cortlandt or his heirs, fully accepting
the claims of the Bedford people regarding…
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the estate was done by slaves. [ 13 ] In the years that followed the war, Van Cortlandt Manor became a crucial stop on the route from New York to Albany. The Albany Post Road ran through the property, past the manor…
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history, Boscobel was originally located where the FDR Veterans Administration Hospital is today—before it was slated for demolition, partially torn down, rescued, and moved and rebuilt at great expense where it is today.) 1 The Van Cortlandt Bridge
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Van Cortlandt Bridge suffered regular damage from storms, ice and spring freshets and it was repeatedly repaired and rebuilt. 2 The invention of the automobile and truck presented new challenges for bridges which were not originally designed to carry
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
his second wife he had one child, a son, the late Colonel Pierre van Cortlandt, who died only on the
eleventh of July 1884, leaving him surviving, his
widow, Catherine, eldest daughter of the late eminent
Theodrick Romcyn Beck…
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This postcard shows the Van Cortlandt Manor Ferry House, circa 1907. Share this: Print (Opens in new window) Print Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Share on…
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colonial times." The manor passed from the Van Cortlandt family in 1945. In 1953, John D. Rockefeller purchased it and began a restoration. The restored manor house was designated as a National Historic Landmark in 1961. ↩ Share this: Print (Opens…
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One of the many miniature New York landmark replicas at the New York Botanical Garden’s Holiday Train Show is this rustic version of Van Cortlandt Manor—made entirely of plant parts such as twigs, bark, and leaves. The show…
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.
Augustus van Cortlandt, the above devisee, subsequently took possession of the estate under the will of his grandfather, the above testator. The Revised Statues of 1S25, having abolished the entail, Augustus
became possessed of the estate in fee simple. Upon…
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.
Along the
edge of the valley are scattered beautiful knolls and high ranges
of hills, either cultivated or covered with woods ; to the left,
seated on a fine wooded hill, is a large stone mansion, erected by
Augustus van Cortlandt…
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.
…The
latter contains some fine portraits of the Van Cortlandt family,
viz., Philip van Cortlandt, son of Stephanus van Cortlandt first
lord of the manor of Cortlandt, artist unknown, Catherine de-
Peyster, wife of Philip, the Honorable Pierre van Cortlandt…
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…By comparing the notebook and map we may be able to glean new information about the area, which Cartwright called “Van Cortlandt Manor Farm” in the first entry. Detail of the lower Croton River from Cartwright’s
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heavy auto vans tried to cross with extra heavy loads on.” 4 Take a drive across the Van Cortlandt Bridge and learn more in this previous post: Motoring Across the Croton, 1912 An excellent history/timeline of Boscobel can be…
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.
…PIERRE CORTLANDT VAX AVYCK.
Pierre Cortlandt Van Wyck, M.D., was born at the
old Van Cortlandt Manor-house, on the banks of the
Croton River, September 24, 1824.
His father, Philip Gilbert Van Wyck, was the
nephew and adopted…
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…Van Cortlandt Manor is in the C-shaped area in the top left. The yellow road running diagonally above it is what we know today as South Riverside Avenue. George W. Cartwright was a civil engineer
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…The accident took place on the Croton side of the bridge and you can see Van Cortlandt Manor through the trees on the right of this wonderful photograph, which comes to us courtesy of our friends at the
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gave way.” “It was ordered that bids for building a new floor and supports on the Van Cortlandt Bridge over the Croton River be advertised to be opened on September 11th next. The flooring of this bridge gave way on…
Higgins, Alvin McCaslin. The Story of Croton. Paper read before the Ossining Historical Society, 1938. Published posthumously in The Quarterly Bulletin of the Westchester County Historical Society, Vol. 16, No. 3 (1940), pp. 49-63.
In Memoriam
With the death of Miss Anne Stevenson Van Cortlandt the
society has lost one of its most esteemed members and loyal friends. Miss Van Cortlandt was born at Croton-on-Hudson, July 14th,
1847, and lived there continuously…
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.
…6, Philip van Cortlandt ; ditto,
No. 7, Andrew .Johnston ; part of north lot No. 8, Mr. Miller; south
lot, No. 5, Stephen de Lancey ; ditto No. 6, Stephen van Cortlandt ; ditto half of lot No. 7, Stephen van Cortlandt ; part…
Hogue, O. Wendell, and Veronica Gilbert Agne. “A Brief Historical Sketch of Croton-on-Hudson.” In Croton on Hudson Golden Jubilee, 1898-1948, September Nineteenth to Twenty-Sixth. Croton-on-Hudson, NY: Croton Golden Jubilee Committee, 1948. Seq 14 only — additional pages not yet extracted from HathiTrust htid nyp.33433062496793.
…Pierre's widow Catherine Beck Van Cortlandt next occupied the Manor with her children Cath- erine Van Cortlandt Matthew , James Stevenson Van Cortlandt and Anne Stevenson Van Cortland . All are now deceased .
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.
Among the largest landed of the proprietors of Bedford was Jacobus
Van Cortlandt, son of Hon. Oloff Stevens Van Cortlandt and
brother of Stephanus Van Cortlandt, Lord of the manor of Cortlandt
(which lordship embraced the upper portion 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.
…Pierre van Cortlandt, eldest daughter of George Clinton, Vice-President of the United States, by
Aimes ; General Pierre van Cortlandt, by Collins ; Ann Stevenson, second wife of General Pierre van Cortlandt, by Aimes ;
Mrs. Magdalen Stevenson, mother of the above…
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.
…Hudson was built soon after the erection of the Manor by Johannes Van
Cortlandt, eldest son of De Hur Stephanus Van Cortlandt first lord of
the Manor. Although tradition says that when Van Cortlandt purchase^
from Governor Thomas Dongan, in…
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boundary line between the Province of New York and the Colony of Connecticut , on the east, twenty English miles in width by ten in height, in shape nearly a rectangular parallelogram, forming, The Manor of Cortlandt." [ 5 ] The massive holding…