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O'Callaghan, E.B., ed. The Documentary History of the State of New York, Vol. III. Albany: Weed, Parsons and Co., 1850.
…Cortlandt M^ Van Vleck
M^ Olave Stephens M«" John Darvall.
M' Mayor
M*- Beeckman
M^ Jacobs
M"" Coenraet
M^" P. Bayard
D^ Newenhuysen
Mr Woolly. If this way shall not be effectuall to raise a competent summe-
That some other…
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.
…eight Com]>anie8, in the Manor of Cortlandt,
whicli were thus reorganized and re-ottieered, were
known as the North Hattalion of Westchester-county,
of which, soon al'terwards, Pierre Van Cortlandt was
made Colonel," tJilbert Drake its I>ieutenant…
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.
…After the Revolution
Augustus Van Cortlandt and John Warner were of
the first trustees of the new "Yonkers Episcopal
Society," formed in 1787, and members of the first
vestry of " St. John's Church in the town of Yonkers,"
on…
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.
…other Indians gave a general
deed confirming numerous smaller sales made to
Stephanus Van Cortlandt and others, and conveying
the lands that were afterward known as Cortlandt's
Manor.
In the mean time the Indians were beset on the
eastern…
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.
…riding up
from the city of New York on horseback, mounted on a pillion behind
her favorite brother, Jacobus Van Cortlandt, for the purpose of superintending the erection of this church ; her husband was at this time a
merchant in…
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.
…van Cortlandt was selected as one of
the colonels to command a regiment of infantry under Major
General La Fayette. A letter is still preserved in the family
60 HISTORY OF THE
from tlie Marquis de la Fayette to 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.
Patthunck. -- A personal name; "pounding-mortar."
Pachamitt.-- (Van der Donck's map. ) Name of a tribe taken from the place where they
lived, "at the turning-aside place." De Laet says : " Visher's Rack, that is the fisherman's
a…
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.
…These were ancestors of
the ' van Cortlandt of Second
River ' (the Passaic) New Jersey, now extinct in the males.
9. Gertrude, born 10 Oct. 1()88, married Col. Henry
Beekman. No issue.
10. Gysbert, born 1689, died young.
11. Elizabeth…
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 wife Gertrude was made
" sole Executrix," and with her as guardian of the
minor children, of whom there were several, as well
as of the others, he a|)pointed "my Brother Jacobus
Van Cortlandt, my Brother [in law] Brant…
Dawson, Henry B. Westchester County, New York, During the American Revolution. Morrisania, NY: (privately printed by the author), 1886.
…He was a member of the County Committee, representing Bedford, 1776-
7 ; subsequently became a Captain in Van Cortlandt's Regiment ; and
left the service at the close of 1776.
Macdonald, John. Interview with Odell, Jackson, 1792-1849; (1845-09-30). John M. McDonald Interviews, 1844-1851, WCHS item 1469. Westchester County Historical Society. Transcribed by history.croton.news April 2026.
…John Odell's famous gray
horse presented to him by Governor
Van Cortlandt broke loose and
escaped on the surprise of Captain
Williams at Orsers house, but
running northerly for Colbergh was
recovered.
Gen. Vaughan was encamped at
Odell's…
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.
…Stephen
van Cortlandt of Cortlandf, South Holland. This lady appears
habited in a plain black dress, wearing a high neck ruffle and in
her right hand holds a clasped book. In one corner of the picture is inscribed "aetat. 64…
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…
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.
These great
original proprietorships were, indeed, only nine in number, as follows: (1) Cortlandt Manor, the property of Stephanus Van Cortlandt,
which went after his death to his children and was by them preserved intact for many years; (2) Philipseburgh…
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.
…1745-55 ;
Parker, 1747-49; McEvers, 1748, 1749 and 1756;
Bennett, 1748-58; John Cortlandt, 1750-56; Scott,
1752- 53; Moore, 1752-65 ; Augustine "Van Cortlandt,
1753- 67; Woods, 1762-76; Ludlow, 1761-71; Kent,
1762-72; Ryker, 1765-(38…
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.
…Thus de Lancey
was the first native American to serve regularly as governor of the
Province of New York, as his grandfather, Stephanas Van Cortlandt,
was the first to hold the office of mayor of New York City. He died…
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.
…Jacobus Van Cortlandt for 2565
acres in ye north west corner of ye patent lands was . jQ6 08 06
For his vineyard purchase, 607 acres . . . . 1 10 05
For his right in Dibble's purchase, 762 acres . . 1 18 00…
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.
But after the Van Cortlandt empire had been dismembered, the
hum-drum days of trade and the ordinary ways and paths of peace
found Croton-on-Hudson aspiring to be a village in the fullest sense
of the word. That…
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 Manor of Cortlandt, devised by Stephanus Van Cortlandt at
his death, in 1700, to his eleven surviving children in equal shares
(except that his eldest son, Johannes, received, in addition to his
equal portion, what is now Verplanck's…
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.
…Joseph Strang, Manor of Van Cortlandt. Benjamin Stevenson, Town of New Rochelle. Ebenezer Lockwood, Precinct of Poundridge. William Morris, Manor of Morrisania. Abijah Gilbert, Town of Lower Salem.
In addition to the localities represented in this list was Ryck's…
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 Van Corilandt Cemetery is situated on the summit of a hill
west of the mansion. Here is a marble tomb erected to the
Memory of the Honorable
Pierre van Cortlandt,
late Lieutenant-Governor of the
State of New York…
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.
I77
The Dutch Reformed Church of Cortlandtown was incorporated 30th
December, 1794; first trustees, William Lent, Peter Goetchius, Hercules Lent, elders; Abraham Lent, Benjamin Dyckman, Jacobus Kronkhite, deacons."
To this church was formerly annexed the Van…
Bacon, Edgar Mayhew. The Hudson River from Ocean to Source: Historical, Legendary, Picturesque. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1903.
…Livingston, Pierre Van Cortlandt, Gouverneur Morris, Colonel De Witt, Gansevoort, Scott,
Ten Broeck, and others met to deliberate about the
form of government to be adopted by New York State. There John Jay presented the draft of the constitution
that…
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.
…Peter's, which stands upon the summit of a high knoll directly east
of the late General Pierre Van Cortlandt's residence.
Upon the 18th of August, 1770, the members of St. Peter's church,
in the manor of 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.
…soldier of the former War, was its Colonel;' and
Philip Van Cortlandt, of Cortlandt Manor, who held,
also, a Royal Commission of Major in the Colonial
Militia, was its Lieutenant-colonel ;* Barnabas Tuthill, of Southold, Suffolk county, was its ]\Lijor…
Dawson, Henry B. Westchester County, New York, During the American Revolution. Morrisania, NY: (privately printed by the author), 1886.
…6 Joseph Horton did not sign the Association until the day of the Election.
' 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…
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 other
relics preserved here is the Philipse Family Bible (which came through
the Van Cortlandts, Jacobus Van Cortlandt having married Eva
Philipse) printed at Amsterdam 1657 by Paulus Aertsz Van Ravesteyn,
and the Book of Common Prayer and administration…
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.
…He was a member of the County Coniniitlee^ representing lletiford, 1770-
7 ; tfubst*quently became a Captain in Van Cortlandt's Regiment ; and
left the service at the close of 1776.
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 1
do give, devise and bequeath to my eldest daughter, Eva, the wife of Jacobus
Van Cortlandt, the house and ground with ye appurtenances in ye city of New
Yorke where they at present live in with all ye…
Dawson, Henry B. Westchester County, New York, During the American Revolution. Morrisania, NY: (privately printed by the author), 1886.
…soldier of the former War, was its Colonel; 3 and
Philip Van Cortlandt, of Cortlandt Manor, who held,
also, a Royal Commission of Major in the Colonial
Militia, was its Lieutenant-colonel; 4 Barnabas Tuthill, of Southold, Suffolk county, was…