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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.
…They sold
it to Stephen Van Cortlandt, in the year 1683, with land east of it called
A]}-2)a-magh-2)ogh. The purchase was confirmed by patent from the
English government. On this point Colonel Livingston held command…
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, our
loving subject, Colonel Stephanus Van Cortlandt, one of the members of our
Council of our Province of New York, &c, hath by his petition presented unto
our trusty and well beloved Colonel Benjamin Fletcher, Captain-General and
Governor…
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
overlook and protect the important oyster-beds of this
wide portion of the river, the fort upon Van Cortlandt's neck was erected. It is an interesting fact
that where these shells have remained undisturbed
they are nearly 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.
…Privates William Van Houtvu,
Rosier Garrison, John Rennet, G. W. Wilco.x, from wounds.
Niiielei'iitli N'-io York Vvlunlefrs. Privates George Dyknmn, James Free and Jeffers .n Lent, died in the
service.
Twaiti/Sfventh New York Volunteers. Privates Thomas…
Dawson, Henry B. Westchester County, New York, During the American Revolution. Morrisania, NY: (privately printed by the author), 1886.
…Graham, Benoni Piatt,
Samuel Drake, Frederic Van Cortlandt,
Lewis Morris, James Varian,
Jonathan Piatt, 3 Samuel Haviland,
Michael Hays, Benjamin Lyon,
Samuel Crawford, Robert Bloomer,
Gilbert Thorn, William Miller,
Thomas Thomas, Joshua Ferris,
James Newman, Gilbert Drake,
Jonathan G. Tompkins…
Dawson, Henry B. Westchester County, New York, During the American Revolution. Morrisania, NY: (privately printed by the author), 1886.
…1
After having spent some months in retirement,
Pierre Van Cortlandt resumed his place in the political turmoil of the period ; while Frederic Philipse
and John Thomas, the former at Yonkers and the
other in the Harrison Precinct, are not…
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.
…525
of Pierre Van Cortlandt, L 5G5
of s-'amuel Young, iL 442
of bt. George Talbot, L 743
of Viceroy of Canada, ii. 453
frozii Mr. Boauot's report to V. P. s., L 61S
from X. Nfetherlaud Vertoogh…
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.
…525
of Pierre Van Cortlandt, L 5G5
of s-'amuel Young, iL 442
of bt. George Talbot, L 743
of Viceroy of Canada, ii. 453
frozii Mr. Boauot's report to V. P. s., L 61S
from X. Nfetherlaud Vertoogh…
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.
…View near Hell-Gate
Ventilators
The Beekman Mansion
High Bridge over the Croton
Turtle Bay and BlackweU's Island
Van Cortlandt Manor House
The Reservoir, Fifth Avenue
View from Prickly Pear Hill
Fifth Avenue Hotel, Madison Park
The Porpoise
Worth…
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.
…Seven of Moslur's party were from the farm of General Pierre van Cortlandt, Cortlaudtown.
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.
…henceforth, stand and be seized
of, and in all that tract or parcel of land in the manor of Cortlandt, in the
county of Westchester, distinguished and known by the name of nortii lot
number nine, and north lot number…
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.
…6 Van Cortlandt papers.
Pryer, Charles. The Neutral Ground. Half Moon Series, Vol. II, No. 5. New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1898.
…Brandon, Westover, Shirley, Marshall
House, Cliveden (Chew House), Morris House, Van Cortlandt
Manor-House, Oak Hill (The Home of the Livingstons^ Philipse
Manor-House, Jumel House (Fort Washine;ton), Smith House
(Sharon, Conn.), Pierce Homestead, Parson Williams's House, Varina…
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.
…On chat eventful September day in 1780 , two Croton men Moses Sher- wood and John Peterson ( the lat- ter a colored man who had served in General Van Cortlandt's West- chester militia were making cider on the land now…
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 chalices are inscribed as follows: -- ist. " The gift of Frederick
Van Cortlandt, St. Paul's Chtirch, Eastc luster, A. D. 1829." 2d and
3d, marked " A. S."a 4th, " St. Paul's Church, Eastchester, N. K,
from Mrs. John…
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
overlook and protect the important oyster-beds of this
wide portion of the river, the fort upon Van Cortlandt's neck was erected. It is an interesting fact
that where these shells have remained undisturbed
they are nearly all…
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.
…Gerard
G.
(Cornelia
Van
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156.
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the British snips on
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Bolton…
Dawson, Henry B. Westchester County, New York, During the American Revolution. Morrisania, NY: (privately printed by the author), 1886.
Not one of the number was from Towns lying northward from the White
Plains ; not one had come from all the country lying westward from the
Bronx-river ; there was not present either a Van Cortlandt or a Thomas, already…
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 31s;t
of August, 1778, they took part in the engagement at Tibbet's Brook, on the Van Cortlandt's estate, in Yonkers. They fought bravely and over
forty of their number were killed. When Nimham
saw that…
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.
Not one of the number was from Towns lying northward from the White
Plains ; not one had come from all the country lying westward from the
Bronx-river ; there was not present either a Van Cortlandt or a Thomas, already…
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.
…Graham, Benoni Piatt,
Samuel Drake, Frederic Van Cortlandt,
Lewis Morris, James Varian,
Jonathan Platt,^ Samuel Haviland,
Michael Hays, Benjamin Lyon,
Samuel Crawford, Robert Bloomer,
Gilbert Thorn, William Miller,
Thomas Thomas, Joshua Ferris,
James Newman, Gilbert Drake,
Jonathan G. Tompkins, Chairman…
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
force was usually composed of German mounted and
foot yagers and a company of chasseurs formed of
detachments from the difterent Hessian regiments in
New York. - Their camp was on Frederick Van
Cortlandt's farm, near his house. ' They…
Raymond, Marcius D., editor and publisher. Souvenir of the Revolutionary Soldiers' Monument Dedication, at Tarrytown, N.Y., October 19th, 1894. Tarrytown, NY, 1894.
…General Pierre Van Cortlandt is authority for the statement that in 1775, Col. Hammond, by order of the
Provincial Congress, went up to Coitlandt's Manor to disarm the Tories
who were numerous there -- more numerous there, as appears, than…
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.
…July 24th, 1703, Catonah and Wackemaue sell to Jacobus Van Cortlandt of
the city of New York, and Zachariah Roberts, senr., of Bedford, a certain
tract of upland meadow and swamp, all within ye bounds hereafter named, that
is to…
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.
…The
silver now used at the administration of the holy sacrament,
consists of one large silver flagon, 2 silver chalices, a silver bason or font ; the latter presented by a member of the Van Cortlandt family; and a silver plate…
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 day of May, 1775, a meeting of the
freeholders of Westchester County was held in White
Plains, and Gouverneur Morris, Lewis Graham, James
Van Cortlandt, Stephen Ward, Robert Graham,
Daniel Dayton, John Holmes, Jr., and Wm. Paulding…
Macdonald, John. Interview with {} ({}). John M. McDonald Interviews, 1844-1851, WCHS item 2043. Westchester County Historical Society. Transcribed by history.croton.news April 2026.
…He indicates that he drew up the will of Isaac Van Wart, one of
the three captors of British Major John André. He is listed as a 58-year-old resident of the
Town of Greenburgh, New York, in 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.
The following names are given from the town of
Cortlandt, on the authority of Post Abraham Voshurgh, of Peekskill, No. 95, Department of New York,
G. A. K.
Ihi'rU Liijht Cavalry^ Compamj F. Sergeant Thomas McCiitcliiMi, killeil in action…
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.
…b
In 1724, the inhabitants of Eastchester appear to have held a quit-rent
on the patent of Jacobus Van Cortlandt, and others, &x.c
a This Individual was the Mayor of the city of New York In 1703, and…
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.
…Henry White, of the Council of the Province
of New York, and his wife Eve Van Cortlandt, of Yonkers.