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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. II. New York: Charles F. Roper, 1881.
The latter, by will, bequeathed the same to his grandson Augustus Morris, '"provided he assumed the name of Van Cortlandt.'' Augustus van Cortlandt subsequently sold the property to Samuel B. Thompson, John F'wing, V/illiam C. Wetmore, and James…
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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. II. New York: Charles F. Roper, 1881.
Oloir Stcvensen, i Orloff Stovens Van Cortlandt ^Annetje Loockon and Ariantie h tans, da. ot Govcrt Loocl:':-i 1 wife, mar. 1612, ob. tCCO. Jacobns Van CortlanJt, of Tonkera, son of the_Eva PliUiT'Sic, .la. Ptti r Randolph DcVrlssand…
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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.
the high margin of the stream, to the Van Cortlandt Manor House, passing the old Ferry House on the way, where a party of New York levies, under Captain Daniel "Williams, were surprised by some British horsemen in the winter…
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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.
…Oloff Stevens van Cortlandt died some time subsequent to 1683, leaving his son Stephanus, then a highly respectable merchant in New York."a- In 1664, the name of Oloff Stevensen van Cortlandt, occurs as one of the six commissioners, appointed…
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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.
Gilbert Van Cortlandt, by his will bearing date 17th of Sept., 1784, and proved 8th of a Whitehead's East Jersey under the Proprietors. 6 County Kec. Lib. G. p. 681. c The arms, crest and motto of this family…
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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. II. New York: Charles F. Roper, 1881.
Upon the death of Frederick van Cortlandt, 12th Feb., 1749,^ the estate devolved by the will of Jacobus, senr. to Jacobus van Cortlandt jun., eldest son and heir at law of Frederick. This individual, better known as Col. James van
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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.
…Upon the death of Frederick van Cortlandt, 12th Feb., 1749,'' the estate devolved by the will of Jacobus, senr. to Jacobus van Cortlandt jun., eldest son and heir at law of Frederick. This individual, better known as Col. James van
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Lewis Miller Cottage Locust Grove Main Building Manitoga Martin Van Buren National Historic Site Mohawk Upper Castle Historic District Mohonk Mountain House Montgomery Place Morrill Hall Nash New York State Canal System New York State Inebriate
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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.
James=nester Hester ^James EIiza-=Jotm Van Rensno issue Van Cortlandt Van u beth I salaear 1st Cousin ..Elizabeth Van Cortlandt, 1st Cousin Kort wright Col. Philip, nat. Nov. 10, 1739. ob. May-- Catharine, da. of Jacob Will. Rick- Elizabeth…
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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.
Johannes' daughter Gertrude had married Philip Verplanck and he had been chosen by the Van Cortlandt heirs to survey the entire manor into thirty lots, to be partitioned among the ten members of the family. It seems strange that the…
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Stony Point Battlefield Susan B. Anthony House Thomas Cole National Historic Site Top Cottage Troy Savings Bank Music Hall United States Military Academy Utica Psychiatric Center Valcour Bay Van Alen House Vassar College Observatory W. & L. E. Gurley
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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.
Steven van Cortlandt a lineal descendant of the ancient Dukes of Cortlandt or Courland.a Jacobus married Eva Philipse daughter of the Hon. Frederick Philipse of the manor of Philipsburgh. Besides the Yonkers estate, Jacobus van Cortlandt was a large…
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the Croton River . [ 4 ] Slaves were brought in to work in the main house. [ 11 ] While the patriotic Van Cortlandts would champion the ideals of freedom and equality for the new nation during the American Revolution , their estate relied on…
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labor of enslaved Africans. [ 13 ] The manor house is essentially a Dutch colonial country house, [ 14 ] and by no means a mansion comparable to the Philipse Manor Hall, the country seat of the Philipses, close relatives of the Van Cortlandts…
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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. II. New York: Charles F. Roper, 1881.
…This property, which Ues directly north of Berrian's Neck, passed, upon the death of Frederick van Cortlandt, to his brother Augustus van Cortlandt. The latter, by will, bequeathed the same to his grandson Augustus Morris, '"provided he assumed the…
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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 . After the death of Anne Stevenson Van Cortlandt
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The Van Cortlandts started selling their land holdings in Croton Point and in the future Croton Village, Harmon and Mount Airy. 1748 -- death of the Second Lord of the Manor, Philip Van Cortlandt. Son Pierre Van Cortlandt becomes the Third…
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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.
Between Frederick Felipse of the city of New York, merchant, of the one part, &c., and Jacobus van Cortlandt of the same city, merchant, of the other part, witnesseth that the said Frederick Felipse, as well for and in consideration…
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Bacon, Edgar Mayhew. The Hudson River from Ocean to Source: Historical, Legendary, Picturesque. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1903.
Seeretarv,87,96,98 Van500,Corlaer, Anthony, i()3, 358 Van66, Twiller 511-513 (Walter the' D.ml.ter), Van Cortlandt family, 295, 522 Van Vechten, Abraham. 546 Van Cortlandt house, 294-295 Van Vechten (Veethi-). "352, 459, Van Cortlandt
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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.
Steven Van Cortlandt, (Courland, or Dukes of Courland), who-- Catharine, nat. 1566, served with distinction in the military Rervice of the United Provinces. I died at Cortlandt, in 1609; ob at Cortlandt, South Holland. South Holland. Right Hon. Oloff stevensen…
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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.
Cornelia Van Cortlandt, daughter of Lieutenant-Governor Pierre Van Cortlandt, occupied the Van Cortlandt Manor House with her husband, Gerard Beekman, during the Revolutionary days although, afterwards, they settled in the old Beekman homestead at North Tarrytown. She was a…
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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.
…The present Lord Elphinstone, one of the Queen's lords in waiting, is a greatgrandson of Colonel Van Cortlandt. Of the English branch no male descendant of the name is living.-- The Van Cortlandt Family, by Mrs. Pierre E. Van
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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.
" The colored glass portrayal of the " Half - Moon " on the entrance to the Pierre Van Cortlandt Ele- Encyclopedia Brittanica , Vol . 23 , 1945 : p . 90B . ** Alvin McCaslin Higgins , The Story of Croton , Quarterly Bulletin , Westches- ter County Historical Society , Vol . 16…
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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 Vau C'ortlandt Manor of Cortlandt. JamfcS Cronkliite Kyck's Patent. Robert Gmbain W hite I'laius. Pierre Van Cortlandt Cortlandt JIanor. James Holmes Bedford. Samuel Haviland Rye. DaTid Daton Xortb Castle. James Ferris Westchester. William Sutton JIamaroneck. Ebenezer…
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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.
Philip Van Cortlandt, who afterwards took such an active part against the Revolution ; a silver shaving cup or christening bowl with two handles, very curious, brought to this country by Oloff Stevenson Van Cortlandt from Holland in 1638; a gold…
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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.
…The late General Pierre Van Cortlandt has left this memorandum relative to them -- " That the deer of which this is the head and homs was raised by my uncle John Van Cortlandt about the year 1730, and which head and…
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John M. McDonald Interviews (1844-1851), Westchester County Historical Society
Pierre Van Cortlandt Jr. — manuscript page 1 Date: 1844-1851 (handwritten) Source: John M. McDonald Interviews (1844-1851), Westchester County Historical Society
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John M. McDonald Interviews (1844-1851), Westchester County Historical Society
Pierre Van Cortlandt Jr. — manuscript page 2 Date: 1844-1851 (handwritten) Source: John M. McDonald Interviews (1844-1851), Westchester County Historical Society
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