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whose maps and surveys are a treasure-trove of information about the Croton and Ossining area in the early to mid 1800s. Records show that he made a map of the “Villages of Sing Sing and Sparta” as early as…
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were then owned and operated by Philip Van Cortlandt , (who was often referred to as “General Van Cortlandt” due to his rank at the end of the Revolutionary War) but they had been built by the Underhills in 1792 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. who died November
21st, 1831, aged 82; and Johanna van Cortlandt, wife of the
Hon. Pierre van Cortlandt, daughter of Gilbert and Cornelia Livingston, born at Kingston, ifi the county of Ulster, the 28th day
of August…
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.
…Pierre Van Cortlandt, 600 acres ; to his three sisters,
Anne Van Rensselaer, Cornelia Beekman, and Catharine Van Wyck,
200 acres each ; and his western lands to his nephew, the late Philip G. Van Wyck of Sing Sing. The latter gentleman…
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.
…Van Cortlandt was obtained at the collegiate school of Rev. R. T. Huddart,
in New York ; later at a school in Bloomingdale ; and
subsequently at the celebrated school of the Brothers
Pugnet, on Bank Street. He left school in 1842…
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.
…Oloff Stevens Van Cortlandt died sometime subsequent to 1683, leaving
issue by his wife Annetje Lookermans, two sons and four daughters,
viz: Stephanus, Jacobus, (ancestor of the Van Cortlandts of Yonkers,
Maria, who marr. Jeremias Van Rensselear, Catharine, who marr…
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.
…Iu testimony whereof the
parties to these presents have set their hands and seals, the day and year first
above written.''
This p)roperty is still vested in a descendant of Jacobus van Cortlandt.
On the 13th August, 1701, we…
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.
…Both Van Cortlandt
and Adolph Philipse his brother-in-law were Executors of Frederick Philipse's Will. They sent to England to Edward Richbell, and in consideration of the
cancelling of John Richbell's mortgages and of £400
sterling in…
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the road you can even see Van Cortlandt Manor. Detail showing the mouth of the Croton River on the left, part of Croton Point in the upper right, and Van Cortlandt Manor in the lower middle between the trees. After…
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.
…He had grown wealthy and in 1642 had married Annetje Loockermans, the sister of Govert Loockermans who had
come from Holland with the great Van Twiller. Two sons were born
to them--Stephanus and Jacobus. Stephanus Van Cortlandt was born…
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 of May the
new committee for Westchester County, on which
Frederick Van Cortlandt represented the Yonkers,
chose Colonel James Van Cortlandt as deputy to the
new Provincial Congress, and he attended its first
meeting at the exchange…
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.
…Frederick Flipse. (S)
Signed, sealed and declared in ye presence of ye underwritten witnesses who
also in ye presence of ye Testator have subscribed their names, Isaac de fforeest,
Olof Van Cortlandt, Philip Van Cortlandt, W. Nicoll, New York, Dec…
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 church of
Cortlandt," 28th August, 1840. b
PRINCIPAL BENEFACTORS.
Catherine Van Cortlandt, Col. Beverly Robinson and Susannah
Phiiipse, his wife, the Ven Propagation Society, Andrew Johnson, Gen. Pierre Van Cortlandt, Col. Pierre Van. Cortlandt, Nicholas Cruger, Esq.,
Isaac…
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.
…Descendants of William Ricketts van Cortlandt still own and dwell upon portions of
the property that fell to his Grandfather Philip van
Cortlandt at the division of the Manor in 1732-33.
Pierre van Cortlandt, the youngest son of Philij…
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…
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 affair of March at Peekskill greatly agitated the State convention, which caused a portion of the militia of Orange, Dutchess,
aud Westchester Counties to be called out, sent to the Highlands, and
iThe Van Cortlandt mansion, near Peekskill,
of…
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, Augustus, last will of, ii. 450. Jacobus, Bedford, i. 16.
Indian confirmation to, ii. 416.
last will of, ii. 449.
etymology of surname, i. 50. Van Cortlandt family, i. 50.
Stephanus, last will of, i. 53.
Philip, i…
Bolton, Reginald Pelham. Indian Paths in the Great Metropolis. Indian Notes and Monographs, Vol. II, No. 7. New York: Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation, 1922.
…See New Utrecht
Valentine avenue, 103
Valentine-Briggs farmhouse, 103
Valeyen, 70
Valley grove, 147
Valley Stream, 38, 229
Valley Stream road, 180
Van Brunt lane, 169
Van Corlaer, Jacobus, 156
Van Cortlandt, Frederick; 93, 94, 226
Van Cortlandt avenue…
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.
Stevensen Van Courland or Cortlandt, then
residing at Courland or Cortlandt, in South Holland, whose son Oloff
Stephensen or Oloff Stevens Van Kortlandt, as he subsequently signed
his name; was Burgomaster, or, chief magistrate of Wyck Duurstede*
or Wyck 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.
In the historic
assembly of 1775, when the issues for and against aggressive resistance to England were sharply drawn, Westchester County's representatives were Van Cortlandt, Thomas, Philipse, and Wilkins. It is thus seen that, as concerns representation in 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.
The first independent election for officers of the town of Cortlandt,
took place April ist, 1788, when the following individuals were chosen
officers for the year ensuing: --
Philip Van Cortlandt, Supervisor.
Joseph Travis, Towu Clerk.
Daniel Birdscll )
Nathaniel Brown, - Poor…
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.
…2°'' Endorsement,
Received (In Quality as Receiver-Generall of this
province) this IG August 1720 of M" Geertruydt Van
Cortlandt Executrix of Stephanus Van Cortlandt deceased, the Sum of Eight pounds proclamation money. In full of Quitrents for all 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.
…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…
Westchester County Historical Society / John M. McDonald Interviews — Digital Collection April 2025
…Brown, Abigail; McChain, Hannah; Odell, John, 1756-1835; Van Cortlandt, Pierre, 1721-1814;
Manuscript source: Hufeland Mss. Book 1. Vol. 7, pgs. 1064.
Matched keyword: Cortlandt
URL: https://collections.westchestergov.com/digital/collection/mcdonald/id/1090
Archivist summary:
Pierre Odell…
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. There is also a bust of this individual in the bank, presented
by his son, Gen. Pierre van Cortlandt.
The present board of directors consist of :
Pierre van Cortlandt, Joseph H. Anderson,
James B. Travis, Ebenezer Foster…
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.
In 1664 the name of Oloff Stevensen Van Cortlandt, occurs as one of
the six commissioners appointed to meet the English Deputies at Governor Stuyvesant's house in the Bowery, to treat concerning the surrender
of the colony.
Oloff Stevens…
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.
…Gouverneur Morris • Philip van Cortlandt
Lewis Graham James Holmes
James van Cortlandt David Dayton
Stephen Ward John Thomas, Jun.
Joseph Drake Robert Graham
William Paulding.
Members of the New York Convention from Westchester
County for deliberating on the adoption 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.
…Philip van Cortlandt, but now in possession of Col. Pierre van Corilandt, his nephew. This venerable mansion was built soon after the erection of
the manor by .Tohnnnes van Cortlandt, oldest son of Stephanus
van Cortlandt, first lord ofthe manor…
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.
…James Stevenson van Cortlandt of
Croton, the only surviving son of the late Colonel
Pierre van Cortlandt, is the foundation of the title
to the whole Manor of Cortlandt as possessed by
Stephanus van Cortlandt, and of all existing titles…
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.
…Pierre Van Cortlandt, 600 acres ; to his three sisters,
Anne Van Rensselaer, Cornelia Beekman, and Catharine Van Wyck,
200 acres each ; and his western lands to his nephew, the late Philip G. Van Wyck of Sing Sing. The latter gentleman…