8 passages in 4 source items for “Van Cortlandt charter 1697”
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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…
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.
…As we have previously shown, when Stephanus Van Cortlandt became
full proprietor of the grand domain, it was erected into the Lordship and
Manor of Cortlandt, by royal charter, bearing the date of June 17, 1697. That charter, written on…
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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.
…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…
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History of Westchester County, New York, Vol. I §579
— …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…
History of Westchester County, New York, Vol. I §115
— …The titles
to the most of these lands were afterward secured by
Stephanus
Van Cortlandt, and were confirmed to him
by royal
charter in
1697. The
Van Courtlandt
manor, containing eighty-three thousand acres of
land, was thus established, and…
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.
…Four years after the Manor of Philipseburgh had been established,
on June 17, 1697, Stephanus Van Cortlandt had secured the entire
northern party of Westchester County, from the Croton River to Putnam County and Connecticut--amassing together eighty-six thousand…