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acquired by direct purchase from the Kitchawank (also spelled Kitchtawanc or Kitchawonke) people, [ 3 ] [ 6 ] a Lenape tribe of the Wappinger confederacy. The purchase was made in part by Stephanus van Cortlandt , the first native-born mayor of New
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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.
Cortlandt house, the ancient residence of the Van Cortlandt family, stands in the vale below, about one mile north from Kings bridge, on the road leading to the village of Yonkers. Prior to the purchase of the Philipses this estate…
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A History of the County of Westchester, Vol. II §909Cortlandt house, the ancient residence of the Van Cortlandt family, stands in the vale below, about one mile north from Kings bridge, on the road leading to the village of Yonkers. Prior to the purchase of the Philipses this estate…
A History of the County of Westchester, Vol. II §907 — Prior to the purchase of the Philipses this estate (as before shown,) formed a portion of the fief of Colen-donck, and was styled the " Old Yonckers." From the Patroon Adriaen van der Donck it passed through the hands of…
A History of the County of Westchester, Vol. II §908 — …Cortlandt house, the ancient residence of the Van Cortlandt family, stands in the vale below, about one mile north from Kings bridge, on the road leading to the village of Yonkers. Prior to the purchase of the Philipses this estate…
A History of the County of Westchester, Vol. II §906 — …Cortlandt house, the ancient residence of the Van Cortlandt family, stands in the vale below, about one mile north from Kings bridge, on the road leading to the village of Yonkers. Prior to the purchase of the Philipses this estate…
A History of the County of Westchester, Vol. II §841 — …This property is still vested in a descendant of Jacobus van Cortlandt. 13ih August, 1701, we find the Indians confirming the Van Cortlandts in their purchase. " To all Christian people and others to whom these presents shall come, Clause Dewilt…
A History of the County of Westchester, Vol. II §471 — …Titian's Mistress, Heely ; Augustus van Cortlandt of Yonkers, Jarvis ; Mrs. van Cortlandt, (a miniature) Leslie. The views of the water from this place are of a beautiful description. Jn the immediate vicinity are located the residences of Mr. Daniel…
A History of the County of Westchester, Vol. II §818 — …b See Van Cortlandt's confirmation. ' See Bedford. d Donck is a village in South Holland, three and a half leagues from Corenm. • O'Callaghan's Hist. N. N. 327. 406 ^' ' HISTORY OF THE " Patroon Killian van Rensselaer, for the…
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.
…Wells and Gertrude Van Cortlandt Wells, a daughter of that union, lives in Croton-on- Hudson today. She is well known as Baroness de Graffenried. She is known as "The Baroness" and, by inheritance or purchase, owned much of the…
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The Story of Croton §14 — …Wells and Gertrude Van Cortlandt Wells, a daughter of that union, lives in Croton-on- Hudson today. She is well known as Baroness de Graffenried. She is known as "The Baroness" and, by inheritance or purchase, owned much of the…
The Story of Croton §20 — …Stephanus Van Cortlandt was married to Gertrude Schuyler, 1671, his sister Sophia married Andreas Teller. Evidently through her brother's aid and influence, the Tellers obtained the greater part of Senasqua, as the peninsula was called. The original purchase price…
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.
…This purchase was afterwards confirmed to Stephanus Van Cortlandt) to be holden of his majesty and his successors in common soccage according to the tenure of East Greenwich in England, the patentee paying yearly therefore (as a quit rent,) two…
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The History of the Several Towns, Manors, and Patents of the County of Westchester (1881 revised edition, Vol. I) §235 — …This purchase was afterwards confirmed to Stephanus Van Cortlandt) to be holden of his majesty and his successors in common soccage according to the tenure of East Greenwich in England, the patentee paying yearly therefore (as a quit rent,) two…
The History of the Several Towns, Manors, and Patents of the County of Westchester (1881 revised edition, Vol. I) §477 — …Hudson was built soon after the erection of the Manor by Johannes Van Cortlandt, eldest son of De Hur Stephanus Van Cortlandt first lord of the Manor. Although tradition says that when Van Cortlandt purchase^ from Governor Thomas Dongan, in…
The History of the Several Towns, Manors, and Patents of the County of Westchester (1881 revised edition, Vol. I) §292 — …and the purchase money to be immediately paid as soon as the deeds are given. Date'd, Manor of Cortlandt, at the ferry-house near the mouth of Croton River.6 The will of Stephen Van Cortlandt, son of Philip…
The History of the Several Towns, Manors, and Patents of the County of Westchester (1881 revised edition, Vol. I) §478 — Although tradition says that when Van Cortlandt purchase^ from Governor Thomas Dongan, in 1683-4, the domain of Kitchawan, the latter had already begun improvements, intending to complete a fortified country seat for the convenience of fishing, hawking and hunting…
The History of the Several Towns, Manors, and Patents of the County of Westchester (1881 revised edition, Vol. I) §236 — …situate on the highlands north of Stephanus Van Cortlandt's land, which is called by the Indians Wenebees, &c." The above grantees on the 21st of April, 1685, made a second purchase of land from the same native proprietors consisting…
The History of the Several Towns, Manors, and Patents of the County of Westchester (1881 revised edition, Vol. I) §115 — …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…
The History of the Several Towns, Manors, and Patents of the County of Westchester (1881 revised edition, Vol. I) §114 — …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…
The History of the Several Towns, Manors, and Patents of the County of Westchester (1881 revised edition, Vol. I) §237 — Stephanus Van Cortlandt's land to the said river to another creek, and so runs up said creek in several courses to a certain tree marked with R, and from the 3aid marked tree southerly by marked trees all along…
Ruttenber, E.M. Footprints of the Red Men: Indian Geographical Names in the Valley of Hudson's River, the Valley of the Mohawk, and on the Delaware. Published in the Proceedings of the New York State Historical Association, Vol. VI. 1906.
…69 Van Cortlandt, Philip (Colonel commanding Second New York Regiment) : Autobiography, with Notes by Pierre C, Van Wyck. Magazine of American History. Vol. 2. p. 278 et seq. Same. Elmira Daily Advertiser, February 17th, 1879. Van Hovenburgh, Rudolphus (Lieutenant Fourth…
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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.
…Stephanus Van Cortlandt's land, &c., &c."
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A History of the County of Westchester, Vol. I §113 — …Stephanus Van Cortlandt's land, &c., &c."
A History of the County of Westchester, Vol. I §153 — …Pierre Van Cortlandt, surviving executor of Philip, deceased, will give a title agreeable to the act of Assembly, &c. The lands are to be sold to the highest bidder, and the purchase money to be immediately paid as soon as…
A History of the County of Westchester, Vol. I §112 — …A schedule or list of goods paid by Stephanus Van Cortlandt, in his deed expressed. , ^ ^ .. 8 guns, 9 blankets, 5 coats, '" r . 14 fathom of Duffels, 14 kettles, 40 fathoms of black Wampum, 80 fathoms of white Vv'ampum, 2…
A History of the County of Westchester, Vol. I §967 — …1699, Sachima Wicker, sachem of Kightawonck and his associates sold to Stephanus van Cortlandt, all their rights as owners and proprietors in the " land lying and being v/ithin Cortlandt's manor, beginning on the south side of Kightawonck creek…
A History of the County of Westchester, Vol. I §247 — …This Point was originally granted by the Van Cortlandts to the Dutch Reformed Church of Cortlandt manor. Some time subsequent to the revoa Monlton & Yates Hist. N. Y., page 271. b The Wickapy Indians, whose principal settlements were in the…
A History of the County of Westchester, Vol. I §566 — Some of these lands must have subsequently reverted to the Indians, for in 1699 the Kitchawan tribe again released the same territory to Stephanas van Cortlandt. This individual had previously obtained a charter from the » Salem was incorporated on the…
A History of the County of Westchester, Vol. I §563 — …Seven of Mosher's party were from the farm of General Pierre van Cortlandt, Cortlandtown. » On the east side of the road leading from the Purchase to Rye, lies the grave of an old veteran by the name of John…
A History of the County of Westchester, Vol. I §297 — …Jacobus van Cortlandt, Joseph van Home, Capt. John Drake, Thomas Pinckney, Joseph Drake, Edmund Ward, Henry Fowler, and Roger Barton, a grant for a tract of land in Westchester Co., beginning at Hutchinson's brook, at the end of 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. II. New York: Charles F. Roper, 1881.
Cortlandt house, the ancient residence of the Van Cortlandt family, stands in the vale below, about one mile north from Kings Bridge, on the road leading to the village of Yonkers. Prior to the purchase of the Philipses, this estate…
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The History of the Several Towns, Manors, and Patents of the County of Westchester, Vol. II (1881 revised ed.) §552 — …Cortlandt house, the ancient residence of the Van Cortlandt family, stands in the vale below, about one mile north from Kings Bridge, on the road leading to the village of Yonkers. Prior to the purchase of the Philipses, this estate…
The History of the Several Towns, Manors, and Patents of the County of Westchester, Vol. II (1881 revised ed.) §553 — Prior to the purchase of the Philipses, this estate (as before sho\\Ti) formed a portion of the fief of Colen-donck, and was styled the " Old Yonckers." Fro:n the Patroon Adriaen van der Donck, it passed through the…
The History of the Several Towns, Manors, and Patents of the County of Westchester, Vol. II (1881 revised ed.) §485 — …This p)roperty is still vested in a descendant of Jacobus van Cortlandt. On the 13th August, 1701, we find the Indians confirming the Van Cortlandts' in their purchase: -- "To all Christian people, and others to whom the presents shall…
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…
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History of the Indian Tribes of Hudson's River §204 — …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…
History of the Indian Tribes of Hudson's River §205 — …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.
…Against this powerful conservative combination stood the Morrises in the extreme southern part of the county, Judge Thomas, representing no landed estates but the simple yeomanry of Rye, Harrison's Purchase, and the central sections, and Pierre Van Cortlandt, the…
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History of Westchester County, New York, from its Earliest Settlement to the Year 1900 §583 — …Against this powerful conservative combination stood the Morrises in the extreme southern part of the county, Judge Thomas, representing no landed estates but the simple yeomanry of Rye, Harrison's Purchase, and the central sections, and Pierre Van Cortlandt, the…
History of Westchester County, New York, from its Earliest Settlement to the Year 1900 §441 — …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…
History of Westchester County, New York, from its Earliest Settlement to the Year 1900 §1257Cortlandt Park was constructed mainly out of the ancient Van CortThe city's purchase included landt estate of the Lower Yonkers. the historic mansion (erected by Frederick Van Cortlandt in 1748), which was placed in the custody of the Colonial…
History of Westchester County, New York, from its Earliest Settlement to the Year 1900 §335 — …as deed the in is described the purchase thus made on the east side of the Hudson River, at the entering in of the Highlands, just over against Haverstraw." Van Cortlandt purchased Earlier in the same year (July 13, 1683…
History of Westchester County, New York, from its Earliest Settlement to the Year 1900 §443 — This was the same Jacobus Van Cortlandt who married Eva, adopted daughter of the first Frederick Philipse, and founded the Van Cortlandt estate of the Little or Lower Vonkers, above Kingsbridge. He purchased lands of the Indians and settlers of…
History of Westchester County, New York, from its Earliest Settlement to the Year 1900 §1256 — …Cortlandt Park was constructed mainly out of the ancient Van CortThe city's purchase included landt estate of the Lower Yonkers. the historic mansion (erected by Frederick Van Cortlandt in 1748), which was placed in the custody of the Colonial…
History of Westchester County, New York, from its Earliest Settlement to the Year 1900 §1295 — …of Colon Donck by Adrian Van der Donck, 106; of Weckquaesgeck by Stuyvesant, 114: of lands by Thomas Pell, 115; Turner's purchase, 115; of Rye and adjacent lands by Peter Disbrow and others, 124: of Mamaroneck lands by John…
History of Westchester County, New York, from its Earliest Settlement to the Year 1900 §552 — …mansion) was held, until its purchase by the City of New York, in the family of his daughter Anna, who married Henry White, the White heirs of Augustus assuming the name of Van Cortlandt agreeably to a requirement of his…
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.
…Previously to his purchase of the Dongan lands, and on the 13th of July, 1688, Stephanus Van Cortlandt bought from the Haverstraw Indians a tract on the West side of the Hudson River, directly opposite to the promontory of Anthony…
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History of Westchester County, New York, Vol. I §600 — …Previously to his purchase of the Dongan lands, and on the 13th of July, 1688, Stephanus Van Cortlandt bought from the Haverstraw Indians a tract on the West side of the Hudson River, directly opposite to the promontory of Anthony…
History of Westchester County, New York, Vol. I §655 — …who desired to take up lands, The few ])eo])le brought in, and imjirovements undertaken, by Steplianus van Cortlandt between his first purchase and his death, were settled and made in the western portion of the Manor, along the river…
History of Westchester County, New York, Vol. I §634 — …Van Cortlandt's home was in New York, and this first building was intended as a station for Indian traffic. Naturally it became his place of temporary residence when visiting his lands after his first purchase, either for business, pleasure…
History of Westchester County, New York, Vol. I §601 — Previously to his purchase of the Dongan lands, and on the 13th of July, 1688, Stephanus Van Cortlandt bought from the Haverstraw Indians a tract on the West side of the Hudson River, directly opposite to the promontory of Anthony…
History of Westchester County, New York, Vol. I §635Van Cortlandt's home was in New York, and this first building was intended as a station for Indian traffic. Naturally it became his place of temporary residence when visiting his lands after his first purchase, either for business, pleasure…
History of Westchester County, New York, Vol. I §592 — …Sec'y.^ The earliest movement of Stephanus van Cortlandt towards obtaining the Lands of the Manor, was to take out, pursuant to the law of the Province,'^ a License to purchase them from the Indians, in order to extinguish the…
History of Westchester County, New York, Vol. I §576 — …ten in width, in shape nearly a rectangular parallelogram, formed, " The Manor of Cortlandt." Acquired by direct purchase from the Indians, in part, by Stephanus van Cortlandt, a native born Dutch gentleman of New York, and in part by others…
History of Westchester County, New York, Vol. I §4080 — …Van der Donck's " planting-field " was on the plain or flat of the Van Cortlandt estate, lying between Broadway and the present lake, and extending up to the southerly end of Vault 11111.** It is probable that his house…
Bacon, Edgar Mayhew. The Hudson River from Ocean to Source: Historical, Legendary, Picturesque. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1903.
…He married a wealth}' wife, and became, by purchase, the proprietor of the \^an Cortlandt Manor on the river. Van Cortlandt 's neighbour, Philipse, began life (according to Chief-Justice John Jay) as a carpenter. The ex|)crts in heraldry…
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The Hudson River from Ocean to Source (Bacon, 1903) §105 — …He married a wealth}' wife, and became, by purchase, the proprietor of the \^an Cortlandt Manor on the river. Van Cortlandt 's neighbour, Philipse, began life (according to Chief-Justice John Jay) as a carpenter. The ex|)crts in heraldry…
The Hudson River from Ocean to Source (Bacon, 1903) §103 — …North of his extensive territory, more particular!}^ defined in another chapter, lay the manor of Cortlandt, reaching as far as Anthony's Nose. On the north of Van Cortlandt Philipse again appears; the Highland Patent, as it was called, taking…
The Hudson River from Ocean to Source (Bacon, 1903) §104 — On the north of Van Cortlandt Philipse again appears; the Highland Patent, as it was called, taking in nearly all of Putnam Coimty and reaching to Fishkill creek. Rondout came next, including the land between Fishkill and Wappinger's creek…
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…
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Dawson, Henry B. Westchester County, New York, During the American Revolution. Morrisania, NY: (privately printed by the author), 1886.
…Livingston and James Duane and John Jay and Pierre Van Cortlandt-- the lust- named three having been Livingstons by their marriages -- were members of that Convention; and six of them were present when the order was given. (Journal of the…
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Raymond, Marcius D., editor and publisher. Souvenir of the Revolutionary Soldiers' Monument Dedication, at Tarrytown, N.Y., October 19th, 1894. Tarrytown, NY, 1894.
…The latter, born 1755, afterwards removed to Cortlandt town, where he died 1808, leaving descendants by two marriages. John married Rea, the only daughter of Cornelius Van Tassel, as already stated in the story of that family. James Romer was…
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National Park Service (2021)
…Indian Field, part of Van Cortlandt Park in the Bronx, honors Ninham, his son Abraham, and the fifteen other Stockbridge Munsee Mohican warriors who died fighting the Queen’s Rangers on this site in the Battle of Kingsbridge in 1778…
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comprehensive_plan_2003_raw.txt
…To the west is Route 9 and to the south is the Van Cortlandt Manor property, a five-acre historic estate. The Harmon commercial area includes a mix of smaller-scale shops along South Riverside and a large (30-acre…
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