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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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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.
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…
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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.
…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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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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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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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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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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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.
…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…
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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.
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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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.
…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…
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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.
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…
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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.
…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…
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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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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.
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…
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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.
…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…
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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.
…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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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…
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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.
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…
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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.
…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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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.
…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…
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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.
…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…
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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.
…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…
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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 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…
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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.
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…
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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.
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…
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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.
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…
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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.
…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…
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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.
…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…
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