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.

M.ll Gc 974.701 W52bo I v.l 1281018 GENEALOGY COLLECTION 1^ ALLEN COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY 3 1833 01149 0262 Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2010 with funding from Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center http://www.archive.org/details/historyofcountyo01bolt HON. eALEB HEATHOOTE. From the original Piciure in the possession of the Right Rev. William lleathcote de Lancey …

" These were the Mankikani and Mohikans of De Laet, tlie Mahiccanders^ Mohickanders and Nahikanders of the Dutch, the Manhikans, Mahikans, or Mohegans, according to Professor Ebehng, and the Mohegana or Miihhekanew. (the original name of Mohegans.) According to the English the Mohiccans, Mahiccon, and lastly, Mahiccans, were all one people, originally a branch of the Delaware …

The western bounding line of the Mahicanni was the river Mahicannittuck^ which the white people now call the ' North River.' Our towns and settlements extended on the east side of this river from Thyp- ^ Moulton's Hist, of New York, 226. yiii INTRODUCTION. hane or Tnphanne, (a Delaware word for cold stream^ from which the whites have derived the name Tnppan,) to the extent of …

In the old Algonquin, as given by La Hontan, it is Mahingan, and we perceive that this was the term employed by the early French writers for the Mohegans. In the language of the Indian priests or medais, a mystical use of the names of various objects in the animated creation is made, in order to clothe their arts with the degree of respect and authority, which ignorant nations …

This is, manifestly, a compound declarative phrase, and not a simple nominative, and is equivalent to the phrase, '• I am ^ Mohegan." It is in accordance both with religious custom, and the usage of the Indian priesthood, to infer a unity of superstitious practices in nearly affiliated tribes. In this manner the word "Mohegan" was used to denote^ not a common wolf, but the …

The Mohegans were again sub-divided into numerous bands, each known by a distinctiye name. Among these, inhabiting the County, may be enumerated the Siwanoys, who occupied the northern shores of the Sound *• from Norwalk to 24 miles to the neighborhood of Hellgate." How far they claimed jurisdiction inland is uncertain. The Manhattans had their principal settlement on New York …

b Mohegan River. e " Shaila, in the cognate dialect of the Odjibwa, means a pelican." " Uc is the ordinary inflection for locality "-^Mr. Schoolcraft's Paper, Proceedings of N. Y. Hist. Soc 1844. " The great white pelican (P. trachyrhyncus) was formerly numerous on the Hudson and other rivers and lakes of this State. At the present dayit has entirely disappeared, and I do not …

"Having taken into consideration the necessity of dividing the Province into respective Countys, for the better governing and settling courts in the same, be it enacted by the Governor, Council and the Representatives, and by the authority of the same, that the said Province be divided into twelve Countys as followeth : The County of Westchester to conteyne West and …

It is situated on the east side of the Hudson, immediately north of New York County : bounded north by Putnam and Dutchess Counties; east by the State of Connecticut ; southerly by Long Island Sound and East River ; west by Haarlem River and the Hudson, or by New York County, the State of New Jersey, and the County of Rockland in this State. The area may be 480 square miles …

A great part of this count)' is contained in the manors of Philipsburgh, Pelham, Fordham, and Courtlandt, the last of which has the privilege of sending a representative to the General Assembly. The count}' is tolerably settled. Tlie lands are in general rough but fertile, and therefore the farmers run principally on grazing. It has several towns, Eastchesler, Westchester, New …

b Mount Pleasant includes the inmates of the county poor-house, which is returned in the ccnHus separately, as follows ; total number of inmates 184, aliens not naturalized, and persons of color not taxed, 25. INTRODUCTION. xiu North Castle, . 2010 New Castle, . 1495 North Salem, . 1228 New Rochelle, . 1977 Ossia-ing,^ . 3312 Pelham, . 486 Poimdridge, . 1427 Rye, . . 2180 …

The north-west corner is considerably broken by the south-eastern border of the Highlands, of a mountain character; and a range of hills of moderate height extends from York Island toward the north-east extremity, on which are » Name changed to Ossin-ing in 1846. See Sess. Laws, chap. 30, sec. 5. b Part of Somers annexed to Newcastle. See Laws of 1846, chap. 249. * West Farms …

The lower part has considerable of ornamental farming and gardening, where are the seats of men of opulence, cultivated with niuch taste." The manufactures are numerous. White Plains and Bedford are the half shire towns. "Tarrytown, Sing Sing, and some others, are charming positions on the Hudson, where are small villages and landings, with considerable trade. Tappan Bay, a …

Among the principal varieties may be enumerated the White Oak, (duercus Alba,) Red Oak, (Quercus Rubra,) Pin Oak, (duercus Paluster,) and the Black Oak, (Quertetron ;) the White Elm, (ulmus Americana ;) Red or Slippery Elm, (Ulmus Fulva,) and the Witch Elm, (Ulmus Montana ;) the Plane or Buttonwood, (Platanus ;) the Ash, (Traxinus ;) Basswood, Lim.e or Linden, (Zelia ;) Beach …

The British with a numerous army, and a powerful marine, were in possession of New York, while Washington, with an inferior and badly supplied army, dispirited by the affair of Long Island, was merely manoeuvring to keep them in check. The battle of W^hite Plains, October '2S(h, will long be remembered, as will the dismal prospect of that year, when the Patriot Fathers of …

Willis, 'Mias been made the scene of, perhaps, the best historical novel of our country, and, n;ore than any other part of the United States, suffered from the evils of war. The character and depredations of the " Cow-hoys'' and " Skinners,'^ whose fields of action were on the skirts of this "Neutral Ground," are familiar to all who have read " the Essay" of Mr. Cooper. A …

To every question they gave such an answer as would please the inquirer ; or, if they despaired of pleasing, such a one as would not provoke him. Fear was, apparently, the only passion by which they were animated. The power of volition seemed to have deserted them. They were not civil, but obsequious ; not obliging, but subservient. They yielded with a kind of apathy, and very …

When you spoke to them, they answered you without either good or ill nature, and without any appearance of reluctance or hesitation ; but they subjoined neither questions nor remarks of their own ; proving to your full conviction, that they felt no interest either in the conversation or yourself. Both their countenances and their motions had lost every trace of animation and …

Where I had heretofore seen a continual succession of horses and carriages, life and bustle lending a sprightliness to all the environing objects, not a single, solitary traveller was seen, from week to week, or from month to month. The world was motionless and silent ; except when one of these unhappy people ventured upon a rare and lonely excursion to the house of a neighbor …

The grass was of full height for the scythe ; and strongly realized to my own mind, for the first time, the proper import of that picturesque declaration in the Song of Deborah : ' In the days of Shamgar, the son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were unoccupied, and the travellers walked through by-paths. The inhabitants of the villages ceased ; they ceased in …

The meadows and pastures are covered with grass of a summer's growth, and thousands of bushels of apples and other fruit are rotting in the orchards. We brought otf about two hundred loads of hay and grain ; and ten times the amount might have been procured, had teams enough been provided. Those of the inhabitants of the neutral ground who were tories, have joined their …

One of these unhappy persons informed me, that when suffering this cruel treatment, the last sensation which he recollects, when suspended by his neck, was a flashing heat over him like that which would be occasioned by boiling water poured over his body ; he was, however, cut down, and how long he remained on the ground insensible, he ki^ows not. A peaceable, unresisting …

They began with what they call scorching, covering his naked body with hot ashes, and repeating the application till the skin was covered with blisters ; after this they resorted to the halter, and hung the poor man on a tree by his neck, then took him down, and repeated it a second, and even a third time, and finally left him almost lifeless.'** Westclicsier CoutUy under the …

Jonathan G. Tompkins Albert Lockwood Ebenezer Pardy Robert J. Hart . Albert Lockwood . 1847. CLERKS OF THE COUNTY. Edward Collier . . . . 1688 to 1691 Joseph Lee .... 1691 to 1698 Benjamin Collier 1698 to 1707 John Clapp 1707 to 1711 Daniel Clark 1711 to 1722 William Forster .■ 1722 to 1732 Benjamin Nicoll 1745 to 1746 John Bartow 1760 to 1764 Richard Hatfield 1777 to 1800 …

Benjamin Collier, High Sheriff of Westchester County, . 1688 to 1692 Roger Barton ..... j . October 14, 1702 to 1706 Nicholas Cooper 1733 to 1737 Isaac Willet 1737 to 1766 Lewis Graham 1766 to 1768 John de Lancey 1768 to 1769 James de Lancey, Jun., last of the Colonial, . . . 1769 to 1775 John Thomas January 6, 1778 to 1780 Jesse Hunt 1780 to 1781 John Thomas 1781 to 1785 …

Joseph Lyon 1841 to 1844 William H. Briggs 1814 to 1847 James M. Bates 1847. SURROGATES OF THE COUNTY. John Bartow <yaleb Fowler Richard Hatfield 1754 to 1761 1761 to 1778 1778 to 1787 INTRODUCTION. Philip Pell . Elias Newman . Samuel Young . Edward Thomas Samuel Young . Ezra Lockwood Henry White Samuel Young . Ebenezer White, Jun Jonathan Ward . Alexander H. Wells Frederick …

Members of the New York Convention from Westchester County for deliberating on the adoption of the Constitution of the United States, assembled at Poughkeepsie, Jnne 17, 1788. Lewis Morris Philip van Cortlandt Philip Livingston ■••,.7-- Thaddeus Crane " ' Richard Hatfield Lolt W. Sarles. Delegates from Westchester County to the Convention met at Kingston, Ulster County, to …

Jacob Post, Ensign. New officers to be chosen for this company, no commission issued. EASTCHESTER. Stephen Sneden, Captain. Daniel Sersing, 2d Lieutenant Thomas Pinckney, 1st Lieutenant. William Pinckney, Ensign. Commission issued, dated September 20. NEW ROCHELLE, And Manor of Pelfiarn. Joseph Drake, Captain. James Willis, 1st Lieutenant. David Guion, 2d Lieutenant …

Alexander Hunt, 1st Lieutenant. Daniel Horton, Ensign. SCARSDALE, WHITE PLAINS, And Brown''s Point. Joshua Hatfield, Captain. Anthony Miller, 2d Lieutenant. James Verrian, 1st Lieutenant. • . John Falconer, Ensign. , - HARRISON PRECINCT, And the Upper End of King Street. Henry Dusinberry, Captain. - Caleb Paulding, 2d Lieutenant. Lyon Mills, 1st Lieutenant. Gilbert Dusinberry …

Jacob Haight, 1st Lieutenant. Joseph Cooley, Ensign. SALEM. Northern District. Thaddeus Crane, Captain. Ezekiel Hawley, 2d Lieutenant. Jesse Truesdale, 1st Lieutenant. Ebenezer Brown, Ensign. A List of the Officers chosen in the several districts of the North Battalion^ of Westchester County. MANOR OF CORTLANDT. The District late commanded by Francis Lent. James Kronkhyte …

John Crissey Miller, 2d Lieutenant. Samuel Haight, 1st Lieutenant. Solomon Purdy, Ensign. Commission issued, dated September 20. ' - ' The North Division of the District, late commanded by Levi Bailey. ' " , . Nathaniel Delavan, Captain, Titus Runnells, 2d Lieutenant. Thomas Nicliolls,Jun., 1st Lieutenant. Abraham Purdy, Ensign. Commission issued, dated September 20. The South …

Gilbert Lockwood. Captain. John Drake, 1st Lieutenant ; signed the association the day he was chosen. Justus A. Drake, 2d Lieutenant ; the like Peter Carman, Ensign ; the like. The District late commanded by Joseph Strang. John Hyatt, Captain. John Drake, 1st Lieutenant ; commission issued dated Sept. 20. Obadiah Purdy, 2d Lieutenant. Joseph Horton, Ensign ; signed the …

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''■ / • Second Regiment. '. Thomas Thomas, Colonel. Gilbert Budd, Lieutenant-Colonel. Ebenezer Lock wood, 1st Major. Thaddeus Crane, 2d Major. Jonathan G. Tompkins, Adjutant. - ... John Thomas, 2d Quarter Master. Third Regiment. ' ' Pierre van Cortlandt, Colonel. ' Gilbert Drake, Lieutenant-Colonel. - . " -' .Toseph Strang, 1st Major. ' ■ ] ■ Ebenezer Purdy, 2d Major. K John …

Established in Westchester County. Names of the Petitioners for Cortlandt Lodge, L O. of O. F., No. 55, located at Peekskill, Westchester County. John C. Hitchcock, James L. Seabury, Caleb H. Bosworth, James M. Spear. Charter granted by G. L. of N. Y., August 18, 184L Instiiuted, Names of the Pelitioners.for Cryptic Lodge, L O. of O. P., No. 75, located at Peekskill …

Instituted June 22d, 1843. . ; . V ■ - ■ ''^ Names of the Petitioners for Ossinsin Lodge, L O. of O. F. No. 97, located at Sing Sing. Edward van Wart, C. B. Blanchard, Charles Southvvorth, Benjamin Underwood, Jonathan Knapp, David J. Foster, William Campbell, . .' E. J. Sutherland. Charter granted November 1, 1843. - ■ Names of the Petitioners for Melancthon Lodge, I. O. of O …

Presbyterian Church. Bedford. II I S T O R Y OF THE COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER. BEDFORD. St. Matthew's Church, Bedford. The half shire town of the county forms in shape nearly a square, each of its sides being six miles in length. The name is probably derived from the town of the same title in Bedfordshire, England, from whence the early settlers came. The earlier etymology of its …

Cornelius van Tienhoven, (an early Dutch authority.) in describing the bounds of the Indian territory of Wechquaesqueck, says, "tiiis land is situate between two rivulets called Sint Sinck and Armonck, lying between the East and North rivers."* The term Armonck (here alluded to,) is supposed to have been the original Indian appellation for the Byrani river, whose springs arise …

It may not be amiss to inform our readers that " Seawant or Seawan was one of the names for Indian money, called also Wampum, Wampum peague, and Peague, which consisted of herds formed of the shells of the Gluahaug,^ or wilk, a shell fish which was formerly very abundant on our coasts, but lately of more rare occurrence. It was of two colors, the black being held of twice the …

D. 1650, the following act was passed by the Dutch council of the New Netherlands, in consequence of " the corruption of loose seawant, among which (here are current money that are not perforated, and half finished, and also made out of stone, bone, glass, muscle shells, horns, and some out of wood, and broken ones, whereby occasion is given for repeated complaints from the » …

In IG63, seawan had got into much disrepute, and was finally discontinued in 1682. Sometime subsequent to the sale of 1640, the whole township of Bedford was emphaiically styled by the early planters Catonah's land, after the Indian chief and proprietor of that name ; hence we deduce the origin of the present local term Cantiloe, which yet survives in the northern part of the …

Two roads in the western part of the town traverse the Indian paths of Potiticus and Suckebonk, while Muscoota path runs near the northern line. The summit of the high mountain ridge east of Bedford continues to be called the ^'' Indian farm" There is a tradition current in the neighborhood, that the south side of this mountain, sometimes denominated Stony hill, was the scene …

Underbill was ordered to Stamford, to obtain particulars of the whereabouts of the savages. He brought word back, that they were encamped some five hundred strong in that direction, and that the old guide urged the forwarding a body of troops immediately thither, as he was desirous, on the one hand, to prove that the former ill success of the Dutch was not his fault ; on the …

It was considered best to remain here awhile, in order to refresh the men and to make arrangements for the coming attack. After a rest of a couple of hours, the party again set forward at ten o'clock. It was full moon, and the night so clear -- 'a winter's day could not be brighter,' -- that the Indian village was soon discovered at a distance. It consisted of three rows of …

They remained under cover, discharging their arrows from behind, to the great annoyance of t?ie Dutch troops. Underbill now seeing no other way to overcome the obstinate resistance of the foe, gave orders to fire their huts. This order was forthwith obeyed ; the wretched inmates, endeavoring in every way, to escape from the horrid flames, but mostly without success. The moment …

They set out next morning on their return in good order, ' marching with great courage over that harrassing mountain, the Lord enduing the w^ounded with extraordinary strength,' and arrived at Stamford at noon, after a march of two days and one night, during which they had little repose and less comfort. The English received the soldiers with friendly hospitality, proffering …

"JMamaranack, chief of the Indians residing on the Kicktawanc, or Croton River, Mongockonone, Pappenoharrow from the ^Veckquaesqueecks and Nochpeem, and the Wappings from Stamford, presented themselves in a few days (April 6, 1(344,) at Fort Amsterdam, and having pledged themselves that they should not, henceforth, commit any injury whatever on the inhabitants of New …

Upi)n the 1st of July, 1640, Nathan Turner, in behalfof the people of Qninipiacke, (New Haven,) " bought of Ponus, sagamore of Toquams, and of Wascnssue, sagamore of Shippam, (the other Indians consenting thereto,) all the ground belonging to the said sagamores, except a piece of ground which Ponus reserved for himself and the other Indians to plant upon." This purchase …

Robert Coe, on behalfof tliemselves and twenty other planters, purchased Puppowanns of New Haven, for X33 sterling. Lambert's History of New Haven, 176, d Lambert's Hii^tory of New Haven. COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER. 7 miles north of the town plot of Stamford, and two miles still further north for the pasture of their cattle ; also eight miles east and west, (the same as paid for …

Segotah, Jovis, Tohmacogyah, Yannayo, Kakenoud, we do for ourselves, our heirs and executors, administrators and assignees, and for and in the behalf of all other proprietors of ye lands, commonly called ye hopp grounds : we say we do hereby sell, alienate, assign and set over, from these our heirs, executors, administrators and assignees, a certain parcel of uplands and …

Signed, sealed and delivered, in ye presence of us, Joshua Knap, David Waterbury.^ Katonah ><^ his marke. RocKAHWAY tsj his markc. Segotah t^ his marke. Jovis \x his marke. CoHMACOYYoH ci his marke. Yannape O* his marke. Kakenoud t> his marke. '^ Lambert's Hist, of New Haven. b Original document in possession of the Hon. W. Jay, Bedford. 8 HISTORY OF THE The same year there …

" Upon the petition of the people of the Hop ground, this court doth grant them the privilege of a plantation and do order that the name of the town be henceforth called Bedford, and this court doe appoint Joseph Theall to be the present chief military officer for the train band of Bedford, and Abraham Ambler is also empowered by this court to grant warrants to swear officers …

By the settlement of the colonial boundaries, November, 1664, Bedford fell within the jurisdiction of Connecticut, the line between the two colonies commencing from the east point of Mamaroneck River, where the fresh water falls into the salt at high water mark, north north west to the line of Massachusetts. On the ground that this decision was erroneous, a farther agreement …

By this settlement Bedford would have been transferred to New York ; but the king's death unfortunately took place on the 6th of February, 1684, before its completion, in consequence of which the whole matter was again left open for a long and angry discussion which soon ensued. In 1685 the general court of Connecticut issued an order to the effect, that all towns should take …

Upon the 25th May, 1692, Catonah, Noname, Wappowaham, Wevvewanapoage, Chuckheag and Pommescecan, sell to Daniel Simpkins of Bedford, a certain piece of land lying west of the bounds of Bedford, that is to say, half a mile square, as it is already marked and laid out by the Indians, and bounded as followeth, viz. east by the bounds of Bedford , and south by a brook running off …

In March, 1695-6, we find Governor Fletcher of New York, writing to Governor Treat concerning sundry persons in Rye and Bedford who desired to have their land titles confirmed. ^ At a meeting of ye governor and council, held at Hartford, January 19th, 1696, protection was granted to the towns of Rye and Bedford, as members of their corporation ; and on the 10th of May …

April 19th, 1697, Governor Fletcher states that Major Sellick had interfered in favor of Connecticut, with fifty armed men.f In reply 30th of April, 1697, Connecticut disclaims the use of violent measures, and refers the whole matter to the King.g Governor Fletcher and counsel, in answer to Connecticut, May 10th, 1697, entitles the reasons of the latter subterfugeesj and …

From the town records, it appears that Zachariah Roberts, was allowed by the town, three shilhngs aday, and half his expenses, and the town further ordered that every man should pay him two pounds of flax for his expenses in going to Connecticut about the said patent. In answer to Governor Fletcher's letter of May the 10th, the Governor and general assembly of Connecticut …

In a letter dated May 6th, Lord Bellamont expresses his thanks and good will towards Connecticut, and encloses a letter from the Lords Commissioners of Trade, in regard to Rye and Bedford ; he also denies their reasons for countenancing those towns in their revolt. ^ In reply, May, 1698, the deputy governor and assistants express the kindest and most friendly feelings towards …

'' Kotonah Sagamore and chief proprietor of ye land about Bedford, having formerly sold unto the inhabitants of the town of Bedford, a certain tract of meadow land and upland northerly from the town and joining to their first purchase, which tract of land is bounded by a small brook east, which runs north on the west side of Potiticus falls, and west by Beaver Dam River …

The town doth also agree that ye land westward of the first purchase, shall be paid by heads ; and every head that payeth the Indians for it shall have every one of them an equal share, according to what they pay. At the same time a committee is chosen by vote, consisting of Zacariah Robertson, John Holmes, jun,, and Jonathan Petit, to see ye Indians satisfied for ye land …

*' To begin where Beaver dam river and Cross River meet and so to run on the north west side of a brook called miry brook, and then to run across the hills westerly on the west side of Cisqua meadows until it meets the river called Cisqua River, and a great swamp, and so to run up the brook and by marked trees to the north end of Byram pond, and so to the north end of Cohamong …

Upon the 4th of January 1703-4, Ketonah Sagamore and Wackemane, chief proprietors of the lands about Bedford, have sold, and by these presents doe sell &c., unto John Dibble of Bedford, in the county of Westchester, &c. a certain tract of upland and meadow, &c. all within ye bounds hereafter named and bounded by marked trees, from one branch of Beaver dam River southward of …

The same year we find John Dibble and wife, conveying to Jacobus Van Conrtland, 700 acres of land lying in Bedford, called the vineyard purchase, besides a certain parcel of meadow and o The original documents in possession of the Hon, William Jay. . . 14 HISTORY OF THE upland in ye bounds of said Bedford, first purchased, with marked trees northerly, eastwardly by a small …

Wherein Catonah and Wackemane sell to Jacobus Van Courtland of the city of New York, and Zacariah Robertson, a certain tract of upland meadow and swamp, all within ye bounds hereat'ter named, that is to say to begin where Beaver dam River and ye Cross River meets, and so to run westvvardly by Bedfords marked trees until it comes to a black oak tree marked upon a high hill, and …

wardly by ye wilderness, north on ye wilderness, and eastwardly on ye wilderness or land not laid out, every of which sides is six miles in length, whinh said lands have been by purchase or otherwise lawfully obtayned of the native Indian proprietors thereof &c., and the governor and company of the said colony assembled in general council by virtue of their charter afterwards …

Jacobus Van Courtland, Obadiah Seely, Stephen Claeson, John Westcoate, jun., Richard Westcoate, Nathan Clarke, Joseph Hunt, Richard Ay res, Jeremiah Andrews, Joseph Palmer, David Meade, John Dibble, Daniel Jones, John Clapp, Thomas Hovi'ard and Vincent Simpkins, their heirs the said tract of 23,000 acres called ye town of Bedford, &c. Witness our right trusty and right well …

For his vineyard purchase, 607 acres . . . 1 10 05 For his right in Dibble's purchase, 762 acres . 1 18 00 For his right in ye new purchase. . . . 2 13 04 The following document is extracted from a manuscript volume entitled " the receipt book of the quit rents of Bedford, paid from 1714 to 1767." " Received of Mr. Jonathan Miller and Joseph Seely the sum of fifty pounds …

Upon the 23d of June, 1736, '' the land to the north of Cross River was divided by lot among the twenty nine proprietors of Bedford." ' On the 10th of April, 1738, Jacobus Van Cortland devised ''all his tenements and hereditaments situated within the patent and township of Bedford to his son Frederick Yan Cortland of Yonkers and his three daughters ; Margaret, wife of Abraham …

To Frederick Van Cortlandt, was allotted 1424 acres, to Abraham De Peyster 1110 acres, to John Chambers 1282 acres, and to Peter Jay 1299 acres. a The original in possession of William Jay of Bedford. ^ The ancestor of John was Thomas Dibble a freeman of Dorchester, Massachusetts, who removed to Windsor, Conn, c Co. Lib. G. foho 298. COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER. Upon the death of …

The village of Bedford is delightfully situated a little north of the Mehanas River, in a large and fertile vale almost environed by high hills. The surrounding country, is well wooded, and watered by several streams tributary to the Croton. The principal of these are the Pepemighting misnamed the Kisco, the Cisqua or Beaver dam, and the Peppeneghek or Cross River. Bedford …

In 1681 the general court of that colony ordered the laying out of a plantation at the Hop ground. On the 11th of October, 1681, the proprietors of the Hop ground appointed a committee to lay out and divide the residue of the land at the Hop ground. It was also agreed to receive eleven inhabitants in order to form a town, and a committee appointed to go and view the land for …

On the 9ih of January, 1699, the town agreed to give six acres of land for a grind stone. November 17ih, 1701, the town bought a mill for £15. The present village contains a court house and prison, two churches, an academy, two taverns, three stores, forty dwellings, and about two hundred and fifty inhabitants ; it is fourteen miles from Sing Sing, and sixteen from Tiirrytown …

the year and departed this life 24 July 1777 A. D. 1655. W. W. here lies the body of Thomas Woolsey also Jacob Briam son of Thomas born Sept. 1733 ob. 1760.- Sacred to the memory of the Rev'd Ebenezer Grant 17 years minister of the Presbyterian Church in Bedford who departed this life Sept. 6. 1821. aged 48 years _ , Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from henceforth …

The proprietors of the Hop ground appear to have made early provision for the erection and support of a church, for, in 1680j " it was agreed that a meeting house should be erected on the com^ mens." In 1681, the general court instructed the committee who were to la^^ out a plantation at the hop ground, " to take care that there should be a suitable lot laid out for the first …

Abraham Ambler a frame house fortyfeet by twenty- two. *' 16th of December, 1692, David Mead was chosen by the town to k'eep the town druu), to keep it in repair and to beat it when necessary, and to be allowed 10 shillings yearly." Prior to the use of bells in New England, the meetings were summoned by beat of drum, or the blowing of the conch shell: to this practice the poet …

Joseph Morgan, minister as follows, viz : first to give him the use of the parsonage, on condition he stays three years ; secondly, to build him a two story house, twenty-seven feet by twenty, the house to belong to his heirs if he die in the town ; if he removes he shall pay the towfj the expence of building the house ; third, to give him the first year £40, and plant and …

In a summary account of the state of the church in the province of New York, as it was laid before the clergy, convened October 5di, 1704. at New York ; it is therein stated that " there is an independent church at Bedford where the minister designs to leave them ; they are well affected to the church, and it is hoped when he is gone they will be in communion with Iier.''^ The …

Rec. minister of the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ in Bedford. e Son of the Rev. John Jones, of Fairfield, born at Concord, January 11, 1641. 2 2 HIISTORY OF THE A^ V The first regularly installed Presbyterian pastor of Bedford, ^vas the Rev. Wihiam Tennent ; this individual upon his first i^rrival in America, (in 1716,) settled at East Chester, A. D. 1720 ; the exact date …

The Presbyterian Society was incorporated by virtue of an act of the legislature of this state " entitled an act to enable all religious denominations in this state to appoint trustees who shall be a body corporate, for the purpose of taking care of the temporalities of their respective congregations, and for other purposes therein mentioned, passed 6th of April, 1784, " to be …

Sept. 20, 1804 Rev. Ebenezer Grant, ob. Sept. 6, 1821 April 16, 1828 Rev. Jacob Green, present minister. First elders of the church, Ebenezer Miller, and Jacob Smith, first deacon Ebenezer Miller. CHURCH MEMORANDA. A. D. 1826, communicants 141, baptisms 19, » The Rev. William Tennent was the founder of the Log. College, Penn. See Biographical sketches of the founder by A …

Mathews Episcopal Church, a neat structure of brick, erected in 1807, by public subscription. Bedford originally constituted one of the three districts of Ryo parish, having been annexed thereto by the general acts of assembly, passed in 1693, 1696 and 1700. The first rector of the parish was the Rev. Thomas Pritchard ;b from a letter addressed by this individual to the …

In the spring of 1762, the precincts of Bedford and North Castle were visited by the Rev. George Dibble and St. George Talbot, Esq. The latter gentleman, (says Mr. HuQ)phreys,) willing to know the religious state of the people, desired Mr. Dibble to accompany him to Bedford, Crumpond and Peekskill, and to return by way of Croton and White Plains, which he did, and preached * …

Talbot's will and that by evasive practices in law, the cause is still undetermined. "t> In 1771, Mr. John Livingston informs the Propogation Society, that with regard to Mr. Talbot's will the attorneys have judged it expedient to come to an agreement with the heirs of Mr. Talbot, by which the executors should pay them £1300, in full for their claim and demand on the real and …

In consequence of an act passed for the relief of the Protestant Episcopal Church on the 17ih of March, 1795 ; this church was again incorporated under the name and title of " the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United towns of Bedford and New Castle, the church at New Castle to continue by the regular name of St. George's Church." Charles Haight of New Castle, and William …

George Talbot, had been recovered by a judgment obtained in the supreme court against Philip I. Livingston, and the said money after deducting charges will probably amount to about twenty-five hundred dollars." The vestry at the same meeting resolved to purchase a certain house and forty acres of land in Bedford, at the price of sixteen hundred and twenty-five dollars, for a …

In 1839 the church was repaired and new seated ; the first delegate from this parish to the Diocesan convention in 1787, was Stephen de Lancey, Esq. ^ Incorp. of Relig. Soc. Lib. A. 64. b Hist, of Trinity Ch. N. Y. by Samuel Berrien, D. D. c The church at New Castle having been found too much decayed for public worship, was taken down in 1839 ; from that time services have …

The Baptist Society was first organized September 22d, 1798, seven of its members having received legal letters of dismission from the Baptist Church of Stamford, to form a new society under the pastoral charge of Elder Jones ; on the eighth of May 1802, elder Ezra Fountain was elected Pastor of this church, an office which he held with great acceptance until his death which …

The Union Academy of Bedford occupies a prominent situation south east of the Baptist Church ; its principal is Alexander G. Reynolds. Near the hamlet, are situated the residences of William Hursell and Jabez Robertson, Esqrs. To the south east lies the Hook farm, the property of Phinehas Barrett Esq., (formerly belonging to Col. James Holmes.) Upon (he 5th of April, 1774 …

James Holmes volunteered in the service of his country, and was in the great and destructive battle under the command of General Abercrombie, in which were nineteen hundred men killed and wounded. After the conquest of Canada he returned to Bedford. Upon the commencement of hostilities between America and Great Britain, he was appointed by the New York Convention one of a …

He subsequently accepted the appointment of Lieut. Colonel of the corps of West Chester County refugees, in the British service ; in this corps he remained till the end of the war. Colonel James Holmes died at New Haven, July, 1824; leaving issue by his wife Tamar, two daughters ; Tamar, who married James Ronalds, father of William R. Ronalds, Esq., of New York, and Sally, the …

On the evening of the 29ihof December, 1780, (writes General Heath,) a party of the enemy from Delancey's corps, consisting of about one hundred infantry and fifty horse, came up to North Castle where after a short halt they proceeded towards Bedford new purchase. Capt. Pritchard who was posted at Bedford with a company of continental troops, and some militia, immediately …

The road proceeding north from the village descends into the valley of the Beaver dam, (Cisqua,) watered by a beautiful stream of the same name, which rises in the adjoining town of Poundridge. In its progress to the Croton the Beaver dam is fed by the waters of broad and muddy brooks. By the process of gauging in 1833, (at a fair minimum,) the Beaver dam and Broad brook …

This timid animal, (says Van der Donck,) " always constructed its dwellings over running streams, having apertures in the lower stories which communicated with the water from which they could more easily retreat under water to places of safety which they have always prepared near their houses ; these consist of a hollow or hole entwining under water from the side of the stream …

It appears that the old road laid out to the vineyard purchase in 1739, " extended north from Harris's mill at the west side of Cantetoe ridge on the east side of " deer's delight," and so through to the purchase.^ Deer must have been very numerous here in 1656, for the same authority just quoted says " the land abounded with them every where, and their numbers appear to …

The house is delightfully seated on a rising ground backed with luxuriant woods. The surrounding scenery is exceedingly picturesque, particularly on the west overlooking the Kisco and Croton vallies, and the hills bordering the Hudson. Among these is the distant Dunderberg. A sunset view from this place is uncommonly grand. The interior of the mansion contains a number of …

Although he had been "long remembered," he was not entirely forgotten. The Supreme Court being in session in New York, the gentlemen of the bar, held a meeting, of which David B. Ogden was chairman, and John Suydam was secretary, and at wliich a committee was appointed, consisting of Greene C. Bronson, Jan^es Tallmadge, J. A. Spencer, D. S. Jones, G. Griffin, and J. J …

vate virtues and public worth has justly endeared him to the nation, liis patriotism, his great talents as a statesman, and his great acquirements as a jurist, his eminent purity as a christian, and his probity as a man, all unite to present him to the public as an example whose radiance points to the attainment of excellence." Tiie memory of this great and good man will be …

Miller and Noah Smith, trustees. ^ The settlement also contains a post office, three stores and twenty-five houses. The West Chester Rail Road passes a little east of the place : the Peppeneghek and the Cisqua intersect a mile to the eastward. Previous to the erection of the Croton dam, the shad fish annually ascended the river to Whitlocksville a distance of nearly thirty …

The arable, pasture, and meadow lands, are in very just proportion for a good farming country, and the whole is well watered by springs, brooks, and rivulets, the latter of a good size for mills ; the summits of the hills afford many extensive and interesting prospects, but the hills are stony and hard to till though they yield good crops of grain, grass, and all the common …

Lemuel Light. -- Constable and Collector. Philip Leek, ] Richard Sackett, ! Assessors John Miller, f ^^^^-^^o^^- Ephraim Raymond, J James McDonald Eli Tyler, J> Commissioners of Roads. Zebediah Mills. a The town records consist of four volumes, No. 1 entitled Record of the town, 1683. No. 2 the Laws and Orders of Connecticut Colony, &c., entered upon record by Zachariah …

Anthony's nose in the Highlands, whilst the latter held authority over the lands of Kitchawan, lying south of Verplanck's Point, including Senasquaneck, (Teller's Point,) and the small island of Oscawana. The Indian villages in their order were, first, Kitchawonk, situated near the mouth of the Croton, so called from the original name of the river, viz : " Kitchawan,"a term …

The Indian castle of Kitchawan (according to tradition) occupied a commanding position on the neck proper overlooking the Croton and Haverstraw bays, a little northwest of tlie manor house. This site was chosen for the purpose of protecting the fisheries, and overawing the neighboring tribes. A variety of Indian weapons are occasionally found in the neighborhood, consisting …

In 1644, Mamaronack was chief of the Indians residing on the Kitchawan. f^ !^ Pro. N. Y. Hist. Soc. 1844, 100. !XL::::...o. • 128101S d O'Callaghan's Hist. N. N. p. 302, 36 HISTORY OF THE A. D. 1645, Aepjen chief sachem of the Mohegans signed a treaty of peace in behalf of the Kitchawanghs.a On the 15th of September, 1663, occurs the name of Meghtesewakes, chief of Kitchawan …

On the Sd of June, 1682, occurs a sale from the Indian proprietors, Ackemak, Jangheor, Nawakies, Wettatane, Kaegara, Pewengen, Askawanes, Siggeres, Owarrevvie, Aronjsack, Serram, Geckawock, Garhanck, Awoejhackias, Armawain, Ogkan, Nennafarick, Wapeken, Sepaacktan, and Awemaracktow, to Cornelius Van Burgum, consisting of all that parcel neck or point of land, with the marsh …

and divided from the main land by certain trees marked by the Indians, together with half the said creek, &c. &c., for and in consideration of a certain sum or quantity of Wampum and divers other goods, paid by Cornelius Van Burgum.^ It is certain that some time prior to 1748, Sarah Teller held the neck as tenant at sufferance nnder the Van Cortlandt family. A branch of the …

Upon the 14 of July, 1800, the heirs of William Teller, conveyed part of the neck to Elijah Morgan of Cortlandt-town • 6th of November, 1804, Elijah Morgan, jr., and Ann his wife re-sold the same to Robert Underbill ; on the 16th of August 1804, Robert McCord and wife conveyed another portion of the neck to Robert Underbill ; upon the death of the latter individual the whole …

ed, as for themselves and the rest of their relations send, greeting, know ye that for and in consideration of the sum of twelve pounds in wampum and several other merchandises, as by a schedule hereunto annexed more at large, doth and may appear to them the same Indians in hand paid before the ensealino- and deHvering thereof, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, and …

COUNTS- OF WESTCHESTER. Signed and delivered in presence of us, Francis Rambolett, Gulian Verplanck. This is the mark of q Pevvemind, This is the marke of P Oskewans, The mark of b3 Siecham, This is the mark of H Isighers, The mark of I^ Prackises, The mark of O Turham, The mark of M Querewighnit. A schedule or list of goods paid by Stephanus Van Cortlandt, in his deed …

The following year Thomas Dekay, Richard Abramsen, Jacob Abramsen, Sybout Harche, Jacob tlarche and Samuel Dekay, " obtained liberty and licence to purchase of the Indians, (each of them,) three hundred acres of land, lying and being in the high lands by the north of Stephen Yan Cortland t's land, which is called by the Indians, Wenebees^ lying between two creeks, over against …

" All that tract or parcel of land situate lying and being on Hudson's River at a certain place called by the Indians Sachus, and stretching by the north side of Mr Stephanas 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 said marked tree southerly by marked trees all along to …

40 knives. 2 rolls of tobacco, 3 lead ladles, 100 Indian awls,^ 20 tobacco boxes, 200 needles, 2 swords, 8 coats, 4 half vats of beer. Signed sealed and delivered in the presence of Brant Schuyler, Levinius V. Schayck, George Brewerton. The mark of kj Weskhewen Sachem, The mark of X Tupaine, The mark of N Amterone, The mark of ?3 Shaphame.'* » Used in perforating wampum. b …

To all whom this shall come, sendeth, greeting ; whereas, Teunis Dekay, Richard Abramsen, Jacob Abramsen, Sybout Harchie, Jacob Harchie, and Samuel Dekay, all of the city of New York, have by virtue of my order or lycense, bearing date the 6th day of March, Anno Domini, 1684- 5, according to the law and practice of the said Province, for a valuable consideration purchased of …

Now know ye that by virtue of my commission and authority devised unto me, and power in me residing, in consideration of the quit rent, hereinafter received, I have given, granted, ratified and confirmed, and by these presents do give, grant, ratify and confirm unto the said Teunis Dekay, Richard Abramsen, Jacob Abramsen, Sybout Harchie, Jacob Harchie , and Jacobus Dekay …

land up to the said river, to another creek, and so runs up said creek ill several courses to a certain tree marked with T R, and from the said marked trees southerly by marked trees all along to a marsh, to another tree marked with T R, west of the aforesaid creek which lyes by said Stephanus Van Cortland's land, including all the meadows both fresh and salt within said …

And for the better preserving the title of the above recited parcel of land and premises, I have caused these presents to be entered in the secretary's Oilice, of this province. Given under my hand and sealed with the seal of the province at Fort James in New York, the 23d day of December, A. D. lG85.a Thomas Dongan. The above patent, commonly called " Ryck's Patent," passed …

landt, and on the west by Hudson's river aforesaid, containing 1800 acres, reference being had to a certain patent granted by Thos. Dongan, &c. (fcc."'^ The following receipts are for quit rent, due on the Ryck Patent. Received of Mr. Philip Yan Cortlandt three hundred and eighty bushels of wheat for thirty eight years quit rent, due to his majesty from the within patent, and …

I give and devise to my son Jacob all that farm he now lives on, containing 350 acres, lying and being, &c. on the southeast part of a tract of land formerly granted to my father, Ryck Abramsen Lent and others, which is commonly known by the name of Ryck's Patent, and by the Indian name of Sackhoes, to have and to hold, (fee. To my son Hendrick all that farm I now live on …

The descendants of the testator are still numerous in Cortlandttown. Hercules Lent, a great grandson of the patentee, holds a portion of the patrimonial estate, and occupies the family home, a The original document is in the possession of Mr. Nathl. Bedle, of PeekskilL b Surrogate's Office, N. Y., No. 25, 337. 44 HISTORY OF THE stead. On the west bank of the Annsville creek …

" To all whom these presents shall come, sendeth greeting : Whereas, Emigent, Askewans, Penarand, and Tagehkint, natives and principal owners of the tract of land commonly called or known by the Indian name of Kechtawong, did in and by their certain deed or writing, under their hands and seales, bearing date the day of August now last past, for the consideration therein …

And whereas I, the said Thomas Dongan, in and by a certain deed under my hand and seal, bearing date 12th day of October, did grant and sell over unto John Knights, of the city of New York, all my right and title in the same, &c. I do, by these presents, ratify and confirm the same to John Knights, this 20th day of March, 1686." Upon the 20th of April, 1687, we find a …

" We, Sachima Wicker, sachem of Kightavvonck, Koraghfall, Avvoghran, Moninghme, a squaw, Marackenegh, a squaw, Poking, a boy, Wighquekameeck, quean, a boy, Massarcett, Ilowogharint, Johnny Taparinock, Oghgniawe, Crraragquock, Pagkerngkinck, Ravisson, IMighegaroe Tapugh, a squaw, Tappawahigh, a squaw, Aratissanck Maentigroo kaas, his Kapoaghpurmin Sawappawall, all right, just …

Her mark I Tapahuck, a squaw, Sackima wee, The mark of 0 Sawappen, a squaw, sachem of Kichtawank, N " R Arahsant, his mark. " X Maantick, Corachpa, r^ . - - "A Kakiskagin, a squaw, Wechrequa, '^ " Q Ackparum, a squaw, Monrechro, ^ " V Ockququqrie, a squaw, " fi Oranack Rank Manackawagh, a squaw, kh " iy} Paghkinekink, Pooghkink, a lad 15 years of age, g " ><J Rawefen, signer …

» Book of Indian Deeds, Alb. warrant for survey, Lib. i., 88. 46 HISTORY OF THE governor's fees on this occasion amounted to three hundred pieces of eight. Over the extensive forests of Cortlandt (celebrated for their fat venison,) the lord of the manor was constituted, '-the sole and only ranger, to have and enjoy all the benefits and perquisites, (fcc. that of right doth …

" To all to whom these presents shall come, sendeth greeting : Whereas, our loving subject, Colonel Stephanus Van Cortlandt, one of the members of our Council of our Province of New York, &c., hath by his petition presented unto our trusty and well beloved Colonel Benjamin Fletcher, Captain General and Governor-in-chief of our said Province of New York and territories …

Adolph Phillips, including, in the said northerly line, all the meadows, marshes, coves, bays and necks of land and peninsulas that are adjoining or extending into Hudson's river within the bounds of the said line, and from the said red cedar tree another due easterly Ime running into the woods twenty English miles, and from thence along the partition line between our r',olony …

Thomas Dongan, late Governor of our said Province, and whereon our said loving subject hath made considerable improvement, having been at great cost, charge and expense in the purchasing the said tract of land and meadows from the native Indians, as well as in the settling a considerable i;umber of families thereon, and being willing to make some further improvem.ent thereon …

t-K. 48 HISTORY OF THE • lakes, fountains, waters, water- courses, rivers, rivulets, runs, streams, broolcs, creeks, harbors, coves, inlets, outlets, island of land and naeadow, necks of land and meadow, peninsulas of land and meadow, ferries, fishing, fowling, huntin? and hawking, and the fishing on Hudson's river so far as the bounds of the said land extends upon the said …

creeks, harbors, coves, inlets, outlets, island of land and naeadow, necks of land and meadow, peninsulas of land and meadow, ferries, fishing, fowling, huntin? and hawking, and the fishing on Hudson's river so far as the bounds of the said land extends upon the said river, quarries, mines, minerals, (silver and gold onl}'^ excepted,) and all other the rights, members …

COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER. 49 part and parcel of the same, and all waifs, estrays, wrecks, deodands, goods of felons, happening, and being forfeited, within the said lordship and manor of Corilandt, together, with all and every sum and sums of money, to be paid as a post fine, upon any fine, or fines, to be levied of- any land, tenements, or hereditaments within the said lordship …

part and parcel of the same, and all waifs, estrays, wrecks, deodands, goods of felons, happening, and being forfeited, within the said lordship and manor of Corilandt, together, with all and every sum and sums of money, to be paid as a post fine, upon any fine, or fines, to be levied of- any land, tenements, or hereditaments within the said lordship and manor of Cortlandt …

I. 7 50 HISTORY OF THE in our County of- Kent, within our realm of England, yielding, rendering and paying therefore yearly and every year forever unto us, our heirs and success sors, at our city of New York, on the feast day of the Annunciation of our blessed Virgin Mary, the yearly rent of forty shillings current money of our said Province, in lieu and stead of all other …

Tlie following receipt for manorial quit-rent is endorsed, on the Royal Patent : Received in quality, as Receiver General of this Province, this 16th day of August, 1720, of Mrs. Gertrude van Cortlandt, executrix of Stephanus van Cortlandt, deceased, the sura of eight pounds proclamation money in full of quit-rents, for all the lands lying within the Manor of Cortlandt, to the …

• The use of the letter K in this word is modern, the C ancient. !: To face page 51, vol. i. PJG1 Ducal Arms. -- Arg. a lion, rampant, gu. crowned or, for Courland, charged ih^ mantle lined ermine, surmounted with a crown. Family Arms. -- Arg. lh4'ml Mthin a Right Flon. Ptephanus, nat.=Gertrude Schuyler 7th Mav, I64i; Mayor of New York, 1677 ; first Lord of ihe Mnnor of …

Ricketts, Westmoreland, Jamaica, and Wary Walton, ofN. Y. Abraham, nat. 19 Oct. 1713, o!). s. p aet. Philip, nat. 29 Feb. 1715, ob. s. p. aet. Col. Philip, nat. Nov 10, 1739, ob. May 1st, l«14. Will. Rick- Catharine, etts, nat. nat Aug. 23, March 13, 1745 ; ob. an 1742 infant Brig. Gen Philip van C. nat. Aug. 21, 1749, O. S ob. Nov. 21, 1831, The last of the heirs of the …

Steven van Cortlandt, then residing at Cortlandt, in South Holland, father of the above mentioned OlofF Stevensen van Cortlandt. Like his illustrious ancestors, Oloff Ste- -:-■ vensen van Cortland chose the military profession. As early as 1639, we find him attached to the military service of the Dutch West India Company. He subsequently emigrated to this country, and was soon …

PEDIGREE OF VAN CORTLANDT OF CORTLANDT. Ducal Arms.-- Arg. a lion, rampaut, gu. crowned or, for Courland, charged on the breast with an escutcheon, on which are placed the arms of the reigning Duke. Supporters.-- Two lions crowned, or, the whn(e within a mantle lined ermine, surmounted with a crown. Family Arms. -- Arg. the wings or arms of a wind-mill, saltierways sa. voided …

1045. Rensselaer, Panat. 31 nat. 25lh or Jan der Vail. nat. 21sl New York, lO;? j first ob. a. p. ly, 1658, troon of Rensse- May, Oct. 1652 2. Frederick Philipse Nov. Lord of the Mnnnr of ancestor laer Wyek. 1U3I. Coillandt, purchased of the l(iri:i. iialenled l*lh Jun. llin?; "h. 17110. branch. Johannes or John van Corthndt, rat. 24th net. 1672; Lord of the Manor of Cort …

vernor of the State of New York. Col. Philip, nat. Will. Rick- Catharine, Nov 10, 1739, etts, nat. nat Aug. 2? ob. May 1st, Marcb 13, 1745 ; ob. i 1814. 1742 infant Brig Gen Philip van C. nat. Aug. 21,1749, O. S, ob. Nov. 21, 1831, The last of the heirs of the entail. Gilbert, nat. 6ih Aiiril. 17.=i7,ob. s. p. I2th.NL.v. 17d6, Stephen, nat. 13tU Feb. 1760, ob, 3. p. 29th Aug …

Pierre van C. heir of his uncle=Catha Philip, and first proprietor the estate in fee simple. Beck, da. of Theudric Romeyn Beet Esq.M. D. of Albany. Theod'c Catharine Romeyn T, K. COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER. portion of Livonia, but was conquered by the Teutonic Knights in 1561. It subsequently became a fief of Poland. After the fall of that power it remained for a short time …

Of this individual, the historian of New Netherland remarks, " Oloff" Stevensen, or Oloff" Stevens van Corihindt, as he subsequently signed his name, left the Company's service in 1648. On becoming a freeman he embarked in trade, built a brewery in New Amsterdam, and became wealthy. He was Colonel of the Burghery, or City train bands in 1619, in which year he was also …

He had the character of being a worthy citizen, and a man most liberal in his charities." By his wife Ann Loockermans, " he had issue -- seven children -- Siephanus who married Gertrude Schuyler ; Maria who married Jeremias van Rensselaer, 12th July, 1662; Catharine, who married first, John Derval, and secondly, Frederick Philips ; Cornelia, who married Barent Schuyler; Jacob …

Stephanus, (son of Oloff Stevensen van Cortlandt,) was born on the 7th of May, 1643. This distinguished personage, upon the death of his brother-in-law, Jeremias van Rensselaer, A. D., 1675, became one of the three administrators of his estate, during the minority of Killian'van Rensselaer, (then 12 years old.) Stephanus van Cortlandt had charge of the books, for which duty he …

" Know all men by these presents, that I, Stephanus van Cortlandt, of the city of New York, merchant, being distempered in body, but of good, sound and firm memory, praised be Almighty God therefor, do make, ))ublish, and declare ; this my last will and testament, (this 14th day of April, in the yeai* of our Lord God and Saviour Jesus Christ, one thousand and seven hundred, in …

" All that neck and parcel of land on the east side of the Hudson River, at the entering of the highlands over against a certain place called Haverstraw, which is known to the Indians by the name of Meanagh, (Verplanck's Point,) separated from my other lands known to the Indians by the name of Appamaghpogh, by a certain creek called Meanagh, and bounded on the other side by …

The above will was proved on the 2d day of June, A. D. 1700. The will of Gertrude, his wife, bears date October, 1718. Upon the tfie 23d of December, A. D. 1706, Oliver van Gortlandt, one of the devisees of Stephanus, published his last will and testament, in which he devised all his right, title and interest, of and into his portion, to his ten surviving brothers and sisters …