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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.
…447 Frederick I'hilipse, L 513 Gertrude Van Cortlandt, L 105 James Bro'.ra, 1. 413 John Kichardsou, ii. 437 Lewis Morris, ii. 4i)4 Oliver Van Cortlandt, L 105 Peter do I.ancey, L 736 Philip Van Cortlandt, L…
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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.
VAN Cortlandt, Junr., and .eldest daughter of ~ Vol. L ':■ . \ i^ - ~ - m HISTORY OF THE George Clinton, Esqr., Vice-President of the United States. *' The memory of the just is blessed ;" Prov. 10 : 7. May death's best slumbers occupy thy…
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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.
The Van Corilandt Cemetery is situated on the summit of a hill west of the mansion. Here is a marble tomb erected to the Memory of the Honorable Pierre van Cortlandt, late Lieutenant-Governor of the State of New York…
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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.
…Their children were Joanna Livingston Van Wyck, now residing at Sing Sing; Catherine, wife of Stephen H. Battin ; Philip Van Cortlandt, who died unmarried, January 12,1842; Eliza, wife of William Van Ness Livingston, who died December 9, 1865 ; Gardiner…
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Bolton, Reginald Pelham. Indian Paths in the Great Metropolis. Indian Notes and Monographs, Vol. II, No. 7. New York: Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation, 1922.
…See New Utrecht Valentine avenue, 103 Valentine-Briggs farmhouse, 103 Valeyen, 70 Valley grove, 147 Valley Stream, 38, 229 Valley Stream road, 180 Van Brunt lane, 169 Van Corlaer, Jacobus, 156 Van Cortlandt, Frederick; 93, 94, 226 Van Cortlandt avenue…
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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.
…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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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.
…8, south of the Croton to her two nephews Philip and William Ricketts van Cortlandt, as tenants in common in fee tail. Stephen van Cortlandt with his wife Catalina Staats, in 1791 gave a release to Elvan Purdy, with 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.
…of Catherina, the second wife of Frederifrom his father-in-law in the bus Van Cortlandt bought fifty acres of the his One Van Lower Yonkers tract, which formed the nucleus Bronx (whence tin the of h Boroug Cortlandt estate…
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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.
And further of our Especial grace Certain Knowledge and Mere Motion we do by these presents for us our heirs and Successors give and Grant unto our Said Loving Subject Stephanus van Cortlandt and to his heirs and assinys forever…
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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.
…Coffin 1S08 1S62 Deputies from Westchester County to the Provincial Congress, met at New York, May 23d, 1775 : -- Gouverneur Morris Philip van Cortlandt Lewis Graham James nolmes James van Cortlandt David Dayton Stephen Ward John Thomas, Jun. Joseph Drake Robert…
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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.
Van Cortlandt Mansion near Peekskill, 427. Van Cortlandt Park. 160, 171. 619. Van Dam, Hip, 239. Vanderbilt, Cornelius, 563. Van der Donck, Adrian. 38. 39, 42, 45, 105. Van der Donck's planting field, 144. Van Dyck, Hendrick, 97. Van
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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.
…6, Stephen van Cortlandt ; ditto half of lot No. 7, Stephen van Cortlandt ; part of south lot No. 9, Mrs. Susannah Warren ; ditto, No. 10, Stephen de Lancey ; this lot has since been annexed to the town of New Castle…
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Airy – a neighborhood Oscawana – a neighborhood, includes Oscawana Island Pleasantside– a neighborhood Roe Park– a neighborhood Toddville– a neighborhood Valeria– a neighborhood Van Cortlandtville – a neighborhood; the John Jones Homestead , Old St.
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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.
represented in the assembly, for longer or briefer periods, by Colonel Frederick Philipse (3d), Peter de Lancey and John, his brother, Judge John Thomas, Philip Verplanck, Pierre Van Cortlandt, Isaac Wilkins, and Colonel Lewis Morris (3d). Philipse and Thomas served…
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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.
Pierre Van Cortlandt, June 13th, 1SB5 : -- " You will see in Sieutans memories of Nelson, (the author of " Fasts and Festivals ") page 136, a reference to a Dutoh translation of Common Prayer Book'"-- (Ho refers also to an autograph note from…
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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.
…Lockwood, Colond Pierre Van Cortlandt, and Colonel Gilbert Drake * were elected ; and that any three of these should have authority to represent Westchester-county in the coming Provincial Congress -- Gouverneur Morris, James Van Cortlandt, Philip Van Cortlandt, James Holmes, and…
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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.
…Philip Van Cortlandt explains fully this matter of the Quit Rents. " The Comptroller is requested as soon as convenient to make out what amount of Quit Rent is due from the Manor of Cortlandt Pattent, which includes in its bounds…
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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.
…Both Van Bursum' were later sold to Van Cortlandt. To him was conveyed also a tract owned by " Hew MacGregor, Gentleman, of the City of Xew York," lying above Verplanck's Point. Thus Stephanus Van Cortlandt became the proprietor of…
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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.
Stephen Van Cortlandt's land, which is called by the Indians, Wenebees, lying between two creeks, over against the Thunder hill, (I)underburgh,) on the east side of the river, &c. Signed Thomas Dongan."0 The same year Thomas Dekay…
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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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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.
…Philip Van Cortlandt, of the Manor. 5. Steplien Van Cortlandt, of Second River, N. J. (5. John Miln, M.I)., in right of Mary, (widow of Kilian Van Rensselaer) his wife. 7. Henry Beekman, and Gertrude, iiis wife. 8. William…
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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.
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…
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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.
Van Cortlandt was in all respects a match for Philipse and the de Lanceys, to whatever elevation of ISAAC WILKIN!: dignity or social importance they pretended; and it was his personality which gj to the Revolutionary movement in Westchester County…
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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.
…John Van Tassel Kyck's Patent. 1781. Samuel Haigbt Manor of Cortlandt. Abijah Gilbert Salem. Samuel Haight Manor of Cortlandt. Israel Lyon Bedford William Fancher Poundridge. .\bijah Gilbert Salem. Junuanj 28, 1782. Zebediah Mills Bedford. Samuel Haight Manor of Cortlandt
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Dawson, Henry B. Westchester County, New York, During the American Revolution. Morrisania, NY: (privately printed by the author), 1886.
* Journal of Die Convention, "Thursday morning.July 18, 1776 ;" General Washington to John Augustine Washington, "New York, 22 July, "1776." < Pierre Van Cortlandt and ZepJianiah Piatt, Jnnr. to the Convention, " Pkeksk [i.i,, July 18, 1776." » General Washington to 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.
…Pierre Van Cortlandt (son of Philip's third brother, Gen. Pierre Van Cortlandt), who inherited it from his uncle. This gentleman married Catharine, daughter of the late eminent Dr. Theodrick Romeyn Beck, of Albany. He became the first proprietor of…
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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.
…A schedule or list of goods paid by Stephanus Van Cortlandt, in his deed expressed. 8 guns, 9 blankets, 5 coats, 14 fathom of Duffels, 14 kettles, 40 fathoms of black Wampum, 80 fathoms of white Wampum, 2 ankers of…
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William and Sarah Teller operated a trading post on Croton Point. 1645 -- peace agreements signed beneath what became known as the Treaty Oak. 1677 -- Van Cortland Manor of Stephanus Van Cortlandt. 1682 -- Cornelius Van Bursam purchased the land from
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