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Macdonald, John. Interview with Van Cortlandt, Pierre, 1762-1848; (). John M. McDonald Interviews, 1844-1851, WCHS item 1577. Westchester County Historical Society. Transcribed by history.croton.news April 2026.
…I was pointed out to him as Governor Van Cortlandt's son, and he was glad to see me, but cried bitterly when he said, "I must leave my country!" -- I cried, too.
In March 1777, the British advanced guard…
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Water Celebration Great Freshet of 1841 John Quincy Adams Pierre Van Cortlandt Jr. Published October 14, 2014 October 14, 2014
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water system Parker-Bale American Legion Post No. 1597 Van Cortlandt Bridge Westchester County Historical Society Published August 19, 2013 October 15, 2017
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.
Johannes, or
John, van Cortlandt the eldest son of Stcjjhanus, had
married Anna Sojihia van Schaack of Albany, and
had only one child a daughter who became the wife
of Pliilip Verplanck son of Abraham Isaacson Verplanck the first of…
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.
To have and to hold possess and Enjoy all and Singular the said Lord.ship and Mannour of Cortlandt and
premisses with all their and every of their Royalty sand
appurtunancys unto the said Stephanus van Cortlandt
his heirs and…
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.
…To Philip van Cortlandt, No. one South of Croton
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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, August 29th, 1841."
The marble font was the gift of his son, Colonel Pierre van Cortlandt.
The site of this church was formerly occupied by a military
magazine, destroyed by the British army in 1777. Large quantities…
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.
In 1796
he married Helen, daughter of Augustus Van Cortlandt, of Yonkcrs, and removing from the city of
New York, settled at Morrisania, where the remainder
of his life was passed as a country gentleman of
ample means and refined…
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Administration Building Pelham Parkway Prospect Avenue Simpson Street Van Cortlandt Park–242nd Street Westchester Square–East Tremont Avenue Woodlawn Other structures 48th Police Precinct Station 52nd Police Precinct Station House and Stable 1100
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.
…heirs and Successors
Give and (iraut unto our said Loving Subject Stephanus van Cortlandt and to the heirs and assigns of
him the said Stephanus van Cortlandt full power and
authority at all times for Ever Heareafter in the
said…
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, J
Abraham Merritt,
Henry Lent, son of
Hercules,
Jarvis Dusenberry,
Caleb Barton,
John Haight,
John Jones,
Henry Griffen,
Abraham Merritt,
John Paulding,
Gerritt Storms,
Philip van Cortlandt,
Elisha Hammon,
Joshua Bishop,
Thomas Conkling,
John Garrison,
Joseph Mandeville…
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 1st.
Pierre Van Cortlandt 2d, 3d, 4th.
Steplien Ward 1st, 2d.
COMMITTKE OF SAFETY AND COUNCIL OF SAFETY.
' -- During the recesses of the Congresses, a Committee of Safety from its members was entrusted with
executive functions. After…
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.
…When quite a young man he distinguished
himself by sustaining the will of Henry White, of Yonkers, better known as Van Cortlandt, thereby saving
to the Van Cortlandt family of the present day, at
King's Bridge (see King's…
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.
…An important village-site on the
west bank of" Mosholu brook, near the
Van Cortlandt mansion in Van Cortlandt park. The title Keskeskick applied to the range of hills forming part
of Kingsbridge, Fordham, and University Heights, probably as far…
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.
…James van Cortlandt, the property passed to
his brother Augustus van Cortlandt the next heir of the entail.
a Surrogate's office, N. Y. fol. xiii. 425.
b The will of Frederick van C. bears date 2d Oct. 1749. To…
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.
…Colonel Van Cortlandt was a member of the committee of the Provincial Congress to arrange the troops
and form the militia. ' Frederick Van Cortlandt,
Thomas Emmons, Williams Betts and William
Hadley were of the local committee for the Yonkers. Under…
Bolton, Reginald Pelham. Indian Paths in the Great Metropolis. New York: Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation, 1922.
…An important village-site on the
west bank of Mosholu brook, near the
Van Cortlandt mansion in Van Cortlandt park. The title Keskeskick applied to the range of hills forming part
of Kingsbridge, Fordham, and University Heights, probably as far…
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.
…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 25th day of March
last, pursuant to…
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Company (James Stevenson Van Cortlandt) The Croton Landing Brick Co. (1882) (Robert Ray & Schuyler Hamilton) George & Eliza A. Morton John MORTON Anchor Brick Company (1890)(Gertrude and Schuyler Hamilton) Underhill Talcott Brick Co. (William A.
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Hollow Philipsburg Manor House Philipse Manor Hall State Historic Site Playland Thomas Paine Cottage Stepping Stones Sunnyside Van Cortlandt Manor Villa Lewaro Winged Foot Golf Club Rest of the state Adams Power Plant Transformer House Adirondack
Macdonald, John. Interview with Van Cortlandt, Pierre, 1762-1848; (). John M. McDonald Interviews, 1844-1851, WCHS item 1577. Westchester County Historical Society. Transcribed by history.croton.news April 2026.
You must raise me 200,000 pounds immediately." At first Governor Clinton thought the proposal impracticable; but, on reflection, he sent two agents, Aspenwall and Williams, to Long Island who obtained the requisite loan on his bonds from the Long…
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.
Philip Verplanck sat
in the legislature at Albany as Representative from Cortlandt Manor
for thirty-four years--an all time record. He was paid six shillings
a day. Philip Van Cortlandt, being the eldest surviving son of Stephanus,
became the…
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.
…Colonel Lewis
Graham, and Colonel James Van Cortlandt, all of
them from the Borough Town of Westchester ;
Stephen Ward and Joseph Drake, from Eastchester ;
Major Philip Van Cortlandt, of the Manor of Cortlandt ; Colonel James Holmes, of Bedford ; John
Thomas…
Dawson, Henry B. Westchester County, New York, During the American Revolution. Morrisania, NY: (privately printed by the author), 1886.
…Colonel Lewis
Graham, and Colonel James Van Cortlandt, all of
them from the Borough Town of Westchester;
Stephen Ward and Joseph Drake, from Eastchester ;
Major Philip Van Cortlandt, of the Manor of Cortlandt ; Colonel James Holmes, of Bedford ; John
Thomas…
Dawson, Henry B. Westchester County, New York, During the American Revolution. Morrisania, NY: (privately printed by the author), 1886.
…Bolton has not named any authority for his statement, although
he was not the flrat to print it, he must be regarded as authorially
responsible for it ; and, therefore, it may be proper to say, further, that
Pierre Van Cortlandt…
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.
…Thus Stephanus van Cortlandt became the undisputed and acknowledged Lord of "The Lordship and
Manor of Cortlandt."
There were two small parcels of land within the
above general limits of the Manor, the soil of which
was not owned by…
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.
…That the thanks of this body be
"given to the virtuous Minority of the General
" Assembly of this Province, and particularly to
" John Thomas and Pierre Van Cortlandt, Esquires,
" two of our Representatives, for their firm attach-
" ment to and…
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Church Protestant Reformed Dutch Church of Flushing Quarters A Ralph Johnson Bunche House Sailors' Snug Harbor St. Ann & the Holy Trinity Church United Workers Cooperatives Van Cortlandt House Voorlezer's House Ward's Point Woodlawn Cemetery Wyckoff
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Bartow–Pell Mansion Edgar Allan Poe Cottage Henry F. Spaulding Coachman's House Keeper's House at Williamsbridge Reservoir Robert Colgate House Sunnyslope Valentine–Varian House Van Cortlandt House Wave Hill William E. Dodge House Religious buildings
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.
We are
indebted to the Evening Gazette for the subjoined notice of this remarkable lady : " Cornelia Beeckman was the second daughter of Lieutenant-
Governor Pierre Van Cortlandt, by his wife, Joanna Livingston, whose
birth took place in the old manor…