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…Tallcot Van Cortlandt & Co. From History of Westchester County , 1886, an 1891 F.W. Beers map (see below) and Westchester Cty. Incorporation Records , 1876-1914: Francis Larkin and Marcus L. Cobb (George D. Arthur & Co.) The Croton Brick
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…New York, 1866 THE Van Cortlandt mansion
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…There, in 1774, Governor Tryon, and Edmund Fanning, his secretary, came on a mission of bribery to General Van Cortlandt, who had espoused
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Revolutionary War -- British troops commandeered Van Cortlandt Manor and some even carved their initial into the mantel in one of the rooms. Revolutionary War -- the British spy Major John Andre was supposed to have made his escape with the plans…
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ourselves in a shallow rift abreast the Van Cortlandt Manor House, unable to proceed. After vain efforts of our united strength to stem the current, the boatman landed me on the southern shore of the stream. After satisfying his extortionate…
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…There, in 1774, Governor Tryon, and Edmund Fanning, his secretary, came on a mission of bribery to General Van Cortlandt, who had espoused the cause of the colonists. They
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…The battle took place in what is now Van Cortlandt Park in the Bronx . A stone monument to the Stockbridge Militia who died during the battle
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…The trail enters New York City on the eastern side of Van Cortlandt Park ; [ 7 ] the aqueduct runs through the Bronx under Aqueduct Walk and
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Library Hall of Fame for Great Americans Van Cortlandt House Woodlawn Cemetery See also: National Register of Historic Places listings in the Bronx and List of National Historic Landmarks in New York City v t e Protected areas of New…
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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 his heires and assignes Shall and may from henceforth for Ever Lawfully Peaceably and Quiettly have hold Possesse and Enjoye the said Tract or Parcell of Land and all and singuler other the Premisses with their Appurtenences without…
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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 Point or Farm, which originally consisted of one hundred and seventy-two acres, was held simply by permission or lease, under James Van Cortlandt, (the son of John, grandson of Stephen, the son of De Herr Stephanus Van Cortlandt
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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.
…b The following item occurs in the will of Frederick van Cortlandt, dated 2iid of Oct. 1749 : " whereas, I am now about finishing a large stone dwelling house on the plantation in which I now live, which, with the said…
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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.
…Oloff Stevens van Cortlandt died some time subsequent to 1683, leaving his son Stephanus, then a highly respectable merchant in New York."a- In 1664, the name of Oloff Stevensen van Cortlandt, occurs as one of the six commissioners, appointed…
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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 Cortlaxdt's is a station on the New York City and Northern Railroad, located near the old Van Cortlandt pond and mills. Near by are the icehouses and residence of George R. Jremper. The historic old mansion (1748), now…
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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.
…that land for the purpose of a reservoir on Great George Street, owned by Augustus Van Cortlandt and Erederick Van Cortlandt, of the Van Cortlandt family of our county, was purchased and works were built and put in operation. 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.
…Pierre Van Cortlandt's is one of the great names of Westchester County, second, indeed, to none in all the illustrious and noble array. This is not the place for a particular account of his career, which, in its more…
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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.
Upon the partition of Cortlandt's manor in 1734, the lots (included in this town) fell in the following order to the devisees and heirs of Stephanus van Cortlandt, viz., one-half of south lot No. 7, east of the…
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Van Cortlandt Manor is a National Historic Landmark established at the mouth of the Croton River at the Hudson River on the Tappan Zee. Jane E. Lytle Memorial Croton Arboretum [ 21 ] conserves over 20 acres 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.
…M., Residence of 742 Tompkins, Daniel D., Portrait of 671 Truman, Norman K., Portrait of 591 Van Cortlandt, A., Portrait of 762 Van Cortlandt Manor-House, King's Bridge 764 Van Rensselaer, W. P., Residence of 553 Van Rensselaer, W…
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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.
…Church of Cortlandtown is a manuscript volume entitled " Kerkelyk Aanteken boek voor De Mannour van Cortlandt," (that is, A Church Register for the Manor of Cortlandt,) containing a list of baptized infants, to which is appended the names 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.
…Stephanus van Cortlandt, the first grantee under the Indians, by his last will, dated 14th of April, 1700, devised and bequeathed the whole manor of Cortlandt to his eleven children, who thus became seized in fee. In 1734 the devisees…
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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.
last above named in whom the undivided lands had vested in 1753, by lease and release, the latter dated the 14th of December in that year, conveyed them to Oliver de Lancey, John Watts, and John Van Cortlandt, in trust…
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ourselves in a shallow rift abreast the Van Cortlandt Manor House, unable to proceed. After vain efforts of our united strength to stem the current, the boatman landed me on the southern shore of the stream. After satisfying his extortionate…
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…There, in 1774, Governor Tryon, and Edmund Fanning, his secretary, came on a mission of bribery to General Van Cortlandt, who had espoused the cause of the colonists. They
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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.
…were theStephgenitors of all the Van Cortlandts of subsequent generations; anus being the founder of the so-called elder Van Cortlandt branch, t- Stephanus, whose history is given in the text; Maria, married Jeremias Van Rensselaer; Johannes, died a bachelor…
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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.
…1 The husband of Gertrude, only child of Johannes (John) van Cortlandt, the eldest son of Stephanus, which Johannes wsi£ then dead. THE ORIGIN AND HISTORY OF THE MANORS. Verplanck "be admitted as a member of this House for 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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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.
…Pierre Van Cortlandt, Jfanor of Cortlandt, 1708-75. Philip Verplanck, Manor of Cortlandt, 1734-68. Edmund Ward, Westchester, 1705-09, 1710-12. Isaiic Wilkins, Borough of Westchester, 1772-75. Gilbert Willet, Borough of Westchester, 1728-32. Lsaac Willet, Borough of…
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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.
…From an original map drawn up by Samuel Purdy, surveyor, it appears that a partition of Jacobus Van Cortlandt's estate took place in 1743. To Frederick Van Cortlandt, was allotted 1424 acres, to Abraham De Peyster 1110 acres, to…
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