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Dawson, Henry B. Westchester County, New York, During the American Revolution. Morrisania, NY: (privately printed by the author), 1886.
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The County of Westchester was ably represented
on the floor of the Assembly, in the persons of Colonel Frederic Philipse and Judge John Thomas, who
represented the body of the County; Pierre Van
Cortlandt, who represented the Manor of…
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.
…concourse of
a Generals Pierre van Cortlandt and Philip van Cortlandt, Daniel W. Birdsall. St. John Constant, Ward B. Howard, Beujaniia Dyckiuan, Doctor Peter Goetchius, James Jiaudeville, and
Doctor Samuel Strang.
THE TOWN OF CORTLANDT.
the inhabitants of Westchester County…
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.
One of these was
recently disinterred in making some improvements on the Kings-Bridge
road, nearly opposite the Van Cortlandt residence ; it proved to be on
examination the full sized skeleton of an Indian, in a sitting posture,
holding the…
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.
At the expiration of that time, Stephanus Van Cortlandt,
his heirs or assigns, had full authority to " return and send a discreet inhabitant in and of the said manor to be a representative of
the said manor in every assembly…
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 der Donck's " planting-field " was on the
plain or flat of the Van Cortlandt estate, lying between Broadway and the present lake, and extending
up to the southerly end of Vault 11111.** It is probable that his house…
Dawson, Henry B. Westchester County, New York, During the American Revolution. Morrisania, NY: (privately printed by the author), 1886.
The County of Westchester was ably represented
on the floor of the Assembly, in the persons of Colonel Frederic Philipse and Judge John Thomas, who
represented the body of the County; Pierre Van
Cortlandt, who represented the Manor of 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.
…ten in
width, in shape nearly a rectangular parallelogram,
formed, " The Manor of Cortlandt." Acquired by
direct purchase from the Indians, in part, by Stephanus van Cortlandt, a native born Dutch gentleman of
New York, and in part by others…
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.
…S, south of the Croton to her
t\vo nephews Philip and William Ricketts van Cortlandt, as tenants in
common in fee tail.
Stephen van Cordandt with his wfe Catalina Staats, in 1791 gave a
release to Elvan Purdy, with…
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 Westchester-county, the heirs and assigns of Stephanus Van Cortlandt having failed to exercise the privilege which had been given to the
latter, as the Lord of the Manor of Cortlandt, of electing a Representative for that Manor in…
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."
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.
…On June 7th, 1668, Doughty sold to John Heddy *
of Westchester a tract of three hundred and twenty
acres, now part of the old van Cortlandt estate, recently taken for van Cortlandt Park. The next
month, on the 6th of…
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.
…3d July, 1781, General Washington planned an expedition to
cut off Colonel James de Lancey, stationed in the vale, and Major
'^ This lady was sister-in-law of Augustus van Cortlandt, sen.
454 : •, -. HISTORY OF THE
Pruschanck, another British officer…
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.
…Stcphanus Van Cortlandt, purchased of the native
Indian proprietors the territory of Meahagh, (Verplanck's Point,) and
the lands east thereof called Appamaghpogh, as follows :
INDIAN DEED OF MEAHAGH.
To all Christian people to -whom this present writing shall come…
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.
Robert Graham,
Colonel Lewis Graham, and Colonel James Van Cortlandt, all of the
Town of Westchester; Stephen Ward and Joseph Drake, of Eastchester; Major Philip Van Cortlandt, of Cortlandt Manor; Colonel
James Holmes, of Bedford; John Thomas, Jr., of Rye…
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Sauthier Map — Province of New York (1778)
Claude Joseph Sauthier's detailed 1778 map of the Province of New York showing Westchester County, the Van Cortlandt and Philipse manors, and the Croton River area during the Revolution.
Date: 1778
Type…
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.
The lands of ''Appamaghpogh," were originally granted to
Stephanus Van Cortlandt in 16S3, by the two Indian sachems, Pewemind
and Oskewans, as mentioned in our description of Somers, &:c.
The principal aboriginal settlement in this part of " Appamaghpogh,"
occupied 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.
These were ancestors of
the ' van Cortlandt of Second
River ' (the Passaic) New Jersey, now extinct in the males.
9. Gertrude, born 10 Oct. 1()88, married Col. Henry
Beekman. No issue.
10. Gysbert, born 1689, died young.
11. Elizabeth…
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.
…Sec'y.^
The earliest movement of Stephanus van Cortlandt
towards obtaining the Lands of the Manor, was to
take out, pursuant to the law of the Province,'^ a License to purchase them from the Indians, in order to
extinguish 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.
…for, and in consideration of,
a certain sum of Wampum, and divers other goods,
paid by Cornelius van Bursum.
The lands from the Croton River Northward to
Stephanus van Cortlandt's Appamapogh purchase
before mentioned, and running eastward to the…
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.
…At the age of twenty-four he married Mary van Cortlandt. This lady was the daughter of Jacobus van Corllandt of
the Lower Yonkers, by his wife Eva Philipse, daughter of the
Hon. Frederick Philipse, lord of the manor of…
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.
…1699, Sachima Wicker, sachem of Kightawonck and his associates sold to Stephanus van
Cortlandt, all their rights as owners and proprietors in the " land
lying and being v/ithin Cortlandt's manor, beginning on the
south side of Kightawonck creek…
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.
…THE VAN cortlandts OF YOXKERS.
Right Hon. Stephen Van Cortlandt, the ancestor of
the race, whose name must ever remain illustrious in
our history, was the father of Right Hon. Oloff
Stevens Van Cortlandt, who married Annetje,
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.
…8TRi The flshingrtghts of the Van Cortlandt's are said to have extended two miles, i.e., from
Deer Island iu the river Croton to the marked rock on Crawbucky Point near Siug-Sing.
I IO
HISTORY OF THE COUNTY…
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.
…At its northwest corner
it touched the estate of Stephanas Van Cortlandt, the brother of his
second wife -- an estate which also (1<;!>7| became one of the great
manors, called Cortlandt Manor, running east from Croton Bay to
the…
O'Callaghan, E.B., ed. The Documentary History of the State of New York, Vol. I. Albany: Weed, Parsons and Co., 1849.
…Jo n Finne
Quartermaster
The Regiment consists of six hundred & one men,
Of the Regiment of Militia in filing's County on y e said Island,
Stephen Cortlandt
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.
Colonel
Gerrardus Beekman
.
.
Leiu 1 Col. ^ Feild Officers
Corn: Van Brunt
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.
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Maj…
Raymond, Marcius D., editor and publisher. Souvenir of the Revolutionary Soldiers' Monument Dedication, at Tarrytown, N.Y., October 19th, 1894. Tarrytown, NY, 1894.
…JBeekman, who married Cornelia Van Cortlandt, a connection of the Philipses. She was the daughter of Pierre Van Cortlandt,
born in 1753, and manifested an indomitable and patriotic spirit all
through the Revolutionary war. She died, with her fine faculties…
Dawson, Henry B. Westchester County, New York, During the American Revolution. Morrisania, NY: (privately printed by the author), 1886.
In Westchester-county, the heirs and assigns of Stephanus Van Cortlandt having failed to exercise thoprivilege which had been given to the
latter, as the Lord of the Manor of Cortlandt, of electing a Representative for that Manor in the…
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.
…This Point was
originally granted by the Van Cortlandts to the Dutch Reformed
Church of Cortlandt manor. Some time subsequent to the revoa Monlton & Yates Hist. N. Y., page 271.
b The Wickapy Indians, whose principal settlements were in the…
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, now
owned and occupied by James Robertson. The former occupant derived his title to this portion of the manor from his brother Gilbert, heir
of his grand-aunt Mrs. Gertmde Beekman. The old brick mansion,
o Westchester…
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…