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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.
…The
name
Cortlandttown
was applied to the district where
Philip Van Cortlandt had his residence.
rri*
HISTORY
WESTCHESTER
COUNTY
of Philipseburgh was still styled the supervisor for the Manor of
Philipseburgh; and although there was a separate supervisor for
the…
Dawson, Henry B. Westchester County, New York, During the American Revolution. Morrisania, NY: (privately printed by the author), 1886.
…given to
" the virtuous minority of the general Assembly of
" this Province, and particularly to John Thomas and
"Pierre Van Cortlandt, Esqrs., two of ourrepresenta-
" tives for their firm attachment to and zeal, on a late
" occasion for the preservation…
Macdonald, John. Interview with Cook, Lyman, c.1772-1859; (1848-10-28). John M. McDonald Interviews, 1844-1851, WCHS item 735. Westchester County Historical Society. Transcribed by history.croton.news April 2026.
By all means obtain access
to the papers left by General Philip Van
Courtland. Among them is an attempt
account of the attempt made by Governor
Tryon in the early part of the troubles to
bring over Governor Van Cortlandt…
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.
…Philip's chapel, whenever convenience will permit." Upon the 4th of January, 1794, the thanks of the
vestry were given to Pierre Van Cortlandt for the great pains he had
taken at the Legislature of this State, to obtain a…
Dawson, Henry B. Westchester County, New York, During the American Revolution. Morrisania, NY: (privately printed by the author), 1886.
…referred to Captain Richard Montgomery, of Duchess-county, Henry
Glenn and Robert Yates, of Albany-county, and Colonel James Van Cortlandt and Colonel James
Holmes, of Westchester-county, with orders " to view
" the ground at or near King's Bridge…
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 died on the morning of the
first day of ]\Iay instant, at his seat at Croton Kiver in this town,
in the 94th year of his age, leaving issue by his wife Joanna Livingston, Philip, Gilbert, Stephen…
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, secretary and treasurer of the society,
who sent nie the final report of its work, having bunted up the same
with much trouble ; Cortlandt, Mr. Andrew R. Slartin, from Mr. Coffin
S. Brown. I have further to acknowledge…
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.
…given to '
" the virtuous minority of the general Assembly of
"this Province, and particularly to John Thomas and
"Pierre Van Cortlandt, Esqrs., two of ourrepresenta-
" tives for their firm attachment to and zeal, on a late
"occasion for the preservation…
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 former Dutch ofiicials, and nearly
three hundred of the male inhabitants of New York,
including Stuyvesant, van Cortlandt, van Ruyven,
van Rensselaer and Beekman, took the oath of allegiance to Charles the 2d and the Duke of York, as…
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.
…Bear then in mind, my friends, and impress it on the hearts of your chil-
^ General Philip van Cortlandt. i> Isaac van Wart.
Vol. I. 12
90 HISTORY OF THE
dren, and upon all that shall nestle in old age…
Bacon, Edgar Mayhew. The Hudson River from Ocean to Source: Historical, Legendary, Picturesque. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1903.
…John Van Cortlandt enlarged itto its present dimensions in the early years of Queen
Anne's reign. . . . Over the main entrance to the manor-house hangs the strong
bow of Croton, the Sachem whose name has been given to 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.
…Nearly half a century before this monument was built, the Con-
'■" The late General Philip van Cortlandt.
COUNTY OF WE^STCHESTER. 241
script Fathers of America had, in the senate chamber, voted he was a faithful
patriot, one in whom…
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.
…independence, " and so intimately associated with the wisdom and virtue of such men as Jay, Morris, Clinton, Woodhull, Hobart,
Van Cortlandt, Livingston, and Rutgers, was burnt on the
night of the 5th of November, by a New England major, without…
O'Callaghan, E.B., ed. The Documentary History of the State of New York, Vol. IV. Albany: Weed, Parsons and Co., 1851.
…De Peyster for
Isaac Roosevelt Saml Deall self & Doctr Jno Jones
Jacobus Van Zandt William Cockburn Fredk V. Cortlandt
Wm Sheriff by order Garret Rapalje
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 See Van Cortlandt's confirmation.
' See Bedford.
d Donck is a village in South Holland, three and a half leagues from Corenm.
• O'Callaghan's Hist. N. N. 327.
406 ^' ' HISTORY OF THE "
Patroon Killian van Rensselaer, for 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.
…to Captain Richard Montgoniery, of Ducheas-county, llenry
Glenn' and Robert Yates, of AJbany-county, and Colj quel .lames Van Cortlandt aud Colonel James
I Holmes, of Weslchest^r-county, with orders " to view
' " the ground at or near King…
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.
…spelled in his inventory made the 29th of September, 1675,* the stream is called Tippetts brook, which
forms the van Cortlandt Lake, and, thence flowing
southerly in a sinuous course, falls intoSpyt-den Duyvel Creek just east of Kiugsbridge. Its…
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.
…Philip Van Cortlandt, three hundred and eighty
bushels of wheat for thirty-eight years quit rent, due to his majesty from
the within patent, and in full for the said time. Witness my hand this
28th day of December, r726…
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.
…The same year in which Stephanus Van Cortlandt was married to
Gertrude Schuyler, 1671, his sister Sophia married Andreas Teller.
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 the Governor's Council at
the time of this first A.ssembly as Members by Royal
appointment, and as such, members of the Upper
House which passed this Act, were Stephanas Van
Cortlandt and Frederick Philipse, who were also…
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.
…The name itself is derived
from the the ancient family of the Van Cortlandts', the mesne Lords,
and first grantees from the Indians. Under the Mohegans or "enchanted
wolf tribe," Cortlandt-town appears to have been divided between the
two…
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 presents do for
Us our heirs & Succesors give grant ratifie and Confirm unto our Said Loving Subject Stephanus van Cortlandt all the Afore recite'' Ceartain Parcell & tract
of Land and Meadows Within theire Several and Respective Limits and bounds…
Bacon, Edgar Mayhew. The Hudson River from Ocean to Source: Historical, Legendary, Picturesque. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1903.
…When his first wife died,
in 1690 or '91, he married the daughter of Oloff Van
Cortlandt and widow of John Dervall, who brought
him a fortune of considerable extent to add to the
eighty thousand guilders which made him…
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.
…below Kingsbridge and above Archers
along
lands and its northern passing through Van Cortlandt Lake
same
the
About
field."
planting
Donck's
the north side of - Van der
conDoughty
£5,
and
horse
a
of
value
the
for
1668),
7,
(June…
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.
…whole estate, both real and personal
whatsoever and wheresoever, I do give, devise and bequeath, to my brother
Jacobus van Cortlandt, one-fifth, and to all the children of his deceased brother
Stephanus, and the daughters of his eldest son…
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.
…and so running along Hudson's river northerly to the land of Stephannus Van Cortlandt, from ihence to the eastwardmost end of the said Yan Cortlandt's land, and from thence to a great
fresh water pond called Keakates, and…
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.
…Stephanus van Cortlandt, Lord of the manor of Cortlandt. This
lady, mounted on a fine bay horse, was endeavoring to escape from the
burning of the meeting-house in July, 1779, when she was overtaken,
about one mile north 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. II. New York: Charles F. Roper, 1881.
…war; and presented to Augustus van Cortlandt, by Rear Admiral Rolen
Digby of the British navy. To the east of the house, the Mosholu (["\<^
petts brook) pent up by the mill dam, forms an extensive sheet of water,
which is…
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.
…The news
GENERAL
COUNTY
HISTORY
of his arrival had been brought by express to General Philip Van
Cortlandt, then living at the Manor House on the Croton, who at
once set off for the city, "'where he had the inexpressible…
Raymond, Marcius D., editor and publisher. Souvenir of the Revolutionary Soldiers' Monument Dedication, at Tarrytown, N.Y., October 19th, 1894. Tarrytown, NY, 1894.
…n G. Tompkins, Isaac Buys, Abm. Acker, James Requaw, Cors.
Van Tassel, Thomas Buys, John Paulding, Dank Requaw,----
Weaver, and John Hammen."
The following is the letter referred to :
Cortlandt's Ferry, July 19, 1776.
Sir: -- I am informed by…