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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.
…Sarles, of New Castle;
All of them voted affirmaand Philip Van Cortlandt, of Cortlandt.
GENERAL
COUNTY
HISTORY
tively on the question of ratification. In the last continental congress held under the old confederation of the State, that of 1788-89…
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.
…put in the box of the church."
£254 1
Upon the 24th of August, 1787, Isaac Stoutenburgh and Philip
van Cortlandt (commissioners of forfeitures for the southern district of New York,) conveyed to the trustees of this church and
their…
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.
…Third Regiment.
' ' Pierre van Cortlandt, Colonel.
' Gilbert Drake, Lieutenant-Colonel. - . " -'
.Toseph Strang, 1st Major. ' ■ ] ■
Ebenezer Purdy, 2d Major. K John Cooley, Adjutant.
Isaac Norton, Quarter Master.
THE WESTCHESTER GUIDES
During the Revolution.
John Pine, Michael Dyckman,
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, 155th N. Y.; George
Nichols, Gth N. Y. H. A.; Charles Schoomaker, 20th N. Y.; Neheniiah
Sperry,t "lOth N. Y.; James Young, Gth N. Y. H. A.; Patrick Cannon,
17th N. Y.; William Whiting, Gth N. Y…
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 articles of union agreed upon by the Synod of 1771 were subscribed
(among others) by Johannes Ritzema and Pierre van Cortlandt of
Westchester county. The Dutch Reformed Church at Tarrytown is attached to the mother church, its pastor having…
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.
…younger branch of the Van Cortlandts,
but this was a strictly friendly conveyance, the two families being
closely allied by marriage. Even in the three manors where no second
lord succeeded to exclusive proprietorship -- Cortlandt, Fordham, and
Scarsdale -- sales of…
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 embraces all the
exterior portions of the county except the section from Croton Bay
to the Highlands -- that is, the present Town of Cortlandt, -- which, as
we have indicated, was bought by Stephanus Van Cortlandt in a
series 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.
…and by these presents do
lully, clearly and absolutely grant, bargain, sell, alien,
eiil'eof, and confirm unto Stephanns Van Cortlandt of
the city of New York, merchant, his heirs or assignes
forever, all that certain tract or ])arcel of…
Hogue, O. Wendell, and Veronica Gilbert Agne. “A Brief Historical Sketch of Croton-on-Hudson.” In Croton on Hudson Golden Jubilee, 1898-1948, September Nineteenth to Twenty-Sixth. Croton-on-Hudson, NY: Croton Golden Jubilee Committee, 1948. Seq 14 only — additional pages not yet extracted from HathiTrust htid nyp.33433062496793.
…Bethel Chapel The land , on which Bethel Chapel stands , consisting of four acres , was ceded to Croton Landing by Pierre Van Cortlandt in 1777. It was origi- nally used as a burial ground . This chapel , built in 1780 , is one…
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.
…He married January
23d, 1700, Anne Van Cortlaiidt, daughter of Stephanus
Van Cortlandt (whose family was then one of the
most opulent and extensive in the Province). Stephen
de Lancey at his death iii 1741 left issue surviving,
James, Peter…
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, (then a boy,) walk in with a handfull of
prickly pears, requested a iew of the pins as he was shortly going to France and would like to exhibit in that country pins of
domestic manufacture.
At…
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.
…It conveys three parcels aggregating
three hundred and twenty acres, lying directlj' north
of Van der Donck's planting- field and extending
across from the Albany post road to the road to Mile
Square. The Van Cortlandt estate now includes…
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.
…54-57.)
Noch Peem.-- (Van der Donck.) Var., Noapain, Ochpeen (Map 1688). This name denotes « a dwelling place," "an abode," "where we are," etc. Delaware, Achpeen, "a
lodge," " dwelling."
The name denotes "a small
Indian village and castle near Spuyten…
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.
…York, July ye 10th, 1733, this
day at 4 o'clock in ye morning dyed Eva van Cortlandt, was
buried ye next day ye 12 en ye voute at Mr. Stuyvesant's about
six and seven o'clock."
The situation…
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.
…Came the Van Cortlandts ! The year the Half Moon sailed up the Hudson and nestled below
Senasqua at the mouth of the Kenoten's River, there lived in south
Holland a sturdy Dutch couple, Stevan and Catherine Van Cortlandt.
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.
…Jacobus Van Cortlandt, younger brother of Stephanus and anTLANDT
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.
…167; to Stephanus
Van Cortlandt. 168; to John Pell. 173; to Caleb
Heathcote, ISO, 183; to John Harrison and
others. 215; to Joseph Budd and others (White
Plains), 219: to the people of Bedford, 222: to
Roger Mompesson and 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.
…John LawTence and Stephanus Van Cortlandt, excused,) to aid in re;;'.:,
lating in the speediest manner the estate of the above mentioneii
Richard Morris, and to report the result to the Governor.''
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.
…To his daughter Eva, wife of Jacobus van Cortlandt,
a house and ground in the city of New York, &c., also a mortgage of
Dr. Henricus Selynus upon ye lands of John Richbell, deceased, 20
miles into ye country 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.
…the Indians Sachus, and stretching by the north side
of Stephanas van Cortlandt, his hind up to the said
river, to another creek, and so runs up said creek iu
several courses, to a certain tree marked T. R. west…
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.
…for four generations the residence and estate of the Jay family, and descending to them
from their ancestor Jacobus Van Cortlandt who purchased it of the
Indian Sachem Katoonah, in 1703. Here the Hon. John Jay spent the
latter part…
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.
…It conveys three parcels aggregating
three hundred and twenty acres, lying directlj' north
of Van der Donck's planting- field and extending
across from the Albany post road to the road to Mile
Square. The Van Cortlandt estate now includes…
O'Callaghan, E.B., ed. The Documentary History of the State of New York, Vol. IV. Albany: Weed, Parsons and Co., 1851.
…4 List of the Troopers Under the Command of
Capt Johannis Ten Broeck 3'd Corpor! Arie Van Vliet
Lieutt Wessel Ten Broeck Junr 4th Corpor! Martie Lamatre
Cornt Tho's Gaasbeek Chambers 5 Corpori Ffrederick Schoon-
1st Qr. Mas…
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.
…In 1700 he married Ann,
second daughter of Stephanus Van Cortlandt. James de Lancey,
the future chief justice and governor, was their eldest son, born in
New York City, November 27, 1703. James was educated at the University of Cambridge…
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 answered that
approbation of a people who placed confidence
"he was chosen a'representative by unanimous benefit
and the good of his country as a true
in his integrity to use all his ability for their
Tryon, finding…
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.
…Eva, born in September, 1660, and baptized 3d of October, following
who married Jacobus Van Cortlandt from whom descend the Van Cortlandts of Yonkers and the Jays, of Rye and Bedford. Annetje, the
second daughter, married Philip French, originally 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.
…And when to these were added
the children of Stephanus's younger brother Jacobus
van Cortlandt of Yonkers, and their wives and husbands, it will be seen what an enormous family circle
it was, and will explain why at this…
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.
…Had this been done by a
Van Cortlandt, a Philipse, a Van Rensselaer, or any three of the " Lords of the Manor," on
the Hudson River, the act would have been engraven on the rocks with the point of a…
croton_waterworks_raw.txt
…The Bronx The Van Cortlandt Park Conservancy: Van Cortlandt Park, the fourth-largest park in New York, once served as the right-of-way for the Old Croton Aqueduct. The Old Croton Aqueduct Trailway, operated by the New York City…
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.
…presents do for us, our heirs and successors, give, grant, ratify and confirm unto our said loving subject, Stephannus
Van Cortlandt, all the aforesaid certain parcel and tracts of land and meadow
within their several and respective limits and bounds…