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Bacon, Edgar Mayhew. The Hudson River from Ocean to Source: Historical, Legendary, Picturesque. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1903.
On
the north of Van Cortlandt Philipse again appears; the
Highland Patent, as it was called, taking in nearly all
of Putnam Coimty and reaching to Fishkill creek. Rondout came next, including the land between Fishkill and Wappinger's creek…
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.
…presents
do for us, our heirs and successors, give, grant, ratify and confirm unto our said
loving subject, Stephanus Van Cortlandt, all the aforesaid certain parcel and
tracts of land and meadow within their several and respective limits and bounds…
Pryer, Charles. The Neutral Ground. Half Moon Series, Vol. II, No. 5. New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1898.
…It
was perfectly self-evident to such men as
"Squire" Van Cortlandt, Oliver de Lancey,
and others, that one of the main objects of
the home government, in case of war, would
be to separate the more southern from 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.
…Lieutenant-Governor Nicholson's councilors were Anthony
Brockholst, Frederick Philipse, Stephanus Van Cortlandt, and Nicholas Bayard. Dongan, before being superseded, granted to the City
of New York, in 1GSG, its first charter as a corporation, under the
style of " The…
Dawson, Henry B. Westchester County, New York, During the American Revolution. Morrisania, NY: (privately printed by the author), 1886.
' James Miller appears to have held offices, subsequently, in the New
York Regiments, commanded by Colonels Ritzema, Gansevoort, and Van
Cortlandt ; but, inasmuch as there were several persons bearing that
name-- two, at the same time, in the same Regiment…
Dawson, Henry B. Westchester County, New York, During the American Revolution. Morrisania, NY: (privately printed by the author), 1886.
…in conformity with the published
terms of the Congress itself, be permitted to stand in
the way of a Van Cortlandt, the latter with nothing
else than two ex-parte Affidavits to sustain the evidently ridiculous charge of wrong-doing…
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.
" Know all men by these presents, that I, Stephanus van Cortlandt, of the city of New York, merchant, being distempered in
body, but of good, sound and firm memory, praised be Almighty
God therefor, do make, ))ublish, and declare ; this…
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.
…Names of the Petitioners for Cortlandt Lodge, L O. of O. F.,
No. 55, located at Peekskill, Westchester County.
John C. Hitchcock, James L. Seabury,
Caleb H. Bosworth, James M. Spear.
Charter granted by G. L. of N. Y., August…
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.
…Signed 16th December,
1791.a
In 1793, William Denning and Pierre van Cortlandt were elected wardens. . . - , ... . , •■ - •, '
William Denning and Jarvis Dusenberry were the first delegates from this parish to the Diocesan Convention in 1791.
List of Ministers and Rectors. .' ■ .
Instituted…
O'Callaghan, E.B., ed. The Documentary History of the State of New York, Vol. III. Albany: Weed, Parsons and Co., 1850.
…Joiner
Christian Trocklick of Do Sugar Baker
6th William Nixon of Do Cooper
Daniel Miller of Do Potter
11th Henry Van Vlack of Do Mercht
Garrase Roebuck of Do Corck Cutter
John Kingston of Do Blacksmith
William Pearson of Do…
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.
…those tenants who desired to take up lands, The few ])eo])le
brought in, and imjirovements undertaken, by Steplianus van Cortlandt between his first purchase and his
death, were settled and made in the western portion
of the Manor, along…
Ruttenber, E.M. Footprints of the Red Men: Indian Geographical Names in the Valley of Hudson's River, the Valley of the Mohawk, and on the Delaware. Published in the Proceedings of the New York State Historical Association, Vol. VI. 1906.
…Menagh, entered in Indian deed to Van Cortlandt, 1683, as the
name of what is now known as Verplanck's Point, is probably from
Menach'eii (Del.), the indefinite form of Mendtes, diminutive, meanmg "Small island." The point was an…
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, Colonel. Gilbert Drake, Lieutenant-Colonel. Joseph Strang, 1st Major. Ebenezer Purdy, 2d Major. John Cooley, Adjutant
Isaac Norton, Quarter Master.
THE WESTCHESTER GUIDES. During the Revolution. John Pine, Michael Dyckman,
John Odell, James Oakley,
Abraham Dyckman, Frederick…
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 District late commanded by Bartow Underhill : --
Gilbert van Cortlaudt, Captain.
Daniel Haines, 1st Lieutenant ; sigDed the association the day he was chosen. James Teller, 2d Lieutenant. Hermanns Gardiner, Sen., Ensign.
INTRODUCTION. xxi
The District late commanded by Jeremiah Drake…
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.
…One of these was recently disinterred in makinosome improvements on the Kingsbridge road nearly opposite the
Van Cortlandt residence ; it proved to be on examination the full
O'Callaghan, E.B., ed. The Documentary History of the State of New York, Vol. II. Albany: Weed, Parsons and Co., 1849.
…Jacob Leislek
The same for Stephanus Van Cortlandt
The same for Anthony Brockholdst
The same for Pieter Jacobse Marius
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.
…Oloflf Stevensen van Cortlandt.
Oc^
Coat of Arms and Signatures of the Founders of Sleepy Hollow Church.
To face page 322, vol. i.
Arms. az. a demi lion rampant, rising out of a ducal coronet ar, si
Hon. Vrederyck Fe…
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 the 8th day of May, 1775, a meeting of the
freeholders of Westchester County was held in White
Plains, and Gouverneur Morris, Lewis Graham, James
Van Cortlandt, Stephen Ward, Robert Graham,
Daniel Dayton, John Holmes, Jr., and Wm. Paulding…
O'Callaghan, E.B., ed. The Documentary History of the State of New York, Vol. I. Albany: Weed, Parsons and Co., 1849.
…VAN CORTLANDT TO SR ED. ANDROSS.
[
Lond. Doc. VII. ]
19 May, 1690.
May it please your Excellency,
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*
The French and Indians have againe, since your Excell c y' s departure, destroyed some people to the Eastward of Boston, have also…
Dawson, Henry B. Westchester County, New York, During the American Revolution. Morrisania, NY: (privately printed by the author), 1886.
…Military Returns,
xxvii., 240.)
' James Miller appears to have held offices, subsequently, in the New
York Regiments, commanded by Colonels Ritzema, Gansevoort, and Van
Cortlandt ; but, inasmuch as there were several persons bearing that
name-- two, at the same time…
Dawson, Henry B. Westchester County, New York, During the American Revolution. Morrisania, NY: (privately printed by the author), 1886.
…In addition to
the Commission, referred to in the text, he managed, on the twenty-first
of November, 1776, to obtain the command of the Sixth Company of the
Second, or Van Cortlandt's, Regiment of the New York Line…
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.
…Other purchasers were John
Hadden, who bought some three hundred and twenty acres on both
sides of Tippett's Brook just north of the present Van Cortlandt
Lake, and Francis French and associates, who wore the original
owners of 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.
…c Van der Donck,
the patroon of Yonkers, writing in 1656, says of this animal --
" Buffaloes are also tolerably plenty: these animals mostly keep
towards the southwest, where few people go." "Again, it is remarked (says the same writer) that…
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 conformity with the published
terms of the Congress itself, be permitted to stand in
the way of a Van Cortlandt, the latter with nothing
else than two e.r-parfe Affidavits to sustain the evidently ridiculous charge of wrong…
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.
…The
silver now used at the administration of the holy sacrament,
consists of one large silver flagon, 2 silver chalices, a silver bason or font ; the latter presented by a member of the Van Cortlandt family; and a silver plate…
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.
16 .Vbraliam Emmons, of Yonkers, was one of those, in the Yonkers
Company, who had voted for Frederic Van Cortlandt for its Captain, and
who had united with that gentleman, who was the defeated candidate,
in disregarding the Election 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.
…Some were of quite fine
ware, entirely white, as in the Van Cortlandt Manorhouse, where one or two were spared by the soldiers
when removing the rest to use as plates. The fireirons, fender and andirons were of solid brass…
Dawson, Henry B. Westchester County, New York, During the American Revolution. Morrisania, NY: (privately printed by the author), 1886.
The explanation of that apparent contradiction may be found in the
fact that that short lived third Provincial Congress was dissolved before
Colonel Pierre Van Cortlandt took his seat in it or was qualified to do so 1 ,
by his…
Pryer, Charles. The Neutral Ground. Half Moon Series, Vol. II, No. 5. New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1898.
…Brandon, Westover, Shirley, Marshall
House, Cliveden (Chew House), Morris House, Van Cortlandt
Manor-House, Oak Hill (The Home of the Livingstons^ Philipse
Manor-House, Jumel House (Fort Washine;ton), Smith House
(Sharon, Conn.), Pierce Homestead, Parson Williams's House, Varina…
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.
…Seven of Mosher's party were from the farm of General Pierre van
Cortlandt, Cortlandtown.