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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.
…From Cortlandt : Privates, John Brackin, William Connor, Charles
Hartman, Robert Hitchcock, Elvin Howes, Henry C. Purdy, Daniel
Ryan.
From North Castle ; Privates, W. H. Dayton, Lewis M. White.
From Mount Pleasant : Privates, John W. Farrington, Ab'm B. Hammond, Henry…
Dawson, Henry B. Westchester County, New York, During the American Revolution. Morrisania, NY: (privately printed by the author), 1886.
…discussed, was promptly rejected by a vote of
ten, in the affirmative, among whom were Judge
Thomas and Pierre Van Cortlandt, against fifteen,
4 One of those letters, if not more of them, was noticed in our statement
of 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.
…The lots south of
the Croton were also numbered in the same way, and
called "Lots South of Croton."
The fourth clause of the Will of Stephanus Van
Cortlandt directed that when a division was decided
upon it should be…
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, and Col. Gilbert Drake, were duly
" elected agreeable to the resolves of the Provincial Congress, to repre-
" sent this county until the Second Tuesday of May next ; and that it
" w;is voted by the people that…
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.
…Thereupon it was resolved,
that Colonel Van Cortlandt and Mr. Z. Piatt^ be directed to repair immediately to the Highlands. '^
» Jour. N. Y. Pro. Cou Book I. 523.
t- A distinguished ofEcer of the American service, grandfather of Lewis 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.
…discussed, was promptly rejected by a vote of
ten, in the affirmative, among whom were Judge
Thomas and Pierre Van Cortlandt, against fifteen,
* One of those letters, if not more of them, was noticed in our statement
of the measures…
O'Callaghan, E.B., ed. The Documentary History of the State of New York, Vol. IV. Albany: Weed, Parsons and Co., 1851.
…Inglis) exemplary in his life and assiduous in his pastoral duty, but
distinguished by his steady loyalty and warm attachment to the constitution in
Church and State." His remains w2re deposited i in the family vault of the Van
Cortlandts…
Bolton, Reginald Pelham. Indian Paths in the Great Metropolis. New York: Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation, 1922.
…Van Cortlandt avenue, once the
Indian Shore path 116
INDIAN NOTES
ILLUSTRATIONS
INDIAN PATlfS
XXVI. The Indian pond, in the Indian
field, alongside Mechawani-
enck, the ancient pathway. ... 166
XXVII. The victims of prehistoric warfare buried at Ward point,
near…
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 officers and soldiers of the Revolution preceded by General Philip van
Cortlandt, now the senior surviving officer of the continental army. These
passed through the line, conducted by General Hammond and suite, and the
marshal of the day, to…
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.
…These sales clearly show that the -rea^ lots were agam subdivided by the devisees of Stephanus van Cortlandt. Many of
the descendants of the above mentioned grantees still occupy the
patrimonial estates in fee simple.
The .oldest record relating to…
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.
…gives the reason for enacting the law in these words; -- "But inasmuch as the
Heirs of the said Stephanus van Cortlandt, by Reason
of the said Manor's remaining undivided among
them, and otherwise, had not, untill very lately, asserted…
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 explanation of that apparent contradiction may be found iu the
fact that that short lived third Provincial Congress was dissolved before
Colonel Pierre Van Cortlandt took his seat in it or was qualilicd to do so,
by his taking…
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.
Hence his two-thirds
il was liable to confiscation. ' Balthazar Bayard was
> therefore appointed to take charge of the two-thirds
I of the estate which belonged to the government and
r, John Lawrence, Stephanus Van Cortlandt and
!■ Walter Webley…
Ruttenber, E.M. History of the Indian Tribes of Hudson's River; their origin, manners and customs; tribal and sub-tribal organizations; wars, treaties, etc., etc. Albany: J. Munsell, 1872.
…In Breeden
Raedt they are called Hogelanders, while
in the treaty of 1644 ( 0' Callaghan, i,
302), they are called Nochpeems, a title
which corresponds with the name of one
of their villages on Van der Donck's
It is…
Bolton, Reginald Pelham. Indian Paths in the Great Metropolis. New York: Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation, 1922.
…Van Cortlandt avenue, once the
Indian Shore path 116
INDIAN NOTES
ILLUSTRATIONS
INDIAN PATlfS
XXVI. The Indian pond, in the Indian
field, alongside Mechawani-
enck, the ancient pathway. ... 166
XXVII. The victims of prehistoric warfare buried at Ward point,
near…
old_croton_aqueduct_raw.txt
…manors, was just beginning to be divided and valued — but was, as yet, hard- Odell, Hyatt, Wildey, Acker, Beekman, Van Cortlandt — the names of ly "developed." The new public work would bring pure and abundant these Westchester landholders of 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.
…Bibby having retired from practice and spent the last years of
his life on the Van Cortlandt Manor. During the
late war Dr. Varian was a strong friend of the Union
and plainly outspoken in his sentiments. During the
riots…
O'Callaghan, E.B., ed. The Documentary History of the State of New York, Vol. III. Albany: Weed, Parsons and Co., 1850.
…Hayne &
Torrecos.
[Translation.)
The Heern Stephanus van Cortlandt Piter Jacobez Marius
Johannis kip & Johannis Keryfbyll. Myn Heeren
Our last to you was of the S<^ Jan. 1699 wherein it was stated
that Bartholomew Rushton and William Green were alive in…
Bolton, Reginald Pelham. Indian Paths in the Great Metropolis. Indian Notes and Monographs, Vol. II, No. 7. New York: Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation, 1922.
…Van Cortlandt avenue, once the
Indian Shore path 116
INDIAN NOTES
ILLUSTRATIONS
XIII. Acqueanounck, the Hutchinson
river, where the Shore path
crossed 120
XIV. The old Eastchester and Westchester road, once the Indian
trail from the Siwanoy settlements 122
XV…
O'Callaghan, E.B., ed. The Documentary History of the State of New York, Vol. III. Albany: Weed, Parsons and Co., 1850.
…humble servants
Rip Van Daji
A. D. Philipse
j v. cortlandt
Leendert huygen de kley
160 PAPERS RELATING TO KINGS COUNTY.
MINORITY REPORT.
To The Honourable Coloi Richard Ingoldsby Lieutenant
Goyr & Comander in chief in & over her majesties
Provinces 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.
…Peter's
Church of Cortlandt," 28th August, lS40.c
This church is annexed to a much older one of the same name,
situated two miles north of the village, where occasional services
are still performed.
The Dutch Reformed Church is…
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.
…west
of the aforesaid creek which lies by Stcphanus van
Cortiandt'a land, including all the meadows both
fresh and salt within said bounds, containing in all
1800 acres or thereabouts." The tenure like that of
the Manor was " in…
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.
…General Van Cortlandt ardently supported Mr. Clinton; but Governor Tomjikins, though unwilling
to be regarded as inimical to him, yet felt himself
bound to support Mr. Madison as the representative
not only of the national Democracy, but of the measures…
Bolton, Reginald Pelham. Indian Paths in the Great Metropolis. Indian Notes and Monographs, Vol. II, No. 7. New York: Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation, 1922.
…The path curved around Tetard hill
as Albany avenue now runs, crossing near
238th street a small brook descending the
hillside, and thence extending on a nearly
straight course northward toward Van
Cortlandt Park, where it found a practicable
crossing…
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.
» On the east side of the road leading from the Purchase to Rye, lies the grave
of an old veteran by the name of John…
Ruttenber, E.M. History of the Indian Tribes of Hudson's River; their origin, manners and customs; tribal and sub-tribal organizations; wars, treaties, etc., etc. Albany: J. Munsell, 1872.
302), they are called Nochpeems, a title
which corresponds with the name of one
of their villages on Van der Donck's
It is not impossible that the Tankitekes extended into the highlands on
the east, and that their chief…
Dawson, Henry B. Westchester County, New York, During the American Revolution. Morrisania, NY: (privately printed by the author), 1886.
…15 Abraham 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…
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.
…Biographical Sketch, Colonel Philip Van Cortlandt. New York Centennial Volume, pp. 537-538.
Craig, Neville B. :
The Olden Time. Vol. 2. pp. 308-317. Pittsburgh. 1848. Same. Vol. I. p. 308 et seq. 8 vo. Robert Clark & Co., Cincinnati. 1876…
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, jun :
Happy iho man, and he alone,
Who, master of himself, can saj',
To day at least haih been my own,
For 1 have clearly lived to-day.
[D. P. Madison.
Next occurs a letter from Gen…
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 second is also richly engraved whh antique figures, representing angels, birds, fruits and flowers, beside, three ovals containing emblematic figures of Faith, Hope
and Charity, near the top is engraved the name of Catharina van
Cortlandt, this cup stands…