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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.
…Independence, " Xumber Four."
Elnathan, Jr., Elijah, Henry and Jacob Taylor,
Izarell Underbill, Frederick Van Cortlandt, Abm,
Frederick and Josh. Vermilye, John and Wm. Warner,
Geo. Wertz, John and Samuel Williams. On August
24, 1775, they chose John Cock, captain ; Wm…
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.
…Its precise
location
was at the entrance or neck of Teller's point (called Senasqua),
and west of the cemetery of the Van Cortlandt family. Their
burial ground was a short distance east of the castle ; a roman
tic and…
O'Callaghan, E.B., ed. The Documentary History of the State of New York, Vol. IV. Albany: Weed, Parsons and Co., 1851.
…CLINTON AND LADY,"
BOTS CODEC DOG To face title.
(From Plates loaned by Pierre Van Cortlandt Esq.)
GREAT SEALS OF THE PROVINCE FROM 1623 TO THE REVOLUTION,.... *]
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.
…By the death of his elder
brothers, Johannes who left only a daughter, Gertrude, the wife of Philip Verplanck, and Oloff, or
Oliver, who died a bachelor, Philip became the head
of the Van Cortlandt fannly. His five sons were…
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
must have been somewhere about this time that the
following incidents, related in a Journal of a trip to
visit Chief Justice Jay and General Philip Van Cortlandt, occurred : " We now found ourselves in the
town of North Castle…
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.''
In 1676, Lews Morris, second proprietor of ]NIorrisania…
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.
…Seven of Moslur's party were from the farm of General Pierre van Cortlandt, Cortlaudtown.
c On the east side of "the road leading from the Purchase to Rye, lies the grave of an old
veteran by the name 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.
…Prior to 16S3 the territory of Meahagh belonged to Siecham,
sachem of Sachus and other Indians, who sold the same to Stephanus van Cortlandt, At the death of Stephanus it passed by
will to his eldest son Johannes, and afterwards…
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 gift of Frederick van Cortlandt. " St. Paul's Church,
Eastchester, N. Y., A. D. 1829."
"^ On the erection of the present edifice, their badies were removed from the old
church which stood near the locusts.
150 HISTORY OF 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.
…James van Cortlandt, obtained restitution of every thing. Within a few years trees have been cut down near the site of Gist's
camp and found to contain balls buried six inches in the wood.
» Simcoe's Mil. Journal, p…
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…
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.
The latter was the presiding officer.
State Conventions. -- The Fourth Provincial
Congress, which assumed the name of the Convention of Representatives of the State of New York, resolved itself into a convention to frame a Constitution for…
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.
Delegates from Westchester County to the Convention met at
Kingston, Ulster County, to frame the Constitution of the State of New-
York, April 20th, 1777: --
Pierre van Cortlandt Ebenezer Lockwood
Gouverneur Morris Zebediah Mills
Gilbert Drake Jonathan Piatt
Lewis Graham…
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.
…in all probability they owed their lives to the Indians' expectation of surrounding and taking them prisoners."*
Bordering the road north west of the Van Cortlandt's, is the
old Hadley property, now owned by Major Joseph Delafield.
The stone…
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.
…Cornells
van Ruyven, Secretary Oloff" Stevens Cortlandt, Burgomaster of this city, and John Laurens (Lawrence),
burgher and merchant, made to the General Court,
or Legislature, at Hartford.
" On reading over both journals, your Honors will
not only percei,ve the…
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…
O'Callaghan, E.B., ed. The Documentary History of the State of New York, Vol. IV. Albany: Weed, Parsons and Co., 1851.
…VAN CORTLANDT TO THE PREST OF CONGRESS.
At a time when the Councils and arms of America should be
directed to the defence of all the United States against foreign
invasion, it gives us pain to find it our duty…
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 the death of Stephanus van Cortlandt so shortly after the erection of his
lands into a Manor, is probably to be ascribed the
fact, that there are no records to show whether he
ever organized his Manorial Courts. 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.
…3J2 HISTORY OF THE
In 1724, the inhabitants of East Chester appear to have held a
quit-rent on the patent of Jacobus van Cortlandt, and others,
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.
…One
that was stolen from the Van
Cortlandt manor-house during
the Revolution was cased in
gilded ebony, and above its face
was a painting of the Queen of
Sheba on her way to lay her
gifts at the feet…
Macdonald, John. Interview with Cregier, Augustus, b.c.1769; (1847-10-01). John M. McDonald Interviews, 1844-1851, WCHS item 1757. Westchester County Historical Society. Transcribed by history.croton.news April 2026.
…October 1st Frederick Post of Yonkers: "Jacob Van Cortlandt who took the large house and farm under the family entailment was a very good benevolent man, universally loved.--
During the war, and while residing in Courtland House he became out…
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.
…John Jay, LL.D., was the
eighth child of Peter Jay, of Rye, and Mary Van Cortlandt ; he was
born on the 12th of December, 1745, and in 1753 was put to school at
New Rochelle. He was graduated at…
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…
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.
…assembled and met Together on the
First Day of February and by Plurality of Voices
made Choice of Pierre Van Cortlandt, Esq., one of
the Principal Freeholders of the Said Manor to be
the Representative to Assist the Captain General…
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.
…Van
Cortlandt has written of these stately houses so
graphically that pictures of them may be recreated
in the mind's eye from her description : " The furniture of well-to-do people was massive and costly
and that of the…
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…
O'Callaghan, E.B., ed. The Documentary History of the State of New York, Vol. II. Albany: Weed, Parsons and Co., 1849.
…Van Cortlandt
Extract of the printed minutes of the Assembly of the state of
Virginia --
Saturday NovM5th 1788.
"A petition of James Rumsey, by George Morrow his attorney
m fact, was presented to the house and read setting forth, that…
Raymond, Marcius D., editor and publisher. Souvenir of the Revolutionary Soldiers' Monument Dedication, at Tarrytown, N.Y., October 19th, 1894. Tarrytown, NY, 1894.
…During the War of
1812 he served on the staff, of Gen, Pierre Van Cortlandt, having the
rank of Colonel. He married Anna, daughter of Bartholomew Ward
and granddaughter of Hon. Stephen Ward. He lived at the Tompkins-
Odell farm…
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.
…John Jay, therefore, is the only descendant of Jacobus Van Cortlandt that owns a foot of the original patent in the town of Bedford. Abraham De Peyster sold to various individuals. The descendants of
the ancient proprietors of the Hop…