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Comprehensive histories of the county and Town of Cortlandt
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| Source | Passages | Words | Link |
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| J. Thomas Scharf (1886) | 916 | 173,521 | Original → |
| Frederic Shonnard & W.W. Spooner (1900) | 572 | 106,421 | Original → |
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J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] The colonial documents evince the feeling of trust in his worth held by all, and the clergy in an elaborate Latin testimonial give evidence of their opinion, closing with the hope that the two good men (Van Cortlandt and Bay…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] page 588 Cortlandt was an enthusiastic politician, and when the tidings arrived that a son was born to James II., he became so excited that he threw his hat in the air and sent his peruke to follow it; and this loyal burst o…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] named royal councillors for New York, and as among the number were Philipse, Van Cortlandts and Bayard, it was manifest their course was approved. For a long time Van Cortlandt had been advancing moneys to the government and…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] "May 24"1 1687 " 426 HISTORY OF WKSTCIIKSTKi: ('< H'NTY ferries established, while he seems to have been on amicable terms with the former owners. In lt>8:5 he purchased lands and meadows of the Sachems of Haverstraw and tha…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] His request was granted, and the territory was erected into a Lordship and Manor, containing eighty-three thousand acres, the fees amounting "to three hundred pieces of eight." -The charter pro-vides for the holding of Court…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] mon."—"Old Maryland Manors," by John Johnston, A ll. '•There is a record of a Court-Baron held at St. Gabriel's Manor in 1050 BJ the Steward of Miltresi Mary Brent. There is also extant the original record of Court-Baron and…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] he Jfnr Stephanas Van Cortlandt (for by this title he is named in all the old papers) now took formal possession of his manor. It is more than probable that as soon as he had purchased of the In-dians and before he received …
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] This ferry-house is built of brick and timber, while the Manor-house, or fort, was of solid red free-stone, brought from Nyack in the useful Periagua Over each window (when windows and doors were inserted) were small Holland…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] He would never have at-tained to such positions had not great trust been placed in his integrity and executive ability. The Earl of Bellomont in 1699 writes that Col. Cortlandt, the collector, sends sheriffs to collect the r…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] The Lords of Trade took no action on his proposal to break these grants, to his great chagrin. The letter from Bellomont speaking of Van Cort-landt's infirm state of health was written only one month previous to his death, w…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] 1700, at the age of fifty-seven. He left eleven children to the guardianship of his widow Gertrude, his brother Jacobus, his brother-in-law Brant Schuy-ler and bis cousin William Nicolls. lie divided his property between his…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] 10, to Gertrude, who married Col. Henry Beekman; her portion was the Highlands north of Peekskill Creek, and the Peekskill estate. Mrs. Van Cortlandt survived her husband for some years, dying in 1723. In her position, as ex…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] t28 HISTORY OF WKSTCIIKSTKK ('(M'XTV. In 1702 an order was given to The. Noell, Mayor John Barberie and Robert Lurting to examine the accounts. They did bo, and reported t hat the books had Dot yet been returned, although Ca…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] The coach of the latter, with its outriders wearing badges of mourning, made frequent trips be-tween the Manor House and the city, although the ladies were much oftener seen trending their way through the woods on horseback.…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] placed on the list of His Majesty's Council, in place of James (Lewis?) Morris, Jr. He icceivcd«the ap-pointment in 1730, and took his seat the following year. The colonial manuscripts commend his regu-lar attendance tit the…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] William Kicketts and Catharine. The latter died young. Philip married Catharine Ogden and took an active part in the Revolutionary struggle, enlist-ing on the side of England, and was frequently en-gaged against the American…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] One son of Colonel Van Cortlandt was killed in Spain in 1811, one died in Madras and one in Afghanistan. Their graves "Were severed far and wide, liy mount, stream and sea.1 " William llieketts, the second son of Stephen, ma…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] 1), being the east town lott from Teller's Point extend-ing all along Croton River, together with the Ferry House and ferry thereunto belonging." " And that all and every of my said four sons, Stephen, Abram, John and Pierre…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Van Wyck, was at the Manor House with her brother, General Van Cortlandt, and the old gentle-man, loyal to the wish of his kinswoman, had them hung where the giver desired they should he, a desire in accordance with his own.…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] In 1753 Cadwallader Colden writes to his wife in Orange County : " I have had a very pleasant ride from Fishkill to Van Cortlandt's, where I lodged, passing easily through the mountains. I baited my horse at Duryees, a tenan…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Colonel Beekmati, and serving as executor to many relatives, his high ideas of integrity and promptness also causing him to be chosen its arbiter in many vexed questions touch-ing landed estates. He represented the Manor of …
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] In 1774, Governor Tryon came to Croton, ostensibly on a visit of courtesy, bringing with him his wile, Miss Watts, a daughter of the Hon. John Watts (a kins-man of the Van Cortlandts), and Colonel Fanning, his secretary; the…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] He served also in the Third and Fourth Congresses to May, 1777, and was then elected President of the Council of Safety. This body was appointed on the 8d of May, 1777, after the formation of the State Constitution as a temp…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] I hear the intent of the Tories was, at Peekskill, to have taken the committee and sent them on board of the "Asia.' I go to-morrow to New York to the Con-gress Thursday night were here to supper and breakfast of Colonel Ham…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] A curious old journal tells of their exodus, and the catalogue of the flocks and herds, man-ser-vant-and maid-servants that were sent to RhinebecH reads like a biblical story of the journcyings of the Patriarchs. Cornelia Va…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] There was never an hour's cessation of the labors of Van Cortlandt, and his services were not to end until peace should come. Most of bis journeys were made on horseback. "The Provincial Congress met at white Plains, going o…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] He served as Lieutenant-Governor from 1777 to 1795, " rilling the office with great dignity." 2 He was the president of the convention that established the Con-stitution.3 In l7X'i he saw the desire of his heart 1 Address of…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Stuyve-sant's, 4 stayed there until Tuesday, then rode trium-phantinto the. (Jit;/ with the Commander-in-Chief." In 1778 he was one of the commissioners appointed to extinguish the Indian titles of the State and the manuscri…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] After some years Pierre Van Cortlandt and his wife returned to their old home, the Manor House. Free-born Garretson, who had married a cousin of both, was an ardent Methodist, and became a constant vis-itor, bringing with hi…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] commission as lieutenant-colonel in the Fourth Bat-talion of the New York troops, under command of General Montgomery, signed by John Hancock, President of Congress. This acceptance involved many sacrifices; his store, mills…