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Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)
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[Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)] Prior to the purchase of the Philipses this estate (as before shown,) formed a portion of the fief of Colen-donck, and was styled the " Old Yonckers." From the Patroon Adriaen van der Donck it passed…
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The Westchester County Historical Society (WCHS) acquired an important historical document: a 22-page notebook from surveyor George W. Cartwright. The journal documents his detailed survey of Van Cortlandt Manor conducted between 1837…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
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…west, up to the aforesaid creek which lies by said Stephenus Van Cortlandt's land." These boundaries embraced eigh-teen hundred acres. The royal patent confirming this purchase was is-sued December 28, 1685. It is commonly known as " Ryck…
Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)
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…Pierre Van Cortlandt, surviving executor of Philip, deceased, will give a title agreeable to the act of Assembly, &c. The lands are to be sold to the highest bidder, and the purchase money to be imme-diately paid as soon…
Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)
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…Cortlandt house, the ancient residence of the Van Cortlandt family, stands in the vale below, about one mile north from Kings bridge, on the road leading to the village of Yonkers. Prior to the purchase of the Philipses this estate…
Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)
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…This property is still vested in a descendant of Jacobus van Cortlandt. 13ih August, 1701, we find the Indians confirming the Van Cortlandts in their purchase. " To all Christian people and others to whom these presents shall come, Clause Dewilt…
Frederic Shonnard & W.W. Spooner (1900)
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…Van Cortlandt Park was constructed mainly out of the ancient Van Cort-landt estate of the Lower Yonkers. The city's purchase included the historic mansion (erected by Frederick Van Cortlandt in 1748), which was placed in the custody of…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
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…Jacobus Van Cortlandt, of y* city and province of New York, and Zachariah Roberts, sen'r, of Bedford, a sertain track of upland medow land and swamps... to begin where Bever dam river and y* Cross River meets and so…
Frederic Shonnard & W.W. Spooner (1900)
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…purchase thus made is described in the deed as follows: " Being on the east side of the Hudson River, at the entering in of the Highlands, just over against Haverstraw." Earlier in the same year (July 13, 1683) Van Cortlandt…
Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)
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…Titian's Mistress, Heely; Augustus van Cortlandt of Yonkers, Jarvis; Mrs. van Cortlandt, (a miniature) Leslie. The views of the water from this place are of a beautiful description. Jn the immediate vicinity are located the residences of Mr. Daniel…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
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…and Bedford, and within the angle formed by the boundaries of the Van Cortlandt and Philipse Manors, in 1(59(5. It is probable that the Richbell purchase was understood to affect this tract, for Colonel Heathcote thought it prudent…
Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)
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…Stephanus Van Cortlandt's land, &c., &c." Here followeth the schedule or particular of wampum and goods paid for the said land. 100 fathoms of white wampum, 60 guilders of silver, 8 fowling pieces, 8 blankets, 10 match coats, 8…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
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…The his-tory of this land, known as the Van Cortlandt Manor, is given elsewhere. With the exception of two tracts of land contain-ing, together, two thousand one hundred acres, the whole of the town of Cortlandt was included…
Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)
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…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…
Frederic Shonnard & W.W. Spooner (1900)
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…By reference to a map of the manors of Westchester County it will be observed that the northern section of Bedford Patent overlaps Cortlandt Manor, taking a quite considerable area from that manor. On the other hand, Stephanas Van Cortlandt…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
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…Lord" Philipse, in connection with his first wife, Margaretta, who must have died before 1692 (when he married for his second wife Catharine Van Cortlandt), for the many blessings enjoyed by the church through their instru-mentality. < )n several occasions…
Frederic Shonnard & W.W. Spooner (1900)
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…sion) was held, until its purchase by the City of New York, in the family of his daughter Anna, who married Henry White, the White heirs of Augustus assuming the name of Van Cortlandt agreeably to a requirement of his…
Frederic Shonnard & W.W. Spooner (1900)
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…of Colon Donck by Adrian Van der Donck, 106; of Weckquaesgeck by Stuyvesant, 114: of lands by Thomas Pell, 115; Turner's purchase, 115; of Rye and adjacent lands by Peter Disbrow and others, 124: of Mamaroneck lands by John…
Frederic Shonnard & W.W. Spooner (1900)
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…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…
Frederic Shonnard & W.W. Spooner (1900)
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…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…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
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…Cortlandt, 1750-5J; J M entry, 1788-61; James Van Cortland, 1702-72. himself finally passed away February 11, 1842, at the age of eighty-two years, both childless and intestate. Some people still living in Yonkers remember the purchase…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
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…For the latter, the Van Cortlandt family, see that part of this history relating to our late town of Kingsbridge. But we have given all that is necessary for any one who wishes to know the general history of Yonkers…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
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…Had this been done by a Van Cortlandt, a Philips, a Van liens-BeUer, 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…
Frederic Shonnard & W.W. Spooner (1900)
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…Gerard G. (Cornelia Van 4iiii 444 517 601. Cortlandt), 427. 527. 53a. Barbadoe's, 130, 150. Betts. William, of the Yonkers Land. 144. Barrett Joseph 223 224. 420. 457. 600. Birch, Harvey, see Crosby. Enoch Barretto Point, 5. Bird. Colonel…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
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…Van Cortlandt and others, bearing date August, 1701, although the property had then already been owned by the parties named for years. The explanation of this apparent confusion has been anticipated. First, the grant was given, then the purchase had…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
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…This gentleman also has the charge of and cultivates the two remaining farms of the Van Cortlandt prop-erty, which adjoins his own estate. He married Rosalie Hanks, of Lewisboro', and has two children — Isaiah and Mary. In the northeastern…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
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…Philipse, was that of fifty acres, known as George's Point, to his son-in-law, Ja-cobus Van Cortlandt, October 16, K399.1 Meanwhile, November 1, 1683, the county of West-chester, one of New York's ten original…
Minutes of the Commissioners for Detecting and Defeating Conspiracies (1909)
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…Van Cortlandt. See Cortlandt. Van Cougnont (Cochnought, Coughnot), Michael, prisoner, removed from Johnstown to Al- bany, 364, 382; charge against, to be examined, 364; released on bail, 382, 383; his recogni- zance taken by Zepheniah Bat- chelor, 388. Van Den…
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…He mar- ried a wealthy wife, and became, by purchase, the proprietor of the Van Cortlandt Manor on the river. Van Cortlandt 's neighbour, Philipse, began life (ac- cording to Chief- Justice John Jay) as a carpenter. The experts in…
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…North of his extensive territory, more particularly defined in another chapter, lay the manor of Cortlandt, reaching as far as Anthony's Nose. On the north of Van Cortlandt Philipse again appears ; the Highland Patent, as it was called, taking…