I06 HISTORY OF THE COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER. 



ber the 4th, 1734, that a final partition, and division, of the Manor 

 took place between the surviving children and grandchildren of Col. 

 Stephanus Van Cortlandt, when they gave to each other releases in due 

 form of law in severalty, viz : 



Philip Verplanck and Gertrude, his wife; Mary Melin; Samuel 

 Bayard and Margaret, his wife ; Andrew Johnson, and Catharine, his 

 wife ; Stephen de Lancey, and Anne, his wife ; Philip Van Cortlandt ; 

 John Schuyler, and Cornelia, his wife" , and William Skinner, and Eliza- 

 beth, his wife. 



The original partition deed is in the possession of Pierre Van Wyck, 

 M.D., of Sing Sing. 



"NUMBER OF ACRES IN THE MANOR OF CORTLANDT. 





FRONT LOTS. 





No. 1. 



1255 



Philip Van Cortlandt. 



2. 



932 



P. V. Planck, 



3. 



1886 



Skinner. 



4. 



1447 



Stephen Van Cortlandt. 



5. 



1220 



John Miller. 



6. 



1720 



De Lancey. 



7. 



1027 



Mary Bayard, 



8. 



808 



Mr. Schuyler. 



9. 



1233 



Andrew Johnson. 



10. 



2764 



Mrs. Beekman. 





14,333 front lots. 







32,887 north lots. 







28,765 south lots. 







7,128 south of Croton 





83,113 acres in Manor divided. 

 3,000 acres in Pound Ridge. 

 100 acres in Parsons Point. 



86,213 "& 



The share of each heir amounted nearly to 8,000 acres. 



By this partition of the Manor, the following lots were laid out to the 

 devisees in Cortlandt town, viz. : 



River lot No. 1, to Philip Van Cortlandt ; No. 2, Philip Verplanck, 

 who married Gertrude, only daughter and sole heiress of Johannes Van 

 Cortlandt, one of the original devisees. 



a The father and mother of Gen. Philip Schuyler. 



b Copied from original document in the possession of Pierre Van Wyck, M. D., of Sing 

 Sinsf. another Partition Deed for the Manor of Cortlandt dated Dec. 14th, 1753, occurs among 

 the Van Wyck MSS. 



