THE TOWN OF CORTLANDT. 



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No. 3, William Skinner, who married Elizabeth Van Cortlandt. This 

 individual "was the first rector of St. Peter's church, Perth Amboy; 

 his real name was MacGregor, and he was among those of that clan, 

 proscribed after the rebellion of 1 7 1 5 ; he had received a superior educa- 

 tion, and was endued with a strong mind ; having received holy orders, 

 he was appointed missionary to Amboy, in New Jersey, 1721, and died 

 rector, A. D., 1757. " a 



No. 4, Stephen Van Cortlandt ; No. 5, Mr. Melin ; No. 6, Stephen 

 de Lancey; No. 7, Margaret Bayard, widow of Samuel Bayard ; No. 8, 

 Mr. John Schuyler ; this lot had been sold prior to partition. North lot 

 No. 1, Andrew Johnson. We have previously shown that Verplanck's 

 Point, (by the will of Stephanus Van Cortlandt) passed to his son Johan- 

 nes or John, whose daughter Gertrude married Philip Verplanck. 



In the year 1734 we find Philip Verplanck, of Cortlandt's Manor, and 

 Gertrude his wife only daughter and heiress of Johannes Van Cortlandt, 

 the eldest son and heir of Colonel Stephanus Van Cortlandt, late of the 

 city of New York, deceased, and John Lent, of the said manor, in the 

 other part, bargaining, selling, devising and leasing unto the said John 

 Lent, 



" All that certain neck or tract of land and meadow, situate, lying and being 

 in the Manor of Cortlandt, being bounded on the east by the land commonly 

 called Appemaghpogh, and a certain creek, Meanagh on the north by the land 

 now belonging to Hercules Lent, and on the south and west by Hudson's River, 

 containing 1000 acres, the lessee yielding and paying therefor the yearly rent 

 of one pepper-corn on the feast day of St. Michael, the Archangel." 6 



Above Verplanck's Point extended the patent of Hercules Lent, 

 bounded on the north by Magregaries Creek. 



Lot No 9 was the property of Andrew Johnson, Esq., who married 

 Catharine, eighth daughter of the Rt. Hon. De Heer Stephanus Van 

 Cortlandt. This individual who resided at Perth Amboy in New 

 Jersey, was descended of the Johnson's or Johnston's of Armandale, 

 County of Dumfries; derived fron Sir John de Johnston, Knt, one of 

 the guardians of the West marches in 1371/ 



No. 10 was the portion of Gertrude Beekman, fifth daughter of Rt. 

 Hon. De Heer Stephanus Van Cortlandt, who married Col. Henry Beek- 

 man. This lady who was born 10th October, 1688, and died 1777, 

 possessed the highlands north of Peekskill creek. Gilbert Van Cort- 

 landt, by his will bearing date 17th of Sept., 1784, and proved 8th of 



a Whitehead's Bast Jersey under the Proprietors. 



6 County Eec. Lib. G. p. 681. 



c The arms, crest and motto of this family show plainly that they were defenders of the 

 borders in olden time are a saltiere sa., on a chief gu., two cushions or crest a spur erect betw. 

 two wings or straps and buckles gu., mottoes— Nunquam mon paratus, aid I make sure. 



