108 HISTORY OF THE COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER. 



June, 1798, " bequeathed to his loving brother Pierre Van Cortlandt, 

 and his heirs and assigns, all my real estate which was devised to me by 

 my aunt Gertruyd Beekman, being front lot No. 10, called Anthony's 

 Noos and 340 acres being the land bought of Andrew Johnston, Esq., 

 deceased, situated on the south side of Peekskill, called No. 6, &c. a 



The division of the Manor, east of the river lots in the town, consisted 

 of lot No. 1, distinguished by the name of the south lot, the property of 

 Philip Van Cortlandt, Esq., also, a north lot No. 1, the property of An- 

 drew Johnson, Esq. ; No. 1, south of the Croton, belonged to Philip Van 

 Cortlandt, from whom it passed to the Hon. Pierre Van Cortlandt. 

 The following advertisement dated March the 18th, 1762, relates to the 

 sale of the above lot. "Conditions of sale of the South lot No. 1, 978 

 acres of land situated in the south-west corner of Cortlandt Manor, and 

 corner of north lot No. 6, belonging to the estate of Philip Van Cort- 

 landt, Esq., deceased, above mentioned, sometime posted in the New 

 Yo?-k Gazette, and now to be sold at public vendue, pursuant to an act 

 of General Assembly, passed for the purpose and agreeable to, to a map 

 hereunto annexed, Pierre Van Cortlandt, surviving executor of Philip, 

 deceased, will give a title agreeable to the act of the Assembly, &c. 

 The lands are to be sold to the highest bidder, and the purchase money 

 to be immediately paid as soon as the deeds are given. Dated, Manor 

 of Cortlandt, at the ferry-house near the mouth of Croton River. 6 



The will of Stephen Van Cortlandt, son of Philip, and grandson of 

 Stephanus, bears date 7th of June, 1754. His wife was Mary Walton, 

 daughter of William Ricketts of Westmoreland, Island of Jamaica, and 

 Mary Walton of New York. His sons were Philip and William Rick- 

 etts, and a daughter, Catharine, who died young. 



Item. — I do hereby give, devise and bequeath unto my said son Philip Van 

 Cortlandt, all that my farm and plantation lying and being in the Manor of Cort- 

 landt, now in the tenure and occupancy of Jacob Cornwall, to have and to hold 

 the same farm and plantation to him, the said Philip, and to his heirs and assigns 

 forever. Item. — I do hereby give and bequeath unto my said son Philip, my 

 large silver tankard marked with the family coat of arms, to him, the said Philip; 

 and to his heirs and assigns forever, &c. , &c. 



This will was proved and administered 24th of May, 1757, Surrogate's 

 Office, N. Y., Lib. xx, 1273. 



Upon the 30th of March, 1762, John de Milt and Susannah his wife, 

 conveyed to Pierre Van Cortlandt two tracts of land, the first being a 

 part of lot No. 6, and the second, lot No. 1, south of the Croton. The 



a Surrogate's Office, N. Y., Lib. xlii. : 410. 



b Copied from original document in possession of the late Philip G. Van Wyct, Esq. 



