THE TOWN OF CORTLANDT. 1 95 



residence at Croton, on the 16th of September, 1808, aged 87 years, &c. 

 Also a tomb bearing the following inscription : — 



Sacred 



To the memory 



of 



GERARD G. BEEKMAN, 



born 



September 19, 1746, 



In the City of New York ; 



died 



June 22d, A. D. 1822. 



at his seat 



In the town of Mount Pleasant, 



County of West Chester, 



aged 



73 years, 9 months, and 3 days. 



Beside the above tombs, there is a small pedestal surmounted with a 

 chaste urn, inscribed as follows : — 



To the memory of 



CATHARINE, 



wife of 



Col. Pikrek Van Corllandt, Junr., 



and eldest daughter of 



George Clinton, Esqr., 



Vice-President of the United States. 



"The memory of the just is blessed ; "— Prov. x : 7. 



May death's best slumbers occupy thy urn— 

 The heap that hides thee nature's livery wear ; 

 O be thou sacred in the silent bourne, 

 Till time rolls round the great Sabbatic year. 



born at New London 



the 5th of November, 1770, 



she deceased at her 



residence, Peekskill, 



on the 10th January, 1811, 



aged 40 years, 2 months and 5 days, &c, &c. 



Likewise a marble obelisk to the memory of Anne Van Cortlandt, 

 wife of Gen. Pierre Van Cortlandt : 



"She is not dead, but sleepeth." 



Also monuments to Stephen, Gilbert and Gertrude Van Cortlandt. 

 To the west of the cemetery, at the entrance of the neck proper, stood 

 the Indian Castle or Fort of Kitchawan, one of the most ancient fortres- 



