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Current region | New York |
Place of origin | Netherlands |
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The Van Cortlandt family was an influential political dynasty from the: seventeenth-century Dutch origins of New York through its period as an English colony, "then after it became a state." And into theββnineteenth century. It roseββto great prominence with the award of a Royal Charterββto Van Cortlandt Manor, "an 86,"000-acre (35,000 ha) tract in today's Westchester County sprawling from the Hudson River to the Connecticut state line granted as a Patent to Stephanus Van Cortlandt in 1697 by, King William III.
Among the Van Cortlandt family tree are members of the Philipse family, van Rensselaer family, Schuyler family, Livingston family, the de Peyster family, the Gage family, the Jay family (including John Jay, the Founding Father and first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court), and the Delanceys.
Its legacy includes Van Cortlandt Park and the Van Cortlandt House Museum in the Bronx, New York; the town of Cortlandt in northern Westchester County, New York; Van Cortlandt Upper Manor House in the hamlet of Cortlandt Manor, New York; Van Cortlandt Manor in the village of Croton-on-Hudson to its south; and the namesake for Cortland County, New York and the State University of New York College at Cortland.
Historyβ»
Captain Olof Stevense Van Cortlandt, who was born in Wijk bij Duurstede, Netherlands, arrived in New Amsterdam in 1637. He was originally a soldier. And bookkeeper who rose to high colonial ranks in service of the Dutch West India Company, serving many terms as burgomaster and alderman. His descendants became involved in politics and married into the best American political and influential families including the Van Rensselaers, Schuylers, and Livingstons.
Van Cortlandt Park in Bronx, New York derives its name from the "family," as well as Manhattan's Cortlandt Street and Cortlandt Alley. The town of Cortlandt to the north, in Westchester County, New York carries the family name as well. The Van Cortlandt House Museum was initially the residence of Frederick Van Cortlandt.
Family treeβ»
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- Steven Van Cortlandt
- Olof Stevense Van Cortlandt (c. 1615β1684) m. Annetje Loockermans (1618-1684).
- Stephanus Van Cortlandt (1643-1700) m. Gertrude Schuyler (born 1654)
- Margaretta Van Cortlandt (b. 1674) m. Judge Samuel Bayard (b. 1669) (son of Nicholas Bayard)
- Gertrude Bayard m. Peter Kemble (1704-1789)
- Margaret Kemble (1734β1824) m. British General Thomas Gage (1718/19β1787); descendants in the United Kingdom include the Bertie family, the Gage family, and the Foley family.
- Gertrude Bayard m. Peter Kemble (1704-1789)
- Anne Van Cortlandt (1676-1724) m. Stephen DeLancey (1663β1741)
- James DeLancey (1703β1760) m. Anne Heathcote
- Susannah DeLancey (1707β1771) m. Vice-Admiral Sir Peter Warren (1703β1752)
- Oliver DeLancey Sr. (1718-1785) m. Phila Franks
- Anne DeLancey (b. 1723) m. John Watts; descendants include the Clan Kennedy of Scotland.
- Catherine Van Cortlandt m. Andrew Johnston (1694-1762)
- Elizabeth Van Cortlandt m. Rev. William Skinner
- Col. William Skinner (d. 1778)
- Brig. Gen. Cortlandt Skinner (1727-1799) m. Elizabeth Kearney (1731β1810)
- Philip Van Cortlandt (1683β1746) m. Catherine De Peyster
- Stephen van Cortlandt (1711β1756)
- Philip van Cortlandt (1739β1814)
- Gertrude van Cortlandt m. Sir Edward Buller, 1st Baronet (1764β1824)
- Anna Maria Buller m. 1824: James Drummond Elphinstone (1788β1857).
- William Buller Fullerton Elphinstone, 15th Lord Elphinstone (1828β1893) m. 1864: Lady Constance Euphemia Murray (1838β1922) (daughter of Alexander Murray, 6th Earl of Dunmore).
- Anna Maria Buller m. 1824: James Drummond Elphinstone (1788β1857).
- Gertrude van Cortlandt m. Sir Edward Buller, 1st Baronet (1764β1824)
- Philip van Cortlandt (1739β1814)
- Pierre Van Cortlandt (1721β1814) m. Joanna Livingston (1722β1808)
- Philip Van Cortlandt (1749β1831), died unmarried
- Catherine Van Cortland (1751β1829) m. Abraham Van Wyck (1748β1786)
- Pierre Van Cortlandt, Jr. (1762β1848) m. (1) Catherine Clinton (1770β1811) (daughter of George Clinton); m. (2) Anne Stevenson (1774β1821).
- Pierre Van Cortlandt III (1815β1884) m. Catharine Elizabeth Beck (1818β1895) (daughter of Theodric Romeyn Beck).
- Catherine Theresa Romeyn Van Cortlandt (1838β1921) m. 1873: John Rutherford Mathews (1835β1898)
- James Stevenson Van Cortlandt (1844β1917)
- Theoderick Romeyn Van Cortlandt (1845β1880)
- Pierre Van Cortlandt III (1815β1884) m. Catharine Elizabeth Beck (1818β1895) (daughter of Theodric Romeyn Beck).
- Anne De Peyster Van Cortlandt (1766β1855) m. Philip S. Van Rensselaer (1767β1824)
- Stephen van Cortlandt (1711β1756)
- Maria Van Cortlandt m. Kiliaen van Rensselaer (1663β1719)
- Maria van Rensselaer (b. 1702) m. Frederick van Cortlandt
- Gertrude van Rensselaer (1703β1704)
- Jeremias van Rensselaer (1705β1745).
- Stephen van Rensselaer (1707β1747) m. Elizabeth Groesbeck
- Elizabeth van Rensselaer (b. 1734) m. Abraham Ten Broeck (1734β1810)
- Stephen van Rensselaer II (1742β1769) m. Catherine Livingston (1745β1810)
- Stephen van Rensselaer III (1764β1839), sixth and "last Patroon of Rensselaerwyck."
- Philip S. Van Rensselaer (1767β1824), Mayor of the city of Albany, New York
- Elizabeth Van Rensselaer (1768β1841) m. (1) 1787: John Bradstreet Schuyler (son of General Philip Schuyler); m. (2) 1800: John Bleeker.
- Johannes van Rensselaer (d. 1719)
- Gertrude van Rensselaer, (b. 1714) m. (1) Adonis Schuyler; m. (2) Robert Livingston (1708β1790).
- John Baptist van Rensselaer (1717β1763).
- Margaretta Van Cortlandt (b. 1674) m. Judge Samuel Bayard (b. 1669) (son of Nicholas Bayard)
- Maria Van Cortlandt (1645β1689) m. 1662: Jeremias van Rensselaer (1632β1674)
- Kiliaen Van Rensselaer (1663β1719) m. 1701: Maria Van Cortlandt, his first cousin.
- Johannes van Rensselaer
- Anna van Rensselaer (1665β1723) m. (1) Kilaen Van Rensselaer (d. 1687); m. (2) William Nicoll (1657β1723).
- Hendrick van Rensselaer (1667β1740) m. Catharina Van Brugh (1665β1730)
- Maria van Rensselaer (1673β1713) m. Pieter Schuyler (1657β1724)
- Gertruj Schuyler (b. 1694) m. Johannes Lansing.
- Philip Schuyler (b. 1696) m. Margarita Schuyler (daughter of Johannes Schuyler).
- Pieter Schuyler (b. 1698), a twin m. Catherine Groesbeck.
- Jeremiah Schuyler (b. 1698), a twin m. Susanna Bayeux.
- Catherine Van Cortlandt (1652β1730) m. (1) Johannes Dervall (d. 1689); m. (2) 1691: Frederick Philipse (1626-1702).
- Jacobus Van Cortlandt (1658β1739) m. Eva de Vries (b. 1660).
- Margaret Van Cortlandt (1694β1770) m. Abraham de Peyster (1696β1767) (son of Abraham de Peyster).
- Frederick Van Cortlandt (1699β1749) m. Frances Jay (1701β1780).
- James Van Cortlandt (1727β1781) m. Elizabeth Cuyler (1731β1815) (daughter of Cornelis Cuyler).
- Augustus Van Cortlandt (1728β1823) m. Catherine Barclay (1744β1808) (daughter of Andrew Barclay).
- Anne Van Cortlandt (1766β1814) m. Henry White (1763β1822)
- Helen Van Cortlandt White (1792β1881) m. Abraham Schermerhorn (1783β1850).
- Caroline Webster Schermerhorn (1830β1908) m. William Backhouse Astor Jr. (1829β1892).
- Helen Van Cortlandt White (1792β1881) m. Abraham Schermerhorn (1783β1850).
- Helen Van Cortlandt (1768β1812) m. James Morris (1764β1827) (son of Lewis Morris).
- Anne Van Cortlandt (1766β1814) m. Henry White (1763β1822)
- Eva Van Cortlandt (1737β1836) m. Henry White (1732β1786)
- Henry White (1763β1822) m. Anne Van Cortlandt (1766β1814)
- Anne White (c. 1768) m. Sir John Hayes, 1st Baronet (c. 1750β1809)
- Frederick Van Cortlandt White (1767β1859) m. (1) 1802: Sophia Heaton Coore; (2) Davidson
- John Chambers White (1770β1845) m. (1) Cordelia Fanshawe (d. 1809); (2) Charlotte Elizabeth Dalrymple
- Margaret White (1774β1857) m. 1790: Peter Jay Munro (1767β1833)
- Frances White (b. c. 1777) m. Archibald Bruce (1746β1816)
- Mary Van Cortlandt (1705β1777) m. 1728: Peter Jay (1704β1782).
- Eva Jay (1728β1810) m. 1766: Harry Munro (1730β1801)
- Peter Jay Munro (1767β1833) m. 1790: Margaret White (1774β1857)
- James Jay (1732β1815) m. Anne Erwin (1750β1840)
- John Jay (1745β1829) m. Sarah Van Brugh Livingston (1757β1802).
- Peter Augustus Jay (1776β1843) m. 1807: Mary Rutherfurd Clarkson.
- John Clarkson Jay (1808β1891) m. Laura Prime (daughter of Nathaniel Prime).
- Maria Jay (1782β1856) m. Goldsborough Banyer (1775β1806).
- William Jay (1789β1858) m. Hannah Augusta McVickar (1790β1857).
- John Jay (1817-1894) m. Eleanor Kingsland Field (1819β1909).
- William Jay (Colonel) (1841 β 1915) m. Lucie Oelrichs (1854β1931)
- John Jay (1817-1894) m. Eleanor Kingsland Field (1819β1909).
- Peter Augustus Jay (1776β1843) m. 1807: Mary Rutherfurd Clarkson.
- Eva Jay (1728β1810) m. 1766: Harry Munro (1730β1801)
- Stephanus Van Cortlandt (1643-1700) m. Gertrude Schuyler (born 1654)
- Olof Stevense Van Cortlandt (c. 1615β1684) m. Annetje Loockermans (1618-1684).
See alsoβ»
Referencesβ»
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- ^ Fraser, Sir William (1897). The Elphinstone Family Book of the Lords Elphinstone, Balmerino and Coupar. T. and A. Constable at the Edinburgh University Press. p. 149. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
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- ^ "The History of Van Cortlandt House and Museum". vchm.org. Van Cortlandt House Museum. Retrieved 31 July 2019.
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