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{{Short description|New York political family of Dutch origin}}
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| region = [[New York (state)|New York]]
| region = [[New York (state)|New York]]
| origin = [[Netherlands]]
| origin = Netherlands
| otherfamilies = [[Van Rensselaer (family)|Van Rensselaer family]]<br>[[Schuyler family]]<br>[[Livingston family]]
| otherfamilies = {{ubl|[[Van Rensselaer family]]|[[Schuyler family]]|[[Livingston family]]}}
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The '''Van Cortlandt family''' was an influential political dynasty from the seventeenth-century [[Netherlands|Dutch]] origins of [[New York (state)|New York]] through its period as an English colony, then after it became a state, and into the nineteenth century. It rose to great prominence with the award of a
The '''Van Cortlandt family''' was an influential political dynasty from the seventeenth-century [[Netherlands|Dutch]] origins of [[New York (state)|New York]] through its period as an English colony, then after it became a state, and into the nineteenth century. It rose to great prominence with the award of a
Royal Charter to Van Cortlandt Manor, an {{convert|86000|acre|ha|adj=on}} tract in today’s [[Westchester County, New York|Westchester County]] sprawling from the [[Hudson River]] to the Connecticut state line granted as a Patent to [[Stephanus Van Cortlandt]] in 1697 by [[William III of England|King William III]].
Royal Charter to Van Cortlandt Manor, an {{convert|86000|acre|ha|adj=on}} tract in today's [[Westchester County, New York|Westchester County]] sprawling from the [[Hudson River]] to the Connecticut state line granted as a Patent to [[Stephanus Van Cortlandt]] in 1697 by [[William III of England|King William III]].


Among the Van Cortland family tree are members of the [[Frederick Philipse#Family|Philipse family]], [[van Rensselaer family]], [[Schuyler family]], [[Livingston family]], the [[de Peyster (surname)|de Peyster family]], the [[John_Jay#Family_history|Jay family]] (including [[John Jay]], the [[Founding Father]] and first [[Chief Justice of the Supreme Court]]), and the [[James_De_Lancey#Family|Delanceys]].
Among the Van Cortlandt family tree are members of the [[Frederick Philipse#Family|Philipse family]], [[van Rensselaer family]], [[Schuyler family]], [[Livingston family]], the [[de Peyster (surname)|de Peyster family]], the [[Viscount Gage|Gage family]], the [[John Jay#Family history|Jay family]] (including [[John Jay]], the [[Founding Fathers of the United States|Founding Father]] and first [[Chief Justice of the Supreme Court]]), and the [[James De Lancey#Family|Delanceys]].


Its legacy includes [[Van Cortlandt Park]] and the [[Van Cortlandt House Museum]] in [[the Bronx]], New York; the town of [[Cortlandt, New York|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, New York|Croton-on-Hudson]] to its south; and the namesake for [[Cortland County, New York]] and the [[State University of New York College at Cortland]].
Its legacy includes [[Van Cortlandt Park]] and the [[Van Cortlandt House Museum]] in [[the Bronx]], New York; the town of [[Cortlandt, New York|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, New York|Croton-on-Hudson]] to its south; and the namesake for [[Cortland County, New York]] and the [[State University of New York College at Cortland]].


==History==
==History==
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]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Allaben|first=Frank |title=John Watts de Peyster, Volume 1 |year=1908 |publisher=Frank Allaben Genealogical Co. |pages=42–43 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1bgtAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA42 |access-date=21 January 2012}}</ref> His descendants became involved in politics and married into the best American political and influential families including the [[Van Rensselaer (surname)|Van Rensselaers]], [[Schuyler family| Schuylers]], and [[Livingston family|Livingstons]].
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]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Allaben|first=Frank |title=John Watts de Peyster, Volume 1 |year=1908 |publisher=Frank Allaben Genealogical Co. |pages=42–43 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1bgtAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA42 |access-date=21 January 2012}}</ref> His descendants became involved in politics and married into the best American political and influential families including the [[Van Rensselaer (surname)|Van Rensselaers]], [[Schuyler family|Schuylers]], and [[Livingston family|Livingstons]].


[[Van Cortlandt Park]] in [[Bronx, New York]] derives its name from the family, as well as [[Manhattan]]'s [[Cortlandt Street (Manhattan)|Cortlandt Street]] and [[Cortlandt Alley]]. The town of [[Cortlandt, New York|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]].
[[Van Cortlandt Park]] in [[Bronx, New York]] derives its name from the family, as well as [[Manhattan]]'s [[Cortlandt Street (Manhattan)|Cortlandt Street]] and [[Cortlandt Alley]]. The town of [[Cortlandt, New York|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]].
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***** {{Tree list/final branch}}[[Pierre Van Cortlandt]] (1721–1814) m. Joanna [[Livingston family|Livingston]] (1722–1808)
***** {{Tree list/final branch}}[[Pierre Van Cortlandt]] (1721–1814) m. Joanna [[Livingston family|Livingston]] (1722–1808)
****** [[Philip Van Cortlandt]] (1749–1831), died unmarried
****** [[Philip Van Cortlandt]] (1749–1831), died unmarried
****** Catherine Van Cortland (1751–1829) m. Abraham Van Wyck (1748–1786)
****** Catherine Van Cortland (1751–1829) m. Abraham Van Wyck (1738–1786)
****** [[Pierre Van Cortlandt, Jr.]] (1762–1848) m. (1) Catherine Clinton (1770–1811) (daughter of [[George Clinton (vice president)|George Clinton]]); m. (2) Anne Stevenson (1774–1821).
****** [[Pierre Van Cortlandt, Jr.]] (1762–1848) m. (1) Catherine Clinton (1770–1811) (daughter of [[George Clinton (vice president)|George Clinton]]); m. (2) Anne Stevenson (1774–1821).
******* Pierre Van Cortlandt III (1815–1884) m. Catharine Elizabeth Beck (1818–1895) (daughter of [[Theodric Romeyn Beck]]).
******* Pierre Van Cortlandt III (1815–1884) m. Catharine Elizabeth Beck (1818–1895) (daughter of [[Theodric Romeyn Beck]]).
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**** [[Frederick Van Cortlandt]] (1699–1749) m. Frances Jay (1701–1780).<ref name="vchm">{{cite web |title=The History of Van Cortlandt House and Museum |url=http://www.vchm.org/the-history-of-van-cortlandt-house-and-family.html |website=vchm.org |publisher=[[Van Cortlandt House Museum]] |access-date=31 July 2019 |language=en}}</ref>
**** [[Frederick Van Cortlandt]] (1699–1749) m. Frances Jay (1701–1780).<ref name="vchm">{{cite web |title=The History of Van Cortlandt House and Museum |url=http://www.vchm.org/the-history-of-van-cortlandt-house-and-family.html |website=vchm.org |publisher=[[Van Cortlandt House Museum]] |access-date=31 July 2019 |language=en}}</ref>
***** James Van Cortlandt (1727–1781) m. Elizabeth Cuyler (1731–1815) (daughter of [[Cornelis Cuyler]]).<ref name="Reynolds1911">{{cite book|last1=Reynolds|first1=Cuyler|title=Hudson-Mohawk Genealogical and Family Memoirs: A Record of Achievements of the People of the Hudson and Mohawk Valleys in New York State, Included Within the Present Counties of Albany, Rensselaer, Washington, Saratoga, Montgomery, Fulton, Schenectady, Columbia and Greene|date=1911|publisher=Lewis Historical Publishing Company|url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_b4k-AAAAYAAJ|page=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_b4k-AAAAYAAJ/page/n42 32]|access-date=8 September 2017|language=en}}</ref>
***** James Van Cortlandt (1727–1781) m. Elizabeth Cuyler (1731–1815) (daughter of [[Cornelis Cuyler]]).<ref name="Reynolds1911">{{cite book|last1=Reynolds|first1=Cuyler|title=Hudson-Mohawk Genealogical and Family Memoirs: A Record of Achievements of the People of the Hudson and Mohawk Valleys in New York State, Included Within the Present Counties of Albany, Rensselaer, Washington, Saratoga, Montgomery, Fulton, Schenectady, Columbia and Greene|date=1911|publisher=Lewis Historical Publishing Company|url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_b4k-AAAAYAAJ|page=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_b4k-AAAAYAAJ/page/n42 32]|access-date=8 September 2017|language=en}}</ref>
***** Augustus Van Cortlandt (1728–1823) m. Catherine Barclay (1744–1808) (daughter of [[Andrew Barclay (merchant)|Andrew Barclay]]).<ref name="Moffat1904">{{cite book |last1=Moffat |first1=R. Burnham |title=The Barclays of New York: who They are and who They are Not,-and Some Other Barclays |date=1904 |publisher=R. G. Cooke |page=[https://archive.org/details/barclaysnewyork00moffgoog/page/n115 103] |url=https://archive.org/details/barclaysnewyork00moffgoog |access-date=29 July 2019 |language=en}}</ref>
***** [[Augustus Van Cortlandt]] (1728–1823) m. Catherine Barclay (1744–1808) (daughter of [[Andrew Barclay (merchant)|Andrew Barclay]]).<ref name="Moffat1904">{{cite book |last1=Moffat |first1=R. Burnham |title=The Barclays of New York: who They are and who They are Not,-and Some Other Barclays |date=1904 |publisher=R. G. Cooke |page=[https://archive.org/details/barclaysnewyork00moffgoog/page/n115 103] |url=https://archive.org/details/barclaysnewyork00moffgoog |access-date=29 July 2019 |language=en}}</ref>
****** Anne Van Cortlandt (1766–1814) m. Henry White (1763–1822)
****** Anne Van Cortlandt (1766–1814) m. Henry White (1763–1822)
******* Helen Van Cortlandt White (1792–1881) m. [[Abraham Schermerhorn]] (1783–1850).<ref name="Nick1905">{{cite book|last1=Saint Nicholas Society of the City of New York|title=The Saint Nicholas Society of the City of New York: History, Customs, Record of Events, Constitution, Certain Genealogies, and Other Matters of Interest. V. 1-|date=1905|page=[https://archive.org/details/saintnicholassoc01sain/page/n87 84]|url=https://archive.org/details/saintnicholassoc01sain|access-date=January 14, 2018|language=en}}</ref>
******* Helen Van Cortlandt White (1792–1881) m. [[Abraham Schermerhorn]] (1783–1850).<ref name="Nick1905">{{cite book|last1=Saint Nicholas Society of the City of New York|title=The Saint Nicholas Society of the City of New York: History, Customs, Record of Events, Constitution, Certain Genealogies, and Other Matters of Interest. V. 1-|date=1905|page=[https://archive.org/details/saintnicholassoc01sain/page/n87 84]|url=https://archive.org/details/saintnicholassoc01sain|access-date=January 14, 2018|language=en}}</ref>
******** [[Caroline Schermerhorn Astor|Caroline Webster Schermerhorn]] (1830–1908) m. [[William Backhouse Astor Jr.]] (1829–1892).<ref name="WBAobit1892">{{cite news|title=William Astor Is Dead; Stricken Suddenly at the Hotel Liverpool, Paris. He Leaves a Fortune of Many Mill- Ions -- John Jacob Astor Will Inherit It -- the Body Will Be Brought Home for Burial.|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1892/04/27/104125908.pdf|access-date=January 14, 2018|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=April 27, 1892}}</ref>
******** [[Caroline Schermerhorn Astor|Caroline Webster Schermerhorn]] (1830–1908) m. [[William Backhouse Astor Jr.]] (1829–1892).<ref name="WBAobit1892">{{cite news|title=William Astor Is Dead; Stricken Suddenly at the Hotel Liverpool, Paris. He Leaves a Fortune of Many Mill- Ions -- John Jacob Astor Will Inherit It -- the Body Will Be Brought Home for Burial.|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1892/04/27/104125908.pdf|access-date=January 14, 2018|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=April 27, 1892}}</ref>
****** Helen Van Cortlandt (1768–1812) m. James Morris (1764–1827) (son of [[Lewis Morris]]).
****** Helen Van Cortlandt (1768–1812) m. [[James Morris (sheriff)|James Morris]] (1764–1827) (son of [[Lewis Morris]]).
***** Eva Van Cortlandt (1737–1836) m. Henry White (1732–1786)
****** Henry White (1763–1822) m. Anne Van Cortlandt (1766–1814)
****** Anne White ({{circa|1768}}) m. [[Sir John Hayes, 1st Baronet]] ({{circa|1750}}–1809)
****** [[Frederick Van Cortlandt White]] (1767–1859) m. (1) 1802: Sophia Heaton Coore; (2) Davidson
****** [[John Chambers White]] (1770–1845) m. (1) Cordelia Fanshawe (d. 1809); (2) Charlotte Elizabeth [[Hew Whitefoord Dalrymple|Dalrymple]]
****** Margaret White (1774–1857) m. 1790: [[Peter Jay Munro]] (1767–1833)
****** Frances White (b. {{circa|1777}}) m. [[Archibald Bruce (writer)|Archibald Bruce]] (1746–1816)
**** Mary Van Cortlandt (1705–1777) m. 1728: Peter Jay (1704–1782).<ref name="Reynolds1914"/>
**** Mary Van Cortlandt (1705–1777) m. 1728: Peter Jay (1704–1782).<ref name="Reynolds1914"/>
***** Eva Jay (1728–1810) m. 1766: [[Henry Munro (loyalist)|Harry Munro]] (1730–1801)
****** [[Peter Jay Munro]] (1767–1833) m. 1790: Margaret White (1774–1857)
***** [[James Jay]] (1732–1815) m. Anne Erwin (1750–1840)
***** [[James Jay]] (1732–1815) m. Anne Erwin (1750–1840)
***** {{Tree list/final branch}}[[John Jay]] (1745–1829) m. [[Livingston family|Sarah Van Brugh Livingston]] (1757–1802).<ref name="Reynolds1914"/>
***** {{Tree list/final branch}}[[John Jay]] (1745–1829) m. [[Livingston family|Sarah Van Brugh Livingston]] (1757–1802).<ref name="Reynolds1914"/>
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{{Tree list/end}}
{{Tree list/end}}


==See also ==
==See also==
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*[[Livingston family]]
*[[Bayard family]]
*[[Bayard family]]
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*[[Livingston family]]
*[[Schuyler family]]
*[[Schuyler family]]
*[[Van Rensselaer (surname)|Van Rensselaer family]]
*[[Van Rensselaer family]]


==References==
==References==
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{{reflist}}


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Van Cortlandt
Current regionNew York
Place of originNetherlands
Connected families

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 the nineteenth century. It rose to great prominence with the award of a Royal Charter to 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.

History

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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.[1] 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 tree

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Coat of arms of Olav Van Cortlandt
Van Cortlandt House Museum, in the Bronx, New York City
Mahogany table brought from Holland in 1668 by Olof Stevense Van Cortlandt

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Allaben, Frank (1908). John Watts de Peyster, Volume 1. Frank Allaben Genealogical Co. pp. 42–43. Retrieved 21 January 2012.
  2. ^ a b 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.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Reynolds, Cuyler (1914). Genealogical and Family History of Southern New York and the Hudson River Valley: A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of a Commonwealth and the Building of a Nation. New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company. p. 1158. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
  4. ^ a b c d Reynolds, Cuyler (1906). Albany Chronicles: A History of the City Arranged Chronologically, from the Earliest Settlement to the Present Time; Illustrated with Many Historical Pictures of Rarity and Reproductions of the Robert C. Pruyn Collection of the Mayors of Albany, Owned by the Albany Institute and Historical and Art Society. Albany, New York: J. B. Lyon Company, printers. p. 110. Retrieved 7 September 2016.
  5. ^ Benjamin, Aline (30 October 1977). "From Rags to Riches in 1686". The New York Times. Retrieved 31 July 2019.
  6. ^ "The History of Van Cortlandt House and Museum". vchm.org. Van Cortlandt House Museum. Retrieved 31 July 2019.
  7. ^ Reynolds, Cuyler (1911). Hudson-Mohawk Genealogical and Family Memoirs: A Record of Achievements of the People of the Hudson and Mohawk Valleys in New York State, Included Within the Present Counties of Albany, Rensselaer, Washington, Saratoga, Montgomery, Fulton, Schenectady, Columbia and Greene. Lewis Historical Publishing Company. p. 32. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
  8. ^ Moffat, R. Burnham (1904). The Barclays of New York: who They are and who They are Not,-and Some Other Barclays. R. G. Cooke. p. 103. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
  9. ^ Saint Nicholas Society of the City of New York (1905). The Saint Nicholas Society of the City of New York: History, Customs, Record of Events, Constitution, Certain Genealogies, and Other Matters of Interest. V. 1-. p. 84. Retrieved January 14, 2018.
  10. ^ "William Astor Is Dead; Stricken Suddenly at the Hotel Liverpool, Paris. He Leaves a Fortune of Many Mill- Ions -- John Jacob Astor Will Inherit It -- the Body Will Be Brought Home for Burial" (PDF). The New York Times. April 27, 1892. Retrieved January 14, 2018.
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