Van Cortlandt family

Van Cortlandt
Current region	New York
Place of origin	Netherlands
Connected families	Van Rensselaer family Schuyler family Livingston family

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.

Among its legacy is Van Cortlandt Park and the Van Cortlandt House Museum in 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, and Van Cortlandt Manor in the village of Croton-on-Hudson to its south.

Among the family tree are members of the Philipse family, van Rensselaer family, Schuyler family, Livingston family,the de Peyster family, the Jay family (including John Jay, the Founding Father and first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court), and the Delanceys.

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. His descendants became involved in politics and married into the best American political and influential families including the Van Rensselaer family, Schuyler family, and Livingston families.

Van Cortlandt Park in Bronx, New York derives its name from the family. 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

Van Cortlandt House Museum, in the Bronx, New York City

• Steven Van Cortlandt
  • Olof Stevense Van Cortlandt (c. 1615–1684) ∞ Annetje Loockermans (1618-1684)
    • Catherine Van Cortlandt ∞ Frederick Philipse (1626-1702)
    • Maria Van Cortlandt ∞ Jeremias van Rensselaer (1632-1674)
      • Kiliaen Van Rensselaer (1663–1719) ∞ Maria Van Cortlandt in 1701
      • Johannes van Rensselaer
      • Anna van Rensselaer (1665-?) ∞ Kilaen Van Rensselaer, her first cousin.
      • Hendrick van Rensselaer (1667–1740) ∞ Catharina Van Brugh (1665–1730)
      • Maria van Rensselaer ∞ Pieter Schuyler (1657–1724)
        • Gertruj Schuyler (b. 1694) ∞ Johannes Lansing.
        • Philip Schuyler (b. 1696) ∞ Margarita Schuyler.
        • Pieter Schuyler (b. 1698), a twin ∞ who married Catherine Groesbeck.
        • Jeremiah Schuyler (b. 1698), a twin ∞ Susanna Bayeux.
    • Stephanus Van Cortlandt (1643-1700) ∞ Gertrude Schuyler (born 1654)
      • Margaretta Van Cortlandt (1674-?) ∞ Judge Samuel Bayard (1669-?), son of Nicholas Bayard (1644–1707)
        • Gertrude Bayard ∞ Peter Kemble (1704-1789)
          • Margaret Kemble (1734–1824) ∞ British General Thomas Gage (1718/19–1787); descendants in the United Kingdom include the Bertie family, the Gage family, and the Foley family.
      • Anne Van Cortlandt (1676-1724) ∞ Stephen DeLancey (1663–1741)
        • James DeLancey (1703–1760)
        • Susannah DeLancey (1707–1771) ∞ Vice-Admiral Sir Peter Warren (1703–1752)
        • Oliver DeLancey Sr. (1718-1785) ∞ Phila Franks
        • Anne DeLancey (1723-?) ∞ John Watts; descendants include the Clan Kennedy of Scotland
      • Catherine Van Cortlandt ∞ Andrew Johnston (1694-1762)
      • Elizabeth Van Cortlandt ∞ Reverend William Skinner
        • Colonel William Skinner (?-1778)
        • Brig. Gen. Cortlandt Skinner (1727-1799) ∞ Elizabeth Kearney (1731–1810)
      • Philip Van Cortlandt (1683–1746) ∞ Catherine De Peyster
        • Stephen van Cortlandt (1711-1756)
          • Philip van Cortlandt (1739-1814)
            • Gertrude van Cortlandt ∞ Sir Edward Buller, 1st Baronet
        • Pierre Van Cortlandt (1721-1814) ∞ Joanna Livingston (1722-1808)
          • Philip Van Cortlandt (1749-1831), died unmarried
          • Catherine Van Cortland (1751–1829) ∞ Abraham Van Wyck (1748–1786)
          • Pierre Van Cortlandt, Jr. (1762–1848) ∞ Catherine Clinton
          • Anne De Peyster Van Cortlandt (1766-1855) ∞ Philip S. Van Rensselaer (1767–1824), had no children
      • Maria Van Cortlandt ∞ Kiliaen van Rensselaer (1663–1719)
        • Maria van Rensselaer (b. 1702) ∞ Frederick van Cortlandt
        • Gertrude van Rensselaer (1703–1704)
        • Jeremias van Rensselaer (1705–1745), died unmarried and had no children
        • Stephen van Rensselaer (1707–1747) ∞ Elizabeth Groesbeck
          • Elizabeth van Rensselaer (1734–?) ∞ Abraham Ten Broeck (1734–1810)
          • Stephen van Rensselaer II (1742–1769) ∞ Catherine Livingston (1745–1810)
            • Stephen van Rensselaer III (November 1, 1764 – January 26, 1839), sixth and last Patroon of Rensselaerwyck.
            • Philip S. Van Rensselaer (1767–1824), Mayor of the city of Albany, New York
            • Elizabeth Van Rensselaer (1768–1841), first marriage to John Bradstreet Schuyler May 18, 1787, son of General Philip Schuyler and second marriage to John Bleeker in 1800.
        • Johannes van Rensselaer (?–1719)
        • Gertrude van Rensselaer, (1714–?) ∞ (1) Adonis Schuyler; ∞ (2) Robert Livingston (1708–1790)
        • John Baptist van Rensselaer (1717–1763)
    • Jacobus Van Cortlandt (1658–1739) ∞ Eva de Vries (1660-?)
      • Frederick Van Cortlandt (1699–1749) ∞ Francina Jay
      • Mary Van Cortlandt ∞ Peter Jay
        • James Jay (1732–1815)
        • John Jay (1745–1829) ∞ Sarah Van Brugh Livingston (1757–1802)
          • Peter A. Jay (1776–1843) ∞ Mary Rutherfurd Clarkson in 1807
            • John Clarkson Jay (1808–1891) ∞ Laura Prime
          • Susan Jay
          • Maria Jay
          • Ann Jay
          • William Jay (1789–1858)
            • John Jay (1817-1894)
          • Sarah Louisa Jay
      • Augustus Van Cortlandt
        • James Van Cortlandt (1727–1787)

See also

• Livingston family
• Bayard family
• Schuyler family
• Van Rensselaer family