Stephanus Van Cortlandt (1643-1700)

Colonel Van Cortlandt, 1st Lord of the Manor of Cortlandt; Mayor of New York etc.

He was born in New York, his father having come to the colony in 1638 with the Dutch West India Company. He continued his father's various and substantial businesses while also being appointed Mayor of New York and Chief Justice of the New York Provincial Supreme Court. After his marriage to Gertrude Schuyler he began acquiring land between the Croton River and Peekskill. In 1697, he received a Royal Patent for the 86,000-acres he had amassed in northern Westchester, between the Hudson River and the Connecticut border, becoming the first (and only) Lord of the Manor of Cortlandt: unlike the Scottish Livingstons, Stephanus followed Dutch tradition and left his estate to be divided equally between his children rather than leaving everything to the eldest son. The house on the Manor of Cortlandt (and his townhouse in New York) was left to his eldest son, but was initially only used for hunting trips and storing furs. 

Parents

Oloff Stevense Van Cortlandt

Captain Oloff Van Cortlandt, Alderman of the Dutch West India Company

1617-1684

Annetje Loockermans

Mrs "Anna" (Loockermans) Van Cortlandt "Flemish Mother of America"

1618-1684

Spouse

Gertrude (Schuyler) Van Cortlandt

Mrs Gertrude or Geetruijd (Schuyler) Van Cortlandt

1654-1732

Children

Johannes Van Cortlandt

1672-1706

Margareta (Van Cortlandt) Bayard

Mrs Margaret (Van Cortlandt) Bayard

1674-1719

Anne (Van Cortlandt) DeLancey

Mrs Anne (Van Cortlandt) DeLancey

1676-1742

Olof Van Cortlandt

Oloff Van Cortlandt, died unmarried

1678-1708

Maria (Van Cortlandt) Van Rensselaer

Mrs Maria (Van Cortlandt) Van Rensselaer

1674-1730

Gertrude Van Cortlandt

Gertrude or Gertruijd Van Cortlandt, died in childhood

1682-1687

Philip Van Cortlandt

Philippus or Philip Van Cortlandt, of New York City

1683-1746

Stephanus Van Cortlandt

Stephanus Van Cortlandt

1685-1756

Gertrude (Van Cortlandt) Beekman

Mrs Geertruijdt or Gertrude (Van Cortlandt) Beekman

b.1687

Gysbert Van Cortlandt

Gysbert Van Cortlandt, died unmarried

b.1689

Elizabeth (Van Cortlandt) Skinner

Mrs Elizabeth (Van Cortlandt) Skinner

1694-1747

Catherine (Cortlandt) Johnston

Mrs Catherine or Catharina (Van Cortlandt) Johnston

1696-1747

Cornelia (Van Cortlandt) Schuyler

Mrs Cornelia (Van Cortlandt) Schuyler

1698-1762

Associated Houses

Fraunces Tavern

Manhattan, New York City

Van Cortlandt Manor

Croton-on-Hudson, New York