New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-07-13
PIERRE VAN CORTLANDT DEAD
THE HEAD OF AN OLD DUTCH FAMILY.
HIS PERSONAL cHARAcTERIsTICs-HrsToRY OF THE


HIS PERSONAL INSTRUMENTATION OF THE
FAMILY.
Pierre Van COrtlandt, a descendant of the
historical and hoDOred Van Cortlandt family, died on
Friday night at IL o'clock at the old Van Corandt man
house CrooE Landing the Hudson in the sixty
ninth year OF his His death oceasoned by gen
eral debility consequent upon the nhrmties Of He
had been ang for some time and his death not nm
expected Dr. Fisher Of Sing sing the family physician,
| attended him.
He will be buried Monday in theVan Corandt bury
ng ground short distance from thu house. whore lie
many other members OF the family Including Colonel
Philip Van Cortlandt, OF revolutionary fame According
to a time-honoreS family custom tho body will
be borne to its last resting place by his ten
ants. The Rev. Mr. Ferguson and the Rev.
Nj Jennings, both Of Sing Sing viii oiclate at the fu
neral services
Nr Van Cortlandt was born at Albany IN 1915. His
father General Pierre Van Cortlndt and his mother
was Anne Stevenson. Of Albany. the daughter
~ John Stevenson and Magdaen DOW. John
Stevenson OF the oldest and
most respected merchants Of Albany. General
Pierre Van Cortandt died at the Peekskl Mansion
no Ise Oft old Van Cortandt houses In 1913 Mrs
Van Cortlandt. wbo survives her husband Il daughter
% pr. Theodore Romcyn Beck. who was at one tmo
Professor Of Matcrin Medlca at tho Albany Medical COL
leee lie wac also for several years secretary
the Board Of .r Bgg3Is Of n, 5ats
james stevenson Van Cortlaudt married daughter.
rs
chaplain IN the United states Navy and unmarried
daughter. Anne stevenson Van tortandt The frat born
sr, bob dead. rhe latter dled on April H. 1850. at
me Manor House m me- thitiy,.ltih yea year
bandit FUr more than hti be- had mode hls home
at c 90 family manor h"1,e "" loved n"thhg letter
md to inaua-ciupnt of HE large estao no. paluy DC
hia t'nius he Won their ostocn and affection ~ nn IN
uatud doftro AZ Young man. he Wa 'inguImlI hihd
trnluF dlRnnri, hut hr Nha hNn>a cordial. especially
40 thosr Win whom lr came 80 roni'ri Boo ih" lower
Vpias of ut 10 Nta much beloved hy ne yilasorH a.
'rolou Landing whom be- ne,of p'ssrd witho"tn Kind
greeting or w"h 81 i"r"Etli"n. .,
' , old manor er hone + g9gt 'pG s 9 Of "i
j. q long low brown widlhH, WIN hlEn
piazza and II ,urogndrd W abundance
ho0tEke ana was Characteristic ~ MI Van ,oIl
landt thai be- should I'VE long ~ such house without
one 1T he mos, familiar name. in the annals Of New
York state and more especially Of Wcschcstrr County
gin through the Dutch settlement on Manhattan Island
To IIu and and Russia until Is lost IN the darkness Of
American home, 10 was DISTINGUISHED Tor lis enterprise
and advanced political ideas. From H. arrival on the
having the foundations OF the present common
SaS6 Of the "" vsa corsna the amJ m'' %as
tac Hon. O!of stevens Van korardt born in South
Holland. The spelling Of The name Is properly Core
second land term expressing The peculiar form of the
qucr,L by Ieutonc Knight. in 1861, and later be-
came fr of Poland. After the fall of that bower hav
us enjoyed short period Of Independence II was united
In The elIy PAT Of the Seventeenth century the Dukes
NetLcillts-. Dion stevens. or stevenson. chose
The service If The dutch West India COMPANY Hr sub
-cQueuty eui-f.ed ~ this country and after bis
arrival advanced g. the civil department As commits
,ary OF caI-"es lie lcit tie paAys service IN 1904
and became wealthy brewer Tue political teudru-
name to The IemoGsuauce sent TO 10 aad aIains,
tb, admig,trlio of left amp -tuyvc~tuL in 1000 he
once no r. tl',, n''' W. ,S VA, , ' ~ VI
soonest Ia 1861 hr or the six commissioners
appointed 90 meet The English deputies it the home Of
Governor -ty'e,sani. III tnf ho"erS' 10 treat OF
Is he signed the articles Of captlaton. He died ABOUT
lii son pEanus horn IN 1913. In 1877 he was
elected Mayor OF NcWlork tie WIS the first lord Of the
granted by George III 1917 hi, manor incuIed -,
900 acres and contained the townships ~ Cortland North
salon. -oincI-. lorkio"H running twenty ml's rom
the hudson River INTO Inc woods. The lords of tni- vast
the Provincial Assembly II wa hrld 10y M icuiil ten
Of paying 10 thc King on The anniversary Of the an
of INV shnings. S,cphamu. died IN 100 willing
northern part hi estate 10 his son. Johannes and
i73t The dalgter and h-ifess Of Johannes sold 1910
of share. aud later other parts ot toe Manor
Php, son Of -tePhangIs, born IN in los3, con.
y hi eldest son stephen. reside luciand. and hayciE
pniiip P,rre ultimately became the oldest surviving
incltr of the Van Cortiaudt family IN America. 90 the
Iroakius out of me Revolutionary War he made
president Of the Committee on Public Safety
sud st became jhr first ueuenantgOyeinor OF New
York state. poi I'u 10 which he was reelected for
eighteen d"'inng reelection IN l1gJ
4 price was hi- heal 10y the British GOvcrtr Hc
yy- the friend and rohfddut " george tlntou. lie died
al trotou River iu ! IT, leaving Il -ht children.
His auu. General Philip Van tOrll2udt was born ~
SeV-loIk u l14p and entered the American army
after the battle OF Lexington After taking
ulrt I'm most ~ the BATTLES NJ the way he vas
made Bri1aIrr General after the battle ~ Yorktown.
Affrg thr WJr hc represented IFS district I'm Congress
sixteen years lle died in ,roon Ia 1881 aud WITH MIN
expired the entail o me lauOr. lie the uncle Of
Iiterr. Van 0rfItudi vs. has lust died