page_title: Frederick Philipse II
section_title: Early life
hierarchical_section_title: Frederick Philipse II / Early life
caption_attribution_description: English: Map of the Philipsburg Manor estate in New York.
context_page_description: Frederick Philipse II, was a colonial American merchant, landowner, and politician. Philipse was the only son of Maria Sparkes, daughter of the Governor of Barbados, and Philip Philipse, eldest son of Frederick Philipse I, 1st Lord of the Philipsburg Manor. Philip predeceased his father, and family lands passed on to younger son Adolphus Philipse. Upon his uncle's death Frederick II inherited his share of Philipse lands and commercial interests, thereafter becoming the elder Philipse male and 2nd Lord of Philipsburg Manor.
  He also inherited the Highland Patent, a 250 sq mi parcel of land on the east bank of the Hudson River spanning the northern Westchester County line clear to the Connecticut border.
  Frederick II represented Westchester in the New York Assembly from 1724 to 1751. Upon his death in 1751 his eldest son, Frederick III, became the 3rd and final Lord of Philipsburg Manor.
context_section_description: Philipse' was born at Spring Head, the estate of his father in Barbados, c. 1698.  He was the only son of his parents, Philip Philipse (1663–1699), and Maria (née Sparkes) Philipse, who both died in Barbados shortly after his birth in 1698 (on September 14 and October 18, respectively).  Following their deaths, young Frederick went to New York to live with his grandfather, who immediately sold the Barbados estate to ensure that young Frederick would not be induced later to settle there, which reportedly greatly upset his mother's relatives.
  His mother was the youngest of the four daughters of Joyce (née Farmer) Sparkes and Sparkes, Esq., who was reportedly a governor of Barbados. Two of his maternal aunts had returned to their father's estate in Worcestershire, England, and the others accompanied their parents to the Barbados.  When his paternal grandfather died on November 6, 1702, Frederick was thereafter raised by his grandfather's second wife, Catharine (née Van Cortlandt) Philipse, the daughter of New York mayor Stephanus Van Cortlandt, who took him to England to be educated.  His grandmother and the elder Frederick's first wife was Margaret Hardenbroeck Philipse, who predeceased his grandfather.  While in England, young Philipse studied law, and upon reaching his majority, inherited a large part of the Philipse estate and became the 2nd Lord of Philipsburg.
  Upon the death of his bachelor uncle Adolphus Philipse, Frederick II inherited Adolphus' share of Philipse lands and commercial interests received from Frederick I, as well as the upper Highland Patent (later known as the Philipse Patent) that Adolphus had been granted by the Crown for lands purchased north of Westchester County between the Hudson River and the Connecticut Colony.
caption: Map of Philipsburg Manor with current borders overlaid on the property
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