page_title: Van Cortlandt family
section_title: Family tree
hierarchical_section_title: Van Cortlandt family / Family tree
caption_attribution_description: English: Identifier: dutchnewyork01sing (find matches) Title: Dutch New York Year: 1909 (1900s) Authors: Singleton, Esther, d. 1930 Subjects: Dutch Americans -- New York (State) New York New York (N.Y.) -- Social life and customs To 1775 New York (State) -- History Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 Publisher: New York&#160;: Dodd, Mead Contributing Library: The Library of Congress Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation View Book Page: Book Viewer About This Book: Catalog Entry View All Images: All Images From Book Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text Appearing Before Image: ght to ten guildersin 1654 ($3.50 to $4), this was a rather good sum,$120; and the casket must have been a very hand-some article to command such a price. In 1681, the Royal African Company of Englandcomplained of Robert Allison for infringement of theircharter by importing negroes, elephants teeth, etc., intoNew York from Africa. Again, in 1702, Henry Jour-daine, mariner, owned sixty-one elephants teeth markedH.J. Mahogany was undoubtedly known and used hereas a cabinet wood towards the end of the century.A handsome table of this wood was brought fromHolland in 1668 by Olaf Stevenson Van Cortlandt(see facing this page). The great hasten were usuallymade of oak, French nutwood, or other kinds ofwalnut. In 1687, Mary Mathews has one great wal-nut cupboard. The native walnut was greatly praised by all earlywriters, as we have seen, but it was probably not sogood for cabinet purposes as the Dutch. Be that as itmay, we find that in 1658 a duty was imposed on wal-nut imported from Holland. Text Appearing After Image: ROOMS AND FURNITURE 83 The presence of Oriental goods is very noticeable inthe houses of New Amsterdam: ebony chairs and mir-ror frames, picture frames, chests and boxes, EastIndia cabinets, caskets and boxes, waxed and lacqueredtrunks, beautiful articles of silver work, fine porcelains,carved ivory, and many exotic articles occur. A great many of these doubtless were obtained fromthe Madagascar pirates. Governor Fletcher himselfdid not disdain to accept presents from the daringsea-rovers. The pirate, Giles Shelly, had, naturallyenough, a fine collection of Eastern treasures; andwe may particularly note Dr. De Lange and Mrs. VanVarick. The latters house was full of such things.She had thirteen ebony chairs, one East India cabinetwith ebony feet, two East India cabinets with brasshandles, one small black cabinet with silver hinges,ten India looking-glasses, two East India cane bas-kets with covers, one line East India dressing-basket,one East India square gilt basket, one round EastInd Note About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.
context_page_description: 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, and the Delanceys.
context_section_description: Steven Van Cortlandt
  Olof Stevense Van Cortlandt (c. 1615–1684) m. Annetje Loockermans (1618-1684).
  Stephanus Van Cortlandt (1643-1700) m. Gertrude Schuyler (born 1654)
  Margaretta Van Cortlandt (b. 1674) m. Judge Samuel Bayard (b. 1669) (son of Nicholas Bayard)
  Gertrude Bayard m. Peter Kemble (1704-1789)
  Margaret Kemble (1734–1824) m. 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) m. Stephen DeLancey (1663–1741)
  James DeLancey (1703–1760) m. Anne Heathcote
  Susannah DeLancey (1707–1771) m. Vice-Admiral Sir Peter Warren (1703–1752)
  Oliver DeLancey Sr. (1718-1785) m. Phila Franks
  Anne DeLancey (b. 1723) m. John Watts; descendants include the Clan Kennedy of Scotland.
  Catherine Van Cortlandt m. Andrew Johnston (1694-1762)
  Elizabeth Van Cortlandt m. Rev. William Skinner
  Col. William Skinner (d. 1778)
  Brig. Gen. Cortlandt Skinner (1727-1799) m. Elizabeth Kearney (1731–1810)
  Philip Van Cortlandt (1683–1746) m. Catherine De Peyster
  Stephen van Cortlandt (1711–1756)
  Philip van Cortlandt (1739–1814)
  Gertrude van Cortlandt m. Sir Edward Buller, 1st Baronet (1764–1824)
  Anna Maria Buller m. 1824: James Drummond Elphinstone (1788–1857).
  William Buller Fullerton Elphinstone, 15th Lord Elphinstone (1828–1893) m. 1864: Lady Constance Euphemia Murray (1838–1922) (daughter of Alexander Murray, 6th Earl of Dunmore).
  Pierre Van Cortlandt (1721–1814) m. Joanna Livingston (1722–1808)
  Philip Van Cortlandt (1749–1831), died unmarried
  Catherine Van Cortland (1751–1829) m. Abraham Van Wyck (1748–1786)
  Pierre Van Cortlandt, Jr. (1762–1848) m. (1) Catherine Clinton (1770–1811) (daughter of 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).
  Catherine Theresa Romeyn Van Cortlandt (1838–1921) m. 	1873: John Rutherford Mathews (1835–1898)
  James Stevenson Van Cortlandt (1844–1917)
  Theoderick Romeyn Van Cortlandt (1845–1880)
  Anne De Peyster Van Cortlandt (1766–1855) m. Philip S. Van Rensselaer (1767–1824)
  Maria Van Cortlandt m. Kiliaen van Rensselaer (1663–1719)
  Maria van Rensselaer (b. 1702) m. Frederick van Cortlandt
  Gertrude van Rensselaer (1703–1704)
  Jeremias van Rensselaer (1705–1745).
  Stephen van Rensselaer (1707–1747) m. Elizabeth Groesbeck
  Elizabeth van Rensselaer (b. 1734) m. Abraham Ten Broeck (1734–1810)
  Stephen van Rensselaer II (1742–1769) m. Catherine Livingston (1745–1810)
  Stephen van Rensselaer III (1764–1839), 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) m. (1) 1787: John Bradstreet Schuyler (son of General Philip Schuyler); m. (2) 1800: John Bleeker.
  Johannes van Rensselaer (d. 1719)
  Gertrude van Rensselaer, (b. 1714) m. (1) Adonis Schuyler; m. (2) Robert Livingston (1708–1790).
  John Baptist van Rensselaer (1717–1763).
  Maria Van Cortlandt (1645–1689) m. 1662: Jeremias van Rensselaer (1632–1674)
  Kiliaen Van Rensselaer (1663–1719) m. 1701: Maria Van Cortlandt, his first cousin.
  Johannes van Rensselaer
  Anna van Rensselaer (1665–1723) m. (1) Kilaen Van Rensselaer (d. 1687); m. (2) William Nicoll (1657–1723).
  Hendrick van Rensselaer (1667–1740) m. Catharina Van Brugh (1665–1730)
  Maria van Rensselaer (1673–1713) m. Pieter Schuyler (1657–1724)
  Gertruj Schuyler (b. 1694) m. Johannes Lansing.
  Philip Schuyler (b. 1696) m. Margarita Schuyler (daughter of Johannes Schuyler).
  Pieter Schuyler (b. 1698), a twin m. Catherine Groesbeck.
  Jeremiah Schuyler (b. 1698), a twin m. Susanna Bayeux.
  Catherine Van Cortlandt (1652–1730) m. (1) Johannes Dervall (d. 1689); m. (2) 1691: Frederick Philipse (1626-1702).
  Jacobus Van Cortlandt (1658–1739) m. Eva de Vries (b. 1660).
  Margaret Van Cortlandt (1694–1770) m. Abraham de Peyster (1696–1767) (son of Abraham de Peyster).
  Frederick Van Cortlandt (1699–1749) m. Frances Jay (1701–1780).
  James Van Cortlandt (1727–1781) m. Elizabeth Cuyler (1731–1815) (daughter of Cornelis C
caption: Mahogany table brought from Holland in 1668 by Olof Stevense Van Cortlandt
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