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    Stephanus van Cortlandt (May 7, 1643 – November 25, 1700) was the first native-born mayor of New York City, a position which he held from 1677 to 1678...
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    Patent to Stephanus Van Cortlandt in 1697 by King William III. Among the Van Cortlandt family tree are members of the Philipse family, van Rensselaer...
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    in New York City, the son of Philip Van Cortlandt (1683–1746) (a son of Gertruj Schuyler and Stephanus Van Cortlandt, Mayor of New York City from 1677 to...
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    Peekskill city limits. The Upper Manor House was part of the estate of Stephanus Van Cortlandt, the colonial aristocrat and patroon who owned nearly all of northern...
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    Johannes Schuyler Jr. (1697–1741) m. Cornelia van Cortlandt (1698–1762), (daughter of Stephanus Van Cortlandt his first cousin) Geertruy "Gertrude" Schuyler...
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  • included Stephanus van Cortlandt, who married Geertruy van Schuyler; Maria van Cortlandt, who married Jeremias van Rensselaer; and Catherine van Cortlandt, who...
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    By royal charter, Van Cortlandt Manor was originally a 86,000-acre (35,000 ha) tract granted as a Patent to Stephanus Van Cortlandt in 1697 by King William...
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  • thrower and shot putter Stephanus Schoeman (1810–1890), State President of the South African Republic (1860–1862) Stephanus Van Cortlandt (1643–1700), first...
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    Van Rensselaer (1767–1824) ∞ Anne De Peyster Van Cortlandt (1766–1855) (sister of Philip Van Cortlandt) Rensselaer Westerlo (1776–1851) ∞ Jane Lansing...
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  • politician from New York Pierre Van Cortlandt (1721–1814), first Lieutenant Governor of the State of New York Stephanus Van Cortlandt (1643–1700), first native-born...
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    mayors Stephanus Van Cortlandt and John Johnstone the Dutch Schuyler family, through his ancestor Gertrude Schuyler, the wife of Stephanus Van Cortlandt John...
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    Bertie, 6th Earl of Abingdon, General the Hon. Thomas Gage, and Stephanus Van Cortlandt, the first native-born Mayor of New York City. Wilde's maternal...
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    and Margarita Van Slichtenhorst. His wife was the daughter of Gertruj Schuyler and Stephanus van Cortlandt, the patroon of Van Cortlandt Manor and a Mayor...
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  • Staten Island. The first mayor of the expanded city was Robert Anderson Van Wyck. The longest-serving mayors have been Fiorello H. La Guardia (1934–1945)...
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    Stephanus Van Cortlandt, the first native-born Mayor of New York City, and his family were the patroons of Van Cortlandt Manor. Philip Van Cortlandt attended...
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    "Maria" van Cortlandt (1645–1689), daughter of Olaff Stevensz van Cortlandt and Annetje (née Loockermans) van Cortlandt. Maria was the sister of Stephanus Van...
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    great-grandfather was Stephanus Van Cortlandt, the first native-born Mayor of New York City, and his family were the patroons of Van Cortlandt Manor. He pursued...
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  • producer Luis Ubiñas, 1981, former president of the Ford Foundation Stephanus Van Cortlandt, c. 1655, member of the Board of Deacons (1672), Mayor of New York...
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  • children, her siblings included Stephanus Van Cortlandt, the founder of Van Cortlandt Manor, and Jacobus Van Cortlandt, both of whom served as Mayor of...
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    joined the Albany Convention, with Governors Nicholas Bayard and Stephanus Van Cortlandt, and another Dutch nobleman, Frederick Philipse, seeking to restore...
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    2024 episode of Finding Your Roots that Dunham is a descendant of Stephanus van Cortlandt (1643-1700), the first native-born mayor of New York City. Dunham...
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    land dispute concerning overlapping grants of the Van Cortlandt Manor grant to Stephanus Van Cortlandt and to the Stamford patentees. After a lengthy legal...
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  • Stephanus Van Cortlandt (1643–1700), Mayor of New York City 1677-1678 1686–1688. Great-great-great-grandfather of Henry Van Rensselaer. Jacobus Van Cortlandt...
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    Gertruj Schuyler (b. 1654), who married Stephanus van Cortlandt (1643–1700) (the patroon of Van Cortlandt Manor and a Mayor of New York City from 1677...
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    1703, the first son of Étienne de Lancy and Anne, a daughter of Stephanus Van Cortlandt. His brother, Oliver De Lancey, became a senior Loyalist officer...
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  • Moscow (d. 1681) 1643 – Stephanus Van Cortlandt, American politician, 10th Mayor of New York City (d. 1700) 1700 – Gerard van Swieten, Dutch-Austrian...
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  • Reverend William Skinner and Elizabeth nee Cortland. His grandfather Stephanus Van Cortlandt had been the first native born mayor of New York. Skinner was of...
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    politician, soldier and member of parliament (b. 1650) November 25 – Stephanus Van Cortlandt, first native-born mayor of New York City (b. 1643) November 26...
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    Dutch Schuyler family in America. His maternal grandfather was Stephanus Van Cortlandt, the 17th Mayor of New York City. Before his father died on the...
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    and a New York City designated landmark district. New York Mayor Stephanus van Cortlandt built his home in 1671 on the site, but retired to his manor on...
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