Family
- His father, Captain Olof Stevense Van Cortlandt (b. Wijk bij Duurstede, Netherlands, d. 1684), arrived 1637 in New Amsterdam. Originally a soldier and bookkeeper, he rose to high colonial ranks in service of the Dutch West India Company, serving many terms as burgomaster and alderman.
- His mother was Annetje "Anna" Loockermans Van Cortlandt (b. Turnhout March 17, 1618) who may have been the person to start the custom of Santa Claus in America.
- His sister Maria married Jeremias Van Rensselaer.
- His sister Catherine married Frederick Philipse, the first Lord of Philipsborough Manor, and his brother Jacobus married Frederick Philipse's adopted daughter, Eva De Vries Philipse.
- His daughter Anne married Stephen DeLancey. They were the parents of New York Governor James DeLancey and Oliver De Lancey Sr.
- Two grandsons were Lt. General William Skinner and his brother Loyalist General Cortlandt Skinner.
- One granddaughter Margaret Kemble was the wife of Thomas Gage.
- One grandson was Pierre Van Cortlandt, married to Joanna Livingston.
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