Van Cortlandt Family

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. Notable family members include:

  • Jacobus Van Cortlandt
  • Pierre Van Cortlandt, Jr.
  • Stephanus Van Cortlandt
  • Philip Van Cortlandt
  • Pierre Van Cortlandt

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