Van Cortlandt family

Van Cortlandt

Current region	New York
Place of origin	Netherlands
Connected families	Van Rensselaer family Schuyler family Livingston 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. Van Cortlandt Park in Bronx, New York derives its name from the family. The town of Cortlandt to the north, in Westchester County, New York carries the family name as well.

Notable family members include:

• Steven Van Cortlandt
  • Olof Stevense Van Cortlandt (c. 1615–1684) m. Annetje Loockermans (1618-1684)
    • Catherine Van Cortlandt m. Frederick Philipse (1626-1702)
    • Maria Van Cortlandt m. Jeremias van Rensselaer (1632-1674)
    • Stephanus Van Cortlandt (1643-1700) m. Gertrude Schuyler (born 1654)
      • Margaretta Van Cortlandt (1674-?), who married Judge Samuel Bayard (1669-?), son of Nicholas Bayard (1644–1707)
        • Gertrude Bayard m. Peter Kemble (1704-1789)
          • Margaret Kemble (1734–1824) m. Thomas Gage (1718/19–1787)
      • Anne Van Cortlandt (1676-1724) m. Stephen DeLancey (1663–1741)
        • James DeLancey (1703–1760)
        • Susannah DeLancey (1707–1771) m. Vice-Admiral Sir Peter Warren (1703–1752)
        • Oliver DeLancey Sr. (1718-1785) m. Phila Franks
        • Anne DeLancey (1723-?) m. John Watts
      • Catherine Van Cortlandt m. Andrew Johnston (1694-1762)
      • Elizabeth Van Cortlandt m. Reverend William Skinner
        • Lt. General William Skinner
        • Brig. Gen. Cortlandt Skinner (1727-1799) m. Elizabeth Kearney (1731–1810)
      • Philip Van Cortlandt (1683–1746) m. Catherine De Peyster
        • Pierre Van Cortlandt (1721-1814) m. Joanna Livingston (1722-1808)
          • Philip Van Cortlandt (1749-1831)
          • Catherine Van Cortland (1751–1829) m. Abraham Van Wyck (1748–1786)
          • Pierre Van Cortlandt, Jr. (1762–1848) m. Catherine Clinton
          • 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, married Frederick van Cortlandt
        • Gertrude van Rensselaer, (1703-1704)
        • Jeremias van Rensselaer (1705-1745)
        • Stephen van Rensselaer (1707–1747) m. Elizabeth Groesbeck
          • Elizabeth van Rensselaer (1734-?) m. Abraham Ten Broeck (1734-1810)
          • Stephen van Rensselaer II (1742–1769) m. Catherine Livingston (1745–1810)
        • Johannes van Rensselaer (?-1719)
        • Gertrude van Rensselaer, (1714-?) m. Adonis Schuyler; m. Robert Livingston (1708–1790)
        • John Baptist van Rensselaer (1717-1763)
    • Jacobus Van Cortlandt (1658-1739) m. Eva de Vries (1660-?)
      • Frederick Van Cortlandt (1699–1749) m. Francina Jay
      • Mary Van Cortlandt m. Peter Jay
        • James Jay (1732–1815)
        • John Jay (1745-1829) m. Sarah Van Brugh Livingston (1757-1802)
      • Augustus Van Cortlandt
        • James Van Cortlandt (1727–1787)