Pierre Van Cortlandt was the first Lieutenant Governor of the State of New York. He was born in New York, the son of Philip Van Cortlandt (1683 -1748) (a son of New York Mayor Stephanus Van Cortlandt) and Catherine DePeyster (a grandaugther of Johannes De Peyster— an ancestor of Abraham DePeyster and Arent Schuyler DePeyster). A great uncle Jacobus Van Cortlandt was mayor of New York City. Wikipedia
Van Cortlandt Manor was originally owned by Pierre van Cortlandt, who was New York State's first lieutentant governor. www.roadtripamerica.com/places/cortlnd.htm
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