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. 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)
      • Philip Van Cortlandt (1683–1746)
        • 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)
      • Anne Van Cortlandt m. Stephen Delancey (1663-1741)
    • Jacobus Van Cortlandt (1658-1739) m. Eva De Vries
      • Frederick Van Cortlandt (1699–1749)
        • James Van Cortlandt (1727–1787)