Stephanus Van Cortlandt
| Stephanus Van Cortlandt | |
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| 17th Mayor of New York City | |
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In office 1686–1688 |
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| Governor | Thomas Dongan |
| Preceded by | Nicholas Bayard |
| Succeeded by | Peter Delanoy |
| 10th Mayor of New York City | |
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In office 1677–1678 |
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| Governor | Edmund Andros |
| Preceded by | Nicholas De Mayer |
| Succeeded by | Thomas Delavall |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
May 7, 1643 New Amsterdam, New Netherland (New York City) |
| Died | November 25, 1700 (aged 57) |
| Spouse(s) | Gertruj Van Schuyler |
| Parents | Olof Stevense Van Cortlandt Annetje Loockermans |
Stephanus Van Cortlandt (May 7, 1643 – November 25, 1700) was the first native-born mayor of New York City, a position which he held from 1677 to 1678 and from 1686 to 1688. He was the patroon of Van Cortlandt Manor and was on the governor's executive council from 1691 to 1700. He was the first resident of Sagtikos Manor in West Bay Shore on Long Island, which was built around 1697. A number of his descendants married English military leaders and Loyalists active in the American Revolution, and their descendants became prominent members of English society.
Stephanus Van Cortlandt was born on May 7, 1643, the son of Captain Olof Stevense van Cortlandt. His father had been born at Wijk bij Duurstede, in the Dutch Republic, and in 1637 arrived in New Amsterdam. Beginning as a soldier and bookkeeper, Olof Stevense van Cortland rose to high office in the colonial service of the Dutch West India Company, serving many terms as burgomaster and alderman before dying in 1684. His mother was Anna ("Annetje") Loockermans van Cortlandt (born Turnhout March 17, 1618) who may have been the person who began the custom of Santa Claus in America.
His parents had four children: Stephanus Van Cortlandt (1643 –1700); Jacobus Van Cortlandt (1658–1739), who married Eva de Vries Philipse (born 1660); Maria Van Cortlandt, who married Jeremias Van Rensselaer (1632–1674); and Catherine Van Cortlandt, who married firstly Johannes Derval and secondly, after his death, Frederick Philipse (1626–1702), the first lord of Philipsborough Manor. Philipse was previously married to Margaret Hardenbroeck (1637–1691) and during that marriage, had adopted her daughter, Eva de Vries (born 1660), who thus took the name of Philipse. Eva's father and Margaret's first husband was Peter Rudolphus de Vries (died 1661).
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