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Augustus Van Cortlandt
City Clerk of New York
In office
1753–1783
Preceded byJohn Chambers
Succeeded byRobert Benson
Personal details
Born(1728-08-03)August 3, 1728
British America
DiedDecember 20, 1823(1823-12-20) (aged 95)
Spouse(s)
Elsie Cuyler
(m. 1760; died 1761)

Catherine Barclay
(died 1808)
RelationsCaroline Schermerhorn Astor (great-granddaughter)
ChildrenAnne Van Cortlandt White
Helen Van Cortlandt Morris
Parent(s)Frederick Van Cortlandt
Frances Jay

Augustus Van Cortlandt (August 3, 1728 – December 20, 1823) was an American lawyer who served as the last Clerk of the City and County of New York under British rule who hid the city records at his family's estate manor house in 1776.

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Schuyler family

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Elsje "Elsie" Cuyler (1737–1761) m. 1760: Augustus Van Cortlandt (1728–1823) (grandson of Jacobus Van Cortlandt) Margarita Cuyler (1738–1802) m. 1760: Isaac...

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Frederick Van Cortlandt White

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grandparents were Frederick Van Cortlandt and Frances (née Jay) Van Cortlandt. Among his extended family was uncle Augustus Van Cortlandt. He entered the British...

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Abraham Schermerhorn

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Henry White (1763–1822) and Anne (née Van Cortlandt) White (1766–1814) and the granddaughter of Augustus Van Cortlandt, a prominent Loyalist during the War...

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Lewis Morris

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(1764–1827), who married Helen Van Cortlandt (1768–1812), daughter of Augustus Van Cortlandt and granddaughter of Frederick Van Cortlandt. Capt. Staats Morris (1765–1826)...

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Peter Jay Munro

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married Augustus Frederick Morris (who later took the surname Van Cortlandt to comply with the will of his grandfather, Augustus Van Cortlandt), a son...

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Augustus Newbold Morris

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Cornell Newbold (1816–1842). His paternal grandparents were Helen (née Van Cortlandt) Morris (1768–1812) and James Morris (1764–1827), High Sheriff of New...

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Historic sites in Westchester County

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Peter Augustus Jay Mansion, Rye Lounsbury Marshlands Conservancy, Rye Rye Golf Club including Whitby Castle, Rye Aaron Copland House, Cortlandt Manor...

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Livingston family

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Van Rensselaer (1767–1824) ∞ Anne De Peyster Van Cortlandt (1766–1855) (sister of Philip Van Cortlandt) Rensselaer Westerlo (1776–1851) ∞ Jane Lansing...

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Cornelis Cuyler

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Elsje "Elsie" Cuyler (1737–1761), who married Augustus Van Cortlandt, another son of Frederick Van Cortlandt, in 1760. Margarita Cuyler (1738–1802), who...

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David Augustus Clarkson

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University. His maternal grandparents were Thomas Van Horne and Anna Maria (née Van Cortlandt) Van Horne. Clarkson was an 1810 graduate in arts of Columbia...

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Theophylact Bache

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Roosevelt) Barclay. Among her siblings was Catherine Barclay (wife of Augustus Van Cortlandt), and Sarah Ann Barclay (wife of Anthony Lispenard). Together, they...

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Johannes Cuyler

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"Elsie" Cuyler (1737–1761), who married Augustus Van Cortlandt (1728–1823), another grandson of Jacobus Van Cortlandt, Margarita Cuyler (1738–1802), who married...

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Hamilton family

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Jr. (1853–1907) ∞ (1) Jane Bird Mercer (1867–1899); ∞ (2) Gertrude Van Cortlandt Wells (1849–1944) [daughter of Alexander Wells] Violet Loring Hamilton...

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Sarah Livingston Jay

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Jay and Mary Van Cortlandt, the daughter of mayor Jacobus Van Cortlandt. Together, John and Sarah Jay had six children: Peter Augustus Jay, who was born...

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82nd New York State Legislature

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Graves Republican 2nd John A. Laing Republican Westchester 1st Augustus Van Cortlandt Democrat 2nd James S. See Republican 3rd Gaylord B. Hubbell Republican...

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Roosevelt family

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Roosevelt (bap. 1751), m. Mary Schuyler of the Schuyler, Van Rensselaer, and Van Cortlandt families. Mary Roosevelt (1789–1837), m. William Sheriff de...

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Bayard family

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nephew of Peter Stuyvesant Samuel Bayard (1669–1746), m. Margaretta Van Cortlandt (1674–1719), a Judge Stephen Bayard (1700–1757), m. Alida Vetch (b....

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