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Peter Van Cortland “Dashwood” Estate Site
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Whippany, Hanover Township, Morris County, New Jersey, 07981, United States
Description
Peter Van Cortland "Dashwood" Estate Site
Several relatives shared the name Philip Van Cortlandt, and all four took part in the American Revolution. The Loyalist Philip Van Cortlandt was born in New York in 1739. He owned a country estate called “Dashwood” in Whippany, though its exact location remains unknown. One account simply places it “on a hill, overlooking a farm well stocked with cattle and horses.” He also acquired woodlands and a potash mill in Pompton. By all reports, he enjoyed his rural life in Morris County.
He married Catharine Ogden, daughter of Dr. Jacob Ogden of New York. The couple had at least twenty-three children. Seventeen survived infancy, and ten reached adulthood.
In 1775, Continental officers offered Philip a commission and rapid promotion. He refused and soon faced charges of disloyalty in the Morristown Courthouse. He avoided arrest.
After the Declaration of Independence, soldiers placed “Dashwood” under guard, and the family endured harassment. On September 3, 1776, Philip refused to take up arms against the Crown and received a fine of £3.0.0. Militiaman Moses Fairchild, a former employee of the estate, issued the receipt.
When Philip learned that General “Light Horse Harry” Lee had ordered his arrest, he fled Whippany. He crossed the Hudson River and reached British-held New York City. He soon joined Cortlandt Skinner’s New Jersey Volunteers, known as Skinner’s Greens. Two of his sons enlisted with him.
Philip later wrote that General Washington ordered his family out of “Dashwood” during a snowstorm and turned the home into a smallpox hospital. The Library of Congress holds letters between Washington and Van Cortlandt, though most are very faint.
In 1778, officials confiscated and sold “Dashwood” and the potash mill. The family then moved to England. Philip became the Barracks Master at Hailsham in Sussex, a post given to him by his cousin, Cortlandt Skinner.
Philip Van Cortlandt died in May 1814 and is buried in St. Mary Churchyard, Hailsham. Catharine Ogden Van Cortlandt died in Torquay, Devon, on February 22, 1828.
Listing Overview
Peter Van Cortland "Dashwood" Estate Site
Several relatives shared the name Philip Van Cortlandt, and all four took part in the American Revolution. The Loyalist Philip Van Cortlandt was born in New York in 1739. He owned a country estate called “Dashwood” in Whippany, though its exact location remains unknown. One account simply places it “on a hill, overlooking a farm well stocked with cattle and horses.” He also acquired woodlands and a potash mill in Pompton. By all reports, he enjoyed his rural life in Morris County.
He married Catharine Ogden, daughter of Dr. Jacob Ogden of New York. The couple had at least twenty-three children. Seventeen survived infancy, and ten reached adulthood.
In 1775, Continental officers offered Philip a commission and rapid promotion. He refused and soon faced charges of disloyalty in the Morristown Courthouse. He avoided arrest.
After the Declaration of Independence, soldiers placed “Dashwood” under guard, and the family endured harassment. On September 3, 1776, Philip refused to take up arms against the Crown and received a fine of £3.0.0. Militiaman Moses Fairchild, a former employee of the estate, issued the receipt.
When Philip learned that General “Light Horse Harry” Lee had ordered his arrest, he fled Whippany. He crossed the Hudson River and reached British-held New York City. He soon joined Cortlandt Skinner’s New Jersey Volunteers, known as Skinner’s Greens. Two of his sons enlisted with him.
Philip later wrote that General Washington ordered his family out of “Dashwood” during a snowstorm and turned the home into a smallpox hospital. The Library of Congress holds letters between Washington and Van Cortlandt, though most are very faint.
In 1778, officials confiscated and sold “Dashwood” and the potash mill. The family then moved to England. Philip became the Barracks Master at Hailsham in Sussex, a post given to him by his cousin, Cortlandt Skinner.
Philip Van Cortlandt died in May 1814 and is buried in St. Mary Churchyard, Hailsham. Catharine Ogden Van Cortlandt died in Torquay, Devon, on February 22, 1828.
Address
Whippany, Hanover Township, Morris County, New Jersey, 07981, United States
Location
Whippany, Hanover Township, Morris County, New Jersey, 07981, United States
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