Stephen Van Cortlandt (1750-1839)

He lived in, "a pleasantly situated Dwelling House on Broadway adjoining Trinity Churchyard" in New York City up until 1790. He also owned considerable property at Second River (now Belleville), New Jersey. Both properties were inherited from his father, the proprietor of a sugar house which he'd built on Broadway in 1755. The sugar house was sold after his father's death in 1786 and Stephen and his brother, John, received one third of the proceeds. On May 21st, 1801, Stephen married Jane Beekman who grew up at the historic Mount Pleasant on Horn's Hook, Manhattan.