Just prior to the Revolutionary War, in 1775, Henry & Gertruyd Beekmans tenants of North Lot No. 3 included the following individuals:
Name | Real Estate (£) | Personal Estate (£) |
Abraham Purdy | 500 | 666 |
John Conklin | 400 | 800 |
John Hyat Jr. | 860 | 1600 |
Joshua Hyat | 2000 | 3256 |
Joseph Lee | 200 | 456 |
Joseph Lee Jr. | 400 | 650 |
Joseph Strang | 600 | ---- |
John Bryant | 1350 | 96 |
John Brewer | 375 | 1096 |
John Field | 510 | 655 |
Gabriel Carman | 1120 | 928 |
William Jewell | 400 | 800 |
Bathias Bookhowt | 600 | 1200 |
Henry Keer | 200 | 320 |
Jeremiah Drake | 140 | 1954 |
Isaac Frost | 1750 | 2424 |
Hyat Lane | 600 | 1030 |
Nathaniel Hyat | 450 | 1134 |
Ezekiel Hyat | 1500 | 880 |
Source: "The Manor of Cortlandt and Its Tenants 1697-1783," by Sung Bok Kim, an unpublished thesis submitted to Michigan State University, Department of History, 1966