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Philip Philipse (1724–1768) was the second son of
/ref> Though never compensated for their losses by the Colonial government, various family members did receive payments from the British government in following years. ''An American Loyalist: The Ordeal of Frederick Philipse III'', Stefan Bielinski, New York State Museum (1976)
Bielinski claims Frederick Philipse III was "compensated handsomely by the crown" for his loss. No amount, however, was specified, only a prior reference to a royal pension granted him for his "attachment to his majesty's government" that only reached 200 pounds by 1782, a minute fraction of the over 220,000 pound loss he had suffered via attainder.
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Philip Philipse (1724–1768) was the second son of Frederick Philipse II
Frederick Philipse II ( – July 26, 1751), was a colonial American merchant, landowner, and politician. Philipse was the only son of Maria Sparkes, daughter of the Governor of Barbados, and Philip Philipse, eldest son of Frederick Philipse I, 1s ...
, 2nd Lord of Philipsburg Manor
Philipsburg Manor (sometimes referred to as Philipse Manor) was a Manorialism, manor located north of New York City in Westchester County, New York, Westchester County in the Province of New York. Netherlands-born Frederick Philipse I and two p ...
of Westchester County, New York
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. He was, along with his sisters Susanna (1727–1822), Mary
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(1730–1825), and Margaret
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(1733-1752), a one-quarter heir to the roughly "Highland Patent" of his father (later to become known as the Philipse Patent
The Philipse Patent was a British royal patent for a large tract of land on the east bank of the Hudson River about 50 miles north of New York City. It was purchased in 1697 by Adolphus Philipse, a wealthy landowner of Dutch descent in the Provin ...
, and in time today's Putnam County of southeastern New York).
Margaret died intestate, and her share was equally divided among her named living siblings. A redistribution of the land among them was done in 1754.French's Gazetteer of the State of New York (1860): “The Philipses Patent… divided among the remaining three hildren Philip… Susannah married to Beverly Robinson, and Mary married to Col. Roger Morris. On the 7th of Feb 1754, the patent was divided into 9 lots: 3, each 4 mi. square, bordering upon the Hudson and denominated ‘water lots;’ 3, each 4 mi. wide by 12 long, extending N. and S. across the patent, and denominated ‘long lots;’ 3, each 4 mi. square, upon the E. border denominated ‘back lots.’ Philip, Susannah and Mary Philipse each owned one of each kind of lots."
Philip's elder brother, Frederick Philipse III
Frederick Philipse III (September 20, 1720 – April 30, 1785) was the third and last Lord of Philipsburg Manor, a hereditary estate in lower Westchester County, New York, and a Loyalist during the Revolutionary War.
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(1720–1785), inherited the family's vast 52,000 acre hereditary estate in lower Westchester County, New York
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, Philipsburg Manor, and was its third and last Lord.
All the Philipses were Loyalists
Loyalism, in the United Kingdom, its overseas territories and its former colonies, refers to the allegiance to the British crown or the United Kingdom. In North America, the most common usage of the term refers to loyalty to the British Cr ...
during the Revolutionary War and had their lands seized in 1779 by the Revolutionary government of the Province of New York.Purple, Edwin R., "Contributions to the History of the Ancient Families of New York: Varleth-Varlet-Varleet-Verlet-Verleth," New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, vol. 9 (1878), pp. 120-12/ref> Though never compensated for their losses by the Colonial government, various family members did receive payments from the British government in following years.
Bielinski claims Frederick Philipse III was "compensated handsomely by the crown" for his loss. No amount, however, was specified, only a prior reference to a royal pension granted him for his "attachment to his majesty's government" that only reached 200 pounds by 1782, a minute fraction of the over 220,000 pound loss he had suffered via attainder.
See also
*Philipse family
The Philipse family was a prominent Dutch family in New Netherlands and the British Province of New York. It owned both the vast hereditary estate in lower Westchester County, New York, Philipsburg Manor, the family seat, and the roughly Hig ...
* Philip Philipse
Philip Philipse (1663–1699) was the eldest son and heir of Frederick Philipse, a Dutch-born merchant trader, slaver, land baron, and 1st Lord of Philipsburg Manor. However, he died before his father, and by Frederick's will Philip's legacy was ...
(1663–1699), his grandfather
* Philipse Patent
The Philipse Patent was a British royal patent for a large tract of land on the east bank of the Hudson River about 50 miles north of New York City. It was purchased in 1697 by Adolphus Philipse, a wealthy landowner of Dutch descent in the Provin ...
* Dutchess County Land Patents
* The Oblong
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