Frederick Philipse | |
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| 1st Lord of the Philipsburg Manor | |
| In office 1693–1702 | |
| Preceded by | Created |
| Succeeded by | Frederick Philipse II |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Frederick Flypsen 1626 Bolsward, Lordship of Frisia, Dutch Republic |
| Died | December 23, 1702 Province of New York, British America |
| Spouses | |
| Children | 11, including Philip, Adolphus |
| Parent(s) | Vicount Philipse Margaret Dacres |
| Occupation | Landowner, merchant |
Frederick Philipse (born Frederick Flypsen;[1] 1626 in Bolsward, Netherlands – December 23, 1702[2]), first Lord of the Manor of Philipseborough and patriarch of the Philipse family, was a Dutch immigrant to North America of Bohemian heritage.[3] A merchant, he arrived in America as early as 1653.[1] In 1662, he married Margaret Hardenbrook de Vries, a wealthy and driven widow. Together, and variously in league with slavers, pirates, and other undesirables alongside the prominent and respectable, the couple amassed a fortune.[1]
Beginning in 1672 Philipse and some partners started acquiring land in what was to become lower Westchester County, New York. When the British took over the Dutch colony in 1674, Philipse pledged his allegiance to the Crown and was rewarded with a title and manorship for his holdings, which ultimately grew to some 81 sq mi (210 km2). Serving later on the governor's executive council, he was subsequently banned from government office for conducting a slave trade into New York.
Upon his death, Philipse was one of the greatest landholders in the Province of New York. He owned the vast stretch of land spanning from Spuyten Duyvil Creek in the Bronx (then in lower Westchester County), to the Croton River. He was regarded by some as the richest man in the colony.[1] His son Adolphus acquired substantial land north of modern Westchester sanctioned as the royal Philipse Patent. Stripped from the family after the Revolution for their Tory sympathies, the some 250 sq mi (650 km2) tract became the present-day Putnam County, New York.
- ^ a b c d Appleton, W.S. The Heraldic Journal, Recording the Amorial Bearings and Genealogies of American Families, Wiggen & Lunt, Boston, 1867
- ^ Frank Allaben "Frederick Philipse" in "John Watts de Peyster. Volume 1", Adamant Media Corporation, ISBN 1-4021-4454-7, pp. 62-63
- ^ (William Jay, The Life of John Jay: with selection of his correspondence and miscellaneous papers. New York: J. & J Harper, 1833, p. 10). On his Bohemian aristocratic ancestry, see also: Thomas Capek, Ancestry of Frederick Philipse: First Lord and Founder of Philipse Manor at Yonkers, N. Y. New York: The Paebar Co., 1939.