| | "Sophia Teller, daughter of Oloff Stevense Van Cortlandt, was born May 31, 1651, and married Andriese Teller, May 6, 1671. The house and lot where they lived is now No. 85 Pearl Street, extending through to Stone Street. The house where Mrs. Teller died is now No. 52 Stone Street, being the rear part of the lot above mentioned. The house and lot left to the grandson, Andries Teller, is directly opposite the above, and is now No. 88 Pearl Street. This was a water lot granted to Andries Teller, in 1687. Andries Teller (the grandson) married Catharine, daughter of Evert Vandewater. They had one child, Catharine, who married Lawrence Lawrence, son of Samuel Lawrence. The name of Oloff Teller was Anglicized into Oliver. He married Cornelia De Peyster, October 10, 1712. They had children, Johannes, Oliver, Isaac, Andries, Maria, Sophia, Margaret, and Cornelia. The lot of land on which Andries Teller and his wife lived, was owned by Oloff Stevense Van Cortlandt as early as 1662. This descended to her, as part of her father's estate. The house and lot bought of Verghens, is probably No. 79 Pearl Street. The lot on " the west side of the highway," is on Broadway. As there is no deed for it recorded to Oloff Stevense Van Cortlandt, the will supplies a missing link. In 1733 Cortlandt Street was opened through the middle of the lot, and the heirs of Andries Teller had the south side. Gualtherus Dubois, one of the witnesses, was minister of the Dutch Church, 1699-1751, and the will appears to be in his handwriting.—W. S. P."4 |