Frederick Phillipse

1627 - 1702  (75 years)

• Name	Frederick Phillipse
  Birth	1627	Bolsward, Friesland, Netherlands   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Name	Frederick Plypse
  Occupation	1675	New York, New York, USA
  	Member of the Governor's Council, for 23 years
  Property	1680	Westchester, New York, USA
  	Purchased the Westchester Manor from Adrian Van Der Donck (later Philipsburg Manor)
  	Frederick Philipse Record of Brand for Westchester Plantation, 1680, Box/Folder PX2223 Part G, Philipse Family Manuscripts, Historic Hudson Valley, White Plains County Clerk’s Office, Liber A of Deeds - cited by Meghan Brophy. ‘On Slavers and Settlers: A History of the Philipse Family, 1662-1785’. Columbia University, 2019, p4https://columbiaandslavery.columbia.edu/content/dam/cuandslavery/seminars/hist-3518/2019-projects/Brophy%202019%20-%20On%20Slavers%20and%20Settlers.pdf.
  Occupation	Abt 1685	New York, New York, USA   [1]
  	Involved in the Madagascan slave trade
  	Jacob Judd, Frederick Philipse and the Madagascar Trade New York Historical Society Quarterly Report, 55/4, 1971 (Chapter 3) https://digitalcollections.nyhistory.org/islandora/object/islandora%3A17605
  Property	1693	Westchester, New York, USA
  	Granted a royal charter for Philipsbur Manor, an area eventually of 25,000 acres
  Will	26 Oct 1700	New York, New York, USA
  	Heirs: son Adolphus and grandson Frederick
  	Frederick Philipse Will, 26 October 1700, Box/Folder 815, Philipse Family Manuscripts, Historic Hudson Valley p. 2-7 Cited by Meghan Brophy. ‘On Slavers and Settlers: A History of the Philipse Family, 1662-1785’. Columbia University, 2019, p4https://columbiaandslavery.columbia.edu/content/dam/cuandslavery/seminars/hist-3518/2019-projects/Brophy%202019%20-%20On%20Slavers%20and%20Settlers.pdf. Will transcribed in Phillips DNA News June 2011 https://phillipsdnaproject.com/web_documents/newsletters/Jun_2011_newsletter.pdf
  Death	24 Dec 1702	New York, New York, USA
  Person ID	I47272	East Jersey Genealogies
  Last Modified	18 Jun 2026

  
  

  Family 1	Margarete Hardenbroeck,   b. 1637, Wuppertal, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany d. 1691, New York, New York, USA (Age 54 years)
  Marriage	28 Oct 1662	New York, New York, USA
  Children	1. Lieutenant Colonel Philip Phillipse,   b. 1663   d. Bef 24 Sep 1695, Barbados (Age < 32 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Adolphus Phillipse,   b. 1665, New York, New Yoirk, USA  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F32083	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	18 Jun 2026

  
  

  Family 2	Catherine Van Cortlandt
  Family ID	F32085	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	18 Jun 2026

  
  

• Event Map

  Marriage - 28 Oct 1662 - New York, New York, USA Occupation - Member of the Governor's Council, for 23 years - 1675 - New York, New York, USA Property - Purchased the Westchester Manor from Adrian Van Der Donck (later Philipsburg Manor) - 1680 - Westchester, New York, USA Occupation - Involved in the Madagascan slave trade - Abt 1685 - New York, New York, USA Property - Granted a royal charter for Philipsbur Manor, an area eventually of 25,000 acres - 1693 - Westchester, New York, USA Will - Heirs: son Adolphus and grandson Frederick - 26 Oct 1700 - New York, New York, USA Death - 24 Dec 1702 - New York, New York, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  See American National Biography. ‘Philipse, Frederick (1626-1702), Manorial Landowner and Merchant’. Accessed 15 June 2026. https://www.anb.org/display/10.1093/anb/9780198606697.001.0001/anb-9780198606697-e-0100725.

  
  

• Sources

  [S3837] Mosca, Liliana, p607.