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Paul Bourquin Philipsburg
Manor Collection
Paul A. Bourquin (1921-2013) was a resident of Pleasantville, New York, and served as
Treasurer of the Mount Pleasant Historical Society. Among Paul’s research interests was the
history of Philispburg Manor, particularly the disposition of the tenant farms after the conclusion
of the Revolutionary War. Using a variety of sources, Paul created a series of maps showing the
location of the manor’s tenant farms as they relate to present-day Westchester County. He began
with the 1880 map of Philipsburg Manor produced by M.K. Couzens. Using abstracts of deeds
for the individual farms, Paul double-checked all of Couzens’ boundaries, which he found were
generally correct, and created spreadsheets with information regarding each of the properties.
He also assigned a number to each farm, which he used on the spreadsheets and the map.
Paul brought his maps to the annual Pleasantville Day celebration, where visitors could
identify which farm they lived on. He also gave presentations on his research to local
organizations. In 2011 he permitted the Westchester County Historical Society to make copies
of his material. The Westchester County Department of Information Technology scanned one of
Paul’s maps and created an overlay atop an aerial photo of Westchester County.
Paul died on January 1, 2013. His children donated his research material to the
Westchester County Historical Society on April 3, 2013.
FILE BOX
Folder 01 – Numerical key to tract number of farms existing in Westchester at the end of
the Revolutionary War that were sold from the estate of Frederick Philipse. Arranged by
map number. Contains information on each parcel of land including Grantee Purchaser, Tenant
or Occupant Prior to Purchase, Purchase Date, Purchase Price, Acreage, and 1776 Manor Rent
Roll Information. Prepared by Paul Bourquin.
Folder 02 – Alphabetic key to tract number of farms existing in Westchester at the end of
the Revolutionary War that were sold from the estate of Frederick Philipse. Arranged by
Grantee Purchaser. Contains Tenant or Occupant Prior to Purchase, Purchase Date, Purchase
Price, Acreage, and 1776 Manor Rent Roll Information. Prepared by Paul Bourquin.
Folder 03 – Alphabetic Couzens index. Alphabetic arrangement of pre-war occupants and
postwar purchasers of parcels. Prepared by Paul Bourquin.
Folder 04 – Alphabetical index of occupants prior to purchase. Prepared by Paul Bourquin.

Folder 05 – Abstracts of sales by the Commissioners of Forfeitures in the Southern District
of New York State. Copies of abstracts copied by Theresa Hall Bristol for the New York
Genealogical and Biographical Record, 1928-1929.
Folder 06 – Rent roll of Colonel Frederick Philipse’s estate. Prepared by Paul Bourquin from
The Loyalist Americans by Robert A. East and Jacob Judd.
Folder 07 – The disposition of Loyalist estates in Westchester County. Copies of articles by
Harry B. Yoshpe that appeared in The Westchester Historian.
Folder 08 – Boundaries of farms existing in Westchester at the end of the Revolutionary
War in Mount Pleasant and Ossining that were sold from the estate of Frederick Philipse.
Prepared by Paul Bourquin.
Folder 09 – List of tenants on Upper Manor in 1779.
Folder 10 – Abstracts of deeds from Westchester County land records.
Folder 11 – Alphabetical list of tenants on the Manor of Philipsburg. Taken from rent rolls
for 1760, 1777, 1778, 1779, 1780, 1780s.
Folder 12 – Purchaser information, Commissioners of Forfeiture sales, 1783-1788. Index to
journal kept by the Commissioners of Forfeiture and held by the Westchester County Archives
(Series 35).
Folder 13 – Photocopies of maps used by Paul Bourquin in his research.
Folder 14 – Notes from presentations on Philipsburg Manor by Paul Bourquin.
Folder 15 – Miscellaneous historical information regarding Philipsburg Manor.
Folder 16 – Miscellaneous notes by Paul Bourquin.
MAP BOX 1
Map 01 – Mount Pleasant street map with overlay of Philipsburg Manor tenant farms. 13.5” x
17”
Map 02 – Map of the upper part of the Manor of Philipsburg showing tenant farms with numbers
assigned by Paul Bourquin. 20” x 21”
Map 03 – A plan of the Manor of Philipsburg in the County of Westchester in the State of New
York surveyed agreeable to the order and instructions of Isaac Stowsenburg & P.H. V. Cortlandt
unto John Hill, 1785. Photocopy, 12.5” x 20”

Map 04 – Mount Pleasant and Ossining street maps with overlay of Philipsburg Manor tenant
farms. 20” x 28”
Map 05 – Street map of southwest Westchester County with overlay of Philipsburg Manor
tenant farms in the Bronx, Greenburgh and Yonkers. 20” x 30”
Map 06 – Map of the upper part of the Manor of Philipsburg showing tenant farms with numbers
assigned by Paul Bourquin. Rolled, two copies, 39” x 30”
Map 11 – Map of the Manor of Philipsborough in the County of Westchester, N.Y. Compiled
from original sources by O[tto]. Hufeland with the names of occupants in 1779. Based on John
Hill’s map made for the Commissioners of Forfeiture. Rolled, 18” x 30.5”
MAP BOX 2
Map 07 – Map of the lower part of the Manor of Philipsburg showing tenant farms with numbers
assigned by Paul Bourquin. Adapted from Map of part of the Manor of Philipsburgh in the
County of Westchester, N.Y., by M.K. Couzens. Rolled, 30” x 54”
Map 08 – Map of the lower part of the Manor of Philipsburg showing tenant farms with numbers
assigned by Paul Bourquin. Adapted from Map of part of the Manor of Philipsburgh in the
County of Westchester, N.Y., by M.K. Couzens. Rolled, 28” x 44”
MAP BOX 3
Map 09 – Map of the lower part of the Manor of Philipsburg overlaid on an aerial photo of
Westchester County. Rolled, 36” x 44”
Map 10 – Map of the lower part of the Manor of Philipsburg overlaid on an aerial photo of
Westchester County. Rolled, 25” x 44”