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[[File:Map of Philipse Patent (showing the Oblong and Gore).png|thumb|252px|Map of the [[Philipse Patent]] showing the holdings of [[Philip Philipse (1724–1768)|Philip]], [[Susanna Philipse|Susanna]], and [[Mary Philipse]]]]
'''Margaret Philipse''' (also '''Margarita Philipse''', baptized Feb. 4, 1733,<ref>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. 119-124 [http://frostandgilchrist.com/getperson.php?personID=I10682&tree=frostinaz01]</ref> died 1752<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=Pcmz9O2axhEC&dq=%22margaret+philipse%22+1752&pg=PA182 Thirteenth Annual Report (1908): to the American Scenic and Preservation Society, p. 182]</ref>) was the daughter of [[Frederick Philipse II]], 2nd Lord of [[Philipsburg Manor]] of [[Westchester County, New York]].
She was, along with her brother [[Philip Philipse (1724–1768)|Philip]] (1724–1768) and sisters [[Susanna Philipse|Susanna]] (1727–1822) and [[Mary Philipse|Mary]] (1730–1825), a one-quarter heir to the roughly {{convert|250|mi2|km2|abbr=on}} "Highland Patent" of her father (later to become known as the [[Philipse Patent]], and in time today's [[Putnam County, New York|Putnam County]] of southeastern New York).  She died intestate, and her share was equally divided among her named living siblings.  A redistribution of the land among them was done in 1754.<ref name=French>French's Gazetteer of the State of New York (1860): “The Philipses Patent… divided among the remaining three [children]  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."</ref>
As all the Philipses were [[American loyalist|Loyalist]]s during the [[American Revolution|Revolutionary War]], Margaret's siblings had their lands seized in 1779 by the Revolutionary government of the Province of New York<ref name="Purple">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. 120-121 [http://frostandgilchrist.com/getperson.php?personID=I10815&tree=frostinaz01]</ref> and were never compensated for their loss.<ref>Description of the Abstract of Sales, Commissioners of Forfeiture [http://westchesterarchives.com/ht/muni/wca/forfeitSumm.html] "Many citizens of New York, however, still harbored strong resentment against the loyalists, leading the Provincial Congress to effectively nullify the Treaty of Paris of 1783 by an act of May 12, 1784."</ref>
==See also==
* [[Philipse family]]
* Her grandmother, [[Margaret Hardenbroeck]]
* [[Philipse Patent]]
* [[Dutchess County, New York#The Patents]]
* [[The Oblong]]
==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.hudsonrivervalley.org/review/pdfs/hrvr_23pt2_gherke.pdf ''The Example of Married Women in New Netherland and New York in the Seventeenth Century'', Michael Gherke. Image of Margaret Philipse, 1733-1752] by [[John Wollaston (painter)|John Wollaston]], c.1750, Oil on canvas, 29 x 24 inches
* [http://www.putnamcountyny.com/countyhistorian/putnams-past/ Putnam's Past]
* [http://www.putnamcountyny.com/countyhistorian/boundary-changes/ Boundary Changes of Putnam County]
* [https://www.hudsonrivervalley.org/documents/401021/1102522/HRVR+23.2+full/02702d20-a051-401b-9e5b-7bfc89aa4677 Her c. 1750 portrait by John Wollaston]
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