Mary Philipse was an American heiress and socialite who was the middle daughter of Frederick Philipse II, 2nd Lord of Philipsburg Manor of Westchester County, New York. Of Anglo-Dutch extraction, she
Copy by Howard Russell Butler of a portrait of Philipse by John Wollaston
Philipse Manor Hall in today's Getty Square neighborhood of Yonkers
Mount Morris, today's Morris-Jumel Mansion, in the Washington Heights section of northern Manhattan. General George Washington used it as a headquarters during his defense of New York City in the American Revolution.
Frederick Philipse II was an American merchant, landowner, and politician. He was the only son of Maria Sparkes, daughter of the Governor of Barbados, and Philip Philipse, eldest son of Frederick Phil