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Margaret Ellen Kortright¹

F, b. 5 May 1849, d. March 1873

Father

Isaac Kortright b. 11 Nov 1808

Mother

Mary Pollack b. 1814

Margaret Ellen Kortright was born on 5 May 1849. She married John Moore. Margaret Ellen Kortright died in March 1873.

Family

John Moore

They had 1 child. Married name: Moore.

Citations

[S26] James Riker, History of Harlem.

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Maria Kortright¹

F, b. 3 October 1736

Father

Cornelius Kortright b. 30 May 1704, d. 15 Apr 1745

Mother

Hester Cannon d. 1784

Maria Kortright was baptized on 3 October 1736. She married John Wilinson Hanson on 29 January 1763.

Family

John Wilinson Hanson

Married name: Hanson.

Citations

[S26] James Riker, History of Harlem.

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Maria Kortright¹

F, b. 22 June 1783

Father

Moses Anthony Kortright b. 24 Mar 1745, d. 25 Jun 1824

Mother

Antje Anna Van Etten b. 14 Jan 1753, d. 18 May 1800

Maria Kortright was baptized on 22 June 1783 at Machackemeck, Orange County, NY, (DRC.) She married Abraham Decker in 1809.

Family

Abraham Decker b. 1774

Children

Elizabeth Decker b. 30 Jun 1810
Hannah Anne Decker b. 27 Feb 1814

Maria Kortright and Abraham had both children baptized in the DRC, Walpack, Sussex County, NJ. Married name: Decker.

Citations

[S44] Unknown compiler, Minisink Valley DRC, p. 172. Available at Archive.org <https://archive.org/details/minisinkvalleyre00vosb>. Walpack Records: pg. 1-94, Machachemeck Records: pg. 96-285.

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Martha Kortright¹

Father

Lawrence William Kortright b. 28 Nov 1826

Mother

Harriet Eaton

Martha was from Orange Co., NY, died unmarried.

Citations

[S26] James Riker, History of Harlem.

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Martin Kortright^1,2

M, b. 21 May 1791, d. 5 September 1860

Father

Moses Anthony Kortright b. 24 Mar 1745, d. 25 Jun 1824

Mother

Antje Anna Van Etten b. 14 Jan 1753, d. 18 May 1800

Martin Kortright was born on 21 May 1791 at Orange, NY. He (1) married Nancy Brown on 20 April 1815. Martin Kortright (2) married Sally Biglow on 6 July 1820 at Wolcott, Wayne County, NY. Martin Kortright died on 5 September 1860 at Cambria Twp, Hillsdale County, MI.

Family 1

Nancy Brown b. 11 Jul 1794, d. 15 Dec 1819

Children

John B Kortright b. 19 Jun 1816, d. 19 May 1850
Moses C Kortright+ b. 16 Nov 1817
George Kortright+ b. 7 Dec 1819

Family 2

Sally Biglow b. 21 Mar 1802, d. 9 Apr 1888

Children

Ephraim Kortright b. 25 Sep 1821
Levi Kortright b. 1 Jul 1823
Horace Kortright b. 7 Mar 1825
Martin Kortright b. 25 Aug 1826, d. 14 Mar 1828
Cornelius Cuykendall Kortright+ b. 10 Sep 1827, d. 26 Jan 1904
Bushnell Kortright b. 11 Jan 1831, d. 15 Nov 1832
Anna Maria Kortright b. 13 Jul 1833
Jackson Kortright b. 3 Aug 1835

Martin wore a sheepskin coat much of the time and was called Sheepskin Cortright. He served in the War of 1812.^3,2

General source(s) for this information, see footnotes.^2,1

Citations

[S28] Alice Messenger Cortright, Cortright-Webber.
[S24] Letter, Cindy Owens to Joseph Boyle.
[S28] Alice Messenger Cortright, Cortright-Webber, pg. 13.

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Mary Kortright¹

Father

Lawrence Kortright b. 27 Nov 1728, d. 1794

Mother

Hannah Aspinwall

Mary Kortright married Thomas Knox in 1793.

Family

Thomas Knox

Married name: Knox.

Citations

[S26] James Riker, History of Harlem.

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Mary Kortright¹

F, b. 29 July 1787

Father

Cornelius Kortright b. 7 May 1764, d. 25 May 1848

Mother

Catherine Kennedy

Mary Kortright was born on 29 July 1787.² She was baptized on 27 January 1788 at Walpack, Sussex County, NJ, (DRC.) She married (?) Murphy.

Family

(?) Murphy

Married name: Murphy.

Citations

[S11] Wm. K. Hall, Bussing Family.
[S1061] Patricia Wardell, Bergen County Families, online BCFamilies-web, Kortright File.

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Mary Kortright¹

F, b. 16 August 1843

Father

John Cooper Kortright b. 15 Oct 1788, d. 20 Aug 1845

Mother

Almira Jackson

Mary Kortright was born on 16 August 1843. She married Oscar Halstead on 29 October 1862.

Family

Oscar Halstead b. 1839

Married name: Halstead.

Citations

[S11] Wm. K. Hall, Bussing Family.

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Mary Kortright¹

F, b. 29 March 1848

Father

Abraham D Kortright b. 1817, d. b 1902

Mother

Elizabeth Berch

Mary Kortright was born on 29 March 1848. She married Townsend George Fulmer in 1879.

Family

Townsend George Fulmer

Married name: Fulmer.

Citations

[S26] James Riker, History of Harlem.

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Mary A Kortright

F, b. 16 April 1859

Father

Jacob Kortright b. 18 Dec 1825, d. 24 Dec 1897

Mother

Nellie (?) d. 1900

Mary A Kortright was born on 16 April 1859. She married Edward Simerson.

Family

Edward Simerson

Married name: Simerson.

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Mary Helen Kortright¹

F, b. 15 April 1842

Father

Aaron Kortright b. 13 Aug 1793, d. 10 Jul 1867

Mother

Helen Osborn Horton b. c 1805, d. 1846

Mary Helen Kortright was born on 15 April 1842. She married George M McCullough on 23 April 1858.

Family

George M McCullough b. 1831, d. 1898

Married name: McCullough.

Citations

[S11] Wm. K. Hall, Bussing Family.

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Milton Kortright¹

M, b. 8 December 1810

Father

Cornelius Kortright b. 7 May 1764, d. 25 May 1848

Mother

Catherine Kennedy

Milton Kortright was born on 8 December 1810.² He married Hannah Passmore.

Family

Hannah Passmore

Children

Norman Kortright
John Kortright
Elizabeth Kortright
Alice Kortright

Citations

[S11] Wm. K. Hall, Bussing Family.
[S1061] Patricia Wardell, Bergen County Families, online BCFamilies-web, Kortright File.

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Milton Lerch Kortright¹

M, b. 14 September 1846

Father

Abraham D Kortright b. 1817, d. b 1902

Mother

Elizabeth Berch

Milton Lerch Kortright was born on 14 September 1846. He married Mary Elizabeth Supplee on 7 December 1871.

Family

Mary Elizabeth Supplee

Children

Grace Pearl Kortright b. 11 Sep 1872
Robert Milton Kortright b. 29 Dec 1877
Florence Tear Kortright b. 10 Dec 1881

Citations

[S26] James Riker, History of Harlem.

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Moses C Kortright¹

M, b. 16 November 1817

Father

Martin Kortright b. 21 May 1791, d. 5 Sep 1860

Mother

Nancy Brown b. 11 Jul 1794, d. 15 Dec 1819

Moses C Kortright was born on 16 November 1817.² He married Emeline Webber, daughter of David Ballard Webber and Lucy Conklin, on 6 December 1843.

Family

Emeline Webber b. 8 Dec 1824, d. 6 Aug 1899

Children

Arvilla Cortright b. 1843, d. 1856
Nancy Cortright b. 1845
Dayelle Cortright
Esther Cortright
Lillian Cortright b. 3 Mar 1851, d. c 1885
Eva Cortright+ b. 14 Oct 1854
Emma Cortright b. 21 Aug 1863

General source(s) for this information, see footnotes.¹

Citations

[S28] Alice Messenger Cortright, Cortright-Webber.
[S28] Alice Messenger Cortright, Cortright-Webber, pg. 13.

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Nancy Kortright^1,2

F, b. 1808, d. 1891

Father

Isaac Kortright b. 1776, d. 1852

Mother

Mary Dodson

Nancy Kortright was born in 1808. She married Barton Mott. Nancy Kortright died in 1891.

Family

Barton Mott

Nancy Kortright and Barton had 6 children, acc. to Riker's "Revised History of Harlem".² Married name: Mott.

Citations

[S11] Wm. K. Hall, Bussing Family.
[S26] James Riker, History of Harlem.

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Nathan Alonzo Kortright^1,2

M, b. 27 September 1852

Father

Isaac Kortright b. 11 Nov 1808

Mother

Mary Pollack b. 1814

Nathan Alonzo Kortright was born on 27 September 1852 at Luzerne County, PA. He married Catherine A Burket on 9 December 1873 at Dixon, IL.

Family

Catherine A Burket b. 1851

Children

John Wilber Cortright+ b. 28 Feb 1876
Charles N Cortright b. 1 Jan 1878
Shelby M Cortright b. 5 Apr 1880, d. 16 Jan 1952
Nellie B Cortright b. 25 Jan 1883
Clyde C Cortright b. 1 Feb 1885
Cecil J Cortright b. 27 Aug 1888

Catherine Burket was born in Dixon, IL.

Citations

[S26] James Riker, History of Harlem.
[S51] Letter, Mrs. Ellis B. Wainscott to III Joseph Boyle.

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Nathan D Kortright

M, b. 1815, d. 11 October 1892

Father

Isaac Kortright b. 1776, d. 1852

Mother

Mary Dodson

Nathan D Kortright was born in 1815. He married Margaret L Harlan on 6 February 1845. Nathan D Kortright died on 11 October 1892.

Family

Margaret L Harlan

Children

Harlen W Kortright+ b. 14 Nov 1845
Nathan D Kortright Jr.+ b. 24 Nov 1847
Gertrude M Kortright b. 22 Jun 1849
Samuel M Kortright b. 28 Nov 1852, d. 1896
William A Kortright+ b. 12 Jun 1855
Emma L Kortright b. 15 Sep 1857

He was from Mauch Chunk, PA. Son Samuel is buried there.¹

Citations

[S26] James Riker, History of Harlem.

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Nathan D Kortright Jr.¹

M, b. 24 November 1847

Father

Nathan D Kortright b. 1815, d. 11 Oct 1892

Mother

Margaret L Harlan

Nathan D Kortright Jr. was born on 24 November 1847. He married Margaret S Kennedy in 1875.

Family

Margaret S Kennedy

Children

Charles Kortright b. 1878
Frank Kortright b. 1880
Henry L Kortright b. 14 Jul 1882
Edgar Kortright b. 1884
Donald Kortright b. 1889
Margaret Kortright b. 1895

Citations

[S26] James Riker, History of Harlem.

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Nicholas Kortright¹

M, b. circa 1704, d. 19 November 1751

Father

Johannes Cortright b. 24 Apr 1673, d. 9 May 1712

Mother

Wyntie Dyckman

Nicholas Kortright was born circa 1704 at New Haerlem, NY. He (1) married Elizabeth Van Huyse, daughter of Eide Van Huysen and Anna Lucas, on 5 February 1731 at New York City (DRC.)^2,3 (with license; Nicolaus Kortregt and Elisab'th v. Huyzen; reg. On 14 January 1731.)³ Nicholas Kortright (2) married Elizabeth Peltrong on 15 April 1739. Nicholas Kortright died on 19 November 1751.

Family 1

Elizabeth Van Huyse b. 2 Oct 1706

Child

John Cortright b. 1732

Family 2

Elizabeth Peltrong

Children

Frances (Francyntie) Cortright b. 4 Oct 1741
Nicholas Cortright+ b. 26 Dec 1743, d. 1820

Nicholas was a constable in 1729 and later collector in the town of Harlem. Name variation: Nicholas Jansen Cornelissen Cortright.^4,5

Citations

[S1250] William Smith Pelletreau and John Keller, NY City Wills, Vol. 4 p.107-8 (Liber 16, p.65) Will of Eide Van Huysen <https://archive.org/details/abstractswillso02kellgoog/page/…>. Available at Archive.org <https://archive.org/>.. The images of the original manuscript are on Ancestry.com. Also on Google Books and HathiTrust. <https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001658137
[S1570] Ethel Konight, Colonial New Amsterdam-New York Family Groupsheets, FGS Ide Theuniszen Van Huysen (NYDC p.152).
[S1176] Samuel S. Purple, RDC New York Marriages, NYDC Marriages 1731. <https://www.olivetreegenealogy.com/nn/church/…
[S22] Lyman H. Weeks, Prominent Families of NY, p. 345. Available at HathiTrust (both volumes). <https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/009594139
[S26] James Riker, History of Harlem.

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Nicholas Governeur Kortright

M, d. 1874

Father

John Kortright d. 23 May 1810

Mother

Catherine Seaman

Nicholas Governeur Kortright married Sarah Allaire. Nicholas Governeur Kortright died in 1874.

Family

Sarah Allaire

Child

Lawrence M Kortright

Info from Bussing genealogy gives first name as Governeur; Riker's book gives Nicholas G.^1,2

Citations

[S11] Wm. K. Hall, Bussing Family.
[S26] James Riker, History of Harlem.

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Phillip Lee Kortright¹

F, b. 7 April 1867

Father

Jacob Kortright b. 18 Dec 1825, d. 24 Dec 1897

Mother

Nellie (?) d. 1900

Phillip Lee Kortright was born on 7 April 1867.

Phillip never married.

Citations

[S26] James Riker, History of Harlem.

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Phoebe Kortright

Father

Moses Anthony Kortright b. 24 Mar 1745, d. 25 Jun 1824

Mother

Antje Anna Van Etten b. 14 Jan 1753, d. 18 May 1800

Phoebe Kortright married Joel Coykendall.

Family

Joel Coykendall

Married name: Coykendall.

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Pieter Hendricksen Kortright^1,2,3

M, b. 4 January 1697, d. 1744

Father

Hendrick Jansen Van Kortryk b. 1648, d. 1741

Mother

Catherine Hansen Webber b. b 1649, d. 1740

Pieter Hendricksen Kortright was born at Rochester, Ulster County, NY. He was baptized on 4 January 1697. He married Mary Marytjen van Garden on 9 January 1716/17. Pieter Hendricksen Kortright died in 1744.

Family

Mary Marytjen van Garden

Children

Hendrick Kortright b. 22 Sep 1717
Rachel Kortright+ b. 10 Jan 1720
Catrina Kortright+ b. 28 Jan 1721
Abraham Kortright+ b. 18 Oct 1724
Tjaetje Kortright+ b. 27 Aug 1727, d. 1748/49
Petrus Kortright
Annatje Kortright+ b. 1734

Citations

[S24] Letter, Cindy Owens to Joseph Boyle.
[S334] G.R. Griffiths, Van Kortryk to Courtright.
[S23] Mary DeWitt, Cortright File.

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Rachel Kortright¹

F, b. 10 January 1720

Father

Pieter Hendricksen Kortright b. 4 Jan 1697, d. 1744

Mother

Mary Marytjen van Garden

Rachel Kortright was baptized on 10 January 1720 at Rochester, Ulster County, NY, (DRC.)² She married Gysbert van Garden Jr.

Family

Gysbert van Garden Jr.

Children

Petrus van Garden b. 24 Mar 1745
Maria van Garden b. 27 Apr 1745
Margareta van Garden b. 21 Jun 1749
Hester van Garden b. 17 Nov 1751
Eliphas van Garden b. 9 Jun 1754
Gysbert van Garden+ b. 25 Jun 1764

Their children were baptized in DRC, Walpack, Sussex County, NJ, except Petrus, who was baptized in Mamachaneck.^3,4 Married name: van Garden.

Citations

[S24] Letter, Cindy Owens to Joseph Boyle.
[S33] Roswell R. Hoes, Old Dutch Church of Kingston, NY.
[S44] Unknown compiler, Minisink Valley DRC, p. 109. Available at Archive.org <https://archive.org/details/minisinkvalleyre00vosb>. Walpack Records: pg. 1-94, Machachemeck Records: pg. 96-285.
[S44] Unknown compiler, Minisink Valley DRC, Walpeck. Available at Archive.org <https://archive.org/details/minisinkvalleyre00vosb>. Walpack Records: pg. 1-94, Machachemeck Records: pg. 96-285.

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Rachel Caroline Kortright¹

F, b. 1832

Father

John B Kortright b. 16 Nov 1796, d. 29 Mar 1874

Mother

Nancy Santee b. 1805

Rachel Caroline Kortright was born in 1832. She married Tobias L Garner.

Family

Tobias L Garner

Married name: Garner.

Citations

[S26] James Riker, History of Harlem.

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Richard Pollack Kortright¹

M, b. 31 August 1843

Father

Isaac Kortright b. 11 Nov 1808

Mother

Mary Pollack b. 1814

Richard Pollack Kortright was born on 31 August 1843. He married Anetta Simonson on 22 November 1876.

Family

Anetta Simonson

They had no children.

Citations

[S26] James Riker, History of Harlem.

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Safferyn Kortright¹

M, b. 9 June 1780, d. 5 March 1840

Father

Moses Anthony Kortright b. 24 Mar 1745, d. 25 Jun 1824

Mother

Antje Anna Van Etten b. 14 Jan 1753, d. 18 May 1800

Safferyn Kortright was born on 9 June 1780. He was baptized on 29 October 1780 at Machackemeck, Orange County, NY, (DRC.) He married Hannah Parsell in 1807. Safferyn Kortright died on 5 March 1840.

Family

Hannah Parsell b. 8 Nov 1786, d. 23 Jul 1856

Children

Anna Cortright b. 30 Mar 1805, d. 7 Apr 1879
Maria Cortright b. 28 Feb 1807
Hettie Cortright+ b. 31 Oct 1808, d. 1840
Isaac Cortright b. 1 Nov 1810
Martin Cortright b. 25 Aug 1812
Betsey Cortright b. 9 Apr 1814

Citations

[S44] Unknown compiler, Minisink Valley DRC, page 169. Available at Archive.org <https://archive.org/details/minisinkvalleyre00vosb>. Walpack Records: pg. 1-94, Machachemeck Records: pg. 96-285.

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Salamon Kortright¹

M, b. 18 May 1736

Father

Hendrick Cortright b. 17 Mar 1706, d. a 1752

Mother

Margaret Decker b. 1707

Salamon Kortright was baptized on 18 May 1736 at Kingston, NY, (DRC.)¹ He married Cornelia Cool on 9 December 1756.

Family

Cornelia Cool

Citations

[S33] Roswell R. Hoes, Old Dutch Church of Kingston, NY.

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Samuel Denton Kortright^1,2

M, b. 18 December 1822

Father

Aaron Kortright b. 13 Aug 1793, d. 10 Jul 1867

Mother

Sarah Writer b. 22 Nov 1797, d. 18 Jan 1823

Samuel Denton Kortright was born on 18 December 1822. He (1) married Juliette Phillips on 5 August 1843. Samuel Denton Kortright (2) married Harriet DeVoe on 17 September 1852.

Family 1

Juliette Phillips d. 1851

Child

John Jaline Kortright

Family 2

Harriet DeVoe

Family 3

Child

Edgar Kortright b. 26 Aug 1857

Riker indicates one child from each marriage.²

Citations

[S11] Wm. K. Hall, Bussing Family.
[S26] James Riker, History of Harlem.

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Sara A Kortright

F, b. circa 21 January 1861

Father

Aaron Writer Kortright b. 14 Mar 1818, d. 11 Jul 1894

Mother

Hester Middagh

Sara A Kortright was born circa 21 January 1861.¹ She married William Ketcham.

Family

William Ketcham

Married name: Ketcham.

Citations

[S26] James Riker, History of Harlem.