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     John Kortright was born in 1761. He died on 18 February 1824.
     Info from The Bussing Family: Descendants of Arents Harmanus Bussing. Marriage date given as 30 nov 1782, (Riker's book on Harlem) 364 Deer Park Record.

     John Kortright married Mary Abbott. He was born in 1775. He died in 1822.

     John Kortright married Louisa Searle. He was born on 11 October 1790. He was christened on 1 November 1790 at Deer Park, NY.

     John B Kortright was born on 19 June 1816. He married Sally Chapman on 18 February 1846. He died on 19 May 1850 at age 33.
     Name variation: John B Kortright. He and Sally Chapman had no children.      (Info from 'Concerning the Cortright and Messenger Families', Alice Cortright.)

     John B Kortright was born on 16 November 1796. He married Nancy Santee. He married Eliza Pollack. He died on 29 March 1874 at age 77.

     John C Kortright married Susan. He was born on 23 February 1834. He married Julia Vidella Smith on 7 November 1860. He married Hannah A Weymer on 28 March 1883.
     There was 1 child from first marriage.²

     John Cooper Kortright was born on 15 October 1788. He married Almira Jackson on 28 April 1841. He died on 20 August 1845 at age 56.
     John was a twin.

     John Cooper Kortright married Ella Deyo. He was born on 10 June 1873.¹

     John Jackson Kortright was born on 18 December 1844. He married Mary Grey on 30 March 1865.

     John was admitted to the bar in 1876.

     John Wesley Kortright was born on 13 October 1837. He married Mary A Seitz on 15 September 1861. He died on 29 December 1915 at age 78.
     John was a United Brethren preacher who lived with his daughter Flory in Erie, IL in 1917.

     Joseph Rhodes Kortright was born on 19 March 1841. He married Elizabeth Jane Burket on 12 October 1870.
     They lived in Shenandoah, IA.

     Josias W Kortright was born in 1747. He was christened on 5 July 1747 at Machackemeck Dutch Reformed Church, Orange County, NY. He married Cornelia Cool on 15 October 1766.

     Lawrence Kortright was christened on 27 November 1728. He married Hannah Aspinwall on 6 May 1755. He died in 1794.
     Lawrence was a prominent merchant associated with Luke Van Ranst and Isaac Sears. He owned several privateers in the French War and was one of the original incorporators of the Chamber of Commerce in 1770. The town of Kortright, NY where he bought large tracts of land was named for him.^1,2

     Lawrence Kortright died in 1761.
     Lawrence died unmarried. He was last of the name to hold the homestead. Lawrence had two wills, one bequeathed all of his property to Sarah Gilmore. The second will left his property to his kindred. Apparently after a long legal battle the Kortrights gave up the property for 'a consideration'.²

     Lawrence Kortright was born on 21 December 1758 at Harlem, NY. He married Mary Cox on 4 June 1782 at Harlem, NY. He died on 11 February 1843 at age 84.

     He was elected to the St. Nicholas Society on 16 Jan 1888.¹
General source(s) for this information, see footnotes.^2,1

     Lawrence William Kortright was born on 28 November 1826. He married Harriet Eaton on 28 April 1855.

     Lea Kortright was born on 1 March 1738.² She was christened on 31 May 1738 at Machackemeck Dutch Reformed Church, Orange County, NY. She married Jacob I De Witt, son of Jacob De Witt and Heyltjie Van Campenen, on 17 March 1758 (maybe date of banns?)³ She married Jacob I De Witt, son of Jacob De Witt and Heyltjie Van Campenen, on 30 March 1759.⁴
     Married name: De Witt. Name variation: Leah Kortright.²

     Levi Kortright was christened on 27 August 1772 at Machackemeck Dutch Reformed Church, Orange County, NY.¹ He married Sara Decker on 31 March 1790 at Minisink Valley Dutch Reformed Church, NJ.²

     Lydia Kortright married Cornelius van Garden. She was christened on 19 September 1740 at Machackemeck Dutch Reformed Church, Orange County, NY.
     Married name: van Garden.

     Lydia Kortright was born on 25 July 1787. She married Richard Allison Holly on 20 February 1810. She died on 6 March 1838 at age 50.
     Married name: Holly.

     Mabel Dodson Kortright was born on 25 November 1805. She married Samuel Ransom in 1836. She married John Ramsey. She died on 8 October 1902 at age 96.¹
     She had one child by first marriage, and three by the second acc. to Riker's "Revised History of Harlem".¹ Married name: Ransom. Married name: Ramsey.

     Margaret Kortright was born on 11 May 1776 at Orange County, NY.¹ She married Abraham De Pew on 27 April 1796.¹ She died on 3 August 1848 at Owasco, Cayuga County, NY, at age 72.¹
     Married name: De Pew.

     Margaret Kortright married Samuel Seely.
     Married name: Seely.

     Margaret Kortright was born in 1800. She married Solomon Parker.
     Married name: Parker.

     Margaret Ellen Kortright was born on 5 May 1849. She married John Moore. She died in March 1873 at age 23.
     They had 1 child. Married name: Moore.

     Margaret Mattie Kortright married Abraham Meyer in 1740.
     Married name: Meyer.

     Maria Kortright was born in 1736. She was christened on 3 October 1736. She married John Wilinson Hanson on 29 January 1763.
     Married name: Hanson.

     Maria Kortright was christened on 22 June 1783 at Machackemeck Dutch Reformed Church, Orange County, NY. She married Abraham Decker in 1809.
     Married name: Decker.