GSBC Family Files

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Maria Cortright

F, b. 6 March 1714

Father

Jan Hendricksen Cortright b. 28 Apr 1674, d. 1747

Mother

Elizabeth Van Campen

Maria Cortright was baptized on 6 March 1714 in the Dutch Reformed Church at Kingston, Ulster County, NY.¹ She married Jurian Tappan.

Family

Jurian Tappan

Married name: Tappan.

Citations

[S33] Roswell R. Hoes, RDC Kingston.

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Maria Cortright

F, b. 28 February 1807

Father

Safferyn Kortright b. 9 Jun 1780, d. 5 Mar 1840

Mother

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

Maria Cortright was born on 28 February 1807. She married Jacob Shaw.

Family

Jacob Shaw

Maria Cortright and Jacob had no children. Married name: Shaw.

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Maria Cortright¹

F, b. 19 July 1763

Father

Jacobus Kortreght b. 1731

Mother

Catrina Depuy

Maria Cortright was baptized on 19 July 1763. She married Lawrence Cortright, son of Benjamin Cortright and Arriante Osterhout.

Family

Lawrence Cortright b. 2 Mar 1760

Married name: Cortright.

Citations

[S49] B.W. Decker, Decker Genealogy.

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Martin Cortright

M, b. 25 August 1812

Father

Safferyn Kortright b. 9 Jun 1780, d. 5 Mar 1840

Mother

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

Martin Cortright was born on 25 August 1812. He married Mahala Duncan.

Family

Mahala Duncan

Martin Cortright and Mahala had three children. Name variation: Martin Cortright.

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Mary Cortright¹

F, b. 1770

Father

William Ennis Cortright b. 31 Oct 1739, d. 1806

Mother

Sarah Handshaw b. 1749, d. a 1806

Mary Cortright was born in 1770. She married Benjamin Vandermark.

Family

Benjamin Vandermark

Children

Jacobus Vandermerk b. 28 Mar 1800
Catharine Van de Mark b. 20 Dec 1801
William Ennis Van Demark b. 12 Dec 1803
Sarah Van de Mark b. 4 May 1806
Anna Mary Vandemark b. 24 Apr 1808

Married name: Vandermark.

Citations

[S24] Letter, Cindy Owens to Joseph Boyle.

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Mary Cortright

F, b. 7 February 1807

Father

Evert Ephraim Kortright b. 15 Nov 1788, d. 14 Jun 1862

Mother

Leah Cuy Kendall b. 18 Feb 1787, d. 28 Feb 1872

Mary Cortright was born on 7 February 1807. She married Spencer Covert.

Family

Spencer Covert

Married name: Covert. Mary married a Mormon and left for Utah.

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Mary Frances Cortright

F, b. 22 March 1846, d. 19 May 1946

Father

Garret Cortright b. 6 May 1803, d. 17 Sep 1886

Mother

Elizabeth Elston b. 30 Aug 1808, d. 18 Feb 1901

Mary Frances Cortright was born on 22 March 1846. She married Samuel Wells Reed, son of James Reed and Keziah Wells, on 13 February 1867 at Greenville, Orange County, NY. Mary Frances Cortright died on 19 May 1946 at Glen Ridge, Essex County, NJ. She was buried in Slate Hill.¹

Family

Samuel Wells Reed b. 13 Apr 1841, d. 30 Jan 1901

Child

Myrta Reed+ b. 29 Jul 1878, d. 20 Sep 1973

Married name: Reed.

Citations

[S1] Joseph Boyle, Notations.

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Mary Reyersen Cortright^1,2

Father

Reyer Michielsen b. 1653, d. bt Jul 1733 - Dec 1733

Mother

Jacomyntie Tibout b. 4 Jun 1666

Mary Reyersen Cortright married Benjamin Haviland.

Family

Benjamin Haviland

Married name: Haviland.

Citations

[S24] Letter, Cindy Owens to Joseph Boyle.
[S23] Mary DeWitt, Cortright File.

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Maude B Cortright¹

F, b. 19 August 1879

Father

Joseph Rhodes Kortright b. 19 Mar 1841

Mother

Elizabeth Jane Burket

Maude B Cortright was born on 19 August 1879 at Shenandoah, IA. She married William H Wolford on 1 February 1905.

Family

William H Wolford

They had no children. Married name: Wolford.

Citations

[S53] Letter, Mrs. Ellis B. Wainscott to III Joseph Boyle.

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Mollie J Cortright¹

F, b. 6 August 1871

Father

Joseph Rhodes Kortright b. 19 Mar 1841

Mother

Elizabeth Jane Burket

Mollie J Cortright was born on 6 August 1871. She married Wallace G Ross on 27 December 1893.

Family

Wallace G Ross

They had no children. Married name: Ross.

Citations

[S53] Letter, Mrs. Ellis B. Wainscott to III Joseph Boyle.

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Morris H Cortright¹

M, d. 8 July 1892

Father

Andrew Cortright b. 1780

Mother

Matilda Bowman

Morris H Cortright married Lydia Titus.¹ Morris H Cortright died on 8 July 1892.²

Family

Lydia Titus

Children

Eugene W Cortright d. 19 Sep 1884
Clarence J Cortright
Lizzie M Cortright
Susan A Cortright
Stephen H Cortright
John A Cortright+

Morris H Cortright was a railroad man, who lost an arm and a leg in an accident. For twenty years afterwards he was employed by Jackson and Wooden Company at Berwick.¹

Citations

[S20] PA History, County & Family Histories, PA 1740-1900, p. 805.
[S20] PA History, County & Family Histories, PA 1740-1900, p. 806.

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Moses Cortright¹

M, b. 16 January 1783, d. 9 October 1857

Father

Jacob Cortright b. 6 Mar 1749, d. 1 May 1826

Mother

Femmetje Phoebe Denmark b. c 1749, d. 2 Jul 1809

Moses Cortright was born on 16 January 1783 at Wantage, Sussex County, NJ. He was baptized in 1786 in the Clove Valley DRC at Sussex County, NJ. He married Hester Wilson on 13 July 1806 at Wantage, NJ. Moses Cortright died on 9 October 1857.² He was buried on 11 October 1857.³

Family

Hester Wilson b. 13 Jul 1785, d. 11 Jan 1858

Children

John Cortright+ b. 15 Feb 1807
Elizabeth Cortright b. 6 Sep 1808
Denmark Cortright b. c 1810
Ire Cortright b. 20 Jan 1811
Huldah Holdey Cortright+ b. 27 Sep 1813, d. 10 Aug 1871

Citations

[S285] Unknown compiler, "Ancestral File (TM).", Ancestral File.
[S277] Orange County (NY) Genealogical Society Quarterly, vol. 27 (1997), pg. 9.
[S45] Rev. Stephen Case, Rev. Stephen Case Records.

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Nancy Cortright¹

F, b. 1845

Father

Moses C Kortright b. 16 Nov 1817

Mother

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

Nancy Cortright was born in 1845. She married Ira Hewes.

Family

Ira Hewes

Married name: Hewes.

Citations

[S28] Alice Messenger Cortright, Cortright-Webber.

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Nellie B Cortright¹

F, b. 25 January 1883

Father

Nathan Alonzo Kortright b. 27 Sep 1852

Mother

Catherine A Burket b. 1851

Nellie B Cortright was born on 25 January 1883 at Dixon, IL. She married Robert M Wrigley on 25 July 1912.

Family

Robert M Wrigley

Married name: Wrigley.

Citations

[S53] Letter, Mrs. Ellis B. Wainscott to III Joseph Boyle.

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Nettie (Metje) Cornelissen Cortright¹

F, b. 27 February 1702

Father

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

Mother

Wyntie Dyckman

Nettie (Metje) Cornelissen Cortright was baptized on 27 February 1702. She married John Bussing on 2 September 1723.

Family

John Bussing

Nettie (Metje) Cornelissen Cortright and John had at least one child.¹ Married name: Bussing.

Citations

[S26] James Riker, History of Harlem.

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Nicholas Cortright

M, b. 26 December 1743, d. 1820

Father

Nicholas Jansen Cornelissen Cortright b. c 1704, d. 19 Nov 1751

Mother

Elizabeth Peltrong

Nicholas Cortright was baptized on 26 December 1743. He married Elizabeth (?) Nicholas Cortright died in 1820.

Family

Elizabeth (?) b. c 1743, d. 1789

Children

James Kortright
Nicholas Kortright

Nicholas was a sailmaker and vestryman of Trinity Church, 1789-1792.¹

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

Citations

[S26] James Riker, History of Harlem.

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Nicholas Jansen Cornelissen Cortright^1,2

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

Father

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

Mother

Wyntie Dyckman

Nicholas Jansen Cornelissen Cortright was born circa 1704 at New Harlem, NY. He married (1) Elizabeth Van Huyse on 5 February 1731. Nicholas Jansen Cornelissen Cortright married (2) Elizabeth Peltrong on 15 April 1739. Nicholas Jansen Cornelissen Cortright died on 19 November 1751.

Family 1

Elizabeth Van Huyse

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.

Citations

[S22] Lyman H. Weeks, Prominent Families of NY, p. 345.
[S26] James Riker, History of Harlem.

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Peter Cortright¹

M, b. 1 November 1809, d. 28 July 1874

Father

Rheuben Cortright b. 23 Apr 1790, d. 8 Aug 1875

Mother

Deborah Bedell b. 1790, d. a 18 Mar 1827

Peter Cortright was born on 1 November 1809 at Sandyston Twp, Sussex County, NJ. He died on 28 July 1874 at Whiteside County, IL. He was buried in Hickory Grove Cemetery.

Citations

[S63] Pardon Head and Harriet Head, Reuben Courtright Desc.

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Phanny Cortright¹

F, b. 2 November 1789, d. 1858

Father

Jacob Cortright b. 6 Mar 1749, d. 1 May 1826

Mother

Femmetje Phoebe Denmark b. c 1749, d. 2 Jul 1809

Phanny Cortright was born on 2 November 1789 at Wantage, Sussex County, NJ. She was baptized in 1791 in the DRC at Clove Valley, Sussex County, NJ. She married Peter Beemer Jr. on 9 February 1811 at Wantage, NJ. Phanny Cortright died in 1858.

Family

Peter Beemer Jr. b. 20 Dec 1788

Children

Jane Beemer b. 1812
John B Beemer+ b. 16 May 1826, d. 8 Jun 1898

Married name: Beemer.

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

Citations

[S47] OCGS, RDC Clove (NY).

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Phoebe Cortright¹

F, b. 11 January 1811, d. 13 May 1890

Father

Rheuben Cortright b. 23 Apr 1790, d. 8 Aug 1875

Mother

Deborah Bedell b. 1790, d. a 18 Mar 1827

Phoebe Cortright was born on 11 January 1811 at Sandyston Twp, Sussex County, NJ. She was baptized on 18 November 1813. She married Thomas Decker at Sussex County, NJ. Phoebe Cortright died on 13 May 1890 at Union Center, Broome County, NY.

Family

Thomas Decker b. 1807, d. 1888

Children

Catherine J Decker b. 1 Dec 1832
James Rheuben Decker b. 8 Mar 1836
Margaret Ann Decker b. 16 Oct 1837
Amanda Decker b. 21 Sep 1838, d. 24 Feb 1863
Peter Decker b. 4 Feb 1841, d. 19 Oct 1864
Joshua Decker b. 6 Jan 1843
George M Decker b. 15 Oct 1844
John E Decker b. 12 Jan 1846
Emma Frances Decker b. 18 Aug 1847
Elias Decker b. 26 Oct 1850
Sarah M Decker b. 2 Jul 1852
Mary Etta Decker b. 2 May 1854, d. bt 1874 - 1884
David Reeves Decker b. 4 Mar 1857

Married name: Decker.

Citations

[S63] Pardon Head and Harriet Head, Reuben Courtright Desc.

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Rachel Cortright

F, b. 17 June 1740

Father

Bastian Cortright b. 24 Jun 1716

Mother

Rachel Decker

Rachel Cortright was born on 17 June 1740 at Deerpark, NY.¹ She married Leonard Cool Brink, son of Cornelius Brink and Maria Cool, on 14 December 1764.

Family

Leonard Cool Brink b. 6 Jan 1745, d. 1830

Children

Margaret Brink b. 1765
Femmetji Brink b. 28 May 1768
George Brink b. 1770
Cathrinja Brink+ b. 5 May 1771, d. 10 Jan 1853
Jonas Brink b. 9 Feb 1773
John Brink b. 1775
Rachel Brink b. 1779
Abram Brink+ b. 1781
Samuel Brink b. 1783
Elizabeth Brink b. 4 Jul 1788

Married name: Brink.

Citations

[S1134] Patricia Wardell, Bergen County Families, online http://njgsbc.org/indexes/bergen-county-families/, Kortright File.

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Rheuben Cortright

M, b. 23 April 1790, d. 8 August 1875

Father

Samuel Cortright b. 10 Sep 1749, d. 1 Jul 1828

Mother

Margruetje Gretje Westfall b. 1752, d. 1822

Rheuben Cortright was born on 23 April 1790 at Sandyston, Sussex County, NJ. He married (1) Deborah Bedell on 8 October 1808 at Sandyston, NJ. Rheuben Cortright married (2) Elizabeth Van Etten in April 1830 at Sandyston Twp, Sussex County, NJ. Rheuben Cortright died on 8 August 1875 at New Genessee Twp, Whiteside County, IL. He was buried in Hickory Grove Cemetery.

Family 1

Deborah Bedell b. 1790, d. a 18 Mar 1827

Children

Peter Cortright b. 1 Nov 1809, d. 28 Jul 1874
Phoebe Cortright+ b. 11 Jan 1811, d. 13 May 1890
Isaac Bedell Cortright b. 18 Apr 1813
Catherine Cortright b. 7 Jan 1815
Lucinda Cortright b. 30 Apr 1816
Jane Cortright b. 27 May 1818
William Henry Courtright+ b. 26 Apr 1820, d. 16 Sep 1890
Margaret Cortright b. 6 Feb 1822
John Cortright b. 10 Oct 1823
Deborah Elizabeth Cortright b. 18 Mar 1827
Mary Cortright b. 18 Mar 1827, d. 18 Mar 1827

Family 2

Elizabeth Van Etten b. 1812, d. 1890

Children

Benjamin Cortright b. 22 Jul 1831, d. 23 Jan 1833
Samuel Cortright b. 13 Jul 1833
Mary Elizabeth Cortright b. 11 Oct 1835
William H Cortright b. 21 Nov 1837, d. 12 Apr 1845
Levi Cortright b. 27 Jan 1840
George T Cortright b. 14 Sep 1843
Partial Cortright b. 7 Aug 1845
Lydia Ann Cortright b. 22 Aug 1848
Josephine Courtright+ b. 20 Oct 1850, d. a 1915
Aaron D Cortright b. 2 Dec 1852

Rheuben and his family lived in Sandyston Twp., NJ and all of the children were born there. In 1855 he moved with some of the children to Whiteside Co., IL where several of his children had preceded him. He lived on his own farm for the remainder of his life. (Sources: Ancestors and Descendants of Rheuben Courtright; Pardon Head and Harriett Head; Gordon Courtright, Lakewood, CO.)

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Richard Cortright¹

M, b. 30 May 1836, d. 1915

Father

Joseph Cortright b. 1810, d. 28 Sep 1840

Mother

Lydia Klinetop

Richard Cortright was born on 30 May 1836. He married an unknown woman. He died in 1915 at Oklahoma.

Family

Child

Charles Henry Cortright+ d. 13 Jul 1956

Citations

[S24] Letter, Cindy Owens to Joseph Boyle.

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Sally Ann Cortright¹

F, b. 1826, d. 1913

Father

Isaiah Kortright b. 13 Jun 1796, d. 30 Oct 1868

Mother

Hannah Depuy b. 29 Jul 1800, d. 1879

Sally Ann Cortright was born in 1826. She married James Dawson in 1862. Sally Ann Cortright died in 1913.

Family

James Dawson b. 1809, d. 1883

Child

Nettie Dawson b. 1868

Married name: Dawson.

Citations

[S49] B.W. Decker, Decker Genealogy.

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Samuel Cortright¹

M, b. 10 September 1749, d. 1 July 1828

Father

Arien Jansen Cortright b. 11 Sep 1709

Mother

Elizabeth Cool

Samuel Cortright was born in 1749 at Sandyston, Sussex County, NJ. He was baptized on 10 September 1749 in the Dutch Reformed Church at Machackemeck, Orange County, NY. He married Margruetje Gretje Westfall at Sandyston, NJ. Samuel Cortright died on 1 July 1828 at Sandyston, NJ.

Family

Margruetje Gretje Westfall b. 1752, d. 1822

Children

Aaron Cortright
John Cortright
Daniel Cortright b. 1770, d. 14 Mar 1827
Elsabeth Cortright b. 25 Nov 1776
Lydia Cortright+ b. 1 Nov 1780
Rheuben Cortright+ b. 23 Apr 1790, d. 8 Aug 1875
Petrus Cortright b. 28 Jun 1798, d. 14 Oct 1807

Samuel moved to Sussex County, NJ before 1785. Sources: Gordon Courtright, Lakewood, CO; Minisink Dutch Reformed Church Records, p 118; Ancestors and Descendants of Rheuben Courtright; Pardon Head and Harriett Head.

Citations

[S347] G.R. Griffiths, Van Kortryk to Courtright.

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Sara Cortright¹

F, b. 2 August 1719

Father

Cornelius Hendricksen Cortright b. 3 Nov 1680

Mother

Christina Hendricksen Rosekrans b. c 1671

Sara Cortright was baptized on 2 August 1719. She married Samuel Schammers before 1738.

Family

Samuel Schammers

Children

Lizabeth Schamers b. 30 May 1738
Wilhelmus Chambers b. 31 Oct 1739
Johannes Chambers b. 24 Apr 1744
Christina Shammers Chambers+ b. 15 Dec 1745
Petrus Chambers b. 13 Mar 1747
Benjamin Chambers b. 12 Jul 1747
Joseph Chambers b. 14 Jan 1750
Catherine Chambers b. 15 Dec 1751
Mary (Marya) Chambers b. 30 Jun 1754
Janneke Chambers b. 1759

Name variation: Zara Cortregt.² Married name: Schammers.

Citations

[S24] Letter, Cindy Owens to Joseph Boyle.
[S31] Mary DeWitt, Rosenkrans File.

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Sarah H Cortright¹

F, b. 3 May 1882

Father

Elisha Dingman Kortright b. 3 Jan 1834

Mother

Margaret Permelia Potter b. 1842

Sarah H Cortright was born on 3 May 1882. She married Albert M Farnham on 16 October 1907.

Family

Albert M Farnham

Married name: Farnham.

Citations

[S53] Letter, Mrs. Ellis B. Wainscott to III Joseph Boyle.

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Sarah Jane Cortright^1,2

F, b. 30 January 1689

Father

Reyer Michielsen b. 1653, d. bt Jul 1733 - Dec 1733

Mother

Jacomyntie Tibout b. 4 Jun 1666

Sarah Jane Cortright was baptized on 30 January 1689. She married Joseph Haviland.

Family

Joseph Haviland

Married name: Haviland.

Citations

[S24] Letter, Cindy Owens to Joseph Boyle.
[S23] Mary DeWitt, Cortright File.

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Shelby M Cortright¹

M, b. 5 April 1880, d. 16 January 1952

Father

Nathan Alonzo Kortright b. 27 Sep 1852

Mother

Catherine A Burket b. 1851

Shelby M Cortright was born on 5 April 1880 at Dixon, IL. He married Julia L Prescott. Shelby M Cortright died on 16 January 1952.

Family

Julia L Prescott

Citations

[S53] Letter, Mrs. Ellis B. Wainscott to III Joseph Boyle.

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Stella Evelyn Cortright¹

F, b. 15 August 1850, d. 30 September 1881

Father

Levi Cortright b. 28 Mar 1804, d. 11 Oct 1877

Mother

Harriet Lewis b. 1807

Stella Evelyn Cortright was born on 15 August 1850 at Newark Valley, NY.¹ She married Fred Henry Holly on 7 May 1871 at Newark Valley, NY.¹ Stella Evelyn Cortright died on 30 September 1881 at Bay City, MI.¹ She was buried in Bay City.¹

Family

Fred Henry Holly b. 1850, d. 1898

Children

Maud Evelyn Holly b. 1872
Winetta Belle Holly+ b. 1 Feb 1874, d. 28 Aug 1968
Inez Laverna Holly+ b. 7 Oct 1875, d. 17 Aug 1956
Ira Fred Holly b. 1878, d. 1963
Bessie Dee Holly
Stella Cortright Holly b. 1881, d. 1881

Married name: Holly.

Citations

[S61] Letter, Mary A Austin to Joseph Boyle, 12 May 2001, 4 Feb 2002.