Courtright Family History and Genealogy
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COURTRIGHT SURNAME
| Sebastian or Bastian Van Kortryk was born in Kortrijk, West Flanders, Belgium circa 1586. He immigrated to Leerdam, South Netherlands in 1615. Due to Dutch Patronymics it was common to be given a name of the place of birth, therefore Sebastian or Bastian was known as Van Kortrijk. Thus Bastian van Kortrijk. The surname of our ancestors has changed a few times through the centuries since immigrating to America. Upon their arrival it was Van Kortrijk. The Van sometimes refered to as something to do with royality , but actually V(v)an is the dutch word meaning from, so from Kortrijk, which is a town in West Flanders, Belgium (see map at left). Soon after immigration the surname becomes Kortright or Kortreght (a Dutch Reformed Church spelling and also spelled with a (c) Cortreght)and Cortright. After the revolutionary war it settles down to become what it is today , "Courtright". For more information concerning Dutch Patronymics go to following site.Dutch Naming. |
COURTRIGHT LINKS
Passenger list of the Spotted Cow-1663
Type in courtright for the surname on the page.
Low Links
This section will provide links to the Laurens Jansen Low Family which descends
from the Dutch line that originally used the patronym Kortregt/Kortright.
Here is an excellent synopsis on how the Cutright's are related to the
Kortright/Courtright family. This analogy is presented by John O.
Cutright-Cutrightj@aol.com
New Netherland Links
Olive Tree
Genealogy Excellent New Netherland site with many links and
information. Contains the
marriages of the
Dutch Reformed Church in New York, beginning in 1639. Dutch Research Corner
by Donna Speer Ristenbatt Additional early New York info. Bill Decoursey’s research
notes concerning New Netherland Ted Brassard's
New Amsterdam Baptisms New Amsterdam baptisms found here. New Netherlands
Project Transcription, translation, and publication of all Dutch
documents in New York
repositories
relating to the seventeenth - century colony. Holland Society of New York Dutch
Colonies Short Bio about the Dutch colonies. New Netherland
Site.
Netherland Links and Stuff
Leerdam Castle Informative website
concerning Kortrijk (Courtrai), Belgium
My Courtright ancestry began in Ulster County, New York in the
1660's. They migrated down the Old Mine road, along the Delware River. After the
Revolutionary War my g-g-g-g-grandfather Abraham van Kampen journeyed from
Pennsylvania and settled in Fairfield County, Ohio in 1801. Most of them have
been there the last 200 years.
In reference to the questions about
the evolution of our name, I believe
the use of the name Cutright
originated among certain Dutch settlers along
the south branch of the
Potomac near the present city of Morefield, West
Virginia, in the
middle to last half of the eighteenth century. These
settlers were
descendants of Jan Bastiansen Van Kortryk who sailed from
Amsterdam to
New York on April 16, 1663, on the ship Brindle
Cow.
In the next 75 years this family
migrated from Harlem to Esopus and the
Minisink area of New York/New
Jersey and then around 1735 to the south branch
of the Potomac. Some of
these families on the south branch were Cornelius
Kortreck (1720-1785)
and his wife, Eleanor Hornbeck (b-1733), who had at
least three sons,
those being, Samuel Curtright (1745-1828), married to
Rachel, explored
Kentucky with Simon Kenton in 1774, and had a station in
Kentucky. He
and his descendants spelled their name "Curtright." Richard
Cutright
(1757-1847), married to Fanny and moved to Kentucky. Peter
Cutright
(1759-1841), married Catherine Ellington, and moved to Ohio
and finally died
in Dewitt County,
Illinois.
Another of the settlers was
Hendrick Kortreck,(b-1717) who married
Elizabeth Hornbeck,(b-1722) a
sister of Eleanor, and his sister, Tjaetjen
(1727-1750) who married
another Cornelis Cutright(1725-1752). Tjaetjen &
Cornelis had a son
Hendrick Cutright (b-1750).
In the next
generation there were two men by the name of John
Cutright and "John"
(the Bear Hunter) Cutright, (1747-1830), who married
Elizabeth
Suber(1757-1830) in 1773 and moved to Kentucky and then in
1796 to Ross Co.
Ohio; and John (the Indian Scout) Cutright,
(1754-1852) who married Rebecca
Truby (1752-1858) in 1788 and moved to
Upshur Co. Va. John (the Indian Scout)
had a brother, Benjamin Cutright
(1735-1790) who married Mary Catherine
Woolf. John, John, and Benjamin
were all born along the south branch of the
Potomac. There is a
question about the father of the two John Cutrights.
According to
tradition, Hendrick Kortreck and Elizabeth Hornbeck were the
parents of
John (the Indian Scout) Cutright, Benjamin Cutright, and their
sister,
Charity (1741-1830), who married Samuel Pringle; however, there
are
deeds and leases which indicate that Hendrick and Elizabeth were
the parents
of John (the Bear Hunter) Cutright, Henry Cutright, and
Abraham Cutright.
At the start of the
eighteenth century the members of this family were
going by the name
"Kortreck" or some variation. Many members of the
generation that was
born in the middle of the eighteenth century were using
the name
"Cutright" by the end of that century and were moving to
Kentucky,
Ohio, and Illinois.
I
believe that most of the present day Cutrights are descended
from
Samuel Curtright, his brothers, Richard Cutright and Peter
Cutright; Benjamin
Cutright, John (the Bear Hunter) Cutright, and John
(the Indian Scout)
Cutright. The Courtright name is a branch of the
Kortreck as is the Cutright and our
ancestors came from Holland. I
believe the Cartright family is no relation
as they are from England.
There are written documents which show this
evolution of the
name.
As you are aware, the name "John
Cutright" is a common name in our family
and it can be hard to
distinguish between
them.
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