Thanks to all the kind responses. I have a few thoughts & correction on all this. First of all it seems that my John cannot possibly be the John that married Mary Clark in 1797. that couple were still in Sussex in 1807 when their daughter Sarah was baptised. MY John was down in Beaver Co., PA by 1800 w/ 2 kids under 10. As for the Jacobus Cortright b. 1747 to Hendrick C. Cortright & Jannetje Ennes, he's very interesting. I have 2 wives for him: Anna Quick & Jannetje Van Aken. I believe all his kids were baptised over in the Smithfield, PA Dutch Church. I was in touch w/ some folks a few years ago that believed that this Jacobus was the progenitor of the Greene Co, PA folks. Can anyone confirm or deny this? If so this would be a good place for me to look as Greene & Beaver Cos are close. Thanks, Cindy
Cindy, I checked the early Smithfield, PA, church records as published in Volume 57 (April 1926) issue of the NYG&B Record and found 3 baptisms where Jacobus Cortright and Jannetie Van Aken were the parents. There is almost a total gap in baptisms recorded between 1770 and 1785 :-(. On 18 Sep 1785 the had baptized "Elizabeth Chambers Cortright" who had been born on 1 July 1782 and "Levi Van Aken Cortright" who had been born on 13 Dec 1784. Then on 13 May 1787 their son, "James Cortright" was baptized. He was born on 13 Feb 1787. Perhaps Jacobus' first marriage and his older children were baptized in another church. I did not find them at either Machackamack or Walpeck, however. Dorothy On Tue, 6 Jun 2000, Cindy Torres Owens wrote: > Thanks to all the kind responses. I have a few thoughts & correction on all > this. First of all it seems that my John cannot possibly be the John that > married Mary Clark in 1797. that couple were still in Sussex in 1807 when > their daughter Sarah was baptised. MY John was down in Beaver Co., PA by > 1800 w/ 2 kids under 10. > > As for the Jacobus Cortright b. 1747 to Hendrick C. Cortright & Jannetje > Ennes, he's very interesting. I have 2 wives for him: Anna Quick & Jannetje > Van Aken. I believe all his kids were baptised over in the Smithfield, PA > Dutch Church. I was in touch w/ some folks a few years ago that believed > that this Jacobus was the progenitor of the Greene Co, PA folks. Can anyone > confirm or deny this? If so this would be a good place for me to look as > Greene & Beaver Cos are close. Thanks, Cindy > >