Hello Don,   >   I believe we may have communicated in the past about the Cutright and > related families. I am, and have been, in contact with so many about these > families that I can't keep up with it all. Yes we have inded talked a bit before.  Glad to here from you again. >   However, I am most interested in the same names you have listed and would > add my comments to your posting copied below. I would be very interested in > your comments........... I appreciate the attempt to join me in this little crusade to sort this stuff out. > > I am researching my ancestors that lived in Hardy County WV before they > > moved elsewhere. > > There is a small group of Westfalls, Cutrights, Wolfes, Bogarts, > > Kuykendalls, Dunbars, Trubys and Hornbecks... > >I have seen information that led me to believe that > > Hedrick "Henry" Kortright was one of those first.  He is mentioned in > > the History of Hardy county only as being there with his sone John > > Cutright.  I am sure Henry's Wife Elizabeth Hornbeck was there and > > possibly Henry's other children. > >   I believe Hendrick Kortright was a late comer to the South Branch > arriving around 1760/61. This date comes from sworn statements made by his > son John at a later date ie: pension application for military service. I > believe Hendrick and his wife died prior to 1769 as all the children left > the South Branch by that time. I have found no record of any of them in > that area after 1769. Here is what I have on Henrick Kortright, b. 1717 in Harlem, NY baptised 22 sep that year. Married Elizabeth Hornbeck, 28 Dec1739, Rochester, NY.  Came to Hampshire County after that and died in Moorefield, WV.  I did not have a date for his death.  You dates make since.  I do not believe he came over as soon as his sons Benhamin and John.  Hendrick's parents were Pieter Hendricksen Kortright and Marytjen "Mary" Van Garden.  Do you know where Pieter was from and anything at all about the Van Garden Family? >  I know that When Sam Pringle came oout > > of the woods and back to that community on the South Branch he talked > > John Cutright and others to come with him.  He also came back a married > > man, married to Charity Cutight. > >    Some notes I have about this family lead me two directions.  I have > > had John Sr. Cutright > > born 1754, Fairfax VA (?) (Not sure if that is present day Fairfax VA > > near DC, or referring to the land that Lord Fairfax owned, which is now > > Hardy County).  I have that John went to Upshur 10 June 1768, I assume > > with Sam Pringle.  He married Rebecca Truby 2 Jan 1788 in Harrison Co. > > (Which I believe was the part that became Randolf Co.)  I have a Death > > Date for John 8 Mrch 1850, I do not have a location. > >   John Sr. died in what is now Upshur Co, WV. He is buried in the Hampton > Cemetery there. I have personally visited this cemetery many times. >   It is my understanding there was a place in VA called Fairfax Courthouse > where this family lived for some time. I do not think it was anywhere near > the present day Fairfax, VA. I also do not think it was on the land > granted to Lord Fairfax by the King of England. My best information is that > this was a settlement east of the mountains, and fairly close to them. Interesting.  I knew about the plot in the Hampton Cemetary.  I have not visited it yet, but will try to soon before it gets too cold.  I am passing through there about Thanksgiving time.  Who else is barried there?  His brother Benjamin?  His wife Rebecca Truby?  Samuel Pringle? I wonder how we can find out about this Fairfax Couthouse.  Is it like a Manor?  Land that is set aside by the Lord to lease to tenant for his own income? > >   Now, some information I have seen states that John's parents were > > Henry and Elizabeth, but I have also seen that Benjamin and Mary > > Catherine (wolfe) Cutright are his parents.  I wish some one could clear > > this up.  Is Ben his Brother or father. > >    Ben was a brother to John Sr. and Charity.   I believe there were also > brothers Abraham and Henry Jr. There are others who do not think so. By the > way, Ben and Mary Catherine had a son named John. He married Deborah > Osborne and the marriage is on record in the Randolph Co Courthouse in > Elkins, WV. Great, I am going to take that and believe that.  I have felt more comfortable with Ben as his Brother, because it seems in the annals that they did most everything together.  Here are the other siblings that I have for John, Benjamin and Charity: Abraham, Peter, Henry H. who married Sarah Hall.  This must be the Henry Jr. you mentioned. I wonder if the H stands for Hendricksen, (Son of Hendrick). I have the children for Bejamin Cutright and Mary Catherine Woolfe: Mary Ann, who married John Pringle, her cousin, son of Samuel Pringle and Charity Cutright. Andrew, who also married his cousin Elizabeth Pringle. Isaac, did not marry as far as I know. Susannah, who also did not marry as far as I know. Abraham Sr. also looks like  bachelor and John, you mentioned above. >  I know that Ben has been stated > > to be one of the early settlers of Beverly, WV with Nicholas Wolfe (Mary > > Christina's Father).  If that is the case, then why would John move back > > to the south branch?  How did Ben get to the Tygert Valley if Henry > > stayed pretty much on the South Branch?  I was also under that > > inclination that John and Ben (as brothers) traveled together with Sam > > Pringle to Buckhannon.  Ben i have as born 1740 in Fairfax? and dying > > 1790 in Upshur.  Please help me with this family, Henry and his children > > and the families they may have married into, ie. Wolfe, Hornbeck, > > Pringle and Truby. > >   Samuel Pringle ( who married Charity Cutright, sister to John Sr. and Ben > ) John Sr., and Ben, along with a few others, came to the Buckhannon area > together. They arrived in the spring of the year and some began clearing > land and marking out land claims. Some were hunters and spent their time > exploring the area. They stayed until their crops were well under way and > then returned to the South Branch to get their families ie: those who had > families. When they returned in the fall they found their crops had been > ruined by buffalo but decided to stay the winter anyway. It was a rough > winter for them. This information is published in books by Withers, > McWhorter and others. >   John Sr, Ben, and Charity remained there the rest of their lives. I have > looked for and have not found any record of any of them returning to the > South Branch to live. No, I am sure they did not.  If indeed Hendrick passed away before they left, they would have not reason to.  I do not know when their Mother passed away exactly, but I do know she died in Moorefield as well.  I would like to find out where this couple are burried.  I have seen a Cornelius Cutright listed with Hendrick and John in Hardy Co.  do you know who this might be.  In the 1787 tax records, John is listed in both Randolf co. and Hampshire Co. at the same time.  Bejamin is only listed in Randolf co., and Hendrick is not listed as he had already passed on, Rebecca Tuby's Father John and her uncle Christopher were both listed. > >    Also, I thought at one time that there was a Cutright mailing list. > > Is it still out there? >   You can contact Heather Bowers at  [email protected]    for information > about the Cutright e-mail list. Thanks again Don, Jay