16324.26 Sally or Sarah 7
BIGELOW, daughter of Ephraim Bate 6
( Ephraim 5 , John
4 , Liutenant John 3,
Joshua 2, John
1), and Anne (WAY) BIGELOW, was born on 21 March
1802 at Hoosick, Rensselaer, NY. She married Martin KORTWRIGHT (CORTRIGHT),
called "Sheepskin", on 06 July 1820. He had been married before and had
3 children. He was born on 11 Nov 1790 and died at Reading, Hillsdale,
MI on 03 Sept 1860. Sally died there on 09 Apr 1888. Notice the discrepancies
between Bigelow Society dates above and descendant dates below.
Children of Martin and Sally (BIGELOW) KORTRIGHT and their nicknames:
16324.261 Ephraim "Balky", b 25 Sept 1821; d 28 Aug 1902.
16324.262 Levi "Bully", b 01 July 1823; d 03 Sept 1861 in Civil War.
16324.263 Horace "Commodore", b 07 Mar 1825; d 13 Dec 1898 Charlotte, Eaton, MI.
16324.264 Martin, b 25 Aug 1826; d 14 Mar 1828.
16324.265 Cornelius Cuykendall "Major", b 10 Sept 1827; d 25 Jan 1904 Homer, Calhoun, MI.
16324.266 Bushnell, b 11 Jan 1831; d 15 Nov 1832.
16324.267 Anna Maria "Toady", b 13 July 1833.
16324.268 Jackson "Puppy", b 03 Aug 1835; d ____ 1898.
Sources:
Bigelow Family Genealogy Volume. II page.250-251;
Howe, Bigelow Family of America;
Kortright(Cortright) descendants;
correspondence with descendant Dorothy
Hollingsworth , who states:
It is the daughter of the couple, Sarah "Sally" BIGELOW (my gt. gt.
Grandmother), b 21 Mar 1802 who married widower Martin KORTRIGHT b. 20
May 1791 in Orange co, NY; d 05 Sep 1860 in Cambria twp., MI. He was the
son of Moses Anthony KORTRIGHT bap. 24 Mar 1745 and married Antje Van ETTEN
daughter of Anthony Van ETTEN. Dorothy has traced her KORTRIGHT line back
to Jan Bastiaensen Van KORTRYK son of Sebastian Van KORTRYK, b 1618 in
Leerdam, Holland.