Listed as the first issue of Cornelius [Kortright] by his wife Hester Cannon, “21. Lawrence, baptized November 27, 1728, married Hannah Aspinwall, May 6, 1755, had five children. He was a merchant of New York, and died in 1794.”
From pages 568–569:
“Lawrence (21), also a merchant, became wealthy and prominent. In the old French war he was part owner of several privateers fitted out at New York against the enemy. He was one of the founder of the Chamber of Commerce, in 1768. He had a large interest in Tryon County lands, and on his purchase the township of Kortright was settled. He had identified himself with the Episcopal Church, and during the Revolution remained quiet at his residence, 192 Queen Street; but his sympathies were with his country. In 1778, partly on his surety, Judge Fell, then a prisoner in the provost, obtained his release. Before his death he conveyed his farm at Harlem, with some woodland, to his only son, John. Mr. Kortright died in 1794.”
