When Reynolds Cartwright was born on 8 March 1836, in West Almond, Allegany, New York, United States, his father, Silas W. Cartwright, was 29 and his mother, Waity Reynolds, was 34. He had at least 3 sons with Martha Ann Wyckoff. He lived in Ward, Allegany, New York, United States in 1860 and Hornellsville, Steuben, New York, United States in 1870. He died on 1 February 1875, in Scio, Allegany, New York, United States, at the age of 38, and was buried in Angelica, Angelica, Allegany, New York, United States.
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English (Midlands and northern England): occupational name from Middle English cart(e) ‘cart’ + wright(e) ‘craftsman’ (Old English cræt or Old Norse kartr + Old English wyrhta), for a cartwright, a maker of carts.
Variant of Courtright , a surname of Dutch origin.
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