Descendants of Francis Curtis

Generation No. 1

1.  FRANCIS¹ CURTIS was born Abt. 1650 in England.  He married HANNAH SMITH December 28, 1671 in Plymouth, Plymouth Co, MA, daughter of RICHARD SMITH and RUTH BONUM.  She was born April 23, 1647 in Plymouth, Plymouth Co, MA.

Notes for FRANCIS CURTIS:

     Francis first appeared in Plymouth about 1671.  In December

of that year he married Hannah Smith.  A year later, on 4 Mch

1672/3, was fined fifty shillings "for committing fornication

with his now wife before marriage."  This does not appear to be

an uncommon subject for penalty in Plymouth Colony and the fine

is not extreme.  The same day, Abisha Marchant and Mary Tayler

were each fined five pounds [100 shillings] for fornication.  It

appears that Francis never paid the full fine.  While nine and

one-half shillings were paid by June 1674, forty shillings were

still outstanding in June 1676.

     At the town meeting of 16 May 1673, the town granted Francis

Curtice "eight acres of land . . . lying att the second place of

Goeing over the Jones River by the Indian bridge by the herring

weire."  By the survey of this land recorded in the town records

on 18 Dec 1678, it appears that the land lay on "the eastward

syde of the said River ware and bridge," apparently adjacent to

the highway that led to the bridge.  Perhaps Francis sold this

or some other land soon after, because at the town meeting of 4

Aug 1679, there is a reference to a tract granted to Nathaniel

Waren, deceased, that "Joyneth on the Northerly syde to the land

of Benjamine Hammon which hee bought of ffrancis Curtice."  I am

not certain of the exact location of this land, which must have

been the place where Francis lived from 1673 until he moved to

Monponsett pond in the 1690s.  The following information is

found, however, in vol. 2 of the published Plymouth Town Records

(p. 15, n.1):

        In the early days of the Plymouth Colony there were three

     ways across Jones River, viz: the "wading place," near the

     present almshouse; the "stepping stones," not far from the

     present wharf below the outlet of Stony Brook; and the

     ferry, near the mouth of the river.  In 1639 a bridge was

     built at the "wading place" in the line of the "Massachu-

     setts Path."  At a later date a bridge was built at the

     "stepping stones."  In 1708 a bridge was ordered to be built

     where the present bridge stands, and the highway was laid

     out to cross it.  At the same time the old bridge at the

     "wading place" was ordered to be taken down.  The old

     bridge, however, was repaired, and the new bridge was not

     built to take its place until about 1715.  About that time

     the bridge at the "stepping stones" was burned, and it was

     never rebuilt.

     There are a few other references to Francis Curtis in the

town records.  On 20 Oct 1675, he is mentioned as a member of a

coroner's jury.  On 17 May 1686, he is listed among those that

took the oath of fidelity at the town meeting held at Plymouth.

     On 13 Apr 1691, William Harlow, Senior and others, agents

for the town of Plymouth chosen to sell certain tracts of common

lands in defense of Plymouth's right to a Clarke's Island, sold

for 34 shillings to John Bradford of Plymouth, 17 acres of land

in the township of Plymouth, 7 acres of which "lyeth on the North

side of Jones river bounded north with the Land formerly laid out

to Francis Curtice, west by land formerly layd out to Francis

Curtis."  Plymouth Co. Deed Records 1:197 (MD 37 [1987]: 117).

     Isaac King of Plymouth, on 29 Jun 1691, sold for 3 pounds to

Benjamin Eaton Junr (for the use and order of John Bradford of

Plymouth) "Eight acres of Land which I lately purchased of

francis Curtice of Plimouth the sd land being granted to him sd

Curtice by the Town of Plymouth at a Town meeting there on ye

16th day of May 1673 . . . up the Jones river by the Indian

Bridge."  Witnesses were Thomas Faunce and Ephraim Morton, Jr.

Plymouth Deed Records 1:198 (MD 37 [1987]: 118).

     According to the Bosworth Genealogy, "Francis Curtice Sen.

of Plymouth" sold 30 acres of land "on Monponsett pond" to David

Bosworth on 7 Aug 1701 and, on 9 Sep 1708, sold 92 acres in

Plymouth to their son Ebenezer with the agreement that they were

to have the "use and improvement" of it for the remainder of

their lives.

     The deaths of Francis and Hannah are recorded at Plympton,

originally part of Plymouth, but set off as a separate town in

1707.  Francis is described as "Francis Curtice, sen, Deceast

aprill ye 24th 1717" in his 67th year and buried in the Plympton

Burying place.  Hannah, his widow, died 17 Jan 1723/4 in her 75th

year in Plympton.

     Various ancestries have been postulated for Francis and

Hannah.  As to Francis, the most popular theory is that he is a

son of Zaccheus Curtis, who came on the "James" in 1635, is found

first at Salem, and eventually settled at Topsfield.  Little

evidence seems to support this conjecture other than the facts

that one of Francis' several grandsons was named Zacheus and that

descendants of both Francis and the elder Zacheus settled in the

Dudley/Oxford area of Worcester County, Massachusetts in the

1730s and, 200 years later, were of the opinion that they were

"cousins."  Francis Curtis's initial difficulty with the Plymouth

authorities might also be considered some evidence of kinship

with Zacheus, as the first couple generations of Zacheus's family

seem to have exhibited a tendency to run afoul of the local

magistrates, often for the same reason as did Francis. 

     Against such speculative connections, however, must be

weighed the view of Walter Goodwin Davis, a widely-respected

genealogist, who provides the definitive genealogy of Zacheus's

family in The Ancestry of Lieut. Amos Towne (1927) at pp. 53-68,

and who mentions no evidence that Francis was a son of Zacheus.

In fact, two of Zacheus's sons, John and Zachariah, were appar-

ently born about 1649 and 1651, respectively, and, given Fran-

cis's approximate birthdate of 1650, it would be unusual for

three children of the same parents to have been born in three

years.  Until further evidence as to the pre-1671 whereabouts of

Francis Curtis is discovered, I think his ancestry must be

considered unknown.

     Hannah Smith has been said to have been a daughter of John

Smith, and sometimes of the John Smith who married Deborah

Howland of the Mayflower Howland family.  I have not yet resear-

ched this question, but note that the Hannah who is listed in the

Plymouth records as a daughter of John Smith was born in 1641,

which is inconsistent with the age of Hannah Curtis as recorded

on her tombstone.  Moreover, the John Smith of Plymouth who made

his will in 1691 mentions his daughters Deborah and Hannah as

unmarried. 

     The more promising proposal seems to me to be the Hannah

Smith whose birth, with her twin Thomas, is recorded in the

Plymouth records on 23 Apr 1647/8 (?).  They were children of

Richard Smith.  Thomas apparently died in 1648/9.  Richard Smith

is said to have married Ruth Bonum on 27 Mch 1646/7 [sic] and to

be a son of John of Hampton and Nantucket.

More About FRANCIS CURTIS:

Misc: emigrated to Plymouth, MA 1671

More About HANNAH SMITH:

Misc: twin to Thomas

Children of FRANCIS CURTIS and HANNAH SMITH are:

                   i.    JOHN² CURTIS, b. July 26, 1673, Plymouth, Plymouth Co, MA; d. Aft. 1711, Plymouth, Plymouth Co, MA.

                  ii.    ELISHA CURTIS.

                 iii.    BENJAMIN CURTIS, b. August 11, 1675.

Generation No. 2

2.  JOHN² CURTIS (FRANCIS¹) was born July 26, 1673 in Plymouth, Plymouth Co, MA, and died Aft. 1711 in Plymouth, Plymouth Co, MA.  He married (1) CHARITY MAY Bef. 1696, daughter of EDWARD MAY and HANNAH KING.  She died in Plymouth, Plymouth Co, MA.  He married (2) MERCY BONNEY Bef. 1735, daughter of THOMAS BONNEY and DORCAS SAMPSON. 

Notes for JOHN CURTIS:

     The births of the first four children of John Curtice, born

1696 to 1704, are recorded in the Plymouth records, but no wife

is mentioned.  (MD 4:110 [orig I:52])  The last two children,

Ruth and Sarah, born 1710 and 1711, are recorded in the Plympton

vital records as the children of John and Charity Curtice. 

     Two other children, Edward, b. 1706, and Charity, b. 1708

and married a Mr. Perkins, have been proposed.  I am not aware of

the basis for such children or their suggested birthdates and

marriage, but have accepted Edward as a possible child of John

based upon his close association with the family in the Ox-

ford/Dudley area.

     Some have speculated that Charity may have been an Edmunds

[or married one as second husband ?], based on payments made by

her daughter-in-law, Bethia Cortis, while administering the

estate of Bethia's husband, Francis, in 1753 of one pound (old

tenor) to Graney Edmunds and 2 shillings, 8 pence to Bathsheba

Edmunds.  Joan Guilford has supplied what I consider persuasive

reasons to think that "Granny Edmunds" was not Bethia's mother--in-law:

     [T]he first task was to examine Edmunds families who might

     have been of Dudley or environs at the correct time.  There

     were two: Ebenezer3 (John2, William1) and his cousin, Joseph3

     (Joseph2, William1), both descendants of William Edmunds of

     Lynn, Mass.  Joseph3 was born in 1673 or 1676, making him a

     contemporary of JOHN3 CURTIS whom he must have know well.

     As a second wife, Joseph married Bathshua (easily distorted

     as Bathsheba) (Sanford), Holmes, daughter of Thomas3 and

     Christian (---) Sanford of Boston and widow of David Holmes

     of Woodstock, Connecticut.  This marriage took place on 6

     August 1746.  She was still alive when the will of Joseph

     Edmunds was proved on 14 January 1767.  Information

     regarding William1 Edmunds and his descendants appears in

     The Colonial Genealogist, VI:4:546-7.

          Let us now lay to rest the idea of any blood relation-

     ship between CHARITY and Bathsheba.  Nowhere in the Edmunds,

     Sanford or Holmes families is there a Charity.  Furthermore,

     the money left to Bathsheba is easily explained by reference

     to the Holmes genealogy (Gray, 1908, p. 350) wherein

     Bathsheba/Bathshua, also known as "Grandmother Edmunds" is

     described: "a remarkable woman, and of recognized authority

     in all matters of housewifery. She had a wide reputation as

     a doctress and midwife, and it is recorded of her that on

     one occasion in the time of the great snow of 1717, she

     travelled on snow shoes, getting out of the upper window of

     her house in Woodstock, to Dudley, Mass., to attend a sick

     woman."  Quite obviously, the legacy was in payment for

     services rendered by this "remarkable woman."

     In the Plymouth town records, there is mention of a highway,

laid out 9 June 1703, to "ye Meeting house in ye new society,"

which leads from the Bridgewater path to David Bosworth's house

(this may be the same David Bosworth who bought land of the elder

Francis), then to John Curtisses house, then to Joseph King's,

then "as the path now goeth to ye bridge," then to David Boswor-

th's meadow, then "to John Curtises meadowish Ground" and then to

Elizabeth Standish's land.  I have not yet located an adequate

map of the Plymouth area at this time, but I assume that the "new

society" was the church founded by the "breatheren of the vper

sosiaty," under the leadership of Isaac Cushman, after their

dismissal from the Plymouth Church on 27 Oct 1698.  (Ply Ch recs

at 185)  Isaac Cushman was, thereafter, the pastor at Plympton as

shown, for example, by his marriage of Elknah Smith and Elesabath

Curtic on 18 Feb 1708.  (MD 3:165)

     John Corttes of Plympton signed, on 7 Nov 1727, the inven-

tory of the estate of Benjamin Curtis of Pembroke and Plympton.

     In the vital records of Kingston, Massachusetts is found the

29 Apr 1731 marriage of John Curtice and Mercy Delano.  It is not

certain whether this was a marriage of John2 Curtis.  If John3

was the one whose intention to marry Sarah Robinson was recorded

at Dudley in 1734, then it could not have been him, as Mercy

survived that date. 

     Mercy was the daughter of Thomas2 (Thomas1) Bonney and

Dorcas2 (Henry1 of the Mayflower) Sampson.  She married, first,

on 14 Oct 1714 at Duxbury, Nathaniel Delano, son of Jonathan

Delano and Hannah Doten.  Mercy's children by Nathaniel are

mentioned in the will of her father Thomas Bonney, dated 29 July

1735:

        Item--I give & Bequeath to my grand Children, viz--ye

     children of my Daughter Mercy (now ye wife of John Curtes)

     which she had by her late Husband Nathaniel Delanoe late of

     sd Duxborough Deceased, ye other half of ye whole of my

     above sd Farm with one half of all ye Housing Fencing &

     orchards thereon & thereunto belonging to them my said

     grandchildren their Heirs & Assigns forever viz, one third

     part to my grandson Nathaniel Delanoe & the other two thirds

     thereof to be equally divided among his four sisters, viz--

     Mercy, Lydia, Zerviah & Mary-

        Item--My will is that if my said Daughter Mercy shall

     survive after ye death of her present husband John Curtes my

     above mentioned grandchildren shall pay to her ye sum of

     Twenty Pounds out of what is above given them each one their

     proportion according to what is given them as abovesd-

        Item--I give my Gun to my Grandson Nathaniel Delanoe-

        Item--I give to my Grand Daughter Mercy Delanoe if she

     shall be married within Twelve months after my Decease one

     feather Bed with ye furniture of it-

        . . . .

        Item--All ye Residue of my Estate in whatsoever specie it

     is or may be found I give & Bequeath to my abovesd two

     Daughters viz- Elizabeth Norcut & Mercy Curtes to be equally

     Divived between them-

The will was proved on 19 Aug 1735.  Thomas Bonney's farm and

related property was appraised at œ600.  Thomas's will makes no

provision for any children of John and Mercy, whether because

they had none and Mercy was past the age for childbearing or

because he expected John Curtis to be able to make adequate

provision for them or for some other reason does not appear.

Thomas also made no testamentary provision for his son Thomas,

who was then alive according to the Bonney genealogy (p. 71). 

     Mercy Curtis may have been the Marcy who had a daughter

Content baptized at Plympton on 2 Dec 1739 and, possibly, the

Mary who had a daughter Charity baptized at Plympton on 15 Jun

1740, although that seems inconsistent with the later baptism of

two of her Delano children at the First Parish Church of Duxbury.

Mary and Nathaniel Delano, the "widow Delano alias Curtice,s

Children," were baptized there on 12 Apr 1741.  Mercy Curtis

and her sister and brother-in-law, Ephraim and Elizabeth Norcut,

were apparently entitled as of 10 May 1748 to exercise the voting

rights of Ebenezer Bonney, presumably the sisters' deceased

brother of that name, as a proprietor of Duxbury.  Mercy

survived at least until 8 Mch 1754, when the settlement of the

estate of Nathaniel Delano, Jr. mentions his mother Mercy

Curtis.

Children of JOHN CURTIS and CHARITY MAY are:

                   i.    FRANCIS³ CURTIS, b. May 20, 1696, Plymouth, Plymouth Co, MA; d. May 18, 1753, Dudley, Worcester Co, MA.

                  ii.    HANNAH CURTIS, b. April 20, 1698, Plymouth, Plymouth Co, MA; d. March 08, 1772, West Parish, Pembroke, MA.

                 iii.    JOHN CURTIS, b. March 31, 1702, Plymouth, Plymouth Co, MA; m. SARAH ROBINSON, December 21, 1734, Dudley, Worcester Co, MA; b. of Oxford.

                 iv.    ELIZABETH CURTIS, b. May 20, 1704, Plymouth, Plymouth Co, MA; m. JACOB AMIDOWN, December 27, 1744, Dudley, Worcester Co, MA.

                  v.    EDWARD CURTIS, d. 1735, Dudley, Worcester Co, MA.

                 vi.    RUTH CURTIS, b. May 20, 1710, Plympton, Plymouth Co, MA; m. (1) ITHAMAR AMIDOWN, March 29, 1736, Oxford, Worcester Co, MA; m. (2) DANIEL CHILD, January 01, 1747, prob Woodstock, CT.

                vii.    SARAH CURTIS, b. May 10, 1711, Plympton, Plymouth Co, MA; d. June 27, 1781, West Parish, Pembroke, MA; m. SAMUEL WADE, August 30, 1737, Kingston, MA.

3.  ELISHA² CURTIS (FRANCIS¹)  He married REBECCA UNKNOWN. 

Child of ELISHA CURTIS and REBECCA UNKNOWN is:

                   i.    BERIAH³ CURTIS, b. July 14, 1710, Plynpton, MA; d. March 21, 1797; m. (1) UNKNOWN; m. (2) SARAH BROWNE.

4.  BENJAMIN² CURTIS (FRANCIS¹) was born August 11, 1675.  He married MARY BESSE. 

Children of BENJAMIN CURTIS and MARY BESSE are:

                   i.    JOSHUA³ CURTIS.

                  ii.    DAVID CURTIS, b. Abt. 1710.

Generation No. 3

5.  FRANCIS³ CURTIS (JOHN², FRANCIS¹) was born May 20, 1696 in Plymouth, Plymouth Co, MA, and died May 18, 1753 in Dudley, Worcester Co, MA.  He married (1) SARAH RANSOM May 12, 1720 in Plympton, Plymouth Co, MA, daughter of JOSHUA RANSOM and SARAH GARNER.  She was born Abt. 1700 in Plympton, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts, and died Bef. 1732.  He married (2) BETHIA ROBINSON May 01, 1732 in Oxford, Worcester Co, MA, daughter of GEORGE ROBINSON and MARY LEARNED.  She was born Abt. 1715, and died May 18, 1753 in Dudley, Worcester Co, MA.

Notes for FRANCIS CURTIS:

Francis was a mariner, who named his brig "Sarah" after his wife (Vol. 3, pg 91 of the Mayflower Society.  Also record dated 1736 in "Boston Record Commissioners Report Vol 15, pg 18.)

Francis Corttis of Plympton signed the administrator's bond

for the estate of Benjamin Curtis of Pembroke and Plympton on 22

Sep 1727.  This presumably was Francis3, the son of John2, since

he resided in Plympton and Francis2 appears to have resided only

in Plymouth during that period.

     By the 1730s, Francis removed to that portion of Dudley,

Massachusetts that became Thompson, Connecticut upon the straightening of the state line.

     On 15 Jan 1735, Francis Corttis gave his bond as the

administrator of Edward Corttis, late of Dudley, Husbandman.

With Francis on the bond were Simon Chamberlain and Jonathan

Wakefield (witnesses: Ebenezer Chapman, Nathaniel Perin, and

James Horsmer).

     The town records of Dudley contain only a few references to

Francis Curtis.  On 4 May 1744, the clerk of the Baptist Church

in Dudley reported the names of the members of that church,

Joseph Wakefield, Benjamin Putney, Paul Robinson, Silas Robinson

and Jonathan Putney, and the names of those that attend the

Baptist meeting, Francis Curtis, John Curtis and William Wak-

field, in order to see that the members not be subjected to taxes

in support of the town's minister.

     There is a John Curtis who apparently moved to Dudley about

1733 and was very active in Dudley's town affairs beginning in

1743.  He lived in the west part of town.  He appears to have

been a member of the family of Zacheus Curtis of Salem (John4,

Thomas3, John2, Zacheus1), and was born 1710 in Andover, Massachusetts

and died 1800 in Dudley.  I don't think that he was the

John Curtis mentioned as a member of the Baptist Church.

Lieutenant John Curtis (later Captain Curtis) was appointed, 25

Sep 1754, to a committee to get the pulpit fixed, which does not

strike me as the sort of task likely to be assigned to a member

of a dissenting congregation.  Moreover, Francis and John Curtis

appear to have resided in the eastern part of Dudley.  I assume

that the John Curtis who was a member of the Baptist Church (and

a husband to Sarah Robinson?) was either Francis' father or, more

likely, his brother.

     On 13 Dec 1748, Consider Soons (or Soonos), alias Consider

Corttis, aged about 14 years, son of Abiel Soons, late of

Plympton, labourer, chose Francis Corttis of Dudley, Yeoman, as

his guardian (witnesses: John Howard and Marth Totood-?).

Francis executed a guardian bond the same day with Daniel Paine

as comaker (Paul Kingston and J. Chandler as witnesses--John

Chandler was the probate judge).  Consider Soons was paid one

pound, 2 1/2 pence out of Francis' estate in 1753.

     On 17 Aug 1750, a highway was laid out that was accepted at

the Dudley town meeting of 4 Mch 1751.  Proceeding north from the

Connecticut line, it passed between the lands of Paul Robinson

and John Brackit, then through Frances Curtises lane east of his

house, then between the land of Jacob Bradbery and Stephen

Chapmun, then to the east side of John Curtises field, terminat-

ing near a little bridge about 50 rods east of the great bridge

over the French River, near where the path that preceded the

highway met the road coming from the meeting house to George

Robinsons. 

     On 21 June 1753, Benjamin Pudney, John Bracket and Samuel

Robinson presented their inventory of the estate of Francis

Curtis:

     brase & iron                       1    14   8

     Bed and beden                      2    2    8

     Dishes Spoons & milk vesels        _    12   8

     fives chares and looking glase     0    4    0

     wheels Real and flax               1    2    8

     Books table chest & Box iron       0    12   8

     churn bedsteds & bed cords         0    8    0

     Bridle sadle & 4 calve Skins       0    18   0

     Plow & horse sakling               1    4    0

     fiths and glase Botles             0    10   4

     working tools                      1    14   0

     gun and powder                     0    17   4

     shears cloath & triming            2    14   8

     wareing cloaths                    1    6    8

     mare and colt                      8    2    8

     3 cows one calf & two bels         8    0    0

     house and Lands                  100    0    0

          Sum total                 œ 132    5    0

     Several of Francis' children were minors at his death and,

soon thereafter, chose guardians for the remainder of their

minority.  Edward, age 17, chose Jacob Bradbury (John Bracket and

Paul Robinson joined in the guardian's bond, which was witnessed

by Benjamin Pudney and John Cortis) in June 1753, witnessed by

John Bracket and Ruth Cortis.  Sarah Corttis, on 8 July 1756,

chose her mother Berthia Cortis as guardian (Silas Robinson

joined in the bond, which was witnessed by Timo Paine and John

Chandler.  Japheth did not choose a formal guardian until 1769,

when he became 17, choosing Samuel Robinson (Edward Corttis

joined in the bond, which was witnessed by Charles and Clark

Chandler).

     That the Francis who married Sarah Ransom is identical to

the one who later married Bethiah Robinson and resided in Dudley,

is proven by the division of Francis' real estate on 19 Oct 1773,

after all his children had reached their majority, by a committee

consisting of Jedidiah Marcy, William Larned and Edward Davis.

The property, after the setting off of the widow's dower and the

payment of the decedent's debts, was appraised at 38 pounds, 10

shillings and divided among Edward Curtis, Japheth Curtis, Ruth

Burrill, Susannah Williams, Sarah Thompson, Rhoda Truesdell and

Mary Curtis, each receiving land worth 5 pounds, 10 shillings.

"William Curtis the Eldest son of the said Deceased having had in

his Fathers life time 75:__:0 old tenor in the year 1744 as

appears by a Receipt  signed by him Dated February ye 11th 1744

so we Did not set him off any land."

     I am not sure whether this division squares with the deed of

11 May 1772 (witnessed by Peltias Vinton and Jemima Cortoise)

mentioned by Harlow Curtis as among the Worcester records by

which "Richard Williams of Thompson and Susanna his wife, David

Burrill of Gloucester. R.I. and Ruth his wife, John Thompson and

Sarah his wife, Thomas Truesdell of Monson, Mass. and Rhoda his

wife and Mary Curtis of Monson, Mass. all deed to Edward Curtis

their share of Francis's estate."

     Bethia survived Francis by many years.  Her gravestone still

survives in the Cortiss cemetery, along Route 131, four-tenths of

a mile to the west of Route 12, north of North Grosvenordale in

the town of Thompson, Connecticut.  The stone is a small one of

gray-green slate, still in excellent condition (20 Jun 1989).

There is not enough room on either side of it for Francis to have

been buried next to her.  The inscription reads:

                               In memory of

                                 the widow

                              Bethiah Corttis

                            who died Janry 22nd

                                   1810

                               Aged 94 Years

     No administration was apparently had of Bethiah's estate

until 30 Jan 1819, when Japheth Corttis, her son and principal

creditor, petitioned the court for Jepthah Bacon, Esqr of Dudley

to be appointed administrator.  Thomas Larned, Parker Palmer and

Joseph Bracket took the inventory, which consisted of two lots,

about eight acres of woodland and pasture in the easterly part of

Dudley, appraised at $60, and an undivided one-third interest in

a twelve acre lot of "Mowing Tillage and Woodland" also owned by

Japheth Curtis and the heirs of William Curtis, appraised at $68.

Both lots were located on a good road near the house of Joseph

Bracket where the land was sold to pay the debts of the estate,

which consisted of $416 owed to Japheth Corttis.

More About FRANCIS CURTIS:

Ancestral File Number: WHR9-1Q

More About SARAH RANSOM:

Ancestral File Number: WHR8-ZF

More About BETHIA ROBINSON:

Misc: buried in Cortis Cem, Rt 131, N Grosvenordale, CT

Children of FRANCIS CURTIS and SARAH RANSOM are:

                   i.    WILLIAM⁴ CURTIS, b. July 09, 1721, Plympton, Plymouth Co, MA; d. Bef. April 1775, Connecticut.

                  ii.    SUSANNAH CURTIS, b. June 05, 1723, Plympton, Plymouth Co, MA; m. (1) SAMUEL UTTER, JR, March 07, 1748, Thompson, Windham Co, CT; m. (2) RICHARD WILLIAMS, Bef. May 11, 1772, Thompson, Windham Co, CT; b. of Thompson, Windham Co, CT.

Children of FRANCIS CURTIS and BETHIA ROBINSON are:

                 iii.    RUTH⁴ CURTIS, b. April 05, 1734, Dudley, Worcester Co, MA; m. DAVID BURRILL, Bef. May 11, 1772; b. of Gloucester, RI.

                 iv.    EDWARD CURTIS, b. May 04, 1736, Dudley, Worcester Co, MA; d. Bef. May 07, 1816, Dudley, Worcester Co, MA; m. (1) LUCY CHAMBERLAIN, October 04, 1770, Dudley, Worcester Co, MA; m. (2) THANKFUL UNKNOWN, Bef. December 1777; m. (3) ESTHER UNKNOWN, December 02, 1779.

                  v.    SARAH CURTIS, b. July 09, 1742, Dudley, Worcester Co, MA; m. JOHN THOMPSON, February 24, 1770, Dudley, Worcester Co, MA.

                 vi.    RHODA CURTIS, b. August 09, 1745, Dudley, Worcester Co, MA; d. March 15, 1788, Monson, Hampden Co, MA; m. THOMAS TRUESDELL, April 13, 1769, Woodstock, Windham Co, CT.

                vii.    MARY CURTIS, b. July 18, 1749, Dudley, Worcester Co, MA.

More About MARY CURTIS:

Misc: resided 1772 Monson, MA

               viii.    JAPHETH CURTIS, b. June 11, 1752, Dudley, Worcester Co, MA; d. June 16, 1821, Thompson. CT; m. MARY UPHAM, June 08, 1774, Dudley, Worcester Co, MA; b. of Killingly.

More About JAPHETH CURTIS:

                          Misc: buried in the Cortiss Cem, Thompson, CT

6.  JOSHUA³ CURTIS (BENJAMIN², FRANCIS¹)

Child of JOSHUA CURTIS is:

                   i.    BENJAMIN⁴ CURTIS.

7.  DAVID³ CURTIS (BENJAMIN², FRANCIS¹) was born Abt. 1710.  He married HANNAH WADE. 

Child of DAVID CURTIS and HANNAH WADE is:

                   i.    SYLVANUS⁴ CURTIS, b. Abt. 1748.

Generation No. 4

8.  WILLIAM⁴ CURTIS (FRANCIS³, JOHN², FRANCIS¹) was born July 09, 1721 in Plympton, Plymouth Co, MA, and died Bef. April 1775 in Connecticut.  He married MEHITABLE AMIDON December 12, 1742 in Dudley, Worcester, Massachusetts, daughter of HENRY AMIDON and MELITIAH CHENEY.  She was born January 15, 1723 in Oxford, Worcester County, Massachusetts, and died 1775 in Connecticut.

Notes for WILLIAM CURTIS:

 William and Mehitable (Amidown) Curtis removed from Oxford,

Massachusetts to Ashford in Windham County, Connecticut early in

their married life.  The birth of their son Francis is recorded

in the Ashford records on 15 Jul 1743, eight months after their

marriage.  On 20 Apr 1744, William bought 45 acres in Ashford

from Henry Amidown, Mehitable's father, at which time William was

called "Late of Oxford Now of Ashford" (Ashford LR D:57).  This

land was taken from the south portion of Henry Amidown's home

farm.

     Between 1743 and 17 Aug 1750, William and Mehitable had four

children whose births were recorded at Ashford: Francis, Ransom,

Susanna and Henry.  Mehetable Curtis, the wife of Mr. Curtis, was

admitted to the Ashford Church on 3 Dec 1749.  Francis, Ransom

and Susanna, the children of William Curtis, were then baptized

on 19 Dec 1749 (Ashford ch recs at 43).  Henry, son of Mr.

Curtis, was baptized on 26 Aug 1750 (Ashford ch recs at 44) and

Mehitable, daughter of _______ Curtis was baptized on 18 Aug 1760

(Ashford ch recs at 53). 

     Prior to 1750, William acquired two small tracts from the

town of Ashford and another small lot from William Smith, all

three of which parcels were in the area of Ashford known as

Corbins Claim (LR A:451 & 452).  On 20 Jan 1757, William Cortiss,

Job Tyler and David Millard dedicated a road through their land,

connecting the road from Philip Eastman's to the lead mines and

the road from Samuel Knox's to Ebenzer Abbe's.  Cortiss's land

was in the middle between Tyler and Millard (LR K:207).

     It is not clear just when William and Mehitable Curtis died.

William never acknowledged the road deed he made in 1757,

although the other two grantors did so in Dec 1760 and May 1761.

Mehetable Curtis bought land from Joseph Amidown in her own name

on 21 Apr 1760 (LR K:211), which she sold with full warranties

but without the participation of a husband on 3 Jul 1764 (L:119).

Certainly William must have been dead by April 1775, when his son

Henry became the guardian of what appear to be William's two

youngest children.  The transactions between 1760 and 1764 might

suggest that William was dead by then, but a William Curtiss

witnessed a 15 Sep 1772 deed by Francis, Ransom and Henry Curtiss

of about 40 acres in the north part of Ashford (LR 11:87).  It is

difficult to explain who this William was if he was not the

father of the grantors.

     The Mehitable Curtis baptized in 1760 is considered a part

of this family on the basis of her mother's membership in this

church, the fact that she appears to have been named for her

mother, and a guardianship record, dated 4 Apr 1775, in which

Henry Curtis of Ashford "Now Elected Chosen and Appointed

Guardian to Mehitable Curtice A Minor of the Town Ashford" gives

his bond as guardian (wtns: Ebenr Grosvenor & Stephen Brown Jr;

Pomfret Probate Dist., File # 1347).  An Asa Curtis of Ashford

was also the subject of a bond proceeding in 1775.  (Pomfret

Probate Dist., File # 1344)

     Whether she is the same Mehitable who married Joseph Flower

on 19 Nov 1783 in Wethersfield is less certain.  My information

to this effect was received from Jean McNutt.  She indicates that

Harlow D. Curtis felt that the Mehitable of Wethersfield was a

daughter of "Henry and Mehitable Amidon Curtis of Ashford,"

presumably an erroneous reference to William and Mehitable.  Mrs.

McNutt and others tentatively accepted this conclusion as there

are no other Mehitable Curtises in the Barbour Index of about the

right age to be the wife of Joseph Flower, b. 1763.  Mrs. McNutt

has the children of Joseph and Mehitable Flower as Hannah,

Harriet, Mehitable, Emily, Martha, Armenia, Lorenzo Dow and,

perhaps, James.  None of these appear to be Curtis family names.

Ashford and Wethersfield are about 25 miles apart and there was a

sizable Curtis family (descended from a Thomas, b. 1598) that

settled in Wethersfield as early as 1639.  As the births noted in

the Barbour Index are far from a complete listing of those that

occurred in Connecticut (setting aside the possibility that

Mehitable originated outside that state) and there is no known

connection between other members of the Ashford Curtis family and

Wethersfield, I feel that the identification of the Ashford

Mehitable as the wife of Joseph Flower needs further verification

before it can be accepted.

     Asa Curtis is included as a child in this family solely on

the basis of Henry Curtis having also given bond as his guardian

on 4 Apr 1775 (with the same witnesses as witnessed the bond of

Henry as guardian of Mehitable).  The probate file contains a

certification of Nathaniel Child, Justice of the Peace, that Asa

Curtice of Ashford, a minor, has appeared before him and made

choice of Henry as his guardian.  (Pomfret District probate

packet no. 1344)

More About WILLIAM CURTIS:

Ancestral File Number: V6R1-PF

More About MEHITABLE AMIDON:

Ancestral File Number: V6R1-QL

Children of WILLIAM CURTIS and MEHITABLE AMIDON are:

                   i.    RANSOM⁵ CURTIS, b. October 23, 1745, Ashford, Windham Co., Connecticut; d. December 17, 1829, Willington Hill, Tolland Co., Connecticut.

                  ii.    MELETIAH CURTIS, b. 1755, Ashford, Windham Co., Connecticut; m. JACOB CHILD, September 23, 1779, Woodstock, Windham Co., Connecticut.

                 iii.    WILLIAM CURTIS, b. 1755, Ashford, Windham Co., Connecticut.

Notes for WILLIAM CURTIS:

The family consisted of one male of 16 years and upwards, one male under 16, and four females.

In 1800 the family is still listed in Bethel and consisted of:

More About WILLIAM CURTIS:

Census: 1790, Bethel, Windsor Co., Vermont

                 iv.    ASA CURTIS, b. Aft. April 1754, Ashford, Windham Co, CT; d. 1860, Rock Island Co, IL.

                  v.    FRANCIS CURTIS, b. July 15, 1743, Ashford, Windham Co, CT; d. August 27, 1826, Middlebury, Genesee Co, New York.

                 vi.    HENRY CURTIS, b. August 17, 1750, Ashford, Windham Co, CT; d. March 23, 1837, Ashford, Windham Co, CT.

                vii.    MEHITABLE CURTIS, b. Bef. August 18, 1760; m. JOSEPH FLOWER, November 19, 1783, Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut.

Notes for MEHITABLE CURTIS:

Church Christ

More About MEHITABLE CURTIS:

Baptism: August 18, 1760, Ashford, Windham Co., Connecticut

Misc: bapt 18 Aug 1760 Church of Christ, Ashford, CT

               viii.    SUSANNA CURTIS, b. March 01, 1748, Ashford, Windham Co, CT; d. April 27, 1832, Barnard, Windsor Co, CT; m. TIMOTHY EASTMAN, JR, February 1767, Ashford, Windham Co, CT.

9.  BENJAMIN⁴ CURTIS (JOSHUA³, BENJAMIN², FRANCIS¹)

Child of BENJAMIN CURTIS is:

                   i.    JEREMIAH⁵ CURTIS.

10.  SYLVANUS⁴ CURTIS (DAVID³, BENJAMIN², FRANCIS¹) was born Abt. 1748.  He married MARY PHILLIPS. 

Child of SYLVANUS CURTIS and MARY PHILLIPS is:

                   i.    DANIEL⁵ CURTIS, b. May 17, 1783, Sturbridge, MA; d. March 1843; m. JULIA BACON; b. Abt. December 22, 1842.

Generation No. 5

11.  RANSOM⁵ CURTIS (WILLIAM⁴, FRANCIS³, JOHN², FRANCIS¹) was born October 23, 1745 in Ashford, Windham Co., Connecticut, and died December 17, 1829 in Willington Hill, Tolland Co., Connecticut.  He married (1) MARY VENN.  She died 1836 in Painesville, Lake Co., Ohio.  He married (2) ALICE WHITON December 08, 1768 in Willington Hill, Tolland Co., Connecticut, daughter of JOSEPH WHITON and REBECCA WILSON.  She was born December 17, 1742, and died Bef. 1833.  He married (3) SARAH UNKNOWN February 12, 1821.    He married (4) ELIZABETH UNKNOWN January 01, 1839 in Chardon, Ohio. 

Notes for RANSOM CURTIS:

His will was presented for probate in Tolland County Dec. 17, 1829. In it he mentions his late wife, also his present wife, Sarah, and all of the children listed below except for Alice who presumably was deceased.  Each received $1 except for William who was to receive the house and land after "paying to my beloved wife Sarah Curtis the full amount of a "Jointer" which my said wife and I made before our marriage." His son, William Curtis, was named executor of the will which was made Feb. 12, 1821, and witnessed by Joseph Parker, Oliver Holt and Jonathan Weston.

The family consisted of two males of 16 years and upwards, four males under 16, and the females.

Born in Ashford, but moved to Wellington, Connecticut later.  He was

married in Willington, Tolland Co., Conn on Dec 8, 1768.  Resided in

Ashford and in Willington.  in 1790 census he lived in Willington, and his

will was probated in Tolland Co., Dec 17, 1829.  His son Asa was

baptized at the Second Congregational Church of Ashford Conn. on July

17, 1785. Ransom and wife joined church at Westford, Connecticut in

1779. They were dismissed and recommended to the Church of Christ at

Wellington, Connecticut on April 21, l805.

The National Archives has a file on Ransom Curtis who served in Ely's

3rd Conn Regt in the Revolution, the card saying "Minute Roll" of Capt

Pain Convers' Co. in Colonel John Ely's Regiment from the State of

Connectucut. Archives index # 1411.  (Does this indicate he was a

Minuteman?)  I really believe this must be "our" Ransom because he must

have been named for his grandmother's maiden name.  She had only one

son, William,   who must have named Ransom for his (William's)

deceased mother's maiden name.  I believe there were no other Ransom

Curtises the right age for the Rev. service.

More About RANSOM CURTIS:

Ancestral File Number: WHR4-L0

Burial: Ashford, Windham Co., Connecticut

Census: 1790, Willington Hill, Tolland Co., Connecticut

Probate: December 17, 1829, Willington Hill, Tolland Co., Connecticut

Notes for ALICE WHITON:

I changed the name to Alice because of the reference in Marilyn M M Sobotka email [10].  It makes more sense with the daughter also named Alice.

More About ALICE WHITON:

Ancestral File Number: L8RC-MB

Children of RANSOM CURTIS and ALICE WHITON are:

                   i.    JOSEPH⁶ CURTIS, b. December 07, 1771, Ashford, Windham Co., Connecticut; d. December 03, 1852, Painesville, Lake Co., Ohio.

                  ii.    WILLIAM CURTIS, b. 1774, Connecticut; d. November 03, 1860, Willington Hill, Tolland Co., Connecticut.

                 iii.    JASON CURTIS, b. July 12, 1776, Willington Hill, Tolland Co., Connecticut; d. April 12, 1855, Marcellus, Onondaga County, New York.

                 iv.    JAMES CURTIS, b. March 19, 1779, Ashford, Windham Co., Connecticut; d. 1863, Machias, Cattaraugus Co., New York.

                  v.    ALICE CURTIS, b. November 12, 1782, Ashford, Windham Co., Connecticut.

                 vi.    ASA CURTIS, b. April 26, 1785, Ashford, Windham Co., Connecticut; d. 1859, Rock Island, Rock Island Co., Illinois.

                vii.    ANN ELIZA MARY CURTIS, b. September 17, 1825.

More About ANN ELIZA MARY CURTIS:

Misc: born Saturday 5 o'clock pm

               viii.    MARTHA GURLEY CURTIS, b. January 28, 1830.

More About MARTHA GURLEY CURTIS:

                          Misc: born Thursday 10 o'clock pm

12.  ASA⁵ CURTIS (WILLIAM⁴, FRANCIS³, JOHN², FRANCIS¹) was born Aft. April 1754 in Ashford, Windham Co, CT, and died 1860 in Rock Island Co, IL.  He married (2) EMMA STILSON, daughter of DAVID STILSON and MARY BURROUGHS.  She died February 22, 1828 in Warren Co, PA.  He married (3) ABIGAIL UNKNOWN. 

Notes for ASA CURTIS:

These are my notes on Asa:

     Asa Curtis is included as a child in this family solely on

the basis of Henry Curtis having also given bond as his guardian

on 4 Apr 1775 (with the same witnesses as witnessed the bond of

Henry as guardian of Mehitable).  The probate file contains a

certification of Nathaniel Child, Justice of the Peace, that Asa

Curtice of Ashford, a minor, has appeared before him and made

choice of Henry as his guardian.  (Pomfret District probate

packet no. 1344)

Children of ASA CURTIS are:

                   i.    MINOR⁶ CURTIS.

                  ii.    NELSON PARKER CURTIS, b. August 28, 1839, Warren Co, PA; d. July 1923.

Children of ASA CURTIS and EMMA STILSON are:

                 iii.    WELLINGTON⁶ CURTIS.

                 iv.    ALMENA CURTIS.

13.  FRANCIS⁵ CURTIS (WILLIAM⁴, FRANCIS³, JOHN², FRANCIS¹) was born July 15, 1743 in Ashford, Windham Co, CT, and died August 27, 1826 in Middlebury, Genesee Co, New York.  He married ELIZABETH "BETTY" ROBBINS November 17, 1768 in Ashford, Windham Co, CT, daughter of DAVID ROBBINS and CATHERINE TYLER.  She was born September 20, 1749 in Attleboro, Bristol Co, MA, and died Aft. 1826 in Middlebury, Genesee Co, New York.

Notes for FRANCIS CURTIS:

The births of the first four children of Francis and

Elizabeth are recorded in Ashford, the last of which was born in

1778.  It was presumably soon thereafter that they removed to

Partridgefield, now Peru, in Berkshire County, Massachusetts.

Francis appears in the 1790 census for "Partridgetown" with a

household of 3 males 16 years and more, 2 males less than 16 and

4 females. (publ. version, p. 31)  He is in the 1798 Massachu-

setts and Maine Direct Tax Census as having a log house and 200

acres.  (vol. 20: Dist. 6, 9th Div., No. 3)

     Francis served 10 days of military service in the Revolu-

tionary War (from 28 Oct 1781) on an alarm to the northward, by

order of General Fellows, as a private in Captain James Pierce's

Co, Colonel Asa Barns' (Berkshire Co) Regiment.

     Notes in the handwriting of Mrs. Lottie B. Morris (probably

from about 1907) state that Francis and Elizabeth removed from

Berkshire Hills, Berkshire County to Middlebury, New York about

1802 or 1803.  She indicates that all the children (she lists a

Delilah, but no Deliverance) came from Massachusetts about the

same time except Sally, who married in Massachusetts and lived

and died there.

     Mrs. Martha Beardsley (1827-1912) stated, in a letter dated

      7 June 1907 that:

     Amasa & Calvin owned consecutive farms on east side of Oatka

     [Creek.] Comfort owned 2nd farm south of Amasa.  Oliver with

     his father took a farm on west side of Oatka [Creek], which

     has later years been owned by Hezakiah Miller & heirs.

     Francis died there, do not remember to have seen him, but

     remember Grandmother.

Francis must have been a religious man, judging by the

considerable language in his will concerning his hopes for

heavenly reward.  Francis, Oliver, Betsey, Polly and Hannah

Curtis were all members of the First Baptist Church of Middlebury

in 1810.  Francis's will was made on 14 Aug 1826 and bequeaths

one cow and all Francis' household furniture, beds, bedding and

clothing to his wife Betsey.  The remainder of his estate is

given to his osn Oliver Curtis on the condition that Oliver

maintain and provide for Betsey during her natural life.  Oliver

Curtis to be Executor.  Witnesses were Joseph Bisbey, Thomas

White and Zenas Owen.  The will was proved on 4 Dec 1828.

During the revolutionary War he served for 10 days as a private in Capt. Joseph Pierce's Co.,  Colonel  Asa Barns' (Berkshire Co.) regiment, enlisting Oct. 28, 1781 and marching by order of Gen. Fellows on an alarm at the Northward [FC:25].

Sometime after 1800 he had removed from Massachusetts to Genesee County in western New York State in the part set off as Wyoming County in 1841.

Marilyn M M Sobotka's email [10] indicates Francis died in Middlebury township, Wyoming, NY, this is in contrast to [02].

He served for 10 days as a private in Captain Joseph Pierce's company; Col. Asa Barns' (Berkshire Co.) regiment, enlisting October 28, 1781 and marching by order of General Fellows on an alarm at the Northward.

Partridgefield was changed to Peru, Conn in 1806

Family consisted of three males of 16 years or older, two males under 16 years of age, and four females.

More About FRANCIS CURTIS:

Burial: Wyoming Village Cemetery, Wyoming Co, NY

Census: 1790, Partridgefield, Berkshire Co., Massachusetts

Census 2: 1800, Partridgefield, Berkshire Co., Massachusetts

Military: 1781, Revolutionary War

More About ELIZABETH "BETTY" ROBBINS:

Burial: Wyoming Village Cemetery, Wyoming Co, NY

Children of FRANCIS CURTIS and ELIZABETH ROBBINS are:

                   i.    AMASA⁶ CURTIS, b. June 24, 1771, Ashford, Windham Co, CT; d. November 05, 1834, Wyoming Co, NY.

                  ii.    COMFORT CURTIS, SR, b. November 18, 1773, Ashford, Windham Co, CT; d. June 04, 1831, Middlebury, Genesee Co, New York.

                 iii.    DELIVERANCE CURTIS, b. February 26, 1776, Ashford, Windham Co, CT.

More About DELIVERANCE CURTIS:

Residence: Middlebury, Wyoming Co., New York

                 iv.    CALVIN CURTIS, b. July 25, 1778, Ashford, Windham Co, CT; d. July 22, 1848, Wyoming Co, NY; m. (1) JEMIMA THOMPSON, November 09, 1802, Peru, Berkshire Co, MA; d. Bef. 1806, Peru, Berkshire Co, MA; m. (2) POLLY CLAPP, May 11, 1806, Peru, Berkshire Co, MA; m. (3) NANCY HIBBARD STORRS, November 07, 1823, New York.

More About CALVIN CURTIS:

Burial: Wyoming Village Cemetery, Wyoming Co, NY

Census: Bet. 1820 - 1840, Middlebury, Wyoming Co., New York

                  v.    DELILAH "DILLY" CURTIS, b. Abt. 1779; m. ELISHA WATKINS, December 28, 1795, Peru, Berkshire Co, MA.

                 vi.    SALLY CURTIS, b. 1780, Peru, Berkshire Co, MA; m. RUFUS WATKINS, June 18, 1799, Peru, Berkshire Co, MA.

                vii.    OLIVER CURTIS, b. Abt. 1783.

More About OLIVER CURTIS:

Census: Bet. 1820 - 1830, Middlebury, Wyoming Co., New York

               viii.    HANNAH CURTIS, d. 1828; m. REV. JONATHAN EDWARD DAVISON.

                  ix.    ORPHA CURTIS, b. Abt. 1786, Hinsdale, Berkshire Co, MA; d. April 12, 1854, Orangeville, Wyoming Co., New York.

14.  HENRY⁵ CURTIS (WILLIAM⁴, FRANCIS³, JOHN², FRANCIS¹) was born August 17, 1750 in Ashford, Windham Co, CT, and died March 23, 1837 in Ashford, Windham Co, CT.  He married (1) RUTH STODDARD.    He married (2) EUNICE AMIDOWN.    He married (3) ELIZABETH DAVISON September 06, 1773 in Ashford, Windham Co, CT.    He married (4) LYDIA HAYWARD 1790. 

Notes for HENRY CURTIS:

The family consisted of one male of 16 years and upwards, one male under 16, ad two females.

More About HENRY CURTIS:

Census: 1790, Ashford, Windham Co., Connecticut

Children of HENRY CURTIS and LYDIA HAYWARD are:

                   i.    MOLLY⁶ CURTIS, b. February 15, 1774, Ashford, Windham Co., Connecticut.

                  ii.    HENRY CURTIS, b. August 07, 1792, Ashford, Windham Co., Connecticut.

                 iii.    SAMUEL CURTIS, b. July 22, 1794, Ashford, Windham Co., Connecticut.

Notes for SAMUEL CURTIS:

At the 1860 census, Ashford, Conn, the family consisted of Samuel,. b. Conn., age 66, farmer;  Mary, age 65, b. Conn.; Samuel N., farm laborer, age 43; and Stephen D., farm laborer, age 22.

Samuel is also listed in the 1850 census at age 56.

More About SAMUEL CURTIS:

Census: Bet. 1850 - 1860, Ashford, Windham Co., Connecticut

                 iv.    LYDIA CURTIS, b. July 01, 1796, Ashford, Windham Co., Connecticut.

                  v.    CHLOE CURTIS, b. December 29, 1798, Ashford, Windham Co., Connecticut.

15.  JEREMIAH⁵ CURTIS (BENJAMIN⁴, JOSHUA³, BENJAMIN², FRANCIS¹)

Child of JEREMIAH CURTIS is:

                   i.    STEPHEN⁶ CURTIS.

Generation No. 6

16.  JOSEPH⁶ CURTIS (RANSOM⁵, WILLIAM⁴, FRANCIS³, JOHN², FRANCIS¹) was born December 07, 1771 in Ashford, Windham Co., Connecticut, and died December 03, 1852 in Painesville, Lake Co., Ohio.  He married (1) RHODA RIDER.    He married (2) JOANNA <UNKNOWN>.  She died June 14, 1862 in Painesville, Lake Co., Ohio.

More About JOSEPH CURTIS:

Ancestral File Number: WHR1-VX

Children of JOSEPH CURTIS and RHODA RIDER are:

                   i.    RANSOM⁷ CURTIS, b. September 08, 1794, Willington Hill, Tolland Co., Connecticut; d. February 03, 1879, South Bend, St. Joseph Co., Indiana.

                  ii.    JOSEPH CURTIS, b. February 05, 1796, Willington Hill, Tolland Co., Connecticut.

                 iii.    HORACE CURTIS, b. November 07, 1797, Willington Hill, Tolland Co., Connecticut; d. November 01, 1839, Mentor, Lake Co., Ohio.

                 iv.    LAURA CURTIS, b. November 12, 1799, Willington Hill, Tolland Co., Connecticut; d. September 20, 1820.

                  v.    MARY CURTIS, b. April 16, 1802, Willington Hill, Tolland Co., Connecticut.

                 vi.    ZERA CURTIS, b. December 20, 1805, Cambridge, Washington Co., New York.

Children of JOSEPH CURTIS and JOANNA <UNKNOWN> are:

                vii.    MARCIA⁷ CURTIS, b. August 31, 1810.

               viii.    ORLANDO CURTIS, b. July 20, 1812, Lee, Oneida Co., New York.

                  ix.    DIANTHA CURTIS, b. August 22, 1815.

More About DIANTHA CURTIS:

Residence: Painesville, Lake Co., Ohio; Residence: Painesville, Ohio

                   x.    EMILY CURTIS, b. November 24, 1817; d. March 07, 1849.

                  xi.    EMELINE CURTIS, b. November 24, 1817; d. June 03, 1840.

                 xii.    ALICE CURTIS, b. February 10, 1820.

                xiii.    IRA CURTIS, b. July 06, 1822; d. January 01, 1903.

                xiv.    ERASTUS CURTIS, b. December 12, 1828; d. April 07, 1907, Loda, Iroquois Co., Illinois.

17.  WILLIAM⁶ CURTIS (RANSOM⁵, WILLIAM⁴, FRANCIS³, JOHN², FRANCIS¹) was born 1774 in Connecticut, and died November 03, 1860 in Willington Hill, Tolland Co., Connecticut.  He married MARY (POLLY) HOLT November 27, 1799, daughter of ISAAC HOLT and SARAH ORCUTT.  She was born May 01, 1773, and died June 06, 1861 in Willington Hill, Tolland Co., Connecticut.

Notes for WILLIAM CURTIS:

Lived Willington, Tolland Co., Conn.  Their children were Sanford, b. Nov

7, 1800, died 1807 age 6 yrs, William b. May 20, 1802, Horace b. Feb 9

1804, Sarah Holt Curtis b.  Oct 1805 died unmarried Sept 29, 1874,

Alfred b. 1809, Oliver b. 1811, Wilson Whiting Curtis b. March 25, 1813,

Seldon born 1815, and Harvey born June 1, 1818.

Ransom's son, William Curtis, was named executor ofthe will which was made Feb. 12, 1821, and was witnessed by Joseph Parker, Oliver Holt, and Jonathan Weston.

William is listed in the 1850 census at age 76.

More About WILLIAM CURTIS:

Ancestral File Number: WHR1-P3

Burial: Abt. November 1860, Old Willington Cemetery, Willington Hill, Conn.

Census: 1850, Willington Hill, Tolland Co., Connecticut

Notes for MARY (POLLY) HOLT:

Calculated from the death year and age given in [02]

Mary is listed in the 1850 census at age 77.

More About MARY (POLLY) HOLT:

Ancestral File Number: WHRL-WG

Burial: Abt. 1861, Old Willington Cemetery, Willington Hill, Conn.

Census: 1850, Willington Hill, Tolland Co., Connecticut

Children of WILLIAM CURTIS and MARY HOLT are:

                   i.    SANFORD⁷ CURTIS, b. November 07, 1800, Willington Hill, Tolland Co., Connecticut; d. May 09, 1807, Willington Hill, Tolland Co., Connecticut.

                  ii.    WILLIAM CURTIS, b. May 20, 1802, Willington Hill, Tolland Co., Connecticut; d. March 17, 1879, Adams, Gage Co., Nebraska.

                 iii.    HORACE CURTIS, b. February 09, 1804, Willington Hill, Tolland Co., Connecticut.

                 iv.    SARAH HOLT CURTIS, b. October 24, 1805, Willington Hill, Tolland Co., Connecticut; d. September 29, 1874.

Notes for SARAH HOLT CURTIS:

Her will was probated Oct. 12, 1874; to brother Seldon $25, to niece Chiara Ann Plimpton, wife of Geo. Plimpton, the dau. of my brother Oliver H. Curtis, my string of Gold Beads to be her own.

To brother Seldon $25, to niece Chiara Ann Plimpton, wife of Geo. Plimpton, the dau. of my brother Oliver H. Curtis, my string of Gold Beads to be her own.

More About SARAH HOLT CURTIS:

Probate: October 12, 1874

                  v.    ALFRED CURTIS, b. June 07, 1809, Willington Hill, Tolland Co., Connecticut.

                 vi.    OLIVER HOLT CURTIS, b. March 30, 1811, Willington Hill, Tolland Co., Connecticut; d. February 27, 1889, Amherst, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts.

                vii.    WILSON WHITNEY CURTIS, b. March 25, 1813, Willington Hill, Tolland Co., Connecticut; d. August 10, 1890, Willington Hill, Tolland Co., Connecticut; m. SALLY ELDRIDGE; b. Abt. 1813; d. February 13, 1887, Willington Hill, Tolland Co., Connecticut.

More About WILSON WHITNEY CURTIS:

Burial: Aft. August 10, 1890, Willington Hill Old Cemetery, Connecticut

Census: Bet. 1850 - 1870, Willington Hill, Tolland Co., Connecticut

Notes for SALLY ELDRIDGE:

Her birth year was estimated from the age in her gravestone inscription.

More About SALLY ELDRIDGE:

Burial: Aft. February 13, 1887, Willington Hill Old Cemetery, Connecticut

Census: Bet. 1850 - 1870, Willington Hill, Tolland Co., Connecticut

               viii.    SELDON CURTIS, b. December 01, 1815, Willington Hill, Tolland Co., Connecticut; d. February 18, 1902, Tolland County, Connecticut.

                  ix.    HARVEY CURTIS, b. June 01, 1818, Willington Hill, Tolland Co., Connecticut; d. August 03, 1846, Willington Hill, Tolland Co., Connecticut.

18.  JASON⁶ CURTIS (RANSOM⁵, WILLIAM⁴, FRANCIS³, JOHN², FRANCIS¹) was born July 12, 1776 in Willington Hill, Tolland Co., Connecticut, and died April 12, 1855 in Marcellus, Onondaga County, New York.  He married POLLY TAYLOR, daughter of AARON TAYLOR.  She was born Abt. 1791 in New York (state), and died October 01, 1857 in Marcellus, Onondaga County, New York.

More About JASON CURTIS:

Ancestral File Number: WHR2-1R

Burial: Abt. April 1855, Jackson Cemetery, Marcellus, New York

Census: Bet. 1820 - 1850, Marcellus, Onondaga County, New York

Property: April 26, 1814, Marcellus, Onondaga County, New York; Property: He bought Lot No. 41 of Daniel Kellogg

Notes for POLLY TAYLOR:

Calculated from the given death date and age.

More About POLLY TAYLOR:

Ancestral File Number: WHR2-2X

Burial: Abt. October 1857, Jackson Cemetery, Marcellus, New York

Children of JASON CURTIS and POLLY TAYLOR are:

                   i.    AARON TAYLOR⁷ CURTIS, b. November 20, 1818; d. September 1890.

                  ii.    CATHERINE CURTIS, b. 1822, Marcellus, Onondaga County, New York; m. SAMUEL KENYON.

                 iii.    JAMES LEVI CURTIS, b. November 1825, Marcellus, Onondaga County, New York; d. August 08, 1903.

19.  JAMES⁶ CURTIS (RANSOM⁵, WILLIAM⁴, FRANCIS³, JOHN², FRANCIS¹) was born March 19, 1779 in Ashford, Windham Co., Connecticut, and died 1863 in Machias, Cattaraugus Co., New York.  He married MARY MARCY.  She died 1878 in Machias, Cattaraugus Co., New York.

Notes for JAMES CURTIS:

His name appears in the 1820 census as living in Marcellus, and is not in any subsequent census index through 1850.

More About JAMES CURTIS:

Census: 1820, Marcellus, Onondaga County, New York

Children of JAMES CURTIS and MARY MARCY are:

                   i.    ZEBEDIAH⁷ CURTIS, d. 1840; m. LOVICE HALL.

                  ii.    NANCY MAUD CURTIS, m. ERASTUS MAYO.

                 iii.    WILLIAM T. CURTIS, d. August 20, 1882, East Aurora, Erie Co., New York.

                 iv.    ORIGEN D. CURTIS, b. June 27, 1818.

20.  ASA⁶ CURTIS (RANSOM⁵, WILLIAM⁴, FRANCIS³, JOHN², FRANCIS¹) was born April 26, 1785 in Ashford, Windham Co., Connecticut, and died 1859 in Rock Island, Rock Island Co., Illinois.  He married (1) LOUIS HOLT Bef. 1807 in Willington Hill, Tolland Co., Connecticut, daughter of NATHAN HOLT and LOIS GOODALE.  She was born May 09, 1784 in Willington Hill, Tolland Co., Connecticut, and died February 20, 1821 in Penfield, Monroe Co., New York.  He married (2) ALMENA STILSON 1819 in Brokenstraw, Warren, Pennsylvania.  She was born 1800, and died September 1827 in Stilson Hill, Pennsylvania.  He married (3) ABIGAIL WALLACE September 18, 1828 in Warren, Warren Co., Pennsylvania.  She was born 1796 in New York (state), and died November 30, 1884 in Anderson Co., Kansas.

Notes for ASA CURTIS:

Baptized at the Second Congregational Church of Ashford

More About ASA CURTIS:

Ancestral File Number: WHR2-6M

Baptism: July 17, 1785, Westford, Windham Co., Connecticut

Christening: July 17, 1785, Westford, Windham Co., Connecticut

Notes for LOUIS HOLT:

The LDS entry indicated Louis Holt died 20 Feb 1821.

More About LOUIS HOLT:

Ancestral File Number: WHR2-7S

Notes for ALMENA STILSON:

Burried in Stilso Hill, Pennsylvania

More About ALMENA STILSON:

Burial: Abt. September 1827, Stilson Cemetery, Sugar Grove, Warren Co., Pennsylvania

Notes for ABIGAIL WALLACE:

I do not know Abigail's maiden name,  She was Mrs. Wallace when she

married Asa Curtis in Warren, Pa.  She had a daughter, Eliza.It is believed

that Abigail was the widow of Caleb Wallace, who was the first murder

victim in Warren Co., Pa. Abigail was born in New York about 1796.

Abigail Was a member of First United Methodist Church in Rock Island,

Illinois in 1836.  Her husband, Asa Curtis, was not a member with her,

but Morgan Ferguson was.   "Anderson Co. Kansas Family Stories &

History" by Anderson Co. Historical Soc. states that Eliza Vester

Furguson's mother was Abigail Curtis, wife of Asa Curtis.

Abigail and Asa lived in the Morgan Furguson home in Rock Island in l850.

In the l860 census, Abigail and Asa Curtis , the latter listing himself as

a "wagonmaker"lived in Camden Mills (later Milan), Illinois.  Abigail

moved from Milan, Illinois to Kansas about l870 where Morgan and Eliza

Furguson had moved about 1869.

More About ABIGAIL WALLACE:

Burial: Unknown, Kansas?

Children of ASA CURTIS and LOUIS HOLT are:

                   i.    LOUIS HOLT⁷ CURTIS, b. October 01, 1807, Willington Hill, Tolland Co., Connecticut.

More About LOUIS HOLT CURTIS:

Ancestral File Number: WHR2-80

                  ii.    MINER CURTIS, b. May 05, 1810, Redfield, Oswego Co., New York; d. November 22, 1884, Fair Point, Chautauqua Co, New York.

                 iii.    MARILDA CURTIS, b. March 23, 1812, Redfield, Oswego Co., New York.

                 iv.    WILLIAM CURTIS, b. December 01, 1815, Penfield, Monroe Co., New York; d. 1850, Rock Island, Rock Island Co., Illinois.

                  v.    MARCIA CURTIS, b. January 24, 1818, Penfield, Monroe Co., New York; d. 1843, Rock Island, Rock Island Co., Illinois.

Children of ASA CURTIS and ALMENA STILSON are:

                 vi.    ALMENA⁷ CURTIS, b. January 01, 1822, Brokenstraw, Warren, Pennsylvania; d. April 25, 1847, Stilson Hill, Pennsylvania.

Notes for ALMENA CURTIS:

The date shown is one day off the reverse calculation from the death date given in [02:  page 111.126].  However, Miner Curtis's memoirs indicates it was 1820, two years earlier.

More About ALMENA CURTIS:

Ancestral File Number: WHR2-FT

Burial: Abt. April 26, 1847, Stilson Cemetery, Sugar Grove, Warren Co., Pennsylvania

.               vii.    WELLINGTON WILSON CURTIS, b. October 21, 1823, Sugar Grove, Warren Co., Pennsylvania; d. March 08, 1889, Rock Island, Rock Island Co., Illinois.

               viii.    WARREN CURTIS, b. 1825, Warren, Warren Co., Pennsylvania; d. September 1837, Warren, Warren Co., Pennsylvania.

                  ix.    MARY E. CURTIS, b. January 01, 1827, Warren, Warren Co., Pennsylvania; d. April 09, 1833, Stilson Hill, Pennsylvania.

More About MARY E. CURTIS:

Ancestral File Number: WHR2-H6

                          Burial: Aft. April 09, 1833, Stilson Cemetery, Sugar Grove, Warren Co., Pennsylvania

21.  MINOR⁶ CURTIS (ASA⁵, WILLIAM⁴, FRANCIS³, JOHN², FRANCIS¹)  He married MAIME UNKNOWN. 

Child of MINOR CURTIS and MAIME UNKNOWN is:

                   i.    LULA MAE⁷ CURTIS, m. (1) UNKNOWN HEBERLING, Washington State; m. (2) GEORGE D ROBINS, 1899, Arkansas; d. 1915; m. (3) BEN THOMASON, Abt. 1916, Harrison Co, AR.

22.  NELSON PARKER⁶ CURTIS (ASA⁵, WILLIAM⁴, FRANCIS³, JOHN², FRANCIS¹) was born August 28, 1839 in Warren Co, PA, and died July 1923.  He married (1) TIZAH LOUISA THOMPSON.    He married (2) THIRZA LOUISE THOMPSON September 14, 1859 in Farmington, Warren, Pennsylvania, daughter of DANIEL THOMPSON and ANNIS KNAPP.  She was born May 05, 1842 in Farmington Twp, Warren, PA, and died November 08, 1921 in Warren, Warren Co., Pennsylvania.

Notes for NELSON PARKER CURTIS:

Enlisted May 7, 1861, in Co. H. 10th Reg., Pa., for three years and served in the Army of the Patomac.

First enlisted Apr. 17, 1861, for 3 months, Co. H, 39th Reg. Discharged on surgeon's certificate, Feb. 13, 1862.

(Ref; Schenck's History of Warren Co., page 177)

The service dates are also identified in several documents submitted by Nelson to claim a disability pension.  I don't believe he ever received approval for his disability.  The following  is the "Basis of Claim" statement in one of the documents:

"Alleges in declaration filed January 21, 1880, that at camp near Alexandria, Va., about March 1, 1862, he was taken with jaundice and sent to hospital at Alexandria, was taken with fever and ague about 1st May 1862, and was admitted til Aug 20, 1862; there went to regemaint, but not being able for duty was detailed by regement Surgon and sent to convalesent camp near Alexandria, Va., about 1 Nov. 1862, Disability, blout in the Stomach, pains in side and back and general disability."

Identified his birth date as Aug, 1839

More About NELSON PARKER CURTIS:

Ancestral File Number: WHR3-SV

Burial: Abt. July 07, 1923, Oakland Cemetery, Warren, Pennsylvania

Census: 1910, Warren, Warren Co., Pennsylvania

Military: Bet. May 07, 1861 - February 13, 1863, Warren, Warren Co., Pennsylvania

Occupation: Warren, Warren Co., Pennsylvania; Occupation: Carpenter, Contractor

Notes for THIRZA LOUISE THOMPSON:

Obituary from Warren newspaper, (picture of newspaper clipping supplied by Donna Duncan 03-MAR-2000)

 MRS. T. L. CURTIS BURIED

Many People From Away Attend the

Funeral Services in North Warren

NORTH WARREN, Nov. 13 - The funeral of Mrs. Tirzah L. Curtis was held last Friday from her late home here. Rev. Benjamin Swain, pastor of the North warren Presbyterian Church, officiating.  Music was by Isabell Buck and the bearers were: Frank N. curtis, Clyde T. Curtis, Harry A. Curtis, W. F. grerr, W. W. Thompson and A. A. Van Vleck. Interment was in the Oakland Cemetary  at Warren.

Among those present from away were: Mrs. Grace Harmon of Bradford, Dr. H. A. Curtis, Master George Curtis, and Miss Coletta Bennett of Corry, Mrs. Edith De Van and Tom Warren of Hankinson, North Dakota: Will W. Thompson of Ridgway: Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Gregg, Miss Ethel Gregg and Burr Turner of Kane: Elmer Thompson, Emory Thompson, Mrs. Sidney Thompson, Mrs. Luella Jenkins, Mr. and Mrs. Lavern Saddler and Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Jones of Russell: Mr. and Mrs. Frank N. Curtis and daughter Marie of Fluvanna: Mr. and Mrs. Clyde T. Curtis and daughters Audrey and Cora and son Nelson M. B. curtis and A. A. Van Vleck of Jamestown: Frank Knapp, Mr. and Mrs. William Creal, Mrs. Eva Kyler and Mrs. Jennie Burke of Warren.

While Nelson's wife's name may be misspelled her age and birth state match known demographics.

More About THIRZA LOUISE THOMPSON:

Burial: Abt. November 08, 1921, Oakland Cemetery, Warren, Pennsylvania

Census: 1910, Warren, Warren Co., Pennsylvania

Children of NELSON CURTIS and THIRZA THOMPSON are:

                   i.    CORA MAY⁷ CURTIS, b. June 16, 1860, Correwango, Warren, Pennsylvania; d. January 26, 1910, North Warren, Warren Co., Pennsylvania.

More About CORA MAY CURTIS:

Burial: Abt. January 26, 1910, Oakland Cemetery, Warren, Pennsylvania

                  ii.    ANNA ELIZA CURTIS, b. March 05, 1864, Farmington, Warren, Pennsylvania; d. February 10, 1939, North Warren, Warren Co., Pennsylvania.

                 iii.    AMANDA FITZALASS CURTIS, b. February 26, 1867, Glade, Warren, Pennsylvania; d. April 05, 1913, St. Cloud, Florida; m. (1) OSCAR F. SPENCER, January 27, 1886; d. February 14, 1904, Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania; m. (2) ERNEST ONIEOLS, June 08, 1905, Warren, Warren Co., Pennsylvania.

More About AMANDA FITZALASS CURTIS:

Burial: Abt. April 1913, Oakland Cemetery, Warren, Pennsylvania

More About OSCAR F. SPENCER:

Burial: Abt. February 14, 1904, Oakland Cemetery, Warren, Pennsylvania

                 iv.    FRANK NELSON CURTIS, b. October 29, 1869, Correwango, Warren, Pennsylvania; d. May 07, 1931, Jamestown, New York.

                  v.    CLYDE THOMPSON CURTIS, b. December 20, 1875, Correwango, Warren, Pennsylvania; d. June 26, 1948.

                 vi.    HARRISON ALLEN CURTIS, b. October 25, 1882, Correwango, Warren, Pennsylvania; d. October 07, 1972, Corry, Erie Co., Pennsylvania.

                vii.    MABEL ALENA CURTIS, b. December 18, 1884, Correwango, Warren, Pennsylvania; d. April 19, 1912, Jamestown, New York.

23.  AMASA⁶ CURTIS (FRANCIS⁵, WILLIAM⁴, FRANCIS³, JOHN², FRANCIS¹) was born June 24, 1771 in Ashford, Windham Co, CT, and died November 05, 1834 in Wyoming Co, NY.  He married EUNICE RICHMOND September 16, 1794 in Peru, Berkshire Co, MA.  She died in Wyoming Co, NY.

Notes for AMASA CURTIS:

Amasa Curtis of Middlebury executed a will on Nov. 5, 1834, filed Surrogate's Office, Genesee Co., N.Y. [FC026].  The following heirs were named:

    Eunice                  widow

    Linus                   eldest son

    Edmund                  second son

    Francis Waterman        youngest son

    Betsey, wife of _______ Webster, oldest dau.

    Eunice, wife of Isaac  Andrus

    Lydia, wife of Nathaniel Frank

    Laura, youngest daughter

Francis W. Curtis was named executor and Calvin and Levi Curtis were witnesses.

Children of AMASA CURTIS and EUNICE RICHMOND are:

                   i.    LINUS⁷ CURTIS, b. November 01, 1795, Peru, Berkshire Co, MA.

                  ii.    BETSEY CURTIS, b. September 13, 1797, Peru, Berkshire Co, MA.

                 iii.    EDMOND CURTIS, b. March 04, 1800, Peru, Berkshire Co, MA.

                 iv.    EUNICE CURTIS, b. October 19, 1802, Peru, Berkshire Co, MA.

                  v.    FRANCIS WATERMAN CURTIS, b. May 07, 1805, Peru, Berkshire Co, MA.

24.  COMFORT⁶ CURTIS, SR (FRANCIS⁵, WILLIAM⁴, FRANCIS³, JOHN², FRANCIS¹) was born November 18, 1773 in Ashford, Windham Co, CT, and died June 04, 1831 in Middlebury, Genesee Co, New York.  He married PRISCILLA A. WHITNEY April 02, 1793 in Peru, Berkshire Co, MA, daughter of JABEZ WHITNEY and EXPERIENCE FAIRBANKS.  She was born February 04, 1774 in Wrentham, Norfolk Co, Massachusetts, and died October 08, 1845 in Middlebury, Genesee Co, New York.

Notes for COMFORT CURTIS, SR:

From "History of Wyoming Co"

"Among the early settlers in 1803 were Jonathan Curtis, at Wright's Corners, and Edmund Curtis on the Warsaw Road."

"There were three of the Curtis brothers- Edmund, Calvin and Comfort."

Taken from records of the Holland Land Company:

Jotham Curtiss 1803 lots 3,4,7,4,6, and 8, section 15

Edmund Curtis 1801, lots 4 and 6, section 14

Edmund Curtis 1805, lots 2,4, and 6, section 13

Jonathan Curtis 1806, part of lots 3,5,7,4,6, and 8, section 15

Edmund Curtis 1806, part of lots 4 and 6, section 14

Edmund Curtis 1806, lots 10 and 12, section 9

Edmund Curtis 1806, lots 7 and 9, section 13

Comfort was born in Ashford, CT and moved with his parents to Peru, MA, where he married Priscilla.

The following was compiled by Mrs. Bertha A. Knowlton;

        "From the indoces to the various census records it appears that Comfort Curtis was living in Berkshire Co, Mass in 1800, then moved to Middlebury, Genesee Co, NY (in the area that was set off as Wyoming Co in 1841), where he is listed in the 1810, 1820, and 1830 census schedules."

Comfort is listed in the 1798 Massachusetts and Maine Direct Tax Census with a log

house and 100 acres in Partridgefield (now Peru), Berkshire County, Massachusetts.  Mrs. Martha

Beardsley (1907) indicates that Comfort removed to Middlebury, Wyoming County, New York,

where he settled on a farm on the east side of Oatka Creek.  In 1810, he is listed in the census for

Warsaw, Genessee (now Wyoming) County, New York.

     By will of 17 May 1831, Cumfort bequeaths several tracts of land and part of his home

farm to his wife Priscilla and his youngest son Spencer L. Curtis, Spencer to have the whole after

the death of Priscilla.  Three tracts were involved (two were of 6 and 32 acres and the last

including part of his home farm), all in Middlebury on the east side of Allens Creek bounded by

the lands of Lyman Howard, Oliver Curtis and Levi Curtis.  The remainder of Cumfort's land he

wished divided among his three eldest sons and three daughters.  Priscilla Curtis and Cumfort's

brother Oliver were named Executors.  Witnesses were John Higgins, Hosea Fisk and Truman

Fisk.

     By codicil of 4 June 1831, however, Cumfort indicated that Spencer and Cumfort's eldest

son Cumfort should divide all his lands after the death of Priscilla and that Cumfort's other heirs

should not share in his estate.  Witnesses were John Higgins, Ezra Smith and Truman Fisk, all of

Middlebury. The will was proved on 29 August 1831.

     Oliver Curtiss swore on 29 Aug 1831 that Priscilla Curtis was the widow of Cumfort

Curtis and that his children were Ransom Curtis and Sally Goodrich of Chautauqua County and

Cumfort Curtis, Levi Curtis and Caroline Cronkite, all of full age and residing in Genesee County,

and Polly Curtis and Spencer L. Curtis, who were minors residing in Genesee County.

Comfort Curtis of Middlebury executed a will dated June 17, 1831 with a codicil of June 4. 1831.  This was filed in the Surrogate'sOffice, Genesee Co., N.Y. and proved Aug. 29, 1831.  The will named as heirs his widow Priscilla, his eldest  son Comfort Jr., and sons Levi and Spencer L., a minor.  Also named were a daughter, Sally, wife of Peter Goodrich of Chautauqua Co., N.Y., Caroline wife of Tunis Cronkhite of Genesee Co., N.Y., and Polly Curtis, a minor, together with his brother Oliver Curtis [FC026].

More About COMFORT CURTIS, SR:

Burial: Abt. June 1831, Wyoming Village Cemetery, Wyoming Co, New York

Misc: buried in Middlebury

Will: June 17, 1831, Middlebury, Wyoming Co., New York

More About PRISCILLA A. WHITNEY:

Burial: Wyoming Village Cemetery, Wyoming Co, New York

Misc: buried in Middlebury

Children of COMFORT CURTIS and PRISCILLA WHITNEY are:

                   i.    COMFORT⁷ CURTIS, JR, b. April 16, 1797, Peru, Berkshire Co, MA; d. Buste, Chautauqua Co, NY.

                  ii.    SARAH "SALLY" CURTIS, b. April 02, 1799, Peru, Berkshire Co, MA; d. 1848, Aurora Kane Co, Illinois.

                 iii.    RANSOM B. CURTIS, b. August 20, 1803, Middlebury, Genesee Co, New York; d. April 16, 1876, Sugar Grove, Warren Co, PA.

                 iv.    LEVI CURTIS, b. August 19, 1804, Peru, Berkshire Co, MA; d. May 23, 1867, Middlebury, Wyoming Co, New York.

                  v.    MARY "POLLY" CURTIS, b. Abt. 1806, Middlebury, Genesee Co, New York; d. Aft. 1845, Illinois; m. JOSEPH CLARK, Illinios; d. Illinois.

Notes for MARY "POLLY" CURTIS:

Mary was single and listed as a minor in 1831 in her father's will.  Her father calls her "Polly" in the will.

More About MARY "POLLY" CURTIS:

Misc: resided Illinois 1845

                 vi.    ELIZABETH "BETSEY" CURTIS, b. Middlebury, Genesee Co, New York; d. July 1810, Middlebury, Genesee Co, New York.

                vii.    LYMAN CURTIS, b. Middlebury, Genesee Co, New York; d. Middlebury, Genesee Co, New York.

More About LYMAN CURTIS:

Misc: d July 4, ????

               viii.    CAROLINE CURTIS, b. 1810, Middlebury, Genesee Co, New York.

                  ix.    SPENCER LYMAN CURTIS, b. November 28, 1819, Middlebury, Genesee Co, New York; d. March 12, 1872, Middlebury, Wyoming Co., New York.

25.  ORPHA⁶ CURTIS (FRANCIS⁵, WILLIAM⁴, FRANCIS³, JOHN², FRANCIS¹) was born Abt. 1786 in Hinsdale, Berkshire Co, MA, and died April 12, 1854 in Orangeville, Wyoming Co., New York.  She married JAMES ATHERTON WEBSTER July 10, 1804 in Peru, Berkshire Co, MA, son of CONSTANT WEBSTER and LOIS KINNE.  He was born April 03, 1783 in Worthington, MA, and died April 14, 1864 in Orangeville, Wyoming Co, NY.

Children of ORPHA CURTIS and JAMES WEBSTER are:

                   i.    JAMES CONSTANT⁷ WEBSTER, b. May 20, 1823, Warsaw, Wyoming Co, NY; d. April 02, 1852, St Francisberg, Clark Co, MO.

                  ii.    POLLY WEBSTER, b. Abt. 1805, New York.

                 iii.    CHLOE WEBSTER, b. Abt. 1806, New York.

                 iv.    BETSEY SMITH WEBSTER, b. Abt. 1808, Orangeville, Wyoming Co, NY; m. PHILO MERRILL; b. Abt. 1806.

                  v.    SARAH WEBSTER, b. February 22, 1811, Orangeville, Wyoming Co, NY; m. MARSHALL BRISTOL CROSSETT.

                 vi.    CHARLES WEBSTER, b. May 14, 1813, Orangeville, Wyoming Co, NY; m. THANKFUL MERRILL.

                vii.    LYDIA WEBSTER, b. July 22, 1815, Warsaw, Wyoming Co, NY; m. ALBERT CROSSETT.

               viii.    MARY ANN WEBSTER, b. February 11, 1818, Orangeville, Wyoming Co, NY; m. GILES EASTON COWDIN.

                  ix.    ORPAH WEBSTER, b. October 30, 1820, Orangeville, Wyoming Co, NY; m. SAMUEL GIBSON.

                   x.    ELIZA ANN WEBSTER, b. May 08, 1826; m. SHELDON CROSSETT.

                  xi.    FRANCIS CURTIS WEBSTER, b. March 09, 1829, Warsaw, Wyoming Co, NY; m. MARY PANE SHIPMAN.

                 xii.    GEORGE WASHINGTON WEBSTER, b. July 08, 1833, Wethersfield, NY; m. MINERVA BOOTH.

26.  STEPHEN⁶ CURTIS (JEREMIAH⁵, BENJAMIN⁴, JOSHUA³, BENJAMIN², FRANCIS¹)

Child of STEPHEN CURTIS is:

                   i.    GEORGE W.⁷ CURTIS.

Generation No. 7

27.  RANSOM⁷ CURTIS (JOSEPH⁶, RANSOM⁵, WILLIAM⁴, FRANCIS³, JOHN², FRANCIS¹) was born September 08, 1794 in Willington Hill, Tolland Co., Connecticut, and died February 03, 1879 in South Bend, St. Joseph Co., Indiana.  He married (1) MARY VENN.  She died 1836 in Painesville, Lake Co., Ohio.  He married (2) ELIZABETH UNKNOWN January 01, 1839 in Chardon, Geauga Co., Ohio.  She was born Abt. 1801 in New Jersey.

Notes for RANSOM CURTIS:

Service identified from data on file at the National Archives

Listed in the census at age 55 and born in Connecticut.  His occupation was recorded as farming.

More About RANSOM CURTIS:

Census: 1850, Portage, Porter Co., Indiana

Military: Abt. 1812, War of 1812

Occupation: 1850, Portage, Porter Co., Indiana; Occupation: Farmer

Notes for ELIZABETH UNKNOWN:

The birth year is estimated from the age recoded in the 1850 census.

Listed in the census at age 49.

More About ELIZABETH <UNKNOWN>:

Census: 1850, Madison, Lake Co., Ohio

Child of RANSOM CURTIS and MARY VENN is:

                   i.    ANDREW I.⁸ CURTIS, b. Abt. 1834, New York (state).

Notes for ANDREW I. CURTIS:

His birth year was estimated from the 1850 census recorded age.  Also his birth state is identified in the same census record.

His age recorded in the census was 16, and hew was identified as born in New York.

More About ANDREW I. CURTIS:

Census: 1850, Portage, Porter Co., Indiana

                          Occupation: 1850, Portage, Porter Co., Indiana; Occupation: Teaming

Child of RANSOM CURTIS and ELIZABETH <UNKNOWN> is:

                  ii.    NELSON A.⁸ CURTIS, b. Abt. 1840, Ohio.

Notes for NELSON A. CURTIS:

His birth year is estimated from the recorded age in the 1850 census. The census also listed his birth state as Ohio.

He was listed in the census at age 10 and born in Ohio.

More About NELSON A. CURTIS:

                           Census: 1850, Portage, Porter Co., Indiana

28.  JOSEPH⁷ CURTIS (JOSEPH⁶, RANSOM⁵, WILLIAM⁴, FRANCIS³, JOHN², FRANCIS¹) was born February 05, 1796 in Willington Hill, Tolland Co., Connecticut.  He married LOUISA RYDER, daughter of JOSEPH RYDER.  She was born 1799 in Tolland, Tolland Co., Connecticut.

Notes for JOSEPH CURTIS:

Listed in the 1850 census at age 52 and the 1860 census at age 65. The 1850 census also identified his occupation as farmer.

More About JOSEPH CURTIS:

Census: 1840, Madison, Lake Co., Ohio

Occupation: 1850, Concord, Lake Co., Ohio; Occupation: Farmer

Notes for LOUISA RYDER:

Listed in the 1850 census at age 52 and the 1860 census at age 62.

More About LOUISA RYDER:

Census: Bet. 1850 - 1860, Concord, Lake Co., Ohio

Children of JOSEPH CURTIS and LOUISA RYDER are:

                   i.    EMILY⁸ CURTIS, b. Abt. 1833, Ohio.

Notes for EMILY CURTIS:

The birth year was estimated from the recorded age in the 1860 census.

Listed in the 1850 census at age 18 and the 1860 census at age 27.  In the 1850 census she was identified as the twin sister of Emeline.

More About EMILY CURTIS:

Census: Bet. 1850 - 1860, Concord, Lake Co., Ohio

                  ii.    EMELINE CURTIS, b. Abt. 1833, Concord, Lake Co., Ohio.

Notes for EMELINE CURTIS:

Her age was estimated from the 1860 census recorded age.

Listed in the 1850 census at age 18 and the 1860 census at age 27.  In the 1850 census she was identified as the twin sister of Emily.

More About EMELINE CURTIS:

Census: Bet. 1850 - 1860, Concord, Lake Co., Ohio

                 iii.    JOSEPH CURTIS, b. Abt. 1835, Ohio.

Notes for JOSEPH CURTIS:

His birth year was estimated from the 1860 census recorded age.

Listed in the 1850 census at age 15 and the 1860 census at age 25.

More About JOSEPH CURTIS:

Census: Bet. 1850 - 1860, Concord, Lake Co., Ohio

                 iv.    LAURA A. CURTIS, b. Abt. 1839, Ohio.

Notes for LAURA A. CURTIS:

Her birth year was estimated from the recorded age in the 1850 census.

Listed in the 1850 census at age 11.

More About LAURA A. CURTIS:

Census: 1850, Concord, Lake Co., Ohio

                  v.    MARY CURTIS, b. Abt. 1841, Ohio.

Notes for MARY CURTIS:

Her birth year was estimated from the recorded age in the 1860 census.

Listed in the 1860 census at age 19.

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                          Census: 1860, Concord, Lake Co., Ohio

29.  HORACE⁷ CURTIS (JOSEPH⁶, RANSOM⁵, WILLIAM⁴, FRANCIS³, JOHN², FRANCIS¹) was born November 07, 1797 in Willington Hill, Tolland Co., Connecticut, and died November 01, 1839 in Mentor, Lake Co., Ohio.  He married HARRIET TURNER October 13, 1823 in Albany, Albany Co., New York.  She was born March 09, 1802 in New York (state), and died 1886.

Notes for HORACE CURTIS:

The name listed n the census was "Horrice Curtiss"

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Census: 1830, Albany, Albany Co., New York

Military: 1812, War of 1812

Notes for HARRIET TURNER:

Horace's 1812 war record gives her birth date as March 9, 1802.

According to Horace's 1812 war record his widow, Harriet, died in 1886.

Census identified head of household was widow Harriet Curtis.  Her age was listed at 47 and her birth state was New York.

At the 1870 census, Painesville, Harriet Curtis, age 68, was living in the househld of her daughter, Angeline Grover, age 42, b. N.Y., husband Alonzo Grover, age 43, b. Ohio, and their three children. Harriet is also included in the family of her son, Zerah, at the same census.

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Census: 1850, Painesville, Lake Co., Ohio

Children of HORACE CURTIS and HARRIET TURNER are:

                   i.    ZERAH HIRAM⁸ CURTIS, b. September 28, 1824, New York (state).

                  ii.    HARRIET ELIZABETH CURTIS, b. May 22, 1826, New York (state).

Notes for HARRIET ELIZABETH CURTIS:

Birth state came from the 1850 census.

Her age was listed at 24 and her birth state was recorded as New York.

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Census: 1850, Painesville, Lake Co., Ohio

                 iii.    MARY ANGELINE CURTIS, b. December 31, 1827, New York (state); m. ALONZO GROVER; b. Abt. 1827, Ohio.

Notes for MARY ANGELINE CURTIS:

Her birth state came from the 1850 census.

Her age was listed at 22 and her birth state was recorded as New York.

Listed in the census at age 43 living with her husband, Alonzo Grover.

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Census: 1850, Painesville, Lake Co., Ohio

Notes for ALONZO GROVER:

His birth year is estimated from the recorded age in the 1870 census. Also, the census provides the birth state.

Listed in the census at age 43 and born in Ohio.

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Census: 1870, Painesville, Lake Co., Ohio

                 iv.    JOSEPH HORACE CURTIS, b. April 09, 1830.

                  v.    ELI SAMUEL CURTIS, b. November 23, 1833, Ohio; d. July 25, 1854.

Notes for ELI SAMUEL CURTIS:

His age was listed at 16, and the birth state was recorded as Ohio.

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Census: 1850, Painesville, Lake Co., Ohio

                 vi.    AMANDA MALVINA CURTIS, b. August 13, 1837, Ohio; m. CHARLES CADY, August 18, 1857.

Notes for AMANDA MALVINA CURTIS:

Her birth state came from the 1850 census.

Her age was listed at 13 and her birth state was recorded as Ohio.

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Census: 1850, Painesville, Lake Co., Ohio

                vii.    MARCIA CURTIS, b. Abt. 1839, Ohio.

Notes for MARCIA CURTIS:

The birth year was estimated from the recorded age in the 1850 census. Her birth state also came from the census.

Her age recorded in the census was 11.  Her birth state was recorded as Ohio.

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                          Census: 1850, Painesville, Lake Co., Ohio

30.  ZERA⁷ CURTIS (JOSEPH⁶, RANSOM⁵, WILLIAM⁴, FRANCIS³, JOHN², FRANCIS¹) was born December 20, 1805 in Cambridge, Washington Co., New York.  He married ACHSA <UNKNOWN>.  She was born Abt. 1812 in Vermont.

Notes for ZERA CURTIS:

In the 1850 census he was listed at age 44, occupation farmer.

Listed in the census at age 65, occupation farmer.

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Census: Bet. 1840 - 1850, Grand Blanc, Genesee Co., Michigan

Occupation: Bet. 1850 - 1870, Grand Blanc, Genesee Co., Michigan; Occupation: Farmer

Notes for ACHSA <UNKNOWN>:

The birth year and state were derived from the 1850 census.

Listed in the census at age 38 and born in Vermont.

She is listed as 'Aclsah' and her age was 54 and her birth sate was New York.  These are significant discrepancies from the 1850 census.

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Census: 1850, Grand Blanc, Genesee Co., Michigan

Children of ZERA CURTIS and ACHSA <UNKNOWN> are:

                   i.    RHODA⁸ CURTIS, b. Abt. 1830, New York (state).

Notes for RHODA CURTIS:

Her birth year and state were derived from the 1850 census.

Listed in the census at age 20 and born in New York.

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Census: 1850, Grand Blanc, Genesee Co., Michigan

                  ii.    CLARISSA CURTIS, b. Abt. 1833, New York (state).

Notes for CLARISSA CURTIS:

The birth year and state were derived from the 1850 census.

Listed in the census at age 17 and born in New York.

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Census: 1850, Grand Blanc, Genesee Co., Michigan

                 iii.    MARCUS CURTIS, b. Abt. 1835, New York (state).

Notes for MARCUS CURTIS:

The birth year and state were derived from the 1850 census.

Listed in the census at age 15 and born in New York.

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Census: 1850, Grand Blanc, Genesee Co., Michigan

                 iv.    MARTHA CURTIS, b. Abt. 1841, Michigan.

Notes for MARTHA CURTIS:

The birth year and state were derived from the 1850 census.

Listed in the census at age 9 and born in Michigan.

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Census: 1850, Grand Blanc, Genesee Co., Michigan

                  v.    HORACE Z. CURTIS, b. September 1845, Ohio.

Notes for HORACE Z. CURTIS:

The birth year was derived from the 1900 census.  The birth state was derived from the 1850 census.

Listed in the census at age 4 and born in Ohio.

Listed in the census at age 24, born in New York, occupation carpenter.

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Census: 1850, Grand Blanc, Genesee Co., Michigan

                          Occupation: 1870, Grand Blanc, Genesee Co., Michigan; Occupation: Carpenter

31.  ORLANDO⁷ CURTIS (JOSEPH⁶, RANSOM⁵, WILLIAM⁴, FRANCIS³, JOHN², FRANCIS¹) was born July 20, 1812 in Lee, Oneida Co., New York.  He married MARTHA <UNKNOWN>.  She was born Abt. 1823 in New York (state).

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Census: 1850, Painesville, Lake Co., Ohio

Notes for MARTHA UNKNOWN:

Her birth year and state was derived from the 1850 census.

Listed in the census at age 27 and born in New York.

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Census: 1850, Painesville, Lake Co., Ohio

Children of ORLANDO CURTIS and MARTHA <UNKNOWN> are:

                   i.    EMELINE⁸ CURTIS, b. Abt. 1845, Ohio.

Notes for EMELINE CURTIS:

The birth year and state were derived from the 1850 census.

Listed in the census at age 5, born in Ohio.

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Census: 1850, Painesville, Lake Co., Ohio

                  ii.    LOUISA E. CURTIS, b. Abt. 1848, Ohio.

Notes for LOUISA E. CURTIS:

The birth year and state were derived from the 1850 census.

Listed in the census at age 2 and born in Ohio.

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                          Census: 1850, Painesville, Lake Co., Ohio

32.  IRA⁷ CURTIS (JOSEPH⁶, RANSOM⁵, WILLIAM⁴, FRANCIS³, JOHN², FRANCIS¹) was born July 06, 1822, and died January 01, 1903.  He married LAVINA GOODELL, daughter of NATHAN GOODELL and HANNAH GRISWOLD.  She was born January 1824, and died February 08, 1860.

Notes for IRA CURTIS:

Benjamin was listed in census at age 28, occupation sawyer, and in the household of Benjamin Poster (age 32 and unmarried).

He is listed in the census at age 48 and occupation farmer.

He is listed in the census living in the family of his son, Addison G. Curtis.

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Census: 1850, Mentor, Lake Co., Ohio

Children of IRA CURTIS and LAVINA GOODELL are:

                   i.    FLORENCE⁸ CURTIS, b. Abt. 1854, Mentor, Lake Co., Ohio.

Notes for FLORENCE CURTIS:

Her birth year was estimated from the recorded age in the 1870 census. The census also identified her birth state as Ohio.

She is listed in the census at age 16.

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Census: 1870, Loda, Iroquois Co., Illinois

                  ii.    ADDISON GOODELL CURTIS, b. February 1857, Mentor, Lake Co., Ohio.

Notes for ADDISON GOODELL CURTIS:

The 1900 census identified the birth month and year.

He is listed in the census at age 13 and his birth state was Ohio.

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                          Census: 1870, Loda, Iroquois Co., Illinois

33.  ERASTUS⁷ CURTIS (JOSEPH⁶, RANSOM⁵, WILLIAM⁴, FRANCIS³, JOHN², FRANCIS¹) was born December 12, 1828, and died April 07, 1907 in Loda, Iroquois Co., Illinois.  He married ROXINA <UNKNOWN>.  She was born May 1827 in New York (state).

Notes for ROXINA UNKNOWN:

Listed in the census with birth date May 1827, state New York.

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Census: 1900, Loda, Iroquois Co., Illinois

Children of ERASTUS CURTIS and ROXINA <UNKNOWN> are:

                   i.    BYRON⁸ CURTIS, b. May 1857, Loda, Iroquois Co., Illinois.

Notes for BYRON CURTIS:

Listed in the censu born in Illionois on May, 1857.

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Census: 1900, Loda, Iroquois Co., Illinois

                  ii.    ALVIN CURTIS, b. May 1869, Loda, Iroquois Co., Illinois.

Notes for ALVIN CURTIS:

Listed in the censu born in Illionois on May, 1869.

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                          Census: 1900, Loda, Iroquois Co., Illinois

34.  WILLIAM⁷ CURTIS (WILLIAM⁶, RANSOM⁵, WILLIAM⁴, FRANCIS³, JOHN², FRANCIS¹) was born May 20, 1802 in Willington Hill, Tolland Co., Connecticut, and died March 17, 1879 in Adams, Gage Co., Nebraska.  He married LAURA MERRICK.  She was born November 04, 1803 in Willington Hill, Tolland Co., Connecticut, and died September 02, 1885 in Adams, Gage Co., Nebraska.

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Burial: Aft. March 17, 1879, Highland Cemetery, Adams, Nebraska

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Burial: Aft. September 02, 1885, Highland Cemetery, Adams, Nebraska

Children of WILLIAM CURTIS and LAURA MERRICK are:

                   i.    MARY IRENE⁸ CURTIS, b. October 22, 1831, Barcelona, Chautauqua Co., New York; d. April 05, 1911, Adams, Gage Co., Nebraska; m. HORACE C. BARMORE, October 06, 1859, Howard Twp., Cass Co., Michigan.

                  ii.    JULIA ANN CURTIS, b. May 17, 1833, Portland, Chautauqua Co., New York; d. October 10, 1839, Chautauqua County, New York.

                 iii.    EDWIN L. CURTIS, b. October 06, 1835, Chautauqua, Chautauqua Co., New York; d. February 11, 1838, Chautauqua County, New York.

                 iv.    WILLIAM AUSTIN CURTIS, b. August 23, 1838, Westfield, Chautauqua Co., New York; m. ANN YOUNG PERKINS.

                  v.    SARAH ELLEN CURTIS, b. March 22, 1841, Westfield, Chautauqua Co., New York; d. May 01, 1852.

35.  HORACE⁷ CURTIS (WILLIAM⁶, RANSOM⁵, WILLIAM⁴, FRANCIS³, JOHN², FRANCIS¹) was born February 09, 1804 in Willington Hill, Tolland Co., Connecticut.  He married SARAH M. UNKNOWN. 

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Census: Bet. 1850 - 1860, Hudson Lake, La Porte Co., Indiana

Occupation: Bet. 1850 - 1860, Hudson Lake, La Porte Co., Indiana; Occupation: Farmer

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Census: Bet. 1850 - 1860, Hudson Lake, La Porte Co., Indiana

Children of HORACE CURTIS and SARAH <UNKNOWN> are:

                   i.    GEORGE⁸ CURTIS, b. 1833, Pennsylvania.

                  ii.    HORACE CURTIS, b. 1838, Pennsylvania.

                 iii.    ALFRED CURTIS, b. 1841, Pennsylvania.

                 iv.    LEANDER CURTIS, b. 1843, Pennsylvania.

                  v.    HARRIET CURTIS, b. 1845, Indiana.

                 vi.    ANN MARIA CURTIS, b. 1848, Indiana.

                vii.    CALVIN CURTIS, b. 1853, Indiana.

               viii.    EMELINE CURTIS, b. 1857, Indiana.

36.  ALFRED⁷ CURTIS (WILLIAM⁶, RANSOM⁵, WILLIAM⁴, FRANCIS³, JOHN², FRANCIS¹) was born June 07, 1809 in Willington Hill, Tolland Co., Connecticut.  He married EUNICE RIDER. 

Child of ALFRED CURTIS and EUNICE RIDER is:

                   i.    HENRY⁸ CURTIS, b. Abt. April 10, 1835, Willington Hill, Tolland Co., Connecticut; d. June 11, 1835, Willington Hill, Tolland Co., Connecticut.

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                          Burial: Aft. June 11, 1835, Willington Hill Old Cemetery, Connecticut

37.  OLIVER HOLT⁷ CURTIS (WILLIAM⁶, RANSOM⁵, WILLIAM⁴, FRANCIS³, JOHN², FRANCIS¹) was born March 30, 1811 in Willington Hill, Tolland Co., Connecticut, and died February 27, 1889 in Amherst, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts.  He married EMILY HILLS, daughter of LEONARD HILLS and MARRY LADD.  She was born Abt. 1811 in Ellington, Tolland Co, Connecticut, and died March 27, 1888 in Amherst, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts.

Notes for OLIVER HOLT CURTIS:

Listed in the census at age 39.

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Burial: Aft. February 27, 1889, Amherst, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts

Census: 1850, Amherst, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts

Notes for EMILY HILLS:

Her birth year is estimated from the recorded age in the 1850 census. The 1850 census also identifies her birth state as Connecticut.

Her age was listed in the census at 39 years.  She along with all the adults were identified as being born in Connecticut.

Her age was listed at 59 years.

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Census: 1850, Willington Hill, Tolland Co., Connecticut

Children of OLIVER CURTIS and EMILY HILLS are:

                   i.    CHIARA⁸ CURTIS, b. May 27, 1841, Amherst, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts; m. GEORGE PLIMPTON.

Notes for CHIARA CURTIS:

She is listed at 9 years old in the census.

She is listed at 29 years old in the census.  Her name is misspelled "Charry".

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Census: 1850, Amherst, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts

                  ii.    WILLIAM LEONARD CURTIS, b. March 14, 1843, Amherst, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts.

                 iii.    EMILY AMELIA CURTIS, b. April 17, 1846, Amherst, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts.

Notes for EMILY AMELIA CURTIS:

Listed in the census at age 4.

Listed in the census at age 25.

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Census: 1850, Amherst, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts

                 iv.    FRANK OLIVER CURTIS, b. September 09, 1848, Amherst, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts.

Notes for FRANK OLIVER CURTIS:

Listed in the census at age 1.

Listed in the census at age 21 with occupation "works on farm".

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Census: 1850, Amherst, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts

                  v.    SAMUEL HOLT CURTIS, b. September 11, 1850, Amherst, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts.

38.  SELDON⁷ CURTIS (WILLIAM⁶, RANSOM⁵, WILLIAM⁴, FRANCIS³, JOHN², FRANCIS¹) was born December 01, 1815 in Willington Hill, Tolland Co., Connecticut, and died February 18, 1902 in Tolland County, Connecticut.  He married (1) MARY BISHOP.  She was born Abt. 1820, and died October 21, 1852 in Tolland County, Connecticut.  He married (2) MARTHA AURELIA SKINNER.  She was born March 14, 1822, and died September 21, 1892 in Tolland County, Connecticut.

Notes for SELDON CURTIS:

Selden Curtis has not been identified In the 1900 census [SOUNDEX

Edition] in Connecticut.

Listed in the census at age 34 with occupation shoemaker.

Listed in the census at age 60 and occupation farmer.

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Burial: Aft. February 18, 1902, Willington Hill Old Cemetery, Connecticut

Census: 1850, Willington Hill, Tolland Co., Connecticut

Notes for MARY BISHOP:

Her birth year was estimated from the gravestone inscriptions statement indicating her age at death.

She is listed in the census at age 29.

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Burial: Aft. October 21, 1852, Willington Hill Old Cemetery, Connecticut

Census: 1850, Willington Hill, Tolland Co., Connecticut

Children of SELDON CURTIS and MARY BISHOP are:

                   i.    GEORGE F⁸ CURTIS, b. Abt. 1842, Tolland County, Connecticut.

Notes for GEORGE F CURTIS:

His birth year was estimated from the age recorded in the 1850 census.

Listed in the census at age 8.

Listed in the census at age 21 and working on a farm.

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Census: 1850, Willington Hill, Tolland Co., Connecticut

                  ii.    HAYT O. CURTIS, b. Abt. 1845, Tolland County, Connecticut.

Notes for HAYT O. CURTIS:

The birth year was estimated from the recorded age in the 1850 census.

Listed in the census at age 5.

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Census: 1850, Willington Hill, Tolland Co., Connecticut

                 iii.    ELLA G. CURTIS, b. Abt. 1849, Tolland County, Connecticut.

Notes for ELLA G. CURTIS:

Her birth year was estimated from the recorded age in the 1850 census.

She was listed in the census at age 1.

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                          Census: 1850, Willington Hill, Tolland Co., Connecticut

39.  HARVEY⁷ CURTIS (WILLIAM⁶, RANSOM⁵, WILLIAM⁴, FRANCIS³, JOHN², FRANCIS¹) was born June 01, 1818 in Willington Hill, Tolland Co., Connecticut, and died August 03, 1846 in Willington Hill, Tolland Co., Connecticut.  He married ABIGAIL HOAR October 28, 1839 in Willington Hill, Tolland Co., Connecticut. 

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Burial: Aft. August 03, 1846, Willington Hill Old Cemetery, Connecticut

EVEN: October 05, 1839, Monson, Hampden Co., Massachusetts

Notes for ABIGAIL HOAR:

Abigail, the widow of Harvey Curtis, was not found in the 1850 census for Tolland County.

Child of HARVEY CURTIS and ABIGAIL HOAR is:

                   i.    MARY SELAH⁸ CURTIS, b. January 25, 1842, Monson, Hampden Co., Massachusetts.

40.  AARON TAYLOR⁷ CURTIS (JASON⁶, RANSOM⁵, WILLIAM⁴, FRANCIS³, JOHN², FRANCIS¹) was born November 20, 1818, and died September 1890.  He married HARRIET MOSHER, daughter of CALVIN MOSHER and MARY BAGG.  She was born 1830, and died 1894.

Notes for AARON TAYLOR CURTIS:

Listed at age 35

He is listed in the census at age 51, occupation farmer.

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Census: 1850, Carroll, Cattaraugus Co., New York

Notes for HARRIET MOSHER:

Listed in the census at age 18.

She is listed in the census at age 39, keeping house.

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Census: 1850, Carroll, Cattaraugus Co., New York

Children of AARON CURTIS and HARRIET MOSHER are:

                   i.    ELLEN⁸ CURTIS, b. Abt. 1848, Carroll, Cattaraugus Co., New York; d. 1919; m. WILLIAM DALRYMPLE, 1866.

Notes for ELLEN CURTIS:

Listed in the census at age 22, occupation housekeeper

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Census: 1870, Carroll, Cattaraugus Co., New York

                  ii.    POLLY CURTIS, b. 1850, Carroll, Cattaraugus Co., New York; d. 1919; m. CHARLES DALRYMPLE, 1868.

Notes for POLLY CURTIS:

Listed in the census at age 19

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Census: 1870, Carroll, Cattaraugus Co., New York

                 iii.    JASON CURTIS, b. 1856.

Notes for JASON CURTIS:

Listed in the census at age 14, works on farm

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                          Census: 1870, Carroll, Cattaraugus Co., New York

41.  JAMES LEVI⁷ CURTIS (JASON⁶, RANSOM⁵, WILLIAM⁴, FRANCIS³, JOHN², FRANCIS¹) was born November 1825 in Marcellus, Onondaga County, New York, and died August 08, 1903.  He married ESTHER J. WEBBER Bef. 1860, daughter of WILLIAM WEBBER and ELIZA <UNKNOWN>.  She was born March 1831, and died 1908.