John Curtis (Immigrant)

M, #1300, b. 26 February 1614/15, d. 6 December 1707
John Curtis (Immigrant)|b. 26 Feb 1614/15\nd. 6 Dec 1707|p1300.htm|John Curtis (of Nazing & London)|b. 15 Sep 1577\nd. c 1640|p2600.htm|Elizabeth Hutchins (called "widow Curtiss")|d. Jun 1658|p2601.htm|William Curtis (of Hatton)||p5200.htm|(__________) (__________)||p5201.htm|||||||
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Pedigree for John Jewett Garland
Father* John Curtis (of Nazing & London) b. 15 Sep 1577, d. c 1640
Mother* Elizabeth Hutchins (called "widow Curtiss") d. Jun 1658
Birthcirca 1611 John Curtis (Immigrant) was born circa 1611 calculated from age at death. 
Baptism*26 February 1614/15He was baptized on 26 February 1614/15 at Nazing, Essex, England.1 
He was the son of John Curtis (of Nazing & London) and Elizabeth Hutchins (called "widow Curtiss")
Marriage*John Curtis (Immigrant) married Elizabeth Welles she was supposed to have been a sister of Gov. Thomas Welles.2 
(InWillOf) WillJohn Curtis (Immigrant) was mentioned in the will of Elizabeth Hutchins (called "widow Curtiss") at Fairfield Co., Connecticut; The Last Will and Testatment of Elizabeth Curtiss...being weak yeat perfect in her minde as is...
     
Inprmis. Unto her two Sonns John Curtiss and William doe give my Mare and Coalt...
     
It. Unto John Curtiss & Jonathan Curtiss ye Sonnes of my Sonnes John & William my Grandchildren I doe give the coalt that my young Mare hath: And after the sayd young mare hath up her first coalt, Then I doe give ye sayd young mare to the Rest of my Grandchildren, Sonns and Daughters of my aforefd Sonns John & William:
     
It. I doe give one houfe and Lott to my grandchildren, John Curtiss & Ifrael & Jonathan & Sarah Curtiss ye children of ye said John & William: And they to enjoy it when they come to ye age of twenty:
     
It. I doe give unto my Grandchilde Mary Curtiss ye daughter of Thomas Curtiss forty shillings & to bee paid unto her by my sonns John & William within a yeare after my defesase:
     
It. I doe give unto my Sonns John & William Curtiss my two cowss, one hiefer, one bullock and a calf after my decsas; provided yt if my sayd young mare before given to my Grandchildren should miscarry. Then my Will is if my two sonns John and William Curtiss should give foure pounds each of them to there Children yt have no share in my house and Lott to be paid att ye Age of twentie:
     
It. I doe give my Bible to John Curtiss my Grandchilde the Sonn of John Curtiss allso my desire is yt there be so much of my Corn sould as may buy a bible for Jonathan Curtiss ye Sonn of my Sonn William and given to him:
     
The Rest of my goods Within ye house that are moveable goods I doe give to me Sonns John & William Curtiss to be equally divided betwixt them.
     
My two Sonns John Curtiss & William Curtiss I doe make executors: my will is yt John Burdseye, Henry Wakelyn and Joseph Hawly shall bee overseers of this my Last Will and Testament.
     
Elizabeth Curtiss
     
In ye prsence of
John Brimsmaid
John Washborn
(Fairfield Probate Records, v.1648-56, pg 17).2 
Marriage*John Curtis (Immigrant) married Margaret (__________).3 
Death*6 December 1707John Curtis (Immigrant) died on 6 December 1707 at Stratford, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, at age 92 "age about 96 yr."4 

Family 1

 Elizabeth Welles d. 9 Mar 1681/82
Marriage*He married Elizabeth Welles she was supposed to have been a sister of Gov. Thomas Welles.2 
Children 1.John Curtis4,2 b. 14 Oct 1642
 2.Lt Israel Curtis+4,2,5 b. 3 Apr 1644, d. 28 Oct 1704
 3.Elizabeth Curtis4,2 b. 2 Mar 1647
 4.Thomas Curtis4,2 b. 14 Jan 1648
 5.Joseph Curtis4,2 b. 12 Nov 1650
 6.Benjamin Curtis4,2 b. 30 Sep 1652
 7.Hannah Curtis4,2 b. 2 Feb 1654

Family 2

 Margaret (__________) d. 1714
Marriage*John Curtis (Immigrant) married Margaret (__________).3 
Last Edited 26 Mar 2012

Citations

  1. [S523] A Genealogy of the Curtiss Family Being a Record of the Descendants of Widow Elizabeth Curtiss Who Settled in Stratford, Conn., 1639-40, Frederic Haines Curtis , Rockwell and Churchill Press: Boston, 1903 http://books.google.com/books?id=H8tFAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false, pg vii.
  2. [S523] A Genealogy of the Curtiss Family Being a Record of the Descendants of Widow Elizabeth Curtiss Who Settled in Stratford, Conn., 1639-40, Frederic Haines Curtis , Rockwell and Churchill Press: Boston, 1903 http://books.google.com/books?id=H8tFAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false
  3. [S522] Early Puritan Settlers of the Colony of Connecticut, Royal Hinman , Case, Tiffany & Company: Hartfort CT, 1852 http://books.google.com/books?id=KTkBAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=%22Early+puritan+settlers%22#v=onepage&q&f=false, pg 782.
  4. [S521] Barbour Town Vital Records to 1850 for Stratford, Fairfield Co., CT http://www.ctgenweb.org/county/cofairfield/pages/stratford/stratford_barbour.htm
  5. [S377] History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield (CT), Donald Lines Jacobus , republished by Genealogical Publishing, (originally published 1930-1932) SLC 974.69/F1 D2j 1991 v.1 & v.2 http://search.ancestry.com/browse/default.aspx?dbid=48014&iid=FamFairfieldI-003374-449 and http://search.ancestry.com/Browse/BookView.aspx?dbid=48016&iid=FamFairfieldIIPartII-004420-710, v.1 pg.171.
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