"177 Abner Curtiss (Abner, Joseph, Thomas, John, Elizabeth), b. Wallingford, Conn., Aug. 8, 1738; m. Mirriam Clark, Jan. 8, 1761. He was given land by his father in Farmington, Conn. Farmington Town Records, Dec. 25, 1780: 'Voted on Memorial of Abner Curtiss, Jr., respecting his sons in Continental Army to grant them the sum of ten pounds state money same as to those that enlisted June last. Also voted to abate tax to Abner Curtiss on List 1779.' In September, 1765, he was living in Cambridge, Conn."