Person:John Curtis (33)

m. Bef 1639
  1. Sgt John Curtis1639 - Bef 1714/15
  2. James Curtis1641 - 1690
  3. Joseph Curtis1644 - 1683
  4. Samuel Curtis1646 - 1688
  5. Isaac CurtisAbt 1647 - 1725
  6. Elizabeth CurtisEst 1649 -
  7. Ruth CurtisEst 1651 - 1683
  • HSgt John Curtis1639 - Bef 1714/15
  • WLydia _____Est 1646 - Aft 1716
m. 20 Nov 1666
  1. Sgt John Curtis, Jr1667 - 1712
  2. Capt. Thomas Curtis1670 - 1741
  3. Lydia Curtis1672/73 -
  4. Dorothy Curtis1674 -
  5. William Curtis1676/77 -
  6. Elizabeth Curtis1679 - Aft 1732
  7. Dea. Jonathan Curtis1682 -
  8. Abigail CurtisEst 1685 - 1727
Facts and Events
Name[1][2] Sgt John Curtis
Gender Male
Alt Birth[1][2] 1 Jan 1639 Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Birth[3] 1 Feb 1639 Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Marriage 20 Nov 1666 Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United Statesto Lydia _____
Death[1][3] Bef 18 Mar 1714/15 Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States (probably)Before date of inventory.
Estate Inventory[1][3] 18 Mar 1714/15 Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States£1127-18-07. Taken by Benjamin Churchill and William Burnham.
References
  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Fam. 2. Sgt. John Curtis, in Adams, Sherman W. (Sherman Wolcott), and Henry R. (Henry Reed) Stiles. The History of Ancient Wethersfield, Connecticut: Comprising the Present Towns of Wethersfield, Rocky Hill, and Newington; and of Glastonbury Prior to its Incorporation in 1693, from Date of Earliest Settlement Until the Present Time with Extensive Genealogies and Genealogical Notes on Their Early Families. (New York: The Grafton Press, 1904)
    2:262-63.

    "Fam. 2. Sgt. John (Curtis), (Thomas,1) b. 1639; m. 20 Nov., 1666, Lydia _____, was made freeman, 1658; res. Weth., … Invent, of est. taken 18 Mch., 1714-15, am't to £1127-18-07; his will ment. all the ch. except … John and Lydia … then dec'd."

  2. 2.0 2.1 Adams, Sherman W. (Sherman Wolcott), and Henry R. (Henry Reed) Stiles. The History of Ancient Wethersfield, Connecticut: Comprising the Present Towns of Wethersfield, Rocky Hill, and Newington; and of Glastonbury Prior to its Incorporation in 1693, from Date of Earliest Settlement Until the Present Time with Extensive Genealogies and Genealogical Notes on Their Early Families. (New York: The Grafton Press, 1904)
    1:263-64.

    "Curtis, John, (s. of Thos. & Elizabeth) b. 1 Jan., 1639, drew ld. in 1670 allot.; was gr. ld. by the River's side, next his ho-lot, and ext. to the bank above the Rocks, by the Town, 1671; this ho-lot was that given him by his father in 1670, being on the E. side of High St., at its extreme N. end; was chosen surveyor, 1684; drew ld. in 1694 allot.; in 1673, sold his ho-std. to Theophilus Sherman and bo't the latter's ho-lot in Pennywise, the same yr. In 1680 his father gave him 18 ac. ld. on S. side of road now (1904) Jordan Lane."

  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Wethersfield Vital Records [NEHGS], in Connecticut, United States. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records
    79.

    "Curtis, … John, s. Tho[mas] & Elizabeth, b. Feb. 1, 1639 [LR1:14]"

  4.   Curtis, John, in Manwaring, Charles W. A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records. (Hartford, Conn.: R. S. Peck & Co., 1904-06)
    2:375.


    "Probate Records. Vol. IX, 1715 to 1723. Page 59.

    Curtis, John, Wethersfield. Invt £1127-18-07. Taken 18 March, 1714-15, by Benjamin Churchill and William Burnham.

    Court Record, Page 5—7 February, 1715-16: Thomas Curtis, Adms., exhibits an account of his Adms. Order to dist. the estate as followeth: … To Lydia Curtice, the widow, £52-17s-05d; To the heirs of John Curtice, Jr., decd., 266-10-02; To Thomas, William and Jonathan Curtice, to Dorothy Bridgman, to Elizabeth Woodruff, and to Abigail Lewis, to each, 133-05-01

    And appoint Benjamin Churchill, James Patterson of Wethersfield, and Joseph Hawley of Farmington, distributors.

    Page 20—7 August, 1716: Mrs. Lydia Curtis, widow, objects to the dist.

    Page 22—4 September, 1716: This Court direct the dist., in setting out the dowry to Mrs. Lydia Curtis, to take into account what had been given to the children during the lifetime of their father John Curtis, so that she be not thereby abridged of her thirds therein."