Individual Details

William Curtis

(12 Nov 1591 - 8 Mar 1672)

William Curtis from Nazing, Essex, England, his wife Sarah and children Thomas, Mary, John, and Philip were all on the Lyon, departing England June 22, 1632, arriving in Boston September 14 or 16, 1632.

Baptized Nazeing 12 November 1592, son of Thomas and Mary (Camp) Curtis. Yeoman from Nazeing, Essex who came to Massachusetts Bay in 1632 & settled in Roxbury. Died in Roxbury 9 December 1672 "aged 80." 
Married (1) St. Margaret Moses, London, 3 December 1615 Mary Rawlyns ("William Curtis of Nassinge in the County of Essex yeoman and Mary Rawlyns of Wormley were married the iijth of December with a license" 1615); died at or very soon after the birth of her son William. 
(2) Nazeing 6 August 1618 Sarah Eliot; she was baptized Widford, Essex, 13 January 1599/1600, daughter of Bennet and Lettice (Agar) Eliot; "Sarah Curtis, the wife of William Curtis" admitted to Roxbury church as member #38, immediately after her husband; died Roxbury 27 March 1672/3 "aged about 73."
William's uncle John Curtis came to Roxbury by 1639, and then moved on to Wethersfield.

Events

Birth12 Nov 1591Nazeing, Essex, England
Marriage6 Aug 1618All Saints' Church, Nazeing, Essex, England - Sarah Eliot
Emigration22 Jun 1632England
ImmigrationSep 1632Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
Death8 Mar 1672Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
BurialEliot Burying Ground, Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts

Families

SpouseSarah Eliot ( - 1673)
ChildThomas Curtis (1619 - 1650)
ChildMary Curtis (1622 - 1713)
ChildIsaac Curtis (1641 - 1695)
FatherThomas Curtis (1560 - 1606)
MotherMary Camp (1560 - 1594)
SiblingMary Curtis (1586 - 1674)
SiblingThomas Curtis ( - )

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