Individual Details
Thomas Curtis
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This Thomas Curtis family below is known as the Wethersfield Curtis Family. This book A Family Named Curtis: Descendants of Thomas Curtis of Wethersfield, CT 1598-1982, compiled by Rose Mary Goodwin, devoted to his entire family.
According to this book "A Family Named Curtis: Descendants of Thomas Curtis of Wethersfield, CT", Thomas CURTIS was born in about 1598, in Appledore, Kent, England, but this needs further research. He was NOT from Nazig, Essex, England. The records show both CURTIS and CURTICE for this family.
His parents are unknown at this time. They may be Thomas Curtis (1560 - 1606) and Mary Camp Curtis (1560 - 1594) but this needs further research.
Thomas Curtis arrived in New England in or before 1636. Thomas appeared in records in Wethersfield, Hartford Co., CT in 1636. Just when he arrived, where he arrived, or which ship he sailed on is not known.
Thomas married Elizabeth SALMON in 1639 and settled in Wethersfield.
*Torrey's New England Marriages Prior to 1700, pg. 199 states "CURTIS, Thomas (-1681) * Elizabeth __; b 1639-40 [this means that the first child was born around that time, see pg. xiv]; Wethersfield/Wallingford".
Donald Lines Jacobus pointed out that Elizabeth's maiden surname was SALMON since Thomas Curtis of Wethersfield, CT was brother-in-law to William SALMON of Southold, Long Island. Records of Southold showed that Thomas Curtis was guardian of William's children for a short time. These children later chose their stepfather to be their guardian.
Their children, all born in Wethersfield:
JOHN CURTIS
b. 1 Feb 1639,
d. 8 Nov 1712 Wethersfield
m. 20 Nov 1666 to LYDIA __ in Wethersfield.
They had 6 children: Abigail, Elizabeth, Dorothy, Jonathan, William, Thomas.
His will was probated in 1715.
JAMES CURTIS
b. 15 SEP 1641,
d. 5 Sep 1690 Wethersfield
m. ABIGAIL __ on 8 Jul 1686 Wethersfield. She married second to ANDREW ROBE on 19 Nov 1691.
JOSEPH CURTIS
b. 31 Mar 1644,
d. 10 Mar 1695 Wethersfield
m. MERCY DEMING, daughter of immigrants John DEMING and Honor TREAT, on 8 Feb 1674 in Wethersfield, by Capt Samuell Well.
They had three children: Joseph, Mary, Thomas.
Mercy then married Thomas WRIGHT on 10 Mar 1685 in Wethersfield.
SAMUEL CURTIS
b. 1 Apr 1646,
d. 26 Nov 1688 in Wethersfield at age 42.
m. Sarah on 20 Feb 1683 in Wethersfield.
They had three children Samuel and twins Elizabeth (died in infancy), and Ruth (married Ebenezer Hale).
ISAAC CURTIS (CURTICE)
b. 1647,
d. 11 May 1725 in Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut,
m. HANNAH __ in about 1682 probably in Stonington, New London, CT.
They had two known children: James Curtis, b. 1690 and Elizabeth Curtis, d. 1715, married a Burrows.
ELIZABETH CURTIS Stoddard
b. 1649
d. 1704
m. JOHN STODDARD (STODDAR/STADER), Jr on 26 May 1674 Wethersfield.
They had 8 children: John, Joseph (died young), Elizabeth, Joseph, Mary, Jonathan, David, Samuel.
RUTH CURTIS Kimberly
b. 1650
d. 1683, died from complications in childbirth.
m. by 1680 Eleazer KIMBERLY as his 2nd wife. They lived in Glastonbury. His first wife was Elizabeth SALE. He outlived both wives.
Thomas died intestate (left no will) on 13 Nov 1681 in Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut. He left a very large estate, worth £717-13s-9d, a large estate for that time.
Hartford, Connecticut Probate Records, 1639-1700
Name Thomas Curtice
Location Wethersfield
Date of Will 9 Dec 1681
Page 71-72
Died 13 November, 1681.
Invt. œ717-13-09. Taken 9 December, 1681, by Nathaniel Borman, Samuel Butler, William Warner.
The children: John, James, Joseph, Samuel & Isaac Curtice, Ruth Kimberly, Elizabeth Stoddor.
The distribution followeth:
Page 72--6 March, 1681 (2): The distribution of the Estate of Thomas Curtice of Wethersfield, Joyntly Consented to by all his children & witnessed by their subscribeing: Imprs. To John Curtice (who hath formerly received in houseing & Land œ123), fifty seven pounds. Samuel Curtice haveing all ready received his full portion by deed of gift from his father, the remaynder of the Inventoryed Estate to be equally divided to James Curtice, Joseph, Isaac, Ruth and Elizabeth, to each of them an equal proportion, what Joseph, Ruth & Elizabeth have Formerly received being first added to the sume totall of the Inventory, which doth amount to Thirty seven pownds. And it is further Consented to by the sayd Children, that in consideration of the service that Joseph Curtice & his wife have done for their father during his life, there shall be soe much added to his portion as will make it up œ140 with the œ4 that he hath formerly received, which addition shall be equally deducted from the portions of the other children according to what they have & shall receive, Samuel excepted.Signed: John Curtice, James Curtice, Joseph Curtice, Samll Curtice, Eliezr Kimberly, John Stodder.Court
Record, Page 52--2 March, 1681-2: Adms. to John Curtice, Joseph, James and Isaac Curtice; & Mr. Kimberly, Lt. James Treat, Mr Steven Chester & Mr Samll Woolcott are appoynted to distribute the sayd estate to the sayd Legatees according to the distribution agreed on & settled by this Court.
SOURCES:
*U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700
*AmericanAncestors.org - various records
*Connecticut Census, 1790-1890
*Wethersfield land records
*Southhold records on guardianship
*Hartford, Connecticut Probate Records, 1639-1700
*A Genealogy of the Curtiss family being a Record of the Descendants of Widow Elizabeth Curtiss
*"A Family Named Curtis: Descendants of Thomas Curtis of Wethersfield, CT 1598-1982"
*FTDNA - yDNA Curtis Surname Project
*Curtis/s Family Society
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*This THOMAS CURTIS/CURTICE was NOT the wife of "Widow Curtiss", aka as ELIZABETH CURTIS/CURTISS, d. 1658 of Stratford, CT. She was married to JOHN CURTIS/CORTEIS in England. They were in Roxbury, MA by 1638 and lived there for a short time, then moved to Wethersfield. They soon moved to Stratford by 1640. She was widowed in about 1640 or soon after, he probably died in Stratford. They had John, William, Thomas, and Mary Curtis/Curtiss.
*It is a known fact that she added an extra S to the surname CURTIS to set her family apart from other Curtis families.
*This family was from Nazig, Essex, England and they are known as the Stratford Curtis family.
*See A Genealogy of the Curtiss family being a Record of the Descendants of Widow Elizabeth Curtiss.
*The yDNA tests also showed that these two Curtis lines have different haplogroups. They are NOT genetically related.
*These two families and other Curtis families were often conflated and carelessly researched, please do not suggest any changes without doing thorough research.
According to this book "A Family Named Curtis: Descendants of Thomas Curtis of Wethersfield, CT", Thomas CURTIS was born in about 1598, in Appledore, Kent, England, but this needs further research. He was NOT from Nazig, Essex, England. The records show both CURTIS and CURTICE for this family.
His parents are unknown at this time. They may be Thomas Curtis (1560 - 1606) and Mary Camp Curtis (1560 - 1594) but this needs further research.
Thomas Curtis arrived in New England in or before 1636. Thomas appeared in records in Wethersfield, Hartford Co., CT in 1636. Just when he arrived, where he arrived, or which ship he sailed on is not known.
Thomas married Elizabeth SALMON in 1639 and settled in Wethersfield.
*Torrey's New England Marriages Prior to 1700, pg. 199 states "CURTIS, Thomas (-1681) * Elizabeth __; b 1639-40 [this means that the first child was born around that time, see pg. xiv]; Wethersfield/Wallingford".
Donald Lines Jacobus pointed out that Elizabeth's maiden surname was SALMON since Thomas Curtis of Wethersfield, CT was brother-in-law to William SALMON of Southold, Long Island. Records of Southold showed that Thomas Curtis was guardian of William's children for a short time. These children later chose their stepfather to be their guardian.
Their children, all born in Wethersfield:
JOHN CURTIS
b. 1 Feb 1639,
d. 8 Nov 1712 Wethersfield
m. 20 Nov 1666 to LYDIA __ in Wethersfield.
They had 6 children: Abigail, Elizabeth, Dorothy, Jonathan, William, Thomas.
His will was probated in 1715.
JAMES CURTIS
b. 15 SEP 1641,
d. 5 Sep 1690 Wethersfield
m. ABIGAIL __ on 8 Jul 1686 Wethersfield. She married second to ANDREW ROBE on 19 Nov 1691.
JOSEPH CURTIS
b. 31 Mar 1644,
d. 10 Mar 1695 Wethersfield
m. MERCY DEMING, daughter of immigrants John DEMING and Honor TREAT, on 8 Feb 1674 in Wethersfield, by Capt Samuell Well.
They had three children: Joseph, Mary, Thomas.
Mercy then married Thomas WRIGHT on 10 Mar 1685 in Wethersfield.
SAMUEL CURTIS
b. 1 Apr 1646,
d. 26 Nov 1688 in Wethersfield at age 42.
m. Sarah on 20 Feb 1683 in Wethersfield.
They had three children Samuel and twins Elizabeth (died in infancy), and Ruth (married Ebenezer Hale).
ISAAC CURTIS (CURTICE)
b. 1647,
d. 11 May 1725 in Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut,
m. HANNAH __ in about 1682 probably in Stonington, New London, CT.
They had two known children: James Curtis, b. 1690 and Elizabeth Curtis, d. 1715, married a Burrows.
ELIZABETH CURTIS Stoddard
b. 1649
d. 1704
m. JOHN STODDARD (STODDAR/STADER), Jr on 26 May 1674 Wethersfield.
They had 8 children: John, Joseph (died young), Elizabeth, Joseph, Mary, Jonathan, David, Samuel.
RUTH CURTIS Kimberly
b. 1650
d. 1683, died from complications in childbirth.
m. by 1680 Eleazer KIMBERLY as his 2nd wife. They lived in Glastonbury. His first wife was Elizabeth SALE. He outlived both wives.
Thomas died intestate (left no will) on 13 Nov 1681 in Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut. He left a very large estate, worth £717-13s-9d, a large estate for that time.
Hartford, Connecticut Probate Records, 1639-1700
Name Thomas Curtice
Location Wethersfield
Date of Will 9 Dec 1681
Page 71-72
Died 13 November, 1681.
Invt. œ717-13-09. Taken 9 December, 1681, by Nathaniel Borman, Samuel Butler, William Warner.
The children: John, James, Joseph, Samuel & Isaac Curtice, Ruth Kimberly, Elizabeth Stoddor.
The distribution followeth:
Page 72--6 March, 1681 (2): The distribution of the Estate of Thomas Curtice of Wethersfield, Joyntly Consented to by all his children & witnessed by their subscribeing: Imprs. To John Curtice (who hath formerly received in houseing & Land œ123), fifty seven pounds. Samuel Curtice haveing all ready received his full portion by deed of gift from his father, the remaynder of the Inventoryed Estate to be equally divided to James Curtice, Joseph, Isaac, Ruth and Elizabeth, to each of them an equal proportion, what Joseph, Ruth & Elizabeth have Formerly received being first added to the sume totall of the Inventory, which doth amount to Thirty seven pownds. And it is further Consented to by the sayd Children, that in consideration of the service that Joseph Curtice & his wife have done for their father during his life, there shall be soe much added to his portion as will make it up œ140 with the œ4 that he hath formerly received, which addition shall be equally deducted from the portions of the other children according to what they have & shall receive, Samuel excepted.Signed: John Curtice, James Curtice, Joseph Curtice, Samll Curtice, Eliezr Kimberly, John Stodder.Court
Record, Page 52--2 March, 1681-2: Adms. to John Curtice, Joseph, James and Isaac Curtice; & Mr. Kimberly, Lt. James Treat, Mr Steven Chester & Mr Samll Woolcott are appoynted to distribute the sayd estate to the sayd Legatees according to the distribution agreed on & settled by this Court.
SOURCES:
*U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700
*AmericanAncestors.org - various records
*Connecticut Census, 1790-1890
*Wethersfield land records
*Southhold records on guardianship
*Hartford, Connecticut Probate Records, 1639-1700
*A Genealogy of the Curtiss family being a Record of the Descendants of Widow Elizabeth Curtiss
*"A Family Named Curtis: Descendants of Thomas Curtis of Wethersfield, CT 1598-1982"
*FTDNA - yDNA Curtis Surname Project
*Curtis/s Family Society
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
*This THOMAS CURTIS/CURTICE was NOT the wife of "Widow Curtiss", aka as ELIZABETH CURTIS/CURTISS, d. 1658 of Stratford, CT. She was married to JOHN CURTIS/CORTEIS in England. They were in Roxbury, MA by 1638 and lived there for a short time, then moved to Wethersfield. They soon moved to Stratford by 1640. She was widowed in about 1640 or soon after, he probably died in Stratford. They had John, William, Thomas, and Mary Curtis/Curtiss.
*It is a known fact that she added an extra S to the surname CURTIS to set her family apart from other Curtis families.
*This family was from Nazig, Essex, England and they are known as the Stratford Curtis family.
*See A Genealogy of the Curtiss family being a Record of the Descendants of Widow Elizabeth Curtiss.
*The yDNA tests also showed that these two Curtis lines have different haplogroups. They are NOT genetically related.
*These two families and other Curtis families were often conflated and carelessly researched, please do not suggest any changes without doing thorough research.
Events
| Christen | 21 Jul 1594 | Nazeing, Essex, England | |||
| Burial | 3 Jul 1595 | Nazeing, Essex, England |
Families
| Father | Thomas Curtis (1560 - 1606) |
| Mother | Mary Camp (1560 - 1594) |
| Sibling | Mary Curtis (1586 - 1674) |
| Sibling | William Curtis (1591 - 1672) |