Individual Details
Zacheus "Zaccheus" Curtis
(1619 - 17 Nov 1683)
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[[Category: English Immigrants to America]]
[[Category: Salem, Massachusetts]]
Zacheus Curtis b. 1587 Downton, Wiltshire, England Died 1678 in Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts & his wife Mary Delitha (Pennington) Curtis Born about 1597 in Downton, Wiltshire, England Died about 1623 in Massachusetts have been disconnected as unproven, unsupported parents.
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== Biography ==
=== Birth ===Zacheus Curtes, aged about fifty-three, deposed in Court 20 March 1671/2Source: '''EQC:''' Records and Files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County Edited by George Francis Dow Transcribed and Abstracted from the Original Manuscript by Harriet S. Tapley. Salem, Mass.: Essex Institute Vol. I- 1911 to Vol IX -1975 [http://salem.lib.virginia.edu/Essex/vol5/images/essex028.html Vol. 5 p. 28 (1916)] This makes him born about 1619. His place of origin was listed as Downton, county Wilts on the ship's passenger list.
=== Immigrated to Massachusetts ===Zacheus Curtis left Southampton, England, about 5 April 1635 aboard the "James." The "James" was three hundred tons, captained by William Cooper, and arrived in Boston on June 3. He was listed in the custom house records as a laborer, living in Downton, Wiltshire. Many of the other passengers on the "James" were also from Wiltshire, but parish records have so far failed to identify him.The Planters of the Commonwealth: A Study of the Emigrants and Emigration in Colonial times 1620-1640 by Charles Edward Banks, Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc, Copyright 1930, 2006. Page 137 Davis, Walter Goodwin,. The ancestry of Lieut. Amos Towne, 1737-1793, of Arundel (Kennebunkport), Maine. Portland, Me.: Southworth Press, 1927. p53Great Migration 1634-1635, C-F. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume II, C-F, by Robert Charles Anderson, George F. Sanborn, Jr., and Melinde Lutz Sanborn. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001. (p.261-264)
=== Marriage ===Zacheus' son, Zacheus, was born about 1646, so Zacheus was married about 1645. In 1650, Zacheus and wife were witnesses. '''EQC''' [http://salem.lib.virginia.edu/Essex/vol1/images/essex193.html Vol 1 p 193 (pbl 1911)] EQC April 26 1650. It is not until June 1677, that Mrs. Curtis' name appears in the records, when Johanah Courties, aged about fifty-three, deposed in the case of her daughter Mary Heard '''EQC''' [http://salem.lib.virginia.edu/Essex/vol6/images/essex295.html Vol VI p 295]. Unless Zacheus had a previous wife, his wife Joanna was born about 1624.
The Curtis/s Family Soicety citing: Harold Everdell Curtis, The Descendants of Zacheus Curtis of Topsfield, Massachusetts. Two volumes., Vol 1, #1. (and others) call her Joanna Corwithen/Carwithen, daughter of David. Anderson in Great Migration points out that this is not proven.
=== Other ===Zacheus settled first in Salem, Massachusetts, then in Reading by 1658, Gloucester in 1658 and Rowley, Massachusetts by 1664.
In 1643, he was bought to court with ten others for pasturing cattle in the north corn fields. In 1644, he was fined twenty shillings "for rash and ill-advised coming in to have sworn falcelie." And in 1647, he was accused of smoking tobacco in the street, but the charge was not proved.
Around 1658, Zacheus Curtis and his family lived on land rented from John Gould. IN Gloucester, he was involved in a suit over a job managing a farm for William Bartholomew.
He was part of various land transactions:*2 November 1646. granted about an acre of land near the house he bought from Joshua Verin.(See Salem Town Record 1:146)*3 Dec 1659 granted meadowland(See Salem Town Record 1:161/2)*1663 he was delinquent in paying his taxes to Salem.'''EQC''' [http://salem.lib.virginia.edu/Essex/vol4/images/essex099.html Vol 4 p 99]*2 March 1664/5 Zacheus Curtice Senior, planter, living in Rowley Village sold his land in Salem. Essex Land Records 3:113 according to Anderson Great Migration*"In 1663 Zacheus Gould, the father of his former landlord at Reading, deeded to Zacheus Curtis, a parcel of land lying on the south side of Fishbrook. He also gave Curtis liberty to pasture cattle on Gould's common land and a right of way to Topsfield."*15 November 1678 Zacheus Curtice Senior of Rowley Village near Topsfield, surrendered land to the Marshall in settlement of a suit.
=== Death ===Zacheus Curtis died in 1682. His verbal will was testified to on 29 Nov. 1682, by John Ramsdel and Abigail Curtis, who were present at his death. They declared that his will was that all of his grandsons should have twenty shillings each and his granddaughters ten shillings each, and that son, Ephraim, should have the farm after his mother's death. John Curtis, Ephraim Curtis and Jonathan Looke, husband of Mary Curtis, assented to it. The inventory of his estate amounted to £185:16:8. The estate was much reduced by debts which totaled £134:6:8. Ephraim Curtis was appointed to administer his father's property.
=== Children ===
# [[Curtis-250|Zaccheus Curtis]] b ca 1646; married Mary Blake
# [[Curtis-234|John Curtis]] b ca 1649; married Mary Looke.
# [[Curtis-251|Zachariah Curtis]] b ca 1651
# [[Curtis-252|Ephraim Curtis]] b ca 1654
# [[Curtis-253|Sarah Curtis]] b ca 1657; married James Scales.
# [[Curtis-254|Mary Curtis]] b 12 May 1659; married John Heard.
# [[Curtis-255|Abigail Curtis]] b ca 1661, d 1735?
== Sources ==
See also:
* Gen of the Singletary-Curtis Family, by Lou Singletary Bedford 1907* The Planters of the Commonwealth: A Study of the Emigrants and Emigration in Colonial times 1620-1640 by Charles Edward Banks, Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc, Copyright 1930, 2006.* Charles Henry Pope, The Pioneers of Massachusetts: A Descriptive list drawn from records of the colonies, towns, and churches and other contemporaneous documents, originally published 1900 (Westminster, Maryland: Reprint by Heritage Books, 2007)*A genealogical history of some of the descendants of Zaccheus Curtis of Salem, Mass., who arrived in Boston, April 5, 1635 on the ship James from Downtown Wiltonshire, England. Simons, Emma Sophronia Curtis, 1851-1933. *The Descendants of Zacheus Curtis of Topsfield, Massachusetts; By Harold E. Curtis. Zacheus Curtis (1619?-1682) of Downton, Wilshire, England, emigrated in 1635 and lived in Salem, Reading, Gloucester, Boxford, and Topsfield, Massachusetts. His widow, Joanna, remarried to a man named Cooper. The history of their descendants extends to the eighth generation. While settling primarily in New England, other family members settled in the western states.
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}
[[Category: English Immigrants to America]]
[[Category: Salem, Massachusetts]]
Zacheus Curtis b. 1587 Downton, Wiltshire, England Died 1678 in Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts & his wife Mary Delitha (Pennington) Curtis Born about 1597 in Downton, Wiltshire, England Died about 1623 in Massachusetts have been disconnected as unproven, unsupported parents.
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== Biography ==
=== Birth ===Zacheus Curtes, aged about fifty-three, deposed in Court 20 March 1671/2Source: '''EQC:''' Records and Files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County Edited by George Francis Dow Transcribed and Abstracted from the Original Manuscript by Harriet S. Tapley. Salem, Mass.: Essex Institute Vol. I- 1911 to Vol IX -1975 [http://salem.lib.virginia.edu/Essex/vol5/images/essex028.html Vol. 5 p. 28 (1916)] This makes him born about 1619. His place of origin was listed as Downton, county Wilts on the ship's passenger list.
=== Immigrated to Massachusetts ===Zacheus Curtis left Southampton, England, about 5 April 1635 aboard the "James." The "James" was three hundred tons, captained by William Cooper, and arrived in Boston on June 3. He was listed in the custom house records as a laborer, living in Downton, Wiltshire. Many of the other passengers on the "James" were also from Wiltshire, but parish records have so far failed to identify him.The Planters of the Commonwealth: A Study of the Emigrants and Emigration in Colonial times 1620-1640 by Charles Edward Banks, Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc, Copyright 1930, 2006. Page 137 Davis, Walter Goodwin,. The ancestry of Lieut. Amos Towne, 1737-1793, of Arundel (Kennebunkport), Maine. Portland, Me.: Southworth Press, 1927. p53Great Migration 1634-1635, C-F. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume II, C-F, by Robert Charles Anderson, George F. Sanborn, Jr., and Melinde Lutz Sanborn. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001. (p.261-264)
=== Marriage ===Zacheus' son, Zacheus, was born about 1646, so Zacheus was married about 1645. In 1650, Zacheus and wife were witnesses. '''EQC''' [http://salem.lib.virginia.edu/Essex/vol1/images/essex193.html Vol 1 p 193 (pbl 1911)] EQC April 26 1650. It is not until June 1677, that Mrs. Curtis' name appears in the records, when Johanah Courties, aged about fifty-three, deposed in the case of her daughter Mary Heard '''EQC''' [http://salem.lib.virginia.edu/Essex/vol6/images/essex295.html Vol VI p 295]. Unless Zacheus had a previous wife, his wife Joanna was born about 1624.
The Curtis/s Family Soicety citing: Harold Everdell Curtis, The Descendants of Zacheus Curtis of Topsfield, Massachusetts. Two volumes., Vol 1, #1. (and others) call her Joanna Corwithen/Carwithen, daughter of David. Anderson in Great Migration points out that this is not proven.
=== Other ===Zacheus settled first in Salem, Massachusetts, then in Reading by 1658, Gloucester in 1658 and Rowley, Massachusetts by 1664.
In 1643, he was bought to court with ten others for pasturing cattle in the north corn fields. In 1644, he was fined twenty shillings "for rash and ill-advised coming in to have sworn falcelie." And in 1647, he was accused of smoking tobacco in the street, but the charge was not proved.
Around 1658, Zacheus Curtis and his family lived on land rented from John Gould. IN Gloucester, he was involved in a suit over a job managing a farm for William Bartholomew.
He was part of various land transactions:*2 November 1646. granted about an acre of land near the house he bought from Joshua Verin.(See Salem Town Record 1:146)*3 Dec 1659 granted meadowland(See Salem Town Record 1:161/2)*1663 he was delinquent in paying his taxes to Salem.'''EQC''' [http://salem.lib.virginia.edu/Essex/vol4/images/essex099.html Vol 4 p 99]*2 March 1664/5 Zacheus Curtice Senior, planter, living in Rowley Village sold his land in Salem. Essex Land Records 3:113 according to Anderson Great Migration*"In 1663 Zacheus Gould, the father of his former landlord at Reading, deeded to Zacheus Curtis, a parcel of land lying on the south side of Fishbrook. He also gave Curtis liberty to pasture cattle on Gould's common land and a right of way to Topsfield."*15 November 1678 Zacheus Curtice Senior of Rowley Village near Topsfield, surrendered land to the Marshall in settlement of a suit.Essex Land Records 5: 11 and (SCC) Suffolk Court 904 according Anderson Great Migration
=== Death ===Zacheus Curtis died in 1682. His verbal will was testified to on 29 Nov. 1682, by John Ramsdel and Abigail Curtis, who were present at his death. They declared that his will was that all of his grandsons should have twenty shillings each and his granddaughters ten shillings each, and that son, Ephraim, should have the farm after his mother's death. John Curtis, Ephraim Curtis and Jonathan Looke, husband of Mary Curtis, assented to it. The inventory of his estate amounted to £185:16:8. The estate was much reduced by debts which totaled £134:6:8. Ephraim Curtis was appointed to administer his father's property.
=== Children ===
# [[Curtis-250|Zaccheus Curtis]] b ca 1646; married Mary Blake
# [[Curtis-234|John Curtis]] b ca 1649; married Mary Looke.
# [[Curtis-251|Zachariah Curtis]] b ca 1651
# [[Curtis-252|Ephraim Curtis]] b ca 1654
# [[Curtis-253|Sarah Curtis]] b ca 1657; married James Scales.
# [[Curtis-254|Mary Curtis]] b 12 May 1659; married John Heard.
# [[Curtis-255|Abigail Curtis]] b ca 1661, d 1735?
== Sources ==
See also:
* Gen of the Singletary-Curtis Family, by Lou Singletary Bedford 1907* The Planters of the Commonwealth: A Study of the Emigrants and Emigration in Colonial times 1620-1640 by Charles Edward Banks, Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc, Copyright 1930, 2006.* Charles Henry Pope, The Pioneers of Massachusetts: A Descriptive list drawn from records of the colonies, towns, and churches and other contemporaneous documents, originally published 1900 (Westminster, Maryland: Reprint by Heritage Books, 2007)*A genealogical history of some of the descendants of Zaccheus Curtis of Salem, Mass., who arrived in Boston, April 5, 1635 on the ship James from Downtown Wiltonshire, England. Simons, Emma Sophronia Curtis, 1851-1933. *The Descendants of Zacheus Curtis of Topsfield, Massachusetts; By Harold E. Curtis. Zacheus Curtis (1619?-1682) of Downton, Wilshire, England, emigrated in 1635 and lived in Salem, Reading, Gloucester, Boxford, and Topsfield, Massachusetts. His widow, Joanna, remarried to a man named Cooper. The history of their descendants extends to the eighth generation. While settling primarily in New England, other family members settled in the western states.
[[Category: English Immigrants to America]]
[[Category: Salem, Massachusetts]]
Zacheus Curtis b. 1587 Downton, Wiltshire, England Died 1678 in Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts & his wife Mary Delitha (Pennington) Curtis Born about 1597 in Downton, Wiltshire, England Died about 1623 in Massachusetts have been disconnected as unproven, unsupported parents.
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== Biography ==
=== Birth ===Zacheus Curtes, aged about fifty-three, deposed in Court 20 March 1671/2Source: '''EQC:''' Records and Files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County Edited by George Francis Dow Transcribed and Abstracted from the Original Manuscript by Harriet S. Tapley. Salem, Mass.: Essex Institute Vol. I- 1911 to Vol IX -1975 [http://salem.lib.virginia.edu/Essex/vol5/images/essex028.html Vol. 5 p. 28 (1916)] This makes him born about 1619. His place of origin was listed as Downton, county Wilts on the ship's passenger list.
=== Immigrated to Massachusetts ===Zacheus Curtis left Southampton, England, about 5 April 1635 aboard the "James." The "James" was three hundred tons, captained by William Cooper, and arrived in Boston on June 3. He was listed in the custom house records as a laborer, living in Downton, Wiltshire. Many of the other passengers on the "James" were also from Wiltshire, but parish records have so far failed to identify him.The Planters of the Commonwealth: A Study of the Emigrants and Emigration in Colonial times 1620-1640 by Charles Edward Banks, Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc, Copyright 1930, 2006. Page 137 Davis, Walter Goodwin,. The ancestry of Lieut. Amos Towne, 1737-1793, of Arundel (Kennebunkport), Maine. Portland, Me.: Southworth Press, 1927. p53Great Migration 1634-1635, C-F. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume II, C-F, by Robert Charles Anderson, George F. Sanborn, Jr., and Melinde Lutz Sanborn. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001. (p.261-264)
=== Marriage ===Zacheus' son, Zacheus, was born about 1646, so Zacheus was married about 1645. In 1650, Zacheus and wife were witnesses. '''EQC''' [http://salem.lib.virginia.edu/Essex/vol1/images/essex193.html Vol 1 p 193 (pbl 1911)] EQC April 26 1650. It is not until June 1677, that Mrs. Curtis' name appears in the records, when Johanah Courties, aged about fifty-three, deposed in the case of her daughter Mary Heard '''EQC''' [http://salem.lib.virginia.edu/Essex/vol6/images/essex295.html Vol VI p 295]. Unless Zacheus had a previous wife, his wife Joanna was born about 1624.
The Curtis/s Family Soicety citing: Harold Everdell Curtis, The Descendants of Zacheus Curtis of Topsfield, Massachusetts. Two volumes., Vol 1, #1. (and others) call her Joanna Corwithen/Carwithen, daughter of David. Anderson in Great Migration points out that this is not proven.
=== Other ===Zacheus settled first in Salem, Massachusetts, then in Reading by 1658, Gloucester in 1658 and Rowley, Massachusetts by 1664.
In 1643, he was bought to court with ten others for pasturing cattle in the north corn fields. In 1644, he was fined twenty shillings "for rash and ill-advised coming in to have sworn falcelie." And in 1647, he was accused of smoking tobacco in the street, but the charge was not proved.
Around 1658, Zacheus Curtis and his family lived on land rented from John Gould. IN Gloucester, he was involved in a suit over a job managing a farm for William Bartholomew.
He was part of various land transactions:*2 November 1646. granted about an acre of land near the house he bought from Joshua Verin.(See Salem Town Record 1:146)*3 Dec 1659 granted meadowland(See Salem Town Record 1:161/2)*1663 he was delinquent in paying his taxes to Salem.'''EQC''' [http://salem.lib.virginia.edu/Essex/vol4/images/essex099.html Vol 4 p 99]*2 March 1664/5 Zacheus Curtice Senior, planter, living in Rowley Village sold his land in Salem. Essex Land Records 3:113 according to Anderson Great Migration*"In 1663 Zacheus Gould, the father of his former landlord at Reading, deeded to Zacheus Curtis, a parcel of land lying on the south side of Fishbrook. He also gave Curtis liberty to pasture cattle on Gould's common land and a right of way to Topsfield."*15 November 1678 Zacheus Curtice Senior of Rowley Village near Topsfield, surrendered land to the Marshall in settlement of a suit.
=== Death ===Zacheus Curtis died in 1682. His verbal will was testified to on 29 Nov. 1682, by John Ramsdel and Abigail Curtis, who were present at his death. They declared that his will was that all of his grandsons should have twenty shillings each and his granddaughters ten shillings each, and that son, Ephraim, should have the farm after his mother's death. John Curtis, Ephraim Curtis and Jonathan Looke, husband of Mary Curtis, assented to it. The inventory of his estate amounted to £185:16:8. The estate was much reduced by debts which totaled £134:6:8. Ephraim Curtis was appointed to administer his father's property.
=== Children ===
# [[Curtis-250|Zaccheus Curtis]] b ca 1646; married Mary Blake
# [[Curtis-234|John Curtis]] b ca 1649; married Mary Looke.
# [[Curtis-251|Zachariah Curtis]] b ca 1651
# [[Curtis-252|Ephraim Curtis]] b ca 1654
# [[Curtis-253|Sarah Curtis]] b ca 1657; married James Scales.
# [[Curtis-254|Mary Curtis]] b 12 May 1659; married John Heard.
# [[Curtis-255|Abigail Curtis]] b ca 1661, d 1735?
== Sources ==
See also:
* Gen of the Singletary-Curtis Family, by Lou Singletary Bedford 1907* The Planters of the Commonwealth: A Study of the Emigrants and Emigration in Colonial times 1620-1640 by Charles Edward Banks, Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc, Copyright 1930, 2006.* Charles Henry Pope, The Pioneers of Massachusetts: A Descriptive list drawn from records of the colonies, towns, and churches and other contemporaneous documents, originally published 1900 (Westminster, Maryland: Reprint by Heritage Books, 2007)*A genealogical history of some of the descendants of Zaccheus Curtis of Salem, Mass., who arrived in Boston, April 5, 1635 on the ship James from Downtown Wiltonshire, England. Simons, Emma Sophronia Curtis, 1851-1933. *The Descendants of Zacheus Curtis of Topsfield, Massachusetts; By Harold E. Curtis. Zacheus Curtis (1619?-1682) of Downton, Wilshire, England, emigrated in 1635 and lived in Salem, Reading, Gloucester, Boxford, and Topsfield, Massachusetts. His widow, Joanna, remarried to a man named Cooper. The history of their descendants extends to the eighth generation. While settling primarily in New England, other family members settled in the western states.
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}
[[Category: English Immigrants to America]]
[[Category: Salem, Massachusetts]]
Zacheus Curtis b. 1587 Downton, Wiltshire, England Died 1678 in Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts & his wife Mary Delitha (Pennington) Curtis Born about 1597 in Downton, Wiltshire, England Died about 1623 in Massachusetts have been disconnected as unproven, unsupported parents.
----
== Biography ==
=== Birth ===Zacheus Curtes, aged about fifty-three, deposed in Court 20 March 1671/2Source: '''EQC:''' Records and Files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County Edited by George Francis Dow Transcribed and Abstracted from the Original Manuscript by Harriet S. Tapley. Salem, Mass.: Essex Institute Vol. I- 1911 to Vol IX -1975 [http://salem.lib.virginia.edu/Essex/vol5/images/essex028.html Vol. 5 p. 28 (1916)] This makes him born about 1619. His place of origin was listed as Downton, county Wilts on the ship's passenger list.
=== Immigrated to Massachusetts ===Zacheus Curtis left Southampton, England, about 5 April 1635 aboard the "James." The "James" was three hundred tons, captained by William Cooper, and arrived in Boston on June 3. He was listed in the custom house records as a laborer, living in Downton, Wiltshire. Many of the other passengers on the "James" were also from Wiltshire, but parish records have so far failed to identify him.The Planters of the Commonwealth: A Study of the Emigrants and Emigration in Colonial times 1620-1640 by Charles Edward Banks, Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc, Copyright 1930, 2006. Page 137 Davis, Walter Goodwin,. The ancestry of Lieut. Amos Towne, 1737-1793, of Arundel (Kennebunkport), Maine. Portland, Me.: Southworth Press, 1927. p53Great Migration 1634-1635, C-F. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume II, C-F, by Robert Charles Anderson, George F. Sanborn, Jr., and Melinde Lutz Sanborn. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001. (p.261-264)
=== Marriage ===Zacheus' son, Zacheus, was born about 1646, so Zacheus was married about 1645. In 1650, Zacheus and wife were witnesses. '''EQC''' [http://salem.lib.virginia.edu/Essex/vol1/images/essex193.html Vol 1 p 193 (pbl 1911)] EQC April 26 1650. It is not until June 1677, that Mrs. Curtis' name appears in the records, when Johanah Courties, aged about fifty-three, deposed in the case of her daughter Mary Heard '''EQC''' [http://salem.lib.virginia.edu/Essex/vol6/images/essex295.html Vol VI p 295]. Unless Zacheus had a previous wife, his wife Joanna was born about 1624.
The Curtis/s Family Soicety citing: Harold Everdell Curtis, The Descendants of Zacheus Curtis of Topsfield, Massachusetts. Two volumes., Vol 1, #1. (and others) call her Joanna Corwithen/Carwithen, daughter of David. Anderson in Great Migration points out that this is not proven.
=== Other ===Zacheus settled first in Salem, Massachusetts, then in Reading by 1658, Gloucester in 1658 and Rowley, Massachusetts by 1664.
In 1643, he was bought to court with ten others for pasturing cattle in the north corn fields. In 1644, he was fined twenty shillings "for rash and ill-advised coming in to have sworn falcelie." And in 1647, he was accused of smoking tobacco in the street, but the charge was not proved.
Around 1658, Zacheus Curtis and his family lived on land rented from John Gould. IN Gloucester, he was involved in a suit over a job managing a farm for William Bartholomew.
He was part of various land transactions:*2 November 1646. granted about an acre of land near the house he bought from Joshua Verin.(See Salem Town Record 1:146)*3 Dec 1659 granted meadowland(See Salem Town Record 1:161/2)*1663 he was delinquent in paying his taxes to Salem.'''EQC''' [http://salem.lib.virginia.edu/Essex/vol4/images/essex099.html Vol 4 p 99]*2 March 1664/5 Zacheus Curtice Senior, planter, living in Rowley Village sold his land in Salem. Essex Land Records 3:113 according to Anderson Great Migration*"In 1663 Zacheus Gould, the father of his former landlord at Reading, deeded to Zacheus Curtis, a parcel of land lying on the south side of Fishbrook. He also gave Curtis liberty to pasture cattle on Gould's common land and a right of way to Topsfield."*15 November 1678 Zacheus Curtice Senior of Rowley Village near Topsfield, surrendered land to the Marshall in settlement of a suit.Essex Land Records 5: 11 and (SCC) Suffolk Court 904 according Anderson Great Migration
=== Death ===Zacheus Curtis died in 1682. His verbal will was testified to on 29 Nov. 1682, by John Ramsdel and Abigail Curtis, who were present at his death. They declared that his will was that all of his grandsons should have twenty shillings each and his granddaughters ten shillings each, and that son, Ephraim, should have the farm after his mother's death. John Curtis, Ephraim Curtis and Jonathan Looke, husband of Mary Curtis, assented to it. The inventory of his estate amounted to £185:16:8. The estate was much reduced by debts which totaled £134:6:8. Ephraim Curtis was appointed to administer his father's property.
=== Children ===
# [[Curtis-250|Zaccheus Curtis]] b ca 1646; married Mary Blake
# [[Curtis-234|John Curtis]] b ca 1649; married Mary Looke.
# [[Curtis-251|Zachariah Curtis]] b ca 1651
# [[Curtis-252|Ephraim Curtis]] b ca 1654
# [[Curtis-253|Sarah Curtis]] b ca 1657; married James Scales.
# [[Curtis-254|Mary Curtis]] b 12 May 1659; married John Heard.
# [[Curtis-255|Abigail Curtis]] b ca 1661, d 1735?
== Sources ==
See also:
* Gen of the Singletary-Curtis Family, by Lou Singletary Bedford 1907* The Planters of the Commonwealth: A Study of the Emigrants and Emigration in Colonial times 1620-1640 by Charles Edward Banks, Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc, Copyright 1930, 2006.* Charles Henry Pope, The Pioneers of Massachusetts: A Descriptive list drawn from records of the colonies, towns, and churches and other contemporaneous documents, originally published 1900 (Westminster, Maryland: Reprint by Heritage Books, 2007)*A genealogical history of some of the descendants of Zaccheus Curtis of Salem, Mass., who arrived in Boston, April 5, 1635 on the ship James from Downtown Wiltonshire, England. Simons, Emma Sophronia Curtis, 1851-1933. *The Descendants of Zacheus Curtis of Topsfield, Massachusetts; By Harold E. Curtis. Zacheus Curtis (1619?-1682) of Downton, Wilshire, England, emigrated in 1635 and lived in Salem, Reading, Gloucester, Boxford, and Topsfield, Massachusetts. His widow, Joanna, remarried to a man named Cooper. The history of their descendants extends to the eighth generation. While settling primarily in New England, other family members settled in the western states.
Events
| Birth | 1619 | Downton, Wiltshire, England | |||
| Death | 17 Nov 1683 | Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts | |||
| Marriage | Joanna Corwithin | ||||
| Alt name | Curtis Curtiss, Courtice, Curtice, Courtis, Courtiss, Cortes | ||||
| Reference No | 2619550 | ||||
| Reference No | |||||
| Reference No | 60 | ||||
| Reference No | 2654911 |
Families
| Spouse | Joanna Corwithin (1625 - 1706) |
| Child | John Curtis (1649 - 1718) |
| Child | Zaccheus Curtis II (1646 - 1712) |
| Child | Zachariah Curtis (1651 - ) |
| Child | Ephraim Curtis (1654 - ) |
| Child | Sarah Curtis (1657 - ) |
| Child | Sarah Curtis I (1654 - 1691) |
| Child | Mary Curtis (1659 - 1745) |
| Child | Abigail Curtis (1661 - ) |
| Child | Sarah Curtis I (1654 - 1691) |