Mr Thomas Curtis

• Death Notes
  • Will dated 19 April, 1680, prob. 1 Oct. 1706, beq. to sons Joseph, Dodivah and Job, daus. Abigail, Lydia, Sarah, Rebecca and Anne Curtis and Hannah Jynkins; had already given portions to sons Benjamin and Samuel C. "in a farm at Scituate."
    

• General Notes
  • Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire
    page 177
    Thomas,bp. 2 Nov. 1619, s. of Thos. of Ash, Kent, bur. 11 Dec. 1631, and Richardene, who m. 2d Thos. Chambers(2). Brot to Scituate, Mass., he settled in �Scituate Row,� York, ab. 1642. Gr.j. 1649, 50, 53-56, 61, 70, 75, 76, 83, 86-88. Selectm. 1667, 68, 74, 75, 83, 84. Lists 273, 275-277, 24, 25, 30. His will dated 19 Apr. 1680 was not proved until aft. his s. Joseph's death, but he was app. a vict. of the York massacre. Ch: Elizabeth, bp. Scit. 19 Aug. 1649, liv. 1671. Joseph, b. 1653. Abigail, m. by 1678 Benoni Hodsdon. Benjamin, carpenter, after buying in York and Newcastle, he m. ab. 1681 Martha Farrow, when he rem. to Wells and built on her land. When the inhabts. withdrew he went to Kit. or beyond (Kit. 1698, 1701), but returned in the false peace and was slaughtered 10 Aug. 1703. No ch. Lists 269b, 39. Job, called ±80 in 1736, had the homestead. List 279. Late in life he mar. Bethia Marston (Y. D. viii. 223) and had 3 ch. rec. 1718-1729. Hannah, mar. bet. 1678-1680 Jabez Jenkins. Lydia. Dau., m. by 1680 John Cooke(5). Sarah. Rebecca. Dodavah, b. about 1669, presum. named for Dodavah Hull, settled in Kit., gr. 1699. Lists 291, 296-298, 96. He m. by 1700 Elizabeth (Withers), wid. of Benj. Berry(3), both liv. 1736. Her will 1743—1747. Only ch. k. by Ind. 4 May 1705. Samuel, bp. Scituate 4 Sep. 1670. Jury York Co. 1687. Settled in Scit., house carp., liv. 1734. Ch. by w. Eliz. rec. 1694-1703. Ann, m. Alexander Thompson.
    
    from Pope, Charles Henry. The Pioneers of Maine and New Hampshire, 1623-1660. n.p., 1908:
    ...planter, York, proprietor, grand jury man in 1649; took oath of allegiance to Mass. govt. 22 Nov. 1652; signed the petition to Mass. govt. in 1654 and that to Cromwell in 1657. Sold land to Henry Lamprill, cooper, 18 March, 1683-4.