Mr John Curtis

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• General Notes
  • Notes for John Curtis:
    
    In the Congregational Burying Ground, Stratford, Conn., the Curtis Society erected  a  monument: "In Sacred Memory of John and Elizabeth Hutchins Curtis, married 19 April 1610 Nazing, England.  Arrived Roxbury, Massachusetts,  about 1637.  John Baptized 1577 d. 1639. Widow Curtis, sons John, William and Thomas,  settled Stratford 1639.  She died June 1658 Stratford.  Erected by Curtis Society 1961. "
    
    Curtis, Harlow Dunham. "A Genealogy of the Curtiss-Curtis Family of Stratford, Conn: Supplement to 1903 Edition," by the Curtis-Curtiss Society of Stratford, Conn., Ann Arbor, Michigan: Edward Bros. Pub. Co,  1953,  pp. v-xvii. 
    
    p. xiii: "Baptismal Records Nazeing Parish Church: John Curtis bapt. Sept. 15, 1777. Marriage Register Nazeing Parish Church: John Curtyce and Elizabeth Hutchins April 19, 1610." Their three children in "Baptismal Records: John Curtis Feb. 26, 1614; William Curtis June 21, 1718, Thomas Curtis Mar. 12, 1619."
    
    p. xii: Roxbury Land Records: "The first day of fowerth moneth comonly called June 1639 this booke was bought for the entrying of the Towne Lands and other weighty bussinesses being fully agreed upon which may concern the Inhabitants of thes Towns of Rocksbury and payed for the booke Fower shillings" (p. 1) John Corteis 15--0---00 acres. This John Corteis removed with his wife and three sons from Roxbury to Wethersfield, Conn., but died before he became a resident. His widow, Elizabeth (Hutchins) Curtis and her three sons ( John Jr., Thomas & William), removed from Wethersfield to Stratford 1639-40."
    
    p. vii: "The said father & emigrant was bapt. in the parish church of Nazing, co. Essex, Eng.  Register: Baptisms: John Curtis Sept. 15, 1577. This John Curtis was son of William Curtis whose will in the Commissary Court of London, proved July 9, 1584." William Curtis will:  http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~walkersj/WilliamCurtis.htm 
    
    Curtiss, Frederic Haines. "A Genealogy of the Curtiss Family: Descendants of Widow Elizabeth Curtiss Who Settled in Stratford, Conn., 1639-1640,"  Boston: Rockwell & Churchill Press, 1903.  See Isaac Curtis, Bridgeport, Fairfield Co, Conn. p. 119.
    
    
    
    p. viii: "John Curtis left Wethersfield in 1640 for Cupheag (Stratford) and his name disappeared. The name of his widow, Elizabeth Curtis and her two sons were on the earliest records of town of Stratford. The father probably died soon after arriving at Stratford, or on the journey. The Ufford and Booth families had intermarried with the Cutrtiss before they left England. "
    
    p. ix: "The Curtiss family was one of the most prominent among the first settlers of Stratford, and it was suggested naming of the town was after Stratford-on-Avon. Richard Booth was resident of Stratford-on-Avon. It is probable most of the early settlers were from Warwickshire. John Curtis I left England 1637 or 1639, and arrived Roxbury, Mass. His son John Curtis II came first to New England, father came last. Father was allotted 15 a. land on June 1, 1639, later moved to Wethersfield, Conn., died during move or soon after move."
    
    
    
    

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