Sgt. John Curtis

John Curtis

• Born: baptized on 26 Feb 1611/1612, Nazeing, Essex, England
• Died: in Stratford, Fairfield Co., CT, on 6 Dec 1707; he was 96.
• Parents: son of John Curtis & Elizabeth Hutchins
• Married: Elizabeth

In 1639, he became a resident of Wethersfield, CT, and the next year moved to Cupheag (Stratford), CT. In May 1658 John was made a freeman. On 29 Dec 1675 he was elected the Town Treasurer of Stratford. He served as a soldier in the King Philip's War at the rank of Ensign.

family

Ca 1641 when John was 29, he married Elizabeth in CT. Born ca 1615 in England. Elizabeth died in Stratford, Fairfield Co., CT, on 9 Mar 1681/1682; she was 66.

From Jacobus’s History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield:64

    “Statements to the effect that Elizabeth was a Welles are based on a misinterpretation of a deed at Stratford; he was caIled uncIe by John Welles (son of Hugh) who m. his niece Sarah Curtis.”

They had the following children:

•  i. John. Born on 14 Oct 1642 in Stratford, Fairfield Co., CT. John died in Newark, NJ, on 17 Sep 1704; he was 61. John married Hannah ?. Born in Of Stratford, Fairfield Co., CT. 4 
• ii. Israel (1644-1704)
• iii. Elizabeth. Born on 2 May 1647 in Stratford, Fairfield Co., CT. 5
•  iv. THOMAS (1648->1736) v. Joseph. Born on 12 Nov 1650 in Stratford, Fairfield Co., CT. Joseph died in 1742; he was 91. On 9 Nov 1676 when Joseph was 25, he married Bethia BOOTH. Born in Of Stratford, Fairfield Co., CT. 6 
• vi. Benjamin (1652-1733) 
• vii. Hannah. Born on 2 Feb 1654/1655 in Stratford, Fairfield Co., CT. Hannah died in 1728; she was 73. Ca 1671 when Hannah was 16, she married Benjamin LEWIS. Born in Of Stratford, Fairfield, CT.

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• "Family of John Curtis (725) & Elizabeth Hutchins" Payne-Joyce Genealogy
  • 64. Donald Lines Jacobus, History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield, Fairfield, CT, 1930.
• WeRelate
  • Curtiss, Frederic Haines. A genealogy of the Curtiss family: being a record of the descendants of widow Elizabeth Curtiss who settled in Stratford, Conn., 1639-40. (Boston: Rockwell and Churchill Press, 1903), vi, 1903.
  • Stratford Vital Records, in Connecticut, United States. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records. Curtis, John Sr. d 2 Dec 1707 age about 96 years.
  • Jacobus, Donald Lines, Editor, and N. Grier (Compiler and Publisher) Parke. The Ancestry of Lorenzo Ackley & his wife Emma Arabella Bosworth. (Woodstock, Vt.: N.G. Parke, 1960), 204.
  • John Curtis, in Jacobus, Donald Lines. History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield. (New Haven, Conn.: The Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Company, 1930-1932), I:169.
    • "Curtis, John, s. of John. Sergt., Stratford Train Band. Bapt. at Nazing, co. Essex, Eng., 26 Feb. 1614/5. Came aged 21 on the Safety in 1635, was at Roxbury, Mass., for a time, resided 1639 in Wethersfield, and settled 1640 in Stratford. … John, Sr., d. (Stratford) 2 Dec. 1707 ae. abt. 96."
• http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~sam/curtis.html#P3750

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rootsweb bio

1. ID: I20825
2. Name: John CURTIS
3. Prefix: Sgt.
4. Given Name: John
5. Surname: Curtis
6. Sex: M
7. _UID: A3E9453F8CD83742B4E3680C2D9CBEF06F95
8. Change Date: 16 Jan 2003
9. Birth: 1611
10. Note: Torrey has birth year 1615. 1 2
11. Death: 2 DEC 1707 in Stratfield, Fairfield, CT 1 3 4 5
12. Baptism: 26 FEB 1614/15 6
13. Residence: 1639 Wethersfield, Hartford, CT 1
14. Residence: 1640 Stratfield, Fairfield, CT 5

Father: John CURTIS b: ABT 1590 in England Mother: Elizabeth HUTCHINS

Marriage 1 Elizabeth [CURTIS]

   * Married: BEF 1642 in Stratford, Fairfield, CT likely

   * Note: Torrey indicated this couple lived in Stratford, Connecticut. He did not give a maiden name for Elizabeth 1 3

Children

  1. John CURTIS b: 14 NOV 1642 in Stratford, Fairfield, CT

  2. Israel CURTIS b: 3 APR 1644 in Stratford, Fairfield, CT

  3. Elizabeth CURTIS b: 2 MAY 1647 in Stratford, Fairfield, CT

  4. Thomas CURTIS b: 14 JAN 1648 in Stratford, Fairfield, CT

  5. Joseph CURTIS b: 12 NOV 1650 in Stratford, Fairfield, CT

  6. Benjamin CURTIS b: 30 SEP 1652 in Stratford, Fairfield, CT

  7. Hannah CURTIS b: 2 FEB 1654/55 in Stratford, Fairfield, CT

Sources:

  1. Abbrev: Wethersfield, History of Ancient

     Title: Adams, Sherman W. and Henry R. Stiles, History of Ancient Wethersfield, CT; in 2 volumes; a facsimiles of the 1904 edition with a new forward by John C. Willard (NH pub. co., Somersworth in collaboration with the Wethersfield Historical Society, 1974.)ld, CT; in 2 volumes; a facsimiles of the 1904 edition with a new forward by John C. Willardld, CT; in 2 volumes; a facsimiles of the 1904 edition with a new forward by John C. Willard. NH pub. co., Somersworth in collaboration with the Wethersfield Historical Society, 1974.

     Page: p. 263

  2. Abbrev: Torrey - New England Marriages Prior to 1700

     Title: Torrey, Clarence Almon with a revised introduction by Gary Boyd Roberts, New England Marriages Prior to 1700 (Baltimore, MD, Genealogical Pub. Co., 1985), New England Marriages Prior to 1700. New England Marriages Prior to 1700 (Baltimore, MD, Genealogical Pub. Co., 1985).

     Page: p. 198 (year 1615)

  3. Abbrev: Torrey - New England Marriages Prior to 1700

     Title: Torrey, Clarence Almon with a revised introduction by Gary Boyd Roberts, New England Marriages Prior to 1700 (Baltimore, MD, Genealogical Pub. Co., 1985), New England Marriages Prior to 1700. New England Marriages Prior to 1700 (Baltimore, MD, Genealogical Pub. Co., 1985).

     Page: p. 198

  4. Abbrev: Stratford, CT, History of

     Title: Wilcoxon, William Howard, History of Stratford, Connecticut 1639-1939 (Stratford, CT, Stratford Tercentenary Com, 1939)99. Stratford, CT, Stratford Tercentenary Com, 1939.

     Page: p. 120

  5. Abbrev: Families of Old Fairfield

     Title: Jacobus, Donald Lines, compiler and editor, History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield (Baltimore, Genealogical Pub. Co., 1976)he Families of Old Fairfieldhe Families of Old Fairfield. Baltimore, Genealogical Pub. Co., 1976.

     Page: p. 169

  6. Abbrev: Stratford, CT, History of

     Title: Wilcoxon, William Howard, History of Stratford, Connecticut 1639-1939 (Stratford, CT, Stratford Tercentenary Com, 1939)99. Stratford, CT, Stratford Tercentenary Com, 1939.

     Page: p. 114 

suzysclanadded this on 30 Jul 2010

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1. Curtis Family Information

The Biography found in the Story on Sgt John Curtis has details consistant with data from various "Curtis" family trees. I have incorporated the information for both John and Elizabeth Welles, and their parents. [Some of the Welles Family trees have conflicting data for the Curtis Family.]

Elizabeth Welles was probably born in England, since both parents are listed as having died in England, and immigrated with her brothers to Connecticut. In 1640 she married Sgt John Curtis, born in England, who came to Stratford before 1638 with his parents, John and Elizabeth [Hutchins] Curtis. His father John Curtis, b in 1577, died shortly after arriving on 5 Jan 1638, but has been listed as a landowner in Stratford with his wife Elizabeth [Hutchins] Curtis. The dates for Gov Thomas Welles who came to Stratford at a different time are consistent with his being a brother of Elizabeth Welles.

1. Prominent Citizen of Stratford

John Curtiss, son of John Curtiss of England, was born in England, February 26, 1611, was among the original patentees of Stratford, Connecticut. He was made Freeman in 1658. He was a prominent citizen of Stratford.

In 1678, he and his brother, William, were on committee to build a new meeting house.

He was a Sergeant of Militia and attained the rank of Ensign as a Soldier in King Philip's War.

He held the office of Town Treasurer in 1675. suzysclanadded this on 21 Jun 2010 arvillacraigoriginally submitted this to Craig Family on 28 Dec 2008

Eldest son of John and Widow Elizabeth, arrived Roxbury, Massachusetts in 1635. (see notes of John Sr. his father, husband of Elizabeth Hutchins, re: moving to Wethersfield and Stratford).

He sailed from London on the ship "Safety". The passenger list records that the John Curtis who sailed on it was unmarried, and gave his age at the Embarkation Office as 21, hence born in 1614 and the exact same age as this John Curtis. In the earlier 1903 edition of the Curtis Geneology, F. H. Curtis supposed that his father John Sr. and his mother also sailed on the "Safety" at the same time, but this is refuted in the 1952 edition, (see notes his father, John Sr).

He was made a freeman May 1658. He was a prominent citizen and took an active part in settling the town, but was not as much of a public man as his brother William. Elected town treasurer in 1675, served as a soldier in King Phillips War in 1675 and attained the rank of Ensign.

Boarded the ship, Safety, on Aug. 10, 1635 at the age of 21 for New England from London, England. Married Elzabeth Welles in 1640. Military Service: Sargent for the Stratford Train Band.

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Category: Nazeing, Essex Category:Stratford, Connecticut

Disputed / Uncertain Ancestry ==It has long been accepted<ref name=Curtis1953>Curtis, Harlow Dunham. Agenealogy of the Curtiss-Curtis family of Stratford, Connecticut : a supplement to the 1903 edition. Curtiss-Curtis Society, 1953. Nazing Records p. x cites “State Papers volume 16 # 358 p. 4 Hoppin statementp. xiii</ref><ref>Jacobus, Donald Lines, MA (compiler, editor.) History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield. Fairfield, Conn.: The Eunice Dennie Burr Chapter of Daughters of the American Revolution, 1930. p. 169</ref> that the parents of John, William, and ThomasCurtis, of Stratford, Connecticut, were John Curtis and Elizabeth Hutchins, who were married 19 April 1610 in Nazeing, England.<ref name=Winters>Winters, William. Memorials of the Pilgrim Fathers: John Eliot and His Friends, of Nazing and Waltham Abbey. Waltham Abbey, Essex: 1882 pp. 46, 47 from the Nazing registers</ref>

Three children (no parents listed) but of the same three names and aproximate ages as the children of Widow Elizabeth Curtis were baptized at All Saints in Nazeing, in the next decade.
::John Curtis baptized 26 Feb 1614/15<ref name=Winters /> ::William Curtis baptized 21 June 1618<ref name=Winters /> ::Thomas Curtis baptized 12 March 1619/20<ref name=Winters /> Barry E Hinman, in a recent article "Widow Elizabeth Curtis of Stratford, Connecticut," TAG Vol. 87, No. 4 (published December 2015), 299ff,pointed out what we already knew, that there really isn't any absolute proof.

Disputed Spouse

His wife was not a Welles.
Several secondary sources list the wife of John Curtiss (c 1611- 1707)as Elizabeth Welles sister of Gov. Thomas Welles of Connecticut.*"He married Elizabeth Welles (supposed to have been the sister of Gov. Thomas Welles.)<ref name=Curtiss1903>Curtiss, Frederic Haines. A genealogy of the Curtiss family. Boston: Rockwell and Churchill Press, 1903. Elizabeth’s will cites Fairfield Probate Records, Vol. 1648-56, Page 17 [https://archive.org/stream/genealogyofcurti00incurt#page/2/mode/2up. ] p. 2 claims the relationship to Gov. Welles</ref>*"married Elizabeth, who seems to have been a Welles, (for a grandson of Gov. Thomas Welles calls John Curtis 'Uncle')<ref>Cothren, William.History of ancient Woodbury, Connecticut, from the first Indian deed in 1659 ... including the present towns of Washington, Southbury, Bethlem, Roxbury, and a part of Oxford and Middlebury. By William Cothren.Vol II Woodbury, Conn.: Publ by William Cothren 1872. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.hxtdf8;view=1up;seq=694 p. 1488</ref> However, Donald Lines Jacobus, points out. *“Statements to the effect that Elizabeth was a Welles are based on a misinterpretation of a deed at Stratford; he was called uncle by John Welles [son of Hugh] who m. his niece Sarah Curtis.”<ref>Jacobus, Donald Lines, MA (compiler, editor.) History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield. Fairfield, Conn.: The Eunice Dennie Burr Chapter of Daughters of the American Revolution, 1930.</ref> **William, John's brother, had a daughter Sarah Curtis. Sarah Curtis m. John Welles.

Biography

The Safety ?
A Jo: Curtis, age 21, transported to Virginia, on the "Safety" 10 Aug 1635.<ref>Hotten, John Camden (editor). The Original Lists of Persons of Quality: Emigrants, Religious Exiles, Political Rebels, Serving Men Sold for a Term of Years, Apprentices, Children Stolen, Maidens Pressed, and Others, who Went from Great Britain to the American Plantations, 1600-1700. London: John Camden Hotten, 1874 p. 123 https://archive.org/stream/originallistsofp00hottuoft#page/122/mode...</ref> Thisis frequently mentioned in conjunction with this John, however, it isprobably nothing but a coincidence of name and age.

Marriage:
Elizabeth, wife of John Curtis Sr.,died March 9, 1681/2<ref name=Cothren3>Cothren, William. History of Woodbury Vol III History of Ancient Woodbury, Connecticut From the First Indian Deed in 1659 to 1879. Woodbury, Conn.: Publ by William Cothren, 1879. Deaths pp 689/90 Children’s births p. 658</ref><ref name=BCStratford>White, Lorraine Cook, ed. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records. Vol. 1-55. Stratford. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1994-2002.</ref>

Wethersfield:
A John Curtis, before 1640, had a home lot on the east side of High St., opposite the Common and next north of Robert Bates. He was probablythe Stratford settler prior to 1652. He married Elizabeth...Welles, about 1647. He died 1707 ae 96. Stiles calls him the brother of Thomas the Settler of Wethersfield. But the Thomas Curtis (died 1681) who stayed in Wethersfield, was not the Thomas (died 1648), son of the widow Elizabeth Curtis.<ref>Stiles, Henry Reed. and Sherman W. Adams. The History of Ancient Wethersfield Connecticut... Vol I – History, Part 1. New York: The Grafton Press., 1903. p. 263</ref><ref> Note: Volume II of Stiles: Families of Ancient Wethersfield, contains noinformation about John.</ref>

Stratford:
Both John and William were having children recorded in Stratford in 1642.<ref name=Cothren3 /><ref name=BCStratford /> Trumbull in his Memorial History of Hartford County places this move at an even earlier date. "To Cupheag (Stratford), in 1639-40, went Robert Coe, Jr., John Curtis, Thomas Sherwood, and John Thomson.<ref>Trumbull, J. Hammond. The memorial history of Hartford County, Connecticut, 1633-1884. Vol. II Town Histories. Boston: E. L. Osgood, 1886. Vol II p. 438</ref> Trumbull also states: "Mr John and Mr. William Curtice, andMr. Samuel Hawley, were from Roxbury...<ref>Trumbull, Benjamin. A Complete History of Connecticut: Civil and Ecclesiastical, from the Emigration of Its First Planters, from England, in the Year 1630, to the Year 1764 ; and to the Close of the Indian Wars, Volume 1. New Haven: Maltby, Goldsmith and Company and Samuel Wadsworth, 1797. p. 105 link at Archive of 1797 edition p.109 1818 edition</ref> but Savage believes that most of the statements made by Trumbull in this instance are incorrect.<ref>Savage, James.A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May, 1692. Vol. I-IV.Boston, MA, USA: 1860-1862</ref> He was a prominent citizen of Stratford but not as extensively involved as his brother William.<ref name=Curtiss1903 />In 1650, he and his mother were on a list of "Every man's fence in theold field with what numbers and the several rods." The Widow Curtiss had 2 rods 10 feet 2 inches of fence. John Curtise had 4 rods 10 feet.<ref>Wilcoxson, William H. History of Stratford Connecticut 1639-1939. (Stratford: 1939) p. 72 p. 72</ref> John was made a freeman at the Connecticut Colony Court 20 May 1658.<ref>Trumbull, J. Hammond. (transcriber). The Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut Prior to the Union with New Haven Colony May 1665. Hartford: Brown and Parsons, 1850. AKA Colonial Records of Connecticut.Volume I. 1636-1665. p. 315 p. 315</ref> In 1664, he and Mr. Fayrchild were chosen Townsmen.<ref>Town of Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut Deed Book, Volume 1 (1650-1684),page 43. Note: Not sure exactly what this is. There were no Connecticut counties in 1664</ref> On 29 Dec 1675, Sgt. John Curtis was electedtownsman and town treasurer.<ref>Orcutt, Samuel. A History of the Old Town of Stratford and the City of Bridgeport ..., Part 1 Fairfield County Historical Society 1886. p. 290</ref> He served as a soldier in King Philip’s War and attained the rank ofEnsign.<ref name=Curtiss1903 /> He and his brother William served on a committee to build a new meeting house, in 1678.<ref name=Curtiss1903 /> John Curtiss, died ae 96, 2 Dec 1707, in Stratford.<ref name=BCStratford /><ref name=Cothren3 /> It is assumed he was buried at the Old Congregational Burying Ground in Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut,although no gravestone can be found today.<ref>Find A Grave Memorial# 28428916</ref>

Children:

1. John, s of John, was b. 14 Oct 1642;<ref name=Cothren3 /><ref name=BCStratford /> died at Newark, New Jersey 17 Sep 1704;<ref name=FoOF />m. Hannah, widow of Abraham Kimberly.<ref name=FoOF /># Israel, s of John, was b. 3 April 1644<ref name=Cothren3 /><ref name=BCStratford /> died 28 Oct 1704 at Woodbury, Connecticut;<ref name=FoOF /> m. Rebecca.<ref name=FoOF /># Elizabeth, d. of John, was born 2 May 1647<ref name=Cothren3 /><ref name=BCStratford /># Thomas, son of John, was born 14 July 1648,<ref name=Cothren3 /> 14 Jan 1648<ref name=BCStratford />, 14 Jan 1648/9;<ref name=FoOF /> He died at Wallingford in 1736; a deputy for Wallingford in 1689 ,1717 and 1718; Ensign of the Wallingford trainband October 1704; married in Wallingford nine June 1674 Mary Merriman, daughter of Capt. Daniel. She was born 12 July 1757 in New Haven, Connecticut. They had 12 children.<ref name=FoOF /># Joseph, son of John, was born 12 Nov 1650;<ref name=Cothren3 /><ref name=BCStratford /> died at Stratford in 1742; Married at Stratford 9November 1676, Bethia Booth. he was the judge of the Fairfield County Court and held many other offices.<ref name=FoOF /> # Benjamin 30 Sep 1652;<ref name=Cothren3 /><ref name=BCStratford /> m. Esther Judson 23 March 1680/1;<ref name=Cothren3 /><ref name=BCStratford /> Mrs Bathsheba Stiles 1 Dec 1714.<ref name=Cothren3 /><ref name=BCStratford />. He died in Stratford 1733; He was a Deputy from Stratford on several occasions and was a naval officer at the Port of Stratford May 1714.<ref name=FoOF /># Hannah b. 2 Feb 1654;<ref name=Cothren3 /><ref name=BCStratford />died 21 October 1728; married Benjamin Lewis.<ref name=FoOF>Jacobus, Donald Lines, MA (compiler, editor.) History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield. Fairfield, Conn.: The Eunice Dennie Burr Chapter of Daughters of the American Revolution, 1930. p. 169</ref>

Research Note

No probate record at Ancestry.

Sources

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See Also:* "Family Tree," database, <i>FamilySearch</i> (http://familysearch.org : modified 25 June 2012, 19:57), entry for John Curtise(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:9V7J-R92); contributed by various users.*Volume: 47; SAR Membership Number: 9291. Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970. Louisville, Kentucky: NationalSociety of the Sons of the American Revolution. Microfilm, 508 rolls.- States his wife was Elizabeth Welles*Connecticut 1635-1807 Misc. Records. Jackson, Ronald V., Accelerated Indexing Systems, comp.. Connecticut Census, 1790-1890. Living in Stratford by 1650.* Source S-19 {{MLA citation|title=A genealogy of the Curtiss family: being a record of the descendants of widow Elizabeth Curtiss who settled in Stratford|author=Frederic Haines Curtiss|publication-place=Boston|publisher= Rockwell and Churchill Press|year=1903|pages=285|url=https://archive.org/stream/genealogyofcurti00curt#page/n9/mode/2up|rrepository=Internet Archive}}*Torrey, Clarence A. New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2004. Calls her Elizabeth _____* Hardin Clay Roots #1 - http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=norvan&id... "Family Tree," database, <i>FamilySearch</i> (http://familysearch.org : modified 29 December 2017, 03:32), entry for John Curtis(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:L5P2-PDN); contributed by various users.

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Nom Prefixe: Sgt.

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Category: Nazeing, Essex Category:Stratford, Connecticut

Disputed / Uncertain Ancestry ==It has long been accepted<ref name=Curtis1953>Curtis, Harlow Dunham. Agenealogy of the Curtiss-Curtis family of Stratford, Connecticut : a supplement to the 1903 edition. Curtiss-Curtis Society, 1953. Nazing Records p. x cites “State Papers volume 16 # 358 p. 4 Hoppin statementp. xiii</ref><ref>Jacobus, Donald Lines, MA (compiler, editor.) History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield. Fairfield, Conn.: The Eunice Dennie Burr Chapter of Daughters of the American Revolution, 1930. p. 169</ref> that the parents of John, William, and ThomasCurtis, of Stratford, Connecticut, were John Curtis and Elizabeth Hutchins, who were married 19 April 1610 in Nazeing, England.<ref name=Winters>Winters, William. Memorials of the Pilgrim Fathers: John Eliot and His Friends, of Nazing and Waltham Abbey. Waltham Abbey, Essex: 1882 pp. 46, 47 from the Nazing registers</ref>

Three children (no parents listed) but of the same three names and aproximate ages as the children of Widow Elizabeth Curtis were baptized at All Saints in Nazeing, in the next decade.
::John Curtis baptized 26 Feb 1614/15<ref name=Winters /> ::William Curtis baptized 21 June 1618<ref name=Winters /> ::Thomas Curtis baptized 12 March 1619/20<ref name=Winters /> Barry E Hinman, in a recent article "Widow Elizabeth Curtis of Stratford, Connecticut," TAG Vol. 87, No. 4 (published December 2015), 299ff,pointed out what we already knew, that there really isn't any absolute proof.

Disputed Spouse

His wife was not a Welles.
Several secondary sources list the wife of John Curtiss (c 1611- 1707)as Elizabeth Welles sister of Gov. Thomas Welles of Connecticut.*"He married Elizabeth Welles (supposed to have been the sister of Gov. Thomas Welles.)<ref name=Curtiss1903>Curtiss, Frederic Haines. A genealogy of the Curtiss family. Boston: Rockwell and Churchill Press, 1903. Elizabeth’s will cites Fairfield Probate Records, Vol. 1648-56, Page 17 [https://archive.org/stream/genealogyofcurti00incurt#page/2/mode/2up. ] p. 2 claims the relationship to Gov. Welles</ref>*"married Elizabeth, who seems to have been a Welles, (for a grandson of Gov. Thomas Welles calls John Curtis 'Uncle')<ref>Cothren, William.History of ancient Woodbury, Connecticut, from the first Indian deed in 1659 ... including the present towns of Washington, Southbury, Bethlem, Roxbury, and a part of Oxford and Middlebury. By William Cothren.Vol II Woodbury, Conn.: Publ by William Cothren 1872. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.hxtdf8;view=1up;seq=694 p. 1488</ref> However, Donald Lines Jacobus, points out. *“Statements to the effect that Elizabeth was a Welles are based on a misinterpretation of a deed at Stratford; he was called uncle by John Welles [son of Hugh] who m. his niece Sarah Curtis.”<ref>Jacobus, Donald Lines, MA (compiler, editor.) History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield. Fairfield, Conn.: The Eunice Dennie Burr Chapter of Daughters of the American Revolution, 1930.</ref> **William, John's brother, had a daughter Sarah Curtis. Sarah Curtis m. John Welles.

Biography

The Safety ?
A Jo: Curtis, age 21, transported to Virginia, on the "Safety" 10 Aug 1635.<ref>Hotten, John Camden (editor). The Original Lists of Persons of Quality: Emigrants, Religious Exiles, Political Rebels, Serving Men Sold for a Term of Years, Apprentices, Children Stolen, Maidens Pressed, and Others, who Went from Great Britain to the American Plantations, 1600-1700. London: John Camden Hotten, 1874 p. 123 https://archive.org/stream/originallistsofp00hottuoft#page/122/mode...</ref> Thisis frequently mentioned in conjunction with this John, however, it isprobably nothing but a coincidence of name and age.

Marriage:
Elizabeth, wife of John Curtis Sr.,died March 9, 1681/2<ref name=Cothren3>Cothren, William. History of Woodbury Vol III History of Ancient Woodbury, Connecticut From the First Indian Deed in 1659 to 1879. Woodbury, Conn.: Publ by William Cothren, 1879. Deaths pp 689/90 Children’s births p. 658</ref><ref name=BCStratford>White, Lorraine Cook, ed. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records. Vol. 1-55. Stratford. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1994-2002.</ref> John Jr. married Elizabeth

Wethersfield:
A John Curtis, before 1640, had a home lot on the east side of High St., opposite the Common and next north of Robert Bates. He was probablythe Stratford settler prior to 1652. He married Elizabeth...Welles, about 1647. He died 1707 ae 96. Stiles calls him the brother of Thomas the Settler of Wethersfield. But the Thomas Curtis (died 1681) who stayed in Wethersfield, was not the Thomas (died 1648), son of the widow Elizabeth Curtis.<ref>Stiles, Henry Reed. and Sherman W. Adams. The History of Ancient Wethersfield Connecticut... Vol I – History, Part 1. New York: The Grafton Press., 1903. p. 263</ref><ref> Note: Volume II of Stiles: Families of Ancient Wethersfield, contains noinformation about John.</ref>

Stratford:
Both John and William were having children recorded in Stratford in 1642.<ref name=Cothren3 /><ref name=BCStratford /> Trumbull in his Memorial History of Hartford County places this move at an even earlier date. "To Cupheag (Stratford), in 1639-40, went Robert Coe, Jr., John Curtis, Thomas Sherwood, and John Thomson.<ref>Trumbull, J. Hammond. The memorial history of Hartford County, Connecticut, 1633-1884. Vol. II Town Histories. Boston: E. L. Osgood, 1886. Vol II p. 438</ref> Trumbull also states: "Mr John and Mr. William Curtice, andMr. Samuel Hawley, were from Roxbury...<ref>Trumbull, Benjamin. A Complete History of Connecticut: Civil and Ecclesiastical, from the Emigration of Its First Planters, from England, in the Year 1630, to the Year 1764 ; and to the Close of the Indian Wars, Volume 1. New Haven: Maltby, Goldsmith and Company and Samuel Wadsworth, 1797. p. 105 link at Archive of 1797 edition p.109 1818 edition</ref> but Savage believes that most of the statements made by Trumbull in this instance are incorrect.<ref>Savage, James.A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May, 1692. Vol. I-IV.Boston, MA, USA: 1860-1862</ref> He was a prominent citizen of Stratford but not as extensively involved as his brother William.<ref name=Curtiss1903 />In 1650, he and his mother were on a list of "Every man's fence in theold field with what numbers and the several rods." The Widow Curtiss had 2 rods 10 feet 2 inches of fence. John Curtise had 4 rods 10 feet.<ref>Wilcoxson, William H. History of Stratford Connecticut 1639-1939. (Stratford: 1939) p. 72 p. 72</ref> John was made a freeman at the Connecticut Colony Court 20 May 1658.<ref>Trumbull, J. Hammond. (transcriber). The Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut Prior to the Union with New Haven Colony May 1665. Hartford: Brown and Parsons, 1850. AKA Colonial Records of Connecticut.Volume I. 1636-1665. p. 315 p. 315</ref> In 1664, he and Mr. Fayrchild were chosen Townsmen.<ref>Town of Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut Deed Book, Volume 1 (1650-1684),page 43. Note: Not sure exactly what this is. There were no Connecticut counties in 1664</ref> On 29 Dec 1675, Sgt. John Curtis was electedtownsman and town treasurer.<ref>Orcutt, Samuel. A History of the Old Town of Stratford and the City of Bridgeport ..., Part 1 Fairfield County Historical Society 1886. p. 290</ref> He served as a soldier in King Philip’s War and attained the rank ofEnsign.<ref name=Curtiss1903 /> He and his brother William served on a committee to build a new meeting house, in 1678.<ref name=Curtiss1903 /> John Curtiss, died ae 96, 2 Dec 1707, in Stratford.<ref name=BCStratford /><ref name=Cothren3 /> It is assumed he was buried at the Old Congregational Burying Ground in Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut,although no gravestone can be found today.<ref>Find A Grave Memorial# 28428916</ref> John's age at death in Dec. 1707 has been variously reported as "about96"<ref>Donald Lines Jacobus, ed., <i>Ancestry of Lorenzo Ackley and His Wife Emma Arabella Bosworth</i> (Woodstock, VT, 1960), p. 205.</ref> and "in his 94th year".<ref>Harlow Dunham Curtis, <i>Genealogy of the Curtiss - Curtis family of Stratford, Connecticut</i> (Stratford, CT: Curtiss-Curtis Society, 1953), p. xi Archive.org.></ref>. If born in Feb. 1614/15 he died at 92, in his 93rd year.

Children:

1. John, s of John, was b. 14 Oct 1642;<ref name=Cothren3 /><ref name=BCStratford /> died at Newark, New Jersey 17 Sep 1704;<ref name=FoOF />m. Hannah, widow of Abraham Kimberly.<ref name=FoOF /># Israel, s of John, was b. 3 April 1644<ref name=Cothren3 /><ref name=BCStratford /> died 28 Oct 1704 at Woodbury, Connecticut;<ref name=FoOF /> m. Rebecca.<ref name=FoOF /># Elizabeth, d. of John, was born 2 May 1647<ref name=Cothren3 /><ref name=BCStratford /># Thomas, son of John, was born 14 July 1648,<ref name=Cothren3 /> 14 Jan 1648<ref name=BCStratford />, 14 Jan 1648/9;<ref name=FoOF /> He died at Wallingford in 1736; a deputy for Wallingford in 1689 ,1717 and 1718; Ensign of the Wallingford trainband October 1704; married in Wallingford nine June 1674 Mary Merriman, daughter of Capt. Daniel. She was born 12 July 1757 in New Haven, Connecticut. They had 12 children.<ref name=FoOF /># Joseph, son of John, was born 12 Nov 1650;<ref name=Cothren3 /><ref name=BCStratford /> died at Stratford in 1742; Married at Stratford 9November 1676, Bethia Booth. he was the judge of the Fairfield County Court and held many other offices.<ref name=FoOF /> # Benjamin 30 Sep 1652;<ref name=Cothren3 /><ref name=BCStratford /> m. Esther Judson 23 March 1680/1;<ref name=Cothren3 /><ref name=BCStratford /> Mrs Bathsheba Stiles 1 Dec 1714.<ref name=Cothren3 /><ref name=BCStratford />. He died in Stratford 1733; He was a Deputy from Stratford on several occasions and was a naval officer at the Port of Stratford May 1714.<ref name=FoOF /># Hannah b. 2 Feb 1654;<ref name=Cothren3 /><ref name=BCStratford />died 21 October 1728; married Benjamin Lewis.<ref name=FoOF>Jacobus, Donald Lines, MA (compiler, editor.) History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield. Fairfield, Conn.: The Eunice Dennie Burr Chapter of Daughters of the American Revolution, 1930. p. 169</ref>

Research Note

No probate record at Ancestry.

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See Also:* "Family Tree," database, <i>FamilySearch</i> (http://familysearch.org : modified 25 June 2012, 19:57), entry for John Curtise(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:9V7J-R92); contributed by various users.*Volume: 47; SAR Membership Number: 9291. Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970. Louisville, Kentucky: NationalSociety of the Sons of the American Revolution. Microfilm, 508 rolls.- States his wife was Elizabeth Welles*Connecticut 1635-1807 Misc. Records. Jackson, Ronald V., Accelerated Indexing Systems, comp.. Connecticut Census, 1790-1890. Living in Stratford by 1650.* Frederic Haines Curtiss. A genealogy of the Curtiss family: being a record of the descendants of widow Elizabeth Curtiss who settled in Stratford. Boston: Rockwell and Churchill Press, 1903. pp. 285. Internet Archive*Torrey, Clarence A. New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2004. Calls her Elizabeth _____* Hardin Clay Roots #1 - http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=norvan&id... "Family Tree," database, <i>FamilySearch</i> (http://familysearch.org : modified 29 December 2017, 03:32), entry for John Curtis(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:L5P2-PDN); contributed by various users.