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Hannah Bennett (Curtis)

Also Known As: "Lewis"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Stratford, Fairfield , Connecticut
Death: October 21, 1728 (74)
Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Sgt. John Curtis and Elizabeth Curtis
Wife of Benjamin Lewis; Benjamin Lewis and Benjamin Bennett
Mother of Edmund Lewis; John Lewis; Mary Fairchild (Lewis); Capt. James Lewis; Joseph Lewis and 5 others
Sister of Capt. John Curtis; Lt. Israel Curtis; Elizabeth Welles; Ens. Thomas Curtis; Judge Joseph Curtis and 2 others

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About Hannah Bennett

Family of Sergt. John Curtis (1795) & Elizabeth [Curtis]:

Hannah Curtis. Born on 2 Feb 1654[/5] in Stratford, CT.64 Hannah died in Wallingford, CT, on 21 Oct 1728; she was 73.64

Children of Benjamin and Hannah (Curtis) Lewis, the first two born at Wallingford, the others all probably born at Stratford:

  •     i. John Lewis, b. 30 Sep 1672;
  •     ii. Mary Lewis, b. 9 Nov 1674, d. 7 Oct 1745 at Durham, CT, m. at Stratford 22 Nov 1699 Samuel Fairchild (b. 16 Jan 1676/7 at Woodbury, d. 25 Aug 1747 at Durham, son of Thomas & Susanna (Preston) Fairchild);
  •     iii. James Lewis, b. ca. 1677, d. 29 Jan 1766 at Stratford, m. there 11 Nov 1702 Hannah Judson (b. 30 May 1681 at Stratford, d. there 2 Jul 1756, dau. of Captain James & Rebecca (Welles) Judson);
  •     iv. Edmund Lewis, b. ca. 1679, d. 14 May 1757 at Monroe, CT, m. 1st at Stratford 21 May 1702 Hannah Beach (b. Sep 1681 at Stratford, d. there 15 Jul 1756, dau. of Benjamin & Sarah (Welles) Beach), m. 2nd Sarah (d. 6 Jan 1792 at Monroe);\
  •     v. Joseph Lewis, b. ca. 1683, d. 3 Jul 1756 at Stratford, m. there 29 Jun 1714 Phebe Judson (b. 2 Oct 1691 at Stratford, d. there 11 Sep 1753, dau. of James & Rebecca (Welles) Judson);;
  •     vi. Hannah Lewis, b. ca. 1685, d. 1777 at Ripton, CT, m. at Stratford 10 Sep 1714 Sr. Joseph Jones;
  •     vii. Martha Lewis, b. ca. 1691, d. after 30 Sep 1754, m. at Stratford 18 Dec 1712 James Judson (b. 1 Apr 1689 at Stratford, d. before 4 Sep 1744, brother of Hannah Judson who m. Martha’s older brother James);
  •     viii. Abigail Lewis, b. ca. 1694, d. 18 Feb 1722 at Stratford, m. 1st at Stratford 1 Dec 1715 Samuel Prindle (b. 18 Jul 1691at Derby, CT), m. 2nd at Stratford 8 Nov 1721 Joshua Judson (b. 31 Mar 1698 at Stratford, son of Samuel & Mary (Bostwick) Judson);
  •     ix. Benjamin Lewis, b. ca. 1696, d. 7 Jul 1759 at Stratford, m. 1st at Stratford 26 Feb 1719/20 Sarah Nichols (d. soon after marriage), m. 2nd at Stratford 24 Dec 1720 Sarah DeForest (b. 9 Nov 1698 at Stratford, d. there 8 Jun 1765, dau. of David & Martha (Blagge) DeForest); and
  •     x. Eunice Lewis, b. 29 Jan 1698, d. 26 Feb 1789 at Stratford, m. there 5 Jan 1721/2 Judson Burton (b. ca. 1697, d. before 8 Mar 1774, son of Solomon & Mercy (Judson) Burton).
  • In 1671 Hannah married Benjamin Lewis, son of Edmund Lewis (ca 1600- 1650/1) & Mary [Lewis] (ca 1602-7 Sep 1658), in Stratford, CT. Born ca 1646 in Lynn, MA. Benjamin died ca 1700 in Stratford, CT.

Their children include:

  • i. Martha Lewis (ca 1691-aft 30 Sep 1754)

GEDCOM Note

Biography ==Hannah Curtis, d. of John, was born 2 Feb 1655 in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut.<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> <ref name=Curtiss1903>Frederic Haines Curtiss, 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 & Churchill Press, 1903, p. 3.</ref><ref>Donald Lines Jacobus, History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield, CD-Local and Family Histories: CT, 1600's - 1800's, (Produced in collaboration with the Genealogical Publishing Company, 2000), vol 1, p 170.</ref><ref>Donald Lines Jacobus, Families of Old Fairfield, vol 1, p 379.</ref>

Hannah Curtis, daughter of John Curtiss, was born at Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut on February 2, 1654.<ref>#S75 Stratford, Page 44, citing LR1, Page 46</ref>

She died <ref>Donald Lines Jacobus, Families of Old Fairfield, vol 1, p 379.</ref><ref>Donald Lines Jacobus, Families of Old Fairfield, vol 1, p 170.</ref><ref>Frederic Haines Curtiss, The Curtiss Family, p. 3.</ref> 21 Oct 1728 in Wallingford, New Haven, CT.

Hannah married Benjamin LEWIS.<ref name=Curtiss1903 />

Death

:: Date: 21 OCT 1728 :: Place: Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut :: Source: #S65 :::: Text: Record for Elizabeth Welles :::: Text: Record for Hannah Curtis

Marriage

: Husband: Benjamin Lewis : Wife: Hannah Curtis :: Date: 1671 :: Place: Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut :: Source: #S65

  • Fact: http://familysearch.org/v1/LifeSketch Town of Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut Deed Book, Volume 1 (1650-1684), page 25. All births recorded. Hanna Curtiss the daughter of John Curtiss was borne February the Second 1654 CHURCH: Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut, First CongregationalChurch Records (1688-1812), page 26. Those Whose Names are below Written Renewed ye Covent: Mar: 17th: 1699-1700 Hannah Lewis.
  • Fact: Descendants of John Curtis
  • Fact: http://familysearch.org/v1/LifeSketch Town of Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut Deed Book, Volume 1 (1650-1684), page 25. All births recorded. Hanna Curtiss the daughter of John Curtiss was borne February the Second 1654. CHURCH: Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut, First CongregationalChurch Records (1688-1812), page 15. Persons Added to the Church since 1675: Benjamin and Hannah Lewis Oct: 7: 1777. CHURCH: Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut, First CongregationalChurch Records (1688-1812), page 26. Those Whose Names are below Written Renewed ye Covent: Mar: 17th: 1699-1700 Hannah Lewis.
  • Fact: Descendants of John Curtis
  • Fact: http://familysearch.org/v1/LifeSketch Town of Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut Deed Book, Volume 1 (1650-1684), page 25. All births recorded. Hanna Curtiss the daughter of John Curtiss was borne February the Second 1654.
  • Fact: Descendants of John Curtis

Sources

<references />* "Family Tree," database, <i>FamilySearch</i> (http://familysearch.org : modified 08 July 2020, 01:38), entry for Hannah Curtiss(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:LKSX-28Z); contributed by various users.* "Family Tree," database, <i>FamilySearch</i> (http://familysearch.org : modified 08 May 2018, 06:43), entry for Hannah Curtiss(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:LKSX-28Z); contributed by various users.*Jacobus, Donald Lines, compiled & edited (1930-2). History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield For the Eunice Dennie Burr Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution (Fairfield, Connecticut), Genealogical Publishing Company, Vol. 1, page 379*Orcutt, Samuel, (1886). A History of the Old Town of Stratford and the City of Bridgeport, Connecticut, Part II, Genealogies. (Press of Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor, New Haven, Conn.) page1237* Source S75 Title: Connecticut Vital Records to1870 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011.) From original typescripts, Lucius Barnes Barbour Collection, 1928.

  • The Descendants of John Curtis, the immigrant (1577-1639) and Elizabeth Hutchins (~1588-1658) of Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut by John Preston Curtiss Slayton. * http://familysearch.org/v1/LifeSketch Town of Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut Deed Book, Volume 1 (1650-1684), page 25. All births recorded. Hanna Curtiss the daughter of John Curtiss was borne February the Second 1654.*CHURCH: Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut, First Congregational Church Records (1688-1812), page 15. Persons Added to the Church since 1675: Benjamin and Hannah Lewis Oct: 7: 1777.*CHURCH: Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut, First Congregational Church Records (1688-1812), page 26. Those Whose Names are below Written Renewed ye Covent: Mar: 17th: 1699-1700 Hannah Lewis.

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Hannah Bennett's Timeline

1654
February 2, 1654
Stratford, Fairfield , Connecticut
1672
September 30, 1672
Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut Colony, (Present USA)
1674
November 9, 1674
Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut Colony, (Present USA)
1678
1678
Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut Colony
1679
1679
Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA
1683
1683
Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA
1685
1685
Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut Colony
1686
1686
Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut
1694
1694
Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut