Thomas Curtis, of Ash-next-Sandwich

Thosmas of Ash-juxta-Sandwich (juxta means 'next to' as there are other Ash villages in Kent and other counties), Kent. Thomas was buried 11 Dec. 1631 in St. Nicholas, Ash Parish church, Kent, England.

Thomas married:

1. 1 Bennett Lott - License 22 Dec 1612 St. Peter and St. Paul, Temple Ewell, Kent, England.
2. 2 Richardene about 1617/1618 England. (Her maiden name and residence is unknown - marriage not found.

     Richardine married secondly Thomas Chambers in the Parish Church of St. Nicholas, in Ash, Kent, England

     Chambers was a dissenter from the Church of England so they fled, with her children by Thomas

     Curtis, to  Scituate (south Scituate later split off as Norwell), Massachusetts in 1638.

2 children with spouse #1 Bennett include:

1. Nicholas Curtis (c.1613, probably in Worth, Kent, England)
2. John Curtis (bap. 2 Sept. 1615 Worth, Kent, England, buried 12 Nov. 1616)

7 children with spouse #2 Richardene include:

1. 1 Thomas Curtis (ca 1619 Worth, Kent, d. 25 Jan 1691/92 New Calendar, probably in Maine, USA)
2. 2 Richard Curtis (ca 1620-15 Oct 1693)
3. 3 Elizabeth Curtis (bap. 1 Aug 1624 Worth, married Richard Banks/Bankes)
4. 4 William Curtis (ca 1626 - died young)
5. 5 William Curtis (bap. 29 Apr 1627 Ash, d. c.1700 Scituate, Massachusetts)
6. 6 Stephen/Steven Curtis (bap. 5 Dec. 1629 Ash, bur. 16 Sep 1630 Ash, Kent, England)
7. 7 John Curtis (bap. 13 May 1632 Ash, Kent, England-bef Jun 1680 Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA)

Thomas Curtis b. c 1587-1591 is the beginning of his line, as registered with the Curtis-Curtiss Family Society.
See www.curtis-curtiss.org His parents are unknown.

NOTE: Thomas Curtis (above) of Ash, Kent is the progenitor of the Kent line to Scituate, Massachusetts and York, Maine. It is a completely different line than that from Nazeing/Nazing, Essex, England. Both of these lines are in the Curtis-Curtiss Family Society database.

 Findmypast.co.uk, viewed 2018, had two possible Baptisms for Thomas Curtis around the time we have for

  his birth. 1. 1582 Kent, Canterbury Archdeaconry Baptisms  Location: Hythe, St. Leonard, Kent, England.

  "Curtis  Thomas ye sonne (son) of Thomas Curtis was baptized ye 6 April 1582."  Transcript. 

  Archive reference: CCA/U3/282/1/A/1  https://www.findmypast.com/transcript? 

  id=GBPRS%2FCANT3%2FBAP%2F000600

  2. 1596 Kent Baptisms, Tenterden, Kent England, St. Mildred [He would have been only 16 when he married - 

  not likely but... ]  Tenterden St Mildred baptisms 1544-1860. Parish baptisms. Connect?

  Not knowing his parents or siblings makes it impossible to know if we have correct Thomas Curtis.

  BURIAL: Findmypast  lists "Thomas Curtis 1630 Record set: Canterbury Archdeaconry Burials, 

  Ash, St. Nicholas, England. A second entry for Thomas Curtis died (Event:) 1631 England Deaths &

  Burials 1538-1991  Ash, Parish Kent, England. "Thomas Curtis 1574-1631 LT55-P7M."  It says: "No

  similar records were found."

  NOTE: St. Nicholas Parish Church of Ash website 2021: www.s8nicholas.org.uk/index.html

  [Yes,that's s8 not st.]

   I have photos of the church. Click on History to read more, including "Family History Enquiries" which states

   "Parish registers, with baptisms, marriages and burials, have been transferrred to Canterbury Cathedral 

   Archives."   Added Nov 17, 2023 by Nancy Purchase.

Death of Thomas Curtis of Ash-next-Sandwich, Kent, England sources:

• BURIAL: "England Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JD4R-9YX : 10 February 2018), Thomas Curtis, Householder Burial Date: 11 Dec 1631;

citing Ash Parish, Kent, England, index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 1,736,522. Index online 2018 at familysearch.org (no actual images).

• BURIAL, Canterbury Burials Transcription from findmypast.co.uk obtained Dec. 2015: "Thomas Curtis Death year: 1630 Burial date 11 Dec. 1631 Burial Place: Ash, St. Nicholas, Kent, England. Canterbury Cathedral Archives 1561-1640 Record set: Kent, Canterbury Archdeaconry burials 1538-1988. Copy Actual image shows Burials 1630: " September William Curtis fonne (son) Thomas Curtis 16." Copy
• Also: "Thomas Cirrtis buried 11 Dec. 1631 Subc [Subdeanery? NRP] at Canterbury."
• Also: "Robert Curtis Male Burial date 20 Oct 1684 Burial placer: Ash Parish, Kent, England. Connect? "England Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991," database, FamilySearc (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:

JD4R-72J : 10 February 2018), Robert Curtis, burial 20 Oct 1684; citing Ash Parish, Kent, England, index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 1,736,522.

• Also: "England Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JZ21-JYR : 10 February 2018), Richard Curtis, burial 03 Sep 1619; citing , index based upon

data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 1,736,929. Connect?

• BURIAL, Kent, Canterbury Archdeaconry Burials 1538-1988 on Findmypast.co.uk Again viewed May 2016.

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• http://genforum.genealogy.com/curtis/messages/2159.html
• http://aleph0.clarku.edu/~djoyce/gen/report/rr01/rr01_323.html#P11648
• Frederic H. Curtiss, A genealogy of the Curtiss family: being a record of the descendants of widow Elizabeth Curtiss, who settled in Stratford, Conn., 1639-1640, Rockwell and Churchill Press, Boston, 1903.
• Edward Hasted, 'The town and port of Sandwich', in The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent: Volume 10 (Canterbury, 1800), pp. 152-216 http://www.british-history.ac.uk/survey-kent/vol10/pp152-216 [accessed 25 February 2015]
• A genealogy of the Curtiss family: being a record of the descendants of widow Elizabeth Curtiss, who settled in Stratford, Conn., 1639-1640 by Frederic Haines Curtiss. Published 1903 by Rockwell and Churchill Press in Boston . Written in English.  Page 38-39
• England Marriages Prior to 1700 By Clarence Almon Torrey, Elizabeth Petty Bentley.  Page 198.
• http://lenapedelawarehistory.net/mirror/curtis_family.htm

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! (1) "The Great Migration Begins, Immigrants to New England 1620-1633," by Robert Charles Anderson (Great Migration Study Project, NEHGS, Boston, 1995) 3:2090.

! Marriage to Mary CAMP: (1) Change Date: 22 Mar 2007 at 01:00:00

Marriage 1 Mary Camp Children

1. William Curtis c: 12 Nov 1592 in Nazeing, Essex, England
2. Thomas Curtis (Curtice) b: in , England
3. Katharine Curtis

Links

• http://www.ourfamilyhistories.org/getperson.php?personID=I22325&tre...

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Richardene first married Thomas Curtis, secondly to Thomas Chambers. Thomas Chambers emigrated to Scituate with his wife Richardene, widow of Thomas Curtis, and his step children (children of Thomas and Richardene Curtis). Thomas Chambers bought land in York, Maine, but his residence was in Scituate, Massachusetts.

Richardene's estate was settled 29 Oct 1673.

Notes

From Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire page 135:

CHAMBERS, Thomas, brought the Curtis family from Kent to Scituate, having m. 25 May 1632 in Ash-juxta-Sandwich, their mo., Richardene, her will at Plymouth 18 Nov. 1672?29 Oct. 1673. He is almost continually ment. in Scituate records Dec. 1638?July 1666, but in 1642 had come to York to buy the land on which Thomas Curtis and Richard Banks lived.

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From http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~barbpretz/ps03/ps03_415.htm

“Thomas Chambers left his house and property to John Curtis. He was just a small baby when his parents married and Thomas Chambers brought him up and was fond of him as the will shows. Richardene and Thomas Chambers had no children.”1529

• http://www.rnward.com/genealogy/getperson.php?personID=I1073&tree=B...
• http://aleph0.clarku.edu/~djoyce/gen/report/rr01/rr01_323.html#P11648