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21 August 2006

CURTIS FAMILY ( (Some of the earlier data is from Frederick Hoener Curtis, A Genealogy of the Curtis Family, 1903. Revised 1935?)

CURTIS LINE From John Curtis born 1574 to Addaline "Addie" T. Curtis born 1851

Addaline "Addie" T. Curtis       Nathan "Nat" Arthur Curtis [Jr.]     Nathan Curtis [Sr.]

        Researcher: Thomas F. Hahn swiftwater@lenapedelawarehistory.net

(Harold E. Curtis, The Descendants of Thomas 1, Richard 1, and William Curtis 1 of Scituate, Massachusetts.  "The surname Curtis originated from the Middle English word curteys or corteys (Old French, curteis) and was given as a nickname, meaning "the courteous one"...It became a popular surname from the 13th century downwards. The earliest forms can be observed in the rolls (Rotuli Hundredorum) containing lists of all the taxable persons of each county in England, taken by the order of Edward 1...The subjects of this genealogy settled in Scituate, Massachusetts and in the seventeenth century records of that town the forms Courtis, Courtiesse, Courteous,, Curtise, Curtiss, and Curtis are found...The Scituate Curtis's came from Ash, near Sandwich, in the County of Kent, England." [Southeast England]

The first generation of the Curtis Family of our line to come to Plymouth Colony from County Kent, England  were the four sons--Thomas, John, Richard, and William--and the daughter, Elizabeth, of Thomas Curtis. He married  Richardene_______. Thomas Curtis  was born about 1587 and was from Ash, County Kent. He died on 11 December 1631 at Ashe-juxta-Sandwich, whereupon. Richardene married (2) William Blackmore and (3)  on 25 May 1632.  Sometime thereafter Richardene _______, Richardene and Thomas Chambers took her five children from County Kent, England to Massachusetts and were there in Scituate, Plymouth Colony, by 1638. (Curtis Genealogy. p. 1920-=1921)One of the brothers, William Curtis is the ancestor of the current researchers of this family on this web site.  William was born in Nazing, County Kent, in 1638 (Ibid, p. 960-961)

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Some of the Curtis Family and their Collateral Families are undoubtedly buried in the Men of Kent Cemetery in Scituate, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. (Photo by Curtis Descendant Darrell Haley)

More may be included later on, but the emphasis right mow is on the American Curtis Family of William Curtis of Scituate. His sister, Mary Curtis, married Richard Banks and married (2) William Blackmore, and (3) Jacob Bumpas. The families of her brothers,. John Curtis and Richard Curtis also settled in Scituate, where Richard married in 1749 Lydia Hollet.Thomas Curtis, born 2 November 1619, went to York, Maine. He married Elizabeth _______. John Curtis appears to have left no descendants. (Check which brother went to York, Maine.

For three generations the  Curtis's lived in Scituate as along with the other early English settlers in Plymouth Colony. (Second generation Joseph Curtis/Rebecca _______; third generation Elisha Curtis/Sarah Chittenden)  In the mid-1700s, fourth generation Luther Curtis, migrated to Chesterfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, where he was an early settler of that place.  His son, Nathan Curtis -- fifth-generation -- and his spouse, Zoe Cudworth, went to New York by 1822 as that was where his son, sixth-generation Nathan Arthur "Art" Curtis was born on 22 December of that year (Luther Curtis Bible) at Bainbridge or Otego, Chenango County. Nathan Arthur Curtis was married to Clarinda Hood. Both father and son were farmers in Delaware County. By 1860, Nathan Arthur Curtis was in Broome County, New York. His daughter, Addaline "Addie" T.  Curtis, seventh generation, was the last of this Curtis line to bear that name. She and her spouse, Orson Owen, and his parents and several of his family migrated to Bremer County, Iowa about 1868. About 1871, Addaline and Orson Owen, traveled six weeks by oxcart to the Solomon River Valley in Dickenson County, Kansas where they first lived in a sod house. Orson was a farmer there before working on the railroad. Several years later they moved to Parker Township, Morris County, Kansas, where he was a railway section foreman and a farmer. Their descendants, for the next two generations, generally remained in Kansas, several of them moving to Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas, where your researcher, the great-grandson of Addaline Curtis, was born.

    A Partial Curtis Family Ancestor Chart  Line beginning with Adaline "Addie" T. Curtis

                                            First Generation

1. Addaline "Addie" T. Curtis was born on 22 April 1851 in Cannonsville, Delaware County, New York. She died on 3 March 1944 in Council Grove, Morris County, Kansas and was buried on 6 March 1944 in the Parkerville Cemetery, Parkerville, Morris County, Kansas. Addaline married Orson Owen on 26 February 1867 in Deposit, Broome, County, New York. For details of her life see Addaline "Addie" T. Curtis . Orson Anderson Owen was born on 1 September 1842 in Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio. He was the was son of Benjamin "Ben" D. or T. Owen  and Sarah "Sary" Ann Hulce. Orson died on 26 April 1908 in Parkerville, Morris County, Kansas and was buried in the Parkerville Cemetery. For details of his life see Orson Anderson Owen.  

                                  Second Generation

2. Nathan "Nat" Arthur Curtis was born on 22 December 1822 at possibly Bainbridge or Otego, Chenango County, New York. Nathan died on 25 December 1862 and was buried in the Bennettsville Cemetery, Chenango County, New York. Nathan married Clarinda Hood on 16 November 1845 in New York. For details of his life see Nathan "Nat" Arthur Curtis . Nathan married Clarinda Hood,  the daughter of John Warren Hood and Jerusha Lewis. She was born on 18 September 1826 in Masonville, Delaware County, New York. She died on 21 October 1906 in Broome County, New York and was buried in October 1906 in the McClure Cemetery, McClure, Broome County, New York.  (See Hood Family.)

                                  Third Generation

4. Nathan Curtis was born on 12 June 1787 in Chesterfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts. Nathan died on 4 March 1864 and was buried in March 1864 in the Bennettsville Cemetery, Chenango County, New York. Nathan married Zoe Cudworth Nathan married Zoe Cudworth,  the daughter of John Cudworth and Elizabeth Clapp,  on 27 November 1810 (Luther Curtis Bike) in Scituate, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Zoe Cudworth was born on 26 May 1790 (Luther Curtis Bible) in Scituate, Plymouth County, Massachusetts and was christened on 14 August 1796 in Scituate, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. She died on 13 March 1882 in possibly Nanticoke, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania and was possibly possibly buried there.

                               Fourth Generation

8. Luther Curtis was born on 9 April 1749 in Scituate, Plymouth County, Massachusetts and was baptized there on 9 April 1749. He went to Chesterfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts as a young man. Luther married on 20 May 1773 in Chesterfield  Rebecca Bisbee,  the daughter of Gideon Bisbee and Rebecca Turner. Rebecca was born on 16 March 1753 in Scituate, Plymouth County, Massachusetts and died on 7 February 1843. Luther died on 7 April 1830 and was  buried in April 1830.
                                                 
                                            Fifth Generation

16. Elisha Curtis was born on 20 February 1705 in Scituate, Plymouth County, Massachusetts and was christened on 14 July 1706 in Scituate. Elisha married Sarah Chittenden, the daughter of Thomas Chittenden and Elizabeth Woodworth, on 12 November 1741, possibly in Scituate. Sarah Chittenden was christened on 14 July 1717 in Scituate, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. She died after 1768. In the entry under Zachariah Curtis, half brother of Luther (above) in Families of Chesterfield [Massachusetts], p. 118, "Then the family came to Chesterfield [Massachusetts], with Sarah Chittenden Curtis, wife of Elisha, in 1768."

                                            Sixth Generation
32. Joseph Curtis was born on 23 May 1664 at Scituate, Plymouth County, Massachusetts and was christened in May 1664.    He died in 1753.  Joseph married Rebecca ________ in 1689/1692, possibly in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts. Rebecca ________ was born about 1668. She was from Scituate.
 
                                       Seventh Generation

64. William Curtis was born in 1626 in Kent, England and was christened on 29 April 1627 in Ash-juxta-Sandwich, Kent, England. He died in 1702 in Scituate, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. William may have married Sarah Moore. She was born in 1632 at Scituate.

                                       Eighth Generation

128. Thomas Curtis was born on 28 November 1574 and was christened on 28 November 1574 at Folkstone, Kent, England. Thomas died on 11 December 1631 in Ashe juxta Sandwich and was buried there on 11 December 1631. Thomas married Richardene ________  in 16171618, possibly at Ash-juxta-Sandwich.
Richardene ________ was born about 1597 at Ashe-juxta-Sandwich and died before 29 October 1673. She (2) on 25 may 1632 Thomas Chambers and removed to Scituate, Massachusetts with the five Curtis children.

 

A Partial Modified Register Descendancy Chart for the Curtis Family beginning with John Curtis born c1574  (Some this data is from Frederick Hoener Curtis, A Genealogy of the Curtis Family, 1903. Revised 1935?)

First Generation 

     1. John Curtis  was probably christened in Folkestone, County Kent, England. He married an unknown woman.
They had the following children:
     + 2 M        i.  Thomas Curtis  was born on 28 November 1574--although there is a Thomas Curtis christened in 1587 of Ashe-juxta-Sandwich. He died on 11 December 1631.
       3 M        ii.  John Curtis  was born in Folkstone, Kent, England and was christened on 23 July 1583 in Folkstone.
       4 M       iii.  William Curtis  was born in Folkstone, Kent, England. 

      Second Generation

      2. Thomas Curtis  (John) was born on 28 November 1574 and was christened on 28 November 1574 in Folkstone, Kent, England. He died on 11 December 1631 in Ashe-juxta-Sandwich, Kent, England and was buried on 11 December 1631 in Ashe. Thomas married (1) Richardene ______  in 1617/1618, possibly at Ashe-juxta-Sandwich. Richardene was born about 1597 in Ashe and died before 29 October 1673.
They had the following children:
       5 M        i.  Thomas Curtis  was christened on 7 November 1619 in Worth, near Sandwich, Kent, England and died on 25 January 1692 in York, York County, Maine.
       6 M        ii.  Richard Curtis  was born about 1621 in Kent, England. He died on 15 October 1693 in Scituate, Plymouth County, Massachusetts and was buried in 1693 in York, York County, Maine.
       7 F        iii.  Elizabeth Curtis  was born in Kent, England and was christened on 1 August 1624 in Worth, Kent, Kent, England. She died in 1651.
       8 M      iv.  William Curtis  was born in 1626 in Kent, England. He died in September 1630 and was buried on 16 September 1630 in Worth, Kent.
+     9 M       v.  William Curtis  was born in 1626 and died in 1702.
      10 M      vi.  Stephen Curtis  was christened on 5 Dec 1629 in Ash near Sandwich, Kent, England and died in 1630 and was buried in Ash near Sandwich, Kent.
      11 M     vii.  John Curtis  was born in Kent, England and was christened on 13 May 1632 in Ash near Sandwich, Kent. He died before 19 December 1693. Thomas married (2) Bennett Lott  on 22 December 1613. Bennett died on 8 September 1618.
They had the following children:
      12 M     viii.  Nicholas Curtis  was born in 1613 and died in 1613.
      13 M      ix.  John Curtis  died in 1616.  

Third Generation 

      9. William Curtis  (Thomas, John) was born in 1626 in Kent, England. He was christened on 29 April 1627 in Ash-juxta-Sandwich, Kent, England. He died in 1702 in Scituate, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. William married Sarah Moore[?]daughter of George Moore. Sarah was born in 1632 in Scituate, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.
They had the following children (Curtis Genealogypp. 480-481):
     14 F         i.  Deborah Curtis  was christened on 18 May 1662.
+   15 M        ii.  Joseph Curtis  was born on 23 May 1664 and died in 1753.
    16 M       iii.  Benjamin Curtis  was born in January 1666/1667 in Scituate, married 1n 1689 Mary Sylvester, thje daughter of Captain Joseph Sylvester of Scituate. She was born on 24 December 1666 in Scituate. and died in 1743 in Hanover, Plymouth County. He might have died 1n 1689?
     17 M      iv.  William Curtis  was born in 18 January 1668/1669 in Hanover, Plymouth County, Massachusetts and was christened in the Second Church, Scituate, Plymouth County. William married Rachel Stoder. He died on 4 March 1736/1737.
     18 M       v.  John Curtis  was born on 20 February 1671 in Scituate. He married on 4 March 1708 Experience Palmer, daughter of John Palmer of Scituate.  and died on 29 November 1750 in Hanover, Plymouth County.
      19 F       vi.  Miriam Curtis  was born on 12 November 1673 in Scituate, Plymouth County, Massachusetts and died in 1714.
      20 M     vii.  Mehitabel Curtis  was born on 12 December 1675 in Scituate, Plymouth County, Massachusetts and was christened on 23 March 1677 in Scituate.
      21 M     viii.  Stephen Curtis  was born on 30 August 1677 in Scituate, Plymouth County, Massachusetts and was christened on 1 December 1678 in Scituate. He died on 29 March 1758 in Scituate.
       22 F       ix.  Sarah Curtis  was born on 3 August 1679 in Scituate and was christened there on 5 December 1679. She married William Cook of Scituate on 30 August 1705. He was born about 1679.
       23 M     x.  Samuel Curtis  was born on 11 June 1681 in Scituate. He married Ann Barstow? 11 September 1707He died on 16 December 1747 in Norwell, Plymouth County and was buried in Norwell.  

Fourth Generation 

  15. Joseph Curtis  (William, Thomas, John) was born on 23 May 1664 in Scituate, Plymouth County, Massachusetts and was christened in May 1664. He died about 1689 in 1753. Joseph married Rebecca ______  in 1689/1692, possibly at Scituate. Rebecca was born about 1668 in. She was from Scituate.
They had the following children:
       24 M      i.  Joseph Curtis  was born on 23 March 1693/1694 in Scituate, Plymouth County, Massachusetts and was christened in Hanover, Plymouth County. He married 1. Mary Palmer of Hanover,  born April 1704 and he married 2. Perses Stockbridge. Joseph died on 1 December 1753 in Hanover and was buried in the Hanover Center Cemetery.
      25 M      ii. Josiah Curtis  was born on 5 April 1697 in Scituate, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. He married Sarah Collamore, born about 1710 at Hanover. Josiah died on 26 February 1777 in Hanover, Plymouth County.
       26 F       iii.  Rebecca Curtis  was born on 9 May 1699 in Scituate.
       27 F        iv.  Martha Curtis  was born on 14 February 1701 in Scituate.
       28 M      v.  Richard Curtis  was born on 8 Nov 1702 in Scituate. He died on 28 April 1766 in Hanover, Plymouth County  and was buried in 1766 in the Hanover Center Cemetery.
+     29 M       vi.  Elisha Curtis  was born on 20 February 1705 at Scituate.
     30 F      vii.  Thankful Curtis  was born on 17 January 1708 in Scituate, Plymouth County, Massachusetts and was christened on 12 October 1712. He died on 22 July 1759 in Hanover, Plymouth County.
             31 M Jesse Curtis was born in 1709.
       32 M      ix.  Peleg Curtis  was christened on 12 October 1712 in Scituate, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. He died on 15 January 1797 in Hanover, Plymouth County, Massachusetts and was buried in the Union Cemetery at Hanover.

Fifth Generation 

29. Elisha Curtis  (Joseph, William, Thomas, John) was born on 20 February 1705 in Scituate, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. He was christened on 14 July 1706 in Scituate, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.

Elisha Curtis married (1) Sarah Chittenden  daughter of Thomas Chittenden and Elizabeth Woodworth on 12 November 1741 possibly at Scituate. Sarah was christened on 14 July 1717 in Scituate, Plymouth County, Massachusetts and died after 1768.
They had the following children:
     33 F         i.  Sarah Curtis  was christened on 19 December 1742 in the Second Congregational Church, Scituate, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.
     34 F           ii.  Martha Curtis  was christened on 2 June 1745 in Scituate, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.
     35 M         iii.  Calvin Curtis  was christened on 27 September 1747 in Scituate, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.
+   36 M         iv.  Luther Curtis  was born on 9 April 1749 and died on 17 April 1830 at Chesterfield, Massachusetts.
     37 F           v.  Mehitable Curtis  was christened on 11 August 1751.
     38 F          vi.  Rebecca Curtis  was christened on 28 April 1754 in Scituate, Plymouth County, Massachusetts 

Elisha married (2) Martha Damon. Martha was from Scituate, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. 

Sixth Generation 

  36. Luther Curtis  (Elisha, Joseph, William, Thomas, John) was christened on 9 April 1749 at Scituate, Plymouth County, Massachusetts and was christened on 9 April 1749 in Scituate. He died on 7 April and 1830 at Chesterfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts  and was buried in April 1830.

Luther married 1. Martha Damon  2. Rebecca Bisbee,  daughter of Gideon Bisbee and Rebecca Turner, on 20 May 1773 in Chesterfield. Rebecca was born on 16 May 1753 at Scituate, Plymouth County, Massachusetts and died on 7 February 1843, probably at Chesterfield.
They had the following children:
      39 M        i.  Mehetabel Curtis  was born on 21 April 1774 in Chesterfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts. She married Sylvanus Sampson  on 29 December 1796 in Norwich, Connecticut. He  was born on 29 December 1796 in Norwich.
      40 F     ii.  Cynthia Curtis  was born on 19 August 1776 in Chesterfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts. Cynthia married Esquire Beswick.
      41 F        iii.  Mary Curtis  was born on 21 August 1778 in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts. Mary married Zacharia Shaw  on 15 January 1801.
      42 M      iv.  Luther Curtis Jr.  was born on 9 July 1780 in Chesterfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts. He died on 23 September  1857 in Chesterfield at age 77 and was buried in the Center Cemetery at Chesterfield in the 18th Row, the first row being south to north. He Married Lucy _____. She died in 1855 at age 76[?] and appears to have been buried in the Center Cemetery. (Basically from a Cemetery Book on Chesterfield, Massachusetts held at the Anthenum Library in Pittsfield, Massachusetts)
      43 F        v.  Chloe Curtis  was born on 14 April 1785 in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts. Chloe married Joe Clapp Cudworth  on 27 October 1805. 
    + 44 M      vi.  Nathan Curtis  was born on 12 June 1787 and died on 4 March 1864.
       45 F      vii.  Rebecca Curtis  was born on 28 December 1789 in Scituate, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.
       46 F      viii.  Rispah Curtis  was born on 4 June 1792 in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts. Rispah married (1) Luther Wolcutt. He was born from Williamsburg, Massachusetts. Rispah married (2) John Pittsinger.  
     

Seventh Generation

     44. Nathan Curtis  (Luther, Elisha, Joseph, William, Thomas, John) was born on 12 June 1787 (Luther Curtis Bible) in Chesterfield, Hampshire    County, Massachusetts. He married 1 (marriage intention of 10 July 1807) Ruth Bonney of Ware, Massachusetts). He married 2 (marriage intentions 28 July 1810) Zoe Cudworth. She was born in 1790 in Scituate, Plymouth County, Massachusetts  They removed to New York State. Nathan died on 4 March 1864 and was buried in March 1864 in the Bennettsville Cemetery, Chenango  County, New York. (See the Nathan Curtis, Sr. Family page for more information and for the children of Nathan and Zoe).