Mary (Bryan) Curtis (abt. 1728 - 1742)

Born about 1728 in Chester County, Province of Pennsylvania

Ancestors

Wife of Thomas Curtis — married about 1740 in Colony of Virginia

Died 25 Feb 1742 at about age 14 in Orange County, Colony of Virginia

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Biography

Birth

Birth:

Date: abt 1724-1731

Place: Chester County, Province of Pennsylvania

Note

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One source says she m George Forbis.

Source: #S772

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Text: Correspondence with Sue Hawkins, 7765 Brookview, Indiapolis IN 46250, probably from ca 1987.

Will of Mary (Bryan) Curtis

Pages 191-92. Will of Mary Curtiss of Opekin in Orange County and Collony of Virginia being very sick and weak in body, dated 9 Jan. 1741.

To my Honrd. mother Martha Bryan my riding horse and saddle.

To my well beloved daughter Mary Curtiss all the rest of my stock together with all and singular my household goods. In case she should die without issue equally divided amongst my beloved bretheren Joseph, Samuell, Morgan, John William, James and Thomas Bryan and my beloved sister Ellinor Linvill.

My Honrd. father Morgan Bryan and my beloved brother Joseph Bryan executors.

(signed) Mary (M C) Curtiss

Wit: Edward Hughes, Peter Van Bebber, Nicholas (N) Boitter.

25 Feb. 1741 [1742]. Presented in Court by Morgan Bryan and Joseph Bryan. :Proved by Edwd. Hughes and Nicholas Boitter.

Pages 192-93. Bond of Morgan Bryan, Joseph Bryan, Morgan Morgan and Samuell Britton unto Thos. Chew, Gent., justice. For ₤1000. 25 Feb. 1741 [1742]. Morgan Bryan and Joseph Bryan are exors. of Mary Curtiss. (signed) Morgan Bryan, Jos. (X) Bryan, Morgan an, Samll Brittan. Wit: Catlett Conway. 25 Feb. 1741 [1742]. Ack and admitted to record.^[1]

Research Notes

There are several Mary Bryans in WikiTree, and I think some may have been merged erroneously. (See Bryan-128, for instance - different parents but same siblings as in this profile, so something's wrong.) Also, this is a Mary Bryan m Curtis. A merge proposed August 13, 2013 (now an unmerged match) was with a Mary Bryan m Forbes.

Documentation is much needed for all the Mary Bryans!

~ Liz Shifflett, August 13, 2013

Sources

Name: Mary Bryan. ^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ Orange County Virginia Will Book 1, Dorman, pg. 37
2. ↑ Source: #S468 Book Title: Samuel Moody Grubbs, a descendant of the Boone Family

• Source: S468 Ancestry.com North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2016;