Lemuel Curtice (1756 - 1837)

Born Jun 1756 in Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Smith) Curtice — married 9 Feb 1779 in Amherst, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States

Died 25 Jun 1837 at about age 81 in Antrim, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States

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Biography

LEMUEL CURTICE,^[1][2] baptized at Topsfield, Massachusetts, 27 Jun 1756 son of Jacob Curtice and Mary Stiles;^[3] Lemuel died at Antrim, 25 Jun 1837;^[4] married at Amherst, 9 Feb 1779,^[5] MARY SMITH, born at Amherst, New Hampshire, 6 Nov 1753^[6] daughter of John Smith and Anna Davis;^[7] Mary died at Antrim, New Hampshire, 18 Jun 1821.^[8]

Lemuel Curtice resided on the border near the town of Antrim, New Hampshire. Lemuel and his brother came together to Antrim in 1784 and settled near Windsor Mountain.^[9] In 1800, Lemuel Curtis headed a household of ten persons at Antrim: one male 26 to 44, one female 45 and over, one male under 10, two males 10 to 15, one female under 10, one female 10 to 15, and three females 16 to 25.^[10]

On 6 July 1819, Lemuel Curtis resident of Antrim in the sixty-fourth year of his age made application for a pension based on his service in the Revolution. In the first part of February 1776, he enlisted as a private in the company of Capt. Daniel Wilkins in the regiment of Col. Bedel of the New Hampshire line and served until the beginning of 1777 when he was honorably discharged. On 12 July 1820, he provided further information on his circumstances. He reported no property of any kind. He was a laborer by trade but unable to work due to infirmity. Lemuel was awarded a pension. After his death on 23 June 1837, the arrears of his pension were paid to his estate administrator.^[11]

Lemuel Curtice did not leave a will and his son Lemuel Curtice was named administrator of his estate on 5 February 1839. Lemuel reported his father left no widow.^[12]

Children

Mary Smith and Lemuel Curtice were parents of six children born at Antrim.

i MARY CURTICE, b. 1781; d. at Windsor, NH, 25 May 1855; m. at Antrim, 30 Dec 1824, JOHN A. LYON, b. in MA, 1777; John d. at Windsor, 22 Mar 1853. In 1850, Mary and John were living in Windsor with Mary’s sisters Anna and Hannah in the home with them.^[13]

ii ANNA CURTICE, b. 1783; d. at Windsor, NH, 1 Dec 1861; m. at Antrim, 7 Apr 1816, her first cousin, LEVI CURTIS, b. about 1790 son of Stephen and Bridget (Smith) Curtice; Levi d. at Saranac, NY, 23 Nov 1867. Levi left Anna after the deaths of several children^[14] and he had a second marriage to Fanny Lyon about 1822.

iii LEMUEL CURTICE, b. 1788; d. at Windsor, NH, 18 Sep 1854; Lemuel m. 28 Feb 1822, PAMELIA WEBSTER, b. at Antrim, 28 May 1797 daughter of Nathan and Anna (Biles) Webster; Pamelia d. at Antrim, 26 Feb 1857.

iv SARAH CURTICE, b. about 1791; m. at Antrim, 22 Jun 1813, JAMES WALKER, b. about 1785 son of James and Hannah (Woodbury) Walker.

v DAVID CURTICE, b. 1791; d. at Windsor, NH, 26 Oct 1880; m. 1st BETSEY SWETT, b. 1790 daughter of Jonathan and Lydia (Huntress) Swett; Betsey d. at Windsor, 18 May 1817. David m. 2nd at Windsor, 17 Oct 1820, Betsey’s sister, SARAH “SALLY” SWETT, b. 1787; Sarah d. at Windsor, 8 Oct 1857.

vi HANNAH CURTICE, b. 1792; d. at Windsor, 16 Dec 1883. Hannah did not marry.

Sources

1. ↑ Family summary taken from Abbott, The Descendants of William and Grace Ballard of Andover ©
2. ↑ The name spelling is inconsistently given as Curtis and Curtice. In his pension file, Lemuel’s signed his name as Curtice and Curtis on different documents.
3. ↑ Baptized 27 Jun 1756; Curtice, Lemuel, s. Jacob, bp. June 27, 1756. Topsfield Vital Records; https://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Essex/Topsfield/Images/Topsfield_B031.shtml
4. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/151848580/lemuel-curtice: accessed 02 January 2023), memorial page for Lemuel Curtice (1755–23 Jun 1837), Find a Grave Memorial ID 151848580, citing Meeting House Cemetery, Antrim, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA; Maintained by Cheshire (contributor 47921031).
5. ↑ "New Hampshire Marriage Records, 1637-1947", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FLFM-NS5 : 1 August 2022), Lemuel Curtis and Mary Smith, 1779.
6. ↑ "New Hampshire Birth Records, Early to 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FL54-3PJ : 21 October 2022), Mary Smith, ; citing Amherst, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States, Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics, Concord; FHL microfilm .
7. ↑ Parentage confirmed by deed related to the settlement of her father's estate; Hillsborough County Deeds, 29:512
8. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/151849185/mary-curtice: accessed 02 January 2023), memorial page for Mary Smith Curtice (1753–18 Jun 1821), Find a Grave Memorial ID 151849185, citing Meeting House Cemetery, Antrim, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA; Maintained by Cheshire (contributor 47921031).
9. ↑ Cochrane, History of the Town of Antrim, p 442
10. ↑ Year: 1800; Census Place: Antrim, Hillsborough, New Hampshire; Series: M32; Roll: 20; Page: 462; Image: 280; Family History Library Film: 218679
11. ↑ U. S. Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files, Case S45712
12. ↑ New Hampshire Probate, Hillsborough County, Volume 44, p 58
13. ↑ Year: 1850; Census Place: Windsor, Hillsborough, New Hampshire; Roll: 434; Page: 2a
14. ↑ Cochrane, History of the Town of Antrim, p 443

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• Cochrane, Warren Robert. 1880. History of the Town of Antrim, New Hampshire, from its Earliest Settlement to June 27, 1877, with a Brief Genealogical Record of all the Antrim Families. Manchester, NH: Mirror Steam Printing Press.