Dodavah Curtis (abt. 1650)

Ancestors

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Biography

Named in Father’s (Thomas) will dated 19 Apr 1680 and proved 1 Oct 1706, in York Maine.^[1]

Dodavah was born about 1669. He settled in Kittery. He married by 1700 Elizabeth (Withers) widow of Benjamin Berry. Both were living in 1736. Her wiil was dated 1743, proved 1747. Their only child was killed by Indians 4 May 1705.^[2]

Research Notes

Dodavah Curtis is (erroneously) listed among the dead following the Raid on York in early 1692.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ Maine Wills- pp. 146-8 quoting Probate Office Vol. I, p. 126; Docket No. 3840 at the probate office in Alfred contains his inventory, however, the will is missing.
2. ↑ Davis, Walter Goodwin et al. Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire. Portland, Maine : Southworth Press, 1928-1939 Vol. 2 p 177.
3. ↑ Maine Genelogy. "Casualties of the Candlemas Day Massacre in York Maine". (Accessed 31 Oct 2022) https://mainegenealogy.com/york/casualties-of-the-candlemas-day-massacre-in-york-maine.htm

• Anderson, Robert Charles. The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633. Volume 1, A-F. Boston, MA: Great Migration Study Project, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995.

• Noyes, Sybil, Charles Thornton Libby and Walter Goodwin Davis.Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1979 (orig. published in five parts 1828-1939.)