Samuel Curtiss (1678 - 1769)

Born 3 Feb 1678 in Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Fredericks) Curtiss — married about 6 Jan 1703 in Hebron, Connecticut

Descendants

Died 29 Oct 1769 at age 91 in Plymouth, Litchfield, Connecticut

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Biography

When Samuel Curtiss was born on January 3, 1678, in Wallingford, Connecticut, his father, Thomas, was 29 and his mother, Mary, was 20. ^[1] He married Elizabeth Frederick on January 6, 1703, in Hebron, Connecticut. ^{[2] [3] [4]} They had 13 children in 22 years. Samuel was a surveyor of highways, farmer and constable (1745). He died on October 29, 1769, in Plymouth, Connecticut, at the impressive age of 91, and was buried in the Andrews Farm Cemetery in New Haven, Connecticut. ^{[5] [6] [7] [8]}

Sources

1. ↑ Curtiss, Frederic Haines, 1903. A Genealogy of the Curtiss Family, being a Record of the Descendants of Widow Elizabeth Curtiss, who settled in Stratford, Conn., 1639-40. Rockwell & Churchill Press, Boston, page 8
2. ↑ Curtiss, Frederic Haines, 1903. A Genealogy of the Curtiss Family, being a Record of the Descendants of Widow Elizabeth Curtiss, who settled in Stratford, Conn., 1639-40. Rockwell & Churchill Press, Boston, page 8
3. ↑ Connecticut, Town Marriage Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection) [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.
4. ↑ U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.
5. ↑ Curtiss, Frederic Haines, 1903. A Genealogy of the Curtiss Family, being a Record of the Descendants of Widow Elizabeth Curtiss, who settled in Stratford, Conn., 1639-40. Rockwell & Churchill Press, Boston, page 8
6. ↑ Connecticut. Church Records Index. Connecticut State Library, Hartford, Connecticut.(Death)
7. ↑ Probate Files Collection, Early to 1880; Author: Connecticut State Library (Hartford, Connecticut); Probate Place: Hartford, Connecticut
8. ↑ Find A Grave. Find A Grave. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi. [1]

See Also:

• Family Data Collection - Births [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2001. [2]
• Family Data Collection - Individual Records [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000. (Birth, Death, Spouse, Parents) [3]
• Dillon, Arthur Orison, The ancestors of Arthur Orison Dillon and his poems. 1927, page 18 [4]

Acknowledgements

• WikiTree profile Curtiss-41 created through the import of BDM7-7-11.ged on Jul 8, 2011 by Brian McCullough.
• WikiTree profile Curtiss-64 created through the import of Sara Betty Northrup_2011-07-29.ged on Jul 29, 2011 by Alexis Connolly. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Alexis and others.
• WikiTree profile Curtiss-105 created through the import of NJCurtis.ged on Feb 3, 2012 by Tami Osmer. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Tami and others.
• WikiTree profile Curtis-2259 created through the import of Barach.ged on Oct 23, 2012 by Gary Barach. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Gary and others.
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