Phebe (Curtis) Hawley (abt. 1688 - abt. 1760)

Born about 2 Mar 1688 in New Milford, Litchfield, Connecticut Colony [uncertain]

Ancestors

Wife of Ephraim Hawley — married 5 Oct 1711 in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut

Descendants

Died about 6 Mar 1760 at about age 72 in Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut Colony [uncertain]

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Biography

Name

Her name is seen as Phebe or Sarah Curtis. The only reliable record is that of her marriage to Ephraim Hawley where she is named Phebe Curtis.^[1] The origin for Sarah appears to be from SAR applications which only list a name and no dates. This may be confusion with Sarah Curtis, daughter of Thomas Curtis and Mary Merriman from Wallingford. Or it could be confusion with her husband's cousin Ephraim, son of Daniel, who married Sarah Watkins.

Birth

It has not been proven she is the daughter these parents. She is not found named among the children of Benjamin and Esther ( Judson) Curtiss in the Curtis Genealogy. ^[2] No records for the birth of either Phebe or Sarah Curtis are found among the Stratford records where the births of other children of Benjamin and Esther are recorded. However, James b. 4 May 1686 is the last of their children recorded there and the Curtiss Genealogy has two daughters, Hester, born after that date so it remains a possibility. ^[3] There are no records in Litchfield County, Connecticut Colony to substantiate the 2 Mar 1688 date seen on Find A Grave.^[4] One factor in favor of her being the daughter of these parents is that her son Nathan named one of his twin sons Benjamin.

Marriage

She married Ephraim Hawley on 05 October 1711 in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony^[1]

Death

Find A Grave.^[4] has confused her death with the death of Sarah Curtis, daughter of Thomas Curtis and Mary Merriman on 6 May 1760 in Wallingford.

Phebe's death has not been proven, but was most likely in Vermont. An article in the Vermont Historical Gazetteer states that sons Abel, Gideon, Jehiel and Josiah came to Arlington, VT in 1764 and brought their parents, implying she was still living in 1764^[5]

Acknowledgments

• Thank you to Michael Hawley for creating WikiTree profile Curtis-2826 through the import of RWHGed.ged on Jul 7, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by Michael and others.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Ancestry.com. Connecticut, Town Marriage Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection) [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.; Ancestry Record 1062 #592155
2. ↑ A Genealogy of the Curtis Family Frederick Haynes Curtis, 1903, Boston Benjamin Curtis
3. ↑ Ancestry.com Connecticut Town Birth Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection) [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.; Ancestry Record 1034 #592327
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Find A Grave: Memorial #113877634
5. ↑ The Vermont Historical Gazetteer (1867) Vol 1, p 133 Hawley

See Also

• Ephraim Hawley and Sarah Curtis Family
• Jacobus, Donald Lines. Stratford (Conn.) Congregational Church Records, The American Genealogist (Barrington, RI, 1936) Vol. 13, Page 270.

• "Ephraim Hauley and Phebe his wife confessed fornication 30 Dec. [1711]."