In 1766, she is mentioned in her brother, Henry's probate.[1]
Her will is dated 28 December 1789 and proved on 28 August 1798 in Stratford. She mentions her daughters, Sarah Judson, wife of Daniel Judson Esqr., Elizabeth Judson, wife of Benjamin Judson, Becca Thompson, wife of John Thompson of Waterbury, and Cate Hull, wife of Abijah Hull of Derby, her granddaughter Hannah Judson, daughter of Abner Judson, decd., and the children of her deceased granddaughter, Ruth Dayton, and her sons, Silas Curtiss, and John Curtiss.[2]
Sources
↑ “Probate Records, v. 15-16, 1764-1775”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L92K-Y93F-8 : 17 June 2022), FHL microfilm 007627304, image 146-147, Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, Vol 15, 1764-1767, Page 255-256.
↑ “Probate records v. 3-4 1795-1809”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L92K-TKNW : 27 November 2022), FHL microfilm 007627133, image 197, Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, Vol 3, 1795-1801, Pages 359.
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 39
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