Oliver (Curtis) Curtiss (abt. 1731 - 1794)

Ancestors

Husband of Hannah (Clark) Curtiss — married 2 Apr 1754 in Derby, New Haven, CT

Descendants

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Biography

Oliver CURTIS was born calculated 1731.

Baptized May 1731 @ Stratford, CT

Oliver married Hannah CLARK on 2 Apr 1754 in Derby, New Haven, CT.

Oliver and Hannah had children, including the following:

1. Elisabeth, b Feb 18 1756
2. Sarah, b Aug 26 1757
3. Hannah, b abt 1759, d May 21 1824, m(1) Jabez Thompson, m (2) Daniel Tolles. ^[1]
4. Sarah, b May 12 1765

In 1773, he is mentioned in his brother, Joshua's estate distribution.^[2]

He died 13 Jan 1794, age 63 ^{[3] [4]}

He was buried in Elm St Cemetery, possibly also known as Old Episcopal Cemetery, Elm Street, Ansonia, New Haven, CT. ^{[4] [5]}

Sources

1. ↑ Families of New Haven: Vol. VII, pg 1764, Thompson Fam. 15 #4
2. ↑ “Probate Records, v. 17-18, 1767-1776”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G92K-YPBF : 27 June 2022), FHL microfilm 007627294, image 405, Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, Vol 18, 1775-1776, Page 203-204.
3. ↑ "Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772-1934," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7N7-Z27 : 9 February 2018), Oliver Curtis, 13 Jan 1794; citing , reference 217; FHL microfilm 3,319.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Headstone Inscriptions - Elm St. Cemetery 1934 WPA Section B p. 217.
5. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (accessed 11 August 2019), memorial page for Oliver Curtiss (unknown–13 Jan 1794), Find A Grave: Memorial #47499245, citing Elm Street Cemetery, Ansonia, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA ; Maintained by Michael Harrington (contributor 46760007) .

• Jacobus, Donald Lines. Families of Ancient New Haven (New Haven Genealogical Magazine)

• 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 22
• 1790 Derby Census.
• Copied and compared with the original by Nancy O. Phillips, Sarah Riggs Humphrey Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, Derby, Connecticut Town Records, 1655-1710 (New Haven, CT, The Tuttle, Morehouse and Taylor Company, 1901.), 470, 471, 473. . "Church Records."

• Samuel Orcutt, History of the Old Town of Derby, Connecticut, 1642-1880 (1880, Reprint: Bowie, Maryland, Heritage Books, Inc., 1998), p. 710.
• Samuel Orcutt, History Old Town of Derby, Connecticut 1642-1880, p. 817. "In memory of | Mr Oliver Curtiss | who departed this life | Jan 13 1794 | in the 63d year | of his age."

• Compiled by Lorraine Cook White, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, Vol 8 - Derby 1655-1852, General Editor - Lorraine Cook White, Baltimore, Maryland, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc, 1997, p. 213.
• Compiled by Lorraine Cook White, Barbour Collection - Derby, 210, 214.