Tombstone inscription: he was the 4 settled minister in the First Society of Stratford of the Presbyterian & Congregational denomination & executed the ministerial office in Sd place for more than 50 years which he performed with diligence & an honest heart to the end of his ministry
His will is dated 29 January 1761 with a codicil dated 9 March 1761 and another codicil dated 7 April 1761. Witnesses were sworn on 6 May 1761 in Stratford and it was proved on 18 June 1761 in Fairfield.[1]
↑ “Probate Records, v. 13-14, 1753-1764”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-892K-YBNQ : 8 June 2022), FHL microfilm 007627296, image 312-314, Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, Vol 14, 1761-1763, Page 20-25.
↑ “Probate Records, v. 13-14, 1753-1764”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-892K-YBXL : 13 June 2022), FHL microfilm 007627296, image 360-364, Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, Vol 14, 1761-1763, Page 119-127.
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
Jacobus, Donald Lines. The Phippen Family and Wife of Nathan Gold of Fairfield, Connecticut, The American Genealogist (1940) Vol. 17, Page 16.
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