Born in Connecticut Colony
Ancestors 
Daughter of John Burritt
and [mother unknown]
Wife of
Elihu Curtiss
— married
13 Dec 1769 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
Catherine (Curtiss) Ufford, Phebe (Curtiss) Ufford, Elihu Curtiss, Burritt Curtiss, Molly (Curtiss) Booth, Stephen Welles Curtiss, Nancy (Curtiss) Hawley and Betsey (Curtiss) Birdsey
Died
at age 95
in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 11 Nov 2014
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Biography
- Parents: John & Mercy Burritt of Stratford, CT
In 1809, she is mentioned in her brother, Hezekiah Burritt's will.[1]
Her will is dated 3 May 1834 and proved on 7 March 1840 in Bridgeport. She mentions her children, Elihu Curtiss, Polly Booth, Nancy Hawley, Stephen Wells Curtiss, decd., Burritt Curtiss, and her grandchildren, Julia Wells, Catherine Ufford, Harriet Blackman, Nathan Birdseye, and Philo Birdseye, and her son-in-law Benjamin Ufford, and Curtiss Hubbell, son of her daughter Caty Ufford, decd.[2]
In 1840, her estate distribution was set out to her children and grandchildren, viz., Elihu Curtis, Burritt Curtiss, Polly Booth, Nancy Hawley, Julia Wells, Catherine Ufford, Harriet Blackman, Nathan Birdseye, and Phil Birdseye, Benjamin Ufford and Curtis Hubbell.[3]
Her inventory was completed on 15 April 1840 in Stratford.[4]
Sources
- ↑ “Probate records v. 5-6 1805-1820”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L92K-TV4C : 6 January 2023), FHL microfilm 007627134, image 221-222, Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, Vol 5, 1805-1813, Pages 401-404.
- ↑ “Probate records v. 9-10 1834-1840”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-892K-YDL7 : 12 February 2023), FHL microfilm 007627136, image 411-412, Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, Vol 10, 1836-1840, Pages 480-482.
- ↑ “Probate records v. 11-12 1840-1851”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G92K-TP2Y : 10 November 2022), FHL microfilm 007627137, image 65-66, Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, Vol 11, 1840-1844, Pages 71-74.
- ↑ “Probate records v. 9-10 1834-1840”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-892K-YD26 : 12 February 2023), FHL microfilm 007627136, image 419, Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, Vol 10, 1836-1840, Pages 494-495.
- Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/110103282/phebe-curtis: accessed 12 February 2023), memorial page for Phebe Curtis (unknown–11 Feb 1840), Find a Grave Memorial ID 110103282, citing Putney - Oronoque Cemetery, Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA; Maintained by Pebbles (contributor 47553461).
- » Lewis L. Burritt, The Burritt Family in America: descendants of William Burritt of Stratford, Conn. (n.p., 1940), 22; [link].
- 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 72
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Karen St. Jean
Karen St. Jean
Burritt-265 and Burritt-174 appear to represent the same person because: She is the daughter of John Burritt. She is mentioned in his will, please see his profile for the link to the will. Duplicate
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