Eli Curtis (1734 - 1818)

Born 23 Feb 1734 in Scituate, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Desire (Turner) Curtis — married 15 Jul 1758 in Scituate, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died 26 Jan 1818 at age 83 in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States

Biography

Eli Curtis was born on February 23, 1733/34 in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony. His parents were Thomas Curtis and Ruth Wade.^[1]

He married Desire Turner on 15 Jul 1758 in Scituate.^[2]

Together they had the following children:

1. Eli Curtis, b. 1760
2. Asa Curtis
3. Abner Curtis
4. Seth Curtis
5. Desire Curtis

He married his second wife Elizabeth Bailey on 22 January 1779 in Scituate.

He married his third wife, Bathsheba Nihcols on 14 Nov 1782 in Scituate.^[3]

He died on January 26, 1818 in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4L3-52R : 20 May 2022), Eli Curtis, 23 Feb 1733; citing Birth, Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009271.
2. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHHB-DL2 : 20 May 2022), Eli Curtis, 15 Jul 1758; citing Marriage, Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009271.
3. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHH1-V2V : 20 May 2022), Eli Curtis, 14 Nov 1782; citing Marriage, Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009271.

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