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Of my brothers, four are graduates of Yale, one obtained his degree, though not a graduate, and four have been ministers of the Gospel.
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COTHREN FAMILY. [Corrections and additions to page 524.]
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7. JANE (Cothren) FISH, b. 15th Aug. 1770, and d. at North Anson, Maine, Jan. 31, 1869, in the 99th year of her age.
22. WILLIAM, b. at Farmington, Maine, Nov. 28, 1819, graduated at Bow- doin College, in 1843, received his second degree there in 1846, and degree of Master of Arts, ad eundem, at Yale College in 1847. Removed to Woodbury, Conn., Nov., 1844, and commenced the practice of law at that place, where he has since resided. He married Mary J. Steele, of Woodbury, Sept. 3, 1849, Chh. : William Steele, b. Sept. 1, 1856, d. April 25, 1858. Mary Belle, (adopted daughter,) b. Aug. 25, 1862.
23. CHARLES, b. 16th June, 1822. Grad. Bowd. Coll., 1849. Resides in Brooklyn, N. Y. Does business in N. Y. City. He in. 1st, Betsey Ann Mitchell, who was the widow of David C. Hinman, Aug., 7th, 1854, chh. Helen Flor- ence b. July 28, 1855, d. Sept. 2d, 1856. Sarah May, b. May 31, 1857, d. Aug. 15, 1857. His 1st wife d. Aug. 3d, 1861. m. 2d, Alice Radcliff, Sept. 5th, 1862. She was born at Saddleworth, England, Sept. 15th, 1832.
34. NATHANIEL, b. June 21, 1825. Grad. Bowd. Coll., 1849. Resides Brook- lyn, N. Y. Lawyer in New York City. Married Elizabeth W. Corlies, Eaton- town, N. J., April 2d, 1854. She was b. July 13, 1838. Child : Frank, How- ard, b. July 10th, 1871.
25. GEORGE W., b. July 12, 1829. Married Elcanor Hamlin Craig, May 9, 1864. She was b. Jan. 28, 1840. Chh. Mary Steele, b. Oct. 29, 1866, d. March 30, 1870. Eleanor, b. Dec. 25, 1871-a Christmas present.
26. WESLLY R., b. Dec. 15, 1837. Lives in Farmington, Maine. Married Elizabeth Wendell Holley, Dec. 19th, 1861. She was born Jan. 20, 1842. Child : William Holley, b. Sept. 20, 1862.
30. EUNICE CORDILIA COTHREN, b. May 8, 1823. Married Albert F. Brown, who was b. Sept. 4, 1819, at Brimfield, Mass. They were m. at Byron, Ogle Co. Ill., Dec. 8, 1842. Children : Henrietta Cothren, b. Oct. 6, 1844 ; Edwin F. b. Jan. 2, 1847 ; d. 13th Jan., 1847 ; Charles F. b. May 20, 1849 ; George H., b. March 21, 1851 ; Esther Julia, b. April 9, 1854; Cora Cordelia, b. April 11, 1858 ; Albert Chester, b. Dec. 25, 1859 ; Sila Persis, b. Sept. 30, 1863.
34. CHARLES F., m. Mary A. Sage, Jan. 1868.
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35. MARY ISABELLA, m. Lient. Henry P. Ayres, of the 77th Illinois Vols., Oct. 12, 1864 .- Have had two children ; one, deceased.
9. PETER, p. 522, d. at Woods Hotel, Mass., May 27th 1864.
20. Emily, p. 523, d. childless in 1852. Capt. David m. Lydia A. Wilson, of New Bedford, Mass., in 1845.
8. William, p. 522, d. at Martinique, West Indies, instead of at Havana.
Evergreen Bower.
CRANE FAMILY.
Most persons bearing the name of Crane, who have lived in Connecticut, descended from " Benjamin, of Wethersfield," or " Henry, of Guilford." These two men were in business together in Wethersfield, as early as 1658, and may have been brothers ; but there is, so far as now known, no record of the time or place of their birth. Benjamin was born about the year 1630, and Henry, about the year 1636. Henry left Wethersfield in 1662, or earlier, and removed to Guilford. He soon after married Concurrence Meigs, daugh ter of John Meigs, Sen. ; another daughter, Trial Meigs, married Andrew Ward, the ancester (maternal) of Henry Ward Beecher.
John Meigs' home lot adjoined the Public Square in Guilford, and is the same now occupied and owned by R. D. Smith, Esq.
About the time of Henry Crane's marriage, the settlement of Killingworth was projected, and appears to have been stimulated by a great variety of re- ligious and political disturbances.
Henry Crane, being then young, enterprising, and comparatively poor in worldly goods, and, withal, a man calculated to lead, rather than to be led cast his fortunes into this new enterprise. He is recorded as one of the thirty original planters of Killingworth, in 1665, and soon after permanently located there. The deed of Uncas, in 1669, conveying a large portion of the
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lands in the township, is attested by his signature. His whole life, in this community, till his death in 1711, was one of unselfish devotion to the pub- lie good. He took an active and leading part in all public affairs, civil and religious. He was Captain of the militia, magistrate, and a delegate to the General Court of Connecticut, during twenty-seven sessions, from 1678 to 1702. The confidence reposed in his honesty, wisdom, and sound judgment, is attested by the frequency with which he was called to serve on committees and arbitrations involving varied and important questions relating to private and public affairs.
HENRY CRANE, 1 m. Concurrence Meigs, dau. of John Meigs 1 of Guilford, about 1663 ; she died in Killingworth, Oct. 9, 1708 ; he then married Dec. 26, 1709, Deborah Champion, widow of Henry Champion, of Lyme. He died April 22d, 1711 ; after Mr Crane's death, she married Richard Towner. Had children : 1 John, b. about 1664; 2 Elizabeth, b. about 1666, and d. Nov. 22d, 1686 ; 3 Mary, b. Aug. 23d, 1670 ; 4 Phobe, b. Dec 24, 1663, who married John Kelsey, Jr., June 27, 1697. " Theophilus, b. Jan. 5, 1675 ; " Abegail, b. April 3, 1676, and died in infancy ; 1 Henry, b. Oct. 25, 1677 ; 8 Mercy, b. June 21, 1680, who married John Hoadley, of Branford, and 9 Nathaniel, b. Aug. 7, 1682, and d. Nov. 17, 1683.
Of these three surviving sons, John and Theophilus, and the families de- scendent from them during two generations, remained, for the most part, in Killingworth, (now Clinton,) but Henry removed to Durham.
JOIN ,2 eldest son, married Martha Daggett, of Rehoboth, Mass., May 28th, 1694 ; he died Oct. 18th, 1711 ; had six children : 1 John, b. March 23d, 1695, who d. leaving no issne, Feb. 15, 1722 ; 2 Hannah, b. Aug. 28th, 1697, and married Jos. Seward, Jr. of K., April 26th, 1720; 3 Jane, b. Feb. 10, 1701 ; Married Isaac Kelsey, April 2d, 1723; 4 Ebenezer, b. May 19th, 1702, and mar- ried Ann Wilcox, Sept. 6th, 1723, and d. April 13th, 1736 ; 5 Concurrence, b. June 4th, 1709 ; married Jeremiah Stevens, March 9th, 1732, and 6 Eleanor, b. Aug. 25, 1711, married Peter Hull, Sept. 5th 1737.
This John Crane was a man very much after his father's pattern ; enterpri- sing, intelligent, self-reliant, and in all his aspirations and endeavors, thor_ onghly devoted to the public good. Ile was a delegate to the General Court for thirteen sessions ; from 1703 to 1711-the year of his death. He received a Captains commission in 1708, and commanded a company in the expedition against Canada, in 1711, and died in New York City, in Oct. of that year ; ex- hansted and diseased by the hardships and exposures of that disastrous cam- paign. The expenses of his funeral in New York were paid by the Colony of Conn., by vote of the General Court, the same being " nineteen pound, eleven shillings and sixpence."
THEOPHILUS, 2 second son of Henry, 1 married Margaret Lane, Dec. 5th, 1699; he died Oct. 26th, 1732. Children : 1 Nathaniel, b. Jan. 18th, 1701 : " Theophilus, b. June 25th, 1703, and died in early life ; 3 Elizabeth, b. Dec. 20th, 1705 ; married Josiah Baldwin, Jan 29, 1730; 4 Mary, b. March 4th, 1707; Margaret, b. Sept. 26th, 1710, d. May 1st, 1714 ; 6 Jemima, b. April 23d, 1713, married Daniel Lane Jan. 8th, 1736 ; 7 John, b. March 21st, 1720.
HENRY CRANE,2 youngest son of Henry,1 removed to Durham in 1708. at the commencement of that settlement, and was one os the most esteemed
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and influential men in that community ; was Justice of the Peace from 1728 to 1740, Representative to the State Legislature for twenty eight sessions, from 1718 to 1739. Hle was chosen deacon of the Church in Durham at its organization, in 1710, and performed the duties of this office with signal use- fulness and acceptance, till the time of his death, in 1741-and was Captain of the militia as well.
Ile married Abigail Flood, of Wethersfield, Jan. 27th, 1703 : he died April 11th, 1741 ; she died Aug. 31st, 1754, aged 78 years. Had children ; 1 Silas, b. at Killingworth, Jan. 25th, 1705 ; 2 Henry, b. in Durham, March 20th, 1711 ; $ Concurrence, b. March 25th, 1708 ; married Nathaniel Seward ; 4 Abigail, b. June 6th, 1712, and died June 25th 1724.
SILAS,3 son of Henry,2 married Mercy Griswold, dau. of Samuel Griswold. Nov. 27, 1729 ; he d. Jan. 15th, 1763 ; she d. Aug. 29, 1782. Children : 1 Abi- gail, b. "Sept. 10th, 1730; married Brotherton Seward, of Durham, who re moved to Norfolk ; 2 Jesse, b. June 5th, 1732 ; married widow Rebecca Sew. ard, March 3d 1763, and probably had no children ; 3 Flood, b. Feb. 12, 1734 ; d. June 2, 1743. 4 Silas, b. Nov. 9th 1737; married Lucretia -; 5 Robert, b. Feb. 18th, 1739; 6 Eli, b. Nov. 27th, 1742; 7 Flood, b. Feb. 27th, 1745, who d. Jan 6th, 1763 ; 8 Huldah, b. April 30th, 1748, married Gurdon Hull, Nov 10th, 1773 ; 9 Ruth, b. Dec. 12th, 1749, who probably never married ; 10 Fred- erick, b. Feb. 24th, 1752, married Ann Babcock, Jan. Ist, 1778 ; 11 Nathan, b. Sept. 18th, 1754, and died in 1771.
HENRY,3 son of Henry,2 lived near his brother Silas, in Durham. Their father, at the time of his death, was a very large land holder, and these two sons divided the land by a partition deed, conveying to Henry 358 acres, and to Silas, 391 acres, besides undivided land rights. Hle married Mercy Francis, of Wethersfield, June 7th, 1832 ; he died Feb. Ist, 1768; she died, Sept. 19th 1786, aged 77. He had children : 1 John, b. March 27, 1733, who died Dec. 12th, 1736 ; 2 Elihu, b. June 24, 1735, married Mary Fowler, April 26th, 1759 ; 3 Pho- be, b. Feb. 6th, 1738, married Jonas Bishop, Jan. 20th, 1763; 4 Mary, b. Nov. 24, 1739; 5 John, b. July 1st, 1741, married Abigail Camp, April 7th, 1762 ; 6 Concurrence, b. Nov. 14th, 1744, married John Johnson, July 5th, 1765 ; 7 Ann, b. Oct. 8th, 1746, married Daniel Hall, Sept. 21st, 1766 ; 8 Henry, b. Dec. 11th, 1748, married Jerusha Parmelee, June 24th, 1773 ; 9 Enos, b. Aug. 10th, 1751, and died Aug. 28th, 1751.
ROBERT ('RANE,4 son of Silas Crane,3 was married in Durham, by Rev. Elizur Goodrich, to Mary Camp, dau. of Eleazar Camp, Oct. 31st, 1765. He removed from Durham to Bethlehem, April 7th, 1769; bought the farm of Hezekiah Hooker, near the Woodbury line; Mr. Hooker having been one of the first settlers. His two eldest children, Mary and Robert, were born and baptized in Durham ; the others in Bethlehem. Children : 1 Mary, b. Aug. 7th, 1767 ; 2 Robert, b. Nov. 12th, 1768 ; 3 Molly, b May, 1770 and died in May, 1835 ; 4 Achsah, b. April, 1772, married Augustus Ray, and died at Monticello, N. Y., Feb. 29th, 1813; 5 Eleazer, b. Dec. 28th, 1773; 6 Jesse, b. in 1775 and d when six weeks old ; 7 Phinchas, b. Oct. 10th, 1777; 8 Sarah, b. in 1781, mar- ried Charles Prindle.
ELEAZAR CRANE, son of Robert,4 married Anna Prudden, Dec. 9th, 1798 ; lived in Woodbury and Bethlehem, afterward removed to New Hampshire, and from thence to Beloit, Wisconsin, where he died, June 14th, 1839. His
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widow d. in Bethlehem, April 3d, 1859. Children : 1 Emeline, b. Jan. 1st A 1800, married William Judson in 1824; " Orlando F., b. May 12tli, 1802, mar. ried Esther Murray, of Morris, and d. in Litchfield, June 30th, 1866 ; 3 Sarah F., b. May 12th, 1804, d. in Beloit, Wis., march, 1847 . 4 Robert P., b. April 17th 1807, and now lives in Beloit ; & Nathan F., b. Dec., 1712, and d. when 18 months old.
PHINEHAS CRANE," son of Robert,4 married Irene Nichols, of Woodbury, Jan. 23d, 1800, (she was the dau. of Gideon and Abigail Nicbols, both of whom died in Nov. 1812, of " New Milford Fever.") Phinehas Crane, like some of his ancestors, was, for a time, Captain of the militia, and, later in life, a deacon of the Congregational church, which office he held at the time of his death, Nov. 17th, 1839. His widow d. March 20th, 1856. Children : John N., b. March 17, 1801. d. Aug. 10th, 1867 ; 2 Fanny C., b. Nov. 28th, 1802, married B. S. Castle, June 13th, 1830 ; 3 Frederick, b. Jan. 8th, 1805, now living in Wallingford ; 4 Catharine, b. Dee. 3d, 1806, married John S. Kasson, Nov. 17th, 1831; 5 Gideon, b. Sept. 14th, 1808, d. Dec. 9th, 1836 ; 6 Nancy, b Dec. 12th, 1810, married Gilman E, Hill, March 5th, 1834; 1 Abi- gail, b. March 6th, 1813, married Wilson Burritt ; 6 Mary A., b. Dec. 27th, 1814, d. Sept. 24th, 1843 ; 9 Phinchas M., b. Jan. 28th, 1819, d. March 15th, 1863 ; 10 Robert, b. Dec. 27th, 1820, now living in New Haven ; 11 Nathan, b. Dec. 5th, 1822, died March 24th, 1870.
CASTLE FAMILY.
This family did not reside in Stratford village, but in Stratfield, the border ground between Fairfield and Stratford. The only traces of the name on the records of Stratford, or Stratfield, are as follows :- William Castle m. Rebec- co ---- , Feb. Ist, 1710-11. Children : Tabitha, b. March, 1712-13; Bethia, b. April, 1714 ; Rebecca, b. April, 1716 ; Jabez, b. May, 1718.
CURTISS FAMILY.
Rev. Benjamin L. Swan, of Oyster Bay, N. Y., sends the author the follow- ing well considered article on the Curtiss genealogy :--
" This family has singularly occasioned the genealogists and histori- ans various errors. Trumbull, for instance, alledges that of the first set- tlers of Stratford, 'John and William Curtis, and Mr. Samuel Hawley, were from Roxbury,' whereas in fact J. and W. Curtis were never in Roxbury, and Samuel Hawley was born in Stratford-being the son of Joseph, the first set- tler. Hollister has followed Trumbull, and added more remarkable errors.
' Mr. Fairchild ' was not ' the first magistrate of the town.' 'Joseph Jud- son ' was one of three sons of William Judson, of New Haven-an original patentee of Stratford, and instead of ' Samuel Wells from Wethersfield with three sons,' came John Wells son of Gov. Thomas, with four sons, of whom Samuel was youngest.
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" Even the careful Goodwin has found a stumbling-block in the Curtis name, for in his genealogical notes, he marries John Wells to Elizabeth, daughter of John Curtis, of Stratford, and sister of William-a double error, -for John's daughter would be William's niece-and neither John nor Wil- liam had any sister-and John Well's wife was Elizabeth Bourne, (who, after Well's death, married John Willcoxson,) and when Mrs. Ellen Bostick in her will says, she and Mr. Tomlinson brought from England under promise to give her a chid's portion (i.e. , adopt her.)
" Mr, Cothren must not wonder, therefore, that with such pioneers in that line, the account of the Curtis family collected for him, is very erroneous. After a full correspondence with the Town Clerk of Scitnate-himself a Cur- tis-and with Mr. Savage, (to whom I furnished the results of my investiga- tion, and who has used them in his Book, correcting under name ' Welles' the error about Elizabeth C., and after thorough examination of all records in Stratford, and in the Probate Court of Fairfield, in Hartford, &c.,) 1 can very confidently offer the following as facts.
" JOIIN, RICHARD, THOMAS and WILLIAM Curtis, came from England at a very early date, probably not in the same year. They were all at Scituate, between 1643 and 1649. John died there, leaving no family. Thomas came there from York, Maine, and afterward returned, leaving a son in Scituate, from whom the Town Clerk (in 1860) was descended.
"Richard went from Marblehead to Scituate in 1648. His descendants, who are many, are yet there.
"William appears in Scituate in 1643. His descendants are also numerous. Observe, of the four Curtises, none of them landed in Scituate, or came there in 1632, and their posterity remained in Scituate. So much for the Scituate Curtises.
"Now for the Roxbury name. William Curtis, of Roxbury, not one of the foregoing, came over in the ' Lion' in 1632. His son, William, it is believ- ed, came over the year previous, with John Elliot. This son died early ; ' God took him in 1634,' say Roxbury Records. Another son, John, married and is believed to have settled in Dover, New Hampshire. Another son, Thomas, died of consumption. A fourth son, Philip, lived at Roxbury, and had nine children. Ilis descendants are to be found there still.
" Mr. Cothren will observe that his informant erred, Ist, in giving William C. of Scituate, the children belonging to William, of Roxbury. 2d. In put- ting the Scituate Curtises among the passengers per ship Lion-and 3d, in having a son William born to the Stratford family after 1632; whereas the William of that family had a child born to him in 1642, when, by that show- ing, he would have been about 10 years old.
" We come now to the Stratford Curtises. The earliest mention of them on the Town Record, is in 1652, (excepting the entry of children's births,) and there we read of ' widow Elizabeth Curtis, mother of John and William.' In her will, (1658) Mrs. Curtis names John and William and Mary, daughter of her son Thomas.
" There is no evidence of any consanguinity between this family and the Roxbury and Scituate families, or any of several others-as George, Henry, Thomas, Zaccheus-who appeared in various parts of New England before 1645. Similarity of names among children might suggest cousinship, but it
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is all conjecture. It is not known where Thomas, son of widow Elizabeth C., settled, if, indeed, he came from England, I should have looked for him in Wethersfield Thomas, but the latter seems not to have had any daughter, Mary. There can be but little doubt that Elizabeth was a widow, when, with her sons-then nearly or quite adult-she crossed the ocean.
" JOHN CURTIS, son of ' Widow Elizabeth,' married Elizabeth, who seems to have been a Welles, (for a grandson of Gov. Thomas Welles calls John Cur- tis ' Uncle ') He seems to have had no second wife and died in 1707, aged 96. His wife died, March, 168}. The Margaret, who died 1714, was not his wife, but the Margaret (Picket) wife of John Curtis, son of Benjamin, son of John-therefore grandson of John C., Ist. J. C. and Elizabeth, his wife, had John, born Oct, 1642, died before 1686. He married Hannah Kimberly, (wid- ow). Israel, b. April, 1644. Elizabeth, b. May, 1647. Thomas, b. 1648-9. He went to Wallingford. Joseph, b. Nov., 1650, who married Bethiah Bosth. Benjamin, b. Sept. 1652, married Esther, dau. of Joseph Judson. Hannah, b. Feb., 1654, married Benjamin Lewis.
WILLIAM CURTIS, brother of John Ist, died in Stratford, Dec. 21st, 1702. His first wife's name is unknown. His second wife married after 1676, and after all his children were born, was Sarah Goodrich (nee Marvin) and widow of William G., of Wethersfield. His children by his first wite are Sarah, b, Oct., 1642. Jonathan, b. Feb., 1644. He married Abigail Thompson. Joshua- b. Oct., 1646. Abigail, b. April, 1650. Daniel, b. Nov., 1652. Elizabeth, b. Feb., 1654-5. She married a Rose. Ebenerer, b. July, 1667. Married Ruth Porter. Zachary, (Zechariah,) Nov., 1659. Married Hannah Porter. Josiah, b. Aug., 1662. married Abigail, dan. of Joseph Judson. She died 1697. He then married Mary.
The children of Josiah Curtis were by his wife Abigail. William, b. Sept., 22d, 1693 .* Anna, b. 1697. Married Zechariah Booth, 1718, and died child- less in 1733. By this second wife, Mary -, he had children, of whom the following are on Town and Land Records in Stratford.
"Eunice, b. Aug. 1, 1699, married Robert Wells. Abraham, b. 1701, May 10th. Josiah, Jan. 6th, 1702-3. Benjamin, Dec. 25th, 1704. Peter, April, 1707. Mary, July, 1711. Matthew, Dec. 1712. Charles, and Mehitabel, (twins,) Jan , 1715-6. She seems to have married H. Hooker, in time to leave a child in 1717, say about 1715 or 1716. She was probably born in 1695, of J. Curtis Ist wife, Abigail."
Amendments to Curtis genealogy furnished by Hon. Wm E. Curtis, of New York City.
Page 531, Line 1. Strike out " Chev " and insert " fess." Strike out " mura] coronets," and insert " crowns or." Strike out "sejant " and to and in_ cluding word "arms " and insert in lieu " in his pp. colors, issueing forth of his colors or and azure, thereon a fess danceth, or maritted gules doubled argent."
Page 531, Line 5. Strike out "ducal coronets " and insert "crowns or." " Line 15. After words " Charles Ist," insert " by grant under the
* Mr. Cothren has also Abigail, whom I have not.
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Great Seal, reciting that search having been made in the Register and Records for the true and antient armes belonging to the Curtis name and family, and the same appearing by ould seales and other good testimony and proofs in the custody and keeping of Richard St. George, Clarenci- enx King of armes to be the proper and antient armes thereof, and which they did theretofore beare, they were to them and their issue and posterity in memory thereof, forever ratified and confirmed, accorning to the law of armes and costome of England."
" Lin9 19. After word "Conn " insert "This Wm. Curtis became a Freeman in Roxbury, Mass., and the land granted to him is in part still owned by his descendants of the name."
Page 534, Line 1. After " 1713" insert " married Elizabeth Birdsie."
" Line 5. After word " He " insert " married Martha Clark, and "
' Line 6. After " 1759 " insert " married Esther Holbrook, July 4th, 1782."
Page 534, Line 8. After the words " County Court," insert " who was born July 14th, 1787, graduated at Yale College, 1807, married Elizabeth P. daughter of Ion. Wm Edmond, Oct. 7th, 1832, and died Feb. 21st 1858." Page 354, Line 10. After words " New York City " insert " born Sept. 29th, 1823, who married Mary Ann, daughter of Wm. H. Scovill, of Water- bury, Sept. 2d, 1851, and has children : William Edmond, b. June 2d, 1855. Henry Holbrook, b. Dec. 15th, 1856. Francis Randolph, b. Oct. 11th, 1858. Eustace Sanford, b. June 13th, 1860. Frederick Kingsbury, b. Feb. 3d, 1863. Mary Alathea, b. Oct 2d, 1867.
Salmon Curtis had one other child, Polly Ann, b. April 2d, 1783 ; married Capt. Isaac Tomlinson, and had children : Curtis, died in Mis- souri, 1839; Ann, married Peter Morton, of New York, died 1846, and Sarah, married Hon. Charles Chapman, of Hartford."
Page 542, Line 26. Strike out words " Cork, Dublin," and insert in lieu "Lon - donderry."
Page 543. Line 2. Strike out " Daniel," and insert in lien " Hon. David, son of second wife."
" Line 11. Strike out " Colonel," and insert " General."
66 12. Insert " Hon." before word " Benjamin."
.€ 18. Strike out " July, 10," and insert in lien " Feb. 16"
Page 533. Eunies Curtis (52) m. Abijah Stoddard, son of Rev. Anthony Stod dard.
Page 534. Joseph (53) m. Mary Stoddard, dau. of Rev. A. Stoddard.
Prudence, Curtis, (84 m. William Martin, of Bethlehem Society.
Alfred A. Curtis, of Bridgeport, sends the following Curtis items. The ori- ginal Curtis Coat of Arms has been in the possession of this branch of the family since the first settlement of the country.
John Curtis was b. 1611 died 1707. William Curtis, his brother, b. 1621, d. 1702. Elizabeth, first wife of John, died 1682. Margaret, the second wife, died 1714.
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Children of JOHN : John, b. 1642; Samnel, b. 1644; Elizabeth, b. 1647; Thomas, b. 1648 ; Benjamin, b. 1652; Hannah, b. 1654.
Joseph Curtis and Bethiah Booth were married Nov. 9th, 1676.
JOSEPH CURTIS had children : Elizabeth, b. 1677; Anna, b. 1679 ; Ephraim, b. 1684; Joseph, b. 1687; Nathan, b. 1689 ; Jonah, b. 1692 ; Bethiah, b. 1695 ; Eleazer, Ebenezer and Eliphalet (triplets,) b. 1699.
FPHRAIM CURTIS married Elizabeth Stiles, 1707. Children : Stiles Curtis, b. 1708 ; Henry Curtis, b. 1709 ; Anna, b. 1711 ; Elizabeth, 1715 ; Ephraim, b. 1717; Martha, b. 1721; Edmond, 1725 ; Bathsheba, 1728.
Ephraim Curtis d. 1767, aged 83. Henry Curtis d. 1804, aged 95. Joseph Curtis d. 1742, aged 82 ; Lewis Curtis, son of Henry D., 1834, aged 89 ; John Curtis, d. 1707,aged 96.
ADDITIONS TO CURTISS FAMILY.
Oliver S. Waller, p. 537, d. Feb., 1858. Sarah Curtis (161) d. March, 1859. David H. Curtiss (150) d. Feb., 1860. His w. d. Aug., 1866.
JAMER G. (No 181) m. Jennette Stiles, May 17th, 1860. Children : Henry S., b. 13th March, 1861. Anna S., b. 2d May, 1862. James G., b. 13th Sept., 1863. Nellie E. b. 21st Sept., 1865. Flora, b. 13th Aug., 1866. George, b. 8th Oct., 1871.
DAVID (No. 182, p. 38) m. Edna E. Russell, 12th June, 1860. Children : Willie, b. 1st June, 1861. Caroline, b. 18th March, 1862. Catherine, b. 9th Oct., 1865.
WALTER S. (No. 183, p. 35) m. Eugenia E. Averill, 29th Nov., 1865. Child : Daniel Averill, b. 20th July, 1867.
HORACE D. (No. 186, p. 038) m. Ilattie Atwater, of New Haven, Conn., Oct. 6th, 1868. Child : Horace Atwater, b. Dec. 17th, 1871.
CORDELIA C. (No. 187, p. 538) m. George C. White, Jr., of Brooklyn, N. Y., 19th Sept., 1867. Children, Flora, b. 28th July, 1868. George Curtiss, b. 27th Oct., 1871.
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