record is found of him on the records of that town. He is sup- 

 posed to have been the husband of EHzabeth Curtiss, of Stratford, 

 Conn., and father of John and William. 



JOHN CURTIS owned land in Wethersfield, Conn., in 1639-40, 

 but disappears, leaving no trace. In the " Memorial History " 

 of Hartford County it says that he left in 1 639-40 for Cupheag 

 (Stratford), Conn. He is supposed to be the same person as the 

 above. 



JOHN CURTIS, "ex-representative," was accepted into the town of 

 Dover, N.H., in 1657. 



JOHN CURTIS settled in Scituate, Mass., in 1640; probably 

 brother of Thomas, Richard, and William, of Scituate. 



RICHARD CURTIS settled in Scituate, Mass., in 1640, probably 

 with his brothers John, Thomas, and William. He removed to 

 Marblehead, Mass., in 1648, but returned to Scituate the follow- 

 ing year; m. Ann, d. of John Hallet, in 1649; m. 2d, Lydia. 

 He d. in Scituate, Mass., in 1693. His descendants are found in 

 Scituate and Hanover, Mass. 



They had children : — 



i. Ann, b. Scituate, Mass., 1649. 



ii. Elizabeth, b. Scituate, Mass., 1651 ; m. Nathaniel Brooks, of 



Scituate, Mass., in 1678. 



ill John, b. Scituate, Mass., Dec. i, 1653; m. Miriam, d. of William 



Brooks, of Scituate, Mass., 1678. 



iv. Mary, b. Scituate, Mass., 1655 ; m. Mr. Badcocke. 



V. Martha, b. Scituate, Mass., 1657 5 •"• Thomas Clark, of 



Scituate, Mass., in 1676. 



vi. Thomas, b. Scituate, Mass., March 18, 1659; m. Mary, d. of 



William Cooke, of Scituate, in 1694. 



vii. Deborah, b. Scituate, Mass., 1661. 



viii. Sarah, b. Scituate, Mass., 1663 . 



RICHARD CURTICE, of Salem, Mass. ; m. Sarah. Descendants 

 in Southold, L.I., Hebron, and Sharon, Conn. 



They had children : — 



i. Caleb, b. Salem, Mass., July 24, 1646 ; m. Elizabeth, d. of Thomas 



and Abigail Terry Rider, of Southold, L.I., Dec. I, 1670. He 



d. Southold, L.I., March 18, 1730. 

 ii. Samuel, b. Salem, Mass., Feb. i, 1651. 



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