(7) vi. Benjamin, b. Stratford, Conn., Sept. 30, 1652 ; m. (i.) Esther, d. of 

 Joseph and Sarah Judson, of Stratford, Conn., March 23, 1680— I. 

 She d. Aug. 27, 1 7 13. He m. (ii.) Bathsheba, d. of Henry Tomlin- 

 son, of Derby, Conn., and widow of Ephraim Stiles, Dec. i, 17 14. 

 She d. 1735. He d. 1733, in Stratford, Conn, 

 vii. Hannah, b. Stratford, Conn., Feb. 2, 1654—5 ; m. Benjamin Lewis, 

 of Stratford, Conn., about 1671, and settled in Wallingford, Conn. 

 She d. in 1728. 



WILLIAM CURTISS {Elizabeth), b. England, 1618; m. (i.) Mary, 

 m. (ii.) Sarah, d. of Matthew Morris, of Hartford, Conn., 

 and widow of William Goodrich, of Wethersfield, Conn., about 

 1680. He came to Stratford, Conn., with his mother and brother 

 John, and his name appears among the list of property owners 

 of 1650. He was an original proprietor, of Stratford, Conn, 

 (see frontispiece), and was a most prominent man. As early 

 as 1650 he had attained the rank of sergeant, and represented 

 Stratford at the General Court, almost continuously from 1667 

 to 1686. May 9, 1672, liberty was granted by the General Court 

 to Mr. Samuel Sherman, Lt. William Curtiss, Joseph Judson, 

 and John Minor, themselves and their associates, to erect a plan- 

 tation at Pomperaug (Woodbury). In June, 1672, he was 

 appointed captain of the " Train Band " of Stratford, and at 

 the same time the General Court declared that " until further 

 order be taken, Capt. Nathan Gold shall be deemed Chief 

 Military Officer of Fairfield County, and Capt. William Curtiss 

 his second." In August, 1672, Capt. William Curtiss was 

 appointed by the General Court one of six commissioners, with 

 the Governor, Deputy Governor, and Assistants as a War 

 Council against the Dutch at New York, "to act as the Grand 

 Committee of the Colony in establishing and commissionating 

 Military Officers, in pressing men, horses, ships, barques or 

 other vessels, arms, ammunition, provisions, carriages, or 

 whatever they judge needful for our defense, and to manage, 

 order and dispose of the Militia of the Colony in the best way 

 and manner they can for our defense and safety." He distin- 

 guished himself for bravery in King Philip's War. October, 

 1675, upon the report of the Indians being ready at Narragan- 

 sett to attack Connecticut, Capt. William Curtiss was appointed 

 to command those forces raised in Fairfield County, with power 

 to appoint his inferior officers. In 1676 he was a commissioner 

 of both Stratford and Woodbury. In May, 1676, he was 

 chosen an Assistant, or member of the Governor's Council. 

 He d. in Stratford, Conn., Dec. 21, 1702. His wife d. 1701. 



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