Signed and declared by the said William 

 Curtiss to be his Last Will and testa- 

 ment in presents of us Mr. Joseph Curtiss & Mr. John 

 ^ Joseph Curtiss Beach appeared ate y'' Prerogative 

 John Beach Court held in Fairfield on the 31st 

 of Decemb'' 1702 and made oth that 

 they saw Capt. William Curtiss signe 

 y° above Instrument and heard him 

 declare it to be his Last Will and 

 testament and that they Judged him 

 to be Competent. 

 Captaine William Curtiss of Stratford being deceased his Last Will & 

 Testament being Exhibited to y" Prerogative Court Siting in Fairfield Decem- 

 ber 31st 1702 y* s"* Will being proved is by the Court approved and is ordered 

 to be Recorded. 



Nathan Gold, Clerk, 



They had children : — 



i. Sarah, b. Stratford, Conn., Oct. 10, 1642; m. Wells. 



((?) ii. Jonathan, b. Stratford, Conn., Feb. 14, 1644; m. Abigail, d. of John 

 and Mirabel Thompson, of Stratford, Conn., 1669, and d. 1681. 

 (p) iii. Joshua, b. Stratford, Conn., Oct. i, 1646; m. 

 and died 1706, in Woodbury, 



iv. Abigail, b. Stratford, Conn., April 21, 1650. 

 (/o) v. Daniel, b. Stratford, Conn., Nov. 16, 1652 ; m. Mary, 

 and d. Feb. 6, 1718-19. 

 vi. Elizabeth, b. Stratford, Conn., Sept. 13, 1654; m. Rose, 

 (//) vii. Ebenezer, b. Stratford, Conn., July 6, 1657 ; m. Ruth, d. of 

 Nathaniel and Elizabeth Porter, of Stratford, Conn. She d. 

 May 20, 1739, aet. 70 years. He d. in Stratford, Conn., in 1751. 

 {12) viii. Zachariah, b. Stratford, Conn., Nov. 14, 1659 ; m. Hannah, d. of 

 Nathaniel and Elizabeth Porter, of Stratford, Conn. She d. 

 in 1738, aet. 73 years. He d. in Stratford, Conn., June 12, 1748. 

 (/j) ix. Josiah, b. Stratford, Conn., Aug. 30, 1662; m. (i.) Abigail, d. of Lt. 

 Joseph and Sarah Judson, of Stratford, Conn., July, 1692. She 

 d. 1697. He m. (ii.) Mary, d. of Benjamin and Mary Beach, of 

 Stratford, Conn., 1698. He d. in Stratford, Conn., 1745. 



ISRAEL CURTLSS {John, Elizabeth), b. Stratford, Conn., April 

 3, 1644; m. Rebecca, 



He, with his cousin Joshua, son of William Curtiss, was an 

 original proprietor, of Woodbury, Conn., in 1672. He attained 

 the rank of lieutenant in the " Train Band " of Woodbury, and 

 in 1689 was chosen a deputy to the General Court. He was' 

 also a commissioner of Woodbury. He d. in Woodbury, 

 Conn., Oct. 28, 1704. The settlement of his estate was filed 

 in Fairfield, Conn., Nov. 10, 1704. 



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