They had children : — 



i. Israel, b. Woodbury, Conn., March i8, 1666-7; ^- Y- 

 (//) ii. Israel, b. Woodbury, Conn., May 12, 1668; m. Mary Mallory, of 



Woodbury, and d. in Danbury, Conn, 

 (/j) iii. John, b. Woodbury, Conn., Oct. 7, 1670 ; m. Johannah, 



She d. Sept. i, 1749. He d. April 14, 1754. 

 (/d) iv. Stephen, b. Woodbury, Conn., Aug. 24, 1673; m. Sarah Miner, of 



Woodbury, Conn., Nov. 2, 1699. He d. in Woodbury, Conn., 



June I, 1723. 

 V. Peter, b. Woodbury, Conn.; d. y. 



vi. Hannah, b. Woodbury, Conn. ; m. Thomas Miner, 



vii. Rebecca, b. Woodbury, Conn., November, 1677; m. Ephraim 



Minor, Aug. 21, 1701, in Woodbury, Conn, 

 viii. Ruth, bapt. Woodbury, Conn., 1680-1 ; d. y. 

 ix. Ruth, bapt. Woodbury, Conn., Sept., 1686-7 ; d. y. 

 X. Josiah, bapt. Woodbury, Conn., Nov., 1682-3. 



5 

 THOMAS CURTISS (John, Elizabeth), b. Stratford, Conn., Jan. 

 14, 1648 ; m. Mary, d. of Capt. Nathaniel and Abigail Merri- 

 man, of Waliingford, Conn., June 9, 1674. In October, 1670, 

 he was made a freeman. He attained the rank of captain of the 

 "Train Band" of Waliingford, Conn. He was an original 

 proprietor in Waliingford, Conn., in October, 1669, and a 

 signer of the covenant or original agreement. He was a sur- 

 veyor. His name appears as acting in a church meeting in 

 1670, the earliest record of the town. He was deputy to the 

 Colonial Legislature in 1689, 17 14, and 17 17, and was a very 

 prominent man in town affairs until 1720. He was elected 

 Constable, Dec. 17, 1681 ; Town Treasurer in 1686. His will 

 was filed May 5, 1736, in the Probate Records of New Haven, 

 Conn., Vol. 6, page 184. 



Will of Thomas Curtiss. 



In the Name of God, Amen, this Ninth Day of Aug! in y' year of our 

 Lord A. D. one Thousand Seven hundred & thirty-three, I Thomas Curtiss 

 Senr of Waliingford in y' County of New Haven and Collony of Connecticut 

 in New England aged about 85 years yet of perfect mind and memory, thanks 

 be to God and Calling to mind y' Mortallity of the Body, do make & ordain 

 this my Last Will & Testament that to Say principally & first of all & Recom- 

 mend my Soul into y" hands of God y' gave it in hopes of his mercy through 

 Jesus Christ and my Body I Commit to y* Earth to be decently buried at y' 

 Discretion of my Executors hereafter named in hopes of a Glorious Resurrec- 

 tion and as Touching Worldly Estate wherewith it has pleased God to Bless 

 me in this Life after my just Debts & Funerall expenses are paid, I Give, 

 Divise & Dispose of y* Same in y^ Manor & form following (viz) 



To my beloved Wife Mary, I Give & Bequeath one half of y" House & 

 Home Lott and Six acres of Land in the Plain near Capt. Yales and y" Im- 

 provement of all my meadow on y° West Side of y* River during her Nattural 



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