(/(?) iii. Samuel, b. Wallingford, Conn., Feb. 3, 1678; m. Elizabeth Fred- 

 ericks, Jan. 3, 1704-5. 

 iv. Elizabeth, b. Wallingford, Conn., Sept. 11, 1680; m. Nathaniel 



Hall, of Wallingford, Conn., May 11, 1699. 

 V. Hannah, b. Wallingford, Conn., Dec. 3, 1682; d. Oct. 12, 1703. 

 {ig) vi. Thomas, b. Wallingford, Conn., Aug. 26, 1685; m. A-Iary, 



vii. Sarah, b. Wallingford, Conn., Oct. I, 1687; m. Joseph Parker, of 



Wallingford, Conn., June 17, 1705. 

 viii. Abigail, b. Wallingford, Conn., Nov. 3, 1689; m. Joseph Holt, of 



Wallingford, Conn., June 8, 1709. She d. Jan. 12, 1730. 

 {20) ix. Joseph, b. Wallingford, Conn., Oct. I, 1691 ; m. Martha Collins, 



March 14, 1712. He d. January, 1756. 

 X. Jemima, b. Wallingford, Conn., Jan. 15, 1694; m. Nathaniel 



Beech, of Wallingford, Conn., Sept. 29, 1 713. 

 xi. Rebecca, b. Wallingford, Conn., Aug. 21, 1697 ; m. (i.) Lambert 



Johnson, of Wallingford, Conn., March i, 1716; m. (ii.) 



William Munson, of Wallingford, Conn. 

 {21) xii. John, b. Wallingford, Conn., Sept. 18, 1699; ™- Jemima, d. of 



William Abernathy, of Wallingford, June 17, 1723. He d. 



April 4, 1775. 



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JOSEPH CURTISS {John, Elizabeth), b. Stratford, Conn., Nov. 

 12, 1650; m. Bethiah, d. of Richard and Elizabeth Hawley 

 Booth, of Stratford, Conn., Nov. 9, 1676. He was one of the 

 most prominent citizens of Stratford for many years. He held 

 the position of town clerk for fifty successive years, 1678-1728. 

 In all the records during his service he always spelled the name 

 " Curtiss." In 1698 he was elected an Assistant or member of 

 the Governor's Council, and served as such for twenty-three 

 years. He was several years Judge of the County Court, and 

 was appointed on several State committees of importance. In 

 October, 1709, Capt. Joseph Curtiss, with the Deputy Governor 

 and three others, was appointed as a Committee of War for the 

 County of Fairfield. In 1710, with Hon. Nathan Gold and 

 Peter Burr, he was appointed, with a committee from the Colony 

 of New York, to locate the boundary line between that Colony 

 and Connecticut as settled by the authorities in 1700. He 

 was lieutenant in the town band, and was a representative from 

 Stratford for a number of years. He was known as " the Wor- 

 shipful Joseph Curtiss." 



They had children : — 



i. Elizabeth, b. Stratford, Conn., Jan. 17, 1677; m. Samuel UfFoot, of 



Stratford, Conn., Dec. 5, 1694. 

 ii. Anna, b. Stratford, Conn., Sept i, 1679. 

 iii. Mary, b. Stratford, Conn., 1681 ; m. Joseph Nichols, Dec. 26, 1704. 



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