and owned land in Newtown and Sandy Hook, Conn., and was 

 also interested in mills in Huntington, Conn. He was a Justice 

 of the Peace and Tax Collector in Newtown. 



They had children : — 



(^26f) i. John, b. Newtown, Conn., 1764; m. Hannah, d. of John and Phebe 

 Beech, of Huntington, Conn. He d. Oct. 19, 1820— i. 



{26S) ii. Benjamin, b. Newtown, Conn., 1766; m. Mehitable . He 



d. in Newtown, Conn., July 2, 1825. No issue. He was a 

 prominent physician, and one of the first to use inoculation. 



{266) Hi. Abijah Birdsey, b. Newtown, Conn., I'j'jz; m. Anna, d. of James 

 and Eunice Glover, of Newtown, Conn., Sept. 22, 1793. She 

 d. Oct. 13, 1829, aet. 56 years. He d. May 17, 1857. 



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SILAS CURTISS {Peter, Josiah, William, Elizabeth), b. Stratford, 

 Conn., Aug. 6, 1741 ; m. Ruth, d. of Abel Birdsey, of Strat- 

 ford, Conn., March ai, 1763. Shed. Sept. 11, 181 8, aet. 71 

 years. He d. in Stratford, Conn., July 27, 18 18. 



They had children : — 



i. Esther, b. Stratford, Conn., Oct. 15, 1763; d. y. 



ii. Phebe, b. Stratford, Conn., May 15, 1765; m. Samuel Beardsley, 



of Huntington, Conn., Jan. 28, 1783. She d. Jan. 27, 1857. 

 iii. Ruth, b. Stratford, Conn., Jan. 19, 1766. 

 iv. Esther, b. Stratford, Conn., Jan. 7, 1767 ; m. Philo Beardsley, of 



Kent, Conn. 

 V. Sally, M., b. Stratford, Conn., June 5, 1769 ; m. James Beach, of 



Stratford, Conn., Nov. 23, 1786. 

 {syd) vi. Agur, b. Stratford, Conn., Oct. 27, 1771 ; m. Polly Buckingham. 



He d. April 2, 1866. She d. July 2, 1843, ^^'- ^7 years. 

 (^7/) vii. Eben Birdsey, b. Stratford, Conn., April 22, 1773 ; m. Patty Morse, 

 viii. Marcia R., b. Huntington, Conn., April 9, 1776; m. Elnathan 



Camp, of Huntington, Conn. 

 {2^2) ix. Ezekiel, b. Stratford, Conn., Feb. 3, 1779 ; m. Anna Clark. 

 X. Lucy, b. Stratford, Conn., Feb. 3, 1782. 

 xi. Aurilla, b. Stratford, Conn., May 22, 1784; m. Thomas G. 



Northrop, of Kent, Conn. 

 xii. Annis, b. Stratford, Conn., July 15, 1786 ; m. Ezra C. Wheeler, of 



Huntington, Conn. 



Ill 



EZRA CURTISS {Peter, Josiah, William, Elizabeth), b. Strat- 

 ford, Conn., June 6, 1744; m. Ruth Ann, d. of Dr. Joseph 

 Perry, Oct. 3, 1773. He d. in Huntington, Conn., March 

 29, 1 8 10. She d. Jan. 22, 18 13, aet. 55 years. He was a 

 physician. 



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