JOHN CURTISS {John, John, Israel, John, Elizabeth), bapt. Wood- 

 bury, Conn., Oct. i2, 1740; m. He d. in Woodbury, 

 Conn., 1803. 



They had children : — 



{2gg) i. Sherman, b. Woodbury, Conn., m. Sarah Binham, of 



Stratford, Conn., June 2, 1796. 

 ijoo) ii. Levi, b. Woodbury, Conn. 

 (jof) iii. John, b. Woodbury, Conn. 



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PETER BURR CURTISS {Peter, John, Israel, John, Elizabeth), 

 b. Kent, Conn., April 30, 1755; '^- Phebe, d. of Job Sherman, 

 of New Haven, Conn., Nov. 12, 1775. He d. in Lanesboro, 

 Mass., March 25, 1837. She d. Dec. 12, 1830. He was taken 

 to Lanesboro by his father in 1759, where he became a promi- 

 nent citizen. At the Lexington Alarm, in April, 1775, he 

 enlisted in the Revolutionary Army as a private, and served 

 until 1780. In March, 1782, he was chosen town treasurer, 

 and served in that position a number of years. After leaving 

 the army, he opened a hotel in Lanesboro, which he kept until 

 his death. His will was filed in Pittsfield, Mass., July 11, 1837. 



They had children : — 



i. Mary, b. Lanesboro, Mass., Oct. 2, 1777 ; m. Amos Foot. 

 {302) ii. Peter Burr, b. Lanesboro, Mass., Sept. 27, 1779; ni. Tammah 

 Mead. She d. Nov. 29, i860. He d. March 9, 1837. 

 iii. Electa, b. Lanesboro, Mass., April 22, 1781; m. John Rockwell 



Wildman, Sept. 19, 1800. 

 iv. Eunice, b. Lanesboro, Mass., Oct. 10, 1782; m. David Babbitt, 

 Feb. 27, 1808. 

 (j'y) ^' Burr, b. Lanesboro, Mass., March 19, 1784; m. Lucy Brown, of 



Lanesboro, Mass., March 17, 1808. He d. June 6, 1825. 

 {304) vi. Almond, b. Lanesboro, Mass., April 22, 1786; m. Lucy Sprague, of 

 Lanesboro, Mass., Dec. 24, 1806. He d. Nov. 19, 1864. She 

 d. Jan. 26, 1861. 

 vii. Roxa, b. Lanesboro, Mass., Dec. 8, 1787; m. William Smith, Feb. 

 6, 1806. She d. Nov., 1855. 



(305) viii. David, b. Lanesboro, Mass., June 21, 1789; m. Rachel Cowan in 



1810. He d. Jan. 8, 1 84 1. She d. May 25, 1884. 



(306) ix. Henry, b. Lanesboro, Mass., April i, 1791 ; m. Hannah Lyman, of 



Hinsdale, Mass. He d. July 26, 1867. 

 X. Sally, b. Lanesboro, Mass., Nov. 25, 1792. She d. unm. July 6, 

 1843. 



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