CURTISS, Joseph

1650 - 1742  (91 years)

• Name	CURTISS, Joseph
  Born	12 Nov 1650	Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut
  Gender	Male
  Died	1742	Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut
  Person ID	I787	theHornes Genealogy
  Last Modified	18 Apr 2003

  
  

  Father	CURTISS, Ensign John,   b. 21 Feb 1614/15, Nazing, Essex, England ,   d. 2 Dec 1707, Stratford, Fairfield Co., Connecticut  (Age 92 years)
  Mother	WELLES ?, Elizabeth,   b. Abt 1615, Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut ,   d. 9 Mar 1681/82, Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut  (Age 67 years)
  Married	1641	Stratford, Fairfield Co., Connecticut
  Family ID	F297	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	BOOTH, Bethia,   b. 18 Aug 1658, Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut ,   d. 2 Aug 1699, Prob. Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut  (Age 40 years)
  Married	9 Nov 1676	Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut
  Children	1. CURTISS, Mary,   b. Abt 1682,   d. 16 Apr 1767  (Age 85 years)   2. CURTISS, Israel,   b. 18 Mar 1665/66   3. CURTISS, Elizabeth,   b. 17 Jan 1677/78, Stratford, Fairfield Co., Connecticut   4. CURTISS, Anna,   b. 1 Sep 1679, Stratford, Fairfield Co., Connecticut   5. CURTISS, Ephraim,   b. 31 Dec 1684, Stratford, Fairfield Co., Connecticut ,   d. 5 Oct 1776, Stratford, Fairfield Co., Connecticut  (Age 91 years)   6. CURTISS, Joseph Jr.,   b. 6 Nov 1687, Stratford, Fairfield Co., Connecticut ,   d. 1 Aug 1738, Stratford, Fairfield Co., Connecticut  (Age 50 years)   7. CURTISS, Nathan,   b. 21 Feb 1688/89, Stratford, Fairfield Co., Connecticut   8. CURTISS, Josiah,   b. 31 Mar 1692, Stratford, Fairfield Co., Connecticut ,   d. 26 Apr 1709, Stratford, Fairfield Co., Connecticut  (Age 17 years)   9. CURTISS, Bethia,   b. 10 Mar 1695, Stratford, Fairfield Co., Connecticut   10. CURTISS, Eleazer,   b. 30 Jul 1699,   d. 21 Oct 1699  (Age 0 years)   11. CURTISS, Ebenezer,   b. 1 Aug 1699, Stratford, Fairfield Co., Connecticut ,   d. May 1700  (Age 0 years)   12. CURTISS, Eliphalet,   b. 1 Aug 1699, Stratford, Fairfield Co., Connecticut
  Last Modified	4 Nov 2019
  Family ID	F286	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  He was one of the most prominent citizens of Stratford, and held the position of town clerk for 50 successive years, from 1678 to 1728. In 1698 he was a member of the governor's council and served as such for 23 years, and was a representative for many years. He was for several years judge of the county court, and was appointed on several state committees of importance. In October, 1709, he, with the deputy governor and three others, was appointed as a committee of war for Fairfield county. 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 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 a representative from Stratford for a number of years. He was called "the Worshipful Joseph Curtis." NOTE And married one other.