John Curtis

In/ Sacred Memory/ of/ John & Elizabeth/ Hutchins Curtiss/ M. 19 Apr 1610 Nazeing Eng./ Arrived Roxbury, Mass./ about 1637/ John Bapt. 1577 D. 1639/ Widow Curtiss, Sons/ John, William and Thomas/ Settled Stratford 1639/ She died/ June 1658 Stratford, Ct.
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John Curtiss married Elizabeth Hutchins were the parents of Gabriel, John, Thomas, Mary, William, and Philip.

FATHER

William Curtis

MOTHER

Agnes

WIFE

Elizabeth Hutchins

CHILDREN

1. John Curtis bap. 26/Feb/1611

2. William Curtiss bap. 21/Jun/1618

3. Thomas Curtis b. 12/Mar/1618-19

A Genealogy of the Curtiss Family by Frederic Haines Curtiss, 1903
"On 16 October 1632, the Court Roll of the Manor of Nazing shows that "William Searle and Elizabeth his wife surrendered land into the hand of the lord of the Manor of Nazing, by the Rod, according to the custom fo the said Manor by the hands of John Curtys and Richard Campe, customary tenants." This meant that John Curtis and Richard Campe had the privilege of obtaining the land if they wanted it, but John Curtis did not take it.
John is last of record in England in 1637, when he appears as taxed 6 shillings in the Ship Money list at Nazing. Assessed at the same time and place was his brother Gabriell Curtiss, assessed two shillings; also John's first cousin George Curtis, assessed three shillings; also John Hutchin, assessed 12 shillings; and Thomas Hutchin, John Curtis also sat as a juror in the manorial court of Nazing in 1637.
Apparently his eldest son John was sent to New England in advance, for a John Curtis, aged 21, embarked int eh "Safety" 10 August 1635. By 1639 the rest of the family followed and settled in Roxbury, MA where john's nephew William was already living. "John Corteis" appears on the list of inhabitants of Roxbury 1639, having 15 acres of land and five persons in his family, which would be himself, his wife, and their three sons. No further mention of the family is found at Roxbury.
In 1639 a John Curtis was a resident of Wethersfield, CT, owning a home lot on "the North Road to the Great Meadow." The property is also described as "East side of High Street, opposite the Common and North of the house lot of Robert Bates." Parke says that Sherman Adams thought this was son John, but had much misinformation about him. Mr. Hoppin thought it was the elder John and that he died in Wethersfield. Certainly John Curtiss Sr. died early in or shortly after 1640."

This research has been done with much help from Jim Hoskins j.j.hoskins@gmail.com Thank you Jim.