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3648. John CURTISS Senior (1) was born on 15 Sep 1577 in Nazeing, Essex County, England. Notes for John Curtis:
BIOGRAPHY
(Roxbury Land Records, Page 1): "The First day of Fowerth moneth Comonly Called June 1639 this booke was bought (by the Seaven men then employed in the Towne affairs) for the entrying of the Towne Lands and other weighty bussinesses being fully agreed upon which may concerne the Inhabitants of thes Towne of Rocksbury and payed for the booke Fower shillings."

(Page 7): "A note of the estates and persons of the Inhabitants of Rocksbury" (written between June 1, 1639, and March 1640, but without day of month being recorded):
"(accres) (person & estate)
15--0--0 John Corteis 5 00--00-00

This John Corteis (Curtis) is not of further positive record in America.* Doubtless, with his wife and three sons, he removed from Roxbury to Wethersfield, Connecticut, but died before he became of record at Wethersfield. His widow, Elizabeth (Hutchins) Curtis, and their three sons, John, Thomas, and William Curtis, removed from
Wethersfield to Stratford, Connecticut, within the same year, 1639, or 1639-40; there was another man, Thomas Curtis, who for years did remain at Wethersfield. The said John Curtis, the father and emigrant, was baptized in the parish church of Nazing, in the county of Essex, England, as -per the register of baptisms of that church viz; "Baptisms John Curtis Sept. 15, 1577".* This John Curtis was a son of the William Curtis a full copy of whose will is here given; ((see William Curtis))
......John Curtis, did not emigrate from Nazing, Essex, England, until after the year 1637

More About John Curtis:
Baptism: 15 September 1577, Nazing, Essex, England
Emigration: Abt. 1637, New England
He was married to Elizabeth HUTCHINS on 19 Apr 1610 in Nazeing, Essex County, England.

3649. Elizabeth HUTCHINS (1) was born in 1587 in Nazeing, Essex County, England. She died on 4 Jun 1658 in Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut. Children were:

child544 i. LT. John CURTISS Junior.
child ii. Capt. William CURTISS(1) was born on 21 Jun 1618 in Nazeing, Essex County, England. He died on 21 Dec 1702 in Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut.
child iii. Thomas CURTISS(1) was born on 12 Mar 1620 in Nazeing, Essex County, England. He died on 1 Dec 1648 in Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut.