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William Curtis
1592 - 1672 (~ 80 years)-
Name William Curtis Christened 12 Nov 1592 Nazeing, Essex, England 
Gender Male AFN 91V3-Q8 Died 8 Dec 1672 Roxbury, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States Person ID I736 James Henry Martineau Last Modified 27 Oct 2015
Father Thomas Curtis, c. 25 Aug 1560, Nazeing, Essex, England , d. 11 Dec 1631, Nazeing, Essex, England (Age ~ 71 years) Mother Mary Camp, c. 1 Dec 1560, Nazeing, Essex, England , d. 24 Nov 1594, Nazeing, Essex, England (Age ~ 33 years) Married 24 Aug 1585 Nazeing, Essex, England Family ID F295 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Mary Rawlyns, b. Wormley, Hertfordshire, England , d. 27 Mar 1672-27 Mar 1673, Roxbury, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States Married 3 Dec 1615 St. Margaret Moses, London, London, England Last Modified 27 Oct 2015 Family ID F928 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 2 Sarah Eliot, c. 13 Jan 1599, Nazeing, Essex, England , d. 27 Mar 1673, Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States (Age ~ 74 years) Married 6 Aug 1618 Nazeing, Essex, England Last Modified 27 Oct 2015 Family ID F299 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - His Occupation; Yeoman. Church membership: Admitted to Roxbury church as member # 37 : " William Curtis, he came to this land in the year 1632 & soon after joined to the church; he brought 4 children with him, Thomas,Mary, John & Phillip, & his eldest son William came the year before; he was a hopeful scholar, but God took him in the end of the year 1634 [ RChR 75].
FREEMAN : 4 Mar 1623/3 [ MBCR 1: 367] EDUCATION : He signed his deeds.
OFFICES: Petit jury, 19 Sep 1637 [ MBCR 1:252 ESTATE] On 13 Mar 1638/9 the General Court gave i William Curtis "leave to build upon his lot, his other dwelling being seated so inconveniently" [MBCR 1:252 ]. On 15 Mar1616 [ recite 1646], Hugh Prichard of Roxbury sold to William & Thomas Curtis seventeen acres in Roxbury, with the payment to be spread over seven years [ SLR 1;138], in the acknowledgement 22 Aug 1651 it is noted "Tho:Curtis being dead." On 21 Jul 1647, William Curtis of Roxbury & Thomas his son mortgaged eleven acres of land in Roxbury to Thomas Dudley [SLR 1:82]
DEATH: Roxbury 9 Dec 1672 "aged 80" [RChR 180] MARRIAGE: (1) St. Margaret Moses,London,
3 Dec 1615 Mary Rawlyns { William Curtis of Nassinge in the county of Ezzex yeoman and Mary Rawlyns of Wormley were married the iijth of Dec with a licens" 1615}; died at or very soon after the birth of her son William. (2) Nazeing 6 Aug 1618 Sarah Elliot; She was baptiized Widford Essex, 13 Jan 1599/1600, daughter of Bennet & Lettice (Agar) [ Eliot Gen 3]; Sarah Curtis, the wife of William Curtis" admitted to Roxbury church as member #38, immediately after her husband [RChR 75]; died Roxbury 27 Mar 1672/3 "aged abt 73" [ RChR 180].
- His Occupation; Yeoman. Church membership: Admitted to Roxbury church as member # 37 : " William Curtis, he came to this land in the year 1632 & soon after joined to the church; he brought 4 children with him, Thomas,Mary, John & Phillip, & his eldest son William came the year before; he was a hopeful scholar, but God took him in the end of the year 1634 [ RChR 75].