FORWARDED TO THE LIST. Please reply to Steve privately as he is not subscribed Hi we are doing a paper on Ephraim, and looking for input, from anyone interested in this line thanks Steven A. Curtis nevadacurtis@earthlink.net 132.162. Ephraim6, Oliver5, Ephraim4, Ephraim3, Joseph2 , Henry1 Ephraim, 132.162., born March 27, 1798, in Ward, (now Auburn) Worchester County, Massachusetts, son of Oliver and Judith (Holman)(Chase) Curtis. The year Ephraim was born his family moved to Sutton, Worchester County, onto property that Judith, his mother, had received as her dower from her deceased husband David Chase. Ephraim's sister, Betsey, was born there May 17, 1800. We note by the Federal census of that year that the family consisted, in addition to Ephraim, Betsey and their parents of four others, probably Able Chase, 10; Polly Chase, 12; Sally Chase, 14; and Eber Chase,16., Hampshire County deeds record that In 1806 Ephraim's father Oliver bought a 100-acre farm in Pelham, Hampshire County, Massachusetts. And the family moved there in 1807. By the time of the 1810 Federal census the family members in the household consisted of Able Chase and Ephraim and Betsey Curtis plus parents Oliver and Judith. Ephraim's father, Oliver, died in 1815 and was buried in the Cook-Johnson Cemetery in Pelham. Oliver's Will left his real and personal property to his son Ephraim naming his mother Judith as guardian, and executor. Except that he bequeathed unto his only daughter Betsey Curtis $200 in good and lawful money, and one good cow to be paid to her on the day of her marriage or at the age of 21 years if she should remain single until that time. In 1816 the year following the death of his father, Ephraim's mother, Judith, as her son's guardian, sold the farmstead at Pelham and moved to Preston, Chenango County, New York to live with her oldest son David Chase. Ephraim's mother died December 31, 1829 and was buried in Curtis Cemetery, Preston, New York. Ephraim married Susanna Rogers October 29,1819. Her parents were Ethan and Sarah (Sally Truman) Rogers. Susanna (more frequently referred to as Susan) was born September 3, 180l in Montville, Ct. She died in Truxton NY February 16, 1842 of typhoid Fever and is buried in the Curtis/Rogers cemetery in Preston, Chenango County, New York. This is where Ephraim is buried along with a son, Oliver, daughter Julia Ann, Ephraim's mother Judith also parents and extended family members of Susan. GPS coordinates are 75W 38' 00"; 42N 29' 41" Additional information on Ephraim's descendents is available in James Rogers of New London, Ct. and His Descendants, by James Swift Rogers. Published 1902 Ephraim was a minister for many years in the Seventh Day Baptist Church. He died at the age of 35 in Ostelic NY and his headstone in the Curtis/Rogers cemetery in Preston states "In memory of ELD. EPHRAIM CURTIS who died in Ostelic, March 24, 1833, AGED 35 YEARS". Ephraim 132.162 Children: 132.162.1 Oliver, born July 7, 1820; Died March 7, 1842 in Truxton NY Buried in Curtis Cem. Preston Chenango County New York *132.162.2 Ethan Rogers, born September 29, 1821 in Preston NY Died Sep 7 1892 in Oxford Chenango County New York Buried in Oxford 132.162.3 Julia Ann, born. Born May 10, 1825; Died Dec. 10 1826. Buried in Curtis Cem. Preston Chenango County New York 132.162.4 Horace Clark, born October 10,1826; Died April 15, 1844 Buried on Mt. Hunger Sangerfield New York *132.162.5 David Porter, born May 3,1828 in Preston; Died August 15, 1898 Battle Creek Michigan Buried in Oak Hill Cem. Next to Wife Cordelia Alzina Clarke 132.162.6 Sarah Ann, born September 27, 1830 in Otselic NY; Died 1920 Buried Nile Cemetery Allegany County New York With husband Joseph Neulon Clarke *132.162.7 Ephraim Gleason, born February 1, 1833; Died August 7, 1916 Buried Brookfield Madison County NY _________________________________________________________________ Get McAfee virus scanning and cleaning of incoming attachments. Get Hotmail Extra Storage! http://join.msn.com/?PAGE=features/es