Thank You for taking the time to answer my quest. I did have the information you gave to the list and I thank You. Don. At 06:00 AM 11/02/2003 -0700, you wrote: >CURTIS-D Digest Volume 03 : Issue 266 > >Today's Topics: > #1 [CURTIS] Benjamin Curtis ["Donald J. Smith" <djsmith@charter] > #2 Re: [CURTIS] Benjamin Curtis [Genie <genielists@yahoo.com>] > >Administrivia: >To unsubscribe from CURTIS-D, send a message to > > CURTIS-D-request@rootsweb.com > >that contains in the body of the message the command > > unsubscribe > >and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software >requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. > >______________________________X-Message: #1 >Date: Sat, 01 Nov 2003 19:43:20 -0500 >From: "Donald J. Smith" <djsmith@chartermi.net> >To: CURTIS-L@rootsweb.com >Message-Id: <4.1.20031101193751.009fc320@pop.chartermi.net> >Subject: [CURTIS] Benjamin Curtis >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > >Posting this information in the event someone sees this who knows the answer: >Who were the parents and what area of New York State were these people from? >Benjamin Curtis, born 23 Oct. 1793 @ New York State. Married about 1828 to >Roxanna Paine. Benjamin Died before Sept. 1832 @ Green Oak Township, >Livingston county, Michigan. I believe at the time of his death it was >called Northfield Township, Michigan Territory. Thank You for any >information on these my ancestors. Don. > >______________________________X-Message: #2 >Date: Sat, 1 Nov 2003 18:12:22 -0800 (PST) >From: Genie <genielists@yahoo.com> >To: CURTIS-L@rootsweb.com >Message-ID: <20031102021222.55533.qmail@web40711.mail.yahoo.com> >Subject: Re: [CURTIS] Benjamin Curtis >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > >Tuttle, Charles R. General history of the state >of Michigan : with biographical sketches, >portrait engravings, and numerous illustrations : >a complete history of the Peninsular State from >its earliest settlement to the present time >Detroit: R.D.S. Tyler & Co., 1874 > >This book, online at Heritage Quest, which is >available at some libraries, contains a bio and >picture of Lorenzo B. Curtis, son of a Benjamin >Curtis. It says Lorenzo was born in Boston, Erie >Co. NY on May 3, 1821, emigrated to MI in 1830 >with his father, who bought a farm in Green Oak, >Livingston Co., MI. They, with the family of >Stephen Lee, were the first white settlers in the >county. His father [Benjamin] died in the >summer of 1834. Mentions his mother and >siblings, but not by name. The rest was about >Lorenzo and his business interests, etc. Close >enough? I know these bios are usually based on >someone's memory, and therefore dates, etc. >aren't always right, but thought you might want >to investigate it further. > >Then there's this one: > >Ellis, Franklin, History of Livingston Co., >Michigan : with illustrations and biographical >sketches of its prominent men and pioneers. >Philadelphia: Everts & Abbott, 1880 > >Says Benj. Curtis entered 67 acres on Section 20 >on Oct. 6, 1830. He was a mechanic, and soon >built a log house and improved the land which he >lived on til he died. [His son] Lorenzo Curtis >was a resident taxpayer in Green Oak Twp. in >1844. > > >--- "Donald J. Smith" <djsmith@chartermi.net> >wrote: > >> Who were the parents and what area of New York >> State were these people from? >> Benjamin Curtis, born 23 Oct. 1793 @ New York >> State. Married about 1828 to >> Roxanna Paine. Benjamin Died before Sept. 1832 >> @ Green Oak Township, >> Livingston county, Michigan. I believe at the >> time of his death it was >> called Northfield Township, Michigan Territory. > > >__________________________________ >Do you Yahoo!? >Exclusive Video Premiere - Britney Spears >http://launch.yahoo.com/promos/britneyspears/