I am definitely interested in any information you may have about the Curtis family. The name shows up several times in my records. It appears Philura was a fourth cousin to her daughter-in-law, Flora Minerva Hawley. (Flora's parents were William Agur Hawley and Deborah Aurelia Warner; Deborah's parents were Benjamin Ruggles Hawley and Mercy Ruggles: Benjamin's parents were Martin Warner and Mary Ruggles and Martin's parents were John Warner and Mercy Curtis) I'd be interested in confirmation of that. Another Curtis I may be descended from is Elizabeth Curtiss, b. January 17, 1676/77, wife of Samuel Ufford. Elizabeth's parents were Joseph Curtis, b. November 12, 1650, d. 1742, m. Bethia Booth November 9, 1676 in Stratford, Fairfield, CT. Bethia was b. August 18, 1658 and d. August 2, 1699. Any information you have would be greatly appreciated. Philura Curtis married John Putnam. They had 13 children, most of whom died at birth or early childhood. I am descended from their youngest, John Putnam. I have quite a bit of information about her descendants (Fairly accurate so far as family records go.) John's son-in-law kept in touch with other members of the family and made a record of their births, marriages, and deaths. Later, my grandmother did the same. I have those records, and many are on the internet as well. Janice ----- Original Message ----- From: <ChasCurt@aol.com> To: <CURTIS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2004 10:13 AM Subject: Re: [CURTIS] Frederick Curtis and Lurana Hyde > Janice, > Frederick's parents were John and Elizabeth (Lord) Curtiss. My records > show John's death date as 22 June 1774 in Canterbury, Connecticut. There were > several John Curtis(s)'s in that area and that time period. Your death date could > possibly be for one of the others. > John and Elizabeth had as children; 1)Israel, 2)Sarah, 3)John Jr., > 4)Frederick and 5)Elizabeth Lord Curtiss. I have children for Frederick and Luranah > as; 1)Isaac, 2)Luranah, 3)Hannah, 4)Filura and 5)Josiah. > Rev. John Curtiss (Frederick's father) added the second "s" to the last > name as those previous to him all spelled their last name with one "s". I have > copies of land records from Connecticut that show the addition of the second > "s". Not sure why this happened. Others from this line dropped the second "s" in > later generations. My line continued with the second "s". > I have nothing on Filura's (Philura) family other than her name and her > birthdate of 17 July 1769 in Canterbury, Connecticut. I do have quite a bit of > information on several other lines of the family if you are interested. > Hope this helps. > > Charles Curtiss > > > ==== CURTIS Mailing List ==== > Forgotten how to unsubscribe? Send message unsubscribe to > <CURTIS-L-request@rootsweb.com>(or D for digest mode) > >