This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Curtis Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/TmQ.2ACIB/2155 Message Board Post: The first Curtis from my line came to America (Salem, Ma) before 1645. He married Sara Carwithy, also spelled Carwithyn, Carwethen. Richard later removed to Southold, Long Island, New York where he died in 1671.