Chris Branagan wrote: > Hi Jan, > > Thank you for all the information on the Curit family. You are amazing! > > You asked for the informaton I have on Lydia Curit , wife of Samuel Whitney. > Unfortunately, it is scant. > > What I know is this: > > Her birthday is listed in a number of sources as January 30, 1776 in Lisbon, > Maine. She and Samuel L. Whitney (Benjamin, John, Benjamin, John) were > married in Lisbon on December 24, 1801. Lydia died on December 6, or 7 in > 1848 and is buried in the Lisbon Center Cemetery. > > She and Samuel had 7 children . > Eliza, born Sept. 15, 1802 > Jacob, born October 14, 1804 > John, born June 1, 1808 > Isabella born July 4, 1812 > Mercy , born December 11, 1814 > Lydia, born July 17, 1817 ( or maybe June 26, 1817) > Samuel born November 2, 1820. > > I have the marriages of some of these people, if you are interested. My > intentions are to keep searching for more information on the origins of Lydia > Curit. Her parents must be somewhere. The chance that the name may be > spelled "Curate" in places opens up some possibilities. I'll let you know if > I find anything. > > Thanks again for the help. from, Carolyn Whitney Branagan > > Jan Whitaker wrote: > > > Carolyn, More on John Curit... A John Curate resided in Cape Elizabeth > > and was lost on the "Cumberland" in the Rev War, his widow Martha then > > petitioned for pay due her late husband when she was residing in Portland. > > Further listed is John Curate from Massachusetts serving in Capt Watkin's > > Company. These notations are listed on page 176, "Soldier, Sailors and > > Patriots of the Revolutionary War-Maine"compiled by Fisher & Fisher. > > Next, that marriage I spoke of on Chebeague Island, is listed as > > John CURATE of North Yarmouth to Jane Hamilton of North Yarmouth 14 June, > > 1802 in "Vital Records of North Yarmouth, Maine to the year 1850" second > > Edition Edited by Ruth Wilder Sherman. [Chebeague was a part of the > > original territory of North Yarmouth] So there was a spelling change...I > > know that the name was known on Chebeague Island as CURIT. > > A John Curit owned land in the present town of Yarmouth, "a few > > hundred feet from where the North Road turns from East Main Street, near > > the former residence of John Curit". This passage found in "Ancient North > > Yarmouth and Yarmouth, Maine 1636-1936 A History" by William Hutchinson > > Rowe, page102. This passage is a description of the capture of three boys > > by Native Americans in 1742. Good Luck, Jan