Ninth Generation

486. John CURTIS Jr. was born on 10 December 1667 in Wethersfield, Hartford Co., CT. He died on 7 November 1712 at the age of 44 in Wethersfield, Hartford Co., CT. Page 206-7 Name: John Curtis, Jr. Location: Wethersfield
Died 7 November, 1712. Invt. œ1004-15-09. Taken by John Curtis, Jr., and Nathaniel Stoddard.
Will dated 7 November, 1712: My body I commit to the earth, and my soul unto the Lord in hope of a glorious resurrection. And my worldly goods which it hath pleased the Lord to bestow upon me I dispose of as followeth: Impr. I give Jacob, my negro servant, to my beloved wife; also all the crops that is now upon my land. Also, I give my wife the use of all my land until my sons come to lawful age, for the bringing up of my son John to learning, and also for the bringing up of the rest of my children. And when my son John cometh to lawful age, to have a double portion, and the rest of my estate to be disposed of to my wife and children according to law. But if that before named be not sufficient to the bringing up of the children, that what more is needful be deducted out of their portions. Also, I give my son Josiah 20 pounds more than to my daughters. Also, I constitute my well-beloved wife to be executrix.
Witness: Joseph Camp, Joseph Andrews.
John Curtis, Jr.
Court Record, Page 108--6 January, 1712-13: Will exhibited by Elizabeth Curtis, widow, and test: by Joseph Andrews (physician), Joseph Camp being deceased. Will proven with invt. Allowed.
Page 248--4 April, 1715: This Court appoint Thomas Wright of Wethersfield to be guardian to Josiah Curtis, 11 years of age, Elizabeth 8, and Hannah Curtis, 3 years of age, children of John Curtis, Jr., late decd.
Page 162 (Vol. IX) 6 February, 1721-2: Elizabeth Curtis, executrix, moved this Court that distribution be made of the estate. Order to distribute the estate according to the last will of John Curtis, Jr.: To Elizabeth Curtis, the widow, to John Curtis, only surviving son, to Martha Robbins, to Mary Welles, to Elizabeth Curtis and Hannah Curtis. And whereas, two of the children of the sd. John Curtis are deceased since the bequest of their father, this Court order that the estate that would have belonged to them had they been living be deducted out of the estate of their father and distributed in equal parts and shares unto the co-heirs of the sd. deceased children, vizt., the aforesd. John Curtis, Martha Robbins, Mary Welles, Elizabeth Curtis and Hannah Curtis. And whereas, there is estate in houseing and lands to the value of œ192-10-02 of the estate of John Curtis, Sen., decd., grandfather, to be distributed unto the sd. co-heirs, this Court order that the same be also distributed unto the aforesd. children. And appoint Robert Welles, Thomas Wright and James Butler, distributors. Also, this Court appoint Mrs. Elizabeth Curtis guardian to her children, Elizabeth Curtis, a minor 14 years of age, and Hannah Curtis, 10 years. Recog., œ100.
Page 169--5 June, 1722: Whereas, the homestead of John Curtis, Jr., as it is distributed, 1-2 thereof unto three of the children, John, Elizabeth and Hannah Curtis, proves to be inconvenient and prejudicial to the whole, it being moved to this Court by the sd. son John that the sd. 2 parts in the sd. half of the homestead belonging to the 2 daughters may be set out to him, the Court order him to take the homestead and pay to his sisters Elizabeth and Hannah Curtis their proportional parts according to the apprisal. Elizabeth WRIGHT and John CURTIS Jr. were married about 1688 in Wethersfield, Hartford Co., CT.

487. Elizabeth WRIGHT was born on 18 November 1667 in Wethersfield, Hartford Co., CT. She died after 1712 at the age of 45 in Wethersfield, Hartford Co., CT. Several family trees have Elizabeth as the daughter of Samuel Wright of Northampton, but a combination of the will of John Curtis and Wethersfield VR's for Joseph Wright make it clear that Joseph and Mary are the parents of Elizabeth. Samuel's Elizabeth married Thomas Stedman and then John Hannum.

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