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I seem to be the only person posting messages here, which I find quite distressing - surely I cant be the ONLY person chasing this family? or can I. It certainly seems that way.
However, I am an optimist and hope somebody calls by to read this-
I will explain some of my family's background - however vague it might be, so that you might have some idea if you get to a possible connection
I think they were probably French originally and came across to England - probably not as Huguenots - but as part of an aristocratic bunch following whatever King it was at the time.
CURTEYS appears to be the early name, and they were well connected, received grants of land all over the country and seemed to spread out quite a bit from about 1500s onwards.
I have found the Curtoys and Courtoy names in Scotland, Cornwall, Wiltshire, Lincolnshire and London and suspect other spelling variations might include Courtois, Courtice and Curtys Curtays, and have absolutely no idea of what is the correct name.
I am gathering in info for all of them if I can get it.
The Courtoy family of London is mine, 1806 and I suspect they were there a lot earlier too. Think they might have been school master then later men of the sea, shipwrights, army and navy agents and maybe dyers, shopkeepers and tradesmen. They lived in and around Mayfair/Berkeley Square/Lords Cricket grounds/Speakers Corner area of London.
One line of descendants had lupus for sure. I think they are connected to the Curtoys of Wiltshire, possibly from a union between William Courtoy and Ann Spicer who married in London and produced a Charles Courtoy who is age and date perfect for the Wiltshire family.
CURTOYS family of Wiltshire were also from a Curtoys family of London, but they are religious with lots of Reverends etc. and men who became ambassadors, doctors and navy men. The men at least appear to have had lupus. This family includes members who lived in India, Canada in the 1870s, Oxford graduates etc. Guillermo Curtois/Curteys is part of this family and I have an old family tree sent to me by a descendant of a brother of Guillermo (aka Sir William Curtoys - the Spanish Ambassador.
I think the Courtois family of England, Swineshead Abbey and other places in Lincolnshire is also part of the story, but am working through where they fit. I think the family were very religious, had an estate of some size and prestige and await information once had, but now lost to confirm who they were. Recall an Abbot.
I think this family was the connection for those who went to Brazil and Argentina, Peregrine Curtoys/Courtois of Brampton is where I think they will fit in.
so as I say, I am still fishing, but if anyone has anything to add to the pie, I would be grateful. cheers Judy
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