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1. John CURTOY #2075 born 1645, ref: 'the tree", married ?, ? #2076. John died 1685.
Children:
2. i William CURTOYS #2077 born 1670.
Second Generation
2. William CURTOYS #2077 (1.John1) born 1670, occupation School master, married Mary? Who died.
It is possible that
Edward Curtoys c 1692 at St. Martin in the Field, Westminster London is also a son of this William
but I have chosen at this stage not to include him as I cannot find his name mentioned anywhere else except on the IGI data.
In 1703, a widower, William CURTOYS married Ann SPICER, (alias HELDER) at St Martins, Marylebone, Westminster London.
((There is documentation re Spicer alias Helder, in Volume Vol 11 - numbers 7 and 8 ‘Journal of the Institute of Heraldic & Genealogical Studies’ which sadly I have been unable to obtain a copy of to read. It must be interesting as there were 2 articles on the subject)
From the births of the children it appears that William and Ann moved to the area around Didcot between 1714 and 1925 although as yet I HAVE NOT uncovered ‘PROOF’ that the two families were in actual fact one. The only information I have is that William was a school master and because there was a Church of England school established in Blewsbury in 1709 I have ‘presumed’ he may have taken his family there to teach……………….as there was a family of Curtoys in the village at that time….but nothing is proven, so there must always be doubts..
Photograph of “Swallows” in 2002 kindly supplied by Robert Long, resident of Blewbury.
"Portrait of Oxfordshire" by Christine Bloxham: (kindly sent to me by Stephanie Jenkins)
Blewbury
... The red-brick village school was founded by William Malthus, a wealthy merchant, as a chantry school in 1709, designed to educate fifty - later sixty - children, each of whom received £1 a year for clothing; £1 was paid to each child whose parents were unable to pay the parish rates. To encourage children to attend the school, this money was paid at a rate of one penny six days a week, forty weeks a year, and if the child was absent, he or she did not receive the penny. Children did not learn arithmetic until they were considered proficient at reading and writing - reading being mainly from the Bible and Prayer Book. They were also taught practical skills such as knitting and sewing, and on the site where the house called 'Swallows' now stands was a workshop (which also served as a workhouse) where they learnt spinning and weaving. In 1713 the pupils wove 120 yards of cloth which was dyed green to make their school clothing, so the school became known as 'Green School'. Now the school is housed in a
1960s building in Westbrook Street.
Information kindly supplied by Audrey Long, a resident of Blewbury shows that in the local Court Rolls, the Curtoys family at Blewbury acquired 3 messuages and dwellings, including a close in 1731 from John Haynes.
In 1740 they acquired 4 acres from Maria Blisset and between then and 1938 the house in Westbrook Street Blewbury remained in the Curtoys family, going it appears to the eldest male in the family each time an ower died.
Records relative to this house in the Court Rolls of the Prebendal Manor, and the Court Rolls of the Great Manor show that it passed from one branch of the Curtoys family to another, until 1935 when Alfred Curtoys extinguished manorial rights to the land.
Source for his occupation from Venns "Alumni Cantabridienses", Cambridge Uni Alumni" the enrolment of his son Charles.
Children:
3. i Charles CURTOYS #2079 born 31.5.1710.
ii Elizabeth CURTOYS #2140 5.8.1705, St Martin in the Field, Westminster Lond, ref: IGI C001455.
iii Mary CURTOYS #2141 16.10.1707, St Mary in the Fields, Westminster, Lond, ref: IGI.
iv William CURTOYS #2142 12.10.1708, St Martin in the Field, Westminster, Lon, ref: IGI.
v Edith CURTOYS #2143 11.11.1711. St. Martin in the Fields, Westminster, London, ref IGI
vi George CURTOYS #2144 18.7.1714. St. Martin in the Fields, Westminster, London, ref IGI
vii John CURTOYS #2145 20.11.1725, Blewbury Berks, ref: IGI.
William Curtoys, probably the school master died approximately 1752-58. John was a Yoeman farmer,
Third Generation
2. Charles CURTOYS #2079 (2.William2, 1.John1) born 31.5.1710, ref: the tree/VENNS, occupation Rector, married 1.5.1739,
in Wootton Rivers, Wiltshire, IGI 8302532, Elizabeth HUNT #2085.
He was the Rector of Milton Lilbourne, Witshire, educated Pembroke College Cambridge University, Ordained deacon (Sarum) Dec 23, 1733, Priest June 9, 1734, Rector of Wootton Rivers 1738, Reverend at Huish 1775.
Charles died 25.3.1775, and is buried at Wootton Rivers with at least 2 of his children.
Children:
4. i Ann CURTOYS #2081 born 5.4.1740.
ii Elizabeth CURTOYS #2129 ref: fiche, died 17.6.1745, buried: 24.6.1745, Wootton Rivers, Wiltshire.
iii Charles CURTOYS #2128 died 17.6.1745, buried: 24.6.1745, Wootton Rivers, Wiltshire.
5. iv Charles CURTOYS #2087 born 1750.
v Elizabeth Editha CURTOYS #2127 born 17.8.1760, ref: Wilt fiche.
6. vi William CURTOYS #2080.
· GEORGE CURTOYS (Sailor) ((WHICH IS WHERE I think my COURTOY family begins))
· (on only one version of WFDCurtoys drafts of family tree))
Fourth Generation
3. Ann CURTOYS #2081 (3.Charles3, 2.William2, 1.John1) born 5.4.1740, Wootten Rivers, ref: the tree, married ….? Davies #2082, possible occupation Reverend.
Ann died 1816. Wiltshire Baptism microfiche
Children:
i Frances DAVIES #2083 ref: the tree. Married Arthur Thomas CORFE
He had been a chorister at Westminster Abbey in his boyhood, and in 1804 until his death in 1863 he was Organist of Salisbury Cathedral
4. Charles CURTOYS #2087 (3.Charles3, 2.William2, 1.John1) born 1750, Wootton Rivers, ref: the tree, occupation Surgeon married Ann ?.
He was a Surgeon in Salisbury Wiltshire where he had a successful private practice at the Lunatic Asylum
Charles died 1885, possibly from Lupus.
Children:
7. i Charles Lockyer CURTOYS #1982.
ii George William CURTOYS #2086 30.12.1783, St Thomas, Salisbury, Wiltshire, ref: IGI 7702726. He must have had a Sponser, as he joined the Royal Navy 1801, aged 18. He travelled as Master Mate aboard HMS Glatton to Australia 1802. In April 1803 was given command of "Lady Nelson"a very famous brig involved in early navigation and exploration and settlement of Australia. He was in command of the Lady Nelson when it arrived in the Derwent River, Van Diemens Land (Tasmania) George William Curtoys most likely had lupus and he was declared unfit for service in the climate.
Articles in the Sydney Gazette and NSW Archives suggest he left the colony of NSW in February 1804, or perhaps a little earlier. One book written about the Lady Nelson states that he went to Timor and was involved in operating a charter business in the waters north of Australia, but I doubt this is true as he could not cope with the heat of NSW or Tasmania let alone the tropical heat of Timor.
iii Elizabeth Matilda CURTOYS #1983 20.8.1785, St Thomas, Salisbury Wiltshire, ref: IGI 7702726.
iv Marianne CURTOYS #1984 5.12.1786, St Thomas, Salisbury, Wiltshire, ref: IGI 7702726.
8. William CURTOYS #2080 (3.Charles3, 2.William2, 1.John1) ref: the tree, occupation Diplomat for Spain. W. Frank Curtoys produced several pages on the story of Sir William Curtoys, or Guillermo Curtoys as he became known. Apparently he ran away to Spain as a young man and joined the Diplomatic Corp, eventually becoming the Ambassador for Spain to London, Belgium and the Rome.
He had directed in his Will that his funeral should be very simple (a direction which does not appear to have been carried out) and that he should be buried in the church attached to the Monastery of St. Alexis, on the Aventine, near to the alter of St. Thomas of Canterbury. In the Will he appears to have left all to his sons, at least his money in British securities – in the hands of Trustees – Emmanuel de la Torre, his brother Anthony de la Torre, M.A. German broker residing in London and my nephew Charles Lockyer Curtoys Esq: (W.F.D.Curtoys Grandfather) “To be Trustees for money left to my sons Joseph and Joachim which they should inherit when they were 25 years of age ie: in 1832 and 1833 – (not 21 as according to English Law)”.Sir Guillermo Curtoys died 4.11.1826, Rome and although Frank Curtoys states that an article ran in the London Times the next day, and on the anniversary of his death 100 years later I have not been able to confirm this, or find the articles mentioned.
Children:
i Jospeh CURTOYS #2084 born approx 1806, ref: the tree.
ii Joachim CURTOYS #2146 born approx 1805-07.
Fifth Generation
7. Charles Lockyer CURTOYS #1982 (5.Charles4, 3.Charles3, 2.William2, 1.John1) 16.10.1781, St Thomas, Salisbury, Wiltshire, ref: IGI 7702726, married Fanny TWEED #2089, born 1794, Salison, Essex, ref: the tree, died 1867. Charles died 1851. Fanny: daughter of Thomas Littell Tweed and Sarah Ruffle, of Bocking Hall, Essex.
Children:
8. i William Joseph CURTOYS Esq #2090.
ii Emily F. CURTOYS #2091 married William WALFORD #2094. Emily died 1880. William: may also have been in India, a William Walford was a private in the Kings 14th Light Dragoons and was in India during the Indian Mutiny, the same time as William Joseph Curtoys was there.... unconfirmed.
iii Thomas Tweed CURTOYS #2092. was a shop keeper in New Zealand, was granted land in the Maori grants, and may have ended up in USA, I think…
iv Charles H.D. CURTOYS #2093 ref: the tree.
Sixth Generation
I. William Joseph CURTOYS Esq #2090 (7.Charles5, 5.Charles4, 3.Charles3, 2.William2, 1.John1) married (1) 12.2.1859, in Old Charlton, Kent, Frances Helen DENNY #2095, born 13.8.1835, ref: the tree, died Montreal Canada, 1860.
He married (2) Emma Shearin #2097. The family was in India 1863 onwards.
Frances: an obituary for Frances Curtoys is in the San Francisco newspaper index
Children by Frances Helen DENNY:
i William Francis Denny CURTOYS #2096 born 1859 or 1860, married 1898, source the tree, Charlotte SMYTHE #2099.
A birth notice in the Times for India " 25th November, 1863, ‘The wife of W.J. Curtays, Esq, of a son". Suggests that there were more children that William Francis Denny Curtoys, but to the living family no other name is known. ((My own thought is that this child was Alfred Curtoys, known to the residents of Blewbury as Ticker Toys, who died 1938 but the dates are not perfect, an again, nothing is confimed.
The Rev. W. Frank Curtoys researched his family’s origins, and although he did not record the sources in the information I have, I suspect he may have produced a more indepth document, if only I could find it. He certainly submitted corrections to the Venns - the Cambridge Uni Alumni Cantabrigienses and wrote one book entitled ‘ A Short Story of St. Oswald’ which is on the shelf of the British Museum if you care to read it. Shelf mark 480566 29 (3). He also combined with Mrs Tempest to record the Parish Transcriptions of Coleby Lincolnshire, 1561 – 1812, which has recently been put onto CD. Unfortunately in the translation only Mrs. Tempest’s name is acknowledged.
Charlotte: daughter of Colonel Smythe
Children by Emma Shearin:
ii Charles CURTOYS #2100 occupation Royal Marines, married Maud MATTHEWS #2102.
iii Beatrice CURTOYS #2101 married T. COLLEDGE #2103.
From here I have descendants of William Francis Denny Curtoys, including families in USA and Sth Africa. I suspect I have missed names and information, so if you can help me fill in the gaps, I would certainly appreciate being able to complete the story of this quite remarkable family which includes Pat Smythe, the famous English Olympic show jumper of the 1950s, and her mother Monica who began the Bath Pony Club, the oldest pony club in Britain. .
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