Re: Curtis, Tx & Ms
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Curtis, Tx & Ms
geneva wilson 1/10/01
Hi,
Lucian Curtis (b. ca. 1813-15 - d. 1885) married Amanda S. Wade (1836-1921).Amanda died in El Paso, Texas.She was the daughter of Edward and "Fannie" Wade.Lucian and Amanda had two children, Edward Curtis and Annie Eliza Curtis, the latter of whom married Dr. Jerome Eugene Thomas.[I am forwarding your email address to a descendant of Eliza Thomas.]
Lucian had moved from Alabama to Scott County, Miss. as you stated, around 1846-1852.Lucian is the son of NATHANIEL CURTIS (19 Nov 1780 - d. 18 July 1848) and his wife SUSANNAH CURTIS (5 Nov 1782 - 15 June1852).Nathaniel and Susannah Curtis are "first cousins."They are both buried at the Curtis-Allen Cemetery at Old Springhill, Marengo County, Alabama.They had 7 children.[Nathaniel's will is on file in Marengo County, Will Book A, pagge 281.His estate record is in Vol. 1, page 159).Note, be careful not to confuse Nathaniel with his brother-in-law also named Nathaniel Curtis.Fortunately, the brother-in-law never lived in Marengo County, so that helps some.
Nathaniel Curtis is the son of NATHANIEL CURTIS (ca. 1748 - 15 July 1780) and wife FRANCES (HICKS) HAMER.It was the second marriage for both.Nathaniel and Frances both had children from their earlier marriages.This elder Nathaniel was killed in the Revolutionary War.He died in a small skirmish on the Pee Dee River when his group of Whigs were ambushed by a band of Torries.Frances died in Anson County, North Carolinain 1791.
Susannah (Curtis) Curtis is the daughter of Samuel Curtis Sr. (8 Jan 1751 - 24 Jan 1846).Like his brothers, he too fought in the Revolutionary War.Susannah's mother was Samuel's first wife, Sarah Hicks (14 Nov 1757 - 12 Sept 1810).Sarah is a niece of Frances (Hicks) Hamer Curtis named above.Sarah is the daughter of William Hicks and wife Sarah, who was formerly the widow of Isam Young.William Hicks (and Frances) were the issue of John Hicks Sr. of Anson County (d. 1760) and his wife Obedience.John Hicks was among the first group of Justices appointed for Anson County when it was formed in 1748.John appears to have been from Virginia and there is evidence, but not conclusieve, that he was the son of Capt. Robert Hicks "the elder" and wife Frances.
Nathaniel Curtis (d. 1780), and Samuel Curtis Sr. along with Thomas Curtis Sr. (d. 1809), Elijah Curtis Sr. (d. 1818) and Elizabeth Curtis are the children of NATHANIEL CURTIS of Queen Anne's County, Maryland who died in 1758 and his wife SUSANNAH THOMAS.This latter Nathaniel and his wife Susannah were married 3 Oct 1745 in Queen Anne's County, Maryland.Nathaniel died intestate (without a will) and Susannah married second William Rat(c)liff(e) on 3 June 1759.Around 1769 or 1770, Thomas Curtis Sr. and his wife Anne "Nancy", and his siblings Nathaniel Curtis (d. 1780), Samuel Curtis Sr., Elijah Curtis Sr. and Elizabeth Curtis along with their mother Susannah and her husband William Ratliff and their Ratliff children, moved to Anson County, North Carolina.(The date is based upon land records in Anson and in Queen Anne's County.).William Ratliff died ca. 1777 in Anson.Samuel owned land in both present day Anson and Richmond Counties, North Carolina.
Around 1808 or 1809, Samuel Curtis and many of his children and their families, and those of his children "still at home" moved to Stewart County, Tennessee.(Note, not all of Samuel's children moved to Tennessee.For instance, his son Nathaniel Curtis, not to be confused with your Nathaniel,moved to the Felicianas in Louisiana.)
Around 1815, Samuel's son John Curtis moved to Alabama.In the years following, from 1815 to 1822, Samuel and most of his other children and their families also made the migration to Alabama.(Ironically, John returned to Tennessee after only a few years.)Samuel's first wife Sarah had died in Tennessee and he had taken as his second wife, Elizabeth W. (Kennon) Alston, widow of John Alston.(According to family tradition, Elizabeth was a distant cousin of Samuel's first wife.)
At his death in 1846, Samuel Curtis, according to his final estate record, owned a 400 acre homeplace at Old Springhill, two plantations (one of over thousand acres), a townhome in Demopolis, Alabama, and 81 slaves.His home at OldSpringhill burned in the 1870's, but supposedly, a structure which resembles his home was rebuilt on the site.However, his townhouse in Demopolis still stands, and is onthe National Register of Historic Places.Samuel is buried in the Curtis-Allen Cemetery at Old Springhill.His will and his estate record are in Marengo County.(Note, the estate record is more than 30 pages long.)
Susannah (Thomas) Curtis, wife of Nathaniel Curtis of Queen Anne's County, is the daughter of "THOMAS THOMAS of Winfield" (bornbefore 1701 and died ca. 1770) of Queen Anne's County, Maryland where he left a will.
Her mother was Susannah Clothier.
Thomas Thomas of Winfield was the son the of "THOMAS THOMAS, Gentleman," of Talbot County, Maryland.Thomas Thomas was born in England before 1664 and died in Talbot County, Maryland ca. 1706.His wife was Elizbeth (d. 1720).She married twice more after his death.
The elder Thomas Thomas was the son of the immigrant,"Tristram Thomas of Wye River, Gent." (ca. 1629-1686) and wife Anne King. (Often mistakenly found recorded in the literature as Anne Coursey) (She married second William Turloe.) Tristram Thomas is probably the son of Christopher Thomas (d. 1635) of County Kent, England.(I've more on the Thomas line, but it isn't presently handy, and I don't trust my memory enough to go further with the line.
Tristram came to Maryland from England with his wife and three oldest children in 1666.
Sincerely,
Jay Stein
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