Curtiss Pedigree

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IthoughtthatyoumightliketoseesomeoftheinformationthatIvepiecedtogetherfromAncestry.com. ThisisbynomeansacompleteorcomprehensivereviewoftheCurtissFamilyTree,butIthoughtthatyoumightenjoyseeingsomeoftheinformationthatIvefound. ThislittleprojectalsogivesmeagreatexcusetotryoutPowerPointinMSOffice2013.

IhopethatyouallhadawonderfulThanksgiving. Wehadabout20peopleandarehostingoneofGinasAuntsfromItalyuntilaftertheNewYear. TheyrebusychattingawayinthelivingroomasIwritethis.

MerryChristmas!!!

For the children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren of

Evelyn Turner and William Marshall Curtiss


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Fourgenerationsare

shown.Thesmall

leaves

indicate

that

thereissome

informationonthis

personfromanother

source:census

records,portofentry

manifests,birth,

marriage,death

records,oranother

personspublicfamily

tree. Onceyouve

lookedatallofthe

hintsavailabletheleaf

disappears.

Asyou

canseethereare

manyhintsthatIve

yettoinvestigate.

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William

Marshall

CurtissLineage

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GeorgeW.CurtisshasadocumentedhistorybacktoaJohnCurtiss(15771639)and

ElizabethHutchins(15881658)whowerebothborninNazing,EssexEnglandand

immigratedto

the

Colony

of

Wethersfield,

Hartford

and

then

Stratford,

Fairfield,

Connecticutduringtheirlifetimes. ThislineagetracesbacktoaJohnSirCurteis

(13551460)fromHorton,Gloucestershire(andlaterEssexEngland)with

documentedbirthsforaCurteisinGloucestershiregoingbackto1125AD.

InthisCurtiss,Curtis,Curteis

lineage,Curteisappearstobe

theoriginal

spelling

of

the

name. TheCurtisspellingfirst

appearsin1380inLondon

England. Theadditionalsto

formCurtissappearsin1440

withthebirthofRichardFrancis

Curtiss,butisdropped

thereafter.

We

see

the

Curtiss

spellingagainwithJohnCurtiss

in1611andthenwith

persistencein1708withStiles

Curtiss.*Pleasenotethatonly9ofthelast12generationsareshownhereduetospaceconsiderations.

Thetotalgenerationalcounttotakeusbackto1125ADis29generations.

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AugustaLadd(18301918)hasadocumentedhistorytracingbacktoJoan(13561424)andGalfridWhitewell(13561416)ofCratfield,

SuffolkEngland. ThislineincludesaJohnBarrett(14001467)whowasdocumentedtobeborntoanUnweddedMother. ThomasBarrett

(15991668)andMargaretHuntington(16081681)werethefirstinthislinetoimmigratetoAmericaandsettledinChelmsford,Middlesex,

Massachusetts.

Theirson

was

John

Barrett/Barritt (1625

1706)

of

Chelmsford

and

Braintree,

Massachusetts.

His

Grandson

was

Peter

Swallow(17431813)ofDunstable(twicemarried)whowasaPrivateintheContinentalArmyreportingupthroughandtoCaptainReuben

ButterfieldandColonelDavidGreenaccordingtoDAR(DaughtersoftheAmericanRevolution)records.

SketchofPrivate;

PeterSwallow

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JumpingaheadfromRevolutionaryAmericatothe20th Century,wehavethesegreatphotosofWilliamMarshall(Charlie)CurtissParents,

WilliamGossCurtiss(18591929)borninWaterloo,NYandpassinginStockton,ILandLoraBelleGiller(18691957)borninWhitehall,

Green,IL. TherelationshiptotheSwallowsandLaddsisthroughLoraBelle.

LoraBelleGiller

William

Goss

Curtiss

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LoraBelleGiller

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E.A.Giller

foughtin

the

MexicanWar

asaSergeant

Majorand

thereafterthe

restofhislife

wasknow

as

MajorGillerto

friendsand

family. William

Marshall

Curtiss,typed

upthis

letter

thatE.Awrote.

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1905Mar12,1890

Lucy&EdwardGriswold

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Evelyn

Turner

CurtissLineage

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LeilaMMcCullochhasadocumentedhistorybackthroughJohnSpring(17061794)toIsabelTrowse(14801520)andWalterTrelawney(1476

1517).AfewnotableancestorsincludeBostontinplateshopowner,*IncreaseBlake(17261795)whosuppliedtheContinentalArmywith

canteensandcarttridgeswhilerefusingthesameservicetotheKingsmen,JosephMcCulloch(17481823)whoimmigratedtoMassecheusettes

fromIreland

and

served

as

acoporal

in

the

Continental

Army

during

the

Revolutionary

War,

as

well

as

First

Lietenant

James

Joseph

Ewing

(1834

1920)oftheUnionArmyintheCivilWar. WealsofindthefirstCorneliawithSaraCorneliaMcCulloch(1837unknown).

**Pleasenotethatonly10ofthelast13generations

areshownhereduetospaceconsiderations. Thetotal

generationalcounttotakeusbackto1476ADis16

generations.

*IncreaseBlake(17261795)riskedhislifeandthesafetyofhiswifeand

childrenwhenherefusedtomakeandselltincanteensandcartridgeboxes

fortheKingsmen. HefledBostonwithhiswifeandchildrenlosinghis

businessandallthetoolsandproductinhisshopaswellashishomeand

allofhispersonalpossessionsthattheycouldnttakewiththem. Hisshop

waslocatedonwhatisnowStateStreet inBoston.

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(Continued)

ThereweremorethanafewRevolutionaryWarreferencesasIexploredEvelynsfamilytree.

FromthewillofTerishaTurnerBequeathedintheWillofTerishaTurner toWilliamTurner:"Igiveand

bequeathuntomySonWilliamTurneronecertaintractorparcell oflandlyingbetweentheabovementionedLandsofmysonsHenryandJohn

TurnerandinthisCountySoposed tocontainfivehundredandnineteen

WilliamTurner(17601834)DARAncestor#:A117308,servedinVirginiaasaSergeantintheContinental

ArmyduringtheRevolutionaryWar.

JosephMcCulloch(17481823)immigratedtoMassecheusettes fromIrelandandservedasacoporalinthe

ContinentalArmyduringtheRevolutionaryWar.

TerishaTurner(17281802)DARAncestor#:A117223,servedwithPatrioticServiceinVirginiabyfurnishing

suppliestotheContinentalArmythenknownasthemilitia. ServiceSource:ABERCROMBIE&SLATTEN,VA

REVPUBCLAIMS,VOL1,P Hiscontributionstothemilitiaondutyincluded:

305grose pork13Jan1781

45gillsofbrandyand2casks13Jan1781

70lbs ofbeef3Jun1781

21lbs ofbacon21Jun1781

170lbs ofbeef22Jun1781

661lbs of

flower

22

Jun

1781

327lbs ofbeefon15Oct1781

OldTerisha,averyindividualname,washonoredmanytimesintheTurner

familiesofhischildren,havingseveralnamedthesame. Healsohadnephews

withhisname. Terishahadhisownshipandbrought5boatloadsofnew

immigrantsfromEnglandinhislifetime. Forthis,hewasmostlikelydeeded

hislandinVirginia.

Storiesabout

Terisha

Turner

acresbethesamemoreorlesswiththreeNegroesnamedBenWill,andLittle

Tom,allwhichhehasinhispossessionwiththereincreas tohimandhisheirs

forever."

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JamesJosephEwing(18341920)

JamesJEwing,fathertoSarahBelleEwingTurnerwasmarriedtwice,1stmarriagetoJuliaAnnHatfieldEwing(SarahBelleEwingTurner'smother)and2ndmarriagetoAnnaAllensworthEwing.JamesJandAnnaAllenworthEwingareburiedintheGlenwood,IACemetery. JamesJosephEwing(18341920),withsonJosephHEwing,granddaughterElsa

EwingJones,andgreatgrandsonEwingJones.

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JuliaAnnHatfield

EwingholdingSara

BelleEwingand

JosephHatfield

Ewingissitting

SarahBelleEwing(18601950)picturedhereonhermothers

lap JuliaAnnHatfield(18391865).

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HarryB.Turner

Birth,6Jun1880inMills,Iowa,UnitedStates

Death,4May1954inMontgomery,Iowa,UnitedStates

Leila&

Harry

Turnerholding

JohnTurner

Curtiss,and

SistersCornelia

CurtissMcDade,

andCarolyn

Curtiss

Peelleabt.1941.

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Birth,13Feb1904inDavis,Stephenson,Illinois,UnitedStatesDeath,1Jul1979inLincoln,Logan,Illinois,UnitedStates

Voyage

from

Southampton,

England

to

New

York

Cityin1934ontheBremen About5daysTime

As Nazism gained power in Germany, Bremen and her pier in New York were often the site of Anti-Nazidemonstrations. On 26 July 1935 a group of demonstrators boarded Bremen just before she sailed andtore the German flag from the jackstaff and tossed it into the Hudson River. At the time there was a dualflag law, by which both the black-white-red horizontal tricolour (previously the flag of the GermanEmpire), and the swastika flag were simultaneously official national flags of Germany. As the ship's

swastika flag was the one tossed into the river, US authorities claimed that no symbol of Germany hadbeen harmed. On 15 September 1935 Germany changed its flag law, removing the status of the black-white-red flag of imperial Germany with which the Nazis on coming to power had replaced the black-red-gold flag of the Weimar Republic as co-national flag. The Bremen started her South America cruise on11 February 1939, and was the first ship of this size to traverse the Panama Canal. On 22 August 1939,she began her last voyage to New York. After ten years of service, she had almost 190 transatlanticvoyages completed. - Wikipedia

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MarriagetoEvelynTurner,Dec18,1936

RedOak,Montgomery,Iowa,UnitedStates

Birthoffirstchild,CorneliaCurtiss,Dec11,1937

HongKong,

China

Baby

Corny

returned

from

Hong

Kong

to

America

in

1938withparentsWM(Charlie)andEvelyn.

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26Mody RoadinHongKong(mainland). ThisisthehomeaddresslistedbyWilliamMarshallCurtisson

thebirthrecordfromtheUSembassyforCorneliaCurtiss. Thebuildingthattheylivedinhasbeentorn

downandreplacedwithClassAspace.

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HereisWarMemorialNursingHome(nowMatildaHospital)whereCorneliaCurtisswasborn,11Dec,1937

ThisistheHospitalsWebSite,today:http://www.matilda.org/

Only 15 minutes from central Hong Kong, MIH is situated on its own promontory atop thehistoric Victoria Peak on Hong Kong Island. A complimentary shuttle bus runs between thehospital and Old Star Ferry Pier Central. The hospital inherited a wealth of architecture, cultureand history which are inextricably linked to the romantic past of Hong Kong. Together with aspectacular site commanding a breath-taking view of the South China Sea, the MIH has all thekey elements of a world class establishment.

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Appendix

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What follows was sent to me by Toby Turner:

We first find Terisha Turner mentioned in Albemarle County records, then in Amherst County, Virginia

records. He owned several thousand acres in Virginia and North Carolina. Both Terisha and Stephen,who may have been Terisha's brother, began appearing in Virginia county records about1750. Terisha

named a son Stephen; Stephen named a son Terisha. Both originally settled in Albemarle County, then

moved to Amherst County. A familial relationship seems to exist here, but they could just as easily been

cousins or not related at all.

Generation by generation, the descendants of Terisha and Stephen Turner followed a classical

migration route -- from Virginia to North Carolina, then through Tennessee to Arkansas, Missouri, Illinois,

and points further west. Our branch came to Texas after the Civil War. Like many other Americans of the

time, they followed the road west to what they hoped would be a better life, and in so doing built a nation.

Amherst County is cupped by the Blue Ridge Mountains and the James River. Only 49 surveys were

made between May 1728 and May 1730. The county was created by the Legislative Act of March 1761 in

the first year of the reign of His Majesty George II to be effective May 1, 1761. The same men who

created Albemarle County in 1744 were behind the later creation of Amherst County.[Source: The

Amherst County Virginia Story]

In 1775, Amherst County, which then included Nelson County, had a population of 5,296 whites and2,750 Negroes.[Source: The Amherst County Virginia Story, page 3]

"Terisha (sometimes spelled and probably pronounced Terr' isha,since the nickname was Terry) first

patented 200 acres on the south side of the James River on December 15, 1749 (Patents No. 27, 1748-9,

p. 519 -the acres were in Goochland County on the south side of the James River on the borders of Snow

Quarter, adjacent to William Faris and Nicholas Davis)." [Source: Some Turners of Virginia, Louise

Patton Richardson Turner; independently verified in Cavaliers and Pioneers - Abstracts of Virginia Land

Patents and Grants, Vol. V - 1741-1749 Virginia Genealogical Society].

On August 14, 1750, James Ireland sold to Terisha Turner 147 acres N. fork Green river for 13-7-6,

L: Christopher Anthony, Pat., 20 Aug1748 [Albemarle Deed Book 1:220-221]. He lived in Albemarle

County in October of 1751 when he and his wife, Sarah, sold to Michael Rowland of Cumberland County

the same 200 acres at the heads of Deep Run, a branch of Muddy Creek, adjoining William Ferrises and

Nicholas Davis [Cumberland Deed Book 1:442] (his name is shown as Jerisha in an abstract, but that is

probably a transcription error).

Terisha was granted one hundred and thirty-six acres on the south branches of Hardware (River) in

1760. [Source: Albemarle County in Virginia, by Rev. Edgar Woods, page 333]

In the Amherst Deed Book B:75, John Dunn paid him 3 for 100 acres on September 16, 1765. In the

Amherst Deed Book B:54, John Lyons purchased 100 acres for 36 on September 24, 1765 from

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He and his wife, Sarah, sold the Hardware river tract to Peter Cheatham in 1777. At that time he was

described as a citizen of Amherst. He was also the owner of several hundred acres on Briery Ford of

Green Creek, which in 1790 he sold for the most part to Benjamin Harris.[Source: Albemarle County in

Virginia, page 333]

In Impressed Property Claims for Services Furnished Continental Troops by Amherst County, Virginia,

Citizens, I found complete data on Terisha's contribution to the Revolution: 327 lbs of beef on 15 Oct.

1781(2-14-6); 70 lbs of beef 3 June 1781 ((0)-11-8); 45 gills of brandy and 2casks 13 Jan. 1781 Militia on

duty ((0)-11-2); 305 grose pork 13 Jan.,1781 militia (5-6-9) [on page 482 in "The Lost Order Book"]; 170

lbs ofbeef 22 June 1781 militia (1-8-4); 661 lbs of flower 22 June 1781 militia(4-2-6); 21 lbs of bacon 21

June 1781 militia ((0)-15-9) [page 493 in"The Lost Order Book"]; and in the Order Book of 1782-84, May

court 1783Assigned to Jno. Loving, Jr. Sum of 3-0-6 with interest from 29 July,1780 [page 120].

"His descendants are eligible for Sons of the American Revolution(SAR) and Daughters of the

American Revolution (DAR) by virtue of his having furnished 170 pounds of Beef, 661 pounds of "Flower"

and 21 pounds of Bacon for the Militia on June 21, and 22, 1781 (Public Service Claims. Amherst County

Court Booklet, p. 23)."[Source: Some Turners of Virginia, Louise Patton Richardson Turner]

He appears on the 1783 tax list with 5 in his family and 12 slaves.

In The 1787 Census of Virginia in Amherst County Personal PropertyTax 1787 - List "A", on page 179,Terisha's household is shown to consist of no white males above 16 and under 21, 4 blacks above 16, 6

blacks under 16, 5 horses, mares, colts and/or mules, and 27 cattle. His son George is shown to be living

with him.

In 1800, he was taxed for 2 white males, 7 negro's and 5 horses(Amherst County Personal Property

Book A-1800).

"Old Terisha died owning several thousand acres, not only in Virginia but in North Carolina as well. He

called himself ancient' in his Will, written May 7, 1793 and proved April 19, 1802 (Amherst WillBook4:34). Although some make it ten or more years later, a 1948 pedigree from the Institute of American

Genealogy places his birth date at 1705-1710 and suggest that he might have been the original emigrant

to this country. His sons William and Henry were named executors of his estate and trustees for his son

George, whom he deemed "not capable to manage his affairs when it should fall to him."

Eight children were mentioned in Terisha's Will as living in 1793(Inv. in Albemarle Will Book 2:290. To

that list has been added the young Terisha who died in 1772.[Source: Some Turners of Virginia, Louise

Patton Richardson Turner]]

In Amherst Will Book 4:34, Terisha's will can be found:

Written on May 7, 1793 and proved on April 19, 1802:"In the Name of God Amen,I Terisha Turner of the

County of Amherst and State of Virginia being ancient and not knowing how soon I may Die yet being of

perfect Sense and Memory to make and ordain this my last will and Testament an and for me (sic)


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Item I give and bequeath unto my son John Turner one Certain tract or parcell (sic) of Land lying in this

County (Amherst) on Fry's branch Saposed (sic) to contain five hundred and nineteen acres be the same

more or less and the said Land in his possession with three negroes named Pheby, Sam and Sarah, with

their increase to him and his heirs forever --

Item I give and bequeath unto my Son Henry Turner one certain tract or parcell (sic) of Land lying on

Savage (?) Creek in this County Saposed(sic) to contain five hundred and nineteen acres be the same

more or less, with four negroes named as followeth Vilet and her three children, Cate, Sambo, and Sam.,

with there increase which he has all in his Possession to him and his heirs for ever.

Item I give and bequeath unto my Son William Turner one certain tract or parcell (sic) of land lying

between the above mentioned Lands of my sons Henry and John Turner and in this County Soposed (sic)

to contain five hundred and nineteen acres be the same more or less with three Negroes named Ben Will,

and Little Tom, all which he has in his possession with there increas (sic) to him and his heirs forever.

Item I give and bequeath to my daughter Mary London three negroes named Bob, Sammy and Agg. with

there increase to her and her heirs forever. --

Item I give and bequeath to my daughter Sarah Stovall one negroe girlnamed Nan, which she hass in her

possession with her increas (sic) to her and her heirs forever.

Item I lend unto my beloved wife Sarah Turner during her natural life the uses of the following articles viz:

that is to say four hundred and fifty acres of Land it being the Land and plantation I now live on also one

hundred acres of Land lying on the briery (sic) fork of green(sic)Creek in Albemarle County with Seven

negroes named as followeth,that is to say Ned, old Tom, Lina, Doll, Raichel, Cate the younger and

Murphy, and I also lend my beloved wife during her life all the Residue or Remainder of my Estate of all

kinds whatsoever that is after paying my Just debts and Legacies.

Item I give and bequeath to my Son George Turner after the death of my loving wife all and every part of

my Estate that is to say particularly that part of my estate I have lent my wife during her life with theincrease to him and his heirs for ever but my Will is should my son George Turner die without Issue that

the Land and Plantation I now live on Which I have given to George be devided (sic) between my two

Sons Henry and William Turner my son William to have that part bounded by Benjamin Dawson's Spring

Branch to . . . Branch down said Branch to the River my won William to have all the land lying between

said Branch and Morrisons Mountain and the Remainder part of said Land to my son Henry Turner with

the land Mentioned in Albemarle County to them and their heirs forever, my will is farther that should my

son George turner die without issue as above mentioned, that the whole of the Estate that I have given

him the Lands excepted be equally divided between my Children that is Stephen Turner, John Turner,

and Sarah Stovall to them and their heirs forever.

And Lastly I constitute and ordain my two sons Henry & William Turner Executors of this my last will and

Testament hereby revoking all former wills by me made ratifying and confirmning (sic) this and no other to

be my last will and Testament in Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my Seal this

Seventh day of May One Thousand seven hundred and ninety three. Let it be observed that I think my


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At a Court held for Amherst County the 19th day of April 1802 This(sic) will was proven by the Oaths of

Benjamin Payn and Joseph Smith two subscribing witnesses thereto & ordered to be Recorded and

Certificate for obtaining a probat (sic) Processed in due form is granted to Henry &William Turner the

Executors herein Named they having made oath, and given Bond with Stephen Watts, Henry Robinsonand Benjamin Payn their Security in the penalty of ten thousand Dollars as conditioned as the

Lawdirects.Testes"[Source: Transcribed and posted September 1996 by Jo Thiessen

at//members.aol.com/jogt/terturn.htm and I have a copy of the original, aswell as another transcribed

source][Source: a copy of the original handwritten Will, courtesy of VernonDrewa]

In Amherst Will Book 4:111, 112 - - - Inventory - - 654-11-0.December 8, 1802; Jno. S. Dawson,

Peter Lyon, Zach Roberts.

"An Inventory of the Estate of Terisha Turner died, with the Appraisement thereon To Negro Na . .

. 40To Negro Tom . . 60To Negro Tob (?) 30To Negro Murphey

110To Negro ?ate 110To Negro Tom 30 5 casks 1 boas (?) & 1 pole ax 1.16To

Negro Nancy 35 4 jugs & 2 butter patts 0.182 head of horses 50 1 man's & 1

woman's ? 216 head of cattle 41 1 walnut chest & 1 pine do (?) 242 head of

hogs 29.7 1 small trunk & 170 (?) ? 1.46 head of sheep 3 4 augers 1 drawing

knifohomel (?) 0.153 flax of 1 cotton wheel 1.16 6 reeping hooks 3 chisels, 1gauge 0.8.61

walnut desk 6 2 hackles, 1 foot doz 1 hogshead ? 1.101 poplar table 0.6 Tea pot, 6

cups & saucers, 1 cream 0.6.63 beds of furniture 25 10 knives & forks 1 grindstone0.181 shot

gun 1 3 bedsteaks (?) 3 ? pot hooks 0.181 pair cart wheels 3 1 ? iron muges 1

coffee mill 0.67 seting chairs 0.14 1 large & 2 small jointens (?) 0.91 looking

glafs 0.6 13 hoes, 2 cotton ? ? 2.151 skittel, 1 baker of 4 iron pts 1.19 5 ptinghs 1

from 4 ? ?? ? 1.41 duch oven & 1 frying pan 0.13 1 X cut saw & 1 hand dox 1.69 pewter

plates & 4 pewter dishes 1.4 130 bls: corn 8/? 524 pweter basons 1.1 30 bus. wheat

4/ 65 earthen plates & 1 box iron & 20 bus. rye 3/ 3heetens (?) 0.9

________1 shovel & tongs 1 good iron 0.12 654.11.03 pales, 2 pigons & 1 tub

0.12 Agreeable to an order ofAmherst Court , ? the subscribers being ? sworn,

have appraised the slaves & personal estate of Terisha Turner died, as above

inven- toried,, given under our hands, Decem- ber, the eighth day

1802. Inv: S. Da?(perhaps Dawson ?) Peter Lyon Lathaniah

(?) Rob?????At a Court heto (sic) Amherst county the 20th day of June 1803 ? ? ?This Inventory of

Appraisement of the Estate of Terisha Turner decd, ?this day returned into Court & ordered to be

Received. Teste"[Source: A copy of the original handwritten document from Amherst

WillBook 4:111-112, graciously provided by Vernon Drewa to Toby Turner]

In Amherst Will Book 4:344 - - Administrators Bond - -Henry and Wm. Turner, April 19, 1802;

Bondsmen: Stephen Watts, HenryRobertson, Benj. Payne.

In Amherst Will Book 5:60 - - Administrators Bond - - TerishaTurner, Wm. Lee Harris, Henry Turner,

Jas. Murphy, June 18, 1810, forTerisha Turner; no testator is named, but indexed for Terisha Turner.

One genealogist (unnamed in Some Turners of Virginia) says that the Turners of Goochland belonged

New York, Passenger Lists, 1820-1957 record for W Marshall


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Record Index Source Information


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Source Information:

Name: W Marshall Curtiss

Arrival Date: 27 Sep 1934

Birth Date: 13 Feb 1904

Birth Location: Illinois

Birth Location

Other:

Stockton

Age: 30

Gender: Male

Port ofDeparture:

Southampton, England

Port of Arrival: New York, New York

Ship Name: Bremen

Search ShipDatabase:

Search the Bremen in the 'Passenger Shipsand Images' database

Record URL: http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?h=2017615032&db=nypl&indiv=try

Source Citation: Year: 1934; Arrival; Microfilm

Serial: T715; Microfilm Roll: 5553; Line: 19; Page Number: 175 .

Ancestry.com. New

York, Passenger Lists,1820-1957 [databaseon-line]. Provo, UT,USA: Ancestry.comOperations, Inc.,2010.

Original data:

Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at New York, New York,

1820-1897; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M237,

675 rolls); Records of the U.S. Customs Service, Record

Group 36; National Archives, Washington, D.C.

Passenger and Crew Lists of Vessels Arriving at New York,

New York, 1897-1957; (National Archives Microfilm

Publication T715, 8892 rolls); Records of the Immigration

and Naturalization Service; National Archives, Washington,

D.C.

Supplemental Manifests of Alien Passengers and Crew

Members Who Arrived on Vessels at New York, New York,

Who Were Inspected for Admission, and Related Index,

compiled 1887 - 1952; (National Archives Microfilm

Publication A3461, 21 rolls); RG 85, Records of the

Immigration and Naturalization Service, 1787 - 2004; Records

of the Immigration and Naturalization Service; National

Archives, Washington, D.C.

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U.S., Consular Reports of Births, 1910-1949 record for CorneliaCurtiss
http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?f2=Bremen&db=passengershipshttp://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?f2=Bremen&db=passengershipshttp://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?h=2017615032&db=nypl&indiv=tryhttp://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?h=2017615032&db=nypl&indiv=tryhttp://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?h=2017615032&db=nypl&indiv=tryhttp://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?h=2017615032&db=nypl&indiv=tryhttp://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?f2=Bremen&db=passengerships


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Record Index Source Information
http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?h=3046&db=ConsularReportsofBirths19101949&indiv=try


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Source Information:

Name: Cornelia Curtiss

Gender: Female

Birth Date: 11 Dec 1937

Birth Place: Hong Kong

Father: Wil liam Marshall Curtiss

Mother: Evelyn Turner TurnerFile Number: 131

Record URL: http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?h=3046&db=ConsularReportsofBirths19101949&indiv=try

Source Citation: National Archives and Records

Administration, W ashington, D.C.; Decimal Files, compiled 1910

- 1949; Record Group: 59, General Records of the Department of

State, 1763 - 2002; Series ARC ID: 2555709; Series MLR

Number:A1 3001; Series Box Number: 368; File Number: 131 .

Ancestry.com. U.S., Consular Reports ofBirths, 1910-1949 [database on-line].

Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.Original data: Consular Reports of Birth, 19101949.Washington, D.C.: National Archives. Series ARC ID: 2555709 -A1, Entry 3001. General Records of the Department of State,Record Group 59.

Appendix

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Border Crossings: From Canada to U.S., 1895-1954 record forWilliam M Curtiss
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Record Index

Name: William M Curtiss

Source Information

Record URL: http://search ancestry com/cgi-bin/sse dll?
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Source Information:

Name: William M Curtiss

Arrival Date: 13 Jul 1938

Port of Arrival: Vic toria, British Columbia, Canada

Ship Name: Empress of Canada

Port o f Departure: Manila, Philippines

Age: 34Birth Date: 13 Feb 1904

Birth Place: Illinois

Birth Country: United States

Gender: Male

Record Type: Manifests

Record URL: http://search.ancestry.com/cgi bin/sse.dll?h=1988803&db=CanadianBC&indiv=try

Source Citation: National Archives and Records

Administration; Washington, D.C.; Manifests of Passengers

Arriving in the St. Albans, Vermont, District through Canadian

Pacific Ports, 1929-1949; National Archives Microfilm

Publication: M1465; Record Group Title: Records of theImmigration and Naturalization Service; Record Group

Number: 85.

Ancestry.com. Border Crossings: FromCanada to U.S., 1895-1954 [database

on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.Original data: Records of the Immigration and NaturalizationService, RG 85. Washington, D.C.: National Archives andRecords Administration.See Full Source Citations

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C i C t f L d i i l ill d J l 9 1585


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Commissary Court of London; an original will, proved on July 9, 1585."In the name of God Amen the 10th day of May in the year of our Lord

1585. I Willm Curtis of ye pish of Nazing in ye county of Essex sick of

bodie but of good memorie God have prays do make & ordeyn this my last

Will & Tesmt in form following first I bequeath my soule into the hands

of All mughtie god beleving to be saved by the death of Jhesus Christe & I

yeald my body to the Earth in hope of the resurrection wth the iust in the

day. Concerning my wordly good I geve & Bequeath the as followeth. Itm I

geve to the poore of the pish of Nazing 20 shillings of lawfull english mony

to be distributed unto them at the discrecon of my Executors. Itm I geve &

bequeath to Sara Curtis my daughter the sum of ten pounds of lawfull

english mony to be payd unto here at the day of her mariadge. Itm I geve

& bequeath to Edward Curtis my son 10 pounds of lawfull english mony to

be payd unto hym at his adge of 21 year. Itm I geve & bequeath to Gabriell

my soon the sum of ten pounds of lawfull english mony to be payd to him

in like mannr at his adge of 21 yeares. Itm I geve & Bequeath to John

Curtis my yongest soon 20 markes of lawfull english mony to be payd also

to him at his adge of 21 yeares. Itm geve to my daughter Mary the sum of

forty shillinges of lawfull english mony to be payd unto her wthn two

moneths next after my deceasse. Ite my will & mynde is that all these

legasies heere before geven shalbe payd out of my moveable goodes wthout

the house as Corne cattells grain or any such like thing whatsoever & I will

that the overplus of the sayd moveables (these legasies above said being

discharged) be equally devyded between Agnes my wife & Thomas Curtismy eldest son excepting out of my sayd bequest two of my best lambes wch

I geve to my daughter Maryes two children. Concerning my howsehould

stuff I do whollie geve the same to Agnes my wife & I make & ordeyn my

said wife and Thomas Curtis my son my Executors to see my will truly

fulfilled my debts payd & funeralls discharged. And I desire my good

freend goodman Bannister & my brother Geordg Curtis to be oversears of

this my laste will & Testmt.

Witnesses John Bannister George Curtis and John Hopkins (recorder) (A

Genealogy of the Curtiss-Curtis Family of Stratford, Connecticut - Harlow

Dunham Curtis)


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TheUniversalistChurchon

AppleCreekPrairieinGreene

County,

Illinois

was

built

on

landdonatedbyEdgar

Griswoldinabout1871.For

manyyearstheSwallow

Familyhadtheirreunion

there.Thelastreunionwas

held

Aug.

10,

1941.

Ten

days

laterthechurchwas

destroyedbyfire.The

Swallowreunionlater

resumedfirstatLionsParkin

WhiteHallthenatthe

Tunison home2milessouth

ofWhiteHall.

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