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Joseph Curtis
1713 - 1785

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• Christened	25 Jan 1712	Wethersfield, CT   [1]
  Birth	1713	Wethersfield, CT   [2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Died	10 Mar 1785	Stanford, NY Dutchess county   [3]
  Person ID	I0543	Curtis Family of Somerset Ky
  Last Modified	10 May 2018

  
  

  Father	Joseph Curtiss,   b. 1675,   d. 1765
  Mother	Dorothy Edwards,   d. 1760
  Family ID	F098	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Silence Williams
  Married	31 Oct 1732
  Children	> 1. James Curtis,   b. 10 Feb 1745/46, Goshen, Connecticut ,   d. 24 Feb 1818, buried Moore Cemetery McDonough, NY   2. Mary Ann Curtis,   b. 22 May 1733   3. Honor Curtis,   b. 12 Sep 1740   4. Hezekiah Curtis,   b. May 1735,   d. 15 Mar 1792   5. Hannah Curtis,   b. Dec 1736,   d. Dec 1736   6. Dorothy Curtis,   b. 12 Jan 1744/45,   d. 21 Dec 1824, Stanford, NY > 7. Joseph Curtis,   b. 24 Jan 1746/47,   d. 1 Feb 1836, Duanesburg, NY   8. John Curtis,   b. 17 May 1738
  Family ID	F095	Group Sheet

  
  

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  Bockee/Wheaton cemetery This is photo of the Bockee/Wheaton cemetery on NY state route 83 near Smithfield NY. This cemetery is also known as the Federal Square Burying Ground near Amenia NY. This is where according to a 1903 book by M.D. Van Alystyne (entitled Burying Grounds of Sharon Connecticut, Amenia and Northeast NY published by Walsh, Griffen & Hoystradt Amenia NY ) that Joseph Curtis father of James Curtis is buried. My 2006 inspection of the cemetery confirmed that since 1903 Joseph Curtis grave stone has been lost. The 1903 book said the stone inscription said he died in 1785 of small pox. Status: Located

  
  

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  Richard: I checked "The History of Ancient Wethersfield, Vol II", by Henry R. Stiles. He shows a Joseph 4 Curtis, born 1713, married 31 Oct 1732 Silence Williams; removed to Goshen, CT about 1740, in 1750 removed to Dutchess Co., NY; children Mary born 22 May 1733 and Honor baptised 5 Oct 1740. Joseph's ancestors were: Thomas 1, 1598-1681 and Elizabeth ___; Joseph 2, 1644-1683, and Mercy ___; Joseph 3, 1675/6-1760 and Dorothy Edwards. No mention is made of Joseph 4 having a son James; however, that does not prove that he did not have a son James. No other Joseph Curtis' are shown with a son James born in 1746 or any date near that. Good hunting Dick Wells wells@amug.org Van Alystyne, L.. in the book published in 1903 by Walsh, Griffen & Hoysradt, printers Amenia NY entitled "Burying grounds of Sharon, Connecticut, Amenia and North East, New York" : being an abstract of inscriptions from thirty places of burial states that in the old Federal Square Burying Ground also know as the Bockee Wheaton Cemetery that there was deacon Joseph Curtiss died of Small Pox March 10, 1785 age 73. Same listing also shows "Hezekiah Curtis" died March 15, 1792 age 57 believed to be a son. It was reported by some sources that Joseph Curtis died at Stanford NY and was buried at nearby Bockee/Wheaton burial ground near Smithfield NY. On this researcher's visit to Smithfield NY, it was noted that the famous evangelist of the Great Awakening, George Whitefield preached in the fields of Smithfield June 19, 1770. A monument at Smithfield Pres. Church stated the crowds were too large to be contained in the church, so he preached in the field across the street. Mr. Whitefield died in September 1770 in Massachusetts, this stop in Smithfield being his last circuit in new england. Source of descendents of Joseph Curtis of Amenia NY: Hinman, Royal Ralph. A catalogue of the names of the early Puritan settlers of the colony of Connecticut, with the time of their arrival in the country and colony, their standing in society, place of residence, condition in life, where from, business, &c., as far as is found on record. Collected from records. Hartford, Ct., Case, Tiffany, 1852-1856. Johnson, Maude Horne and Johnson, Ralph Walter, Thomas Curtis of Wethersfield, Connecticut and His Descendants. Privately published, 1963. Perry, Mary Curtis and Perry, Richard Chapman. A Curtis Family History: Chapter Two of a Series. South Britain, Ct., 1984. Stiles, Henry R., The History of Ancient Wethersfield, Connecticut. New York, N.Y., Grafton Press, 1904. Vital records - Goshen, Ct. From "History of Chenango and Madison Counties, NY" starting on page 621. ___________________________________________________________ Mr. ISAAC COE was born in Stratford, Conn., Nov. 22d, 1772, and married POLLY CURTIS, daughter of JOSEPH CURTIS, of Stratford, Conn. She was born March 29th, 1775, and married Sept. 5th, 1796. The fruits of this marriage were eight children, three sons and five daughters -- namely: MARIA, born in Conn., Sept. 15, 1797; ISAAC, born January 31, 1799; HULDAH, born Jan. 30, 1802, and died March 10, 1870. She was the wife of ASA HOLT. ELI, born July 23, 1805, and died June 24 , 1829; MARY, born in Madison county, March 13, 1810, and died Jan. 14, 1862; JOHN B., born Jan. 5, 1813; ELIZA, born Dec. 19, 1814; ARIETTA, born Oct. 23, 1818. ISAAC COE was not as highly favored as many others with school privileges, but he was endowed with a quick and active mind, wise in his conclusions and able to give a reason for his views, which caused many to seek his advice and counsel. In early life he applied himself to farming, also engaging in the boot and shoe trade. In 1806 he sought a home in the west. Packing his goods, he, with his family, consisting of wife and four children, moved to what at that time was considered quite a western section, Madison county. He was very active in the building up, and development of the county. He soon gathered around him a large circle of friends holding their good will and respect until his death, which occurred June 23d, 1841. His wife, POLLY COE, died Nov. 27th, 1858. Mr. COE, during the war of 1812, manifested his patriotism by engaging in it, showing himself a faithful soldier. He was a successful business man, leaving at his death a fine property. Three of his daughters occupy the old homestead and retain one hundred and sixty acres of fine farm land. Note that the Ancient History of Wethersfield says that Joseph moved to Dutchess County NY in 1750 and that the Genealogical and history of families of Western NY book says that brother Zachariah Curtis also moved to Dutchess County NY same year. History of Church at Smithfield NY, near Bockey Wheaton cemetery where Joseph Curtis buried, shows it was a Great Awakening Church ("New Lights") and that George Whitefield preached one of his last sermons there in 1770. Mr. Whitefield had previously preached at Joseph Curtis father church in Wethersfield CT in 1740. From book History of Amenia NY: THE CHURCH AT THE CITY. Of the church at the City,'"' in the west part of the town, there are no very early records. The oldest record now known begins, " The Records of the church of Christ in the towns of Amenia, Washington, and Stanford, Dutchess county, A. D. 1787, commonly known by the name of the United Congregational Church of Christ in Westfield Society." Then again " April 9, 1787, A solemn fast was held and two sermons were delivered, one by the Rev. John Cornwall, the other by the Rev. Blackleach Burritt, after which the following persons signed the covenant."t During the year 1787 thirty-six other names v/ere added. This could not have been the first institution of religious worship and of the ordinances by that people, as there was a house of worship erected there in 1750, which gave place to another in 1814, both on the site of the. * The "City" received that name, at the first settlement of the place, because three log houses were built there near each other. Those who flrst signed the covenant in 1787 were Stephen Kinnev, Kobert Willson, Timothy Wheeler, Joshua Wells, Jun., John Curtis, Selali AVells, VVm. Bell, Elizabeth Willson, Elizabeth Wheeler, Mary Curtis, Rebecca Shumday, Ahijrail Kinney, Anna Elliot, Anna Adams, Afterwards, Asa Hollister, Elisha Adams. Kojrer Southerland, Thomas Willson, Henry Kinney, Isaac Hunting, Kobert Willson, Jun., Joel Smith, John Slawter, Elijah Allen, Benj. Denton, <&c. present church edifice.^ That so many were ready to enter into covenant that year, and that they had a name by which they were " commonly known," indicate that this was a re-organization, or a more perfect organization of a Christian community. In 1812, July 7, "The Society unanimously voted that the church give the Rev. Eli Hydef a call to preach at the City Meeting-house, Smithfield Society, with this proviso, that all proper means be used to unite the two societies, and that the meetings be proportioned at the two houses as they shall agree. The other "Society" and "House" refer to the Separate Meeting-house and Society,'! which was located about two miles south of the City. There are no records whatever or tradition that shows the origin of that society, or of its name, or the reason of any division among this excellent Christian people. Perhaps the cause of any strife is now happily forgotten. It is a reasonable theory, suggested by the name, and by a history§ of the times, that a part of the church at the City became Separatists, or New Lights, and withdrew from the old church, in the early history of the congregation, when so many of the churches were agitated by that schism. The conservative and safer sentiments! of the congregation seems to have prevail- * In front of this church edifice was a little grove ofoaks?one of which remains. Under the shade of this grove a great congregation were assembled, June 20, 1770, and heard a sermon by that wonderful preacher, George Whitefield. Every place where he ministered seems to have been remembered, and all who heard his discourse rehearsed it to the generations that came after them. The Rev. Eli Hyde came to this church from Oxford, Chenango county, N. Y. Rev. Job Swift, D.D., afterwards of Bennington, Vt., was minister at the City in 1782. X The Separate Meeting-house?now standing?was built some years before the revolutionary war. Rev. John Cornwall, of Cornwall, Conn., resided near and ministered there many years. Reed, Newton. Early History of Amenia (Kindle Locations 838-841). Amenia, N.Y., De Lacey & Wiley, Printers. Kindle Edition.




• Sources

  [S18133] Genealogical and family history of Western New York, William Richard Cuter, A.M, (New York Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1912) (Reliability: 3). [S02652] Dick Wells (wells@amug.org) --The history of Ancient Wethersfield, Vol II by Henry R. Stiles. [S02853] peter curtis website www.isd.net/pcurtis.