Pane-Joyce Genealogy
Thomas Curtis (91) & Richardene [Curtis]

399. Thomas Curtis. Born ca 1619. Thomas died between 1680 and 1606.

From Deane’s History of Scituate:6
    “Thomas Curtis, (brother of Richard), was in Scituate 1649. He had previously lived at Georgiana, and is called of York, in our records. He returned to York, where he was living in 1684, at which date he gave a deed to his son Samuel, of lands on Curtis or Buttonwood hill, where Samuel and several generations of his family lived.
    “Two children of Thomas Curtis were born and baptized in Scituate second parish, Elizabeth 1649, and Samuel 1659. He had also a son Benjamin of Portsmouth. We have seen a deed (preserved here) from Robert Tufton Mason to Benjamin Curtis, conveying a lot of land ‘on Great Island in the Piscataqua River,’ dated 1681.”

Children:
1061 i. Elizabeth Curtis (ca 1649-)
1062 ii. Samuel Curtis (1659-)
1063 iii. Job Curtis (ca 1664-)

400. Richard Curtis. Born ca 1620. Richard died on 15 Oct 1693 in Scituate, MA.

“Four brothers, Richard, William, John and Thomas Curtis, settled in Scituate. Thomas went to York, Maine; John appears to have left no descendants, while those of Richard and William are numerous in Scituate, Hanover and vicinity in Massachusetts
    “Richard Curtis, immigrant ancestor, was born in Kent, England. He settled in Scituate, Massachusetts, about 1643, and died there in 1693. Some writers have confused this RIchard with Richard Curtis, of Dorchester and Milton; and with Richard Curtis, of Salem and Marblehead. Richard, of Scituate, was on the list of Plymouth colony men able to bear arms in that 1643, and was a town officer in 1650. His brother William as also on this list, and together they took the oath of fidelity. He was one of the ‘allowed and approved inhabitants’ to whom portions of the common lands were assigned by the joint committee of the general court in 1673. Richard Curtis and Thomas Hyland were witnesses to the will of General James Cudworth in 1682. His home was between that of Gowen White and the harbor below Millbrook.”39

    "Richard Curtis was one of four brothers who came early to New England, viz. Richard, Thomas, John and William. John left no family.
    "Richard had lands at Marblehead in 1648, and in the same year he purchased lands in Scituate, and built a house between Gowin White's and the Harbour.
    "His will, dated 1692, gives 'To oldest son John two thirds ofmy real estate, he providing for my wife Lydia during her life. To son Thomsas one third, &c. To daughters Hannah Curtis, Elizabeth Brooks, Mary Badcocke, and Martha Clark.'"6

Check out A Genealogy of the Curtiss Family by Frederic H. Curtiss, Rockwell and Churchill Press, Boston, 1903.

ca 1648 Richard married Ann Hallet (1330) , daughter of John Hallet (449) (-ca 1674), in Scituate, MA. Born ca 1628. Ann died bef 1692 in Scituate, MA.

Their children include:
1064 i. Anna Curtis (12 May 1649-)
1065 ii. Elizabeth Curtis (12 Jan 1651-)
1066 iii. John Curtis (9 Dec 1653-)
1067 iv. Mary Curtis (9 Jan 1655-28 Mar 1719)
1068 v. Martha Curtis (15 Mar 1657-)
1069 vi. Thomas Curtis (16 Mar 1659-)
1070 vii. Deborah Curtis (16 Apr 1661-bef 1693)
1071 viii. Sarah Curtis (20 Jul 1663-ca 1739)

401. William Curtis.

“William Curtis, (brother of Richard), bore arms in Scituate 1643. His farm was on North river, next south of the Wanton farm.”6

Children:
1072 i. Joseph Curtis (May 1664-)
1073 ii. Benjamin Curtis (Jan 1666/7-)
1074 iii. William Curtis (Jan 1668/9-25 Mar 1738)
1075 iv. John Curtis (Feb 1670/1-)
1076 v. Miriam Curtis (Apr 1673-)
1077 vi. Mehitable Curtis (Dec 1675-)
1078 vii. Stephen Curtis (Sep 1677-29 Mar 1758)
1079 viii. Sarah Curtis (Aug 1679-)
1080 ix. Samuel Curtis (Jun 1681-16 Dec 1747)

402. John Curtis.

John appears to have left no descendants.2

403. Elizabeth Curtis. Born ca 1624 in kent, England.

Elizabeth married Richard Bankes. Richard died on 15 Jan 1690/1 in York, York Co., ME.

Richard, of Alkham, Kent.

Child:
1081 i. Elizabeth Bankes (ca 1645-aft 1709)

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