Nahum CURTIS

Notes:

Married (2) Dlia or Deliverence Byam, 29 Oct 1839.

Nahum married Millicent WAITE. Millicent (daughter of Phineas WAITE and Mehitable FOSTER) was born 30 Jan 1787, Athol, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States; was christened 8 Dec 1794, New Salem, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States. [Group Sheet]

1. Moses CURTIS was born 8 May 1816, Connaught, Erie, Pennsylvania, United States; died 5 May 1907, Eden, Graham, Arizona, United States; was buried 6 May 1907, Eden, Graham, Arizona, United States.
2. Joseph Hyrum CURTIS was born 24 Dec 1818, Connaught, Erie, Pennsylvania, United States; died 1 Aug 1883.
3. Foster CURTIS was born 8 May 1826, Pontiac, Oakland, Michigan, United States; died 9 Apr 1890, Newton, Cache, Utah, United States.
4. Loren CURTIS was born 9 May 1828, Pontiac, Oakland, Michigan, United States; died 29 Oct 1829.
5. Hiram CURTIS was born 9 Sep 1829, Pontiac, Oakland, Michigan, United States; died 8 Feb 1898, Newton, Cache, Utah, United States; was buried 11 Feb 1898, Newton, Cache, Utah, United States.
6. Lyman A. CURTIS was born 21 Jan 1812, New Salem, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States; was christened 28 May 1815, New Salem, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States; died 5 Aug 1898, Salem, Utah, Utah, United States; was buried 7 Aug 1898, Salem City Cemetery, Salem, Utah, Utah, United States.
7. Sophronia CURTIS was born 28 Feb 1810, New Salem, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States; was christened 28 May 1815, New Salem, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States; died 27 Jun 1850.

Notes:

!Batch A178082, sheet 3052, film 178082, 178083 for marriage.
!Batch 7319801, sheet 39, film 822817 for another sealing to same wife
with different spelling of her name.
!Batch A170709, sheet 147, film 170709 for another sealing to same
wife.
!Batch A458914, sheet 210, film 458914 for another sealing to same
wife.
!Batch A537412, sheet 1548, film 537412, 537413, 53747, 537520,
537558 for another sealing to same wife.

!Batch 8632902, sheet 53, film 1396277 for b, e, sp.

!New Salem Vit Recs pp 15, 66 (974.42/N1 V2c)
!New York Gen and Bio Reg vol 65 p 211 (974 B2n)
!Boxford, Mass Vit Recs p 35 (974.45/B1 H2p)

!Might have been born 20/21/24 Feb. 1747 in New Salem, Franklin, Mass.
(family group record by Beth Richmond.)

!Records of Ina Mangum, Heber, UT

!Barlowe, Raleigh. The Curtis connection. 1988 US/Can 929.273 A1
no.5648
!Fought at the Battle of Bunker Hill, 17 June 1775
!died about 1818, Franklin Co., Mass.

!PAF says he married in New Salem, Franklin, Mass., and died in 1818.

Moses married Mary MEACHAM. Mary (daughter of Jeremiah MEACHAM and Rebecca HAWKINS) was christened 20 Jul 1746, New Salem, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States; died 1818, , Erie, Pennsylvania, United States. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

!Last name might be spelled Meachan or Meachim.
!Nicknamed Molly.

!Barlowe, Raleigh. The Curtis connection. 1988 US/Can 929.273 A1
no.5648
!Barlowe said she was born 22 July 1746, Salem, Mass.
!Died around 1818, probably in Erie county, Penn.
!Might have accompanied her son, Nahum, to Erie county when he moved
there in 1818.

Notes:

!Lived in Boxford, Essex, Massachusetts.
!Might have been born in Boxford, Essex, Massachusetts. 1988 IGI batch
8632902, sheet 54, film 1396277.

!Batch A178082, sheet 3053, film 178082, 178083 sealing to wife.
Batch A458354, sheet 109, film 458354 for another sealing to the same
wife. Batch 7404202, sheet 1, film 934340 for another sealing to same
wife.

!Family Records of Juliana Crow (Salt Lake City, UT)

!Barlowe, Raleigh. The Curtis connection. 1988 US/Can 929.273 A1
no.5648
!Three sons fought in the Revolution.

James married Sarah BUSWELL. Sarah (daughter of John BUSWELL and Elizabeth STILES) was born 11 Apr 1707, Boxford, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Last name might be spelled Bushwell or Busswell.

!Hist. Boxford Mass. Pg 70
!Stiles Fam. Hist. pg 74
!Cummings Fam. Hist. pg 12

Sister of Mary Blake or Abigail Stiles (see RIN 66).

Notes:

Meacham Families Book of Remembrance by Leonadias Devon Meacham
1953 p. 89.

Salem Vital Records to 1850 vol. 2 p. 69; vol. 4 p. 396.

Book Remembrance of Meacham Mecham Tolman Family
Aunt Nean

Barlowe, Raleigh. The Curtis connection. 1988 US/Can 929.273 A1
no.5648
Four sons fought during Revolution.

PAF says he was born in 1706 and married 10 April 1732.

Mecham, Robert. Mecham family history. US/CAN 929.273 M464m

Jeremiah married Rebecca HAWKINS. Rebecca (daughter of James HAWKINS and Elizabeth HUMPHREYS) was christened 30 Mar 1712, Marblehead, Essex, Massachusetts, United States; died 1758. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Mecham, Robert. Mecham family history. US/CAN 929.273 M464m

Robert includes a letter signed by William Meacham, granson of Rebecca.
In this letter, William said that Rebecca's parents were Welsh. See New
York Gen and Historical Mag. vol. 65, p. 211-241 and Vineland Historical
Mag. vol. 1-2-3, p. 47-48.

Notes:

A178082, sheet 3054, film 178082, 178083 marriage sealing.
batch 7218003, sheet 79, film 820435 for b,e,sp. says he was born 12
Dec 1681. from 1988 IGI.
batch 8422901, sheet 51, film 1395848, 1988 IGI says 13 Dec 1681 for
birth.

!History of Boxford, Mass. (Mass. B 22) p 35.
Davis Ancestory of Amos Town, 1737-1793, p. 53. LA Library
Family group record by Ina Markham Mangum.

Might have been married abt 1714.
Might have been born 12 Dec. 1681.

!James also married Mary Killam.

James married Eleanor JAFFORD. Eleanor (daughter of Francis JAFFORD and Elinor) was born Abt 1685, of Casco Bay, Cumberland, Maine, United States. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

!Last name also spelled Jefford.

Notes:

!Birth might be 7 Aug. 1659 at Salisbury, Essex, Mass.
!Death: 1739-40

!Hist. Boxford Mass. Pg 70
!Stiles Fam. Hist. pg 74
!Cummings Fam. Hist. pg 12
!Family group record by Hazel Beckstead
!Barlowe, Raleigh. The Curtis connection. 1988 US/Can 929.273 A1
no.5648

John married Elizabeth STILES. Elizabeth (daughter of Robert STILES and Elizabeth FRYE) was born 15 Mar 1662, Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

!Hist. Boxford Mass. Pg 70
!Stiles Fam. Hist. pg 74
!Cummings Fam. Hist. pg 12

!Married John Buswell, 8 July 1700.

Born abt 1643, 1642, 1637.

Notes:

!Mecham-Meacham Fam., by Leonidas DeVon Meacham, p. 89
!N.Y. Gen. & Biog. Rec.
!Family group record Phebe Higbee Wold, Idaho Falls, ID.

!Barlowe, Raleigh. The Curtis connection. 1988 US/Can 929.273 A1
no.5648
!Barlow said he was born in Salem, Mass., and probably died at New
Salem, Mass.

!AF says he was born [1680].

!Mecham, Robert. Mecham family history. US/CAN 929.273 M464m
!Robert says John was born in 1675 in Salem

!Doran, Kenneth. A lineal account of the American ancestry of Charles
Meacham (1837-1896) of Tolland, Connecticut and a limited account of
his descendants. US/CAN 929.273 M46d

John married Mary CASH. Mary (daughter of William CASH and Elizabeth LAMBERT) was born 29 Apr 1675, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

!AF says she was born [1682].

Notes:

!Mass. M 3 vol. 1-3 p. 190 Archives.
!Savage, Gen. Dictionary of Early New England, 4v.
!Family group record by Eunice Nelson, Salt Lake City, UT

!of Marblehead, Essex, Mass.

!Might have married 5 or 6 March 1692/3.

!Ancestral File, Dec. 1990, gave death & christening information. It said
Died: Adm. 18 Jul 1727. Also said he was born about 1668.

!Ancestral File, Dec. 1990, gave his father as Thomas Hawkins, b. abt.
1642, of Marblehead, Essex, MA, and his mother as Mrs. Agnes Hawkins, b.
abt. 1646, of Marblehead, Essex, MA.

!IGI, 1988 ed, gives source of marriage by a member, GS # 538944, batch
7127230 sheet 52.
!Another source in IGI, 1988 ed., gives marriage place as Boston, Suffolk,
Mass., GS # 178082, 178083, batch A178082, sheet 4000. LDS sealing
record.

James married Elizabeth HUMPHREYS. Elizabeth (daughter of John HUMPHRIES and Elizabeth) was born Abt 1672, of Marblehead, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

!The information about Elizabeth Humphreys' parents comes from Savage,
Gene. Dictionary of Early New England.

!IGI, 1988 ed.
!LDS film 178082, 178083, batch A178082, sheet 4000. Check it.
!26 Oct 1972, LG, for sealed to spouse. LDS film 538944, batch
7127230, sheet 52. Check it.