Baptized, 26 Feb 1614, at Nazeing, England. Sailed from London on ship "SAFETY" 10 Aug 1635. aged 21. Ship scheduled to go to Virginia. Apparently wound up in Connecticut. Parents came 2 to 4 years later.

On 10th of August 1635, John Curtiss, aged 21, eldest son of John Curtiss and
Elizabeth Hutchins sailed from London, England in the ship "Safety" to Roxbury,
Suffolk County, Massachusetts. In 1639, John Curtiss became a resident of
Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut. In 1640, John Curtiss removed from
Wethersfield to Cupheag (Stratford), Hartford County, Connecticut.

In May 1658, John Curtiss was made a freeman. On 29th of December 1675,
"Sergeant John Curtiss was elected Town Teasurer of Stratford". In 1678 John
and William Curtiss on town committee to build a new meetinghouse. John
Curtiss served as a soldier in the King Philip's War, obtaining the rank of
Ensign or second lieutenant.

DEATH: Town of Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut Volume 2, part 2
(1684-1729), Curtis, John Senior aged 96 died 2 Dec 1707

1. John CURTIS b. 14 Oct 1642, Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut; d. 17 Sep 1704, , Woodbury, Fairfield, Connecticut; bur. Newark, , , New Jersey.
2. Israel CURTISS b. 3 Apr 1644, Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut; d. 28 Oct 1704, Woodbury, Litchfield, Connecticut; bur. Woodbury, , , Conn.
3. Elizabeth CURTIS b. 2 May 1647, Stratford, Frfld, Conn.
4. Thomas CURTIS b. 14 Jan 1648, Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut; d. Bef 5 May 1736, Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut.
5. William CURTIS b. Abt 1650, Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut; d. 21 Dec 1702, Stratford, Connecticut.
6. Ensign Joseph CURTIS b. 12 Nov 1650, Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut; d. 1742, Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut.
7. 1. Benjamin CURTIS b. 30 Sep 1652, Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut; d. 1733, Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut.
8. Hannah CURTISS b. 2 Feb 1654, Stratford, Frfld, Conn; d. 21 Oct 1728, Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut.
9. Phoebe CURTIS b. 1660, Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut.

Left England 1637 or 1639/ Arr Roxbury, Mass. Son came 1st. Allotted 15 acres of land 1 Jun 1639. Moved to Wethersfield Conn; died soon thereafter.

1. 2. John CURTIS b. 21 Feb 1615, Nazeing, Essex, England; d. 2 Dec 1707, Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut.
2. William Dawson CURTIS b. 21 Jun 1618, Nazeing, Essex, England; d. 21 Dec 1702, Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut.
3. Thomas CURTIS (CURTYCE) b. 12 Mar 1620, Nazeing, Essex, England; d. 1 Dec 1648, Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut.
4. Philip CURTIS (CURTYCE) b. 1623, Nazeing, Essex, England.
5. Mary CURTIS (CURTYCE) b. 1625, Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut (?).

1. 3. Elizabeth WELLES b. Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut; d. 9 Mar 1682, Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut.

1. Thomas CURTIS b. 25 Aug 1560, Of, Ash Juxte, Sandwich, Kent, England; c. 25 Aug 1560, Nazing, Essex, Eng; d. 11 Dec 1631, Nazing, Essex, England, Great Britain; bur. 11 Dec 1631, Nazing, Essex, England, Great Britain.
2. Mary CURTIS b. Abt 1565, Of Nazing, Essex, Eng., England.
3. Robert CURTIS b. 15 Apr 1565, Nazeing, Essex, England.
4. Gabriel CURTIS b. 1567, Of Nazing, Nazeing, Essex, England; d. Aft 1585, Probably, Nazing, Essex, England.
5. Edward CURTIS b. 1563, Nazeing, Essex, England; d. 13 Aug 1610, Nazeing, Essex, England; bur. Waltham Abbey, Essex, England.
6. John CURTISS b. 15 Sep 1577, Nazing, Essex, England, England; c. 15 Sep 1577, Nazing, Nazing, Essex, England; d. Jul 1650, Stratford, , Connecticut, United States; bur. 1639, Roxbury, , , Mass.
7. Sarah CURTIS b. 1572, Of Nazing, Essex, Engl, England; d. Prob. Nazeing, Essex, England.
8. 4. John CURTIS (CURTYCE) b. 15 Sep 1577, Nazeing, Essex, England; d. 1639, Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut.
9. Mary CURTIS b. Abt 1579, Nazeing, Essex, England; c. Abt 1579, Nazeing, Essex, , England; d. Feb 1674, Nazeing, Essex, England.
10. John CURTIS b. Aft 1588, Nazing, Essex, England; c. 15 Sep 1577, Nazing, Essex, , Eng; d. 1639, Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut.

1. 5. Elizabeth HUTCHINS b. 1587, Nazeing, Essex, England; d. 4 Jun 1658, Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut.