Richard Curtis, II

• Son of Richard Curtice
• Richard & Sarah Curtis Listed in Genealogical Guide to the Early Settlers of America.

Married

• Married: Sarah Carwithy on July 25, 1657 in Boston, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America.

Richard Curtice, Master Mariner : A Genealogy of Richard Curtice of Salem, Massachusetts and Southold, Long Island, whose father appears to have been the master mariner / compiled by Harlow Dunham Curtis.

That Richard Curtice, master mariner, was the father of Richard Curtice of Salem, Massachusetts, and Southold, Long Island, is conjectural. The evidence is based on two clues--the name of a ship, the Mary Ann Margaret, and the given names of various children. Here are the facts: In the records of the Virginia Company published by the Library of Congress, Vol. 2, P. 262, we find that on June 23, 1623, a commission was granted to Richard Curtice (so spelled), master of the "Mary Margaret" of Topsom (Topsham) to transport passengers and to fish. In such an important document the spelling "Curtice is undoubtedly correct. and that spelling has persisted in many branches down to the present day of 1952.

On page 257 of G. C. Hotten's "Original Lists of Persons of Quality who went from Great Britain to the American Plantations" (G. A. Baker Co, reprint 1931) in a muster-roll of inhabitants of Elizabeth City, Virginia, the first entry is: "Captain Francis West, counselor, age 36 came in the "Mary Ann Margaret" in 1610. Admiralty Examinations 1637 and 1638 Nos. 185 and 614 prove that the "Mary Margaret" of Topsham's master was then Christopher Williams. The case was over a cargo of wood.

In the genealogy of the Youngs family on page 22, we find that Capt. Joseph Youngs (He died 1657 at Southold, Long Island) was master of the Mary and Margaret" and engaged in making coastal voyages as we as across the Atlantc ocean.

The Youngs family were also in Salem, Massachusetts, and re-moved to Southold, Long Island, as did Richard Curtice of Salem, and the two families intermarried. In the "Essex Antiquarian" Vol. 9, P. 166, on the Philip English House we find that on September 24, 1849, Joseph Youngs of Salem, mariner, conveyed this lot and house to David Curwithen, and on February 16, 1659/60, David Curwithen reconveyed this property to Richard Curtice of Salem and previous to this date, Christopher Youngs had lived in It. "Essex Antiquarian" Vol. 5, P. 89, on July 9, 1645, David Carwethyn Issued a presentment reading "You may signify to Richard Curtice that he is not quit of a presentment concerning him. A present ment is the order that a person accused present himself to the court for punishment. This shows that Richard Curtice had compromised the Carwethyn family. This name i8 Welsh and originally Macarwythyn, became Carwithyn, then Carwethen, then Carwithy. so was that Richard Curdce married Sarah, daughter of David Carwithey and their children are recorded at Salem, Massachusetts, to wit:

Notes

Page 1: So it was that Richard Curtice married Sarah, daughter of David Carwithey and their children are recorder at Salem, Massachusetts to wit: Caleb b. July 24, 1646; Sarah b. Jan. 19, 1650; Samuel b. Feb.1, 1651; Richard b. Dec. 14, 1652; Hannah b. July 16, 1656; John b. De. 1, 1658 d. May 28, 1659; John b. April 4, 1660 d. July 4, 1660; Mary b. Dec. 11, 1662 Page 2: The Calendar of Land Papers of New York (Albany, 1864) Vol. 1, p. 70-71, shows that Richard and Samuel Curtice bought land on Staten Island in 1676 which was part of East Jersey under Sir George Carteret, governor of the region at that time. Page 3: Caleb Curtice 1646 with marriages and children (https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89062869664;view=1up;seq=11)

The correction of the calendar in 1752 caused about eleven days alteration in dates. There is no record of the female children as yet. The given name, Caleb, came from Sarah's brother, Caleb Carwithey, who was a mariner and according to Harfield made voyages previous to 1654 between New Haven, Connecticut and Boston. He had residence first in Salem and in 1661 in Southampton, Long Island, in 1664 in Huntington, Long Island, in 1685 in Elizabethtown, New Jersey and in 1674 again in Southampton. Here in Southampton, David Carwithey died. His will is on P. 226 of George R. Howell's History of Southampton. It was probably this Caleb Carwithey who brought the Richard Curtice family to Southold in 1663 as Richard's name is on a document there dated 1663. Caleb Carwithey also probably brought Richard? and Samuel' Curtice to Staten Island, then part of what was called East New Jersey.

Descendants of Richard Curtis

Generation No. 1

1. Richard1 Curtis1 was born ABT 1626 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, and died March 1670/71 in Southold, Long Island, New York. He married Sarah Carwithey. She was born ABT 1630 in Salem, Essex, MA.

Notes for Richard Curtis: 1. [Ancestry.com Larry Curtis InIcurtis@home.com]

Child of Richard Curtis and Sarah Carwithey is: + 2 i. Caleb2 Curtis, born July 24, 1645 in Salem, Essex, MA; died March 18, 1729/30 in Southold, Suffolk, NY.

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Sources

• Richard Curtice, Master Mariner - a Genealogy of Richard Curtice of Salem, Massachusetts and Southold, Long Island, whose Father appears to have been The Master Mariner - compiled by Harlow Dunham Curtis, Pub. Madison, Conn. 1955
• Page 1: So it was that Richard Curtice married Sarah, daughter of David Carwithey and their children are recorded at Salem, Massachusetts to wit: Caleb b. July 24, 1646; Sarah b. Jan. 19, 1650; Samuel b. Feb.1, 1651; Richard b. Dec. 14, 1652; Hannah b. July 16, 1656; John b. De. 1, 1658 d. May 28, 1659; John b. April 4, 1660 d. July 4, 1660; Mary b. Dec. 11, 1662