William H. Curtis

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William Curtis
(In His Day Was the Boss Town Boomer of the West)

                    Charles Curtis' G-G-G-G-G-G-G-G-Grandparents -
John Curtis(?) m.
    1) William Curtis b. 1540 Nazing, Essex, England d. May 17, 1588 Nazing, Essex, England

                    Charles Curtis' G-G-G-G-G-G-G-Grandparents -
William Curtis b. 1540 Nazing, Essex, England d. May 17, 1588 Nazing, Essex, England m. Anges ????
    1) Thomas Curtis baptized Aug. 25, 1560 Nazing, Essex, England
    2) Edward Curtis b. 1563 Nazing, Essex, England
    3) Gabriel Curtis b. 1569 Nazing, Essex, England
    4) John Curtis baptized Sept. 15, 1577 Nazing, Essex, England d. 1639/1640 Wethersfield, Hartford, Conn.
    5) Sarah Curtis b. 1581 Nazing, Essex, England

                    Charles Curtis' G-G-G-G-G-G-Grandparents -
John Curtis b. Sept. 15, 1577 Nazing, Essex, England d. 1639/1640 Wethersfield, Hartford, Conn. m. Elizabeth Hutchins b. 1588 Nazing, Essex, England d. June 1658 Stratford, Fairfield, Conn.
    1) John Curtis/Curtiss b. 1611/1614 Nazing, Essex, England; baptized Feb. 26, 1614-1615; d. Sept. 17, 1707 Stratford, Fairfield, Conn.
    2) William Curtis baptized June 21, 1618 Nazing, Essex, England d. Dec. 21, 1702 Stratford, Fairfield, Conn.
    3) Thomas Curtis baptized Mar. 12, 1619/1620 Nazing, Essex, England d. Dec. 1, 1648 Stratford, Fairfield, Conn.
    4) Philip Curtis b. 1623 Nazing, Essex, England
    5) Mary Curtis b. 1625 Stratford, Fairfield, Conn.

                    Charles Curtis' G-G-G-G-G-Grandparents -
William Curtis b. June 21, 1618 Nazing, Essex, England d. Dec. 21, 1702 Stratford, Fairfield, Conn. m. Sarah Morris
    1) Sarah Curtis b. Oct. 10, 1642 Stratford, Fairfield, Conn.
    2) Jonathan Curtis b. Feb. 14, 1643/1644 Stratford, Fairfield, Conn. d. 1681 Stratford, Fairfield, Conn.
    3) Joshua Curtis b. Oct. 1, 1646 Stratford, Fairfield, Conn. d. 1706 Cohanzy, New Jersey
    4) Abigail Curtis b. April 21, 1650 Stratford, Fairfield, Conn. d. April 21, 1650 Stratford, Fairfield, Conn.
    5) Daniel Curtis b. Nov. 16, 1652 Stratford, Fairfield, Conn. d. Feb. 6, 1718/1719 Fairfield, Fairfield, Conn.
    6) Elizabeth Curtis b. Sept. 13, 1654 Stratford, Fairfield, Conn. d. Jan. 1720, Brandord
    7) Zachariah Curtis b. Nov. 14, 1659 Stratford, Fairfield, Conn. d. June 12, 1748 Stratford, Fairfield, Conn.
    8) Ebenezer Curtis b. July 6, 1657 Stratford, Fairfield, Conn. d. Dec. 10, 1751 Fairfield, Fairfield, Conn.
    9) Josiah Curtis b. Aug. 30 1662 Stratford, Fairfield, Conn. d. 1745 Stratford, Fairfield, Conn.

John Curtis/Curtiss b. Feb. 26, 1610/1611 Nazing, Essex, England d. Sept. 17, 1707 Stratford, Fairfield, Conn. m. Elizabeth ???? b. 1611 Stratford, Fairfield, Conn. d. Mar. 9, 1681/1682 Stratford, Fairfield, Conn.
    1) John Curtis/Curtiss b. Oct. 14, 1642 Stratford, Fairfield, Conn. d. Sept. 17, 1704 Newark, New Jersey
    2) Israel Curtis/Curtiss b. April 3, 1644 Stratford, Fairfield, Conn. d. Oct. 28, 1704 Woodbury, Litchfield, Conn.
    3) Elizabeth Curtis/Curtiss May 2, 1647 Stratford, Fairfield, Conn.
    4) Thomas Curtis/Curtiss b. Jan 14, 1648/1649 Wallingford, New Haven, Conn. d. before 1736 Wallingford, New Haven, Conn.
    5) William Curtis/Curtiss b. 1650 Stratford, Fairfield, Conn. d. Dec. 21, 1702 Stratford, Fairfield, Conn.
    6) Ensign. Joseph Curtis/Curtiss b. Nov. 12, 1650 Stratford, Fairfield, Conn. -d. 1742 Stratford, Fairfield, Conn.
    7) Benjamin Curtis/Curtiss b. Sept. 30, 1652 Stratford, Fairfield, Conn. d. 1733 Stratford, Fairfield, Conn.
    8) William Curtis/Curtiss b.
    9) Hannah Curtis/Curtiss b. Feb. 2, 1654/1655 Stratford, Fairfield, Conn. d. Oct. 21, 1728 Stratford, Fairfield, Conn.
10) Phebe Curtis/Curtiss b. 1660 Stratford, Fairfield, Conn.

                    Charles Curtis' G-G-G-G-Grandparents -
Zachariah Curtis b. Nov. 14, 1655? Stratford, Fairfield, Conn. d. June 12, 1748 Stratford, Fairfield, Conn. m. Hannah Porter b. April 10, 1665 Stratford, Fairfield, Conn. d. Feb. 14, 1737/1738 Stratford, Fairfield, Conn.
    1) Nathaniel Curtis b. 1688-1690 Stratford, Fairfield, Conn. d. before 1760 Hartford, Hartford, Conn.
    2) Hannah Curtis b. 1690 Stratford, Fairfield, Conn. d. 1749
    3) Elizabeth Curtis b. 1692 Stratford, Fairfield, Conn.
    4) Isaac Curtis b. 1695 Stratford, Fairfield, Conn. d. before 1740 Stratford, Fairfield, Conn.
    5) Jonathan Curtis b. April 1, 1697 Stratford, Fairfield, Conn.
    6) Zachariah Curtis b. April 1, 1697 Stratford, Fairfield, Conn. (twins!!!) d. Feb. 18,1745/1746 Trumball, Fairfield, Conn.
    7) Jeremiah Curtis b. May 26, 1706 Stratford, Fairfield, Conn. d. Mar. 31, 1795 Southington, Fairfield, Conn.

Ensign. Joseph Curtis/Curtiss b. Nov. 12, 1650 Stratford, Fairfield, Conn. -d. 1742 Stratford, Fairfield, Conn. m. Bethia Booth b. Aug. 18, 1658 Stratford, Fairfield, Conn. -d. Aug. 2, 1699 Stratford, Fairfield, Conn.
    1) Israel Curtis/Curtiss b. Mar. 18, 1665/1666 Stratford, Fairfield, Conn. d. 1666/1667 Woodbury, Fairfield, Conn.
    2) Elizabeth Curtis/Curtiss Jan. 17, 1677/1678 Stratford, Fairfield, Conn.
    3) Anna Curtis/Curtiss b. Sept. 1, 1679 Stratford, Fairfield, Conn.
    4) Mary Curtis/Curtiss b. 1681/1682 Stratford, Fairfield, Conn. d. April 16, 1767 Stratford, Fairfield, Conn.
    5) Ephraim Curtis/Curtiss b. Dec. 31 1684 Stratford, Fairfield, Conn. d. May 9, 1775 Stratford, Fairfield, Conn.
    6) Joseph Curtis/Curtiss b. Nov. 6, 1687 Stratford, Fairfield, Conn. d. before 1738 Stratford, Fairfield, Conn.
    7)   Nathan Curtis/Curtiss b. Feb. 21, 1689/1690 Stratford, Fairfield, Conn. d. Stratford, Fairfield, Conn.
    8) Josiah Curtis/Curtiss b. Mar. 31, 1692 Stratford, Fairfield, Conn. d. April 26, 1709 Stratford, Fairfield, Conn.
    9) Bethia Curtis/Curtiss b. Mar. 10, 1695/1696 Stratford, Fairfield, Conn.
10) Eleazer/Elizer Curtis/Curtiss b. Jul. 30, 1699 Stratford, Fairfield, Conn. d. Oct. 21, 1699 Stratford, Fairfield, Conn.
11) Ebenezer Curtis/Curtiss b. Jul. 30, 1699 Stratford, Fairfield, Conn. d. May 1700 Stratford, Fairfield, Conn.
12) Eliphalet Curtis/Curtiss b. Jul. 30, 1699 Stratford, Fairfield, Conn. d. 1771
(Note 10, 11, 12 are triplets!!!)

                    Charles Curtis' G-G-G-Grandparents -
Nathaniel Curtis b. 1688-1690 Stratford, Fairfield, Conn. d. 1761 Hartford, Hartford, Conn. m. Hannah Wells b. 1692 Stratford, Fairfield, Conn. d. 1761 Stratford, Fairfield, Conn.
    1) Thomas Curtis b. 1713 Stratford, Fairfield, Conn. d. April 24, 1761
    2) Nathaniel Curtis b. 1715 Stratford, Fairfield, Conn. d. 1791 Hartford, Hartford, Conn.
    3) Sarah Curtis b. 1716 Stratford, Fairfield, Conn.
    4) Comfort Curtis 1718 Stratford, Fairfield, Conn.
    5) Hannah Curtis 1719 Stratford, Fairfield, Conn.
    6) Mercy Curtis b. 1720 Stratford, Fairfield, Conn. d. Mar. 17, 1797
    7) Elizabeth Curtis b. 1722 Stratford, Fairfield, Conn.
    8) Joshua Curtis b. 1726 Stratford, Fairfield, Conn. d. 1773
    9) Oliver Curtis b. May 1731 Stratford, Fairfield, Conn. d. Jan. 13, 1794

Nathan Curtis/Curtiss b. Feb. 21, 1689/1690 Stratford, Fairfield, Conn. d. Stratford, Fairfield, Conn. m. Eunice Judson b. 1694 Stratford, Fairfield, Conn.
    1) Jeremiah Judson Curtis/Curtiss b. April 4, 1716 Stratford, Fairfield, Conn. d. Sept. 4, 1782 Stratford, Fairfield, Conn.
    2) Mary Curtis/Curtiss b. Aug. 28, 1717 Stratford, Fairfield, Conn. d. April 19, 1720 Stratford, Fairfield, Conn.
    3) Eunice Curtis/Curtiss b. Nov. 11, 1719 Stratford, Fairfield, Conn. d. 1803
    4) Mary Curtis/Curtiss b. Sept. 1721 Stratford, Fairfield, Conn. d. Dec. 18, 1781 Mansfield, Fairfield, Conn.
    5) Judson Curtis/Curtiss b. May 1723 Stratford, Fairfield, Conn. d. Trumball, Fairfield, Conn.
    6) Anna (Hannah) Curtis/Curtiss b. Aug. 1725 Stratford, Fairfield, Conn. d. before Mar. 12, 1761 Stratford, Fairfield, Conn.
    7) Nathan Curtis/Curtiss b. Nov. 14, 1727 Stratford, Fairfield, Conn. d. Jan. 1776
    8) Phebe Curtis/Curtiss b. Aug. 13, 1730 Stratford, Fairfield, Conn.
    9) Charity Curtis/Curtiss b. Nov. 13, 1732 Stratford, Fairfield, Conn. d. Aug. 5, 1773
   10) Abel Curtis/Curtiss b. 1734 Stratford, Fairfield, Conn. d. May 1811

                    Charles Curtis' G-G-Grandparents -
Nathaniel Curtis b. 1715 Stratford, Fairfield, Conn. d. 1791 Hartford, Hartford, Conn. m. Mary Curtis/Curtiss b. Sept. 1721 Stratford, Fairfield, Conn. d. Dec. 18, 1781 Mansfield, Fairfield, Conn. (5th cousins! from the same family of two brothers John 1614, William 1618)
    1) Abigail Curtis b. April 17, 1742 Berkhamstead, Litchfield, Conn. d. Mar. 1820 Courtland, Tompkins, New York m. Samuel Tiffany b. Jul. 13, 1740 Lyme, New London, Conn. d. Mar. 1822 Tompkins, New York
          a) Samuel Tiffany
          b) Jemima Tiffany b. 1761 Lyme, New London, Conn. d. Mar. 6, 1848 New York
          c) Emellason (Lemuel) Tiffany b. 1763-1765 Lyme, New London, Conn.
          d) Nathaniel Curtis Tiffany b. 1767-1768 Lyme, New London, Conn.
          e) Daniel Tiffany b. Sept. 18, 1768 Lyme, New London, Conn. d. Sept. 25, 1793 Boston, Suffolk, Mass.
          f)   Abigail Tiffany b. 1770 Lyme, New London, Conn.
          g) George Tiffany b. May 7, 1772 Berkhamstead, Litchfield, Conn. d. Feb. 13, 1857 Alamo, Kalamazoo, Mich.
          h) Mary Tiffany b. Jun. 10. 1777 Berkhamstead, Litchfield, Conn. d. Sept. 12, 1845 Nauvoo, Hancock, Ill.
          i) Azuba Tiffany b. May 27, 1779 Berkhamstead, Litchfield, Conn. d. Newfield, Tompkins, New York
          j)   Phebe Tiffany b. Aug. 22, 1781 Berkhamstead, Litchfield, Conn.   d. Dec. 31, 1855 Ohio
          k) Amy Tiffany b. Dec. 8, 1783 Berkhamstead, Litchfield, Conn. d. Dec. 17, 1857 Ohio
    2) Zachariah Curtis (b. 1745) Stratford, Fairfield, Conn.
    3) Thomas Curtis (b. 1748) Stratford, Fairfield, Conn.
    4) Charity Curtis (b. 1750) Conn. d. Mar. 25, 1820
    5) Nathaniel Curtis (b. 1755) Berkhamstead, Litchfield, Conn.
    6) Andrew Curtis (b. Jul. 1757) Conn.
    7) Everard Curtis (b. Dec. 8, 1758) Stratford or Trumbull; Conn.

                    His Parents - (Charles Curtis' G-Grandparents)
Thomas Curtis (b. 1748) Stratford, Fairfield, Conn. m. Eunice Peet (b. Nov. 1770 Stratford, Fairfield County, Conn.)
    1) Charles P. Curtis
    2) Elizabeth Curtis
    3) Ira Curtis
    4) William Curtis b. Dec. 22, 1800, Albany, New York married Permelia Hubbard on Nov. 4, 1827, Eugene (now Evertonville, Vermillion county) Indiana Vice-President Charles Curtis; grandparents
         Has 14 children listed on previous page.
    5) Phillip Curtis b. about 1797, m. to Cynthia
          a) Andrew Curtis (b. 1845 in Illinois)
          b) Huldah Curtis (b. 1843 in Illinois)
          c) Henry Curtis   (b. 1850 in Indiana)
    6) Charles Curtis b. about 1802, m. Sarah Hubbard on March 29, 1832, Eugene (now Evertonville, Vermillion county) Indiana
    7) Amos Curtis b. about 1804, m. 1st wife Mary Wright on Dec. 20, 1826 Eugene (now Evertonville, Vermillion county) Indiana, m. 2nd wife Martha Pritchard
     8) Huldah Jane Curtis (b. July 29, 1805 in Whitestown, Oneida county, New York, d. Nov. 20, 1887, Albion, Cassia County, Idaho) m. Thomas Harris Parke, (b. Aug. 30, 1803 in Sussex county, New Jersey d. Aug. 2, 1897, Albion, Cassia County, Idaho)
           a) Charles Curtis Parke
1st wife Elizabeth Lenora Perkins
                1) Arinda Parke
                2) John Patilar Parke
2nd wife Lavinna Coltrin
                1) William Henry Parke
                2) Ira Charles Parke
                3) Joseph Harris Parke
                4) Jane Lavinna Parke
                5) Doreat Parke
                6) Thompson Parke?
3rd wife Margaret Alice Watterson
                1) Mary Alice Parke
                2) Katherine Parke
                3) Thomas Harris Parke
                4) Joseph Lamoni Parke
                5) Margaret Watterson Parke
                6) Ether Parke
           b) Jane Parke
           c) Ira Curtis Parke m. Mary Vashti Call
                1) Mary Parke
                2) Huldah Parke
                3) Charlotte Parke
                4) Amanda Parke
                5) Reuben Chester Parke
           d) Thompson Parke m. Julia Sessions
                1) Eunice Parke
                2) Mary E. Parke
                3) Lucinda Parke
                4) Huldah Parke
                5) Thompson Charles Parke
                6) Silvia Parke
                7) C. Perry Parke
           e) Elizabeth "Betsy" Parke m. Harvey L. Perkins
           f) John Harris Parke m. Margaret Coleman
           g) Nellie Parke
           h) Eunice Parke
           i) John P. Parke
Thomas Harris Parke m. Mary Elizabeth Davis
      1) Isaac Harris Parke m. Hannah Dover
            a) Thomas F. Parke
            b) Morgan Parke

         William Curtis, father and founder and builder of Eugene (North Topeka) ( First Ward of Topeka) was born on a farm in the state of New York in Dec. 1800.
          When he was 26 years old, he "emigrated" to Eugene (now Evertonville), Vermillion county, Indiana. He met, courted and won the heart of Miss Permelia Hubbard, a Yankee girl, then 21 years old. Who was born in Sheffield, Berkshire county, Massachusetts, May 14, 1807. They had a family of 14 children, seven sons and seven daughters.
          William Curtis became greatly interested in the Kansas territory as described by his sons Oren and Ira. He sold his entire holding in Indiana, including his 600 acres of land and moved his entire family to Kansas.
            The Curtis family arrived in 1860, William Curtis bought 200 hundred acres from Louis Pappan (William Curtis was to Eugene (North Topeka, Kansas of that day, about what John D. Rockefeller and J. Pierpont Morgan were to the Wall Street) and his wife Julie Gonville Pappan, fronting the Kaw river in Eugene (North Topeka) and started the building of a large colonial house that stood on Curtis Avenue

The house shown above was in Mount Florence (close to Meriden) Kansas. This is where the Curtis family stayed when they first came to Kansas. This house, located on private land, was destroyed during the 1970's.

"Old Curtis Home Is Survivor of Two Great Floods"
Topeka Capital-Journal September 10, 1961
by Ruth E. Hunt
    "Still standing, but in a sad state of disrepair, the old Curtis home at 905 North Van Buren is the survivor of two great floods (1903, 1951). It was one of the mansions of North Topeka, which the Curtis' had laid out in 1864. (The town was then known as Eugene.) This remained the family home until after the flood of 1903, and its last mistress was Mrs. Permelia Hubbard (Grandma) Curtis who died that year at the age of 96.
    Mrs. Curtis was the mother of fourteen children and reared eight of her grandchildren. The most illustrious of the grandchildren was, of course, Charles Curtis - successively representative (1893-1907), senator (1907-1913, 1915-1929), and Vice-President of the United States in the Hoover administration (1929-1933).
    The home on North Van Buren was a social center for years, the scene of countless parties and club meetings. It was known also to the less elite of Topeka's citizenry; it is said that no one who asked 'Grandma' Curtis for food or shelter was ever turned away.
    Charles Curtis was always proud of his fine horses. His half-sister, the late Mrs. Permelia "Dolly" (Curtis) Gann, used to tell a story of the 1903 flood. The family stayed in the home on North Van Buren as long as they dared, but when they realized that they must leave, they summoned the Negro stable man and told him to hitch up the horses. "Lordie, I done got them away days ago", replied the old man.
    Shortly after that flood, the Charles Curtis family moved to the brick house at the southwest corner of Topeka Avenue and 11th Street. It was their home until they moved to Washington D.C., when Charles Curtis became Vice-President."

    Unfortunately, the twelve room Victorian house on Van Buren, had a fire and the current owners were working to restore the house, BUT, the City of Topeka decided the house was an eyesore so it was soon destroyed.

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