The Delahorne/Curtis Family History

Curtis

♂Alfred Curtis

Born 1839, Norwich, Chenango, New York, United States.

Alfred Curtis (born about 1839) is the least documented of the eight children given to Waterman Curtis and Thirza Day. He is given as the great-grand-uncle of Frederic Roger Curtis (1928–2007), the brother of Thomas Day Curtis (1824–1896), Roger’s great-grandfather; the link to Waterman and Thirza is not confirmed by any record.

He is given as the seventh of the eight, born in 1839 at Norwich, Chenango County, New York, and placed at Smyrna in 1855 as a son in his parents’ household. No record documents the birth, and the household recorded at Smyrna on 7 June 1855 names Waterman, Thirza, Almira, Maria, Lauren, Junia and a grandson, Silas, and no Alfred. He is not in the household at Smyrna in 1850, when he would have been eleven, or in his widowed mother’s household in 1860, when he would have been twenty-one. No marriage, children or death are recorded for him, and no later record has been tied to him.

Whether he existed at all is therefore an open question, and it bears on the size of the family. Thirza told the state census of 1865 that she had borne eight children. With Alfred the family numbers eight; without him the count would need another child, and the census returns for the household in 1820 and 1830 may show a girl whom no later record accounts for. The birth years with Alfred fall two to four years apart, and without him there is a six-year gap in the middle of Thirza’s childbearing years.

Notes

A second Alfred

Thomas Day Curtis is given an infant son Alfred who is said to have died at Manhattan in 1850; no record of him is known. Other Alfred Curtises of about his age appear in New York and Illinois records, and none of them is tied to this family.

Family time line

◉ Waterman Curtis 1793–1859
◉ Thirza Day 1802–
Married 1822, Norwich, Chenango, New York, United States, Norwich, New York
◉ Thomas Day Curtis 1824–1896 ☘⚭
○ Almira Curtis abt 1826–
○ Jerusha Curtis 1828–1900
○ Maria Curtis abt 1831–
○ Jeremiah Curtis 1833–1856
○ Lauren Curtis 1835–1865
○ Alfred Curtis 1839–
○ Junia Curtis abt 1841–1912 ☘

Recorded events

EventWhenWhereEvidence ?on record - the record itself, its image, or a transcript or printed copy of it has been read
from a compiled source - an index, a printed genealogy or a memorial page says so
not yet documented - in the family record, no source attached yet
Birth 1839 Norwich, Chenango, New York, United States not yet documented
Living at
in the household as Son
 1855 Smyrna, New York, United States on record
18391855 18401850

Sources

  • New York, U.S., State Census, 1855 — Living at, name

Borders as they stood about 1845 (they follow the event under the mouse), from the historical-basemaps project, the Newberry Library's Atlas of Historical County Boundaries (states and territories, 1783 on) and Natural Earth; the colonies and provinces are drawn along today's lines.

Line of descent

  1. Waterman Curtis 1793–1859
    1. Jeremiah Curtis 1770–aft 1810
      1. John Curtis 1748–bef 1790
        1. Zebulon Curtis 1710/1711–1798 ⚔
          1. Thomas Curtis 1680–1752 ⚔⚖
            1. Joseph Curtis Sr 1644–1683
              1. Thomas Curtis Jr 1598–1681
              2. Elizabeth Salmon 1612–1681
            2. Mercy Deming 1651–1714
              1. John Deming abt 1615–bef 1705 ⚖
              2. Honor Treat 1616–bef 1690
          2. Mary Goodrich 1682–
            1. John Goodrich 1653–1730
              1. William Goodrich 1622–bef 1676 ⚔⚓
              2. Sarah Marvin 1631–bef 1702 ⚭⚓
            2. Rebecca Allen bef 1657–
              1. John Allen –1675 ⚖⚔
              2. Sarah (surname unknown)
        2. Lydia Cole 1709–1776
          1. Nathaniel Cole abt 1678–1743
          2. Elizabeth Woodford 1682–bef 1739
            1. Joseph Woodford –bef 1710
            2. Rebecca Newell abt 1643–
              1. Thomas Newell –bef 1689
              2. Rebecca (surname unknown)
      2. Mary Filley 1752–aft 1790 ⧉
        1. William Filley 1709–1756
          1. Josiah Filley 1675–bef 1750
            1. Samuel Filley 1643–1712
              1. William Filley
              2. Margaret (surname unknown)
            2. Anna Gillet 1639–1711
              1. Jonathan Gillett abt 1609–1677 ⚓
              2. Mary Dolbiar 1607–1686
          2. Esther Eggleston 1682–aft 1761
            1. John Eggleston 1659–1731
              1. James Eggleston abt 1620–1679
              2. Hester Kelsey abt 1636–1720 ⚭
            2. Esther Mills abt 1666–1757
              1. Peter Mills –1710 ⚭
              2. Dorcas Messenger 1650–1688
        2. Abiah Millington 1711–1766 ⚭
          1. Henry Millington
            1. John Millington 1645–1720
            2. Sarah Smith 1648–1698
              1. not yet known
              2. Hannah Blake 1630–
          2. not yet known
    2. Mary Morton 1768–1816
      1. James Morton 1739–aft 1810
        1. James Morton 1714–bef 1745
          1. John Morton 1680–1739
            1. Ephraim Morton 1648–1732
              1. Ephraim Morton abt 1623–
              2. not yet known
            2. Hannah (surname unknown)
              1. John Phinney 1603–
              2. Elizabeth Bailey 1634–1684
          2. Reliance Phinney 1681–1735
            1. John Phinney 1638–bef 1719
              1. John Phinney 1603–
              2. Christian Patten –1649
            2. Mary Rogers 1644–
              1. Joseph Rogers 1603–1678
              2. Hannah (surname unknown) 1615–1678
        2. Mehitable Churchill 1716–1797 ⚭
          1. Samuel Churchill 1688–1751
            1. William Churchill 1656–
              1. John Churchill –1662
              2. Hannah Pontus abt 1623–1690
            2. Lydia Bryant 1662–1736
              1. Stephen Bryant abt 1620–
              2. Abigail Shaw abt 1624–1694
          2. Joanna Bryant 1690–1746
            1. John Bryant 1650–1736
              1. Stephen Bryant abt 1620–
              2. Abigail Shaw abt 1624–1694
            2. Sarah Bonum 1653–1742
              1. George Bonum –1704
              2. Sarah Morton abt 1620–
      2. Mary Holmes 1745–
        1. Jonathan Holmes 1709–1787 ⚭
          1. Joseph Holmes 1665–1733
            1. John Holmes 1638–1675
            2. Mary Wood abt 1643–1714
              1. John Atwood 1615–1675
              2. Sarah Masterson 1625–1701
          2. Mary Brewster abt 1678–1761
            1. Wrestling Brewster 1644–1696
              1. Love Brewster abt 1612–bef 1651 ⚔⚓❀
              2. Sarah Collier 1616–1691 ⚓⚭
            2. Mary (surname unknown) abt 1661–1742 ⚭
        2. Mary Waterman 1716–1750
          1. Robert Waterman 1681–1750
            1. John Waterman 1642–1718
              1. Robert Waterman
              2. Elizabeth Bourne 1615–1663
            2. Ann Sturtevant 1647–1720
              1. Samuel Sturtevant
              2. Hannah (surname unknown) 1625–1716
          2. Mary Cushman 1682–1723
            1. Isaac Cushman 1648–1732
              1. Thomas Cushman 1607–1691
              2. Mary Allerton abt 1617–1699 ⚓❀
            2. Rebecca Harlow 1655–1727
              1. William Harlow –1691
              2. Rebecca Bartlett abt 1631–bef 1658
  2. Thirza Day 1802–
    1. Thomas G. Day 1772–1849
    2. Catherine Dey abt 1773–1850/1855 ▦