Walter Curtis married Mary Cook. [1]
1770 On June 4, Walter and Mary Curtis gave in papers of acknowledgement, which were to be considered, at the Shrewsbury meeting, Monmouth County. [2]
1801 Walter Curtis, of Howell Twp, Monmouth County, dated his will on 27 August. Wife, Mary, various pieces of furniture, one cow and my mare; also all my lands, while my widow; and she is to bring up and educate my 2 youngest daughters, Meribah and Sarah. Sons, David and Cook, each 5 shillings. Son, Ebenezer, 1/2 of my lands, after the expiration of my wife's widowhood; also residue of personal. Daughters, Lydia Lawrence, Meribah Cortis and Sarah Cortis [Curtis], the other half of lands to be divided between them. Executors—son, Ebenezer, and son-in-law, James Lawrence. Witnesses—James Morris, Robert Morris, Benjamin Jackson. Proved Oct. 29, 1801. [3]
1801 Oct. 27. Inventory, taken by Benjamin Jackson and James Morris, but not totaled. [4]
[1] Jane Fletcher Fiske, Thomas Cooke of Rhode Island: A genealogy of Thomas Cooke, alias Butcher of Netherbury, Dorsetshire, England, who came to Taunton, Massachusetts in 1637 and settled in Portsmouth, Rhode Island in 1643 (1987), 148, [GoogleBooks].
[2] Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, Abstracts of Marriages, Births, Deaths of Shrewsbury Meeting (Monmouth County, New Jersey), [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[3] Elmer T. Hutchinson, Documents relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey. Archives Vol. 39. (Wills and Administrations 10, 1801-1805) (1946), 112, citing Lib. 39, p. 455, [FHLBook], [GoogleBooks].
[4] Elmer T. Hutchinson, Documents relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey. Archives Vol. 39. (Wills and Administrations 10, 1801-1805) (1946), 112, citing File 8437 M, [FHLBook], [GoogleBooks].