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Notes for Edward Curtis and Dorothy Revell

1611 Edward Curtis was baptised on November 14, in North Wingfield, Derbyshire, England. [1]

Dorothy Revell married E. Curtis. [2]

1634 The will of sister Ellen Curtis of Ford mentioned Edward Curtis, gentleman, of Chesterfield. [3]

1659 Edward Curtis was buried on April 1, at Dronfield parish, Derbyshire, England. [4]

1665 On 3 September, a justice of the peace took the names of Quakers at a meeting at North Wingfield, Derbyshire, England, and ordered them to appear at Chesterfield on September 14. Thirteen of them, including Edward Curtis, were kept at the house of corrections for about three weeks. [5]

1669 The will of William Revell of Ogston, Morton parish, County of Darby, made a bequest to his sister Dorothy, wife of Edward Curtis. [6]

Research Notes:

1670 At a Quaker meeting held at the house of Thomas Foulke [Fowkes], in Derbyshire, England, fines were levied on several people including 5 shillings for Edward Curtis. [7]

1691 Edward Curtis was buried on September 19 at All Saints Church, Derby, Derbyshire, England. [8]


Footnotes:

[1] Lewis D. Cook, "John Curtis (1635-1696) of Derbyshire, England, and Burlington County, New Jersey," National Genealogical Society Quarterly 61 (1973), 83-99, at 83.

[2] Henry Revell, Lord of Swinford, Leicestershire (living A.D.1183), family pedigree chart to 1871, [FHLFilmCatalog].

[3] Staffordshire, Dioceses of Lichfield and Coventry wills and probate 1521-1860, [FindMyPastImage], [FindMyPastRecord].

[4] FamilySearch.org, [FamilySearchRecord].

[5] Joseph Besse, A Collection of the Sufferings of the People Called Quakers, Vol. 1 (1753), 140, [InternetArchive], [HathiTrust].

[6] Staffordshire, Dioceses of Lichfield and Coventry wills and probate 1521-1860, [FindMyPastImage], [FindMyPastRecord].

[7] Joseph Besse, A Collection of the Sufferings of the People Called Quakers, Vol. 1 (1753), 141, [InternetArchive], [HathiTrust].

[8] FamilySearch.org, [FamilySearchRecord].