When Shubael Curtiss was born in 1781, in Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut, United States, his father, Amos Curtis, was 29 and his mother, Mabel Squire, was 27. He married Polly Penfield on 11 August 1801. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 9 daughters. He lived in Berlin, Hartford, Connecticut, United States for about 30 years. He died on 3 October 1845, in Hartford, Connecticut, United States, at the age of 64.
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Serving the newly created United States of America as the first constitution, the Articles of Confederation were an agreement among the 13 original states preserving the independence and sovereignty of the states. But with a limited central government, the Constitutional Convention came together to replace the Articles of Confederation with a more established Constitution and central government on where the states can be represented and voice their concerns and comments to build up the nation.
As early as 1668, Sergeant Richard BECKLEY bought from Turramuggus, Sachem of the Matttabesett tribe of Indians, a tract of 300 acres in what is known as Beckley Quarter, in the northeast part of the town of Berlin. In May, 1713, Newington, including Beckley Quarter, was incorporated as the Second or West Society of Wethersfield; in October, 1715, Beckley Quarter wa annexed to the Second Society of Farmington (Great Swamp), named Kensington in May, 1722, and now a part of the town of Berlin. The cemetery at Beckley Quarter was opened in 1760, Daniel BECKLEY, Jr., who died 4 March 1760, being the first to be buried there. The town of Berlin, taken from Wethersfield, Farmington, & Middletown, was incorporated in May 1785.
Post office est. June 22, 1799
English: variant of Curtis .
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