Mabel Squire

17 November 1754–
Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut, United States

The Life Summary of Mabel

Mabel Squire was born on 17 November 1754, in Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut, United States as the daughter of Ephraim Squire. She married Amos Curtis about 1775, in Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States. They were the parents of at least 9 sons and 5 daughters.

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Family Time Line

Amos Curtis
1752–1821
Mabel Squire
1754–
Marriage: about 1775
Amos Curtis
1773–
Phineas
1775–
Abigail
1777–
Alvin Curtis
1778–
Phineas Curtiss
1778–
Huldah
1779–
Abigail Curtiss
1780–
Huldah Curtiss
1782–
Alvan
1783–
Shuvall Curtiss
1784–
Alvan Curtiss
1786–
Shubael Curtiss
1781–1845
Amos Curtiss
1786–1869
Electa Ann Curtiss
1794–1857

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    about 1775Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
    • Children

    (14)

    +9 More Children

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (1)

    World Events (8)

    1776
    Age 22
    Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
    1781 · British Forces Capture Fort Griswold
    Age 27
    The capture of Fort Griswold was the final act of treason that Benedict Arnold committed. This would be a British victory. On the American side 85 were killed, 35 wounded and paroled, 28 taken prisoner, 13 escaped, and 1 twelve year old was captured and released.
    1786 · Shays' Rebellion
    Age 32
    Caused by war veteran Daniel Shays, Shays' Rebellion was to protest economic and civil rights injustices that he and other farmers were seeing after the Revolutionary War. Because of the Rebellion it opened the eyes of the governing officials that the Articles of Confederation needed a reform. The Rebellion served as a guardrail when helping reform the United States Constitution.

    Name Meaning

    English: status name, occupational name, or a nickname from Middle English squyer, squer, skier, sker, northern Middle English swire (Old French escuyer, escuier) ‘shield bearer, esquire, personal attendant to a knight; landowner below the rank of knight; young man of gentle birth; household attendant, retainer, page, messenger’. Many early bearers of this name were of modest means and cannot have been members of the gentry; in such cases the name may have been used hyperbolically for a low-ranking servant or as a nickname. By the 17th century, the term denoted any member of the landed gentry, but this is unlikely to have influenced the development of the surname.

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

    Possible Related Names

    Swire
    Quire
    Squires
    Scuderi
    Square
    Squier

    Sources (2)

    • Mabel Squire, "Connecticut, Births and Christenings, 1649-1906"
    • Mabel Squire, "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850"

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