When John Curtis was born about 1789, in Whiteparish, Wiltshire, England, his father, Walter Curtis, was 37 and his mother, Mary Hibberd, was 29. He married Mary Hunt on 27 December 1813, in Eling, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in East Wellow, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom for about 20 years. He died in 1871, in Romsey, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 83.
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