Charles Curtis

Brief Life History of Charles

When Charles Curtis was born in 1642, in Ware Church, Gloucester, Virginia, British Colonial America, his father, Maj. Thomas Curtis, was 43 and his mother, Averilla Jones, was 28. He married Rose North about 1676, in Middlesex, Virginia, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 5 daughters. He died in 1700, in Kingston Parish, Gloucester, Virginia, British Colonial America, at the age of 58.

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Family Time Line

Charles Curtis
1642–1700
Rose North
1653–
Marriage: about 1676
Augustine Curtiss
1677–
Augustine Curtis
about 1679–
Curtiss
1686–1687
James Curtis
1689–
Sarah Curtiss
1678–
Susanna Curtiss
1685–
Avarilla Curtis
1687–

Sources (3)

  • Charles Curtis in entry for Avarilla Curtis, "Virginia Births and Christenings, 1584-1917"
  • Charles Curtis in entry for Rose Curtis, "Virginia, Births and Christenings, 1853-1917"
  • Charles Curtis in entry for Avarilla Curtis, "Virginia, Births and Christenings, 1853-1917"

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Name Meaning

English: nickname for a refined person, sometimes perhaps given ironically, from Middle English, Old French courteis, courtois, curtis ‘courtly, refined, urbane’ (derivative of Old French court; see Court 1).

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

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