When Samuel Curtis was born on 30 March 1744, in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States, his father, Samuel Curtis, was 30 and his mother, Martha Belden, was 22. He married Mehitable Goodrich on 17 October 1764, in Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter.
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Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
Post office est. Jan 22, 1794
Atlantic slave trade abolished.
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).
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