I J Curtis

I J Curtis

Single candidate

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Isaac Judson Curtis

1767-1845, Stratford, CT (baptised 6-1767 per History of Old Town Stratford, CT.)

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parents; Abner Curtis and Mary Botsford   grandparents; Josiah Curtis Jr. and Mary Judson

m Charity Booth in 1791

ch; Polly 1792, Catherine 1794, Dillissensia 1796, Harriet 1799, Rebecca 1801, Isaac 1803, Charity 1805, Charles (carpenter) 1806, Sidney 1808, Mary 1811, Lucius (carpenter) 1814

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IJ Curtis's trade is not known outside of his 1838 statement about a neighbor Joel Curtis who had been in the RW ... "That he (IJ Curtis) was well aquainted with the said Lieutenant Samuel Patterson that they were both joiners by trade and worked together at their trade very frequently after the close of the war and he has often heard the same Patterson speak of the said Joel being in the guard under his command during the said Revolutionary War." While this statement was not entirely clear, Joel's  probate inventory from 1829 contained only home goods, farm goods, livestock and one handsaw. (ie. Joel was clearly not a joiner.)

Additional details support IJ's identity as well as his craftsman trade. This Isaac Judson Curtis was the only Curtis with the initials “I J” in the NE / mid Altantic region within the general time frame of 1800*. In the 1840 census he was listed as being in manufacturing. His father Abner Curtis in Stratford, was a carpenter / joiner as evidenced by his 1780 inventory with an extensive listing of planes. Two of Isaac’s four sons, Charles D Curtis and Lucius Curtis were also carpenters.

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* An IJ Curtis from Stonington, 1737-1815, was deemed to be too early to be the craftsman.

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Additional References; Commemorative Biographical Record of Fairfield Co., CT, A Gen. of the Curtus-Curtis Family of Stratford, Gen. of the Curtis Family

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IJ Curtis's 1838 statement regarding remembrances of Joel Curtis and Samuel Patterson. The most important section (2/3rds down the page) refers to Lt. Samuel Patterson and their (IJ Curtis) common trade as joiners.