Ellwood Count Curtis

"Moses Wheeler was a remarkable man in the early days of New England. He was born in 1598 in England. In 1638 he came to America and settled first in New Haven, Connecticut. By 1648 he removed to Stratford, Connecticut...Several brief genealogies of the first few generations of this family have appeared but all are rather incomplete. Among them are the Reverend Samuel Orcutt's History of Stratford and Bridgeport, Connecticut; The genealogical and...

"This genealogy traces the descendants [of] Thomas Hine Sr and his wife Elizabeth. They were born in England and came to America where they settled in Milford, Connecticut. They had eleven children. Later generations moved across America. The descendants are traced for twelve generations. Female lines are followed as far as possible. Biographical information is included. Color photographs of some tombstones and some portraits are shown." -- Preface,...

"This genealogy traces the descendants [of] Benjamin Fenn Sr and his wives Sarah Baldwin and Susanna Wood. They were born in England and came to America where they landed in Dorchester, Massachusetts. They were among the first settlers of Milford, Connecticut. They had ten children. Later generations moved across America. The descendants are traced for fourteen generations. Female lines are followed as far as possible. Biographical information is...

John Curtis was baptized 15 September 1577 in Nazeing, Essex, England. He married Elizabeth Hutchins, daughter of John Hutchins and Maria, in 1610. They had three sons, John, William and Thomas. John emigrated in 1635, followed by his parents and two brothers in about 1637. They settled in Roxbury, Massachusetts. He died in 1639 in Wethersfield, Connecticut. Descendants and relatives lived mainly in Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York and Ohio....

'This genealogy traces the descendants Arthur Scholfield Sr. who immigrated to America and settled in the New London, Connecticut, area. The sons Arthur and John were some of the earliest manufacturers of woolen cloth in New England. The brothers resided briefly in Charleston, Massachusetts, and then moved to Montville, Connecticut. John remained there, while his brother removed to Pittsfield, Massachusetts. Member of the Scholfield family intermarried...

"This genealogy traces the descendants [of] Edmund Yeomans and his wife Susannah. They were born in England and immigrated to America. They settled first in Haverhill, Massachusetts, where he died. Study of this family [was] complicated by a range of surnames. Variations included Yeoman, Yeman, Youmans and Youman. In addition to the common misspellings by record clerks, even in the late 1800's individuals purposely changed the spelling of their surname....

Thomas Wells (c. 1600-c. 1637) was born in Eversham, Worcerstershire, England. He married Frances Albright (c. 1600-1678) in 1625. They had four children. Descendants and relatives lived mainly in England, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York, Illinois, and California.

Thomas Fairchild was born in about 1615 in England. He married Emma Seabrook, daughter of Robert Seabrook and Alice Goodspeed, in about 1638. They had seven children, all born in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut. He married Katharine Craig 22 December 1662. They had three children. Thomas died 14 December 1670. Descendants and relatives lived mainly in Connecticut.

Brothers Michael and John Greenlee were born in Ireland in about 1700-1702. They emigrated and settled in Delaware. Michael had four children by his first wife, whose name is unknown. He married Esther Davis in about 1757 and had seven children. John had one known son, Robert, born in 1745. Also includes the family of John Greenlee, who was born in Scotland in about 1755. He emigrated and settled in Pennsylvania. Some of his descendants married...

William Chapel Sr. married Christian and they had seven children. They lived in New London, Connecticut. He died in about 1690. Descendants and relatives lived mainly in Connecticut.