Elizabeth Curtis Ufford 1677–1699

Elizabeth Curtis Ufford

1677–1699

Birth 17 JAN 1677 • Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut

Death DEC 1699 • Stratford, Fairfield, Conn

wife of Lt. Samuel Ufford, who I shared about just HERE. 
They were my 8th great grandparents on the Booth Family Tree.

Her husband was the recipient of the estate of his uncle, Thomas Ufford Jr, when he died in 1683.  Since they married in 1694, he had plenty of opportunity to use his wealth to provide for her and their family. 

 

Burial place of both the Uffords. Old Congregational Burying Ground, Stratford, Fairfield Count, Connecticut.

As I mentioned, her parents were -

Joseph Curtis

1650–1742

BIRTH 12 NOV 1650 • Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut
 DEATH 1742 • Stratford, Fairfield, Conn

and

Bethia Booth Curtis

1658–1699

BIRTH 18 AUG 1658 • Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut
 DEATH 2 AUG 1699 • Stratford, Fairfield, Conn.

She had been the oldest of the 11 children of her parents, who were among the leadership of Stratford, CT, her father being the town clerk for fifty years, as well as other offices. Her mother had her last 3 children after Elizabeth had married and had her first child.

Much of the information on the Curtiss family comes from "Genealogy of the Curtiss Family" by Frederic Haines Curtiss, published in 1903 by Rockwell and Churchill Press, Boston. 

So I will cover her father's and her mother's lives soon!

Elizabeth Curtis Ufford had 13 children according to North America, Family Histories 1500-2000, as recorded in "Orcutt's History" (no further notation in the document.)

Their second daughter, Elizabeth Ufford married Josiah Beers.  He was the descendant of another immigrant to New England, Anthony Beers, who I posted about HERE.

This Elizabeth Ufford Beers' daughter Elizabeth Beers married Zachariah Booth.  Was he a descendant of Elizabeth Ufford's mother's Bethia Booth Curtiss family as well?

I'm pretty sure that's a yes, Bethia's parents being Richard Booth and Elizabeth Hawley Booth.  Richard (Elizabeth Ufford's grandfather) Booth is my 9th great grandfather through the Booth line.

Their grandson Zachariah Booth married Elizabeth Curtiss Ufford's great granddaughter...Elizabeth Beers Booth.  Since they all lived in Stratford, CT, there were lots of records.  But these were 4th cousins, or 3rd at least...because they were actually of different generations removed from Richard Booth.  There were other 2nd cousins who married, and third, and fourth, throughout my family tree.

What is most unusual is how many of their children grew to adulthood!  Of  Elizabeth Curtis Ufford's 13 births, there were only 2 who didn't pass their 15th birthday.  Bethia Ufford was born in 1708 and has no known death date. And John was born in 1717 and died in 1721.  There must have been an epidemic for 3 of the family died in 1746.  But also 3 of her own Curtis siblings died in the same year of 1767.

I've also been looking at some of the historic homes in Stratford, CT.  If there's anything New England is known for, is historic homes!  And a few other things of course.

Boothe Home in Boothe park (I'm not sure the connection to the Boothes who used an "e" at the end of the name.

A King's Highway marker in Stratford, the first trail going from town to town.

Edward Curtiss home, the "leaning house" built around 1740, probably its tilt is due to 2 earthquakes (Not sure the relationship to Elizabeth Curtis Ufford)

Nathanial Booth home, post and beam construction. 

I don't know if any of these homes were built by any of my relatives. But some were standing while they walked the paths of Stratford, CT.

And my question is, did my ancestors say their name as "Uf-ford" or as U-ford? Almost Ah-ford?