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Author: Thomas Dell Lanz
Jonathan Curtiss (Jr) Born: 28 October 1747, Wallingford, Connecticut Died: 7 April 1829, Sheffield, MA. Buried: Bow (Curtiss) Cemetery Sheffield, MA. Stone exists
Service: Served as a private in Captain Roswell Downing’s Co., Col. John Ashly’s Berkshire County regiment. He enlisted 19 September, 1777 to 19 October 1777. Served 1 month at Stillwater.
Source: MA Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War, Vol 4 page 264 and “History of Berkshire County, MA with Biographical Sketches of its Prominent Men” Vol 1 Page 206, published 185
Jonathan’s son Col. Abijah Curtiss (7 Jul 1773 -17 Feb 1834) married Betsey Stevenson (19 June 1776 – 16 Nov 1858). Her father Thomas Stevenson/Stephenson was also a patriot.
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