Thomas Curtis[1, 2]

Male 1739 - 1784  (45 years)


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  • Name Thomas Curtis 
    Born 1739 
    Gender Male 
    Died 4 Apr 1784  Bath Somerset England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Age 45 years 
    Person ID I34  Curtis Hayward
    Last Modified 14 Aug 2020 

    Father Thomas Curtis,   b. 1700 
    Mother Elizabeth Adey,   b. Wotton-Under-Edge Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 19 Jan 1724  Ozleworth, South Gloucestershire, BS15 4 Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F66  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Anne Jobbins,   b. 1737,   d. 5 Jan 1797  (Age 60 years) 
    Married 12 Aug 1760  Wickwarr Gloucestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. John Adey Curtis, (Rev),   b. 1761,   d. 23 Jan 1812  (Age 51 years)
     2. Elizabeth Curtis,   b. 1762
    Last Modified 14 Aug 2020 
    Family ID F14  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Monument in Hawkesbury church Glos, transcript in letters.


      Arms of Curteys or Curtis: Field argent with Ermine a chevron between three fleur de lis sable. Presented to Griffith Curteys of East Enborne in the county of Berks Esq. The motto " ville beneficare"


      Granted in year 1559 for service in  war in France


       

    • Founded Bath philosophical society and the agricultural society in 1779. Members included William Herschel the astonomer and Joseph Priestly

    • 80 letters from him to famous scientist Sir Charles Blagden from 1766 to 1782. Blagden was also born in Wotton

    • Governor of the Bath General Hospital.

    • Suffered an "attack" which he soon realized would lead to death.


  • Sources 
    1. [S7] Hugh Torrens letter to Tom from Keele Univ 1976 (Reliability: 0).

    2. [S15] Edmund Rack to Bath Agricultural Society 11/2/1786 (Reliability: 0).


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