We have corresponded directly on this as there was a lot of information about the Curtis family in the excellent book "Bugbrooke 2000BC to 2000AD" which sadly is out of print but I have a copy and you managed to order a 2nd hand copy via Amazon.
For others interested, there was a section in this book directly relating to the Curtis family which I cannot include here (for copyright reasons) but stated that they were Quakers who were persecuted for their beliefs. Evidential records show this caused some to leave Bugbrooke to find a new life in America.
The records show that there were at least four sisters name Curtis born between 1661 and 1666. Samuel Ogbourne married the eldest of these sisters (Jane) in 1686 in Burlington County, New Jersey, USA. She outlived four husbands and died aged 68 in 1729. She had 11 children by 3 of her husbands.
Anyone interested in Bugbrooke should certainly try to obtain this book is a remarkable piece of work with many pictures. (ISBN 1 871917 03-4).
Phyllis,
We have corresponded directly on this as there was a lot of information about the Curtis family in the excellent book "Bugbrooke 2000BC to 2000AD" which sadly is out of print but I have a copy and you managed to order a 2nd hand copy via Amazon.
For others interested, there was a section in this book directly relating to the Curtis family which I cannot include here (for copyright reasons) but stated that they were Quakers who were persecuted for their beliefs. Evidential records show this caused some to leave Bugbrooke to find a new life in America.
The records show that there were at least four sisters name Curtis born between 1661 and 1666. Samuel Ogbourne married the eldest of these sisters (Jane) in 1686 in Burlington County, New Jersey, USA. She outlived four husbands and died aged 68 in 1729. She had 11 children by 3 of her husbands.
Anyone interested in Bugbrooke should certainly try to obtain this book is a remarkable piece of work with many pictures. (ISBN 1 871917 03-4).
Marcus