Bennington

CURTIS, Zacariah

Vermont Historical Magazine, No XI, October 1867, p 184 (excerpt from a 
section on the history of Dorset)

Zacariah CURTIS, grandfather of Daniel CURTIS, of North Dorset [Bennington 
County, Vermont], was born in England, immigrated to Connecticut at the age 
of eighteen, and came to Dorset in 1769. He purchased nearly all the lands 
lying along the valley through which now runs the Western Vermont Railroad, a 
tract running from East Dorset village northward some five miles in extent. 
He lived and died on his property, raising up a family of twenty-five 
children, most of whom lived to maturity. His house, standing at the outlet 
of Dorset pond, was once burned by the Indians.

Submitted by Cathy Kubly