He was an extensive land owner, and lived on Curtis street, Scituate, Mass.
Curtis, Abner, Scituate. Capt. Nathaniel Winslow's co., Col. Josiah Whitney's regt.; receipt for advance pay for 1 month, travel allowance from home to Boston, etc., dated Point Shirley, June 13, 1776; also, petition signed by said Curtis and others, asking for increase and payment of wages, dated Camp at Hull, Sept. 17, 1776; also, Private, Capt. Nathaniel Winslow's co., Col. Whitney's regt.; pay roll for Nov., 1776; service, 1 mo. 2 days.
[Source: Secretary of the Commonwealth. Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the War of the Revolution, - Vol. I-XVII (17). Boston: Wright and Potter Printing Co., 1896, VOL 4, pg 251]
He was a selectman in Hanover for a number of years, and a man of influence in the town.
Resided on Union Street in the house owned and occupied for many years by John Dwelley.
Benjamin's daughter, Hannah, married Deacon Timothy Bailey, who removed to Bailey's Island, ME. The following acccount was taken from "The Baily Family in Massachusetts and Maine," by Reverend Charles N. Sinnett:
"...when the Indian Wars came on, at the time of the Means massacre, the garrison at the upper end of Short Point, Bailey's Island, was built to protect the people from the Wild Savages. In those days three guns were fired in succession to let the people know that Wild Savages were coming. Benjamin Curtis used to get drunk and fire away right and left, giving so many false alarms that at last, the people paid but little attention to them."
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