(This website is alive and well, last updated 11/11/2024.) In Search of Billy Biscuit The Man Who Coined The Three Rs By Nick Brazil Sir William Curtis, Baronet, MP, rose from humble beginnings as a sea biscuit baker in Wapping in eighteenth Century England,to become the self-made millionaire known as Billy Biscuit. He was a banker, shipping magnate and long-term MP and power behind the Pitt Government. He was also Lord Mayor of London in 1795 and coined the phrase The Three Rs’Readin’ ‘Ritin and ‘Rithmatic’ At the centre of Regency Society, he was also a life-long friend of The Prince Regent who became King George IV. This is his remarkable and colorful story.   Available now from Amazon ---------------------------------- We had our Curtis/s Family Society reunion, celebrating the 85th anniversary of the society, in Bethlehem and Woodbury, CT on October 19 &20. It was a great weekend with plenty of sunshine, unseasonable warm weather, and beautiful fall foliage. Thanks to all those who attended, some from as far away as California, Utah, Ohio, Alabama and Florida. --------------------- See Curtis/s Stories under "RESOURCES" in the menu banner above. ------------------- Field, Wagoner, Hoover and Curtis Genealogy http://fieldgenealogy.com This website contains information on the families of the Curtis/s Family Society’s DNA Project Coordinator, Al Field. In addition to Al's other family surnames, it contains over 8400 Curtis names, descendants of several distinct Curtis families who came to America in the late 17th and 18th centuries. These families are often characterized as "New Jersey and Southern Curtises," being distinct from  and unrelated to the more numerous and better-documented New England Curtis families." The society maintains a Curtis-Curtiss Y-DNA group project (i.e., database) on Family Tree DNA (familytreedna.com). We have 495 members currently in the project. If you have taken an FTDNA Y-DNA test and are of a Curtis family, we encourage you to join the group and have your DNA test added to the project. Contact Project Administrator Al Field at e-mail: [email protected] if you have questions.  ---------------------------------------------- Calling Descendants of Henry Curtis of Marblehead, MA and Pemaquid, ME 1652!!!!     The Society’s Curtis/s DNA Project is in need of Y-DNA donors from Curtis men who are descendants of Henry Curtis of Marblehead 1652. We have one donor but need more to build the DNA base for this family. Please contact Al Field: e-mail – [email protected] or call him at 202-255-1366. -------------------------------------------------- This site is dedicated to the genealogy of all persons with or descended from the surnames of Curtiss, Curtis, Curtice, Curteis, Cortesse, Courtis and other spellings. It is also dedicated to the descendants of the Curtiss-Curtis-Curtice immigrant ancestors who came to the New World. Special mention is made of the Curtiss ancestors from Nazeing, Essex County, England and their descendants of Stratford, CT and Roxbury, MA who founded the origins of this Society in 1939.

Curtis/s Family Society: If you are new to this site, be sure to check out the ABOUT US tab for information on the Curtis/s Family Society. We are a non-profit organization of volunteers and members. Our committed members are represented from around the globe including the US, UK, Canada, and Australia. Learn about the Society’s history and organizational structure along with the services available to its members that includes:      Quarterly issue of the Curtis/s Chronicle, the Society’s informative newsletter        Assistance with your Curtis/s ancestry research.      Direct access to our database on the that contains over 194,800 persons      Access to the Society archives      Open Forums on the Curtis Genealogy Facebook page