Col., Elizabeth City Co, VA militia. William Roscow Wilson CURLE^{[1, 2, 3]}

1725 - 1782  (56 years)

• Name	William Roscow Wilson CURLE
  Title	Col., Elizabeth City Co, VA militia.
  Prefix	Col., Elizabeth City Co, VA militia.
  Birth	After 15 Dec 1725  [3]
  	His father's 15 December 1746 will stated that William was under Legal Age and directed that he was to be bound out by the Executors "...to Such Trades or Imployment as they shall Judge proper..." until he reached 21 years of age.
  Gender	Male
  anecdote	31 Mar 1766	Norfolk Co, VA   [4]
  	On Monday, 31 Mar 1766, a public meeting was held in the County Court House on Main Street in Norfolk to organize a society of the Sons of Liberty. The purpose of the society was to protest the Stamp Act. William served as one of the secretaries at the meeting.
  anecdote	21 Nov 1774	, Elizabeth City Co, VA   [5]
  	On 21 Nov 1774, the voters of Elizabeth City Co. chose their first Committee of Correspondence. William headed the committee as its chairman.
  OFFH	1770-1780  [6]
  	Burgess & Judge of Admiralty Ct & Appeals Ct
  Death	Before 30 Mar 1782  [7]
  	William had died prior to 30 March 1782 on which date Moss Armistead, as Administrator of William's estate, advertised in The Virginia Gazette and General Advertiser that there would be a "sale of a great variety of household and kitchen furniture at the [Curle] plantation about a quarter of a mile from Hampton."
  Person ID	I1156	mason
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

  Father	Wilson CURLE,   b. 18 Dec 1709   d. Before Jun 1748 (Age 38 years)
  Mother	Priscilla MEADE   d. c. 1785
  Family ID	F38	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Euphan WALLACE   d. Between Mar 1771 and 7 Apr 1774
  Children	1. Wilson CURLE,   b. Before 26 May 1772   d. 1792 (Age 19 years)
  Family ID	F39	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

  Family 2	Mary (UNKNOWN)
  Children	1. Elizabeth Kello CURLE
  Family ID	F41	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

  Family 3	Sarah HANCOCK
  Marriage	Between 24 Aug 1776 and 6 Sep 1776  [8, 9]
  	The couple was married either on or after 24 August 1776, when they purchased a marriage license from the Elizabeth City County Clerk, but prior to 6 September 1776, when their wedding announcement appeared in the Virginia Gazette of that date. The wedding announcement noted that Sarah was ' Mrs. Lyon, relict of the late Walter Lyon, Esq., of Princess Anne County."
  Family ID	F5106	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

• Sources

  [S4770] Nicholas Wilson Curle, Elizabeth City Co, VA will (1771). [S4800] John Denn v. Richard Wilson et al, Elizabeth City Co, VA ejectment suit (1742/3). [S4990] Wilson Curle, Elizabeth City Co, VA will (1748). [S2003] Rogers Dey Whichard, Ph.D. (author & editor), Whichard, The History Of Lower Tidewater Virginia, ((New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co, 1959) ). Vol. I, p. 415. [S2003] Rogers Dey Whichard, Ph.D. (author & editor), Whichard, The History Of Lower Tidewater Virginia, ((New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co, 1959) ). Vol. I, p. 156. [S953] Wilson Miles Cary, compiler, Cary, "Ancestral Lineage of Hunsdon Cary of Richmond, VA", Accession No. 27382. [S4132] Robert K. Headley, Jr., compiler, Headley, Genealogical Abstracts from 18th-Century Virginia Newspapers, ((Baltimore, MD: GPC, 1987)), p. 82. [S325] William R. Wilson Curle - Sarah Lyon, Elizabeth City Co, VA marriage license fee (1776). [S4968] Bernard J. Henley, compiler, Henley Marriage & Obituary Database. Virginia Gazette, Williamsburg, VA, 6 September 1776, page 3, column 1.