Minister of the First Baptist Church of Warwick, RI.
| When Burke met | 1817 |
| Where Burke met | Warwick, RI |
| Occupation | Clergy |
| Interaction with Burke | Helped Burke distribute materials |
| Identity Status | Confirmed |
| Genealogy | WikiTree |
| Memoir Pages | 74, 81 |
Notes
Rev. David Curtis (February 17, 1782 – September 12, 1869) was a Baptist minister born in East Stoughton, Massachusetts, to William Curtis. He graduated from Brown University in 1808 and married Rhoda Keach in 1810, with whom he had thirteen children. Curtis assumed leadership of the First Baptist Church of Warwick, Rhode Island, in 1811, where he also taught an evening school. In 1819, he relocated to pastor a church in Pawtuxet (though some records state Pawtucket), where he additionally served as postmaster from 1821 to 1822. His subsequent ministerial career included varying tenures in Harwich and New Bedford, Massachusetts; Abington, Massachusetts; and Fiskeville and Chepachet, Rhode Island. Supported by an inheritance from his father, Curtis spent the final twenty-five years of his life residing in East Stoughton, where he preached locally without a settled congregation.
Sources
Burke, William. Memoir of William Burke: A Soldier of the Revolution, Reformed from Intemperance, and for Many Years a Consistent and Devoted Christian; Carefully Prepared from a Journal Kept by Himself; to Which Is Added, an Extract from a Sermon Preached at His Funeral, by Rev. Nathaniel Miner. Hartford, CT: Case, Tiffany, 1837.