Background
He was the son of Review Anthonius Curtenius, a clergyman of the Dutch Church who had come from Holland to the United States.
He was the son of Review Anthonius Curtenius, a clergyman of the Dutch Church who had come from Holland to the United States.
Peter Curtenius (1763–1817), Janet Curtenius (born 1765), Philip Curtenius (born 1768), Jane Curtenius Roosevelt (1770–1846), Mary Curtenius (born 1773) and Anthony Washington Curtenius (born 1775). On May 31, 1775, the New York Provincial Congress appointed him Commissary General, with the rank of colonel, being in charge of the purchase of provisions for the Continental Army. In 1782, after the resignation of Comfort Sands, he was appointed New York State Auditor, holding the post until the creation of the succeeding office of comptroller in 1797.
In 1774, he was a member of the New York Committee of Correspondence.