The Census Trek and Finding Documentation

While I was digging thru some correspondence, my husband and I have located some facts regarding John Cure of 1700's.  He died in 1736 per the information from his will and six children were mentioned in his will - William, Robert, Sarah, John, Anne, and Belicha. He and his wife had 12 children - 3 of whom died at a very early age.

Census Digging for the Cures'

I spent time in the BYU Family History Library and went to the beginning of the first census taken in New York from 1663-1772.  John Cure is listed having 1 female and 1 child with him.
In the 1790 Census - there is a John Cure of Montgomery, MD; Walter Cure, NY, and William Cure, NY.
In the 1800 Census - there is a John Cure, NY who had 1 M (himself) and 1 female.  There is also an Elias Cure, NY who had 1M (himself) and 1F. I have located his headstone.  His wife is Elizabeth N Boardman and their child - Simon S. Cure.  I will update and post this headstone.

I will be researching all the CURES from the beginning to the 1880's. What a great journey this will be. 

Several William Cures' obviously!

While I have been researching "William Cure", I located a William Cure born in 1715-1718, married to Hannah Davis in New York.  This William Cure's father and mother are respectively - John Cure b. 1667 and Gerretje Cosyn b. 1682.  They were married in New York 24 Sept 1701.  They had several children, 13 to be exact, one being William Cure married to Hannah Davis.

William & Miss Secor

So far I have been able to identify that William married Miss Secor.  Research indicates that the Secors' were in France but also in New York area.  I found one document indicating that Miss Secor is "Elizabeth Secor."

This is a very slow process

Now that I am learning more tools and how to search with " " in my research with Google, not to mention AND and using periods between dates, this is helping.  I recently found a William Cure who was colored, convicted of murder for talking the life of another colored back in the 1850's - I know for a fact this is not the right William Cure.  We sometimes read that a "package is delivered by some unknown person" - (the deceased individual) to the person doing the research for that deceased person - mini/huge miracles happen.  That's what I dream for.

This is the quest

My husband's mother's maiden name is Cure.  When she was alive, my husband pursued the quest of proving her to be a member of the "Daughters of the American Revolution."  Because of what was available, or lack thereof, documentation wasn't complete.  To say the least, this is the beginning of a quest to be completed.  What a journey I am about to go thru.  We will seek the Lord's guidance every step of the way.