Banard Currier

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• Religion: 15 Apr 1719, Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts; Barnard Currier owned covenant in the First Church, Amesbury.
• Married: 23 Oct 1739, Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts; Mary Emery. She was dismissed to the First Church Amesbury, Massachusetts on 23 March 1739/40 from in the Second Church, Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts. She died after 1786. Issue: 1. Mehitable Currier (1740-____) 2. Stephen Currier (1741-____) 3. Mary Currier (1743-____) 4. Anne Currier (1745-____) 5. Stephen Currier (1747-____) 6. Richard Currier (1749-____) 7. Anna Currier (1754-____) 8. Sarah Currier (1757-____) 9. John Currier (1758-____) 10. Dorothy Currier (1763-____)
• Religion: 24 May 1741, Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts; Barnard Currier was received into communion in the First Church, Amesbury.
• Will: 25 Apr 1786, Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts; He mentioned his wife, Mary, and his children, Mehitable, Anna, Sarah, Dorothy, and Mary.
• Probate/Proved: 24 Jun 1793, Essex County, Massachusetts

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Married:
Currier (1910) gives their marriage date as 29 October 1739.

Probate/Proved:
Currier (1910) gives the date his will was proved as 4 June 1793.

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• Land/House: 1711, Kingston, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
• Will: 6 Jun 1744, Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts; He mentions his children, John, Dorothy, Richard, Merriam, Aaron, Barnard, Mary, Moses, and Jonathan, as well as his wife, Dorothy.
• Probate/Proved: 18 Apr 1748, Essex County, Massachusetts

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Buried:
HERE LIES BURIED
THE BODY Of
CAP^t RICHARD CURRIER
WHO DEPARTED THIS
LIFE FEBRUARY 8^th
1747 IN THE 75^th
YEAR OF HIS AGE

Richard married Dorothy Barnard on 29 Aug 1695 in Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts. Dorothy (daughter of John Barnard and Frances Hoyt) was born about 1677 in Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts; died on 2 Mar 1765 in Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts; was buried in Union Cemetery, Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Will: 14 Mar 1748/49, Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts
• Probate/Proved: 21 Jun 1765, Essex County, Massachusetts

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Buried:
Here Lies Interrd
DOROTHY CURIER
The Wife of Cap^t
Richard Curier
Who Departed this
Life March Y^e 2^ed 1765
In the 91^st Year
of her age

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Married:
Currier (1935) gives their marriage date as 19 August 1695.

Other Events and Attributes:

• History: 1670, Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts; Thomas took the Oath of Fidelity.
• Offices Held: 14 Dec 1674, Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts; Deacon Thomas Currier was elected as the Town Clerk, succeeding his father.
• Will: 26 Aug 1708, Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts; He mentions his children, Thomas, Richard, Samuel, William, John, Joseph, Daniel, Benjamin, Ebenezer, Mary, and Anne.
• Inventory: 27 Sep 1712, Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts; Thomas' estate was inventoried and valued at £1057 4/.
• Probate/Proved: 3 Nov 1712, Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts

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Birth:
His birth was recorded as 8 (1) 1646.

Will:
Hoyt (1897) gives the date as 25 August 1708.

Thomas married Mary Osgood on 9 Dec 1668 in Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts. Mary (daughter of William Osgood and Elizabeth) was born on 3 Mar 1649/50 in Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts; died on 2 Nov 1705 in Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Birth:
Her birth was recorded as 3 (1) 1649.

Other Events and Attributes:

• History: Dec 1677, Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts; He took the Oath of Allegiance and Fidelity.
• Freeman: 1690, Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts
• Estate Admin: 4 Aug 1718, Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts

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Buried:
HERE LYETH BURIED Ye
BODY OF CAPt JOHN BAR
NARD WHO DIED IULY
Ye 15th 1718 & IN Ye 63
YEAR OF HIS AGE

John married Frances Hoyt on 27 Dec 1676 in Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts. Frances (daughter of Sgt. John Hoyt and Frances) was born about 1636 in England; died on 2 Jan 1720/21 in Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Birth:
She was 85 years old when she died.

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• History: Richard Currier and Thomas Macy were authorized to build a sawmill on the west side of the Powow River in 1656. Thomas Macy sold is interest in 1658, and Richard continued to operate the mill.
• Occupation: say 1636; He was a planter and a millright.
• Land/House: 1641, Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts; He received land in Salisbury, and again in 1642.
• History: 1646; Richard took the Oath of Fidelity.
• Land/House: 1654, Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts; He received land in Amesbury again in 1658, 1662, 1664, and 1668.
• Offices Held: 10 Mar 1660, Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts; He was appointed one of Prudential Men "to order all affairs given them in writing".
• Offices Held: 1661 to 1674, Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts; He was the Town Clerk.
• History: 14 May 1666; He was chosen to present a petition to the Massachusetts General Court to set a new town off of Salisbury, to be called Amesbury.
• Military: 1676; Though 60 years of age, he served during King Philip's War, for which service, his descendants drew land in what is now Buxton, Maine.
• Estate Admin: 6 Nov 1710; The estate of Richard Currier was administered by Capt. Richard Currier.

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Birth:
In April 1664, he testified giving his age as about 47 years old.

Name:

Richard married Ann. Ann died in 5 Apr 1675 - 26 Oct 1676 in Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• History: birth to death

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History:
She held a seat in the meeting house in Amesbury in 1667.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Immigration: 11 Apr 1638; He sailed from Southampton, England on board the Confidence.
• Occupation: 1640, Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts; He built a barn for John Spencer.
• Will: 15 Mar 1699/1700, Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts; He mentions his children: William, Abigail, Joanna, and Robert.

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William married Elizabeth. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Land/House: 1640, Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts; He was granted land in Salisbury.

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Thomas married Eleanor or Helen. Eleanor died on 27 Nov 1694 in Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Married: 19 Jul 1681, Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts; George Little. George was a tailor from Unicorn Street, London. He settled in Newbury where he was a proprietor in 1638. George was one of the early members of the Baptist Church in Newbury. George, married first, Alice Poor. He was living on 25 October 1682 in Nantucket, Massachusetts, when he wrote to Thomas Osbourne. He died about 1694 in Newbury, Massachusetts.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Land/House: 1640, Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts; Sgt. John Hoyt was granted land in Salisbury.
• Moved to: 1647, Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts; He moved to that part of Salisbury, that is now Amesbury.
• History: 1650, Hampton, Rockingham County, New Hampshire; He took the Oath of Fidelity and Allegiance.

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John married FrancesEngland. Frances died on 23 Feb 1642/43 in Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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