John Currie

From Scotland's People: Old Parish Registers - Births and Baptisms

• 3 January 1720 birth or baptism of John Currie, son of John Currie and Sara Riddell [child 7], in the parish of Haddington

From Scotland's People: Wills and Testaments

• 10 January 1785 Testament Dative of John Currie, merchant in Jamaica, son of the deceased Mr. John Currie, minister at Haddington; court: Edinburgh Commissary Court

From Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae; the succession of ministers in the Church of Scotland from the reformation by Hew Scott Volume 1 Published 1915 Page 370

John Currie, born Ochiltree; ordained to Oldhamstocks Friday, 14 March 1695; translated and admitted Thursday, 29 June 1704; Moderator of the General Assembly Thursday, 14 April 1709; died Saturday, 18 June 1720. He married Friday, 26 November 1703, Sarah Riddell, daughter of Archibald Riddell, minister of Trinity Parish, Edinburgh, and had issue

• John Currie, merchant, Jamaica;
• Walter Currie;
• Isobel Currie (marriage proclaimed Sunday, 27 March 1726, Thomas Elliot, writer, Edinburgh).

From PDF FORMAT: Register of Testaments in Edinburgh Third Section 1701-1800 Page 66

John Currie, merchant in Jamaica, son of the deceased Mr. John Currie, minister at Haddington 10 January 1785

From The National Archives: Will of John Currie, Planter of Westmoreland , Jamaica , West Indies

• Reference: PROB 11/717/466
• Description: Will of John Currie, Planter of Westmoreland, Jamaica, West Indies
• Date: Tuesday, 27 April 1742
• Held by: The National Archives, Kew
• Legal status: Public Record(s)
• Closure status: Open Document, Open Description

From Jamaican Family Search Genealogy

David Currie, merchant in London whose wife, Anne Campbell, was the daughter of Colonel John Campbell of Black River, Jamaica. Kent's Directory for 1740 lists "Campbell and Currie, Merchants", at Fenchurch Buildings, London. David Currie's uncle, John Currie, was a planter in Westmoreland who had died in London in 1742

From Wikipedia: John Currie (minister)

John Currie (c.1670–1720) was a Church of Scotland minister who served as Moderator of the General Assembly in 1709. In November 1703 he married Sarah Bennet Riddell, daughter of Rev Archibald Riddell, minister of Trinity College Church in Edinburgh. Their children included:

• John Currie a merchant in Jamaica