Joseph Currier, Sr.

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Joseph Currier
Male
1685–19 November 1748

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Brief Life History of Joseph

When Joseph Currier was born in 1685, in Amesbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, his father, Thomas Currier, was 39 and his mother, Mary Jane Osgood, was 36. He married Sarah Brown on 9 December 1708, in Amesbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 6 daughters. He died on 19 November 1748, in Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, at the age of 63, and was buried in West Amesbury, Merrimac, Essex, Massachusetts, United States.

Spouse

Joseph Currier
Male
1685–1748

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Male

Sarah Brown
Female
1686–1748

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Female

Marriage
9 December 1708
Amesbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States

Children (10)

Sarah Jane Currier
Female
1705–1755

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Female

Nathan Currier
Male
1710–1780

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Male

Joseph Currier
Male
1712–1742

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Male

Ephriam Currier
Male
1714–1758

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Male

Abner Currier
Male
1716–1768

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Male

Sarah Currier
Female
1718–1750

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Female

Hannah Currier
Female
1720–1745

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Female

Ann Currier
Female
1723–1803

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Female

Mary Currier
Female
1727–1795

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Female

Merriam Currier
Female
1728–1787

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Female

Parents

Thomas Currier
Male
1646–1712

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Male

Mary Jane Osgood
Female
1649–1705

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Female

Siblings (14)

Sarah Currier
Female
1665–1724

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Female

Samuel Currier
Male
1668–Deceased

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Male

Hannah Currier
Female
1670–1700

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Female

Thomas Currier
Male
1671–1750

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Male

Capt Richard Currier Sr
Male
1673–1748

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Male

Samuel Currier
Male
1674–1735

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Male

Mary Ann Currier
Female
1676–1766

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Female

William Currier
Male
1680–1752

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Male

John Currier
Male
1682–1742

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Male

Joseph Currier
Male
1685–1748

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Male

John Benjamin Currier
Male
1687–1748

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Male

Ebenezer Currier, Sr.
Male
1690–1745

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Male

Daniel Currier
Male
1692–1729

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Male

Nathaniel Currier
Male
1701–1702

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Male

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Joseph Currier (1685 - 1748)

Joseph Currier

Born 1685 in Amesbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Son of Thomas Currier and Mary (Osgood) Currier

Brother of Hannah (Currier) Stevens, Thomas Currier Jr., Richard Currier, Samuel Currier, Mary (Currier) Hoyt, Anne (Currier) Barnard, William Currier, John Currier, Benjamin Currier, Ebenezer Currier and Daniel Currier

Husband of Sarah (Brown) Currier — married 9 Dec 1708 in Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Father of Nathan Currier, Joseph Currier, Ephraim Currier, Abner Currier, Sarah (Currier) Badger, Hannah (Currier) Philbrick, Anne (Currier) Sargent, Mary (Currier) Gile, Miriam (Currier) Hoyt and Joseph Currier

Died 19 Nov 1748 at about age 63 in Salisbury, Essex, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Profile last modified 22 Oct 2021 | Created 3 Jan 2011

Biography

Joseph CURRIER was born in 1685/86 in Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts. He died on 19 NOV 1748 at Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, Buried in Village Cemetery, West Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts. He will was proved on 5 DEC 1748 in Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts.

Parents: Thomas CURRIER and Mary OSGOOD.

Spouse: Sarah BROWN. Joseph CURRIER and Sarah BROWN were married on 9 DEC 1708 in Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts. (SOURCE: Early Vital Records of Essex County, Massachusetts to 1850 for Amesbury.) Children were: Deacon Nathan CURRIER, Joseph CURRIER, Ephraim CURRIER, Abner CURRIER, Sarah CURRIER, Hannah CURRIER, Anne CURRIER, Mary CURRIER, Meriam CURRIER.

He signed a will on 21 JUL 1748 in Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts:

Sources

Early Vital Records of Essex County, Massachusetts to 1850 for Amesbury
The Pioneers of Massachusetts: A Descriptive List, Drawn from Records of the Colonies, Towns, and Churches, and Other Contemporaneous Documents, Charles Henry Pope, Heritage Books, Jun 1, 2010
“Morris Ancestry, Vol 5, The Great Migration Part II”, by Charles Gould Morris, 2010 vol. 5, p.333
Wood, Derek Doran. The Second Wife of Moses Gile of Hampstead, New Hampshire: Which Mary Clark?, NEHGR (NEHGS, Boston, Mass., 2

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~colby/colbyfam/b391.html#P...

Joseph CURRIER was born in 1685/86 in Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts. He died on 19 NOV 1748 at Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts. (SOURCE: Early Vital Records of Essex County, Massachusetts to 1850 for Amesbury.) Buried in Village Cemetery, West Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts. He will was proved on 5 DEC 1748 in Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts. He has Ancestral File Number 84PT-TG.

Parents: Thomas CURRIER and Mary OSGOOD.

Spouse: Sarah BROWN. Joseph CURRIER and Sarah BROWN were married on 9 DEC 1708 in Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts. (SOURCE: Early Vital Records of Essex County, Massachusetts to 1850 for Amesbury.) Children were: Deacon Nathan CURRIER, Joseph CURRIER, Ephraim CURRIER, Abner CURRIER, Sarah CURRIER, Hannah CURRIER, Anne CURRIER, Mary CURRIER, Meriam CURRIER.

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He signed a will on 21 JUL 1748 in Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts:

WILL OF JOSEPH CURRIER.

"In the Name of God. Amen. I, Joseph Currier of Amesbury, in the County of Essex and Province of Massachusetts Bay in New England, yeoman, being weak of body, but of sound mind and memory, thanks be to God therefor, and knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die, do make and ordain this my last will and testament in manner following, that is to say:

First and principally, I recommend my soul into the hands of God that gave it, aud my body I commit to the earth, to be decently buried at the discretion of my executors hereinafter named, nothing doubting but I shall receive the same again by the mighty power of God at the General Resurrection, and as touching such worldly goods and estate which God hath blessed me withal in this life I give and dispose of in manner followinig, viz.:

Imprimis. I order and appoint that all my just debts and funeral expenses shall be paid out of my estate as soon as conveniently may be after my decease.

Item. I give and bequeath unto my well beloved wife Sarah Currier two cows and six sheep, free and c1ear forever, also the use and improvement of one half of my dwelling house throughout, and the use and improvement of my pew in the West Meeting-house in Amesbury, during her widowhood in my name, and my will is and I hereby order my three sons (namely), Nathan and Ephraim and Abner Currier, to keep for my said wife two cows and six sheep, summer and winter, during her widowhood in my name, and to pay and deliver unto her twenty bushels of Indian corn, three bushels of rye, two bushels of wheat, five barrels of cider, and six cords of good wood yearly during her widowhood in my name, all to be done and performed by my said three sons in equal parts; also I give unto my said wife the use of all my household goods, and after her decease to be divided amongst my daughters in equal parts.

Item. I give and bequeath unto my son Nathan Currier my lot of land where he now dwells, it being part of the lot originally William Osgood's, I say all my part of a lot (excepting a small strip on the southeasterly part), and he is to begin at the southerly comer of Francis Davis' orchard, at the corner of the fence; thence running southerly to the White Oak bound and so to the highway, taking in the whole of my part of said lot (excepting the small strip before excepted); and the nine acres which he hath by deed, he paying to my daughter hereinafter named what I shall order him to pay.

Item. I give and bequeath unto my son Ephraim Currier part of a lot of land originally the widow Rowell's, the southerly part of said lot beginning at a stake and stone twenty rods from the highway at the northerly end of said lot, which is the bound of seven acres and a half of said lot said Ephraim hath by deed; from thence running westerly to the northeasterly comer at Francis Davis' land; thence bounding on Davis' land in part and part on Osgood's right to the White Oak and highway; at the southerly end bounding southeasterly on Kelley's laud in part and part on land of Jonathan Kimball, he paying to my daughters what I shall hereinafter order him to pay.

Item. I give and bequeath unto my son Abner Currier my homestead living where I now dwell, with all the buildings thereon, and my land which I bought of Colby, which lyeth by the school-house, and the remainder of the aforesaid Rowell lot, not given away to my son Ephraim, and my Birchen meadow lot; also I give unto my son Abner my pew which I have in the West Meeting-house in Amesbury, after my wife's decease, he paying out to my daughters what I shall hereinafter order him to pay.

Item. I give and bequeath unto my daughter Sarah Badger, wife of Jonathan Badger, thirty-six pounds old tenor in money (or stock at money price), with what she hath already had, within one year after my decease and to be paid her by my son Ephraim Currier.

Item. I give and bequeath unto my daughter Anne Sargent, wife of Peter Sargent, thirty-five pounds old tenor, with what she hath already had, in money (or stock at money price), within one year after my decease, and to be paid her by my son Ephraim Currier.

Item. I give and bequeath unto my daughter Mary Clark, wife of Jonathan Clark, Jr., fifty-six pounds old tenor in money (or stock at money price), with what she hath already had to be paid within one year after my decease, by my son Nathan Currier.

Item. I give and bequeath unto my daughter Miriam Hoyt, wife of John Hoyt, Jr., fifty-six pounds old tenor in money (or stock at money price), with what she hath already had, to be paid within one year after my decease and to be paid by my son Abner Currier.

Item. I give and bequeath unto my grandson Joseph Philbrick, son to my daughter Hannah Philbrick, deceased, ten pounds old tenor, in full of deceased daughter Hannah's portion (with what she hath heretofore had), to be paid to him when he shall arrive to the, age of twenty-one years, and to be paid by my sons Nathan and Abner Currier, Nathan to pay eight pounds and ten shillings and Abner to pay one pound and ten shilling. Item. I give and bequeath unto my son Abner Currier all my personal estate, except what I have already given away, after my just debts and funeral charges are paid out of the same.

And lastly, I do hereby constitute aud appoint my two sons, Nathan and Abner Currier, to be executors to this my last will and testament.

In witness whereof I hereunto set my band aud seal this twenty-first day of July, in the twenty-second year of His Majesty's reign, Anno Domini 1748. JOSEPH CURRIER. (L. S.) Signed, sealed, published and declared by Joseph Currier to be his last will and testament in the presence of us.

JOHN SHINRICK, ) LOIS ROWELL, ) Witnesses. THOMAS ROWELL, )

"Essex, ss. Ipswich, December 5, 1748. Before the Hon. Thomas Berry, Esq., Judge of Probate of Wills, etc., in and for the County of Essex Thomas Rowell, Esq., and John Shinrick personally appeared and made oath that they were present and saw Joseph Currier, late of Amesbury, deceased, sign and seal and heard him publish and declare the above and foregoing Instrument to be his last will and testament, and when he so did he was of a sound and disposing mind and memory to the best 01 their discerning, and they, together with Lois Rowell, set to their bands at the same time in his presence as witnesses. Sworn. Attest: DANIEL APPLETON, Register. " "Upon which this will is proved, approved and allowed.

THOMAS BERRY, Judge of Probate Court. DANIEL APPLETON, Register." The executors appeared and accepted that trust and were ordered to give in an inventory in thirty days. The inventory was taken February 9, 1748-9, by Thomas Rowell, Esq., John Hoyt, and John Shinrlck.

INVENTORY. Books and wearing apparel £9 Fire arms, beds, bedding and furniture £22 Brass kettle, skillet and warming pan £5 Iron kettle and skillet 10s Andirons, shovel and tongs, spit and gridiron £2 10s Pewter vessels of several sorts £2 10 Three old chests, two boxes and one old table £1 Ten old chairs one pound, earthen vessels fifteen shillings, all £1 15s Wooden ware 5 shillings, glass bottles and hour glass five shillings, all 10s About thirty bushels of Indian corn £7 10s About 5 bushels of rice and five of oats £2 12s 6d About three-fourths of a barrel of beef £5 About one-half of a barrel of beef £2 Timber chain, 2 draught chains and a horse drag £3 10s Old cart and wheels, boxes and barrels £2 Old steel, three forks and other tools £1 5s Old sow and pigs and two shoats £6 Six barrels of cider and barrels £3 One iron bar ten shillings, three loads of English hay eleven pounds and five shillings £11 15s Two loads and one-half of meadow hay £4 7s 6d Thirteen sheep 6 pounds and 10 shillings, two steers and one heifer 11 pounds and ten shillings £18 Three cows £15 One horse and a young colt £12 Three acres of meadow land £9 Seven and one-half acres of land near school house £56 5s Forty-five acres of land on Red Oak hill, widow Rowell ot £405 Pew in West Meeting-house £10 Loom and warping bars, spools and some dry casks £2 Five horn beam tubs £1 5s About 39 acres of land on Red Oak hill, lot originally owned by William Osgood £310 Eight and one-half acres of land, dwelling house and barn, being the homestead £225 12s Total valuation of estate £1157 17s See record book 328, pages 265 and 468, at probate Office Salem, Massachusetts.