Benjamin Currier

1688 - 1748  (60 years)

• Name	Benjamin Currier
  Birth	27 Mar 1688	Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Married	say 1708 (19 years)  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Abigail Brown, the daughter of Deacon Joseph and Sarah Brown. She was born on 6 April 1695 in Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts. She was received into communion on 22 September 1740 in First Church, Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts. She died after 1748. Issue: 1. Gideon Currier (1712-1774) 2. Mary Currier (1714-____) 3. Betsey Currier (1716-____) 4. Abigail Currier (1723-____) 5. Benjamin Currier (1725-____) 6. Sarah Currier (1728-____) 7. Eleanor Currier (1731-____) 8. Judith Currier (____-1736) 9. Hannah Currier (1737-____)
  Will	16 Jul 1748 (60 years)	Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [1, 2]
  He mentions his wife, Abigail, and his children: Gideon, Betsey, Sarah, Mary, and Hannah.
  Death	Aug 1748	Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [2, 4]
  Probate/Proved	12 Sep 1748 (60 years)	Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [1, 2]
  Siblings	8 brothers and 3 sisters
  1. Hannah Currier,   b. 28 Mar 1670, Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 23 Jan 1699/1700, Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 29 years)   2. Thomas Currier,   b. 28 Nov 1671, Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 18 Apr 1750, Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 78 years) + 3. Capt. Richard Currier,   b. 12 Apr 1673, Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 8 Feb 1747/48, Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 74 years) ▻ Dorothy Barnard,  m. 29 Aug 1695   4. Samuel Currier,   b. 3 Jan 1674/75, Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 30 Jul 1735, Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 60 years)   5. Mary Currier,   b. 28 Nov 1676, Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. Abt 1766  (Age 89 years) + 6. Anne Currier,   b. Abt 1678, Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. Before 1752, Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 73 years) ▻ Samuel Barnard,  m. 22 Oct 1696   7. William Currier,   b. 1680, Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. Abt 1752  (Age 72 years)   8. John Currier,   b. 1682/83, Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. Between 18 Mar 1742 and 12 Apr 1742, Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   9. Joseph Currier,   b. Abt 1685, Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony d. 19 Nov 1748, Amesbury, Essex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay  (Age 63 years)   10. Benjamin Currier,   b. 27 Mar 1688, Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. Aug 1748, Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 60 years)   11. Ebenezer Currier,   b. 22 Aug 1690, Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. > 12. Daniel Currier,   b. 31 May 1692, Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 24 Sep 1727, Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 35 years) ▻ Sarah Brown,  m. 12 Dec 1717
  Patriarch & Matriarch	Richard Currier,   b. 3 May 1616, England or Scotland d. 22 Feb 1686/87, Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 70 years)  (Grandfather)  Elizabeth  (Grandmother)
  Person ID, Branch	I14419
  Last Modified	9 Apr 2018

  
  

  Father	Deacon Thomas Currier,   b. 8 Mar 1646, Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 27 Sep 1712, Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (Age 66 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Mary Osgood,   b. 3 Mar 1649/50, Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 2 Nov 1705, Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (Age 55 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Family ID	F280	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Pedigree

  ← Click to display 1Benjamin Currier(1688 – 1748) 2Deacon Thomas Currier(1646 – 1712) 4Richard Currier(1616 – 22 Feb 1686/87) 5Ann( – 1676) 3Mary Osgood(3 Mar 1649/50 – 1705) 6William Osgood(Abt 1609 – 1700) 7Elizabeth

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 27 Mar 1688 - Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Will - 16 Jul 1748 - Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Death - Aug 1748 - Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Probate/Proved - 12 Sep 1748 - Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources 🟢 Primary Evidence 🟡 Secondary Evidence 🟠 Tertiary Evidence 🔴 Unreliable Evidence

  [S621] Hoyt, David W., The Old Families of Salisbury and Amesbury, Massachusetts, with some Related Families of Newbury, Haverhill, Ipswich, and Hampton volume I, (Providence, Rhode Island: Snow & Farnham, 1897). [S818] Currier, John McNab. Genealogy of Ezra Currier of Bath, New Hampshire (1749-1825) and his Descendants, (Newport, Vermont: Orleans County Historical Society, 1910). [S842] Topsfield Historical Society, Vital Records of Amesbury, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849 , (Topsfield, Massachusetts: Topsfield Historical Society, 1913). [S813] Currier, Richard Sawyer. Genealogical History of the Currier Family , (Montpelier, Vermont: Capital City Press, 1935). [S883] Chase, Benjamin. History of Old Chester From 1719 to 1869, 1869 Reprint , (Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, 1992). [S646] Hoyt, David W., The Old Families of Salisbury and Amesbury, Massachusetts, with some Related Families of Newbury, Haverhill, Ipswich, and Hampton volume III, Reprint 1916, (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1982).