Samuel Currier^[1]

1635 - 1712  (76 years)

• Name	Samuel Currier
  Birth	Jun 1635	Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
  Gender	Male
  Death	14 Mar 1712	Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts, USA   [2, 3]
  Burial	Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts, USA   [3]
  Person ID	I25463	Master
  Last Modified	21 Jan 2016

  
  

  Father	Richard Currier,   b. 3 May 1616, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England d. 22 Feb 1687, Amesbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA (Age 70 years)
  Mother	Joanna Pinder,   b. 1621   d. 1640 (Age 19 years)
  Family ID	F6559	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Hardy,   b. 1639, Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, USA d. 09 Mar 1713, Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts, USA (Age 74 years)
  Marriage	1656	Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
  Children	1. Sarah Currier,   b. 1665, Bradford, Essex, Massachusetts, USA d. 1724, Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts, USA (Age 59 years)  [Father: Natural]  [Mother: Natural]   2. Ann Currier,   b. 25 Oct 1666, Bradford, Essex, Massachusetts, USA d. 23 Oct 1696, Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts, USA (Age 29 years)  [Father: Natural]  [Mother: Natural]   3. Samuel Currier,   b. 26 Feb 1669, Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts, USA d. 26 Feb 1669, Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts, USA (Age 0 years)  [Father: Natural]  [Mother: Natural]   4. Richard Currier,   b. 24 Dec 1670, Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts, USA d. 6 Apr 1689, Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts, USA (Age 18 years)  [Father: Natural]  [Mother: Natural]   5. John Currier,   b. 22 Apr 1673, Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts, USA d. 25 Jul 1722, Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts, USA (Age 49 years)  [Father: Natural]  [Mother: Natural]   6. Mary Currier,   b. 28 Jan 1675, Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts, USA d. 8 Apr 1719, Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts, USA (Age 44 years)  [Father: Natural]  [Mother: Natural]   7. Alice Currier,   b. 9 Aug 1678, Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts, USA d. 1713, Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts, USA (Age 34 years)  [Father: Natural]  [Mother: Natural]   8. Elizabeth Currier,   b. 21 Feb 1680, Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts, USA d. 28 Feb 1740, Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts, USA (Age 60 years)  [Father: Natural]  [Mother: Natural]   9. Hannah Currier,   b. 24 Jan 1682, Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts, USA d. 4 Feb 1682, Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts, USA (Age 0 years)  [Father: Natural]  [Mother: Natural] + 10. Samuel Currier, Jr,   b. 14 Feb 1685, Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts, USA d. 30 Jul 1735, Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA (Age 50 years)  [Father: Natural]  [Mother: Natural]
  Family ID	F6558	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2021

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - Jun 1635 - Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA Marriage - 1656 - Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts, USA Death - 14 Mar 1712 - Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts, USA Burial - - Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Name: *Samuel CURRIER Sex: M Birth: 1636 in England 1 2 Death: 14 MAR 1712 in Haverhill, Essex Co, MA Burial: ol d Pentucket Cemetery , Haverhill, MA Probate: 6 APR 1713 2 PROP: 20 JUN 1665 owned 20 acres in Haverhill PROP: 2 JUL 1666 3 acres upland near Merrimack river PROP: 1 APR 1696 4 acres of upland bounded southeast by Merrimaac river Will: 9 MAR 1713 2 Occupation: Weaver, Surveyor, Husbandman, Huntsman, Millwright 2 Occupation: MAR 1662 Deputy Constable of Rowley, MA Note: March 1661/62 Deputy Constable of Rowley, MA. Settled in Haverhill in 1665. 20 JUN 1665 owned 20 acres in Haverhill bounded southeast by the great river, 4 acres meadow lying in a part called Flaggie meadow. 2 July 1666 3 acres upland near Merrimack river and Ed. Clarke's land. Took the oath of allegence to his crown in 1677. Owned a cornmill in Haverhill. 1692 among 1st town officers chosen under the new charter of the Colony. 1696 Samuel Currier & Joseph Greelee given permission to build a mill on East meadow. 1 APR 1696 4 acres of upland bounded southeast by Merrimaac river, n.w. by town common. 1697 listed among voters in the question of locating a new meeting house. 4 July 1698 agreed to build a corn mill, Haverhill. His will was dated March 9, 1712/3, and proved April 6 following. Samuel Currier, son of Richard Currier, was born in England about 1636. He was a weaver and millwright. As early as 1665 he settled in Haverhill and took the oath of allegiance to the crown in 1677. He owned the right to a corn mill in Haverhill. He died there March 14, 1712-13. His will was dated March 9, 1713, and proved April 6 following. He married Mary, daughter of Thomas Hardy. (New England Families Genealogical and Memorial: Third Series, Volume I, page 75) SAMUEL Haverhill, m. 1670, Mary, dau of Thomas Hardy. He may have been son of Richard. (Savage vol 1, page 484) WILL OF SAMUEL CURRIER: " These may make known to all those before whom they shall come, that I Samuel Currier of Haverhill, in ye county of Essex in New England, weak of body but having my perfect understanding, I do therefore make this my last Will & testament as follows. First, I commend my Spirit into hands of my faithful Creator, then I commend my body to comely and decent burial, and that all my lawful debts be payed, also my will is that my Tender and Loving wife Mary Currier shall have the Third of all ye Lands and Meadow belonging to my Homestead & one room in my house so Long as she bears my name, & more I give my favered wife all ye moveables in ye household Stuff and a Cow to be at her disposal. Also I give to my son John Currier all my part in ye Grist mill, and all my part of ye Land which was granted to me by ye to own & all my meadow at ye place called ye Bulls Head which I (bought of Edward Clark, also a common right which I bought of Wm. Hutchins, and all by right in ye New Township called Nuttfield (Nuttfield comprised, Londonderry, Derry, Windham and parts of Manchester, Hudson and Salem, N.H.) also my son John has liberty to cut & dispose of one load of grass in my Flagg meadow for ye terme of Ten years. I also give to my son Samuel Currier all that part of my homestead which lies below ye Pecker Lott, but & if my above son Samuel should die and leave no issue lawful of his body then ye above said land shall return and be divided amongst my children equally -- also I give to my son Samuel one Commoning, and all my right in ye Flagg meadow, only my son John is to have ye privilege above said -- also my Will is that my son Samuel shall have ye Pecker Lott and all Ye rest of my homestead and buildings after ye decease of my wife, if he well do and perform as followeth -- first , my son Samuel Currier shall pay to my daughter Sarah Singletary ye sum of five pounds in or as money within a year after my decease, also my son Samuel Currier shall pay to my daughter Mary Colby ye sum of ten pounds in or as money within two years after my decease, also my son Samuel shall pay to my daughter Alice Peasley ye sum of Eight pounds in or as money within ye space of four years after my Decease -- also my will so that my son Samuel Currier shall pay to my daughter Elizabeth ye sum of Thirty pounds in or as money only he shall not pay above five pounds in one year -- also my son Samuel shall pay to every one of my Grandchildren five shillings apiece, also I give to Ruth Whittaker ten shillings & and do make my son Samuel Currier ye Administrator to see that this my last Will & Testament -- be fulfilled -- and to confirm all above written I have set to my hand and seal this 9th day of March 1713. Signed, Sealed & Delivered in presence of us witnesses Robt Hunkins Samuel Currier his Jno. X George his S mark & Seal mark Jno. Edwards III his mark We the subscribers being witnesses to ye Last Will & Testament of Samuel Currier, late of Haverhill Dec'd. which was written sometime in March last, we being present at ye writing of his well we heard ye sd. Samuel Currier say that he gave to his son Samuel Currier all ye remainder of his stock and Estate yt was not mentioned in his will, and we heard him tell ye Scribe ye same words, or to ye some effect fully, as witnesses our hands this 18 of July 1713 Jno. George mark Jno. Edwards mark Essex Co. Haverhill July 18 1713 Jno. George Jno. Edwards

  
  

• Sources

  [S761] Yates Publishing, Ancestry Family Trees, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.), Ancestry Family Tree. http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=86307576&pid=108 [S338] Ancestry.com, Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.). [S809] Ancestry.com, Web: Massachusetts, Find A Grave Index, 1620-2013, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.).