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Many references were found to Currer/Curriers were found in the
search for the family in Cecil County Maryland. This
will be a summary of possible connections. When an item
can be confirmed it will be moved to the proper story.
This part of the Maryland is dominated by the Chesapeake Bay and it's
many rivers and streams. At the very northen most reach is the
current town of North East. In 1717 it was the location of the known
family church, St. Mary Anne's and the main road each and
west. The town North East came later. The Bay is
considered to begin at the junction of the Susquehana, North
East and Elk River From that point the Susquehanna is
entered by going north west. The North East River by going
north east, and the Elk by going east north east. The point of
land that lies between the Elk and the North East is now called Elk's Neck. There
is still remnants of a boat landing at St. Mary Anne's church from
when parishioners went to church by boat, as well as visiting
neighbors. It was easier than over land. The
county is that land between the Susquehanna and the Sassafras
Rivers. In the late 1600s it extended south of the Sassafras
River.
Julia Mortenson put together most of this material. My
comments will be in Red
CURRER/CURRIER
information
in
semi-chronological order of first event in set of records:
1. Joane Curier 1664, Cecil
County area
2. John Currer
Kent County court records & William Currer New Castle court
Records 1669 - 1676
3. Margaret Curyeur marriage
record 1738
4. William Currer,
member of Maryland Legislature 1738-1784 and brother John??
5. Other Currier's deeds
1758 and later
6. Currier's on Census'
7. Currier B & B
8. Currier and Ives possible
connection
1.
Joane Curier
8/4/1664 - Cecil County Rent
Rolls, St. John's Mannor Surv. 4th of Augst 1664 for John
Pale on the North side of Elk River. This land escheated and Granted
to Capt. John Carr.
175 acres poss. by Henry Gilder
175 by Peter Clawson
400 by Peter Manado
1300 by Jno Tawood (Hermans)
450 by Thomas Simmons
400 by Thomas Hitchcock
200 by John Cozne
230 by Rich. Lewis
100 by Joane wdo of Thos
Curier
Jane was the
wife of William Currier in 1687. Is Joane that Jane? I
cannot find record of this land being sold.
Was Thomas
related to William. One of William and Jane's sons was
named Thomas.
150 by Richd Heilyn
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2. John Currer
& William Currer
Ca 1669 -Kent County Court
Proceedings, 1668-1671. 243
John Currer by John wright
planfl in an Action of Debt by pett:
Kent Ct is just south of Cecil
ct.which at this time was considered part of Baltimore
County. John is the name of another of
William
and Jane's sons. Connected???
John Dobb defft the
deft John Dabb Acknowledgeth Judgment for two thousand thirty and
seauen pounds of
Tobacco therefore the Court doth order present paymt
for the said Tobacco els exeq
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Ca 1669 - 258Kent County Court
Proceedings, 1668-1671.
Henery Coursey Esq plant: byAn Attachment
The Court
John Currer the Atturney of
defendt finding the Account to be mr John Currer of Londonj Just by the
Atturneys
confession doth order the Said Atturney to Satisfye the
principle which is Nine pounds Fourteene shillings and nine pence
with
Cost
of Sute &c.
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9/1669 - Att A Court held for the
County of Kent the [ ] day of September 1669
Mr Robert
Dunn Mr Morgan Williams
Present: Mr John Vicaris Mr Thomas Osborne
Comishonrs Mr
Mathew Reade, William Stanley Plntf:
An accon of the Case The defendt pleades Mathias
Peterson Deft that he had fullfilled his bargin wth the
Plantf & that upon the same the Plntf deliuered in his
Condicon, upon the wch for tryall they Cast themselues
upon A Jury: Named
Tobyas Wells Arthur Wright Robert
Kent
John Wallton Samuell King
Joseph Wharton
Edward Leake John Currer
Edward Burton
Richard Nash John Browne
William Lawrence
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Ca 1669 - Kent County Court
Proceedings, 1668-1671.283
Whereas John
Currer hath mad apeare by bill that there is due Liber C
unto him out of the
Estate of Capt John Vicaris Fifteene hundred &
[fol. 33] thre pound of tobacco
This Court doth order that that Present Payment be made
by the execatrix out of his said Estate else exeqcon
Whereas John Currer
hath made appeare by bill: that there is due unto unto him out of
the estate of
Mr Richard Blunt Late of this County deceased Three
thousand One hundred Thirty & eight pounds of tobacco
This Court doth order, by the Consent of the
Administratrix that prsent payment be made out of the estate else
exeqcon
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1/2/1669 - 306Kent County Court
Proceedings, 1668-1671.
wheras John Currer hath
made appear that there is due to him from Peter Johnson who wilfully
absented himself out of the County
flue
hundred
and forty pounds of tobacco the Cort doth grant him an Attachement
agt the Goods and chattells
of the sd Peter for
the sd sume
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1/2/1669 - 286Kent County Court
Proceedings, 1668-1671.
These are to Certifle all whom it may Concerne that Humphrey
Hubberd aged twenty one yeares was Indentured to Edmond Burton
for
Fower
yeares as wittnes my hand this second day of January 1669
Wittnes
Robert
Dunn
Ezekiel
Croscomb
William Currer
If this is our William, it
places him in Kent county same time as John, and probably
connected.
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2/12/1669 - 304Kent County
Court Proceedings, 1668-1671.
Know all men p these prsents that I Anthony Hillson of London
Marriner
haue
made Ordained Constituted & p these prsents doe
make
ordaine
Constitute & appointe my trusty & well beloued Frind
William
Granger
of the County of Kent Planter my true & Law-
full
Attorney
for me & in my name & for my use to Aske demand
&
receiue
all debts dues & demands & in my name to Arest sue Im
plead
&
psecute For the same, & upon such sutes to proceed to Judg
ment
&
execucon for the same, & thereupon the said Parsons or Par
son
in
Prisson to hold & keep untill sattisfaccon be made wth all Costs
&
dathages
sustained & to be sustained p occacon of detaineing of all
debts
&
demands, and upon payment & sattisfaccon made to discharge
to
release
& sett out of prisson, and accquittances for me & in my
name
to
make scale & deliuer & allsoe to doe pforme & execute
all &
euery
other
Law full & reasonable Acts both for obtaininge & dis
chargeing
of
the same and unto my said Attorney I doe giue Full
&
Absolute
power in the prmisses Rattifleing holdeing Firme all &
whatsoeuer
my
said Attorney shall doe or Cause to be donn in or
about
the
premisses p vertue of these prsents In Wittnesse whereof
haue
hereunto
sett my hand & scale this twelth day of Febb: in
the
One
& twenty yeare of the raigne of our Souefaine Lord King
Charles
the
second p the Grace of God of England Scottland france
&
Ireland
Defendor of the Faith &c: Anno Doth 1669
Signed
Sealed
& Del iurd his
in
the
Presence off Anthony Hillson seale
Beniamin Groue
marke
Wm Currer
Veria Copy
Test
Disboro:
Bennett Clrke
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Provincial Court
Proceedings, 1670. 553 Liber JJ
Know all men by these presents
That I John Currer of London Grocer for divers and sundry
good and valuable causes and considerations
me thereunto especially moveing doe make
constitute Ordame assigne depute authorize appoint and putt my
loveing freind Ezekiel Croscomb
comander of the good shipp King Solomon and
my loveing Nephew John Currer
my true and law full Deputyes or Attornyes joyntly and
severally for me and in my name and to my
only use to aske demand levy recover and receive of John Wright of
Maryland planter all and every
sume and summes of mony and monyes worth
goods Chattells Comodities merchandize dues and demands whatsoever
which now is or are due
oweing payable comeing and belonging unto me
from the said John Wright by any manner of wayes or meanes
whatsoever and upon his deniall
nonpayment satisfieing or delivery of the
same or any part thereof to sue arrest attach implead imprison and
condemne or cause to be condemned
and prose- [p. 97]
cuted with effect to judgment and execution
and upon payment satisfieing or delivery of the same or any part
thereof out of prison againe to deliver
and enlarge and for the same to acquitt
release and discharge an acquittance or acquittances or any other
legall discharge whatsoever for me and
in my name to make seale subscrib and
deliver as my own act and deed and all and whatsoever my said
Deputyes and Attornyes or either of them
shall lawfully doe or cause to be done in
or about the premisses or any part thereof I the said John Currer doe and
will ratifie confirme and
establish by these presents In witt nesse
whereof I have hereunto sett my hand and seale the fourtenth day of
November
Anno Regni Doth nost Caroli Secd nunc Regis
Angt &c vicesimo Annoq Doth 1668. John Currer (seale)
Sealed and delivered
in the presence of
Tho: Truman
Entred upon the Records
Wm Currer
P
John
Wright Ct of Kent County
April 15th 1670 The abovewritten Letter of
Attorny was by the Oath of Thomas Truman one of the wittnesses
thereunto in Open Court proved.
So
John Currer, the Kent County attorney, is the nephew of John
Currer, Grocer of London, and possible/probably related to Wm
Currer. But to our WIlliam??
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ca 1671 - Proceedings of the Court
of Chancery, 1669-1679 Volume 51, Page 38
John Currer p.lt The Cause
being Called, It was alledged by & the Attorneys of both Sides
that all matters in
John
Wright
def.t Controversy between the sd partys were agreed
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3/16/1676- Kent Couuty MD Court
Proceedings, 1675-1676.349
Thomas Brite hath issued out an alias agst John Currer & the shirriff
hath returned a honest Investus.
Thomas Brite by Michell In an Accon of debt the shirriff of
the Miller his Attorny plt County returning of the writt (non
est
John Currer dft
Inventus) & the sd Currer
being called in Court did not appeare nor any Attorny for him the
plt Attorny hath
made
his
debt appeare in open Court to be Two thousand nine hundred twenty
five poundes of Tobb This Court doth order tht Attachmt
shall
issue
agst the debts Goods & Chattles of the Currer for the above sd debt
& Costes of sute/giuen Mr Miller the order & the Atachmt the
16 March 1676
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Google Books, Original Land Titles in Delaware Commonly Known as the Duke of York Record.
Cant find a date on this
exactly, but was before 1675.” 600
acres inn St. George's Neck on the
North side of the Dragon Swamp, ye which by vertue of a
warrant hath been layd for William Currer
& William Goldsmith.” Then in 1676 “six hundred
acres (part thereof) being formerly granted by patent
unto Wm Currer, and William Goldsmith, since
which time Mr. John Moll is invested in.”
1675 Records
of the Court of New Castle on Delaware
Justice John Moll, Plaintiff, vs.
William Currer,
Defendant. The partees agreed before judgment past. William Currer
acknowledged in court to have made over to Mr. John Moll all
his Right, Title and Interest of and to a certain tract of
land lying in St. Georges Creek.
(Google Books)
TAXABLES
LIVING
WITHIN THE JURISDICTION OF NEW CASTLE COURT
IN NOVEMBER, 1677. Records of the Court of New
Castle, Book A, pp. 197-201, preserved in the
Prothonotary's Office in New Castle, Delaware.
It appears in the Minutes of " a Meeting of
the Justices held In y e Towne of New Castle
for y e makeing up y e accomt of y e Publicq
Charge of this Countij, The 9 of November,
1677," corresponding with a similar list,
entered in Record of Upland Court, published
by the Historical Society, under date of the
13th of the same month (pp. 77-80). It
comprises the names of all males between the
ages of sixteen and sixty years, who resided
on the Delaware
within the
jurisdiction of New
Castle Court,
excepting certain officers and soldiers, as well as
the Justices of the Court, who, by " the Duke's laws,"
were exempt from the payment of taxes, except for the
support of the Church. [At " Oppoquenemij," and
elsewhere on the western shore of the Delaware
:]
Second
name:
Will. Courter - 1
Next
column, bottom
William Currer 1
Are these 2 separate people, or just a repetition?
__Author: Historical
Society
of
Pennsylvania
Volume: 3
Subject: Pennsylvania
--
History
Periodicals
Publisher: [Philadelphia]
Historical
Society
of Pennsylvania
Possible copyright status: NOT_IN_COPYRIGHT
Language: English
Call number: 1762062
Digitizing sponsor: MSN
Book contributor: Robarts
- University of Toronto
Collection: toronto____________________________
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Maryland Calendar of Wills
1673 - Pine, Mary, Kent Co., 28th
Dec., 1673; 3rd June, 1674. To John Halfhead and his wife
(unnamed,) Isaac Winchester, and John Essex, personalty. Tobias
Wells, ex. and residuary legatee of estate, real and personal. Test:
Jno. Rodway, Matthias Stevenson, Wm.
Currer, Lovis Blangy. 2. 1.
1674 - Keely, John, Anne Arundel
Co., 25th Nov., 1674; 4th Jan., 1674. To wife Mary, execx.,
1/3 of estate. To child. (unnamed), residue of estate, real and
personal, at age. Lands, viz: “My Quarter,” 100 A. on Patapsco R.,
and home plantation to be sold. Test: Wm. Currer, Robt. Husbands. 2. 25.
1674 – Cecil County formed.
Ca 1675 - Proceedings of the
Provincial Court, 1675-1677 Maryland State Archives Vol 66,
p. 504
Miller, Michael, v.
John Currer, 402-403;
Marsh, Thomas, v. John
Currer. xix, 372-374
p. 228 Thomas Marsh Isaac Winchester of Kent County Gent was
attached to answer unto Michael Miller of a plea
John Currer wherefore
with force & armes into a certaine parcell of land upon the
Island of Kent in Kent County
called
Cabbin
Neck containeing three hundred & fifty acres with certame houses
thereon standing & appurteinances
thereon
belonging
which One Thomas Marsh Gent had to him the said Michael Miller
demised for a terme not yet
expired
he
did enter his timber he did cutt downe & him the said Michael
from his ffarme aforesaid did eject &
other
harmes
to him did to the damage of the said Michael and agt the Peace
&c.
And whereupon the said Michael Miller by Robert Carvile his
Attorny saith that whereas the said Thomas Marsh
upon
the
first day of January in the yeare of Our Lord 1674 did demise unto
him the said Michael all that parcell of land
upon
the Island of Kent in Kent County aforesaid called Cabbin Necke
bounding On the east with a Creeke called the
Cabbin Creeke On the north with a Creeke called the Tarrkill Creeke
On the west with a line drawne south from a marked
Chestnutt
tree
Standing in the head of Tarkill Creeke for the lenght of One hundred
thirty five perches into a Swamp
called
Alderswamp
to a marked Gumm tree On the South with a line drawne South east
from the said tree in the said Swamp
unto
a
Creeke called Luke Pine Creeke Conteineing three hundred & fifty
acres together with all houses Tenements &
appurtenncs to the same belonging To hold to him the said Michael
from the day of the date of the Said Lease to the full end
&
term
of two yeares from thence next ensueing and fully to be compleate
& ended which is not yet expired
By
virtue
of which said Lease the said Michael entred into and became
possessed of the prmisses and being So pos-
sessed
the
said Isaac afterwards to witt the twelfth day of January aforesaid
with force and armes into the said Lands & premisses did
enter
&
him the said Michael from his ffarme aforesaid demised as aforesaid
did eject, his timber did cutt downe & other harmes to him
did
against
the Peace of the Rt Honble the Lord Propry and to the great damage
of the said Michael whereupon he saith he is damp-
Not sure of John Currer's
role. Attonrey? the whole is not here.
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Proceedings of the
Provincial Court, 1675-1677 Volume 66, Page 342
5/25/1676 p. 207 Mr
Robert Carvile I have received full Satisfaction of Disborough
Bennit of the judgmt that was Obtained against Tobias Wells the
Administratr
of
Mary Pyne. which I desire may be entred upon record & for So
doeing this shall be your warrant Given under my
hand
&
seale the xxvith day of May 1676.
Test John Currer.
William
Dare
(Sealed)
Robert
Carvile
Attorny of Wm Dare prayeth that Satisfaction may be entred
upon Record of the abovementioned judgment
according
to
the above warrant. Ro: Carvile.
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3. Margaret Curyeur
1/26/1738 - Garrit Mekeney, mar. Margaret
Curyeur, 26 Jan 1738/1739, St. Mary Ann's Parish (North Elk), Cecil Co., MD, p. 121,
Maryland Marriages 1634-1777, Barnes, 1978. LDS Microfilm
525-013887 shows further that Garrit and Margaret had the
following children whose births were recorded at St. Mary Ann's
Parish: 1742, May 5th, Then was born John Mekinne, son to Garret
Mekenne and Margret his wife. 1746, Oct 14th Then was born Jessey
Mekeney son of Garrit and Margret Mekeney. 1749, Dec 12
Then was buried Jesse Mekeney, son of Garrit Mekeney and Margaret
his wife. 1752, Apr 4th Then was born Elizabeth Mekeney, daughter of
Garrit Mekeney and Marget his wife.
Mary Mekenne mar Michael Lum, 9 Jul 1739, St. Mary Ann's Parish,
Cecil Co., MD, p. 112, ibid
Note there were several McKinney’s in Lincoln Co., KY
early. Is Garrit Mekeney the same as Garrett McKinne who died
1756/1757 in Craven Co., NC?
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4. William Currer
1738 - 1794
Below are probaby the sons of John and Sarah Currer
Ca 1739 - Maryland State Archives
Finding Aids & Indexes
Biographical files available from SPECIAL COLLECTIONS (Legislative
History Project Collection) MSA SC 1138
William Currer (ca. 1739-1784) MSA SC 1138-300 2/11/12/15
Restricted: no
Archives of Maryland, Historical List, Index - C
Source: Edward C. Papenfuse, et al., Archives of Maryland,
Historical List, new series, Vol. 1. Annapolis, MD: Maryland State
Archives, 1990.
Entries in bold refer to members of the General Assembly from 1635
to 1789 whose biographies were published in A Biographical
Dictionary of the Maryland Legislature, 1635-1789 (Baltimore: Johns
Hopkins University Press, 1979-85).
Currer William,
ca. 1739-1784
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Abstracts of Cecil Co. Maryland land records 1673-1751 by June Brown
(on Google Books)
12/17/1741 - p. 420 Deed William Mason of Cecil Co.,
gent. To Wm Cox, son of Margaret Cox, all goods, chattels and lands
he has in Cecil Co. 12/17/1741 Witnesses John Currer, Mary Willson.
Ca 1742 - p. 511 Deed of gift Richard Norton of Charles Town,
yeoman because he is moving to son Richard Norton, Jr. all
possessions in Cecil Co. Wit. William
Currer, Thomas Norton.
11/1/1748 - PREROGATIVE COURT (Wills)
MSA S538 Liber 26 1748-1749
Liber 26, folio 44 1 Nov. 1748
GEORGE, JOSHUA, Middle Neck, Cecil Co.
To son Sydney George, who is of but tender
constitution, the land beginning at Middle Neck Point up the neck to
The Dividend, but if he d. s. p., to son Joshua George.
To son Joshua George, Strange & Salem,
on S side Bohemia R., but if he d. s. p., Strange to dau. Alice
& Salem to dau. Mary.
To dau. Alice, my part of The Dividend
& lands above, called Middleneck, Sarahs Joynter, or anything
else, negroes Quash & Jeffrey & Quash chldn., negro girl
Phillis, hhold furn., & livestock.
To dau. Mary, negro girl Prisulla, Mount
Ararat, a warrant for Morton, 200a in Kent Co., where William Ellis
made a purchase from some of the Christians (s Mary & s son
Joshua being but young), but s son Sidney is to retain the profits
of the plntns. where Chandlers lives, where negro Tom lives, &
where negro London lives.
Extr: son Sydney, who is to take the advice
of Col. Tho. Colville.
Witn: Tho. Colvill, Hugh Matthews, Jr., William Currer, Ben. Bradford
16 Dec. 1748, sworn to by Colville,
Mattews, & Bradford.
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1751-1786 - The following are all the Patents in the Patent book for
Cecil County for William Currer
1.
Hopewell
1751
200
acres certificate in name of Mary Currier
2. Deer
Harbor
1758
36
acres
3. Batchelors Content
1762 96 acres
4. Currier's
Addition
1762 32 acres
5. Currier's
Lott
1763
42
acres certificate in name of Henry Baker
6. Copson's
Intent
1764 18 acres (unpatented)
7. Locust
Hill
1786
130
1/2 acres
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1/14/1755 - On January 14, 1755, the inventory of the personal
estate of Samuel Whitton, late of Cecil County, deceased, was
appraised by John Currer
and Richard Patton at L18/3/0. Elizabeth Neail and Margaret
Witton signed as the next of kin; John Neail administrator.
Ref: Inventories Liber 60, folio 90, Hall of Records.
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7/26/1775 - Declaration of the Association of the Freemen of
Maryland (No 13.)
ASSOCIATION of the FREEMEN of MARYLAND
July 26, 1775.[1]
The long premeditated, and now avowed design of the British
Government, to raise a revenue from the property of the colonists
without their consent, on the gift, grant and disposition of the
Commons of Great Britain; the arbitrary and vindictive statutes
passed under color of punishing a riot, to subdue by Military force,
and by famine, the Massachusetts Bay; the unlimited power assumed by
parliament to alter the charter of that province, and the
constitution of all the colonies, thereby destroying the essential
securities of the lives, liberties and properties of the colonists;
the commencement of hostilities by the ministerial forces, and the
cruel prosecution of the War against the people of the Massachusetts
Bay, followed by General Gage's proclamation, declaring almost the
whole of the Inhabitants of the united colonies, by name or
description, rebels and traitors are sufficient causes to arm a free
people in defence of their liberty, and to justify resistance, no
longer dictated by prudence merely, but by necessity, and leave no
alternative but base submission or manly opposition to
uncontroulable tyranny. The Congress chose the latter, and for the
express purpose of securing and defending the united colonies, and
preserving them in safety, against all attempts to carry the
above-mentioned acts into execution by force of arms.
Resolved, that the said colonies be immediately put into a state of
defence, and now supports, at the joint expense, an army to restrain
the further violence, and repel the future attacks of a disappointed
and exasperated enemy.
We therefore inhabitants of the Province of Maryland, firmly
persuaded that it is necessary and justifiable to repel force by
force, do approve of the opposition by Arms to the British troops,
employed to enforce obedience to the late acts and statutes of the
British parliament, for raising a revenue in America, and altering
and changing the charter and constitution of the Massachusetts Bay,
and for destroying the essential securities for the lives, liberties
and properties of the subjects in the united colonies. And we do
unite and associate, as one band, and firmly and solemnly engage and
pledge ourselves to each other, and to America, that we will to the
utmost of our power, promote and support the present opposition,
carrying on, as well by Arms, as by the continental association,
restraining our commerce.
And as in these times of public danger, and until a reconciliation
with Great Britain, on constitutional principles is effected (an
event we most ardently wish may soon take place) the energy of
government may be greatly impaired, so that even zeal unrestrained,
may be productive of anarchy and confusion; We do in like manner
unite, associate, and solemly engage in maintenance of good order,
and the public peace, to support the civil power in the due
execution of the laws, so far as may be consistent with the present
plan of opposition; and to defend with our utmost power all persons
from every species of outrage to themselves or their property, and
to prevent any punishment, from being inflicted on any offenders,
other than such, as shall be adjudged by the civil magistrate,
continental congress, our convention, council of safety, or
committees of observation.
Mat. Tilghman
John Reeder Junr Benn Hall H.
Griffith Benect Edwd Hall
Richd Barnes John Contee Th.
Sprigg Wootton Ths Bond
Jereh Jordan W. Bowie Richd.
Brooke Richd Dallam
Jn. A. Thomas O. Sprigg John
Hanson Jr Ignatius Wheeler Jr.
W. Smallwood Jos. Beall Joseph
Chapline Wm. Webb
Danl Jenifer Thos Gantt Junior
Thos. Cramphin Jr John Veazey
Junr
R. Hooe Walter Bowie Upton
Sheredine Jno. D. Thompson
J. H. Stone David Crauford Benj.
Nicholson John Cox
Will. Harrison Stephen West Wm.
Buchanan Peter Lawson
S. Hanson of Sam. Tho. Sim Lee
J. Toy Chase Nat. Ramsey
Jno. Dent J. Rogers John
Cradock William
Currer
Edwd Gantt Samuel Chase Thomas
Harrison Chas Rumsey
Samuel Chew Th. Johnson Junr
Darby Lux W. Ringgold Junr
Edwd Reynolds Brice B.
Worthington John Moale Thos
Smyth
Benj. Mackall 4th Rezin Hammond
Robt Alexander Joshh Earle
Josia Beall J. Hall Chas Ridgely
son of Wm Th. B. Hands
Robt. Tyler William Paca Saml.
Handy Thos Ringgold
Rhos Contee Matthias Hammond
Sadok Purnell J. Nicholson Jr.
Joseph Sim Chas. Carroll Wm.
Morris
Turbutt Wright Chas. Carroll of
Carrollton Thos Stone
Jas. Tilghman of Annapolis Ephraim Howard of
Hy
Th. Wright Thomas Dorsey
Jas Hollyday Robert Goldsborough
Rd Earle Henry Hooper
Soln Wright James Murray
Jas Loyd Chamberlaine Thos
Ennalls
Nic. Thomas Nath. Potter
Edwd Lloyd Will, Richardson
Peregrine Tilghman Richd Mason
Wm Hindman Joshua Clark
R. Tilghman Jun. Peter Adams
Rams Benson John Stevens
F. Baker Wm Hopper
Henry Dickinson
Wm Waters
Wm Rolleston
George Dashiell
John Waters
Gustavus Scott
[edit] Note by Maryland Historical SocietyThe original engagement of
the Associators, preserved under glass at Annapolis, consists of two
pieces, apparently torn apart, and pasted down on card-board. On our
p. 67 the order of names and arrangement of columns have been
preserved, though not the spacing; and the division of the pieces
falls just below the names of Joseph Sim, Thomas Dorsey, and Charles
Ridgely.On comparing these signatures with the Journal, 29 names
will be found to be missing, viz: Philip Richard Fendall I
(1734-1805) of Charles Co.; Alexander Somerville of Calvert; George
Lee and Dr Richard Brooke of Prince George's; Thomas Tillard and
John Dorsey of Anne Arundel; Walter Tolly, James Gittings, and
Charles Ridgely of John, of Baltimore; Charles Beatty, Baker
Johnson, Jacob Funk, Samuel Beall, and Wm. Deakins, Jr., of
Frederick; Samuel Durham, Saml. Ashmead, John Beall Howard, Francis
Holland, Benjamin Rumsey, and James McComas, of Harford; Joseph
Gilpin and William Rumsey, of Cecil; Richard Lloyd of Kent; John
Wallace and John Brown, of Queen Anne's; Robert Harrison of
Dorchester; Benson Stainton of Caroline; Josiah Polk of Somerset;
Peter Chaille of Worcester.Now when we note that amongst these 29
were some of the most active and assiduous members of the
Convention, and that 21 of them had, as the Journal shows, no leave
of absence, it is impossible to resist the conclusion that a portion
of the document has been lost. It will be observed that the
arrangement is generally by counties, and the break in the paper
comes between Prince George's and Queen Anne's, between Ann Arundel
and Dorchester, and between Baltimore and Worchester; a fact which
confirms the editor's belief that a piece has fallen out between the
upper and lower portions as now joined.[2]
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8/10/1775 - Journal of the
Maryland Convention July 26 to August 14, 1775 Volume 11,
Page 13
Journal and Correspondence of the Maryland Council of Safety, August
29, 1775 to July 6, 1776
1775, Thursday 10th August
Met according to adjournment.
William Currier and Charles
Rumsey appeared for Cecil County.
John Dent has leave of absence.
Convention adjourns till tomorrow morning 6 o'Clock
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12/23/1779 - On Dec. 23, 1779 they petitioned for fairness and
respite from financial burdens. Among those signing were Edward
Murphy, John Cameron, William Dickson, William Currier, Thomas McClary, John Caswell, John
McKewn, Norton, John Murphy, Campbell (Md. History Mag. vol. 5, page
59 reference).
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1783 - list of black Loyalists evacuated from New York at the end of
the Revolutionary War.
L'Abondance bound for Port Roseway Lt. Philips
Prima Johnston, 60, feeble fellow. Formerly the property of William Currier of Cecil County,
Maryland; left him 6 years ago. GBC
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1783 Cecil Co., MD Tax List
Sampson Currear. 208 acres. CE 4th District, p. 6. MSA S
1161-4-2 1/4/5/47
William Currer. 646 acres. CE 4th District, p. 6. MSA S
1161-4-2 1/4/5/47
Sampson Currier. Hopewell, 200 acres. CE 4th District, p. 2. MSA S
1161-4-2 1/4/5/47
William Currier. Storeys Meadows, pt, 233 acres. CE 4th District, p.
3. MSA S 1161-4-2 1/4/5/47
William Currier. Capris Intent, 13 1/2 acres. CE 4th District, p. 1.
MSA S 1161-4-2 1/4/5/47
William Currier. Curriers Lott, 42 acres. CE 4th District, p. 1. MSA
S 1161-4-2 1/4/5/47
William Currier. Curriers Addition, 22 acres. CE 4th District, p. 1.
MSA S 1161-4-2 1/4/5/47
William Currier. Deer Harbour, 36 acres. CE 4th District, p. 1. MSA
S 1161-4-2 1/4/5/47
William Currier. North East Manor, pt, 300 acres. CE 4th District,
p. 2. MSA S 1161-4-2 1/4/5/47
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.......From coast of Ireland in Wexford County shores. Richard
Talbot ruled the county and his relative was given land in Cecil
County, Maryland. Proprietor George Talbot owned Susquehannah Manor
which extended from the Northeast River to the Susquehannah and to
the Chesapeake Bay in Cecil County, Maryland. The manor was known as
New Connaght, 1680. Talbot parceled out land on easy terms to the
first settlers. Whole neighborhoods came to the manor after 1690
from County Kilkenny, Ireland and from southeastern Ireland. The
sea-loving Murphys were among the first settlers and moved
restlessly along the Susquehannah river, not settling on land,
because the men were in charge of sailing ships bringing passengers.
In 1705 widow Elizabeth Murphy said she saw the ruins of an early
fort that stood one half mile above the mouth of Octorara creek
where it emptied into the Susquehanah river (Pa. Archives 2nd series
Vol. xvi PP522 reference). When the Murphys were ready to be land
bound and had finished their sea duties, they took up land near
Charlestown, Cecil Co, Maryland. The Murphys had clothing,
furniture, plenty of cooking utensils as a law bade proprietors to
furnish them. They lived quietly and paid their taxes for
generations with their neighbors. As proprietors changed through the
years, forced leases for land were imposed on the settlers. Finally,
on Dec. 23, 1779 they petitioned for fairness and respite from
financial burdens. Among those signing were Edward Murphy, John
Cameron, William Dickson, William
Currier, Thomas McClary, John Caswell, John McKewn, Norton,
John Murphy, Campbell (Md. History Mag. vol. 5, page 59 reference).
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5. Other Currier Deeds 1758
- later
Jeremiah Currier to William Foster, Bill of Sale, vol 16, p. 438
Jeremiah Currier to William Foster, release of Bill of sale, vol 19,
p. 305
Sampson Currer from Joseph Hickman bill of sale, vol 9, p. 434
Sampson Currer to Timothy Boyles Vol; 16, p. 85 & 480, deed 481
William Currer to Oliver Miller bill of sale Vol 7 p. 533
William Currer from John Dunn, mortgage, vol 7 p. 435
William Currer from John Smith, assignment of lease, vol 7 p. 491
William Currer from John Smith, deed, voll 7, p. 492
William Currer from John T. Hitchcock, vol 8 p. 120 bill of sale
William Currer from Mathias Johnson deed vol 8 p. 378 – patent
originally to Zebulon Hollingsworth, known as Hollingsworth Fourth
or Bachelor’s Content, then left by Matthias Johnson in his last
Will to be sold for debts by son Matthias Johnson, on the East side
of the West branch of the Elk River. Witn James Baxter, Nathan
Baker, William Rees. For 33 pounds. 100 acres.
William Currer from Mathias Johnson deed vol 8, p. 529 – sold him
the addition to Bachelor’s Content. 5/16/1758, 33 acres, same
procedure as above.
William Currer from Reese Meredith et al deed vol 12 p. 95
William Currer from Isaac Crouch mortgage vol 12 p. 161
William Currer to Henry Hollingsworth & Ebenezer Booth deed vol
14 p. 105
William Currer from John Rogers, rect vol vol 8 p. 459
Vestry of St. Mary Anne’s church to Jeremiah Baker, Deed, Vol 15, p.
480
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6.
Currier's on Census'
1790 census – Currier
none in Cecil Co.. Two in York Co.,SC (James and Richard), a William
Currier in Baltimore.
1790 census – Currer
Currer ELIJAH MDCECIL S
SUSQEHANNAH HUND 1790 CURRER
FRANCIS MDCECIL ELK NECK HUNDRED
1790
CURRER JEREMIAH MDCECIL S SUSQEHANNAH HUND
1790 CURRER JONATHAN
MDCECIL N SUSQUEHANNAH HUN 1790 CURRER
SAMPSON MDCECIL ELK NECK HUNDRED
1790 CURRER THOMAS
MDWASHINGTON NO TWP LISTED 1790 CURRER
WILLIAM MDCECIL N SUSQUEHANNAH HUN 1790
Heads of Families in the 1st Census of the United States - 1790
Currer: Elijah, Francis, Jeremiah, Jonathan, Sampson, Thomas and
William
North Susquehannah Hundred:
William Currer 2 0 3 0 0
Jonathan Currer 1 0 2 0 0
Elk Neck Hundred:
Francis Currer 1 0 0 0 0 (also Edward and Jacob Hyland)
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1800 census – Currer
none
1800 census – Currier
Abigail – Cecil Co. – Elk Neck – female over 45, one name away from
Signey. She had one dtr 16-26.
Signey – Cecil Co. – Elk Neck (William Manly one name away) This is
a female over 45
Same two in York, SC
All others in NY, MA and ME
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1810 census – Currier
Currier JEREMIAH MDCECIL NO TWP LISTED
1810
CURRIER JONATHAN MDCECIL NO TWP
LISTED 1810
CURRIER SAML MDCECIL NO TWP LISTED
1810
CURRIER WM MDBALTIMORE MINE RUN HUNDRED 1810
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1820 census CurrierCurrier JAMES MDBALTIMORE 9-WD
BALTIMORE 1820
CURRIER JONATHAN MDCECIL 3-DIST 1820
1820 census Currer
Victor Currer Cecil MD 3rd Dist.
David or Daniel Currer Rowan NC Lexington side
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1840 Cecil Co., MD Census
252 7 25
CURRIER
Jeremiah pg0246.txt
253 8 20
CURRIER
Richard pg0246.txt
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7. Currier B
& B
There is a Currier B & B in Havre de Grace, Harford Ct,
Maryland. It is just across the Susquehanna and owned by a
descendant of the Cecil County Curriers.
http://www.currier-bb.com/
Another ad found on line.
Currier House Bed and Breakfast
Just up the street from the Decoy Museum is the Currier House, a new
B & B in the home of a famous waterman's family. The Curriers
were related to the Currier and Ives artists. James Currier, the
owner's uncle, was a hunting guide for a nearby inn and many of his
decoys are in a glass case in the dining room along with his lantern
and tools. His oars are over the case. The owners have arduously
renovated the museum like house. In the basement were 50 cigar boxes
with letters dating to l830. A developer might have leveled the
home, since it was in such disrepair. This descendant and husband
are finding more data daily. Since the town records were destroyed
in a fire these"archives" are even more valuable.
Ms. Belbot left a high-powered profession to preserve her family
home. Since February of 1996, it has been open as a bed &
breakfast with 4 guest rooms, each with private bath. Her great
grandfather had lost his farm in Cecil County to Federal troops. He
built the house in 1861. Her grandfather, born in 1863, the first
fire chief, and her father had a livery stable. Her grandfather
obtained the massive, intricately carved dining room table from
Italians in town.. Her grandfather also raced sleigh and sleigh
bells, displayed in the dining room with many family pictures. The
horses wore spikes on their shoes, and flying ice would cut the
racers if they did not hold the buffalo blanket (also on display).
After running the Susquehanna Ferry for years he died in 1865. Her
mother was a concert pianist, and her piano is in the living room.
Her father served in Verdun in WWI, and shells from Verdun, his
helmet and a lace handkerchief made for her grand mother plus a
picture of Verdun are all on display in the front parlor.
Upstairs, you will see a tax bill from the IRS from 1869 and Currier
and Ives lithographs are in each room. An Amish Wedding photograph
by John Warner hangs over one bed in the room named "The Jeffers
Room" after the owner's mother. Her grandmother was a Carroll. "The
Crawford Room" is named for her husband's family and features one of
his imaginative paintings as well as heirlooms. One room, made into
a bath has cedar wood and tongue and groove construction. Another of
the four guest rooms has a door at a slant, curved wall and lace
curtains and spread. This may have been a child's room. A happy
peaceful child ghost resides here. This was a Scotch Irish family,
as porch flags attest. They were probably jovial and so are their
descendants, who give you a full breakfast with freshly made
pastries to prepare you for a tour of Havre de Grace.
Innkeepers: Jane C. Belbot and Mr. Belbot. Living room, dining room,
porch, 4 rooms. Full breakfast. No Pets. MC, VISA, DISC, AMEX,
checks, cash. Near: Decoy Museum, promenade, Maritime Museum,
fishing, hunting, swimming, shopping, dining.
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Jim Currier 1886-1969 Havre
de Grace, MD. (circa 1940's) Very Good. Hand Chopped Hen
block. Hen looking for a matched mate, but no luck so far.
Early heavy model that has a distinct McGaw pattern look to it, with
Roman nose bill. Solid construction Hen that saw her share of use on
the flats. One shot hole in neck that can be seen in
photo. All original hardware, paint and weight.
Landfall Along the Chesapeake
By Susan Schmidt
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Grace Carroll Jeffers married Oliver
Currer. Daughter Jane (b. 1911) gave tour of the family
house she has restored into a charming inn, which sits on South
Market Street, just above the Concord Point Lighthouse, Maritime
Museum, and Decoy Museum. Jane’s father’s grandfather , Matthiew
Currier , bought this house in 1861. …Matthew Currier freed five
slaves when he sold his farm and moved to town. He ran a ferry barge
on the Susquehanna River and smuggled slaves north from Havre de
Grace past Port Deposit to Darlington, hidden in the empty space
below the barge platform. Matthew Currier died in 1865 before the
age of 30, before the war was over. O. R. was born in 1863 and ran a
livery stable he inherited from his step-father, James Cameron.
In the Currier House is a passage from the basement to the attic. I
believe Matthew kept slaves in the house; people called it a “safe
house”. But tracking an illegal activity is hard to document. Jane’s
Uncle, Jim Currier, was a famous carver, and his duck decoys and
guns were displayed in a dining room and down the street in the
Decoy Museum. Above the gun closet is a trap door and on the second
floor, right above, the linen closet has a false ceiling.
Issue Date: Chesapeake Bay
Magazine - March 2005
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House of Secrets
The Currier House B&B in Havre de Grace, Md., harbors centuries
of local history. Who knew?
Innkeeper Jane
Currier knew that her family’s home in Havre de Grace,
built in 1790, had stood the test of time, which is why she decided
to preserve it as a B&B rather than sell it after her mother
passed away. She has decorated it with family heirlooms and
photographs that document the history of the area as much as they
document a family of farmers, watermen and hunters-not the least of
whom was her uncle Jim Currier, a carver whose decoys are on display
at the Havre de Grace Decoy Museum. Scores of his wooden duck
bodies, unpainted, fill an inset cabinet in Jane Currier’s dining
room.
But she had no idea that the house, just up
the street from the Concord Point Lighthouse, had also been a way
station on the Underground Railroad. “My family certainly
never talked about it,” she says, her eyes alive with interest. “My
mother left three filing cabinets in the basement, chock-full of old
documents and the history of the house, but there’s no mention in
any of that about escaping slaves.” She knew nothing about this
aspect of her family homestead until a man named Matthew Johnson
came knocking on her door one day.
Johnson, who passed away a year ago, was
documenting the path of the Underground Railroad through Harford and
Cecil counties, and, according to the escapees’ own narratives, he
said, Currier’s house was a “safe house,” where fugitives hid until
they could be safely ferried across the Susquehanna River.
“That would explain the secret passage I
found,” Currier says.
Although she has declined to tear out walls
to investigate, she did discover an odd passage that seems to lead
from the basement to the attic of her home. “I thought maybe it was
a laundry chute of some kind, or a dumbwaiter, although why it was
where it was [in the original 1790 section of the house] didn’t make
sense.” Now she thinks it was a way to smuggle escaping slaves,
unseen, between the walls to the safety of the attic.
Currier’s great-grandfather, Matthew Currier, bought the
original house in 1861, after he had lost his farm in Cecil County
(north of the Susquehanna) and moved to Havre de Grace, where he
operated the ferry. Whether his family helped shelter runaway
slaves, or his predecessor had-or both-is unclear. Certainly a
ferryboat operator would have been a key link in helping runaways
cross the Susquehanna, heading for the relative freedom of
Pennsylvania. It can hardly be a coincidence that a block away from
the Currier House, a street called Freedom Lane runs straight to the
old ferry landing. On the other hand, the War Between the States had
already begun when the Curriers moved in; perhaps by then the house
had already served its purpose and its “agents” had moved on.
Whatever the case, the house remains a
refuge for travelers passing through Havre de Grace, either by boat
or car. Significantly expanded in 1882 and modernized in the 1900s,
it lies a short walk away from the launch ramp and transient slips
at the Havre de Grace City Yacht Basin at Tydings Memorial Park
(410-939-0015). Tidewater Marina (410-939-0950; 800-960-8433) is a
few blocks away in the other direction. The Maritime Museum and
Decoy Museum are nearby, as is the Havre de Grace waterfront
promenade. Although the building sits well back from the water
(“There was nothing in front of the house but wetlands swamp when I
was a kid,” Currier says), the upstairs balconies offer a sweeping
view of the Susquehanna Flats. The rooms are bright and cozy, all
with private baths (one bath is actually across the hall from the
room it serves): $95–$135; no smoking inside, no pets. 410-939-7886;
800-827-2889; www.currier-bb.com.
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8.
Currier and Ives
Julia looked to see if there
was a connection to the Currier of Currier and Ives
fame. On first blush, probably not BUT.........
The artist Currier was descended from an ancester who immigrated
into New England from Yorkshire. But read the material
below for some history on this family AND
the London Grocer.
England - Upon the dissolution of the monasteries
the manor and village of Kildwick [in Old Yorkshire] were granted by
Henry VIII to…. Whose family sold it in 1559 to Hugh Currer, from whom it has
lineally descended to its present owner, Sir Matthew Wilson, of
Eshton. The Church of St. Andrew at Kildwick was mentioned in the
Domesday Book. In 1318 it was destroyed by the Scots, then rebuilt
by Henry VIII. The east end of the north aisle forms a memorial
chapel of the Currer family. Goes on to tell about the family
lineage, including Henry Currer, his dtr Dorothy who married a
Richardson, then to Miss Frances Richardson Currer. House is
Kildwick Hall – goes on to describe it in great detail.
Old Yorkshire
By William Wheater
Published by Hamilton, Adams, 1885
Full copy on Google Books
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By Yorkshire Archaeological Society, Yorkshire
Archaeological and Topographical Association [Google Books]
77. — The Will Of Henry Currer Of Kildwick.
March 1, 1652. Henry Currer of Kildwick in Craven, Yeoman. Whereas I have given to
Henry and John Currer
my younger sons, £400 each in settlement of their child's
portion, and a further sum 0f
£100 each, and I have given a debt of £200, owing to me by Hugh Currer,
my son and heir apparent, to Mary Currer,
my daughter, and have given my daughter Anne Watson, wife
of \Vm Watson, £250, in full
satisfaction of her child's portion, and £350 in trust for her and
her heirs, and my daughter Martha, wife of Edmund Baudwin, £500.
My will and mind is that my debts be paid, and out of my personal
estate, I give to the aforesaid Mary Currer
£300 and a grey nag. To my son Hugh £10 for the use of his
son Henry, and £40 for his daughters Anne and Elenor. To
my son in law Wm Watson £30, £10
of which for Wm Watson, his
son, and the rest for Henry, his younger son. To Edmond Baudwin £10,
for his son VVm. £20 to
the poor of Kildwick and £10 to the poor of Gargrave. Residue to
Henry and John, sons, and Martha Baudwin, sole
executors. [Proved. Nov. 9, 1654]
68.—The Will Of Henry Currer Of LONDON.b
(Alchin, 42.;
March 8, 1653. Henry Currer, Citizen and
Grocer, of London, Parish of Sl Mary Colchurch. To my
nephew Henry Currer, son of my
brother Hugh Currer of Kildwick, co. York, £1000,
to be paid out of money due to me from Mr
John Winterborne -of London, gentleman,
and
out of such other money due to me from my master, Henry Box, Esq.,
for wages, &c., and if the said Henry shall depart this life
before he receive this money, I give the moiety of the said sum to
my executor, to be paid him. To my 3 sisters Mary, Anne, and
Martha, each £5, To my cousin Hugh Currer's wife, dwelling in
Southwark, £5, and I ordain my brother John Currer sole
executor, and give him all residue.
[Proved . April 15, 1654, by
John Currer.]
Here's a Helena -
HUGH CURRER, Esq. who purchased the manor
of Kildwick, in Craven, m. Helena, dau. of John Halstead, Esq. of Rowley, in
Lancashire, and dying in 1617, was s.
by his son,
4/17/1671 – John Currer the
younger (KE) was granted administration on estate of John Currer
the elder (grocer, London). Bondsmen: Robert
Dunn, William Bishop. Appraisers: John Wright, Thomas Bright.
Mathew Reade (g) to administer oath.
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