Seth Currier (1734 - 1792)

Born 10 Mar 1734 in Amesbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Alice (Sargent) Currier — married 16 Jan 1766 in Amesbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died Mar 1792 at about age 57 in Amesbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Seth Currier, second son of Deacon Nathan and Mehitable (Silver) Currier, was born in Amesbury, Massachusetts, March 10, 1734/5, and baptized March 16, 1734/5. He married January 16, 1766, Ellis Sargent, daughter of Peter and Anna (Currier) Sargent, who was born in 1747, and died at Amesbury, February 13, 1830. He died March 1792, and Christopher Sargent and his son Joseph Currier were executors of his will. They had seven children: Anne, Ellis, Joseph, Seth, Peter, John, and Sarah.^[1]

Birth

Seth Currier, the son of Mehitable and Nathan Currier, born Amesbury, Massachusetts on Mar. 10, 1734-5^[2]

Marriage

Seth Currier married Alice Sargent on Jan. 16, 1766 in Amesbury, Massachusetts Bay^[3]

Revolutionary War

Seth Currier, born Amesbury, Massachusetts 10 March 1734, died there March 1792, and his wife Alice Sergeant, born 1747 at Amesbury, Massachusetts, died there 19 Feb 1830, are honored by the Daughters of the American Revolution for patriotic service: ) SURVEYOR OF HIGHWAYS,1775; ALSO FIELD DRIVER,1778-1780 ^[4]

Family

Children born to Seth & Alice Currier in Amesbury, Massachusetts Bay:

1. Seth Currier, born 16 September 1775^[5]
2. Peter Currier, born Sept. 16, 1781, ^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ Currier, John McNab, 1832-1919, Harvey Lear Currier, and Vt.) Orleans County Historical Society (Orleans County. Genealogy of Richard Currier of Salisbury And Amesbury, Massachusetts (1616--1686-7) And Many of His Descendants. Newport, Vt., 1910. Page 91 https://hdl.handle.net/2027/njp.32101072361692?urlappend=%3Bseq=105
2. ↑ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016). https://www.americanancestors.org/DB190/i/7645/80/141159806
3. ↑ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016). https://www.americanancestors.org/DB190/i/7645/328/141168066
4. ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed Jan 22, 2020), "Record of Seth Currier", Ancestor # A028742.
5. ↑ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016). https://www.americanancestors.org/DB190/i/7645/80/141160203
6. ↑ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016). https://www.americanancestors.org/DB190/i/7645/78/141159465

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Acknowledgments

Thanks to Johnna Sheaffer for starting this profile.