Richard Curry (1797 - bef. 1844)

Born 4 Jun 1797 in Harbour Island, Eleuthera, Bahamas

Ancestors

Husband of Mary A. (Lowe) Curry — married about 1819 in Bahamas

Descendants

Died before 1844 before age 46 in Spanish Wells, Eleuthera, Bahamas

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Richard Curry is part of a Bahamian family.

Biography

"Richard Curry of Spanish Wells"

Richard was born 4 June 1797 in Harbour Island, Eleuthera, Bahamas.^[1] He was the son of Richard Thomas Curry and Catherine Weatherford.

He married Mary A Lowe on 29 September 181[9?] in Spanish Wells.^[2]

Richard apparently died sometime before the fourth quarter of 1844, when Mary and three of their children migrated to Key West, Florida.^[3]

A Richard Curry died on 3 August 1855;^[4] however he died in Green Turtle Cay, and his will indicates that he was a different man.^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ Oreste Lombardi, comp., Richard Curry, no. I7051, Abaco.ged, 2013 Dolly Mae Bahamas 40th Anniversary CD (Hope Town, Abaco, Bahamas: Wyannie Malone Museum, 2014); citing "Eugene R. Lytton Sr. of Copperhill, TN."
2. ↑ Note from Ann Morley Carmel; the source is not identified. The marriage has not been located on the Dolly Mae CD.
3. ↑ "U.S., Atlantic Ports Passenger Lists, 1820–1873 and 1893–1959," Key West, Florida, Fourth Quarter 1844, lines 11–14, Mary Curry, Chas [sic] Curry, Rd Curry, and M. Curry; digital image, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/8758/USM575_4-0146/7042763?backurl=https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/37835005/person/190116867045/facts/citation/680324061039/edit/record : accessed July 2017); citing National Archives microfilm publication M575.
4. ↑ Bahamas Registrar General, Civil Registration, Deaths, 1855, Third Quarter, Green Turtle Cay Division of the District of Abaco, p. 67, no. 5, Richard Curry, 3 August 1855; digital image, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GRSG-JJP?i=200&cc=1922411 : accessed July 2017).
5. ↑ Betty Bruce, comp., "Abstracts of Bahamas Wills, Part 5: 1847–1859," p. 15; citing Bahamas Will Book N-4: 250.

• Bahamas DNA website
• "United States Census, 1860," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6C9-J6C : accessed 7 July 2015), Mary A Curry in household of Richard Curry, The City Of Kez West, Monroe, Florida, United States; from "1860 U.S. Federal Census - Population," database, Fold3.com (http://www.fold3.com : n.d.); citing p. 41, household ID 325, NARA microfilm publication M653 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 803,108.

Acknowledgments

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