John McCurdy (abt. 1718 - 1813)

Born about 1718 in Ballymoney, Ballymoney, County Antrim, Ireland [uncertain]

Husband of Mary (Scoby) McCurdy — married about 1757 in Dunbarton, Merrimack, New Hampshire

Descendants

Died 6 Aug 1813 at about age 95 in Dunbarton, Merrimack, New Hampshire, United States [uncertain]

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Biography

John was born about 1718 in County Antrim in Ireland. He came to New England in 1737 with his father, Archibald McCurdy and siblings, Daniel, Robert, Sarah, and James. ^[1] He was part of the survey committee for Dunbarton, New Hampshire that met in Londonderry, New Hampshire April 7 1752^[2] John McCurdy was also elected constable of Dunbarton in 1765, selectman in 1770. ^[3]

John was a Ranger in the French and Indian wars and is often referred to as Lieutenant after the wars.^[4]

After the establishment of Dunbarton, John married Mary Scoby and they are said to have had 9 children beginning with Martha in 1757.^[5]

Outside of the local histories cited above, the only record found for John so far is the 1790 Dunbarton New Hampshire census which shows John as head of a household with 5 males over 16, 1 male under 16 and 5 females.^[6] It is likely that this is a multigenerational household with John being the Senior resident (around 70 years old) and one or more of his son's families accounting for the male under 16 and some of the females.

John's tombstone is pictured on Find a Grave. He died in Dunbarton 6 August 1813 and is buried in Hillside cemetery Goffstown New Hampshire.^[7]

John is mentioned often in the history of Dunbarton and the Genealogies of neighboring Goffstown

Sources

1. ↑ * "U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s, Archibald McCurdy; arrival 1737, New England; McCurdy children, Daniel, John, Robert, Sarah, James; Alphabetical list of British immigrants to New England, 1700-1775. Includes index. Originally in The Essex Institute Historical Collections, vols. 63-67 (April 1927-July 1931); https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/1583272:7486
2. ↑ History of the town of Dunbarton, Merrimack County, New-Hampshire, from the grant by Mason's assigns, in 1751, to the year 1860 by Stark, Caleb, 1804-1864 https://archive.org/details/historyoftownofd00stariala/page/12/mode/2up?q=McCurdy
3. ↑ “New Hampshire, Merrimack, Dunbarton Town records v. 1-4, 1765-1870,” Family History Library, Film 224819, Image Group Number (DGS) 7751124, Images 11 & 14; https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/1187986?availability=Family%20History%20Library
4. ↑ History of the town of Dunbarton, Merrimack County, New-Hampshire, from the grant by Mason's assigns, in 1751, to the year 1860 by Stark, Caleb, 1804-1864 https://archive.org/details/historyoftownofd00stariala/page/244/mode/2up?q=McCurdy
5. ↑ Hadley, G. Plummer. (19221924). History of the town of Goffstown, 1733-1920 ... Concord, N.H.: Rumford Press. Hadley, G. Plummer. (19221924). History of the town of Goffstown, 1733-1920 ... Concord, N.H.: Rumford Press.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1790," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHKB-C5Q : accessed 11 October 2021), John Mccurdy, Dunbarton, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States; citing p. 348, NARA microfilm publication M637, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 5; FHL microfilm 568,145.
7. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/106985104/john-mccurdy : accessed 11 October 2021), memorial page for Lieut John McCurdy (1718–6 Aug 1813), Find A Grave: Memorial #106985104, citing Hillside Cemetery, Goffstown, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA ; Maintained by Amy Levesque (contributor 47156425) .

• "American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI), John McCurdy; birth 1718, Ire.; New Hampshire, selectman, Fre.Ind.War; Volume 113, Page 496: Reference - A recd. Of the achievements of her people in the making of a commonwealth and the founding of a nation. Ed. By Ezra S. Stearns. New York, 1908. (4v.): 1838-9; https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/573403:3599

• "Family histories and genealogies; a genealogical and biographical monographs on the families of MacCurdy, Mitchell," Pages 134-135.