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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. Cecil
Ct. Historic Map
shows the rivers details in 1785. 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
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History Periodicals
Publisher: [Philadelphia]
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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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