Joseph Currier

Abt 1685 - 1748  (63 years)

• Name	Joseph Currier
  Birth	Abt 1685	Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  History	17 Oct 1691 (6 years)	Plymouth Colony merged with Massachusetts Bay Colony forming the Province of Massachusetts Bay
  Married	9 Dec 1708 (23 years)	Amesbury, Essex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay   [1, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Sarah Brown, the daughter of Ephraim and Sarah Brown. She was born on 5 March 1686/87 in Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Deacon Nathan Currier (1710-1782) 2. Joseph Currier (1712-1742) 3. Ephraim Currier (1714-____) 4. Abner Currier (1716-____) 5. Sarah Currier (1718-____) 6. Hannah Currier (1720-before 1748) 7. Anne Currier (1723-1803) 8. Mary Currier (1725-____) 9. Merriam Currier (1728-1787)
  History	1726 (41 years)  [3]
  He was taxed for the support of the Church in the West Parish.
  Will	21 Jul 1748 (63 years)	Amesbury, Essex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay   [1, 3]
  He mentions his wife, Sarah, and his children: Nathan, Ephraim, Abner, Sarah, Anne, Mary, and Merriam.
  Death	19 Nov 1748	Amesbury, Essex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay   [2, 3, 4, 5]
  Burial	Aft 19 Nov 1748	Church Street Cemetery, Merrimac, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Church Street Cemetery,  Merrimac, Massachusetts   [3]
  Here Lies The Body of Mr. Joseph Currier Who Died Nov. 19th 1748 In The 63d Year of His Age
  Probate/Proved	5 Dec 1748 (63 years)	Essex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay   [1, 3]
  Siblings	8 brothers and 3 sisters
  1. Hannah Currier,   b. 28 Mar 1670, Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 23 Jan 1699/1700, Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 29 years)   2. Thomas Currier,   b. 28 Nov 1671, Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 18 Apr 1750, Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 78 years) + 3. Capt. Richard Currier,   b. 12 Apr 1673, Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 8 Feb 1747/48, Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 74 years) ▻ Dorothy Barnard,  m. 29 Aug 1695   4. Samuel Currier,   b. 3 Jan 1674/75, Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 30 Jul 1735, Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 60 years)   5. Mary Currier,   b. 28 Nov 1676, Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. Abt 1766  (Age 89 years) + 6. Anne Currier,   b. Abt 1678, Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. Before 1752, Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 73 years) ▻ Samuel Barnard,  m. 22 Oct 1696   7. William Currier,   b. 1680, Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. Abt 1752  (Age 72 years)   8. John Currier,   b. 1682/83, Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. Between 18 Mar 1742 and 12 Apr 1742, Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   9. Joseph Currier,   b. Abt 1685, Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony d. 19 Nov 1748, Amesbury, Essex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay  (Age 63 years)   10. Benjamin Currier,   b. 27 Mar 1688, Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. Aug 1748, Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 60 years)   11. Ebenezer Currier,   b. 22 Aug 1690, Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. > 12. Daniel Currier,   b. 31 May 1692, Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 24 Sep 1727, Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 35 years) ▻ Sarah Brown,  m. 12 Dec 1717
  Patriarch & Matriarch	Richard Currier,   b. 3 May 1616, England or Scotland d. 22 Feb 1686/87, Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 70 years)  (Grandfather)  Elizabeth  (Grandmother)
  Person ID, Branch	I14418
  Last Modified	26 Aug 2025

  
  

  Father	Deacon Thomas Currier,   b. 8 Mar 1646, Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 27 Sep 1712, Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (Age 66 years)
  Mother	Mary Osgood,   b. 3 Mar 1649/50, Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 2 Nov 1705, Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (Age 55 years)
  Family ID	F280	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Pedigree

  ← Click to display 1Joseph Currier(Abt 1685 – 1748) 2Deacon Thomas Currier(1646 – 1712) 4Richard Currier(1616 – 22 Feb 1686/87) 5Ann( – 1676) 3Mary Osgood(3 Mar 1649/50 – 1705) 6William Osgood(Abt 1609 – 1700) 7Elizabeth

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - Abt 1685 - Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony Married - 9 Dec 1708 - Amesbury, Essex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay Will - 21 Jul 1748 - Amesbury, Essex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay Death - 19 Nov 1748 - Amesbury, Essex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay Burial - Aft 19 Nov 1748 - Church Street Cemetery, Merrimac, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Probate/Proved - 5 Dec 1748 - Essex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources 🟢 Primary Evidence 🟡 Secondary Evidence 🟠 Tertiary Evidence 🔴 Unreliable Evidence

  [S621] Hoyt, David W., The Old Families of Salisbury and Amesbury, Massachusetts, with some Related Families of Newbury, Haverhill, Ipswich, and Hampton volume I, (Providence, Rhode Island: Snow & Farnham, 1897). [S646] Hoyt, David W., The Old Families of Salisbury and Amesbury, Massachusetts, with some Related Families of Newbury, Haverhill, Ipswich, and Hampton volume III, Reprint 1916, (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1982). [S818] Currier, John McNab. Genealogy of Ezra Currier of Bath, New Hampshire (1749-1825) and his Descendants, (Newport, Vermont: Orleans County Historical Society, 1910). [S813] Currier, Richard Sawyer. Genealogical History of the Currier Family , (Montpelier, Vermont: Capital City Press, 1935). [S842] Topsfield Historical Society, Vital Records of Amesbury, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849 , (Topsfield, Massachusetts: Topsfield Historical Society, 1913). [S846] Topsfield Historical Society. Vital Records of Salisbury, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849 , (Topsfield, Massachusetts: Topsfield Publishing Co., 1915).