Person:William Currie (10)

About Rev. William Currie

Ancestry.com. Lewis Walker of Chester Valley and his descendants : with some of the families with whom they are connected by marriage, 1686-1 [database on-line]. Provo, UT: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005. Original data: Streets, Priscilla Walker,. Lewis Walker of Chester Valley and his descendants : with some of the families with whom they are connected by marriage, 1686-1896. Philadelphia: P.W. Streets, 1896. pg 111-112: "Margaret Ross, who married the Rev Wm Currie, before mentioned, had seven children: John Currie, James Currie, William Currie, Richard Currie born 1750, died 16 Sep 1776, married Hanna Potts, born 1755, died 23 Feb 1778; both are buried in St David's Churchyard. His children were: Margaret, 13 Mar 1772, married Thomas Walker; Ann, 1 Sep 1773, married William Broadess; Richard, 23 Jul 1776; Alexander Currie; Ross Currie; Elizabeth Currie......

2012-from Findagrave: Birth:1709, Scotland Death: Oct. 26, 1803, Chester, PA

REV. WILLIAM CURRIE

William Currie was born and educated in Glasgow, Scotland.

He immigrated to America and settled in New Castle, in Delaware. He became acquainted with the Rev. Mr. Ross, a clergyman of the Episcopal Church, and under whose influence he was led to examine the doctrines and discipline of the Church of Scotland, and was accordingly recommended by the Rev. Mr. Ross to the Royal Society of England, whither he proceeded for ordination. After his return he became rector of Perkiomen, Radnor, and St. Peter's Churches in Pennsylvania.

On November 30, 1738, he married Rev. Ross' eldest daughter, Margaret. To this union there were five sons and one daughter: John, James, William, Richard, Alexander Ross, and Elizabeth.

Mr. Currie continued to be the rector of the above churches until independence was declared and then from 1777–1785 he preached upon request.

After the death of his first wife in 1771, he married second wife, Lucy Ann Jones, formerly a Miss Godfrey, at this time the widow of David Jones. He resided on a farm in Tredyffrin, Pennsylvania, situated a short distance from Washington's encampment at Valley Forge. After the loss of his second wife, he sold the farm and went to live with his granddaughter.

He departed this life at ninety-four years of age.

The Philadelphia Repository & Weekly Register; Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; Dated: November 5, 1803; Deaths

~~, on the 26th ult. in the Great Valley, Chester county, in the ninety-fourth year of his age, the Rev. William Currie, formerly missionary to the churches of Radnor and Perkiomen.