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Note: s.1,2,3,4 He was the son of Samuel Currierand Dorothy Foote.1,3,4 On 29 June 1731 at Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, Samuel married Hannah Morrill, the daughter of Ezekiel and Abigail (Wadleigh) Morrill of Salisbury, Massachusetts. Hannah was born 16 March 1711 in Salisbury, Massachusetts.1,5,3,4 On 12 July 1735 at Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, Deacon Samuel Currier was mentioned in the will of Samuel Currier.1,3 Deacon Samuel Currier died on Wednesday, 24 September 1766 at Hampstead, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, at age 56 years, 7 months and 23 days.5,2,3 1. Hoyt, David W. The Old Families of Salisbury and Amesbury, Massachusetts, with some Related Families of Newbury, Haverhill, Ipswich, and Hampton, Three Volumes and Supplement in One Volume. volume I (1897). Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1982). 2. Hoyt, David W. The Old Families of Salisbury and Amesbury, Massachusetts, with some Related Families of Newbury, Haverhill, Ipswich, and Hampton, Three Volumes and Supplement in One Volume. volume III (1916). Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1982). 3. Currier, John McNab. Genealogy of Ezra Currier of Bath, New Hampshire (1749-1825) and his Descendants. Newport, Vermont: Orleans County Historical Society, 1910. 4. Topsfield Historical Society. Vital Records of Salisbury, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849. Topsfield, Massachusetts: Topsfield Publishing Co., 1915. 5. Hoyt, David W. The Old Families of Salisbury and Amesbury, Massachusetts, with some Related Families of Newbury, Haverhill, Ipswich, and Hampton, Three Volumes and Supplement in One Volume. volume II (1902). Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1982). ------------------------------------- Estate of Samuel Currier of Hampstead, NH (formerly of Salisbury, MA) Essex Probate Docket # None In the name of God Amen, I Samuel Currier of Hampstead in the Province of New Hampshire in New England yoeman, being under bodily weakness but of perfect mind and memory do make Constitute and ordain this to be my last will & testament First I commend my Soul to God in Christ in hope of eternal Salvation by the merits of my ever blessed Redeemer, and my Body to the Dust, to be decently buried in hope of a blessed Resurrection And for the Settlement of my temporal Estate, which God hath Graciously given me, I do give demise and dispose of the Same as is hereafter expressed, in this my will viz: Imprimis my will is that my belovd wife Hannah Currier pay all my Just debts & funeral expenses. Item 2 I give and bequeath to my beloved wife Hannah Currier the use and improvement of one third of my real Estate during her life also I give her the whole of my personal Estate to be at her disposall. Item 3 I give and bequeath to my belovd Son Ezekiel Currier the whole of the Land where he lives with ye buildings which I bought of Asa Foster, and one half of the Land I bought of Robert Wallace. Also one half of the Lot of land upon the Hill Lying partly in Sandown & partly in Hampstead. Item 4 I give to my belovd Sons Samuel Currier and Jacob Currier the whole of the Land I had of James Graves except that part of it that I have already disposed of to be equally divided betwixt them in quantity and quality. Item 5 I give to my Sons Ezekiel, Samuel and Jacob the whole of my out Lands to be equally divided betwixt them in quantity and quality. Item 6 I give to my belovd Daughter Abigail Fitts fifteen pounds Lawfull money if she should die before the legacy is payed then that is to be payed to the Children as they come of age Item 7 I give to my belovd Daughter Hannah Page fifteen pounds lawfull money if she should die before the legacy is payed then that it be payed to the Children as they come of age Item 8 I give to my belovd Daughter Dorothy Currier fifteen pounds Lawfull money Item 9 my will is that my beloved wife Hannah Currier, and my beloved Sons Samuel Currier and Jacob Currier, pay the abovesaid Legacies, that my wife pay the Legacy to my Daughter Hannah Page within one year after my decease That my Son Samuel Shall pay my daughter Abigail Fitts her Legacy when he Comes into the possession of his part of his land, and that my Son Jacob shall pay my Daughter Dorothy her Legacy when he Comes into the possession of his part of Land Finally I do make ordain and Constitute my beloved Son Ezekiel Currier to be Sole Executor of this my last will and testament, and I do hereby revoke and make void all other and former will or wills by me made or declared and do ratify and Confirm this and this only to be my last will and testament In witness whereof I have hereunto Set my Hand and Seal this twenty Second Day of Sept. Anno Domini 1766 and in the Sixth year of the Reign of George the Third &c__________ [The word land enterlined before Ensealing & declari(n)g hereof] Signed Sealed and Delivered by The Said Samuel Currier to be His last will and testament In presence of us SAMUEL CURRIER (Seal) Aaron Rowell Benjamin Tucker John Bond Province of New Hampsh. This Will was Provd Oct. 29th 1766 By the Sollemn affirmation of Aaron Rowell & by the oath of Benjamin Tucker in Common Form _______ Attest (1766, Oct. 29, The above will was allowed, and administration of the estate was committed to the aforesaid executor, by John Wentworth Esqr. Judge of the Probate of Wills N. H. Source: Province (NH) Probate Records, Vol. 24, p. 295)
Note: Deacon Samuel Currier was born on 1 February 1709/10 at Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusett
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