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Families covered: Currie of Berwick, Currie of Cheshire, Currie of Bush Hill
BP1934 reports that the following family as a branch of an old Scottish family that was settled near Dunse, Berwickshire. 'Herald & Genealogist' (vol 5, 1870, edited by J.G. Nichols, 'Currie of Bush-Hill', p175+ in the 'Doubtful Pedigrees' section) reports that that family had settled at Dunse in 1571, being "derived from Cuthbert Currie a cadet of the family of that ilk in Annandale, Dumfriesshire". BP1934 starts with ... | |||||||||||||||
William Currie "of Currie Park" (a 1609) | |||||||||||||||
1. | Cuthbert Currie (dsp 1663) | ||||||||||||||
m. Elizabeth Little | |||||||||||||||
2. | William Currie (d 1681) | ||||||||||||||
m. Agnes Nisbet | |||||||||||||||
A. | William Currie (b 1628, d 1695) | ||||||||||||||
m. Katherine Moniewlaws | |||||||||||||||
i. | William Currie of Berwick-upon-Tweed (b 1653, d 1728) | ||||||||||||||
a. | Mark Currie of Berwick (b 1682, d 1761) | ||||||||||||||
m. Magdalen Anderson (cousin) | |||||||||||||||
(1) | William Currie (b 10.04.1721, d 10.11.1781, banker) | ||||||||||||||
m. (17.05.1753) Madeleine Lefevre (dau of Isaac Lefevre, great-grandfather of Viscount Eversley) | |||||||||||||||
(A) | William Currie of East Horsley Park, Surrey ancestor of Currie of Rushden House | ||||||||||||||
(B) | Mark Currie of Upper Gatton (Surrey) then Hayes (Middlesex) (b 13.05.1759, d 01.03.1835) | ||||||||||||||
m. (08.01.1789) Elizabeth Close (d 12.01.1856, dau of John Close of Easby) | |||||||||||||||
(i) | Mark John Currie (b 21.06.1795, d 02.05.1874, Vice Admiral RN, 2nd son) had issue | ||||||||||||||
m. (14.01.1829) Jane Wood (d 17.05.1876, dau of Charles Boynton Wood of Hayes) | |||||||||||||||
(ii) | Sir Frderick Currie, 1st Bart (b 03.02.1799, d 11.09.1875, Member of the Supreme Court of India) had issue | ||||||||||||||
m1. (07.08.1820) Susannah Larkins (d 14.01.1832, dau of John Pascal Larkins) | |||||||||||||||
m2. (03.09.1834) Lucy Elizabeth Bird (d 25.07.1835, dau of Robert M. Bird) | |||||||||||||||
m3. (10.02.1841) Katharine Maria Thompson (d 30.01.1909, dau of George Powney Thompson) | |||||||||||||||
(iii) | Charles Currie (b 03.10.1800, vicar of Tilney) | ||||||||||||||
m. (05.06.1839) Diana Elizabeth Isham (dau of Rev. Charles Eusebius Isham) | |||||||||||||||
(iv) | Edward Currie of Pickford, Sussex (b 02.02.1804) had issue | ||||||||||||||
m. (03.03.1831) Georgiana Macrae (dau of John Macrae) | |||||||||||||||
(v) | Alfred Peter Currie of Deans, Caversham (b 08.01.1806, d 03.02.1847) had issue | ||||||||||||||
m. (22.06.1835) Jane Latham Mainwaring (d 13.04.1900, dau of George Maingwaring) | |||||||||||||||
(vi) | Anne Currie | ||||||||||||||
m. (14.04.1831) Henry Spencer Heathcote of Woodbury (d 21.04.1844) | |||||||||||||||
(vii)+ | other issue - William (b 01.08.1791, dsp 16.12.1869), Elizabeth (d unm 12.09.1829) | ||||||||||||||
(C) | Isaac Currie of Bush Hill, Middlesex (b 13.03.14760, d 19.04.1843) | ||||||||||||||
The following comes from BLG1952 ('Currie of Dingley Hall and Dunbeath Castle (formerly of Minley Manor)'). | |||||||||||||||
m. (02.04.1789) Mary Anne Raikes (s 11.07.1834, dau of William Raikes of Valentines) | |||||||||||||||
(i) | Isaac George Currie of Bush Hill (b 29.03.1792, dsp 11.08.1858) | ||||||||||||||
m. (11.05.1847) Mary Hay (d 19.06.1875, dau of Colonel _ Hay) | |||||||||||||||
(ii) | Raikes Currie (b 15.04.1801, d 16.10.1811, MP for Northampton) had issue | ||||||||||||||
m. (28.06.1825) Laura Sophia Wodehouse (d 17.02.1869, dau of John, 2nd Baron Wodehouse) | |||||||||||||||
(iii) | Marianne Currie (d 22.09.1857) | ||||||||||||||
m. (17.11.1814) George Raikes (d 16.01.1840) | |||||||||||||||
(iv) | Louisa Currie | ||||||||||||||
m. (21.07.1847) G.B. Fisher (Rector of Basildon) | |||||||||||||||
(v)+ | other issue - Emma (d 1851), Georgina (d 1885) | ||||||||||||||
(D) | John Currie of Bedwell Park, Hertfordshire ancestor of Currie-Blyth of Sandown House | ||||||||||||||
(E) | Peter Currie of Richmond, Surrey (b 18.05.1765) | ||||||||||||||
m. Elizabeth Caroline Hubbard (d 27.10.1828) | |||||||||||||||
(F) | Leonard Currie ancestor of Currie of Seafield Park | ||||||||||||||
(G) | Magdalen Currie (d unm 1834) | ||||||||||||||
(H) | Mary Currie (d 1840) | ||||||||||||||
m. (03.9.1801) John Chandler (vicar of Witley) | |||||||||||||||
(2) | Mary Currie | ||||||||||||||
m. William Riddell | |||||||||||||||
B. | James Currie had issue | ||||||||||||||
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We are not aware of there being any connection between the following family and the above. They share the page for our convenience. The following may even have been a branch of a Carlyle family, rather than a Currie family, given that the first person mentioned by Earwalker is ... | |||||||||||||||
William Currie Carlyle of Dumfriesshire | |||||||||||||||
1. | William Currie of Boughton Hall, Cheshire (b 17.07.1749, d 19.08.1834, MD, 3rd son) | ||||||||||||||
m. (24.08.1775) Mary Foulkes (b 05.11.1745, d 30.12.1812, dau/coheir of Robert Foulkes of Chester) | |||||||||||||||
A. | Robert Foulkes Currie of Chester (bpt 23.10.1776, d 21.02.1818, MD) | ||||||||||||||
m. ?? (d 04.1818) | |||||||||||||||
B. | Mary Catherine Currie (bpt 30.03.1780) | ||||||||||||||
m. (04.04.1805) Townsend Ince of Christleton | |||||||||||||||
C. | Elizabeth Currie (bpt 13.08.1782) | ||||||||||||||
m. (24.10.1803) John Williams of London | |||||||||||||||
D.+ | other issue - William (bpt 11.05.1790, d 12.02.1844, cleric), Susanna (b 25.04.1775, d 09.10.1828), Esther (bur 20.07.1786), Jane (bpt 11.03.1788, a 1850) | ||||||||||||||
Main source(s):
(1) For upper section : BP1934 ('Currie') with input as reported above
(2) For lower section : 'The history of the church and parish of St. Mary-on-the-Hill' (J.P. Earwalker (edited by Rupert Morris, 1898), 'Currie of Chester, &c.', p269)
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