William Curry

1748 - 1844  (95 years)

• Name	William Curry
  Birth	13 Jul 1748	Middle Patent, Westchester Co., New York, USA
  Gender	Male
  Military Service	May 1775	Warwick, Orange Co., New York, USA
  	American Revolution Eastern New York 1775-1778 Near Battle of Fort Montgomery and near Minisink Indian Battle
  		Pension Record - Curry, William (American Revolution) Also included is a readable transcript of William
  Death	6 May 1844	Hector, Schuyler Co., New York, USA
  Burial	Beckhorn/Curry Cemetery, Hector, Schuyler Co., New York, USA
  		William Curry - Beckhorn/Curry Cemetery Plot: Curry
  Notes	In his early life William married Charity Lockwood, the daughter of a French Presbyterian minister. They commenced life in Orange County where also lived his brothers and upon the breaking out of the Revolutionary War he, William with his brothers Joseph and Benjamin offered their services to assist in freeing America from the bondage of British tyranny and only laid down their arms when America was free. The following is taken from William Curry's Pension Record....04Sep1832, William Curry aged 84 years residing in Elmira,NY..."That during the war of the Revolution the deponent resided in the County of Orange in the State of New York, in which there were a great many Tories and persons attached to the British government, and that the Inhabitants of the said County were much annoyed during the greater part of the contested attacks from Tories and occasional detachments of British Troops ______ from the City of New York where a considerable British Force continued during the whole of the war. The inroads of the Indians along the Minisink frontier on the western part of the county were also very frequent and companies of militia were consequently required to be constantly in motion, for the defense of the inhabitants at the various points where they were ________. That the deponent very early in the commencement of the war about the month of May 1775 entered as a volunteer in the company of militia in the town of Warwick then commanded by Capt. Henry Wisner in the Regiment commanded by Col.John Hathorn; Thomas Golosmith was Lieutenant and Joseph Todd, Ensign; that the said deponent continued to serve in the said company until the close of the war- During his engagement in the said company Capt. Wisner was promoted and Lieut. Golosmith resigned and Henry Bertholt was appointed in his place. That the said company was engaged in active service in various parts of the county of Orange, Rockland and as occasion required- the particular periods in which they were employed at various positions he can not now state, but recollects that while in the service, he was on one occasion stationed at Ramapo where there were barracks _____ _____ for a month or more, once at Kakiat about two weeks, at Paramus for a month or more, four or five weeks in the English neighborhoods near Tappen, four or five weeks at Suffern in Rockland County and at various other places in the mountains and along the North River in the Tory neighborhoods, and frequently along the Minisink frontier when there were Minisink Indian alarms. He was also out when the Minisink Indian battle was fought on August 1777- when Fort Montgomery was taken, he was at Ramapo with other troops guarding horses which were kept there. He was not engaged in the Minisink battle having been stationed about five miles distant from the scene, where a small company was kept to take charge of the horses which were left there- He saw Major Meeker the day after, who received a wound in the battle and was in command of some Jersey Militiamen who were in the engagement. That his service during the war would amount to more than two years constant service.......he states he was born in Middle Patent in the County of Westchester NY on the 13th July (o.s.) 1748, that he removed to the County of Orange, Town of Warwick about 1773, continued there until 1788 when he removed to Cherry Valley for a year, thence to Tioga Co.,NY where he resided two years or nearly, thence to Ulster in the County of Bradford Penn. where he has resided for more than 30 years. For a few years past he has had no fixed place of residence having children residing in both New York and Pennsylvania, and has spent his time among them a ______tion dictated. That he has no documentary evidence of his service, and can prove them by Joseph McConnel and Alexander Miller of said Town of Elmira- To whom the Rev. Simeon R. Jones of the south part of said county of Tioga he would refer. That the Continental officers whom he knew were Gen James Clinton and Col. Livingston and the militia officers with whom he joined(other than his own) were Gen George Clinton, Col. Stewart and Tustin of Orange County....." William Curry received $96.00 a year from his pension, which contributed much to his comfort in his declining years. "William was remarkable for a sprightliness and energy enjoyed by but few men. His great grandchildren tell that he was as active at 80 as most men at 60 years of age. He retained to the end of life the activity of body and mind so characteristic of his youth. Always cheerful, strongly social his memory is fondly cherished by those who were associated with him in the varied scenes of life. This example of Christian fidelity is one highly commendable to all his posterity in the devotion of his life to the service of God. In his declining years his Bible was his constant companion, and faith in its promises his greatest consolation, to the teaching of which he remained faithful, until the Master he loved so well called him Home. Thus calmly and peacefully he sleeps in Jesus having with his wife lived and died in the faith of the Baptist denomination. His remains were interred in the family burying ground on the farm owned by his son Robert Curry in North Hector,Schuyler County.,NY."
  Person ID	I190	OurNorthernRoots | Andrew's Ancestor
  Last Modified	6 Jan 2021

  
  

  Father	William Cure,   c. 04 Jan 1718, New York Co., New York, USA
  Mother	Abigail,   b. Est 1720
  Family ID	F4371	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Charity Lockwood,   b. 6 Jan 1750, New York, USA d. 12 Oct 1832, Milan, Bradford Co., Pennsylvania, USA (Age 82 years)
  Marriage	3 Oct 1769	Westchester Co., New York, USA
  Children	+ 1. William Curry, Jr.,   b. 4 Jul 1770, Westchester Co., New York, USA d. 25 Mar 1855, Ulysses, Tompkins Co., New York, USA (Age 84 years) + 2. Robert Curry,   b. 1772, Middle Patent, Westchester Co., New York, USA d. 30 Jan 1848, Hector, Schuyler Co., New York, USA (Age ~ 75 years) + 3. James F. Curry,   b. 10 Mar 1773, Newburgh, Orange Co., New York, USA d. 14 Aug 1857, Ulysses, Tompkins Co., New York, USA (Age 84 years) + 4. Anna Curry,   b. 1775, Orange Co., New York, USA d. 1832, Petersburg, Menard Co., Illinois, USA (Age 57 years) + 5. Elizabeth Curry,   b. 19 Apr 1778, Orange Co., New York, USA d. 21 Mar 1861, Lodi, Seneca Co., New York, USA (Age 82 years) + 6. John Curry,   b. 31 May 1781, Goshen, Orange Co., New York, USA d. 20 May 1867, Brighton, Livingson Co., Michigan, USA (Age 85 years)   7. Lockwood Curry,   b. Abt 1782   d. 09 Jul 1801, Ulster, Bradford Co., Pennsylvania, USA (Age ~ 19 years) + 8. Reverand Ezekiel Curry,   b. 6 Jun 1786, Orange Co., New York, USA d. 26 Oct 1862, Milan, Bradford Co., Pennsylvania, USA (Age 76 years) + 9. Polly Curry,   b. ca 1790   d. 21 Sep 1825, Ulster, Bradford Co., Pennsylvania, USA (Age ~ 35 years)
  Family ID	F83	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 Dec 2022

  
  

• Event Map		Marriage - 3 Oct 1769 - Westchester Co., New York, USA Military Service - American Revolution Eastern New York 1775-1778 Near Battle of Fort Montgomery and near Minisink Indian Battle - May 1775 - Warwick, Orange Co., New York, USA Death - 6 May 1844 - Hector, Schuyler Co., New York, USA Burial - - Beckhorn/Curry Cemetery, Hector, Schuyler Co., New York, USA  = Link to Google Earth
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