Descendants of Dr. Archibald Curry
Generation No. 1
1. DR. ARCHIBALD1 CURRY was born January 21, 1727/28 in Scotland, and died December 26, 1816 in Scott Co. KY. He married Sara MCDONALD September 22, 1757 in Scotland, daughter of James MCDONALD and MARY. She was born August 29, 1738 in Scotland, and died 1816 in Scott Co. KY.
Notes for DR. ARCHIBALD CURRY:
Sara McDonald’s parents came first to America when her father, James, was banished from Scotland for his part in the Jacobite Rebellion of 1745. The Clan MacDonald/McDonald, the largest of the Highland clans, is said to be descended from the great warrior -chief, Somerland, and was distributed throughout the Western Isles and Western Highlands. The MacDonalds evidently were in support of Prince Charles Edward Stewart’s claim to the throne of Great Britain which ended with the momentous battle of Culloden in 1746. Many MacDonalds were “cleared” in the wake of Culloden, but James and Mary apparently left before the battle.
Their daughter Sara remained behind until after her 1757 marriage to Archibald Curry, The couple came in 1759 and joined James and Sara McDonald in Kent Co. DE. Apparently Archibald was from Edinburgh.
Archibald Curry was a private in Captain Wetz’s Military Unit in PA and served under George Washington. ( His father-in-law James McDonald served in the Rev. War from PA.)
He moved with his family from Kent Co. DE to Kentucky in the fall of 1788. (GenForum entry of Linda Gillete Hudson, descendant of Archibald Curry, 4 January 2001.)
He is listed on 1800 Tax List of Scott Co. KY.
His biography names him Dr. Archibald Curry and states that he (or a close relative) was the author of a book on the poet, Robert Burns. Dr. James Currie was the first biographer of Robert Bums, but he was the only son of a Rev. James Currie. This puzzle has yet to be solved.
SOURCES: PROVENANCE, by Mildred Downing at www.lincolnminiature.com, and CULLODEN TO THE COLONIES: the collected reminiscences of a McDonald fami1y whose ancestor fought at the Battle of Culloden in 1746, by Antonio J. Jones.
Children of DR. CURRY and SARA MCDONALD are:
2. i. JOHN DELAWARE2 CURRY, b. 1779, Kent Co. DE; d. May 10, 1849, Cynthiana, Harrison Co. KY.
3. ii. JAMES CURRY, b. 1758, Delaware; d. September 30, 1790, Ft. Wayne, Indiana.
4. iii. JANE CURRY, b. 1764.
iv. MARGARET CURRY, b. 1766.
v. DANIEL CURRY, b. 1768.
5. vi. ALEXANDER CURRY, b. October 14, 1770, Baltimore MD; d. 1842, Mt. Sterling, Brown Co. IL.
6. vii. NANCY CURRY, b. 1776, Delaware.
viii. SARA CURRY, b. 1776, A twin of her sister Nancy..
Generation No. 2
2. JOHN DELAWARE2 CURRY (DR. ARCHIBALD1) was born 1779 in Kent Co. DE, and died May 10, 1849 in Cynthiana, Harrison Co. KY. He married NANCY CLARK HENDERSON 1801 in Washington Co. VA. She was born in Pennsylvania.
Notes for JOHN DELAWARE CURRY:
The will of John Curry “being of advanced age”, written (not dated); Probated 9 July 1849, Book F, p. 171, Harrison Co. KY:
Source: VOL.1, KENTUCKY COURT RECORDS-ABSTRACTS-PROBATE ABSTRACTS, HARRISON CO. KY, WILL BOOK D, 1836-1842, compiled by Janet K. Pease.
Margaret Curry was the second wife of John Curry. Her parents, James and Margaret McClure and her first husband, James Moore, as well as John Curry, are all buried at Old Stonermouth Cemetery in Ruddles Mills, Bourbon Co. KY. James Moore was born 25 Dec 1780 and died 4 Oct. 1822. He married Margaret McClure Feb. 25, 1808.
Nancy Clark Henderson was the mother of all of John Curry’s children. This is stated in HISTORY OF PIKE CO. MO.
Census Records indicate that John Delaware Curry was born in DE, and Nancy Clark Henderson was born in PA.
Apparently their son, John H. Curry, who witnessed marriage record of his sister, Sara Jane Curry, had died before his will was written, as his share was left to his daughter, Malvina.
About JOHN DELAWARE CURRY:
Notes for NANCY CLARK HENDERSON:
On 1810 Census taken on” West Side of Licking River” in Harrison Co. KY, Thomas Whitledge and John Curry were listed next to each other. There were 11 people at the Curry home, two of them, a male and a female, 