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CURRIE, ANDREW (1785-1867)

CURRIE, ANDREW, stonemason and building contractor; b. Scotland, c1785; m. Clarinda - ; d. Moorfield, 10 Sep 1867.

Andrew Currie and his wife Clarinda immigrated around 1818 from Dumfriesshire, Scotland, and settled in Chatham, where he was the builder of a number of stone houses. These included the John T. Williston house (1824), which is Chatham's most historic structure, the Francis Peabody house (1838), which is no longer standing, and the Pallen Building on Water Street, the construction date of which has not been satisfactorily determined.

"I watched the men building the Peabody stone house in 1838," stated William Wyse. "Old Andrew Currie was architect and builder, and a good job he made of it, as can be seen today, although one gallon of West India rum was served every day to the men while working."

Currie had his own stone quarry on the north side of the river, and sometime between 1851 and 1861 he and his family moved to Moorfield. He was eighty-two when his death occurred in 1867, and his widow was ninety-five when she died in 1878, leaving "a long retinue of descendants."

Sources

[d] Gleaner 5 Oct 1867 / Advocate 12 Jun 1878; Baxter; Williston Collection

Notes

The construction dates shown above are approximations.


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