CURRY, Hezekiah (1855-1948)

CURRY, Hezekiah (1855-1948)

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Hezekiah Curry was born May 14, 1855, on Green Turtle Cay, Abaco to John Curry (1827-1892) and Eliza Ann Albury (1830-1892).

His siblings included…

  • Constance Ann (1847)
  • John Henry (1849)
  • William Benjamin (1852)
  • Ezekial (1858)
  • Eliza (1863)
  • Norman Edwin (1866)

On January 6, 1875, in Green Turtle Cay, Abaco, Hezekiah married Margaret Ivenia ‘Muggie’ Saunders (1855-1950) from Green Turtle Cay, Abaco. She is the daughter of Benjamin ‘Pump’ Saunders (1819-1892) and Amanda J. Lowe (1830-1901).

Their children included…

  • Charles Wheelock (1878)
  • Miriam Irene (1885)
  • Sybil Lucile (1891)

In the early 1890s, the Curry family emigrated to Key West, Florida. They all appeared in the 1900 US Federal Census.

LDS 223222 – Bahamas Wills 1892-1901

Page 20, Filed 19 July, 1892 – Last Will and Testament of John CURRY, of New Plymouth, GTC, Abaco. Appoints 2 sons William and Hezekiah CURRY trustees. Gives wife Eliza Ann all household furnishings. Children, 5 sons: John Henry, William B., Hezekiah, Ezekiel and Norman Edwin CURRY. [Unnamed daughter Constance Ann Curry married before 1866 Edmund G Russell of Green Turtle Cay. Another daughter Eliza Curry died young.] Signed 27 Dec. 1888. Witness James SAUNDERS and Jabez A. LOWE. James SAUNDERS of GTC, Shopkeeper, says he witnessed the Will of John CURRY, Farmer. Sworn to 19 July 1892.

Hezekiah Curry passed away January 6, 1948 (age 85) in Key West, Florida and is buried in the Key West Cemetery.

Photo courtesy of The Albert Lowe Museum

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