Rachel Pecker Currier

Brief Life History of Rachel

When Rachel Pecker Currier was born on 20 March 1783, in Amesbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, her father, William Pecker, was 24 and her mother, Hannah Sawyer, was 18. She married John Currier on 14 August 1806. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She died on 25 December 1863, in West Amesbury, Merrimac, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Lower Corner Cemetery, Merrimac, Essex, Massachusetts, United States.

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Family Time Line

John Currier
1783–1868
Rachel Pecker Currier
1783–1863
Marriage: 14 August 1806
Sawyer Currier
1809–1886
Hannah P. Currier
1815–1859

Sources (7)

  • Rachel Pecker, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
  • Rachel Currier, "Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915"
  • Rachel Currier in entry for Hannah T. Osgood, "Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915, 1921-1924"

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World Events (8)

1786 · Shays' Rebellion

Caused by war veteran Daniel Shays, Shays' Rebellion was to protest economic and civil rights injustices that he and other farmers were seeing after the Revolutionary War. Because of the Rebellion it opened the eyes of the governing officials that the Articles of Confederation needed a reform. The Rebellion served as a guardrail when helping reform the United States Constitution.

1787 · The Making of the U.S. Constitution.

The Philadelphia Convention was intended to be the first meeting to establish the first system of government under the Articles of Confederation. From this Convention, the Constitution of the United States was made and then put into place making it one of the major events in all American History.

1804

Lewis and Clark set out from St. Louis, MO to explore the West.

Name Meaning

English: (i) occupational name from Middle English pek(ke) + -er, for someone who made, sold, or used vessels measuring a peck; see Peck . (ii) nickname, possibly from a derivative of Middle English pekken ‘to peck, snap up’, perhaps used for someone of acquisitive habits.

Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland © University of the West of England 2016

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