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Kathleen,
w.r.t. the father of Nathaniel Currie, b. 1790 Armagh, I had guessed at his first name from several sources and put it my tree.  This was sent to a relative, but all of a sudden, it is all over the web.  Lots of luck for confidentiality.

Do you have any more information  about "Saltcoats, north Ayrshire".  I have been concentrating on Kirkbean, since there are four different Nathaniel Corries that have the correct age to be the immigrant to Belfast.  And there are a number of other Nathaniel Corries from there.

w.r.t. the religion of Nathaniel Currie, b. 1790 Armagh,  a history of Glencoe notes that he belonged to the Church of England/Anglican Church, while his wife was a Wesleyan Methodist (the latter has persisted down to the present).  A Canadian house census in 1881 indicated that his son (Nathaniel) was in the Church of England while his wife was E. Methodist.

Kathleen, good to hear from you again.

Doug

James,

Thanks for the reply.  I have been keeping the Corrie spelling in reserve.

The given name Nathaniel appears in the succeeding three generations of the Currie that emigrated to NI and then to Glencoe, Canada.  The use of Nathaniel among the Curries is relatively rare in old Scotland, almost entirely occurring in Kirkbean or more generally in Kirkcudbright.  So this seemed a good place to investigate.

Therefore, while you are among the cemeteries, I would greatly appreciate you  noting any Currie/Corrie/Curry gravestones that have a given name of Nathaniel and sending me the rest of the information, perhaps including dates and the names of the wife and children.  The Kirkbean Parish Historical Society apparently has a project to record and put on its web site the gravestone data, but this appears to be sometime in the future.  I will wait for them for a more complete listing of the Curries/Corries.

Thanks,

Doug

Hi gc1660

I am very interested in your comments concerning the Curries.  I have Sir Williams "Sword and Harp" but am trying to locate my line.

My family legend says that my Great-Great-Great Grandfather was named Nathaniel Currie.   In 1790, my GGG Grandfather emigrated to Belfast to apprentice as a tailor and then moved to County Armagh.  I have detailed information on his sons and the succeeding generations. His eldest son (my ancestor) emigrated to Ontario, Canada to found the village of Glencoe.  However, I have been unable to verify any information concerning his existence and/or other information about the family in Scotland.

Would you have any information or places to look that might be helpful? 

Thanks