John Currie (minister)

John Currie
Church	Haddington
Personal details
Born	c1670
Died	18 June 1720
minister of Oldhamstocks
In office 1695–1704[1]
minister of Haddington
In office 1704 – 18 June 1720[2]
Moderator
In office 1709–1710[3]

John Currie (c.1670–1720) was a Church of Scotland minister who served as Moderator of the General Assembly in 1709.^[3]

Life

St. Mary's Kirk, Haddington

He was born in Ochiltree, in Ayrshire, around 1670.^[2]

He was ordained as minister of Oldhamstocks, in East Lothian, in 1695. He was translated to St Mary's in Haddington in 1704.^[1] He received a call to St Cuthbert's in Edinburgh in 1706 but this was blocked by Presbytery. He received a fresh call in 1710.^[4][5][6]

In 1709 he succeeded Rev William Carstares as Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland the highest position in the Scottish church.^[7] Despite being notably young for the appointment he was praised for his duties in the office,^[8] and mention was made of his "prudent conduct".^[9]

He died on 18 June 1720.^[10] His position in Haddington was filled by Rev Patrick Wilkie.^[2]

Family

In November 1703 he married Sarah Bennet Riddell, daughter of Rev Archibald Riddell, minister of Trinity College Church in Edinburgh.^[11] Their children included:

• John Currie a merchant in Jamaica
• Walter Currie
• Isobel Currie married Thomas Elliot an Edinburgh lawyer

References

Citations

1. Scott 1915, p. 413.
2. Scott 1915, p. 370.
3. Warrick 1913.
4. Warrick 1913, p. 217.
5. M'Crie 1842, p. 11.
6. M'Crie 1842, p. 139.
7. "Moderators of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland genealogy project".
8. Calamy 1829, p. 157.
9. Calamy 1829, p. 159.
10. "John Currie, Minister of Oldhamstocks". 18 June 2023.
11. Scott 1915, p. 133.

Sources

• Calamy, Edmund (1829). An historical account of my own life, with some reflections on the times I have lived in. (1671-1731.). Vol. 2. London: H. Colburn and R. Bentley.

• M'Crie, Thomas, ed. (1842). The Correspondence of the Rev. Robert Wodrow. Vol. 1. Edinburgh: The Wodrow Society.

• Scott, Hew (1915). Fasti Ecclesiæ Scoticanæ: the succession of ministers in the parish churches of Scotland. Vol. 1 (2nd ed.). Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

• Warrick, John (1913). The moderators of the Church of Scotland from 1690 to 1740. Edinburgh, London: Oliphant, Anderson & Ferrier. pp. 213-224.

• Wodrow, Robert (1842). Analecta: Or Materials for a History of Remarkable Providences Mostly relating to Scotch Ministers and Christians. Vol. 2. Glasgow: Maitland Club. p. 284.