Margaret Thompson

1773 - 1833  (60 years)

William Currens

1767 - 1842  (75 years)

Birth	4 Apr 1767
Died	16 May 1842	Bracken Co., Kentucky
Buried	Foster Farm, Bracken Co., Kentucky
Family	Margaret Thompson,   b. 20 Feb 1773
Children	+ 1. Ann “Nancy” Currens,   b. 1788, Germantown, Bracken Co., Kentucky + 2. Sallie Currens,   b. 15 Apr 1799, Mason Co., Kentucky + 3. Maria Currens,   b. 7 Oct 1808, Germantown, Bracken Co., Kentucky + 4. Elijah T. Currens,   b. 1816

Ann “Nancy” Currens

1788 -

Birth	1788	Germantown, Bracken Co., Kentucky
Father	William Currens,   b. 4 Apr 1767
Mother	Margaret Thompson,   b. 20 Feb 1773
Family	Judge John Gregg,   b. 25 Jan 1786
Married	25 Dec 1808	Bracken Co., Kentucky
Children	+ 1. John Thompson Gregg,   b. 1814, Germantown, Bracken Co., Kentucky

Sallie Currens

1799 - 1844  (44 years)

Birth	15 Apr 1799	Mason Co., Kentucky
Died	27 Feb 1844	Mason Co., Kentucky
Buried	Savage-Currens Cemetery, Germantown, Mason Co., Kentucky
Father	William Currens,   b. 4 Apr 1767
Mother	Margaret Thompson,   b. 20 Feb 1773
Family	Rev. James Phillips Savage,   b. 16 Jan 1792, Virginia
Married	18 Feb 1813	Bracken Co., Kentucky
Children	+ 1. Mary Ann Currens Savage,   b. 19 May 1815, Kentucky + 2. William L. Savage,   b. 24 May 1819 + 3. Margaret Currens Savage,   b. 8 Aug 1822, Germantown, Bracken Co., Kentucky + 4. James Currens Savage,   b. 17 Oct 1824 + 5. Dr. Charles Smith Savage,   b. 8 Dec 1829, Kentucky + 6. Maria Caroline Savage,   b. 22 Jun 1832, Kentucky + 7. Rev. Elijah Currens Savage,   b. Abt 1835 + 8. Sally Currens Savage,   b. 21 Jan 1838, Kentucky   9. Susan Duff Savage,   b. 24 Feb 1844, Mason Co., Kentucky

Maria Currens

1808 - 1884  (75 years)

Birth	7 Oct 1808	Germantown, Bracken Co., Kentucky
Died	1 Mar 1884	Germantown, Bracken Co., Kentucky
Buried	Maple Grove Cemetery, Germantown, Bracken Co., Kentucky
Father	William Currens,   b. 4 Apr 1767
Mother	Margaret Thompson,   b. 20 Feb 1773
Family	Robert Parker Dimmitt, Sr.,   b. 12 Mar 1795, Loudoun Co., Virginia
Married	4 Sep 1823	Germantown, Bracken Co., Kentucky
Children	1. Rev. William Currens Dimmitt,   b. April 4th, 1825, Kentucky   2. Margaret Dimmitt,   b. 9 Feb 1827, Bracken Co., Kentucky + 3. Parthenia B. Dimmitt,   b. 18 Aug 1829, Germantown, Bracken Co., Kentucky + 4. James Dimmitt,   b. 26 May 1832, Kentucky + 5. Dr. Elijah Currens Dimmitt,   b. 17 Dec 1834, Germantown, Bracken Co., Kentucky   6. Sarah H. Dimmitt,   b. 25 Dec 1837, Kentucky   7. Robert Parker Dimmitt, Jr.,   b. 26 Jan 1844, Kentucky

Elijah T. Currens

1816 - 1884  (68 years)

Birth	1816
Died	31 Dec 1884
Buried	Dodge Grove Cemetery, Mattoon, Coles Co., Illinois
Father	William Currens,   b. 4 Apr 1767
Mother	Margaret Thompson,   b. 20 Feb 1773
Family 1	Mary H.,   b. 23 May 1816, Winchester, Clark Co., Kentucky
Children	1. William Currens,   b. 8 Jul 1840   2. James Currens,   b. Abt 1842, Mason Co., Kentucky   3. Margaret Currens,   b. Abt 1844, Kentucky   4. Robert W. Currens,   b. Abt May 1846   5. Parthenia Currens,   b. Mar 1848
Family 2	Adeliza Fee,   b. Abt 1818
Married	18 Apr 1849	Bracken Co., Kentucky
Children	1. James B. Currens,   b. Abt 1850, Mason Co., Kentucky

• Name	Margaret Thompson
  Birth	20 Feb 1773
  Gender	Female
  Death	4 Jun 1833	Bracken Co., Kentucky
  Burial	Foster Farm, Bracken Co., Kentucky   [1]
  https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/59523516/margaret-currens
  Notes	I am stuck on her ancestry: can anyone help? She is on the Kentucky Mysteries page. Here is one good possiblity for her parents: Sgt. James Thompson and (Nancy) Ann Perry. I’ve not seen primary source information about this couple, however. Sgt. Thompson was born in Scotland, served in the Revolution in the Maryland Line (he is in the DAR lineage volumes), moved to Virginia, and then to Kentucky. She was from Prince George’s Co., Maryland, or from Rhode Island. They had 8 children (born in MD or VA) before moving to Bracken Co., KY. Their third child was named Margaret. Since there weren’t likely to be many Margaret Thompsons in Bracken Co. at the time, this makes it possible. But the birth dates differ: James and Ann’s Margaret was born on 26-Sept-1772, which obviously differs from what I have here. I know that this is out there on the web, but there's a problem here with dates. James Thompson is in the DAR and SAR databases, but no-one seems to have applied via a daughter Margaret. And, note what the following discussion passes on about the Thompsons, a discussion of my Margaret in the context of a grandson (via Maria); this says that this branch of Thompsons were French: "The Doctor's [i.e., Dr. Elijah Currens Dimmitt] mother was born in Bracken county, the daughter of William and Margaret (Thompson) Currens. William Currens started the tannery just north of the town of Germantown, in Bracken county, ran the business successfully and continued in the same operation until his death, in 1844, at which time Robert P. Dimmitt was in charge as manager and closed up the business. The Thompsons were millers in former generations and French in genealogical descent. They built a number of mills in different states and some members of the family now reside in Indiana." One source that might help with this family: Edward Thomson, The annals of the Strene or Strean family : including the Thomson annals. The index of this volume at the FHL says that it includes work on the Currens family as well, so this might be a help. Several members of a Thompson family are buried at Maple Grove Cemetery in Germantown, Kentucky. [2]
  Person ID	I5860
  Last Modified	30 Nov 2023

  
  

  Spouse / Partner	William Currens,   b. 4 Apr 1767   d. 16 May 1842, Bracken Co., Kentucky (Age 75 years)
  Children	+ 1. Ann “Nancy” Currens,   b. 1788, Germantown, Bracken Co., Kentucky + 2. Sallie Currens,   b. 15 Apr 1799, Mason Co., Kentucky d. 27 Feb 1844, Mason Co., Kentucky (Age 44 years) + 3. Maria Currens,   b. 7 Oct 1808, Germantown, Bracken Co., Kentucky d. 1 Mar 1884, Germantown, Bracken Co., Kentucky (Age 75 years) + 4. Elijah T. Currens,   b. 1816   d. 31 Dec 1884 (Age 68 years)
  Family ID	F4129	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Nov 2023

  
  

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• Sources

  [S528] Bracken County, Kentucky, Cemeteries and Burial Sites, 1796-1999, (Brooksville, KY: Bracken County Historical Society), 279. [S336] E. Polk Johnson, A History of Kentucky and Kentuckians: The Leaders and Representative Men . . ., (Lewis Publishing Co., New York & Chicago), 1630, in the biography of Elijah Currens Dimmitt.