Ezra Straw
- Born: 14 Sep 1740, Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts
- Marriage (1): Bette Hoyt about 1768
- Marriage (2): Miriam Dudley
- Died: 14 Mar 1826, Prob Barnstead, NH at age 85
General Notes:
DOB per Amesbury VR; named in father's Will of 1756 as Executor of the Will and Lawrence appears to have given this son his whole estate in South Hampton. The census of 1776 shows an Ezra living in Epping.
1790 Barnstead, Belknap County, NH 3 males over 16 (born by 1774) Ezra b.1740; Aaron b.1769 [Gideon his twin died before the census] and John 1774 4 under 16 (1774 - 1790) Lawrence 1779; Ezra 1780; Dudley b. 1786 and Joseph b.1789 5 females: Miriam; Hannah b.1771; Bette 1773; unknown female born c1774 and Polly b.1777 Strafford County Registry of Deeds March 10 1810 (buyer) Berry, Joshua (seller) Ezra Straw et al - land in Barnstead per Deed bk 63 pg222
Census of 1810 shows Ezra living in Barnstead where he died. The sons could be Aaron (1769); John (1774) Lawrence b. 1777; Dudley 1786; Joseph 1789. The daughters could be Hannah b. 1771; Bette b 1773 ; Polly 1776 The names of his children (Samuel, and Polly) are tentative but probable. Sources include IGI files; History of Plymouth, NH (Stearns); Will of Lawrence dated 1756; Federal Census Records.
March 2000: Have rec'd info from Susan Fraser taken from HISTORY AND GENEALOGY OF THE BARNSTEAD FAMILIES FROM 1727 to 1970 by Stuart Merrill a local historian and cemetery restorer. He states the Ezra Straw family has 6 boys and 4 girls in the 1790 census but only names 4 of them: Ezra jr., Samuel , Joseph and Simon Thomas S... married Mercy Chase Robinson the d/o Noah and Elizabeth Walker Osborn Chase. In the 1850 census of Alton, NH there is a Thomas and wife Mercy living next door to Simon and wife Sarah Wilson Dudley and born c 1811 DOD and POD per Nina Liedtke
The death records of Samuel indicate his parents were: Ezra and Miriam
www.usgennet.org [Records of Barnstead, NH] - gives his DOB as 1750 in Brentwood, NH
(research has shown the following from Genealogy Library on internet. Ezra Straw m. Molly Clough b. 6 March 1781 and had one son (Isaiah Clough Straw); Molly died Oct 20 1832; she was the d/o Isaiah Clough and Mary Chapman who is bur in Gilmanton, NH - per research of Sue Phaneuf he was a s/o Ezra Straw and Miriam Dudley Straw. Sue claims Ezra died in 1823 not 1826
Events
• Alt. Birth: Alt. Birth, 1750, Brentwood, NH.
Ezra married Bette Hoyt, daughter of Unknown and Unknown, about 1768. (Bette Hoyt was born about 1745 and died about 1780.)
Ezra next married Miriam Dudley. (Miriam Dudley was born in 1751 in Brentwood, New Hampshire, died in Barnstead, Belknap County, New Hampshire and was buried in Barnstead, Belknap County, New Hampshire.)
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