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Lawrence Straw
(1699-1762)
Abigail Jewell
(1702-1756)
Peter Colby
(1709-1791)
Mary Straw
(1712-After 1756)
Moses Straw
(1728-After 1800)
Elizabeth Colby
(1731-Abt 1770)

John Straw
(1756-1823)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Mary Emerson

John Straw

  • Born: 22 Aug 1756, South Hampton, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
  • Christened: Sep 1757
  • Marriage (1): Mary Emerson on 17 Aug 1780 in Concord, NH; Congregational Church
  • Died: 25 Mar 1823, Hill, Merrimack County, New Hampshire at age 66
  • Buried: Cemetery unknown
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bullet  General Notes:

NH birth records

Per genealogy of Ellen Straw Thompson of Oct 1897 he was baptized September 19, 1756 in South Hampton, NH.

Per NH VR he was born 22 August 1756 and this concurs with the T. J Rand's Town of Epsom information on USGENWEB town history and cemetery records. Also some of the information on this family line from S. Wilson who has transcribed a Straw/ Burns family bible and also per Hill, NH Record of Inventory of Inhabitants which shows that John was still living there in 1794.

(Ancestry.com. Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the War of the Revolution, 17 Vols. [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 1998. Original data: Secretary of the Commonwealth. Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the War of the Revolution. Vol. I-XVII. Boston, MA, USA: Wright and Potter Printing Co., 1896.)
Straw, John, Chester (also given Sandown).Private, Capt. Thomas Cogswell's (2d) co., Col. Gerrish's regt.; muster roll dated Aug. 1, 1775; enlisted April 24, 1775; service, 99 days; also, return of the sick belonging to Col. Gerrish's regt. stationed at Chelsea and Brookline, dated Aug. 3, 1775, and signed by David Jones, Surgeon; said Straw reported as ill of inflammatory fever at Brookline; also, Capt. Cogswell's co., Lieut. Col. Loammi Baldwin's (late Col. Samuel Gerrish's) 38th regt.; company return dated Camp at Sewall's Point, Sept. 27, 1775; also, pay abstract for Sept., 1775, dated Sewall's Point; also, order for bounty coat dated Camp at Sewall's Point, Nov. 9, 1775.

Per Rev War Pension files he died 25 March 1823 at his son Moses' house in Hill, NH. His wife continued to live with Moses. Per files Mary was born c. 1767.
Grafton County,NH pensioners inscribed on the pension list under the
Act of Congress passed on the 18th of March, 1818
Straw, John Private 1818 68 Suspended May 1, 1820
Mary, his wife, appears on the Pensioners List of 1840 at age 80 and her son Moses is HOH.

A NATIONAL REGISTER OF THE SOCIETY, SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION pg 639 - He was a Private in Scammels' NH regt

Per grandson's [Wm H. Straw] records for membership in Sons of American Revolution: John Straw served in Capt Daniel Livermore's Company in Col Alexander Leammel's regt and continued in service four years.

Jim Townsend claims there was another son Benjamin born sometime between 1793-1798. (Per research of Priscilla Bohanan there was a Benjamin Straw listed in the 1820 census for Hill, NH)

http://www.wpoplin.com/Straw/ contains many photos and documents

1790 New Chester (Hill), Grafton County, NH
John Straw HOH
1 male under 16 [son Sargent]
1 male over 16 [HOH John]
5 females [wife Mary; daughters Sarah, Hannah and Polly; and Unknown]

Pension papers - John Straw of Chester, NH enlisted 15 Mar 1777 in Capt Daniel Livermore of Concord, NH from Dec 1778- Jan 1779 and served until 20 Mar 1780 in a company commanded by Capt T. Silverman attached to 3rd Regt of NH
wife Mary Straw applied for pension and rec'd $80.00 which began 4 Mar 1843. Priory to granting of pension on 24 Sep 1838 at age 77 yrs, Mary testified " that soon after their marriage [1780] her husband was gone sometime but whether he was in the service or not she is unable to say but that in a few months after the marriage he returned...
WarService found on www.fold3.com
Muster rolls for service under Capt Daniel Livermore and Col Alexander Scammell
Nov 1776- June 1777 - "sick in camp"
Nov 1776- Sep 1777 - near Loudon's Ferry [Harper's Ferry in Loudon Heights]
Sep 1777 - Jan 1778 - near Valley Forge
Jan 1778 - Feb 1778 _______ "on command"
Feb 1778 - June 1778 Camp Valley Forge
June 1778 - July 1778 Camp North Castle
July 1778 - Sep 1778 Camp White Plains
8 Sept 1778 he ahd 1y 6m and 7d left to serve of his term
Sept - Oct 1778 in Danberry
Oct 1778 - Nov 1778 in Hartford ..."on fatigue"
Nov 1778 - Dec 1778 in Camp Reading
Jan 1779 - April 1779 Camp Reading
Apr 1779 - May 1779 Camp Soldiers Fortune
May 1779 - Jun 1779 Camp Eastown/Easton
Oct 1779 - Nov 1779 Camp Pumpton "sick Easton"
Nov 1779 - Feb 1780 Camp Danbury
discharged 15 March 1780 and paid 22 pounds


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John married Mary Emerson on 17 Aug 1780 in Concord, NH; Congregational Church. (Mary Emerson was born in 1760 in Epsom, Merrimack County, New Hampshire, died on 20 Jan 1847 in Epsom, Merrimack County, New Hampshire and was buried in Brown-Wallace Cemetery in New Rye, NH.)




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