Joseph A. Straw

  General Notes:

NH birth records recopied 1905 - 7th child

In her genealogy Ellen Straw Thompson indicates that these children all died young but I have found this is not the case. Also their birth order is unknown to me but Ellen Straw Thompson in her genealogy of 1897 has assigned numbers to them which may be their birth order?? Phoebe, Lydia, Sabrina, Lewis, Joseph, Samuel and Hiram.
Sources include History of Hopkinton (Lord); IGI research of Smooers.
DOD, POD per Sue Reynolds e-mail Jan 2000

per research of Sally Divers who states her mother has a copy of his birth certificate and it states he is the 7th child

1905 copy of NH birth records list father's name as "Joseph"

1830 Hopkinton, Merriamack County, NH
Joseph Straw HOH
2 males 1820-25 [sons Samuel and Hiram]
1 male 1815-20 [son Joseph]
1 male 1800-10 [Lewis]
1 male 1780-90 [unknown]
1 male 1770-80 [HOH Joseph]
2 females 1810-15 [daus Sarah & Sabrina]
2 females 1800-10 [ daus Phebe & Lydia]
1 female 1780-90 [wife]
1 female 1760-70 [unk]
1 female 1750-60 [unk]

NEW HAMPSHIRE PATRIOT - 16 Apr 1841
NOTICE
This is to forbid all persons harboring, trusting or employing JOSEPH STRAW and his wife BETSEY or any of his family on my account as I shall pay no debt or debts of his or their contracting after this date.
BRADLEY MILES [He was a son in law and married to Joseph/Betsey's daughter Sarah Gardner Straw]
Hopkinton March 25, 1841

Joseph married Elizabeth Gardner, daughter of Unknown and Unknown, on 3 Jan 1806. (Elizabeth Gardner was born circa 1783 in Hillsborough, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, died on 6 Dec 1845 in Prob Hopkinton, NH and was buried in Stumpfield Cemetery Contoocook, Merrimack County, New Hampshire, USA.)