John Straw

  General Notes:

per VR Haverhill Vol I pg 290; genealogy of Ellen Straw Thompson (1897); IGI files.


(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, Jr., Haverhill.List of men raised to serve in the Continental Army from 1st Haverhill co., as returned by Lieut. Israel Bartlet and endorsed ?Capt Nath'll Marsh;? residence, Haverhill; engaged for town of Haverhill; joined Capt. Fairfield's co., Col. Wigglesworth's regt.; term to expire Jan. -, 1780; also, Private, Capt. Peter Page's co., Col. Calvin Smith's regt.; Continental Army pay accounts for service from Feb. 10, 1777, to Dec. 31, 1779; also, (late) Capt. Matthew Fairfield's co., Col. Edward Wigglesworth's regt.; return of men who were in service Aug. 15, 1777; also, Capt. Joseph McNall's co., Col. Wigglesworth's regt.; return [year not given]; mustered by Esq. Cushing; also, same co. and regt.; muster roll for May, 1778, dated Camp at Valley Forge; also, same co. and regt.; pay roll for Oct., 1778; also, Capt. Page's co., Col. Wigglesworth's regt.; muster roll for March and April, 1779, dated Providence; enlisted Feb. 10, 1777; enlistment, 3 years; also, Capt. Fowle's co., Col. Smith's regt.; Continental Army pay accounts for service from Jan. 1, 1780, to Feb. 10, 1780.

1790 Haverhill, Essex County, MA
John Straw HOH
1 male before 1774 is John born 1761
1 male 1774 - 1790 is son Sherburn born 1786
son Edward died young before taking of census?
3 females would be Elizabeth (wife); Elizabeth (dau) and Nancy (dau)

1800 - can't find him...see wife's notes

John married Elisabeth Copp, daughter of Joshua Copp and Sarah Poor, on 2 Jan 1783 in Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts. (Elisabeth Copp was born on 14 Apr 1761 and died on 21 May 1838 in Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts.)