Benjamin F. Straw

  General Notes:

Res in Lynn, MA per genealogy of Ellen Straw Thompson 1897. Other sources include IGI files and census records

census 1850 Lynn,Essex County, MA (27 Aug)
Benjamin Straw ae 38, carpenter
Sarah ae 36 (maiden name Burrell/Burrill)
Abby F. ae 7
Benjamin F. ae 4
Wm E. ae 11 mos
Susan Burrill ae 20 (probable sister of Sarah?)

1855 Saugus, MA
Benjamin Straw age 42 NH; carpenter
Sarah age 39 MA
Abby F age 12 MA
Benjamin F. age 8 MA
Wm E. age 6 MA

1860 Salem, Essex County, MA
Benjamin STRONG [sic] age 45 NH; carpenter
Sarah age 40 MA
Abby F. age 16 MA; milliner
William F age 13 MA [probably s/b Benjamin F.]
Benj E. age 11 MA [probably s/b William E.]

1865 Salem, Essex County, MA
Benjamin; Sarah; Abby F; Benjamin F and Wm E. also Charles Burrill age 50 [brother of Sarah?]

May 1869 - still living; wife's death records indicate she was "married"

1870 - can't locate him

6 May 1878 -petition by Charles E. Newhall to be appointed Admimnistrator of estate of Sarah Straw deceased. Sresidence of Benjamin unknown and residence of his 3 children is Salem, MA

He is named in his father's Will of 1857 and received 100.00 ( his age about 41y)

The only Straws left in Lynn by 1870 are William Everett, age 20, working at a machine shop and boarding with his married sister; and Eleazer [William's uncle], Eleazer's wife and son, Joseph T.

Benjamin married Sarah C. Burrill, daughter of William Burrill and Eliza, on 20 Nov 1842 in Saugus, Essex County, Massachusetts. (Sarah C. Burrill was born on 2 Mar 1814 in Saugus, Essex County, Massachusetts and died on 15 May 1869 in Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts.)

Benjamin next married Mehitable Burnham Story, daughter of Phineas Story and Roxanna Burnham, on 8 Sep 1835 in Lynn, Essex County, Massachusettes. (Mehitable Burnham Story was born on 23 Nov 1816 in Lynn, Essex County, Massachusettes and died on 12 Jan 1841.)