William Straw

  General Notes:

Sources are Sargent genealogy and VR Sandown

NEHGS MA VR - POB

1800 Sandwich, Strafford county, NH
Wm Straw HOH
2 males 1790-1800 [son Thomas and David]
1 male 1756-74 [Wm HOH]
2 females 1790-1800 [daus Lydia and Sarah]
1 female 1756-74 [wife Martha]

1810 Sandwich, Strafford county, NH
Wm Straw HOH
2 males 1800-1810 [son Wm Niles and Robert]
2 males 1795-1800 [son Thomas and David ]
1 male 1766-84 [Wm HOH]
2 females 1800-10 [Martha W. and Judith ]
2 females 1795-1800 [Lydia and Sarah]
1 female 1766-84 [wife Martha]

1830 Sandwich, NH
Wm Straw HOH -died Feb 1830 - where is Martha? Is she wrongly entered?
1 male 5-9 1821-1825 - Could this be Oceanus?
1 female 10-14 1816-1820 [Sarah's dau Rosanna?]
1 female 15-19 1811-15 [dau Lydia Jane]
2 female 20-29 1801-1810 [dau Martha and Judith
2 females 30-39 1791-1800 [dau Lydia and Sarah]
1 female 40-49 1781-1790 [ Martha Sargent Straw with wrong entry? ]

Also living in Sandwich is the following:
1830 Sandwich, NH
Samuel Straw HOH
1 male 5-10 born 1820-25
1 male 10-15 born 1815-1820
1 male 20-30 born 1800-1810
1 female under 5 born 1825-1829
1 female 25-30 born 1800-1805

New Hampshire Patriot Newspaper dated 28 Jan 1822
"Notice is hereby given that I have released to my son William Straw jun all rights to his services and earnings in future; and that he is free to act and trade for himself. And I hereby forbid all persons trading with or trusting him on my account, as I shall pay no debts of his contracting after tthis date
WILLIAM STRAW Sandwich Dec 27, 1821" [This gives reason for Wm Jr's name change..some kind of falling out with his father]

1840 - listing for Martha Straw with 2 other females


Dover Gazette & Strafford Advertiser , (Dover, NH) Tuesday, March 23, 1830; Issue 16; col C
DIED
"In Sandwich, Feb 3, William Straw age 53 years

Find A Grave Memorial 79155127

William married Martha Sargent, daughter of David Sargent and Martha Wells, on 23 Sep 1793 in Chester, Rockingham County, New Hampshire. (Martha Sargent was born on 16 Jul 1769 in Sandwich, Carroll County, New Hampshire, died on 18 Jun 1858 in Sandwich, Carroll County, New Hampshire and was buried in Littles Pond Cemetery in Carroll County, New Hampshire.)