Sylvester Straw

   Another name for Sylvester was Sylvester Symonds.

  General Notes:

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Laws of New Hampshire : Second constitutional period, 1829-1835.
By New Hampshire, Albert Stillman Batchellor, Henry Harrison Metcalf, New Hampshire. Secretary of State
Published by John B. Clarke Co., 1922
Item notes: v. 10
Original from Harvard University
Digitized Aug 7, 2008
3 July 1829 -"and Sargent Straw of Acworth may take the name of Sargent Symons, and Sally...and John S....and Cynthia...and Samuel F....and Sylvester...and Mary Ann...and Louisa...and Elmira (MY NOTE: may all take the surname of Symons)"

History of Bedford NH lists him as Sylvester Symonds

1820 Acworth, Cheshire County, NH
Sargent Straw HOH
2 males 1810-20 [sons Sam'l F. & Sylvester]
1 male 1804-10 [son John S.]
1 male bef 1775 [Sargent HOH]
4 females 1810-20 [daus HArriet, Cynthia, Mary Ann and Louisa]
1 female 1775-94 [wife Sarah]

1830 Acworth, Sullivan county, NH
Sargent Simonds HOH
1 male 1825-30 [unknown male child age 0-5]
2 males 1810-15 [sons Sam'l F. & Sylvester]
1 male 1800-10 [son John S]
1 male 1770-80 [Sargent HOH]
1 male 1750-60 [possibly Sarah's father who is now widowed]
1 female 1820-25 [dau Almira]
2 females 1815-20 [daus Mary Ann & Louisa]
1 female 1810-15 [dau Cynthia]
3 females 1770-80 [wife Sarah; and 2 unknowns - possible sisters of Sarah?]

1840 Acworth, Sullivan county, NH
Samuel Simonds HOH
2 males 1810-20 [Samuel HOH and his brother Sylvester]
1 female 1820-25 [wife Mary ?]
1 female 1810-1820 unknown
1 female 1780-90 [Samuel's mother Sarah]

1850- He is in Acworth, Sullivan NH along with wife Mary J (1826) and dau Frances born c1849 NH

1860 he is in Acworth, NH along with wife Mary and children: Charles, Hattie and Erving - no Frances

1870 he is in Acworth, NH along with wife Mary J and children: Charles (1854); Hattie (1856); Irving (1859) and Myrtie (1866).

1880 census Ackworth, Sullivan, New Hampshire
Sylvester SYMONDS Self M Male W 66 N H Farmer N H N H
Mary J. SYMONDS Wife M Female W 55 N H Keeping House N H N H
Charles S. SYMONDS Son S Male W 25 N H No Business N H N H
Irving F. SYMONDS Son S Male W 21 N H Attending School N H N H
Myrtie B. SYMONDS Dau S Female W 14 N H At School N H N H

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Sylvester married Mary Jane Whittemore, daughter of David Austin Whittemore and Sarah Moore, on 11 Jul 1848 in New Hampshire. (Mary Jane Whittemore was born on 28 Jun 1825 in Londonderry, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, died on 12 Dec 1892 in Durham, Strafford County, New Hampshire and was buried in Acworth Cemetery in Sullivan County, New Hampshire.). The cause of her death was Cancer.