Samuel Straw
- Born: 5 Jan 1777, Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
- Marriage (1): Catherine Harthan on 27 Jan 1801 in Boylston, Worcester county, Massachusetts
- Died: 17 Mar 1853, Greenfield, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire at age 76
- Buried: Old Meeting House Cemetery in Greenfield, New Hampshire
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Genealogy of Ellen Straw Thompson Oct 1897
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He was of Petersborough, NH and born c 1777. Abigail Pollard was said to have been of Peterboro at time of her marriage.
In Greenfield, NH census of 1850 he is living in HH of son Ira Straw and wife Betsey (Gould) Straw and their three daughters: Eveline (1839); unk female (1843) and Olive (1849)
census 1850 Greenfield, NH shows the following:
Samuel Straw age 73 (born c. 1777 NH)
Catherine age 72 born in MA
Ira Straw age 48 born NH
Betsey age 43 born NH ( nee Gould?)
Lyman Ira Straw age 13 born NH
Eveline L(?) age 11
female age 9 (can't read name) Alcina?
Olive M. age 1 born NH
He named his daughter Abigail P which may be after his mother (Abigail Pollard?) Based on time, place and similarity of facts and names I have assigned this child to this couple.
FARMER'S CABINET- 7 Apr 1853 (Mortuary Notice)
In Greenfield, March 17, Mr. Samuel Straw aged 76.
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LW & T of Samuel Straw of Greenfield, NH - 25 Aug 1851
Caty Straw [wife] all my household furniture (except wearing apparel, chest and trunk); 1/2 of all money on hand at time of my decease after paying debts and funeral charges; use and income of 2/3 of my half of the stock of cattle and sheep kept on the farm as long as she remains my widow and Executor find wood in the wood shed for my wife as long as she keeps house on this farm
Almira Bailey [dau] 100 dollars legacy
Ira Straw [son] Executor - rest of money on ahnd after debts and legacy paid; all the rest of my estate real and personal at my decease and my wife's decease
Abigail Sumner [dau] use and income of one acre of land where her house stands as long as she lives
Samuel married Catherine Harthan, daughter of Pvt Micah Harthan and Sarah Jones, on 27 Jan 1801 in Boylston, Worcester county, Massachusetts. (Catherine Harthan was born about 1778 in West Boylston, Massachusettes, died on 17 Aug 1861 in Greenfield, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire and was buried in Old Meeting House Cemetery in Greenfield, New Hampshire.). The cause of her death was Decay of nature.
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