John Jones Emerson

  General Notes:

John and Elizabeth lived in Concord, NH. In 1841 she sold property to Samuel Colby ( her bro-in-law). (per Concord Probate records #1860 in 1841); other sources for this family include IGI files and gen of EST of 1897; NHVR; History of Canaan, NH (Wallace).

Fogg, Miriam Straw Emerson, Mrs.
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Merrimack and Sullivan Counties, New Hampshire Biographies
John Jones Emerson lived and died on the farm where his birth occurred, spending his years as a tiller of the soil. His name is among the list of Hopkinton soldiers who served in the War of 1812. He enlisted in Colonel Nathaniel Fisk's first regiment in 1814. In the old militia days he was a Captain of riflemen. He married Miss Elizabeth Straw, who, born in Hopkinton, November 23, 1793, daughter of Levi and Miriam (Jones) Straw, died January 17, 1859.
His children were: Seth George, Miriam Straw, Mary Jane, Sarah Elizabeth, Andrew Jackson, and William Seneca. Seth George, born April 24, 1820, who married Sarah Goss, of Henniker, and was at one time the owner of the homestead, removed to Fort Gratiot, Mich., where he died August 1, 1864. Mary Jane, born March 22, 1823, who died February 13, 1886, was the wife of Martin E. Philips, of Henniker, N.H. Sarah Elizabeth, born September 2, 1824, married Samuel D. Clark, of Chesterfield, N.H., and died in Port Huron, Mich., November 19, 1893. Andrew Jackson, born in February, 1828, died in January, 1831. William Seneca, born May 4, 1831, who married Mary A. Andrews, of the Isle of Sheppey, England, died August 17, 1890, in Hillsborough, N.H.

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John married Elizabeth Straw, daughter of Levi Straw Sr. and Miriam Jones, on 22 Dec 1819 in Hopkinton, Merrimack County, New Hampshire. (Elizabeth Straw was born on 23 Nov 1793 in Hopkinton, Merrimack County, New Hampshire, died on 17 Jan 1859 and was buried in Stumpfield Cemetery Contoocook, Merrimack County, New Hampshire, USA.)

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