William Mudget Straw

   Another name for William was William Mudget Strow.

  General Notes:

Name Wm. Mudget Straw Gender Male Birth date 18 Mar 1794 Birth place WEATHERSFIELD TWP,WINDSOR,VERMONT Father name Reuben Straw Mother name Betsey Batch number 7450248 Record group Vermont-ODM Film number unknown

Named for his mother's brother. per S. Phaneuf: I think he married Abigail 'Nabby' Bannister/Banister 22 July 1816. The family went by the name STROW in Windsor County, VT

1820 - can't locate - not in father's HH

1830 Hartford, NY
Wm STROW HOH
2 males 1791-1800 [William and ___]
1 female 1791-1800 [Abigail]
1 male 1801-1820
2 males 1826-1830 [sons Edgar and George]

1840 Hartford, Washington, NY
William Strow HOH
1 male 1791-1800 [William]
1 female 1791-1800 [Abigail]
1 male 1801-1820 [ ___ ]
2 females 1816-1820 [daughters?]
2 males 1826-1830 [sons George and Edgar]
2 males b. 1831-1835 [sons John and ___]**I found an E. A./Edwin A. Strow living in Delavan, WI in 1870 who was born c1833 in NY....could be the other Strow son

1850 William [age 55] and son Edgar [age 21] are working in Argyle, Washington county, NY and working in a hotel there. Wm is listed as a clerk and Edgar a laborer.
duplicate listing:
1850 Hartford, NY - surname corrupted by transcriber
Wm STROKE [Strow] age 55 VT; clerk
Abigail 54 VT
George 24 NY; boatman
Wesley age 15 Student
Sally Banister age 70 VT [born c1780] Abigail's sister or mother?

724 HISTORY OF WALWORTH COUNTY [Wisconsin] - EDGAR M. STROW. proprietor of the Delavan House, which he purchased of C. W. Phillips in the spring of 1866. Mr.. Strow was born in Hartford, Washington Co., N. Y., Jan, 14, 1830, son of William and Abigail Strow; in 1848, he moved to Argyle, N. Y., where he was engaged in hotel-keeping till the spring of 1866: he then came to Delavan, Wis., and, in company with his brother, George B., purchased the Delavan House; subsequently, his brother, John W., bought out George B.'s interest; since 1875, the subject of this sketch has been sole proprietor of the hotel; this hotel is in good repair, is provided with sample rooms, billiard room and bar, and has ample accommodations for seventy guests. Mr. Strow was married, at Burlington, Wis., Sept. 25, 1881, to Miss Julian J. Leslie.

Date: 1859-05-18;
Paper: New York Herald-Tribune
STROW = At Hartford, Washington county, NY on Sat May 14 Abigail relict of the late Capt William Strow age 70 yrs

Wills filed in Hartford, Washington County, NY
ABIGAIL HARTFORD NY-58-H-177 STROW, WILLIAM HARTFORD NY-58-F-371

William married Abigail Banister, daughter of Banister and Unknown, on 22 Jul 1816. (Abigail Banister was born circa 1789, died on 14 May 1859 in Hartford, Washington County, New York and was buried in Old Hartford Cemetery in Hartford, New York.)