Richard Jacob Straw

   Another name for Richard was Jacob Straw.

  General Notes:

census 1840 Ellsworth, Maine indicates a Jacob Straw living there
1 male under 5 [1835-39] son Hiram
1 male 5-9 [1831-35] son Reuben
1 male 5-9 [1831-35] a son who died young?
1 male 10-14 [1826-1830] Chester
1 male 30-39 Jacob the HOH
1 female 30-39 his wife Weltha

Census of 1850 for Ellsworth, Hancock County, Maine
Jacob Straw ae 46, bricklayer; born NH
Weltha age 51; born NH
Chester Straw age 23; born c 1827 NH
Rueben Straw age 19; born c 1831 VT
Hiram Straw age 15; born c 1835 NH
Lorinda Davis age 18; born ME
John LaRue (spelling?); age 37; born in Ireland; occ: laborer

1860 Trenton, Hancock County, Maine
Jacob Straw age 58 born c1802 Maine is living in the HH of the George W. Thurber family

JANUARY 18, 1867
Marriages
North Hancock, Jan. 15 (at the white schoolhouse, after the close of a lecture), by Rev. J. L. Locke, RICHARD JACOB STRAW, founder of Strawville, to Mrs. RUTHEA RICH of North Hancock.

1870 census, Ellsworth, Hancock County, Maine lists 65 yr old Jacob Straw and wife Ruthea, born NS, age 54.

  Events

• Alt. Birth: Alt. Birth, Abt 1804.

Richard married Weltha before 1827. (Weltha was born about 1802 in New Hampshire, died on 23 Aug 1853 in Ellsworth, Hancock County, Maine and was buried in Old Burial Ground Cemetery in Ellsworth, Hancock County, Maine.)

Richard next married Ruthea Esty, daughter of Moses Esty and Elizabeth Hall, on 18 Jan 1867 in North Hancock, Maine. (Ruthea Esty was born on 9 Mar 1813 in St Andrews, Charlotte, New Brunswick, Canada and died on 28 Feb 1902 in Hancock, Hancock County, Maine.)

  Marriage Notes:

JANUARY 18, 1867
Marriages
North Hancock, Jan. 15 (at the white schoolhouse, after the close of a lecture), by Rev. J. L. Locke, RICHARD JACOB STRAW, founder of Strawville, to Mrs. RUTHEA RICH of North Hancock.