Samuel C. Straw

  General Notes:

s/o Joseph and Nabby

May have also had a daughter named Abigail

Per VT Vital records in Middlesex, VT for DOB of his children, their mother's name and names of children.

In 1800 there are no Straws in Orange County, Vermont

1810 and 1820 Strafford, Orange County, VT Joseph STRAW

In 1830 the s/o Joseph, Joseph Straw jr, appears in the Strafford census

census 1840 Vershire, Orange County,VT Samuel Straw HOH 1 male 1835-40 [Joseph - son] 1 male 1830-35 [James - son] 1 male 1800-1810 [Samuel -HOH] 1 female 1835-40 [Lydia - dau] 1 female 1830-35 [Rhoda - dau] 1 female 1800-1810 [Abigail - wife]

In census of 1850 for Vershire, VT there is a Samuel Straw listed age 47 (b. NH) and he is living in the HH of Flavel Brown age 50 and Brown's family.

Samuel Straw b. c 1803; m. Abigail. She may have died between 1840 and 1850 as family has split up in census of 1850 and living in a variety of HHs. Children all born in Vershire, VT and names include Joseph (b. 1832 ); Lydia 1834; Rhody/Rhoda 1835; James 1837 who married Caroline Tracy [with a son named Fred born Nov 1870 in Vershire, VT]; and Dolly/Dorothy Ann 1840.

Census for 1850 of Vershire, VT Samuel age 47 living in HH of Flavel Brown; James age 12 living in HH of Joshua Alexander; Dorothy age 9 is living in HH of Amos Carpenter also Chelsea, VT (proximal community); Rhoda age 13 living in HH of Jonas Huntington; Jane age 16 living in HH of Jacob Norris; Other Straws living in Vershire include: Joseph Straw c1808 s/o Joseph and Nabby

1860 Northfield, Washington county, Vermont John Heath age 42 Sophia [Gold] 37 Alma 9 Ella 6 Mary 4 James 1; Samuel Straw age 57 born c 1803 VT [his wife was a Heath] James Heath age 77 born c1783 NH [father of John Heath] Additional information on this family: John was s/o James and Lydia (unknown) Heath. James was b. 11 July 1783 in Plaistow, NH and died 16 Apr 1869 in Northfield, VT; Lydia b. 1784 Northfield, VT; died 1853 in same

census 1870 Tunbridge, Orange, VT James c1839 Caroline c1837 Lucia c1867 Samuel c1803 (now widowed and living with his son)

Samuel married Abigail Heath, daughter of Unknown and Unknown, circa 1831. (Abigail Heath was born in 1800-1810 in Vershire, Orange County, Vermont and died in 1840-1850.)