Sargent Straw

   Cause of his death was old age.

  General Notes:

sources: research of James Townsend of CA and IGI files.

Census records show the following:
1810 Andover, Hillsborough County, NH
[living next door to married sister Sarah w/o Tilton Bennett]
Sargent Straw HOH
3 males 1800-10
1 male 1766-84 [Sargent HOH]
2 females 1800-10
1 female 1795-1800 [wife Polly]
1 female 1765 or before [mother Mary?]

1820 Andover, Hillsborough County, NH
[still living next door to Tilton Bennett]
Sargant Straw HOH
1 male 1775-94 [Sargant HOH]
3 females 1810-1820 [daus Elvira, Mahala and Mary]
1 female 1794-1804 [wife Priscilla]


1830 Hill, Grafton County: Sargent Straw

1840 Hill, Grafton county, NH
Sargent Straw HOH
1 male 1825-30 [son Wm H]
1 male 1820-25 [son Sargent]
1 male 1790-1800 [bro Benjamin?]
1 male 1780-1790 [Sargent HOH]
1 female 1825-30 [dau Priscilla]
1 female 1810-20 [dau Mahala]
1 female 1790-1800 [wife Priscilla]

1850


census 1860 Hill, Grafton county NH
Sargent Straw born age 77 born c1783 HOH
Mahala Collins age 40 c1820 NH [daughter]
George Collins age 13 VT [grandson]
Iola Hastings age 7 NH [grand daughter; d/o Priscilla now deceased]
Ann Pasley age 45 NH
[next door is Sargent's married son Wm H Straw]

1870 Hill, Merrimack County, NH
Sargent Straw age 86 born c1783 NH [HOH]
Mahala L. Collins age 53 [dau]
George M. Collins age 23 [grandson - s/o Mahala]
Ida Hastings age 18 [grand dau - d/o Priscilla]

Find a Grave Memorial 183806499
headstone gives DOD as 23 Sept 1871 ae 88y 2m 15d

www.familysearch.com - pilot search: death certificate

Sargent married Priscilla Bennet Sanborn, daughter of Unknown and Unknown, on 23 Nov 1809 in New Chester, Grafton, New Hampshire. (Priscilla Bennet Sanborn was born about 1794 in Franklin, Merrimack County, New Hampshire, died on 19 Mar 1858 and was buried in Hill Cemetery in Hill NH.)

  Marriage Notes:

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