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John Straw
(1688-1750)
Lydia Sargent
(Abt 1690-After 1750)
Elias Colby
(1696-After 1737)
Hannah Pressey
(1695-)
William Straw
(1714-1756)
Susanna Colby
(1715-After 1756)
Valentine Straw Sr
(1744-Bef 1810)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Sarah Coffin

Valentine Straw Sr

  • Born: 23 Oct 1744, Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts
  • Marriage (1): Sarah Coffin about 1765 in Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts
  • Died: Bef 1810, Waterboro, Maine
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bullet  General Notes:

per B. Clarine - "I have a book in my posession called A Corner In Ancestors:Odell Family. It had belonged to my grandmother Eleanor Robinson Weddel. In this book the lineage of the Robinsons are listed from Jacob Robinson in Wales and shows descendancy 6 generations. My grandmother and her sister are the last ones mentioned as children. A few pages later it shows the following:
GRANT
Susan Coffin of England married a man by the name of STRAW. Betsey Straw her daughter, married Silas GRANT. She had the following brothers and sisters: David, Simeon, Valentine, Sally, Polly and Susan. Sally married Robert Parcher, Waterbury, Vermont. Polly and Susan married two brothers, Israel and Peter Smith, Waterborough, Maine, five miles from Alfred County seat. Betsey STRAW, born May 20th 1784, married Silas Grant of Lyman, Maine; moved to Ripley, Maine. Children: Mary 1803; Orin 1804; Hiram 1805; Susan 6 Sept 1807, married Cyrus Spaulding (my great great great grandfather); Wealthy born 11 July 1809, married William Bryde/Bowdoin; Lydia born 10 May 1811, married Bradbury Lovell, Cambridge, Maine; John born 15 Jan 1813; Royal born 22 Dec 1814; Esther 1816; Samuel born 9 May 1818; Jacob born 4 April 1820; Lizza born July 1822, married John Rogers, Springfield, MA and Melissa born July 1824.
Alexander Grant came from Scotland and had two brothers, Daniel and Foss. Alexander's children were James, Silas of Lyman, Maine, Hipseyboth (married a Goodwin) and Daniel."

bapt 28 Oct 1744 per Amesbury VR

Lived in Waterboro prior to1787 [THE TOWN REGISTER ALFRED, LYMAN, DAYTON, HOLLIS AND WATERBRO 1905]


Prior to 1790 Census, Waterboro, York Co., Maine was named the Massabesic Plantation, owned by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Valentine Straw and Clement Moody plus other inhabitants signed in 1785 a Massabesic Petition to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts for their land recordings and plot surveys that were long overdue in what would later become Waterboro, York Co., Maine. This petition is at the Augusta, Maine Archives.
(research of B. Moody)

census records of 1790 for Waterborough, ME
Straw, Valintine 2 males (16+) 3 males ( -16 ) 4 (females) [all his children appear to have been born by 1790]
Valentine Straw head of household
2 males over 16 would be Val Sr and David [Israel may be married although not listed as a HOH - may be living with wife's parents"]
3 under 16 are Valentine Jr, Simon & Jonathan
4 females = Sarah Coffin and three daughters, (Polly, Susanna and Betsey? Sarah now married)

1800 Waterbury, Washington County,VT
1 male b 1784-1790 = Jonathan?
1 male b 1774-1784 = Simeon
1 male over 45y = Val Sr.
1 female 1790-1800 = Simeon's daughter?
1 female 1774-1784 = Simeon's wife Patty?
1 female over 45 = Sarah Coffin
David, Sarah, Susanna, Israel, Polly, Ruth and probably Betsey all married and probably living out of the household except Simeon.
Johnathan is single as well as William and Val Jr

1810-1830 - the only Valentines listed are his son Valentine jr (based on ages listed on the census.) From 1810-1830 he would have been 66-86 and possibly deceased?

Other sources include IGI files; census records and headstones from Hope Cem in Waterbury, VT.
Other early settlers of the last name of Straw in Waterbury, VT include William 1800 a son, David 1800 a son and Simeon 1810 another son.
Feb 2001 via e-mail: courtesy of Annmac@aol.com:
per The Hamiltons of Waterborough (Maine) there is a notation that Valentine Straw was elected at a town meeting on 5 April 1787 as the "Pownd keeper". Stray animals were kept there until their owner claimed them. They had to pay a fine. On April 5, 1787
The town voted Vallentine in and the following spring they voted to build a town pound near Tobias Leighton's land 30 feet square and 7 feet high. Capt. John Smith was paid $12.00 for building it.
He is mentioned as Vanlantine Straw as one of the original petitioners for the Plantation of Massebesick. Again it says he was pound keeper.

Rootsweb message board
Re: STRAW, Valentine
Author: Diane Sidon Date: 12 Jun 2003 12:14 AM GMT
Valentine Straw lived in Waterboro ME. He was in the Revolution out of Sanford. His dau. Susana m. Peter Smith in Waterboro. She d. prob. in Shelby N.Y.after the 1920 census. Her brother Moses d. 1846 in Raisenville, Monroe Co. MI. Her husband Peter d. Genesee Co.(Montrose) MI bur. by dau Sarah Swart who was Susanna's dau. also, of course. Valentine is listed as one of the earlier settlers of Waterboro. He was listed in Hist. Of Sanford ME as a "merry dancer". Would [you] like to have his vital records???
(My note: I requested them twice and never rec'd any more correspondence from Diane)

From : dwalsh <dwalsh@hls-inc.net>
Sunday, March 28, 2004
Subject : RE: genealogy of Daniel Smith and Thirza Straw
According to Reflections of Waterborough Vallentine Straw (their spelling) was Pound keeper in 1787. I wasn't sure if pound keeper meant the same back then as it does now. So I looked it up in the same book and it says the stray animals were kept there until their owner claimed them. They had to pay a fine. On April 5, 1787 The town voted Vallentine in and the following spring the voted to build a town pound near Tobias Leighton's land 30 feet square and 7 feet high. Capt. John Smith was paid $12.00 for building it.
That's all there was in that book.
I didn't find him in the 1790 books so I checked Hamilton's of Waterborough and he is mentioned as Vanlantine Straw as one of the original petitioners for the Plantation of Massebesick. Again it says he was pound keeper.

Capt John and Abigail
I stated that their daughter Ruth b abt 1756 m Israel Straw.
Wrong! Ruth is a possible daughter and she did marry on 9 Dec 1778 in Waterboro Aaron Smith b 1753 a possible s/o of Thomas and Susannah Hutchinson Smith (Capt John's brother). this would make them 1st cousins. Guess I will ask Danny about this again.
Then John and Abigail's daughter Mary b abt 1733 m Nathaniel Kimball 31 May 1798 Waterboro. It was another Mary that married Nathaniel Libby.
Sorry to make the confusion even more difficult.
This is the family of Thomas and Susannah Hutchinson Smith. Capt John's brother
Mary b 3 Apr 1753 m Richard Bean
Cap Aaron b 1755 m Ruth Smith (see above note)
John m ?
Susannah b 1764 m Moody Brown
Thomas b 1766 M Abigail Goodell
Daniel b 1770 m Polly Straw d/o Valentine Sr
Simeon b 1774 m Eunice Warren
Ruth b 1777 m Israel Straw s/o Vanlentine Sr 13 Nov 1800 Waterboro
Valentine Straw b 13 Jul 1738 Prob Amesbury Essex MA died in Waterbury Washington VT wife Sara Coffin b abt 1743 Haverhill Essex MA died Waterbury VT
children: as far as I know
Israel Straw b abt 1765 Waterborough m 13 Nov 1800 Waterboro Ruth Smith d/o Thomas and Susannah
David Straw b 8 Aug 1768 Waterborough d 2 Apr 1849 Wyandot Ohio he married (1) Sarah Smith 3 Oct 1793 Waterboro d/o John and Abigail he m (2) Mary Cady
Sarah Straw b 1770 Waterborough died Stowe Lamoille VT m Robert Parcher m (2) Joshua Hill
Susannah Straw b abt died in Milan Monroe Michigan bet 1847 and bef 1850 census. m Peter Smith 20 Dec 1792 s/o Cap John and Abigail
Polly Straw abt 1776 died 1854 Waterbury Washington VT m 14 Apr 1796 Waterboro ME Daniel Smith s/o Thomas and Susannah Smith
Simeon Straw b avt 1780 d 1811 Waterbury VT m Patty
William Straw 1781 m Polly Roberts
Betsey Straw b 1782 died Waterbury VT m Silas Grant
Valentine Straw Jr m Eunice Taylor died 1830 Waterbury VT m (2) Almira Pike
Jonathan Straw b 1787 ME died 14 Apr 1862 Stowe VT m Hannah Moody 31 Mar 1808 in Stowe VT. She died 26 Jan 1865 Stowe VT d/o Clement Moody and Mary Smith (Mary was a d/o Israel Smith 5.
I still think there is a Ruth Straw??
Eileen


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Valentine married Sarah Coffin, daughter of Daniel Coffin and Lydia Moulton, about 1765 in Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts. (Sarah Coffin was born 6 Ma 1746 in Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts.)




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