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William Straw
(Abt 1660-Abt 1712)
Mehitable Hoyt
(1664-1690)
William Sargent
(1645-1712)
Mary Colby
(1647-1668)
John Straw
(1688-1750)
Lydia Sargent
(Abt 1690-After 1750)
William Straw
(1714-1756)

 

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1. Susanna Colby

William Straw

  • Born: 13 Jan 1714, Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts
  • Marriage (1): Susanna Colby on 13 Jul 1738 in Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts
  • Died: Oct 1756, Sandown, Rockingham County, New Hampshire at age 42
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bullet  General Notes:

per Genealogy of Ellen Straw Thompson of 1897; Will of John Straw 1750 and Colby Gen. Also Will of Wm Straw of 1756 of Sandown who died young and left young widow and three small children under 7 yrs of age. Only the names of four of his children are known ( per Amesbury VR and published by Amesbury Historical Society?) and this would not include the 3 younger ones mentioned above and born during the yrs of 1751 to 1754 or 56...their names provided by Doris Anastasion in her research and e-mailed to me Aug 2000

research of Ronald Colby: William STRAW was born on 23 JAN 1714/15 in Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts. (SOURCE: Early Vital Records of Essex County, Massachusetts to 1850 for Amesbury.) He was baptized on 2 JUN 1728 in Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts. SOURCE: Early Vital Records of Essex County, Massachusetts to 1850 for Amesbury. He died in 1756 in Sandown, Rockingham County, New Hampshire. He had administration granted for estate on 23 FEB 1757 in Sandown, Rockingham County, New Hampshire. Granted to his widow, Susanna Straw.
WILLIAM STRAW 1756 Sandown (NH)
(Administration on the estate of William STRAW of Sandown, yeoman, granted to his widow, Susanna STRAW, Feb 23, 1757.)
(Probate Records, vol. 20, p. 110)
(Bond of Susanna STRAW of Sandown, widow, with Thomas Wells of Chester, gentleman, and Ebenezer Gile of Hampstead, yeoman, as sureties, in the sum of 500 pounds, Feb 23, 1757, for the administration of the estate; witnesses, William Parker, Nathaniel Marshall.)
(Warrant, Oct 27, 1756, authorizing Thomas Wells of Chester and Orlando Colby of Sandown, yeoman, to appraise the estate.)
(Inventory attested, Nov 20, 1756; amount, 1000 pounds. 13. 6; signed by Thomas Wells and Orlando Colby.)
(List of claims against the estate, no date; amount 274 pounds. 4. 6; "Thare Is Likewise three children was under seven years old when there father Died - one was 5 years & 8 months one was 2 years & 7 month one was 7 months.")
(Warrant, Dec 27, 1758, authorizing Jethro Sanborn of Sandown and James Graves of Hampstead, gentlemen, to receive claims against the estate.)
(List of claims, attested June 21 1759; amount, 261 pounds. 3.2; signed by Jethro Sanborn and James Graves.)
Province of
New Hampshire Sandown September 8, 1759
We the Subscribers being appoynted a Committee by the Honnor (bl) . Richard Wibird Esq (r) Judge of the Probate for the Province afforesaid: to set of to Susanah STRAW widow and Relect to William STRAW Late of Sandown afforesaid Deceased her thirds or Right of Dower that fell to her of her s(d) Husbands Estate: accordingly we Have Don it in the following mannor (viz) We find the whole Estate to Contain twenty Seven acres and three Quarters; and we have Laid of to her on the southerly side of said Land where the house and Barne stands eight acres for her third part bounded first at the South west Corner at a stake and stones standing in the middle between a white oak and a Black Burch being the bounds of the Sixty fifth Lot in that Range and Running about East South East bounding on the other north by East sixteen Rods to a stake and stones then west nor west Eighty Rods to a stake and stones by the High way then s d High way sixteen Rods to the first bounds mentioned

Sam'll Emerson

Thomas Wells

James Graves
(Account of the settlement of the estate; receipts, 743 pounds. 3. 0; expenditures, 237 pounds. 10. 0; mentions "Support of three Children so long as to amount to 5 years for one"; allowed March 26, 1760).


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William married Susanna Colby, daughter of Elias Colby and Hannah Pressey, on 13 Jul 1738 in Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts. (Susanna Colby was born on 27 Jul 1715 in Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts and died after 1756.)




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