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Rev Richard Straw

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Birth	:	8 Mar 1755
Death	:	19 Aug 1840
Burial	:	Parade Ground Cemetery, Warner, Merrimack County, USA
Coordinate	:	43.2686800, -71.7985000
Description	:	Colonel. According to the "Ancestors and Descendents of Robert Clements Volume I" Richard Straw, of Merrimack Co., NH "aged 83 on March 8th last (1838) lived with his father Jonathan Straw, in Hopkinton from the time he was 3 yrs old until the 2nd year of the Rev. War and enlisted for 8 months, in May 1775 in Hopkinton, NH and marched directly to Medford, MA near Boston and from there to Bunker Hill, under Capt Baldwin who was killed at Bunker Hill; Col Stark's Regt. After his death John Hale, his Lt. was made Capt of the Co to which I... Read More	Colonel. According to the "Ancestors and Descendents of Robert Clements Volume I" Richard Straw, of Merrimack Co., NH "aged 83 on March 8th last (1838) lived with his father Jonathan Straw, in Hopkinton from the time he was 3 yrs old until the 2nd year of the Rev. War and enlisted for 8 months, in May 1775 in Hopkinton, NH and marched directly to Medford, MA near Boston and from there to Bunker Hill, under Capt Baldwin who was killed at Bunker Hill; Col Stark's Regt. After his death John Hale, his Lt. was made Capt of the Co to which I belonged....we were, the first of the 8 months stationed at Medford, (MA) where we stayed until the day before the Battle of Bunker Hill. The day of the battle we marched into Charlestown, and were in the whole of the engagement that day." From Bunker Hill went to Winter Hill...honorably dismissed, signed the Pay Roll but did not take a "written discharge." Richard said he was born in Concord County, NH and moved by his father when very young to Hopkinton, NH - lived there abiout 20 yrs and since that time in Warner where he now resided. Per Lord's History of Hopkinton he married Jane Danforth July of 1776 and was a signer of the Association Test for Hopkinton. Per Rev war pension files he was born Concord, NH 1755 and lived in Hopkinton 20 years and then moved to Warner, NH. per Vol 4 of Graves of Rev Patriots Col Richard Straw was burried Parade Cemetery, Warner, NH. Colonel Richard Straw, who lived in that section of the town called Schoodach, was for many years one of the most prominent citizens of Warner, one of the largest landholders, selectman for several years, colonel in the State militia, prosperous yeoman and farmer, also kept a hotel, and was a "licensed taverner." His large mansion-house and inn still stands and is owned and occupied by John Jones. (edited from the original text written in 1885 by Fred Myron Colby; Also segments were edited and updated from the "Warner, N.H. History 1880-1974.") Note: John Jones was the husband of Mary Colby Straw, Richard's granddaughter, the daughter of Richard's son James.

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Rev Richard Straw's memorial is located at: Parade Ground Cemetery, Warner, Merrimack County, USA.
When did Rev Richard Straw death?
Rev Richard Straw death on 19 Aug 1840 in
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Latitude: 43.2686800
Longitude: -71.7985000

Family Members:

Spouse

Jane Danforth Straw

(1751 - 1829)

Children

Jonathan Straw

(1777 - 1844)

Jeremiah Straw

(1781 - 1801)

Jane Straw

(1783 - 1831)

Sarah “Sally” Straw Whittier

(1785 - 1858)

James Straw

(1789 - 1842)

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Nearby Cemetories:

1. Parade Ground Cemetery
Warner, Merrimack County, USA
Coordinate: 43.2686800, -71.7985000

2. Lower Warner Cemetery
Warner, Merrimack County, USA
Coordinate: 43.2733500, -71.7935400

3. Old Warner Village Cemetery
Warner, Merrimack County, USA
Coordinate: 43.2802100, -71.8168500

4. Ferrin Cemetery
Warner, Merrimack County, USA
Coordinate: 43.2516670, -71.7833330

5. Pine Grove Cemetery
Warner, Merrimack County, USA
Coordinate: 43.2813000, -71.8208000

6. Schoodac Road Cemetery
Warner, Merrimack County, USA
Coordinate: 43.2843300, -71.7708400

7. Tory Hill Cemetery
Warner, Merrimack County, USA
Coordinate: 43.2913560, -71.8218230

8. Bean Burial Place
Warner, Merrimack County, USA
Coordinate: 43.2752780, -71.8369440

9. Warner Poor Farm Cemetery
Warner, Merrimack County, USA
Coordinate: 43.2969440, -71.8100000

10. Coal Hearth Cemetery
Warner, Merrimack County, USA
Coordinate: 43.2986800, -71.8013300

11. Wheeler Cemetery
Warner, Merrimack County, USA
Coordinate: 43.2866670, -71.8344440

12. Brown Family Cemetery
Warner, Merrimack County, USA
Coordinate: 43.3022010, -71.7871530

13. Sanborn Cemetery
Warner, Merrimack County, USA
Coordinate: 43.2283330, -71.8094440

14. Pumpkin Hill Cemetery
Warner, Merrimack County, USA
Coordinate: 43.3104410, -71.8086790

15. Hoyt Cemetery
Warner, Merrimack County, USA
Coordinate: 43.2288890, -71.8211110

16. Clough Cemetery
Webster, Merrimack County, USA
Coordinate: 43.2729420, -71.7370070

17. Waterloo Cemetery
Warner, Merrimack County, USA
Coordinate: 43.2869660, -71.8567320

18. Davisville Cemetery
Warner, Merrimack County, USA
Coordinate: 43.2488200, -71.7410700

19. Hardy Cemetery
Hopkinton, Merrimack County, USA
Coordinate: 43.2294180, -71.7612020

20. New Waterloo Cemetery
Warner, Merrimack County, USA
Coordinate: 43.2880000, -71.8625000

21. East Sutton Cemetery
East Sutton, Merrimack County, USA
Coordinate: 43.2984900, -71.8561700

22. Colby Cemetery
Henniker, Merrimack County, USA
Coordinate: 43.2157210, -71.7924580

23. Putnam Family Cemetery
Hopkinton, Merrimack County, USA
Coordinate: 43.2405930, -71.7357220

24. Seavey Cemetery
Warner, Merrimack County, USA
Coordinate: 43.3175000, -71.8366670