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Jacob STRALEY (STRAHLE)
Born: c. 1725, Frankfort-on-the-Main
(Frankfurt am Main) Germany
Died: Lynchburg, Bedford County, VA
Father: Unknown Mother:
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Married:
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Susan BARBER (BARBOR)
Born: c. 1737
Died: Lynchburg, Bedford County, VA
Father: Mother:
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Children:
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1. Elizabeth Jane STRALEY ( b. 1758, Frankfort,
Germany)
m1. William CALDWELL Sr.
c. 1769
m2. Marshall Jacob BURTON (b. 1759; d. 1824)
Children to William:
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Alexander
CALDWELL
(b. c. 1757, d. Jun 15, 1830, Easten, KnoxTN
m. Margaret LOONEY
(b. c. 1758, BoteVA; d. Nov 5, 1830, Easten,
KnoxTN) on Jan
5, 1778, Craig's Creek, BoteVA
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William
CALDWELL Jr. (b. c. 1770,
GileVA; d. Jan 23, 1850,
GileVA
m.
Priscilla LOONEY
"Peggy" (b. 1771) on Mar 24, 1789, Craig's Creek,
BoteVA
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Joseph
Caldwell (b. 1778)
Children to Marshall:
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Isaac
BURTON (b. 1799)
m1.
Peggy SNODGRASS
m2. Barbara Croy DIAMOND
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Polly
BURTON (b. c. 1800-1805)
m.
John HARLESS in 1820
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Sarah
BURTON (b. Apr 16, 1824, VA; d. c. 1875)
m. William Riley
ALBERT (b. Jan 10, 1824,
GileVA; d. 1870) in Apr 1847,
GileVA
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Frances
BURTON (d. Sep 28, 1885)
m.
Berry BLANKENSHIP
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Elizabeth J. Straley
Caldwell/Burton is probably
buried in Botetourt County, VA, on Craig's Creek.
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Marshall Burton's occupation is listed as a shoemaker & he fought in the 20th Virginia Regiment & General Scott's Brigade/12th Regiment during America's Revolutionary War.
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Alexander Caldwell served in Captain Henry Pauling's Militia of Botetourt County VA and fought at the Revolutionary War's Battle of Point Pleasant in 1774.
They then moved to TN. He and Margaret had 7 children.
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Alexander and William
married sisters, Margaret and Peggy, daughters to Absalom LOONEY
and Margaret MOORE.
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2.
Andrew Straley
(b. c. 1758, Lynchburg,
CommVA; d. c. 1841, New River, VA)
m1. Sarah WATKINS (b. Oct 2, 1789,
MontVA) on Oct 2, 1789
m2. Sophia PARSON on
Oct 4, 1796,
MontVA
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Andrew was a (private) soldier in the American Revolutionary war. He entered the military AUG 1780 & served 18 months under Captain Epps in Colonel Buford's Regiment of the Virginia Line, which was attached to General Green's Brigade. Andrew was discharged at Warrens NC in 1782. (Entry prepared by David FRENCH, Giles County VA 08 SEPT 1819; Ref: Roll 779, Pension & bounty land files, entry no. 719, National Archives, Washington, DC).
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Andrew lived into his eighties, with his nephew,
James Jacob Straley
8.
Andrew outlived two wives and had no children of his own.
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There is a second record of
marriage with Sophia (Mrs.) Parson, with a marriage date of Jul 1, 1796.
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Andrew shows up on the 1810
US Federal Census for Giles County, Virginia in a household with two
white adults, one male, one female, over the age of 45. The census entry
before Andrew is Jacob Straley's family.
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3. Catherine STRALEY (b. c. 1775, Lynchburg,
CommVA; d.
Little Sandy, MorgKY)
m. William ADKINS
(b. c. 1803, VA)
Children:
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Straley Adkins (b. c. 1805, VA
m.
Anedocia DAY "Annie" (b. Jul 20, 1827,
MorgKY) on Jul 20, 1827,
MorgKY
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Caswell Adkins (b. 1801,
VA)
m. Margaret CONLEY "Peggy" (b. 1818, KY) on Aug 17, 1833,
MorgKY
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Harrison
Adkins
m. Rebecca CLICK on Jun 6, 1843, MorgKY
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Catherine and William lived in Morgan and Elliott counties in Kentucky.
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Straley and Annie (Day) Adkins had 11 children.
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4.
Jacob STRALEY Jr. (II) (b. c. 1765, Lynchburg,
CommVA; d. bef. Jun 1835, GileVA)
m. Martha M. FRENCH
in 1785, GileVA
Children:
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Joseph C. STRALEY (b. Jan
14, 1804
m1. Susan FILLINGER
m2.
Jane P. BROWN
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Charles M. STRALEY
(b. c. 1795)
m1. Betsy MCCOMAS
m2.
Martha WARNECK
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John STRALEY (b. 1792)
m.
Elizabeth B. WILSON
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Sarah STRALEY "Sallie" (b.
1788, VA)
m.
Isaac FRENCH
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James Jacob
STRALEY III (b. c.
1790)
m. Elizabeth VAUGHT
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David STRALEY
m.
Elizabeth PERKINS
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Daniel H. STRALEY (b. c. 1792,
VA)
m.
Mary P. FRENCH
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Rev. Jacob Lynch STRALEY III
(b.
bet. 1785 -1815, VA)
m.
Eliza BERGAN
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Matthew French STRALEY (b.
VA)
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Leland STRALEY (b. c.
1800)
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Nancy S. STRALEY (b. Dec
25, 1802, VA)
m.
Edward MORGAN Jr.
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For more detailed information on Jacob Straley Jr., click his name
above.
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It is believed that Jacob STRALEY (STRAHLE in German), along with this brother
John, came to America around 1758 from Frankfort am Main (Frankfort-on-the-Main), Germany, on the Main River. The ship may have been the Main. Another account
details that Jacob and Susan emigrated on the ship Speedwell.
It is believed the ship sailed into New York City harbor.
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It is also believed that Jacob was
from Prussia (Germany).
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He settled in the Virginia Colonies along the James River, where the town of Lynchburg, Virginia now stands. Jacob's sister married Jacob LYNCH, who had brought her to America several years before.
The original Straley plantation still stands in Virginia.
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John Straley, Jacob's brother, supposedly landed in New York, then moved to Pennsylvania with his wife and several children. It is believed that
Christian STRALEY (b. Sep 21, 1742 in Strettgarst, Germany (m. Christina LANTZ) was one of his sons.
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Susan Barber STRALEY's middle name may have been "Tradition".
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It was the custom by many emigrants to Americanize their names upon their arrival in America, so it is not surprising that the German spelling of Strahle was changed by both Jacob and John to Straley.
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The German word �strahle� means �sunshine� or �ray of light.�
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County/State
Abbreviations:
BedfVA - Bedford County, VA
BoteVA - Botetourt County, VA
CommVA - Commonwealth of VA
GileVA - Giles County, VA
MontVA - Montgomery County, VA
MorgKY - Morgan County, KY
KnoxTN - Knox County, TN
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Page Sources:
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Majority of
information from A History of The Middle New River Settlements and Contiguous Territory
called "The New River Straleys".
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Genealogy of The Straley Family by Grace (Rhodes) Straley SWARTZ on Gateway Press
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Gene
Williams ([email protected]).
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Descendants of Jacob Straley
books by Cathy Cox Straley.
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Virginia Marriages 1785 - 1940,
Andrew Strayley, Indexing Project Number: M86878-8
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Your French-Straley-Davis Ancestry
yfsda
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New River Families on rootsweb by
Andrew Hamblin
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A
Census of Pensioners For Revolutionary or Military
Services 1841, Virginia - Western District.
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Names Added to Name Index: YES
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