| Sources:
1. Marriage Record:
2. 1790 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com):
can't find.
3. 1800 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image
#8 of 9; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤
| 1800 |
PA |
Northumberland [now Snyder] Co. |
Penns [now Washington] Twp. |
p. 744 |
Ln. 13 |
Stroup Andrew |
31010-10010-00 |
These data indicate:
| No. & Sex |
Age Class |
Therefore Born |
Individuals Inferred |
| 3 males |
9 or under |
1790-1800 |
= Peter (b. 1799)
= Son B
= Son A |
| 1 male |
10-15 |
1784-1790 |
= ? |
| 1 male |
26-44 |
1755-1774 |
= Andrew (b. 1770) |
| 1 female |
9 or under |
1790-1800 |
= Daughter A |
| 1 female |
26-44 |
1755-1774 |
= Barbara |
If Andrew was truly born in 1770, it's unlikely he was even married by
1790, much less that his wife had born a son by 1790. The fact that
we don't find Andrew in the 1790 census supports (though does not prove)
he was not married by 1790.
4. 1810 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image
#1 of 6; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen indexed "Ander"):¤
| 1810 |
PA |
Mifflin [now Juniata] Co. |
Greenwood Twp. |
p. 972 |
Ln. 7 |
Andw Stroup |
31010-11101-00 |
7-25-0-0-2-0-0-2-0-0-40 |
These data indicate:
| No. & Sex |
Age Class |
Therefore Born |
Individuals Inferred |
| 3 males |
9 or under |
1800-1810 |
= Son E
= Son D
= Son C |
| 1 male |
10-15 |
1794-1800 |
= Peter (b. 1799) |
| 1 male |
26-44 |
1765-1784 |
= Andrew (b. 1770) |
| 1 female |
9 or under |
1800-1810 |
= Daughter B |
| 1 female |
10-15 |
1794-1800 |
= Daughter A |
| 1 female |
16-25 |
1784-1794 |
= Barbara? |
| 1 female |
45 or over |
in or bef. 1765 |
= Catharina? (b. 1731/2) |
| 7 yds |
Woollen Cloth |
| 25 yds |
Flaxen Cloth |
| 2 |
Spinning Wheels |
| 2 |
Neat Cattle |
| 40 |
Sugar |
5. 1820 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image
#3 of 5 mis-indexed "Stoup"; in 1820, the
Perry County census forms were non-standard, see
this page for explanation; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤
| 1820 |
PA |
Perry Co. |
Greenwood Twp. |
p. 362 |
Ln. 33 |
Stroup Andrew |
110101-31001-100 |
These data indicate:
| No. & Sex |
Age Class |
Therefore Born |
Individuals Inferred |
| 1 male |
9 or under |
1810-1820 |
= Son H |
| 1 male |
10-15 |
1804-1810 |
= Son G |
| 1 male |
19-25* |
1794-1801 |
= Son F |
| 1 male |
45 or over |
in or bef. 1775 |
= Andrew (b. 1770) |
| 3 females |
9 or under |
1810-1820 |
= Daughter E
= Daughter D
= Daughter C |
| 1 female |
10-15 |
1804-1810 |
= Daughter B |
| 1 female |
45 or over |
in or bef. 1775 |
= Barbara |
| 1 |
person engaged in agriculture |
| *In the 1820 Census, the third column is
age class 16-18 and the fourth column is age class 16-25; therefore, any
individual in column three is duplicated in column four. By subtracting
the number in column three from the number in column four, you can create
an age class "19-25." |
Although Greenwood Twp., Perry Co., and Greenwood Twp., Mifflin/Juniata
Co., were once one (in Cumberland Co.), this change in location from Mifflin/Juniata
(in 1810) to Perry (in 1820) represents a genuine move, not just a name
change though obviously the move was a short one.
6a. Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, Deed Book E, pp.
444-445 (photocopies courtesy of Shirley Straub Morton).
Summary below; for full transcription, please
see this page.
| Grantor: |
Peter STROUP, Yeoman,
of Penn [now Washington] Township, Northumberland [now Snyder] Co.,
PA |
| Grantee: |
Andrew STROUP, Yeoman, son of Peter STROUP,
of Penn [now Washington] Township, Northumberland [now Snyder] Co.,
PA |
| Original
Patent: |
30 May 1792, State of Pennsylvania, Book 19, p. 462, to Peter
STROUP |
| Plantation/Tract: |
Halbourn (a.k.a., Heilbrum or Heilbrun), 253 acres |
| Adjacent
Landowners: |
Jacob MEYERS, Stophel MEYERS, Jacob YODER, Andrew MORR, William
McMURREY |
| Date
Conveyance Signed: |
7 Jun 1792 |
| Witnesses: |
George CREAMER; Simon SNYDER, JP |
| Date
Recorded: |
15 Jun 1792 |
| Place
Recorded: |
Deed Book E, pp. 444-445, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania |
| Recorder: |
J. SIMPSON |
| Andrew turned 21 in 1792, so this would have been his earliest opportunity
to own property in his own right. Peter STROUP, the grantor and Andrew's
father, was born in Großgartach, in the Heilbronn District of Württemberg.
Was that the origin of the name of the tract? |
6b. Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, Deed Book M, pp.
29-30 (photocopies courtesy of Shirley Straub Morton).
Summary below; for full transcription, please
see this page.
| Grantor: |
Andrew STRAUB / STRAUP & wife, Barbara,
of Penns Twp., Northumberland [now Snyder] Co., PA |
| Grantee: |
Peter FRIES,
of Mahantanky [formerly Penns, now Washington] Twp., Northumberland
[now Snyder] Co., PA |
| Tract: |
140 acres,
in Mahantanky [formerly Penns, now Washington] Twp., Northumberland
[now Snyder] Co., PA |
| Adjacent
Landowners: |
George MOOTZ / MOTZ, Michael MOTZ, John WINKELBLACK / WINKELBLOCH |
| Others
Mentioned: |
George HERROLD & wife, Anna Maria; Leonhard WINKELBLECH & wife |
| Date
Signed: |
29 Apr 1796 |
| Witnesses: |
Names indecipherable |
| Date
Recorded: |
29 Nov 1802 |
| Place
Recorded: |
Deed Book M, pp. 29-30, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania |
| Recorder: |
F. EVANS for Jeremiah SIMPSON |
The township is Mahantango, not Mahantanky. Mahantango was formed
in 1795 from Penns. Then in 1818, Mahantango Twp. became extinct
having ceded land to five other townships, including Washington.
6c. Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, Deed Book R, pp.
394-396 (photocopies courtesy of Shirley Straub Morton).
Summary below; for full transcription, please
see this page.
| Grantor: |
Andrew STRAUB, Yeoman, and wife, Barbara,
of Penns [now Washington] Twp., Northumberland [now Snyder] Co., PA |
| Grantees: |
John RAUSH, Tanner,
of Freeburg, Penns [now Washington] Twp., Northumberland [now Snyder]
Co., PA |
| Tract: |
Lots 8 and 9, ¼ acre each, in Freeburg (from Heilbrun Tract) |
| Original
Patent: |
30 May 1792, State of Pennsylvania, Book 18 (sic),
p. 462,
to Peter STROUP, 230 acres called "Heilbrun" Plantation/Tract |
| Original
Conveyance: |
7 Jun 1792, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, Book E,
p. 444
Peter & Catherine STRAUB to son, Andrew STRAUB, 230 acres called
"Heilbrun" |
| Date
Indenture Signed: |
30 Apr 1803 |
| Witnesses: |
F. EVANS, P? HACKENBERG |
| Date
Proved: |
15 Jun 1803 (witness, F. EVANS) |
| Date
Recorded: |
23 Mar 1813 |
| Place
Recorded: |
Deed Book R, pp. 394-396, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania |
| Recorder: |
Jno. L. FINNEY |
6d. Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, Deed Book R, pp.
230-232 (photocopies courtesy of Shirley Straub Morton).
Summary below; for full transcription, please
see this page.
| Grantor: |
Andrew STRAUB, Yeoman, & wife, Barbara
of Greenwood Twp., Mifflin [now Perry] Co., PA |
| Grantees: |
Peter HILBISH, Yeoman, of Penns Twp., Northumberland Co., PA;
Peter GERMAN, Yeoman, of Mahontongo Twp., Northumberland Co., PA;
Trustees of the German Evangelical Lutheran and Reformed Congregations
of
Freeburg, Penns [now Washington] Twp., Northumberland [now Snyder]
Co., PA |
| Tract: |
two half-acre lots (Nos. 84 & 85) on New Street in Freeburg,
part of original, larger tract known as Heilbrum (a.k.a., Heilbrun
or Halbourn) |
| Conveyed
by Patentee: |
5 Jun 1792, from Peter STRAUB to son, Andrew STRAUB |
| Date
Conveyance Signed: |
11 Nov 1811 |
| Witnesses: |
Valentine
HAAS, Joseph FEEHAER |
| Date
Recorded: |
17 Aug 1812 |
| Place
Recorded: |
Deed Book R, pp. 230-232, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania |
| Recorder: |
Jno. L. FINNEY |
6d. Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, Deed Book ?, pp.
102-103 (photocopies courtesy of Shirley Straub Morton).
Summary below; for full transcription, please
see this page.
| Grantor: |
Andrew STRAUB / STROUB / STROUP, & wife, Barbara,
of Greenwood Township, Cumberland [now Perry] County, Pennsylvania |
| Grantee: |
Peter STRAUB
of Greenwood Township, Cumberland [now Perry] County, Pennsylvania |
| Tract: |
155 acres
in Greenwood Township, Cumberland [now Perry] County, Pennsylvania |
| Adjacent
Landowners: |
McCONNELS, MAGAHAYS, Leonard PFOUTS |
| Provisions: |
Joseph STRAUB to have access to spring (for drinking water) |
| Prior
Conveyance: |
n.d., Edward QUIN to Samuel REED |
| Prior
Conveyance: |
2 Sep 1800, heirs of Samuel REED to Andrew STRAUB |
| Date
Indenture Signed: |
8 Nov 1819 |
| Witnesses: |
Jno. CRAINE, J. HUGGENS |
| Date
Proved: |
1 Jan 1820 (witness, J. HUGGIN) |
| Date
Recorded: |
13 Apr 1820 |
| Place
Recorded: |
Book ?, pp. 102-103, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania |
| Recorder: |
David Milliken |
As Andrew's father is deceased, this Peter STRAUB is presumbed to be his
son. However, the date makes me wonder if we don't have Peter's birthyear
wrong. It appears Peter bought the land as he came of age, which
should have been 26 Oct 1820, as he was born 26 Oct 1799. So, was
it really 1798?
7. Monument reading by Mark & Lois Hross (of Rainbow City,
AL) at the "cemetery across from Lutheran and Reformed Church of Freeburg,
PA":
| In grateful remembrance of Andrew Straub founder of Freeburg, Pa.,
A.D. 1796, and donor of these grounds. |
8. William Henry Egle, ed. 1897. Notes and Queries:
Historical, Biographical and Genealogical: Relating Chiefly to Interior
Pennsylvania: Annual Volume, 1896. Harriburg Publ. Co., Harrisburg,
PA (reprinted in 1970 by Genealogical Publ. Co., Baltimore, MD, and again
in 1998 as Broderbund CD-19). A very brief sketch of the "Founder
of Freeburg."
9. Charles A. Fisher. 1938. Snyder
County Pioneers. Self-published, Selinsgrove, PA, p. 90 (reprinted
1991 by Genealogical Publ. Co., Baltimore, MD; color and boldface added):
| ANDREW STRAUB is believed to have
been an older son of Peter Straub (1724-1804).
When or where he was born or when he died is unknown to the compiler.
However, it is known that about 1796 he laid out the village of Freeburg,
Snyder County, PA, which at first was known as 'Straubstown' but later
changed to Freeburg (probably from Freiburg, the
supposed
ancestral home in Germany of his father Peter). When the plot
of Freeburg was surveyed, Andrew gave several acres of ground for a church
and cemetery in the center of the town. This is today known as St
Peters Lutheran and Reformed Church. He is buried in the cemetery
which he donated to the church, and a grateful posterity has erected a
small monument to his memory. |
| Fisher's statement that "Freeburg" is derived from "Freiburg
in Germany"
is mere supposition, repeated countless times since only because the statement
is in print, not because there is any evidence for it. The fact of
the matter is that we do not know, and will likely never know for certain,
the actual origin of the name of the town, nor even who changed the
name from Straubstown to Freeburg. But at the very least, we
should stop repeating as fact something that was only a guess to begin
with.
Also, "Freiburg" and "Freiberg" are not just the names of several cities
in several German states (not just Baden-Württemberg), "Freiburg"
is also a Canton
in Switzerland, and a great many STRAUBs in America emigrated from
Switzerland. So, even if "Freeburg" is derived from "Freiburg," we
are still left uncertain of Andrew STRAUB's geographic origin.
It is equally possibly that "Freeburg" literally meant, "free burg."
We had, after all, just fought a Revolution to free ourselves from the
rule of kings, a feat we were very proud of having accomplished.
Remember, too, Andrew was born in America in 1796; it had been over 60
years since his father, as a child, had emigrated from Europe. Why
would Andrew have named the town for a place he'd never been and his father
had barely known? He may have, but my point is that you can't
assume he did, especially as we don't know who changed the name from Straubstown
to Freeburg. |
| UPDATE: It has now been proven through DNA testing that
the Snyder County, PA, STRAUBs descend from Johann Pieter STRAUB, 1733
immigrant to Philadelphia
from Großgartach, Württemberg. |
10. George W. Wagenseller & Edwin Charles. "Snyder County
History Outlined by Public Roads." Pages 2-15 in Snyder County
Annals, No. 1, Middleburgh Post, Middleburgh, PA (online at GoogleBooks):
| p. 4 |
Selinsgrove to Richfield
... |
| p. 5 |
...
One and one-half mile more and we come to the beautiful town of
Freeburg, whch has a reputation far and wide as a musical town. For
many years there was a musical school conducted at this place and students
from all over the state were educated in music here. The village
was founded in 1796 by Andrew Straub and was called Straub's town for many
years. In 1874, an unsccessful effort was made to incorporate the
town into a borough, but the majority of the citizens were against it,
and the project failed... |
11a. LDS. Family Search: Internet Genealogy Service:
IGI - International Genealogical Index (online at FamilySearch.org).
Andreas STRAUB
Birth: 18 Sep 1770
Christening: 30 Jun 1770,
Saint
Lukes Evangelical Lutheran or formerly Heideschaefferst, Schaefferstown,
Lebanon, Pennsylvania
Father: Peter STRAUB; Mother: Cath.
Source: Film/Fiche #0823858: St. Luke Evangelical Lutheran Church,
formerly known as the "Heidelberg Congregation," Schaefferstown, Lebanon
County, Pennsylvania: Parish Register [1763]-1834. Frederick S. [Sheely]
Weiser, 1935- |
Andrew cannot have been baptized before he was born. Also, the location
is wrong. See next source:
11b. In the Achives of the STRAUB-L mailing list (online
at RootsWeb.com), there is a post stating:
Rev. Muhlenberg, St. Luke Evangelical Lutheran Church (formerly
Heidelberg Congregation) located Schaefferstown, Lebanon Co, PA (from LDS,
Gettysburg) p. l4
"on a trip to Shamokin,
I baptised these children: Andreas b. 28 Sep
1770,
bpt 30 June 1771,
parents: Peter & Cath. Straub, sponsors: Andr. Moor & Catharina"
(Note: Archivist Pastor Weiser said that Muhlenberg was ministering
to his flock, many of whom had left Schaefferstown to settle Freeburg,
Snyder Co.) |
| The problem of the dates is resolved, but we are left not knowing the
location of either the birth or even the baptism because we don't know
where along the way on his "trip to Shamokin" [Northumberland Co., PA]
Rev. Muhlenberg stopped to perform the baptism. Note also that
Freeburg was not founded until 1796. The bottom line is that we know
only roughly where Andrew's family was living at the time he was baptized. |
12. A.L. Guss. 1886. "Chapter XXI: Greenwood
Township." Pages 885-891 in F. Ellis & A.N. Hungerford,
eds. History of That Part of the Susquehanna and Juniata Valleys
Embraced in the Counties of Mifflin, Juniata, Perry, Union and Snyder in
the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Everts, Peck & Richards,
Philadelphia.
| ... The Seven Star Tavern was
built in 1818 by Peter Stroup.
It has been kept by several, and since 1860 has been kept by Thomas COX...
SCHOOLS.The earliest school-house said to have been in the township
was built of logs on the Stroup farm, in 1788, and taught by ___
Elder.
About 1810 a house was built at the Seven
Star Tavern, in which school was taught by Archibald Steward
and Peter Dawson (who was blind in one eye and very much of a humorist),
William McComb and his wife, Frank Luke, Samuel Dimm and Andrew Stroup.
In 1814 a school-house was built near Cargill's mill (now Dimm's),
not far from the present one.
In 1828 a house was erected near where James Cox now lives, which
was used until the school system was accepted, in 1836. The township
at present has four schools, Dimm's, Wilt, Dressler, and Ferguson, which
contain one hundred and forty-eight pupils. |
Guss is a secondary source.
13. Ralph B. Morr, Calvin Fisher Moyer, & Henry Meyer.
1971. Supplement of the Genealogies of the Morr and Myers Families.
Akron Craftsman Print Co., Akron, OH (fragment online at GoogleBooks):
| p. 23 |
...and schoolhouse along the hill, about a mile
north of the present town of Freeburg, Pa. The building was never
fully completed. Freeburg was laid out by Andrew Straub in
1795, and he gave two squares in the town site for a church and cemetery,
and in 1811 a log church was erected and the congregation abandoned it's
first building about a mile north of town. The... |
14. Charles Lewis Maurer. 1932. "Early Lutheran Education
in Pennsylvania." Pennsylvania-German Society, Vol. 40, 294
pp. Printed by Dorrance & Co., Inc., Philadelphia (fragment
online at GoogleBooks):
| p. 141 |
...county. Here they erected a schoolhouse
which was also used for Church servies. Zion's Church was erected
in 1787, about a mile out from the town, but the building was never finished.
In 1796, Andrew Straub donated four lots in the town for
school purposes, ad a union Church. Zion's was too far out so St.
Peter's was erected in 1815. The school was conducted regularly in
the old building until the new building was erected in the town... |
15. Archives of the STRAUB-L mailing list (online at RootsWeb.com).
Andrew & Barbara are said to have had these five children: Andrew,
Henry, Peter, Joseph, and Catharine. Daughter Catharine is mentioned
in a deed as the 11th child, so there are at least six others.
16. Messages posted to the STRAUB Surname Board (fonline
at RootsWeb.com/Ancestry.com).
17. Emails from Shirley Straub Morton; Mark, Lois, &
Carey Hross; and others. |
