Andrew STROPE & Mercy FELTON

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Andrew STROPE
Mercy FELTON

Husband: Andrew STROPE
Birth: 1780-90
Death: 1830-40

Marriage:

Wife: Mercy FELTON
Birth: 1787/8, NY
Death: 1870-80, presumably in Sand Lake, Rensselaer Co., NY
Father: James FELTON (1754-1845)
Mother: Olive SAMPSON (1766- )

Children — born in NY, presumably in Sand Lake, Rensselaer Co., NY:

1. James F. STROPE, b. 1810/1
2. William Henry STROPE, b. 1818/9
3. Daniel Alexander STROPE, b. 24 Apr 1823
4. John Martin STROPE, b. 25 May 1827

John Martin STROPE is said to have married Martha A. HUNTINGTON (1841-1885), but I find her married to John H. STROPE, son of John Martin's brother, James F. STROPE.

Keywords for search engines: genealogy; USA, US, United States, New York

Sources (n.b., Rensselaer Co. was formed in 1791 from Albany Co.):

1. LDS. Family Search: Internet Genealogy Service: IGI - International Genealogical Index (online at FamilySearch.org).

Daniel Alexander STROPE - Birth: 24 Apr 1823; Christening: About 09 Jun 1834
John Martin STROPE - Birth: 25 May 1827; Christening: 09 Jun 1834
Father: Andrew STROPE; Mother: Mercy
Source: Records of the Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church in Rensselaerwyck and Greenbush [now known as the First Evangelical Lutheran Church in West Sand Lake]

2. 1820 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com): can't find

3. 1830 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #19 of 44; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•

1830 NY Rensselaer Co. Sand Lake Roll 105 p. 326 Ln. 7 Andrew Strope 111 100 100 - 000 001

These data indicate:

No. & Sex Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred

1 male 4 or under 1825-1830 = John (b. 1827)

1 male 5-9 1820-1825 = Daniel (b. 1823)

1 male 10-14 1815-1820 = Henry (b. 1818/9)

1 male 15-19 1810-1815 = James F (b. 1810/1)

1 male 40-49 1780-1790 = Andrew

1 female 30-39 1790-1800 = Mercy (b. 1787/8)

Listed two lines above Frederich STROPE.

4. 1840 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #1-2 of 55; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•

1840 NY Rensselaer Co. Sand Lake Roll 333 pp. 210B-211B/417-418 Ln. 21 James F Strope 001 120 - 110 010 010 0200000

These data indicate:

No. & Sex Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred

1 male 10-14 1825-1830 = John (b. 1827)

1 male 15-19 1820-1825 = Daniel (b. 1823)

2 males 20-29 1810-1820 = Henry (b. 1818/9)
= James F (b. 1810/1)

1 female 4 or under 1835-1840 = granddaughter

1 female 5-9 1830-1835 = granddaughter

1 female 20-29 1810-1820 = Ann (James's wife)

1 female 50-59 1780-1790 = Mercy (b. 1787/8)

2 persons employed in agriculture

5. 1850 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #45 of 60 — indexed "Mirey Strife"): Town of Sand Lake, Rensselaer Co., NY, Roll M432_586, p. 358A, enumerated 17 Sep 1850, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1850 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•

1711 2004 Daniel Strope 27 M Farmer 2700 NY

Julia     " 23 F "

Mercy     " 62 F "

2005 Henry     " 31 M Farmer "

Debora    " 31 F "

Harriet   " 5 F "

John      " 23 M Farmer "

6. 1860 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #35 of 65): Sand Lake P.O., Sand Lake, Rensselaer Co., NY, Roll M653_849, p. 1051, PN 35, 258/300, enumerated 22 Jun 1860, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1860 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•

James F Strope 49 M Farmer 3000 525 New York

[James's wife and children]

Mercy " 72 F "

Listed next to Mercy's son, William Henry STROPE. Son, John Martin, not found.

7. 1870 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #18 of 67): DeFreestville P.O., Town of Sandlake, Rensselaer Co., NY, Roll M593_1083, p. 266B, PN 18, enumerated 1 Jun 1870, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1870 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•

147 153 Strope John H 29 M W Carpenter 200 New York

______ Martha 29 F W Keeping House New York

147 154 Strope James 58 M W Carpenter New York

______ Ann L 55 F W Keeping House 2000 500 New York

______ Mercy 82 F W Home New York

8. 1880 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com): not found.

9. WorldConnect / Ancestry World Trees (online at RootsWeb.com/Ancestry.com).

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