Sebastian STRAUB & Lydia VAN VALKENBURG

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Sebastian STROPE
Lydia VAN VALKENBURG

Husband: Sebastian "Bastian" STRAUB / STROPE
Birth: 1 Jan 1743/4, Ulster Co., NY
Baptism: 8 Jan 1744, Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church, Athens, Greene Co., NY
Death: 4 Jun 1805, Wysox Twp., Luzerne [now Bradford] Co., PA
Father: Johann Heinrich STRAUB
Mother: Anna Maria Catharina SPEICHERMANN

Some say Sebastian's first name was Martin.

Marriage:
Migration: ca. 1773, NY to Northumberland [now Bradford] Co., PA

Wife: Lydia VAN VALKENBURG / VOLKENBERG / VALCKENBURGH
Birth: 21 Oct 1738
Death: 1814, Wysox Twp., Bradford Co., PA
Father: Isaac VAN VALKENBURG
Mother: Jannetje / Jane CLEMENT

Children:

1. Heinrich / Hendrick / Henry STROPE (Sr.), b. bap. 3 Jul 1768, Linlithgo, Columbia Co., NY
2. Jane STROPE, b. 15 Mar 1770; d. 6 Jul 1852, Toulon, Stark Co., IL; m1. ca. 1784, Jeremiah WHITE; m2. aft. 1805, Gideon WHITTAKER
3. Mary STROPE, b. 13 ___ 1771
4. Ann STROPE, b. ca. 5 Sep 1773
5. Isaac STROPE, b. 15 Mar 1777
6. John STROPES, b. 2 Dec 1782
7. Elizabeth STROPE, b. 1784; d. 21 Jul 1850; m1. bef. 1803, Mr. VAN HORN; m2. 26 Aug 1810, W.F. DINANGER
8. Hanna STROPE, b. 17__; d. ca. 1807

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Sources (n.b., Luzerne Co., was formed in 1786 from Northumberland Co.; Bradford Co. was formed in 1810 from Luzerne and Lycoming Cos.):

1. Marriage Record:

2. F.W. Beers, ed. 1884. History of Green County, New York. J.B. Beers & Co., New York (extracted data online at the Greene County NYGenWeb site):

"Baptismal Records of Zion's Lutheran Church,
Athens, [Greene Co.,] NY, 1703-1789"

p. 178 1744...
Jan 1 Bastian STRAUB, Joh. Henr. & Mar. Cath.

"Bastian" is the nickname for Sebastian.

3. 1790 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #11 of 13; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•

1790 PA Luzerne [now Bradford] Co. p. 153 Ln. 37 Strope Bastian 1-2-4-0-0

These data indicate:

Gender and Type Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred

1 free white males 16 or over in or bef. 1774 = Sebastian (b. 1744)

2 free white males 15 or under 1774-1790 = Isaac (b. 1777)
= John (b. 1782)

4 free white females all ages in or bef. 1790 = Lydia (b. 1738)
= Elizabeth (b. 1784)
= ?
= ?

Also in the county (list was alphabetized): our subject's son, Henry STROPE, and his brother, John STROPE.

4. 1800 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #7 of 7; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•

1800 PA Luzerne [now Bradford] Co. Wysocks Twp. p. 414 Ln. 10 Sebastian Strope 01201-00002-00

These data indicate:

No. & Sex Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred

1 male 10-15 1784-1790 = ?

2 males 16-25 1774-1784 = John (b. 1782)
= Isaac (b. 1777)

1 male 45 or over in or bef. 1755 = Sebastian (b. 1744)

2 females 45 or over in or bef. 1755 = Lydia (b. 1738)
= Margaret (b. ca. 1740s)

The other female is Lydia's widowed sister, Margaret (VAN VALKENBURG) STROPE. Listed two lines below our subject's son, Henry STROPE.

5. 1810 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #3 of 3; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•

1810 PA Luzerne [now Bradford] Co. Wysox Twp. p. 708-709 Ln. 14 Tuttle Henry 11000-22011

These data indicate:

No. & Sex Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred

1 male 9 or under 1800-1810 = Son B

1 male 10-15 1794-1800 = Son A

0 males 26-24 1765-1784 = Henry (b. 1773)

2 females 9 or under 1800-1810 =

2 females 10-15 1794-1800 =

1 female 26-44 1765-1784 = Mary (b. 1772/3)

1 female 45 or over in or bef. 1765 = Lydia (b. 1738)

Our subject's widowed wife, Lydia (VAN VALKENBURG) STROPE, is living with her daughter, Mary (STROPE) TUTTLE.

6. Archives of the STRAUB-L mailing list (online at RootsWeb.com).

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