David STROUP & Catharine __?_

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David STROUP
Catharine __?__

Please Note: Our subject's named children are based on secondary sources, plus some circumstantial evidence, for example, the three younger sons below share in common that they lived in Union Twp., Mifflin Co., PA, and that they moved on to Adams Co., OH. Documentation of a direct connection is desirable, and Y-DNA testing of patrileal line male descendants of all three named sons would at least prove they are one family.

So far, only one such descendant, through son John, has been Y-DNA tested. He had unexpected matches in two other families — one STROUP and one STRAUBE — neither of which connect on paper to each other or to our subject. Please see this page for test results and lineages, and please see this page for a discussion of the results.

Husband: David STROUP
Birth: 1755/6
Death (æ 94 yrs): 24 May 1850, Union Twp., Mifflin Co., PA
Disposition: buried West Kishacoquillas Presbyterian Cemetery, Kishacoquillas, Mifflin Co., PA

Marriage

Wife: Catharine __?__
Birth: 1760-65
Death: 1848, presumably in Union Twp., Mifflin Co., PA
Disposition: buried West Kishacoquillas Presbyterian Cemetery, Kishacoquillas, Mifflin Co., PA

Children:

1. (Son A) STROUP, b. 1784-1790
2. (Daughter A) STROUP, b. 1784-1790
3. (Daughter B) STROUP, b. 1790-1794
4. (Son B) STROUP, b. 1790-1800
5. (Son C) STROUP, b. 1794-1800
6. (Son D) STROUP, b. 1794-1800

— born in Mifflin Co., PA:
7. John STROUP, b. 1800, PA; lived Union Twp., Mifflin Co., PA; children to Adams Co., OH
8. (Son E) STROUP, b. 1801
9. William STROUP, b. 1803/4; to Adams Co., OH
10. (Daughter C) STROUP, b. 1804-1810

— born in Union Twp., Mifflin Co., PA:
11. Peter STROUP, b. 1815/6; to Adams Co., OH

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Sources (n.b., Mifflin Co. was formed in 1789 from Cumberland and Northumberland Cos.; Union Twp. was formed in 1790 from Armagh Twp.):

1. Marriage Record:

2a. Census Index: U.S. Selected Counties, 1790 (Broderbund CD-311): not found. The only David STROUP indexed on this CD is in Northampton [now Lehigh] Co., PA, and he does not appear to be our subject (has two sons and no daughters). On the other hand, he's the right age and the tallies in these early censuses were often inaccurate.

2b. 1790 U.S. Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com): not found.

3. 1800 Census Index and Digital Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #15 of 27; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•

1800 PA Mifflin Co. Armagh Twp. p. 492 Ln. 30 David Stroup 31010-11010-00

These data indicate:

No. & Sex Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred

3 males 9 or under 1790-1800 = Son D
= Son C
= Son B

1 male 10-15 1784-1790 = Son A

1 male 26-44 1755-1774 = David (b. 1755/6)

1 female 9 or under 1790-1800 = Daughter B

1 female 10-15 1784-1790 = Daughter A

1 female 26-44 1755-1774 = Wife

4. 1810 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #7 of 7; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•

1810 PA Mifflin Co. Union Twp. p. 995 Ln. 5 162. David Stroup 32001-10201-00 35 70 _ _ 3 8 4 2 _ _ _

These data indicate:

No. & Sex Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred

3 males 9 or under 1800-1810 = William (b. 1803/4)
= Son E (b. 1801)
= John (b. 1800)

2 males 10-15 1794-1800 = Son D
= Son C

1 male 45 or over in or bef. 1765 = David (b. 1755/6)

1 female 9 or under 1800-1810 = Daughter C

2 females 16-25 1784-1794 = Daughter B
= Daughter A

1 female 45 or over in or bef. 1765 = Wife

35 yds Woollen Cloth

70 yds Flaxen Cloth

3 Spinning Wheels

8 Common Sheep

4 Horses

2 Cattle

5. 1820 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #1 of 3; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•

1820 PA Mifflin Co. Union Twp. p. 190 Ln. 24 David Stroup 110301-01001-0-400

These data indicate:

No. & Sex Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred

1 male 9 or under 1810-1820 = Peter (b. 1815/6)

1 male 10-15 1804-1810 = William (b. 1803/4)

3 males 19-25* 1794-1801 = Son E (b. 1801)
= John (b. 1800)
= Son D

1 male 45 or over in or bef. 1775 = David (b. 1755/6)

1 female 10-15 1804-1810 = Daughter C

1 female 45 or over in or bef. 1775 = Wife

4 persons 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."

6. 1830 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #5 of 22; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•

1830 PA Mifflin Co. Union Twp. p. 460 Ln. 21 David Stroup 000 010 001 - 000 010 001

These data indicate:

No. & Sex Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred

1 male 20-29 1800-1810 = William (b. 1803/4)

1 male 60-69 1760-1770 = David (b. 1755/6)

1 female 20-29 1800-1810 = Daughter C

1 female 60-69 1760-1770 = Wife

7. 1840 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #2-3 of 14 — numerical pages preceded name pages; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•

1840 PA Mifflin Co. Union Twp. Roll 475 pp. 56A-56B Ln. 6 David Stroub 000 010 000 010 - 000 010 000 100 0201000

These data indicate:

No. & Sex Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred

1 male 20-29 1810-1820 = Peter? (b. 1815/6)

1 male 80-89 1750-1760 = David (b. 1755/6)

1 female 20-29 1810-1820 = ?

1 female 70-79 1760-1770 = Wife

2 persons employed in agriculture

1 persons employed in manufactures and trades

8. 1850 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com): David not found, as expected, and there is no elderly STROUP widow in the county, so David's wife appears also to be deceased.

9. Find-a-Grave: Entries (online at findagrave.com):

Except for the tombstone images and occasional death certificate,
this database consists of undocumented patron submissions, so caveat emptor.

Name: David Stroup Catharine Stroup

Birth: 1761 unknown

Death: 22 May 1850 15 Jun 1848

Note: 89y 77y; w/o David Stroup

Burial: West Kishacoquillas Presbyterian Cemetery
Kishacoquillas, Mifflin County, Pennsylvania

Inscription: DAVID STROUP
DIED
Mary 22, 1830
aged
[??] CATHARINE
[Wife of]
David Stroup
DIED
June 15, 1848
aged
77 Yrs

Spouse: Catharine Stroup David Stroup

Contributor: Mona Anderson Mona Anderson

Memorial #: 46426193 46426192

In the photo of David's stone, I find the age unreadable, and based on his obituary, it should be 94, which is also more consistent with his age in the 1840 census. In the photo of Catharine's stone, I can't clearly read the "Wife of," but surely that is what's there.

10. Messages posted to the STROUP Surname Board (online at Ancestry.com), including these items:

from "Who's Who in the Early Records" in the publication "The People of Mifflin County, 1755 - 1798," a David Stroup appears in the records with the following taxable assets: a house worth $106, log, 1 story, 1 window with 4 panes, 22 x 18 with a springhouse.
From the publication "Mifflin County Obituaries," David Stroup of Union Township died 5-24-1850, age 94.

In "History of Westmorland Co." it tells about Sarah E. Stroup married to Mr. McGraw. Sarah was Bernard Stroup's daughter and it tells that Bernard was the son of David Stroup.

I rather doubt that Bernard STROUP was David's son, or at least this David's son. David appears to have lived his entire life in Mifflin County, while Bernard lived his in Blair County. There is also some tentative aDNA evidence suggesting Bernard is related to the Hg I1-L592 STRAUBs, while an individual decended from David's alleged son, John, is Hg R-M269 — in other words, they're not remotely related. Testing of more descendants can give us the answer.

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