Father said to be, but not:  Adam STROUP — son of Mathias STROOP, 1687 immigrant to Maryland 
Mother said to be, but not:  Margaret __?__

I do not know the source of Nancy's alleged death dates or her alleged age at death.

Said to have had 22 children.  What is the source of this statement, and who are the other children?

1.  Marriage Records:

2.  1790 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #8 of 11; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•

1790

NC

Lincoln Co.

9th Company

Roll M637_7

p. 123

Ln. 7R

Jacob Stoup

3-2-2-0-0

These data indicate:

Gender and Type	Age Class	Therefore Born	Individuals Inferred
3 free white males	16 or over	in or bef. 1774	= Jacob (b. 1722) = =
2 free white males	15 or under	1774-1790	= =
2 free white females	all ages	in or bef. 1790	= Nancy (b. 1740) = Hannah (b. 1767)

Nancy was alive in 1800 when Jacob wrote his will, so presumably she is one of the females.  Hannah did not marry until 1793, so one would expect her to still be living at home, which also means the other daughters were married — unless, of course, some of the unmarried daughters, including Hannah, were working out of the home, in which case it's hard to tell who the second female is.

3.  1800 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #33 of 72 — list was roughly alphabetized; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•

1800

NC

Lincoln Co.

Roll M32_29

p. 857

Ln. 12

Jacob Stroup

00001-00010-00

These data indicate:

No. & Sex	Age Class	Therefore Born	Individuals Inferred
1 male	45 or over	in or bef. 1755	= Jacob (b. 1722/24)
1 female	26-44	1755-1774	= Nancy (b. 1740)

Nancy must be fibbing about her age.  Where is son Daniel?  He did not marry until 1803.  I would doubt this household is our subjects, but there's no other with potential to be them.

4.  1810 Census.

5.  1820 Census.

6.  1830 Census.

7a.  "Will of Jacob Stroup," posted by Shirley Morton at the STRAUB Surname Message Board (online at RootsWeb.com).  Summary (by DGM):

Testator:  Jacob STROUP of Lincoln Co., NC Legatees: —Wife:  Nancy —Sons:  Adam, Philip, George, John, Daniel, Michael —Daughters:  Betsy, Fanny, Mary, Barbara, Elizabeth, Hannah —Grandson:  John —Friend:  William Cullony BOSC Executors:  Martin FRIDAY, Jacob HOFFMAN Witness:  Jos ABERNATHY Date Signed:  27 Mar 1800 Date Proved:  Jan 1805

7b.  "Will of Jacob Stroup" from the Notes of a file online at WorldConnect (submitted by David Stroope, Jr.).  Original will in the North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh, NC.  Will was written by Joseph Abernathy and signed by Jacob Stroup in clear, English script.

In the name of God Amen.--- I, Jacob Stroup, of the County of Lincoln and State of North Carolina being of Sound Memory and understanding do make and ordain this to be my last Will and Testament and so to making my worldly Estate desire to dispose of in manner and form following.--- Viz. First I Give and bequeath to my Son Adam Stroup five Shillings. Item: I Give to my Grandson John Stroup five Shillings. Item: I Give to my Daughter Betsy one Shilling. Item: I give to my daughter Fanny one Shilling. Item: I give to my daughter Mary one Shilling.  Item: I give to my Son Philip five Shillings.  Item: I give to my Daughter Barbara one Shilling.---- Item: I give to my daughter Elizabeth twenty-four pounds of pewter and dresser, six knives and forks, one large pot, one small one, and one 'fryang' pan and two Chairs, one washing tub, two pickling tubs, one 'Scimmer' and one Ladle.---- Item: I give to my Daughter Hannah one Shilling. Item: I give to my son George five Shillings.  Item: I give to my Son John five Shillings and forty Acres of Land out of the Old Tract.  Item: I give to my Son Daniel five Shillings.--- Item: I give to my Son Michael one bay Mare, two plows, two pair Chains, three hoes, one Wind Mill and one Culling Box.---- Lastly, I give to my Wife, Nancy, two cows, one bed and bed 'sted', one Chest and forty Dollars, and I do Ratify and Confirm this to be my Last will & Testament, 'disannuling' all Wills and testaments herefore by me Made, and I do appoint Martin Friday & Jacob Hoffman to be Executors of this Will & Testament.---- Witness my hand and seal this 27th day of March 1800. --- (Signed) Jacob Stroup --  Jo. Abernathy, Testate--- Lincoln County Court, January Session 1805. The within will was proved in open Court by oath of Joseph Abernathy & Recorded.--- Witness: Leon Henderson.

8.  Brent Holcomb.  1977.  Deed Abstracts of Tryon, Lincoln & Rutherford Counties, North Carolina, 1769-1786, Tryon County Wills & Estates.  Southern Historical Press, Greenville, SC. Number in the first column is the page nubmer in Holcomb; number in the second column is the page number in the deed book.

p.	p.	Date	Transaction
100	531-532	1 June 1779	JACOB STROUP & wf of Lincoln Co., to ADAM STROUP of same, for Þ 74...land on both sides of Sailors branch of Hoyles Creek, 200 A...JACOB STROUP (SEAL), Wit: ANDW NEEL. Rec. Apr. term 1780.

For a rough sketch map of the area, click here. 

9.  Edith Warren Huggins.  1957.  "Huggins and Allied Families of North Carolina." Pages 15-21 in John Bennett Bodie.  Historical Southern Families.  Vol. X.  Pacific Coast Publishers, Redwood City, CA (republ. 1966 by Clearfield, Blto., MD; repub. 1993/5 by Genealogy Publ. Co., Blto., MD; republ. 1998 as Broderbund CD-191).  On p. 19:

...Hannah P. STROUP... dau. of Caleb and Amy Abernethy Stroup, son of Moses and Susannah Masters Stroup, son of Philip and Molly Eddleman Stroup, son of Jacob and Nancy Rhyne Stroup, son of Peter and Marie Straub (German) of Pa.

Says source is census and bible records.

10.  Lorena Shell Eaker.  c1994.  German-speaking People West of the Catawba River in North Carolina, 1750-1800: and Some Émigés' Participation in the Early Settlement of Southeast Missouri.  Genealogy Pub. Service, Franklin, NC (book orders to L.S. Eaker, POB 2125, Church Hill, TN 37642).  [not seen]

11.  Laban M. Hoffman.  1915.  Our Kin.  Gaston Co., NC, Hist. Soc. (repub. 1980, Gateway Press, Blto.).  Book said to trace ancestry of German pioneers on the South Fork of the Catawba River in Lincoln and Gaston Cos., NC.  [not seen]

12.  Broderbund.  World Family Trees.  Vol. 21, Pedigree No. 2783.  Notes that family history says he had 22 children by three wives.

13.  Emails from [name withheld] (17 Sep 2001; some personal and other information edited out):

I am a descendant of Daniel STROUP and Mary aka Polly GOODSON...  I... have had personal contact with many people in the area of NC that my ancestors lived.  I still own land in the area that I inherited from my grandmother who was born in 1884... as a child I spent many hours visiting with my grandmother and people in the area.  According to family history Jacob divided his land between all 7 sons not just Adam.  Daniel sold his share sometime after 1812 and moved to what is now Cherryville.  He lived and farmed his 110 acres from 1804 [1814] to the time he sold the land.  There are many decendents still in the same area.  I have a lead on the grave of Jacob and his wife Nancy Rhyne but have not been able to check it out...  from the old home place Adam's farm was NW, Phillip on the east, Daniel on the SW etc...

Adam was the oldest son so therefore he was given a chance at family land first.  Peter who was born in 1750 opted to stay in MD because of the girl he married so the story goes.  Jacob, Adam, and Peter all fought in the Rev. War along with a grandson named Jacob.  Old Jacob's land was divided among the sons before his death as they came of age or married.  Daniel who was born in 1779 would have been 21 the year of the census, and also the year old Jacob decided to make it legal.  I figure he cut out a chunk of land for each of them, and they each lived on it and farmed.  The witness to the land sale to Daniel was witnessed by a Michael DELLINGER who was a neighbor and relative by marriage.  Descendents of the DELLINGER clan still live next to my land in NC.  The STROUP, DELLINGER, HARRELSON families have remained connected through the years. Daniel's daughter Nancy (my relative) married a HARRELSON.

14.  Descendants of Matthias Stroope (online at members.cox.net/wmson/strouppvt.htm).

15.  Messages posted to the Stroup Family Genealogy Forum (online at GenForum.com).

16.  Messages posted to the STROUP Surname Board (online at RootsWeb.com/Ancestry.com).

17.  Messages posted to the STROUP-L, STRAUB-L, and STRAUB-DNA Mailing Lists (online at RootsWeb.com).

18.  LDS.  Family Search: Internet Genealogy Service (online):  Ancestral File.

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

17.  V.L. Skinner, Jr.  1991.  Abstracts of the Inventories of the Prerogative Court, Libers 12-14, 1726-1729.  Brokeville, MD (Broderbund CD-206):

p. 53	Lists of Debts for Charles Christie In the Inventories is a list of the debts due to the estate of Charles Christie. Other probate information shows that the inventory was filed in Baltimore County.  The list is date 29 Jun 1762.  This list can be found in Liber 78, Folios 98-132...
p. 55	Desperate Debts...
p. 56	Jacob Stroup...

I have no explanation for the apparent disjunct between this entry and the title of this work.