Benjamin F. STROUP & Cynthia W. WHITE

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Benjamin F. STROUP
Cynthia Winslow WHITE
Lucretia NANCE

WARNING: Secondary sources show our subject married first in 1831 to Cynthia Winslow WHITE and second in 1850 to Lucretia NANTZ. The census records are not consistent with this view, but I don't have enough additional documentation to be confident of what's really going on here. Caveat emptor!

Husband: Benjamin STROUP
Birth: 1809/10, Lincoln [now Gaston] Co., NC
Father: Michael STROUP
Mother: Jane GOODSON

Marriage-1: 21 Nov 1831, Lincoln Co., NC

Wife-1: Cynthia / Cyntha Winslow WHITE
Birth: 1808/9, NC
Death: aft. 1850 census

Marriage-2:

Wife-2: Lucretia "Lou / Creasy / Creecy" NANTZ / NANCE
Birth: 1838/9, NC

Children with Cynthia Winslow WHITE — born in Lincoln [now Gaston] Co., NC:

1. Archibald STROUP, b. 1833/4
2. William M. STROUP, b. 1834/5
3. (Son A) STROUP, b. 1835-40; d. 1835-40

Children with Lucretia NANCE:

4. Annie Mae STROUP
5. Della Ann STROUP, b. 1866/7
6. Emma Angeline STROUP, b. 4 Sep 1868; d. 27 Feb 1937, Dallas Twp., Gaston Co., NC; m. Frank STROUP
7. Macon Lee STROUP, b. 1871/2 [11 Nov 1869]
8. Lucretia / Lucrecia Canzata / Canzatta STROUP, b. 1877/8

Keywords for search engines: USA, US, United States, North Carolina

Sources:

1. Jordan R. Dodd, ed. 1993. KY, NC, TN, VA, WV Marriages: Early to 1850. Liahona Research, Orem, UT (Broderbund CD-229):

Stroup, Benjamin White, Cynthia W. 21 Nov 1831 Lincoln Co.

2. 1840 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #17-18 of 84; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•

1840 NC Lincoln [now Gaston] Co. Roll 364 pp. 108A-108B Ln. 5 Benjamin Stroup 120 001 - 000 001 no slaves 0100000

These data indicate:

No. & Sex Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred

1 male 4 or under 1835-1840 = Son A

2 male 5-9 1830-1835 = William (b. 1834/5)
= Archibald (b. 1833/4)

1 male 30-39 1800-1810 = Benjamin (b. 1809/10)

1 female 30-39 1800-1810 = Cynthia (b. 1808/9)

1 person employed in agriculture

Listed next to Jessey STROUP.

3. 1850 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #47 of 145): Gaston Co., NC, Roll M432_630, p. 414A, 338/339, enumerated 12 Sep 1850, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1850 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•

Benjamin Stroup 40 M Farmer 125

Cyntha      " 41 F

Archibald   " 17 M

William M   " 15 M

4. 1860 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #165-166 of 182): Vestel's Ford P.O., Gaston Co., NC, Roll M653_898, pp. 83A-83B/165-166, PN 165-166, 1265/1157, enumerated 24 Aug 1860, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1860 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

Christy Hope 72 M Blk Smith 134 Lincoln

Prudence " 54 F "

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Joseph Hope 20 M Farm laborer

Elizabeth " 17 F

Christy " 14 M

Benjamin Stroup 50 M " 300 100

There's no obvious genealogical connection between our subject and Christian & Prudence (CROSS) HOPE. Listed next to Bartlett STROUP.

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

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