Johann Pieter STRAUB (OR STROUP) II
1PA, Cumberland Co., Deed Book E, p. 343, 23 Feb 1792. "Summary:
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Grantor: Peter STRAUB / STRAUP / STROUB / STROUP, Yeoman of Cumberland [now Snyder] County, Pennsylvania
Grantee: George LAUMAN / LAWMAN, Yeoman of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
Tract: approx. 100 acres near Middle Creek, Cumberland [now Snyder] Co., PA
Adjacent Landowners: Sophel MEYER, Jacob WETMAN
Original Patent: 6 Sep 1755, to Jacob YODER; later assigned to Peter STRAUB
Date Signed: 31 Oct 1767
Witnesses: Jno P. DeHAAS, John THOME:
Date/Recorder-1: 22 May 1775, Benjamin WEISER
Date/Recorder-2: 23 Feb 1792, J. SIMPSON
Place Recorded: Deed Book E, p. 343, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania
Peter was obviously in Cumberland County earlier, when Jacob YODER assigned him his patent. We need that deed to establish the earlier date for his arrival in the county.
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Peter Straub | Deed To | George Lauman |
This Indenture made the thirty first day of October in the year of our lord one thousand seven hundred and sixty seven. Between Peter Straub of the county of Cumborland in the province of pennsylvania Yeoman of the one part, And George Lauman of the county of Lancaster in the said province Yeoman of the other part. Witnesseth that the said Peter Stroup for & in Consideration of the sum of twenty three pounds lawful money of Pennsylvania to him the said Petor Straub in hand paid by the said George Lauman at & before the Execution hereof the receipt & payment whereof is hereby acknowledged, hath granted bargained and released & Confirmed & by these presents he the said Peter Stroub Doth Grant bargain sell release & Confirm unto the said George Lawman his heirs & Aƒsigns, all that Certain tract or parcel of land Situate lying & being in the County of Cumberland aforesaid near middle Creek adjoining to lands of Stophel Meyer, Jacob Wetman and Lands of the said Peter Straub, Containing one hundred acres or whatever Quantity of land is Contained with the Survey therof which said Tract of land by warrant from the Honorable the proprietors of the said Province bearing Date the 6th day of September 1755 was Granted to a Certain Jacob Yoder who by Aƒsignment endorsed upon the same warrant set over & Aƒsigned the same Tract of land unto the said Peter Straub in Fee Together with all & Singular the houses, Buildings, Improvements, woods, waters, rights, Liberties priviledges Inofils? Commodities advantages members & Appurtenances whatsoever, to the same belonging or in anywise appertaining and the reversions and remainders thereof & all the estate right Title property Interest Claim and Demand whatsoever both at law & in Equity of him the said Peter Stroup of in & to the same & every part and parcel thereof, To have & to hold the said tract of land Hereditaments & premises hereby Granted & released with the Appurtenances unto the said George Lawman his heirs and Aƒsigns, To the only proper use Benefit and Behoof of the said George Lawman his heirs & Aƒsigns forever. Under & Subject to the payment of the remainder of the principal purchase money Interest & Quit rent now Due & hereafter to become due and payable thereon to the Chief Lord or lords of the fee thereof and the said Peter Straub for himself & his heirs doth Covenant promise & Grant to & with the said George Lawman his heirs & Aƒsigns by these presents That he the said Peter Straub & his heirs the Hereby granted premises with the Appurtenances unto the said George Lawman his heirs & Aƒsigns, against him the said Peter Stroup & his heirs & against all & every other person & persons whosoever (except the proprietors aforesaid) Shall & will warrant and forever, Defend by these presents; In Witneƒs whereof the said parties to these presents have hereto Interchangeably set their hands and Seals. Dated the day & year aforesaid;
her (sic)Peter X Straub mark (S)
Sealed and delivered in the presence of us. Jno P. DeHaas, John Thome: _ Received the day of the date of the within Indenture of the within named George Lawman the full sum of twenty three pounds being the Consideration Within mentiond in full: I say Received pr me.
his Peter X Straub mark
Test John Thome: Northumberland County [?] Before me the Subƒcriber one of his Majesties Justices of the peace for the County aforesaid came the above named Peter Straup & Acknowledged the above Indenture to be his act & Deed and Desired that the same may be Recorded as such. In Testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand & Seal the 22nd Day of may 1775. Benjm Weiser (S)
Examd Recorded the 23d of February Domini 1792 J. Simpson Rd."2PA, Cumberland Co., Deed Book E, p. 444-445, 14 Jun 1792. "SUMMARY: -------------------------------- Grantor: Peter STROUP, Yeoman, of Penn [now Washington] Township, Northumberland [now Snyder] Co., PA Grantee: Andrew STROUP, Yeoman, son of Peter STROUP, of Penn [now Washington] Township, Northumberland [now Snyder] Co., PA Original Patent: 30 May 1792, State of Pennsylvania (Book 19, p. 462) to Peter STROUP Plantation/Tract: Halbourn (a.k.a., Heilbrun or Heilbrum), 253 acres Adjacent Landowners: Jacob MEYERS, Stophel MEYERS, Jacob YODER, Andrew MORR, William McMURREY Date Conveyance Signed: 7 Jun 1792 Witnesses: George CREAMER; Simon SNYDER, JP Date Recorded: 15 Jun 1792 Place Recorded: Northumberland County, Pennsylvania Recorder: J. SIMPSON
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Actual Text:
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Peter Stroup | Deed To | Andrew Stroup |
This Indenture made the seventh day of June, In the Year of our Lord, One thousand seven hundred and Ninety two. Between Peter Stroup of Penns township in the county of Northumberland in the state of Pennsylvania Yeoman of the one part. And Andrew Stroup of the said township In the county & State aforesd (Being one of the sons of the said Peter Stroup) Yeoman of the other part, Witnesseth that the said Peter Stroup as well for and in Consideration of the Natural love & affection, which he the said Peter Stroup hath and beareth unto the said Andrew Stroup as also for & in Consideration of the sum of Nine hundred pounds lawfull money of the state of Pennsylvania to him in hand paid by the said Andrew Stroup at & before the Execution of these presents the receipt & payment whereof he the said Grantor doth hereby acknowledge that granted bargained sold released ensscoffed & Confirmed and by these presents doth grant bargain sell release ensscoff and Confirm unto the said Andrew Stroup his Heirs & Assigns all that Certain Messuage Tenement & tract or parcel of land situate in Penns Township aforesaid Budded & bounded as follows Viz.
Begining at a black Oak thence by Land of Jacob Meyers south sixty degrees West One Hundred & eighty two perches to a post, thence by the same & land of Stophel Meyers North thirty three degrees West two hundred & thirty two perches and a half to a White Oak thence by said Stophel Meyer's land and land of Jacob Yoder North sixty nnie degrees East One hundred and eighty five perches to a post, thence by land Supposed to be Vacant south fifty five degrees East eight perches to a white Oak, And thence by lands of Andrew Morr & William McMurrey south thirty two degrees east one hundred & Ninety six perches to the beginning Containing Two hundred & thirty five acres & one hundred & twelve perches & allowance for Roads &ac.
It being that same Tract of land Called Halbourn which the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania by letters patent, Bearing date the thirtieth day of May last past granted unto the said Peter Stroup as by the same Patent Inrolled in the rolls Office for the state of Pennsylvania in Patent Book No 19, page 462, recourse being there had may more fully and at large appear _ Together also with all & Singular the Ways, Woods, Waters, Watercourses, Buildings imrovements rights liberties priviledges hereditaments & Appurtenances Whatsoever to the Same Belonging or in any wise appertaining and the reversions and remainders rents issues and profits thereof and of every part & parcel thereof, To have and to hold the said described plantation tract of land & premises hereby granted or intended so to be with the Appurtenances to the said Andrew Stroup his heirs & Assigns, To the only proper Use benefit and Echoof of him the said Andrew Stroup his heirs & Assigns forever; And the said Peter Stroup, for himself his heirs Executors Administrators doth covenant promise & grant to and with the said Andrew Stroup his heirs & assigns, That the the said Peter Stroup his heirs [???] admistrators the tract and Parcel of land hereditaments & premises hereby granted or intended so to be with the appurtenances unto the said Andrew Stroup his heirs & assigns. Against him the said Peter Stroup his heirs and assigns and each & every of them, and against their and each & every of their heirs & assigns, and all and every other person & persons whatsoever shall & will Warrant and forever Defend by
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these presents, In Witness whereof he the said Peter Stroup hath heretofore set his hand and seal the day and year aforesaid above written,
his Peter X Stroup mark
Sealed and delivered in the presence of George Creamer, Sim. Snyder; Received the day of the date above Written Deed of Conveyance & from the thereinnamed Andrew Stroup the sum on Nine hundred pounds lawful money of the State of Pennsylvania being in full for the consideration of
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Money therein mentioned; —
his Peter X Stroup mark
Witness present at Signing, George Creamer, Sim: Snyder; _ Northumbd County ss: On the 7th day of June Ano Domi 1792. Before me the Subscriber one of the Justices of the peace for said County came the above named Peter Stroup, and did Acknowledge the above Written Instrument of writing as and for his [???] deed & desired that the same may be recorded as Such. In Witness whereof I have hereto set my hand & Seal the day and year aforesaid; Sim Snyder (S) comp?
Recorded the 15th of June Domi 1792 J. Simpson Rd." Peter Stroup to son, Andrew Stroup.3Hawbaker and Groff, 1750, PA, Lancaster Co., Index to Tax records, p. 99-102, 1750. Hawbaker and Groff: A New Index: Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Before the Federal Census, Volume 3, Index to the 1750 Tax Records, pp. 99-102. "Peter Staub, East Honover Twp." Peter Staub, East Honover Twp.
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This part of Lancaster Co. is now in NW Lebanon Co. It's possible this Peter is the one whose son was baptized near Shamokin in 1771 (see next source), but we have somehow to prove he is the one who went to Cumberland [now Snyder] County by 1767. We could be dealing with more than one Peter, and this Peter may, in fact, be Peter STAUB, not STRAUB.4Charles A. Fisher, 1938, PA, Synder Co., Synder County Pioneers, 1938. Self-published, Selinsgrove, PA (reprinted 1991, Genealogical Publ. Co., Baltimore, MD
pg. 90-91, 1938. "p. 90 PETER STRAUB, SENIOR, was the son of Peter Straub who was born in Germany and embarked for America in the British ship "Pennsylvnia Merchant," Captain John Stedman, master, at Rotterdam, Holland, with his wife and sons Peter (1724-1805) and Jacob. The wife was named Maria. They arrived at the port of Philadelphia where the older Peter took the English oath of allegiance on September 18, 1733. The Peter of this p. 91 sketch was born in Germany on November 8, 1724, came to America with his parents in 1733, and lived in one of the eastern counties, and prior to 1768, came to what is now Washington Township, where he died on September 15, 1804. He is buried in the St. Peters Cemetery in Freeburg, on land donated by his son, Andrew. In 1770, Peter Straub, Andrew Morr, and Casper Roush applied to the proprietors of the colony for land for a church and school, and in 1774, a tract of 43 acres was granted to them, about a mile north of the present site of the village of Freeburg. Soon thereafter they built a combined church and school building, which, however, was never fully completed, but regular services were held there from about 1781 on, at least a baptismal record was kept from that date. Peter was overseer of the poor for Penn Township in the years 1773, 1774, and 1775. In 1781, he was taxed with 200 acres of land and personal property. In 1785, he lived about three miles north-west of the present site of Freeburg, where later Jacob Haines lived. He had a one-story weatherboarded house, painted red. It is said that he had many unique characteristics, such as wearing home-made clothing only, he made his own straw hats, used strings instead of buttons on his clothes, cooked before an open fire on the hearth, made his own hickory splint chairs, used wooden spoons and bowls of his own manufacture, etc. His known sons were: Andrew, John, George P., and Peter, Jr. He served as a private in Captain Charles Meyer's (Moyer's) Company of Militia and Rangers from Northumberland County. In 1790, his family consisted of two males over and two under 16 years and two females, and indication that one of his sons and wife, with two children lived with thim." Fisher is an undocumented source. His book contains hundreds of biographical sketches he cobbled together from circumstantial evidence, none of which evidence is supplied. We cannot be certain which bios are accurate and which are not. For example, we do not, in fact, know that the junior Pieter STRAUB who immigrated with his parents on the Pennsylvania Merchant in 1733 is the same one who died in 1804 in Snyder County.51980, PA, Breinigsville, The Pennsylvania German Society, Charles H. Glatfelter, 1717-1793, PA, Pastors and People: German Lutheran and Reformed Churches in the Pennsylvania Field, p. 453, 1980. "Mohr's, Zion. These congregations, located in Washington twp, Snyder Co, date from the 1770's. On April 12, 1774, the proprietors granted Andrew More, Peter Stroup and Casper Roush a warrant for fifty acres in Penns Twp,, Northumberland Co. "in trust for a Lutheran Church and School House." A survey of 42 acres was made on 27 April 1774. (Northumberland Warrant M-223 and Copied Survey C-143, p. 40, BLR.) The register, opened in 1781, included 70 baptisms performed through 1793."
6Matthiesen, Diana Gale, Matthiesen, Diana Gale Website, http://dgmweb.net/genealogy/, http://dgmweb.net/genealogy/FGS/Stra/StraubJohannPieter-CatharinaElisabetha_.shtml.
7Snyder County Historical Society, George F. Dunkelberger., 1948-1997, The Story of Synder Co., Rev. Ed., p. 611, p. 652, 1948/1997. "Straub, Peter p. 611, one of three men who received patent in 1774 for 42 acres of land on which to build Freeburg Lutheran and Reformed Church Straub, Peter p. 652, one of three who in 1770 established the "Old Lutheran" or "Union Cemetery" near Freeburg."
81735, Germany - 1815, Jan. 3, PA, Freeburg, Johanes Hents (John Haines), and Anna Regina Schuster Family History, http://www.bibleviews.com/haines.html, p. 1531. ""Peter Straub lived three miles northwest of Freeburg in 1775. He had a one story, weather-boarded house, painted red, on the site where the house of Jacob Haines now stands. He dressed in homemade clothes and never had buttons on his garments; he tied them with strings. He made his own hats of straw and wore no others; he never used candles, and the only light he used was made of pine-knots which burned in an opening in the chimney, called Kee-effly in the German language. He had only three hickory chairs in use; they cooked in an open fireplace, and the sout krout stand was kept in the kitchen; he used wooden spoons and bowls of his own manufacture. He had no children, but left a considerable legacy, when he died, to collateral heirs. His wife also dressed in home-made clothes, and was an expert at the spinning wheel, an article much in need in her days." (Juniata and Susquehanna Valleys in Pennsylvania, page 1531)."
9U.S. Government, 1790 U.S. Census, PA, Northumberland Co. (now Snyder Co.), pg. 83, ln. 22, Family History Library, 35 North, West Temple St., Salt Lake City, UT 84150, USA. Peter Stroup.
10U.S. Government, 1800 U.S. Census, PA, Northumberland (Synder) Co., Penns. (Washington) Twp., p. 744, ln. 18, Family History Library, 35 North, West Temple St., Salt Lake City, UT 84150, USA. Peter Stroup.
11850 U.S. Census, PA, Juniata Co., Greenwood Twp., Roll M432_786, p. 310B, 2025/2055, 1 Jun 1850, Family History Library, 35 West North Temple St., Salt Lake City, UT 84150, USA, Film # 444754. James Cox 37 M Millwright Penna
Cath Cox 22 F "
Wm Cox 3 M "
Infant 2/12 F ".
1U.S. Government, 1830 U.S. Census, PA, Perry Co., Greenwood Twp., p. 331 Ln. 14, Family History Library, 35 North, West Temple St., Salt Lake City, UT 84150, USA. 1830 Census Index and Digital Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #5 of 8; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•
1830 PA Perry Co. Greenwood Twp. p. 331 Ln. 14 Peter Stroup 220 001 - 010 001
These data indicate:
No. & Sex Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred
2 males 4 or under 1825-1830 = Son A
= Peter (b. 1825/6)
2 males 5-9 1820-1825 = Nathan (b. 1821/2)
= Samuel (b. 1820)
1 male 30-39 1790-1800 = Peter (b. 1799)
1 female 5-9 1820-1825 = Catharine (b. 1823)
1 female 30-39 1790-1800 = Catherine (b. 1797/8).21840 U.S. Census, PA, Juniata Co., Greenwood Twp., pp. 220B-221A Ln. 5 . 1840 Census Index and Digital Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #7-8 of 16; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•
1840 PA Juniata Co. Greenwood Twp. pp. 220B-221A Ln. 5 Peter Stroub 011 200 100 - 120 100 100 0102000
These data indicate:
No. & Sex Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred
1 male 5-9 1830-1835 = Son A or B
1 male 10-14 1825-1830 = Peter (b. 1825/6)
2 males 15-19 1820-1825 = Nathan (b. 1821/2)
= Samuel (b. 1820-23)
1 male 40-49 1790-1800 = Peter (b. 1799)
1 female 4 or under 1835-1840 = Mary Jane (b. 1837)
2 females 5-9 1830-1835 = Elizabeth
= Susanna
1 female 15-19 1820-1825 = Catharine (b. 1823)
1 female 40-49 1790-1800 = Catherine (b. 1797/8)
1 person engaged in agriculture
2 persons engaged in manufacture and trade.31850 U.S. Census, PA, Juniata Co., Greenwood Twp., Film # 444754, pg. 310, ln. 32, 2 Nov 1850, Family History Library, 35 West North Temple St., Salt Lake City, UT 84150, USA, Film # 444754. 1850 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #17 of 38): Greenwood Twp., Juniata Co., PA, Roll M432_786, p. 310, 2023/2053, enumerated 2 Nov 1850 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•
Cath Stroup 52 F Penna
Peter Stroup 24 M Black Smith "
Catharine Stroup 21 F "
Joannah Stroup 2 F "
Thos. Hart 19 M Black Smith "
Where's Susanna? Presumably, the younger Catharine is Peter's wife and Joannah is their daughter. Listed between sons Samuel STROUP and Nathan STROUP.41850 U.S. Census, PA, Juniata Co., Greenwood Twp., Roll M432_786, p. 310B, 2025/2055, 1 Jun 1850, Family History Library, 35 West North Temple St., Salt Lake City, UT 84150, USA, Film # 444754. James Cox 37 M Millwright Penna
Cath Cox 22 F "
Wm Cox 3 M "
Infant 2/12 F ".
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Matthias Andreas Andrew STRAUB Sr.
11790 U.S. Census, PA, Northampton (Lehigh) Co., Lynn Twp., p. 63/293, ln. 16, 1790, Family History Library, 35 North, West Temple St., Salt Lake City, UT 84150, USA. Andrw Stroup.
21800 U.S. Census, PA, Northampton (Lehigh) Co., Lynn Twp., p. 570, ln. 16, 1800, Family History Library, 35 North, West Temple St., Salt Lake City, UT 84150, USA. Andreas Strab Sen(ior).
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1U.S. Government, 1790 U.S. Census, PA, Northumberland Co. (now Snyder Co.), p. 83, ln. 24, Family History Library, 35 North, West Temple St., Salt Lake City, UT 84150, USA. Andw Shetterley.
2U.S. Government, 1820 U.S. Census, OH, Clermont Co., Goshen Twp., p. 55, ln. 1, Family History Library, 35 North, West Temple St., Salt Lake City, UT 84150, USA. Andrew Shetterly.
3U.S. Government, 1830 U.S. Census, OH, Clermont Co., Goshen Twp., p. 298, ln. 22, Family History Library, 35 North, West Temple St., Salt Lake City, UT 84150, USA. Andrew Shetterly.
4U.S. Government, 1840 U.S. Census, OH, Clermont Co., Goshen Twp., pp. 261B-262A, ln. 7, Family History Library, 35 North, West Temple St., Salt Lake City, UT 84150, USA. Andrew Shetterly.