Re: Ephriam Straight abt 1800
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Ephriam Straight abt 1800
Amy Crooks 1/02/00
This is what I have on Ephraim Straight who was the son of John Straight:
Descendants of John Straight
Generation No. 1
1.JOHN1 STRAIGHT(PETERA, JACOBB, JOHN MILTONC, JACOBD, WILLIAME, WILLIAMF, DAVIDG) was born 1770, and died September 1833.He married MARY BALLAH 04 March 1800 in Monongalia Co., WV, daughter of AUGUSTUS BALLAH and CATHERINE WILLIAMS.
Notes for JOHN STRAIGHT:
Could be the John who made his will in 1833, second wife Elizabeth Stansberry?
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Will of John Straight
I, John Straight of the county of Monongalia in the State of Virginia do hereby make my last will and testament in the following form that is to say all my personal property which I am no seze of I wish my wife Elizabeth do dispose of for the purpose of defraying my debts and funerel expenses and the residue if any to be applied to her used for for her
support.Second, I desire that my wife Elizabeth have one third of my land lying on Buffalow Creek.I wish her to have the dwelling house together with the orchard and all the lower part of the improvement makeing her third lay as will best suit her for her support dureing life and after her death I desire that the land be equally devided among my eight children namely Ephraym, Augustus, Jacob, Mary Ann, Dorothy, Joonnah, Mary, Jonathan but I wish it understood that my wife is to have all the rents and profits of the whole farm until my youngest child Jonothan attains the age of twenty one years
and after that period for my wife to hold her third as above described but if my wife should die before the youngest child attains the age of Twenty one I desire that all profits be equally divided among the children, in witness whereof set my hand and affixed my seale this 14 day July in the year of our Lord 1833.Syned sealed, published and declared by John Strait and for his last will and Testament in the recent and hearing of us and at his request and in the presents we subscribed of our names as witnesses.
JohnStrait (his mark and seal)
Attest:Robert McGee, John McCray,Wm. Strait (his mark)
Page 72At a court held for Monongalia County September term 1833, the foregoing last will and testament of John Strait, deceased, was produced in court, duly proven by the oath of Robert McGee and William Strait, witnesses thereto and ordered to be recorded Attest Thos. P. Ray, Clerk
Children of JOHN STRAIGHT and MARY BALLAH are:
i. JOANNAH2 STRAIGHT, m. FLEMING HAYES, 10 April 1938, Monongalia Co., WV.
Notes for JOANNAH STRAIGHT:
Marriage bond signed by Jeremiah Bartholomew.
ii. EPHRAIM STRAIGHT, d. 04 October 1865, Des Moines, IA; m. CATHERINE ROYCE, 08 September 1823, Monongalia Co., WV.
Notes for EPHRAIM STRAIGHT:
Marriage bond signed by David Straight.
iii. JONATHAN STRAIGHT, m. MARY STANSBERRY, 04 August 1840, Monongalia Co., WV.
Notes for JONATHAN STRAIGHT:
Marriage bond signed by Jonah Stansberry.
iv. MARY ANN STRAIGHT, m. GEORGE PALMER, 20 December 1832, Monongalia Co., WV.
Notes for MARY ANN STRAIGHT:
Marriage bond signed by John Straight, Jr.
v. JACOB STRAIGHT, b. 1801.
Notes for JACOB STRAIGHT:
There was another Jacob b-ca1801 s/o John & Mary Ballah Straight.(from John Straight, Abilene.
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