Sophronia (Williams) Hallock (1800 - 1876)

Born 2 Sep 1800 in New York, USA

Ancestors

Wife of William David Straw — married before 1826 in NY USA

Wife of Amos Hallock — married 29 Nov 1835 in Grand Blanc, Genesee County MI USA

Descendants

Died 13 Jan 1876 at age 75 in Gaines, Genesee, Michigan, United States

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Biography

Sophronia was born in 1800 in New York. She moved to and was recorded as having lived in Grand Blanc, Michigan in the U.S. Census of 1850, 1860, and 1870. Sophronia (Williams) Straw - Hallock passed away in 1876.^[1]

Following the family lines around Sophrinia can be confusing. Both she and Amos Hallock were married once before Sophrinia and Amos became married. And they both had similarly named children from their first marriages (e.g. Sarah and Sarah, Almira and Elmira and Alma, Hannah and Hannah). The most confusing may be Almira (HALLOCK, b. 1824 vs. Elmira (STRAW / STRAUGH), b. 1820). Elmira (STRAW) appears in the following reference named as such, but her grave stone and other references state "Almira" also. And it is within these generations that STRAW is alternately spelled as STRAUGH.

An extremely helpful source^[2] states:

"[Sophronia] was b. Lima, 2-1800. She mar. (1) in New York State David Straw by whom she had nine children. He died there and she mar. (2) at Grand Blanc, Mich. 11-29-1835 Amos Hallock, who was b. in 1790 and had lived at Richmond, Mass., and at Richmond, Vt. He married (1) 1812 Rachel Crane who had borne him seven children (Sarah, b. 1814, who married ? Mason; Harmon b. 1816 who married his half-sister Hannah Straw; Alma and Alfred, twins, born 1820; Hannah, b. 1822; Almira, b. 1824 and married ? Reid; and Julia, b. 1828, mar. ? Reid.) Sophronia d. at Grand Blanc 1-13-1876.

Children: (STRAW) by first husband:

I. Sarah L. b. 10-27-1815. D. soon after the family moved to Michigan.

79 II. Polly, b. 2-26-1819.

80 III. Elmira, b. Lewiston, N.Y. 12-5-1820.

81 IV. Philander, b. Lewiston, N.Y. 10-11-1821.

82 V. Hannah, b. Tonawanda, N.Y. 7/8-?-1822.

VI. Lavina Hovey, b. 3-9-1824. D. 5-20-1834.

VII. David, b. Niagara Co., N.Y. 1-9-1826. Married Mary A. Needham, b. 7-29-1833 and d. 5-4-1924, dau. of Thomas and Emaline (Porter) Needham. David d. 9-14-1893. Children: (STRAW)

A. William N., 1855-1928. Mar. Ida Parry, b. 1865 and d. 9-5-1950.

B. Hattie, mar. ? Terry.

C. Albert, mar. Alpha Sidell.

VIII. Betsey Ann, b. 10-25-1827. D. 4-8-1832.

83 IX. Nancy, b. N.Y. state, 7-22-1829.

Children: HALLOCK) by Sophronia's second husband.

X. Dewitt, b. 1837.

XI. Rachel, b. Genesee Co. Mich. 4-15-1838. Mar. 1852 Loren Bigelow, b. Rush, N.Y. 10-25-1833, son of Hiram and brother of James C. Bigelow. He d. 9-4-1918. He mar. (2) Anna F. Harding by who he had three children, and (3) Mary Ann Pickett Jewet, by whom he had two children. Rachel had d. at Mundy, Mich. 9-4-1867."

More about her Hallock children follows that page.

Sources

1. ↑ Find A Grave Memorial# 111820706: [1]
2. ↑ 38. SOPHRONIA (WILLIAMS) STRAW - HALLOCK in The Ancestors and Descendants of Daniel and Lovina (Hovey) Williams of Wethersfield, Connecticut, Whitestown, Lima and Rush, New York, and Grand Blanc, Michigan : 1647-1964 : and collateral kin

• "1850 United States Federal Census", MyHeritage.com [online database]. Lehi, UT, USA: MyHeritage (USA) Inc.; https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-10126/1850-united-states-federal-census ; Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Seventh Census of the United States, 1850. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration microfilm publication M432, 1,009 rolls.; Record: [2] ; Sephrona Hallock in household of Amos Hallock; Year: 1850; State: Michigan; County: Genesee; Township: Grand Blanc; NARA Publication: M432; Page: 221; Citation: Sephrona Hallock; Birth: Circa 1801 - New York, United States; Residence: 1850 - Grand Blanc, Genesee, Michigan, USA; Schedule: Population; Husband (implied): Amos Hallock; Children (implied): Alfred Hallock, Rachel Hallock, Oscar Hallock, Herbert Hallock
• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWDG-TQC : accessed 1 February 2016), Sophronia Hallock in entry for Amos Hallock, 1860.
• "1870 United States Federal Census", MyHeritage.com [online database]. Lehi, UT, USA: MyHeritage (USA) Inc.; https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-10128/1870-united-states-federal-census ; Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Ninth Census of the United States, 1870, Population Schedule. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration microfilm publication M653, 1,438 rolls.; Record: [3] ; Sophrona Halleck in household of David Straw; Year: 1870; State: Michigan; NARA Publication: M593; Frame: 591; Sheet: 18; Page: 591; Line: 33; Citation: Sophrona Halleck; Birth: Circa 1800 - New York, United States; Residence: June 1 1870 - Michigan, USA
• Book Title: "The Ancestors and Descendants of Daniel and Lovina (Hovey) Williams of Wethersfield, Connecticut, Whitestown, Lima and Rush, New York, and Grand Blanc, Michigan : 1647-1964 : and collateral kin"; Source Information: Ancestry.com. North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016. [4]
• Brainard, Lucy Abigail. Genealogy of the Brainerd-Brainard Family in America (Case, Lockwood & Brainard Co., Hartford, 1908) , Volume 1 (1908), MyHeritage.com [online database]. Lehi, UT, USA: MyHeritage (USA) Inc. ; https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-59437/genealogy-of-the-brainerd-brainard-family-in-america-1649-1908 ; Record: [5]
• "FindAGrave contributors", Find A Grave Memorial # 111820706. [6] ; Evergreen Cemetery, Grand Blanc, Genesee County, Michigan, USA, Plot: Sec OD Lot 006 Grave 02.
• "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVGQ-HHGC : 11 July 2016), Sophronia Williams Straw Hallock, ; Burial, Grand Blanc, Genesee, Michigan, United States of America, Evergreen Cemetery; citing record ID 111820706, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
• "Michigan Deaths, 1867-1897," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N3DC-ZP2 : 12 December 2014), William Straw in entry for David N. Straw, 14 Sep 1893; citing p 298 rn 144s, Gaines, Genesee, Michigan, Department of Vital Records, Lansing; FHL microfilm 2,342,774.