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Lucy (Poe) Straughan (abt. 1735 - abt. 1777)

Lucy Straughan formerly Poe
Born about in Caroline, Virginiamap
Ancestors ancestors
Wife of — married [date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants descendants
Died about at about age 42 in Chatham, North Carolina, United Statesmap
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Biography

Lucy was born about 1732. She is the daughter of Simon Poe and Sarah Bradford.

WILL OF RICHARD STRAUGHN dated, February 22, 1805, Died, prior to 1819. Richard married twice and had eight children. Richard m. (1) Lucy Poe and had seven children: Stephen, Mary "Molly", Richard IV, Elizabeth "Betsy", Hosea "Hosey", Isaiah and Lucy. He married (2) Agatha and had one son: Fielding.

Lucy passed away before 1778.

Named as deceased daughter Lucy Straughn in her father's will of 1793. Her children are also named: Mary George and Lucy Straughn

CORRECTION TO #80

STEPHEN HERNDON was not the son of William Herndon #13. A reference to him, found after the publication of The Herndon Family of Virginia , The First Three Generations, establishes his age and his parent¬ age. In the Minutes of the Orange County, N. C. Court of 12 Aug 1765 “Stephen Herndon orphan son of Lucy Herndon, aged eleven years, is ordered to be bound to Stephen Poe to learn the art and mystery of a cooper.” Stephen Poe was probably an uncle of the boy.

An analysis of the WILL of Simon Poe (see page 2) shows that his daughter Lucy married Richard Straughan, and died before 1793, as she is mentioned as deceased in the WILL. We assume that Lucy Poe married first a younger brother of William Herndon #13, who died prior to 12 Aug. 1765, probably in Caroline Co., Va., and that the widowed Lucy came with her father’s family to Chatham (at that time part of Orange) County, N. C. [1]

Sources

  1. Shields, Ruth Herndon, The descendants of William and Sarah (Poe) Herndon, of Caroline County, Va., and Chatham County, N.C, 1956, pg 4 https://archive.org/details/descendantsofwil00shie/page/2/mode/2up
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/134167452/lucy-straughan: accessed March 6, 2024), memorial page for Lucy Poe Straughan (1735–1777), Find a Grave Memorial ID 134167452; Burial Details Unknown; Maintained by Sharon Strawn Hickok (contributor 47178122).
  • Simon Poe Sr Will
  • Ruth Browning

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Anyone know the source of Lucy's death before 1778 or how Agatha is determined to be mother to Fielding Straughan?
posted by Honi Kleine
edited by Honi Kleine
Poe-1455 and Poe-588 appear to represent the same person because: Another child of Simon and Sarah Poe. For some reason, the upload did not attach.
posted by Debi (Gaspard) Perry
Poe-1455 and Poe-1466 appear to represent the same person because: the "Unknown error" person used to be Lucy Poe, daughter of Simon Poe, Sr., and Sarah Bradford, but somehow was placed under Simon Poe, Jr., and Sophia Bradford.
posted on Poe-1466 (merged) by Linda (Johnson) Leslie
Poe-1694 and Poe-1466 appear to represent the same person because: Duplicate
posted on Poe-1466 (merged) by [Living Estes]
If you created this profile in error, detach any parent(s) and merge it into another profile with the surname 'Poe' and a lower # Wiki ID. That will eliminate the extra profile. Let me know if I can help. Thanks!
posted on Poe-1455 (merged) by Kay (Johnson) Wilson

Unmerged matches › Lucy (Poe) Herndon (1710-)
Rejected matches › Lucy (Unknown) Lurcock (abt.1732-1800)

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