William
Newton
Straight
Born in West Augusta District, Virginia
Ancestors 
Son of Jacob Straight Jr
and Elizabeth Ann (Dragoo) Kennedy
Brother of
Peter Straight [half], Margaret (Straight) Ballah [half], Anne (Straight) Ballah, Rebecca (Straight) Wilson, John W Straight [half], Sarah (Straight) Campbell [half], Margaret Kennedy [half], Temperance Ann Straight [half], Jacob Kennedy Straight, Mary (Kennedy) Straight [half], Janet Kennedy [half], William Kennedy Jr. [half], Joseph Kennedy [half], James Madison Kennedy [half], Margaret (Kennedy) Walker [half], Peter Kennedy [half] and John Kennedy [half]
Husband of
Martha (Hays) Straight
— married
2 Mar 1799 in Monongalia, Virginia, United States
Descendants 
Father of
Alexander Straight, Arzanna Mariah (Straight) Conaway, Amos Hays Straight, Alpheus Straight and Garlinda Elmina (Straight) Thorn
Died
at age 80
in Marion, Virginia, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 20 Nov 2019
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Biography
William Straight was born February 14, 1774, in "Finches Run," Virginia, in what would become West Virginia in 1863, during the American Civil War. William is a son of Jacob Straight and Elizabeth Dragoo. In October 1776, Monongalia county was formed from parts of the District of West Augusta (Virginia). It was named in honor of the Monongahela River, named by the Algonquin (Delaware) Indians. The year that William was born, his father had settled land along what would become Straight's Run in the Fairmont District (later Marion county, West Virginia).
In 1799, William married Martha Hays, also born in Monongalia county, a daughter of William and Susanna Hays. William and Martha had at least 12 children, including: Henry Straight; Alexander Straight; Benjamin Straight or Streight; Arizona or Arzanna Mariah Conaway; Susanna Rice; Amos Hayes Straight; Jacob H. Straight; Rachel (Straight) Thorn; Martha Straight; Alpheus Straight; Sarah (Straight) Barrac; and Garlinda (Straight) Thorn.
Martha was born in 1782 and died April 7, 1831, at the age of 49 years. From William's Will, she appeared to have been buried along Straight's Run, near Barrackville. Marion county Virginia was established on January 14, 1842. On November 16, 1843, in Marion county, William married Mrs. Mary (?nee) Freeland. William Straight seems to have adopted the three children of Mary Freeland, by her first marriage to John Freeland, who were William E., Michael and Rebecca, and were shown with surname Straight, in their 1850 Census record. [1]
William Straight died November 25, 1854, in Marion county, Virginia, at the age of 80 years. Note: West Virginia was formed on June 20, 1863, as a result of the American Civil War.
1850 Census
Name: William Straight Event Type: Census Event Date: 1850 Event Place: Marion county, Marion, Virginia, United States Event Place (Original): Marion county, Marion, Virginia Gender: Male Age: 76 Race: White Birth Year (Estimated): 1774 Birthplace: Virginia Schedule Type: 1850 Population House Number: 170
- Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
- William Straight M 76 Virginia
- Mary Straight F 52 Virginia
- Martha Straight F 31 Virginia
- Rebecca Straight F 19 Virginia
- William E Straight M 18 Virginia
- Michael Straight M 16 Virginia
Household ID: 170 Line Number: 8 Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) Affiliate Publication Number: M432 Affiliate Film Number: 958 GS Film Number: 444948 Digital Folder Number: 004206380 Digital Folder Number: 004206380 Image Number: 00342 Image Number: 00342 Indexing Project (Batch) Number: N01074-6 Record Number: 14114
Sources
- ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8D8-7J7 : 4 April 2020), William Straight, Marion county, Marion, Virginia, United States; citing family 170, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.)
- https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/134518271/william-straight
- Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.Ancestry Family Tree Ancestry Family Tree 155711454
- Source: S1130551140 Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.Ancestry Family Tree Ancestry Family Tree 155711454
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with William:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with William:
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~1.56%
Jamey Matheny
:
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member 2825Matheny
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~0.78%
~3.12%
Dean Walker :
23andMe
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~0.78%
Shaun Lewis :
23andMe
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch SW5949312 [compare]
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~0.78%
~1.56%
Carol Walker :
23andMe
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~0.78%
Vance Straight :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch FE4174296 [compare], Ancestry member vancestraight
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~0.39%
Tabor Griswold :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A646932 [compare], Ancestry member rocketlady
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T302231 [compare], FTDNA kit #753423
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Lisa Wilson
Straight-547 and Straight-532 appear to represent the same person because: Clear duplicate. Parent already merged.
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Carol (Mann) Van Sickle
Some of these names are triplicates. Possibly a birthdate is a year different due to estimate and then there are also two brothers with same exact birth dates and all three have same death date. These are my aunts, uncles and cousins in the Straight line and originally, it was there and all needed was additional data, but whole data names, etc. has caused a lot of confusion. Database is difficult to merge triplicates as it is basically for duplicate merges.
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Carol (Mann) Van Sickle
Straight-532 and Straight-539 appear to represent the same person because: Informaion already in file but gedcom entered duplicate name... Merge needed.
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Carol (Mann) Van Sickle
Straight-543 and Straight-532 appear to represent the same person because: Two or three with same name, information not checked and gedcom (s) duplicated individuals.
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by Carol (Mann) Van Sickle
William is 15 degrees from Maria Mitchell, 23 degrees from Carl Sagan, 20 degrees from Tycho Brahe, 29 degrees from Nicholaus Copernicus, 24 degrees from Eise Eisinga, 19 degrees from Caroline Lucretia Herschel, 23 degrees from Thomas Maclear, 15 degrees from Simon Newcomb, 17 degrees from Isaac Newton, 23 degrees from Pierre Henri Puiseux, 21 degrees from Beatrice Tinsley and 13 degrees from Edith Woodward on our single family tree. Login to find your connection.