I have been lucky to have been passed the following information on my part of the Strawson family tree. The line goes back to the late 16th centuary and most of the people in the line lived in Cannon Street in Little Downham, Cambridgeshire. Little Downham may be recorded as being in the Isle of Ely as this was incorporated into Cambridgeshire some years ago. Much of this information has been passed to me by the Littleport Society, who I am deeply grateful to.
My direct line through the Strawson name is below:
Thomas Strawson
(born 1582?), married Mary Rash in 1601
They had 7 children - Isabell, Edward, Margret,
Margret, John, Margret, James
Edward Strawson (born before 1607), married
Joan Bowles in 1632, 6 children)
They had 6 children - Mary, Margret, Jane, Edward,
Grace, Elizabeth
Edward Strawson (born before 1639), married
Sarah ?
They had 5 children - Edward, Richard, John, Thomas,
Sarah
John Strawson (born 1674), married Ann Hills
in 1702
They had 4 children - Edward, Sarah, Mary, Edward
Edward Strawson (born before 1712), married
Frances Leaford in 1735
They had 7 children - John, Anne, Edward, James, John,
Edward, Sarah
James Strawson (born 1743), married Sarah
Reeve in 1768
They had 10 children - John, Edward, Sarah, Francis, Sarah, Mary A,
Male, Male, Male, Male
10th child (born 1788) , married
They had 1 child - James
James Strawson (born 1810), married Sarah
Gilbert in 1827
They had 8 children - James, Rebecca, Edward, Rebecca, Fredrick,
Alfred, Albert, Thomas
Albert Strawson (born before 1843), married
Sarah Sallis in 1866, (this is 1st wife of three)
They had 6 children - Sarah Rebecca, John Salis, Frederick
William, Polly, Ellen (Nell), Bert
Frederick William Strawson (born 1878),
married Susan Cross
They had 5 children - Albert Edward, Edith Ellen,
Ethel, Percy William, Ada
Albert Edward Strawson (born 1902), married
Gwendolene Summerlee
They had 2 children - Eric, Rex
Rex Strawson, married Greta Margret Bell in
1953
They have 3 children - Simon Mark, John Neil, Adam James
Adam James Strawson (me), married Shane Marie
Garwood 1983
They have 2 children - Tymon James, Tamara Louise
If you are able to link into any of the above people I would love to hear from you and exchange information. You can reach me at Adam.Strawson@btinternet.com
