Life History
1667 |
Born in New Kent County, Virginia.1 (most likely) |
1670 |
Born.3 (less likely) |
about 1685 |
Birth of son Henry S STRANGE in New Kent County, Virginia.5 |
1687 |
Birth of son Thomas STRANGE in New Kent County, Virginia |
1690 |
Married Alexander STRANGE in New Kent County, Virginia.11 |
18th Oct 1691 |
Birth of son Alexander STRANGE in St Peters Parish, New Kent, Virginia.6 |
22nd Oct 1693 |
Birth of son Michael STRANGE in St Peters Parish, New Kent, Virginia |
before 6th Dec 1696 |
Birth of daughter Judith STRANGE in St Peters Parish, New Kent, Virginia.7 |
1699 |
Birth of son Mitchell STRANGE in St Peters Parish, New Kent, Virginia |
5th Apr 1702 |
Birth of daughter Elizabeth STRANGE in St Peters Parish, New Kent, Virginia, USA |
before 11th Jun 1704 |
Birth of daughter Anne STRANGE in St Peters Parish, New Kent, Virginia.8,9 |
before 5th Jan 1706 |
Birth of son Robert STRANGE in St Peters Parish, New Kent, Virginia.10,9 |
14th Jan 1709 |
Birth of daughter Elinor STRANGE in St Peters Parish, New Kent, Virginia |
20th Apr 1717 |
Death of son Michael STRANGE in St Peters Parish, New Kent, Virginia |
27th Jan 1718 |
Death of son Robert STRANGE in Hanover County, Virginia |
29th Jan 1718 |
Died in St Peters Parish, New Kent, Virginia.3,2 |
Other facts
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Resident in Christ Church Parish, Middlesex County, Virginia.2 |
Notes
- The source I have followed here had several more children than othersources. The information is fairly complete and consistent on them,so this seems credible. Henry, the first child, is the child throughwhom are descended the Gregories of Oklahoma, through Julia AnnClementine Strange and Dock Patrick Gregory in Tennessee and Oklahoma. Strange descendants from this line remained in Tennessee orimmigrated to Georgia, Mississippi and farther west.
Dates vary on the marriages, but several genealogies that report twowives date the first marriage to the nameless wife about 1684. Theydate the marriage to the second wife, Ann (Sammis), about 1690. Oneof the first sources I was analyzing early had two wives, with 4children of the second wife.
However, the fourth child, Elizabeth, under the first wife was bornafter the date of the marriage to the second wife. Likewise, twoother children under the second wife, Anne (whose maiden name Sammiswas provided by another source) were born at dates earlier than thefourth child under the first wife, though after the date of marriageto Anne.
Then Elizabeth is repeated under Anne, though with the same date asthe first listing. This mess is comparatively is quite neat. I sawseveral on Ancestry's One World Tree that were a great mish mash. Itseems most likely that Alexander had one wife, married at the originaldate, which is one year before the date of the fist child Henry S.
Another source has a more ordered statement of the birth of thechildren with two wives. The unknown wife in this scenario was themother of Henry and Thomas. The second wife, Anne (no last name) isthe mother of Alexander, born in 1691, and the rest of the children.
Sources
- 1. Ancestry Trees
- http://trees.ancestry.co.uk/pt/person.aspx?tid=113553&pid=-2105209882
- 2. Christ Church Parish, Virginia Records, 1653-1812
- 3. Ancestry Trees
- http://awtc.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm-cgi?op=GET&db=*v133t0575&id=I1176
- 4. One World Tree (sm)
- Dixie Oakley,
- 5. One World Tree (sm)
- http://trees.ancestry.com/owt/person.aspx?pid=41290299&st=1
- 6. Family Data Collection - Individual Records
- 7. Ancestry Trees
- Ron Coleman,
- 8. Ancestry Trees
- Gwen Goff Hobbs,
- 9. St Peter's Parish Vestry Book and Register, 1684-1786, New KentCounty, Virginia
- 10. Millennium Files, Ancestry.com
- 11. One World Tree (sm)
- 2 sources for this date in One World Tree, which had an earlier wife.