John W STRANGE William STRANGE Fanny STRANGE Noname STRANGEWIFE James Alexander STRANGE John W STRANGE Dontknow JOHNSWIFE Mini tree diagram

William STRANGE

about 1780 - UNKNOWN

Life History

about 1780

Born in Tennessee

about 1810

Birth of son William STRANGE

before 1812

Birth of daughter Fanny STRANGE.1

UNKNOWN

Death of Noname STRANGEWIFE

UNKNOWN

Death of daughter Fanny STRANGE

UNKNOWN

Death of son William STRANGE

UNKNOWN

Died

Other facts

 

Married Noname STRANGEWIFE

Notes

  • In some early genealogical collections, with very poor or no documentation, the children of William Strange of Jefferson County, Tennessee, was mixed with children of William Strang of Stillwater, Saratoga County, New York.  Before many resources became available on line, one genealogy in the One World Tree genealogy collection reported what appears to be this same William Strange, with wife Polly West.  That Polly West is reported as born in 1816 in North Carolina.

    The place of death for William's father John W is Buncombe County, North Carolina.  But all the family genealogies of the Strang line of Stillwater, New York, all have the wife as Polly West, excepting a couple that call her Polly Stewart or Mary Stewart (perhaps a second married name).  I have found documentation of this Polly West reporting her birth in New York state.  It remains unclear whether the wife of William Strange of Tennessee was even named Polly West.  If I can find documented info on William Strange's wife, I will add that.

    Only one child, Nancy, is reported in that early Strange genealogy, while al lteh chidlren of William Strang and Polly West of Stillwater, New York are reproted and have memorials in Find A Grave with full dates and places.

    Thus the William Strang and family in the cemetery at Stillwater, New York, has been confused with the Strange line in Jefferson County, Tennessee, apparently due to an error in an early careless genealogy.  The relationship notes in the memorials on Find a Grave for the Strang family in Stillwater indicate that William Strang's parents were William Strang and Abigail Simmons Strang.  Most genealogies have the wife of John W Strange of Tennessee, the father of William Strange, as Abigail Simmons.

    But I have documented Abigail Simmons in New York, and she fits as the wife of William Strang Sr in New York.  Thus the wife of John W and his son both remain unknown.  But the same wife's name is given as Polly West with the same birth and death information as the wife of William Strange, son of John Strange and no name for the wife in sources I have consulted.

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