Jesse Strang UEL (abt. 1763 - bef. 1836)

Born about 1763 in White Plains, Westchester, New York

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah Wright — married 24 Oct 1787 in Bedeque, Prince Edward Island

Descendants

Died before Jun 1836 before about age 73 in North Bedeque, Prince, Prince Edward Island

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Biography

Jesse Strang was a United Empire Loyalist.
UEL Status:Proven
Date: Undated

Jesse Strang was born about 1763 in Westchester County, New York, probably to Mary Strang and unknown father (likely Unknown Tompkins per DNA testing). He died between 11 Jun 1836 and 23 Jun 1836 in Bedeque, Prince, Prince Edward Island. ^{[1] [2][3]}

In 1784, Jesse traveled in the company of his mother and her husband, Jacob Silliker, and their family, first to Nova Scotia but then to the Island of Saint John.^[4]He received a grant of land on Lot 25 in what is now Bedeque, Prince, Prince Edward Island.

He married Sarah Wright in 1787.^[5]

Jesse's will was probated on 24 Jun 1836.^[6] He was buried before July 1836 in Bedeque.

Research Notes

• UEL Association database entry: https://uelac.ca/loyalist-directory/detail/?wpda_search_column_id=8181

Sources

1. ↑ Jones, Orlo, and Doris Muncey Haslam. 1983. An Island refuge: Loyalists and disbanded troops on the Island of Saint John. Charlottetown, P.E.I.: Abegweit Branch of the United Empire Loyalist Association of Canada.
2. ↑ Graves, Ross Gordon. 1973. William Schurman, loyalist, of Bedeque, Prince Edward Island, and his descendants. Summerside, P.E.I.: H.B. Schurman. http://catalog.hathitrust.org/api/volumes/oclc/1089366.html.
3. ↑ Charles Alfred Strange, The Strangs of Westchester',' (New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, 1967-1972, 1980)
4. ↑ Ward Chipman Papers; Loyalist Musters, 1776-1784; (M.G. 23, D 1, Series 1) Page 130; Discharged and Disbanded Soldiers & Loyalists, arrived from Shelburne at Charlottetown 1784
5. ↑ Doris Haslam, The Wrights of Bedeque, Prince Edward Island: a Loyalist Family (Summerside, Prince Edward Island: Privately Published, 1978)
6. ↑ Probate records, 1807-1958,, Prince Edward Island. Probate Court , Will Book 3, 119, FamilySearch microfilm 861201

• Death of son Nathaniel Strang: "Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1925"
  citing Digital film/folder number: 004223250; FHL microfilm: 960226; Record number: 254; Packet letter: A
  FamilySearch Record: N7KD-9XB (accessed 25 August 2023)
  FamilySearch Image: S3HY-6F79-54P Image number 762
  Jesse in death record for son Nathaniel Strang 5 Jul 1884 in Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States.
• Death of son Joseph Strang: "Minnesota Deaths and Burials, 1835-1990"
  citing Digital film/folder number: 004223158; FHL microfilm: 2117551; Record number: 86; Packet letter: A
  FamilySearch Record: FD6X-72P (accessed 25 August 2023)
  Jesse in death record for son Joseph Strang 19 Oct 1905 in Alexandria, Douglas, Minnesota, United States.
• Death of son Joseph Strang: "Minnesota Deaths, 1887-2001"
  citing Digital film/folder number: 004223158; Record number: 0
  FamilySearch Record: WGRQ-3PPZ (accessed 25 August 2023)
  FamilySearch Image: S3HT-64KG-VR Image number 02093
  Jesse in death record for son Joseph Strang 19 Oct 1905 in Alexandria, Douglas, Minnesota, United States.

Acknowledgements

Thank you to:

• Bryan Nuss
• Alec Purdy
• Elva (Parker) Conners
• Alexander Weeks

For providing information on Jesse.