John Alloway Strange Sr (1727 - 1811)

Born 15 Feb 1727 in Goochland County, Virginia Colony

Husband of Anne (Mitchell) Strange — married about 3 May 1742 in New Kent Co., VA [uncertain]

Husband of Mildred Ann (Barnett) Strange — married about 1782 in Fluvanna County, Virginia, United States

Descendants

Died 2 Oct 1811 at age 84 in Fluvanna, Virginia, United States

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John Strange Sr performed Patriotic Service in Virginia in the American Revolution.

John Strange Sr is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A202286.

Alloway is the MIDDLE name, not a hyphenated last name.

Biography

John was born in 1727. He passed away in 1811.

According to John Mayer's book, Extraneous: Liber X, The Alloway Strange, 2nd edition, p. 24, he served in the Revolution in the 5th Virginia Regiment.

He was a plantation owner with most of his property located at Oak Hill, Albemarle County, Virginia. John first appears at Albemarle County, Virginia, and later at Fluvanna County which was formed from Albemarle in 1777. He owned over 3,000 acres. This area was the frontier. Homes were made of logs. The principal crop was tobacco, cultivated by slaves. In 1767 he was one of the executors of the estate of his brother-in-law Thomas Mitchell.^[1] In December 1779 he had a patent for 200 acres on Ballenger Creek.

His first wife died about 1781 and in 1782 he re-married. Also in 1782 he bought another 200 acres in Fluvanna County. The census of that year shows six whites and 11 blacks in his household. In 1786 he was one of the executors of his father-in-law, John Barnett's, will. He appears on the 1787 tax list of Fluvanna County, along with an Abner Alloway who was probably his son of that name.

In 1778 he had been a Vestryman of the Established Church, but seems to have become a Baptist after the disestablishment of the Anglican Church in 1789. On 3 July 1795 John A. Strange and his son-in-law Benjamin Bowles were elected Deacons of Lyles Baptist Church in Fluvanna County, Virginia, and his name appears in their records as a frequent contributor.

John married Ann (Mitchell) Strange on May 3, 1742 in, probably, Goochland County (Albemarle was formed from Goochland in 1744). Together they had the following children:

Archelaus Strange;

Mary Alloway (Strange) Bell;

Rebecca Alloway (Strange) Sanders;

Martha (Strange) Chambers;

John Alloway Strange;

Abraham Alloway-Strange;

Abner Strange;

Frances Alloway (Strange) Bowles

John later married Mildred Ann (Barnett) Strange. Together they had the following children:

George Strange;

Sally Maria Alloway Strange;

Col. Gideon Alloway Strange;

William Claiborne Alloway Strange.

John A. Strange made his own will on 7 June 1810, and it was proved 28 October 1811.^[2] His will gave 600 acres, including the plantation house and other houses and mills on the same tract, to his widow Mildred until her death or remarriage and then to his son Gideon. He gave a house and lot in Bernardsburg to his grandson Jesse. He gave to an Elizabeth Bragg, who was living in his household, a horse and saddle and confirmed a previous gift of a featherbed and furniture, all to be delivered to her when she turned 21 or married. Because John was executor for his son-in-law Samuel Bell and had advanced his grandson John Bell his share of Samuel's estate, he required that his grandson waive any further claims for the Samuel Bell estate and provide title to a slave, Judy, which Alloway had purchased from the estate. Finally John Alloway gave the slave Judy to his widow. Except for these provisions, the estate was to be divided according to law. His heirs are listed in Fluvanna County VA Deed Book 6, Fluvanna County, Virginia, 15 Oct 1813, pp. 491- 495, also available online.^[3]

Some of his children moved west in the late 1700s, some using the name Alloway but most using the name Alloway Strange. Records pertaining to John and his descendents are found under both names.

Sources

1. ↑ Amherst Co VA Will Book 1 page 113-114, familysearch.org
2. ↑ Fluvanna Co VA Will Book 1808-1823, page 89, ancestry.com
3. ↑ Fluvanna County VA Deed Book 6 pp 491-495

• Arapacana Press Author: John R. Mayer. Publisher: Arapacana Press 2001.
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/122399677/john-alloway-strange
• Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Ancestor # A202286.
• McDonald, William Lindsey, Judi Letters. Heart of Dixie Publishing, 2008. Pages 54-55.
• https://www.geni.com/people/John-Strange/6000000003828078266
• https://www.bernethy-eby-scribner.com/getperson.php?personID=I520078360&tree=Eby
• https://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/strange/937/
• http://www.geocities.ws/Heartland/Prairie/7530/outline.html
• https://freepages.rootsweb.com/~donegalstrongs/genealogy/dnaresults.htm