... 27. Daniel Streing11, Rye.
"Gentleman." Leaves to wife Charlotte use of goods for life. The estate after her death to go to my children (not named) "except £5 extraordinary to my son Daniel."
Witnesses. OLIVER BESBY, ISAAC MESSIER, ORLANDO PAYNE
Dated Feb. 11, 1706. Liber 7. P. 374.
11 This name, sometimes written "Strang," is a sad corruption of the original form of L'Estrange. Daniel L'Estrange was born in Paris, 1656. He married Charlotte, daughter of Francis Hubart, and had children Daniel, Henry, Gabriel, Penelope, wife of Samuel Purdy; Mary, wife of John Budd, and Lucy, wife of ___ Davis.
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[cos1776 Note of Caution: Later researchers dispute some of this information. It is included here for analysis and comparison with primary documentation where possible.]