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STRANGE ONE-NAME STUDY
ORIGINS OF THE NAME OF STRANGE
I have been asked this question on numerous occasions but there is no single answer as there are several known origins and probably several yet to be discovered. Hence, the following is but scratching the surface:

1.  From the French connection back in the time when William 1st granted lands to some of his pals and thus began the noble line of Le Strange to whom a few can properly demonstrate lineage.

2.  From mutations of other names such as STRAUNGE, STRANG and some also claim  from STRONG although I have yet to see proof positive of this.  However, a DNA project may well expose some answers.

3.  The most prolific origins are far less inspiring I am afraid; simply if  someone new turned up in a village and he didn't carry a name he may be called "the  stranger" and a new thread was born - I am talking about mediaeval times and earlier here.  In England the most significant areas for this are found in the south, Oxfordshire, Berkshire, Wiltshire, Gloucestershire and Kent.  It is impossible to say how many people started this trend but they soon became mobile with the advent of the railways until by 1901 (from a partial census of England and Wales) there was quite broad coverage with some 1492 males and 1706 females, a total of 3198 along with 40 STRAINGE, nil STRAUNGE and 205 STRANG.

One of the most stated connections that bears no certain proof is between Alexander Strange1663-1670, who went from Bideford, Devon to New Kent, Virginia, USA, and a father John Strange.  The late John Mayer (http://www.arapacana.com/) was not certain about it and doubted if proof would ever be possible.   John said, " we have no idea who John Strange might have been.  Some think he was a ship owner from Bideford, Devon, but there were several other John Stranges in London during the same period."  It would seem that many who claim paternity are convinced that it the parents are John Strange 1631-1685 and Phebe Mitchell 1635 - 1710 as his provides a well proven line back through the Le Strange lordships and baronetcies.  John Mayer also said, "the senior English lines were fairly small, and that the earliest families Extranei of England met with complete extinction at very early dates (1360s, 1592, 1780s).  Heirs male to the heritages de le Strange became so rarefied in England, that their Styleman descendants had to resurrect the surname le Strange by Royal License in the 1830s. ......We need to view our lineages from several perspectives, sometimes resorting to collateral relations, co-residence, and titles, instead of strictly blood-related and descending patrilines."

Until someone comes up with irrefutable proof of this connection then it would be wise for those claimants to temper their enthusiasm and not replicate it yet again. The only possible technique for establishing proof is probably via DNA testing as the Wiltshire record office is seemingly unable to establish record of proof.

John Mayer saw the nub of the research difficulty, "Our Double Problem: Thus, we are faced with a double problem.  Exactly who arrived in Virginia?  Exactly who were the Stranges of Devon?"  There is much conjecture which becomes distorted to purport to be fact with little to substantiate it."

MY ONE NAME STUDY
I am recording here all events concerning those who had the family name of STRANGE, STRAINGE and other associated spellings to form the basis of a freely available one-name study for individual use only.   The records are recorded on the basis of place or type of event rather than personal names or date of events to make recording easy to follow and validate. Researchers can search for particular instances of interest using the site search tool on the home page. 

I have included the source of information and a link try to say who provided it to me whenever this is available to me and strongly encourage all researchers to quote sources at all times..

I shall establish new place identities as information is made available to me and you will see that the breakdown is essentially by county and then by parish. Where the information for a parish becomes considerable I shall progressively open dedicated pages for those parishes.

If you have an interest in the name please contact myself, Mike Strange, using my Contact form and don't forget to join my STRANGE Groups.io mail list:

All documents and files contained in this study are identified and linked to below:
ENGLAND
Bedfordshire
  Toddington
    Joan Kemp Toddington Files:
    1. Details                   2. GEDCOM                    3. STRANGE Wills and Administrations

    4. OSBORN Probate (with STRANGE connections)

Berkshire
     Cholsey
         Cholsey Census 1841-1891
         Family File based on John STRANGE who died in Cholsey 9 July 1786
     Long Wittenham
          STRANGE in Long Wittenham Analysis and Detail
          STRANGE Long Wittenham Memorials
          Will and Inventory of Richard Straing of Long Wittenham, Berkshire - 1718
     Tilehurst
     Berkshire Census
     Berkshire Wills
          Will and Inventory of Jone Strange 1625
          Probate & Inventory Richard Straing 1718
          Will & Probate of John STRAINGE 1780
     Family file based on - marriage in East Hendred of Robert STRANGE to Alse Coxe in 05 June 1560
     Family File based on Anne STRANGE 1793-1877
     The Turville Blacksmith

Buckinghamshire
     Buckinghamshire Wills
     STRANGE in Shalstone

Cambridgeshire
   
William Strange of Linton c1750 - Jonathan Gray
    William Strange of Linton c1750 - Barry Dean
    Descendants by Generation of Jeffrey Cottage 1626 - ?  

Cheshire

Cornwall

Cumberland

Derbyshire

Devon
    17th-century marriages for Sandford, Devon

Dorset
    John Strange of Cerne Abbas
     Will of Grace Strange 1811

Durham, County of

East Anglia - Boyds Marriage Index 1700-1800

Essex
    Sheila Strange's Families in Essex and Cambridgeshire

Gloucestershire
    Strange families of Siston, Abson, Doynton and Bitton, south Gloucestershire GEDCOM and RTF files
    STRANGEs come from the Tormarton Parish Register and from the census data 1841-1891 Excel file

Hampshire

Herefordshire

Hertfordshire

Huntingdonshire

Isle of Wight

Kent
    Will of Edward Strange (1737-1807)
    Tunbridge Wells family from Ed Hanson and Trevor Labey
           Frederick Willliam Strange - Founder of Collegiate Sport Rowing in Japan
    Will Edward Strange 1737-1807
    Family of Albert Strange Artist and Yacht Designer
           GEDCOM file

Lancashire

Leicestershire
    Rob Strange's family
    Rob's Leicestershire records back to 1700

Lincolnshire

London (City of)

Middlesex
    Family tree based on Richard STRAINGE to one Hannah WALSH  December 30, 1707
    Family Tree Frederick Charles Strange, b. 1869 Strand from Terry Strange

Norfolk

Northamptonshire

Northumberland

Nottinghamshire

Oxfordshire Part 1 - Sections 1 to 5
    Banbury
    Benson
    Caversham
           Census Report - Descendants of John STRANGE and Ann HUSGATE
           Outline Descendants Report of John STRANGE and Ann HUSGATE
    Thomas Strange - Clockmaker
    Headington
    Henley-on-Thames
    Oxfordshire Quarter Session Rolls
    Three Chinamen in Oxford
          Will of William Strange The Elder dated 1781
    STRANGE in Oxfordshire 1841 Census
         
William STRANGE with the SLATTER Family in Henley, OXF
    William STRANGE of Watlington 1786 - Judy Brett
        Oxfordshire Probate Records
          Will of Richard STRANGE of Headington 1800

Oxfordshire Part 2 - Sections 6 Families and 7 Oddments

Rutland

Shropshire
    STRANGE of Dudleston from Ian Jolly

Somerset

Staffordshire

Suffolk
    Will of Francis STRANGE of Elmham - 1716
    Will of William STRANGE of Speckshall – 1719
    Will of Susanna STRANGE of Walpole - 1742
    Will of Francis STRANGE of Elmham - 1774
    Will of John STRANGE 1784 and  and Codicil 1790
    Will of Francis STRANGE of South Elmham - 1790
    Will of Rachel STRANGE of Southwold - 1804
    David Vincent Strange Family Tree and Pedigree

Surrey

Sussex

Warwickshire
    Charles Strange 1773 Wiltshire GEDCOM

Wiltshire
    Richard STRANGE of Rodbourne Cheney by Godfrey Bell
    Richard STRANGE of Rodbourne Cheney by Valarie Fairbrass

Worcestershire

Yorkshire

ALL OTHER PLACES

Australia

Canada

France

India

Ireland

New Zealand

Scotland

USA
     USA National World War 2 Memorial - Washington DC
     Outline descendant tree John W STRANGE b c1791 North Carolina
     Genealogy report based on John W. STRANGE
     Descendants of William Strange b 1732 York VA
     Kitty Megonnigil's STRANGE Tree
     Will of James STRANGE VA 1808.

Wales

The Rest of the World
   
OTHER SOURCES
Wills, Administrations, Bonds and Probate
   Perogative Court of Canturbury Wills Index from 1383 to 1857
      Will of John Strainge, Gentleman of Lechlade, Gloucestershire 1714
      Will of William Strange, Chinaman of Oxford, Oxfordshire 1781
      Will of Ann Strange, Wife of Abingdon, Berkshire 1830
      Will of Sarah Strange, Wife of Banbury, Oxfordshire 1831
      Will of John Strange, Yeoman of Ampney Crucis, Gloucestershire 1836
      Will of Thomas Strange, Lieutenant in the Royal Navy of Appleford, BRK 1853
      Will of Mary Elizabeth Strange, Wife of Abingdon, Berkshire 1857
   Probate Calendar of Wills and Administrations 1858 to 1953
   Bank of England Wills

Miscellany   A collection of centralized sources and oddments
   Society of Genealogists - Document Collection
   STRANGE in England 1881
   Vicar-General Marriage Licence Allegations Index (1694-1850)
   Faculty Office Marriage Licence Allegations
   Boyd's Marriage Index
   The Proceedings of the Old Bailey London 1674 to 1834
   Ancestral File - 1918 Extractions
   The Fallen in WW1 and WW2
   The British Journal of Nursing and Royal College of Nursing

   Outlines - A collection of STRANGE family outline descendant outline trees where people were very mobile
   Wish List - An opportunity for identifying those events still to be found
   Family Ties - A collection of contributors links

SOME NOTABLE NAMES
Frederick William Strange - Founder of Collegiate Sport Rowing in Japan
  
Dr William Heath Strange - Founder of Hampstead Hospital
 
Peter Strange - Trombonist
 
Various People