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(18 Apr 1735 - 11 Jun 1812)
Gabriel Strang, Sr., was the first of our ancestors to have the name a s w e k now it today. In the 1740's the name was changed from Streng or S t re ing to Strang and has been that way ever since. Gabriel was born 1 4 J u ne 1729 in White Plains, New York. He married Hannah Clements in 1 75 0 , the daughter of Johannes Clements. Gabriel was a Whig and at the s a m e time with his brother, Joseph, went into as a Lieutenant, the Provi n c ial Service in the War of 1757 where he served in the Campaigns made a g a inst the Indian on the Northern Frontiers. At the end of the Campaign h e c a me home ill and died soon thereafter. He was also a Lt. in the Fren ch & I n dian War. Gabriel farmed in the Clove, D. C., a rugged section o f te r rain near Fishkill, NY. In 1753 he witnessed the will of John Cov enh o ven at Bushwick, Long Island, New York. Covenhoven's children incl ud e d a son named Gabriel. The family manuscript states that Gabriel an d h i s brother, Joseph, saw action in the bateau service as lieutenants u n d er John Ver Planck during the French and Indian War. Neither brother ' s n ame appears on the muster rolls that have survived. After the succ e s ses in Canada in 1759-1760, Gabriel is said to have joined the first E n g lish expedition to Fort Michelmackinac. If that is so, Gabriel serve d w i th the famed ROGERS' RANGERS. In September 1761 a detachment of Ra ng e rs under Captain Henry Balfour occupied the fort on present day Mack i n ac Island, Michigan, which was then left under the command of a Lieut e n ant Leslie. Gabriel, Sr., enlisted in the Continental Army, organize d i n J une 1775 and served under George Washington, Commander. Wynkoop's a n d J ames Strang's accounts agree that Gabriel returned from his soldier i n g mortally ill but it is unclear as to whether he died at his mother' s h o use in Cortlandt Manor (now Yorktown) or Johnson Hall, the manor ho us e o f Sir William Johnson, near Albany. Wynkoop says Cortlandt Manor; S t r ang says Johnson Hall. That is a mystery that perhaps you can solve s o m e day. Hannah's death may have preceded that of Gabriel. It is kno w n t hat their orphaned sons were taken to Saratoga County by Clement's f a m ily relatives at an early age, perhaps in 1761 after the death of the i r g randmother, Phebe Purdy Strang. According to family tradition/legen d , w hen Gabriel left for the wars he buried his household effects, incl u d ing the furniture, against marauding parties of Indians and seeded th e g r ound in turnips. On his return, he dug up his possessions and cong ra t ulated himself on his foresight, for many of his neighbors' houses h a d b een pillaged and burned to the ground. If true, this must have occ u r red between the Canadian campaign and the expedition to Michigan, for h e w o uld seem to have been in no condition for such an excavating job wh en h e s truggled back from Fort Michelmackinac. Gabriel inherited the S ton y S treet Farm from his father but he died in 1761 before he was ever a b l e to live on it. Gabriel, Sr., and Hannah Clements had two sons: 1)Wi l l iam born in 1752 and 2)Gabriel, Jr., b. 14 June 1755 -- MERGED NOTE ------------ Gabriel Strang, Sr., was the first of our ancestors to have the name a s w e k now it today. In the 1740's the name was changed from Streng or S t re ing to Strang and has been that way ever since. Gabriel was born 1 4 J u ne 1729 in White Plains, New York. He married Hannah Clements in 1 75 0 , the daughter of Johannes Clements. Gabriel was a Whig and at the s a m e time with his brother, Joseph, went into as a Lieutenant, the Provi n c ial Service in the War of 1757 where he served in the Campaigns made a g a inst the Indian on the Northern Frontiers. At the end of the Campaign h e c a me home ill and died soon thereafter. He was also a Lt. in the Fren ch & I n dian War. Gabriel farmed in the Clove, D. C., a rugged section o f te r rain near Fishkill, NY. In 1753 he witnessed the will of John Cov enh o ven at Bushwick, Long Island, New York. Covenhoven's children incl ud e d a son named Gabriel. The family manuscript states that Gabriel an d h i s brother, Joseph, saw action in the bateau service as lieutenants u n d er John Ver Planck during the French and Indian War. Neither brother ' s n ame appears on the muster rolls that have survived. After the succ e s ses in Canada in 1759-1760, Gabriel is said to have joined the first E n g lish expedition to Fort Michelmackinac. If that is so, Gabriel serve d w i th the famed ROGERS' RANGERS. In September 1761 a detachment of Ra ng e rs under Captain Henry Balfour occupied the fort on present day Mack i n ac Island, Michigan, which was then left under the command of a Lieut e n ant Leslie. Gabriel, Sr., enlisted in the Continental Army, organize d i n J une 1775 and served under George Washington, Commander. Wynkoop's a n d J ames Strang's accounts agree that Gabriel returned from his soldier i n g mortally ill but it is unclear as to whether he died at his mother' s h o use in Cortlandt Manor (now Yorktown) or Johnson Hall, the manor ho us e o f Sir William Johnson, near Albany. Wynkoop says Cortlandt Manor; S t r ang says Johnson Hall. That is a mystery that perhaps you can solve s o m e day. Hannah's death may have preceded that of Gabriel. It is kno w n t hat their orphaned sons were taken to Saratoga County by Clement's f a m ily relatives at an early age, perhaps in 1761 after the death of the i r g randmother, Phebe Purdy Strang. According to family tradition/legen d , w hen Gabriel left for the wars he buried his household effects, incl u d ing the furniture, against marauding parties of Indians and seeded th e g r ound in turnips. On his return, he dug up his possessions and cong ra t ulated himself on his foresight, for many of his neighbors' houses h a d b een pillaged and burned to the ground. If true, this must have occ u r red between the Canadian campaign and the expedition to Michigan, for h e w o uld seem to have been in no condition for such an excavating job wh en h e s truggled back from Fort Michelmackinac. Gabriel inherited the S tony S t reet Farm from his father but he died in 1761 before he was ever a ble t o l ive on it. Gabriel, Sr., and Hannah Clements had two sons: 1)Wi llia m b orn in 1752 and 2)Gabriel, Jr., b. 14 June 1755
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| Birth | 18 Apr 1735 | White Plains, Westchester, New York, United States | | | |
| Death | 11 Jun 1812 | Stillwater, Saratoga, New York, United States | | | |
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