Individual Details
Francis Thornton Strother "of Rush River"
(1 Aug 1700 - Aft 17 Apr 1751)
On Jan. 22, 1745, William Coleman conveyed to Francis Strother of St. Martin's Parish, Hanover Co, 583 1-3 acres in St. Mark's Parish, Orange Co., near the county seat of the present Rappahannock Co.
Here he removed and settled close by his son John, until his death in 1852 (Crozier 225).
Events
| Birth | 1 Aug 1700 | Virginia, British America |  |  | |
| Marriage | Abt 1720 | Susannah Dabney | | ||
| Will | 17 Apr 1751 | Virginia, British America | | ||
| Death | Aft 17 Apr 1751 | | |||
| Probate | 6 Apr 1752 | Culpeper, Virginia, British America | |
Families
| Spouse | Susannah Dabney (1698 - ) |
| Child | John Dabney Strother (1721 - 1795) |
| Child | William Dabney Strother IV "of Orange" (1726 - 1808) |
| Child | Anthony Strother (1725 - 1777) |
| Child | Lieut Francis Strother ( - ) |
| Child | George Strother ( - 1797) |
| Child | Robert Strother ( - ) |
| Child | Elizabeth Strother (1744 - 1830) |
| Child | Mary Strother ( - ) |
| Child | Betheland Strother ( - ) |
| Child | Susannah Dabney Strother (1740 - 1811) |
| Child | Margaret Strother ( - ) |
| Father | William Strother III (1652 - 1727) |
| Mother | Margaret Thornton (1678 - 1727) |
| Sibling | William Strother IV (1697 - 1732) |
| Sibling | Benjamin Strother (1706 - 1789) |
| Sibling | Anthony Strother (1710 - 1765) |
Notes
Birth
probably born in Richmond, now King George Co.Will
His will mentions wife Susannah; sons John, George, Anthony, Robert and Francis, and daughters Mary Behethland, Elizabeth and Susannah.Endnotes
1. Dupuy, B. H., The Huguenot Bartholomew Dupuy and his descendants (Louisville: Courier-Journal Job Print. Co., 1908, 457 pgs.), p. 290.
2. William Armstrong Crozier, Howard Randolph Bayne, The Buckners of Virginia: and the allied families of Strother and Ashby (New York: Genealogical Association, 1907), 225; digital images, Google Books (http://books.google.com : accessed 21 December 2010.
3. Railey, William Edward, Brief sketches of the Randolphs and their connections : the Woodsons, the Keiths, the Strothers, the Pleasants and the Mayos : also, a brief sketch of the Owsleys and the Whitleys (Frankfort, Ky.: Roberts Print. Co., 1929?, 170 pgs.), p. 88.
4. Dupuy, B. H., The Huguenot Bartholomew Dupuy and his descendants (Louisville: Courier-Journal Job Print. Co., 1908, 457 pgs.), p. 290.
5. Louise Pecquet du Bellet, Edward Jaquelin, Martha Cary Jaquelin, Some prominent Virginia families: Volume 4 (Lynchburg, Virginia: J.P. Bell company (inc.), 1907), 70; digital images, ( : accessed 21 December 2010.
6. William Armstrong Crozier, Howard Randolph Bayne, The Buckners of Virginia: and the allied families of Strother and Ashby (New York: Genealogical Association, 1907), 225; digital images, Google Books (http://books.google.com : accessed 21 December 2010.
7. Wm E Railey, "The Strothers," Register of Kentucky State Historical Society, 16 (1918) (http://books.google.com : accessed 22 December 2010).