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    Strangways, Nicholas

    Male - Bef 1649


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    • Name Strangways, Nicholas 
      Born Of Melbury Sampford, Dorset, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
      Gender Male 
      Died Bef 1649  Of Abbotsbury, Dorsetshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
      Person ID I03063  My Genealogy
      Last Modified 16 Jun 2015 

      Father Strangways, John,   b. Abt 1552, Of Melbury, Dorset, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1593, Of Melbury, Dorset, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 41 years) 
      Mother Thynne, Dorothy,   b. Abt 1560, Of Longleat, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. 25 Sep 1592, Melbury Osmond, Dorset, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 32 years) 
      Married Abt 1580  England Find all individuals with events at this location 
      Family ID F01081  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

      Family Trenchard, Anne,   b. Abt 1585, Of Charminster, Dorest, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1623, Abbotsbury, Dorset, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 39 years) 
      Children 
       1. Strangways, John  [Natural]
       2. Strangways, George,   c. 19.02.1617/18, Abbotsbury, Dorset, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Aug 1695, Dorset, England Find all individuals with events at this location
       3. Strangways, Nicholas,   b. Abt 1620, Of Melbury Sampford, Dorset, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Oct 1676, Oxfordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 56 years)
       4. Strangways, Elizabeth,   b. Abt 1630, Of Melbury Sampford, Dorset, England Find all individuals with events at this location
      Family ID F01083  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    • Notes 
      • Norton of Abbots Leigh, etc. DD\SAS\C/795/BK/19 1618 1 doc
        Contents: Agreement: Nicholas Botiller of Devizes(co.Wilts.)esq., and wife Margt., and Geo.Norton of Abbots Leigh, esq., and Nich.Strangways of Melbury Sampford (co.Dorset), esq; reciting that Botiller has delivered £1000 to Norton, etc., of which £300 has been repaid; and agreeing that the remaining £700 is to be held to the benefit of Botiller and his wife, and their children. 17 Nov.16 Jas.I [Also listed by Winstanley as APD 94].

        Administration of Nicholas Strangways (D/SEY/JP/274) file24 Feb 1648/9

        General release. (1) John, Nicholas, Elizabeth and Dorothy Strangways, sons and daughters of Nicholas Strangways of Abbotsbury, esq, (deceased), (2) George Strangways, gentleman, brother of (1), All claims to (estate in Abbotsbury?). Signature(s) (1). Witness(es) Nicholas Wale, Joseph Masters and John Pitts. (D/SEY/JP/269) file25 Mar 1649
        Will of Nicholas Strangways, Gentleman of University of Oxford, Oxfordshire 27 November 1676 PROB 11/352 Son ?nephew?

        Marriage settlement. (1) John King of Sherborne, gentleman and Elizabeth his wife, (2) Thomas Bagley of St Martins in the fields, Middlesex, gentleman, (3) George Strangways of Abbotsbury, gentleman, Nicholas Strangways of the same, gentleman, brothers of said Elizabeth and William Fauntleroy of Fauntleroys Marsh in Folke, gentleman. Land in Somerset. Signature(s) George Strangways. Witness(es) William Fry, John Pitts and Henry Bestland. (D/SEY/JP/59) file1 Nov 1653

        History of Parliament Online:
        Strangways’s father, the youngest brother of Sir John Strangways , was a sea-captain and unsuccessful privateer. ..