Notes on William B. Strother II
William Strother died in 1726, leaving a will dated 7 April 1726 that was presented to the King George County Court on 1 July 1726 (King George
County, Virginia Order Book 1721-1734, page 320 - FHL microfilm 0,032,054). The will specifically identifies a son named Francis, as well as sons named
Benjamin, George, William, and Anthony, and a daughter named Margaret (deceased). (King George County, Virginia Will Book A-1, 1721-1752, pages
40-41).
William Strother was born probably 1665-75. He was a planter, and lived at the original seat of his father, now in King George Co. On Dec. 20, 17I8, there was patented to Wm. Cocke, Chicheley Corbin Thacker, Francis Thornton, Jr., and Wm.
Strother, 6,000 acres of land in St. Mary's parish, Essex county (now Spottsylvania), beginning on a great swamp called Massaponnax, about three miles from the Falls of the Rappahannock. He was a vestryman of Hanover parish and married Margaret,
b. April 2, 1678, dau of Francis Thornton and his wife Alice, dau of Capt. Anthony Savage, of Gloucester Co. In I722, he gave to his son "Will" Strother, Jr., the land devised him by his father, except what had been sold to John Strother. On July
26, 1726, his will was admitted to probate, and his widow qualified as exrx, but the first Will Book (I720-1744) of King George Co. containing it was lost during the late war.
William and Margaret were good friends and neighbors of Augustine Washington, father of George Washington.
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