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Ogden, daughter of John and Judith
(Budd) Og-den. She died in 1742. He
was the son of Francis Purdy (sometimes
spelled "Pardee"), who was born in Eng-
land in 1610, and came to America in
1635. He died in Fairfield, Connecticut,
in 1658. He married Mary Brundage,
daughter of John Brundage, of Wethers-
field, Connecticut. Joseph Purdy was a
leading man in his community ; he served
as justice of the peace, 1702 ; as super-
visor of the town, 1707-08; for several
terms was representative in the General
Assembly. He purchased land at North
Castle, where many of his descendants
settled. His will is dated October 5,
1709.
(HI) Major Joseph Strang, son of Daniel
(2) and Phebe (Purdy) Strang, was
born February 27, 1725, and died August
2, 1794. He served as lieutenant under
Captain John Verplanck in the French
War of 1757. On October 19, 1775, he
was commissioned major of the Third or
North Manor of Cortlandt Regiment under
Colonel Pierre Van Cortlandt. His
house, which was being used as a court
house at the time, was burned by the
British, June 3, 1779. He married for
his second wife, Anne Haight, born December
12, 1734, and died June 30, 1796,
daughter of Jonathan Haight, of Cort-
landt Manor, New York.
(IV) Dr. Samuel Strang, son of Major
Joseph and Anne (Haight) Strang, was
born November 18, 1768, and died January
I, 1832. He was a physician. On
December 31, 1795, he married Catharine
White, born May 30, 1773, or 1778, and
died December 30, 1832, daughter of Dr.
Ebenezer White, who was a surgeon in
the New York Militia during the Revolution.
He was born in Southampton, Long
Island, September 3, 1746, son of Rev.
Sylvanus White, who was pastor of the
Presbyterian church there for about fifty
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years. Dr. White married, March 19,
1772, Helena Barstow, daughter of Theophilus
and Bathsheba (Pell) Barstow.
Dr. White died in Yorktown, March 8,
1827.
(V) Joseph White Strang, son of Dr.
Samuel and Catharine (White) Strang,
was born December 7, 1797, and died in
Yonkers, New York, June 4, 1864. He
was a lawyer and resided most of his life
in Peekskill, New York, where he took an
active part in public afifairs. He was the
first man chosen president of the village.
On September 3, 1821, he married Elizabeth
Morgan Belcher, born October 4,
1801, and died in Yonkers, New York,
December 22, 1877, daughter of Dr. Elisha
Belcher, a physician. Joseph White and
Elizabeth Morgan (Belcher) Strang were
the parents of the following children
Samuel A-, Matilda, Josephine A., Lydia,
Edgar A., mentioned below ; William
Belcher.
Dr. Elisha Belcher, father of Elizabeth
Morgan (Belcher) Strang, was born
March 7, 1757, and married Lydia Rey-
nolds. His father. Captain William Bel-
cher, was born August 29, 1731. He re-
sided in Preston, Connecticut, where he
died in his seventieth year. He commanded
a company during the Revolu-
tion. He married, April 23, 1752, Desire,
born February 27, 1736, died May 15,
1801, daughter of Captain Daniel and
Elizabeth (Gates) Morgan. Captain
Daniel Morgan was born April 16, 1712,
and died October 16, 1773. He married,
September 24, 1730, Elizabeth Gates,
born March i, 1713, died February 11,
1793, daughter of Joseph Gates, of Preston.
James Morgan, father of Captain
Daniel Morgan, was born about 1680, and
died in Preston. His estate was inventoried
November 7, 1721. His father was
Captain John Morgan, who was born
March 30, 1645 ; about 1692 he became a
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