Cnut
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• REFERENCE: BD

1.  I HAROLD
2.  SWEIN

1.  Harthacnut

Christopher STRAIT
1739 - 14-JUN-1816

• BIRTH: 1739, Somerset Co, New Jersey
• BAPTISM: Fishing Creek Church, Chester Co, SC
• DEATH: 14-JUN-1816, Chester Co, SC
• BURIAL: Fishing Creek Church, Chester Co, SC

• OCCUPATION: Planter, blacksmith
  

• REFERENCE: Sketch/Strait

• MARRIAGE: C1761, Baskingridge, Somerset Co., NJ

1. +Margaret Manesse STRAIT
2. +George STRAIT
3. +John STRAIT
4. +Mary STRAIT
5. +James STRAIT , Sr.
6. +Leonard STRAIT
7.  Sarah Lynn STRAIT
8. +Elizabeth STRAIT
9.  Christopher STRAIT , Jr.
10.  Christopher STRAIT , Jr.

• MARRIAGE: 1794, ca South Carolina

                                                                _Johann Leonhardt STREIT _+
                                                               | (1618 - 1684)            
                                     _Johann Christian STREIT _|
                                    | (1672 - ....) m 1710     |
                                    |                          |_Anna Maria STREIT _______
                                    |                            (1632 - ....)            
 _Johann Leonhardt (Streit) STRAIT _|
| (1720 - 1780) m 1739              |
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|                                   |_Maria Ursula SCHMIDT ____|
|                                     (1682 - ....) m 1710     |
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|--Christopher STRAIT 
|  (1739 - 1816)
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[1746] Was a member of the Fishing Creek Church, Chester Co, SC. Ref. AWR Patriot Index for AWR service. Was granted property on 28 October 1765 by William Tryon, Dist Gov of NC in the Chester District, SC. Some say that Christopher Strait's stepmother was Mrs Mary Remer. In his family bible the surname is spelled Stright.

Christopher StraitA successful planter of cotton & corn and was a blacksmith.He was a tall, fine-looking man.Married 1st: Mary Huddleson2nd: Margaret Patton-no issue3rd: Mrs. Rosannah Gray Wylie StinsonThe Strait family lived southwest of the Fishing Creek Presbyterian Church, Chester Co., SC approximately 3-4 miles close to the old Saluda Road (today SC Hwy 72) just south of the South Fork of Fishing Creek. This area is roughly mid way between Chester and Rock Hill, SC.Christopher was a soldier and patriot during the American Revolutionary War. Was a blacksmith (shodhorses) for the army & furnished supplies. Served under Capt. Philip Walker, 75 day. Served under Capts. Allen Hagen & John Mills, 89 days. - DAR application of Annie Lee "Ann Porter Randall."Received 25 pounds fifteen shillings & eight pence sterling for sundries for Continentals & Militiause on 21 Jan 1785. - Stub Entries to Indents, Books L-N; A. S. Salley Jr., 1910.