Peter STRINGHAM

                   Peter, the immigrant, was orphaned at an early age by the death of both parents.  He was raised by a group of Quaker Friends in Hereford.  In May 1677, he joined 230 Quakers who departed for America on the ship "Kent".  On June 16, 1677,they sailed up the Delaware River past what is now Camden, NJ, landing at a small dock on the north bank of Rancocas Creek, now Delanco, NJ.  As Peter disembarked, a local official mistakingly recorded his name as Stringham which has remained the family surname for more than 300 years.

Peter first found work atthe Halstead Rope Company in the nearby village of Beverly, NJ.  The businesswas owned by Joseph and Timothy Halstead.  In 1678, Joseph died leaving a widow, Susannah (Harcourt), and five children, Isabel, Abigail, Hannah, James, and Samuel.  In 1679, Peter married Susannah who died in 1682.  Following the deathof his wife, Peter willed twenty-five pounds to each of her five children.

Peter moved to Long Island, NY, first to the village of Jamaica and later to theHempstead area.  In 1683, he married Anne Owen, daughter of a prominent Welchfamily.  They raised a family of twelve children.