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The earliest immigration documents recording the arrival of Stricklands in the colonies are of 3 men, all of whom arrived in the northern colonies and who remained there. (These are believed to be the progenators of the "northern" Strickland line.)
The first such arrival was in 1631 when John Strickland arrived in Massachusetts. Three years later, Edward Strickland arrived in Connecticut. In 1650, Thwaite Strickland arrived in Massachusetts. Thwaite is the person most often identified as the earliest "northern" Strickland line ancestor.
Although there could certainly have been many more Strickland immigrations in these early days of the colony, however, we can only go by the records which have survived. The next recorded arrivals took place in the sourthern colonies. In 1655, 25 years after the first recorded northern colony arrivals, Mary and Robert Strickland arrived from Britstol and settled in Lower Norfolk, Virginia. Only four more Stricklands are recorded arriving in the next ten year period up to 1665. All these persons were settled in Virginia.
It was not until 1678, with a document claiming headrights, that we learn of the presence in the Virginia coloy of a Matthew Strickland.
The Strickland family of Sizergh (Cambria, England) has a long recorded history dating back to the 1200s. This family was upperclass, owning Sizergh castle, now owned by the historical society. The Strickland family aligned with the castle have long kept detailed genealogical records which show no family member emigrating to the colonies. Therefore, it is unlikely that any Strickland in the US are related to that family. However, other Stricklands lived in the area near the castle, in Westmorland / Crosswaithe in the Cambria area. These Stricklands were farmers. These Stricklands had more reason to leave England to seek better opportunities and it is most likely that from these Stricklands we descend.
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