Gabriel Purdy (1754-1841) of the 5th generation was the son of Samuel of the 4th generation. He married five wives: (1) Charity Purdy, (2) Esther Angevine, (3) Elizabeth Richardson, (4) Esther Knight and (5) Ann Aitkins. He was the father of between fourteen and seventeen children. He joined the British at the time of the Battle of White Plains. He left for Nova Scotia, Canada in 1783. Several generations of ancestors and descendants are given.

Gabriel Purdy (1721-1803) of the 4th generation was the son of Samuel Purdy (1685-1753) of the 3rd generation and (1) Clorinda Penelope Strang, the daughter of Daniel and Charlotte LeMaistre Strang of White Planes, New York. He was Captain of a Loyalist Company. He married Bethia Miller (1728-1809), daughter of Anthony Miller and Hannah Ganung. He moved his family to Annapolis, MD in 1784. They were the parents of eleven children. He died at Digby, Nova Scotia and was buried in the Parish of Clements Cemetery at Clementsport. Several generations of ancestors and descendants are given.

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Daniel L'Estrange of Orleans, France there married Charlotte LeMeste (the surname was anglicized to Streing, Strang, Strain). As Huguenot refugees, they immigrated in 1688 to New Rochelle and later Rye, New York. He died about 1710.