From Forerunners: A History or Genealogy of the Strickler Families Their Kith and Kin, by Harry M. Strickler (Harrisonburg, Virginia: 1925), pp. pp. 217-218:

II. Joseph Strickler, (s. Abraham, the pioneer), b. 1731-1795 m. (1) Barbara m-(2) (according to the Miley Notes) a Miss Stickley. The ch. without dates of birth are 1st. set of children probably.

The Miley notes state that Abraham's mother was a Miss Stickley.

Marriage records of Shenandoah County disclose the following:

Barbara Strickler m. John Heaston, 1795

Barbara Strickler m. John Snider, 1793

Ann Strickler m. George Roadcap 1797

Ann Strickler m. Wm. Grimsley 1791

Ann Strickler m. David Beaver 1795

It is likely that Barbara Strickler, daughter of the above Joseph, married either John Heaston or John Snider, and that Ann married one of the three above. Her age would favor Geo. Roadcap. Daniel Strickler died young, leaving a will in which he mentions his sister Margaret, wife of Thomas Jones. One of the witnesses is a Beaver. This circumstance favors David Beaver as the wife of his sister, Ann Strickler.

Joseph Strickler left a will, and he mentions all his ten children, none of whom seem to have been married at this time, April, 1795, and his wife Barbara. This circumstance would eliminate John Snider, who married a Barbara Strickler in 1793, from being a son-in-law of Joseph Strickler. The same reasoning would eliminate Wm. Grimsley and David Beaver as he was married in March 1795. I have found no record of Turah's marriage. He calls her Torothe. He also provides for Christina Swygers if she should never be in need. A party by this name owned land adjoining Joseph.

Joseph Strickler lived in upper Egypt on part of the thousand acre tract purchased in 1735 by his father Abraham from Jacob Stover. In 1754 Fairfax conveys this same land to Joseph Strickler, evidently his share in his father's estate, it having been discovered that the land was on Fairfax's Domain and title had been derived by his father thru Jacob Stover from the Colony of Virginia, and hence this deed from Fairfax was evidently made to clear the cloud from the title. Elder R. T. Strickler, a great-grandson of Joseph, still lives on a part of the tract, and his brick residence is located near the site of the old Joseph Strickler home hard by a cool spring near the public road. The Elder has posession of the old Fairfax deed. The owners of this tract to the present day are as follows:

The burying ground of this family is some distance south of the house in the field, and it is supposed that Joseph, the first, is buried here.

The Virginia Census of 1783 gives Joseph Strickler a family of ten, presumably himself, his wife, and eight children. Two of his children had not been born at this time. The children whose birth dates are not given were probably born between 1750 and 1770, being children by his first wife.

Joseph Strickler's will was made April 23, 1795, signed, sealed, and delivered in the presence of John Strickler, John Roads, and George Koontz, and was probated in September, 1795. Abraham Strickler qualified as executor, with Isaac Strickler and David Kauffman as sureties. Joseph signed in German. The will mentions all children -- Margaret and Catherine as youngest, -- and wife Barbara.

By this the list of children he gives would indicate that only Abraham, Mary, Turah, and Elizabeth were Barbara's children. However, Daniel's will indicates that he is Barbara's son, and Margaret, Catherine, and Joseph were his sisters and brother.