Daniel was handsomely rewarded with property. His father left him five houses on Stride’s Row and two houses on Victory Street, which included an additional ‘plot of ground, a stable, a coal shed, a workshop and a garden’. William Stride’s daughter, Sarah Ann Snook, who had made her life only three doors down from her father, was also favoured with two houses on Stride’s Row. John’s affluent brother, Edward, who had remained in Sheerness, trained as a surgeon and became the star of the family, was bequeathed a house on Stride’s Row as well.12 John received nothing, not even a mention or
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