Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.
STRING
As described in historical dictionaries
Patronymica Britannica (1860)
STRING. Perhaps a contraction of Stringer. Mr. Bov■ditch informs us that tivo daughters of Mr. String, of S. Carolina, hitely eloped with one person (1857.) Thus was made good the proverbial remark — '• Tivo Strings to one Beau.''