Dea. Benajah Strong

Benajah married Lucy Bishop about 1769 in Coventry, Tolland County, Connecticut. Lucy was born about 1747; died about 1783. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Joseph Strong was born on 10 Mar 1770 in Connecticut; died about 1812.

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A farmer in Coventry, Ct.: for 13 years a selectman: for a long time justice of the peace; and for 34 years (1739-73), deacon of the First Congregational church. He was for nine sessions a member of the General Assembly and was much in public life. (Dwight, p 330).

Joseph married Elizabeth Strong on 12 May 1724 in Coventry, Tolland County, Connecticut. Elizabeth (daughter of Preserved Strong and Tabitha Lee) was born on 27 Sep 1704 in Northampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts; died on 1 May 1792. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Captain Joseph Strong and his wife Elizabeth Strong were both great-grandchildren of Elder John Strong and Abigail Ford, and thus second cousins of each other. They married in Northampton, MA.

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He removed from Northampton to Coventry, in March, 1716, seven years after the first settlement of that town. He was a farmer and a man of property and consideration. He held various town offices of importance, as town treasurer in 1716; selectman for six years; and justice of the peace for many years from 1723 onwards. In 1721, the first year that Coventry was respresented in the Colonial Legislature, he was sent to it as the representative of the town. There were two sessions yearly of the Legislature, in May and October, until 1819. Justice Joseph Strong was for fifty-two times elected a member of the Legislature and including extra sessions was during sixty-five sessions a member of the General Assembly of Connecticut. He was moderator of the first town-meeting held April 24, 1718, and often afterwards of others, holding the office for the last time April 11, 1763, when 90 years old. He was a member of the Colonial Legislature for the last time in May, 1762, when 89 year old. His son, Phinehas being the other representative from Coventry. His second wife was Ruth (last name not discovered) of Coventry, Ct. They had no issue. She died at Glastenbury, Ct., Feb 14, 1768. (Dwight, p. 309).

Joseph married Sarah Allen about 1694 in Northampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts. Sarah was born on 22 Aug 1672 in Northampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts; died before 1724. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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The daughter of Nehemiah ALLEN of Northampton and Sarah WOODFORD. Nehemiah was the son of Samuel ALLEN who came to Cambridge, Mass., from Braintree, Essex, England in 1632. (Dwight, p. 308).

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He is said to have received his name from the fact that he was born in a great snow storm and was preserved alive nonetheless. He removed from Northhampton to Lebanon, Ct., in 1714, and after 1720 to Coventry, Ct., and was one of the selectmen of Coventry in 1730, '31, '34, and '35. (Dwight, p 986).

Preserved married Tabitha Lee on 23 Oct 1701. Tabitha was born about 1677; died on 23 Jun 1750 in Coventry, Tolland County, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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The dau. of John LEE of Farmington, Ct., and Mary HART dau. of Stephen HART. It was the widow of this John LEE (Mrs. Mary LEE), that his father, Jedediah STRONG m. Jan. 5, 1692 as his third wife. (Dwight, p 986).

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Married in Northampton, MA or Coventry, CT.

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Was a trooper in 1658, at Windsor, under Major Mason (recorded March 11, 1657-8). He removed to Northampton with his father in 1659. He m. first Mary HEWETT, dau. of Rev. Ephraim HEWETT of Windsor, and they had five children. Married second Rachel HOLTON, and they had eleven children. (Dwight, pp. 229-230).

Thomas married Rachel Holton on 10 Oct 1671. Rachel was born before 1653 in Connecticut; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Dau. of Deacon William HOLTON of Northampton. Rachel m. for her second husband 16 May 1698, Nathan BRADLEY of E. Guilford, Ct., now Madison, Ct. This marriage took her younger children with her into Southern Connecticut.

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Married in Northampton, MA or Coventry, CT.

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Famous descendants include Nathan Hale; Lady Diana, Princess of Wales; and Governor Sarah Louise Heath Palin of Alaska; the first female vice-presidential nominee of the Republican Party in 2008.

A farmer at Northampton until 1709, when at the age of 70 years and upwards he removed with his family to Coventry, Ct., where 24 years afterwards he d. May 22, 1733, aged 96; during the years 1677-8 & 9, he was paid 18 shillings a year for blowing the trumpet on Sunday to summon the people to church...Notwithstanding his three marriages spent 33 years as a widower, and 61 unmarried. (Dwight, p 769).

(Medical):Note: A direct male descendant of Elder John Strong, by his son John Jr. (from this first marriage) was notified as being a High Resolution DNA match on two descendants of John Jr's half brother, Jedediah Strong.

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Kit # 5858 (John Strong, Jr descendant)
13 23 14 11 11 13 12 12 12 13 13 29 17 9 10 11 11 26 15 19 29 15 15 16 18

Kit # 7257 (Jedidiah Strong descendant)
13 23 14 11 11 13 12 12 12 13 13 29 17 9 10 11 11 25 15 19 30 15 15 16 18

Kit #15744 (Jedidiah Strong descendant)
13 23 14 11 11 13 12 12 1213 13 29 17 9 10 11 11 25 15 19 29 15 15 16 18

Kit #7257 was through Jedediah>Preserved>Enoch Strong

Kit #15744 represents an interesting case. The participant, surnamed "Dotson", is a member of a family group which has been "quietly told" their parents were the children of Jedediah Strong VII. With the exception of this family legend, there has been no other proof of the relationship until now. There is an exact match in the first 12 markers (STR) of Kit #15744 with the first 12 markers of both Kits #6811 & 7257. As previously anticipated, the second 13 markers (PP3) matched the "Assumed New England Strong Haplotype", marking members of the Elder John Strong lineages.

See http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~donegalstrongs/dnaresults.htm for more details.

Jedediah married Freedom Woodward on 18 Nov 1662 in Northampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts. Freedom was born before 1642 in New England Colonies of British America; died on 17 May 1681. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Dau. of Henry WOODWARD, afterwards of Northhampton, and "one of the pillars of the church," there, and Elizabeth, his wife. (Dwight, p 669). The Strong Family Association of America website further notes that "Martin Smith of Pocumtuck, was fined 20s for trying to kiss Freedom (Woodward) Strong on the street. She was 32 at the time and the mother of 8 children. Her father, Henry Woodward, was a physician and was licensed to sell wines and liquors and had a grist mill in Northampton."