Elder John Strong

Abt 1610 - 1699  (~ 89 years)

• Name	John Strong  [1]
  Prefix	Elder
  Born	Abt 1610	Chard, Somerset, England   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Died	14 Apr 1699	Northampton, Massachusetts, New England Colonies of British America   [3]
  Notes	Governor Caleb Strong, in 1779, wrote the following article about his ancestor, the Elder John Strong. It was noted by Marilyn Maxfield King that this was published in the "New England Historical and Genealogical Register," Volume 23, in 1869. "Elder John Strong, was born and lived in England, near Taunton in Somersetshire. His father was, Richard (sic) Strong who died when John was small. His grandfather, who was Roman Catholic lived to be very old, but died before his grandson left England. Elder John came to America in the year 1630 in the ship Mary and John in company with Mr Warham, Maverick, Mason, Clap and arrived at Nantasket on the 30th. of May that year and settled in Dorchester. John married his first wife in England, she died on the passage or short time after arriving, leaving two young children, the youngest of which died in two months after it's mother. John married second to Abigail Ford, a sister of Capt. Clap's wife, at Dorchester in 1635/36. John and second wife moved from Dorchester to Windsor, Ct. and with four others was appointed superintendant of bringing settlers to that place. He lived in Windsor for several years than moved to Northampton in the year 1659 where he died April 14, 1699 about 94 years of age. He was the first ruling Elder of the Church of Northampton. Abigail Ford Strong died 6 July 1688. A sister (Eleanor) of John's came with him from England and married a man by the name of Dean. John Strong had 16 children besides that which died young." Although Gov. Caleb Strong believed that Elder John Strong arrived to New England in 1630 aboard the "Mary and John," Elder John may actually arrived on the "Hopewell" in 1635. He was listed as "Jon STRONGE for himself and family, and goods" in the Index to Ships & Passengers to the American Colonies, Exchequer K.R. 1618-1668 copied from Port Book E 190/876/1. The "Hopewell" sailed from Weymouth, 8 May 1635. It is also possible that, as a youth of 20 that he came with the Winthrop Fleet on the Mary & John, later returning to England to and married first wife Margerie DEANE, and permanently emigrating to the Massachussets Bay Colony aboard the Hopewell with members of the Deane family. Link to the Passenger List of the Hopewell, from the Strong Family Association of America website. http://www.strongfamilyofamerica.org/strong/hopelist.html Benjamin Dwight quotes church records from Northampton to explain how he obtained his office and title as Elder John Strong: "After solemn and extraordinary seeking to God for his direction and blessing, the church chose John Strong ruling elder, and William Holton, deacon. They were ordained 13: 3 mo: '63" (or June 13, 1663, O.S., or N.S. June 24, 1663--the year beginning then in March)." (Dwight, p 16). (Research): Famous Descendants of Elder John Strong *Following are some of the notable descendants of Elder John Strong (1610-1699), All of these people are cousins (or half-cousins) to every descendant of John Strong. Believed to be accurate, but not verified. http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/STRONG/2001-08/0998909895 1. Dean Acheson (1893-1897) U.S. Secretary of State under Truman 2. John Adams Jr. (1735-1826) Second U.S. President 3. John Quincey Adams (1787-1848) Sixth U.S. President. 4. Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888) Novelist 5. Horatio Alger Jr. (1834-1899) Novelist 6. Ethan Allen (1738-1789) Revolutionary soldier 7. Susan Brownell Anthony (1820-1906) Reformer & suffragette 8. L. Frank Baum (1856-1919) Author of The Wonderful Wizard of OZ 9. Henry Ward Beecher (1775-1863) Preacher and abolitionist 10. Grover Cleveland (1837-1908) Twice U.S. President (22nd & 24th) 11. Humphrey Bogart (1899-1957) Actor 12. Schuyler Colfax Jr. (1823-1885) U.S. Vice-President under Grant 13. Samuel Colt (1814-1862) Firearms manufacturer. Inventor of the "Colt 45" 14. Charles Gates Dawes (1872-1933) U.S. Vice-President under Coolidge 15. Calvin Coolidge, Jr. (1872-1933) The 30th. U.S. President 16. George Dewey (1873-1917) Admiral who captured Manila 17. Thomas Dewey (1902-1971) Governo of New York & Presidential candidate 18. Emily Dickinson (1830-1886) Poetess 19. John Foster Dulles (1888-1959) U.S. Secretary of State under Eisenhower 20. Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) Philosopher, Essayist, & poet 21. Millard Fillmore (1800-1874) Thirteenth U.S. President 22. George Gallop (1901- )Pollster 23. Erle Stanley Gardner (1889-1897) Detective novelist 24. Dorothy Gish (1898-1968) Actress 25. Lillian Gish (1896- ) Actress 26. Edward Everett Hale (1822-1909) Author of "Man Without A Country" 27. Nathan Hale (1755-1776) Revolutionary Hero 28. Rutherford B. Hayes (1822-1893) Ninteenth U.S. President 29. Christian Herter (1895-1967) U.S. Secretary of State under Eisenhower 30. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr (1841-1967) Jurist 31. Lamar Hunt (1932- ) Oilman & billionaire 32. Donald L. Jacobus (1887-1970) Genealogist 33. Spencer Woolley Kimball (1895- ) President of Morman Church sine 1973 34. Henry Cabot Lodge II (1902- ) Vice-President candidate 35. Clare Boothe Luce (1903- ) Playwright & Congresswoman 36. Archibald MacLeish (1892-1982) Poet &Playwright 37. John Phillips Marquand II (1893-1960) Novelist 38. George McCleeland (1826-1885) Union General. Presidential Candidate. 39. Margaret Mead (1901-1978) Anthropolgist 40. Dwight Lyman Moody (1837-1899) Founder of the Moody Bible Institute 41. John Pierpont Morgan (1867-1943) Banker 42. Levi Parsons Morton (1824-1920) U.S. Vice-President under Harrison. 43. Frederick Olmsted (1822-1920) Designer of Central Park, New York City 44. Anthony Perkins (1932- ) Actor 45. William Sydney Porter (O. Henry) (1862-1910) Short Story Writer 46. Lee Remick (1935- )Actress 47. John D. Rockefeller (1839-1937) Oil tycoon & philanthropist 48. Nelson Rockefeller (1908-1978) U.S. Vice-President under Gerald Ford 49. David Rockefeller (1915- )Financier 50. George Romney (1907- ) President of American Motors & Governor of Michigan 51. Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945) Thirty-second U.S. President 52. Harriett Beecher Stowe (1811-1896) Abolitionist & Authoress of "Uncle Tom's Cabin 53. Lowell Thomas (1892-1981) Radio-TV Commentator & Travel Author 54. Bess Wallace ( -1982) Wife of President Harry Truman 55. Gloria Vanderbuilt ( ) Socialite 56. Noah Webster, Jr (1758-1843) Writer of Webster's Dictionary 57. Orson Welles (1915- ) Actor & Producer 58. Paul Dudley White (1886-1973) Physician & Heart Specialist 59. Wilbur Wright (1867-1912) Co-inventor of the airplane 60. Orville Wright (1871-1948) Co-inventor of the airplane (Medical): Y DNA Results, FTDNA Haplogroup: R1b1c The following website has more details, as well as the ancestral modal values for Elder John Strong and his descendants who have been tested: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~donegalstrongs/dnaresults.htm The members of R1b are believed to be the descendants of the first modern humans who entered Europe about 35,000-40,000 years ago. Those R1b forebearers were the people who painted the beautiful art in the caves in Spain and France. They were the contemporaries (and perhaps exterminators) of the European Neanderthals. R1b is the most common Y haplogroup in Europe - more than half of men of European descent belong to R1b. Fourteen of the 30 most common haplotypes in the YSTR.org database are typical of R1b.
  Person ID	I15545	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	19 Mar 2016

  
  

  Father	John Stronge,   b. Between 1585 and 1590, Chard, Somerset, England ,   d. Aft 1612  (Age ~ 28 years)
  Mother	Mother Of Elder John Strong,   b. Aft 1585,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	Abt 1609	Chard, Somerset, England   [4]
  Family ID	F5999	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Margerie Deane,   b. Abt 1605, South Chard, Somerset, England ,   d. Aft 1634  (Age ~ 30 years)
  Married	Bef 1634
  	John and Margery were also the parents of an infant that died at only a few months of age. (Dwight's History, Vol. I, page 19).
  Children	1. John Strong, Jr.,   b. Bef 22 Jul 1634, Chard, Somerset, England ,   d. 20 Feb 1697, Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut  (Age ~ 62 years)
  Documents		Strong, Eld. John-Transcription of Will, written 14 Feb 1696, proved 23 Aug 1699 Transcription of Will as published in the Strong Family Association of America Newsletter. Assumed to be an accurate transcription of the original, but has not been verified.
  Last Modified	28 Apr 2012
  Family ID	F5997	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Abigail Ford,   b. 8 Oct 1619, Bridport, Dorset, England ,   d. 16 Jul 1688, Northampton, Massachusetts, New England Colonies of British America  (Age 68 years)
  Married	Abt 1636	Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
  Children	1. Thomas Strong,   b. Abt 1635-1636, New England Colonies of British America ,   d. 3 Oct 1689  (Age ~ 53 years)   2. Jedediah Strong,   b. 7 May 1637, New England Colonies of British America ,   d. 22 May 1733  (Age 96 years)   3. Josiah Strong,   b. Abt 1639, New England Colonies of British America ,   d. Yes, date unknown   4. Return Strong,   b. Abt 1641, New England Colonies of British America ,   d. 9 Apr 1726, New England Colonies of British America  (Age ~ 85 years)   5. Ebenezer (Elder) Strong,   b. Abt 1643, New England Colonies of British America ,   d. 11 Feb 1728  (Age ~ 85 years)   6. Abigail Strong,   b. Abt 1645, New England Colonies of British America ,   d. Yes, date unknown   7. Elizabeth Strong,   b. 24 Feb 1646, New England Colonies of British America ,   d. 12 May 1736  (Age 90 years)   8. Experience Strong,   b. 4 Aug 1650, New England Colonies of British America ,   d. Yes, date unknown   9. Samuel Strong,   b. 5 Aug 1652, New England Colonies of British America ,   d. 29 Oct 1732  (Age 80 years)   10. Joseph Strong,   b. 5 Aug 1652, New England Colonies of British America ,   d. Aft 1652  (Age 0 years)   11. Mary Strong,   b. 26 Oct 1654, New England Colonies of British America ,   d. 8 Dec 1738  (Age 84 years)   12. Sarah Strong,   b. Abt 1656, New England Colonies of British America ,   d. 10 Feb 1732  (Age ~ 76 years)   13. Hannah Strong,   b. 30 May 1659, New England Colonies of British America ,   d. 31 Jan 1693  (Age 33 years)   14. Hester Strong,   b. 7 Jun 1661, New England Colonies of British America ,   d. 4 Mar 1725  (Age 63 years)   15. Thankful Strong,   b. 25 Jul 1663, New England Colonies of British America ,   d. Yes, date unknown   16. Jerijah Strong,   b. 12 Dec 1665, New England Colonies of British America ,   d. 24 Apr 1754  (Age 88 years)
  Documents		Roosevelt, Franklin Delano (B. 1882 Hyde Park, NY D. 1945 Warm Springs, Georgia) The 32nd President of the United States, Democratic Party, 1933-1945, he was greatly admired by Charles Strong, and a distant cousin to boot. This portrait of FDR was purchased by Charles Strong at an Estate Sale, and was proudly hung in the kitchen of his and Pat's homes in Edinburg, Texas, both on 8th and on 15th streets.
  		Strong, Eld. John-Transcription of Will, written 14 Feb 1696, proved 23 Aug 1699 Transcription of Will as published in the Strong Family Association of America Newsletter. Assumed to be an accurate transcription of the original, but has not been verified.
  Last Modified	28 Apr 2012
  Family ID	F5998	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - Abt 1610 - Chard, Somerset, England Married - Abt 1636 - Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Documents

  Diana Frances Spencer, Princess of Wales

  
  

• Sources

  [S32] Dwight, Benjamin "The History of the Descendants of Elder John Strong, of Northampton, Mass." (Orig. published Albany, NY, 1871, Reprinted by Gateway Press, Inc. Baltimore, MD 2000), p 15 (Reliability: 3). [S407] Strong Family Association of America, Inc "Strong Family History Update, Vol. III: Nine Children of Elder John Strong" 1992, Gateway Press BaltimoreMD, p xxii (Reliability: 3). [S32] Dwight, Benjamin "The History of the Descendants of Elder John Strong, of Northampton, Mass." (Orig. published Albany, NY, 1871, Reprinted by Gateway Press, Inc. Baltimore, MD 2000), p 17 (Reliability: 3). [S407] Strong Family Association of America, Inc "Strong Family History Update, Vol. III: Nine Children of Elder John Strong" 1992, Gateway Press BaltimoreMD, p xviii (Reliability: 3).