Sarah Strong

Sarah married Solomon Jones about 1779 in Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut. Solomon was born between 1754 and 1755 in Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut; died on 23 Jul 1822 in Lenox, Berkshire County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Unmarried. (Dwight, p. 158).

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Unmarried. (Dwight, p. 158).

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Unmarried. (Dwight, p. 158).

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Drowned. (Dwight, p. 158).

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When she wrote Benjamin Dwight, in reply to his query about the genealogy of the Jones family, Betsey had the following poignant observation "My husband has been dead 26 years; I am now 82 years old; I have no children; I am the last leaf on the family tree." (Dwight, p. 159).

Betsey married Deacon John Bayley on 27 Apr 1830 in Whitesboro, Oneida County, New York. John was born about 1777 in Shropshire, England; died about 1844 in Florence, Oneida County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Unmarried. (Dwight, p. 158).

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He was a surveyor and was surveying the route of the Chenango Canal, N.Y. when he died of a fever. (Dwight, p 159).

Family/Spouse: Ellen Owen. Ellen was born on 16 Feb 1792 in Wales; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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"A merchant, d. at Callao, S.A. and buried on the Island of St. Lorenzo" (Dwight, p 158).

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Benjamin Dwight writes that "He obtained his education by his own efforts. He was grad. at Jefferson Med. Coll., in Philadelphia, March, 1827, and in 1833 went to Texas and became a surgeon in the Texas Army, and was in the battle of San Jacinto (Apr. 21, 1836). After Texas became a republic he was sent as minister to the U.S. govt. He was also representative and senator in the Congress of Texas, secretary of state, and President of the Republic (Dec. 1844 - Feb. 1846). During his administration the public finances were managed with great skill and economy; old debts were all paid off and a surplus laid by (beside meeting current expenses), sufficient to provide for all needful expenditures for some years to come. The frontiers were efficiently protected against Mexicans and Indians. Law was enforced and justice, civil and criminal, was maintained. No expedition for glory or plunder occurred; immigration was large and active; the public lands were husbanded; common school education was promoted; and a state constitution was formed by a convention called for the purpose by President Jones, and made the fundamental law of the state by subsequent annexation of Texas to the United States. He was a zealous mason and was one of the five masons to organize the first masonic lodge in Texas. He was the first grand master of the Lodge, for which a dispensation was procured from the Grand Lodge of Louisiana. From 1846 to 1858, he resided on his farm which he called Barrington, engaged in agriculture and education of his children."

Anson married Mary Smith on 17 May 1840. Mary was born on 24 Jul 1819 in Arkansas; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Married Frederic BLATCHFORD of Hannibal, Mo. (Dwight, p 158).

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He died at the Battle of Shiloh during the Civil War.