Ephraim Strong

1684 -

• Name	Ephraim Strong  [1]
  Birth	4 Jan 1684	Connecticut   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	Milford, New Haven County, Connecticut   [1]
  Notes	Blacksmith and farmer of Milford, Ct. Ephraim was the ancestor of Eastman Strong Minor, a missionary to Ceylon. Eastman Minor's son, Dr. William Chester Minor was a Union Army surgeon whose Civil War experiences caused a permanent mental breakdown. His subequent criminal acts led him to be confined for the rest of his life to the Broadmoor Criminal Lunatic Asylum in England. In Simon Winchester's book, THE PROFESSOR AND THE MADMAN, the story of Dr. Minor's twenty year involvement in the creation of the Oxford English Dictionary is detailed. Dr. James Murray, editor of the OED came to rely on the thorough and well documented contributions from Dr. Minor, assuming for many years his most diligent contributor was a staff doctor at Broadmoor, not an inmate.
  Person ID	I19379	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	17 Aug 2014

  
  

  Father	Thomas Strong,   b. Abt 1635-1636, New England Colonies of British America d. 3 Oct 1689 (Age ~ 53 years)
  Mother	Rachel Holton,   b. Bef 1653, Connecticut d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	10 Oct 1671  [2]
  	Married in Northampton, MA or Coventry, CT.
  Family ID	F6994	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 4 Jan 1684 - Connecticut Death - - Milford, New Haven County, Connecticut  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• 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 229 (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 228 (Reliability: 3).