Judge John Harris Strong

1762 - 1823  (61 years)

• Name	John Harris Strong  [1, 2]
  Prefix	Judge
  Birth	19 Jan 1762	Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	28 Apr 1823	Euclid, Cuyahoga County, Ohio   [1, 2]
  Burial	Wickliffe Cemetery, Willoughby Township, Lake County, Ohio
  Notes	According to Dwight's "History of the Strong Family," John Harris Strong was a farmer in Chatham, Ct. (1783-1811). In August, 1811, he removed to Euclid, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Here he was agent for the sale of lands in an about Cleveland (belonging to Lord and Barber, of Haddam, Ct.), and was Judge of the court of common pleas (1817-1823). (Dwight, p 174). 1810 Census Connecticut-Middlesex-Chatham John H. Strong 2-2-2-0-1|1-0-2-0-1 1820 Census Ohio-Cuyahoga-Euclid John H. Strong 0-1-0-2-0-1|0-1-0-1-1 1830 Census John was deceased. His widow, Elizabeth, appears to have been living in Ohio-Cuyahoga-Chagrin, with her son, Josiah C. Strong. One female member of Josiah's household was listed as between ages 60-70.
  Person ID	I9351	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	17 Aug 2014

  
  

  Father	Josiah Strong, III,   b. 28 Jan 1739, Connecticut d. 8 Sep 1814, Middle Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut (Age 75 years)
  Mother	Mary Harris,   b. Abt 1740, Connecticut d. 1 Jan 1822, Connecticut (Age ~ 82 years)
  Marriage	13 Jan 1761	Connecticut
  	Josiah STRONG jr., son of Josiah and Hannah (FULLER) STRONG, of Colchester, where he was born, January 28th 1740, married, January 13th 1761, Mary, daughter of Deacon Benjamin HARRIS, and settled in Middle Haddam, where he died September 8th 1814. She died January 1st 1822, aged 82 years. Their children were: John HARRIS, born January 19th 1762, married Elizabeth CAREY, and in 1811 removed to Euclid, Ohio, where he was a land agent, and judge of the Court of Common Pleas from 1817 until his death, April 28th 1823; Esther, born October 3d 1763, married Asaph DOANE; Hannah, born October 3d 1765; Davis, born August 21st 1767, married, February 24th 1788, Mary, daughter of Elisha SWIFT, of Falmouth, Massachusetts, and was a farmer in Middle Haddam, where he died July 10th 1848 (their children were Sophronia, Davis Swift, Morris M., Susan, Roderic, Braddock, Titus, Mary, and Adeline); Mary, born December 26th 1768; Martha, born December 30th 1771; Grace, born June 20th 1774; Josiah, born January 12th 1777; and Hope, baptized March 19th 1780. The History of Middlesex County 1635-1885 J. H. Beers & Co., 36 Vesey Street, New York 1884 CHATHAM. THE EARLY SETTLERS AND THEIR DESCENDANTS. PART 2 Pages 198-217. [transcribed by Janece Streig] http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jdevlin/bios/chatham_bios2.htm
  Family ID	F4305	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Cary,   b. Abt Nov 1764, Chatham, Middlesex County, Connecticut d. 24 Nov 1830, Euclid, Cuyahoga County, Ohio (Age ~ 66 years)
  Children	1. James Strong,   b. Abt 1784, Connecticut d. 9 Nov 1840, Ohio (Age ~ 56 years)   2. Walter Strong,   b. Abt 1786, Connecticut d. Aft 1850, Elkhart County, Indiana (Age ~ 65 years)   3. Esther Strong,   b. Apr 1788, Connecticut d. 7 Apr 1826 (Age ~ 37 years)   4. Rodney Strong,   b. 8 Aug 1790, Connecticut d. Abt 1868, Ohio (Age 77 years)   5. Betsey Strong,   b. Aft 1791, Connecticut d. Aft 1791 (Age ~ 0 years)   6. John Harris Strong,   b. Abt 1795, Connecticut d. Abt 1809, Connecticut (Age ~ 14 years)   7. Josiah Conklin Strong,   b. Mar 1800, Connecticut d. Sep 1839, Ohio (Age ~ 39 years)   8. Thomas Jefferson Strong,   b. 3 Jul 1802, Connecticut d. 29 Jan 1876, Ohio (Age 73 years)   9. Mary Ann Strong,   b. 9 Mar 1805, Connecticut d. 22 Feb 1863, Ohio (Age 57 years)   10. James Madison Strong,   b. 5 Jul 1807, Connecticut d. 23 Mar 1882, Ashtabula County, Ohio (Age 74 years)
  Family ID	F4304	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	9 Dec 2006

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 19 Jan 1762 - Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut Death - 28 Apr 1823 - Euclid, Cuyahoga County, Ohio Burial - - Wickliffe Cemetery, Willoughby Township, Lake County, Ohio  = 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 174 (Reliability: 3). [S667] RootsWeb's WorldConnect Project, (The WorldConnect Project is a set of tools, which allow users to upload, modify, link, and display their family trees as a means to share their genealogy with other researchers. The program used to day has a genealogy of its own. RootsWeb announced the launch of the World Connect Project on November 10, 1999 after staff members and users submitted 5.5 million records during a four-week beta-testing period. The WorldConnect Project continues to grow, and as of January 2004 had more than 312 million records. GEDCOM is an acronym for GEnealogical Data COMmunications. It is a file format developed by the Family History Department of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS). It provides a flexible and uniform format for exchanging computerized genealogical data, and allows you to share files with other researchers who may not use the same genealogy program.), Baldwin, James (Zebulon@midohio.net)" Baldwin's and others " Ver. Oct 20 18:50:07 1999 ; http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry. com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=jasbal (Reliability: 3).