1709 - Yes, date unknown
Generation: 1
Generation: 2
2. | Justice Joseph Strong was born on 2 Dec 1672 in Northampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts (son of Thomas Strong and Rachel Holton); died on 23 Dec 1763 in Coventry, Tolland County, Connecticut. Notes:
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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3. | Sarah Allen was born on 22 Aug 1672 in Northampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts; died before 1724. Notes:
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).
Children:
- Sarah Strong was born about 1699 in Northampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts; and died.
- Capt. Joseph Strong was born on 25 Jul 1701 in Northampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts; died on 9 Apr 1773.
- Rachel Strong was born on 13 Aug 1703 in Northampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts; died after 1703 in Northampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts.
- Dea. Phinehas Strong was born about 1704 in Northampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts; and died.
- Simeon Strong was born on 17 Oct 1705 in Northampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts; and died.
- Jemima Strong was born on 12 Oct 1707 in Northampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts; died on 3 Feb 1760.
- 1. Keziah Strong was born on 1 Dec 1709 in Northampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts; and died.
- Rachel Strong was born on 30 Jun 1711 in Northampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts; and died.
- Elizabeth Strong was born on 16 Jul 1713 in Northampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts; and died.
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Generation: 3
4. | Thomas Strong was born about 1635-1636 in New England Colonies of British America (son of Elder John Strong and Abigail Ford); died on 3 Oct 1689. Notes:
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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5. | Rachel Holton was born before 1653 in Connecticut; and died. Notes:
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.
Notes:
Married:
Married in Northampton, MA or Coventry, CT.
Children:
- 2. Justice Joseph Strong was born on 2 Dec 1672 in Northampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts; died on 23 Dec 1763 in Coventry, Tolland County, Connecticut.
- Benjamin Strong was born about 1674 in Northampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts; died on 27 Aug 1755.
- Adino Strong was born on 25 Jan 1676 in Woodbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut; died on 31 Dec 1749.
- Waitstill Strong was born about 1677 in Connecticut; died on 13 Nov 1762 in Northampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts.
- Rachel Strong was born on 15 Jul 1679 in Connecticut; and died.
- Selah Strong was born on 23 Dec 1680 in Connecticut; died on 8 Apr 1732 in Setauket (Brookhaven), Suffolk County, New York.
- Benajah Strong was born on 24 Sep 1682 in Connecticut; died about 1714.
- Ephraim Strong was born on 4 Jan 1684 in Connecticut; died in Milford, New Haven County, Connecticut.
- Elnathan Strong was born on 20 Aug 1686 in Connecticut; died on 22 May 1727 in Woodbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut.
- Ruth Strong was born on 4 Feb 1687 in Connecticut; and died.
- Submit Strong was born on 23 Feb 1689 in Connecticut; and died.
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Generation: 4
8. | Elder John Strong was born about 1610 in Chard, Somerset, England (son of John Stronge and Mother Of Elder John Strong); died on 14 Apr 1699 in Northampton, Massachusetts, New England Colonies of British America. 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.
John married Abigail Ford about 1636 in Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. Abigail was born on 8 Oct 1619 in Bridport, Dorset, England; died on 16 Jul 1688 in Northampton, Massachusetts, New England Colonies of British America. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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9. | Abigail Ford was born on 8 Oct 1619 in Bridport, Dorset, England; died on 16 Jul 1688 in Northampton, Massachusetts, New England Colonies of British America. Notes:
The daughter of Thomas FORD and Elizabeth COOKE.
Children:
- 4. Thomas Strong was born about 1635-1636 in New England Colonies of British America; died on 3 Oct 1689.
- Jedediah Strong was born on 7 May 1637 in New England Colonies of British America; died on 22 May 1733.
- Josiah Strong was born about 1639 in New England Colonies of British America; and died.
- Return Strong was born about 1641 in New England Colonies of British America; died on 9 Apr 1726 in New England Colonies of British America.
- Ebenezer (Elder) Strong was born about 1643 in New England Colonies of British America; died on 11 Feb 1728.
- Abigail Strong was born about 1645 in New England Colonies of British America; and died.
- Elizabeth Strong was born on 24 Feb 1646 in New England Colonies of British America; died on 12 May 1736.
- Experience Strong was born on 4 Aug 1650 in New England Colonies of British America; and died.
- Samuel Strong was born on 5 Aug 1652 in New England Colonies of British America; died on 29 Oct 1732.
- Joseph Strong was born on 5 Aug 1652 in New England Colonies of British America; died after 1652.
- Mary Strong was born on 26 Oct 1654 in New England Colonies of British America; died on 8 Dec 1738.
- Sarah Strong was born about 1656 in New England Colonies of British America; died on 10 Feb 1732.
- Hannah Strong was born on 30 May 1659 in New England Colonies of British America; died on 31 Jan 1693.
- Hester Strong was born on 7 Jun 1661 in New England Colonies of British America; died on 4 Mar 1725.
- Thankful Strong was born on 25 Jul 1663 in New England Colonies of British America; and died.
- Jerijah Strong was born on 12 Dec 1665 in New England Colonies of British America; died on 24 Apr 1754.
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