YALE UNIVERSITY
LIBRARY

Gift of
Theodore W. Dwight

THE

HISTORY OF THE DESCENDANTS

ELDER JOHN STRONG

NOETHAMPTON, MASS.

THE

Utetorj of t|)e Besiteiiliant^

OP

ELDER JOHN STRONG,

NORTHAMPTON, MASS.

BENJAMIN W. DWIGHT,
Author of The Higher Christian Education and ot Modern Philology, in 3 vols.

VOLUME I.

ALBANY, N. Y.:
JOEL MUNSBLL 1871.

lietritation.

THIS BOOK IS SACEED

TO

THE MEMORY
OF ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL AND NOBLE
OF WOMEN,

MY MOTHEE;

WHO WAS VERY FOKD OP RECOUNTING THE NAMES
AND VIRTUES OP HER ANCESTORS ;

AND WHO HEBSBLF EQUALLED ANT OF THEM IN INTELLECTUAL AND
MOEAl EXCELLENCE.

eSvstefttl -Rebewnce for iev aSpalteii fflJBortJi toas an
2EnfatUns Stimulus
AT *T.T. TIMB9, TO CONTXNUBD BFffORT UNTO THS TBRT END
IN MY AEDUOUS UNDBKTAKINQ.

Whoso
Beadeih, Let Him Understand,
Deuteronomy xxxii : 7, and Hebrews Ti : 12.
"Remember the days of old; consider the years of many
generations : ask thy father and he will shew thee ; thy
elders and they will tell thee; " " that ye be not slothful, but
followers of them who through faith and patience inherit
the promises."

TABLE OF CONTENTS.

I. Table of Family Portraits  viii
II. Tabular View of First Six Generations of Family  ix
in. The History of this Book  xxiii
ly. General Summary of Results,  xlii
V. Note to the Reader  Ixi
VI. Notice Concerning Supplementary Volume  Ixii
VIL Introduction  1-9
VIIL Early History of Northampton  10-13
IX. History of Elder JohnStrong  14-19
X. History at large of his Descendants  19-1521
XL Appendix  1523-36
XII. Index of Brief Notices of Various Connected Families. 1539
XIIL Index of those of the name of Strong  1539
XIV. Index of those of other names  1546
XV. Errata  1584

TABLE OF FAMILY POETEAITS.

Page.
Prof. John Strong Newberry, Columbia College, N. Y. 100
I. Prof. Theodore Strong, Rutgers College, N. J  362
II. Mrs. Sophia W. Dwight (to whom this book is dedicated). 365
V. Benjamin Woodbridge Dwight, of Clinton, N. Y  369
^ Prof Charles Avery, of Hamilton College, N. Y  376
'I. Prof. James Dwight Dana, Yale College, Ct  401
''11. Hon. Rush R. Sloane, Sandusky, a  464
''III. Judge Selah Brewster Strong, Setauket, L. 1  623
X. Benjamin Strong, Esq., of New York  625
[. George Washington Strong, Esq[., of New York  633
lI. George Templeton Strong, Esq., of New York  635
[II. Gov. Henry Huntley Haight, of California  666
[IIL Hon. Selah Strong, of Milford, Conn  741
QV. Rev. Dr. Nathan Strong, of Hartford, Conn  745
KY. Hon. Henry Strong, of Norwich, Conn....   751
S^VI. Rev. Dr. Dorus Clarke, of Boston, Mass..  1061
5;VII. Gov. Caleb Strong, of Boston, Mass  1187
lYIlI. Hon. Edward Southworth, of W. Springfield, Mass  1331
(CIX. Hon. William Abelard Reynolds, Rochester, N. Y  1364

TABULAE VIEW

FIRST SIX GENEEATIONS OF THE FAMILY.

[Those are not generally indexed, whose entire record occupies but a small part of a page.]

I.
John Strong, Jr., of Windsor, Ct., pp. 30-337. [Number enumerated 4,000.]

I. John Strong of Windsor, 
1. Dea. Jonathan Strong of Bolton,
(1). Dea. Jonathan Strong, ,fr., of
Bolton 
§ 1. Hannah (Strong) Sawyer of
Piermont, N. H 
§2. Sarah (Strong) Derby of Pern,
N. T 
§ 3. Alexander Strong of Orford,
N.H.,  7  !
§4. Eev. Dr. Jonathan Strong of
Randolph, Mass., 
(2). Charles Strong of Bolton, Ct.,
(3). Job Strong of Basthampton,
§1. Damaris"(Strongy'ciark of
Easthampton, 
§2. Job Strong, Jr., of Stock-
bridge, V t., 
§3. Dea. Noah Strong of West-
hampton, Mass 
3. Dea. Bamd Strong of Bolton, Ct.,
(1). Nathan Strong of Bolton, 
SI. Levi Strone of Bolton Ct.,..
1 2. Nathan Strong, Jr., of Berlin.
Vt... 
(2). Judah Strong of Bolton, Ot.,..
§1. Martha (Strong) Hammond of
Vernon, Ct., 
§ 2.- Judah Strong, Jr., of Bolton,
Ct., 
§ 3. Dr. Joseph C. Strong of Knox-
ville, Tenn., 
§ 4. Tlrzah (Strong) Snell of N.
Brookfield, Mass., 
(3). Aaron Strong of Bolton, Ct.,..
§1. Capt. Aaron Strong, Jr., of
Berlin, Vt 
§ 2. Moses Strong of Berlin, Vt.,
§3. Amos Strong of Berlin, Vt.,.
§4. Noah Strong of Bolton, Ct.,.
(4). Ebenezer Strong of Bolton. Ct.,
§1. Ebenezer Strong, Jr., of Bol
ton, 
1 2. Eli Strong of Bolton, 
§3. Genubath Strong of Andover,
Ct 
3. John Warjiam Strong of Windsor,
Ct., 
(1). Col. John Strong of Farming-
ton, Ct.. 

20-123 21-3921-31 21-5 25
26-7
27-31 31-2 32-9 32-4

40-50 41-8
48-9
50-63 50-4 B4-7
57-60 60-3
63-72 64 65
65-8
68-72 72-80 72-S 75-8
79-80
80-118 81-97

Page.
§ 1. Eleanor (Strong) Root of New
Haven, Ct.,  81-92
§ 2. Pomeroy Strong of Farming-
ton, Ct.,  92-3
§ 3. Edmund Strong of Austin-
burgh, C,  93-5
1 4. Mercy (Strong) Austin of
Austinburgh,  95-7
(2). Elisha Strong of Windsor, Ct., 97-118
§ 1. Elizabeth (Strong) Newberry
of Cuyahoga Falls, 0  97-101
§2. Mary (Strong) Woodbridge
of Hartford, Ct  100-2
§ 3. John Warham Strong of De
troit, Mich.,  102-7
1 4. Julia (Strong) Norton of E.
Bloomfleld, N. T.,  107-110
§5. Judge Elisha B. Strong of
Eochester, N. T.,^  110-2
§6. Samuel Strong of Windsor,
Ct  112-6
§7. Almira (Strong) Babcock of
Cuyahoga Falls,  116-8
§8. Gen. Oliver Strong of Eo-
chester,N. T^  118-9
4. John Strong of Bast "Windsor, Ct., 119-23
(1). William Strong of Hartford,
Ct  119-22
(2). Sophia (Strong) Dobson of
Vernon, Ct.,  122-3

II. Jacob Strong of East Windsor, Ct., 128-66
1. Jacoi Strong, Jr., of Torr''"jton,
Ct.,  123
2. Sergt. Nathaniel Stroti^ it Bast
Windsor  124
3. Asahel Strong otTomhgion, Ct.,. 124-55
(1). Asahel Strong, Jr., of Chester
field, N. ¥.,  126-42
61. Philo Strong of Blooming-
dale, N. Y.,  125-8
§2. Brastus Strong of NorthBran-
ford, Ct  128-30
83. Theodosia (Strong) Arthur of
Peru,N. T.,  130-2
64. Sophia (Strong) Hascall of
Hamilton. N.Y.,  132^3
§ 5. Mary (Strong) Foote of Smyr-
rna, N.Y.,  142-3
(2). Hannah (Strong) Miner of Win
chester, Ct.,  143-4

Tabular View of the First Six Generations of
Page.

(3), Dorcas (Strong) Beecher of
Livonia, N.Y.  145-9
§1. jEneas Beecher of Johns
town, O  145-6
62. Nathaniel Beecher of Livonia,
N. Y  147-8
1 3. Hezekiah Befccher, Jr., of Li
vonia  148-9
64. Dea. Alfred Beecher of Ober-
lin, O.,  149-50
(4). Chloe (Strong) Holmes of Eus-
sell, Mass ,  150-4
6 1. Clarissa (Holmes) Bishop of
Eussell,  152-3
1 2. David Holmes of Coldwater,
Mich.,  153^
(5). David Strong of Winchester,
Ct.,  155-6
2. Timothy Strong of B. Windsor,
Ct  156-66
(1). Eli Strong of Eedfleld, N. Y., 156-8
(2). Sarah (Strong) Jones of Gr.
Barringtou, Mass.,  158-63
§1. Hon. Anson Jones, M. D.,
Prest. of Texas,  159-62
§ 2. Almira (Jones) Blatchford of
Hannibal, Mo.,  162-3
(3). Capt. Martin Strong of Erie,
Pa. 
§1. Sarah (Strong) Vincent of
Erie, Pa.,  163-4
§2. Francis Drake Strong of
Waterford, P4., 
§ 3. Major Martin Strong of Wa
terford, Pa., 
(4). Abl (Strong) Grant of McKean,
Pa
(5) . Levi Strong of Brie,' PaV, 

163-5

164164

165-6 166

in. Josiah Strong of Colchester, Ct., 166-226
1. Hanrtah (Strong) Warner ipt Wa-
terbury, Ct.,  167
2. John Strong ot Colchester, Ct . , . . . 167-73

(1). Zebulon Strong of Colchester,

Pago.

jDUion otrong oi uoicuesvc*,
Ct.,   Ibb-la
§1. Asa Strong of Colchester, Ct., 168-73
3. Josiah Strong of Middle Haddam, ^_„ ^
Ct.,  173-4
(1). Dea. Josiah Strong of Chatham,
' Ct.,  174-93
61. Judge JohB H. Strong of
Cleveland, O.,  174-7
5 2. Demas Strong of Middle Had
dam,^  177-87
63. Martha (Strong) Clark of
Middle Haddam  187-90
6 4. Josiah Strong of Meredith,
N.Y  190-3
(2). Benjamin Strong of Middle
Haddam, Ct.,  193-5
61. AnselStrongofVesper,N.Y., 19^5
4. Calei Strong of Sharon, Ct.,  195-9
(1). Caleb Strong, Jr., of Meredith,
N.Y  195-9
51. Harvey Strong of Belvidere,
ni.,  197-9
5. AsaJwl Strong otCa\che3teT,Ct.,.. 199-227
(1). Adonijah Strong of Chatham,
Ct  199-223
§ 1. Adonijah Strong, Jr., of Bast
hampton, Ct  200-10
6 2. Henry Strong of Easthamp
ton, Ot  210-6
6 3. Betsey (Strong) Harding of
Eichfleld, N.^  216-9
§4. Anni^ (Strong) Brainerd of
Easthampton,  219-21
§5. Kellogg Strong of Portland,
Ct.,  221-3
(2). Ambrose Strong of Colchester,
Ct.,  223-7
§ 1. Elijah Strong of Colchester, . 223-6
§2. Betterns Strong of Conhoo-
ton, N. Y  226-7
IV. Elizabeth (Strong) Bomham of Po-
dank, Ct., 

227

11.
Thomas Strong of Northampton, Mass. [Number enumerated 10,000.]

I. ThomasStrong, Jr., of Durham, ct., 230-75
1. Lt.EliaUm Strong otTmiTaa,m,0\,., 330-62
(I). Lt. Bliakim Strong, Jr., ofDnr-
ham  231-54
61. Bliakim Strong, of Durham,. 232-40
1 2. Medad Strong, of Durham,.. 240-2
§ 3. Sergt. John Strong, of Dur
ham,  242
54. Selah Strong, of Durham,
N.Y  243-8
65. Seth Strong, of Durham, Ct., 248-52

§ 6. Stephen Strong, of Durham,

252-4
254-62

(2). Thomas Strong, of Durham, Ct.,
51. Eunice (Strong) Coe, of
Whitestown, N. Y  265-7
62. Hon. Nathan Strong, ofEod-
man.N.Y  257-62
2. Mary (Strong) Alvord of North
ampton  263
3. Dea. Hewett Strong ot'Se^'BKcMa,
Ct   263-72
(1). Bela Strong of Durham, N. Y., 264-73
§1. John Strong of Paris Hill,
N.Y.,  265-9
6 2. Bela Strong, Jr., of Durham,
N.Y  269-70
63. Josiah Gilbert Strong of Guil
ford, N.Y.,  270-3
4. Bachel (Strong) Sobimon of Guil
ford, Ct  273-5
6. Sannah (Strong) Sills of Goshen,
Ct.,  ,,,... 275

n. Maria (Strong) Judd of Northamp
ton  275-8
1. Thomas Judd of Northampton,
Mass.,  276-82
(1). Thomas Judd of S. Hadley,
Mass.,...  ^ 277
(2). Dea. Levi Judd of S. Hadley, 377-8
(3). Hon. Asahel Judd of Charle-
mont, Mass.,  278
(4). Keuben Judd of S. Hadley,
Mass.,  279-82
in. Asahel Strong of Farmington, Ct., 282-308
1. Margaret (Strong) Soot of Berlin,
Ct.,  282-3
3. Marv (Strong) Lewis of Farming-
ton, Ct.,  283
3. Capt. Asahel Strong of Farming-
ton  284-307
(1). Lois (Strong) Pomeroy of Mid-
dletown, Ct  284-8
§ 1. Polly (Pomeroy) Starr of Mid-
dletown 
(2). Ruth (Strong) Norton of Far
mington,  289-98
§ 1. Elizabeth (Norton) Robinson
of Southlngton, Ct.,  289-94
1 2. Rev. Dr. Asahel S. Norton of
Clinton, N. Y.,  294-7
§3. Prof. Seth Norton, Hamilton
Coll., N.Y  297
(3). Key. Dr. Cyprian Strong of
Chatham, Ct.,  298-306

The Descendants of Elder John Strong of Northampton, xi

Page.
§ 1. Sarah (Strong) Ellsworth of
Greensboro, Vt . ,  299-302
§2. Asahel H. Strong, Esq., of
Middle Haddam, Ct., 
§3. Elorella (Strong) Farnham of
Hardwick.Vt  303-4
§4. Dea. Elnathan Strong of
Hardwick, Vt.,  304-7
(4). Elizabeth (Strong) Bull of Far
mington,  807-8
4. Col. John Strong of Pai-mington,
Ct.,  308
IV. Justice Joseph Strong of Coventry,
Ct  308-490
1. Sarah (Strong) Boot, of Coventry,
ct.  310-30
(1). Submit (Root) Cook of Coven
try  310-11
(2). Capt. Ebenezer Root of Coven
try,  311-36
§1. Elizabeth (Root) Bitch of
Coventry,  311-23
§2. Ursula (Eoot) Fitch of Coven
try,  383^
§ 3. Capt. Nathaniel Root of Co
ventry,  334-6
(3). Judge Jesse Root of Hartford,
Ct.,  326-30
2. Capt. Joseph Strong of Coventry,
Ct.,  33^433
(1). Elizabeth (Strong) Hale of Co
ventry, Ct.,  331-53
61. Lt. Joseph Hale of Coventry, 333-3
§2. Elizabeth (Hale) Rose of Co
ventry,  333-8
§3. Eev. Enoch Hale of West-
hampton, Mass.,  338
§4. Capt. Nathan Bale the mar
tyr,.  350-3
§5. Rev. David Hale of Coven try, 353-4
(2). Eev. Joseph Strong of Wll-
liamsbnrgh, Mass.,  354r406

356-7

§1. Jane (Strong) Holcombe of
Jrling, Mai

Sterling, Mass,,  ._ .
§2. Eev. Joseph Strong of Heath,
Mass  ; 357-81
§3. Gelstou Strong of Granby,
Ct.,  381-9
§4. Elizabeth (Strong) Mayhew,
ofWilliamsburgh,  389
§5. Mary (Strong) Clapp of South
ampton, Mass.,  389-97
§6. William Strong of Williams-
burgh, Mass.,  397-9
§7. Hannah (Strong) Dwight of
Utica,N.Y.,  399-405
§ 8. Susanna (Strong) Mayhew of
Williamsburgh  406-7
(3). Dea. Elnathan Strong of Gran
by, Ct.,  407-13
§1. Rachel (Strong) Hayes of
Granby,  408-11
§2. Elnathan Strong, Jr., of Gran
by,  :.  411
§3. Joseph Strongof Granby, Ct., 411^
(4). Dea. Benaiah Strong of Coven-
tiy......  414-28
§1. Dr. Joseph Strongof ChiM-
cothe, O.,  414-6
§3. Narclssa (Strong) Davenport
ofCoventry,  416-20
§3. Roger Strong of Coventry,
Ct.,  420-1
§4. Lucy (Strong) Grossman of
Salisbury, Ct.,  421-3
§5. Martha (Strong) Whittlesey
of Salisbury  423-8
(5). Eunice (Strong) Stanley of Co
ventry, 
3. Kesiah (Strong) Buss ot Coventry, 433
4. Bachel (Strong) Strong, see pages 1055-73

Page.
6. Z)eo. P7itefta»,S'()'ore(/ of Coventry, 433-90
(1). Phinehas Strong, Jr. ofCoven
try,  433-4
(2). Ozias Strong of Lenox, Mass., 434-66
§1. Judge Horatio Strong of Sa
lem, O.,  434-46
§2. Beulah (Strong) Treat of
Homer,N. Y.,  440-7
§3. Hannah (Strong) Gates of
Hartford, N.Y?  447-9
§4. Major JosephStrongofLyme,
0  449-51
g5. Susanna (Strong) Baker of
Homer, N.Y.,  451-4
1 6. Dea. Francis Strong of Lyme,
0  454-8
§7. Lurana (Strong) Todd of
Homer, N.Y.  459-63
§8. Abner Strongof Lyme, O.,.. 463-6
(3). Jerusha (Strong) Pinneo ot Co-
ventiT, Ct. ,  466-9
§1. Rev. Bezuleel Piuneo of Mil-
ford, Ct.,  467-9
(4). Elijah Strong of Coventry, Ct.,. 470-7
§ 1 . Hannah (Strong) Woodbridge
of Trenton, N . Y^  470-2
§2. NoahE. Strongof Wlndliam,
N.Y.,  472-3
§3. Elijah Strong of New Hart
ford, Ct.,  475-6
§ 4. Elisha Strong of Claridon. O ., 476-7
(5). BlishaStrong of Ashland, N.Y., 477-90
§1. Azubah (Strong) White of
Ashland,  478-9
§ 2. Hon. Jairus Strong of Ash
land,  480-4
§3. Dea. Elijah Strong of Ashland, 484-9

§4. Betsey (Strong) Reynolds o/

Windham,

rong)a, N.

489-90

V. Adino Strong of Woodbury, Ct.,... 491-540
1. Meneser Strong ofWoo&b\ivy,Ct., 491-507
(1). Eunice (Strong) Pierce of
Woodbury, Ct., . . .-.  491-2
(2). Charles Strong of Woodbury,. 492-501
§1. Benjamin Strong of Strat
ford, N. H  493-9
52. Herman Strong of Keating,
Pa.  499-BOl
(3) . Ebenezer Strong, Jr., of Wood
bury,  eoi-7
2. Adino Strong, Jr. of Woodbury,
Ct.,  507-13
(1). Selah Strong of Southbury,Ct., 507-8
§1. Olive (Strong) Curtiss of
Southbury,  508-9
§2. Phebe (Strong) Scott of
Bridgewater, N. Y,,  609-11
S3. Nathan Strong ot (Jlinton,
N.Y  511-3
(2). Capt. Benajah Strong of Lans
ing, N. Y.,  51.3-33
61. Dea. Benajah Strong of Lans
ing. N. Y.

§2. Thankful (Strong) Castle of
Lansiugville, Ni Y., 
Strong of Lansing,

614
519-34 524-9

6 3. Salmon
¦ N.Y., 
§4. Anna (Strong) Bacon of Lans
ing, N. Y., 
§ 5. Simeon P . Strong of Lansing,
N.Y., 
(3). Adino Strong ot Woodbury,
Ct 
3. Preserved Strong otWoodLhmj,Ct.,
(1). Lt. John Strong of Woodbury,
Ct., 
§1. Hon. John Strong of Wood
bury,  635-7
(2). Uriel Strongof Woodbury, Ct., 537-42
61. Stoddard Strong ot Wood
bury,  538

532-3

533
584-46

B35-7

xii Tabular View of the First Six Generations of

Page.
52. Asahel Strong of Woodbury, 638-9
1 3. Cyrus Strong of Wakeman,
O  539-41
§4. Eunice (Strong) Benedict of
Woodbury  641-2
§5. Seth Strong of Woodbury,
Ct.,  542-3
(3). Anthony Strong of Woodbury,
Ct.,..  7.  543-6
§1. Anthony C. Strong of Wood
bury,  543-4
§2. Esther (Strong) Trowbridge
ofEoxbury,Ct.,  B44r-6
4. Sannah (Strong) Castle of Wood
bury, Ct.,  646
B. Sergt. Beturn Strong of Wood
bury, Ct.,  547-9
(1). Thomas Strong of Woodbury,
Ct...  547
(2). David Strong of Woodbury, Ct., 547
(3). Benjamin Strong of Southbury,
Ct  547-8
6. Timj)thy Strong otWooibmy, Ct., 549
VI. Waitstill Strong of Northampton,
Mass  549-93
1. Dea. Waitstill Strong of Sovihamp-
ton, Mass.,  550-67
(1). Esther (Strong) Sheldon of
Southampton,  650
(2). Elihu Strong of Southampton,
Mass . ,  551-4
§1. Elihu Strong, Jr., of South
ampton,  651
§ 2. Bohan Strong of Southamp
ton,  551-3
§3. Cant. Stephen Strong of
Southampton,  552-4
(3). Waitstill Strong of Hunting
ton, Mass.,  B54r-67
§1. Ehoda (Strong) Clapp of
Southampton,  555-8
§2. Mary (Strong) Searle of
Southaftnpton,  558-9
§3. Esther (Strong) Pomeroy of
Southampton,  560-2
§4. Euth (Strong) Lyman of Hun
tington, Mass.,  562-3
§5. Horatio Strong of Hatfield,
Mass.,  563-5
66. Waitstill Eoot Strong of
Brighton, O.,  565-7
§7. Hophni Strong of Hunting
ton, Mass  567
John Strong of Northampton,
Mass.,  567-72
(1). John Strong, Jr. , of Northamp
ton,  668-71
§1. John Strong (3d) of North
hampton,  568-71
(3). Hannah (Strong) Wait of North
ampton,  571
(3). Silas Strong of Northampton, 571
(4). Achsah (Strong) Day of North
ampton,  672
3, MindweU (Strong) (7Zopi) of South
ampton,  573-4
4. Submit (Strong) Clapp of North
ampton,  574
5. Benajah Strong of Westhampton,
Mass.,  675-8
(1). Nathan Strong of Prattsburgh,
N. Y  576
§1. Seth Strong ot Northampton,
Maes.j  576-7
§ 2. Nehemiah Strong of Pratts
burgh, N. Y.,  577-8
6. ItharrMr strong of Northampton,
Mass.,  578-93
(1). Medad Strong of Northampton, 579-80
§ 1. Elisha Clapp Strong of North
ampton,  ¦. 580-1

582

684

534
585-6

Page.
(2). Eleazer Strong of Northamp-
ton,  581-4
§1. Fidelia (Strong) Clark of
Northampton, 
§ 2. George Strong of Northamp
ton 
§3. Lucinda (Strong) Cloud of
Norwich, Vt., 
§4. Eoxana (Strong) Pratt of
Norwich, Vt., 
(3). Titus Strong of Boston, Mass.,
§1. Eev. Dr. Titus Strong of
Greenfield, Mass.,  685-6
(4). Capt. David Strong of North
ampton,  686-9
§1. Sophia (Strong) Damon of
Northampton,  686-7
§ 3. David Strong of Northamp
ton,  587
§3. Caroline (Strong) Ktngsley
of Northampton,  588
(5). Phebe (Strong) Blackman of
Northampton,  589
(6). Hewett Strong of Northamp
ton,  589
(7). Waitstill Strong of Northamp-
ampton,  589-92
§1. Sally (Strong) Bosworth of
Solon,0  B90-2
VIL Eachel (Strong) Dudley of Guil
ford, Ct.,  592-7
1. Dea. Selah Dudley of Guilford, . . . 593-7
(1). Dea. Selah Dudley, Jr., of
Guilford,  593-4
(2). Sarah (Dudley) Chittenden of
Guilford  594-6
§1. David Chittenden of Guilford, 594
§3. Abel Chittenden of Guilford, 595-7
Vin. Selah Strong of Setauket, L. L,. 597-730
1. Bachel (Strong) D'Uonneur of Se
tauket  597-608
(1). Joanna (D'Honneur) NicoU of
Islip,^  598-604
81. Capt. William NicoU of Islip, 598-«01
§2. Glorlana (NicoU) McAdam
ofBristol,Eng  601
§3. Samuel B. NicoU of Shelter
Island,L.I.,  601-4
2. Thomas Strong of Brookhaven,
L. 1  609-49
(1). Submit (Strong) Eoe of Port
Jefferson, L. I.,  610-9
§1. Thomas S. Eoe of Hunting-
'¦ ton, L. 1.,  611
§2. Benjamin S. Eoe of New
York,  611-3
§3. Mary (Eoe) Davis of Mt.
Sinai, L. I.,  613-6
§4. Elizabeth (Roe) WoodhuU of
Southold,  616-9
(2). Judge Selah Strongof Setau
ket  619-40
§1. Keturah (Strong) WoodhuU
of New York,  620-3
8 2. Judge Thomas S. Strong of
Brookhaven,  '.  622-5
§3. Benjamin Strong of New
York,  625-33
§4. George W. Strong of New
York  633-40
(3). Susannah (Strong) Shelton of
Huntington, dl.,  640-7
§ 1. Joseph Shelton of Hunting
ton,  640-3
§ 2. William Shelton of Hunting
ton,  642-6
§ 3. George Shelton of Hunting-
^tv ton  646-7
(4). Zipporah (Strong) Tallmage of
Setauket  647

The Descendants of Elder John Strong of Northampton, xiii

Page.
(5). Hannah (Strong) Smith of Ja
maica, L.I. ,  647-9
3. Sannah (Strong) Willis of Islip,
L. 1  649
4. Selah Strong, Jr., of Blooming
Grove.N. Y  649-700
(1). Major Nathaniel Strong of
Blooming Grove  650-6
§1. Selah Strong (3d) of Bloom
ing Grove,  651-2
§2. Hannah (Strong) Brown of
Hamptonburgh, N. Y...... 652-4
§ 3. Juliana (Strong) Mathews of
Rochester, N. Y.,  654^6
(3). Rachel (Strong) Youngs of Go
shen, N. it.,  657
(3). Hannah (Strong) Mathews of
Goshen,  657-70
§1. Fletcher Mathews of Romu
lus. N. Y  658-9
§3. Elizabeth (Mathews) Chris
topher of Eochester,  659-661
§ 3. Juliana (Mathews) Hammond
ofCrookedLake, N. Y.... 661-70
(4). Major Samuel Strongof Bloom
ing Grove,  670-93
1 1. Joseph Strong of New York, 671-9
1 3. Charity (Strong) Hand of
Blooming Grove,  679-80
6 3. Benjamin Strong of Goshen,
N. Y  680-2
§ 4. Major Samuel Strong, Jr., of
Southport, N. Y.  682-9
§ 5. William Strong of Blooming
Grove,  689-91
§ 6. Elizabeth (Strong) TuthiU of
Blooming Grove  691-2
§ 7. Experience (Strong) Helme
of Blooming Grove 
(5). Anna (Strong) TuthiU of Bloom
ing Grove,  693-7
§ 1. Phinehas TuthiU of Bloom
ing Grove,  693-6
§ 2. Euth (TuthiU) Seely of Ox
ford Depot, N. Y.,  696-7
(6). Capt. Nathan Strong of New
York  697-9
§1. Nathaniel WoodhuU Strong
ofNewYork,  698
§2. Isaac Brewster Strong of
NewYork,  698
§ 3. Eobert Strong of New York, 699
(7). Sarah (Strong) Havens of Mori
ches, L. I.,  699-700
5. Benajah Strong of Setauket, L. I. , 700-16
(1). Sarah (Strong) Miller of MUler
Place.L.f.  700
(3). Joanna (Strong) Floyd of Mas
tic, L. 1  701
|1. Ann (Floyd) CUnton of
Poughkeepsie,  701-2
§3. Eliza (Floyd) Piatt of Os
wego, N. Y.,  703
(3). Col. Benajah Strong, Jr., of
Islip, L.I  703-10
§ 1. Mary (Strong) Dewick of Se
tauket  704
§ 3. Col. Samuel Strong, of Hun-
tington,L.1  704-6
6 3. Benajah Strong Jr., of Yon-
kers, N. Y,  706
§ 4. Elizabeth (Strong) Terry, of
Centre Moriches,  706-9
§ 6. Hannah (Strong) Fleet, of
Huntingtoa, L. 1  709
§ 6. Silas C. Strong of Hunting
ton, L.I  709-10
(4) Selah Strong of New York City, 710-6
6 1. James Strong of New York
City,  i0-3
S 3. Charlotte (Strong) MuUigan,
OfNewYork,  713-6

Page.
6. Joseph Strong, of Stratford, Ct., . . 716-34
(1) Hon. Joseph Strong, of Bridge
port, Ct.,  716-24
S 1. Mary (Strong) Fowler of
Newburn, iCC  717-30
§ 3. Deborah (Strong) SterUng,
of Bridgeport  720-4
7. Mary (Strong) Bostwick, of Stam
ford, Ct ,  724
8. Benjamin Strong of Blooming
Grove  735-6
(1) Keturah (Strong) Beeves of
Newburgh,  735
9. Anna (Strong) Green, of Hanover,
N. J   726-30
(1) Abigail (Green) Broadwell of
Hanover  727
(3) Dorothy (Green) Cocker of
Newark, N.J  728-30
X. Benajah Strong of Fairfield, Ct., 730
XI. Ephraim Strong of MUford, Ct., 731-43
1. Hon. Ephraim Strong, of MUford,
Ct  731-13
(1) Sibyl (Strong) Piatt of MUford,
Ct.,  731
(2). Mary (Strong) Prudden of
Woodbury,  731
(3). Eunice (Strong) Fenn of Ber
lin, Ct.,  732
61. Eunice (Fenn) Deming of
Berlin.Ct.,  732-4
§2, Sarah(Fenn)Wilcoxof Berlin, 734-7
(4) Ephraim Strong (3d) of MUford, 737-40
5 1. Hon. WiUiam Strong of MU
ford,  7.37
S 2. Sarah (Strong) Pond of Mil-
ford  738-9
S3. Eunice (Strong) Minor of
Milford,  739^0
(5). John Prudden Strong of Mil
ford,  741-3
XII. Elnathan Strong of Southbury,
Ct.  743-56
1. Bev. Nathan Strong of Coventry, 744-56
(1). Rev. Dr. Nathan Strong of
Hartford, Ct  745-9
S 1. Anne (Strong) Perry of Sha
ron, Ct  746-8
§2. Dr. Nathan Strong of Hart
ford, Ct.,  748-9
(2). Rev. Joseph Strong! of Nor
wich, Ct  749-53
61. Joseph Strong of Norwich,
Ct.,  749-51
6 2. Hon. Henry Strong of Nor
wich,  751-3
(3). Anna (Strong) Hunt of Co
ventry,  753-6
§1. Esther (Hunt) MUler of An
dover, Ct  753
63. Anna (Hunt) Gilbert of
Mansfield, Ct  754
§3. Hannah (Hunt) Miller of An
dover,  755-6
2. Dea. Samuel Strong of Southbury,
Ct.,  756
Xm. Ruth (Strong) Dudley, of Guil
ford^ Ct.,  757-67
1. AsalM Dudley, of Middletown, Ct., 768-60
(1). Levi Dudley, of Westfleld, Ct., 759-60
5 1. Levi Dudley, Jr., of Bloom
fleld, Ct.,  759-60
2. Lucy (Dudley) Baldwin, of N.
Guilford, Ct.,  760-2
3. Medad Dudley of N. QuHford, Ct., 763-1
(1). AmbroseDudley of Guilford,.. 762-3
(2). Medad Dudley Jr^ of GuUtord, 703
(3). Jared Dudley of (Juilford  761

xiv Tabular View of the First Six Generations of

III.

Jbdbdiah Strong of Coventry, Ct., 769-1075. [Number enumerated 6,700.]

Page.
I. Jedediah Strong Jr. of Lebanon, Ct., 773-951
1. Sterphen Strong of Lebanon,  77.5-814
(1). Daniel Strong of Lebanon, Ct.,  774^-804
6 1. Dea. Daniel Strong, of Le
banon,  775-82
5 2. Hannah (Strong) Thomas of
Goshen, Ct.,  783-4
§ 3. Lucy (Strong) Mc CaU of Le
banon  784-91
6 4. Oliver Strong of Thetford,
Vt.,  791-3
55. Adonijah Strong of Rutland,
N.Y.,  793-5
66. Hon. Roger Strong of New
York,  795-6
67. Peter Strong of FayettevUle,
N.C.,  796-7
68. Salome (Strong) Hinckley of
Lebanon  797-801
§9. Lydia (Strong) Hinckley of
Thetford, Vt.,  801^
(2). Mary (Strong) Bosworth of Le
banon,  804-7
(3). Stephen Strong, Jr., of Nova
Scotia,  807
(4). Jonathan Strong of Lebanon,
Ct  807-14
|1. Betsey (Strong) Day of Lanes-
boro, Mass.,  809-10
§2. Oliver R. Strong of Syra
cuse, N. Y  810-2
63. Hezekiah Strong of Ononda-
ga,N.Yr,  812-4
3. Eleazer Strong of Glastenbury,
Ct.,  814-35
(1). Eleazer Strong, Jr,. ofHebron,
Ct  814-23
61. David Strong ofHebron, Ct., 815-33
1 2. Capt. Phinehas Strong of
Belchertown,.  823-30
(2). Jesse Strong of Glastenbury,. . 830,
(3). Joel Strong of Granville, Mass., 830-4
§ 1 . Eleazer Strong ot Granville,
§2. Joel Strong, Jr. of Granville,

830-3 833-4
834-5

835

(4). Amos Strong of Glastenbury,..
§1. Capt. Amos Strong of He
bron,  834-5
8. Supply Strong of Litchfield, Ct. , . . . 835-40
(1). Abijah (Strong) Jones of Co
ventry, 
(2). Eachel (Strong) Beach of Hart-
land, Ct 
61. BzekielBeachofTrumbnU, O.,
§2. Charles Beach of Hartland,
Ct.,  838
(3). Judge Jedediah Strong of
Litchfield  838
(4). Aima (Strong) Osbom of Litch
field,  839-40
4. Lt. Jedediah Strong (3d) of Leba
non,  840-58
(1). Capt. John Strong of Wood
stock, Vt  841
'2). David Strong of Columbia, Ct., 843
Jedediah Strong (4th) of Leba
non, Ct.,  842-4
§1. Jedediah Strong (5th)-ofHart-
forf',Vt.,  842
§2. EUzaueth (Strong) Wood-
worth of Lebanon^  844
(4). Solomon Strong of Hartford,
Vt  844-8
§1. Solomon Strong, Jr., of Hart
ford, Vt.,  845-6
§ 2. James Strong of Aleghany,
N.Y  846-7
S3. Jedediah Strong (6th) Hins-
dale,N.Y  847-8

II

850850

651

854

Page.
(5). EUjah Strong of Hartford, Vt., 848-9
5 1. Ebenezer Strong of Sterling,
N.Y  848-9
(6). Btnajah Strongof Hartford, Vt., 849-57
§1. Lydia (Strong) Walbridge of
Randolph, Vt., 
§ 2. PoUy (Strong) Smith of Hart
ford, Vt., 
63. Hon. William Strong of Hart-
ford,Vt., 
§4. Mercy (Strong) Hincher.of
Hartford, 
§5. Elizabeth (Strong) Brooks,
of Bethel, Vt 
6 6. Tryphena (Strong) English of
Woodstock, Vt  854^
§ 7. Dea. Benajah Strong of Ran
dolph, Vt^  856-7
6. Eera Strong of Marlboro, Ct  858-951
(1). Ezra Strong of WiUiamsburgh,
Mass  859-92
§ 1. Asenath (Strong) Claghom of
Cummington,  661-6
6 2. Dea. Ezra Strong of MarshaU,
N.Y.,  866-82
S3. AbigaU (Strong) Sheldon of
Dover,0.,  882-fi
§ 4. Solomon Strong of Williams
burgh, Mass.,  885
§ 6. AbigaU (Strong) Kingsley of
Westhampton,  885-90
§6. Hannah (Strong) Ludden of
Westhampton,  890-3
(2). Jabin Strong o f Easthampton,
Ct.,...:  893
(3). Philip Strong of Warren, Ct.. . . 894-918
§1. Philip Strongof Sciplo, N.Y,. 895-8
§2. Eben Strong of Warren, Ct., 898-902
§3. Amasa Strong of Warren, Ct., 902-5
§4. Rhoda (Strong) Stone of
Fleming, N.Y  905-6
1 5. Stephen Strong of Warren,
Ct.,  906-8
§6. Jedediah Strong of Water-
vliet, N. Y  908-10
87. Lydia (Strong) Dunning of
Scipio 
S8. Dr. Ezra Strong of Scipio,
N. Y., 
§9. Epaphroditns Strong of
Scipio  914-5
§10. Sally (Strong) Culver of
Springwater, N. Y.,  915-8
(4). Eben Strong of Marlboro, Ct.,. 918-23
§ 1. Anna (Strong) Jones of Marl
boro,  918-9
S 2. Dea. Eben Strong of Marlboro, 910
§3. Alfred Strong of Franklin,
N.Y  919-33
(6). AbigaU (Strong) HiUs of Leba
non, Ct.,  923^
(6). John Strong of Glastenbury,
Ct.,  924-9
§ 1 . John Strong of Newbury, Vt . , 924-9
(7). Freedom (Strong) Carter of
Marlboro, Ct.,  929-30
(8). David Strong of Chatham, Ct., 931-60
§1. Ruby (Strong) McCoUom,
afterwards Hall,  931-7
5 2. Ezra Strong of Chatham, Ct„ 937
§ 3. Hannah (Strong) HaUof Gus-
tavua.O.,  937-41
; 4. Dea. Auson Strong of Had
dam, Ct  941-4

910
911-3

6 5. Clarissa (Strong) Selden of
" -;ld,0.,...

944-6

Mayfleld
Chloe (Strong) Gates of Gns-
tavu6,0.,  946-7

The Descendants of Elder John Strong of Northampton, xv

§7. Benjamin Ackley Strong of
Chatham, Ct., 
§8. John C. A. Strong of Chat
ham, 
(9). Hannah (Strong) KeUog'g of
Marlboro, 
(10). Ruby (Strong) Bowles of Marl
boro, 
6. Freedom (Strong) BueU of Leba
non, Ct., 
n. Hannah (Strong) Carpenter of Co
ventry, 
in. Thankful (Strong) Root of Coven
try, 
1. ThMnas Boot of Coventry, Ct., . . .
(2). Thomas Eoot of E. Windsor,
Vt 
2. Ebenezer Boot, ofCoventry, Ct., .
3. Bliakim Boot, of Coventry, 
4. Samuel Boot of Willington, Ct.,..
IV. Lydia (Strong) Lee of Coventry, . .
1. Jedediah Lee, of WiUington, Ct.,.
2. David Lee, of Berkshire, Mass.,..
3. Bev. Jonathan Lee of Salisbury,
Ct. 
(1). Dr. Jonathan Lee ot Pittsfleld,

Page. 947-8
949-50 950 951961

(2)

(3),

(6),

S 1. Jonathan Lee of E. Bloom-
fleld.N. Y. 
6 2. Samuel Lee of Poughkeepsie,
§8. EmUy (Lee) Mather eft Tor-
ringford, Ct., 
§4. Hannah (Lee) Harrison of
Salisbury, 
§5. Ann (Lee) Leavenworth of
Wolcott, N. Y., 
. Elizabeth (Lee) Allen of Pitta-
field, 
1. Hon. Thomas AUen of Pitts-
field 
2. Jonathan AUen of Pittsfield,
3. Rev. Dr. WUUam AUen of
Northampton, 
. Samuel Lee of Salisbury, Ct.,.
j 1. Hannah (Lee) Sterling of
Poughkeepsie, 
§ 2. Samuel B. Lee of Spring HiU,
Tenn., 
5 3. Prof. Charles A. Lee of Peeks-
kill N. Y 
3 4. Dr. Moses A. Lee of Pitts-
field 
I. Elisha Lee of Sheffield, Ct., . . .
'. Dea. Milo Lee of Salisbury, ct.,
il. Hezekiah C.Lee of Salisbury,
J 3. Rev. Jonathan Lee of Salis
bury 
§3. Sarah (Lee) HoUister of Salis
bury, 
i 4. Elisha Lee of Salisbury, 
\ 5. Clarissa (Lee) Gay of HoweU,
Mich 
Eev Dr. Chaunoey Lee of
Colebrook, Ct., 
1. Eev. Chauocey Graham Lee,
2. Juliet (Lee) Dorrance of At
tica,!*. .Y 

953-6
953-4 954 955
955-6 956
956-86 958

958-66 960-7
961-3 963 063
964-6 966
967-72 967-8

970-2
973-5 972^ 974-5 974
975
975-6
976-82 976-8 978979
979-81 981-2
982-5

Page.
§3. Frederic A. Lee ofCoopers-
town.N. Y  984
§ 4. Oliver H . Lee of Chicago, ... 985
(7). Robert W. Lee of Salisbury,.. 985
(8). Love (Lee) Collins of E. Bloom-
field, N. Y.,  985
IV. Preserved Strong OfCoventry, Ct., 986-1076
1. Noah Strong ot Salisbury, Ct.,.. 986-1055
(1). EUshaStrongofBrandon.Vt., 987-lOU
§ 1. Noah Strong of Jamestovrn,
0  987-991
§3. Reuben Strong of Brandon,
Vt  991-6
53. IsaacStrongofSennett,N.Y.,995-1005
§4. BlishaStrong, Jr., of SUver
Creek, C,  1005-7
§5. Olive (Strong) Bacon of El-
bridge,N.Y  1007-10
(2). Simeon Strong of Salisbury,
Vt.,  1011-15
§ 1. Mary (Strong) Bump of Salis
bury, Vt.,  1011-3
S2. Jonathan Strong of Salis
bury, Ct.,  1018^
(3). Genl. John Strong of Addison,
Vt  1015-42
51. Genl. Samuel Strong of Ver-
gennes,Vt  1017-21
6 2. John Strong of Addison, Vt., 1021-24
5 3. Luke Strong of Vergeunes,
Vt.,  1035-28
5 4. Electa (Strong) Storrs of Mid-
dlebury.Vt.,  1038-81
55. Moses Strong of Rutland, Vt., 1031-6
6;6. Cyrus Strong of Addison, Vt., 1036-7
§7. Mabel (Strong) Seymour of
Litchfield, Ct.,  1037-11
6 8. Sidney Strong of Albion,
N.Y.,  1041-a
(4). Col. Adonijah Strong of Salis
bury, Ct,  1043-55
51. Judge Martin Strong of Salis
bury, Ct.,  1043-6
§ 2. Judge John Bates Strong of
St. Augustine, Fla.,  1047
§ 3. Rev. William L. Strong, of
Somers, Ct  1047-50
54. Rev. Henry P. Strong, of
PhelpB,N. Y  1050^
§5. Betsey (Strong) Lyman of
Hampton.N. Y.,  1054-5
2. Aaron Strong otCo\eutTj,Ct  1055-73
(1). Aaron Strong of Southampton,
Mass.,  1055-60
§1. Dea. RosweU Strongof South
ampton,  1056-00
(2). Sarah (Strong) Clarke of West
hampton,  1060-4
•51. Jonathan Clarke of West
hampton,  1060-4
(3). Dea. Oliver Strong of Charlotte,
Vt  7  1064-6
51. Rachel (Strong) Ward of
Poultney, Vt„  1064-6
(4). John Strong of Westhampton, 1066-72
J 1. Paul Strong of Northampton, 1067-72
S. EnochStrongotS^Me.'bmj.Ot...... 1072-6
(1). Rev. John Strong of North-
moreland, Pa.,  107S-6

983-4 IV.
Return Strong of Windsor, Ct., 1076-87. [Number enumerated 1,000.]

I. Abigail (Strong) Moore of E. Wind
sor, Ct.,  1077-84
1. John Moore of E. Windsor,  1077-84
(1). Eoswell Moore of Southlngton,
Ct.,  1077-80
2. Elizabeth (Moore) Foster of E.
WindBor,  1084

n. Lt. Eeturn Strong of Windsor, Ct., 1084-6
1. Sannah (Strong) Chapman otTol-
tand, Ct.,  1084r-6
TTT. BUzabeth (Strong) Boardman of
Wethersfleld, Ct.,  1087

xvi Tabular View of the First Six Generations of

IV'. Damaris (Strong) Moore of Wind
sor  : 

Page. 1087

V. Samuel Strong of Windsor  1087-1120
1. SamuelStrong, Jr.. of Union, Ct., 1088-1103
(1). Lucy (Strong) Wales of Union, 1088-90
(2). Capt. David Strong of Stafford,
Ct  1090-1103
5 1. Bliphalet Strong of Stafford,
Ct.  1091-4
§2. SaUy (Strong) Hyde of Staf
ford,  1094
6 3. John S. Strong of Strongs-
ville, O  ,,1095-1100
6 4. Abigail (Strong) Carpenter
ofStafford.Ct  1100-1
§5. Mary (Strong) Lyon of
StrongsvUle,^  1101-3
(3). Martha (Strong) Burke ofWcst-
minster,Vf.,  1103-1
(4). Samuel Strong of Union, Ct.,. 1104-9
§1. Martha (Strong) May of Hol-
land,Ma8s.,  1104-5
S3. Mary (Strong) Eosebrooks of
Holland,...:  1105-7

Page.
63. Chloe (Strong) Needham of
Union, Ct.,..  1107-8
S4. Tryphena (Strong) Allen of
Windham, Ct.,..  1108-9
(5). Euth (Strong) Eising of Snf-
^' field, Ct.,^.'  r  1109
(6). Alexander Strong of Union,
Ct.,  1109-13
51. Eebecca (Strong) Foster of
Stockbridge, N. Y.,  1110-1
83. Salmon Strong of Augusta,
N.Y.,  f.  ;..... iin-3
6 3. Hannah Strong) SneU of Wil
lington, Ct  1112-3
5 4. Alexander Strong, Jr., of
Stockbridge, N.Y. ,  1113
(7). Return Strong of Pawlet, Vt., 1113-30
§1, Dorcas (Strong) Leavitt of
Warren, Vt.,  1114
6 2. Phinehas Strong of Pawlet,
Vt.   1115-7
5 3. Return Strong, Jr., of Paw
let, Vt......  1118
54. Walter Strong of Sherman,
N.Y.,  1118-30

V.
Elder Ebenezer Strong of Northampton, 1130-1379. [Number enumerated
nearly 3,000.]

I. Ebenezer Strong, Jr., of Northamp
ton  1131-33
1. Mary (Strong) Sheldon of North
ampton,  1122-28
(1). Jemima (Sheldon) Lyman of

Northampton  1123-24
Westfield, Mass.,

§1. Jemima (Lyman) Fowler, of

Benjamin Sheldon, Jr., of
No

11231124
1134
1125

Northampton,
§1. Phebe (Sheldon) Stocking of
Utica.N. Y 
(8). Rebecca (Sheldon) Parsons of
Northampton, 
(4). Mary (Sheldon) Lyman of
Northampton,  1125-6
(5). Phebe (Sheldon) Pomeroy of
Northampton,  1126-7
(6). Jerusha (Sheldon) Ely of GuU-
ford, Ct.,  1127-8
3, Martha (Strong) Kirbgsley of
Northampton,  1128
3. Esther (Strong) Dymjin of North
ampton  1129
4. AbigaU (Strong) Dwight of Hat
field, Mass.,  1129-33
(1). Abigail (Dwight) Partridge of
Hatfield  1129.^82
(3). Ebenezer Dwight of Hatfield,
Mass.,  1133-33
n. Lt. Nathaniel Strong of Northamp
ton  11.33-50
1. NaOmniel Strong, Jr.^ of North
ampton,  1133-4
(1). Rebecca (Strong) Clark of Am
herst, Mass.,  1134
(3). Katharine (Strong) Alvord of
Northampton,  1134
(3). Penelope (Strong) Cook of
Northampton,  1134-5
(4). Rachel (Strong) Smith of Am
herst,  1135
(5). Simeon Strongof Northampton, 1135-8
61. Levi Strong of Northampton, 1136-7
1 3. Joseph Strong of Northamp
ton  1137-8
(6). Miriam (Strong) Rust of North
ampton  1138-43
2. Ensign Noah Strong otlSottlaamo-
ton,  1142-47

(1). Lt. Noah Strong of Westhamp
ton,  1143-4B
6 1. Lemuel Strong of Perry ville,
N.Y.,  1143-4
§;3. Esther (Strong) Lyman of
Norwich, Mass.,  1144-5
(3). Daniel Strong of Northampton, 1145-48
§1. Lucy (Strong) Wolcott of
Southampton,  1146
§3. Polly (Strong) Sheldon of
Southampton,  1147
3. Margaret (Strong) Graves of Bel
chertown  1147-9
§ 1. Penelope (Graves) Dwight of
Belchertown  1148
4. Daniel Strong of Northampton,
Mass  1149-50
5. Bev. Job Strong of PortsmoutiL
N.H  1150
HI. Sarah (Strong) Stebbins of North
ampton,  1150-1
1. Sannah (Stebbins) WiUiston ot
Springfield,  1151-3
. Rev. Noah WiUiston of West
Haven, Ct 
|1. Eev. Dr. Payson WUUston,
of Easthampton, Mass. , . . .
1 2. Sarah (WiUiston) Storrs of
Longmeadow, Mass., 
§3. Eev. David H. WilUston of

a).

Turbridge, Vt., .
aannah WiUistoi
bury of Harford, Pa.,

§4. Hannah (WiUiston) Kings-

1151
1151 1152
1153 1153

IV. Jonathan Strongof Northampton, 1153-1279
1. Mehitable (Strong) Sheldon of New
Marlborough,  1154
3. Jonathan Strong, Jr., of North
ampton,  1154-61
(1). Capt. Ebenezer Strong of
Northampton,  1155-58
§1. Lucy (Strong) Phelps of
Northampton,  1155-58
(2). Ensign Jonathan Strong of
Northampton,  1158
§1. Jonathan Strong (4th) of
Northampton,  1158-60
§ 3. Col. Elisha Strong of North
ampton,  1160-61
a. Lt. C(Ueb Strong ot Nortb&mpton, 1161

The Descendants of Elder John Strong of Northampton, xvii

(1). Phebe (Strong) BeUows of Wal-
pole, N. H:,  1162-75
§1. Col. Caleb BelBwB of Wal-
pole.N. H.,  1163-73
§2. Phebe (S. Bellows) Grant of
Walpole  1173-75
(2). Esther (Strong) Hunt of
Charlestown, N. H.,  1175
5 1. Asahel Hunt of Charlestown, 1177-79
§2. EosweU Hunt of Charlestown, 1179-82
(8). Mehitable (Strong) Lyman of
Northampton,  1182-87
61. Dr. Isaac Lyman ot Cazeno-
Tla, N. Y.,  1183-87
(4). Gov. Caleb Strong of North
ampton,  1187-93
§1. Theodore Strong of North
ampton,  1189-90
§2. Clarissa (Strong) Dwight of
New Haven, Ct  1190-92
§3. Lewis Strong of Northamp
ton, Mass.,  1193-3
§4. Sarah (Strong) Phrenix of
NewHaven  1193-4
(5). Eleanor (Strong) Clarke of
Columbia, Ct.,  1194-97
5 1. Asahel Clarke, Jr., of Peoria,
lU.,,.-.  1194
8 2. Samuel S. Clarke of Peoria,
m.,  1195
S3. George A. Clarke of Cuba,
W. I.,  1195
54 Esther (Clarke) Beaumont of
Peoria.IU.,  1196
(6). Martha (Strong) Moseley of
Hampton, Ct„  1197-1203
51. Patty (Moseley) Blake of West-
ford, Mass.,  1197-8
S3. Sophia (Moseley) Abbott of
Westford,  1198-9
8 3. Ebenezer moseley of New-
buryport. Mass  1199-1201
84. Col. Samuel Moseley of Hamp
ton, Ct,  1201-3
(7). Dorothy (Strong) Hinckley of
Northampton,  1302-7
8 1. Sophia (Hinckley) Lyman of
Northampton  1203-7
1. Ichabod Strong of Southampton,
Mass.,  1207^9
8 1. Aaron Strong of Southamp
ton,.  :  1207-37
82. John Strong of Southampton, 1227-38
§3. Mary (Strong) Wright of
Easthampton,  1338-9
8 4. Solomon Strong of South
ampton,  1239-46
§5. Job Strongof Southampton, 1246-49
5. Bev. Thomas Strong ot New
Marlborough, Mass.,  1349-64

Page.
(1). Elizabeth (Strong) Steele of
Egremout, Mass  1319-54
81. Louisa (Steele) Hand^ of
ParisHUl.N.Y  1251
63. Nancy (Steele) Hopkins of
Paris HUl, N. Y.,  1251-2
8 3. Pamelia (Steele) Harrison of
SuUivan, N. Y.,  1253^
(3). Joseph Strong of New Marl
borough, Mass^  1254-7
|1. Hon. Thomas B. Strong of
Pittsfleld, Mass.,  1255
§ 2. Clarissa (Strong) Thompson
ot New Marlborough,  1255-7
1 3. Mehitable(Strong) Pomeroyof
Westhampton, Mass.,  1257
(3). Lucina (Strong) Alexander of
Onondaga, N. Y.,  1257-64
6 1. Fanny (Alexander) Smith of
Little PaUs, N. Y. ,  1358
53. William H. Alexander of
Syracuse, N. Y.  1268-9
6 3. Elizabeth (Alexander) Groes-
beck of New York  1259-60
5 4. Laura (Alexander) Lansing of
Aubern, N. Y.,  1260-1
6. Lt. Elisha Strong of Farmington,
Ct  ¦•••  1264-76
(1). Mary (Strong) Wadsworth of
Farmington,  1265
(2). Achsah (Strong) Hawley of
Moreau,N.Y.,  1365-70
51. SethHawleyotMoreau.N.Y. 1386
5 2. Fenn Hawley of Moreau 
§3. Electa (Hawley) SUl ot Mor
eau 
1 4. Abi (Strong) Pixley of Gr.
BarrUigtou, Mass., 
(3). Elijah Strong of Browniugton.
Vt.  1270-73
§1. Emily (Strong) Ward of
Brownington,  1370
6 2. Elijah G. Strong of Browning-
ton,  1271-2
5 3. Sylvia (Strong) Cowles of
Coventry, Vt.,  1373-3
(4). Asahel Strong of Bennington,
Vt  1273-6
81. Timothy F. Strongof Fond
DuLac, Wis.,  1274-5
§2. Mary (Strong) Kenney of
Otumwa, Iowa,  1276
7. Lois (Strong) Strong of New Marl
borough,  1276
8. iMcia (Strong) Parsons of North
ampton,  1277
9. Sarah (Strong) Wright of New
Marlborough,  1277
10. Hannah (Strong) Lyman of North
ampton  1377-9

1267 1267

1368-9

Abigail (Strong) Chauncey
merated some 350.]
i. Catharine (Chauncey) Brewer of
Springfield, Mass.,  1
1. Camarme- (Brewer) Pynchon of
Springfield 
2. Dea. Nathaniel Brewer ot Spring
field 
3. Isaac Brewer of WUbraham, Mass.,
(1). Catharine (Brewer) Bliss of
WUbraham, 
(2). Eunice (Brewer) Stebbins of
Springfield, 
(3). Lt. Isaac Brewer of Ludlow,
Mass., 

VI.
of Hatfield, Mass., 1379-91. [Number enu-

80-90 1281128313831383 1284
1284

(4). WiUlam Brewer of WUbraham, 1285
(5). Charles Brewer of WUbraham, 1285-6
(6). Gaius Brewer of WUbraham, . . 1387
3. Bev. Nathaniel Chauncey ot Tmv-
ham, Ct.,  1287
(1). Hon. BUhn Chauncey of Dur
ham, Ct.,  1288
(2). Catharine (Chauncey) Goodrich
ofDiirham,  1289
(3) . Eev. Elnathan (3hauncey of Dur
ham,  1390
3. Sarah (Chauncey) Whittlesey of
Wallingford.Ct.  1290

xviii Tabular View of the Fi/rst Six Generations of

VII.
Elizabeth (Strong) Parsons of Northampton, 139JrlS05. [Number enu
merated 300 and more.] Page.
1. Isaac Parsons ot Northampton, 
Mass.,  1299-01
(1). Josiah Parsons of Northamp-
ton,  1300
§1. Sarah (Parsons) Wright of
Northampton,  1301
3. JacoSPfflratms of Northampton,... 1301-2
Vn. Moses Parsons of Dnrhayi, Ct . , . . 1302
Vin. Noah Parsons of Northampton, . 1303-3
1. Jemima Parsons Kingsley of
Northampton  1303
2. Elizabeth Parsons Mien. ofSoiMi-
ampton  1303
3. jlfa7^(Po;'S£»i«)Bartlett, of North
ampton, .  1304
4. Keziah (Parsons) Cook, of Had
ley, Mass.,  1304r^
5. Noah Parsons, Jr., of North
ampton,  1305

Page,
I. Rev. Joseph Parsons of SaUsbnry,
Ct.,...  1292-3
1. Bev. Joseph Parsons, Jr., of Brad
ford, Mass.,  ;  1293
n. Lt. John Parsons of Northampton, 1293
1. John Parsons, Jr., of Northamp
ton  1293
3. Moses Parsons ot Northampton,.. 1294
3. rTbse^jAParswis of Northampton,.. 1395-6
ni. Capt. Ebenezer Parsons of North
ampton,  1396
IV. Elizabeth (Parsons) Strong of
Northampton,  1393 and 1131
V. Rev. David Parsons of Maiden,
Mas s  1 297-9

VI. Josiah Parsons of Northampton,
Mass., 

VIII.
Experience (Strong) Filer of Windsor, Ct., 1305-11. [Number enume
rated 150.] §1. Anna (FUer) strong of Belch
ertown, Mass.,  1307
§ 2. Gurdon Filer of Belchertown,
Mass  1308-9
§ 3. Mary (FUer) Eoot ofHebron,
Ct.,  1309-10
§ 4. John FUer of Belchertown,
Mass.,  1311

I. Thomas FUer of Windsor, Ct.,  1306
II. ZerubbabelPUerofWindsor.Ct.,.. 1306
in. Samuel FUer of Hebron, Ct.,  1307-11
1. Samwl FUer, Jr., of Hebron,
Ct 1307
(1). Lt.'Saniuel Filer of Heiiron,'.'.' 1307

IX.

Samuei, Strong of Northampton, 131 1-1438. [Number enumerated 3700.]
1312

I. Esther (Strong) White of Hadley,
Mass., 
1. Nathaniel White of S. Hadley,
Mass . ,  1312-4
(1). Samuel White of S. Hadley, 1313-4
(2). Nathaniel White of S. Hadley, "' '
(3). Ebenezer White of Easthamp-
¦ ton, Mass., 
3. J^s^Aer TFAz^e Dickinson of Granby,
Mass., 
8. Jonathan White ot S. Hadley,

13141314
1315 1315

H. Abigail (Strong) Church of North
ampton, 

1316

m. Nehemiah Strong of Amherst,
Mass.,  1316
1. Mary (Strong) Boltwood, of Am
herst,  1317-33
(1). Samuel Boltwood of Amherst, 1317-32
§1. Martha (Boltwood) Arms, of
Conway, Mass  1318-23
(2). Mary (Boltwood) Dickinson of
Amherst,  1333-9
§1. Mercy (Dickinson) Blair of
Amherst,  1322-B
1 2. Aldeu Cooley of Elk Grove,
lU.,  1325-9
(3). Keziah (Boltwood) South-
worth, of Amherst,  1380-3
§ 1. Hon. Wells Southworth, of
New Haven, Ct  1330-1
§ 2. Hon. Edward Southworth, of
W. Springfield,  1331

§3. Martha (Southworth) How-
ardofBoston,  1332-3
2. Judge Simeon Strong ot Amherst,
Mass.,  1333-42
(1). Simeon Strong, Jr., of Amherst, 1334-6
§ 1. John Emerson Strong, of
Clinton, Wis  1335-7
§2. Simeon Edward Strong,
M.D.,of Andover, Mass., 1337-8
(2). Hezekiah Wright Strong of
Amherst  1338.9
1 1. Frances (Strong) Crocker of
Waquoit, Mass  1339
§3. Sarah (Strong) McConihe of
Troy, N.yT,  1339-42
§ 3. Henry Wright Strong of
Troy,N.Y  1342
(3). John Strong of Amherst, Mass., 1348
(4). Hon. Solomon Strong of Leo
minster, Mass.,  1343-4
§1. Adelia (Strong) Eogers, of
Boston,  1343-4
IV. Ezra Strong of Southampton,
Mass.  1344-1414
1. Ezra Strong, Jr., of Westfield,
Mass.,  •  1345-77
(1). Capt. John Strong, of Albany,
*r. Y  ^;  ': 1346-7
(2). King Strong of Pittsfleld,
Mass.,  1347-69
§1. Mary (Strong) Eemington,
of Pittsfleld,  1347-55
§2. Noble Strong of Pittsfleld,
Mass.,  1355-9

The Descendants of Elder John Strong of Northampton, xix

Page.
§ 3. Rhoda (Strong) Edwards of
Richmond, Mass.,  1359-60
§4. Sally (Strong) Loomis of
Pittsfleld, Mass.,  1360
§ 5. Kmg Strong of New Hart
ford, N. Y.,  1361-3
§6. Lydia (Strong) Reynolds, of
Eochester, N. Y.,  1363-5
§7. WiUiam Strong of Whites-
town, Ind.,  1865-7
§8. Huldah (Strong) Brown of
Rochester, N. Y. ,  i367-9
§9. Tirzah (Strong) Gibbs, of
Rochester,  ,  1369
(3). SUeuce (Strong) Noble of Pitts
fleld, Mass  1869-70
%\. Charlotte v'Noble) Catlin of
Clinton, N.rY  1370
(4). Warham Strong of Fairhaven,
Vt.  1370
(5). Huldah (Strong) Dickinson of
Benson,.Vt  1372-5
§1. Huldah (Dickinson) of Gris-
wold of Benson,  1373-3
§3. Orrin Dickinson of Vermont-
vme,Mich  1374
§ 3. John Dickinson of Benson,
Vt.,  1374
§4. Isaac Dickinson of Benson,
Vt  1375
(6). Ozem Strong of Pittsford,Vt., 1376
(7). Russell Stron»ofBensou,Vt., 1377
2. Miriam (Strong) Shepard of Bland-
ford, Mass  1377-1404
(1). Miriam (Shepard) Cook of Au
gusta, N.T  1378
§1. Miriam (Cook) De Wolf of
Augusta,  1379-80
63. Josiah Cook, Jr., of Augusta,
N.Y.,  1380-3
6 3. Ebenezer Cook of Augusta,
N.Y  1382^
54. Barnabas Cook of Sheridan,
N.Y.,  :  1384-6
5 5. Jonathan Cook of Sardinia,
N.Y.  1386
56. Dr. Orange E. Cook of Mor-
rlsvUle, N. Y.,  1386
(3). Jonathan Shepard, Jr., of
Blandford,  1387
51. Electa (Shepard) Case of San
dusky, O ,  1388-9
§2. Lamed Shepard of Hartford,
Ct.,  1389
6 3. Jonathan Shepard (3d) of
Blandford,  1391-3
5 4. AbigaU (Shepard) Blossom of
Augusta,.:  1393-4
55. EU Shepard of Bhindford,
Mass.,  1391
§6. Letitia (Shepard) Boles of
Blandford,  1395
6 7. Mary (Shepard) Knox of
Chester, llass.,  1395-7

§8. Orlina (Shepard) Tew of Col-
 e, Ct.,

1397
1398

linsviUe
1 9. Pauliim (Shepard) Twining
of Tolland, Mass. , 
(3). Lovisa (Shepard) Ranney of
Augusta,N.Y.,  ... 1399-01
(4). ElijahShepardofAugnsta,N.Y., 1401
(5). OUver Shepard of Blandford,
Mass.,...  1402-4
5 1. Linus Shepard of Blandford, . 1402-3
82. Sarah (Shepard) Boies of
Blandford,  1403-4
(6). Isabel (Shepard) HaU of Bland-
' ford;.........  1404
3. Isabel (Strong) Kingsley of West
hampton,  1404-14
(1). Joseph Kingsley, Jr., of West
hampton,  11D6

(2). Ezra Kingsley of Westhampton, 1405-7
§ 1. Wealthy (Kingsley) Jadd of
Westhampton  1406
§ 2. Orrin Kingsley of Northamp
ton,  1406-7
(3). Miriam (Kingsley) Norton of
Westhampton,  1407-9
§ 1. Elizabeth (Norton) BlweU of
Southampton  1407
§ 2. Horace Kent Norton of Ro
chester, N. Y  1408
§3. Joseph D. Norton of West
hampton,  1409
(4). Dorcas (Kingsley) Wait of
WiUiamsburgh  1409
(5). Hervey Kingsley of Westhamp
ton,  1410-11
(6). Warham Kingsley of West
hampton,  1411-1
§1. Rowland A. Kingsley of
Westhampton,  1411-2
§ 2. Alvin W. Kingsley of West

hampton, .
- el —

§3. Marvel Kingsley of West
hampton,  1412-4
V. Mary (Strong) Edwards of North
ampton,  1414-9
1. Elizabeth (Edwards) Smith of
S. Hadley, Mass.  1414
(1). Elizabeth (Smith) Judd of S .
Hadley  1414-6
81. Salathiel Judd of Chester,
Mass.,  1415-6
(3).- Major John Smith of S. Hadley, 1416-7
8 1. Dudley Smith of Hadley, .... 1417
3. Mary (Edwards) Clark ot Granby,
Mass . ,  1417
3. Ebenezer Edwards of Northamp
ton,  1418-9
(1), Nathaniel Edwards of North-
i ampton,  1418-9
VI. Josiah Strong of Litchfield, Ct . , . . 1421-8
1. Josiah Strong, Jr., of Sharon, Ct., 1431-8
(i). Josiah Strongof Burtonville,
N.Y.,  1422-8
61. David Strong of Geneva,
N. Y.,  1433-5
8 2. Mahala (Strong) Hough of
Windham.N. Y.^  1425-6
8 3. Gen. William K. Strong of
NewYork,  1426-7
84. Mary (Strong) ParseUs of
NewYork,  1427-8
vn. Dea. Samuel Strong of Bethlehem,
Ct  1428-38
1. Susannah (Strong) Steele ot Beth
lehem Ct.,  1428
(1). Samuel Steele of B. Bloomfleld,
N.Y  1429
(2). EU3haSteele,Jr.,ofBethlehem, 1429-30
(.3). Joel Steele of B. Bloomfleld,.. 1430
(4). Lucy (Steele) Kasson of Bethle
hem,  1430-3
61. Emily Kasson Logan of
Washington, Ct.  1431
62. Edgar N. Kasson of Bethle
hem,  1431
6 3. George M. Kasson of Bethle
hem,  1431-2
8 4. Susan (Kasson) HUl of Beth
lehem,  1432
(5). OUve (Steele) Hawley of E.
Bloomfleld,  1433
(6). WiUiam Steele of B. Bloom-
field,  1433
(7). Rev. Julius Steele of B. Bloom-
^' field,  1434-5
2. Dorcas (Strong) Hawley of Bethle
hem,  1435-8

XX

Tabular View of the First Six Generations of

(1). Irene (Hawley) Jackson of
Bethlehem, 
§1. Irene (Jackson) Wheeler of
Salisbury, Ct., 

Page. 14361437 X.

Page.
(2). Susannah (Hawley) Jackson,
of Bethlehem  1437
61. Caroline (Jackson) Bird, of
Bethlehem,  1438

Mary (Strong) Clark of Northampton, 1489-63. [Number enumerated 600.]
4. i)ea..S?«aACto?'*of Northampton, 1453
IV. Mary (Clark) Edwards of North
ampton,  1454
V. Rebecca (Clark) Baker of North
ampton,  1455
VI. Experience (Clark) Jf ash of North
ampton,  1456
VII. Abigail (Clark) Cook of North
ampton,  1456
1. Aaron Cookot Northampton,  1456-60
(1). AbigaU (Cook) Clark of North
ampton,  1457
§1. Bpaphras Clark of Enfleld,
Mass.,  1457
8 2. Electa (Clark) WUson of
Canaan, N.Y  1458
J 3. Osman Clark of Barry, 111 . , . . 1458
§4. Fidelia (Clarkl Francis of
Springfield, Dl  1459
§5. Penelope (Clark) Sage of
Dundee, N.Y..  1459
§6. AbigaU (Clark) Dole of New
Haven, Ct.,  1459
§7. Climena (Clark) Hopkins of
Michigan,  1469
(2). Enos Cook of Northampton, . . ¦ 1460
§,1. Harriet (Cook) Clark of
Northampton,  1461
§2. Horace Cook of Northamp
ton,  1461
|'3. Rev. Theodore Cook of
Stowe, Mass.,  1461

I. Dea. John Clark, Jr., of Northamp
ton  1440-6
1. Dea. John CTarS(3(l) of Southamp
ton,  1441
2. Eliakim Clark of Easthampton, 1441
(1). Job Clark of Easthampton, .... 1442
3. Aaron Clark oi Southampton,  1442
4. Elisha Clark ot Southampton,  1443
5. Ithamar Clark of Northampton, 1443
6. Catharine (Clark) Edwards of
Southampton,  1443
(1). Catharine (Edwards) Colman,
of Southampton,  1404
(2), Samuel Edwards of Southamp
ton,  1444-5
' (3). Luther Edwards of Southamp-
¦ ton  1445
(4). Dea. Elisha Edwards of South
ampton  1445
§1. Col. BUsha Edwards of
Southampton,  1445
§ 2. Prof. Bela B. Edwards, of
Andover, Mass.,  1443
n. Nathaniel Clark of Northampton, 1446-50
\. Lt. Nathaniel Clark, Jr., of
Northampton,  1447
(1). Joseph Clark of Southampton, 1447
(2). Jonathan Clark of Westhamp
ton,  .  1447-8
(3). Selah Clark of Southampton, 1448
2. Ebenezer Clark ot Northampton, 1448
(1). Ezra Clark of Northampton, . . 1448
(2). Israel Clark of Granby, Mass., 1449-50
m. Increase Clark of Northampton, . . 1460-1
1. Daniel Clark of Northampton, . . . 1451
(1). Nathan Clark of Westhamp
ton  1451
(2). Nancy (Clark) Phelps of North
ampton  1451
2. Moses (TZort of Northampton,  1452
3. Dea. Simeon Clark ot Amherst,.. 1463-3

VIII. Noah Clark of Northampton. . .
1. Silas CTarT; of Northampton,..'..

IX. Dea. Josiah Clark of Northampton,
1. Josiah Clark, Jr., of Northamp
ton, 

14621462

1463 1463

XI.

Sarah (Strong) Barnard of Northampton, 1465-8. [Number enumerated
about 100.] 2. Abigail (Barnard^) Cook otBaAXej, 1466-7
(1). WUliam Cook of Hadley, Mass., 1466-7
' "¦ ¦• " 'jotH -"

I. Dr. John Barnard of Hadley, Mass.,. 1465-6
1. Sarah . (Banrmrd) Temple of
Shutesbury, Mass.,  1466

3. Joanna (Barnard) Nash of Hadley, 1467

XII.
Hannah (Strong) Clark of Lebanon, Ct., 1468-73. [Number enumerated 170.]
1469 m. Jonathan Clark of Lebanon  14731473

I. Hannah (Clark) Hunt of Lebanon, . .
1. Dea. Ebenezer Sunt of Northamp
ton,  1469-70
2. Lt. Simeon Sunt of Coventry, Ct., 1470-1
n. WUliam Clark of Lebanon, Ct.,  1471
1. WUliam Clark, Jr., otjjeb&non,.. 1471-2
3. Phinehas Clark of Lebanon,  J472

m. Jonathan Clark of Lebanon, 
1. Jonathan Clark, Jr., of Lebanon,.

IV. Joseph Clark of Lebanon,  1472

V. Benoni Olark of Lebanon,  1473
XIII.
Hester (Strong) Bissell of Windsor, Ct., 1473-5. [Number enumerated
about 40.]
I. Thomas Bissell of Windsor, Ct...... 1474 1 (1). Thomas Bissell of Windsor, .. . 1474-5
1. Jerijah Bissell otTS.. V!m&sm,.... 1474 , ¦ 1111^ o

The Descendants of Elder John Strong of Northampton, xxi

XIV.
Jerijah Strong of Northampton, 1475-1531. [Number enumerated about
1,000.]

Page.
I. Jerijah Strong, Jr., of Northampton, 1476-9
1. Oliver Strong of Northampton, . . . 1476
3. Elijah Strong of Northampton, . . . 1476-7
(1). Patty (Strong) Clark of North
ampton,  1477
§ 1. Nathaniel Clark of North
ampton,  1477
(2). Luther Strong of Northamp
ton,  1477
§ 1. Cephas Strong of Northamp
ton,  1478
§2. Electa (Strong) Clark of
Northampton,  1478
(3). Elijah Strong, Jr., of North
ampton,  1478
II. Thankful (Strong) Hunt of North
ampton,  1479-83
1_ Dea. jOTiaiftaraBwre* of Northamp
ton  1480
2. Joel Bunt of Northampton,  1480-1
3. Mary Sant Mills of Chesterfield, . . 1481-2
(1). Hon. BlijahH. MiUs otNorth-
ampton,  '.  1481
§1. Helen (MlUs) Huntington of
Northampton  1482
8 2. Sarah (lIlUs) Peirce of Cam-
bride, Mass.,  1482
8 3. Charles H. MUls of Cam
bridge, Mass  1483
6 4. Harriet (MiUs) Davis Nor
folk, Va.,  1483
ITT. Seth Strong of New Marlborough,
Mass.  1483-90
1. Asher Strong of Owasco, N. Y.,. 1483
(1). Isaac Strong of Owasco, N.Y. , 1483-7
51. Capt. Walter Strong of Owas-
* CO,   1484-7
82. Clarissa (Strong) Clark of
Jefferson,0.  1484
6 3. Nancy (Strong) Thompson of
Fabliis,N,Y,,  1487-9
Ci . Timothy Strong of Sterling,
N. Y.,  1488
(3). WUliam Strong of Sinclair-
vlUe,N. Y.,  1489-90
IV. Bela Strong of Northampton,... 1490-1621
1. Amasa Strong ofWe&thumptoa,.. 1491^
(1). Amasa Strong, Jr., of Hunts-
burgh, O 
§1. Rowland Strong of Hants-
burgh, O., 
§3. Baxter Strong of Hunts-
burgh, O., 
§ 3. Edmund Strong of Montville,
8 4. Davi'd Strong of Huntsburgh,
6 5. Fidelia (Strong) Loomis of
Huntsburgh  1493-4
8 6. James Strong, Huntsburgh,
O.,  1494
87. Samuel Bnrt Strong of Hunts
burgh  1494
§ 8. Amasa N. Strong of Hunts
burgh 
(2). Asahel Strong of Huntsburgh,
§1. Clarissa (Strong) Stetson ot
Chesterfield, Mass., 
§ 2. Lyman Strong of Mansfield,
Kansas,. 
S3. Horace Strong of Hunts-
burght O....  1497
8 4. Sarah (Strong) Wright of
Huntsburgh  1497
8 5. Betsey (Strong) Scott of
Huntsburgh  1497

1491 1493
1492 1493
1493

14941495

1495 1496

Page. 1497
1498
SjningeekJ,' Mass., .^ ..'... .7.1498-500 1498

§6. AbigaU (Strong) Evans of
Huntsburgh, 
§ 7. Dr. Asahel B. Strong of
Reading, Mich., 
(3). Ruth (Strong) Baker of Spi-tng
Siji-ingfielcT, Mass 
§ 1. Sarah (Baker) Woodward of
Springfield, 
§2. Amanda (Baker) Crosby of
Springfield  1499
8 3. Hon. Oriin Baker of Spring
field,  1499
§4. Fidelia (Baker) Graves of
Springfield,  1500
(4). Noble Strong of Huntsburgh. . 1500
§1. Maria (Strong) Jenkins of
Cataract, Wis  1500-1
1 2. Ira N. Strongof Sheboygan,
FaUsWis,  1501
63. Truman Strong of Hunts
burgh, O.,  1503
(5). Harvey Strong of Huntsburgh,
0  1502
5 1. Amasa Strong of MontvUle,
0  1502-3
§2. Lewis Strong of Chester,
O.,  1503
8 3. James Strong of Hunts
burgh, O  1603
54. David B. Strong of Hunts
burgh,  1503-4
8 5. Lydia (Strong) Crozier of
Euclid.0  1504
§6. Harvey Strong, Jr., of Ches
ter, O.,  1504
8 7. Nancy (Strong) Crozier of
Euclid, O.;  1504
Nancy (Strong) Bartlctt of
Huntsburgh  1504-5
6 1. Elvira Bartlett of Savoy, 1505

(6),

2. Eunice (Strong) Clark ot East-
ampton, Mass., 
(1). Luther Clark of Easthampton,
§1. Hon. Luther Clark, Jr., of

1505
1506-7

Easthampton, .
irkc

15071507

1510 1610
1510-2 1511

(2). Dr. Job Clarkoffeavenna, O.,
(3). Eunice (Clark) Ferry of East-
ampton,  1507-10
3. Buth (Strong) Edwards of North
ampton, 
4. Thankful (Strong) Edwards of
Westhampton, 
B. Naomi (Strong) James of Sheldon,
Vt 
(1). Naomi (James) Lyman otEast-
hampton, 
§ 1. Samuel M. Lyman of East
hampton,  1513
(2). Dr. Lewis James of Swanton,
Vt.,  1512
6. .Bcto/Sifroreg', jr., of Northampton, 1513-31
(1). Ira Strong ot Tyre, N.Y.,  1518
§ 1. Caroline (Strong) Higbie of
MungerviUe, Mich. ,  1514-5
82. Edwin F. Strong of Tyre,
N.Y., 
§,3. Mary (Strong) GoBseline of
Sturgeon, Mo., 
§ 4. Lucy (Strong) Van Houten of
Ovid, Mich. 
(2). Jason Strong of Northampton,
§1. Sarah(Strong) Alvord ofEast-
hampton,  1516
6 2. Charles C. Strong of Bridge
port, Ct  1516
§ 3. Edward C. Strong otNorth-
ampton,  1516-7

1515
1514

1S14
1516-7

xxii Tabular View of the First Six Generations.

S4. Miriam (Strong) Clapp of
GulUord, Vt, 
§5. Bela Strong (3d) of North
ampton, 
§6. Sibyl (Strong) Clapp of
Southampton, 
67. WlUiamF. Strong of Hudson,
N.Y. 
68. Alanson Strong of Canton,
Ct., 
(3). Sarah (Strong) Parsons of Sar
anac, N. Y., 

Page. 1517
1517 15171518
1518
1518-9

Pago.
§1. George H. Parsons of Sar-
anac^.  1519
§ 3. David iff. Parsons of Saranac, 1519
(4). Eliza (Strong) Day of Henne
pin, lU  1520
(5). JuBus C. Strong of Waterloo,
N. Y.,  1520-1
51. Sarah (Strong) Brooks of
Joliet.m.,  1521
62. WlUlamA. Strong of Joliet,
111,  1521

THE

HISTORY OF THIS BOOK.

In preparing the history of the Dwight family for publication , the author
obtained, in tracing out their frequent intermarriages with the Strongs,
so much of the genealogy of this large and honorable family, that, after
much reflection on the necessary demands of so great an enterprise, he
determined at last to undertake also the preparation of their family his
tory. And this he now offers first of the two to those interested in its
details, designing to follow its publication soon with that of his paternal
ancestry and kipdred. No one could know better than he, after five years
of diligent industry in his previous endeavor, what would be the cost, in
time, patience, strength and money, of his new effort. In his history of
the former family there were even in the third generation but three
founders of families ; but with the Strongs how different ! Elder John
Strong began the family history with 18 children, 15 of whom had
families, and 88 of their children are on record in this book as heads of
families. There were doubtless a dozen more. From the third genera
tion downwards, the author's task was nearly 30 times greater, therefore,
in tracing his maternal ancestry and kindred, than his paternal. When
first seriously meditating the vast attempt, he felt, like one standing on
the banks of a wide, strong stream lying between him and victory, just
enough excited with fear at the dimensions of the prospect before him, to
be all the more resolved and eager to push into " the sea of difficulties,"
that spread everywhere in view.
By much more time and toil freely lavished upon this large field of
research, he feels sure that many great and satisfying results in various
directions, now unattained, would be realized. But he offers here gladly
to all, who have a common heritage with him in the lineage of the Strong
family, the large array of facts which he has been able to procure, by
more than four years of unswerving attention to the work of tracing their
history, from its first beginnings in this country to the present hour.
Much, if not most, of the time, he has given from ten to twelve and thir
teen hours daily, not only ungrudgingly but delightedly, to this great
effort and wholly at his own charges. It has been by a most ample and
persistent correspondence, at the rate much of the time of some 2,500
letters per year, and by an abundant exploration of family histories, town

xxiv The History of this Booh.
•
histories, town records and monumental inscriptions, that he has been
enabled to construct the historical memorial of the Strong family which
is here erected and which will stand as he hopes to the end of time.
Hundreds of volumes have been ransacked for dates and details of inter
est, in various public libraries in Boston, New York and Brooklyn, and
in the valuable genealogical library of D. Williams Patterson, Esq., of
Newark Valley, Tioga Co., N. Y., whose liberal aid to fellow-explorers is
only surpassed by his own unbounded enthusiasm in his own researches.
Various towns in New England, especially in Massachusetts and Connecti
cut, have been personally visited and searched thoroughly for facts, as
Northampton, Belchertown, Williamsburgh, Southampton and Westfield,
Mass., and in Connecticut, Milford, Middletown, Durham, Chatham, Col
chester, Lebanon, Coventry, Hebron, Bolton and Guilford. To hundreds
of postmasters, town-clerks, clergymen, and men of antiquarian lore, all
over the land, thanks are due for the prompt and kindly manner, in
which they have furnished great numbers of helpful items of informa
tion, which, though small in themselves, have been of large aggregate
value in the end. Such a pile of genealogical facts concerning a family
of such large volume in its earlier years, and spreading almost without
limit over the fruitful fields of this new world, for nearly two centuries
and a half, can no more be reared without the cooperative aid of multi
tudes of willing hearts and hands, than the immense" pyramids of Egypt
themselves. It is not the author's fault that the results of his inquiries
here presented are not grander still. No one who has not attempted
genealogical researches on a large scale can have any adequate idea of
the difficulty of obtaining facts desired. At least 200 letters out of seve
ral thousands, which should have been answered to the full, fell into the
hands of those that were either so satisfied with what their fathers had
done for them, or so dissatisfied, that they did not care to do aught for
their better or longer remembrance in the world. With the few who have
thus maintained a careless or resolved silence, and preferred to wrap them
selves and their forefathers in dumb forgetfulness, stands another class
of inefficient helpers, who, after giving a brief and superficial outline of
their family history for a generation or two, could never be tempted, or
won, to give any more fulness or definiteness to the rude picture that they
had so hastily drawn. Probably no one who has undertaken such a great
labor ever had more helpers, or those that were more generous and en
thusiastic in their efforts to aid the self-offered historian of the family in
his work. All thanks to the great number of such noble souls.
The Strongs that have shown the most interest in perpetuating the re
cords of their own special branches of the family have been Hon. Roger
Strong, Esq., a lawyer in New York ; Hon. Stephen Strong, M. C., a
lawyer in Owego, N. Y., Rev. Paschal N. Strong of New York, and Gen.
Jame.s Strong a lawyer in Buffalo. The only general view of the family

The History of this Boole. xxv
history ever prepared before the present one, was a brief sketch covering
two or three printed pages, which was prepared by Gov. Caleb Strong of
Northampton, and sent by him, then 32 years of age. May 26, 1777, to
Rev. Joseph Strong of Williamsburgh, Mass. (the author's great-grand
father), and manifestly at his solicitation. Twenty-one years afterwards
(June 22, 1798), when he was an U. S. Senator, he seems to have lost
the draft of his original letter, if not also the documents on which it was
founded, and to have requested a copy of it from his former correspondent,
who, at the date above given, replied to his request with the following
brief introduction : " Hon. and dear sir : In compliance with your request
signified in your favor of the 6th instant, I transmit to you the following
extract of an account of Elder John Strong and his descendants compiled
and transmitted to me by yourself in your letter of May 26, 1777, viz :
that, etc." The original letter the author has seen and handled ; it is in
the possession now of Mrs. Eliza Jane (Strong) Merritt, the great-grand
daughter of Rev. Joseph Strong and wife of Rev. Elbridge W. Merritt,
who reside now (1870) on the old family homestead in Williamsburgh.
" The extract of Gov. Strong's original account" of the family history in
general terms, in the second generation and partly in the third, was several
years ago printed, and somewhat widely scattered among different branches
of the family. At least a dozen copies of this very brief view of the his
tory of the family for the first 80 years of its existence have been kindly
sent to the author at different times. With this scanty knowledge of its
early beginnings and subsequent development, the family have contented
themselves, in all parts of the land, for 90 years past until now. And
that the exceeding strangeness of this wide-spread indifference to a thorough
acquaintance with their worthy ancestry may appear as fully to others as
to the author, he here places it in print anew. This he does the more
readily and thankfully, as, without this early memorial of the family as a
guide, he would never have known where to search for the facts that had
¦ ..in so long hidden in the dark. The few little seeds that Gov. Strong
scattered upon the waters a century ago, in his youth, with so little
thought of their ultimate value, have been the source, to a'great degree,
of the large harvest of facts here gathered. Behold then what was known
of the great family of Strongs a hundred years ago, and has been idly
allowed to be all that should be known for another hundred years after
wards except in a very few specific branches and by very few persons.
" An Account of Elder John Strong and his Descendants.
"He was bom and lived in England at Taunton, in Somersetshire. His father,
whose name was Eichard, died while his son was young. His grandfather, who
was a Eoman Catholic, lived to be very old, but died before his grandson left Eng
land. He came to America in the year 1630. He sailed from Plymouth in
England, m company with Mr. Warham, Maverick, Mason, Clap, etc., and arrived
D

ixvi The History of this Booh.
at Nantasket on the 30th of May, of that year, and settled in Dorchester. He
married his first wife in England, who died immediately after landing in this
country; leaving two young children, the youngest of which died in two
months after its mother. He m. his 3d wife, whose name was Abigail Ford (she
was sister to Capt. Clap's wife), at Dorchester in 1635, or 1636. He afterwards
removed from Dorchester to Windsor in Connecticut, and with four others, to wit :
Messrs. Mason, Ludlow, Wolcott, and Stoughton, was appointed to superintend
and bring forward the settlement at that place. He lived there several years and
fi:om thence removed to Northampton, in the year 1659 or 1660, where he died,
April 14th, 1699, about 94 years old. He was the first ruling elder of the church
in Northampton. His wife d. July 6, 1688. A sister of his came with him
from England, who afterwards m. a person by the name of Dean. He had 16
children, beside that which d. young as above mentioned. By his first wife he had :
I. John, who lived at Windsor, and had issue, John, Jacob, Josiah, etc.
By his second wife, Abigail Ford (who d. July 6, 1688), he had issue :
IT. Thomas, who by his first wife, Mary (who d. Feb. 30, 1670) had the fol
lowing children :
1. Thomas b. Nov. 16, 1661 : m, to Mary Stebbins, Nov. 17, 1683.
a. Mary, b. Aug. 31, 1663, and d. in August, 1684.
8. John b. March 9, 1665.
4. Hewet, b. Dec. 3, 1666.
6. Asahel, b. Nov. 14, 1668, who removed to Farmington, in Connecticut,
and left two sons, Asahel and John.
6. Joseph, who removed to Coventry about the year 1717; where he d.
upwards of 90 years of age, and left two sons, Joseph and Phinehas, who
both lived to old age.
By his second wife Eachel Holton (whom he m. Oct. 10, 1671), he had :
7. Benjamin, who lived a bachelor at Bast (Juilford, and d. an old man.
8. Adino, who lived at Woodbury and left a numerous family.
9. WaitstiU, who lived at Northampton and left many descendants.
10. Eachel, b. July 15, 1679, m. to Nathan Dudley of Guilford, May 6, 1698.
11. Selah b. Deo. 33, 1680, who lived at Setauket on Long Island and had five
sons: Thomas, Selah, Benajah, Joseph, and Benjamin, and had five
daughters.
12. Benajah, b. Sept. 24, 1683.
18. Ephraim, b. Jan. 1, 1685, lived at MUford, and left but one con, named
Ephraim.
14. Elnathan, b. Aug. 30, 1686, who lived at Woodbury, where he d. short
of middle age and left a yoimg family.
15. Ruth, b. Feb. 4, 1688, m. to Wm. Dudley of (JuiKord.
III. Jedediah, who, by his first wife. Freedom Woodward (whom he m. Nov.
18, 1663), had issue :
1. Elizabeth, b. June 9, 1664, m. to Ebenezer Wright Sept. 15, 1684.
2. Abigail, b. July 9, 1666, m. to Thomas King Nov. 17, 1688.
3. Jedediah, b. Aug. 7, 1667, m. to Mary Lee Jan. 5, 1691.
4. Hannah, m. to Benj. Carpenter March 4, 1691.
5. Thankful, m. to Thomas Eoot March 4, 1691.
6. Preserved, b. March 29, 1680, m. to Tabitha Lee, Oct. 23, 1791. Their
mother dying May 17, 1681, their father m. Abigail Stebbins, the next
December, and had issue :
?• John. 8. Mary, m. to Ebenezer Pixley April 18, 1711.

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IV. Return who lived at Windsor. His sons were Return, Samuel, John, etc.
V. Ebenezer, who m. Hannah Clap, Oct. 14, 1668, d. Jan. 11, 1739, aged 86
years, and had issue :
1. Hannah, b. Oct. 7, 1669, m. Ebenezer Pomeroy, March 4, 1691.
2. Ebenezer, m. Mary Holton Oct. 35, 1695.
3. Nathaniel, m. Rebecca Stebbins, 1697.
4. Sarah, b. Sept. 39, 1681, m. Thos. Stebbins Dec. 17, 1701,
6. Jonathan, b. May 1, 1683, m. Mehitable Stebbins, by,whom he had 17 child
ren, one of which was Caleb b March 37, 1710, m. Nov. 5, 1736, to
Phebe Lyman, who was b. Aug. 33, 1717.
6. Noah, b. Oct. 18, 1684, d. when about 13 years old.
VI. Samuel, who m. Esther Clap June 19, 1864, and had children :
1. Esther b. April 80, 1685, and m. to Nathaniel White May 13, 1709.
2. Ezra. 5. Samuel.
8. Nehemiah. 6. Susannah, who m. a Lane.
4. Josiah.
7. Abigail, who m. a Church, and afterwards a Chapin.
8. Mary, who m. Nathl. Edwards and was grandmother of Nathl. Edwards of
Eoberts' Meadow.
VII. Josiah, who d. young.
Vin. Jerijah b. Dec. 13, 1665, m. to Thankful Stebbins July 10, 1700, and had
issue :
1. Jerijah, m. to Mary Clark of Northampton.
2. Thankful, m. to Jonathan Hunt of Northampton.
3. Eunice, m. to Dea. Brewer of Springfield.
4. Seth, m. to Lois Strong of Northampton.
5. Bela, m. to Eunice Alvord of Northampton.
IZ. Abigail, m. to Eev. Mr. Chaunoey of Hatfield.
X. Elizabeth, m. to Joseph Parsons March 17, 1669.
SI. Experience, m. to a Pyler of Windsor.
XII. Mary, m. to John Clark March 30, 1679.
XIII. Sarah, m. to Joseph Barnard July 13, 1675.
XIV. Hannah, m. to William Clark July 15, 1680.
XV. Esther, m. to a Bissell of Windsor.
XVL Thankful, b. in 1663, m. to a Baldwin of Milford.
I have put all the sons before any of the daughters, for I have never been able
to learn anything more of the order of their births than that of the sons and
daughters by themselves. They were all born before the family came to North
ampton except the youngest son and the youngest daughter.
"^'^y 26, 1777. CALBBSTRONa."
Such was the poor imperfect thread, and yet very valuable to the author,
that he had in his hands at the beginning of his work and all that he
had, with which to trace his way, as he might, through the laby
rinth of the past 250 years. All thanks to Gov. Strong, that he cared
enough for the fates and fortunes of his kindred, to prepare this scanty
memorial of them ! Like many other" things in life, it had a suggestive

xxviii The History of this Booh.
value far greater than its real one. The Strong family has been so large
that an adequate presentation of its history must take on somewhat of an
encyclopsedic character. What is here presented is an indication of what
might be done on a still larger scale by a much greater expenditure of time
and money. This account of the family has proved to be in the end one-
third larger than was promised, and has cost therefore one-third more for
its publication than was anticipated.
When approaching the end of his labors the author prepared the fol
lowing circular, some 1500 copies of which were sent by him and the pub
lisher to such members of the family, as seemed most likely, by their
general social position, to be both able and disposed to subscribe for the
book.
«' The History of the Descendants of Elder John Strong, of North
ampton, Mass., Iry Benjamin Woodbridge Dmght, of Clinton, Oneida Oo., N. 7.,
author of "the Higher Christian Education," and of " Modern Philology, First
and Second Series."
The undersigned proposes to publish this work, as soon as a sufficient number
of copies shall have been subscribed for. The author has given, for four years
past and more, time, strength and money, without stint, to its preparation, on the
broadest and most thorough basis possible. Its details cover the history of the
Strong family in all its branches, male and female, direct and collateral, from the
first settlement of the country to the present hour — embracing some 15,000 names
or more. It will consist of two large octavos of some 600 pages each, with indexes,
and be printed in the best style of the art, as to type and paper. Its price will be
$13 per copy.
The sale of genealogical works is by necessity limited, and far more so than ia
cominonly supposed.
The subscriber has published several of the best Family histories of the day, and
has never sold more than 500 copies of any one of them, even after several years
time. But few copies will be printed beside those ordered. Those to whom this
circular comes are solicited to subscribe at once for one or more copies, and to in
duce others of their acquaintance to subscribe also. The author and publisher are
only waiting for a sufficient number of subscriptions to proceed at once to the work
of issuing it from the press. It is hoped that many will subscribe for several
copies apiece, with the idea of bestowing them ijot only upon children and friends
unable to procure them for themselves, who will greatly value their possession in
future years ; but also upon the libraries of public institutions, for which such
books wUl ere long be eagerly sought, and unless obtained at the time of publica
tion, can not be obtained at all.
Elder John Strong, the founder of the Strong family in this country, had 18
children, and all but two of them by Joanna Ford, his second wife. Of these 18
children, 15 had families, and several of them nearly as large as his own. The
ground to be traversed has therefore been immense. The results obtained are of -
the most satisfactory kind.
Subscriptions may be sent to the author or to the publisher.
JOEL MUNSBLL, Publisher,
Albany, N. Y."

The History of this Booh. xxix
The result obtained during the six months or more that intervened is
indicated in the subscription list here presented :
The first subscription received was from Lyman Strong of Cleveland, 0.,
who was by the author's side when he made it, and who said "put me
down for 20 copies at least." The next was made by William A. Rey-
nolds, Esq., of Rochester, N. Y., who wrote : " I will take 25 copies at any
rate and 40 if necessary," and afterwards subscribed for 5 more for various
college libraries. These whole-souled responses insured at once in the
author's heart the certainty of the publication of the history of the Family.
That there were others also, who had a generous estimate of the value to
the family of along series of earnest efforts, to collect and preserve all
of its records that could possibly be obtained, will be made manifest by
the subjoined list of subscribers. Had any considerable number of like
means manifested a similar interest in this great endeavor, to obtain and
preserve, forever, a true and full history of the Strong Family, to that
evinced by a few, the good cause would have literally moved off on wings
of gold with feathers of silver, instead of just standing alive upon its feet
as now, without being reduced to the necessity of asking leave to be. A
family history, however well prepared, can thrive only as those belonging ¦
to the family breathe into it the breath of life. It cannot trust to its
merits, as in other departments of literary effort, where the field is the
world, or makes its growing way to public favor through successive edi
tions. What the family choose to do for it is all the support or honor that
it can receive. List of Subscribers.
No. Off No. ov
Names and Eebidenoes. Copies. Names akd Eesidencbs. Copies.
William A. Reynolds, Eochester, David Strong, Winsted, Ct.,  3
N.Y  30 Sidney Strong, Youngstown,0.,.,. 3
Lyman Strong, Cleveland, 0  30 Charles E. Strong, New York,  3
George Templeton Strong, New Henry S. McCall, Albany, N. Y., . . 3
York,  10 Mrs. George Salmon, Fulton, N. Y., 3
Rush R. Sloane, Sandusky, 0  10 Rev. Dr. Dorus Clarke, Boston, Mass. 3
Theodore W. Dwight, New York,. . 8 Cyrus Curtiss, New York City,  3
William E. Strong, New York,  8 William Bartlett, Clinton, N. Y., . . . 3
Alexander Strong, Boston, Mass., . . 8 Dr. Jamin Strong, Oberlin, 0.,  2
Timothy Strong, Fond Du Lac, Wis. 6 Othniel S. Williams, Clinton, N. Y., 3
John Randolph Lee, Buffalo, N. Y. . 5 Judge William Strong, Philadelphia, 2
Sidney Strong, Florence, Mass.,. .. . 5 Sherwood Hough, St. Paul, Minn., . . 2
John Ferdon, Piermont, N, Y  5 Mrs. Mary D. Lyman, Northampton, 3
Charles L. Strong, Pico, Cal.,  5 Selah Strong, Milford, Ct.,  2
Otis Clapp, Boston, Mass  4 Joseph Strong Avery, Clinton, N. Y. 2
Edward A. Strong, Boston, Mass.,. . 4 Paschal N. Strong, N. Orleans, La., 2
Mrs. E. M. Bellows, Portage Du William Strong, Portland, Oregon, 2
Fort, Canada,  4 James Fowler Dwight, New York, 2
Peter Remsen Strong, Newtown, Mrs. Mary E. Gulliver, Norwich, Ct., 2
L. I.,  4 Charles Hebard, Williamsport, Pa., 3

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The following persona subscribed for one copy each :

Names and Eesidences.
Mrs. Minerva C. Adgate, KeeseviUe,
N.Y.
Mrs. Elizabeth M. Albright, Easthamp
ton, Ct.
Mrs. S. T. Ames, Boston, Mass.
Amherst College Library, Mass.
Prof. Charles Avery, Clinton, N. Y.
Dr.Henry N. Avery, PoaghkeepBie,N. Y.
Theodore Avery, Clinton, N. Y.
Hiram Baker, BeUevue, 0.
Prof. W. P. Bascom, Washington, D. C.
Joseph Battin, Elizabeth, N. J.
Joseph Bedortha, Agawam, Mass.
Charles C. Bellows, New Ipswich, N. H.
Mrs. Caroline B. Berry, New Ipswich,
N.H.
Eev. Seth Bliss, Berlin, Ct.
Mrs. Amanda Bogert, SnugHarbor.N. Y.
Mrs. WiUiam H. Bradley, Chicago, lU.
Samuel N. Bronson, Litchfield, Ct.
William Strong Brooks, JoUet, 111.
Mrs. B. J. Brown, New York.
William Rufus BunneU, Bridgeport, Ct.
Miss Elizabeth Christopher, Yonkers,
N.Y.
Prof. Lyman Coleman, E..ston, Pa.
Mrs. Charles (Ulark, Northampton, Mass.
Josiah Clark, Northampton, Mass.
James S. Cook, CUnton, N. Y.
Josiah L. Cook, Clinton, N. Y.
Prof. James D. Dana, New Haven, Ct.
George Deming, Durant, Iowa.
John Deming, Salem, 0.
Mrs. NicoU H. Dering, Utica, N. Y.
Albert G. Dewey, Queechee, Vt.
Henry S. Dewey, Cincinnati, O.
Mrs. JuUa E. Drew, Tecumseh, Mich.
Rev. Edward S. Dwight, Hadley, Mass.
Edward H. Dwight, Hadley, Mass.
Timothy Dwight, Chicago, 111.
Jonathan Edwards, New Haven, Ct.
Tirzah S. Emerson, Brookline, Mass.
Prof. Even W. Evans, Ithaca, N. Y.
Egbert H. Fairchild, Peekskill, N. Y.
Rev. Peter V. Finch, Greenfield, Mass.
Henry A. Foster, Appleton, Wis.
Nathan S. Gilbert, Junction City, Kan.
Alfred R. Goodrich, M.D., Vernon, Ct.
Mrs. BUzabeth R. Graves, WiUiams
burgh, Mass.

Names and Residbncbs.
Daniel B. Green, YpsUanti, Mich.
Mrs. W. H. Griffith, Jamestown, N. Y.
Gov. Henry H. Haight, San Francisco,
Cal.
Mrs. CaUsta S. Haly, Buckingham, Ct.
Rev. Edward E. Hale, Boston, Mass.
Rev. Charles Hammond, Monson, Mass.
Rev. Edward P. Hammond, Vernon, Ct.
Mrs. Martha Strong Harris, New Lon
don, Ct.
RosweU H. Hassam. Manchester, N. H.
Learned Hebard, Lebanon, Ct.
Mrs. Roxalana Holmes, Coldwater, Mich.
Rev. E. B. Huntington, Stamford, Ct.
John Q. A. Johnson, Auburndale, Mass.
Cromwell A. Jones, Lynchburgh, Texas.
Mrs. Charlotte A. L'Aignoux, New
Haven, Ct.
Edward L. Lee, New York city.
Graham Lee, Hamlet, lU.
Henry Lee, MiUersburgh, lU.
Henry M. Lee, Buffalo, N. Y.
OUver H. Lee, Chicago, HI.
Mrs. Jesse Lyman, Westhampton, Mass.
Alvin S. Morse, Globe Village, Mass.
Edward S. Moseley, Newburyport,Mas3.
William MulUgan, New York.
Enos Munson, Franklin, Del. Co., N. Y.
Prof John S. Newberry, New York.
Mrs. EUza M. Norton, Troy, N. Y.
Dr. OUver D. Norton, Cincinnati, O.
Seymour J. ParseUs, New York.
Pastor's Library, Lebanon, Ct.
Theodore Perry, Chicago, 111.
J. W. Pratt, Lansiugville, N. Y,
Henry E. EookweU, Washington, D. C.
Charles H. Sawyer, San Francisco, Cal.
Mrs. Jonas Seely, Sugar Loaf, N. Y.
Nathaniel D. Selden, B. Cleveland, O.
Mrs. WUliam H. ShaUer, Portland, Me.
Edward N. Shelton, Derby, Ct.
Mrs. Charles Sherman, Watertown,
N.Y.
Mrs. Benjamin SUliman, New Haven, Ct.
Linus B. Skeel, Hennepin, 111.
Lewis E. Skeel, Hennepin, 111.
Prof. Henry B. Smith, New York.
Prof. Ebenezer S. Snell, Amherst, Mass.
George C. S. Southworth, W. Spring
field, Mass.

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XXXI

Names and Eesidences.
Elihu W. N. Starr, Middletown, Ct.
John W. Sterling, Bridgeport, Ct.
Adolphus Strong, Belchertown, Mass.
Alanson Strong, Franklin, Del. Co., N. Y.
Alvah H. Strong, Eochester, N. Y.
Rev. Augustus H. Strong, Cleveland, O.
Alvin L. Strong, Hatfield, Mass.
Asaph Strong, Portland, Ct.
Benjamin Strong, FishkiU, N. Y.
C. A. Strong, Meeker's Grove, Wis.
Charles K. Strong, Washington, D. C.
Charles L. Strong, Middle Haddam, Ct.
Charles R. Strong, New York.
Charles A. Strong, Watertown, N. Y.
Cyrus Strong, Wakeman, O.
Daniel Strong, Portland, Ct.
Eev. Daniel A. Strong, Coleraine, Mass.
Daniel B. Strong, Ashland, N. Y.
David Strong, Hebron, Ct.
David Strong, Winsted, Ct.
Rev. Dr. Edward Strong, Pittsfield,
Mass.
Dr. Edward Strong, Auburndale, Mass.
Edward C. Strong, Northampton, Mass.
Edward N. Strong, Sing Sing, N. Y.
EUsworth Strong, Portland, Ct.
Rev, Elnathan E. Strong, Waltham,
Mass.
EUsha P. Strong, Starucca, Pa.
Emory F. Strong, Bridgeport, Ct.
Francis M. Strong, Vergennes, Vt.
George Strong, TumervUle, Ct.
Harry M. Strong, Battle Creek, Mich.
Harvey N. Strong, Appleton, Wis.
Dr. Henry Strong, Rockford, HI.
Eev. Dr. Henry N. Strong, Baton
Eouge, La.
Isaac Strong, S. Butler, N. Y.
Eev. James M. Strong, Northfield,Minn.
Isaa« M. Strong, Charlotte, Mich.

Names and Eesidences.
John C. Strong, Buffalo, N. Y.
John M. Strong, Montevallo, Ala.
John T. Strong, Tecumseh, Mich.
Josiah L. Strong, Starksborough, Vt.
J. M. Strong, E. Springfield, Pa.
Lyman W. Strong, SevUle, 0.
Miss Lucy Strong, Northfield, Vt.
Miss Mary B. Strong, Port Jeflrerson,L. I.
Nathan Strong, Austinburgh, O.
Nathan Strong, Chicago, 111.
OUver S. Strong, NewYork.
Dr. Ozias G. Strong, Canton, 111.
Dr. Phinehas H. Strong, Buffalo, N. Y.
Eobert Strong, Naperville, HI.
Samuel E. Strong, Blooming Grove,N. Y.
Selah B. Strong, Setauket, L. I.
Selah B. Strong, Jr., New York.
Seymour J. Strong, New York.
Silas Strong, Rutland, 0.
Dr. Sylvester S. Strong, Saratoga, N. Y.
Theodore Strong, BurUngton, 0.
Theron G. Strong, New York.
Eev. Thomas C. Strong, Ithaca, N. Y.
Thomas J. Strong, Sandy HiU, N. Y.
Thomas S. Strong, New York.
WilUam A. Strong, JoUet, 111.
WiUiam R. Strong, Sacramento, Cal.
WilUam S. Strong, Kenosha, Wis.
Nicholas TambUngson, Eochester, N. Y.
PhUander F. Twining, Tolland, Mass.
Egbert E. Walbridge, Cairo, 111.
Mrs. Lucina Wasson, Friendship, N. Y.
Mrs. Sarah A. Waters, Hartford, Ct.
Joseph N. Watros, Norwalk, O.
James Weeks, New York.
Charles P. WeUs, Hartford, Ct.
Alexander T. Wheeler, Boston, Mass.
Wessels & Gates, Litchfield, Ct.
Mrs. Henry Wright, PortviUe, N. Y.
Yale College Library.

[Small as the number of copies here subscribed for is, it is worth the
while perhaps to state to any who would like to know the fact, that it is by
far the best show yet made, in advance, of the supporters of any great genea
logical undertaking in this country.]
It is pleasant to turn next to the grateful recognition of the valuable
services of the many appreciative friends and allies of the author in his
geuealogioal endeavors.

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The History of this Booh.

Thanks are due first and most of all to my ever helpful wife who has
by her personal sympathy and aid in various ways assisted me practically
beyond any and all others in my great undertaking.
The following contributors of facts and dates deserve to be mentioned.
in terms of special thankfulness, for their abounding good will :
Daniel Strong, Portland, Ct.
Eev. Daniel A. Strong, Coleraine, Mass.
Daniel B. Strong, Ashland, N. Y.
Miss Eunice L. Strong, Springfield, 0.
Horace Strong, Durham, N. Y.
Isaac Strong, South Butler, N. Y.
Lyman Strong, Cleveland, O.
Selah B. Strong, Setauket, L. I.
Sidney Strong, Florence, Mass.
Dr. Charles P. Sumner, Bolton, Ct.
Mrs. Dwight A. Waters, Blue HiUs
Hartford, Ct.
Joseph N. Watros, Norwalk, 0.

Daniel M. Bacon, Five Comers, Cayuga
Co., New York.
Lucius M. Boltwood, Hartford, Ct.
Eufus H. Bunnell, Bridgeport, Ct.
Eoswell H. Hassam, Manchester, N. Y.
John Eandolph Lee, Buffalo, N. Y.
Mrs. Jesse Lyman, Westhampton, Mass.
Charles PhUlips, Mt. Sinai, N. Y.
WUUam A. Eeynolds, Eochester, N. Y.
Mrs. Bethsina Searle, Southampton,
Mass.
Alvin L. Strong, Hatfield, Mass.
Asahel W. Strong, Huntsburgh, 0-

Particular mention is also gratefully made of the following :

David A. Baker, Dryden, N. Y.
Mrs. PriscUla Bartlett, Franklin, Del.
Co., N. Y.
Mrs. WUliam F. Bascom, Washington,
D. C.
Miss Eunice Bateman, Blackweed, N. J.
Mrs. Esther C. Beaumont, Peoria, 111.
John Beecher, Livonia, N. Y.
Mrs. Caleb S. Bellows, Portage Du Fort,
Canada.
Charles C. Bellows, New Ipswich, N. H.
Dea. Joshua Bird, Bethlehem, Ct.
Mrs. Israel Brundage, Paxton, 111.
Mrs. Ann Bushnell, Lakeville, Ct.
Mrs. Charlotte S. Burrows, Elkhart, Ind.
Miss BUzabeth Christopher, Yonkers,
N.Y.
Eev. Dr. Lyman Coleman, Easton, Pa.
Otis Clapp, Boston, Mass.
Mrs. Haimah Cook, Morrisville, N. Y.
Eev. Theodore Cook, Stowe, Mass.
Miss Frances Dering, Utica, N. Y.
Eev. Edward S. D-??ight, Hadley, Mass.
James Fowler Dwight, Esq., New York.
Miss Catharine B. Strong, Windsor, Ct.
Mrs. Thomas Elmes, Derby, Ct.
WUUam C. Fowler, Esq., Durham, Ct.
Mrs. Lucy Ann Goodwill, Omaha, Neb.

Eussell B. Goodwin, East Bloomfleld.
N.Y.
Mrs. Julia Green, Tecumseh, Mich.
Mrs. Helen A. Grinnell, New York city.
Mrs. BUzabeth Groesbeck, Little Falls.
N.Y.
Mrs. Mary B. GulUver, Norwich, Ct.
Eev. Charier Hammond, Monson, Mass.
Eev. Edward P. Hammond, Vernon, Ct.
Hon. Learned Hebard, Lebanon, Ct.
Sebert J. HoUenbeck, Esq., GuUford,
N.Y.
Sherwood Hough, Esq., St. Paul, Minn.
Eev. Nathan S. Hunt, Bozrah, Ct.
Cromwell A. Jones, Lynchburgh, Texas.
George M. Kasson, Esq., Bethlehem, Ct.
Mrs. Jeanie Pratt King, Buffalo, N. Y.
Arthur Latham, Esq., Central, Mo.
Mrs. PaoU Lathrop, S. Hadley Falls,
Mass.
Prof. Charles A. Lee, PeekskiU, N. Y.
Milo Lee, Esq., Rock Island, lU.
Miss Sarah M. Lee, Norwich, Ct.
Almon B. Ludden, Esq., Westhampton.
Mass.
Mrs. WiUiam H. Ludlow,New York City
Dr. George Hinckley Lyman, Boston.

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Dr. J. Huntington Lyman, Northamp
ton, Mass.
Rev. Payson W. Lyman, Easthampton,
Mass.
Mrs. Edward D. Lunt, Corry, Pa.
Henry S. McCall, Albany, N. Y.
Thornton McConihe, Esq., Troy, N. Y.
Mrs. EUza Jane Merritt, WUUamsburgh,
Mass.
Mrs. Mary McMillan, Guthrie, Iowa.
Mrs. Thomas Morgan, Snachwine, lU.
WilUam MuUigan, Esq., New York.
Mrs. Eliza M. Norton, Troy, N. Y.
Jacob K. Parish, Randolph, Vt.
Seymour J, ParseUs, New York.
Leofric W, Parsons, Durham, Ct.
D. WUUams Patterson, Esq., Newark
VaUey, N. Y.
Mrs. Julia R. Phelps, Northampton,
Mass.
Mrs. Hiram Pierce, EarlviUe, Iowa.
Mrs. Eliza S. Pitcher, Detroit, Mich.
Miss Sarah J. Pixley, Moreau Station,
N.Y.
Mrs. Nancy W. Post, Washington, D. C.
Mrs. JuUa Pratt, Buffalo, N. Y.
Mrs. Myron C. Reed, Auburn, N. Y.
Gen. CJharles F. Sedgwick, Sharon, Ct.
Miss Harriet P. Seely, Sugar Loaf, N. Y.
Mrs. Daniel C. Shearman, Rutland, N. Y.
Mrs. Charles A, Sherman, Watertown,
N.Y.
Edward N. Shelton, Derby, Ct.
George W. Shelton, Birmingham, Ct.
John N. Sloane, Waterloo, Ind.
Mrs. Mary B. Smith, Maquoketa, Iowa.
Miss Mary E. Smith, Vergennes, Vt,
Prof. Ebenezer S. SneU, Amherst, Mass.
Hon. EUhu W. N. Starr, Middletown, Ct.
M:rs. Adolphus Strong, Belchertown,
Mass.
Alexander Strong, Stockbridge, N. Y.
Alfred L. Strong, Esq., Easthampton,
Mass.
Asa Strong, Northampton, Mass.
Cornelius Strong, Esq., Scio, N. Y.
Daniel R. Strong, Esq., Leroy, N. Y.
Miss Delia Strong, Northampton, Mass.
Hon. Demas Strong, Brooklyn, N. Y.
Rev. Dr. Edward Strong, Pittsfield,
Mass.
Edward C. Strong, Northampton, Mass.
E

EUphalet '^Strong, Downer's Grove, lU.
EUsworth Strong, Esq., Durham, N. Y.
Miss EmUy M. Strong, Southampton,

Emory F. Strong, Esq., Bridgeport, Ct.
Ephraim B. Strong, Orford, N. H.
Ethan E. Strong, Esq., S. Manchester,
Ct.
Francis M. Strong, Vergennes, Vt.
George Strong, Esq., Hebron, Ct.
George Wallace Strong, Esq., Durham,
Ct.
George Templeton Strong, Esq., New
York.
Henry M. Strong, Esq., New York.
Gen. James C. Strong, Buffalo, N. Y.
John C. Strong, Esq., Buffalo, N. Y.
John W. Strong, Detroit, Mich.
Eev. Joseph D. Strong, Oakland, Cal.
Eev. Joseph P. Strong, Passaic, N. J.
Hon. Isaiah L. Strong, Stockbridge, Vt.
Miss Lucy A. Strong, Northfield, Vt.
Nathan Strong, Esq., Watertown, N. Y.
Noble Strong, Warren, Ct.
Ozias Strong, Esq., Salem, O.
Eobert Strong, Esq., Du Page, Dl.
Capt. Samuel Strong, Kalamazoo, Mich.
Samuel F. Strong, Esq., New York.
Samuel E. Strong, Esq., Blooming
Grove, N. Y.
Mrs. Sarah Devoe Strong, Jefferlbn, O.
Hon. Selah Strong, Milford, Ct.
Sidney Strong, Esq., Yoxmgstown, O.
Timothy P. Strong, Esq., Fond Du Lac,
Wis.
William E. Strong, New York.
Walter Strong, Sherman, N. Y.
Nicholas TambUngson, Esq., Eochester,
N.Y.
George W. Terry, Esq., Centre Mori
ches, L. I.
WUUam J. TuthUl, Esq., Blooming
Grove, N. Y.
Prest. Joseph F. Tuttle, CrawfordsvUle,
Ind.
Mrs. Marie A. UdaU, Babylon, L. I.
Mrs. S. B. Vernon, Chicago, HI.
Miss Emma Van Buren, New York.
Mrs. Jehiel Wasson, Friendship, N. Y.
James Weeks, Esq., New York City.
Mrs. Jane Wells, Hartford,"Ct.
A. R. Wyman, Esq., GalesvUle, Wis.

xxxiv The History of this Booh.
The engraved likenesses, all on steel plates, which appear in the work,
were each and all directly sought by the author and generously furnished
by the several parties whose faces they represent among the living.
Those of the departed were furnished with like generosity by the follow
ing persons: Gov. Caleb Strong's, by his granddaughter, Mrs. Martha A.
Harris of New London, Ct. ; Prof. Theodore Strong's by Mrs. Lucy Strong
of Piermont, N. Y., his widow ; Hon. Edward Southworth's of W. Spring
field, Mass., by his son Hon. George C. S. Southworth of W. Springfield ;
those of her father, Henry Strong, Esq., of Norwich, Ct., and of her uncle
Rev. Dr. Nathan Strong of Hartford, Ct., by Mrs. Mary E. Gulliver of
Norwich ; that of George Strong, Esq., of New York, by his son George
T. Strong, Esq., of N. Y. ; that of Benjamin Strong, Esq., of N. Y., by
his daughter, Mrs. Sarah H. Dering of Utica, and Charles E. Strong,
Esq., of New York, his grandson. That of Mrs. Sophia W. Dwight was
furnished by the author, and is only to be criticised as not equal in beauty
to its original. Twelve of the portraits were prepared expressly for this
work; those of Prof. Theodore Strong ; Mrs. Sophia W. Dwight; George
W. Strong, Esq. ; Benjamin Strong, Esq.; George T. Strong, Esq. ; Judge
Selah B. Strong; Rev. Dr. Dorus Clarke; Hon. W. A. Reynolds; Hon.
Selah Strong of Milford, Ct.; Prof. Charles Avery; Hon. Rush R.
Sloane; and Benjamin W. Dwight; all but two of them prepared by Mr.
John C. Buttre of New York.
The likenesses of several others were also sought but in vain, as of Prof.
EdWard Robinson, D.D., of New York; Prof. Ebenezer S. Snell of Amherst
Coll., Mass.; Judge William Strong of the U. S. Supreme Court; Prof.
HenfyB. Smith, NewYork; Prof. Theodore W. Dwight, New York; Ly
man Strong, Esq., Cleveland, 0. ; Rev. Dr. Thomas C. Strong, Ithaca, N. Y. ;
Prof. Charles Lee, Peekskill, N. Y. ; Charles Strong, Esq., New York ;
Cyrus Curtiss, Esq., New York ; Hon. Demas Strong, Brooklyn, N. Y.
Rev. Edward E. Hale, Boston, Mass. ; Gen. Strong Vincent, Brie, Pa. ;
Rev. Dr. H. G. 0. Dwight, Constantinople ; Rev. Dr. William Allen,
Northampton; and others.
One, fond of promoting the higher interests of the church and of the
state, soon learns to look with quiet indifference upon the adverse judg
ments of those, who depreciate all forms of human effort that do not
tend to the immediate personal advantage of those that undertake them.
Lest any of his own posterity should ever think, with some of his con
temporaries, that the author did really and absolutely waste his time, in
devoting it to these genealogical researches, he here carefully states, for
their benefit, that, while pursuingthem, he also instructed his own children
from two to three hours daily in their studies, and preached on the sabbath
in neighboring towns, as Paris, Sauquoit, Deansville, and Hanover,
chiefly the latter two places. He is sure that any one, already well will

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always find in the most hearty, joyous industry for great and worthy ends,
the surest means of health as well as of usefulness and happiness. How
contentedly spoke Cicero, when pleading for the poet Archias, of hb own
fondness for literary occupations, in the midst of his professional labors!
" Who can justly find fault with me, if what time others give to late
hours of festive pleasure, what to games of dice, what to out-of door amuse
ment, so much I should take to myself for the pursuit of these studies."
There is a great deal of knowledge eagerly sought among men, and much
honored both in the seeking and procuring, which brings, when obtained,
far less wealth to the heart and improvement to the character, than that
concerning ties of consanguinity, which are themselves divinely ordered,
and when rightly appreciated and improved most divinely blessed. Surely
in the historic outgrowths of family life there ought to be found in this
country the highest and brightest proofs of the best Christian civilization
of the world. Is a great painter, no matter how great, thought to have
misdirected his energies, who for years of quiet unobserved toil has
wrought out with labor-loving care the picture of a few great souls
grouped together in but one single brave or happy moment of their history,
a picture to be seen at the best by but few, and to be felt and cherished,
as " a thing of joy forever," by a little minority even of those so fortunate ?
What a low sense of the beauty and value of high historic art, and what
degeneracy of moral feeling likewise are manifested, in the idea that an
endeavor to preserve the memory in living freshness through all time of
thousands of noble men and women, to whose true characters and deeds
and those of others like them, America owes now and will forever owe its
intellectual and moral greatness and its power among the nations, should
be deemed a cheap or at least quite questionable way of spending one's
time and force, for four brief happy years of patient, ever hopeful, and at
last successful effort. Thousands of gratified inquirers into the facts of
their ancestral history will, long after the false ideas and feeble aims and
efforts of most of the present generation have spent themselves for nought,
pronounce an indignant negative upon any such low estimate of the
Utmost painstaking zeal for their profit and pleasure. Alas ! for the
moral pettiness of those, the many, who if a mine of wealth for the pocket
could be found in such researches would admire and praise, and even envy
those who perseveringly delved year after year into them, but who, since
the gauge of pecuniary value can not be successfully applied, fail to see
anything worthy of a wise man's interest in their pursuit.
The author has encountered in his work quite a number of two some
what opposite classes of persons. One consists of those who feel sure that
such a great enterprise must have been undertaken as a speculation, and
that " there is money in it ;" and they cannot understand how a man in his
prime can willingly and much more enthusiastically devote himself to any
thing but money making. A few of these have proposed to cast anchor

xxxvi The History of this Booh.
by the author in season, and secure for themselves a portion of this newly
discovered mine of personal advantage.
The other class has " wished well to the noble cause for its own sake,"
and " hoped and believed that one so zealous in promoting it would be
abundantly remunerated in the end for his great outlay of time, strength
and money," and that on the plan of their not subscribing at all for the
work, " so many otters surely will," or, of their subscribing while in the
possession of ample means, for a single copy, and that quite daintily, " th^
book is so expensive." Most will pay largely and cheerfully for material
pleasures that gratify their tastes, appetites and even passions; but how
few seem to think that intellectual or moral pleasures, and the labor ne
cessary for their procurement, deserve any large or even adequate pecu
niary expenditure, on their part ! Lawyers and surrogates tell us, that
no one knows what unlovely demonstrations human nature can make of
itself on a large scale, until he comes to see the usual course of things
among near relatives, in the settlement of estates. Nor can genealogists
bring any very favorable report of the existence of a general disposition,
even among the cultivated classes of society, to put questions of money
second to those of family-feeling, money, not in its aspects of needful
use, but in those of mere capricious self-indulgence. What men will
actually do to promote a good cause, what they will freely give for it,
what they will suffer for it, these are the modes of measuring their other
wise latent sense of its value. If a man grudges for a full and faithful
history of his kindred, for hundreds of years, the expenditure of such a
little sum from his abundant resources, as would only suffice to buy a
cheap garment soon worn out, or to meet the expenses of a day's travel
or two, or to buy some petty personal ornament, easily lost, a sum that
would not pay for a good picture of a sheep, or a dog, how small must be
his curiosity concerning days gone by ! how poor his veneration for an
cestral worth ! how feeble his gratitude for those who walked with such
firm and joyous footsteps before him on the pathway of duty to God and
man ! and how unfortunate the lesson that he teaches his children and
children's children concerning the preservation of his own memory among
themselves !
^ There are few forms of poor manners that seem more utterly ungra
cious, than those exhibited to every genealogical investigator, by a small
number of persons, who allow themselves to be addressed again and again
concerning the history of their immediate kindred, and yet make no re
sponse or acknowledgment whatever of letters received. And yet the
whole truth in this direction would not be stated if the author failed to
say, that among the best contributors of facts- to him have been, in a
considerable number of instances, those who made no replies to his in
quiries, until after a year or even two years of delay, and as the result

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almost always of renewed inquiries, after so long an interval. So slowly
did their hearts warm with the sense of the duty and pleasure, of aiding
in the preparation for their posterity of a worthy memorial of their fathers.
No person can be largely conversant with the facts of any family-his
tory without being profoundly impressed, as in no other way, with the
shortness and swiftness of human life, and so with the exceeding muta
bility of all earthly conditions of action, and of all our varied relationships
to others. Nor can he fail to feel, unless he is the victim of the most
stolid indifference to the moral lessons of life, how immeasurably superior
are a right and true character, and a worthy life, to all riches, honors and
offices without them.
American genealogies, instead of promoting, as some hastily claim that
they do, the birth and growth of aristocratic conceit, tend powerfully, on the
contrary, in the author's view, to secure to posterity all the more certainly
the benefits of that true Christian republicanism, which we have received
from the God of the Bible and of our fathers. The equal rights here
enjoyed by all, and the equal facilities offered to all to improve their cha
racters and their fortunes manifest clearly in every thoroughly prepared
family history, how much superior is universal liberty, of a true Christ
ian type, to all systems of kingly or priestly monopoly, however softened
by the progress of humane ideas.
In reference to the earlier genealogies of the Northampton descendants
of Elder John Strong, the author had the benefit of free access to the
papers of the late Sylvester Judd, Esq., of Northampton, accorded kindly
to him by his daughter. Miss Peninah Judd, of that place ; and from
them he obtained many valuable dates and facts ; as also from two brief
manuscript volumes containing dates of births, marriages and deaths pre
pared by Dr. Stebbins, of Northampton, belonging to Mrs. Thomas Bridge-
man, of that place, which she generously allowed him to keep for months
in his own hands.
A large proportion of his most valued helpers have been between 70
and 80 years of age, and some of them between 80 and 90. A considera
ble number, and not always among the aged, have passed away from
earth, during the brief period of his genealogical labors, to join the host
of God's great family above. To any of the generous contributors of
needed data, whose names are here unintentionally overlooked, of which
he fears that there may be many, he gives the same thanks as to those
whose names are recorded.
In no kind of toil is it more easy to shirk proper effort, than in the
pursuitof genealogical inquiries and nowhere is right and persevering labor
more certain to be rewarded with success. Our fathers had a just pre
sentiment of the worth to-their ' posterity of the early records of their
history, as the first settlers of this new and glorious land, and far out-

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shone, in such a way, the regard evinced by most of their descendants for
them. It is almost always safe to assume that any desired records of
names and dates, pertaining to the better families of the land, in early
New England days, are in existence somewhere still ; and that by a little
Yankee ingenuity and effort, their hiding place can be found.
The author expects to find, like other genealogists, many poor com
plaining souls hopping around his footsteps in the end, that would them
selves give him no aid in his arduous undertaking, and are angry that he
has not detailed such other facts, beyond those here furnished, as they
alone, while wantonly or negligently omitting to do so, could have con
tributed. There are plenty of such frog-like natures to be found, in every
field of human research, but especially in this field, that sit idly in the
muddy pools of their own selfishness, waiting all day long for a good
chance to fill the air with their oroakings.
He is not certain but that even professed genealogists themselves will
attack him, for his special ideas of genealogical methodology. He has
not followed the old red-tape system, prescribed, in practice, by former
genealogists and, even in set form, by the two genealogical societies at
Boston and New York, of classifying generations, as such, together in
parallel lines of presentation. Such a style of arrangement throws so much
labor upon the reader, and requires him to carry so much in his mind
from page to page, as he searches into one part after another of his own
family history, that most soon give up the task of obtaining any large
connected view of even their own personal lineage, in utter wearisome-
ness if not disgust. Families do not grow in horizontal directions but in
descending and pendulous groups. To recommend, and, much more, to
undertake to prescribe, a system of horizontal sections in genealogical
anatomy, is as unnatural, as to treat in a similar way the facts and princi
ples of vegetable or animal anatomy. " Following nature is the course of
man," not only, but also of all true art, whether genealogical or of any
Other kind. An attempted establishment therefore of an unnatural mode
of classification in genealogical matters will stand related to true art here
in no better light than the old Egyptian system of priestly dictation in
the art of painting, and the modern Chinese system of drawing, without
any reference to the laws of perspective, possess in respect to the arts
of design.
Last of all : — a word about orthographic errors, verbal omissions and
misprints. The most distasteful page in a book is to an author's eye that
hated list of errata, which like a spirit of evil is sure to haunt him at the
end of his long and careful work. " Offenses must needs come" here as
elsewhere. Who ever built a mansion that had no cracks in its walls or
had a garden that needed no weeding, or produced a work of art, in which
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perhaps as few mistakes in this book as could be fairly expected, where
there is in every direction such abundant danger of making them. The
errors which have been discovered seem far more offensive to the author
than they can seem to any one else, and look as ugly to him as would
rents in a wedding coat. Any one familiar with an author's critical
tastes and instincts will best realize how immensely trying to him was the
all but imperative demand of the publisher, on account of their mutual
distance from each other, that the book should be printed page by page
without waiting for him to see and correct the revised proof Add
to this fact the further one that from 20 to 25 pages of proof were daily
sent for correction to him, and such pages, so crowded with names and
dates, abbreviations and figures, and punctuation-points, all to be carefully
scrutinized and to be once for all rejected or approved item by item, with
no other chance on his part to see how far his own corrections
were actually made in the text than that of any other reader except at an
earlier date; and it will be readily seen that it was through a slow length
of agony that this book came at last to its birth. Through this great and
unwelcome, because so inadequate, way of proving the right printing of
his carefully prepared manuscript, he had literally to gallop each
day between mails ; a definite allotted space of just three hours. That
second look at things which anything worthy of respect or regard should
have, as is implied in the words themselves, that look, calm, close and
critical, made for the very purpose of discovering errors and defects which
like another winnowing of the chaff from the wheat removes it all away,
must be foregone in the publication of this work however painful the fact
or process of yielding up that last reserved right of an author. While
thinking the book to have been printed with remarkably few errors, con
sidering the facts of the case, the author yet feels that so much explana
tion as is here given of whatever mistakes or misprints may be discovered
in the work by any one, is due to himself.
May this history of one of the largest and best families in the land
prove to be a pillar of light, wherever it stands, to the honor of God, the
God of our fathers, and for the promotion of virtue and piety, to the latest
generation of those who shall read in its pages the record of the worthy
lives and characters of their sires.

GENERAL

SUMMARY OF RESULTS.

1. GradnateB of various CoUeges. VT. Judges of yarions Con|;j^s, state and na
il. Officers in Colleges, etc. tional.
in. Authors and Artists. VII. Members of Congress, and various public
IV. Missionaries to Foreign Lands. functionaries.
V. Members of various State Legislatures, Vin. Soldiers and Officers in the Army and
and Governors of States. the Navy.
I.
Graduates of various Colleges.
[It will be seen that Yale College has attracted to itself the sympathies
of the family in all its branches more by far than any other college in the
land. It has been in all its generations from the first a great religious
family, and its members have been chiefly connected with Congregational
and Presbyterian churches. The spirit of freedom and of progress
abounding in those churches has greatly suited their taste]

I.
Habvabd College, Mass.
1. Those of the namie of Strong.

Page.

1764 Gov. Caleb Strong of North
ampton, Mass  1187
1803 Lewis Strong, Esq., of North
ampton, Mass  1193
1810 Edward Strong of North
ampton  1189
2. Those of the Family heaHng other
names.
1697 Rev. Joseph Parsons of Sal
isbury, Ct  1293
1705 Rev. David Parsons of Mai
den, Mass  1292
1720 Rev. Joseph Parsons of Brad
ford, Mass  1293
1737 Daniel Brewer of Springfield,
Mass  1281
1729 Rev. David Parsons, D.D. of
Amherst, Mass  1397
1743 WUUam Pynchon of Salem,
Mass.....  1382
1752 Rev. Joseph Parsons of
Brookfleld, Mass  1293
F

Fago.-
1765 Edward Parsons of Bradford,
Mass  1293
1769 Eev. Noah Cook of Keene,
N. H  1304
1771 Rev. David Parsons, D.D., of
Amherst.  1397
1789 Hon. Thomas AUenof Pitta-
field, Mass  967
1803 Rev. Dr. WUliam Allen of
Northampton  970
1833 John C. Lyman of Doyles-
town,Pa  ;  1305
1835 David H. Lyman of Pitts
burgh, Pa  1306
1836 Rev. WiUiam O. Moseley of
Boston  1300
1838 Prof Nathan Hale of Boston. 345
1839 Rev. Edward E. Hale of Bos
ton  346
1848 Alexander Hale of Boston . . 345
1850 Hon. Charles Hale of Bos
ton  345
1855 Dr. Hasket Derby of Boston. 634
1859 Gen. StrongVincentof Erie,
Pa  163
1860 WilUam M. Rogers, Jr., of
Boston  1334
1865 Richard H. Derby of Boston. 634
1867 Nelson L. Derby of Boston. 634

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General Summary of Results.

8. TTwse connected by marriage mth the
Family. Page.
1661. Eev. Nathaniel Chauncey of
Hatfield, Mass  1380
1687 Rev.DanielBrewerof Spring
field, Mass  1280
1730 Rev. Robert Breck of Spring
field, Mass  1381
1744 Rev. Jacob Green of Han
over, N. J  726
1753 Rev. Dr. James Dana of
New Haven, Ct  1391
1784 Rev. Caleb Blake of West-
ford, Mass  1197
1798 Hon. Jofin Abbott of West-
ford, Mass  1198
1805 Rev. John White of Ded-
ham. Mass  403
1822 Hon Charles P. Huntington
ofBoston  1482
1824 Elias H. Derby, Esq., of Bos
ton  634
1824 Rev. Artemas B. Muzzey. . . 1199
1837 Rev. WUUam M. Rogers of
Boston  1343
1839 Prof. Benjamin Peirce Cam
bridge  1483
1833 Rev. Dr. Charles Mason of
Boston  1306
Total number 36.

II.
Yale College, Conn.
1. Those of the name of Strong.
1734 Benjamin Strong. The au
thor does not know where
he belongs but imagines
that he was No. 30131, see
p. 1084.
1737 Ephraim Strong of Milford,
Ct  731
1740 Rev. Thomas Strong of New
Marlborough 
1743 Rev. Nathan Strong ofCo
ventry, Ct  744
1745 David Strong : his belong
ings are uncertain ; he was
possibly No. 54r-5; see p.
39
1747 Rev.' Job Strong of Ports
mouth, N. H  1150
1749 Rev. Joseph Strong of Wil
liamsburgh  354
1755 Prof. Nehemiah Strong of
YaleCoUege  1316
1756 Judge Simeon Strong of Am
herst  1333
1761 Judge Jedediah Strong of
Litchfield, Ct  884

Page.
1763 Eev. Dr. Cyprian Strong of
Chatham, Ct  298
1766 Capt. John Strong of Albany,
N.Y  :  1846
1769 Eev. Dr. Nathan Strong of
Hartford, Ct  745
1773 Rev. Dr. Joseph Strong of
Norwich, Ct  •... 749
1774 Selah Strong of New York
city  710
1776 Hon. Ashbel Strong of Fitts-
field,Mass  1257
1784 Rev. Joseph Strong of Heath,
Mass  356
1786 Simeon Strong of Amherst,
Mass  1334
1788 Joseph Strong of New York. 671
1793 Ephraim Strong of Hudson,
0  501
1796 Asahel H. Strong of Middle
Haddam, Ct  802
1797 Theodore Strong of North
ampton  1189
1800 Hon. Thomas B. Strong of
Pittsfield  1355
1802 Rev. WilUam L. Strong of
Fayetteville, N. Y  1047
1803 George W. Strong of New
York  688
1806 Hon. Henry Strong of Nor
wich, Ct  751
1806 John McCurdy Strong of
Hartford, Ct  745
1806 Judge Josiah B. Strong of
Starksborough, Vt  77*1
1807 Rev. Henry P. Strong of i
Phelps, N.Y  1050
1809 Judge Elisha B. Strong of
Eochester, N. Y  110
1811 Judge Selah B. Strong of Se
tauket, L. 1  623
1812 Prof. Theodore Strong of
Rutgers Coll., N. J  362
1815 Dr. Woodbridge Strong of
Boston  376
1819 Dr. Maltby Strong of Roches
ter, N. Y  363
1821 Edward A. Strong of New-
r/ ark, N, J  639
1834 George W. Strong of Bolton,
Ct  :  55
1828 Judge WilUam Strong of
PhUadelphia  1047
1831 NewtonD.StrongofAlton.IU. 1048
1835 Rev. Caleb Strong of Mont
real, O  1193
1838 Rev. Dr. Edward Strong of
Pittsfleld, Mass  1048
1838 Judge WiUiam Strong of
Portland, Oregon  1052
1842 John 0. Strongof Buffalo. . . 1052
1843 Rev. Samuel W. Strong of
Reading, Pa  1049

General Summary of Results.

xliii

Page.
1855 Thomas S. Strong of New
York  634
1857 Eev. Dr. Augustus H. Strong
of Cleveland, 0  913
1864 Rev. Charles R. Strong of
Setauket  634
1864 Selah B. Strong, Jr., of New
TTork  634
1867 Moses Strong of Mineral
Point, Wis  1034
1870 Charles H. Strong of New
Orleans, La  673
Number of the name 47.

2. Those of the Family having other
na/mes.
1703 Eev. Nathaniel Chauncey of
Durham, Ct  1387
1705 Eev. Samuel Pomeroy of
Newtown, L. 1  1380
1739 Rev. Samuel Whittlesey of
WaUingford, Ct  1390
1738 Rev. Chauncey Whittlesey of '
New Haven, Ct  1391
1740 Nathaniel Chauncey of
Cromwell, Ct  1290
1743 Rev. Jonathan Lee of Salis
bury, Ct  959
1743 Rev. Elnathan Chauncey of
Durham, Ct  1390
1757 Joseph Pynchon of Guil
ford, Ct  1282
1762 Dr. Chauncey Brewer of
Springfield, Mass  1383
1763 Dr. Jonathan Lee of Pitts
fleld, Mass  960
1765 Rev. Daniel Brewer of
Springfield, Mass  1381
1768 Rev. Elijah Parsons of East
Haddam, Ct  1300
1773 Abraham Baldwin of Savan
nah, Ga  761
1778 Rev. Enoch Hale of West
hampton, Mass  338
1773 Capt. Nathan Hale of Co
ventry, Ct  350
1776 Hon. Chauncey Goodrich of
Hartford, Ct  1389
1777 Elisha Lee of ShefBeld, Ct. . 975
1777 Dudley Baldwin of Green-
fleldHill, Ct  761
1779 Hon. Elizm- Goodrich of New
Haven, Ot  1389
1783 Kev. Samuel Goodrich of
Worthington, Ct  1289
1783 Judge Joseph Lyman of
Northampton  1135
1783 Rev. Payson WiUiston of
Easthampton, Mass  1151
1773 Rev. Eichard S. Storrs of
Long Meadow  1153

Page.
1784 Rev. Dr. Chauncey Lee of
Colebrook, Ct  982
1784 Elihu C. Goodrich of Claver-
ack,N. Y  1289
1785 David Hale of Coventry, Ct. 352
1785 Dr. Richard Ely of Chester,
Ct  1127
1787 WUUam Ely of Hartford, Ct. 1128
1787 Dr. Ebenezer Hunt of Co
ventry, Ct  ,•  1470
1790 Rev. Dr. Asahel L. Norton of
Clinton,N.Y  294
1793 Samuel Lathrop of West
Springfield...  1133
1793 Charles Chauncey of Phila
delphia  1388
1796 EUhu Chauncey of Philadel
phia  1388
1796 Asahel Clarke of Columbia,
Qj-  1194
1802 Rev. ' Seiah ' S. " Woo'dhuil of
Brooklyn, N.Y  630
1804 Prof. Seth Norton, Hamilton
College,N.Y  397
1803 Ebenezer Moseley of New-
buryport, Mass  1199
1807 Samuel Root of W. Hartford,
Ct  337
1809 Rev. Jonathan Lee of Salis
bury, Ct  978
1811 Eev. Henry Robinson of
Guilford, Ct  374
1810 Prof- Chauncey A. Goodrich,
YaleCoUege  1289
1813 Rev. WiUiam Ely of North
Mansfield, Ct  1127
1816 Francis Parsons of Hartford,
Ct  1298
1817 Samuel Robinson of Brook
lyn, N. Y  274
1830 EUsha N. SUl of Cuyahoga
Falls, O  98
1833 Prof. Charles Lee of Peeks
kiU, N. Y  974
1833 Dr. Martin B. Bassett of
Derby, Ct  307
1834 Rev. Tertius S. Clarke of
Cuyahoga FaUs  1063
1834 Timothy S. Pinneo of Green
wich, Ct  467
1837 Rev. John M. Perry of Cey
lon  746
1828 Joseph Lyman ofNewYork. 1303
1833 JosiahClarkofNorthampton. 1464
1833 Prof. James D. Dana of Yale
College  401
1833 Eev. David C. Perry of Bar
low, O  746
1833 Rufus Abbot of Wilton,N. H. 333
1836 William D. Ely of Provi
dence, R. I  1138
1838 Rev. Edward S. Dwight of
Hadley.Mass.  1191

xliv

General Summary of Results.

Page.
1839 Prof. Josiah D. Whitney
Harvard College  1133
1840 Levi Abbot of Wilton, N. H. 833
1843 Henry S. McCaU of Albany,
N.Y  347
1844 Gov. Henry H. Haight of San
Francisco  666
1847Dugald C. Haight of St.
Louis, Mo  666
1849 Rev. William B. Clarke of
Litchfield, Ct  1196
1850 Robert BUss of New York. . 89
1850 Prof. Martin KeUogg of Oak
land, Cal  430
1850 Sidney Phoenix of Vineland,
N.J  1194
1851 Albert Hebard of Lebanon,.
Ct  785
1853 Rev. James H. Dwight of
Englewood, N. J,  404
1853 Samuel C. Robinson of Brook-
lyn,N,Y  275
1858 Rev. Edson L. Olark of N.
Branford, Ot  34
1854 Rev. William B. Dwight of
Englewood, N. J  404
1854 Rev. Erskine N. WhUe of
Buffalo, N.Y  432
1856 Samuel L. Pinneo of Green
ville, 111  468
1857 Rev. Henry S. Huntington
ofWarner, N. H  750
1859 Prof. Arthur W. Wright of
YaleCoUege  805
1859 Henry Rose Hinckley of
Northampton  1204
1860 Nathaniel Norton of New
York  108
1860 Daniel Hebard of Lebanon,
Ct  785
1863 Alexander H. Wright of
Kansas city  805
1865 Simeon B.Ohittenden of New
York  596
1865 WUliam 0. Ives of Chicago. 1331
1866 James T. Graves of Town-
-^ shend,Vt  1331
1867 Rev. Boyd Vincent of Erie,
Pa  163
1870 Oarrmgton Phelps of Cole
brook, Ct  386
Number not of the name 121.

3. Those connected with the Family by

1705 Rev. Samuel Whittlesey of
MUford, Ct  1290
1738 Hon. Jabez Hamlin of Mid
dletown, Ct  1288
1745 Rev. Nathaniel Taylor of
New MUford, Ct  647

Pago.
1752 Rev. Dr. EUzur Goodrich of
Durham, Ot  1289
1754 Rev. Richard Ely of GuUford,
Ct  1127
1754 Rev. Dr. Joseph Lathrop of
W. Springfield, Mass  1131
1763 Rev. Benjamin Mills of Ches
terfield, Mass.  1481
1764 Rev. EUphalet Steele of Paris
Hill, N. Y  1249
IWaLMosra^Bickinson of Amherst,
Ma§S-.  1322
1774 Rev. Reuben Holcombe of
SterUng, Mass  856
1775 Rev. Nathan Fenn of Berlin,
Ot  782
1777 Rev. Caleb Alexander of On
ondaga, N. Y  1257
1778 Hon. Joel Barlow of Wash
ington, D.C  761
1778 Seth Storrs of Middlebury,
Vt  1028
1779 Rev. Ozias Eells ofBarkham-
stead, Ct  1127
1780 Erastus Pixley of Gr. Bar
ringtou, Mass  1268
1781 Judge Samuel Hinckley of
Northampton  1202
1783 Lynde Lord of Litchfield, Ot. 1125
1784 Rev. Dr. Amos Bassett of
Cornwall, Ct  307
1786 Rev. Aaron CoUins of E.
Bloomfleld, N. Y  985
1787 Dr. Ebenezer Hunt of Coven
try, Ct  758
1795 Rev. Dr. David Smith of
Durham, Ct  1290
1799 Dr. Benjamin W. Dwight of
Clinton, N.Y  368
1799 Rev. David L. Perry of Sha
ron, Ct  746
1802 Jonathan H. Lyman of
Northampton  1203
1804 Rev. Dr. Dirck 0. Lansing
of Auburn, N. Y  1260
1805 Samuel Badger of PhUadel
phia  82
1806 Heman Norton of E. Bloom-
field, N.Y  107
1810 Rev. Dr. Eleazer T. Pitch of
Yale CoUege  82
1813 Dr. Moses Bristol of Buffalo. 297
1813 Dr. NicoU H. Deringof Utica. 625
1818 Sheldon Moore of Kensing
ton, Ct  1081
1818 Prof Edward Turner of
Middlebury  1030
1822 Eev. Sumner G. Clapp of
Chicopee, Mass  1230
1822 Hon. Lot Norton of Salis
bury, Ct  424
1824 Dr, Alvan Talcott of Guil
ford, Ct   595

General Sv/mma/ry of Results.

xlv

Page.
1835 Dr. Nathan B. Ives of New-
Haven, Ct  88
1825 OUver B. Huntington of
Cleveland, 0  750
1835 Rev. Jason Atwater of Mid
dlebury, Ct  1337
1826 Rev. Horatio N. Graves of
Townshend, Vt  1331
1830 Gen. Richard A. UdaU of
Islip, L. 1  705
1833 William N. Matson of Hart
ford, Ct  1193
1836 Rev. Austin Isham of Rox-
bury, Ct  538
1837 Prof Benjamin SUliman,
Yale College  90
1839 Rev. Charles Hammond of
Monson, Mass  973
1848 Dr. Daniel P. Gulliver of
Norwich, Ct  753
1850 Rev. Leonard W. Bacon of
Baltimore, Md  507
1851 Prof. Even W. Evans of
Ithaca, N. Y  1063
1857 Rev. WUder Smith of Mil-
waukie, Wis  121
1866 Dr. Gustavus P. Davis of
Hartford, Ct  121
Number connected by marriage, 50
Total number of Yale graduates, 218
m.
Daktmouth College, N. H.
1. Those beamng the Family name.
1786 Rev. Dr. Jonathan Strong of
Randolph, Mass  27
1839 Moses McCure Strong of
Mineral Point, Wis  1034
1845 WilUam Chamberlain Strong
of Brighton, Mass  304
1849 Charles Harper Strong of
Hartford, Vt  843
1853 Eev. Elnathan E. Strong of
WaUham, Mass  305
2. Thoseof the Family bearing other
names.
1791 Eev. Bezaleel Pinneo of Mil
ford, Ct  467
1819 Prof. Oramel S. Hinckley of
Oakland, Miss  801
1823 Bushrod W. Hinckley of
Bluehill, Me  803
1838 Charles Abbot of Newark,
N. J  333
8. Those connected by ma/rriage.
1795 Rev. Dr. Thomas SneU of
Brookfield, Mass.  60

Page
1805 Benjamin D. Emerson, Rox-
bury, Mass  403
1811 Rev. Dr. WiUiam CogsweU,
Gilmanton, N. H  29
1812 Judge Isaac McConihe of
Troy,N. Y  1339
1825 Eev. Dr. SUas Aiken ofBos
ton  .•  1298
1830 Eev. Erastus Hopkins of
Northampton  971
1836 Eev. John K. Lord, Cincin
nati, 0  306
1841 Wyinan J. Jones.Englewood,
N. J  403
1848 Eev. Stephen P. Drew, Ca
bot, Vt  45
1855 Eev. Ephraim O. Jameson,
SaUsbury, Mass  30
1856 Eev. George W. Sargent, Ne-
gaunee, Mich  1338
1860 Dr. Richard B. Brown, Mil-
waukie  1333
Whole number of Dartmouth
graduates  21
IV.
Williams College, Mass.
1. Those beaming the FamUy nams.
1798 John Strong Amherst, Mass. 1343
1798 Solomon Strong, Leomin
ster, Mass  1343
1799 Tertius Strong of Westhamp
ton, Mass  1067
1801 Rev. Ashbel Strong of Lewes,
Del  1239
1802 Rev. Lyman Strong of Col
chester, Ct  1287
1802 Dr. Nathan Strong, Hartford, 748
1809 Samuel G. Strong, Hebron,
Ct  834
1811 Rev. WUUam Strong, Madi
son,©  1246
1813 Rev. Salmon Strong of CUn
ton, N. Y  245
1833 Rev. Ephraim Strong, Hone-
oye FaUs,N. Y  605
1834 Dr. Edward Strong, Auburn
dale, Mass  1192
1843 Lewis M. Strong, NewYork, 1193
1843 Rev. John 0. Strong, Chain
Lake Centre, Minn  412
1845 Rev. David A. Strong, Cole
raine, Mass  942
1845 Rev. Stephen C. Strong  1192
1848 John D. Strong 
1848 Theodore Strong  1193
1849 Joseph D. Strong  413
1854 Eev. Jacob H. Strong  943
1865 Henry T. Strong  634
Number bearing the name  30

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General Summary of Results.

3. Th/)se of the FamUy not bearing the
name. Page.
1797 Hon. Elijah H. Mills  1481
1804 Nathan Hale  345
1807 Eev. Dr. Richard S. Storrs
of Braintree, Mass  1152
1811 Dr. Job Clark  1507
1814 Hon. Benjamin MiUs  1481
1817 Rev. Dr. Dorus Clarke of
Boston  1061
1821 Rev. Ozias S. Eells  1127
1833 Eev. Dr. Parsons Cooke of
Lynn, Mass  1304
1838 Joseph L. Partridge  1180
1830 Samuel L. Hinckley  1304
1830 Eev. Nathan S. Hunt of Boz
rah, Ct  756
1838 WilUam N. Edwards  1360
1840 Charles Whittlesey  426
1843 EUphalet Whittlesey  434
1845 Prof. WilUam D. Whitney,
Yale College  1153
1846 Rev. EUsha Whittlesey  436
1846 AUyn S. KeUogg  430
1849 James Fowler Dwight of
New York 
1850 Rev. George A. MUler  755
1851 Gen. James K. MUls  1481
1858 Rev. Edward P. Hammond. 53
1859 Rev. John T. Gulicjk  788
1865 Eev. Thomas L. Gulick  788
Number not bearing the name ... 23
3. Those connected with the FamUy by
marriage.
1804 Eev. Dr. Barnabas King of
Eockaway, N. J  1255
1820 Dr. Gardiner Dorrance of
Attica, N.Y  983
1825 Eev. Harper Boies of flar-
persfield, N. Y  1395
1888 Eev. Thomas A. HaU of Otis,
Mass  1331
1841 Rev. Melzar Montague of
Allan's Grove, Wis  848
1858 Benjamin F. Parsons of New
Marlborough, Mass  790
1859 Eev. Eobert Weeks of North
Adams, Mass  639
Whole number of William's gra
duates  50

Amheest College, Mass.
1. 7%ose bearing the Family rumne.
1835 EUas Dwight Strong 
1825 Henry W. Strong of Troy,
N.Y  1342
1826 Charies L. Strong of Am
herst  1334

Page.
1828 EUphalet Strong of MUton,
lU  1092
1843 Charles E. Strong of New
York  626
1855 Edv.'ard Alexander Strong
ofBoston  81
3. Those of the Fa/mUy not bearing the
name.
1833 Prof. Ebenezer S. SneU of
Amherst CoUege  60
1834 Prof Bela B. Edwards of
Andover, Mass  1446 & 1153
1837 Samuel D. Partridge of New
York  1131
1830 James Parsons of Staten Is
land, N. Y  1398
1,833 Rev. George 0. Partridge of
Batavia,IU  1131
1839 Rev. Dr. Eichard S. Storrs
of Brooklyn, N. Y  1152
1842 WilUam AUen, Northamp
ton, Mass  971
1846 Rev. Dr. Henry M. Storrs of
Brooklyn, N.Y  1153
1855 Rev. Henry D. Woodworth
of Rehoboth, Mass  844
1861 Rev. Moses P. SneU of Hart
ford, Ct  61
1867 Rev. Payson W. Lyman of
Easthampton, Mass  1509
3. Those connected with the Family by
marriage.
1835 Robert A. Coffin of Norwalk,
Ot  1818
1839 WiUiam 0. Goldthwait of
Longmeadow, Mass  786
1840 Rev. Andrew B. Foster of
Orange, Mass  1339
1842 Eev. Henry Darling, D.D.,
of Albany  1050
1853 Theophilus L. Griswold of
ForesvtUle, N. Y  527
1854 George W. Glass of Roches
ter, N. Y  44
1859 George B. Knapp of Boston,
Mass  1238
1864 Nathaniel W. S. Crane of
Kalamazoo, Mich  825
Whole number of Amherst gra
duates  25

VI.
Middlebubt College, Vt.
1. Those bearing tlie Family name.
1813 Rev. Noble D. Strong of Au
burn, N.Y  1242

General Summary of Results.

xlvii

1828 RolUn F. Strong of Middle- ^^^
port, N.Y  1115
1837 George W. Strong of Rut
land, Vt  1035
1847 Rev. Guy 0. Strong of New
Boston, Mich  1117
2. Those of the Family bearing other
names.
1817 Rev. Chauncey G. Lee of
NewHaven, Ct  983
1863 Richard S. TuthiU of Nash-
vUle, Tenn  1037
8. Those connected with it by marriage.
1806 Rev. Daniel HascaU of Leba
non, N. Y  133
1831 SUas Baldwin, Canton, N. Y. 1034
1838 Stephen R. Burrowes of
Franklm, 0  1030
1838 Rev. Wheelock S. Stone of
N orthumberland. Pa  1031
1837 Chauncey Abbott of Sud
bury, Vt  1035
1838 Prof WiUiam F. Bascom,
Washington, D. C  1117
1860 Rev. Henry P. Higley, Be-
loit. Wis  631
Total number of Middlebury gra
duates  13

vn.
Vermont Univebsitt.
1. Those bearing the FamUy name.
1806 Hon. James Strong of Hud
son, N. Y  843
1809 Joel Strong 
1848 Dr. Thomas D. Strong of
Westfield, N.Y  1118
3. Those not bea/ring the Family name.
1830 Samuel S. Woodbridge of
Vergennes, Vt  1018
1840 Frederic E. Woodbridge of
Vergennes, Vt  1019
1853 Rev. Charies S. Smith of
MontpeUer, Vt  306
1859 Edward 0. TerriU of New
York  304
3. Those connected by ma/rriage.
1847 Rev. Alfred B. Swiit of-
Enosburgh, Vt  109
Whole number of Vt. Umv. gra
duates  7

vni.
Beown Untvebsitt, R. I. Page.
1814 George Odiome Strong of
Thetford, Vt  28
1776 Rev. Amasa Cook of Ber-
nardston. Mass  1304
Thx>se connected by marriage,
1795 Rev. 'Joseph W. Grossman
of Salisbury, Ct  421
1835 Rev. Dr. Dwight Ives of Suf-
fleld, Ct  1330
1838 George V. Lathi-op of De
troit, Mich  118
1847 Prof. George P. Fisher of
YaleCoUege  91
Whole number of Brown Univ.
graduates  6
IX.
Wesleyan TJNrvERSiTT, Ct.
1844 James Strong.
1860 Dr. Sylvester E. Strong of
Saratoga, N. Y  489
Samuel F. Jones of Hart
ford, Ct  918
Connected by marriage.
1838 Dr. HamUton Brewer of
NewYork  388
Whole number of Wes. Univ.
graduates  8

BowDom College, Mb.
Those connected by ma/rriage.
1834 Prof Henry B. Smith, New
York  970
1843 Eev. Dr. J. O. Means of Eox-
bury, Mass  305
1844 Josiah L.Pickard of Chicago,
lU  633
Whole number of Bowdoin gra
duates  H  8
XI.
Tblntit College, Ct.
Eev. Hobart M. Bartlett of
Hartford  789
Those connected by mamage.
Josiah Bond of Kenosha,
Wis  131
Prof Wootton W. Hawkes
of Sing Sing, N. Y  91
Whole number of Trinity gra
duates  3

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General Summary of Results.

xn.
Nassau Hall, Princeton, N. J.
1. those bearing the Family name.
1801 Nathan Strong.
1815 Stephen H. Strong.
1848 Stephen H. Strong.
1854 Eichard M. Strong.
1856 Eobert Strong.
Not one of these five graduates of
Princeton is the author able, in ,
making out hie index, to identify
as now found In his records. He
supposes them all to be descendants
of Selah Strong of Setauket, L. I.
2. Those not bearing the Family name. Page.
1756 Hon. Jesse Root of Hartford,
Ct . 336
1863 Theodore S. Van Dyke of
Wabasha, Minn  364

3. Those connected by marriage.
1764 Rev. James Tuttle of Rocka-
way, N. J  727
1827 Prof Jonathan B. Condit of
Auburn, N. Y   621
1861 George Ross of Doylestown,
Pa  1205
Whole number of Princeton gra
duates  10

XIIL
Rutgbes College, N. J.
1. Those of the FamUy name.
1845 Eev. J. Paschal Strong of
Passaic, N. J  674
1847 B. E. Woodbridge Strong of
New Brunswick, N. J. . . . 365
1857 Theodore Strong of New
Brunswick, N. J  364
2. Those connected by mmriage.
1842 Eev. Dr. J. T. Tahnage of
Amoy, China  420
1847 Hon. John Ferdon, Pier
mont, N. Y  364
Whole number of Eutgers gra
duates  5
XIV.
CoLiTMBLA College, N. Y.
1. Those bearing the Family name.
1810 Rev. Paschal N. Strong of
NewYork  672

Pago
1816 Rev. Thomas M. Strong of
Flatbush, L.I  678
1825. Oliver S. Strong of New
York 
1888 George T. Strong of New
York 
1840 Peter R. Strong of Newtown,
L. I 
1854 Benjamin Strong of Fishkill,
N.Y 

632635713682

2. Those of other names.

1835 WUUam Mulligan of New
York  714
1843 Dr. John W. Dana of New
York  400
1861 Samuel B. Ward of New
York  1181
1865WUlard P. Ward of New
York  1131
3. Those connected by marriage.
1843 Rev. Dr. Matson M. Smith of
Newark, N. J  431
1851 John H. Anthon of New
York  678
Whole number of Columbia CoU.
graduates  12
XV.
New York Univebsity.
1. 7hase bearing the FamUy name.
1855 Mason E. Strong of Flat-
bush, L. I  674
1855 Rev. Robert T. Strong of
New Baltimore, N. Y  675
1863 Rev. Selah W. Strong of W.
Troy, N.Y  675
2. Those of other names.
1859 Dr. Frederic G. SneUing of
New York  680
1870 John 0. Van Deventer of
Jersey city  420
Whole, number of N. Y. Univer
sity graduates  5
XVI.
Union College, N. Y.
1. Those bearing the FamUy name.
1812 Jedediah Strong of Ger-
mantown, Pa  842
1819 Schuyler Strong of Wheel
ing, Va  651

General Sv/mmary of Results.

xlix

Page
1831 Henry K. Strong of PhUadel
phia  1355
1831 Fmlay Strong of Defiance, O. 811
1833 Cyrus Strong of Binghamton,
N.Y  893
1833 (Honorary) MarshaU M.
Strong of Racine, Wis. . . . 1343
1835 Eobert McK. Strong 
1841 Eev. Dr. Thomas C. Strong
oflthaca, N. Y  674
1850 Rev. Dr. Henry N. Strongof
Baton Rouge, La  1345
1853 Hon. JuUus L. Strong of
Hartford, Ct  46
1858 Edwin Atson Strong of Grand
Rapids, Mich  1331
1860 Lewis George Strong 
1864 Alonzo P. A. Strong of Sche
nectady, N. Y 
1868 Latham 0. Strong of Troy,
N.Y  1342
Number of the name  14
2. Those of otJier names.
1823 George White of New York. 479
1830 Robert Haight of Cuba, N. Y. 670
1832 Thomas AUen of Pittsfield,
Mass  968
1833 EUas S. Hawley of Buffalo,
N.Y  1266
1889 Samuel H. WeUs of Penn
Yan, N.Y  668
1853 John McConihe of Omaha,
Neb  1340
1856 Samuel McCordhe of Ari
zona.  1341
Number of other names  7
3. TJwse connected by marriage.
1827 Dr. Josiah G. Beckwith of
Litchfield, Ct  1040
1828 Dr. Caleb B. Ticknor of New
York  975
1868 Amasa J. Parker of Albany. 673
Whole number of Union CoUege
graduates  24

xvn.
Hamilton College, N. Y.
1. Those bearing the name.
1842 Rev. Dr. Addison K. Strong
of Harrisburgh, Pa  345
1847 Edward K. Strong of Cm-
cinnati, 0  346
2. Those of other names.
1816 Prof. Edward Robinson,
D.D., OfNewYork  390
G

Page
1818 Judge Fletcher M. Haight of
San Francisco, Cal  665
1835 Rev. Dr. H. G. O. Dwight of
Constantinople  403
1836 Rev. Dr. Joel S. Bacon of
Richmond, Va  533
1838 Henry P. Norton of Brock-
port, N. Y  395
1835 Rev. Benjn. W. Dwight of
CUnton, N.Y  369
1885 James A. Piatt of Mineral
Pomt, Wis  703
1835 Rev. Lemuel S. Pomeroy of
Pompey HiU, N. Y  391
1840 Prof Theodore W. Dwight
of Columbia CoU., N. Y. . 374
1841 Dr. Theojdore 0. Pomeroy
of Courtland, N. Y  393
1848 Hon. Joseph S. Avery of
CUnton, N.Y  379
1849 Isaac McConihe of Troy,
N.Y  1341
1850 Charles D. Avery of Chicago 379
1855 Theodore Avery of Clinton,
N. Y  379
1857 Dr. Asahel N. Brockway of
Harlem, N.Y  395
1858 Dr. Henry N. Avery of
Poughkeepsie, N. Y  380
1863 Dr. Edward W. Aveiy of
Faribault, Minn  380

8. Those connected by marriage.
1815 Rev. Alpha MUler of Sanger-
field,N.Y  753
1830 Prof Charles Avery of Ham
Uton CoUege, N. Y  376
1837 Jerome J. Briggs of SaUna,
N.Y  812
1831 Hon. Othniel S. WUUams of
Clinton, N. Y  378
1834 Eev. Eobert E. Wilson of
Clyde, N. Y 
1846 David F. Griffin of MoUne,
lU  471
1850 Hon. ElUot Anthony of Chi
cago,  375
1851 Rev. Dr. Thomas B. Hudson
of CUnton, N. Y  1068
Total number of Hamilton gradu
ates  27

xvni.
Rochester Univebsity, N. Y.
1854 Henry Strong 
1857 Rev. Augustus H. Strong.. . 912
1868 Theron G. Strong of New
York  1044

General Summary of Results.

Those ofoth&r names.
James W. Christopher of

NewYork..

660

Those connected by mmriage.

1854 Eev. Archibald L. Farr of
Iowa FaUs, Iowa  911
Total number of Eochester Uni
versity graduates  5
XIX.
Madison UNivEESiry, N. Y.
1886 Rev. James S. HascaU  138
*
Connected by marriage.
1885 Rev. WUUam H. ShaUer of
Portland, Me  184
1844 Rev. John S. Beecher of
Burmah  142
1845 Rev. Thomas TheaU of Lin
coln, Wis  516
Total number of Madison Uni
versity graduates  4
XX.
West Point Mxlitaey Academy.
1856-7 Gen. George C. Strong of
Troy, NY  86
1857 Joseph Strong, Jr., of Balti
more, Md.  415
Those of other na/mes.
1831 Prof. WUUam A. Norton of
Yale CoUege  108
1845 Major Edward Hunt of Key
West,Fla  337
1863 Col. WUUam Ludlow of
Charleston, S 0  600
Major Francis Woodbridge
of Pensacola, Fla  1019
Connected bynuwriage.
1864 Capt. EUas V. Andrews  111
Total number of West Point
graduates  7
XXT.
The College of New York, N. Y.
City.
Of the Fa/mily but not of the name.
1856 Gen. James L. Van Buren of
NewYork  1185

XXIL
Genesee College, Lima, N. Y. (now
Syracuse).

Connected by manriage.
Thomas Oorbett of Attica,
N. Y 

Page. 984

XXIIL
Western Rbsebve Coll., O.
1843 Benjamin Olds Strong of
Kankakee, lU  1096
1843 John Stoughton Strong of
Tecumseh, Mich  1100
1863 Sidney Strong of Youngs-
town, 0  1096
1865 WUUam B. Strong of Mis
souri  603
Those of other nxrnies.
1844 Prof. Charles W. Clapp of
GrinneU, Iowa  1057
1846 Prof. John S. Newberry of
Columbia CoU  100
Total number of W. R. graduates 6
XXIV.
Marietta College, O.
1861 Lyman A. Strong.
XXV.
Kenyon College, O.
1850 Rev. George A. Strong  750

Connected by ma/rriage.
L. H. Kilboume 

465

XXVI.
Oberlin College, O.
1866 Rev. John J. Strong of Talle-
dega,Ala  1583

1848 Hon HoweU, Mich.

Of other names.
Milo Lee Gay

of

Connected by m,a/rriage.
185- Rev. John Vetter of Tonto-
geny, 0  1142
Oberlin graduates  3

General Summary of Results.

xxvn.
Kalamazoo College, Mich.
1859 Edward Strong of Kalama- ^'"°"
zoo  1069
1863 Chauncey Strongof Kalama
zoo  1069
XXVHL
Knox College, III.
Rev. Erastus A. Strong of
Gambler, 0  128
XXIX.
Beloit College, Wis.
1862 Rev. Dr. James W. North-
field, Minn  1272
XXX.
CoLTiMBiAN College, D. C.
George S. Bacon of Magno-
Ua, Iowa  531
Connected by ma/rriage.
1842 Rev. Adoniram J. ChapUn,

XXXI.
University of ViRGraiA.
Page.
1850 Prof. PhUip R. Latham of
UpperviUe, Va  523
xxxn.
Bristol College, Pa.
1886 Rev. Dr. G. T. BedeU of
Gambler, 0  711

XXXIII.
Bublington College, N. J.
1854 Rev. Peter V. Fmch of
Greenfield, Mass  790
XXXIV
Upper Canada Coll:^ge.
Edward H. Hawke  660

of Conway, Mass  1318 I at Yale.

Total number of coUege graduates. 615
1. Bearing the family name.. 132
2. Of other names  347
8. Connected by marriage. .. 136
Of these 318 have been graduated

II.
Officers in Colleges anb Professional Schools.
MANY Tutors in many Colleges.]
Those which are starred have
Prof. Jamin Strong, Med. CoU.,
Cleveland, O 
Prof. Ebenezer S. SneU, Amherst
Coll., Mass 
Prof. John S. Newberry, Colum
bia CoU., N. Y 
Prof. WiUiam A. Norton, Yale
CoUege 
Prof. Edward Robinson, Union
Theol. Sem N. Y 
Prof. John N. Pomeroy, N. Y.
University 
Prof. John T. Norton, Yale Col-

[Besidb

le^e.

Prof. Seth Norton, Hamilton Col
lege, N.Y 
Prof. Nathan Hale, Union CoUege
Prof Theodore Strong, Rutgers
College 
Prof. Theodore W. Dwight, Co
lumbia ColL Law School 

been connected with the f&mUy J)y marriage.
Prof Henry N. Avery, Homoe
opathic CoU., N. Y  380
Prof. James D. Dana, Yale CoU.. 401
Prof Martin KeUogg, University
of CaUfornia  430
Rev. Dr. Joel 8. Bacon, Prest.
ColumbianCoU  533
Prof. Arthur W. Wright, Yale
College  805
Prof Selah 8. WoodhuU, Rutger's
Theol Sem  630
Prof. Oramel S. Hinckley of Oak
land Coll., Miss  801
Prest. WUliam Allen, Dartmouth
and Bowdoin  970
Prof Charles W. Clapp, Iowa Col
lege, Iowa  1057
Prof Phinehas H. Strong, Howard
Univ. Washington  1116
Prof. Josiah D. Whitney, Harvard
CoUege  1133

47 60
100 108
290295
296297345
863 374

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General Summary of Results.

Prof. WilUam D. Whitney, Yale

Page.

College  11*3
Prof. Bela B. Edwards, Andover
Theol. Sem  1153
Prof WUliam B. Clark, Yale Col
lege  1196
Prest. James W. Strong, Carleton
Coll. Minn  1272
Prof Chauncey A. Goodrich, Yale
College  1389
Prof. EUzur Goodrich, Yale Law
School  1389
Prof. WiUiam C. Fowler, Am
herst CoU  1390
Prof. James Mills Pierce, Harvard
CoUege  1483
Prof. Charles Lee, Prof, in many
Med. Seminaries  974
*Prof. WUUam CogsweU, Dart
mouth  39
*Rev. Dr. Eleazer T. Fitch, Yale
CoUege  83
*Prof Wootton W. Hawks, Tri
nity College  91
*Prof George P. Fisher, Yale
Theol. Sem  91

Page.
*Prof Benjamin SilUman, Jr.,
Yale CoUege  91
*John N. Bartlett, Prin. Conn.
Normal School  93
*Prof. Charles A.' Terry, Med.
Coll. Cleveland  101
*Prof. Charles Avery, Hamilton
College  376
*Prof. Philip R. Lathrop, Colum
bian CoU, D.C  "533
*Prof. J. B. Condit, Auburn Theol.
Sem  631
*Josiah B. Pickard, Supt. Pub.
Inst.oflU  622
*Prof. Henry B. SmUh, Union
Theol. Sem., N. Y  970
*Prof Edward Turner, Middle
bury CoU  1030
*Prof. Even W. Evans, ComeU
University, N. Y  1063
*Prof WiUiam P. Bascom, How
ard University  1117
*Prof. Benjamin Peirce, Harvard
College;  1482
Total number  40

[This list like all the others must be regarded as but an approximate one.]

lEI.
Authors and Artists.

Rev. Dr. Nathan Strong, Hart
ford, Ct  745
Prof. Theodore Strong, Rutgers
College  363
Prof. Chauncey A. Goodrich,
Yale CoUege  1389
Hon. Samuel Goodrich (Peter
Parley)  1289
Rev. Dr. Harrison G. O. Dwight. 403
Dr. Edward Robinson , New York. 290
Prof. Bela B. Edwards, Andover. 1152
Prof. James D. Dana, Yale Coll. 401
Prest. WUUam AUen, Northamp
ton  970
Prof. Charies Lee, PeekskiU, N. Y. 974
Prof WUliam 0. Fowler, Dur
ham, Ct  1290
Rev. Dr. Dorus Clarke, Boston. . . . 1061
Timothy S. Pinneo, Greenwich, Ct. 468
Rev. Edward E. Hale, Boston. ... 346
Prof. Josiah Whitney, Harvard. . llS2

Benjamin W. Dwight, Clinton,
N.Y 
Prof. WiUiam D. Whitney, Yale
CoU 
Rev. Dr. Richard 8. Storrs, Brook
lyn 
Prof. Theodore W. Dwight, N. Y.
Prof. John N. Pomeroy, N. Y. . .
Prof. John 8. Newberry, N. Y. . .
Rev. Edward P. Hammond, Ver
non, Ct 
* Joel Barlow, the poet, Washing
ton, D. 0  761
* Prof. Henry B. Smith, N. Y.. .
*.Prof. WiUiam CogsweU Dart
mouth  29
* Prof. Benjamin Peirce, Harvard 1483
* Prof. George P. Fisher, Yale
College  91
* Prof. Benjamin SiUiman, Jr., of
Yale  91

¦369
llS3 1133 395 100 52

This list is believed by the author to be more incomplete than any other.

Of Artists, two and perhaps more.
Harriet G. Hosmer, the sculptress. 1175
Nelson A. Moore, Kensington, Ct. 1080

There have been many painters
in the famUy ; but whether arti
sans or artists the author does not
know.

General Summary of Results.

liii

IV.
Missionaries to Foreign Lands.

Frederic EUsworth to the Choc-
taws  301
Dr. T. T. Devan to China (Can
ton)  353
Rev. Dr. H. G. O. Dwight to the
Armenians  403
Rev. EUphalet Whittlesey to the
Sandwich Islands  424
Rev. John JI. Perry to Ceylon,. . 746
Rev. Dr. Luther H" Gulick to the
Sandwich Islands  787

Page-
Rev. Oramel H. Gulick to the
Sandwich Islands  787
Rev. John T. Gulick to China... 787
*John S. Beecher to Burmah. . . .^ i42
*Ainsworth Blunt to the Choctaws' 299
*Rev. Dr. J. V. Talmage to Chma
(Amw)  420
*Rev. WUliam Gulick, Sandwich
Islands  787
*Mrs. WilUam N. Edwards, Port
Natal, 8. Africa  1360

V.
Members op State Legislatures, etc.

1. Of state-assemblies.
2. Of State Senates.
3. Governors of States.

Members of State Assemblies.
Daniel P. Wheeler, Orford, N. H. 27
John Strong Rice of Farmington,
Ct  87
John Strong Dobson (1870), Ver
non, Ct  122
Daniel Strong (1870) Portland, Ct. 315
Munson Strong (1835) Durham,
Ct .. 336
Harry Strong (issi), Durham, Ct. 350
Harvey Strong (1837), Laurens,
N.Y  353
Nathan Strong (1833),' Rodman,
N.Y  357
George Babbitt (1858), SmithvUle,
N.Y  360
George Norton, Avon, Ct  298
Capt. Joseph Strong, Coventry, Ct. 330
Horace Hunt (1841),Portage, N.Y. 336
Ahnon B. Ludden (1842), West
hampton, Mass  340
Elisha Clapp, Lockport, N. Y. . . 343
Charles Hale (1859), Boston, Mass. 345
David Hale, Coventry, Ct  353
Joseph Strong, S. Hadley, Mass. . 361
Edward W. Dwight, Brooklyn,
Wis  375
Lot Norton, SaUsbury, Ct  434
Phinehas Strong, Coventry, Ct. . . 432
Daniel Strong, Salem, 0  435
Jared Strong, Jackson, 0  439
Jairus Strong (1818), Ashland,
N.Y  480
Daniel B. Strong (1857), Ashland,
N. Y  484

EUsha P. Strong (1853), Ashland,
N.Y  484
Samuel Strong, Amherst, 0  488
Admo Strong (1726), Woodbury,
Ct  -491
Lt. John Strong, Woodbury, Ct. 535
John Strong, Jr. (1813), Wood
bury, Ct  535
Samuel B. NicoU, Shelter Island,
N.Y  603
Oliver 8. Strong, Jersey city  633
Col. Samuel Strong (1830), Islip,
L. 1  704
Joseph Strong, Fairfield, Ct  716
Sherwood Sterling, Bridgeport, 733
Ct 
Ephraim Strong, Milford, Ct  731
WiUiam Strong, Milford, Ct  737
Henry Strong, Norwich, Ct  752
Josiah B. Strong, Starksborough,
Vt  777
Isaiah L. Strong, Starksborough,
Vt  778
Roger Strong (18 times), New
York city  795
Bushrod W. Hinckley of BluehUl,
Me  802
Capt. Samuel Strong of Belcher
town, Mass  824
Capt. John Strong of Woodstock,
Vt  841
Benajah C. English, Springfield,
Mass  854
Rev. David A. Strong, Coleraine,
Mass  943
Enoch D. Woodbridge, Ver
gennes, Vt  1017
John Strong Storrs, Montevallo,
Ala  1031
Moses Strong, Rutland, Vt  1031
Moses M. Strong, Mineral Point,
Wis  1034

liv

General Sv/mmary of Results.

Judge John W. Strong (1857), Ad
dison, Vt  1037
Cyrus W. Strong (1868), Addison,
Vt  1037
Dr. Josiah G. Beckwith (1869),
Litchfield, Ct  1041
Judge Theron R. Strong (1843), .
Rochester, N. Y  1044
Newton D. Strong, Alton, HI.. . . 1048
James 0. Strong, Washington
Territory  1053
Enoch Strong, Fairport, N. Y. . . 1073
Eoswell Moore, Southlngton, Ct. 1078
EUjah Chapman, ToUand, Ct. . . . 1085
Ashbel Chapman, ToUand, Ct. . . 1085
Col. Samuel Chapman, Tolland. . 1086
Phinehas Strong, Pawlet, Vt  1114
Return Strong, Pawlet, Vt,  1118
Henry WUUams Dwight (3d)
Stockbridge, Mass  1128
Major Samuel Partridge, Hatfield,
Mass 1131
Ashbel ' Strong,' Pittsfield, " Mass". ! 1257
Thomas B. Strong, Pittsfleld,
Mass  1257
Elijah Strong, Brownington, Vt. 1370
Elijah G. Strong, Brownington,
Vt  1271
Elijah Boltwood, Amherst , Mass. 1319
Wells Southworth, W. Spring
field, Mass  1430
George 0. S. Southworth, West
Springfield  1831
MarshaU M. Strong, Racine, Wis. 1343
Henry King Strong, Philadelphia. 1356
Capt. Nathan Hawley, Bethlehem,
Ct  1435
Luther Clark, Easthampton,
Mass  1506
*Taylor G. GoodwiU, Nebraska 43
*Charles Eeady, Tennessee  58
*Dr. A. E. Goodrich (1871), Ver
non, Ct  123
* Joseph Bradley, Kyger, 0  443
*Henry Kmsley (1850), Ashland,
N.Y  481
*Albert Tuttle (1849), Ashland,
N.Y  482
*Dr. H. B. Shank (1861), Lansmg,
Mich  531
*Wimam NicoU (1769), Ishp, L.I. 597
*Gen. WilUam H. Ludlow, New
York  599
*Gen. Eichard A. UdaU (1866),
Islip, L.I  705
*Henry A. Bridgman, Paxton, lU. 836
*Salathiel Bump, SaUsbury, Vt. . 1011
*Henry W. Bosworth, Springfield,
Mass  1233
* John Arms, Conway, Mass  1319

II.
State Senators.
Page.
John Strong Rice (1850), Farming-
Ct  87
John Strong Dobson (1852), Ver
non, Ct  122
Phinehas Miner, New Haven, Ot. 143
Demas Strong (1864), Brooklyn,
N.Y  181
Richard H. Rose, Coventry, Ct. . 334
Nathan Hale, Boston, Mass  344
Daniel White, RockviUe, Ct  430
Selah Strong, Milford, Ct  741
Gen. Vincent Matthews, Roches
ter, N. Y  655
George Dudley, West Winsted,
Ct  759
Samuel W. Dudley, N. GuUford,
Ct  768
Frederic E. Woodbridge, Ver
gennes, Vt  1019
Judge Martin Strong, Salisbury,
Ct  1043
Gov. Caleb Strong of Northamp
ton  1187
Ebenezer Moseley, Newburyport,
Mass  1199
Edward Southworth, W. Spring
field, Mass  1331
Simeon Strong, Amherst, Mass. . 1884
*Blisha N. SiU (1820), Cuyahoga
FaUs,0  98
*John Ferdon (Piermont, N. Y.),
1858  364
*Nehemiah C. Sanford, Derby,
Ct  641
*Edward Tompkins, Oakland,
Cal   667
*Leamed Hebard (1855), Lebanon,
Ct...,  785
*Albert G. Dewey (1871), Quee
chee, Vt  852
*Samuel Fowler, Westfleld, Mass. 1128
*0ol. Benjamin Bellows, Walpole,
N. H  ....: 1162
*Joshua Bird, Bethlehem, Ct  1438
ni.
Governors of States.
Dr. Anson Jones, Prest. RepubUc
of Texas  159
Gov. Washington Hunt of New
York  336
Gov. Henry H. Haight of Califor
nia  666
Gov. Caleb Strong of Massachu
setts 

General Summary of Results.

Iv

VI.
Judges op various Courts.
Page-

John Harris Strong, Com. Fleas,
Euclid, 0  174
EUhuW. N. Starr, ProbaU, Mid
dletown, Ot  287
Joseph 8. Avery, Probate, CUnton,
N. .Y  379
Fitz James Fitch, County, Cats-
kiU, N. Y  320
Jesse Root, Chief Justice jSuyenisr
Court, Hartford, Ct  326
Washington Hunt, Com. Pleas,
Lockport, N.Y  336
David Hale, Com. Pleas, Coventry,
Ct  352
Joseph Strong, Com. Pleas, Lyme,
O- ...;  449
WiUiam Strong, U. S. Bist. Wash-
mgton, Terr  1052
Charles Whittlesey, County, Hart
ford, Ct  436
Horatio Strong, Com.Pleas, Salem,
0  484
Rush R. Sloane, Probate, San
dusky, O  464
John Strong, Jr., Probate  535
Selah Strong, Com. Pleas, Setau
ket, L.1  619
Thomas Strong, Com. Pleas,
Brookhaven, L. 1  633
Selah B. Strong, Superior, Setau
ket, L. I  633
William S. Deming, County, New
Lyme, 0  733
WUUam Strong, Probate, Milford,
Ct  737
Josiah B. Strong, County, Starks
borough, Vt  777
Isaiah L. Strong, County, Starks-
, borough, Vt  778
Stephen Strong, County, Owego,
N.Y  794
Roger Strong, Admiralty, New
fork   795
Theron R. Strong, Sivpreme, Ro
chester, N. Y  1C44
John B. Strong, U. S. Dist., St.
Augustine, Fla  1047

Page-

WUliam Strong U. S. Supreme
Court, PhUadelphia  1047
Martin D. Strong, Probate, Mar
shaU, Mich  1115
Samuel F. Lyman, Probate, North-
ami)ton  1136
Charles Chauncey, Superior, Phi
ladelphia  1288
Simeon 8tioiig,Supreme, Amherst,
Mass  1334
Solomon Strong, Com. Pleas,
Leominster, Mass  1348
* Othniel 8 WUUams, Probate,
Clinton, N.Y  378
* John Van Dyke, Superior, Tren
ton, N. J  364
* Lazarus Hammond, Com; Pleas,
Hammondsport, N. Y  661
* Gen. Samuel Haight, County,
Cuba, N. Y  665
* WeUes Henry, Supreme, Penn
Yann, N.Y  668
* Thomas A. Johnson, Supreme,
Greene, N.Y  669
* George L. Davis (of what court
not stated), Ehnira, N. Y  678
*Mark Moore, Probate, Bridge
port, Ct  724
* Benjn. E. Curtis. U. S. Supreme,
Boston  969
* James Wolcott, County, Maumee
City,0  1171
* JosephBerry, County, NeyvheTry,
Vt  1171
* Samuel Hinckley, Probate,
Northampton  1202
* Lafayette S. Foster, Supreme,
Norwich, Ct  1308
* Jabez Hamlin Com. Pleas, Mid
dletown, Ct  1388
*Esq. Joseph Parsons, County,
Northampton  ,  1291
* Isaac McConihe, Com. Pleas,
Troy,N. Y  1340
* Charles P. Huntington, Superior,
Boston, Mass  1483

VII.
Members of Congress, Cabinet Officers and TJ. S. Repre
sentatives to Foreign Governments.
- m,L ^ .. -. , « Dr. Chauncey Brewer of Spring-
1. The Continental Congress. ggj^ Mass. . . .".  1382
Jesse Eoot of Hartford, Ot  336 * Gen.WUUamFloydofMastic,L.I. 701 '
Selah Strong of Setauket, L. I. . . 619 *Eev. Jacob Green of Hanover,
Jedediah Strong of Litchfield, Ct. 838 N.J  736

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General Summary of Results.

2. Members of Congress. Page-
Julius L. Strong (1869-78), Hart-
ford,Ct  46
Francis W. Palmer (1869-71), Du
buque, Iowa.  141
Phmehas Miner (1834-5), Wm-
chester, Ct  148
Selah B. Strong (1843), Setauket,
L.I  633
Selah R. Hobble (1837-9), DeUd,
N. Y  735
Stephen Strong (1846), Owego,
N.Y  794
James Strong (1833-31), Hudson,
N. y  843
WiUiam Strong (1819-31), Hart
ford, Vt  851
WUliam Strong (1847), Philadel
phia  1047
Frederic E. Woodbridge (1869-71),
Vergennes, Vt  1019
EUzur Goodrich (for 23 years).
New Haven, Ct  1289
Solomon Strong (1815-9), Leomin
ster, Mass  1848
*John Van Dyke (1847-51), Tren
ton, N. J  864
*Elbridge G. Spauldmg (1861-3),
Bufi'alo,N.Y  115
*Charles Ready (1858-5)  58

*James S. T. Stranahan (1858),
Brooklyn, N. Y  315
*Col. Henry WUUams Dwight,
Stockbridge, Mass  1123
3. TJ. S. Senators.
Adonijah S. Welch/Florida (1868). 201
Abraham Baldwin, Savannah, Ga. 761
Gov. Caleb Strong (1789-1800),
Northampton  1187
Chauncey Goodrich (1808-18),
Hartford, Ct  1289
Samuel W. Dana  1291
*Col. Benjamin Bellows, Walpole,
N.H  1162
4. Cabinet Officers and U. 3. Eepresenta-
tives abroad.
Henry S. Sanford, Minister to
Belgium  641
Samuel Goodrich, U. S. Consul to
Paris  1289
Selah R. Hobble, Asst. Postmaster
Genl  725
*Henry Stanberry, Attorney
Genl U. S. (1869)  415
*Joel Barlow (the poet). Minister
to Bonaparte  761

VIII.
Soldiers and Officers in the Army and Navy.
1. In the French War.

Capt. Ebenezer Root, Coventry,
Ct  311
Jedediah Strong, Jr., Lebanon,
Ct  772
Lt. Samuel Partridge, Hatfield,
Mass  1129
Col. EUhu Chauncey, Durham,
Ct  1388

2. In the Sevolutionary War.
Col. John Strong Torringford, Ct. 81
Eliakim Strong, Durham, Ct  232
Bela Strong(the rhymster), Dur
ham, N.Y  264
Capt. Nathan Hale, the martyr,
Coventiy, Ct  850
Sergt. John Strong, Durham, Ct. 242
Selah Strong, Durham, Ct  243
'Asahel Strong,^ Durham, N. Y.. . 364
John Strong, Paris HiU, N. Y. . . 265
Capt. Nathaniel Ro&t, Coventry,
Ct  324
Col. Jesse Root, Hartford, Ct  336
Lt. Joseph Hale, Coventry, Ct. . . 333

Dr. Samuel Rose, Coventry, Ct. . . 333
Rev. Joseph Strong (Chaplain),
Granby,Ct  355
Horatio Strong,Coventry, Ct  434
Sergt. Joseph Strong, Lyme, O. . 449
Capt. Benjamin Strong, Lansing,
N.Y  518
Adino Strong (3d), Woodbury, Ct. 533
Lt. John Strong, Woodbury, Ct.. 535r
Ithamar Strong, Northampton. . . 578
Capt. Selah Strong, Setauket, L. I. 619
Major Nathaniel Strong, Bloom
ing Grove, N. Y  650
Capt. Nathan Strong, New York. 697
Capt. Phinehas Strong, Belcher
town  838
Capt. John Strong, Woodstock,
Vt  841
David Strong, Columbia, Ct  841
David Strong, Easthampton, Ct. . 931
Eeuben Strong, Brandon, Vt  991
Genl. John Strong, Addison, Vt. 1015
Col. Adonijah Strong, Salisbury,
Ct  1042
Genl.Elijah Chapman,ToUand,Ct. 1085
Col. Samuel Chapman, Tolland,
Ct  1086

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Ivii

Capt. David Strong, Stafibrd, Ct. ^§0
Capt. ComeUus Lyman, North
ampton  ,  1133
Aaron Strong, Southampton  1307
Edward Parsons of Bradford,
Mass  1393
Lt. Samuel Filer ofHebron, Ct.,. 1307
Nathaniel White of Easthampton,
Mass  1314
Capt. John Strong of Pittsfield,
Mass  1346
Josiah Strong of Burtonville,
N.Y  1433
Lt. Col. David Strong (residence
unknown)  1421
Lt. Asahel Clark of Easthampton,
Mass  1441
Gad Clark of Southampton  1441
*CoL Ichabod Norton, Farming-
ton, Ct  389
*Gen. James Mathews of Ehnira,
N.Y  657
*Salathiel Bump, Salisbury, Vt... 1011
*Col Benjamin BeUows, Walpole,
N.H  1163
*Samuel Hinckley, Northampton 1203
*Luke Noble of Pittsfield, Mass.. 1369
*Dr. Abel Catlin of Litchfield, Ct.
(seep. 1137)  1370

3. In the War of VSii% and Mexican Wa/r,
etc.
Col- Cyprian Strong, Monroe, La. 265
Horatio Strong, drum major, Hat
field, Mass  563
Lt. Thomas S. Grifflng, Setauket,
L.I  635
Major Gen. Thomas H. Eansom 954
Levi Strong, Gainesville, N. Y.. . 997
Gen. Samuel Strong, Vergennes,
Vt  1017
Major Francis Woodbridge, Ver
gennes, Vt  1019
Enoch Strong, Fairport, N- Y.. .. 1073
Lt. Oliver H. Perry, U. S. Explor
ing Expedition  1201

4. In the late War.
Major Gen. George 0. Strong,. . . 36
Capt. Joseph Backus, First Conn.
Cav......  42
Capt. Moses P. SneU, 36th Mass. 62
George W. Strong, 38th Iowa,... 69
Henry F. Strong, 13th Wis  93
James H. Strong, Commodore,
U.S.N  Ill
Rev. Erastus O. Strong, 3d Ohio. 129
Sergt. Arthur F. HascaU, 61st
N.Y  188
H

Corporal Ralph H. HascaU, 61st
N.Y  134
Norval Bishop of Jamestown,
N.Y  138
Edward Lunt, 15th Iowa  139
A. J. Bradley, 15th Mass  153
Brig, Gen. Strong Vincent of
Erie, Pa  168
Parmelee Strong, 87th N. Y  179
Major Richard P. Strong, U. S.
ArtiUery  183
Orson W. FoUett of Meredith. ... 191
John W. FoUett of Meredith  192
Col. Francis M- HUls  07
Wilbur F. Strong, 5th N. Y.
Heavy ArtUlery  241
Charles A. Simmons, 20th N. Y. . 244
Harry Strong, 3d Louisiana  258
John H. Strong, 5th N.Y. Cavahy 268
Dr. Asahel N. Brockway, Surgeon 295
Thomas S. Johnson, 176th N. Y.. 818
Rufus W. BunneU, 23d Conn  818
Lt. Isaac M. BunneU, 3d New
Jersey  319
Eleazer Root, 65th 111  325
George A. Root, 7th 111  325
Capt. Joseph Clapp, 8th lU  342
Nathan H. Clapp, 31st Mass  844
Jabez B. McCaU,'33d Conn  346
Dr. Edward W. Avery Surgeon 380
Dr. Edward S. Bogert, Surgeon
U.S.N  380
Lt. George B. Tyler, 8d Mich.
Battery  384
Joseph W. Strong, 53th Mass  398
Henry O. Dwight, 20th Ohio  405
Dr. Foster Bodle, 7th Ohio, Sur
geon  413
Leonard Pierpont, 76th Illinois. . 433
Walter Pierpont, First Conn. Cav. 423
Edward 8. Pierpont, 8th IlUnois 423
Thomas L. Norton, 7th Conn  435
Ozias L. Nims  451
Herbert A. Nims  451
David A. Baker, 55th Ohio  454
Page P. Webster, N. Y. Heavy
-irtillery  455
George E. White  479
Augustus B. White  480
Luther E. Bartlett, 51st Mass  483
Daniel B. Stedman, 16th Vt  483
George H- Knowles, 36th lU  495
David Strong, 31st N. Y  498
Charies Strong, 116th N. Y  498
JohnG. Strong  500
James N. Strong, 73d lU  504
Robert H. Strong, 105th 111  505
Charies A. Strong, 115th N. Y.. . 513
Frank Strong, 37th N. Y  518
Dr. Elias Strong, Surgeon 14th
N.Y  531
Col. Delos H. Holden, 60th N. Y.
Eng. Corps  538

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General Summary of Results.

Page,
Lt. Eugene Egbert, 141st N. Y.. . 538
Lt. George J. Bacon, 29th Iowa.. 581
John B. Lyman, 1st Mass. Heav.
ArtUlery  563
Alvin L. Strong, 52d Mass  564
Dwight 8. Strong, 2d Mass. Heav.
ArtiUery  564
Capt. WaitstiU W. Strong, 14th
lUinois  566
James E. Strong, 2d Ohio Ca
valry  566
Medad Strong, 5th N. H. Regt.. . 580
WiUiam L. Strong, 10th Mass. ... 583
Henry H. Strong, 52d Mass  583
Edward M. Strong, U. 8. N  883
Col. WiUiam Ludlow ot Charles
ton, S.C  600
Capt. Sylvester D. NicoU, U. S. N. 602
Capt. Thomas S. Grifflng of Se
tauket  625
Benjamin S. Weeks  628
Dr. Frederic G. SneUing, 1st Regt.
S. Shooters  630
Dr. Meredith Clymer, Surgeon. . . 631
Df- Fletcher M. Hammond, 126th
N.Y  664
Col. James H. Strong, IstN.C. 711
George W. Trask, 80th lU  719
Henry C. Dudley of GuUford, Ct. 763
WiUiam M. Green, 29th Mich. ... 780
WiUiam B. Green, 3d Iowa  781
George W. Green, 3d Iowa  781
Charles W. Green, 4th Iowa  781
Daniel Hebard, A. Adjt. Gen  785
Major Samuel A. Strong, 31st 0 . 791
Dr. Madison H. Rose, Danville,
Ind  813
Dr. Nathan E. Tefi't, 133d N. Y. . 813
Albert H. Bridgman, 33d Iowa. . 838
George Strong, 10th Mass  839
Joel W. Strong, 10th Miss  833
Henry Benjamin Strong  846
Charles Fox of Burton, N. Y  846
Edwin A. Atkins, 1st Conn. Cav. 863
JamesH. FalesofEden, N. y... 864
John Baker. ..¦  865
Solomon E. Watros, 44th Ind  873
Joseph N. Watros, 35th 0  873
Benjamin P. Watros, 13th Ohio
Battery  874
James E. Strong, 10th Wis  881
Victor E. Strong, 13th Wis  883
William S. Irwin, 33d Iowa  883
Justin H- Irwin, 47th Iowa  883
Zenas M. Kingsley, 37th Mass. ... 889
Nelson H. Kingsley, 37th Mass. . 889
George W. Baldwin, 5th Wis  907
Henry A. Strong, Paymaster,
U.S. N  913
Daniel W. Lapham , Capt. U. 8. A. 915
Edward L. Eaton of Tama, Iowa 939
Lt. David Strong, 34th Conn  949
Adjt. Clark Strong, 34th Conn. . . 950

Page.
Brig. Genl. Thomas E. G. Eansom. 954
Capt. George A. Strong, 15th
Mich....   936
Brig. Genl. Thomas J. Strong, 22d
N.Y  927
WilUam L. Selden of Waverley,
N. Y  945
Capt. Edgar A. Van Wie, Asst.
Insp.Genl  993
Albert Buck, 81st N. Y  994
WHbur A. Daniels, Ensign, U. S.
N  994
WiUiam E. HuU, 6th Mich  999
Amasa Lee Hull, 10th Mich, Inf 999
Rowland HuU, 10th Mich. Cav. . . 999
Jabez HuU, 13th Mich  999
Capt John L. TuthiU, 18th lU. . . 1027
Luke 8. TuthiU, 1st lU. Cav  1027
lit. Eichd. 8. TuthiU, Mich. Bat.. 1038
Major Cornelius Byington, 1st
Mich  1039
Theodore Cherry, 75th Pa  1045
Genl. James C Strong of Buffalo. 1053
Edward A. Strong, 4th Mass. Cav. 1059
WiUiam H. Burt 1st Div. 17th
Army Corps  1068
Charles C. Loud of LoudvUle,
Mass  1069
James Strong  1075
Edward Moore, 16th Conn  1081
Martin W. Frisbe of Southlngton,
Ct  1088
Sidney Strong, 85th Ohio  1096
Lorenzo Strong, 86th 0  1098
Arthur T. Strong, 43d 0  1100
Major James A. Strong, 2d Mich.
Cav  1116
Col. James Fowler Dwight, New
York  1133
Col. Joseph Hinson, 1st Ohio  1168
William Hunt TUden of Manches-
ter,N.y....  1179
Genl. James L. Van Buren  1185
Lt. Frank Huntington, Phipps... 1305
George E- Strong of Thompson, O. 1318
Edwin O. Strong, 46th Mass  1319
Sergt. James Parks, 19th Conn. . . 1334
Sergt. Joseph P. Parks, 19th Conn. 1225
Charles E. Clarke, Com. Dept  1339
Oliver 8. Clarke, 17th Ohio  1339
Maj or Frank Strong, 1st Arkansas. 1343
Sylvester H. Taylor, 53d Mass, . . 1349
Col. Edward B. Lansing, 75th
N.Y  1268
Albert S. Kenney, Paymaster,
U-S.N  1376
Martin P. Pratt of Cataract, Wis. 1337
Gen. WiUiam B. Strong, 3d Wis.. 1335
Frederic W. Strong, Master in
Vol- Navy  1337
Ensign Edward T. Strong, U. 8.
Navy  1338
Engineer Frank L. Strong, U. S. N. 1338

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lix

Henry W. Strong, Troy, N. Y.. . 18^2
Col. John McConihe, 169th N. Y. 1340
Lt, Col. Samuel McConihe, 93d •
N.Y  1341
Col. Isaac McConihe, 24th N. Y. 1341
Major WiUiam McConihe, 2d
N.Y  1342
WiUiam M. Eogers, Sergeant
Major 18th Mass  1344
Dr. Dwight D. Stebbins, Surgeon 1356
Capt. HoUister B. Goodwin  1368
Col. John Q. Dickinson, 7th Vt.. 1375
Alonzo Shepard 33d Conn  1390
Loren S. Holmes, 57th Mass  1396
Martm F. Pratt, Wisconsm  1837
John M. Boies, 1st Conn  1404
Eev. Waldo W. Ludden, 37th. . . 1409
Salmon Wait, 53d Mass  1410
Gen. WiUiam K. Strong, New
York  1436
Edgar N. Kasson, 17th Conn  1481
Gen James K. MiUs  1481
Edward M. Perry, 53d Mass  1508
Daniel W. Lyman, 53d Mass  1509
*CoL Henry W. Closson,lst Eegt.
U.S. A  103
*Capt. Elias V. Andrews, U. 8.
IstArtUlery.  ,  115

Page-
*Clark Vandervoort, Mich. Eegt. 258
*Capt. W. H. Hemmenway, 18th
Mass  844
or Gen. Wm. H. LudloWi
N:Y  599
*A. J. Barrie of Youngstown, O. 780
*Sergt. E. W. Barnum, 4th Iowa 781
*Eev. Peter V. Fmch, 16th Conn. 790
*CUnton Hogue, of WaterviUe,
Kansas  831
*Lewis A. Breithaupt, 35th Wis. 882
'*MUton N. Frost, 11th Kansas.. . 883
*.Archibald S. Irwin, 8th Iowa ... 883
* John 8. Munn, 140th N. Y  913
* Jacob Bauer, 16th Conn  1080
*Wmiam H. Harrison  1082
*Dr. Francis N. Gibson, 9th N. H. 1173
*Brig. Gen. Thomas D. Johns. . . 1184
*Edward M. Periy, 52d Mass.. . . 1330
*Eufus W. Eobinson, 27th Mass. 1223
*CoL Leverett W. Wessels, 19th
Conn  1334
*Dr. Clark G. Pease, 3d Wis  1345
*Capt. Marcus A. Barnes, 2d HI.
Cav  1269
*Eear Admiral Henry Davis,
U.8.N  1483

[The foregoing account of the military history of the family must not
be accepted by any one as furnishing anything more than a partial view
of the real facts of the case.]

NOTE TO THE READER.
It is the plan of this book to give to each individual, whether belonging to the
family by blood or marriage, his respective individual number in the total enume
ration. The synopsis of any famUy record wiU exhibit, therefore, at a glance,
who have been married and who have been single ; and whether the marriages
have been one, two or more in any instance. The references forwards and back
wards, necessary to carry out thoroughly such a plan, are so many and oftMi so
far reaching in their range, that some mistakes have almost unavoidably occurred.
The general system has however been carried out in the great mass of cases
effectually. In numbering the more than 28 regiments of the family, some num
bers have been inadvertently jumped and some repeated ; so that, as is beUeved,
they wiU balance each other.
The dates given prior to 1752, are meant to be given always in old style. In
many famUy records the dates have been found to be carelessly mixed up in this
respect — some of them having been left untouched and some altered to the new
mode of reckoning.

NOTICE.
-Any persons who can contribute additional information, and especially respect
ing any famiUes of Strongs not represented in these volumes, are requested to do
so as early and as fuUy as possible, that it may be published when of suflSlcient
amoimt in a supplementary volume. In such a volume also any mistakes of im
portance discovered in this work, can be readUy rectified. Direct to the author
at Clinton, Oneida Co., New York.

HISTORY
or THB
DESCEMANTS OF ELDER JOHN STRONG,
OF NOETHAMPTOTf, MASS.

INTRODUCTION.
Few earthly toils are more absolutely entitled to be called " labors of
love," than those spent in extended and thorough genealogical research.
While furnishing neither money nor fame, they are yet full of satisfaction,
and the more so the wider the field through which they are pursued.
If any part of the world's history hitherto deserves to be cherished in
grateful and admiring remembrance, it is that of this country from its
first settlement to the present hour; and the men, that wrought under
(jrod all the great benefits which we now enjoy into their present shape,
deserve, for the moral purity of their characters, the heroism of their
lives, and the greatness of the social results achieved for this nation and
for all mankind by their industry and their virtue, to be embalmed for
ever in the hearts of their descendants. Whatever may occur in future
years to change greatly the elements or courses of our development as a
people, the fact can never be impaired, that the real builders of this na
tion, and the inspirers of its aims and purposes, were the Puritans of New
' England and their immediate descendants. Who and what they were in
their every day life ; how they spread from point to point over this wide
land, first conquered by themselves to Christian civilization, penetrating
every part of it with the ideas and institutions of their early honies ; and
how, from the precious seed which they bore forth and scattered, and
often with much weeping, in the waste parts of the wilderness before
them, the glorious harvest of our times has grown up for us, it is pleasant
to find for one's self, and to be able to show unto others. The processes
of the early settlement of this country, and of the wide-spread develop
ment of the active principles of home colonization, which have made out
of a few relisious strangers here at the first, one of the mightiest nations
of the world in so short a time, are among the greatest marvels of human
history. The Puritan element, whose influence has been so all-conquering and
beneficent among the social forces that have made us what we are as a
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2 Introduction.
people, is becoming manifestly every year a more and more diminishing
quantity among the agencies at work to perpetuate and enlarge our great
ness among the nations of the earth. How carefully, therefore, should we
secure the memorials, while we may, of the long procession of true-hearted
men and women that have borne down, with many tears and toils and
prayers, the precious ark of Grod's covenant and of our liberties to the
present hour. We will not, we cannot, forget those who toiled and dared
and endured so much for God and for us. To enjoy the splendid heritage
of good which they so laboriously and lovingly prepared for us, as if that
were all that we of this day cared for, and to forget them as the magna
nimous bestowers of its rich benefits upon us, would be the strongest
possible proof of our utter degeneracy from the noble historic stock to
which we belong.
Our fathers were workers. They ate their own bread, and were almost
all of them at the first honest and earnest tillers of the ground. Self-
help was the universal law of life. Nothing, next to vice itself, was more
odious to them than idleness. Ministers and people alike, husbands and
wives, fathers, mothers, and children, all helped themselves and helped
each other. Self-indulgence was no part of the original fabric of our
constitution as a people. It is pleasant to convey the records of the lives
and deeds of such a sturdy and God-fearing ancestry as ours, to those who
shall succeed us, as among the most precious remembrances of all past
times. These were they who used to pray regularly at their firesides,
and in their sanctuaries, that " God would bless their children and child
ren's children to the latest generation ; " and in what a fullness of all
good things has the blessing that they prayed for, been rained down upon
us ! The aroma of their many virtues, which is so fresh in our hearts,
who live within the very precincts of their times, we would fain perpetuate,
if possible, in the happy consciousness of all their posterity.
The disposition to preserve monumental records, of some sort, of illus
trious worth, is so universal among men, as to deserve almost the name
of a natural instinct in the human heart. All scholars know how the
stern old Romans, men of iron hearts and hands, honored the sacras
patrum imagines in the penetralia of their houses ; how they brought
them forth in honor on religious and festive occasions ; how they wore
their likenesses on their signet-rings; and how they continually threw in
their oratory and their verse the spell over the living present of the dead
past, which their sires had glorified by their heroic lives. As the Ger
mans love and praise their " dear father-land," so spoke they always
proudly of Rome, as their fondly cherished jMtria, the land of their ^a-
tres, or fathers. Even God himself appealed expectantly to the natural
sentiment of reverence for worthy ancestors in the hearts of his people,
as one of the strongest of all bonds for holding their hearts firmly to him.
He spoke to them as " the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob," and " the

Introduction. 3
God of their fathers." Of Abraham they always thought and spoke as
"the father of the faithful" both on earth and in heaven; and heaven
itself was in their thoughts " Abraham's bosom," Quite as much by his
toric memorials of various kinds, as also by remarkable prophetic symbols
of great good things to come in the long future, was the Jewish mind
purposely vitalized by its Maker with the energetic ideas and impulses,
by which it was continually swayed. Even the moral law was prefaced with
the ever-to-be repeated remembrance by them, that it came from him who
had brought their fathers " out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of
bondage." If Jews and Greeks and Romans and the populous swarms
of China have found in ancestral ties one of the strongest bonds of civil
order and security, how much more ought we, who enjoy the greatly
superior benefits of Christian civilization, to value the remembrance of
the earthly sources from which they have been immediately derived ?
Shall then mineralogists like Dana, one of us, be commended for spend
ing years of laborious exploration among corals and minerals ; or distin
guished botanists, for searching everywhere far and near for long periods
of time for plants and trees and flowers that have escaped others' notice;
or naturalists like Agassiz, for devoting a life-time to the study of the
forms and habits of fishes, and even of the difierences of their scales ; or
practical astronomers, for watching the skies by night from youth to old
age to make observations, which need much repeating and comparing and
studying afterwards to yield any result, and that often of but little actual
value even for ideal uses ; and yet he who gives a few happy years of
earnest inquiry into the origin, progress and issues of the lives of those,
for whom all plants and rocks and hills and seas and skies and stars were
made, and especially in respect to a race the most conspicuous of all that
have yet appeared upon earth for its high moral characteristics and ex
periences be asked with a leer, or rather with a sneer, " To what purpose
is this waste ?"
The Strong Family has been one of the largest and best of the original
families of New England. In its widely ramified history we have a pic
ture, on a broad scale, of men founding families in the fear of God, and
training them to his service from generation to generation, according to
the best typical forms in church and state of our ever expandiug home-
growth. They have ever been among the foremost in the land, to found
and to favor those great bulwarks of our civilization, the church and the
school. Many have been the towns, the territories and the states into
whose initial forms and processes of establishment they have poured the
full currents of their life and strength. Few families have had more edu
cated and professional men among them, scholars, physicians, lawyers,
teachers, preachers, judges, senators and military oflScers.
To the careful student of social forces and results, the family history
here presented will plainly exhibit such facts as these : that families

4 Introduction.
continue to bear, as such, definite physical and mental characteristics •
from generation to generation ; that they are maintained and improved
in their quality by thorough education, and that they inevitably dege
nerate without it ; that hardships bravely met in one generation exalt
the privileges and characteristics of those succeeding; and that the phy
sical and social surroundings of a family exert a long and strong influence
upon its whole future history. It makes generally quite as great a differ
ence in the style of growth that a family exhibits, and often through long
periods of time, where and how it is placed for its natural manifestation
of itself, as where a delicate plant is set, whether in much sunshine or in
little, in weak soil or a strong one, and with or without exposure to sudden
chills and storms. That " the universal Yankee nation " is a thoroughly
thrifty race, adapting itself readily to all the turns of fortune and to
every new chance of success, the Strong Family history shows as plainly
as can be desired. The Strongs have been much addicted to bearing off
New England ideas and institutions into new settlements. And it has
been the ever repeated source of wonder to the author, that, with the very
great educational disadvantages of pioneer life, so many families that have
been severely subjected to them in their early development, have come in
the end to the superior position to which they have attained.
Any one who shall try to trace out the genealogy of any large family in
all its branches, over a period of two hundred and fifty years and at ever
new centres of life and action, will find that it requires the same kind of
determined energy, in order to succeed, as to build a railway across the
continent. Slowly but steadily the pathway of success is to be tunnelled
for years through long miles of solid rock. Genealogical engineering, if
not legitimately a branch of civil engineering, is beset with qui,te as many
diflSculties as that in any of its larger forms of patient requisition. He
who toils in this field of results must make up his mind, however reluct
antly, to gather such facts as he can, instead of what he would. The
great vis inerlise of the human mind at large, towards all the ends of life,
which are not physical or measurable by physical standards, is the one
perpetual obstacle to the absolute completeness of his work. Want of
thankfulness to former generations, and want of generosity towards those
which are to come, are the two phases of equal moral obliquity which
supreme devotion to the passing interests of the hour everywhere assumes.
Few compared with the whole number of one's correspondents, but
many when compared with none at all, take no interest whatever, or at least
seem to take none, in the story of their lineage, and take pains at times to
parade the fact rather ostentatiously, before your eyes. Although their
intelligent, industrious, godly forefathers in successive generations pre
pared for them, with growing zeal, such a heritage of popular rights and
privileges and of personal good in many forms, as none else on earth ever
received from those that went before them, they grudge the bestowment

Introduction. 5
of any time or thought, and especially of any money, upon the perpetua
tion of their memory. Quite a number remit you graciously to every
other helper than themselves, who could help you most of all, if they
would, and bid you go rejoicing on your way. Those who are most awake
to the high historical and national value of thorough research into the
history of the founders of this best of all countries, and are keenly appre
ciative of another's generous interest in a full development of their own
personal lineage, yet need themselves a great deal of patient repetitious
guidance, in the work of successfully mining into the long-neglected
deeply-hidden facts of their family history.
Family records the author found almost uniformly in very great disor
der, and exceedingly meagre, at the best, in respect to the ground that
they professed to cover. Few knew anything of their ancestry back of
their grandparents. That anterior space was sometimes found filled
with curious theories and traditions. In one instance, a scholarly man
had traced out satisfactorily to himself the genealogy of his grandfather
and grandmother respectively, and he was shown in each case to be
entirely wrong; one large family had the tradition, that their first Ame
rican ancestor came to this country from England only three generations
ago, while they were all the while the lineal descendants of Elder John
Strong. Another branch had the idea that two brothers Strong came
hither from the old country together, and that they weje descended from
the younger one of them, and knew nothing of the Northampton proge
nitor of themselves and of nearly all the Strongs in the land. In still
another instance, another large family of the name had lost, as they sup
posed, one connecting link, but in reality two or three, in their line of
descent, and were swinging painfully to their own consciousness in vast
uncertainty, not knowing where to hang or where to fall in their genea
logical ideas of themselves. It has been very pleasant to scatter light
into many previously dark places, and to introduce those near of kin to
each other in large numbers, for the first time.
One of the noblest of all ties, and one of the mightiest for holding
together the fabric of society, is the love of kindred. Next to the love
of God it is the strongest of all those social forces which serve to bind com
munities, large and small, into one grand universal brotherhood. Few
ways of benefiting this young nation, so full still of inexperience and
waywardness of feeling in many directions, with lasting good are equal
to such as shall interest them broadly and permanently in those whom
God has purposely united into distinct families, in order to exalt thereby
individual virtues into family excellence, and to condense and solidify
this into all the forms df social virtue. The family is of direat divine in
stitution, and along its lines of living energy God's covenant blessings to
mankind have ever flowed, throughout all the borders of the church and
of the state. Genealogical societies, therefore, and genealogists them-

6 Introduction.
selves, although as yet so little appreciated in reference to the true purpose.
and influence of their labors, are among the greatest benefactors of the
nation and the age.
Reverence for the past, for all that has been true and good and great
in it, is one of the highest private and public virtues. Never was its
strong influence more needful, in the composition and action of the ruling
elements of American society, than now. A true spirit of national pro
gress will not seek to displace a single right result or idea of other days,
but rather to build on whatsoever has been desirable in the past all things
better that are possible. The conservative and progressive elements of
the social state are equally necessary each to the other. Men of experi
ence and wisdom ought to rule this country, instead of those whose chief
merit is their "young blood." What is significantly called "Young
America" is quite ready to run away in its conceit and wantonness, not
only with our pulpits but also with all our institutions and processes of
education. In the preparation of this work, the aim has been at all times, not to
see how little could be furnished of the real history of any family and
call the labor done; but how much, at whatever cost of time or money.
In the matter of dates, it is provokingly difficult to be always accurate.
Many give dates, and quite too confidently, from memory; some write so
pooily, that 4 and 6, 3 and 5, 3 and 8, 7 and 9 are continually liable to
be mistaken one for the other. It is seldom that two members of the
same family give an extended list of dates exactly alike, and the same
individual gives often, at difi'erent times, very different dates of the same
events. The personal peculiarities of the various contributors of facts
make themselves felt here, in many forms and ways.
To any careful observer of the facts here brought to view, many points
of interest of a biological and sociological kind will suggest themselves.
It will be seen, that hereditary peculiarities descend from generation to
generation and often to a long distance, and that covenant blessings are
spread abundantly by Him who promises to bestow them over wide areas
of space and time. Any who have been half afraid that there was some
truth after all, in the mean fling, so often made by some, that ministers'
sons and deacons' children are more apt than others, to react against the
well-meant but mistaken restraints of their early home education, will
be able to perceive here, on a large scale, the utter groundlessness of such
a petulant and pestilent calumny. Far fewer representatives of the
family-stock, it will be readily seen, are born in modern than in by-gone
times. The females of the family are, as a general fact much shorter
lived than those of an earlier date, and, as a consequence, the number of
second and third marriages is quite in advance in later years, of what it
was in several of the first successive generations of Elder John Strong's
descendants. One of the most noticeable points of difference between

Introduction. 7
the present and the past, is the immense diversification of business seen
everywhere now, both public and private, compared with the almost uni
versal uniformity of employment at first, in tilling the soil. Every variety
of taste, capacity, education, and strength can find employment in these
days adapted to its wants, whether natural or artificial.
Those who left the ease and quiet of their early homes behind them,
and bravely met the hardships incident to all new settlements, and espe
cially in former days, will be seen, as a general rule, to have reaped
larger and better results from their mingled toil and endurance, than
those who shrank from such efforts to improve their circumstances.
Among the many partialities of history, and its long passages of silence
over much unrecorded worth, stand conspicuous the many tales of manly
and womanly toil and endurance — the multiplied experiences of want
and woe, of sickness and sorrow, meekly and smilingly met and conquered
by our progenitors over all the land, that once might have been told to
wondering ears, but now must be forgotten on earth forever. Those who
bought large tracts of land, when land was cheap, and put themselves the
stamp upon their broad acres of their own hardy enterprise, will be seen
by those who observe the connections and sequences of things, to have
founded families in large numbers which are now among the foremost in
the land.
The special homes of the family, its centres of largest growth and
strength, have been Windsor, Northampton, Coventry, Lebanon, Wood
bury, Colchester, Durham, and Chatham — all but Northampton in Con
necticut — and in New York, Setauket, L. I., Blooming Grove in Orange
Co., Durham and Windham in Greene Co., Lansingin Tompkins Co., N. Y.,
and Huntsburgh, 0.
The great mass of the Strongs for numbers — two-thirds nearly of all
that the author has been able to trace — have been the descendants of
three out of sixteen of the eighteen children of Elder John Strong, that
lived to establish families of their own, Thomas, Jedediah, and Eben
ezer Strong.
Among the most frequent names to be found among the Strongs — next
to John, William, and Henry, those universal favorites — are the scrip
tural names, Joseph, Elijah, Samuel, Nathan, David, Jonathan and Daniel,
and especially Benajah, Phinehas, Selah and Salmon. The more odd and
uncouth any name was the more likely was it, when once worn by an honored
bearer of it, to be perpetuated from one generation to another.
Our fathers were no less fond of nicknames for their offspring then are
their modern representatives; but, instead of calling them as we do,
Nellie, Carrie, Lizzie, Minnie, Nettie, Charley, Willie, Harry, Frank, and
Jenny, they used the less euphonious names of Betsey, Debby (Deborah),
Ency (Experience), Nabby (Abigail), Nanny, Pammy (Pamelia), Patty,
Peggy, Polly, Tempy, (Temperance), Molly, Billy, Jack.

8 Introduction.
The various modes of spelling the same Christian name which abound
in the land the author has reduced in the records of this book to their
one generally accepted form. To the disposition, so prevalent in these
days, to make pet names, both masculine and feminine, end in ie, he has
not yielded. Such names as Abby, Fanny, Sally and the like he cannot
make up his mind to write Abbie, Fannie, and Sallie. Jenny and Jeanie
(the French original of our English form of the name) appear with equal
frequency in the book, but never Jennie. No one appellative has, it is
believed, such a great variety of orthographic forms as Sibyl, which often
occurs as Sybil, Sybbil, Sybbel, Sybbyl, Sybal, Siball, Sibel, Sibil, Sib-
ball, Sibbil, and Sibble. That love of the grotesque, accordingly, which
is so strong a characteristic of American humor, and in which most gene
alogists indulge themselves, in copying the records of other times, care
fully repeating and preserving for the amusement or astonishment of all
readers, the various misspellings that they find of the names of their fore
fathers, the author has not allowed to disfigure these pages. He might
have sprinkled them plentifully with such hideous forms of our familiar
Christian names, as these made by ignorant town-clerks and others; Li-
deah for Lydia ; Looesah and Luezer for Louisa ; Claricy for Clarissa ;
Elizibirth for Elizabeth ; Febee for Phebe ; Oleiza for Eliza; Margrit for
Margaret : Phydelia for Fidelia ; Unis for Eunice ; or Elixander for Alex
ander ; Elifelit for Eliphalet ; Jeams for James ; Orasha for Horatio ;
Phillop for Philip, &c., &c. So, some persons paint pictures; and the
more mechanical they are in their ideas, the more they feel bound to pre
sent the faces of their ancestors with all the warts and moles and patches
that they happen to see fastened in any way upon them.
Genealogies are almost universally so arranged, as to give so much diffi
culty to the reader in tracing out his own immediate relatives, that he
shrinks from the needful effort in any but a limited way; and he soon
puts his family history upon the shelf, and treats it only as a kind of
gazetteer for occasional and brief consultation on mere points of specific
interest. Those belonging to a given generation are all presented to
gether in one view; the antecedent and sequent connections of any indi
vidual family must be carefully and repetitiously sought for, one by one ;
and this as if for the first time on every new occasion when the desire to
examine one's lines of family relationship arises in the heart. In this
book, on the contrary, the history of each branch of the family at large,
and of every specific family belonging to it, is pursued from its beginning
to its end, by itself, and each one's own particular kindred, whether near
or far off, are presented together in one connected view. The reader does
not need to make any investigations for himself, but may enjoy, at his
leisure, the results of the author's researches in his behalf.
Should any ask, what are the pleasures of genealogical investigation ?
the answer is, that they are manifold. They are such as : the pleasure of

Introduction. 9
thorough exploration for facts desired ; of ever new varieties of inventive
effort for success ; of continual victory in diversified and protracted en
deavors; of benevolent purposes long cherished, and executed with labor-
loving zeal, in behalf of great numbers of the living and of those that
shall succeed them over all the land; of a deeply gratified sense of justice,
in both feeling and action, towards a long array of the worthy dead ; of
true patriotic sentiment indulged in no cheap momentary way, and of real
service rendered to the state in the form of wide-spread and deeply per
vasive influence for good. Our real pleasures are of our own origination
under God; and what of them are equal to those of an intellect and a
heart fully awake to the demands of wide-spread and permanent plans of
usefulness to others.
All honor to the brave men and women who dared the toils and perils
of the first settlement of this country, and of its progressive colonization
and improvement ! A noble race were they, the flower of the world's
whole vast population up to their day ! They were none too quick in
their action, and none too earnest in their efforts, in preparing this broad
bright land of ours, furnished fresh to their hand by its Maker, for the
reception of the huge influx of emigrants from all parts of the world, and
of such far lower moral qualities than themselves. The moulds of the
pioneer forms of social life, which our fathers established, have had
surely no longer time than they needed, to become ready for the strain
to which they have been already so severely put. That the Strongs have
done their part, and done it well, in preparing the past foundations of
American society for the intensified activities of our present life, in all
civil, military, educational, and religious ways, will be quite manifest to
any who attentively read their history.
A thorough investigator into the characteristics and fortunes of a large
and noble family like this, rises from his work at its close with the spon
taneous exclamation : Blessed are the founders of good families, and es
pecially the faithful Christian mothers who guide their households through
long years of genial, skilful, prayerful effort, in the ways of piety and
peace 1 The happy quiet workers of the world who adorn both the state
and the church with the beauty of their own well-ordered lives, as they
ply industriously, with abounding faith in God, the golden arts of peace,
are infinitely superior in themselves, and in the results which they achieve,
to all the noisy heralds and heroes of any false ideas of life or of its value
to its possessor or others.
Any one who will visit the rural districts of New England now, away
from rail roads and factories, will find there the .same industrious, thrifty,
thoughtful, single minded, straight-forward, religious sort of men and
women, that settled this country two centuries ago and more, and forever
stamped it by their ideas, hibits, and enterprise as the best land that the
sun ever shone upon — the seed-wheat of both the church and the state.
2

10 Shetch of the Early

A BRIEF SKETCH OF THE EARLY HISTORY OF
NORTHAMPTON.
Northampton has ever been the chief home of the Strong family, which,
under its own and other names (Baker, Clapp, Clark, Kingsley, Lyman,
etc.), is largely represented there still. A brief sketch of the early history
of that place will aid any, not previously acquainted with it, to look more
understandingly into the every-day experiences of those who first took
possession of it in the name of God, for themselves and their posterity.
The settlement of Northampton (called by the Indians Nonotuck or
Nohwottuge) was begun October 29, 1654, by some twenty persons, who
came from Springfield, Mass., for the purpose. Its present name is sup
posed to have been given to it by John King, one of its first settlers, who
had come from Northampton, England, or if not by him, by the others as
a matter of respect for him. They bought nine miles square of the In
dians by permission of the General court for one hundred fathoms of
wampum, a few presents to the Indians, one of which was a woman, and
the ploughing of sixteen acres of corn. The deed was made to one per
son. Col. John Pynchon of Springfield.
They went thither as they stated for the public weal (being straitened as
they felt for want of room at Springfield), " to raise corn and cattle, to live,
and to attend upon God in his holy ordinances without distraction." All
the early settlers were accordingly keepers of flocks, and tillers of the earth.
The arts that were in special favor for a long time, because so specially
needful, were those of carpentry, coopering, blacksmithing, tanning, shoe-
making and weaving. No organized public action was had until 1658,
when the first town-meeting was held, and on June 7 of that year, Rev.
Eleazar Mather of Dorchester was '-desired to be a minister unto them,
in the way of trial in dispensing his gifts." He came with others from
Windsor and Hartford; and in June, 1661, was formally ordained pastor
of the first church. Of that church John Strong, who removed to
Northampton in 1659, from Windsor, Ct., was one of the chief founders,
as he was also long afterwards a pillar in it.
A meeting-house forty-two feet square was ordered in 1661 to be con
structed, which seventy-six years afterwards fell in with a terrible crash
(March 13, 1737), during the Sabbath morning service, injuring many,
but killing none.
Indians aboftnded for a long time in the settlement, and often were vio
lent. Even in Windsor, as late as 1670, there were nineteen Indians to

History of Northampton. 11
one white person. A guard of fifty soldiers was maintained in Northamp
ton in 1675, by day and night, throughout the year. In 1677 the meet
ing house was protected by a palisade, as in 1690 was in fact the whole
town. An oaken door filled with spikes, marked 1703, was shown for
many years, as a curiosity in the town. What a picture of trials is pre-
seated to view in the following account, found on records at Northampton,
under date of May 13, 1704 ; " John Taylor, Samuel Janes, his wife and
3 children, Benoni Janes and 2 children, John Searle and 3 children, Dea.
Benjamin Janes and 4 children, Moses Hutchinson and child, and Pa
tience Webb (21) were killed by Indians at Pascomac (a part of the town).
Deerfield was destroyed the same year by them ; and five of John Stebbins'
grandchildren were captured and never returned." In 1746 a watch house
was built in every little neighborhood ; or some given dwelling house was
fortified, so as to be a place of refuge in the event of any sudden danger.
Mrs. Phebe (Lyman) Strong (mother of Gov. Caleb Strong), who was born
Aug. 20, 1717, used to say, that one day when a child she was on her way
to the block-house with a playmate, towards night-fall, and that, as they
stepped aside to gather flowers, an Indian rushed suddenly out of some
bushes near by, and seizing her companion, bore her off, and that she was
never seen again by her friends.
They had for a long period no streets or roads, but only paths from house
to house. For a hundred years or more after the first settlement of the
town, it was a week's journey for man and horse to go to Boston; and the
path was distinguishable by marks cut upon the trees through the long
^tretoh of forest that lay between the two places.
From a journal kept by Major Timothy Dwight of Northampton (father
of Pres. Dwight of Yale) it appears that in 1750 prices of staple articles
ranged as follows : Mutton per lb. 2 cents ; beef 2f cents ; butter 6 cents ;
and flour If cents, or $3.50 per bbl. Wild animals abounded ; peltry was
cheap, and furs that now cost fifty or a hundred dollars cost then but a
few shillings. It is recorded of Capt. Aaron Cook that he killed twenty-
seven wolves in three years, or, one every six weeks during that time.
Our Northampton fathers lived in a simple democracy. A very few
only were distinguished by any civil titles. Ministers, school-teachers.
Justice Joseph Parsons and Lt. Wm.' Clark had the honorable title of Mr.
In military offices and titles they specially rejoiced. They were the Lord's
soldiers in feeling, defenders of " the faith once delivered unto the saints,"
members of the church militant on earth ; and in making for themselves a
new home on these wild shores they found for many years that the sword
could no more be dropped out of hand than the hoe. In 1712, the town
voted to support a grammar school, which has been ever since maintained.
For any account of the difficulties of Pres. Edwards' day, the explorer
of the Northampton records will search in vain. Major .Joseph Hawley,
his cousin and most violent opponent — who afterwards most bitterly la-

12 Shetch of the Early
mented his gross misconduct towards him — was town-clerk at that time,
and kept no account whatever of the different acts and aspects of the con
troversy with Edwards. The genealogist will often find occasion to blame
Hawley for neglecting to record great numbers of dates, which now would
be much valued if they could be obtained.
Early in their history they had sumptuary laws. In 1651 the law was
passed by the General court that " persons, whose estates are less than £200,
shall not wear gold or silver lace, gold or silver buttons, bone lace above 2s.
per yard, silk hoods or scarfs, upon penalty of 10s. for each offense." Those
who wore ribbons, great boots (leather being scarce), points at the knees,
might be taxed at a £200 estate. " The law did not extend to any magis
trate, or public officer, their wives and children, nor to military officers or
soldiers in service, nor to those whose education and employment have been
above the ordinary degree, nor to those who have had considerable estate,
though now decayed." The account book of one of the leading storekeepers
at Northampton for some years before and after 1760 shows the manners
of the times. " His most common business was selling nails and other
things for buildings; buttons, lining, twist silk, etc., for garmetlts." The
sale of trimmings for garments was very extensive. All families had but
tons,, silk, mohair and some lining, and most had in addition buckram, tape
and wadding, with expensive linings of shalloon. Baize was much used
about garments, for linings. The great business of the country-trader was
selling trimmings, rather than the woolen cloth for their garments. The
gowns of females were not so important as other things that they wore, being
manufactured at home. They had many trimmings and aprons, scarfs,
hoods, stays, and articles about the neck. There were no bonnets worn
then, and the traders sold nothing belonging to the head, and very little
for the feet. Some had fur hats from the hatter ; others, hoods, coifs, etc. ;
they knit most of their own stockings. Most of the common garments of
the men were made of cloth manufactured at home, coarse but substantial.
Smoking was very common as early as 1700 and the farmers of that region
seem to have raised their own tobacco, then as now ; and that they were
held to sufficiently strict rules in any public use of it, is apparent from
the fact that on June 29, 1649, Hugh Parsons was fined at Springfield
10s. " for taking tobacco in the open street" (not a bad law the ladies
will say to have and enforce in our day); and on May 30, 1649, James
Bridgman was fined there, " for taking tobacco in his yard."
Some of the darker features of those early ancestral days are presented in
the following picture of the times : Mrs. Mary (Bliss) Parsons, wife of Joseph
Parsons, senior, of Northampton was accused of witchcraft in Sept., 1674.
Being called to speak for herself, « she did assert her own innocency, often
mentioning it, how clear she was of such a crime, and that the righteous
God knew her innocency ; with whom she had left her cause." The
charge was, that Mary, the daughter of James Bridgman and wife of

History of Northampton. 13
Samuel Bartlett, all of Northampton (said Mary having been born July
5, 1652, and having married April 27, 1672, and di.ed Aug., 1674), had
come to her death by some unnatural means; and that divers testimonies
reflected upon Mary Parsons, wife of Joseph Parsons, senior. She was
" summoned to appear before the governor and magistrates, or court of
assistants at Boston, or any court between this and May 13, 1674, or
forfeit the sum of £50 " — which sum was forfeited by her non-appear
ance. But at the meeting of the court on Jan. 5, 1674-5, her case was
finally adjudicated; and she was formally absolved from all further costs
or charges in the matter.
Of many great names can Northampton boast, and of none more than
that celebrated triplet of distinguished men — grandfathers and grand
sons in successive generations — Solomon Stoddard, Jonathan Edwards and
Timothy Dwight. Of like renown with them for talent, in other fields of
public service, were Col. John Stoddard,' Major Joseph Hawley and Gov.
Caleb Strong.
From Northampton went forth in early days various colonies that founded
neighboring towns, as Easthampton in 1665, Southampton in 1732 and
Westhampton in 1767. Steady and strong has been the outflow ever from
its nourishing sources of individual excellence and enterprise into all parts
of the land.
The author takes the more pleasure in presenting this condensed view
of life at Northampton in days gone by, as many of the facts here stated
have not been put before into print.
Additional facts of interest pertaining to the early history of Northamp
ton may be found in Letter 34, vol. i, of Dwight' s Travels in New England.

14 History of John Strong.

HISTORY OF JOHN STRONG.
That the Strongs of England, Ireland and Scotland are of a different
origin respectively, would seem to be manifest from the variety of their
family-crests. The crest of the Strongs of Ireland is a lion rampart, azure,
supporting a pillar argent (or silver); of those of Scotland, a cluster of
grapes stalked and leaved ; while of those of England there is a threefold
variety of crest. One of them is, out of a mural coronet, gold, a demi-
eagle, wings displayed, gold; another is an eagle with two heads, wings
expanded : the third form of crest is an eagle displayed, gold. An eagle
with wings expanded characterizes them all alike. Which of the three
forms of crest belongs to the Strongs of this country, the author has no
means of determining. Persons consulting books of heraldic symbols seem
to have selected, on the principle of choosing the best, the first of the three
English crests described as that of the American branch of the family.
No one of whom the author has heard has in his possession any silver tank
ard, or other family relic, on which the real ensigns armorial of the family
are engraved. If the crest with a mural coronet belongs to us the expla
nation ofit will perhaps be worth the having, that such a coronet was
anciently given to the man, who first scaled the walls of an enemy's city
or entered by a breach. The rim of such a coronet was made to resemble
battlements.. If there is any motto belonging to the ensigns armorial of the Strongs,
the author knows not what it is. It was early represented to him by some
members of the family, that there was a motto handed down to us by our
ancestors, for the ever new inspiration of manly virtue in our hearts; and
a grand motto it was for the practical wisdom that it conveys : Tentanda
est via! they said that it was; and it is surely good enough to be written
in letters of gold over the portals of any human pathway leading onwards
and upwards. It has in it the sap and strength of a dozen or more of our
best proverbs, such as " Try again : " " Nothing venture nothing have:"
" First be sure you are right, then go ahead : " " Whatever is worth doing
at all is worth doing in the best manner possible:" "Practice makes per
fect:" "Don't give up the ship:" "Faint heart never won fair lady:"
" Perseverance conquers all things:" " Work and wait:" "Door die:"
"Real success is worth all that it costs." The author has put this motto
fully to the proof in the preparation of this work; and he recommends it to
all, young and old, as invaluable in the work of life, in the pursuit of what
ever good one may wish to obtain. He is sorry to be compelled to drop it

History of John Strong. 15
as the family motto. It belongs to the Stronge Family of Lyman Abbey — a
baronetcy created in the last century — whose crest is an eagle displayed with
two heads, sable, beaked and legged, azure, langued, gules : motto, tentanda
est via. This family may be connected in some way — as the resemblance
of name and heraldic symbols would seem to suggest — with the Strong
Family. If we cannot boast, as we would not if we could, of descent from
the kings and nobles of other lands, we may well feel an honest pride in
an ancestry whose wealth was wealth of character, and whose patent of
nobility they obtained from above in following through storm and shine
the footsteps of prophets and apostles and of the Son of God.
The Strong Family of England was originally located in the county of
Shropshire. One of the familymarried an heiress of Griffith, of the county
of Caernarvon, Wales, and went thither to reside in 1545. Richard Strong
was of this branch of the family, and was born in the county of Caernarvon
in 1561. In 1590 he removed to Taunton, Somersetshire, England, where
he died in 1613, leaving a son .John then eight years of age, and a daughter
Eleanor. The name is stated in one record, on what authority the writer
knowsnot, tohavebeen originally McStrachan and to havegone through the
following changes, McStrachan, Strachan, Strachn, Strong. John Strong
was born in Taunton, Eng., in 1605, whence he removed to London and
afterwards to Plymouth. Having strong Puritan sympathies he sailed from
Plymouth for the new world, March 20, 1630, in f ompany with 140 per
sons, and among them Rev. Messrs. John Warham and John Maverick and
Messrs. John Mason and Roger Clapp, in the ship Mary and John (Caplr.
Squeb) and arrived at Nantasket, Mass. (Hull), about twelve miles south
east from Boston, after a passage of more than seventy days ifi length, on
Sunday, May 30, 1630. The original destination of the vessel was Charles
river ; but an unfortunate misunderstanding which arose between the cap
tain and the passengers, resulted in their being put summarily ashore by
him at Nantasket. After searching for a few days, for a good place in
which to settle and make homes for themselves, they decided upon the spot,
which they called Dorchester, in memory of the endeared home in England
which many of them had left, and especially of its revered pastor. Rev.
John White, " the great patron of New England emigration," who had
especially encouraged them to come hither.
The grandfather of Elder John Strong was, as tradition informs us, a
Roman Catholic, and lived to a great age. The Strong Family has borne
out remarkably, in its earlier generations in this country at any rate, the
historical genuineness of its name, in its wide-spread characteristics of phy
sical vigor and longevity, and the large size of very many of its numerous
households. There are a few families of Strongs in the land, some half
dozen only, so far as the author has been able to find — that are not de
scended from Elder John Strong, For a brief account of those that ho
has discovered of such a sort, see appendix.

16 History of John Strong.
Eleanor Strong came with her brother John to this country, when he
was but twenty-five years of age, and she was probably several years younger,
and married Walter Deane, a tanner, of Taunton, Mass., previously of
Taunton, Eng., and became the mother of four sons and one daughter.
He was born about 1617, and was a prominent man in the affairs of his
new home. Her descendants have been numerous and highly respectable.
For various accounts of some of them see N. E. Gen. Register, published
at Boston in several volumes, in various places.
In 1635, after having assisted in founding and developing the town of
Dorchester, John Strong removed to Hingham, Mass., and on March 9,
1686, took the freeman's oath at Boston. His stay at Hingham was short,
as on Dec. 4, 1638, he is found to have been an inhabitant and proprietor
of Taunton, Mass., and to have been madein that year a freeman of Ply
mouth Colony. He remained at Taunton, as late at any rate as 1645, as
he was a deputy thence to the General court in Plymouth, in 1641, '3,
and '4. From Taunton he removed to Windsor, Ct., where he was ap
pointed with four others, Capt. John Mason, Roger Ludlow, Israel Stough
ton, and Henry Wolcott, all very leading men in the infant colony, " to
superintend and bring forward the settlement of that place," which had
been settled a few years before (1636) by a portion of the same Colony
that with him had founded Dorchester. Windsor was in fact called at
first, and for several years (1636-50), Dorchester.
In 1659 he removed from Windsor to Northampton, Mass., of which
he was one of the first and most active founders, as he had been previ
ously of Dorchester, Hingham, Taunton, and Windsor. In Northampton
he lived for forty years, and was a leading man in the affairs of the town
and of the church. He was a tanner and very prosperous in his business.
His tannery was located on what is now the southwest corner of Market
and Main streets near the rail road depot. He owned at different times, as
appears by records in the county clerk's office, some two hundred acres of
land in and around Northampton.
How he obtained his office and title as Elder John Strong will appear
by the following quotation from the church records at Northampton :
" After solemn and extraordinary seeking to God for his direction and
blessing, the church chose John Strong ruling elder, and William H>«Iton,
deacon. They were ordained 13 : 3 mo : '63 '' (or, the year beginning
then in March, June 13, 1663, 0. S., or N. S. June 24, 1663), " the elder
by the imposition of the hands of the pastor " (Rev. Eleazar Mather) " and
Mr. Russel of Hadley — the deacon, afterwards by the imposition pf the
hands of the pastor and elder. Mr. Russell, Mr. Goodwin, and brother
Goodman were present from Hadley; Dea. Chapin and Mr. Holyoke from
Springfield, who gave the right hand of fellowship to these delegates."
How near to the minister himself, so greatly revered, the ruling elder
stood in the thoughts of our Pilgrim fathers, is manifest from the func-

• History of John Strong. 17
tions of his office, as described in the following church record under date
of Sept. 11, 1672 : " Solomon Stoddard was ordained pastor of the church
in Northampton by Mr. John Strong, ruling elder, and Mr. John Whit
ing, pastor of the second church in Hartford."
His first wife, whose name and family the author has not been able to
ascertain, he married in England. She died on the passage or soon after
landing ; and in about two months afterwards her infant offspring, a second
child, died also. He married in December, 1630, for a second wife, Abi
gail Ford of Dorchester, Mass., with whom he lived in wedlock for fifty-
eight years. She died, the mother of 16 children, July 6, 1688, aged
about 80 ; he died April 14, 1699, aged 94. He had had, up to the time
of his decease, 160 descendants, viz : eighteen children, fifteen of whom
had families ; one hundred and fourteen grandchildren (6, .John of Wind
sor ; 16, Thomas of Northampton; 14, Jedediah; 7, Return; 10, Elder
Ebenezer; 6, Abigail, Mrs. Chauncey; 12, Mrs. Joseph Parsons; 13,
Mrs. Zerubbabel Filer ; 8, Samuel; 11, Mary, Mrs. John Clark ; 7, Han- "
nah, Mrs. WiUiam Clark; 4, Hester, Mrs. Thomas Bissell); and thirty-
three great grandchildren, at least.
He made over his lands in his life-time to his children, and took bills of
those whom he had helped, beyond their share — as of Ebenezer, for land
and rent £71 8s., of Samuel, for do. £49 12s. and of Jerijah, for do. £60.
He owed at his death, £61 lis., chiefly to his son Ebenezer — to which add
for funeral expenses 40s., probate of will and inventory 7s. Qd., and record
ing of same, 5s., and he had a free estate of £140. He gave to seven daugh
ters £40 each, with what they had previously received. Abigail had had
£38 13s. ; Elizabeth, £36 7s.; Sarah, £28 Is.; Hannah, £28 12s. ; Hes-
tar, £23 5s. ; and Thankful £16 7s. He gave to Experience £5 and to
Catharine Chauncey (dau. of Abigiil) £10 and to Rachel Strong (widow
of Thomas) one acre in Northampton long improved by her husband. His
sono. Samuel and Jerijah, were the executors of his will.
[Thomas Ford, father of Mrs. Abigail Ford Strong, came to this country
in the Mary and John (Capt. Squeb) with John Strong, and founded, with
the rest of the company, the new Dorchester of the new world. " Great
pains were taken," it is said in the Sistory of Dorchester, " to construct this
company of such materials as should compose a well ordered settlement,
containing all the elements of an independent community. Several gentle
men past middle life, with adult families and good estates, were added: Henry
Wolcott, Thomas Ford and four others (mentioned by name) were of this
class." He was one of the early settlers of Windsor, Ct. He was deputy
to the General court in 1637, '8 '9, and '40, and grand jurorin 1643. His
wife died in Windsor April 18, 1643, and he married for a 2d wife,
Mrs. Ann Scott, widow of Thomas Scott, He removed to Northampton,
and probably at the same time witli John Strong in 1659. He exchanged,
3

18 History of John Strong.
Dec. 10, 1660, his home-lot and lands in Windsor with Edward Elmer, in
Northampton. He died there Nov. 28, 1676-
He had 4 daughters, if not more, and what sons if any does not appear.
His daughters were : 1. Joanna who married Nov. 6, 1633, Capt. Roger
Clapp of Dorchester. 2. Abigail, wife of Elder John Strong. 3. Hepzi-
bah, who married Richard Lyman of Northampton — the progenitor of
the many Lyman families of the land. The three families Strongs, Clapps,
and Lymans — half brothers to each other from the start — have wonder
fully intermarried one with the other. The history of the Strongs here
presented is very largely also a history of the Lymans. A proper history
of the Ford Family in this country would include in it likewise all of the
large families of Strongs, Lymans aud Clapps. 4. Another daughter of
Thomas Ford — ^nam° unVnown — married as his second wife Major
Aaron' Cook also'oFNorthampton. He was at Windsor in 1640 and at
Northampton in 1661 where he was chosen representative to the General
court, as afterwards at Hadley, whither he subsequently removed. He
was a man of great energy and a devoted friend to the regicides, Goffe
and Whalley.
The inventory of Thomas Ford, made Jan. 4, 1676-7, is as follows :
" Elder John Strong, Preserved Clapp and goodwife Marsh, the adminis
trators. 1. Inventory,  £195 17s. M.
2. Estate in Elder John Strong's hands,.. £ 99 15s. Id.
3. Capt. Aaron Cook owed him £50. : Ze
rubbabel Filer owed him £20, and
Jedediah Strong, £4  £ 74.

£369 12s. IM."'\

There are now (1871) seven generations of the family living on the
stage of action together, from William Augustus Strong, Esq., of Joliet,
III., b. May 3, 1800 (son of Bela Strong, Jr., of Northampton, Mass., and
Sarah Parsons) in ike fifth generation — his father Bela Strong, Jr., having
been the son of Bela Strong and Eunice Alvord and grandson of Jerijah
Strong the youngest son of Elder John Strong, all of Northampton— to
Genevieve Sprigg Ludlow in the eleventh generation, b. July 27, 1868, dau.
of Col. Wm Ludlow (son of Gen. Wm. H. Ludlow of New York), and
Frances L. NicoU, dau. of Wm. NicoU of Islip, L. I., son of Wm. NicoU
also of Islip, son of Capt. Wm. NicoU, who was the son of Wm. NicoU
and Johanna D'Honneur, dau. of Capt. Sam'l D'Honneur and Rachel
Strong, dau. of Selah Strong of Setauket, L. I., grandson of Elder John
Strona;.

History of John Strong. 19
[2d Gen.] Children of Elder John Strong :

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11-12.

vi.

3- 4. i. John Strong b. in England in 1626, d. at WipQsor, Ct.,
Feb. 20, 1698, aged 72. ""
6. ii. An infant that d. in Dorchester, Mass., in 1630 a few months
old. By second wife :
"Thomas Strong b. in 163-, d. Oct- 3, 1689, aged about 56.
/Jedediah Strong b. May 7, 1637 (bap. April 14, 1639), d.
May 22, 1733, aged 96.
Josiah Strong b. about 1639, d. young.
Return Strong b. about 1641, d. April 9, 1726; aged about
85.
13-14. vii. .Elder Ebenezer Strong b. in 1643, d.iFeb. 11, 1729,
aged 86.
15-17. viii. Abigail Strong b. about 1645, m. Rev. Nathaniel Chauncey
of Hatfield, Mass., and for 2d husband Dea. Medad
Pomeroy.
18-19. ix. Elizabeth Strong b. in Windsor, Ct., Feb. 24, 1647, d.
May 12, 1736, aged 89, She m. Joseph Parsons, Esq., of
Northampton.
20- 1. X. Experience Strong b. in Windsor, Aug. 4, 1650, m. Zerub
babel Filer of Windsor.
Samuel Strong b. Aug. 5, 1652, d. Oct. 29, 1732, aged 80.
Joseph Strong (twin with Samuel) b. Aug. 5, 1652, d. young.
Mart Strong b. Oct. 26, 1654 in Windsor, m. Dea. John
Clark of Northampton, d. Dec. 8, 1738, aged 84. ,/ . ' ;'
27- 8. xiv. Sarah Strong b. 1656 in Windsor, m. Joseph Barnard of
Hadley, Mass., d. Feb. 10, 1733, aged 77.
29-30. XV. Hannah Strong b. May 30, 1659, m. William Clark of
Northampton (bro. of Dea. John Clark, above named), d.
Jan. 31, 1693-4, aged 34.
31- 2. xvi. HESTERStrongb. June 7, 1661, in Northampton, m. Thomas
Bissell of Windsor, d. March 4, 1726, aged 64.
33- 4. xvii. Thankful Strong b. July ,25, 1663, m. a Mr. Baldwin of
Milford, Ct. The records at Milford are poor, and the
author has not been able to trace this family.
35- 6. xviii. Jerijah Strong b. Deo. 12, 1665, d. AprU 24, 1754,
aged 88.
The two eldest and youngest children of Elder John Strong were 39
years apart in age. His wife Abigail was not probably of more than 16
years of age at her marriage in 1630, at which time he was himself but 25.

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20 The Descendants of John Strong of Windsor, Ct.,

I.
DESCENDANTS OF JOHN STRONG, JR., OF
WINDSOR, CT.
3-4. i. John. Strong, Jr., b. in England in 1626, m. Nov. 26, 1656,
Mary Clark bap. Sept, 30, 1638 (dau. of Joseph Clark of Windsor, Ct.,
and Frances Clark — who m. March 22, 1639, for a second husband Thomas
Dewey of Westfield, Mass. — the progenitor of the many Dewey families
of this country). She d. April 28, 1663, aged 25. He m. in 1664 for a
second wife Elizabeth Warriner. He was a tanner at Windsor (as the
author believes), where at any rate he resided and was a man of conse
quence. He d. Feb. 20, 1697-8 : she d. June 7, 1684.
[SdGen.J Children: By first wife :
37- 8. i. Mary Strong b. AprU 22, 1658, m. Nov. 22, 1676, Timothy
Stanley of Farmington, Ct., and afterwards of Water-
bury, Ct. She d. in 1722 ; and he Nov. 26, 1728, with
out issue.
39-40. ii. Hannah Strong b- Aug. 11, 1660, m. iB-l6&3-as-feis-se«eB4—
/¦jgifa Staph en Hopkins (son of Stephen Hopkins of Hart
ford, Ct., and Dorcas Bronson). Tbey-had three chiHren
th*fr-dT-«n mimed— soon -after their respective births in
l-6©8r and 1697. She d. Nov.-l^S7ag5d:-85.
By second mfe :
John Strong b Dec. 25, 1665, d. May 29, 1749, aged 84.
Jacob Strong b. April 8, 1673.
Josiah Strong b. Jan. 11, 1678, d. AprU 5, 1759, aged
80, at Colchester, Ct.
46- 7. vi, Elizabeth Strong b. about 1684, m. Thomas Burnham.
41- 2. iii. John Strong (son of John Strong of Windsor and Eliza
beth Warriner), b. Dee. 25, 1665, m, Nov. 26, 1686 Hannah Trumbull of
Suffield, Ct. (dau of Dea. John Trumbull). He resided at Windsor,
where he d. May 29, 1749.
[4th Gen.J Children :
Mary Strong b. May 24, 1688, d. Dec. 12, 1718.
Elizabeth Strong b. Sept. 21, 1689, d. soon. .
Dea. Jonathan Strong b. April 22, 1694.
Esther Strong b. April 12, 1699.
Abigail Strong b. May 11, 1701.
Dea. David Strong b. Dec. 15, 1704, d. Jan. 25, 1801,
aged 96.
56- 7. vii. John Warham Strong b. Sept 30, 1706, d. Sept. 25, 1752.

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48.

49.

ii.

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iv.

53.

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vi.

Son of Elder John Strong of Northampton. 21
58- 9. viii. John Strong b. July 14, 1707, d. Oct. 1, 1793, aged 86.
60. ix. Elizabeth Strong (2d) b. Aug. 13, 1708.
[4tli Gen.]
50-51. iii. Dea. Jonathan Strong (son of John Strong of Wind
sor, and Hannah Trumbull) b. April 22, 1694, a farmer, removed to
Bolton, Ct., in 1721. and was one of the original proprietors of the town.
He m. in 172- Hannah Ellsworth b. Feb. 10, 1700 (dau. of Capt. Job
Ellsworth of Windsor and Mary Trumbull). He d. July 16, 1763, aged
69 : she d. Oct. 9, 1762, aged 62.
[5th Gen.] Children:
61- 2. i. Dea. Jonathan Strong, Jr., b. May 19, 1725, d. Sept. 17,
1807.
63- 4. ii. Charles Strong b. April 14, 1728, d. March 5, 1810, at
Bolton, aged 82.
65- 6. iii. Job Strong b. Jan. 13, 1729-30, d.
61- 2. i. Dea. Jonathan Strong, Jr., b. May 19, 1725, m. June
28, 1750, Mary Northam b. March 13, 1725 (daughter of Ebenezer Nor-
tham of Colchester, Ct.). A farmer at Bolton, Ct., and after June, 1772,
at Orford, N. H., of which he was one of the first settlers and where
he was elected deacon May 17, 1799. He d. Sept. 17, 1807; she d. Dec.
20, 1817, aged 92.
[6th Gen.] Children :
67- 8. i. Hannah Strong b. July 15, 1751, m. Edward Sawyer.
69-70. ii. Mart Strong b. Nov. 25, 1752, m. Abel Sawyer.
71- 2. iii. Sarah Strong b. Dec. 29, 1755, m. Capt. Jonathan Derby.
73- 4. iv. Esther Strong b. Nov. 3, 1758, m. Ichabod Palmer. No
children.
75- 6. V. Alexander Strong b. Jan. 15, 1761.
77- 8. vi. Rev. Jonathan Strong, D.D., b. Sept. 4, 1764, d. Nov.
9, 1814.
67-68. i. Hannah Strong b. July 15, 1751 m. Edward Sawyer. A
farmer in Piermont, N. H. He d. Sept. 15, 1815.
[7th Gen.] Children :
79-80. i. Clarissa Sawyer b. June 28, 1772, m. Daniel Nason of
Orford, N.'H., d. Dec. 25, 1842.
81- 2. ii. Hannah Sawyer b. Aug. 23, 1774, m. Uri Chandler of
Piermont, N. H., d. June 2, 1861.
83- 4. iii. Elizabeth Sawyer b. April 29, 1778, m. Luke Chandler,
d. May 12, 1812.
85- 6. iv. Ltdia Sawyer b. March 12, 1783, m. William Hill of Brad
ford, Vt.
87- 8. V. Joseph Sawyer b. Oct. 11, 1785, a farmer in Piermont,
N. H., m. Mary Dole. He d. July 4, 1858 : his family
removed to Cambridge City, Ind., in 1859.

22 The Descendants of John Strong of Windsor, Ct.,
89. vi. Col. Edward Sawyer b. Aug 12, 1788, a farmer in Grand
Blank, Mich., has had 6 chUdren.
79-80. i. Clarissa Sawyer b. June 28, 1772, m. March 11, 1793,
Daniel Nason. He was a farmer in Orford, N. H. She d. Deo. .25, 1842.
He d. June, 8, 1854.
[8th Gen.] Children :
90. i. Samuel Nason b. Dec. 19, 1793, a teacher in Edgarton,
Williams Co., 0., had two children :
91. 1. Edwin Nason. 92. 2. Lucy Nasori.
93. ii. Daniel Nason b. Aug. 6, 1794, a joiner in Boston, Mass.,
d. unmarried.
94-95. iii. John Nason b. June 2, 1795, a farmer in HaverhiU, N. H.,
He m. Mary Pike and has had six children :
96. 1. Daniel Nason. 99. 4. Martha Nason.
97. 2. Franklin Nason. 100. 5. Henry Nasen.
98. 3. Mary Nason. 101. 6. Lucina Nason.
102- 3. iv. Andrew Nason b. June 3, 1796, a joiner in Lynn, Mass.
m. Rebecca Shedd and has had four children.
104- 5. V. Hannah Nason b. Nov. 3, 1800, m. Dr. John Gordon of
Lynn, Mass. Their children are :
106. 1. John Hoyt Gordon. 108. '3. Hiram Gordon.
107. 2. George Gordon. 109. 4. Alma Gordon.
110-11. vi. Clarissa Nason b. June 5, 1803, m. Joseph Quincy a
farmer and had children, .A-Ugustus and Sabrina. She d.
Dec- 25, 1846.
112-13. vii. Mary Nason b. Dec. 4, 1804, m. Samuel Cutter a farmer in
Wooster, 0. They have two children:
114. 1. Henry Cutler. 115. 2. Ellen Cutler.
116-17. viii. Joseph Nason b. Feb. 11,1806, a farmer : m. Hannah At-
wood, had two children both deceased : lives in New
bury, Vt.
118-19. ix. EsTHERNasonb. Dec. 4, 1808, m. Jonathan Russell, afarmer
in Piermont, N. H.
120. X. Joanna Nason b. Sept. 20, 1810, resides unmarried in Cal.
121. xi. Betsey Nason b. Oct. 24, 1814, d. unmarried.
118-19. ix. Esther Nason b. Dec. 4, 1808, m. Jonathan Russell. A
farmer in Piermont, N. H.
[9th Gen.] Children :
James Webster Russell b- Sept. 11, 1835.
Esther Ann Russell b. Sept. 13, 1837.
Carlos Russell b. July 26, 1840.
Caroline Russell b. April 25, 1842.
George Washington Russell b. Aug. 26, 1846, d. Oct. 3,
1847.
127. vi. George RusseU b. Feb. 28, 1851.

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125.

iv.

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V.

Son of Elder John Strong of Northampton. 23
[7tli Gen.]
81-82. ii. Hannah Sawter (dau. of Edward Sawyer and Hannah
Strong), b. Aug. 23, 1774, m. in 1796 Uri Chandler b. in 1768 (son of
Abner Chandler of Cornwall, Ct., and afterwards of Piermont, N. H.) a
farmer in Piermont, N. H. He d. Nov. 13, 1835 : she d. June 2, 1861.
[8th Gen.] Children :
Calvin Chandler b. Aug. 20, 1797.
Emilia Chandler b. July 10, 1799, d. unmarried April 11,
1837.
'Hannah Chandler b. Deo. 10, 1801, d. May 13, 1805.
Hill Chandler b. AprU 9, 1803.
Uri Chandler b. Sept. 2, 1806.
128- 9. i. Calvin Chandler b. Aug. 20, 1797, m. Sept. 23, 1821,
Nancy Cilley. A farmer in Piermont, N. H.
[9th Gen.] Children :
136. i. Hannah Chandler b. June 21, 1822, resides unmarried in
Piermont.
137. ii. Joseph Sawyer Chandler b. Feb. 7, 1824, a shoemaker in
Orford, N. H. He m. April 1, 1854, and d. Nov. 23,
1850. He had one child :
Walter Chandler.
Betset Chandler b. April 30, 1826, d. March 15, 1827.
Daniel Nason Chandler b. April 15, 1829, d. June 24, 1852.
Bradlet Benjamin Chandler b. July 29, 1830, a shoe
maker in Natic, Mass., with a family.
Levi Chandler b. Jan. 18, 1834, a farmer in Orford, N. H.,
m. Julia Green; d. Aug. 29, 1865; had one child:
Ida Chandler.
William Chandler b. Oct. 7, 1836, a joiner in Keene,N. H.
[8th Gen.]
132-3. iv. Hill Chandler (son of Uri Chandler and Hannah Saw
yer) b. April 9th, 1803, m. June 18, 1829, Mary Cilley. A farmer in
Piermont, N. H.
[9th Gen.] Children :
146. i. Betset Chandler b. April 3, and d. April 14, 1830.
147- 8. ii. George Washington Chandler b. March 27, 1832, m.
Anna Emerson; a carpenter in Lynn, Mass.
149-50. iii. Laura Ann Chandler b. July 14, 1839, m. Calvin Blan-
chard, a farmer. They have one child :
151. 1. Laura Ann Blanchard.
152. iv. Merrill Chandler b. March 8, 1842.
[8th Gen.]
134-5. V. Uri Chandler (son of Uri Chandler and Hannah Saw
yer) b. Sept. 2, 1806, m. Nov. 7, 1833, Mary Ann Rogers b. Feb. 9, 1809

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140.

iv.

141.

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24 The Descendants of John Strong of Windsor, Ct.,
(dau. of Thaddeus Rogers of Piermont and Philena Putnam), a farmer in
Piermont, N. H. To him the author is indebted for the account here
given of the descendants of Edward Sawyer and Hannah Strong.
[9th Gen.] Children :
153- 4. i. James Chandler b. Sept. 5, 1834, a farmer in Cambridge,
HI., m. April 30, 1861, Levira Knight Bickford. His
children are :
155. 1. Minnie Augusta Chan- 158. 4. Earle Francis Chandler
dler b. April 26, 1862. b. May 10, 1867.
156. 2. Charles Talman Chan- 159. 5. Lilian Chandler b. Sept.
dler b. May 15, 1863. 18, 1868.
157. 3. Henry James Chandler b. August 25, 1864.
160. ii. GiLMAN Chandler b. March 8, 1836, afarmer at Piermont,
N. H.
161- 2. iii. Mary Chandler b. Feb. 1838, m. Oct. 20, 1868, Robert
Chapman, a farmer in Austinburgh, 0. They have
one child :
163. 1. Ida May Chapman.
164. iv. Ellen Chandler b. May 9, 1839.
165- 6. V. Emma Chandler b. March 2, 1841, m. Sept. 9, 1867 Rev.
Charles L. Hubbard of Reed's Ferry, N. H. They
have one child :
167. 1. Annie Hubbard b. Oct. 29, 1869.
168. vi. Hiram Chandler b. June 24, 1843, a farmer in Orford-
villc, N. H.
169. vii. Henry Chandler b. Aug. 18, 1845, d. Aug. 1, 1864.
170. viii. Frank Chandler b. June 4, 1849, a farmer at Orfordville.
171. ix. Jeanie Chandler b. Oct. 20, 1851, d. April 1, 1852.
[7th Gen.]
83-4. iii. Elizabeth Sawyer (dau. of Edward Sawyer and Hannah
Strong) b. April 29, 1778, m. Luke Chandler (sou of Abner Chandler
and brother of Uri Chandler above named). He was a farmer and a
joiner at Piermont, N. H., and after 1812 at Marietta, 0. She d. at
Piermont, May 12, 1812. He d. soon after moving to Ohio.
[8th Gen.] Children :
172. i. John Chandler b. June 19, 1800, d. Jan. 17, 1801.
173. ii. Lucina Chandler b. Dec. 5, 1801.
174. iii. Eliza Chandler b. Sept. 15, 1804.
175. iv. Adela Chandler b. Jan. 2, 1807.
176. V. Hannah Chandler b. July 15, 1810.
[7th Gen.J
85-6. iv. Lydia Sawyer (dau. of Edward Sawyer and Hannah
Strong), b. March 12, 1753, m. William Hill of Bradford, Vt., a mariner:
had a son named :
177. 1. Henry HUl who lives in Unionville, Lake Co., 0.

Son of Elder John Strong of Northampton. 25
[6th Gen.]
71-2. iii. Sarah Strong (dau. of Dea. Jonathan Strong and Mary
Northam) b. Dec. 29, 1755, m. Capt. Jonathan Derby b. in 1754, a farmer
in Orford, N. H., and after 1822, resided at Peru, Clinton Co., N. Y., and
at Essex, N. Y., with his son Asa. He d. Oct. 6, 1838 aged 84; she d.
May 21, 1842 aged 86.
[7th Gen.] Children :
178- i. Polly Derby d. aged 16, in Orford.
179-80. ii. Sarah Derby m. Joel Bruce ; she d. at Three Rivers, Mass.
181- 2. iii. Esther Derby m. Calvin Palmer of Orford.
18-3- 4. iv. Tirzah Derby m. Daniel Leslie of Bradford, Vt. A daugh
ter m. Rev. Matthew Bronson.
185- 6- V. Ira Derby, m-Hepzibah GiUett of Thetford, Vt. He d. in
Chesterfield, N. Y., in 1860.
187- 8. vi. Mary Derby, m. Alvah Chaffee of Belvidere, Vt., resides
now, 1870, at South Hadley Falls, Mass.
189-90. vii. Asa Derby, b. June 29, 1790, m. March 25, 1815, Tirzah
Woodbury of Orford. She d. Feb. 25,1842 and hem. for
second wife widow Almera Barker Sept. 24, 1842 : a
farmer in Orford until 1818 when he went to Ohio and
in 1822 settled at Peru, Clinton Co , N. Y., and in 1825,
at Essex (two miles south of it) on the bank of Lake
Champlain where he has since resided. From- him this
account of his father's family is obtained. He is 5 feet
11 inches high and weighs nearly 300 pounds.
[8th Gen.] Children :
191. i. Dan W. Derby b. Jan. 8, 1814, in Orford: a dentist and
farmer in Wis.
192. ii. Eli Strong Derby b. in Orford, July 29, 1818, d. at Eliza
beth, Essex Co., N. Y., May 27, 1867.
193. iii. William R. Derby b. Oct. 18, 1821 : a merchant and
farmer at Essex, N. Y.
194- 5. iv. Jane S. Derby b. in Peru, N. Y., May 15, 1824, m. Araby
P. Hayward of Niles, Mich.
196. V. George M. Derby b. March 11, 1826, a farmer in Peru,
N. Y.
197. vi. Stephen D. Derby b. March 15, 1828, a farmer at Essex,
N. Y.
198. vii. Nancy R. Derby b. April 16, 1833, d. Aug. 18, 1835.
[6tli Gen.]
75-6. V. Alexander Strong b. at Bolton, Ct. (son of Dea. Jona
than Strong, Jr., of Bolton, and afterwards of Orford, N. H., and Mary
Northam), Jan. 15, 1761, m. Oct. 7, 1784, Amelia Tillotson b. March 27,
1763 (dau. of Daniel TiUotson originally of Hebron and MindweU Hos-
ford), a farmer at Orford, N. H. He was a revolutionary soldier and
4

26 The Descendants of John Strong of Windsor^ Ct.,
was present at Saratoga at the surrender of Gen. Burgoyne. He was
much engaged in public business. He was a large man, 6 feet 2 inches
in height, and weighed some 230 pounds; a man of great energy and de
cision of character. He d. Nov. 25, 1836; she d. at Orford, March 14,
1839. [7th Gen.] Children :
199-200. i. Ebenezer Northam Strong h. at Orford, March 23, 1785.
201- 2. ii. Emily Strong b. May 12, 1788, m. Daniel Wheeler, and
for a second husband Asa Wheeler.
199-200. i. Ebenezer Northam Strong b. March 23, 1785, m.
June 3, 1817, Mira Bayley, b. April 13, 1789 (dau. of Ephraim Bayley
and Lucy Hodges, and granddaughter of Gen. Jacob Bayley of the re
volutionary army, from Newbury, Vt.), a farmer at Orford, and in his
early life a merchant. He was also a justice of the peace and held vari
ous town offices. He d. Sept. 13, 1868; she d. Aug. 22, 1861.
[8th Gen.] Children :
203- 4. i. Ephraim Bayley Strong b. Aug. 31, 1819.
206- 6. ii. Alexander Strong b. Sept. 4, 1821.
207. iii. Amelia Strong b. March 19, 1824, resides unmarried at
Orford.
208-10. iv. Lucy Bayley Strong b. May 23, 1827, m. Chester F. Ladd,
and for 2d husband Jerome B. Bailey of Fairlee, Vt.
203-4. i. Ephraim Batlet Strong b. Aug. 31, 1819, m. June 15,
1845, Amanda Jane Page, b. Oct. 20, 1824 (dau. of Enoch Page of Went-
worth, N. H., and Betsey Glines), a farmer at Orford, on the old home
stead, has been deputy sheriff, justice of the peace, &c-, and postmaster
at Orfordville (since Feb. 1869). To him much of the account here
given of the descendants of his parents is due.
[9th Gen.] Children :
211. i. Mary Strong b. Dec. 4, 1854.
212. ii. Emily Wheeler Strong b. Nov. 29, 1859.
213. iii. Charles Strong b. July 23, 1861.
[8tli Gen.]
205- 6. ii. Alexander Strong b. Sept. 4, 1821, m. Dec. 18, 1850,
Lucinda Stone of Orford, b.May 17, 1828 (dau. of Abijah Stone and Mehi
table Gage), a farmer at Orford and postmaster at OrfordviUe at the time
of his death, Dec. 17, 1866. His widow resides at Orford.
[9th Gen.J Children :.
214. i. Edward Alexander Strong b. April 3, 1852 : a clerk at
Chicago, III.
215. ii. Harry Bayley Strong b. Dec. 26, 1864.

Son of Elder John Strong of Northampton. 27
[8th Gen.]
208-10. iv. Lucy Baylet Strong b. May 23, 1827, m. May 24,
1849, Chester Farman LaJd (son of Austin Ladd and  Farman), a
hotel keeper. He d. at Bradford, Vt., June 27, 1853. She m. June 19,
1855, for second husband Jerome Bonaparte Bailey b. Aug. 10, 1810 (son
of Phinehas Bailey of Hatley, Canada, and Sarah Bagley) postmaster (for
38 years) at Fairlee, Vt., and much engaged in the public business of the
town. He d. Jan. 1, 1868, at Fairlee, where his widow still resides.
[9tli Gen.] Children :
By second husband :
216. i. George Warren Bayley b. July 14, 1859.
[7tli Gen.]
201-2. ii. Emily Strong (dau. of Alexander Strong and Amelia Tillot
son), b. at Orford May 12, 1788, m. Nov. 3, 1809, Daniel Wheeler b. in
1775, a merchant at Orford, N. H. He d. at Fairlee, Vt,, Nov. 23, 1810.
She m. as his 2d wife, Asa Wheeler b. Sept. 27, 1783 (son of Abner
Wheeler and Elizabeth Brooks) a merchant and hotel-hceper. He d. at
Orford, July 20, 1860; she d. there Feb. 28, 1861. [The first wife of
Asa Wheeler was Eleanor Rice, whom he m. Nov. 1807, and who d. 1808.]
[8th Gen.] Children :
By first husband:
217. i. Hon, Daniel Prescott Wheeler b. Sept. 2, 1810.
By second husband :
218. ii. Alexander S. Wheeler, Esq., b. Aug. 7, 1820 : grad. at
Dartmouth in 1840 ; he m. in 1848, Augusta Hurd : a
lawyer in Boston, Mass.
219. iii. Susan Emily Wheeler b. June 10, 1822, resides unmar
ried at Boston.
220. iv. John Lee Wheeler b. Oct. 22, 1824, went south many
years ago and has never been heard from since.
217. i. Hon. Daniel Prescott Wheeler b. Sept. 2, 1810, a mer
chant for many years at Orford, N. H., where he still resides; a member
of the New Hampshire Legislature several times (1849, '57, '58, '61, and
'62); Bank Commissioner (1859, '60, and '61); U. S. Collector of In
ternal Revenue for the Third N. H. District (1862-6). He m. Feb. 6,
1833, Mary Ann Wheeler (dau. of Asa Wheeler and Eleanor Rice).
[6th Gen.J
77-8. vi. Rev. Jonathan Strong, D.D. (son of Dea. Jonathan Strong,
Jr., of Orford, N. H., and Mary Northam) b. at Bolton, Ct., Sept. 4,
1764 : grad. at Dartmouth in 1786 : ordained pastor at Randolph, Mass.,
Jan. 28, 1789, d. Nov. 9, 1814, aged 50. He m. Nov. 3, 1790, Joann.a

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28 The Descendants of John Strong of Windsor, Ct,
Odiome, b. Feb. 6, 1771 (dau. of Dea. Thomas Odiorne of Exeter, N. H.,
and Joanna Gilman). He had superior qualities as a man and a preacher.
He was profound in argument, energetic in action, bold for the right and
successful in his ministry. He was above six feet in height, of dark com
plexion, and of a dignified and commanding presence. She is described as
havitfg been a woman of strong good sense, of tender sympathies and
winning manners, and earnestly devoted to the interests of Christ's kingdom.
She d. Dec. 23, 1845, at Brookline, Mass., aged 74.
[7th Gen.] Children :
George Odiorne Strong b. Nov. 6, 1791.
Jonathan Strong b. Nov. 18, 1793, d. June 14, 1794.
Eliza Ann Strong b. Aug. 22, 1795, d. Jan, 5, 1838.
Joanna Strong b. AprU 21, 1797, d. March 31, 1857.
Mary Strong b. Feb. 13, 1799, d. Dec. 17, 1814.
Caroline Strong b. Dec. 2, 1800, d. Dec. 23, 1800.
Jonathan (2d.) b. July 9, 1W2.
viii. Caroline (2d-) b. Oct. 21, 1804, d. Feb. 18, 1805.
Alexander Strong b. Nov. 25, 1807.
221-2 i. Dea. George Odiorne Strong b. Nov. 6, 1791; grad. at
Brown University in 1814 : m. Jan. 26, 1817, Sophia Mann b. May 4,
1797 (dau. of John Mann, Jr., of Orford, N. H., and Lydia Button, dau.
of Dea. Timothy Dutton of Hebron, Ct.) He was a merchant at Orford,
N. H., and also at Thetford, Vt., — where he was also postmaster and a
a deacon in the Congregational Church. He was subsequently a merchant
at Boston, for more than 20 years, being engaged while there in the shoe
business. He was also a deacon in a Congregational Church., at Boston.
He d. at Lynn, Mass., Feb. 8, 1867 : she d. at Boston, Dec. 3, 1849.
[8th Gen.] Children :
Jonathan Strong b. Jan. 11, 1819, d. Jan. 3, 1820.
George Strong b. Feb. 19, 1821 ; formerly engaged in the
wholesale boot and shoe business in Boston as he is now
in Omaha, Nebraska ; unmarried.
Joanna Odiorne Strong b. Nov. 14, 1824, resides unmar
ried at Boston.
Catharine Thayer Strong b. Jan. 10, 1827, resides un
married at Boston.
Edward Strong b. Oct. 21, 1829, d. Aug. 24, 1831.
Edwin Strong b. Feb. 10, 1832, d. unmarried March 16,
1856, aged 24.
241- 2. vii. William Strong (twin) b. May 21, 1834.
243- 4. viii. Mary Jane Strong (twin) b. May 21, 1834.
245. ix. Lydia Ann Strong b. Dec. 9, 1838, resides unmarried at
Boston.
241-2. vii. William Strong b. May 21, 1834, m. Sept. 14, 1864, Eli
zabeth Tuck of Lynn, Mass., b. March 26, 1838 (dau. of John Carmel
235.
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V.
240.
vi.
Son of Elder John Strong of Northampton. 29
Tuck of Lynn, and Angelina Richardson of Maiden, Mass.), engaged in the
upholstery and furniture business in Boston, Mass. He has one child :
246. 1. Walter Tuck Strong b. Oct. 12, 1867.
243-4. viii. Mary Jane Strong b. May 21, 1834, m. April 17, 1861,
Gerry Morgan b. in Francestown, N. H., Aug. 10, 1828 (son of Ephraim
Morgan and Atty Damon), for 17 years resident in California, engaged
in various branches of business in different places and during the latter
part of his residence there County Auditor and Recorder in Nevada City.
He has resided since 1865 in Newport, N. H.
[9th Gen.J Children :
247. i. Mary Theresa Morgan b. March 14, 1862.
248. ii. Alice Evelyn Morgan b. Aug. 11, 1863.
249. iii. Mabel Augusta Morgan b. Nov. 12, 1864.
250. iv. William Gerry Morgan b. May 2, 1868.
[7th Gen.]
224-5. iii. Eliza Ann Strong (dau. of Rev. Dr. Jonathan Strong of
Randolph, Mass., and Joanna Odiorne), b. Aug. 22, 1795, m. Dec. 13,
1821, Luther Thayer, Jr., of Randolph (son of Luther Thayer). A mer
chant in Boston : he d. at Brookline, Mass., Jan. 5, 1838.
[8th Gen.] Children :
251. i. Luther Strong Thayer b. March 19, 1823, d. Dec. 11,
1830.
252. ii. George Henry Thayer b. May 11, 1826, d. Dec. 23, 1832.
253- 4. iii. Mary Eliza Thayer b. Jan. 2, 1828, m. William H Cobbe
of Exeter, N. H.
255. iv. Alfred Strong Thayer b. April 23, 1831.
[7th Gen.]
226-7. iv. Joanna Strong (dau. of Rev. Dr. Jonathan Strong of
Randolph, Mass., and Joanna Od orne), b, AprU 21, 1797, m. Nov. 11,
1818, Rev. William Cogswell, D.D., b. June 5, 1787 (son of Dr. William
Cogswell of Atkinson, N. H., and Judith Badger, dau. of Gen. Joseph
Badger of Gilmanton, N. H.), grad. at Dartmouth in 1811; pastor of
the South Church of Dedham, Mass., for 14 years (1815-29); Gen. Agt.
Am. Ed. Soc. (1829-32); Sec. of said Soc. (1832-41), as successor to
Rev. Dr. Cornelius; Prof of Hist, at Dartmouth Coll. (1841-4); Pres.
of GUmanton Theo. Sem., N. H., and Prof of Theology there (1844-50).
He was the author of A Manual of Theology and Doctrine, The Christian
Philanthropist, and The Theological Class Book, and for some years the
editor of The Am. Quarterly Register. He edited also the first volume of
the N. E. Hist, and Gen. Register pub. at Boston. He d. at Gilmanton,
AprU 18, 1850; she d. March 31, 1857.

30 The Descendants of John Strong of Windsor, Ct.,
[8th Gen.J Children :
256. i. A daughter unnamed b. Dec. 13, 1822, d. very soon. _
257. ii. William Strong Cogswell b. in Dedham, Mass., April 11,
1828, d. at Gilmanton, N. H., April 6, 1848, while in
his senior year at Dartmouth.
258- 9. iii. Mary Joanna Cogswell b. June 6, 1832.
260. iv. Caroline Strong Cogswell b. in Boston, June 6, 1832,
resides unmarried at Salisbury, Mass.
258-9. iii. Mary Joanna Cogswell b. in Boston, June 6, 1832, m.
Sept. 20, 1858, Rev. Ephraim Orcutt Jameson, b. Jan. 23, 1832, at Dun-
barton, N. H. (son of Daniel Jameson and Mary Twiss), grad. at Dart
mouth in 1855, and at Andover Theo. Sem. in 1858 ; pastor for five years
(March 1, 1860-Nov. 1, 1865) of the E. Congregational Church at Con
cord, N^ H. Since Nov. 9, 1865, he has been pastor of the Union Evan
gelical Church of Amesbury and Salisbury, Mass., residing at the latter
place. [9th Gen.] Children :
261. i. Arthur Orcutt Jameson b. Nov. 25, 1859.
262. ii. Catharine Strong Jameson b. Sept. 15, 1861.
263. iii. WiLLiAMCogswell Jameson b. Jan. 3, 1865, d. July 7, 1865.
264. iv. Caroline Cogswell Jameson b. Feb. 7, 1866.
265. V. Mary Jameson b. Jan. 10, 1868.
[7th Gen.J
230-1. vii. Jonathan Strong (son of Rev. Dr. Jonathan Strong of
Randolph) b. July 9, 1802, m. May 10, 1832, Salome Saxton Gilman of
Thetford, Vt., b. July 3, 1813 (dau. of Joseph Warren GUman of Ver-
shire, Vt., and Rosanna Titus), a merchant at Thetford, Vt. (1826-36), at
Shalersville 0. (1836-44), and at Boston, Mass. (1844-67), where he
was a wholesale shoe dealer. He has resided at Acton, Mass., since May,
1867, retired from business. He had one child :
266. 1. Lewis Gilman Strong b. AprU 12, 1833, d. May 12, 1833.
[7th Gen.J
233-4. ix. Alexander Strong (son of Rev. Dr. Jonathan Strong of
Randolph, Mass.-, and Joanna Odiorne), i b. Nov 25, 1807, m. June 11,
1832, Catherine Goodnow b. in Boxford, Mass., Feb. 14, 1809 (dau. of
Jesse Goodnow and Susanna Plympton of Sudbury, Mass.). She d. May
8, 1864, and he m. Feb. 11, 1868, for 2d wife, Mary Elizabeth Robinson b.
' Dea. Thomas Odiorne of Exeter, father of Mrs. Joanna (Odiorne) Strong, was
the son of Capt. Ebenezer Odiorne of Greenland, Mass., and Catharine Sherbonrne.
The father of Capt, Ebenezer Odiorne b. about 1700 was Dea. John Odiorne, Jr., of
New Castle, who was the son of John Odiorne of Portsmouth, N. H., who came from
Oxney, Eng., to Portsmouth about 1657.

Son of Elder John Strong of Northampton. 31
Aug. 5, 1824, (dau. of Shadrach Robinson of Boston, Mass., and Mary
Catherine Starers). Heis a wholesale dealer in boots and shoes in Boston.
[8th Gen.] Children :
267. i. Helen Cornelia Strong b. June 30, 1833, m. June 2, 1853,
John Dorr Hayward of Boston (son of Charles Hayward
of Boston and Eleanor Dorr). He d. April 5, 1861.
Children :
268. 1. Charles Alexander Hayward b. May 1, ]857, d. Jan. 24,
1862.
269. 2. Evangeline Hayward b. Nov. 4, 1858, d. March 5, 1865.
270. 3. Catherine Hayward b. June 2, 1860, d. March 16, 1865.
271. ii. Edward Alexander Strong b. Dec. 10, 1834, m. June 10,
1858, Marion Hubbard Clarke b. March 16, 1834 (dau.
of Clinton Clarke and Eunice Bradbury Whitney of Bos
ton), a wholesale dealer in boots and shoes in Boston.
[5th Gen.J
63-4. ii. Charles Strong (son of Dea. Jonathan Strong of Bolton,
Ct.), b. AprU 14, 1728, m. Jan. 16, 1755, Prudence Talcott of Bolton.
She d. Dec. 3, 1767, and he m. May 2, 1776, Desire Lyman of Bolton.
He was a farmer at Bolton, Ct., where he d. March 5, 1810, aged 82.
[6th Gen.] Children :
By f/rst marriage:
Charles Strong b. Dec. 29, 1755.
Prudence Strong b. June 5, 1757, d. Jan. 29, 1758.
Prudence Strong (2d), b. July 12, 1759, m. John Bishop
of Bolton. By second wife :
276- 8. iv. Israel Strong b. June 13, 1777, a farmer at Bolton ; he
had children: Charles; Hosea; Norman; Jeremiah;
Olive, and Laura.
274-5. iii- Prudence Strong b. July 12, 1759, m. May 16, 1782,
John Bishop, a farmer in Bolton, b. Feb. 1, 1721-2 (son of John Bishop
and Susannah).
[7th Gen.J Children :
279-80. i. Elijah Bishop b. Feb. 18, 1783, m. Feb. 18, 1813, Aurelia
Brewster (dau. of Shubael Brewster of Coventry): she
d. Dec. 24, 1857. Children :
281. 1. Elijah Brewster Bishop b. Nov. 12, 1814, d. in 1816.
282- 3. 2. Aurelia Brewster Bishop b. Sept. 20, 1816, m- Oct. 25,
1841, Thomas B. Smith of Franklin, Pa.
284- 5. 3. Julia Ann Bishop b. March 14, 1819, m. Oct. 1843, Daniel
B. Smith of Pa.; she d. in Manchester, Ct., July 8,
1845 : no children.
286- 7. 4. Elijah Brewster Bishop (2d) b. Jan. 18, 1824, m. Oct- 31,
1848, Sarah L. White of Bolton (dau. of Asa White and
Eunice Scoville) : no children.

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32 The Descendants of John Strong of Windsor, Ct.,
288. U. Lavinia Bishop b. Oct. 23, 1784, resides now (1871), un
married in Bolton.
289. iii. John Bishop.
290. iv. Joseph Bishop b. June 16, 1789, d. unmarried.
291- 2. V. Eli Bishop b. Feb. 20, 1794, m. Polly Horton ; a farmer.
Children :
293. 1. Phebe Bishop d. un- 2^5. 3. Joel Horton Bishop.
married.
294. 2. WUliam Henry Bishop. 296. 4. Harriet Bishop.
297- 8. vi. Polly Bishop b. July 6, 1804, m. Dec. 3, 1841, Seldon
Curtiss of Hebron, Ct, a farmer. ChUdren :
299. 1. Jane Curtiss. 300. 2. George Curtiss.
301- 2. vii. Alvin Bishop m. Lucy Dana. Children :
303. 1. WalterBishopb.Mar. 306. 4. Almarin Halsey Bishop
4,1823. b- June 13, 1830.
304. 2. Charles Dana Bishop 307. 5. Emily Plorinda Bishop b,
b. Sept. 19, 1825. March 31, 1837.
305. 3. Alfred Bishop b. AprU 308. 6. Lavinia Victoria Bishop
26, 1828. b. May 21, 1839.
[5th Gen.]
65-6. iii. Job Strong (son of Dea. Jonathan Strong and Hannah
Ellsworth), b. Jan. 13, 1730, m. in 176- Damaris Strong b. March 25,
1742 (dau. of Aaron Strong of Coventry, and Rachel Strong, dau. of
Joseph Strong also of Coventry, Ct.), a farmer at Bolton, Ct., until 1771,
and at Coventry, Ct. (1771-85), and after 1785 at Easthampton, Mass.,
where he d. May 16, 1800; she m. for 2d husband John Smith of Chester,
Mass., Aug. 1802, and d. Oct. 19, 1817.
[6th Gen.J Children :
309-10. i. Damaris Strong b. Jan. 10, 1764, m. Sergt. Oliver Clark
of Easthampton, Mass. ; d. Feb. 26, 1846.
311-12. ii. Job Strong b. March, 1768, d. Nov. 5, 1845.
313-14. iu. Dea. Noah Strong, b. June 9, 1771, d. of a cancer Dec.
19, 1840, aged 69.
309-10. i. Damaris Strong b. Jan. 10, 1764, m. as his 2d wife, Dec.
13, 1785, Sergt. Oliver Clark, b. Jan. 13, 1756 (son of Ithamar Clark, of
Northampton, and his 3d wife Sarah Parsons; see subsequent page). A
farmer at Easthampton, Mass. His first wife was Phebe Parsons, b. Jan.
9, 1757, dau. of Noah Parsons, Jr., and Phebe Bartlett ; see page. She
was the mother of seven children ; she d. Aug. 6, 1785, aged 28. He d.
May 27, 1824, aged 68. His wife Damaris d. Feb. 26, 1846, aged 82.
[Ithamar Clark was son of Dea. John Clark, Jr., and Elizabeth Cook
and grandson of Dea. John Clark of Northampton, and Mary Strong
dau. of Elder John Strong. He was b. Aug. 1716, and d. Jan. 1802, aged
85 ; see page.] Sergt. Oliver Clark had by his two wives 19 children.

Son of Elder John Strang of NortJiampton. 33
[7th Gen.] Children:
315. i. An unnamed son b. Deo. 13, 1786, d. Dee. 16, 1786.
316. u. Rufus Clark b. Nov. 3, 1787, d- March 5, 1812.
317. iii. Asenath Clark b. Aug. 31, 1789, d. July 16, 1817, m.
Joseph Bosworth.
318. iv. Cephas Clark b. March 27, 1791, d. July, 1796.
319. V. Nancy Clark b. Sept. 20, 1794, d. June 29, 1821.
320. vi. Sarah Clark b. Feb. 22, 1793, d. Feb, 22, 1818.
321- 2. vii. Anna Clark b. Aug, 18, 1796, m. July 1818, James Hu-
maston, of W. Springfield, Mass.; d. Sept. 9, 1818.
323. viii. Rachel Clark b. Aug. 22, 1798, d. March 28, 1831.
324. ix. Cephas (2d.) b. Oct. 25, 1800, d. Oct. 4, 1802.
325- 6. X. Dea. Ithamar Clark b. Oct. 27, 1802, d. AprU 3, 1857.
327. xi. Amelia Clark b. May 29, 1805, d. Nov 3, 1812.
328. xii. An infant b. and d. AprU 10, 1804. The six daughters of
this family all d. of consumption.
316-17. in. Asenath Clark b. Aug. 31, 1789, m. Joseph Bosworth
of Northampton. [8th Gen.] Children :
329-30. i. Rev. Edward Bosworth m. Julia Miller of Northampton : a
Methodist minister : d. at S. Hadley Falls, Mass., March,
1836. He had an infant child that d. soon.
Lucy Bosworth m. Osborne Bartlett of Northampton. She
d. June, 1837. They had one son :
William Todd Bartlett who d. of hereditary cons., aged 20.
Rufus Bosworth.
Rebecca Bosworth d. Aug. 1838.
334-5. iii. Rufus Bosworth m. Martha StockweU ; resides at North
ampton, Mass.
[9th Gen.] Children :
337. i Joseph Bosworth.
338. ii. Edward Bosworth.
339. in. Martha Isabel Bosworth.
340. iv. Rebecca Amelia Bosworth b. and d. young.
[Further facts were sought for repeatedly here, but could not be obtained.]
[7th Gen.J
325-6. X. Dea. Ithamar Clark (son of Sergt. Oliver Clark and Da
maris Strong), b. Oct. 27, 1802, m. Jan. 18, 1826, Ursula Lyman of
Easthampton, b. May 13, 1806 (dau. of Sylvester Lyman and Naomi
James), a farmer at Easthampton, Mass. She d. Sept. 14, 1835, and he
m. March 17, 1836, Lovisa Ferry of Easthampton, b. Jan. 19, 1809 (dau.
of Asa Ferry and Eunice Clark). He d. AprU 3, 1857, killed by injuries
received in moving rocks. A man of deep piety and generous .sympathies,
and a deacon of the Congregational Church for 24 years (1833-57).
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34 The Descendants of John Strong of Windsor, Ct.,
[8th Gen.J Children:
341- 2. i. Rev. Edson Lyman Clark b. April 1, 1827.
343. ii. Emma Amelia Clark b. Nov. 10, 1829.
344. iii. Oliver Strong Clark b. Nov. 11, 1831, d. Jan. 24, 1838.
345. iv. Sylvester Clark b. Sept. 29, 1838, d. May 19, 1856.
346. V. A son unnamed b. Sept. 7, 1835, d. very soon.
By second mfe :
347. vi. Sereno Clark b. Nov. 30, 1836.
348. vii. Oliver Anson Clark b. Nov. 8, 1841. He enlisted in
1862 in Co. A. of the 27th Mass. Uegt. ; was captured
with Heckman's brigade, May 16, 1864, while enveloped
in a fog; was confined in Libby prison and afterwards at
Andersonville where he d. June 27, 1864. He was a
cheerful, active Christian and specially fond of Sabbath
School labors both at home and in the army. During
the winter of 1863-4, while stationed at Norfolk, Va.,
he was delightedly engaged in superintending a Sab
bath School of colored children. His will was, in death
as in life, God's will.
341-2. i. Rev. Edson Lyman Clark b. April 1, 1827, grad. at Yale
in 1853, and at Union Theo. Sem., New York, in 1858. He m. Dec. 8,
1858, Jenny Elizabeth Stone, b. Aug. 14, 1829 (dau. of Eli Stone of New
York, and Sarah Healy), preached a year at Woolcotville, Ct. ; stated
supply and pastor at Dalton, Mass., for seven years (1859-66); now pastor
at North Branford, Ct.
[9th Gen.J Children:
349. i. Fanny Louise Clark b. Oct. 31, 1860.
350. ii. Thomas Mills Clark b. Oct. 15, 1866.
[Dea. Ithamar Clark was 2d cousin to the mother of his first wife
Ursula Lyman, granddaughter of Naomi Strong (dau. of Bela Strong of
Northampton). He was also 2d cousin to the father of his 2d wife, Lovisa
Ferry, granddaughter of Eunice Strong (dau. of Bela Strong, and sister,
of Naomi). The two wives were also 2d cousins to each other.]
[6th Gen.]
311-12. U. Job Strong, .Jr. (son of Job Strong of Easthampton and
Damaris Strong), b. March, 1768, m. Feb. 13, 1794, Eunice Lyman b. Nov.
4, 1772 (dau. of Capt. David Lyman of Easthampton and Sarah Wright),
a farmer at first at Easthampton, Mass., until near 1800, when he removed
to Guildhall, Vt., where he studied law; and practised the profession (from
1802-45), in Stockbridge, Vt. He d. at Stockbridge, Vt., Nov. 5, 1845,
aged 77. She d. Feb. 6, 1855.
[7th Gen.] Children :
351- 2. i. Fanny Strong b. June 4, 1796, d. Aug. 30, 1847, m.
I'eonard Ainsworth of Stockbridge, Vt.
353. 11. Martha Strong b. April 16, 1799, d. Oct. 16, 1823.

Son of Elder John Strong of Northampton. 35
354- 5. ni. David Ellsworth Strong b. in Stockbridge, Vt , May 5,
1802, d. Oct. 6, 1840.
356- 7. iv. Alfred Lyman Strong b. Jan. 20, 1804, in Lunenburgh,Vt.
351- 2. i. Fanny Strong b. June 4, 1796, in Easthampton, Mass., m.
June 25, 1819, Leonard Ainsworth b. July 8, 1790 (son of Daniel Ains
worth and Olive Sprague) a shoemaker in Stockbridge, Vt. He resides
now (1870), in Bethel, Vt. He was justice of the peace for 20 years and
more. She d. Aug. 30, 1847.
[8th Gen.J Children :
358. i. Edward Strong Ainsworth b. in Stockbridge, July 18,
1820 ; a teacher of penmanship : went to California in
1848 ; not heard from since.
359-60. ii. Mary Lorinda Ainsworth b. July 25, 1822, m. Nov. 2, 1853,
Edwin Hannum of Easthampton, Mass., b. Oct. 7, 1813
(son of John Hannum and Jerusha Bartlett), a farmer
in Easthampton. They have a son :
361. 1. Edwin Adelbert Hannum b. Sept. 5, 1854.
362- 3. in. William Leander Ainsworth b. Dec. 7, 1823, m. July 4,
1847, Climena Hight of Lowell, Mass., b. Dec. 5, 1824
(dau. of Winthrop Hight of Athens, Me,, and Matilda
Stewart), a manufacturer of machinery at Lowell, Mass.
They have a child :
364. 1. Ella Jeanette Ainsworth b. at Lowell, June 6, 1849.
365. iv. Martha Ann Ainsworth b. Aug. 8, 1826, d. Jan. 23, 1852.
366- 7. V. Emmeline Eunice Ainsworth b. March 31, 1832, m. in
Bethel, Vt-, June 12, 1854, Horace Whitcomb b. March
22, 1830 (son of Thomas Whitcomb and Roxana Church
ill), a livery stable keeper. She d. Sept. 1, 1865, and
he m. for 2d wife .June 9, 1866, Sarah Hannum of East
hampton, Mass.
368- 9. vi. Olive Adelaide Ainsworth b. April 16, 1835, m. Jan. 1,
1856, Henry Gushing of Bethel, Vt. (son of Willard
Gushing and Fanny Ainsworth), an artist. She d. Sept.
23, 1856, and he m. a second time.
370- 1. vii. Harriet Ellen Ainsworth b. June 15, 1837, m. Sept. 1,
1862, Albert Sanders, b. July 2, 1836 (son of Job San
ders and Nancy his wife), a farmer in Bethel, Vt. They
have a son :
372. 1. Clayton Leonard Sanders b. June 29, 1863.
373- 4. viii. George Byron Ainsworth b. Sept. 2, 1840, m. June 3,
1868, Jenny Libbey of Augusta, Me. A mechanic.
[7th Gen.J
354-5 iii. David Ellsworth Strong (son of Job Strong of Stock-
bridge, Vt., and Eunice Lyman), b. May 5, 1801, m. Aug. 15, 1824,
Harriet Fay, b. Nov. 2, 1803 (dau. of Eliakim Fay of Barnard, Vt., and
Hannah Cox), a merchant and farmer at Stockbridge, Vt., and after 1838

36 The Descendants of John Strong of Windsor, Ct,
a merchant at Joliet, 111., and postmaster there where he d. Oct. 6, 1840.
He held various civil offices while in Vermont. His widow resides now
(1870) in Stockbridge, Vt.
[8th Gen.J Children:
375- 6. i. Charles Lyman Strong b. Aug. 15, 1826, m. Feb. 26,
1863, Harriet WUiiams Russell of Buffalo, N. Y., b. July
23, 1843 (dau. of Gen. Henry Pierpoint Russell, and
Mary Guest Musier). He was a bookkeeper in New
York (1846-50), confidential clerk with Wells & Co.,
Bankers, San Francisco, Cal. (1850-2), a bookseller and
publisher in San Francisco, firm Lecount & Strong
(1852-7). From 1860 to '65 he was superintendent of
the Gould & Curry silver mine in Nevada, a mine which
has yielded in two and a half years past 111,500,000,
,| silver and \ gold. He has suffered much from ill
health at different times, and is now a farmer (since
1865) at Pico, near Los Angelos, California. Their child
ren are :
377. 1. Harriet Strong b. Feb. 28, 1864, in Virginia City, Neva.
378. 2. Mary Strong b. July 23, 1866, in Los Angelos, Cal.
379. 3. Georgiana Strong b. Dec. 22, 1868, in Oakland, Cal.
380- 1. ii. Harriet Strong b. July 5, 1828, m. 1848, Hamilton Dean
ofCrete, MiUCo.,Ill,,afarmer. Shed. March 16, 1852,
leaving two daughters :
382. 1. Ellen Julia Dean b. 383. 2. Mary Henrietta Dean b.
Aug. 6, 1850. Jan. 28, 1852.
384- 5. iii. Mary Lucia Strong b. Aug. 9, 1830, m. May 22, 1846,
WiUiam Pierson Thornton of Fremont, 111., a farmer.
She d. Dec. 27, 1859. They had a son :
386. L CharlesStrongThorntonb. Aug. 15,1850,d. Mayl4, 1860.
387- 8. iv. Major Gen. George Crockett Strong b. Oct. 16, 1832.
Adopted by his uncle Hon. Alfred Lyman Strong of
Easthampton, Mass., as his son and educated by him at
Union College, N. Y., in part and afterwards at West
Point where he was graduated in 1857, as third in his
class. He was put in command of the Watervliet Ar
senal in Troy, N. Y., receiving the command immedi
ately after the recreancy of Major Mordecai. He was
next made chief of ordnance to Gen. McDowell, and dis
tinguished himself by his great bravery at the battle of
Bull Run. He was afterwards on the staff of Gen. Mc-
Clellan until Sept. 1861, when he was made, by the re
quest of Gen. Butler, the chief of his staff. After Gen.
Butler had been relieved from the department of the
Gulf, he volunteered, having been made himself Brig.
Gen. of the U. S. A., of Vols., for his gallant services
as a soldier, to go with Gen. Gilmore and make the assault
upon Charleston. To his brigade were given the peril
and the honor of leading the attack upon the batteries
of Morris Island, on which he was the first one himself

Son of Elder John Strong of Northampton. 37
to land. His boots becoming filled with water he pulled
them off and led the charge with only his stockings on
his feet. Though the opposing batteries were powerful
and their fire heavy they were gallantly carried. He
was placed in command of the troops on Morris Island,
• and given charge of the column which was to assault
Fort Wagner. In the assault he received a fatal wound
but lived to reach his family in New York city where
he died of lockjaw July 30, 1863, aged 30. He was
made Major General by brevet for his great services, the
appointment to date from the day of his wound and was
the youngest such officer in the army. His soldiers
greatly loved him for his high daring, his kindness of
heart and his strict, impartial discipline. He m. April
14, 1859, Margaret EUis Budd (dau. of WUliam Budd
of New York). He had one son :
389. 1. George WillsonBuddStrongb. March 3,1860. His widow
resides in New York.
390. V. Ellen Julia Strong b. July 26, 1835, d. unmarried June
14, 1861, aged 25, in Chicago, III.
391. vi. Eunice Emmeline b. Oct. 26, 1840, d. July 1841, at Pa
latine, III.
[7th Gen.J
356-7. iv. Hon. Alfred Lyman Strong b. Jan. 20, 1804, m. Dec 8,
1834, Fidelia Pomeroy (dau. of Solomon Pomeroy of Easthampton, Mass.,
and Fidelia Lyman). She d. Aug. 15, 1838, and he m. July 22, 1839, for
2d wife, Lucy Flint Lane, b. March 16, 1820 (dau. of Coh Loring Lane
of Westfield, Mass., and Laura Goodwin). He has resided since 1825 in
Basthampton ; was a teacher of penmanship in the principal cities in
New England and the Middle States for many years (1825-50); was made
high sheriff of Hampshire Co., Mass., July 8, 1851; was a member of
the Mass. State Convention in Boston in 1853, to revise the State Con
stitution. He is now (1870) a farmer at Easthampton, and justice of the
peace. To him the author chiefly owes this account of the descendants
of his grandfather.
[8th Gen.J Children : By fWst wife :
392- 3. i. Ellen Martha Strong b. Aug. 16, 1835, m. Benj. Howard
Stedman of Chicopee, Mass., a farmer, Nov. 24, 1858.
He was b. Jan. 12, 1831, and is son of Levi Stedman and
Sophia Chapin.
394. ii. Emmeline Fidelia Strong b. Feb. 4, 1838, d. Aug. 12,
1859. By second mfe :
Georgiana Strong b. Feb. 14, 1841, d. June 16, 1853.
Lucy Lane Strong b. Feb. 24, 1843, d. June 4, 1843.
Lucy Flint Strong b. Nov. 17, 1844, m. Hiram W. Lewis.

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38 The Descendants of John Strong of Windsor, Ct.,
399. vi. Alfred Lyman Strong b. Deo. 25, 1846, d. May 6, 1847.
400. vU. Job Strong b. Aug. 20, 1850, d. Sept. 12, 1851.
401. viii. Job Henry Strong d. June")
10, 1859, [¦ twins b. Oct. 20, 1852.
402. ix. Eunice Henrietta Strong, J
403. X. George Crockett Strong b. Feb. 18, 1855.
404. xi. Charles Strong b. AprU 21, 1857, d. May 27, 1859.
405. xn. Celia Catharine (Kitty) Strong b. Nov. 21, 1859.
397-8. V. Lucy Flint Strong b. Nov. l7, 1844, m. Nov. 14, 1866,
Hon. Hiram Wheeler Lewis of Warren, 0., b. March 11, 1843 (son of
Fitch Beach Lewis and Fanny Coats), a cotton planter in Crawford, Miss.,
and a member of the Mississippi Legislature (1870). They have one
chUd :
406. 1. George Strong Lewis b. Jan. 7, 1868.
[6th Gen.J
313-14. iii. Dea. NoAH Strong (son of Job Strong of Easthampton,
Mass., and Damaris Strong), b. June 9, 1771, m. Dec. 15, 1795, Achsah
Hulbert b. May 25, 1775 (dau. of James Hulbert of Northampton and
Eleanor Pomeroy), a farmer at Northampton, Mass., and in later life (about
1812-13), at Westhampton. He d. Dec. 19, 1840, aged 69, at Norwich,
Mass. She d. Nov. 12, 1845, aged 70.
[7th Gen.J Children :
407. i. Phebe Strong b. AprU 14, 1797, at Northampton, d. un
married Aug. 1, 1869; for 20 years confined to her bed
with spinal disease.
408. ii. Horatio Strong b. Aug. 12, 1799; d. Nov. 30, 1802.
409-10. iii. Achsah Strong b. Oct. 23, 1802, m. WaitstUl Root Strong
and Chester Manvel.
411-12. iv. Frederick Strong b. Jan. 19, 1805.
413-14. V. Eleanor Strong b. Sept. 16, 1807, m. Theodore Lyman.
415-16. vi. Elizabeth Strong b. Aug. 1, 1810, at Northampton, m.
Robert Porter.
417. vn. Jonathan Clark Strong b. Sept. 1, 1814, at Westhampton,
d. March 29, 1832, aged 17.
409-10. iii. Achsah Strong b. Oct. 23, 1802, m. WaitstiU Root
Strong b. June 5, 1788 (son of Waitstill Strongof Huntington, Mass , and
Rhoda Clark), a farmer in Strongsville, 0., and Brighton, 0. He d.
Oct. 7, 1855, and she m. for 2d husband Sept. 2, 1857, Chester Manvel, a
farmer at Wakeman, 0., and cooper. See subsequent page for further
account of this family.
[7th Gen.J
411-12. iv. Frederick STRONGt (son of Noah Strong and Achsah Hul
bert), b. Jan. 19, 1805, m. July 5,1841, Lucretia Ashley b. May 9, 1807

Son of Elder John Strong of Northampton. 39
(dau. of Solomon Ashley of W. Springfield, Mass., and Caroline Rogers),
a farmer at Brighton, Loraine Co., 0., and carpenter. No issue.
413-14. V. Eleanor Strong b. Sept. 16, 1807, m. May 1, 1833, The
odore Lyman b. July 31, 1804 (son of Joel Lyman and Achsah Parsons
dau. of Elijah Parsons of ^forthampton), a farmer at Huntington, Mass.
[8th Gen.J Children :
418. i. THEODORECIarkLymanb. AprU 18, 1834, d. March 1,1835.
419. ii. Edwin Joel Lyman b. Dec. 21, 1835, d. Sept. 16, 1860,
aged 24. A paper maker.
420. in. Harriet Maria Lyman b. March 27, 1838.
421. iv. Theodore Strong Lyman b. Aug. 29, 1842, d. Nov. 5, 1869,
aged 17.
[7th Gen.J
415-16. vi. Elizabeth Strong (dau. of Dea.Noah Strong and Achsah
Hulbert), b. Aug. 1, 1810, m. Aug. 17, 1841, Robert Porter of W. Spring
field, Mass., b. April 11, 1807 (son of Nathaniel Porter and Mary Kru-
thers), a farmer and tanner at Essex, Kankakee Co., 111. (P. 0. Brace-
ville, Grundy Co., 111-). Children :
422. i. Henry Clay Porter b. March 12, 1843, d. March 13, 1844.
423-4. ii. Henry Clay (2) b. Sept. 22, 1845, m. Jan. 14, 1868, Ara-
belle Rugar of Cassville, Mich., an engineer, resides at
Essex, 111.
[Nathaniel Porter camefrom Shankell, Ireland, in 1818, staid at Spring
field, Mass., for two years and then removed to Elyria, 0., where he d.
June 30, 1822, and she d. in 1834.]
[4th Gen.J
53. V. Abigail Strong (dau. of John Strong of Windsor, Ct., and
Hannah Trumbull), b. May 11, 1701, m. Jan. 1, 1729, Nathaniel Ells
worth, b. Dec. 3, 1699 (son of Sergt. Thomas Ellsworth, of Windsor).
He resided at Windsor where he d. Jan. 20, 1745-6. Children :
Nathaniel Ellsworth b. Sept. 9, and d. Sept. 16, 1730.
Abigail Ellsworth b. Aug. 7, 1731, d. Aug. 8, 1739.
Asahel Ellsworth b. July 17, 1734.
Nathaniel Ellsworth b. April 30, 1738, d. May 28, 1742.
Moses Ellsworth b. May 11, 1748.
Joel Ellsworth b. Feb. 9, 1749-50.
Abigail Ellsworth b. Aug. 3, 1752.
[4th Gen.J
54-5. vi. Dea. David Strong (son of John Strong, Jr., of Windsor,
Ct,, and Hannah Trumbull), b. Dec. 15, 1704, m. May 3, 1732, Thankful
Loomis b. March 5, 1709 (dau. of Moses Loomis of Windsor, Ct., and
Joanna Gibbs whom he m. April 27, 1694). She d. May 21, 1771, aged
61. He m. for 2d wife Abigail Phelps b. in 1707 (dau. of a Mr. Phelps

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40 The Descendants of John Strong of Windsor, Ct,
of Simsbury, Ct.). She d. Oct. 16, 1787, aged 80. He m. for 3d wife in
1793, Zilpah Davis of Hebron, Ct., b. in 1775 (he, aged 88, and she 18).
His children were all by the first marriage. She d. in Hebron. He was
a farmer at Bolton, Ct., and for 65 years deacon in the Congregational
Church. He d. Jan. 25, 1801, aged 96. He removed from Windsor to
Bolton about 1730 — living some three miles from the centre of the town
on the road to Buckingham (then Eastbury).
[Moses Loomis of Windsor, father of Mrs. Thankful Strong, b. May 15,
1671, was the son of Nathaniel Loomis and Elizabeth Moore. His wife
Joanna Gibbs b. March 26, 1671, was the daughter of Samuel Gibbs of
Windsor, and Hepzibah Debbie.]
[5th Gen.J Children :
432. i. David Strong, Jr., b. May 13, 1733, d. May 23, 1813 —
wanting in natural sense.
433. n. Levi Strong b. Dec. 19, 1734, d. July 25, 1757, aged 22,
in the army at Fort Edward.
434- 5. ni. Beulah Strong b. Dec. 28, 1735, m. Andrew Loomis of
Bolton. She d. May 10, 1832, aged 96.
436- 7. iv. Nathan Strong b. Jan. 15, 1736-7, d. March 25, 1801,
aged 64.
438- 9. V. Judah Strong b. Nov. 28, 1738.
440- 1. vi. Thankful Strong b. Oct. 12, 1740, m. Stephen Cone of
Manchester, Ct.
442- 3. vn. Aaron Strong b. Sept. 21, 1743 ; d. Nov. 16, 1826, aged 82.
444. viii. Bathsheba Strong b. Jan. 20, 1747 : d. young.
445- 6. ix. Hepzibah Strong m. Capt. Wm. Hibbard ofHebron.
447- 8. X. Ebenezer Strong b. in 1754. He d. in 1824, aged 70.
[5th Gen.]
434- 5. iii. Beulah Strong b. Dec. 28, 1735, m. Dec. 22, 1768, An
drew Loomis b. March 14, 1746-7 (son of Matthew Loomis and Martha
Lathrop, his 2d wife, of Bolton) a farmer at Bolton ; she d. May 10, 1832,
aged 96. Their children were :
449. 1. David Loomis, a far- 450. 2. Beulah Loomis, who m.
merat Bolton, who a Mr. Burnall of Ca-
had a son William. zenovia N. Y.
Repeated efforts to obtain more facts concerning this family have al
ways failed.
[5th Gen.J
436-7. iv. Nathan Strong (son of Dea. David Strong and Thankful
Loomis), b. Jan. 15, 1736-7, m. Anne Olcott of Vernon, Ct. (dau. of
Titus Olcott). A farmer at Bolton, he d. March 25, 1801, aged 65.
[6th Gen.J Children :
451- 2. i. Levi Strong b. Aug. 24, 1762.
453. ii. Anne Strong b. Feb. 12, 1768.
454- 5. iii. Nathan Strong b. Jan. 16, 1774.

Son of Elder John Strong of Northampton. 41
451-2. i. Levi Strong b. Aug. 24, 1762, m. Oct. 25, 1781, Lucy
Warner, b. May 11, 1764 (dau. of Dr. Ichabod Warner of Bolton, who
d. Nov. 16, 1815, aged 78, and Mary LaseU of Windham, who d. June
30, 1820, aged 83). A farmer at Bolton, where he d. July 24, 1823,
aged 61; she d. May 19, 1841, aged 77, a woman of superior intellect
and excellence. Children :
456- 7. i. OCTA Strong b. July 23, 1783, m. Jabez Backus of Hebron,
d. Oct. 14, 1816.
458 -9. ii. RussELLStrongb.Aug. 29,1785,d. Feb. 25,1864,aged78.
460 -1. in. Levi Strong, Jr., b. Dec. 12, 1787, d. Oct. 6, 1859, aged 72.
462- 3. iv. Jamin Strong b. Sept. 7, 1791.
[7th Gen.J
456-7. i. OcTA Strong (dau. of Levi Strong and Lucy Warner), b. July
23, 1783, m. Sept. 23, 1801, Jabez Backus, b. in FrankHn, Ct,, June 3,
1777 (son of Ezra Backus and Mercy Lay, whom he m. Jan. 10, 1758);
a tanner and saddler at Hebron, Ct. His epitaph says that he was " a
good Christian and an honest man." She d. Oct. 14, 1816, aged 33.
He d. in Hebron, Ct., June 1, 1855, aged 78, having resided in Attica,
N. Y., for 20 years (1834-54) and at Omaha City for several (1854).
[8th Gen.J Children:
464- 5. i. Levi Strong Backus b. June 23, 1803, d. March 17, 1869.
466- 8. ii. Ezra Lay Backus b. Sept. 3, 1808.
469. iii. Lucy Ann Backus b. June 22, 1810, a deaf mute, d. Nov.
26, 1810.
470- 1. iv. Lucy Ann (2d) b. Dec. 6, 1811, m. Taylor G. Goodwill.
472- 3. V. Jamin Russell Backus b. Sept. 28, 1814.
474- 5. vi. Jabez Lewis Backus b. July 23, 1816.
464-5. i. Levi Strong Backus b. June 23, 1803, deaf and dumb, a
teacher of mutes at Canajoharie, N. Y., for 6 years (1830-6), having 33
private pupils which he transferred in 1836 to the Asylum for the Deaf -
and Dumb in New York city. He founded then a weekly newspaper for
the deaf and dumb, of which he was both proprietor and editor — the
-iV. T. Radii, which he conducted for 33 years (1836-69) until his death.
May 17, 1869, aged 65, at Montgomery, N. Y. He m. Jan. 4, 1829,
Anna Raymond Ormsby, b. Sept. 8, 1809 (dau. of Daniel Ormsby and
Hannah Raymond), a deaf mute, and once one of his pupils. She re
sides (1870) at Sprout Brook near Cherry Valley, N. Y. ChUdren :
476. i. Bethiah Anna Octa Backus b July 19, 1830, d. Sept. 13,
1830.
477. ii. Levi Nathaniel Backus b. July 1, 1834, d. Dec. 16, 1848,
aged 14.
[8th Gen.l
466-8. ii. Ezra Lay Backus b. Sept. 3, 1808, m. Nov. 19, 1835,
Susan Caroline Skinner b. Oct. 17, 1807, nie Phelps (dau. of Uzziel Phelps
6

42 The Descendants of John Strong of Windsor, Ct,
ofHebron and Lovisa Barber — and widow of Selden W. Skinner of Bolton,
Ct.) : a tanner in Hebron. She d. of consumption Nov. 20, 1844 ; and he
m. May 18, 1845, for 2d wife, widow Jane Clapp b. Sept. 17, 1812, n6e
Beers (dau. of Hezekiah Beers of Western Ct., and Lucy Lookwood, and
widow of Rev. John Clapp of Hartford, Ct.— a Baptist clergyman).
[9th Gen.J Children : By first wife : ,
478- 9. i. Charles Backus b. Sept. 2, 1836, m. in 1863, Rosa I. An
drews of Johnsonsburgh, N. Y. He enlisted in 1863,. in
the U. S. A., of Vols. : went into camp at Elmira, N. Y.,
took cold while there and d. of consumption at Johnsons
burgh, April 19, 1864.
480. ii. Henry Lay Backus b. April 30, 1838 : an insurance agent
at Macon, Ga.
481- 2. in. Susan Amelia Backus b. Nov. 25, 1839, m Levi Strong.
483. iv. Capt. Joseph Backus b. May 26, 1842 : a clerk in Colches
ter, Ct. : a noble youth of generous aims and instincts.
He enlisted Oct. 21, 1861, in Co. C, First Conn. Cavalry
and rose through successive offices to the captaincy of
Co. K, in his regiment. He was with Gen. Fremont in
the campaign of the Shenandoah Valley and was twice
wounded ; and with Sheridan on his raid into Richmond,
two bullets passing through his clothes ; and afterwards
with Grant's army in their terrible onslaughts upon the
enemy. He started from the Rapidan, Va., with 90 men
in his company and after thirty-six days almost continu
ous fighting he fell, leaving but fifteen survivors on duty ;
and was gallantly rallying that little fragment of his com
pany against overpowering numbers when a bullet struck
him in the breast and passing through his body severed
the vital cord that held him to earth. He wrote but a
short time before his death to his friends at home : "If
it is my lot to fall in battle, so let it be. I shall be content.
I am determined to do my whole duty. I shall never be
taken prisoner ; I shall sell my life as dearly as possible."
He commanded at the time of his death the reserve picket
post on the left of Grant's army and on the Richmond
road 10 miles from the city.
By second wife :
484. v. Emma Jane Backus b. Oct. 13, 1846.
485. vi. Lucy Ann Backus b. Jan. 14, 1849.
[9th Gen.J
481-2. iii. Susan Amelia Backus b. Nov. 25, 1839, m. Oct. 2,
1864, Levi Strong, b. Feb. 16, 1829 (son of David Strong of Hebron, and
Clarissa Bissel), a farmer at Hebron. Children :
486. i. Susan Caroline Strong b. April 25, 1867.
487. ii. Clayton Backus Strong b. Jan. 27, 1869.

Son of Elder John Strong of Northampton. 43
[8th Gen.J
470-1. iv. Lucy Ann Backus (dau. of -Jabez Backus and Octa
Strong), b. Dec. 6, 1811; a teacher for several years, among other places
at Darien, N. Y., for four years (1829-33). She m. at Batavia, N. Y.,
May 7, 1833, Hon. Taylor Green Goodwill, b. in WUlington, Ct., Aug.
4, 1808 (son of Mr. Goodwill, b. in WUlington in 1764, and d. in Darien,
N. Y., in 1816, aged 52, and Sarah Johnson who d. in Alexander, N. Y.,
aged 83). He kept public house at Attica, N. Y., for 3 years and then
became a merchant and speculator there. He removed Sept. 15, 1854, to
Omaha, and was the owner of the second shanty erected there in its first
settlement named " Big 6." He was one of the 13 councilmen that formed
the first laws of Nebraska territory. He was also treasurer of Douglass
county; Adj. Gen. of militia (usually called Col.), and alderman of the
city of Omaha. He was a man of enterprise and energy, of a kindly
nature, public spirited, and benevolent. He d. May 19, 1857. His
widow still resides (1870) at Omaha city. To her the author owes the
account here given of the descendants of Levi Strong.
[9th Gen.J Children :
488- 9. i. Octa Strong Goodwill b. July 8, 1834, m. Edwin Patrick.
Julia Adelaide Goodwill b. April 29, 1837, m. Allen Root.
Lucy Ann Goodwill b, Dec, 22, 1840, m. Heman M. Glass.
T. Legrand Goodwill b. June 6, 1842, a clerk in the first
store in Omaha, and page in the council chamber of
the legislature, a bright, manly, open-faced boy, d. Deo.
16, 1856, aged 14.
[A piece of land which he bought for eleven dollars at
auction is now worth some thousands of dollars ]
495- 6. V. Carrie GoodwUl b. June 1, 1845, m. Samuel Hawrer.
488- 9. i. Octa Strong Goodwill b. July 8, 1834, m. March 29,
1853, Edwin Patrick of Attica, N. Y., b. in 1827 (son of Reuben Pa
trick and Betsey Pettengill) : since May, 1856, a farmer at Omaha.
[10th Gen.J Children :
497. i. Frank Goodwill Patrick b. Jan. 24, 1854.
498. n. Edwin Legrand Patrick b. July 1, 1857.
499. ui. Carrie Octa Patrick b. Nov. 22, 1858.
500. iv. Jeanie May Patrick b. Oct. 23, 1867.
[9th Gen.J
490-1. ii. Julia Adelaide Goodwill b. April 29, 1837, m. Sept.
1, 1857, Allen Root, b. Jan. 14, 1827 (son of Jesse Curtiss Root of Alex
ander, N. Y., and Polly  ), a resident in Omaha City.
[10th Gen.J Children:
501. i. Jesse Curtiss Root b. Aug. 31, 1858.
502. ii. John Hickory Root b. Nov. 19, 1859, d. Nov. 15, 1864.

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503. in. Samuel Addison Megrath Root b. Oct. 5, 1861.
504. iv. Mary Cornelia Root b. May 24, 1863.
505. V. Herbert GoodwiU Root b. Nov. 11, 1865, d. Aug. 24, 1866.
[9th Gen.J
492-3. in. Lucy Ann Goodwill b. Dec. 22, 1840, m. May 10, 1859,
Heman Mithridates Glass, b. in Stephentown, N. Y., Oct. 15, 1830 (son
of George W. Glass, now (1870) of Rochester, N. Y., and Eunice Jones),
grad. at Amherst CoU. in 1854; admitted to the bar in Rochester; re
moved in 1857 to Omaha, Neb. ; and now a farmer at Rochester, N. Y.
[10th Gen.J Children :
506. i. Le Grand Goodwill Glass b. March 4, 1862, d. July 14,
1864.
507. ii. William Lincoln Glass b. July 4, 1865.
508. iii. Gertrude Goodwill <3rlass b. March 7, 1867.
[9th Gen.J
495-6. V. Carrie Goodwill b. June 1, 1845, m. Dec. 3, 1867, Sam
uel Hawrer of Cherry Valley, a merchant in Omaha, Nebraska.
[8th Gen.J
472-3. V. Jamin Russell Backus b. in Hebron, Sept. 28, 1814, a
farmer in Kossuth, DesMoines Co., Iowa. He m. Sept. 15, 1840, Rachel
Tillotson of Cazenovia, N. Y. She d. in 1844, and he m. for 2d wife,
March 4, 1845, Eliza Clark of Ballston Spa. Children :
By first wife :
509. i. Nathaniel Backus b. Aug. 1842.
510. ii. Hannah Bissell Backus.
By second wife :
511. iii. (Daughter) Backus, a teacher in Kossuth, Iowa.
[8th Gen.J
474-5. vi. Jabez Lewis Backus (son of Jabez Backus and Octa
Strong), b. July 23, 1816, m. June 12, 1842, Martha Bells (dau. of a Mr.
Eells of Alexander, N. Y.), a farmer in Kossuth, Iowa. Children :
512. i. Levi Lewis Backus b. April 17, 1843.
513. ii. George Jerome Backus b. Aug. 18, 1851.
514. iii. John Horace Backus b. July 16, 1855.
[7th Gen.J
458-9. ii. Russell Strong b. Aug. 29, 1785 (son of Levi Strong and
Lucy Warner), m. June 25, 1811, Susannah Webster, b. Oct. 10, 1787
(dau. of Thomas Webster of Hebron, and Susannah Skinner) ; a farmer
at Bolton, and after 1814 at Berlin, Vt., where he d. Feb. 25, 1864, aged
78 ; she is still living (1870) aged 82, at Berlin, Vt.

Son of Elder John Strong of Northampton. 45
[8th Gen.J Children :
515-16. i. Electa Matilda Strong b. in Bolton, Jan. 18, 1812, m.
Daniel Chandler, Jr.
517-18. ii. Octa Lucina Strong b. March 12, 1818, m. Theodore
Strong her cousin.
519-20. iii. Russell Warner Strong b. June 7, 1823.
521. iv. Lucy Ann Strong b. July 11, 1826, resides unmarried at
Northfield, Vt. (since 1856).
522- 3. v. George Martin Strongb AprU 8, 1830, m. Nov. 24, 1853,
Rebecca Campbell of Newport, Nova Scotia. A harness
maker at East Boston, Mass. No issue.
515-16. i. Electa Matilda Strong b. Jan. 18, 1812, m. March 17,
1835, Daniel Chandler, Jr.,b. in Berlin, Vt., Feb. 2, 1812 (son of Daniel
Chandler and Hannah Sloan), a farmer in Berlin on a large scale.
[9th Gen. J Children:
524- 5. i. Josephine Electa Chandler b. April 10, 1840, m. Rev.
Stephen F. Drew.
526. n. Willie Daniel Chandler b. March 21, 1854.
524-5. i. Josephine Electa Chandler b. April 10, 1840, m. Oct.
30, 1866, Rev. Stephen Folsom Drew b. Oct. 12, 1821 (son of William
C. Drew of Tunbridge, Vt., and Sarah Folsom), grad. at Dartmouth in
1848 and at Lane Theol. Sem. in 1855 ; preached at Laurel, Ind., from
Nov. 1856, to April, 1859. Pastor of the Congregational Church at
Cabot, Vt., since Jan. 1, 1860. Children :
527. i. Mary Ann Josephine Drew b. Oct, 12, 1867.
528. ii. Edward Payson Drew b. Nov 1, 1868.
[8th Gen.J
517-18. ii. 0cTALDCiNASTR0NGb.Marchl2, 1818, m. Feb. 26, 1861,
Theodore Strong b. April 30, 1797 (son of Nathan Strong, Jr., and Ame
lia White), a farmer at Berlin, Vt. For account of his family see under
Nathan Strong Jr..
519-20. in. Russell Warner Strong b. June 7, 1823, m. March 18,
1856, Caroline Jameson of Irasburgh, Vt., b. Oct. 18, 1829 (dau. of Alex
ander Jameson and Sarah Locke). She d. Nov. 24, 1862, aged 33. He
m. for 2d wife Nov. 3, 1863, widow Mary Frances Marshall of Hudson,
N. H., b. April 16, 1822 (dau. of Joseph Greeley and Sarah Blodgett : — and
widow of Davi'd Marshall of Hudson), a farmer at Berlin, Vt. Children :
By first wife:
529. i. Horace Warner Strong b. Feb. 27, 1857.
By second wife :
530. n. Caroline (" Carrie") Belle Strong b. Oct. 1, 1865.

46 The Descendants of John Strong of Windsor, Ct,
[7th Gen.J
460-1. iii. Levi Strong, Jr. (son of Levi Strong and Lucy Warner)
b. Dec. 12, 1787, m. Nov. 10, 1818, Laura Newcomb of Columbia, Ct., b.
in 1796 (dau. of Joseph Newcomb), a farmer at Bolton, Ct. He d. Oct.
6, 1859, aged 72; she d. at Ellington, Ct., Sept. 15, 1870, aged 74.
[8th Gen.J Children :
531- 2. i. Octa Strong b. Dec. 17, 1819, m. Dr. Calvin Pease, and
for 2d husband Erastus Olmstead.
533- 4. n. Jamin Strong b. July 9, 1822.
535. iii. Russell L. Strong b. Aug. 1824, d. April, 1827, aged 2.
536- 7. iv. . Hon. Julius Levi Strong b. Nov. 8, 1828, M.C.
538. V. Julia H. Strong b. March 6, 1833, d. 1844, aged 11.
539-41. vi. Elizabeth Newcomb Strong b. March 24, 1840, m. Oct.
8, 1857, Julius Randolph Strong, b. May 1, 1802 (son
of Judah Strong and Jerusha Warner). He d. Nov. 5,
1867, aged 64. She m. Feb. 25, 1869, for 2d husband,
Samuel Cady Carpenter b. Feb. 7, 1822, a maU agent in
Ellington, Ct. Children :

542. 1. Ella Jerusha Strong b. Dec. 11, 1860.
By second marriage :
543. 2. Harriet Carpenter b. Nov. 28, 1870.
544. vn. Emily H. Strong b. in 1844, d. aged 6 months.
515-16. i. Octa Strong b. Dec. 17, 1819, m. Dec. 23, 1847, Dr. Cal
vin Pease of Ellington, Ct. He was in the Union army as a surgeon in
the late war. No efforts to gain more information here were successful.
He d. in New Orleans, in 186 L She m. July 21, 1868, Brastus Olmstead
of Enfield, Ct. She had by her first husband two chUdren that d. early.
517-18. ii. Jamin Strong (son of Levi Strong, Jr., of Bolton, and
Laura Newcomb) b. July 9, 1822, a farmer at Bolton, Ct. He m. Sept.
1848, Lucy A. Gillett of Hebron, Ct. She was divorced from him in
Dec, 1856. He m. Nov. 2, 1859, for 2d wife, Violetta M. House of
Glastenbury, Ct. (dau. of Giles and Mehitable House). His first wife
resides with her two children at Colchester, Ct. Children :
By fi/rst wife :
545. i. Julia G. Strong b. 1848, a teacher in the Bacon Academy
at Colchester, Ct.
546. ii. Charles Strong b. 1850.
By second wife :
547. iii. Lillian H. Strong b. Oct. 6, 1862,
548. iv. Francis Henry Strong b. Aug. 11, 1865.
[8th Gen.J
536-37. iv. Hon. Julius Levi Strong (son of Levi Strong, Jr., and
Laura Newcomb), b. Nov. 8, 1828, admitted to the bar in 1852, and has

Son of Elder John Strong of Northampton. 47
since practised law in Hartford, Ct. ; a member of congress (1869-71), and
just (April 1871) re-elected for a 2d term. He m. Oct. 13, 1857, Martha
AdeUne Converse (dau. of E. A. Converse, of Stafford, Ct.). Children :
549. i. Carrie A. Strong b. in 1859.
[7th Gen.J
462-3. iv. Jamin Strong (son of Levi Strong and Lucy Warner) b.
Sept. 7,- 1791, m. in Parma, N. Y., March 26, 1817, Belsora TiUotson b.
in Marlboro, Ct , Dec. 26, 1787 (dau. of Elijah Tillotson and Patience
Freeland), a blacksmith in the U. S. armory at Springfield, Mass, (1812-
13), at Parma, Monroe Co., N. Y. (1814-37), and since 1837, at Sheffield,
Loraine Co., 0,, where he still (1870), resides full of vigor for his age.
She d. at Elyria, 0., Sept, 12. 1860. [Elijah Tillotson resided in Marl
boro, Ct., untU 1800 — at South WUbraham, Mass., until 1815 — and
after that at Worcester, Otsego Co., N. Y., where he d. aged 86, and she
d. aged 82, each about the year 1840.]
[8th Gen.J Children :
550- 2. i. Octa Backus Strong b. in Parma, N. Y., April 26, 1817, a
teacher for 5 years (1836-41) : she m. March 15, 1841,
Wm- Harrison Adams of Sheffield, 0., a joiner and builder,
b. in Stafford, N. Y., in 1815. She was his 2d wife.
She d. at Sheffield, March 2, 1850. His first wife was
Mary Ann Osgood who d. Aug. 1839, aged 22. They
had 3 children :
553. 1. Myron Harrison Adams 555. 3. Arthur Strong Adams b.
b. Aue- 20, 1842, d. Feb. 10, 1850, a stu-
Dec. 20, 1842. dent at Delaware, 0.,
554. 2. Ellen Adams b. April, in Weston College.
1847, d. Aug. 1849.
556- 7. ii. Harvey Strongb. Nov. 22, 1820, anagentfora Stage Co.
in Rochester, N. Y. He m. in 1841, Cordelia Dutcher,
of Seneca Falls, N. Y. They had one daughter :
558. 1. Frances Strong b. Jan. 1, 1844. Hed- in Rochester, April
14, 1847; she m. for 2d husband a Mr, Jones of Ro
chester.
559-61. in. Prof. Jamin Strong, M.D., b. Nov. 27, 1825 ; graduated
in his medical studies at Cleveland, 0-, in Feb. 1849 : a
physician at Elyria, 0. (March 9, 1849 -Aug. 1870):
postmaster at Elyria for 8 years (March, 1861 -April 1,
1869): Prof, of materia medica and therapeutics in Charity
Hospital Medical College, Cleveland, 0., from June, 1866,
to April, 1869, when he resigned his position : a member
of the Ohio Legislature (1869-71). He resigned his
membership of it after one year in order to accept his
present position as " Special Mail agent at large for the
P. 0. Department of the U. S.," and removed to Oberlin,
O., Sept. 22, 1870. where he now resides. He m. March
21, 1853, Mary H. Woodruff of Buffalo, N. Y., b. in

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48- Ihe Descendants of John Strong of Windsor, Ct.,
Clinton, N. Y., Oct. 16, 1832 (dau. of Fenn C. Wood
ruff and Amy Scranton). She d. Nov. 7, 1854, at Ely
ria, 0., of consumption. He m. Feb. 8, 1858, for 2d wife,
Nettie Louisa Lincoln of Oberlin. 0., b. in Peru, Vt.,
March 16, 1836 (dau. of Stillman W. Lincoln and Ann
Whitney afterwards of Pittsfield, 0., and Oberlin, 0.).
[9th Gen.J Children : By first wife :
562. i. Mary Woodruff Strong b. Aug. 1854, d. Feb. 1855.
By second wife :
Frank Jamin Strong b. June 4, 1859, d. Aug. 24, 1859.
William Harvey Strong b. May 23, 1860.
Mary Lincoln Strong b. Aug. 7, 1862.'
Edwin Henry Strong b. Jan. 4, 1865, d. July 11, 1867.
Henry Marcus Strong b. July 6, 1867.
Charles Frederic Strongb. Deo. 11,1869, d. July 22, 1870.
[6th Gen.J
454-5. iii. Nathan Strong (son of Nathan Strong of Bolton, and
Anne Olcott), b. Jan. 16, 1774, m. March 23, 1796, Amelia (" MUly")'
White, b. April 14, 1776 (dau. of Thomas White of Bolton, and Ruth
Talcott of Glastenbury, Ct.) A farmer at Berlin, Vt. (1812-48), where
he d. AprU, 1848, aged 74; she d. Oct. 1847, aged 71.
[7th Gen.J Children :
569-70. i. Theodore Strong b. AprU 30, 1797.
571- 2. ii. Amelia ("MUly") Strong b. Feb. 4, 1800, m. Archelaus
Brown.
573- 4. in. Julia White Strongb. Oct. 23, 1806, m. Truman C. Foster.
575. iv. Nathan Halsey Strong b. Nov. 17, 1809, d. June 23, 1831,
aged 21.
576. V. LoviNA Talcott Strong b. Sept, 28, 1811, a deaf mute, edu
cated at the Asylum at Hartford, Ct., d. unmarried May
5, 1838, aged 26.
577. vi. Maria Ruth Strong b. Sept. 1815,d. unmarried April, 1836.
569-70. i. Theodore Strong b. April 30, 1797, m. Dec. 5, 1822,
Ezoa Poor. She d. Sept. 7, 1860, and he m. for 2d wife, Feb. 26, 1861,
Octa Lucina Strong, b. March 12, 1818 (dau. of Russell Strong and Su
sannah Webster). A farmer at Berlin, Vt., where he d. April 11, 1868,
aged 71. Children : By fi/rst wife :
Stephen Strong.
Halsey Strong.
Maria Strong.
Adeline Ezoa Strong b. Dec. 1825, m. Jan. 23, 1844, Anson
Stebbins (son of Frederic Stebbins of Berlin, and Hannah
his wife). She d. Nov. 19, 1846, leaving one child :
583. 1. Edwin Strong Stebbins b. May 19, 1845.

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Son of Elder John Strong of Northampton. 49
684- 5. V. Emily Strong b. Aug. 27, 1828, m. Jan. 12, 1848, as his
2d wife, Anson Stelabins above named, and d. June 19,
1849, aged 20. She had a son :
586. 1. George Strong Stebbins b. June, 1849, who d. Feb. 10,
1863, aged 13.
587- 8. vi. Julia White Strong b. 1834, m. Jan. 13, 1856, Stephen
Black (son of Lorenzo Black of Berlin, Vt.). She d.
at Montpelier, Vt., July 8, 1861, aged 27.
[7th Gen.J
571-2. ii. Amelia (" Millt ") Strong b. Feb. 4, 1800, m. Feb. 4,
1823, Archelaus Stevens Brown, a farmer at Berlin, Vt., and afterwards
in Wis., b. July 1, 1796 (sonof Eliada Brown of Berlin, and Phebe Ste
vens). She d. May, 1864.
[8th Gen.J Children :
589. i. Cornelius Herman Brown b. Dec. 4, 1824, m. AprU, 1857,
Sarah Chadwick. Resides in Michigan. They have had
two children :
590. 1. Frank Chadwick Brown 591. 2. Minnie Brown b. Aug.
b. Feb. 17, 1857. 1862.
592. n. Francis Brown b. July 10, 1826, d. Sept. 1826.
593. iii. Archelaus Halsey Brown b. Jan. 11, 1833, d. June 8,
1854.
594- 5. iv Alba Stevens Brown b. Nov. 3, 1834, a deaf mute, edu
cated at the Asylum at Hartford, Ct., m. March 20, 1867,
Ada L. Town, a deaf mute (dau. of Dr. Geo. M. Town,
of Montpelier, Vt., and Recta L. Ormsbee), resides in
Michigan.
596. V. Amelia Maria Brown b. May 17, 1837, d. Nov. 4, 1844,
a mute.
597- 8. vi. Eliada White Brown b. Jan. 8, 1840, m. May 29, 1862,
Laura Ripley Stevens (dau. of Pardon Stevens, of Mont
pelier, and Sophronia Ripley). They have a daughter :
599. 1. Amelia Maude Brown b. July 4, 1869.
[7th Gen.J
573-4. in. Julia White Strong b. Oct. 23, 1806, m. Sept. 25, 1831,
Truman C. Foster of Berlin, Vt., a farmer.
[8th Gen.J Children :
LoviNA Pamelia Foster b. Aug. 30, 1832, d. Feb. 27, 1869.
Albert Foster b. July 7, 1835, d. Nov. 23, 1867.
HosEA Ballon Foster b. March 19, 1838, d. Oct. 19, 1859.
Sabrina Foster b. April lO, 1840, d. Sept. 7, 1840
Natuan Foster b. Aug. 17, 1842, a farmer in BerHn, Vt.
Truman Ransom Foster b. Aug. 26, 1847, a farmer in Ber
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50 The Descendants of John Strong of Windsor, Ct,
[5th Gen.J
438-9. V. Judah Strong (son of Dea. David Strong and Thankful
Loomis), b. Nov. 28, 1738, m. 176- Martha Alvord, b. June 28, 1747
(dau. of Saul Alvord of Bolton, and Martha Churchill). He was a farmer
at Bolton. She m. for 2d husband Rev. George Colton of Bolton.
[6th Gen.J Children :
606- 7. i. Martha Strong b. Oct. 4, 1767, m. Elijah Hammond, d.
Nov. 26, 1835.
608. U. Tirzah Strong b. Aug. 26, 1769, d. Aug. 26, 1775.
609-10. in. Judah Strong, Jr., b. July 25, 1771.
611-12. iv. Rachel Strong b. Oct. 16, 1774, m. Rev. Mr. Steele of
Machias, Me.
613-14. V. Joseph ChurchiU Strong, M.D., b. Oct. 3, 1775
615-16. vi. Tirzah Strong (2d) b. April 22, 1780, m. Rev. Dr. Thomas
Snell of Brookfield, Mass.
617-18. vn. David Strong b. Oct. 1, 1782, m. Elizabeth Kilbourn b.
in Hartford, Ct., Feb. 23, 1779 (dau. of Thomas Kil
bourn and Elizabeth Wells).
[To Dr. Charles F. Sumner of Bolton, Ct., the author is indebted for
the procurement of many valued dates concerning various descendants of
Dea. David Strong of Bolton. His generous disposition to furnish all
possible information at any and all times has been all the more appreciated
by the author as he has no relationship by blood or marriage to the family.
" Of all the many descendants of Dea. David Strong, but few remain now,"
he says, " in Bolton. Most, in fact, of the ancient families have passed away
and their memory lives only in our dingy records."]
[6th Gen.J
606-7. i. Martha Strong (dau. of Judah Strong and Martha Al
vord), b. Oct. 4, 1767, m. Oct. 4, 1787, Elijah Hammond, b. Dec 8,
1764 (son of Nathaniel Hammond of Bolton, Ct., and Dorothy Tucker),
a farmer at Vernon, Ct. He d. Oct. 4, 1836, aged 71. She d. Nov. 26,
1835, aged 68.
[Nathaniel Hammond bp. Sept. 16, 1733, was the son of Elijah Ham
mond, b. Oct. 7, 1711, and Mary Kingsbury (dau. of Nathaniel Kings
bury), whom he m. Oct. 13, 1732. Elijah Hammond was the son of Isaac
Hammond, b. Oct. 20, 1668, and Ann Hendrick, dau. of Elijah Hendrick;
Isaac Hammond was the son of Thomas Hammond, Jr., and Elizabeth
Stedman; and Thomas Hammond, Jr., was the son of Thomas Hammond
the settler in Hingham in 1636, who took the freeman's oath in that place,
March 9, 1637. His wife was Elizabeth Cason of Lavenham, Bug.]
[7th Gen.J Children:
Elijah Hammond b. Jan. 23, 1789.
Josiah Strong Hammond b. March 16, 1793.
Martha Hammond b. Sept. 2, 1795, d. Feb. 9, 1845, un
married.
Dea. Julius Strong Hammond b. June 15, 1799.
Allen Hammond b. July 28, 1801, d. Dec. 29, 1864.

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Son of Elder John Strong of Northampton. 51
628. vi. Mart Kingsbury Hammond b. AprU 5, 1807, d. unmar
ried, Sept. 10, 1851, aged 44.
629-30. vn. Joseph Churchill Hammond b. July 26, 1809.
[7th Gen.J
619-20. i. Elijah Hammond, Jr., b. Jan. 23, 1789, m. Sept. 18,
1816, Esther Griswold, of Manchester, Ct., b. Oct. 21, 1792 (dau. of Dr.
John Griswold). She d. Feb. 7, 1865, a most devoted Christian. He
d. Aug. 7, 1869, aged 80, at Vernon, Ct., where he had spent his life as
a farmer. " He longed to be with Jesus."
[8th Gen.] Children:
George Griswold Hammond b. June 28, 1819.
Martha Strong Hammond b. March 18, 1821, resides un
married, at Vernon, Ct.
Cornelius Elijah Hammond, M.D., b. May 9, 1824.
Esther Eliza Hammond b. Sept. 7, 1826, m. Dr. Rufus
W. Griswold.
Mary Kingsbury Hammond b. July 4, 1828, m. Egbert
Abell,
Rev. Edward Payson Hammond b. Sept. 1, 1831.
Mervin Root Hammond b. Aug. 15, 1833, d. Jan. 31,1837.
631- 2. i. George Griswold Hammond b. June 28, 1819, m. May
5, 1851, EUza Jane Hillard b. April 27, 1832 (dau. of John HiUard and
Eliza Williams) ; a wool merchant at RockviUe, Ct.
[9th Gen.J Children :
Annie Kellogg Hammond b. May 14, 1853.
Mary Lizzie Hammond b. April 26, 1855.
Abby Louise Hammond b. June 16, 1857, d. June 20, 1859.
RosiE Gertrude Hammond b. Sept. 27, 1859.
Geo. ffillard Hammond b. Sept. 19, 1861.
Edward Payson Hammond b. March 24, 1864, d. Jan.
9, 1866.
[8th Gen.J
634-5. in. Cornelius Elijah Hammond, M.D., b. May 9, 1824, m.
May 13, 1851, Mary Lewis of Southlngton, Ct., b. Aug. 10, 1830, grad.
at the Medical College of New York University in 1848 ; has practised
medicine in Glastenbury, Ct., since 1851.
[9th Gen.J Children :
649. i. Lewis Cornelius Hammond b. June 28, 1853, d. May 4, 1856.
650. n. George Henry Hammond b. Dec. 21, 1855.
651. in. Mary Lizzie Hammond b. Aug. 30, 1863.
[8th Gen.J
636- 7. iv. Esther Eliza Hammond (dau. of Elijah Hammond and
Esther Griswold), b. Sept. 7, 1826, m. Dec. 5, 1851, Rufus White Gris-

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52 The Descendants of John Strong of Windsor, Ct,
wold, M.D., b. in E. Hartford, Ct. (son of Julius Griswold and Ann Arnold),
a physician at Rocky Hill, Ct. (since 1855).
[9th Gen.J Children :
652 i Edward Payson Hammond Griswold (twin), b. July 22,
1855.
653. n. Julius Egbert Griswold (twin), b. July 22, 1855.
654. iii. Roger Merwin Griswold b. Sept. 23, 1857.
[8th Gen.J
638-9. V. Mary Kingsbury Hammond (dau. of Elijah Hammond
and Esther Griswold), b. July 4,1828, m. Feb. 15, 1854, Egbert AbeU b.
Sept. 20, 1829 (son of John Abell and Sophia Lamb, both born in Leba^
non, Ct.) : a wool merchant at Rochester, N. Y. He d. March 14, 1868.
His widow resides at RockviUe, Ct.
[9th Gen.J Children :
655. i. .Arthur Hammond Abell b. July 24, 1860.
656. n. Charles Osgood AbeU b. Feb. 28, 1863.
[8th Gen.J
640-1. vi. Rev. Edward Payson Hammond^ b. Sept. 1, 1831, grad.
at Williams College, in 1858; studied theology one year at the Union
Theol. Sem. in N. Y., and completed his studies at the Free Church Theol.
Sem., in Edinburgh, Scotland. It was his fixed purpose to become in the
end a missionary to Bulgaria, Turkey. But whUe pursuing his studies
at Edinburgh he, supplied the pulpit of the Congregational Church, in
Musselburgh, and was so much blessed in his labors that he received nu
merous invitations to labor as an evangelist at the close of his course of
study, and labored in such a way in Scotland for about a year. In the
summer of 1861, he returned to this country on board the Great Eastern
with two thousand and more British soldiers on their way to Quebec, and
preached to them daily on the way. From that time until July 28, 1866,
he labored almost incessantly — preaching once and twice a day continu
ously as an evangelist in different parts of the country. In " the Harvest
Worh of the Holy Spirit," by Rev. P. C. Headley, an extended account
is given of his labors. In July, 1866, he went with his wife to Palestine —
preaching, while on his way thither, on the continent through an inter
preter many times, as also afterwards in the Holy Land. On his return
homewards he preached for a year and a half in London, Glasgow, Dublin
and many other places, during which time he wrote and published nume
rous books which had a large circulation. His attention has been much
directed to efforts for the conversion of children, and thousands it is believed
' He regards his faniily name as derived from ham — home — and mons — moun
tain, and so, meaning a mountain-home.

Son of Elder John Strong of Northampton. 53
have been led by him on both sides of the Atlantic to consecrate themselves
in theiryouth to their Master in Heaven. He was ordained aminister of the
gospel Jan. 1863, by the Third Presbytery of New York. He m. May 24,
1866, Eliza Overton b. Feb. 28, 1838 (dau. of Edward Overton, Esq., law
yer, of Towanda, Pa., and Eliza Clymer granddaughter of George Clymer —
one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence). He spends his
summers at Vernon, Ct. To him the author is indebted for most of the
account here furnished of the Strong-Hammond Family. He is the au
thor of " Sketches of Palestine," " Jesus, The Way," "Little Ones in ihe
Fold," "New Praises of Jesus," " Children and Jesus," "Jesus' Lambs,"
" Hymns of Saloation," " Jesus, the Lamb of God," &c.
[7th Gen.J
621-2. ii. Josiah Strong Hammond (son of Elijah Hammond and
^;;, ^Martha Strong), b. MsrxsirBQ-, 1824, m. Evaline B. Nichols. A farmer
'^^at Vernon, Ct, ; she d. Oct. 7, 1867.
[8th Gen.J Children:
657. i. Rosette Hammond b. Nov. 11, 1828, lives unmarried at
Vernon.
658. ii. Maro Hammond b. Dec. 1, 1836, a farmer at Vernon.
[7th Gen.J
621-5. iv. Uea. Julius Strong Hammond (son of Elijah Hammond
and Martha Strong) b. June 15, 1799, m. May 6, 1827, BUzabeth Per
kins Hubbard of Colchester, Ct. She d. and he m. April 15, 1838, for
2d wife, Emily Webster, b. Oct. 14, 1812 (dau. of Oliver Webster, of
Bolton, and Rachel Babcock). A farmer in Ellington, Ct., and deacon
in Congregational Church.
[,8th Gen.J Children :
By second wife :
659. i. Julius Webster Hammond b. May 31, 1844.
660. ii. Martha Emily Hammond b. Dec. 2, 1849.
[7th Gen.J
626-7. V. Allen Hammond (son of Elijah Hammond and Martha
Strong) b. July 28, 1801, m. Oct. 29, 1826, Orra Park, b. May 10, 1806
(dau. of Josiah Park and Sarah Safford of Canterbury, Ct.). A manu
facturer, and president of the bank at RockviUe, Ct. : a godly man. He
d-. Dec. 29, 1864. His widow stUl resides at RockviUe.
[8th Gen.J Children :
661- 2. i. Sarah Hammond b. at Vernon, Ct., Sept. 19, 1829, m.
Dr. Hezekiah Dewing.
663- 4. ii. Allen Park Hammond b. at Vernon, June 24, 1835.
665. iii. Harriet Hammond b. at RockviUe, .April 13, 1839.

54 The Descendants of John Strong of Windsor, Ct,
661-2. i. Sarah Hammond b. Sept. 19, 1829, m. Nov. 14, 1849;
Hezekiah Dewing, M.D. (son of Abijah Dewing and Maria Childs of Can
terbury, Ct.), a physician at RockvUle. He was grad. at the Pittsfield
Medical CoUege. He d. at RockvUle, May 22, 1854. She m. May 22,
1867, for 2d husband, Anthony M. Gibson, b. Dec. 9, 1825, at Albany,
N. Y. .(son df John Gibson and Isabella McBIurdy).
[8th Gen.J
663-4. ii. Allen Park Hammond (son of Allen Hammond and Orra
Park) b. June 24, 1835, m. Dec. 7, 1859, Lois Cone Bissell, b. in North
Coventry, Ct., Sept. 17, 1837 (dau. of George Cone and Elizabeth White
Bissell, afterwards of RockvUle): a manufacturer at RockvUle, Ct., of
fine woolen cloths.
[9th Gen.J Children :
666. i. Allen Hammond b. Nov. 9, 1860.
667. ii. George Bissell Hammond b. April 4, 1862. ¦
668. iii. John Park Hammond b. June 16, 1866, d. June 30, 1867.
[7th Gen.J
629-30. vii. Joseph Churchill Hammond (son of Elijah Hammond
and Martha Strong), b. July 26, 1809, m. Sept. 28, 1831, Abby Joanna
Hubbard, b. Feb. 20, 1810, at Colchester, Ct. : a manufacturer of rub
bers, boots and shoes at Colchester, Ct.
[8th Gen.J Children:
669, i. Daniel Hubbard Hammond b. Nov. 21, 1832, bookkeeper
at Colchester.
David Green Hammond b. in 1833, d. in 1836.
Infant b. and d. in 1834.
Joseph Churchill Hammond b. Dec. 15, 1836, m. Dec.
21, 1859, Catharine Isham Burr of Colchester (dau. of
Henry Burr of Colchester, and Lucretia Isham) : a
manufacturer of woolen cloths at RockvUle, Ct.
[9th Gen.J Children :
674. i. William Churchill Hammond b. Nov. 16, 1860.
675. ii. Charles Henrt Hammond b. Sept. 21, 1863.
[6th Gen.J
609-10. iii- Judah Strong, Jr. (son of Judah Strong and Martha
Alvord), b. July 25, 1771, m. Nov. 29, 1792, Jerusha Warner, b. Feb.
18, 1772 (dau. of Dr. Ichabod Warner of Bolton, and Mary LaseU). A
farmer in Bolton. He d. AprU 29, 1829; she d. Nov. 23, 1843.
[7th Gen.J Children :
676- 8. i. Judah Strong b. Sept. 8, 1793.
679-80. ii. Dr. Salmon Strong b. March 21, 1795.

670.

ii.

671.

iii.

672-

3.

iv.

Son of Elder John Strong of Northampton. 55
.681- 2. in. Jerusha Strong b. Jan. 27, 1797, m. Oct. 6, 1825, Dea.
Eleazer Andrus, a farmer at Bolton, where hestUl (1871)
resides: no issue.
683-4. iv. Horace Strong b. Jan. 29, 1799, d. June 18, 1840.
685- 6. V. Rachel Strong b. June 30, 1800, m. Chester Holbrook of
Lebanon, Ct., April, 1831.
687- 8. vi. Julius Randolph Strong b. May 1, 180,2.
689. vii. Martha Strong b. Feb. 27, 1804.
690. viii. George Washington Strong b. Jan, 18, 1806, grad. at
Yale in 182lf d. Sept. 7, 1829.
691- 2. ix. Tirzah Strong b. Aug. 10, 1809, m. Uriah Palmer of Ver
non, Ct.
693. X. William Gardner Strong b. Sept. 7, 1811, d. Sept. 27,
1817.
694. xi. Walter Strong b. March 20, 1816, d. March 22, 1816.
676-8. i. Judah Strong, Jr., b. Sept. 8, 1793, m. Sept. 8, 1818, Sarah
("Sally") Loomis, b. in 1799 (dau. of Jerijah Loomis of Bolton, and
Abigail Risley). She d. Oct. 4, 1825, and he m. Sept. 7, 1826, for 2d
wife, Sophronia Loomis, b. in 1805 (dau. of Jerijah Loomis and AbigaU
Risley). A farmer at Bolton. He d. Nov. 14, 1860.
[8th Gen.J Children : By first wife :
William Gardiner Strong.
Walter L. Strong resides in San Francisco.
By second wife :
George Washington Strong, M.D., a physician in San
Francisco, Cal.
Juliette Strong m. a Mr. Cooley.
Henry Strong.
Robert N. Strong a farmer at Bolton. He m. Hester A.
Coventry (dau. of Nelson Coventry of Brooklyn, N. Y.,
and  Morris). She d. and he m. for 2d wife May
14, 1870, Donizetta Johnson (dau. of Henry Johnson of
Oakland, Cal,).
704. vii. Sarah Strong resides unmarried in Bolton.
705. viii. Cornelia Strong resides unmarried in Bolton.
[No further facts, though repeatedly sought, could be obtained of this
famUy.] [7th Gen.J
679-80. U. Salmon Strong, M.D. (son of Judah Strong, Jr., and Je
rusha Warner), b. March 21, 1 795, a physician at Clinton, North Carolina,
where he d. Oct. 14, 1848. He m. Eliza Jane Samson of that place, and
she d. AprU, 1848. He had six sons and one daughter.
[7th Gen.J
683-4. iv. Horace Strong (son of Judah Strong and Jerusha War
ner), b. Jan. 29, 1799, m. May 26, 1825, Hopa Hale of Glastenbury, Ct.,

695.
696.

i.
ii.

697.

iii.

698- 9.
700.
701- 3.

iv,
V.
vi.

X

56 The Descendants of John Strong of Windsor, Ct,
b. July, 1798 (dau. of David Hale and Ruth  ). Shed. Sept. 2,
1834, and he m. Dec. 22, 1835, for 2d wife Emily Huntington b. in Leba
non, Ct., Feb. 8, 1796 (dau. of WUliam Huntington and Mary Gray), a
farmer in Bolton, Ct. He d. June 18, 1840, at Lebanon, Ot. She d. Oct.
1, 1862. [8th Gen.J Children :
706- 7. i. Martha Colton Strong b. AprU 20, 1826, m. Franklin
Goodrich HoUister of S. Glastenbury, Ct.
708- 9. U. Mart Warner Strong b. July 22, 1827, m. Dudley Web
ster of Gilead, Ct.
710-11. ni. Sarah Hale Strong b. Nov. 18, 1829, m. Lyman T. Hol-
lister of B. Glastenbury.
712-13. iv. Elizabeth Strong b. Dec. 20, 1832, m. Richard Sparrow
Clarke.
706-7. i. Martha Colton Strong b. April 20, 1826, m. Nov. 18,
1847, Franklin Goodrich HoUister b. Oct. 14, 1819 (son of Alexander
HoUister and Prudence Goodrich), a farmer in S. Glastenbury, Ct.
[9th Gen.J Children :
714. i. Laura HoUister b. Feb. 7, 1851.
715. ii. Anna Elisabeth HoUister b. Nov. 29, 1855.
[8th Gen.J
708-9. n. Mart Warner Strong b. July 22, 1827, m. March 21,
1854, Dudley Webster b. Dec. 23, 1317 (son of Ezekiel Webster of Gilead,
Ct, and Matilda his wife), a farmer in Gilead, Ct. To him is due this ac
count of the descendants of Horace Strong and Hopa Hale.
[9th Gen.J Children :
716. i. Martha Matilda Webster b. Jan. 25, 1855.
717. ii. Emily Jerusha Webster b. Aug. 9, 1856.
718. iii. Alice Evelyn Webster b. April 5, 1858.
719. iv. Hart Lincoln Webster b. Jan. 22, 1867.
[8th Gen.J
710-11. iii. Sarah Hale Strong b. Nov. 18, 1829, m. April 14,
1846, Lyman Thomas HoUister, b. Aug. 14, 1814 (son of Thomas HoUis
ter and Sypha, his wife), a farmer in Bast Glastenbury, Ct.
[9th Gen.J Children :
720. i. Frederic Horace HoUister b. July 7, 1847.
721. ii. Julius Strong HoUister b. Feb. 27, 1850.
722. iii. Emily Elizabeth HoUister b. June 24, 1851.
723. iv. Wilbur Fisk HoUister b. May 19, 1860.
[8th Gen.J
712-13. iv. Elizabeth Strong b. Dec. 20, 1832, m. in 185-, Richard
Sparrow Clarke, b- Dec. 25, 1823 (son of Amos Clarke and Betsey his

Son of Elder John Strong of Northampton. 57
wife), a bell-maker in Mt. Carmel, Ct. His residence is in East Hamp
ton, Ct.
[9th Gen.J Children:
724. i. George Allen Clarke b. March 29, 1864.
725. ii. Herman Daggett Clarke b. March 1, 1856.
726. iii. Nelly Pauline Clarke b. Sept. 7, 1859.
727. iv. Amelia Elizabeth Clarke b. Dec. 17, 1861.
728. V. Clarence Lincoln Clarke b. Aug. 18, 1864!
[7th Gen.]
685-6. V. Rachel Strong (dau. of Judah Strong, Jr., and Jerusha
Warner), b. June 30, 1800, m. April 14, 1831, Chester Holbrook of Le
banon, Ct., a farmer at Lebanon; he d. many years since ; she resides
(1871), at Easthampton, Ct. ; no children.
[7th Gen.J
687-8. vi. Julius Randolph Strong b. May 1, 1802 (son of Judah
Strong, Jr., and Jerusha Warner), m. Oct. 8,*1857, his cousin Elizabeth
Strong b. March 24, 1840 (dau. of Levi Strong aud Laura Newcomb), a
farmer at Bolton. He d. Nov. 5, 1867 : she m. for 2d husband, Samuel C.
Carpenter. Child :
729. i. Ella Jerusha Strong b. Dec. 11, 1860.
[7th Gen.j
691-2. ix. Tirzah Strong (dau. of Judah Strong, Jr., and Jerusha
Warner), b. Aug. 10, 1809, m. Dec. 2, 1832, Uriah Palmer of Vernon,
Ct., a farmer in South Windsor, Ct. She d. Aug. 25, 1864. ChUdren :
730. 1. Churchill Palmer. 731. 2. Tirzah Palmer.
[6th Gen.J
613-14. V. Joseph Churchill Strong, M.D. (son of Judah and Mar
tha Strong of Bolton, Ct., and grandson of Dea. David Strong of Bolton,
Ct.), b. at Bolton, Oct. 3, 17-75, m. Dec. 6, 1804, Catharine Neilson, b.
Nov. 23, 1785; she d. May 13, 1810, and he m. May 23, 1811, for 2d
wife Jane Kain, b. Jan. 20, 1788; she d. Oct. 3, 1846. He entered the
U. S. N., as Asst. Surgeon (then caUed " Surgeon's Mate") under John
Adams' administration, in which service he continued until the sale of the
navy by Jefferson in 1801. He was on board the frigate Trumbull on the
day that she was sold and used often to say pleasantly that he came near
being sold with her, as the auctioneer offered her with her contents to the
highest bidder. He settled at Knoxville, Tenn., in 1804, where he
8

58 The Descendants of John Strong of Windsor, Ct,
became eminent in his profession. In 1816 he became a member of the
Presbyterian Church of Knoxville, and afterwards an elder in it and was
a man of positive, and earnest, religious convictions. He d. Nov. 3, 1844,
aged 68.
[7th Gen.J Children : By first wife :
732. i. Robert Neilson Strong, M.D., b. Deo. 5, 1805, grad. at
Medical Coll. in PhUadelphia, began practice at Tuscum-
bia, Ala., and d. Oct. 27, 1829.
733- 4. n. Martha Alvord Strong b. March 18, 1807, m. Charles
Ready.
735- 6. iii. Joseph Churchill Strong, M.D., b. Dec. 25, 1808.
By second wife :
737- 8. iv. Catharine Strong b. Aiig. 30, 1812, m. Barckley M.
Wallace, and after his death Thomas W. Fleming.
739-40. V. Mary Strong b. Jan. 15, 1815, m. Gideon M. Hazen.
741. vi. Jane Strong b. March 3, 1818, d. Sept. 19, 1838.
742. vii. John Claiborne Strong b. March 30, 1821, d. May 18,
1841.
743- 4. vin. Benjamin Rush Strong, M.D., b. Aug. 29, 1824.
745. ix. William Kain Strongb. AprU 25, 1827, d. Jan. 28, 1835.
746- 7. X. Ann Elizabeth Strongb. AprU 1, 1830, m. J. A. Rayl, a
merchant at Knoxville, Tenn., Feb. 16, 1854.
733-4. ii. Martha Alvord Strong (dau. of Dr. Joseph Churchill
Strong and Catherine NeUson), b. March 18, 1807, m. May 1825, Hon.
Charles Ready b. at ReadyvUle, Tenn., Dec. 22, 1802 ; a lawyer at Mur-
freesboro, Tenn.; member of the legislature of Tennessee ; member of Con
gress (1853-5), and twice afterwards re-elected. His name is pronounced
as if spelled Reed-y. He was grad. at Greenville Coll.
[8th Gen.J Children :
748-9. i. Martha (" Mattie" ) Ready m. Gen. John H. Morgan, of
the Confederate Cavalry ; so notorious for his successful
raids against the Union army in the late war : who was
killed at Greenville, E. Tennessee.
750- 1. ii. Alice Ready m. Andrew B. Martin, a lawyer at Lebanon,
Tenn.
[7th Gen.J
735-6. in. Joseph Churchill Strong, M.D., (sonof Joseph C. Strong
and Catherine NeUson), b. Dec. 25, 1808, m. Sept. 25, 1832, Sophronia
Marrs; a practising physician at McMillan, Knox Co., Tenn.
737-8. iv. Catharine Strong (dau. of Joseph Churchill Strong,
M.D., and Jane Kain) b. Aug. 30, 1812, m. Dec 8, 1831, Barckley M.
Wallace : she m. Dec. 27, 1837, for 2d husband Thomas W. Fleming.

¦ Son of Elder John Strong of Northampton. 59
739-40. V. Mary Strong (dau. of Dr. Joseph C. Strong and Jane
Kain) b. Jan. 15, 1815, m. March 19, 1835, Gideon Morgan Hazen : re
sides at Knoxville, Tenn.
[8th Gen.J Children:
752. i. William Cogswell Hazen h. Jan. 6, 1836.
753. U. Joseph Strong Hazen b. Dec 16, 1837, d. Dec. 24, 1839.
754- 5. ni. Jeanie Strong Hazen b. Jan. 29, 1840, m. William M.
House.
756- 7. iv. Mart Morgan Hazen b. Oct. 17, 1842, m. Thomas W.
Cumming.
758. V. Gideon Morgan Hazen b. Sept. 6, 1844.
759. vi. Catharine ("Kate") Fleming Hazen b. Feb. 27, 1847.
760. vn. Asa Hazen b. March 18, 1849.
761. vin. Annie Strong Hazen b. Jan. 31, 1852.
762. ix. Rush Strong Hazen b. Aug. 13, 1854.
763. X. Thomas Fleming Hazen b. Feb. 18, 1857.

754-5. in. Jeanie Strong Hazen b. Jan. 29, 1840, m. Dec. 13, 1860,
WiUiam M. House, a merchant.
756-7. iv. Mart Morgan Hazen (dau. of Gideon Morgan Hazen and
Mary Strong) b. Oct. 17, 1842, m. June 12, 1866, Thomas W. Cumming,
a civil engineer at Augusta, Ga.
[7th Gen.J
743-4. vin. Benjamin Rush Strong, M.D. (sou of Dr. Joseph C.
Strong and Jane Kain), b. Aug. 29, 1824, m. Aug. 29, 1848, Frances
(" Fanny") E. Dauner b. in Winchester, Va. He was grad. at the Medi
cal Coll., Augusta, Ga., in 1845. He practised medicine a year or two,
and then engaged in the drug business and afterwards became an officer
in a bank. Since 1865 he has been engaged in commercial and manu
facturing pursuits, and is now connected with the Kennesaw Flouring
Mills at Marietta, Ga., where he resides. These were destroyed by Sher
man in his march to the sea, but have since been rebuilt and greatly en
larged, and are claimed to be the finest miUs in the south after those at
Richmond, Va. From him the author has obtained the facts here stated
concerning the descendants of Dr. Joseph Churchill Strong of Knoxville,
Tenn. He is a vestry-man in the Episcopal Church (St. James), at
Marietta. »
[8th Gen.] Children:
764. i. David Dauner Strong b. in 1851.
765. ii. Joseph Churchill Strong b. in 1854.
766. in. Catharine Fleming Strong b. in 1856.
767. iv. Mary Strong b. in 1859.

60 The Descendants of John Strong of Windsor, 'Ct,
768. V. Annie Strong b. in 1862. There were two other children
also, whose names were not given, in the order of Nos. 1
and 5 in the full series of births.
[6th Gen.J
615-6. vi. Tirzah Strong (dau. of Judah Strong and Martha Alford)
b. April 22, 1780, m. Sept. 11, 1800, Rev. Dr. Thomas SneU, b. Nov. 21,
1774 (son of Ebenezer Snell of Cummington, Mass., and Sarah Packard))
grad. at Dartmouth, in 1795; settled at North Brookfield, Mass., over the
Congregational Church, June 27, 1798, where he remained in his pastor
ate for nearly 64 years, until his death. May 4, 1862, aged 87 ; she d.
June 8, 1855, aged 75. [Sarah Snell, sister of Rev. Dr. Thomas Snell,
was the mother of WiUiam CuUen Bryant, the poet, his father being Dr.
Peter Bryant of Cummington, Mass.]
[7th Gen.J Children;
769-70. i. Prof. Ebenezer Strong Snell, LL.D., b. Oct. 7, 1801.
771. n. Samuel SneU b. Aug. 25, 1803, d. Sept. 11, 1803.
772- 3. in. Martha Alvord SneU b. March 5, 1806, m. Dr. Moses
Porter.
774- 5. iv. Thomas SneU b. Aug. 17, 1809.
776. V. Edward SneU b. March 1, 1813, d. April 16, 1813.
777. vi. Sarah Packard Snell b. Oct. 2, 1814, d. April 2, 1838,
unmarried.
778- 9. vn. Tirzah Strong Snell b. March 28, 1818, m. Elijah C.
Emerson.
780- 1. vin. Rev. William Ward Snell b. AprU 3, 1821.
782. ix. Abigail Snell b. May 30, 1823, d. April 17, 1863, un
married.
783- 4. X. Phebe Moore Snell b. Dee. 5, 1827, m. Lewis Thorpe.
769-70. i. Prof Ebenezer Strong Snell, LL.D., b. Oct. 7, 1801,
was grad. at Amherst Coll. in 1822, in its first graduating' class ; tutor at
Amherst (1825-7); librarian of the college (1827-52); Prof, of Mathe
matics and of Natural Philosophy (since 1827). He m. Sept. 8, 1828,
Sabra Cobb Clark b. Sept. 1, 1807 (dau. of Scotto Clark of Conway, Mass.,
and Rebecca Emerson, dau. of Rev. John Emerson, first minister of
Conway). [8th Gen.J Rebecca Emerson Snell b. July 23, 1829, d. Dec. 5, 1841.
Mary Louisa Snell b. Aug. 8, 1831.
Martha Porter Snell b. Oct. 20, 1835, d. Feb. 23, 1860.
Tirzah Strong Snell b. Nov. 10, 1839, m. July 24, 1867,
Rev. Eliot Chapin Hall, b. April 29, 1838 (son of Wil
liam Hall of Jamestown, N. Y., and Julia Jones); grad.
at Yale in 1862, and at Union Theo. Sem. in 1865 : "act
ing pastor" at Otto, N. Y., since Nov. 10, 1867.
790. V. Sabra Clark SneU b. Jan. 31, 1845.

785.

786.

ii.

787.

iii.
788-
9.
iv.
Son of Elder John Strong of Northampton. 61
[7th Gen.]
772-3. iii. Martha Alvord Snell (dau. of Rev. Dr. Thomas Snell
and Tirzah Strong) b. March 5, 1806, m. May 27, 1827. Moses Porter,
M.D., b. Oct. 13, 1799 (son of Col. Moses Porter a farmer in Hadley, Mass.
and Amy Colt dau. of Benjamin Colt of Hadley and Lucretia Ely) : a phy
sician and farmer in Waterford, Minn.
[8th Gen.] Children :
791. i. Martha Strong Porter b. April 17, 1828 : d. July 24,
1831.
792. ii. Sophia Hitchcock Porter b. Dec. 6, 1829, d. Jan. 7, 1854.
793- 4. iii. Sarah Strong Porter b. Oct. 6, 1831, m. Nov. 21, 1849,
John Simpson.
795. iv. Mary Williams Porter b. May 11, 1834, d. May 12, 1834.
796. V. Eleazer Porter b. Sept. 13, 1835, d. March 3, 1845.
793-4. in. Sarah Strong Porter (b. Oct. 6. 1831, m. Nov. 21, 1849,
John Simpson b. Aug. 4, 1825 (son of John Simpson, a Scotchman, and
Alice Palmer, a descendant of Roger Williams), a farmer in Waterford,
Minn. [9th Gen.] Children-:
John Eleazer Simpson b. Dec 29, 1850.
Sophia Isabella Simpson b. July 15, 1853.
Charles Arthur Simpson b. Sept. 19, 1855.'
Martha Alice Simpson b. Aug. 7, 1858.
George Carlton Simpson b. Sept. 13, 1860.
Everett Ellsworth Simpson b. April 28, 1863.
Abby Maria Simpson b. May 13, 1865.
Edwin Williams Simpson b. April 18, 1867.
[7th Gen.J
774-5. iv. Thomas Snell (son of Rev. Dr. Thomas Snell and Tirzah
Strong) b. Aug. 17, 1809, m. May 16, 1836 Lucretia Colt Porter b. May
15, 1810 (dau. of Col. Moses Porter of Hadley and Amy Colt). She d.
July 3, 1857. He m. Aug. 28, 1861, for 2d wife Mary Wilcox Fish, b.
June 1. 1824 (dau. of EUsha S. Fish of Gilsune, N. H., and Mary Wilcox.)
He is a farmer in North Brookfield, Mass.
[8th Gen.J Children : By fi/rst wife:
805- 6. i. Rev. Moses Porter Snell, b. May 3, 1839.
807. ii. Sarah Emily SneU b. March 11, 1841, d. June 5, 1847.
By second wife :
808. in. Thomas Elisha Snell b. July 22, 1863, d. Aug. 17, 1864.
809. iv. Luther Keene Snell b. March 6, 1866.
810. V. Thomas Edwin Snell b. Oct. 28, 1868.
805-6. i. Rev. Moses Porter Snell b. May 3, 1839, m. Aug. 31,
1862, Mary CorneUa Hallock b. Aug. 27, 1843 (dau. of Gerard Hallock

797.

798.

ii.

799.

iii.

800.

iv.

801.

V.

802.

vi

803.

.vn.

804.

viii.

62 The Descendants of John Strong of Windsor, Ct,
of New Haven, Ct., and Eliza Allen his cousin). He was grad. at Am
herst in 1861. He enUsted Aug. 6, 1862, as private in Co. E, 36 Regt.
Mass. Vol. Infantry (Col. Bowman); did duty in Md., Va., Ky., and Miss.;
made corporal Aug. 2, 1863, at Jackson, Miss. : in AprU, 1864 was com
missioned First Lieut., 39th Regt. U. S. C. L; detailed Sept. 1864, as
A. A. D. C, to Brevet Maj. Gen. S. W. Crawford 3d Divis. Army
Corps; was in battles at Hatcher's Run (1st and 2d), White Oak Road,
Five Forks and at Lee's surrender and for services in this campaign was
brevetted captain. In May, 1865, did duty as A. A. D. C, to Brevet
Brig. Gen. Duncan at Newborn, N. C, and was afterwards Asst. Supt.
Freedmen's Bureau at Beaufort, N. C. ; mustered out of service Dec.
1865. He was grad. at the Theo. Inst, at Hartford in 1868. He is Chap
lain now (1869) of the Y. M. C. A., of Hartford, Ct.
[9th Gen.J Children :
811. i. Merwin Porter Snell b. Aug. 2, 1863.
812. n. Gerard Halleck SneU b. Aug. 2, 1866, d. June 14,
1869.
813. in. Eliza Carroll SneU b. June 1, 1868.
[7th Gen.J
778-9- vn. Tirzah Strong Snell (dau. of Rev. Dr. Thftmas Snell
and Tirzah Strong) b. March 28, 1818, m. Sept. 10, 1839, as his 2d wife
Elijah Carlton Kmerson, b. Aug. 28, 1807 (son of Moses Emerson of Lan
caster, Mass., and Sarah Carlton); a merchant in Boston, residing in
Brookline, Mass. One child :
814. i. Tirzah Strong Emerson b. April 18, 1846.
[7th Gen.J
780-1. viii. Rev. William Ward Snell (son of Rev. Dr. Thomas
SneU and Tirzah Strong (b. AprU 3, 1821, m. Dec. 24, 1850, Jane Eliza
beth Fay, b. Sept. 13, 1829 (dau. of Curtis Fay of Hinsdale, N. H., and
Olive Knowlton). He was at first a daguerreotypist and went with his
art for 'the sake of travel into every state in the Union. He afterwards
engaged as a machinist in the Lawrence mills, at which time he married,
and became Superintendent of the Sabbath School. On the failure of his
health he went west and bought at a cheap price a farm in the wilder
ness (now Rushford, Minn.). As people came into the same region he
induced them to gather together on the Sabbath for religious instruction
and worship, and in the absence of any and all ministerial helpers assumed
by necessity and choice the position of their spiritual leader, which ended
in his taking ere long licensure and afterwards ordination as a clergyman.
Since 1856 he has been settled as a Congregational minister at Rushford,
Minn., a place of growing importance already (1869).

Son of Elder John Strong of Northampton. 63
[8th Gen.J
815. i. Thomas Curtis SneU b. Nov. 11, 1852, d. Feb. 17, 1867.
816. n. William Emerson Snell b. May 31, 1855.
817. ni. Caroline Palmer Snell b. Jan. 13, 1857, d. July 21,
1868.
818. iv. Abby Jane SneU b. Sept. 22, 1858.
819. V. Arthur Thorpe Snell b. Feb. 12, 1861.
820.' vi. Edward Strong Snell b. Sept. 16, 1862.
821. vii. CuLLEN Bryant Snell b. AprU 25, 1866.
[7th Gen.J
783-4. X. Phebe Moore Snell (dau. of Rev. Dr. Thomas SneU and
Tirzah Strong), b. Dec. 5, 1827, m. Sept. 7, 1854, Lewis Thorpe of Athol,
Mass., b. May 5, 1812 (son of Eliphalet Thorpe of Athol andRuth Fenno) :
a merchant in Athol. One child :
822. i. Abby Marion Thorpe b. Sept 27, 1855.
The author is indebted to Prof. E. Strong SneU of Amherst Coll., for
the foregoing account of his father's family.
[5th Gen.J
440-1. vi. Thankful Strong (dau. of Dea. David Strong and Thank
ful Loomis) b. Oct. 12, 1740, m. Stephen Cone of Manchester, Ct., b. in
1706- a farmer at E. Haddam, Ct., and after about 1746 at Bolton. He
d. June 23, 1771, aged 65.
[6th Gen.J Children:
Stephen Cone d. unmarried.
Russell Cone afarmer at Manchester, Ct. He had sons:
Mervin Cone, a carriage maker (1871), in Manchester who
has a son Ralph.
Chester Cone, a farmer in Manchester.
A daughter who m. Eleazer Strong Pitkin of Manchester.
A daughter who m. Eli Pitkin of Manchester.
[5th Gen.J
442-3. vii. Aaron Strong (son of Dea. David and Thankful Strong)
b. Sept. 21, 1743, m. in 176- Margaret Howard b. March 23, 1745 (dau.
of Benjamin Howard of Bolton and Phebe Dart), a farmer at Bolton, Ct.
He d. Nov. 16, 1826, aged 83. She d. in 1831, aged 86.
[6th Gen.J Children:
829. i. Lydia Strong b. Dec. 6, 1766.
830- 1. n. Aaron Strong b. Dec. 14, 1767.
832- 3. iii. Moses Strong b. Dec. 3, 1768.
834. iv. Margaret Strong ) twins b. Feb. 23, 1770,
835- 6. V. Amos Strong J d. Nov. 26, 1834, aged 84.
837. vi. A child b. dead Nov. 25, 1772.

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824.

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826.

2.

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iii.

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iv.

838.

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839.

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840.

ix.

841.

X.

842.

xi.

843.

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844.

xiii.

845- 6.

xiv.

847.

XV.

848.

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64 The Descendants of John Strong of Windsor, Ct.,
A child b. Sept. .12, 1773, lived 12 hours.
A child b. July 25, 1774, lived 5 hours.
A child b. Jan. 9, 1775, Uved 7 hours.
A child b. May 2, 1776 lived 15 hours.
Samuel Strong b. March 16, 1778 Uved 14 hours.
Samuel (2d), b. Jan. 23, 1779, lived 17 hours.
A child b. Feb. 22, 1780, Hved 20 hours.
Noah Strongb. Feb. 24, 1781, d. Aug. 15, 1870, aged 89.
A child b. in 1782^-3, lived 12 hours.
Ezekiel Strong b. May 9, 1784.
Elijah Strong b. July 9, 1786.
Eleazer Strong b. about 1788, d. unmarried. There is
said to have -been another child No. 19 ; but when he
was born the author has not been able to ascertain.
830-1 n. Capt. Aaron Strong, Jr., b. Dec 14, 1767, m. about 1789,
Mary Ann Bowers (dau. of John Bowers and Hepzibah Strong), a farmer
in Berlin, Vt., where hed. -x
[7th Gen.J Children :
852- 3. i. Anna Strongb. in 1790, m. Ansel Peck of Berlin, Vt., d.
Nov. 20, 1854, aged 64.
854- 5. ii. Margaret Strong b. at Bolton, Ct., April 13, 1792, m. Asa
Andrews of Berlin, Vt., d. March 20, 1856.
MiLLY Strong m. a Mr. Jackman.
Aaron Strong a farmer in Duxbury, Vt. He had a daugh
ter Sarah who m. a Mr. Howe of Moretown, Vt.
Moses Strong b. July 19, 1801, d. July 11, 1867.
Lydia Strong m. a Mr. HUl.
Sophia Strong m. a Mr. Baxter.
Electa Strong.
854-5. ii. Margaret Strong b. AprU 13, 1792, m. Jan. 1. 1812, Asa
Andrews b. in Manchester, Vt., May 28, 1787 (son of Elijah Andrews and
Mabel Fox), a farmer at BerUn, Vt., and large dairyman. She d. March
20, 1856. [8th Gen.J Children :
867- 8. i. Aaron Strong Andrews b. Jan. 23, 1815, m. March 5,
1840, Betsey Andrews, a farmer at Berlin.
869-70. ii. Eliza Maria Andrews b. Feb. 18, 1817, m. Jan. 1849,
William H. Loomis of Northfield, Vt., a farmer.
871- 2. in. William Andrews b. Feb. 9, 1819, m. March 31, 1845,
Harriet Maria Stewart (dau. of John and Tamar Stewart
of BerUn, Vt.).
873- 4. iv. Edmund B. Andrews b. June 17, 1823, m. Sept. 14, 1852,
Lucy Ann Benjamin (dau. of Josiah Benjamin of Ber
lin) ; a dairyman at Berlin, Vt.
875- 6. V. Martin Andrews b. Sept. 28, 1825, m. March 27, 1851,
Caroline Ellis (dau. of John EUis of Berlin, Vt.); a farmer
at Berlin.

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Son of Elder John Strong of NortJiampton. 65
877. vi. Lucina Andrews b. Oct. 30, 1827, resides unmarried (1870)
at Berlin, Vt.
878- 9. vU. Stephen Andrews b. Aug. 12, 1829, m. Feb. 10, 1853,
Fanny Pike of Northfield, Vt., d. Aug. 6, 1860.
880- 1. vin. Martha Andrews b. Aug. 20, 1831, m. Jan. 6, 1857,
Chester R. Austin of Berlin, a farmer.
[7th Gen.J
. 860-1. V. Moses Strong b. July 19, 1801, m. Jan. 17, 1827, Salome
Jackman, b. in Wethersfield, Vt. (dau. of Abner Jackman b. in Lunen-
burgh, Mass., and Rebecca French of Jeffrey, N. H.) ; a mason in Ber
lin, Vt. He d. July 11, 1867.
[8th Gen.J Children:
882- 3. i. Susan Strong b. Dec. 6, 1827, m. Oct. 22, 1846, J. Ed
ward Bosworth (son of Jonathan Bosworth of Berlin,
Vt., and Lovisa Darling), a mechanic.
884- 5. ii. Orlina Strongb. Oct. 8, 1830, m. May 21, 1850, Corne
lius Perrin (son of Samuel Perrin of Berlin, Vt.), a
farmer.
886- 7. in. Levi Strong b. May 15, 1832, m. Nov. 20, 1 855, Eliza P.
BaUey (dau. of Eben Bailey b. May 30, 1800, and Sally
his wife, b. May 28, 1798, who d. Feb. 18, 1867); a
mason in Berlin, Vt.
[6th Gen.J
835-6. V. Amos Strong (son of Aaron Strong and Margaret Howard)
b. Feb. 22, 1770, m. about 1802-3, (Jlarissa Bridges b, in Colchester, Ct.,
Feb. 23, 1784 (dau. of Omri Bridges and Hannah Jones), a farmer at
Berlin, Vt. (1805-54), where he d, Nov. 26, 1854, aged 84, and she d.
Nov. 28, 1826, aged 42.
[7th Gen.J Children :
888. i. Amos Strong Jr., b. Aug. 24, 1804.
889-90. n. Elizur Bridges Strong b. Dec 16, 1805; a farmer at
Hudson, Wis., m. Eliza Davis of Montpelier, Vt., had
two sons :
891. 1. Lemuel Strong. 892. 2. Amos Strong.
893- 4. in. Clarissa Strong b. Sept. 28, 1808, m. John D. Skinner of
Windsor, Mich.
895- 6 iv. Asa Strong b. in 1811, m. Nov. 14, 1852, Philinda Coffin
b. July 31, 1827 (dau. of John Coffin of Montpelier,
V t., and Sally MeUen), a house painter at Northfield, Vt. :
no children.
897- 8. V. Mary Adeline Strong b. Aug. 24, 1813, m. Asa B. Pe-
ranno of Northfield.
899-900. vi. Martha Logan Strong b. July 19, 1816, m. WUliam S.
Woodbury of Berlin, Vt.
9

66 The Descendants of John Strong of Windsor, Ct,
901- 2. VU. Tirzah Ermina Strong b. June 9, 1820, m. Winfield S.
Marsh of Northfield.
903. vin. Ermina Jane Strong b. in 1820, d. in 1821.
904- 5. ix. Jane Lucina Strong b. Sept. 25,1821, m. Simon Clauson
Williams of Northfield.
893-4. iU. Clarissa Strong b. Sept. 28, 1808, m. Jan. 8, 1829, John
Dunbar Skinner b. March 2, 1808 — a blacksmith in Windsor, Mich.
[8th Gen.J Children :
906- 7. i. Susan Skinner b. Oct. 28, 1831, m. Sept. 6, 1855, Henry
Hinckley of Lansing, Mich., a farmer at Windsor, Mich.
Children :
908. 1. Charles Henry Hinck- 910. 3. Clarissa Hinckley.
ley. 911. 4. JohnBenjamin Hinckley.
909. 2. Mary Louisa Hinck- 912. 5. Flynn Kent Hinckley.
ley. 913. 6. Daniel Greene Hinckley.
914. ii. John Dunbar Skinner b. Aug. 8, 1834 — a farmer. He
enlisted in 1861, in Co. G, Second Regt. Berdan's Sharp
shooters; was color corporal ; killed near Fredericksburgh,
Aug. 1863.
915-16. ni. Hannah Searls Skinner b. Sept. 7, 1836, in Clinton,
Mich., m. April 22, 1861, Nathaniel TUden Atkinson, a
farmer in Windsor, Mich. He enlisted April 22, 1861,
in Co. G, Third Mich. Infantry, kiUed at battle of Fair
Oaks May 31, 1863, a corporal.
917. iv. Julia Ann Skinner b. at Windsor, Nov. 5, 1840, resides
unmarried at Windsor.
918. V. Benjamin Harvey Skinner b. Aug. 20, 1842, a farmer ;
enlisted in 1863, in Co. G, 20th Mich. Infantry and
served two years.
919-20. vi. Mason William Skinner b. March 19, 1844, m. Aug. 25,
1869, at Grand Ledge, Mich., Alice Nichols ; has a dau :
921. 1. Clarissa Ann Skinner. He is a farmer at Oneida, Mich.
922. vn. Amos Strong Skinner b. Dec. 25, 1847 — a farmer at
Windsor.
923. viii. Martha Jones Skinner b. April 11, 1850 — a teacher at
Windsor.
924. ix. Calvin Clark Skinner b. June 17, 1853.
[8th Gen.l
897- 8. V. Mary Adeline Strong b. Aug. 24, 1813, m. Feb. 14,
1831, Asa Burbank Peranno at Morrisville, Vt., b. Aug. 25, 1816, at
Chester, N. H. (son of Nicholas Peranno and Hannah Brown). He was
a hotel keeper at Northfield, Vt., where he d. Feb. 10, 1856. [Nicholas
Peranno was b. in Constantinople, and wasa dry-goods dealer in Chester,
N. H., where he m. his wife Hannah Brown.]
t9th Gen.J Children :
925- 6. i. Mary Jane Peranno b. at MorrisvUle, Vt., AprU 2, 1833,
m. Lyman F. Hodges.

Son of Elder John Strong of Northampton. 67
927- 8. ii. Celestia Ann Peranno b. AprU 1, 1837, at Berlin, Vt., m.
Montgomery M. Gourley.
929. iii. Alwilda Peranno b. Sept. 17,1840, at Berlin, Vt., resides
unmarried at Northfield, Vt., a teacher of penmanship.
925- 6. i. Mart Jane Peranno b. April 2, 1833, m. May 14, 1856,
Lyman Frederick Hodges b. Aug. 19, 1830 (son of Henry Hodges and
Hannah  ), a merchant at Richmond, Vt., and afterwards at Mil-
waukie. Wis.
[10th Gen.J Children :
630. i. Minnie Hodges b. at MUwaukie, Wis., May 17, 1858, d.
AprU 28, 1868.
[9th Gen.J
927- 8. ii. Celestia Ann Peranno b. April 1, 1837, m. Jan. 1,
1858, Montgomery Marshall Gourley, b. 1835 (son of Hugh Gourley and
Mary Logan), an ornamental painter and grainer in Hartford, Ct.
[10th Gen.J Children :
930^. i. CLARENCEMyronGourleyb. May 21, 1859, at Hartford, Ct.
y [8th Gen.]
899-900. vi. Martha Logan Strong b. July 19, 1816, m. Dec. 18,
1842, WUliam Smith Woodbury, b. in Berlin, Vt., "in 1817 (son of Wm.
Smith Woodbury and Mary Ayers), a farmer at Berlin. He d. April
13, 1845. She m. Dec. 18, 1847, Nivin Logan Gourley, b. AprU 2,
1815, an ornamental painter and grainer in Northfield, Vt., where he d.
Feb. 28, 1867.
, ( -[9th Gen.J Children :
By fi/rst husband:
931. i. Charles Edward Woodbury b. in Berlin, Vt., Sept. 29,
1843, d. in Pensacola, Fla., Dec. 2, 1862.
By second husband :
932. ii. Genevieve Gourley b. in Nashua, N. H., Dec. 4, 1848.
933. iii. Frank Daniel Gourley b. in Montpelier, Vt., AprU 19,
1851.
934. iv. Mary Jane Gourley b. in Northfield, Aug. 21, 1853.
935. v. Alice Blanche Gourley b. in Northfield, July 26, 1856,
d. Sept. 14, 1857.
936. vi. Willie Arthur Gourley b. in Northfield, Feb. 21, 1858.
[8th Gen.J
901-2. vn. Tirzah Ermina Strong b. June 9, 1820, m. Oct. 10,
1846, Winfield Scott Marsh, b. Jan. 2, 1822 (son of Perry Marsh and

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V.

68 The Descendants of John Strong of Windsor, Ct,
Fanny Wheelock, of Calais, Vt.), a machinist at Northfield, Vt. She
d. Nov. 9, 1863. They had a daughter :
937. i. Ida Marsh b. Nov. 11, 1852.
[6th Gen.J
845-6. xiv. Noah Strong (son of Aaron Strong and Margaret How
ard), b. Feb. 24, 1781, m. March 31, 1810, Grace Foote at Stafford, Ct.,
b. March 31, 1790 (dau. of Jesse Foote of Colchester, and afterwards of
Stafford, Ct., and Mary Skinner) ; a farmer at Bolton, Ct. She d. at
Manchester, Ct., Jan. 3, 1864, aged 73. He d. Aug. 15, 1870, aged 89,
at South Manchester, where he had resided of late years.
[7th Gen.J Children :
Albert Horatio Strong b. April 12, 1811.
Harriet Sophronia Strong b. Aug. 27, 1813, d. unmar
ried Jan. 16, 1836.
Calista Strong b. June 25, 1815, m. Halsey Hale.
Clemenza Strong b. Sept. 2, 1817, m. Nathaniel Keeney.
Catharine Grace Strong b. Feb. 13, 1821, m. Timothy
H. Hale.
947- 8. vi. Mary Rosette Strong b. about 1824, m. CUnton Witt
House (son of John F. House and Harriet Andrews), a
carpenter and builder at Buckingham, Ct. ; no issue.
949-50. vii. Col. Emory Foote Strong b. Oct. 10, 1827.
951. viii. Noah Judson Strong b. July 20, 1830.
952- 3. ix. Harriet Bleonora Strong b. June 30, 1835, m. June 1,
1858, Henry Strong.
938-9. i. Albert Horatio Strong b. at Bolton, AprU 12, 1811, m.
at White Pigeon, Mich., Jan. 6, 1837, Ann Coffinger, b. at Auburn,
N. Y., AprU 28, 1818 (dau. of WUUam E. and Esther Coffinger). She d.
Dec. 30, 1865, at Fayette, Iowa, aged 47. He m. Jan. 17, 1867, for 2d
wife, Laura Semantha Burch at Fayette, Iowa, b. at London, Canada West,
July 5, 1827 (dau. of John Strong Burch and Lydia Hagenboom, of
Vt.); a farmer at Fayette, Iowa, and previously at Florence, Mich.
(1837-58), and at Chickasaw, Iowa (1858).
[8th Gen.J Children : By first wife :
954- 5. i. Harriet Eliza Strong b. at Florence, Mich., Oct. 6, 1837,
m. G. W. .Jenkins. She d. at Fort Calhoun, Nebraska,
Jan. 10, 1864.
956- 7. ii. George Washington Strong b. at Florence, Mich., Feb.
5, 1839.
958- 9. ni. Jeanette Strong b. at Florence, June 2, 1841, m. Joshua
D. Hawkins, of Paris, Monroe Co., Mo., Oct. 1, 1857.
960. iv. Albert GaUatin Strong b. at Florence, Mich., Oct. 18,
1843 ; entered the U. S. A., in the late war as a pri-

Son of Elder John Strong of Northampton. 69
vate in Co. B, 7th Regt., Iowa Infantry, and d. at Ben
ton Barracks, St. Louis, Mo., Oct. 21, 1861.
961. V. Willard Strong b. at Florence, March 21, 1845, d. at
Chickasaw, Iowa, March 2, 1858.
962. vi. Catharine Grace Strong b. at Florence, March 26, 1853.

954- 5. i. Harriet Eliza Strong b. Oct. 6, 1837, m. Aug. 8, 1858,
George W. Jenkins, a resident at Chickasaw, Iowa : she d. Jan. 10, 1864,
at Fort Calhoun, Nebraska.
[9th Gen.J Children :
963. i. Harry Jenkins b. Dec. 29, 1860.
964. u. Anna Jenkins b. Jan. 16, 1862.
[8th Gen.J
956- 7. n. George Washington Strong (son of Albert H. Strong
and Ann Coffinger), b. Feb. 5, 1839, m. Sept. 10, 1861, at Forest City,
Iowa, Catharine Tennis. He futered the U. S. A., in Co. B, 38th
Regiment, Iowa Infantry, and served for three years as a soldier. He
was at the taking of Vicksburgh, and took part in the siege of Mobile.
He was a prisoner for eight months at Brownsville, Texas. He is a
resident at Fayette, Fayette Co., Iowa.
[9th Gen.J Children:
965. i. Georgiana Strong b. Aug. 27, 1862.
966. n, Mary Harriet Strong b. Dec. 16, 1866.
[7th Gen.J
941- 2. iii. Calista Strong (dau. of Noah Strong and Grace Foote),
b. June 25, 1815, m. Jan. 9, 1839, Halsey Hale b. March 8, 1813 (son
of Edward Hale of Eastbury, and Clarissa Hills), a farmer at Eastbury,
Ct., and afterwards at Buckingham (a parish of Glastenbury), Ct.
[8th Gen.J Children :
967. i. Rosalind Calista Hale b. Aug. 24, 1841, m. May 14, 1868,
Charles Hutchins b. Oct. 14, 1844 (son of Newton
Hutchins of Bolton, and Harriet Waters), a resident at
Manchester, Ct.
968. n. Homer Roseoe Hale b. Oct. 19, 1853.
[7th Gen.J
943- 4. iv. Clemenza Strong (dau. of Noah Strong and Grace
Foote) b. Sept. 2, 1817, m. May 5, 1835, Nathaniel Keeney of Manches
ter, Ct., b. Oct. 21, 1807 (son of Nathaniel Keeney and Abigail Cadwell),
a farmer at S. Manchester, Ct. She d. Sept. 14, 1845.

70 The Descendants of John Stn-ong of Windsor, Ct,
[8th Gen.J Children :
969. i. Eliza Jane Keeney b. May 28, 1838, d. April 23, 1839.
970- 1. ii. Catharine EUza Keeney b. June 8, 1840, m. Oct. 16,
1865, John Loomis b. Dec 25, 1836 (son of Russell T.
Loomis and Maria Warner), a resident at S. Manchester,
Ct. They have one child :
972. 1. Keeney B. Loomis b. Nov. 27, 1866.
973. in. Josephine Foote Keeney b. July 28, 1842, d. Deo. 23,
1845.
[7th Gen.J
945- 6. V. Catharine Grace Strong (dau. of Noah and Grace
Strong), b. Feb. 13, 1821, m. April 5, 1843, Timothy Hart -Hale b. in
1810 (son of Wait Hale of Eastbury, Ct., and Abigail HoUister), a resident
at RockvUle, Ct. She d. Nov. 3, 1855, at RockvUle.
[8th Gen.J Children :
974. i. Josephine Rosette Hale b. at RockvUle, May, 1846, d.
July, 1848.
975. ii. Clayton Bethune Hale b. April 16, 1849.
976. iii. Clarence Judson Hale b. Dec. 27, 1851.
[7th Gen.J
949-50. vii. Col. Emory Foote Strong (son of Noah and Grace
Strong), b. Oct. 10, 1827, m. Nov. 22, 1862, Sarah Jane Vinton, b. Jan.
1, 1835 (dau. of William Henry Vinton of Monson, Mass., and Annis
FuUer). She d. at RockviUe, Dec. 28, 1854. He m. for 2d wife, July
28, 1858, Eliza Louisa Churchill, b. Aug, 24, 1836, in New Britain, Ct.
(dau. of Wm. A. Churchill, and Eliza Jane Francis) : no children. He
resides at Bridgeport, Ct. He is a teacher of a select school. He was
the originator and founder of the Bethesda mission in East Bridgeport,
and was for ten. years its superintendent. This mission is one of the
most flourishing charities in Connecticut. It has been incorporated by
the legislature and erected a chapel for Sunday school and mission pur
poses at a cost of $18,000. From him the author has obtained many of
the f^cts here detailed concerning the descendants of Dea. David Strong,
of Bolton.[7th Gen.J
951-2. vni. Noah Judson Strong (son of Noah and Grace Strong),
b. July 20, 1830, m. Sept. 23, 1858, Mary Jane Spencer, b. July 19,
1837 (dau. of Ogden Spencer and Asenath HoUister), a merchant at
Camden, N. Y.
[8th Gen.J
977. i. Grace Foote Strong b. at Chicago Jan. 29, 1860.
978. ii. BDWARD^Ogden Strong b. Oct. 7, 1861.

Son of Elder John Strong of Northampton. 71
[7th Gen.J
952-3. ix. Harriet Bleonora Strong (dau. of Noah and Grace
Strong), b. June 30, 1835, m. June 1, 1858, Henry Strong, b. Dec. 23,
1831 (son of Judah Strong and Sophronia Loomis), a farmer at Man
hattan, Kansas (since 1858).
[8th Gen.J Children :
979. i. Freddie Robinson Strong b. Nov. 11, 1860, d. Aug. 21,
1861.
980. ii. Grace Rosette Strong b. Sept. 10, 1862.
981. ni. Clayton Noah Strong b. May 21, 1864.
982. iv. Evangeline Strong b. June 29, 1868.
[6th Gen.J
849-50. xvi. Elijah Strong (son of Aaron Strongand Margaret How
ard b. July 9, l';[86, m. AprU 24, 1820, Eunice Betsey Lee, of Columbia,
Ct.) ; a farmer in Bolton, Ct. He d. June 25, 1825, aged 39 ; she d. July
5, 1870, aged 73.
[7th Gen.]
983- 4. i. Samuel Howard Strong b. June 3, 1820.
985- 6. ii. Lucy Lee Strong b. Jan. 7, 1822, m. Welles N. Risley of
Manchester.
983- 4. i. Samuel Howard Strong b. June 3, 1820, m. July 4,
1842, Lucina B. Thompson of Manchester, Ct. (dau. of Benjamin Thomp
son and Sophia Coleman), a farmer at Bolton.
[8th Gen.J Children:
987- 8. i. Mart Frances Strongb. June 22, 1843, m. March 19,
1862, John W. Wilson of Manchester, Ct., b- Oct. 9,
1838 (son of Francis Wilson and Eliza Risley). Their
children :
989. 1. WilUam John Wilson b. Aug. 21, 1863.
990. 2. Mary J. WUson b. Sept. 20, 1865.
[7th Gen.J
985-6. ii. LuCT Lee Strong b. Jan. 7, 1822, m. Nov. 4, 1826,-,
Welles N. Risley b. Oct. 20, 1814 (son of Dr. Roger E. Risley of Glas
tenbury and Elsie Bissell) a farmer at MancWbster, Ct.
[8th Gen.J Children :
991. i. A son unnamed b. Nov. 30, 1849, that d. soon.
992. ii. Samuel Arthur Risley b. Jan. 29, 1851.
993. ni. Ella L. Risley b. May 12, 1852.
994. iv. Ralph Risley b. AprU 20, 1855.
995. V. Emilt S. Risley b. July 11, 1856.
996. vi. Blsie L. Risley b. Nov. 5, 1857.

72 The Descendants of John Strong of Windsor, Ct,
997. vii. John S. Risley b. June 19, 1860.
998. viii. Mary E. Risley b. AprU 15, 1862.
[5th Gen.J
447- 8. X. Ebenezer Strong (son of Deacon David Strong of
Bolton, Ct.), b. in 1754, m. Aug. 24, 1779, widow Lucy Lawrence, nie
Kilbourn (dau. of Benjamin Kilbourn and Lucy Goodrich), widow of
Daniel Lawrence who was killed at the massacre of Wyoming, Pa. She
d. April 28, 1793, and he m. Aug. 1793, for 2d wife AbigaU Smith
(dau. of Ebenezer Smith of Ashford, Ct.). He was a farmer at Bolton.
He d. in 1824, aged 70 : she d. Oct. 29, 1825.
[6th Gen.J Children :
999-1000. i. Ebenezer Strong, Jr. b. May 20, 1780.
1001- 2. ii. Solomon Strong b. July 8, 1782, m. Nov. 27, 1806, Lura
Driggs of Bolton b. in 1794 ; removed to Rome, Oneida
Co., N. Y. His children were :
1003. 1. Solomon Strong b. 1005. 3. George Strong b. AprU
Oct. 1, 1807. 22, 1813.
1004. 2. Edwin Strong b. 1006. 4. Lura Strong b. Dec.
June 10, 1809. 15, 1814.
1007. in. Daniel Strong b. Nov. 18, 1784, d. March 1, 1870.
1008- 9. iv. Eli Strong b. Oct. 8, 1789.
1010-11. V. Genubath Strong b. Oct. 22, 1791.
1012- 3. vi. Samuel Strong b. April 22, 1794 (adopted in early chUd-
hood by John and Cleopatra Skinner of Barkhamstead
and known afterwards as Samuel Skinner).
999-1000. i. Ebenezer Strong, Jr., b. May 20, 1780, m. Sept. 3,
1800, Mary (Polly) Day of Whitestown, N. Y. (dau. of Daniel Day of
New Hartford, N. Y.), a farmer at Bolton, Ct. She d. Dec. 12, 1857 :
he d. March 2, 1864.
[7th Gen.J Children:
1014- 5. i. Ebenezer Elon Strong b. Sept. 25, 1801.
1016. U. An infant son b. Nov. 2, 1803, d. Dec. 17, 1803.
10i7. ni. Mart BmmeHne Strong b. Dec. 7, 1804, d. March 8, 1831,
unmarried.
1018- 9. iv. Willard Patterson Strong b. AprU 12, 1807.
1020- 1. V. Blmon Day Strong, M.D., b. Dec. 12, 1809.
1022- 3. vi. Artemas Leudo Strong b. July 25, 1813, d. Oct. 12, 1865.
1024- 5. vii. Octa Siloma Strong b. Oct. 14, 1816.
1026- 7. vin. Jerusha Strong b. June 27, 1819.
1028- 9. ix. David Olmstead Strong b. Oct. 12, 1821.

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1014- 5. i. Ebenezer Elon Strong b. Sept. 25, 1801, m. Sept. 26,
1827, Electa Foster b. Oct. 28, 1797, at Barkhamstead, Ct. (dau. of
Phineas Foster b. May 18, 1763, and Hannah Kilbourn b. May 17, 1768).

Son of Elder John Strong of Northampton. 73
She d. in Bloomington, 111., Oct. 20, 1840. He m. Aug. 26, 1841, for
2d wife her sister Lucy Foster. He is a farmer at Vernon, Ct. (since
1866), having previously resided at Colchester, Ct. (1842-66), in Illinois
(1838-42), and previously at Bolton. To him the author is indebted
for the account here given of his father's descendants.
[8th Gen.J Children : By first wife :
1030- 1. i. Phineas Rollin Strong b. AprU 27, 1829.
1032. ii. Lewis Foster Strong b. Oct. 24, 1832, d. Aug. 9, 1850.
1033- 4. iii. Mart Emmeline Strong b. Feb. 1, 1839, m. Abel T.
Saxton. By second mfe :
1035- 6. iv. Josephine Electa Strong b. May 30, 1843, m. WiUiam
Kellogg.
1037. v. Milton Grosvenor Strong b. July 27, 1845.
1030-1. Phineas Rollin Strong b. April 27, 1829, m. Oct. 25,
1853, Sarah WUliams of East Hartford, Ct., b. March 15, 1830 (dau. of
Samuel Williams and Cynthia Stoughton). She d. Oct. 31, 1865, and he
m. May 30, 1867, for 2d wife Louisa Gillett, b. Dec. 28, 1835 (dau. of
Solomon Tracy Gillett, of Colchester, Ct., and Louisa Bissell). He is
a manufacturer and dealer in furniture at Colchester, Ct.
[9th Gen.J Children :
1038. i. Fannt Maria Strong b. July 29, 1855.
1039. U. George Strong b. Jan. 15, 1860, d. Sept. 23, 1865.
1040. in. Lewis Strong b. Nov. 30, 1862, d. Sept. 7, 1865.
[8th Gen.]
1033-4. in. Mart Emmeline Strong b. Feb. 1, 1839, m. March 5,
1860, Abel T. Saxton of Lebanon, Ct. (son of Nathaniel Saxton), a farmer
at Lebanon until 1868 ; since that time in Salmetis, California.
[9th Gen.J Children :
1041. i. Frederic Saxton b. Aug. 18, 1864.
[8th Gen.J
1035-6. iv. Josephine Electa Strong (dau. of Ebenezer Elon
Strong and Lucy Foster b. May 30, 1843, m. May 28, 1868, William E.
KeUogg, a farmer in Bast Windsor, Ct.
[7th Gen.J
1018-19. iv. Willard Patterson Strong (son of Ebenezer Strong
Jr., and Polly Day) b. April 12, 1807, m. in 1851 Catharine Dunham
10

74 The Descendants of John Strong of Windsor, Ct,
Porter (dau. of Elijah Porter of Bolton, and  — Abbott), a farmer at
Bolton, where he has been selectman, justice of the peacCj &c. His
children :
1042. 1. Willard Harrison Strong b. Nov. 20, 1854 (twin).
1043. 2. Wilbur Fisk Strong (twin) b. Nov. 20, 1854.
1044. 3. Wallace Erskine Strong b. Jan. 9, 1859.

[7th Gen.]
1020- 1. V. Dr. Blmon Dat Strong b. Dec. 12,1809 (son of Eben
ezer Strong, Jr., and Polly Day), m. Charlotte M. Goslee of Glastenbury,
Ct. (dau. of Asa Goslee and Lucinda House), a physician (botanic), at
Vernon, Ct. ; no issue. He d. Dec 24, 1868 ; she d. Sept. 4, 1864.
1022- 3. vi. Artemas Leudo Strong (son of Ebenezer and Polly
Strong) b. July 25, 1813, m. Jane Brown of South Manchester, Ct. (dau.
of Deacon Irenaeus Brown). He lived and died at South Manchester,
Ct. He had children :
1045. 1. Irenaeus Hubert Strong. 1046. 2. AHce Strong.
[7th Gen.J
1024-5. vii. Octa Siloma Strong (dau. of Ebenezer and Polly
Strong), b. Oct. 14, 1816, m. May 8, 1843, Charles McLean of Man
chester, Ct., b. Ma;^ 30, 1811 (son of Dea. Alexander McLean and Betsey
Theall), a farmer at Vernon Depot, Ct., and previously at Manchester, Ct.
[8th Gen.J ' Children :
(All born at Manchester, Ct.).
1047. i. Willard Tyler McLean b. March 4, 1841, a paper manu
facturer at Rainbow, Ct., d. Oct. 5, 1870
1048. ii. Jerusha D. McLean b. April 19, 1845, a teacher at Ver
non, Ct.
1049. in. Octa Ella McLean b. July 28, 1847, a miUiner and dress-
maker.
1050. iv. Charles Noble McLean b. May 24, 1850, a wool-grader
at Hartford, Ct. ^ . > «
1051. V. Emma R. McLean b. June 15, 1853.
105U. VI. Clara F. McLean b. Aug. 20, 1856.
1052. vii. George W. Lincoln McLean b. Aug. 9, 1861.
[7th Gen.J
1026-7. vni. Jerusha Strong (dau. of Ebenezer Strong, Jr., and
Polly Day), b. June 27, 1819, m. April 9, 1847, Judson Strong of
Hebron, Ct., b. Jan. 4, 1818 (son of David Strong of Hebron and Claris,sa
Bissell), a farmer in Hebron, Ct., and carpenter.

Son of Elder John Strong of Northampton. 75
[8th Gen.] Children.:
1053. i. David E Strong b. June 29, 1849, a carpenter in Hebron.
1054. u. Judson Strong b. Oct. 22, 1851.
[7th Gen.J
1028-9. ix. David Olmstead Strong (son of Ebenezer Strong, Jr.,
and Polly Day) b. Oct. 12, 1821, m. Fanny Moore of Norwich, Ct., a
resident of Chicago. She d. at Chicago, May 13, 1856, and he m. a 2d
wife. No issue by the first marriage.
[6th Gen.J
1007. iii. Daniel Strong (son of Ebenezer Strong and Lucy Kil
bourn), b. Nov. 18, 1784, m. Nov. 16, 1825, Sabra Morgan of Groton,
Ct., b. AprU 18, 1797 (dau. of Nathan Morgan and Sabra Capron his 2d
wife) ; a farmer in Bolton, Ct., where he d. March 1, 1870, aged 85.
She resides (1871) in Groton.
[7th Gen.J Children :
1055. i. Daniel Weller Strong b. Feb. 15, 1828.
1056. n. Nathan Morgan Strong b. March 24, 1829.
1057. iii. Sabra Emmeline Strong b. Feb. 22, 1831.
1058. iv. Roswell Jackson Strong b. Aug. 12, 1832.
1059. V. Amanda Matilda Strong b. May 14, 1835.
[6th Gen.J Children :
1008-9. iv. Eli Strong (son of Ebenezer Strong and Lucy Kilbourn),
b. Oct., 1789, m. Dec. 10, 1812, Betsey Cowles of Belchertown, Mass.,
b. July 24, 1794 (dau. of John and BUzabeth Cowles) ; a farmer in Bol
ton. She d. Oct. 27, 1825, and he m. for 2d wife, March 1826, Sibyl
Cowles, b. July 19, 1802 (sister of his first wife). He d. Sept. 19, 1867.
[7th Gen.J Children : By first mfe :
1060- 1. i. LuoT KUbourn Strong b. Aug. 2, 1813, m. Alanson
Keeney.
1062. ii. Elizabeth Semantha Strong b. Oct. 14, 1813, d. soon.
1063- 4. iii. Capt. Ethan Eli Strong b. Oct. 12, 1816.
1065- 6. iv. William Cowles Strong b. July 27, 1818.
1067. V. Semantha Lodemia Strong b. Nov. 28, 1820, d. March
28, 1822.
1068- 9. vi. Remember John Cowles Strong b. Feb. 7, 1822.
1070- 1. vii. Cornelia Jane Strong b. Nov. 1, 1824.
By second wife :
1072- 3. vin. Elizabeth Lodemia Strong b. Feb. 10, 1827.
1074-: 5. ix. Semantha Azubah Strong b. Jan. 16, 1829.
1076. X. Samuel Alanson Strong b. March 29, 1831, d. March 26,
1842.

76 The Descendants of John Strong of Windsor, Ct,
1077. xi. Mart Emmeline Strong b. July 6, 1833.
1078- 9. xii. Horatio BardweU Strong b. June 10, 1836.
1080- 1. xiii. Harrison Alanson Strong b. Oct. 16, 1840.
[7th Gen.J
1060-1. i. Lucy Kilbourn Strong b. Aug. 2, 1813, m. May 7,
1839, Alanson Keeney, b. May 7, 1808, a sUk miU operative at Manches
ter, Ct.
[8th Gen.J Children:
1082- 3. i. Francis Keeney b. July 25, 1832.
1084- 5. U. Lucy Elizabeth Keeney b. Aug. 31, 1834, m. Owen A.
Strickland.
1086- 7. in. William Monroe Keeney b. Jan. 4, 1836.
1088. iv. Arthur EH Keeney b. June 20, 1849.
1082-3. i. Francis Keeney b. July 25, 1832, m. May 1, 1855, Caro-
Une Lee, b. March 28, 1832 (dau. of Dennis and Harriet Lee of WiUing
ton, Ct.), a silk mUl operative at Manchester, Ct.
[9th Gen.J Children :
1089. i. William E. Keeney b. Dec. 16, 1863, d. Deo. 30, 1863.
[8th Gen.j
1084-5. i. Lucy Elizabeth Keeney (dau. of Alanson and Lucy
Keeney) b. Aug. 31, 1834, m. Aug. 6, 1854, Owen Austin Strickland,
b. Sept. 19, 1832 (son of Austin and Esther Strickland of Manchester,
Ct.), a joiner at Manchester. He d. May 29^ 1867.
1086-7. ni. William Monroe Keeney b. Jan 4, 1836, m. May 6,
1863, Hannah Jane HoUister, b. Aug. 1835 (dau. of Grove and Rhoda
HoUister of South Britain, Ct.), a house painter in New Britain, Ct.
They have one child :
1090. 1. Carrie Jane Keeney, b. Nov. 1, 1864.
[7th Gen.J
1063-4. in. Capt. Ethan Eli Strong (son of Eli Strong and Betsey
Cowles) b. Oct. 12, 1816, m. AprU 10, 1839, Mary Benton Keeney of
Manchester, Ct. b. Dec 13, 1815 (dau. of Noah Keeney of Manchester,
and Mary his wife), a paper-maker in South Manchester. To him the
author is indebted for much of the account here given of the descendants
of his parents.
[8th Gen.J Children:
1091. i. Ellen Eliza Strong b. Feb. 17, 1841.
1092- 3. ii. Adelaide Clarissa Strong b. Aug. 11, 1845.
1094. in. Alice Emily Strong b. May 7, 1849.
1095. iv. Ethan Osgood Strong b. May 5, 1853,

1100.

ii.

1101.

iii.

1102.

iv.

1103.

V.

1104.

vi.

1105.

vii

1106.

vii;

Son of Elder John Strong of Northampton. 77
1092-3. ii. Adelaide Clarissa Strong b. Aug. 11, 1845, m. May
18, 1866, John Hotchkiss Bario of Meriden, Ct., b. May 18, 1844 (son of
John Smith Bario of Meriden, Ct. and Frances, his wife), town and city
clerk of Meriden, Ct. Children:
1096. 1. Harry Strong Bario, b. March 23, 1867, d. April 10, 1868.
1097. 2. Lina Mary Bario, b. April 17, 1868.
[7th Gen.J
1065-6. iv. William Cowles Strong (son of Eli Strong and Betsey
Cowles) b. July 27, 1818, m. Nov. 24, 1839, Lucy Maria Nichols, b. Dec
9, 1820 (dau. of John Nichols of Manchester and Harriet Moulton), a
paper-maker at Talcottville (Vernon), Ct.
[8th Gen.J Children :
1098- 9. i. Edgar Eugene Strong b. AprU 14, 1841.
Jane Maria Strong b. Jan. 2, 1843, d. Sept. 13, 1845.
Charles Wesley Strong b. Oct. 25, 1844.
Ella Semantha Strong b. March 23, 1847, d. Feb. 11, 1868.
Jeanie Maria Strong b. Oct. 4, 1849, d. Feb. 29, 1859.
Eva Cecil Strong b. June 9, 1853.
vii. Willie Nichols Strong b. Aug. 1. 1856.
vin. Clinton Frederic Strong b. June 5, 1859, d. June 21,
1862.
1107. ix. Minnie AUoe Strong b. Sept. 11, 1864.
1098- 9. i. Edgar Eugene Strong b. April 14, 1841, m. Jan. 19,
1869, Mary Ella Clarke of Cleveland, 0. (dau. of Aaron and Mary Clarke
of Cleveland), a book-keep^ at Cleveland, 0. They have one child.
1108. 1. Eugene Clinton Strong b. Dec 14, 1869.
[7th Gen.J 2,5(^:1^ . " S^lh' i-ija
1068- 9. vi. Remember John Cowles Strong (son of EH Strong
and Betsey Cowles) b. Feb. 7, 1822, was adopted in early childhood
(1826) by James and Lucina White of Gilead (Hebron), Ct., and named
by them Henry Kirke White. He m. Sept. 2, 1846, Lucy Cornwell b.
Jan. 2, 1826 (dau. of William Cornwell of Middletown, Ct., an auctioneer,
and Julia Roberts). She d. Feb. 18, 1867, and he m. for 2d wife Oct. 8 ,
1867, widow Betsey Herrick nie Stickney b. July 12, 1840 (dau. of
Benjamin Stickney of West Dummerston, Vt., and Betsey Tenney), an
organ builder in Brattleboro, Vt.
[8th Gen.J Children :
1109. i. James Henry White b. Sept. 26, 1847.
1110. ii. Frank White b. Nov. 1851.
1112. in. Edward White b. April 16, 1855.
1113. iv. Howard White b. Sept. 9, 1856.
1114. V. Julia Emma White b. March 8, 1862.

78 The Descendants of John Strong of Windsor, Ct,
1109. i. James Henry White b. Sept. 26, 1847, m. Dec. 31, 1868,
Kate Cheney of Brattleboro, Vt. (dau. of Samuel T. R. Cheney of Brattle-
borough and Martha Brown), an organ tuner at Brattleboro.
[7th Gen.J
1070- 1. vn. Cornelia Jane Strong (dau. of Eli Strong and Betsey
Cowles) b. Nov. 1, 1824, m. May 25, 1845, Ralph Benton Treat b.
Deo. 21, 1823 (son of Elisha Treat of Glastenbury, Ct., and Clarissa
Benton), a mason in Hartford, Ct.
1072- 3. vni. Elizabeth Lodemia Strong (dau. of Eli and Sibyl
Strong) b. Feb. 10, 1827, m. JDec. 28, 1845, Simeon Isaac Benton, a
farmer in Litchfield, 0., formerly of Otis, Mass. They have two children :
1. Sarah J. Benton. 2. EUen Benton.
[7th Gen.J
1074-5. ix. Semantha Azubah Strong (dau. of Bli and Sibyl
Strong) b. Jan. 16, 18,29, m. Oct. 3, 1847, Charles C. Treat b. AprU
29, 1826 (son of Elisha Treat of Glastenbury, Ct. and Clarissa Benton),
a blacksmith in WiUoughby, 0. He d. AprU 29, 1854 : she d. Jan. 10,
1857. [8th Gen.J Children :
1115. i. Charles Owen Treat b. Sept. 22, 1849, a mason in Hart
ford, Ct. He m. June 16, 1870, Marietta Tryon b.
Jan. 27, 1848 (dau. of George and Mary Tryon of
Glastenbury, Ct.).
[7th Gen.J
1077. xj. Mary Emmeline Strong (dau. of Eli and Sibyl Strong)
b. July 6, 1833, m. Nov. 21, 1852, Clark Treat b. Nov. 5, 1829 (son
of Elisha Treat of Glastenbury and Myra, his 2d wife), a mason in Man
chester, Ct. : no children.
1078- 9. xn. Horatio Bardwell Strong b. June 10, 1836 (son of
EH and Sibyl Strong), m. Dec. 26, 1863, Frances Russell, a paper-maker
in Manchester, Ct. She d. June 14, 1866. They had one child :
1. Sarah F. Strong b. Dec. 14, 1864.
1080- 1. xin. Harrison Alanson Strong (son of Eli and Sibyl
Strong), b. June 10, 1836, m. May 5, 1860, Leora Clarissa Weir of
East Glastenbury, Ct. (dau. of Harvey and Mary Weir), a paper-maker
in South Manchester, Ct. He has two children :
1- Kirk Harrison Strong b. Feb. 25, 1861.
2. George Henry Strong b. Sept. 4, 1866.

Son of Elder John Strong of Northampton. 79
[6th Gen.J
1010- 1. V. Genubath Strong (son of Ebenezer Strong and Lucy
Kilbourn) b. Oct. 22, 1791, m. March 7, 1815, Lucy Hannum, b. Nov.
25, 1795 (dau. of Elijah Hannum of Belchertown and Phoebe Paine), a
farmer at Andover, Ct., and joiner. He d. at Andover, Mass., Aug. 13,
1856. She d. Aug. 12, 1856, set. 60.
[7th Gen.J
1116- 7. i. Elijah Genubath Strong b. at Bolton, Ct. Jan. 31, 1818.'
1118- 9. ii. Lydia AdeHne Strong b. Nov. 12, 1819, m. Wm. W.
Reed.
1120- 1. in. Susan Colton Strong b. at Bolton, March 1, 1824, m. Wm.
.A Buckminster.
1122- 3. iv. Samuel Park Strong b. at Bolton, Oct. 22, ,1825.
1124- 5. V. Benjamin Kilbourn Strong b. at Bolton, March 26, 1829,
m. Nov. 3, 1869, Laura Drew, b. July 26, 1841 (dau. of
Franklin Drew and Rebecca Harriman), a carpenter
and house builder at Hartford, Ct.

1116- 7. i. Elijah Genubath Strong b. Jan. 31, 1818, m. Nov.
22, 1843, Elizabeth Shaw Whaley of Montville, Ct., b. Feb. 6, 1813
(dau. of Wm. Patton Whaley and Philena Houghton), a farmer at Mont
ville, Ct. (Uncasville), since 1840.
[8th Gen.J Children :
1126. i. Albert Randolph Strong b. AprU 18, 1845.
1127. ii. Mary BUzabeth Strong b. Oct. 7, 1847.
[7th Gen.J
1118- 9. ii. Lydia Adeline Strong b. Nov. 12, 1819, m. March
26, 1844, WUliam White Reed of Vernon, Ct. (son of William Reed and
Polly White), a farmer at RockviUe, Ct.
[8th Gen.J Children :
1128. i. Henry Dwight Reed, b. Jan. 29, 1845.
1129. H. George Strong Reed b. June 16, 1850.
1130. in. Eliza Mirabel Reed b. Jan. 6, 1854.
[7th Gen.J
1120- 1. in. Susan Colton Strong (dau. of Genubath and Lucy
Strong) b. March 1, 1824, m. April, 1843, WUliam Austin Buckminster
of Vernon, Ct., b. Dec. 9, 1816 (son of David Buckminster and Sally
Evans), a manufacturer at Windsor, Ct.
[8th Gen.J Children :
1131. i. PARK-Benjamin Buckminster b. Jan. 16, 1854.
1132. ii. Frank Strong Buckminster b. July 18, 1857.

80 The Descendants of John Strong of Windsor, Ct,
[7th Gen.J
1122- 3. iv. Samuel Park Strong (son of Genubath and Lucy
Strong) b. Oct. 22, 1825, m. Nov. 27, 1845, Bethiah A. Drake of ToUand,
Ot., b.  (dau. of Aaron WUson Drake of Somers, Ct., and Tirzah
Kellogg), a sorter and dyer of wool at Somers, Ct.
[8th Gen.J Children :
1133. i- Antoinette Estelle Strong b. March 31, 1848.
1134. ii. Adella Bethiah Strong b. June 18, 1850, d. May 30, 1852.
1135. in. Isabella Lucy Strong b. May 10, 1852, d. Feb. 11, 1866.
1136. iv. Julian Adelbert Strong b. Oct. 2, 1854.
1137. V. Fernando Park Strong b. Jan. 10, 1856.
1138. vi. Herbert Orville Strong b. Sept. 22,1858.
1139. vn. James Everett Strongb. Nov. 22, 1850, d. Aug. 6, 1862.
1140. vin. Arthur Eugene Strong b. July 9, 1863, d. Aug. 7, 1864.
1141. ix. Frank Mortimer Strong, twin, b. Oct. 4, 1865, d. Feb. 14,
1866.
1142. X. Frances Mabel Strong, twin, b. Oct. 4, 1865, d. Julv 29,
1867.
1143. xi. Orchie Dwight Strong.
[6th Gen.J
1012- 3. vi. Samuel Strong (son of Ebenezer Strong and Lucy
Kilbourn) b. in 1794, adopted as his own by John Skinner, and known
afterwards as Samuel Skinner, m. Melissa Humphrey of East Hartland, Ct.
[7th Gen.J Children :
1144. i. LuCT Ann Skinner.
1145. ii. Harriet Skinner b.  d.
1146- 7. in. Fanny Skinner m. J. Butler Clapp of Berlin, Ct.
[4th Gen.J
56- 7. vii. John WarhaSi Strong (son of John Strong, Jr., of
Windsor, Ct., and Hannah 1^ rumbuU), b. Sept. 30, 1706, m. Nov. 30, 1727,
Abigail Thrall b. May 13, 1708 (dau. of Capt. Timothy ThraU of Wind
sor, and Sarah AUyn). She d. and he m. for 2d wife; March 27, 1734,
Azubah Griswold b. Aug. 2, 1710 (dau. of Benjamin Griswold of Wind
sor, Ct., and Elizabeth Cook). He d. Sept. 25, 1752, aged 46.
[5th Gen.J Children: By first wife :
1148. i. Elizabeth Strong b. April 29, 1728.
1149. n. Sarah Strong b. May 13, 1731.
1150- 3, ni. Col. John Strong b. June 24, 1733, d. Nov. 16, 1816.
By second wife :
1154. iv. Elijah Strong b. Dec. 22, 1735, d. Nov. 22, 1737.
1155. V. Elijah Strong (2d) b. Feb. 20, 1738-9, a farmer at
Torringford, Ct., d. near Ticonderoga, in the French and
Indian war, May 2, 1758, aged 19.

Son of Elder John Strong of Northampton. 81
1156. vi. Abigail Strong b. Nov. 11, 1741.
1157. vii. Azubah Strong b. May 17, 1744.
1158- 9. vin. Elisha Strong b. Dec. 1, 1747-8, d. at Windsor, Ct.,
Feb. 28, 1826.
[5th Gen.J
1150-3. iii. CoL- John Strong (son of John Warham Strong of
Windsor, Ct., and AbigaU Thrall)' b. June 24, 1733, m. Aug. 1, 1758,
Sarah Strong, b. March 8, 1740 : a farmer at Torringford, Ct., and an
officer in the revolutionary war, an upright, energetic, decided man.
She d. Nov. 22, 1765, and he m. Nov. 15, 1769, Mrs. Mercy Root, nSe
New^U, widow of Stephen Root of Farmington (dau. of Isaac Newell
of Southlngton, Ct., and Rachel Pomeroy, dau. of Quartus Pomeroy of
Northampton, Mass.). She d. Sept. 9, 1784, and he m. Nov. 28, 1786,
Annie Beecher, b. Oct. 20, 1746, sister of David Beecher of New
Haven, Ct., who was the father of Rev. Dr. Lyman Beecher. She
d. June 5, 1801, without issue. He d. at Farmington, Nov. 16, 1816.
[6th Gen.J Children : By fi/rst wife:
1160. i. Eleanor Strong b. Jan. 22, 1759, d. Feb. 28, 1762.
1161- 2. ii. John Strong b. May 28, 1760, m. AbigaU Prior, lived in
Norfolk, Ct., where he d. without issue in 1846, set. 86.
He left his property ($2,500.00), to the town treasury,
and it is still called " the Strong Fund."
1163- 4. in. Sarah Strong b. Nov. 24, 1761, m. Henry Hinsdale, d.
Nov. 8, 1801, leaving one son :
1165. 1. Henry Hinsdale who d. in New York about 1840, without
issue.
1166- 7. iv. Return Strong b. May 4, 1764, m. Jeanette SUl (dau.
of Capt Richard Lord Sill, M.D., of Windsor, and
Sarah Hale), a merchant in New York. He d. without
issue. She d. in 1805.
1168. V. Warham Strong, b. Oct. 27, 1765.
By second wife :
1169-70. vi. Eleanor Strong b. AprU 17, 1771, m. Joel Root, d. July,
5 1853
1171- 2. vn. Stephen Strong b. Nov. 6, 1772, d. AprU 2, 1828.
1173. vin. Elijah Strong b. Nov. 17, 1774, d. March 22, 1828,
1174- 5. ix. Pomeroy Strong b. AprU 9, 1777, d. Sept. 13, 1861.
1176. X. Oliver Strong b. April 15, 1779, d. unmarried.
1177- 8. xi. Edmund Strong b, AprU 28, 1781.
1179-80. xii. Mercy P. Strong b. AprU 15, ir84, m. Roswell Austin of
Austinburgh, 0., and previously of New Hartford, Ct.
She d. AprU 18, 1823, set. 39. He d. in 1868.
[6th Gen.J
1169-70. vi. Eleanor Strong (dau. of Col. John Strong and Mercy
Newell) b. AprU 18, 1770, m. Jan. 1788, -Joel Root b. Aug. 30, 1770
11

82 The Descendants of John Strong of Windsor, Ct,
(son of Col. Elisha Root of Southlngton, Ct., and Lucy Curtis), a dry-
goods merchant (after 1800) at New Haven, Ct,, a man of high moral
character, great energy and kindly sympathies. He d. Jan. 12, 1847.
She d. July 5, 1853. [Col. Elisha Root b. in 1741, was the son of
Jonathan Root of Southlngton, Ct., who was b. in 1709, and d. Sept. 15,
1795. He was a Revolutionary soldier, and d. of dysentery in camp at
West Chester, Sept. 1776, while on his way home from New York. A
fine large house which he built on his homestead of 200 acres is still
standing (1870) and in good repair. Lucy Curtis was the dau. of the
Rev. Jeremiah Curtis the first minister of Southlngton and Harriet
Burnham dau. of Rev. WiUiam Burnham of Kensington, Ct. She was b,
in 1746, and d. May 6, 1773.]
[7th Gen.J Children :
1181- 2. i. Olivia Ann Root b. Oct. 10, 1788, m. Samuel Badger of
Philadelphia : she d. Jan. 23, 1827, aged 38.
1183- 4. n. Lucy Curtis Root b. May 7, 1790, m. Charles Atwater of
New Haven : she d. Dec. 9, 1821, aged 31.
1185- 7. ni. Eliza Maria Root b. April 8, 1792, m. Samuel H. Wood
ruff, and for 2d husband Sylvester Norton.
1188- 9. iv. Eleanor Paris Root b. Jan. 9, 1794, m. Reuben Rice of
New Haven.
1190- 1. V. Jeanette Frances Root b. March 2, 1796, m. Rev. Seth
Bliss. -; "
1192- 3. vi. Charlotte Antoinette Root b. Feb. 9, 1798, m. WiUiam
Jehiel Forbes of New Haven.
1194- 5. vn. Susan Augusta Root b. Jan. 23, 1800, m. Sept. 5, 1822,
Rev. Dr. Eleazer Thompson Fitch of New Haven, Ct. b.
Jan. 1, 1791 (son of Nathaniel Fitch and Mary Thomp
son), grad. at Yale in 1810, Prof, of Sacred Theology at
Yale Coll. (1817-52), immediately succeeding Pres.
Dwight in that office. She was his 2d wife and without
issue. She d. Oct. 2, 1846. He m. for a 3d wife Mary
Luntof Newburyport. By hisfirst wife, BUzabethWoof,?;
he had one son- Lucius Wooster Fitch, gfaSTiFYalem ^
1840. He d. Jan. 31, 1871, aged 80. He was when in^
his prime a prince among preachers. His grateful!
pupils, one of whom was the author, will ever hold his ^
memory in reverent and affectionate remembrance, n >»
1196. vin. Julia Root b. July 23, 1807. ,; .
Y-
1181- 2. i. Olivia Ann Root b. Oct. 10, 1788, m, in 1805, Samuel
Badger b. Dec. 6, 1786, at Windham, Ct. (sou of Edmund Badger and
Lucretia Abbe) grad. at Yale in 1805, a lawyer in Philadelphia. She d.
Jan. 22, 1827; he d. March 14, 1866.
[8th Gen.J Children :
1197- 8. i. Elizabeth Ann Badger b. in 1805, m. AprU 16, 1827,
Dr. Emile Blaise Gardette (son of James Gardette and
Julia Des Marais), a dentist at Philadelphia. Children.
1199. 1. Emile Blaise Gardette b. March 26, 1828, d. early.

Son of Elder John Strong of Northampton. 83
1200- 1. 2. Charles Des Marais Gardette b. Feb. 11, 1830, m. Nov. 27,
1866, Bulalie Johnson, daughter of Commodore Johnson
of the U. S. N.
1202- 3. n. Edmund Root Badger b. March 7, 1812, m. Nov. 20, 1849.
Mary A. Davis. Children :
1204. 1. Emile Blaise Gardette Badger b. Aug. 24, 1850, a student
of medicine.
1205. 2. John D. D. S. D. Badger b. July 28, 1861.
1206- 7. iii. Sarah Badger b.  m. Dr. Nathan Beers Ives b.
June 26, 1806 (son of Dr. Eli Ives of New Haven),
grad. at Yale in 1825 and at the Medical CoU., in 1828
a physician at New Haven. He d. June 19, 1869 ; she
d.  Children :
1208- 9. 1. Dr. Charles Beers Ives b. June 22, 1831, m. June 20,
1860, Bessie Watson Salter b. Dec. 27, 1833 (dau of
Cleveland Salter and Eliza Cotton), a physician in New
Haven.
1210- 1. iv. Ellen Badger m. John Roberts of Fredericksburgh, Va.,
had 6 children, the eldest of whom Isabella m. a Mr.
Bernard of Fredericksburgh.
1212- 3. v. Samuel Badger m. Cornelia Holmes. He had two
daughters, the younger of whom m. Rev. W. F. Pad
dock of PhUadelphia. Mr, Badger d. May, 1863, in
Minnesota and his widow m. for 2d husband a Mr. More-
head of Philadelphia. [There were 7 other chUdren of
Samuel Badger and Olivia Ann Root, but the author
has not been able to ascertain their names.]
[7th Gen.J
1183-4. n. LucT Curtiss Root b. May 7, 1790, m. Jan. 8, 1808,
Charles Atwater b. Aug. 25, 1785 (son of Timothy Atwater and Susan
Macomber who were m. Jan 1, 1776; he d. March 5, 1824: she d. Jan.
11, 1831), a merchant in New Haven, Ct. She d. Dec. 10, 1821.
[8th Gen.J Children :
1214- 5. i. Sarah Atwater b. Nov. 29, 1808, m. April 6, 1825,
Matthias Baldwin Denman b. Nov. 26, 1804 (son of
Aaron Denman and Elizabeth Mulford), a resident at
Quincy, 111. No issue.
1216. n. Eleanor Strong Atwater b. May 18, 1810, d. Dec. 2, 1821.
1217. in. Joel Root Atwater b. Dec 20, 1811, d. May 16, 1812.
1218. iv. Lucy Curtiss Atwater b. AprU 18, 1813, d. Sept. 13, 1813.
1219-21. V. Charles Atwater b. Jan. 2, 1815-
1222- 3. vi. Elizabeth Badger Atwater b. March 11, 1818, m. William
Slater Charnley ; d. AprU 16, 1853.
1224- 5. vn. Henry Atwater b. Oct. 7, 1819, d. Jan. 22, 1862.
1226- 7. vin. Lucy Root Atwater b. March 11, 1821, m. Thomas Elmes.
1219-21. V. Charles Atwater,' Jr., b. Jan. 2, 1815, m. Sept. 22,
1836, Mary Montgomery of Philadelphia (dau. of Joseph Montgomery

84 The Descendants of John Strong of Windsor, Ct,
and Harriet Howell); she d. July 5, 1855, and he m. Oct. 13, 1856, for
2d wife her sister Emily Montgomery; a merchant in New Haven, Ct.,
and a zealous member of the Roman Catholic church.
[9th Gen.J Children: By first wife :
1228. i. MoNTGOMERT Meigs Atwater b. Oct. 29, 1837, lost at sea.
1229-30. n. Charles Atwater b. Aug 8, 1839, m. Oct. 8, 1863, Joseph
ine Catharine Blontgomery b. in 1839 (dau. of Harvey
Montgomery and Mary Eleanor Rochester, of Rochester,
N. Y.). They had a son :
1231. 1. Charles b. Oct. 18, 1868, d. Aug. 24, 1869.
1232- 3. in. Howell Atwater b. Sept. 4, 1841.
1234- 5. iv. Harriet Howell Atwater b. Dec. 25, 1843, m. July 8,
1869, Henry Croswell Ward, a druggist at New Haven,
b. in 1843 (son of Chas, Samuel Ward, M.D., of New
Haven, and Lucinda Jane Taggart).
1236-^ 7. V. Mart Montgomery Atwater b. Dec. 23, 1845, m. May 31,
1866, Edward Gilbert King, a cotton merchant in Provi
dence, R. I. Their children are :
1238. 1. Edward Gilbert King b. Feb. 19, 1867.
1239. 2. Frederica Augusta King b. AprU 5, 1868.
1240. vi. George Hoadley Atwater b. Jan. 17, 1848, d. Aug. 8,
1852.
1241- 2. vii. Eleanor Root Atwater b. Aug. 20, 1850, >. July 12,
1870, Charles Shelton, a lawyer in New Haven.
1243. vin. Edward Atwater b. Dec. 28, 1852, d. June 15, 1855.
By second wife :
1244. ix. Emilt Montgomery Atwater b. Aug. 28, 1857.
1245. X. William Montgomery Atwater b. Oct. 28, 1858.
1246. xi. Annie Wilcox Atwater, b. Jan. 18, 1861.
1232-3. in. Howell Atwater, b. Sept. 4, 1841, m. AprU 28, 1864,
Harriet Stark Chase b. in 1850 (dau. of Benjamin Wiggin Chase and
Anne WiUiams) a hardware merchant in Philadelphia.
[10th Gen.J Children :
1247. i. Mart Greenleaf Atwater b. Jan. 20, 1865, d. Sept. 26,
1866.
Harriet Howell Atwater b. AprU 23, 1866.
Benjamin Chase Atwater b. May 19, 1867.
Howell Atwater b. May 26, 1868.
Theodore Atwater b. Aug. 17, 1870.
[8th Gen.J
1222-3. vi. Elizabeth Badger Atwater b. March 11, 1818, m.
Nov. 22, 1836, WiUiam Slater Charnley of Philadelphia, b. July, 1815
(son of James Charnley of Philadelphia and Martha his wife) a stock
and exchange broker in New Haven, Ct. She d. AprU 16, 1853.

1248.

ii.

1249.

iii.

1250.

iv.

1251.

V.

Son of Elder John Strong of Northampton. 85
¦ [9th Gen.J Children:
1252. i. Charles Atwater Charnley b. 1837, d. in 1837.
1253- 4. n. Susan Fitch Charnley b. Nov. 6, 1839, m. Rev. Thomas
B. Wells of PainesvUle, 0. She d. April 4, 1868.
1255- 6. iii. Luct Atwater Charnley b. Aug. 14, 1841, m. June 7,
1865, Lester Bradner (son of Lester and Fanny Bradner,
of Dansville, N. Y.), a lumber-merchant at Chicago, 111.
Children :
1257. 1. Lester Bradner b. March 9, 1867.
1258. 2. BUzabeth Charnley Bradner b. AprU 23, 1868, d. Aug. 6,
1868.
1259-60. iv. William Charnley b. Feb. 8, 1843, m. Oct. 16, 1866,
Amy Morton (dau. of Marcus Morton of Andover, Mass.,
and Abby Bowler), a lumber-merchant in Chicago, 111.
They have two children :
1261. 1. WiUiam Charnley b. Aug. 14, 1866.
1262. 2. Marcus Morton Charnley b. Sept. 11, 1868.
1263. V. James Charnley b. April 15, 1844, a lumber-merchant in
Chicago.
1264- 5. vi. Charles Meigs Charnley b. Oct. 2, 1845, m. March 24,
1870, Louisa B. Averill (dau. of Augustin Averill and
Margaret Eraser, of New York), a lumber merchant in
Chicago.
1266. vii. Elizabeth A. Charnley b. Sept. 4, 1847, d. Feb. 4, 1850.
1267. vni. Harrt A. Charnley b. March 26, 1849, d. March 26, 1855.
1268. ix. WALTERHatchCharnleyb. Oct. 20,1850, astudent at Yale,
class of 1871.
1269. X. LiLLiE Colton Charnley b. March 5, 1852, d. March 2,
1863.
1253- 4. n. Susan Fitch Charnley b. Nov. 6, 1839, m. Sept.
29, 1859, Rev. Thomas Bucklin Wells, Episcopal rector atPainesvUle, 0., b.
at Columbia, S. C, Dec. 31, 1839 (son of Dr. Thomas Wells and Jane
Elizabeth Bucklin). Their children have been :
1270. 1. BUzabeth Wells b. Nov. 21, 1860.
1271. 2. Charlton H. Vi^eUs b. Dec. 9, 1862, d. 1865.
1272. 3. Lester Bradner Wells b. Sept. 11, 1865.
1273. 4. Sarah Denman Wells b. Feb. 19, 1867, d. Aug. 22, 1868.
[8th Gen.J
1224- 5. vn. Henry Atwater b. Oct. 7, 1819, m. AprU 6, 1841,
Martha Ann Slater Charnley b. Aug. 1819, in PhUadelphia (dau. of
James Charnley and Martha Slater), an iron manufacturer at Birming
ham, Ct., where he d. Jan. 22, 1862.
[9th Gen.J Children :
1274- 5. i. William Charnley Atwater b. AprU 8, 1842, m. Feb. 12,
1865, Mary Bryan Bassett b. Dec. 31, 1842 (dau. of

86 The Descendants of John Strong of Windsor, Ct.,
Asa Bassett and Lucy Bull), an insurance agent in
Birmingham, Ct. Their chUdren are :
1276. 1. Henry A. Atwater b. Oct. 26, 1866.
1277. 2. Thomas Elmes Atwater b. Dec. 17, 1867.
1278- 9. n. Henrt Atwater b. Sept. 14, 1843, m. Feb. 13, 1867,
Josephine WeUs b. March 19, 1844 (dau. of Harmon
Wells and Caroline Bogart), a manufacturer. They had
children :
1280. 1. Lizzie b. May 11, and d. July 31, 1869.
1281. 2. A son unnamed b. Dec. 28, 1870.
1282. ni. Theodore Atwater b. March 18, 1845, a hardware mer
chant in Philadelphia.
1283. iv. Martha Atwater b. March 21, 1847.
1284. V. Charles Elmes Atwater b. Jan. 19, 1849.
1285. vi. James Charnley Atwater b. May 26, 1851.
1286. vn. Sarah Denman Atwater b. Oct. 10, 1857.
[8th Gen.J
1226- 7. vin. Luct Root Atwater b. March 11, 1821, m. June 19,
1839, Thomas Elmes b. Aug. 23, 1818 (son of Thomas Elmes of Phila
delphia and LydiaCole), a manufacturer and secretary of" The Birmingham
Iron and Steel Works ; " resides in Derby. To her the author is indebted
for this account of the descendants of Charles Atwater and Lucy C. Root.
[9th Gen.J Children :
1287. i. Elizabeth Charnley Elmes b. Aug. 23, 1842, d. April 14,
1844.
1288. ii. Thomas Elmes b. Feb. 16, 1844, d. March 1, 1845.
1289. iii. Charles Atwater Elmes b. Dec. 31, 1847, d. Jan. 1, 1848.
1290. iv. Henrt Longfellow Elmes b. Dec. 20. 1849, d. July 5,
1850.
1291. V. William Forbes Elmes b. April 1, 1852.
1292. vi. Frank Denman Elmes b. June 1, and d. June 6, 1854.
[7thGen.Jj
1185-7. iii. Eliza Maria Root (dau. of Joel Root and Eleanor
Strong), b. April 8, 1792, m. March 5, 1812, Samuel Henry Woodruff,
b. March 5, 1787 (son of Judge Samuel Woodruff of Hartford, Ct., and
Esther Sloper); a lawyer in Southlngton, Ct. He d. and she m. Jan.
28, 1838, Sylvester Norton, b. Sept. 1785 (son of Isaac Norton of Bris
tol, Ct.), a wool merchant in Troy, N. Y., where he d. July 20, 1865.
She still (1871) resides at Troy. To her the author is indebted for many
of the facts here detailed concerning the descendants of Col. John Strong.
[8th Gen.J Children :
1293. i. Samuel Woodruff b. Dec. 30, 1813, a resident in South
lngton, Ct.
1294. ii. WitEiAM Woodruff b. Sept. 12, 1815, d. Nov. 27, 1815.

Son of Elder John Strong of Northampton. 87
1295. in. Sarah Sloper Woodruff b. AprU 7, 1818, d. of consump
tion, Dec 9. 1835, aged 17.
1296. iv. James Woodruff b. Feb. 26, 1821, in Southlngton, a land
agent in Quincy, 111. Has 4 children.
1297. V. William Forbes Woodruff b. in 1822, lost at sea July 1,
1843.
1298- 9. vi. Col. Henrt Dwight Woodruff b. Dec. 31, 1824, a commis
sary in the U. S. Army of Vpls. in the late war, a mer
chant in Troy, N. Y. No children.
1300. vn. Joel Root Woodruff b. in New Haven, Aug. 26, 1828, a
civil engiiieer and now resident engineer on the eastern
division of 100 miles of the rail road from Quincy, 111.,
to Nebraska city. He was a hospital steward in the
surgeon general's office at Washington in the late war.
[7th Gen.J
1188-9. iv. EleanoIr Paris Root b. Jan.9, 1794, m. AprU 30, 1815,
Reuben Rice, b. Oct. 1776 (son of Joseph Rice of WaUingford, Ct., and
Phebe Rich), a merchant in New Haven, Ct. He d. May 1, 1831, at
WaUingford, Ct. She resides still (1871) at New Haven. He went to
New Haven in 1791.
[8th Gen.J Children :
1301- 2. i. Hon. John Strong Rice b. AprU 5, 1816, m. June 22, 1853,
widow Eliza Wadsworth Cowles, b. April 16, 1813 (dau.
of Samuel Langdon of New Haven, and Lavinia Oaks),
widow of Augustus Cowles of Farmington. He is a
lawyer at Farmington, Ct. (since 1855). No children.
He was State Senator (1850) ; member of the State
legislature (1862-5); and President of the Continental
Life Ins. Co. of Hartford (1864-70).
1303- 4. n. George Rice b. Sept. 26, 1817, m. July 2, 1860, Mrs.
Emma Elizabeth Hill, nde Flower b. May 24, 1826
(dau. of Asa Flower of Wells, Vt., and Esther Beards-
ley) ; a lawyer residing in Brooklyn, N. Y. Children:
George Trowbridge Rice b. Sept. 7, 1861.
Emma Maude Rice b. Sept. 10, 1863.
Joseph Rice b. Aug. 5, 1820, d. Sept. 26, 1821.
Reuben Rice b. Feb. 28, 1822, a manufacturer residing
in Brooklyn.
1309-10. V. James Rice b. March 21, 1824, m. Dec. 19, 1848, Sarah
Elizabeth Manvel, b. Dec 11, 1828 (dau. of Cyrus
Manvel of New Haven, Ct., and Hannah his wife); an
electro-plater in New York. Children :
1311. 1. James Rice, Jr., b. Oct. 13, 1849.
1312. 2. Susan Cutler Rice b. Feb. 4, 1855.
1313- 4. vi. Eleanor Paris Rice") m. George Mygatt.
i twins, b. June 22, 1825.
1315- 6. vn. Luct Curtiss Rice ) m, Philip W. Dater.

1305.
1306.

1.
2.

1307.

iii.

1308.

iv.

88 The Descendants of John Strong of Windsor, Ct,
1317- 8. vin. Mart Denman Rice b. Feb. 7, 1830, m. Aug. 24, 1853,
Frederick Hayes Trowbridge, b. Sept, 18, 1813 (son of
Roswell Trowbridge of New Haven, and Nancy Hayes);
a merchant in New York, residing in Brooklyn ; no issue.
1319. ix. Susan Augusta Rice b. Dec. 31, 1831, resides unmarried
in New Haven. To her this account of her father's
family is due.
1313- 4. vi. Eleanor Paris Rice b. June 22, 1825, m. July 22,
1845, George Mygatt, b. Aug. 3, 1820 (son of Bli and Rebecca Mygatt,
of Danbury, Ct.), a merchant in New York, residing in Brooklyn.
Children :
1320. 1. George Mygatt, Jr., b. Feb. 4, 1847.
1321. 2. Frederick Trowbridge Mygatt b. June 28, 1853, d. Feb. 6,
1855.
1322. 3. PhUip Dater Mygatt b. Oct. 27, 1856, d. Nov. 17, 1869.
1323. 4. Dudley Peck Mygatt b. May 7, 1859.
1324. 5. Eleanor Bickford Mygatt b. Feb. 11, 1861.
1325. 6. Sophia Mygatt b. March 31, 1865, d. June 13, 1865.
^ [8th Gen.]
1315-16. vii. Luct Curtiss Rice b. June 22, 1825, m. Sept 1, 1846,
Philip WilliamDater (son of Jacob Dater of Troy, N. Y., and Mary  ),
of the firm of Dater, Whaling & Co., Slate MUls, Chicago, b. at Troy, N. Y.,
Sept. 11, 1822. Children :
1326. 1. Eleanor Dater b. Dec. 31, 1847.
1327. 2. Mary Rice Dater b. Nov. 21, 1852.
1328. 3. Henry Dater b. May 10, 1855.
[7th Gen.J
1190- 1. V. Jeanette Frances Root b. March 2, 1796, m. Dec 15,
1824, Rev. Seth Bliss b. April 23, 1793, at Springfield, Mass, (son of
Paul Bliss and Abigail Munn), a mechanic untU 25 years of age, he
studied for the ministry at New Haven where he was licensed to preach
Aug. 1824; settled at Jewett City, Ct. (1825-32), and Sec of the Am.
Tract Society ofBoston (1833-58); resided at New York (1858-70), and
since 1870 has resided at Berlin, Ct.
[8th Gen.J Children :
1329-30. i. William Root Bliss b. Oct. 20, 1825, in Jewett City,
grad. at Yale in 1850, m. April 20, 1853, Elizabeth
Fearing of Boston (dau. of Andrew J. Fearing, now of
Wareham, Mass.), a merchant in New York. Children :
1331. 1. Frederic WiUiam Bliss b. in New York Jan. 14, 1854, a
student now (1871) in Brussels, Belgium.
1332. 2. Sydney Bliss b. in Brooklyn, AprU 9, 1859, d. July^ 1860.
1333. u. Frederic Bliss b. June 18, 1827, educated as a merchant,
spent five years in California; was a captain in the

Son of Elder John Strong of Northampton. 89
Union army in the late war and served three years :
resides in New York, unmarried.
1334- 5. Hi. Robert Bliss, twin, b. Dec. 3, 1828.
1336. iv. George Bliss, twin, b. Dec. 3, 1828, d. Aug. 31, 1830.
1334-5. iii. Robert Bliss, grad. at Yale in 1850, a merchant in New
York, m. Nov. 13, 1861, Susan Marie Handy (dau. of Parker Handy of
New York, a banker, and Maria Sloan), Children :
1337. 1. Robert Parker Bliss b. Dec. 4, 1862.
1338. 2. Charles Fanning Bliss b. Sept. 23, 1864, d. March 30,
1868.
1339. 3. Alice Jeanette BUss b. March 13, 1867.
1340. 4. Gracie Bliss b. March 30, 1869.
1341. 5. Clifford Bliss b. July 16, 1870.
1342- 3. V. Jeanette Root Bliss b. June 17, 1830, m. June 1, 1848,
WiUiam Henry Adams of Boston (son of Thomas Adams),
a merchant in New York (1851-8) where he d. Oct. 3,
1858. Children:
1344. 1. John Russell Adams b. in Boston, Feb. 2, 1850 ; in express
business in California.
1345. 2. Jeanette Root BUss Adams b. Sept. 22, 1852, d. in New
Haven, Sept. 1853.
1346. 3. Alice Maude Adams b. in New York, June 23, 1856.
1347. vi. Charles Fanning Bliss b. in Norwich, Ct., Nov. 23, 1832 ;
in mercantile business in India (1852-61), and d. in
Allahabad, unmarried, AprU 11, 1861.
1348. vn. George Bliss b. in Boston, Nov. 16, 1835 and d. soon.
1349. viH. Eleazer Fitch Bliss b. Sept. 9, 1837, kUled instantly by
being thrown from a carriage, July 15, 1842.
[7th Gen.J
1192-3. vi. Charlotte Antoinette Root b. Feb. 7, 1798, m. Sept.
22, 1817, William Jehiel Forbes b. Dec. 14, 1794, (sonof Jehiel Forbes
and Huldah Bradley), a merchant in New Haven. He d. of a tumor,
Dec. 18, 1839, aged 41. She m. May, 1845, Mr. L'Aignoux, a teacher
of French, without issue. She resides now (1871), in Philadelphia.
[8th Gen.J Children :
1350- 1. i. Susan Huldah Forbes b. March 6, 1819, m. Prof Benjamin
SUliman, Jr., of New Haven.
1352. H. William Jehiel Forbes b. Jan. 19, 1821, a merchant in
New York, where he d. of disease of the heart June 26,
1862, unmarried.
1353- 4. in. Robert Wasson Forbes b. March 27, 1822.
1355. iv. Julia Caroline Forbes b. May 19, 1823, d. Aug. 19, 1824.
1356. V. George Forbes b. April 25, and d. AprU 30, 1825.
1357. vi. George Forbes (2d) b. AprU 23, and d. April 26, 1826.
1358- 9. vii. Charles Forbes b. April lO, 1827.
12

90 The Descendants of John Strong of Windsor, Ct,
1360- 1. vin. Charlotte Root Forbes b. Feb. 1, 1829.
1362- 3. ix. Edward Forbes b. March 29, 1830.
1364- 5. X. Eliza De Forest Forbes b. July 31, 1833.
1366- 7. xi. Adeline Louise Forbes b. Dec 5, 1837.
1350-1. i. SusanHuldah Forbes b. March 6, 1819, m. May 14, 1840,
Prof. Benjamin SUliman, Jr., b. in New Haven, Dec. 4, 1816 (son of Prof^
Benjamin SUliman of Yale College and Harriet TrumbuU, dau. of Gov.
Jonathan Trumbull, Jr.), grad. at Yale in 1837, and teacher of Chemistry
Mineralogy and Geology in Yale (1838-47) ; associate editor of the Am.
Journal of Science and Arts since 1838 ; Prof, of Applied Chemistry at
Yale (1846-54), and of General and Applied Chemistry since 1854; a
member of the Common Council of New Haven (1845-9), and Prof of
Medical Chemistry and Toxicology in the medical department of Louis-
vUle University, Ky. (1849-54). He is the author of First Principles of
Chemistry (2 editions), and of First Principles of Physics (2 editions).
To her this account of her father's family is due.
[9th Gen.J Children :
Susan Forbes SUliman b. July 2, 1841.
Eleanor Strong SUliman b. April 22, and d. AprU 23, 1843.
Alice Trumbull SiUiman b. June 3, 1846.
Benjamin SUliman b. at Louisville, Ky., Oct. 27, 1849.
Edith SUliman b. in New York Oct. 6, 1851, d. in New
Haven, July 18, 1866.
Mabel McClellan SUliman b. in New Haven, Aug. 21,
1854.
. Eleanor Root SiUiman b. Aug. 26, 1856.
[8th Gen.J
1353-4. in. Robert Wasson Forbes (son of WilUam Jehiel Forbes
and Charlotte A. Root), b. March 27, 1822, m. Oct. 3, 1855, Hannah
Maria Edwards, b. Aug. 5, 1833 (dau. of Timothy Edwards of Catskill,
N. Y., and Sarah Haigh of Huddersfield, Bug.), a lumber-merchant in
Brooklyn, N. Y.
[9th Gen.J Children :
1375. i. William Jehiel Forbes b. July 19, 1856. n
1376. H. Agnes Edwards Forbes b. Aug. 18, 1858. \
1377. ni. Robert Wasson Forbes b. Sept. 27, 1861. ^
1378. iv. Hannah Edwards Forbes b. March 28, 1865.
1379. V. Adeline Louisa Forbes b. March 27, 1867.
[8th Gen.J
1358-9. vn. Charles Forbes b. AprU 10, 1827, m. Sept. 1, 1851,
Mary Acker Alvord b. May 31, 1835 (dau. of Landy and Sarah Alvord).
She d. Jan. 28, 1866 at Fort Washington, N. Y.

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i.

1369.

ii.

1370.

iU.

1371.

iv.

1372.

V.

1373.

vi.

1374.

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Son of Elder John Strong of Northampton. 91
[9th Gen.] Children :
1380. i. William Jehiel Forbes b. Sept. 18, 1852.
1381. n. Maria Forbes b. Oct. 18, 1854.
1382. iii. Charles Edward Forbes b. Nov. 24, 1856, d. March 21,
1859.
1383. iv. Henrt Goodwin Forbes b. Feb. 27, 1859.
1384. V. Charlotte Root Forbes b. May 22, 1862, d. June 2, 1862.
1385. vi. Alice Bessie Forbes b. Feb. 7, 1864.
[8th Gen.J
1360-1. viH. Charlotte Root Forbes b. Feb. 1, 1829, m. Feb. 1,
1848, Samuel Robinson Downer b. Jan 8, 1827 (son of Samuel Downer,
a merchant in New York, and EUza de Forest, his wife), a resident at
North Haven, Ct.
[9th Gen.] Children :
1 1386. i. Lottie Forbes Downer b. June 24, 1849.
1387. ii. William Forbes Downer b. Aug. 12, 1850.
1388. in. Eliza De Forest Downer b. April 10, 1852.
1389. iv. Adeline Louise Downer b. Oct. 28, 1853.
'1390. V. Agnes Bertha Downer b. Dec. 9, 1855.
[8th Gen.]
1362-3. ix. Edward Forbes (son of WUliam Jehiel Forbes and
Charlotte A. Root) b. March 29, 1830, m. Jan. 12, 1851, EUen Mary
Whitman b. May 27, 1852 (dau. of Edward Whitman and Almira Olm
stead). No children.
1364-5. X-. Eliza DeForest Forbes b. July 31, 1833, m. July 1,
1861, Prof. Wootton Wright Hawkes b. Jan. 11, 1811 (son of George
Hawkes, a merchant in New York and Ann Lawrence) studied at Halle,
Germany, a lawyer in New York, Prof in Trinity Coll., Ct., for some
time and of late an amateur farmer at Sing Sing, N. Y. Children :
1391. 1. Emile McDougal Hawkes b. July 29, 1862.
1392. 2. Robert Forbes Hawkes b. Aug. 25, 1865.
1366-7. xi. Adeline Louise Forbes b. Dec. 5, 1837, m. AprU 18,
1860, Rev. Prof George Parke Fisher of Yale College b. Aug. 10, 1827
(son of Louis Whiting Fisher of Wrentham, Mass., and Nancy  ) grad. at
Brown University in 1847 ; studied Theology at New Haven and An
dover Theological Seminary, where he was grad. in 1851 ; studied ayear
at Halle, Germany: Livingston Prof of Divinity at Yale (1854-61) and
since 1861 Prof, of Ecclesiastical History at New Haven Theological
Seminary. He is one of the editors of the New Englander and the author

92 The Descendants of John Strong of Windsor, Ct.,
of Essays on the Supernatural Origin of Christianity. She d. Feb. 19,
1867. [9th Gen.J Children :
1393. i. George Parke Fisher b. Jan. 26, 1861.
1394. ii. William Forbes Fisher b. July 27, 1863.
1395. in. Charlotte Root Fisher b. Aug. 9, 1865.
1396. iv. Addison Louis Fisher b. Feb. 2, 1867, d. July 29, 1868.
[6th Gen.J
1171-2. vn. Stephen Strong (son of Col. John Strong a farmer at
Torringford, Ct., and Mercy Newell) b. Nov. 6, 1772, m. Hepzibah Bunco
of Hartford, Ct., lived in Morristown, N. J. He d. April 2, 1828. He
had 3 children, names not obtained.

1173. viii. Elijah Strong (son of Col. John Strong) b. Nov. 17,
1774, a farmer at Austinburgh, O. He d. March 22, 1828, had son :
1397. 1. Leonard Strong and probably others.
[6th Gen.J
1174-5. ix. Pomerot Strong b. April 9, 1777, m. Susan North of
Farmington, Ct., b. June 6, 1775 (dau. of John North) ; a farmer at
Farmington, Ct., a man of thorough integrity and gentle sympathies, d.
Sept. 13, 1861 : she d. May 26, 1863, aged 87.
[7th Gen.J Children :
1398. i. Susan Maria Strong b. Jan. 22, 1804, d. AprU 14, 1824.
1399. H. Philip Strong b. Oct, 28, 1805, d. July 20, 1808.
1400. iii. Philip Pomeroy Strong b. Jan. 8, 1809, d. at Augusta,
Ga., Sept. 23, 1832.
1401. iv. John Merrill Strong b. Aug. 23, 1813, d. Aug. 27, 1838.
1402- 3. V. Julia Strong b. Dec. 30, 1815, m. Dr. Chauncey Brown,
of Farmington, Ct.
1404- 5. vi. Ellen Root Strong b. Nov. 13, 1823, m. John N. Bart
lett of New Britain, Ct.
1402-3. V. Julia Strong b. Dec. 30, 1815,m. Dr. Chauncey Brown,
of Farmington, Ct.
[8th Gen.J Children :
1406. i. Susan Strong Brown b. Aug. 24, 1837.
1407. H. Helen Stanley Brown b. April 10, 1844.
1408. in. Julia Pomeroy Brown b. April 15, 1847.
1409. iv. Philip Chauncey Brown b. March, 1850.
[7th Gen.J
1404- 5. vi. Ellen Root Strong b.JNov. 13, 1823, m. Sept. 7, 1846,
John Newton Bartlett (son of Rev. WUliam Bartlett), Assistant Principal

Son of Elder John Strong of Northampton. 93
of the Ct. State Normal School at New Britain (for some years) ; Assessor
of revenue for that Conn. Dist., now.
[8th Gen.J Children:
1410. i. Ellen Strong Bartlett b. March 28, 1848.
1411. ii. John Pomeroy Bartlett b. June 4, 1858.
1412. in. Annie Golden Bartlett b. Aug. 1, 1862.
[6th Gen.J
1177- 8. xi. Edmund Strong (son of Col. John Strong and Mercy
Newell) b. AprU 28, 1781, m. Dec. 16, 1803, Anna Gillett b. June 21,
1784 (dau. of Deacon Nathan GUlett of Morgan, 0., and Lucy Harrison),
afarmer in Austinburgh, 0. He d. Aug. 25, 1844; she d. Aug. 18,
1868, set. 84.
[7th Gen.J Children:
1413. i. Henrt Fitch Strong b. May 5, 1806, d. unmarried Oct.
19, 1829.
1414. ii. Asa Leander Strong b. July 13, 1807, d. June 9, 1813.
1415- 6. iU. Harvet Newell Strong b. May 21, 1810.
1417- 8. iv. Lucius Leander Strong b. Dec. 14, 1814.
1419-20. V. Eleanor Root Strong b. July 16, 1817, m. George R.
Whiting.
1421- 2. vi. Jerusha Ann Strong b. Aug. 15, 1819, m. Samuel W.
Snow of Austinburgh, O.
1415-16. in. Harvet Newell Strong b. May 21, 1810, m. Feb.
1, 1835, Lucy Elizabeth Upson b. July 24, 1812, in Waterbury, Ct.
(dau. of Horatio Upson afterwards of Tallmadge, 0., and Hannah Cook),
a chair maker at Appleton, Wis. (since 1864) : in his early life resided
at Mayfield, Ohio.
[8th Gen.J Children :
A son unnamed b. and d. Nov. 23, 1835.
A daughter unnamed b. Oct. 23, and d. Nov. 1836.
Henry Fitch Strong b. June 18, 1838, he enlisted Sept.
17, 1861, in Co. I, 12th Regiment, Wis. Vols. His
regiment became a veteran regiment in 1864. They
took part at the siege of Vicksburgh, and in the march
of Sherman to the sea. At Jonesborough, near Atlanta,
Ga., he was struck while eating his dinner with his
company by a minie ball at his right elbow, which
passed up the length of his forearm (as his hand was
raised to his mouth), coming out at the wrist. His left
hand was badly injured before he became a soldier, and
with his right arm amputated near the shoulder, he is
thoroughly crippled and resides at the Soldier's Home,
at MUwaukie, Wis.
1426. iv. Charles Strong b. Sept. 24, 1840, d. of croup, Feb. 9,
¦ 1841.

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1425.

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94 The Descendants of John Strong of Windsor, Ct,
1427. V. Ellen Augusta Strong b. Sept. 27, 1842, scalded to death
March 12, 1845.
1428. vi. Bertha Ann Strong b. Jan. 13, 1845.
1429. vn. Edmund Horatio Strong b. April 11, 1817, resides at Ap
pleton.
[7th Gen.J
1417-8. iv. Lucius Leander Strong (son of Edmund Strong and
Anna Gillett) b. Dec. 14, 1814, m. June 13, 1837, Martha Piatt Fenn
b. June 22, 1817 (dau. of Richard Fenn of Tallmadge, 0., and Mabel
Piatt), afarmer at Austinburgh, 0. (since 1854), previously a carpenter
(1830-54). To him is due this account of the descendants of Edmund
Strong, his father.
[8th Gen.J Children:
1430- 1. i. Sarah Isidore Strong b. Oct. 15, 1838, m. Oct. 11, 1866,
Nathaniel Austin b. Dec. 31, 1837 (son of Lewis Austin
of Austinburgh, 0., and Eliza Sadd), a farmer at Aus
tinburgh, 0. They have one child :
1432. 1. Harry Austin b. Jan. 13, 1869.
1433- 4. n. Nathan Gillett Strong b. Sept. 17, 1839, m. Oct. 13,
1866, Helen Francis Pierce b. Aug 21, 1840 (dau. of
Dea. Thompson Pierce of York, 0., and Harriet Little),
a farmer. They have one child :
1435. 1. Karl Edward Strong b. July 25, 1867.
1436. in. Benjamin Fenn Strongb. May 16, 1841, d. Dec 19, 1864,
a school teacher in different places,
1437. iv. Clement Charles Strong b. April 7, 1848, d. March 17,
1859.
1438. V. Clara Octavia Strong b. Aug. 31, 1851.
1439. vi. Anna Mabel Strong b. Aug. 27, 1856.
[7th Gen.J
1419-20. V. Eleanor Root Strong (dau. of Edmund Strong and
Anna Gillett) b. July 16, 1817, m. Nov. 20, 1837, George Rodney
Whiting of Mayfield, 0., b. Feb. 22, 1814 (son of Samuel Whiting and
Sally Rathbone), a farmer at Mayfield, Cuyahoga Co., 0.
[8th Gen.J Children :
1440. i. Anna Buckingham Whiting b. in Mayfield Jan. 15, 1842
d. Nov. 14, 1846.
1441. U. Jane Ellen Whiting b. Sept. 9, 1843, in Mayfield.
1442. iU. HoRTONLeanderWhitingb. Oct. ll,1848,d.Dec21,1849.
1443. iv. Arthur Edmund Whiting b. Feb. 6, 1851.
1444. V. Leander Lucius Whiting b. Aug. 13, 1858, in Mayfield.
[7th Gen.J
1421- 2. vi. Jerusha Ann Strong (dau. of Edmund Strong and
Anna GUlett), b. Aug. 15, 1819, m. Feb. 9, 1842, Samuel Wyllys Snow

Son of Elder John Strong of Northampton. 95
b. July 27, 1816 (son of Sparrow Snow and Clara Kneeland) : a dairy
man at Austinburgh, O.
[8th Gen.J Children :
1445. i. Edmund Strong Snow b. Jan. 25, 1845, a conductor on
the Pacific Rail Road.
1146. ii. Sparrow Alexander Snow b. Jan. 15, 1847, studying
medicine (1870) in Michigan University.
1447. iU. Ellen Elizabeth Snowb. Sept. 11, 1848, a teacher of pen
manship.
1448. iv. Mary Foster Snow b. May, 2, and d. May 3, 1856.
1449. V. Mary CaroHne Snow b. Aug. 5, 1862.
[6th Gen.]
1179-80. xii. Mercy Pomeroy Strong (dau. of Col. John Strong of
Torringford, and Sarah Strong) b. AprU 15, 17S4, m. 1807, Roswell
Austin b. July 10, 1781, in New Hartford, Ct. (sonof Judge Eliphalet
Austin of Austinburgh, O., and Sibyl Dudley), a farmer in Austinburgh.
She d. in 1823; he d. Jan. 1868. [.Judge Eliphalet Austin was the
founder of Austinburgh, 0.]
[7th Gen.J Children:
1450- 1. i. Eliphalet Strong Austin b. April 27, 1809.
1452- 3. ii. George Montgomery Austin, M.D., b. March 13, 1811, d.
1861.
1454- 5. iii. Clarinda Austin b. June, 1815, m. Harvey Sadd, d. 1853.
1456- 7. iv. Erastus Austin b. Sept., 1817.
1458- 9. V. Mercy Austin b. April 20, 1819, m. Harlow MUls of
Madison, Wis. She d. in 1853.
1460- 1. vi. Henry Holmes Austin b. 1821.
1450-1. i. Eliphalet Strong Austin b. April 27, 1809, m. Sept.
20, 1835, Julia Roxana Hawley (dau. of George W. Hawley of Elbridge,
N. Y., who was the son of Rev. Rufus Hawley of Avon, Ct.), a farmer
in Augusta, Hancock Co. III.
[8th Gen.J Children :
1462- 3. i. Emma J. Austin b. April 12, 1841, m. Dec 24, 1867,
Rufus Ammon of Decorah, Iowa.
1464- 5. ii. Eugene Strong Austin b. May 8, 1843, m. Nov. 27, 1867,
Margaret Smith b. in Scotland, a farmer in Augusta, IU.
1466. iii. Lucia Irene Austin b. Jan. 12, 1851.
[7th Gen.J
1452-3. ii. George Montgomery Austin, M.D., b. March 13, 1811.
a physician in Kewauee, Henry Co., Ill, m. in 1849, Eliza Mills (dau.
of Deacon Joseph Mills of Austinburgh, 0. He d. in 1861).

96 The Descendants of John Strong of Windsor, Ct
[8th Gen.J Children:
1467. i. Frances Austin.
1468. ii. Chloe Austin.
1469. in. Harrt Austin.
1470. iv. William Austin.

[7th Gen.J
1454-5. in. Clarinda Austin (dau. of Roswell Austin and Mercy
Pomeroy Strong), b. June, 1815, m. Feb. 1835, Harvey Sadd (son of
Harvey Sadd of New Hartford, Ct.), a cabinet-maker in Madison, Wis.
[8th Gen.J Children :
1471- 2. i. Mattie Sadd m. Alfred Ward Skinner of Augusta, 111.
1473. ii. Edgar Sadd, engaged on rail road at Chicago, III.
1474- 5. iii. Julia Sadd, m. Rufus Reynolds of Denver, Colorado.
1476. iv. Austin Sadd, engaged on Chicago and Bloomington rail
road.
[7th Gen.]
1456-7. iv. Erastus Austin b, Sept. 1817, m. in 1842, Phebe
Woolsey of Orange Co., N. Y. ; a police magistrate at Kewanee, Henry
Co., HI.
[8th Gen.J Children :
1477- 8. i. Merct Austin m. a Mr. Swallow of Chicago.
1479. ii. Charles Austin, a telegraph operator in Kewanee.
1480. iii. Lewis Austin.
[7th Gen.J
1458-9. V. Merct Austin b. AprU 20, 1819, m. in 1844, Harlow
MiUs (son of Dea. Joseph Mills of Austinburgh), a wagon-maker in Madi
son, Wis.
[8thGen.J Children:
1481. i. Clarinda MUls.
1482. H. Belle MUls.
1483. iii. Sterling MiUs, a telegraph operator at Quincy, 111.
1484. iv. Merct Mills.
[7th Gen.J
1460-61. vi. Henrt Holmes Austin b. in 1821, m. 1849, Mary
Waterbury of Austinburgh, a farmer in Austinburgh.
[8th Gen.J Children:
1485. i. Bertha Austin.
1486. ii. Gertrude Austin.
1487. in. Kate Austin.
1488. iv. Nettie Austin.

Son of Elder John Strong of Northampton. 97
[5th Gen.J
1158- 9. vin. Elisha Strong (son of J. Warham Strong of Windsor
and Azubah Griswold) b. Deo. 1, 1747-8, m. May, 1781, Mary Beebe b.
at Salisbury, Ct., Oct. 13, 1759 (dau. of David Beebe and Mary Dibble).
He resided at Windsor, Ct. In the Revolutionary war he was appointed
agent for his native town to clothe the Connecticut troops in the Continental
army, and authorized to borrow on the credit of the town three thousand
pounds lawful money. On June 13, 1823, the first board of trustees of
the Methodist Episcopal Church in Windsor was organized at his house,
and he was chosen one of its trustees. He d. at Windsor, Feb. 28, 1826
aged 78 : she d. at New York, AprU 21, 1834.
[6th Gen.J Children :
1489-90. i. Elizabeth Strong b. April 29, 1782, d. Nov. 24, 1858.
1491- 2. H. Mart Strong b. Oct. 13, 1783, d. Nov. 3, 1823, m. Ward
Woodbridge.
1493- 4. iU. John Warham Strongb. July 21, 1785, d. Aug. 10, 1853.
1495- 6. iv. Julia Strong b. Jan. 24, 1787.
1497- 8. V. Judge Elisha Beebe Strong b. Nov. 29, 1788, d. Oct. 14,
1867.
1499-500. vi. Samuel Strong b. June 2, 1790, d. March 28, 1826, at
Windsor.
1501. vii. An infant daughter unnamed b. in 1792, d. soon.
1502- 3. viii. Charlotte Strong b. in Jan. 12, 1794, m. Horace H.
Sill of Elyria, O.
1504- 5. ix. Almira Strong b. Oct. 4, 1796, m. Charles Babcock of
Hartford, Ct.
1506- 7. X. Gen. Oliver Strong b. Sept. 30, 1798, d. July 9, 1832.
1508. xi. William Augustus Strong b. July 6, 1802, d. Nov. 23,
1805.
1489-90. i. Elizabeth Strong b. April 29, 1782, m. Henry New
berry b. Jan. 27, 1783, at Windsor, Ct. (son of Gen. Roger Newberry of
Windsor and Eunice Ely of Springfield his 2d wife). He was for many
years a merchant at Hartford, Ct. In June, 1824, he removed to Summit
Co., 0. (then Portage Co.) where he founded the town of Cuyahoga Falls. -
Here he had owned for several years a large landed estate, on which he
now built mills, opened coal mines and carried on mining and manufac
turing operations. He took in his youth three years of the college course
at Yale College. He was a man of great vigor of body and mind, and of
generous and genial instincts. His life was that of a devoted Christian,
and unusually useful and happy. He d. of apoplexy Dec. 5, 1854 : she
d. Nov. 24, 1858. [His father Gen. Roger Newberry (not a coUege
graduate) was a lawyer and merchant at Windsor. He was a General in
the Revolutionary war and a member for a long time of the Governor's
Council. He was b. June 30, 1735, and d. Feb. 13, 1814, and was the
son of Capt. Roger Newberry of Windsor and Elizabeth Wolcott, dau. of
13

98 The Descendants of John Strong of Windsor, Ct.,
Hon. Roger Wolcott, Gov. of Connecticut, For an interesting account of
her physical vigor and pluck, see Stiles' s Hist. Ancierit Windsor, p. 721.J
[6th Gen.J Children :
1509-10. i. Elizabeth Newberry b. Oct. 28, 1804, d. Nov. 27, 1829,
m. Hon. Elisha N. SUl.
1511. ii. Mary Strong Newberry b. Sept. 13, 1808, d. unmarried,
Dec. 30, 1855, at Cuyahoga Falls, set. 47.
1512- 3. Ui. Fanny Newberry b. AprU 4, 1810, d. Feb. 14, 1849, m.
Hon. Elisha N. SUl.
1514- 5. iv. Julia Newberry b. April 1, 1812, m. Henry S. Holbrook.
1516- 7. V. Almira Newberry b. March 18, 1814, m. William Foglc
1518- 9. vi. Eunice Newberry b. Sept. 18, 1815, d. Sept. 2, 1867, m.
Charles S. Sill.
1520- 1. vn. Henry Newberry b. June 29, 1817.
1522- 3. viii. Prof. John Strong Newberry b. Dec 22, 1822.
1524- 5. ix. Sarah B. Newberry b. Feb. 8, 1825, m. Joseph P. Hol
brook.

1509-10. i. Elizabeth Newberry b. Oct. 28, 1804, m. Oct. 6, 1824.
Hon. Elisha Noyes Sill of Windsor, b. Jan. 6, 1801 (son of Dr. Elisha
Noyes Sill of Windsor, and Chloe AUyn), grad. at Yale in 1820; studied
theology ; was a teacher at Windsor ; removed in 1828 to Ohio where
he engaged in milling for some years ; has been State Senator for several
terms; three times Fund Commissioner for the state; and has been for
several years past President of the Summit Co. Bank, at Cuyahoga FaUs,
0. She d. Nov. 27, 1829.
[7th Gen.J Children :
1526. i. Alfred Henry SiU b. Aue. 22, 1825, m. July 28, 1852,
Mary Hopkins b. May 12, 18S3 (dau. of Benj. F. Hop
kins of Cuyahoga FaUs, and Mary R. Price), a farmer
at Cuyahoga Fails, 0. Children :
1527. 1. Helen Benedict SiU b. May 12, 1857.
1528. 2. Arthur Sill b. July 1, 1860, d. Feb. 22, 1864.
1529. ii. Ethelbert SiU, M.D.,b. Nov. 22, 1826, m. Nov. 26, 1851,
Olive Moore b. in 1830 (dau, of a Mr. Moore of Norwich,
Ct.), a physician at Cuyahoga Falls, 0. She d. No issue.
[6th Gen.J
1512- 3. iii. Fanny Newberry (dau. of Henry Newberry and BUza
beth Strong) b. April 4, 1810, m. June 17, 1834, as his second wife Hon.
EUsha Noyes Sill, the husband previously of her sister Elizabeth. She
d. Feb. 14, 1849. They had two daughters :
[7th Gen.J Children:
1530- 1. i. . Elizabeth Sill b. June 16, 1838, m. Feb. 7, 1867,
Edward Rowland Sill of Cuyahoga Falls, b. AprU 29,
1841 (son of Dr. Theodore Sill of Windsor, a grad. of

Son of Elder John Strong of Northampton. 99
Yale and author of a volume of poems, and Elizabeth N.
Rowland), a teacher.
1532. ii. Mary SUl b. Dec. 2, 1841.
[6th Gen.J
1514-5. iv. Julia Newberry (dau. of Henry Newberry and Elizabeth
Strong), b. AprU 1, 1812, m. Oct. 25, 1847, Henry Sumner Holbrook,
b. in Wrentham, Mass., Aug. 8, 1818 (son of Henry Holbrook and
widow Sally Farrington Talcott), formerly a manufacturer and merchant
in New York city. During the late war he was superintendent of the Hos
pital Directory of the United States Sanitary Commission, Western Depart
ment; now in business in Chicago, III. No issue.
1516- 7. V. Almira Newberrt, b. March 18, 1814, m. March 5,
1834, WUliam Fogle b. in Canton, 0., in 1804 (son of William Fogle
and Anna, his wife), cashier of the Bank of Canton, 0.; he d. Sept. 2,
1844. [7th Gen.J Children :
1533. i. Henry WiUiam Fogle, b. AprU 25, 1835, m. March 25,
1857, Mary EHzabeth Plumb, b. in Cuyahoga Falls
(dau. of Henry Plumb and Nancy Norton), a clerk at
Louisville, Ky.
[8th Gen.J Children:
1534. i. Bertha Almira Fogle b. Dec. 20, 1857.
1535. ii. Anna Elizabeth Fogle, b. May 15, 1862.
[6th Gen.J
1518- 9. vi. Eunice Newberry b. Sept. 18, 1815, m. Nov. 14, 1838,
Charles Schott Sill, b. at Windsor, Ct., Nov. 21, 1809 (son of Dr. Theo
dore SiU, of Windsor, Ct., and Elizabeth N. Rowland), a farmer at Cuya
hoga Falls, 0. (sinee 1836). She d. Sept. 2, 1867.
[7th Gen.J Children :
1536. i. Fanny AUyn SUl, b. July 9, 1845.
1537. ii. Julia Newberry Sill b. AprU 13, 1853, d. Feb. 26, 1864.
[6th Gen.J
1520- 1. vii. HENRYNEWBERRY(sonofHenry and Elizabeth (Strong)
Newberry) b. June 29, 1817, m. MaryBeldenb. Sept. 19, 1819, formerly
a merchant but now engaged in manufacturing in Cleveland, 0. She d.
Jan. 30, 1869.
[7th Gen.J Children :
1538- 9. i. Julia Elizabeth Newberry b. Feb. 1, 1841, m. Nov. 18
1868, Stephen B. Palmer b. April 20, 1836 (son of

100 The Descendants of John Strong of Windsor, Ct.,
Alexander Palmer of Stonington, Ct., and Adelia H. his
wife).
1540. U. George Belden b. July 15, 1842.
1541. in. Henry Strong b. Nov. 17, 1850.
[6th Gen.J
1522- 3. viii. Prof. John Strong Newberry b. Dec. 22, 1822, grad.
at W.R. CoU., Hudson, 0., in 1846, and at Cleveland Medical CoU., in 1848,
m. Oct. 12, 1848, Sarah BrowneU Gaylordb. Dec. 16, 1823 (dau. of Erastus
F. Gaylord of Cleveland, 0., formerly of Windsor, Ct., and Lucetta Cleve
land of Madison, N. Y.). He was in Europe in 1849-50 : in practice
of medicine in Cleveland, 0., to 1855; in service of U. 8. War Dept., as
Assistant Army Surgeon and Geologist from 1855 to 1861, exploring
with troops Oregon, California, Arizona, New Mexico, &c From 1861
to 1866, he was a member of the U. S. Sanitary Commission and Secretary
of the Western Department ; since 1866 he has been Prof, of Geology in
the School of Mines of Columbia Coll., New York. He resides at Cleve
land. He is State Geologist of Ohio (1868-71).
[7th Gen.J Children :
1542. i. Cleveland Gaylord Newberry b., Jan. 28, 1851.
1543. U. Arthur St. John Newberry b. Dec. 17, 1853.
1544. Hi. Spencer Baird Newberry b.. May: 11,1857.
1545. iv. Elizabeth Strong Newberry b. Aug. 23, 1860.
1546. V. Wolcott Ely Newberry b. Sept. 26, 1862.
1547. vi. Robert Thome Newberry b. Jan. 22, 1865.
1548. vn. William Belknap Newberry b. Jan. 15, 1867.
[6th Gen.J
1524- 5. ix. Sarah E. Newberrt b. Feb. 8, 1825, m. Nov. 26, 1846,
Joseph P. Holbrook b. Nov. 5, 1822 (son of Henry Holbrook of Wren
tham, Mass., and Widow Sally Farrington Talcott) : cashier of the Home
Life Insurance Co., of New York city.
[7th Gen.J
1549. i. Anna HoLBaooK b. Aug. 26, 1847.
1550. ii. Frank Holbrook b. June 22, 1854.
[6th Gen.J
1491-2. H. Mart Strong (dau. of Elisha Strong of Windsor, Ct., and
Mary Beebe), b. Oct. 13, 1783, m. as his second wife, March 4, 1809,
Ward Woodbridge of Hartford, Ct., b. March 1771 (son of Ward Wood-
bridge of E. Hartford and Sarah Olcott); one of the oldest and most
successful merchants of Hartford and one of the founders of the first
American " A.sylum for the deaf and dumb " in that city. He contributed

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Son of Elder John Strong of Northampton. 101
also largely to the establishment of " The Asylum for the Insane," in
Hartford. He d. Oct. 31, 1856; she d. Nov. 3, 1823. [The author's
repeated efforts to obtain complete dates in respect to this family always
failed of success]
[7th Gen.J Children :
Harriet Woodbridge m. Dr. Wm. James Barry.
James Woodbridge.
Sarah Woodbridge, resides unmarried at Hartford, Ct.
Julia Elizabeth Woodbridge b. Nov. 30, 1813 : m. Dr.
Charles A. Terry.
Caroline Woodbridge m. Sanford Billings Grant.
Mart Jane Woodbridge, lives unmarried at Hartford.
vii. Alfred Woodbridge, a broker in New York ; unmarried.

1551-2. i. Harriet Woodbridge : m. Dr. William James Barry of
Hartford, b. in 1804 (son of Rev. Edmund D. Barry of Jersey City
and  Olcott) : a physician at Hartford. He d. Sept. 10, 1847 ; she
d. July 4, 1853.
[8th Gen.J
1562- 3. i. MARTWoodbridgeBarry; m. JohnF.MinesofTroy,N. Y.,
one of the editorial staff of the Troy Times.
1564. ii. Fanny Barry resides at E. Hartford.
[7th Gen.J
1553—4. ii. James Woodbridge (son of Ward Woodbridge, Jr., and
Mary Strong) ; m. Harriet Howell Austin (dau. of Geo. Austin of New
York and Mary Olmstead) ; resides on a farm at E. Hartford, Ct.
[8th Gen.J Children :
1565. i. Mary Austin Woodbridge.
1566. ii. Alfred Ward Woodbridge.

[7th Gen.J
1556-7. iv. Julia Elizabeth Woodbridge b. Nov. 30, 1813 : m.
Oct. 3, 1836, Charles Augustus Terry, M.D., b. Oct. 9, 1810 (son of Gen.
Nathaniel Terry of Hartford and Catharine Wadsworth) : grad. at N. Y.
CoU. of Physicians and Surgeons, March 1833; a physician and surgeon,
at Cleveland, Ohio, and Prof of Obstetrics in the medical department of
Western Reserve Coll., of Hudson, 0., located at Cleveland.
[8th Gen.J Children :
1567. i. Ellen Frances Terry b. Dec. 26, 1837.
1568- 9. n. Julia Woodbridge Terry b. June 2, 1839, m. Col. Henry
W. Closson.
1570. in. Eliza Hudson Terry b. Aug. 22, 1841, d. March 19, 1843.

102 The Descendants of John Strong of Windsor, Ct,
1568-9. ii. Julia Woodbridge Terry b. Deo. 26, 1837, m. June
2, 1868, Col. Henry Whitney Closson, b. at Whitingham, Vt., June 6,
1832 (son of Judge Henry Closson of Springfield, Vt., and Emily Whit
ney), grad. at West Point in 1854. He holds the rank of Captain in the
First Regt. of U. S. Artillery; major by brevet for gallant and merito
rious conduct at the siege of Port Hudson, Miss., to date from July 8,<
1863; and Lt. Col. by brevet for gallant and meritorious conduct at the
capture of the Mobile Forts, Aug. 23, 1864. He is stationed now with
his regiment of First Artillery at Fort Hamilton, N. Y. Harbor.
[9th Gen.J
1571. i. Julia Woodbridge Terry Closson b. March 26, 1869.
[7th Gen.J
1558-9. V. Caroline Woodbridge (dau. of Ward Woodbridge and
Mary Strong) m. Sanford BiUings Grant (son of BiUings Grant of En
field, Ct.), a merchant in Hartford, Ct. She d. Feb. 23, 1858.
[8th Gen.J Children :
1572. i. Caroline Woodbridge Grant; lives at Cleveland, Ohio.
1573. ii. Edward Dudley Grant.
[6th Gen.J
1493-4. iii. John Warham Strong (son of Elisha Strong and Mary
Beebe), b. July 21, 1785, m. Sept 12, 1808, Mary Banks Root, b. at
Hartford, Ct., Sept. 16, 1791 (dau. of Jesse Root and Rebecca Fish, dau.
of Dr. Eliakim Fish). He was a merchant successively at Catskill,
N. Y.; Windsor, Ct. ; W. Bloomfleld, N. Y. (1816-19); Rochester,
N. Y. (1819-24), and Detroit, Mich., from 1832 onwards. He was for
many years a forwarding and commission merchant and also a justice of
the peace. He spent the last three years of his life at Washington, D.C.
She d. April 19, 1824, and he m. for 2d wife Dec, 1830, Emily Caro
line Talbot (dau. of Samuel C. Cox of New York, and Eliza Truxton,
dau. of Commodore Truxton; she always took, however, the name of her
step-father Talbot). She d. Dec. 9, 1840; he d. at Detroit, Mich., Aug.
10, 1853, from the rupture of an artery, while there on a visit. He was
a man of genial spirit and of polished manners. 4k
[7th Gen.J Children : By fi/rst wife :
1574- 5. i. Julia Elizabeth Strong b. July 2, 1809, at Catskill, N. Y.,
m. Egbert N. Fairchild, of Ogdensburgh, N. Y.
1576- 7. U. Mart Beebe Strong b. at Windsor, Ct., April 27, 1811,
m. Henry H. Brown.
1578. Hi. Rebecca Root Strong b. at Windsor, Dec. 16, 1812, d.
unmarried at Rochester, N. Y., 1831.

Son of Elder John Strong of Northampton. 103
1579-80. iv. Emilt Tryon Strong b. at Windsor, Sept. 30, 1814, m.
Gershom M. Williams of Detroit.
1581- 2. V. John Warham Strong b. June 22, 1816, at Windsor.
1583- 4. vi. HEMANNorton Strong b. at Bloomfield, March 8, 1818.
1585- 6. vii. Harriet Sophia Strong b. at W. Bloomfield, Sept., 1819,
m. Charles Bissell of Detroit. She d. 1842.
1587- 8. viii. Sarah Jane Strong b. at Rochester, Sept. 5, 1821, m.
Henry T. Stringham of Detroit.
1589. ix. William Augustus Strong b. at Rochester, March 27,
1824, d. April 13, 1824.
By second wife :
1590- 1. X. Eliza Truxton Strong b. at Detroit, March 26, 1835, m.
Nathaniel Pitcher of Detroit.
1574-5. i. Julia Elizabeth Strong b. July 2, 1809, m, June 5,
1827, Egbert Nelson Fairchild, b. in Gr. Barrington, Mass , (in what is
now Alford), Jan. 12, 1802 (son of Zachariah Fairchild, a farmer, and
Hannah Pope), a merchant at Ogdensburgh, N. Y., and also a banker
there, and a contractor for the construction of various public works. He
built the new reservoir for Croton water in Central Park, New York.
She d. at New York June 18, 1868. He d. at New York, Jan. 11, 1864.
There his children were all born.
[8th Gen.J Children :
1592- 3. i. Mary Strong Fairchild b. March 5, 1828, m. Dr. Samuel
Blodgett of Malone, N. Y., and for 2d husband Samuel
T. Steele of Geneseo, III.
1594- 5. U. William Bryant Fairchild b. Nov. 1, 1829.
1596- 7. iii. Emily Frances Fairchild b, Oct. 16, 1831, m. Clarence
Ashley.
1598- 9. iv. Egbert Henry Fairchild b. Sept. 4, 1833.
1600- 1. V. Julia BUzabeth FairchUd b. Aug. 30, 1835, m. April 23,
1860, Horace A. Schreiner, a broker in New York.
They have one child.
1602- 3. vi. Harriet Jane Fairchild b. Sept. 30, 1838, m. Henry
James of Ogdensburgh.
1604- 5. vii. Sarah Mina Fairchild b. Nov. 1, 1841, m. Archibald
Somerville Van Deuzer, Feb. 1864. He was grad. at
Columbia Coll., and was a lawyer in New York, where
he d. March 14, 1870. He had one child.
1606. vin. Anna Rebecca Fairchild b. May 20, 1846, she resides un
married in New York with her uncle Wm. C. Bryant,
the poet.
1592- 3. i. Mary Strong Fairchild b. March 5, 1828, m. Sept. 7,
1847, Dr. Samuel Spencer Blodgett b. at East Stockholm, N. Y., March
30, 1823, grad, in his medical studies at Castleton, Vt., a dentist, d. at
Brockville, Canada (near Ogden,sburgh), Jan. 12, 1849, and she m. for
2d husband AprU 19,1854, Samuel Temple Steele b. in 1826 (sonof

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104 The Descendants of John Strong of Windsor, Ct,
Robert Steele of Antrim, N. H., and Betsey  ),he resides in Geneseo, IU.,
and is a buyer of grain of all kinds, and of cattle, poultry, &c.
[9th Gen.J Children: By first husband :
1607. i. Samuel Spencer Blodgett b. Aug. 28, 1848, d. June 20,
1869, of yellow fever on board a navy ship (the Saratoga),
on which he was master's mate, when in N. Y. Harbor,
and was buried on Staten Island.
By second husband :
Mart Elizabeth Steele b. Feb. 25, 1855, in Ogdensburgh.
Egbert Henry Fairchild Steele b. March 19, 1856, at
Ogdensburgh.
Robert Warham Steele b. at Ogdensburgh June 12, 1858,
d. Jan. 3, 1859.
Robert Milton Steele b. Dec 12, 1859, in Geneseo, 111.
Julia Strong Steele, twin, b. March, 1862.
vii. Harriet Fairchild, twin, b. March, 1862.
viii. A daughter unnamed that d. at once b. March, 1864.
Willie Ashley Steele b. Sept. 23, 1865, at Chicago.
Anna Bessie Steele b. April 4, 1867, at Geneseo.
[8th Gen.J
1594-5. ii. William Brtant Fairchild b. Nov. 1, 1829, m. Catha
rine Phillips ; no living children ; they were divorced ; he is a resident at
Canton, N. Y.
1596-7. in. Emilt Frances Fairchild b. Oct. 16, 1831, m. 1852,
Clarence Ashley of Ogdensburgh (son of Hon. H. Ashley of Catskill,
N. Y.), a hardware merchant at Brockville, Canada, and at Binghamton,
N. Y., since 1859, intending to remove in the spring of 1871, to Ro
chester. [9th Gen.J Children :
1617. i. Fanny E. Ashley.
1618. ii. Egbert Fairchild Ashley.
1619. iii. Clarence Tryon Ashley.
1620. iv. Edith Somerville Ashley.
1621. V. Harriet James Ashley.
[8th Gen.J
1598-9. iv. Egbert Henrt Fairchild b. Sept. 4, 1833, m. Mary
Sophia Seymour, b. at Peekskill, N. Y., Jan. 13, 1841 (dau. of Isaac
Seymour, a banker in New York, and Sarah Ann Scott) a resident of
Peekskill, N. Y., and a contractor in New York.
[9th Gen.J Children :
1622. i. Isaac Seymour Fairchild b. May 4, 1865.
1623. ii. Sarah Scott Fairchild b. July 22, 1867.

Son of Elder John Strong of Northampton. 105
1624. iU. Egbert Nelson FairchUd b. Sept. 28, 1868.
1625. iv. Julia Elizabeth Strong Fairchild b. May 30, 1870.
[8th Gen.J
1602-3. vi. Harriet Jane Fairchild b. Sept. 30, 1838, m. Nov.
27, 1861, Henry R. James (son of Judge James of Ogdensburgh) editor
and proprietor of the St. Lawrence Republican at Ogdensburgh. They
have 3 children. Repeated requests for further facts here were not an
swered. [Zeohariah Fairchild, of Gr. Barrington, Mass., had nine children, four
sons, viz. : Archibald ; Moses, who lived in E. Bloomfield, N. Y. ; Edwin,
who resides now (1870) in Rochester, and Egbert Nelson Fairchild of
Ogdensburgh ; and five daughters, viz. : Patty and Mary who both d.
young ; Mina, who m. Major Hopkins ; Esther, who m. a Mr. Hendrick-
Bon of Gr. Barrington ; and Frances, who m. the poet Wm. CuUen
Bryant of New York. She d. in 1866 ; had a most magnanimous and
lovely spirit.]
[7th Gen.J
1576- 7. ii. Mart Beebe Strong (dau. of John Warham Strong
and Mary Banks Root) b. April 27, 1811, m. at Rochester, March 24,
1828, Henry Huntington Brown (son of Dr. Matthew Brown of Roches
ter, N. Y., and Lucy Huntington, dau. ofBenjamin Huntington of Norwich,
Ct.), Cashier of " The Peninsular Bank " in Detroit for many years, and
now (1870), engaged in the Marine Insurance business.
[8th Gen.J Children :
1626. i. Warham Strong Brown b. in Rochester, Jan. 11, 1829,
resides in Detroit.
1627. ii. Charles Brown d. an infant.
1628- 9. in. Mary Huntington Brown b. in Detroit, Aug. 17, 1841, m.
Oct. 25, 1864, Emory Wallace Osborne of Rochester,
N. Y. (son of Nehemiah Osborne), a government con
tractor. He has had two children :
1630. 1. Mary Strong Osborne b. in Baltimore, Md., April 11, 1865.
1631. 2. Annie Osborne b. in Rochester, Dec. 23, 1866, and d. there
Sept. 1867.
[7th Gen.J
1579-80. iv. Emily Tryon Strong fe. Sept. 30, 1814, m. Nov. 12,
1833, Gershom Mott Williams (son of Gen. John R. WiUiams and
Mary Mott), a lawyer in Detroit, where he d. Dec. 8, 1864, and where his
widow resides still.
[8th Gen.J Children :
1632. i. Mary Mott WUliams, b. May 5, 1837, d. July 25, 1865.
1633. n. Emily WiUiams b. 1839, d. 1841.
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106 The Descendants of John Strong of Windsor, Ct,
1634- 5. iH. Thomas Williams b. Nov. 6, 1843, m. June 5, 1867, Cor
nelia Hill (dau. of Geo. Hill of Detroit), a traveling
agent ; has dau. Harriet Mott b. Aug. 3, 1870.
1636- 7. iv. Harriet Strong Williams b. Feb. 27, 1847, m. Sept. 27,
1866, Henry W. Beeson (son of Jacob Beeson), a com
mission merchant in Detroit. She d. Dec. 22, 1866.
Walter Scott WiUiams b. Deo. 1848, d. July 14, 1849.
Cornelia Edith WUliams b. July, 1849, d. 1850.
, Herbert Williams b. March 20, 1851, grad. at college in
1870.
[7th Gen.J
1581-2. V. John Warham Strong b. June 22, 1816, m. at Detroit.
June 24, 1848, Cornelia Alger Howard b. at Easton, Mass., 1825 (dau. of
Col. Joshua Howard, U. S. A.), an insurance agent in Detroit.
, [8th Gen.] Children :
1641. i. Mary Smart Strong b. at Detroit April 7, 1849, d. Sept.
25, 1850.
1642. ii. A son unnamed ) , . , „ , -mcr. i
1643. iii. A son " } *^'°' ^- ^^P*- ^^^^^ ^- ^°°»-
1644. iv. Julia Adele Strong b. Nov. 4, 1851.
1645. V. Cornelia Louise Strong b. Feb. 5, 1853.
1646. vi. Joshua Howard Strong b. April 3, 1856, d. Dec 22, 1860.
1647. vH. Anne Russell Strong b. Feb. 7, 1859.
1648. viU, John Warham Strong b. Oct. 11, 1862.
[7th Gen.J
1583-4. vi. Heman Norton Strong (son of John Warham and Mary
B. Strong) b. March 8, 1818, m. April 6, 1847, Helen Mary Chapin (dau.
of Dr. Marshall Chapin of Detroit and Mary Crosby) ; a ship-owner at
Detroit. She d. Oct. 12, 1862.
[8th Gen.J Children :
1649. i. Alfred Hunter Strong b. Feb. 9, 1848, d. Feb. 11 1849
1650. n. Louisa Strong b. Oct. 8, 1849.
1651. iH. Norton Strong b. Dec. 18, 1851.
1652. iv. Marshall Chapin Strong b. June 20, 1854.
1653. V. EMiLYWUliamsStrongb. March 25, 1857, d March, 1867.
1654. vi. John Warham Strong b. Aug. 5, 1859, d. Jan. 20, 1861.
1655. vH. Julia Fairchild Strong b. Oct. 1862.
[7th Gen.J
1585-6. vH. Harriet Sophia Strong b. Sept. 1819, m. Sept. 1837,
Charles Bissell, a merchant at Detroit. She d. July 21, 1842.
[8th Gen.J Children :
1656. i. Charles Bissell d. Sept. 1839.
1657. n. Harriet Strong Bissell d. soon.

Son of Elder John Strong of Northampton. 107
1658. Hi. Edgar Randolph Bissell b. July 4, 1841 ; an Union soldier
in the late war. He d. at Kalamazoo, Mich., March 17,
1865.
[7th Gen.J
1587-8. vHi. Sarah Jane Strong b. in Rochester, Sept. 5, 1821, m.
Oct. 10, 1839, at Detroit, Henry Ten Brook Stringham b, at St. Croix,
W. I., Aug. 28, 1815 (sonof Joseph Stringhama merchant of New York, b.
there, who d. in St. Croix, in 1818, and Ann Stridiron b. in St. Croix,
who d. there in 1850) a state insurance agent at Detroit for The Home
Fire and Marine Ins Co., of New York.
[8th Gen.J Children :
[All born in Detroit but the last one.]
1659. i. Ann Stringham b. July 1, and d. July 13, 1810.
1660. ii. Joseph Stringham b. Aug. 8, 1841, m. Sept. 14, 1869,
Pauline Jeanette Backus b. in Troy, N. Y., April 18,
1841 (dau. of Augustus Backus and Martha Cordelia
Mann), an insurance agent at East Saginaw, Mich.
1661. iii. Harriet Strong Stringham b- Oct 5, 1843.
1662. iv. Emily Willink Stringham b in Buffalo, Oct. 28, 1847, and
d. Feb. 29, 1852.
[7th Gen.J
1590-1. X. Eliza Truxton Strong (dau. of John Warham Strong),
b. March 26, 1835, m. Feb. 9, 1860, Nathaniel Pitcher of Detroit, b. Jan.
13, 1832 (son of Dr. Zina Pitcher of Detroit and Ann Eliza Sheldon) b.
at Fort Gibson, Cherokee Nation, Arkansas. He is book-keeper in the
Detroit Savings Fund Institute. Their children are :
1663. 1. Zina Pitcher b. Dec. 24, 1860.
1664. 2. Sheldon Pitcher b. June 10, 1861
1665. 3. Emily Strong Pitcher b. Aug. 15, 1865.
[6th Gen.J
1495- 6. iv. Julia Strong (dau. of Elisha Strong and Mary Beebe),
b. Jan. 24, 1787, m. Aug. 23, 1807, Hon. Heman Norton of E. Bloomfield,
N. Y., b. at Goshen, Ct., Sept. 13, 1785 (son of Nathaniel Norton, a
farmer at B. Bloomfield, and Mary Beebe) ; grad. at Yale in 1805, a
farmer at B. Bloomfield (1807-19), removed to Canandaigua in 1819,
where he was a merchant and was county clerk, became a member of the
N. Y. Legislature ; in 1825, went to Rochester and engaged in the for
warding business, and in 1830, to New York where he was a commission
merchant untU his death AprU 29, 1847, aged 61 ; she d. at Plainfield,
N. J., Sept. 12, 1863, aged 76.
[7th Gen.J Children :
1666- 7. i. Nathaniel Norton b. at B. Bloomfield, July 16, 1808.
1668-9 n. Prop. William Augustus Norton b. at E, Bloomfield, Oct.
25, 1810.

108 The Descendants of John Strong of Windsor, Ct,
1670. Hi. Mary Jane Norton b. at E. Bloomfield, Sept. 9, 1812, re
sides unmarried in Brooklyn (1869).
1671- 2. iv. Elizabeth Strong Norton b. Oct. 8, 1814, at B. Bloom
field, m. Walter S. Griffith.
1673. V. Julia Norton b. Aug. 1816, d. at Canandaigua Feb. 1823.
1674- 5. vi. John Warham Norton b. at E. Bloomfield AprU 23, 1819.
1666-7. i. Nathaniel Norton b. July 16, 1808, a merchant in New
York, m. Dec. 5, 1838, CaroHne Greenleaf Call, of Charlestown, Mass., b.
April 4, 1820 (dau. of Jonathan Call and Caroline Greenleaf), d. March
29, 1847 ; his wife m. April 6, 1848, for a 2d husband, Walter Scott
Griffith, Esq.
[8th Gen.J Children :
1676- 7. i. Nathaniel Norton b. in Brooklyn, N. Y., Oct. 1839.
1678- 9. ii. Caroline Philippa Norton b. in Brooklyn July 15, 1841,
m. Charles A. Sherman of Watertown, N. Y.
1680. iii. William Augustus Norton b. Feb. 20, 1845, d. June 21,
1847.
1676-7. i. Nathaniel Norton b. Oct. 1839, grad. at Yale in 1860,
and at Columbia Coll. Law School : a merchant in New York (since
1864), m. Sept. 27, 1865, Emma Sylvia Reade of Brooklyn b. Nov. 24,
1842, at ScottsviUe, N. Y. (dau. of Jehiel Reade and Sylvia Smith Ken-
drick). No children.
1678-9. ii. Caroline Philippa Norton, b. July 15, 1841, m. Oct.
9, 1861, Charles Augustus Sherman, b. May 26, 1838 (son of George
Corlis Sherman of Watertown, and Mary Ann Hubbard), a lawyer in
Watertown, N. Y. He was grad. in law at the Albany University in May,
1859. [9th Gen.J Children :
1681. i. George Charles Sherman, b. July 25, 1862, at Watertown.
1682. ii. Caroline Greenleaf Sherman, b. Dec. 11, 1863.
1683. Hi. Francis Augustus Sherman, b. Jan. 31, 1865.
[7th Gen.J
1668-9. ii. Prof. William Augustus Norton (son of Heman
Norton and Julia Strong), b. Oct. 25, 1810 ; grad. at West Point in
1831; Asst. Prof, there for 2 years (1831-3); Prof, of Nat PhU. in
N. Y. University (1833-9) ; Prof of Nat. PhU. and Astron. in Delaware
Coll. (1839-50) ; Prof of CivU Engineering in Brown University (1850-
2), and since 1852, Prof of Civil Engineering at Yale College. He m.
Jan. 15, 1839, Elizabeth Emory Stevens of Exeter, N. IL, b. Feb. 3, 1816
(dau. of Samuel Bingham Stevens, b. in Charlestown, N. H., in 1784, who

Son of Elder John Strong of Northampton. 109
m. in 1810, Joanna Folsom, b. June 25, 1787. He d. Aug. 1824; she
is still (1870) living, aged 82, a widow for 46 years). No children.
[7th Gen.J
1671- 2. iv. Elizabeth Strong Norton b. Oct. 8, 1814, m. Aug.
1, 1831, Walter Scott Griffith b. July 22, 1808 (son of Griffith Pritch-
ard Griffith of New York, and Phebe Andrus Scott) a forwarding mer
chant, formerly in Rochester, and after 1843, for several years in New
York ; for some years past Pres. of Home Life Ins. Co.,.in New York.
Elder in Presb. Church ; corporate member for many years of the A. B. C.
F. M. ; resides in Brooklyn ; she d. in Brooklyn, Feb. 1, 1847, and hem.
April 6, 1848, for 2d wife, widow Caroline G. Norton, n4e CaU, as on pre
vious page; she d. at Litchfield, Ct., Aug. 29, 1864, and he m. for 3d wife
Feb. 27, 1866, widow Henrietta L. Daniell n4e Spring, at Springfield,
Mass. [8th Gen.J Children :
1684. i. Nathaniel Norton Griffith b in Rochester, N. Y., July
10, and d. Aug. 8, 1832.
1685. n. Julia Norton Griffith b. Aug. 6, 1833, d. July 26, 1834.
1686- 7. ni. Julia Elizabeth Griffith b, Jan. 6, 1835, m. Rev. Alfred
B. Swift of Enosburgh, Vt.
1688. iv. George Payson Griffith b. April 20, 1837, d. Oct. 19, 1839.
1689-90. V. Mart Strong Griffith b. Nov. 28, 1838, m. Dr. Luther
W. Adgate, of Irasburgh, Vt., Feb. 3, 1869; they have
one child.
1691. vi. Lt. Walter Livingston Griffith b. Nov. 17, 1840. He
was 2d Lieut, in Co. G, 90th Regt. N. Y. S. V., a con
scientious brave soldier. He d. at Key West, Fla., of
yellow fever Oct. 1, 1862.
1692- 3. vn. John Jay Griffith b. Feb. 18, 1842, at Rochester, m. Oct.
13, 1864, Susan Parker; a bookkeeper in Indianapolis,
Ind.
1694- 5. viii. William Norton Griffith b. in Brooklyn, June 28, 1843.
1696- 7. ix. Phebe Scott Griffith b. Sept. 10, 1844, m. Oct. 18, 1870,
Albert P. Massey of Cleveland, 0., a merchant.
1698. X. Erskine Mason Griffith b. Jan. 9, 1846, a clerk in a drug
store in New York.
1686-7. iii. Julia Elizabeth Griffith b, Jan. 6, 1835, m, Oct. 7,
1857, Rev. Alfred Brown Swift, of Enosburgh, Vermont, b. at St. Albans,
Vt., Sept. 3, 1827 (son of Hon. Benjamin Swift, M. C. and U. S- Sena
tor who d- at St. Albans, Nov. 17, 1847, aged 66, and Rebecca Brown,
who d. Sept. 4, 1869, aged 84), grad. at the University of Vt., in 1847,
and at Union Theol. Sem., N. Y., in 1853, preached at Middle GranviUe,
N. Y. (1853-61), being installed there in 1854, and since 1861, has
been settled at Enosburgh, Vermont.

110 The Descendants of John Strong of Windsor, Ct.,
[9th Gen.J Children :
1699 i. Mary Griffith Swift b. at Middle GranvUle, Aug. 5, 1858,
d. June 22, 1868.
1700. n. Walter Griffith Swift b. at St. Albans, Sept. 30, 1861, d.
July 11, 1868.
1701. Hi. Benjamin Swift b. at Enosburgh, April 21, 1863.
1702. iv. Henry Dow Swift b. at Enosburgh, June 13, 1869.
1694-5. viH. William Norton Griffith b. June 28, 1843, m. Dec.
7, 1861, Isabelle Louise Walgrove, b. Aug. 28, 1844 (dau. of Mackay
Walgrove of Brooklyn, and Clara Jane his wife); a wine importer in
New York (Britton & Co.), resides at Irvington, N. Y. His children :
1703. 1. Wm. Norton Griffith b. Nov. 11, 1862.
1704. 2. Ernest Walgrove Griffith b- Jan. 6, and d. July 24, 1869.
1705. 3. Walter Walgrove Griffith b. Oct. 18, 1870.
[7th Gen.J
1674-5. vi. John Warham Norton b. April 23, 1819, m. Deo. 19,
1839, Marian Wetmore of St. George, New Brunswick, a merchant in New
York (1839-61). He has been (since 1801) in the N. Y. P. 0. and is
now (1869-70), head of the money order department of the N. Y. Post
Office. His family resides in Plainfield, N. J. : no children.
[6th Gen.J
1497- 8. V. Judge Elisha Beebe Strong (son of Elisha Strong of
Windsor and Mary Beebe) b. at Hartford, Ct., Nov. 29, 1788, m. June 24,
1813, Dolly Goodwin Hooker b. July 30, 1787 (dau. of James Hooker, of
Windsor, son of Nathaniel Hookerand Mary Chaffee his 3d wife whom he
m. Nov. 7, 1784). She d. at Rochester, Feb. 15, 1850, and he m. for 2d
wife Miss Ellen O'Keefe of Detroit. She was of the Roman Catholic
faith, which he also embraced after his marriage and in the communion
of that church he died Oct. 14, 1867, aged 78. He was grad. at Yale in
1809, and admitted in 1812, to the bar in Canandaigua ; which place he
left in 1816, for Rochester, where with Elisha Beach he bought one
thousand acres of land on the east side of the Genesee river, including all
that part of the fifth ward known as Carthage. Here he and his partner
erected storehouses and a railway on an inclined plane for the purpose of
passing freight to and from the shipping below to the bank above, and a
bridge in one immense arch over the chasm north of the lower falls.
With others also he constructed a railroad connecting the city and Erie
canal with the landing on the lake. In 1819-20, he was elected to the
N. Y. Assembly from Ontario Co. At the establishment of the county of
Monroe in 1821, he was made its first judge, which office he filled with
great credit for several years. In 1836, he was elected supervisor for

Son of Elder John Strong of Northampton. Ill
the fifth ward of Rochester. In 1861, after meeting with many reverses
he removed to Detroit where he resided until his death. His remains
were interred at Rochester.
[7th Gen.J Children :
1706. i. Commodore James H. Strong b. April 26, 1814.
1707. U. Julian Elisha Strong b- Nov. 18, 1816, d. at Rochester,
Sept. 15, 1838, unmarried. He was cashier of a bank
at Batavia, N. Y.
1708- 9. iii. Bertha Strong b. AprU 13, 1818, m. George A. Gibbs of
Chicago, III.
1710- 1. iv. Martha Cornelia (twin) b. AprU 13, 1818, m. John
Winder of Detroit, Mich.
1712- 3. v. Robert Hunter Strongb. Aug. 28, 1820.
1714- 5. vi. Eliza Hooker Strong b. Dec. 10, 1822, d. June 5, 1844.
1716- 7. vH. George Parish Strong b. Dec. 24, 1824.
1718- 9. vin. William Oliver Strong b. Aug. 18, 1828.
1706. i. Commodore James H. Strong b. April 26, 1814, m. in
1849, Maria Conover of New York, Commodore in U. S. Navy, (since
March, 1870). No efforts forfurther information here succeeded. Children :
1720. 1. William Strong, U. S. N.
1721. 2. Loo Strong (a daughter).
[7th Gen.J
1708-9. in. Bertha Strong b. April 13, 1818, m. AprU 13, 1837,
George Augustine Gibbs of Chicago, IU., b. Sept. 13, 1811 (son of Dr.
Orrin B. Gibbs of Greenville, N. Y., and Sophia Patterson), a commission
merchant at Chicago (since 1844), she d. Nov. 11, 1845, and he d. May,
1862. He m. Oct. 5, 1847, for 2d wife MindweU Woodbridge, b. March
20, 1815 (dau. of Rev. Dr. John Woodbridge of Hadley, Mass., and Mary
Ann Seymour), she d. Oct. 3, 1849, and he m. for 3d wife Anna Mulford.
[8th Gen.J Children.
1722. i. Julian Elisha Gibbs b. June 3, 1838 ; d. July 8, 1838.
1723. H. William Strong Gibbs b. March 12, 1841.
1724. iU. James Strong Gibbs b. Dec. 28, 1843.
1725. iv. Son unnamed b. Oct. 25, and d. Nov. 3, 1845.
[7th Gen.J ;.
1710-1. iv. Martha Cornelia Strong b. AprU 13, 1818, m.
Sept. 19, 1836, John Winder of Detroit, clerk for 30 years of the U. S.
Circuit Court and District Courts of Michigan.
[8th Gen.J
1726-7. i. Kittie Granger Winder b. Jan. 1, 1838, m. Feb. 23,
1857, Marcns Chase a lawyer; shed. Feb. 11, 1860.
They had one child : //
1728. 1. John W. Chase b. Nov. 26, 1859.

1731.

1.

1732.

ii.

1733.

iii.

1734.

iv.

1735.

V.

1736.

vi.

1737.

vii.

1738.

vHi

112 The Descendants of John Strong, of Windsor, Ct.
1729-30. n. Julian Elisha Winder b. Oct. 24, 1840, m. AprU 30,
1868, Janet Jerome, of Saginaw, Mich.
[7th Gen.J
1712-3. V. Robert Hunter Strong b. at Rochester, Aug. 28, 1820,
m. at MUwaukie, June 25, 1845, BmmeHne Ganson, resides at MUwaukie,
Wis. ; she d. Sept. 10, 1857, and he m. May 26, 1859, for 2d wife, Rosa
S. Sanderson. [8th Gen.J Children : By first mfe :
Bertha Luceba Strong b. Deo. 23, 1846.
Martha Strong b. April 19, 1849.
Frank Hunter Strong b. Aug. 1, 1856.
By second wife :
Wells Hawley Strong b. Feb. 29, 1860, d. Dec 3, 1860.
Warner Bryant Strong b. Sept. 30, 1861.
Robert Drake Strong b. Dec. 17, 1863.
Beebe Hooker Strong b. June 19, 1866.
vHi. Evelyn Lee Strongb. Dec 11, 1867.
[7th Gen.J
1714-5. vi. Eliza Hooker Strong b. Dec. 10, 1822, m. Oct. 1842,
Jones Mumford, of New York. She d. June 5, 1844, leaving a child be
queathed to her sister, Mrs. Martha Cornelia Winder of Detroit, whom
she adopted as her own under the name of
1739. 1. EHza Mumford Winder b. Aug 23, 1843 : she m, Oct. 15,
1867, Charles B. Northrup.
1716-7. vH. George Parish Strong b. Dec. 24, 1824, m. in 1848,
Hetty Parsons of Ann Arbor, Mich.
[8th Gen.J Children :
Elisha Strong b. in 1849, d. in 1853.
John Strong (twin) b. in 1851.
Nellie Strong (twin) b. in 1851.
Robert Strong b. in 1853.
Lottie Strong b. in 1855.
[7th Gen.J
1718-9. viH. William Oliver Strong b. Aug. 18. 1828, m. in
1852, Jane Penney. Children :
1745. 1. James Strong. 1748. 4. Willie Strong.
1746. 2. Edward Strong. 1749. 5. Jenny Strong.
1747. 3. Henry Strong.
[6th Gen.J
1499- 500. vi. Samuel Strong (son of Elisha Strong and Mary
Beebe), b. June 2, 1790, m. Oct. 14, 1811, Delia Selden of Windsor, Ct.,

1740.

i.

1741.

ii.

1742.

iii.

1743.

iv.

1744.

V.

1752- 3.

ii.

1754- 5.

iii.

1756.

iv.

1757- 8.

V.

1759-60.

vi.

Son of Elder John Strong of Northampton. 113
b. Aug. 6, 1792, at Haddam, Ct. (dau. of Edmund Selden and Sibyl
May). He was a man of good education and engaged in active business.
He d. at Windsor, March 28, 1826, she resides at Buffalo (1869).
[Edmund Selden lived at Windsor (1806-28), where he d. Dec. 1828 ;
she d. in Patterson, N. J., in 1835.]
[7th Gen.J Children :
1750- 1. i. Delia Strong b. Aug. 3, 1812, m. Clark Robinson.
Charlotte Strong b. Feb. 19, 1814, m. Thomas Blossom.
Mary Jane Strong b. Nov. 2, 1815, m. Samuel P. Pratt.
Samuel Strong b, Nov. 30, 1817, d. soon.
Samuel (2d), b. Aug. 23, 1819.
Elizabeth Newberry Strong b. Oct. 12, 1821, m. Henry
M. Kinne.
1761- 2. vH. Nancy Selden Strong b. Feb. 25, 1824, d. May 4, 1852.
1750-1. i. Delia Strong b. Aug. 3, 1812, m. March 8, 1830, Clark
Robinson at Palmyra, N. Y., b. Dec 28, 1805 (son of Dr. Gain Robinson
and Chloe Bradish of Palmyra). He was a merchant for several years,
but later in life, marshal of the northern district of New York. He d. at
Buffalo, Oct. 31, 1853. She m. May 3, 1854, for 2d husband, Hon.
Elbridge Gerry Spaulding, previously husband of her sister Nancy Selden
Strong. She had one child by her first husband.
1763. i. Mary Strong Robinson b. in Palmyra. Jan. 1, 1831, d. at
Buffalo, Jan. 31, 1847.
1764- 5. U. Charlotte Strong b. Feb. 19, 1814, m. Nov. 1, 1831,
Thomas Blossom b. March 2, 1801, in Monmouth, Me.
(son of Matthias Blossom and Mercy Thompson), a mer
chant at Buffalo, and now (1869) postmaster at Buffalo.
No issue.
1766- 7. Hi. Mary Jane Strong b. Nov. 2, 1815, m. Sept. 28, 1835,
Samuel Fletcher Pratt b. May 28, 1807, in Townsend,
Vt. (son of Samuel Pratt, Jr., b. in Westminster, Vt.,
Feb. 18, 1787, and Sophia Fletcher b. in Townsend, Vt.,
Feb. 8, 1788), a hardware merchant and iron manufac
turer at Buffalo for many years past. He with his father
was among the earliest settlers of the town.
[8th Gen.J Children:
1768- 9. i. Jeanie Pratt b. Feb. 18, 1841.
1770. U. Helen Pratt b. Aug. 31, 1843.
1768-9. i. Jeanie Pratt b. Feb. 18, 1841, m. June 27, 1860, WU
liam Jones King, Jr., of Providence, R. I , b. Oct. 14, 1837 (son of
William Jones King, b. in Milford, Mass., and Lydia Coit Gilbert, b.
in Lebanon, Ct.), a manufacturer of steam engines, machinery, &c., at
Buffalo, and Pres. of The Shepard Iron Works.
15

114 The Descendants of John Strong of Windsor, Ct,
[9th Gen.J Children :
1771. i. ¦ Samuel Pratt Sing b. Feb. 12, 1863.
1772. H. William Jones King, Jr., b. Oct. 13, 1864. To Mrs.
Jeanie ^Pratt King I am indebted for many facts here
stated concerning the descendants of Samuel Strong and
Delia Selden.
[7th Gen.J
1757-8. V. Samuel Strong, Jr. (son of Samuel Strong of Windsor,
and Delia Selden), b. Aug. 23, 1819, m. Sept. 6, 1842, Marion AbigaU
HoUister, b. in Buffalo, Aug. 1824 (dau. of WUUam HoUister and Abby
Keeler); formerly a merchant at Buffalo, but since 1863, a stock-broker
in New York; his family resides in New Rochelle, N. Y.
[8th Gen.J Children :
1773. i. William HoUister Strong b. June 15, 1843, d. Jan. 27,
1844.
1774- 5. n. Marion HoUister Strong b. Dec 15, 1844.
1776. in. Virginia Strong b. Dec. 13, 1846.
1777. iv. Mart Sibley Strong b. Aug. 4, 1851.
1778. V. Isabella Patchin Strong b. May 3, 1853.
1779. vi. Samuel Strong b. Jan. 1, 1855.
1774-5. ii. Marion Hollister Strong b. Dec 15, 1844, m. June
22, 1864, Horace Keep White (son of Horace White and Clara Keep
Dickson), a banker in Syracuse, N. Y. Children :
1780. 1. Horace White b. Oct. 7, 1865.
1781. 2. Andrew Strong White b. Feb. 7, 1866.
[7th Gen.J
1759-60. vi. Elizabeth Newberrt Strong (dau. of Samuel Strong
of Windsor and Delia Selden) b. Oct. 12, 1821, m. May 10, 1841, Henry
Mortimer Kinne b. April 15, 1815, at Blansfield, Ct. (son of Elisha Kinne
and Emma Abbe) : a merchant formerly, but now a manufacturer at
Buffalo, N. Y.
[8th Gen.J Children :
1782- 3. i. Elizabeth Kinne b. May 23, 1842, m. Capt. EHas V.
Andrews.
1784- 5. ii. Emma Kinne b. Dec 19, 1843, m. Henry B.^raham.
1786- 7. iii. Delia Strong Kinne b. May 25, 1846, m. Arthur W.
Parmelee.
1788. iv. Mart Kinne b. May 15, 1850.
1782-3. i. Elizabeth Kinne b. May 23, 1842, m. AprU 15, 1868,
Brvt. Capt. Elias Van Arsdale Andrews, U. S. A., b. Dec. 18, 1839 (son
of Isaac Mix Andrews and Lydia Isabella Austin of Newark, N. J.), grad.

Son of Elder John Strong of Northampton. 115
at West Point in 1864 ; entered the U. S. A. at once on his graduation
(June 13, 1864) as second Lieut. 1st ArtUlery, engaged in the siege and
operations before Petersburgh, Va., from July, 1864 to AprU, 1866,
during which time he volunteered to pursue and capture with a company
of the 5th Regular Cavalry a large guerrilla force that were embarrassing
the telegraphic communications of the army with Washington. With his
company of 50 men he surprised them numbering at least 200, and killed
fifty of them and took 110 of the remainder prisoners, at Cabin Point,
Va. At the capture of Petersburgh, Va., he commanded a Battery of
Light Artillery, and was brevetted 1st Lieut, for his gallant conduct there
AprU 2, 1865. On April 9, 1865, he was brevetted Captain for con
spicuous courage iu an artillery duel at Appomattox Court House. On
June 5, 1866, he was ordered to Fort Porter at Buffalo, in command of a
battalion of 1st Artillery to preserve the neutrality laws of the U. S.
during the Fenian excitement at that time, where he has remained until
this time (1869).
1784-5. H. Emma Kinne b. Dec 19, 1843, m. at New York, Nov.
1, 1865, Henry Beekman Graham b. Nov. 9, 1839 (son of John A. Gra
ham of New York and Helen Beekman) : a merchant in New York.
[9th Gen.J Child :
1789. i. Beekman Graham b. Dec. 29, 1867.
[8th Gen.J
1786-7. in. Delia Strong Kinne b. May 25, 1846, m. Oct. 1,
1868, Arthur Wells Parmelee b. Sept. 11, 1842, at Utica (son of Horace
Parmelee of Buffalo), a merchant in New York.
[7th Gen.J
1761-2. VU. Nancy Selden Strong (dau. of Samuel Strong of
Windsor and DeUa Selden) b. Feb. 25, 1824, m. Sept. 5, 1842, Hon.
Elbridge Gerry Spaulding b. at Summer HiU, Cayuga Co., N. Y., Feb.
21,1809 (son of Edward Spaulding and Mehitable Goodrich): she d.
May 4, 1852, and he m. for 2d wife May 3, 1854, her elder sister Delia
Strong, the widow then of Clark Robinson, Esq., of Palmyra, N. Y. He
is a lawyer at ^Buffalo where he has resided since 1834. He was mayor
of Buffalo in 1847, in 1848 a member of the N. Y. Assembly ; thrice
elected a member of congress (1849-51 and 1859-61 and 1861-3). In
1853, he was elected Treasurer of the State of N. Y., and was for two
years a member of the Canal Board (1854-6), and is now president of
the Farmers and Mechanics' National Bank of Buffalo. He was the
author of of the Legal Tender Note biU in the 36th congress (1861-3)
which was prepared and introduced by him on his own motion Dec. 30,

116 The Descendants of John Strong of Windsor, Ct.,
1861, the necessity of which he arguedably as a war measure, and which
was finaUy passed by the house Feb. 6, 1862 ; a man of great energy of
character. [8th Gen.J Children :By first wife :
1790- 1. i. Charlotte Spaulding b. July 17, 1843.
1792. H. Edward Rich Spaulding b. Nov. 7, 1845.
1793. iU. Samuel Strong Spaulding b. June 26, 1849.
1790-1. i. Charlotte Spaulding b. July 17, 1843, m. Feb. 27,
1866, Frankhn Sidway of Buffalo b. there July 23, 1834 (son of Jona
than Sidway and Parnel St. John) assistant cashier in the Farmers and
Mechanics' National Bank. They have one child :
1794. 1. Harold Spaulding Sidway b. April 26, 1868.
[6th Gen.J
1502-3. vHi. Charlotte Strong (dau. of Elisha Strong of Windsor
and Mary Beebe) b. Jan. 12, 1794, m. May 17, 1820, Horace Hooker
Sill b. March 2, 1797 (son of EHsha Noyes SiU of Windsor, Ct , and
Chloe AUyn), a lawyer at Elyria, 0.
[7th Gen.J One child :
1795. i. Horace Wareham SiU b. Sept. 22, 1822; a farmer at
Elyria, O. He m. Mary E. Boynton. Children :
Ethelbert R. SUl b. Feb. 23, 1851.
Charlotte E. SiU b. Oct. 22, 1853.
Mary E. SiU.
Frederick W. Sill.
Fuller details of facts were sought, but could not be obtained.
[6th Gen.J
1504-5. ix. Almira Strong (dau. of Elisha Strong of Windsor and
Mary Beebe) b. Oct, 4, 1796; m. Oct. 15, 1816, Charles Babcock, b.
June 22, 1789 (son of Major Elisha Babcock of Springfield, Mass., and
Dolly Wells) ; proprietor and publisher for some years of the American
Mercury, at Hartford, Ct. He removed in 1835, to Cuyahoga Falls, 0.,
where he d. Oct. 19, 1848. His widow resides now (1869), in Hartford,
Ct. [Elisha Babcock was a Major in the Revolutionary war. He pub
lished in Springfield, Mass., the Massachusetts Gazette, and after 1785
the American Mercury, at Hartford, Ct., with Joel Barlow.]
[7th Gen.J Children :
1800- 1. i. Emmeline Babcock b. Oct. 19, 1817.
1802- 3. ii. Charles Elisha Babcock b. July 22, 1819.
1804- 5. iii. Jonathan WeUs Babcock b. May 1, 1822.
1806- 7. iv. Almira Babcock b. Sept. 4, 1824.
1808 V. Wm. Henry Babcock b. Sept. 14, 1829 ; d. Feb. 5, 1831.

1796.

1.

1797.

2.

1798.

3.

1799.

4.

Son of Elder John Strong of Northampton. 117
1800-1. i. Emmeline Babcock b. Oct. 19, 1817, m. Dec 20, 1836, at
Cuyahoga FaUs, 0., George Henry Penfield b. April 7, 1815, in Portland,
Ct. (son of Zebulon Penfield and Prudence Dixon), a manufacturer of
Sharp's rifles at Hartford, Ct., since 1851.
[8th Gen.J Children :
1809. i. George Henry Penfield b. May 7, 1841, at Cuyahoga
Falls, d. at New York, Oct. 19, 1845.
1810. ii. Charles Babcock Penfield (twin with George Henry), b.
May 7, 1841, resides at Hartford, Ct. [Zebulon Pen-
field b. AprU 16, 1765, d. Jan. 6, 1860. Prudence
Dixon b. at Portland, Ct., Dec. 20, 1769, d. Jan. 12,
1854.]
[7th Gen.]
1802-3. ii. Charles Elisha Babcock b. at Hartford, Ct., July 22,
1819, m. Dec. 1, 1840, at Cuyahoga Falls, Caroline Lanterman b. Feb.
14, 1822 (dau. of John and Mary Lanterman), she d. April 20, 1843,
and he m. for 2d wife Sept. 1, 1845, Lydia Ann Hinman b. April 17,
1820 (dau. of Royal Rafe Hinman and Lydia Ashley, dau. of Major Gen.
John Ashley of Sheffield, Mass.). He is a general produce and commis
sion merchant at New York.
[8th Gen.J Children : By fi/rst wife :
1811. i. Caroline Lanterman Babcock b. April 9, 1843, d. Sept.
5, 1843. By second wife :
1812. ii. Charles Hinman Babcock b. at Hartford, July 18, 1846.
1813. in. Royal Hinman Babcock b. at New York, AprU 10, 1848,
d. Sept. 15, 1849.
1814. iv. George Elisha Babcock b. at Stonington, Ct., July 27,
1854.
[7th Gen.J
1804-5. iH. Jonathan Wells Babcock b. May 1, 1822, in Hart
ford. He writes his name Wells J. Babcock, m. Dec, 16, 1847, Catharine
Smith b. June 26, 1826 (dau. of George Smith of Hartford, and Catharine
Chenavord Marsh), a resident at Richmond, Va.
[8th Gen.J Children :
1815. i. William Henry Babcock b. at St. Louis, Mo., Jan. 1,
1849.
1816. ii. Kate Smith Babcock b. at New York, Sept. 7, 1851.
1817. ni. Almira Strong Babcock b. at New York, Sept. 12, 1856.
[7th Gen.J
1806-7. iv. Almira Babcock b. Sept. 4, 1824, m. Aug. 17, 1842,
Ebenezer Townsend Starr, of New York, b. at Middletown, Ct., Aug. 18,

118 The Descendants of John Strong of Windsor, Ct.,
1816 (son of Nathan Starr and Grace Townsend), an inventor and patentee
of fire-arms, skates, &o., at New York. (See subsequent page).
[8th Gen.J Children :
1818. i. Henry Townsend Starr b. at Hartford, Ct., May 19, 1845,
d. Jan. 4, 1848.
1819. H. Almira Starr b. Dec 17, 1849, at New York.
[6th Gen.J
1506-7. X. Gen. Oliver Strong (son of Elisha Strong of Windsor,
and Mary Beebe), b. Sept. 30, 1798, m. Nov. 14, 1822, Anna Colton
Chapin b. in E. Bloomfield, N. Y., April 23, 1801 (dau. of Heman Chapin
and Electa Humphrey), a miller and merchant at Rochester, N. Y.,
where his chUdren were all born. He d. of cholera at Detroit, Mich.,
July 9, 1832. His widow resides now (1869) in Detroit.
[7th Gen.J Children:
1820- 1. i. Almira Strong b. Oct. 1, 1823.
1822. H. Mart Electa Strong b. May 19, 1825.
1823. iH. Heman Chapin Strong b. Aug. 6, 1828.
1824- 5. iv. Susan Lee Strong b. Dec. 16, 1830.
1820-1. i. Almira Strong b. Oct. 1, 1823, m. May 13, 1847, George
Van Ness Lathrop b. in 1817 (son of Howard Lathrop of Easton, Mass.,
and Sarah WUliams), a lawyer in Detroit. He was grad. at Brown Uni
versity in 1838, and at the Cambridge Law School in 1839. He was
attorney general of the state of Michigan (1848-50).
[8th Gen.J Children :
All born in Detroit.
1826. i. Howard Lathrop b. March 5, 1848, d. July 12, 1849.
1827. U. George Howard Lathrop b. AprU 18, 1850.
1828. Hi. Charles Bradley Lathrop b. May 16, 1852.
1829. iv. Henry Brown Lathrop b. July 8, 1855.
1830. V. Annie Strong Lathrop b. Jan. 19, 1860.
1831. vi. Cyrus Edwin Lathrop b. May 22, 1861.
1832. vii. Helen Arms Lathrop b. Nov. 9, 1864.
[7th Gen.J
1824-5. iv. Susan Lee Strong (dau. of Gen. Oliver Strong and Anna
Colton Chapin), b. Dec. 16, 1830, m. Oct. 26, 1852, Marcus Fenelon
Dow b. in 1811 (son of Rev. Daniel Dow, of Thompson, Ct., who was
settled there over one parish for fifty years, and Annie BoUes), an officer
in a Savings Bank in Detroit, Mich. Child :
1833. 1. Oliver Strong Dow b. June 13, 1855, d. June 12, 1856.
[4th Gen.J
58-9. vin. John Strong (son of John Strong, Jr., of Windsor, Ct.
and Hannah Trumbull), b. July 14, 1707, m. Nov. 10, 1737, Hepzibah

Son of Elder John Strong of Northampton. 119
Wolcott b. June 23, 1717 (dau. of Gov. Roger Wolcott and Sarah Drake).
He Uved in Bast Windsor, Ct., she d. Nov. 8, 1780. He died of apo- '
plexy Oct. 1, 1793, aged 86. He was a large landholder.
[5th Gen.J Children:
1834. i. Elnathan Strong b. July 30, 1740, d. Sept. 25, 1751.
1835- 6. ii. Hepzibah Strong b. April 11, 1742, m. John Bowers.
1837. in. Zeruiah Strong b. Dec 13, 1745, d. Sept. 17, 1751.
1838. iv. Mary Strong b. May, 1749, d. Sept. 18, 1751.
1839-40. V. Zeruiah Strong (2d) b. July 25, 1752, m. Benjamin
Gilman and had children Nancy and Harry.
1841. vi. John Strong b. Aug. 12, 1754, d. soon.
1842- 3. vii. Ellen Raynor Strong b. Jan. 22, 1759, m. Ozias Grant,
of Vernon.
1844- 5. vUi. John Strong (2d), b. May 28, 1760.
1835-6. ii. Hepzibah Strong b. April 11, 1742, m. John Bowers.
Their children were :
1846. 1. Mary Ann Bowers who m. Aaron Strong of Berlin, Vt. b.
Dec. 14, 1767, (see previous page).
1847. 2. Hepzibah Bowers who m. a Mr. Barber, a son of whom,
Italph Barber, resides now at Vernon Depot, Ct. He
answers no letters of inquiry addressed to him.
[5th Gen.J
1844-5. viii. John Strong b. May 28, 1760 (son of John Strong of E.
Windsor, and Hepzibah Wolcott), m. Nov. 1781, Lydia Sumner, b. Aug.
25, 1759 (dau. of Reuben Sumner of Hebron, Ct., and Elizabeth Mack),
a farmer at B. Windsor, where he d.
[6th Gen.J Children :
1848. i. Elnathan Strong b. Nov. 1783, a farmer at E. Windsor,
on the old paternal estate, still belonging to the family
from the first settlement of the town ; d. unmarried Oct.
19, 1834, a man of excellence.
1849-50. H. William Strong b. July 24, 1785, d. in Hartford, Ct.,
Nov. 10, 1841.
1851- 2. iU. Sophia Strong b. July 16, 1788, m. Peter Dobson, both
stUl (1871) Uving at Vernon, Ct.
1849-50. n. William Strong b. July 24, 1785, m. May, 1813, Naomi
Terry, b. Sept. 25, 1787 (dau. of Samuel Terry of Windsor, Ct., and
Huldah Burnham) ; a farmer at Bast Windsor, Ct., until 1828, when he
removed to Hartford, Ct., where he was a leather merchant until his
death, Nov. 10, 1841. ' She d. Dec. 1, 1869, at Hartford.
[7th Gen.J Children :
1853- 4. i. Jane Naomi Strong b. in Bast Windsor, Feb. 24, 1814, m.
Charles P. Wells of Hartford.

120 The Descendants of John Strong of Windsor, Ct,
1855- 6. ii. Charlotte Maria Strong b. in B. Windsor, Sept. 10,
1815, m. Hiram W. Warner of New York.
1857- 8. iH. Lucy Terry Strong b. Aug. 24, 1817, in E. Windsor, m.
Gustavus F. Davis of Hartford.
1859-60. iv. William Sumner Strong b. in East Windsor, Feb. 20,
1820.
1861- 2. V. Emilt Elizabeth Strong b. in Bast Windsor, Feb. 2, 1823,
m. Josiah Bond of Kenosha, Wis. She d. July 7, 1832.
1863- 4. vi. Clara Strong b. in Hartford, March 25, 1831, m. Rodney
Dennis of Hartford, Ct.
1853-4. i. Jane Naomi Strong b. Feb. 24, 1814, m. Nov. 13, 1838,
Charles Pitkin Welles, b. May 14, 1811 (son of John J. Welles of Hart
ford, and Nancy Hubbard ; he was the inventor of the first lever print
ing press, and a preacher among the Friends). [He is a lineal descend
ant of Thomas WeUes, fourth Gov. of Connecticut, and of Gov. William
Pitkin of Conn., and of Rev. John Hubbard of Northfield, Mass.] A
druggist at Hartford, Ct., formerly, but for several years past connected
with the Phoenix Life Ins. Co., there. To Mrs. Jane N. Wells the au
thor is chiefly indebted for the account here rendered of the descendants
of John Strong and Lydia Sumner.
[8th Gen.J Children :
1865- 6. i. Mart Catharine Welles b. in Hartford Dec. 13, 1843, m.
July 26, 1869, Edward Collins Stone b. Jan. 29, 1840
(son of Rev. CoUins Stone, Principal of the Am. Asylum
for the Deaf and Dumb at Hartford, and Ellen J. GUI).
Principal of the Wisconsin Institution for the Deaf and
Dumb at Delavan, Wis.
1867. U. Charles Thomas Welles b. in Hartford, April 23, 1846, a
banker in Hartford.
[7th Gen.J
1855-6. H. Charlotte BIaria Strong (dau. of WUUam Strong and
Naomi Terry) b Sept. 10, 1815, m. Sept. 2, 1845, Hiram Wolcott War
ner b. in Plymouth, Ct., Sept. 3, 1808 (son of ApoUos Warner, a mer
chant, and Sarah Doolittle), a banker in New York.
[8th Gen.J Children:
1868. i. Hiram Wolcott Warner b. in New York, June 26, 1846,
d. in infancy.
1869. n. William Strong Warner b. in New YjDrk, Sept. 24, 1848,
a banker in New York.
1870. Ui. Mart Pierce Warner b. in New York, Sept. 16, 1851.
[7th Gen.J
1857-8. Hi- Luct Terrt Strong b. Aug. 24, 1817, m. May 14,
1839, Gustavus FeUowes Davis b. Jan. 4, 1818 (son of Rev. Gustavus
Fellowes Davis, D.D., Baptist clergyman of Hartford, b. in Boston, March

Son of Elder John Strong of Northampton. 121
17, 1797, where he d. when on a visit Sept. 11, 1836, and Abigail Leo
nard whom he m. Jan. 5, 1817), President of the City National Bank of
Hartford, Ct., previously its cashier.
[8th Gen.J Children:
1871- 2. i. Charlotte Maria Davis b. in Litchfield, Ct., March 4,
1846, m. June 15, 1862, Rev. Wilder Smith b. July 17,
1835 (son of George Washington Smith and Kate Wilder)
grad. at Yale in 1857, and tutor there for two years
(1859-61) : he was settled at Berlin, Ct. (1862-66),
and since 1866, has been settled at MUwaukie, Wis.
They have one child :
1. Edith Wilder b. in Berlin, Ct., Aug. 11, 1864.
1873. ii. Dr. Gustavus Pierpont Davis b. in Litchfield, Ct., Jan. 16,
1845, was grad. at Yale in 1866, spent a year in medical
study at Paris and was grad. at the N. Y. Medical Coll.,
in 1869. He is now a physician in New York (in the
Charity Hospital).
1874. iii. Emilt Strong Davis b. in Litchfield, June 22, 1847.
1875. iv. Frederic Wendell Davis b. in Hartford, Sept. 9, 1855.
[7th Gen.J
1859-60. iy. William Sumner Strong (son of WUliam Strong and
Naomi Terry) b, Feb. 20, 1820, m. Sept. 20, 1849, widow Adeline Blish,
nSe Irwin b. at Green Bay, Wis., Aug. 2, 1823 (dau. of Hon. Robert Irwin,
Jr., and Hannah Reese), resides at Kenosha, Wis., confidential clerk in
the office of Hon. Edwin Baine.
[8th Gen.J Children:
1876. i. Gustavus Davis Strong b. at Kenosha, Wis., July 19,
1850, d, in Chicago, Sept. 11, 1851.
1877. ii. William Wolcott Strong b. at Chicago, IU., March 3, 1852.
[7th Gen.J
1861-2. V. Emilt Elizabeth Strong (dau. of John Strong and
Lydia Sumner), b. Feb. 2, 1823, m. Aug. 6, 1844, Josiah Bond b. at Wal
pole, N. H., March 9, 1819 (son of Dr. Josiah Bond, b. March 26, 1787,
and d. July 7, 1832, and Sarah E. Drew whom he m. Oct. 29, 1817), a
lawyer at Kenosha, Wis. He was grad. at Trinity Coll., Hartford, Ct.
[8th Gen.J Children :
1878- 9. i. Francis Strong Bond b. in Kenosha, July 2, 1845, m. May
17, 1870, Rosalie de Sohns, dau. of Sidney J. de Sohns of
Philadelphia.
Sarah Eliza Bond b. Aug. 19, 1847.
Emilt Elizabeth Bond b. Nov. 2, 1850.
Charlotte Warner Bond b. Aug. 15, 1853.
Josiah Bond b. May 14, 1858.
Isabel Terry Bond b. Dec. 16, 1867.
16

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1884.

vi.

122 The Descendants of John Strong of Windsor, Ct.,
[7th Gen.J
1863-4. vi. Clara Strong (dau. of WiUiam Strong and Naomi
Terry) b. March 25, 1831, m. June 6, 1854, Rodney Dennis b. Jan. 12,
1826 (son of Rev. Rodney Gove Dennis of Grafton, Mass., and Mary
Parker), secretary of the Travelers' Accident Insurance Co., at Hart
ford, Ct.
[8th Gen.J Children :
1885. i. Grace Dennis b. in Albany, N. Y., AprU 6, 1855.
1886. u. William Strong Dennis b. in Hartford, Ct., Dec. 25,
1858, d. in infancy.
1887. iU. Charlotte Wolcott Dennis b. in Hartford, May 7, 1860.
1888. iv. Bertha Parker Dennis b. Jan. 10, 1867.
1889. V. RoDNET Strong Dennis b. Dec. 17, 1868.
[6th Gen.J
1851-2. iU. Sophia Strong (dau. of John Strong of B. Windsor,
and Lydia Sumner), b. July 16, 1788, m. March 10, 1817, Peter Dobson
b. in Preston, Eng., Aug. 5, 1784 (son of William Dobson and Mary
Toppin), a cotton manufacturer at Vernon, Ct. (since 1810), having come
to this country in May, 1809. He was one of the pioneers of this country
in this kind of manufacture. He is also a gentleman of scientific tastes
and attainments. In Silliman's Journal of Arts and Sciences, July, 1842
(p. 200), he is spoken of in high terms by Roderick Impey Murchison,
President of the Geological Society of London, as the first proposer of
the present universally accepted theory of " the wear of rocks and
boulders by being suspended in ice and carried over rocks and earth
under water" and " American science is congratulated in having possessed
in him the original author of the best glacial theory yet known to the
world." [7th Gen.J Children :
1890- 1. i. Hon. John Strong Dobson b. May 18, 1818, in Vernon, Ct.
1892- 3. ii. Charlotte Dobson b. in Vernon, Dec. 16, 1822, m. Oct.
28, 1847, Hon. Alfred Russell Goodrich, M.D., b.
Sept. 29, 1818 (son of Alfred Goodrich of GiU, Mass.,
and Abigail Howland), grad. at Berkshire Med. Coll.
in Pittsfield, Mass. in 1846, a physician at Vernon, Ct.,
and a member now (1870) of the Conn. Legislature.
They have one child.
1894. 1. George Dobson Goodrich b. at Vernon, Ct., Aug. 4, 1850.
1890-1. i. Hon. John Strong Dobson b. May 18, 1818, m. Jan. 21,
1841, JuHa Maria White, b. at Hartford, Ct., March 26, 1820 (dau. of
John J. White and Charlotte Woodbridge) ; a cotton manufacturer at
Vernon ; state senator (1852) and now (1870) a member of the Conn.
Legislature.

Son of Elder John Strong of Northampton. 123
[8th Gen.J
1895- 6. i. Emma Sophia Dobson b. at Vernon, Nov. 3, 1841, m.
Sept. 13, 1865, Rienzi Belcher Parker, b. Feb. 15, 1838
(son of Lucius Parker of Coventry, Ct., and Beersheba
Belcher), a cotton manufacturer at Vernon, Ct.
[9th Gen.J Children :
1897. i. John Dobson Parker b. Sept. 25, 1866.
1898. ii. Annie Belcher Parker b. Oct. 8, 1868.
[3d Gen.J
43-44. iv. Jacob Strong (son of John Strong of Windsor and BUza
beth Warriner) b. AprU 8, 1673, m. Nov. 10, 1698, AbigaU BisseU b.
March 9, 1676 (dau. of Nathaniel Bissell of Windsor, and MindweU
Moore) afarmer at Bast Windsor, Ct. She d. March 25, 1749, he d. in
1750, a3t. 76. See page 20.
[4th Gen.J Children :
1899. i. Abigail Strong b. Feb. 24, 1699.
1900. u. MiNDWELL Strong b. July 19, 1701.
1901- 2. Hi. Jacob Strong, Jr., b. Feb. 6, 1704.
1903- 4. iv, Ann Strong b. Jan. 8, 1708, m. Supply Strong of Litch
field, Ct. See account of him infra.
1905- 6. V. Eunice Strong b. Aug. 17, 1710, m. Ebenezer Thomas of
Lebanon.
1907- 8. vi. Sergt. Nathaniel Strong b. Sept. 1, 1712, d. Dec. 5, 1795,
set. 83.
1909-10. vU. Asahel Strong b. May 7, 1715.
1911- 2. viH. TiMOTHT Strong b. in 1719.
1901-2. iH. Jacob Strong, Jr., b. Feb. 6, 1704, m. Oct. 29, 1741,
MindweU Lyman b. July 13, 1714 (dau. of Dea. Ebenezer Lyman of
Torrington, Ct. and Experience Pomeroy), a farmer in Torrington. He
d. Sept. 5, 1776.
[5th Gen.J Children:
1913. i. MiNDWELL Strong b. July 28, 1742.
1914. ii. Experience Strong b. and d. Aug. 13, 1-743.
1915. Hi. Abigail Strong b. Jan. 27, 1745-6, m. May 6, 1785, Eben
ezer Stoddard of Torrington, had two children :
1. Phena Stoddard b. March 18, 1786.
2. Anne Stoddard b. May 8, 1787.
1916. iv. Experience Strong b. March 28, 1749-50.
1917. V. Elizabeth Strong b. Sept. 10, 1755, d. Jan. 2, 1756.
1918. vi. Mart Strong, b. July 2, 1757.
[4th Gen.J
1905-6. V. Eunice Strong b. Aug. 17, 1710, m. about 1730, Eben
ezer Thomas of Lebanon, Ct., a farmer.

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124 The Descendants of John Strong of Windsor, Ct,
[5th Gen.J Children :
Elijah Thomas b. March 11, 1731.
Eliphalet Thomas b. Nov. 14, 1732.
Eunice Thomas b. March 4, 1734-5.
Irene Thomas b. March 14, 1736.
Theoda Thomas b. Jan. 12, 1738-9. [There may be
some errors in the account here given of the family
history of Jacob Strong, Jr., and Eunice Strong ; but
the author believes not.]
[4th Gen.J
1907-8. vi. Sergt. Nathaniel Strong (son of Jacob and Abigail
Strong of East Windsor) b. Sept. 1, 1712, m. June 2, 1747, Rachel
Stoughton b. Aug. 23, 1711 (dau. of John Stoughton of Windsor and
Sarah Fitch), a farmer at E. Windsor : she d. June 16, 1750, and he m.
a second wife EHzabeth  b. in 1727, who d. AprU 21, 1801, aged 74.
He d. Dec 5, 1795, aged 83.
[5th Gen.J Children:
1924. i. Rachel Strong b. June 2, 1750, d. Oct. 26, 1751.
1925- 6. U. Nathaniel Strong, Jr., b. Feb. 13, 1756, d. Nov. 4, 1836,
a pensioner. His wife Hepzibah, d. Jan. 19, 1833, aged
74, in the almshouse. [Since the numbering of these
children it has been discovered that he had also :
iU. Harvey Strong baptized March 27, 1763, who d. at B.
Windsor, March 11, 1823.] It is possible that there are
errors in the record here given of this family. The
author has not been able to trace his way to any living
descendant of Jacob Strong and Abigail Bissell in these
first branches of the family.
[4th Gen.J
1909-10. vii. Asahel Strong (son of Jacob Strong of Windsor, Ct.,
and AbigaU Bissell), b. May 7, 1715, m. March 20, 1749, Hannah Ly
man, bp. in Durham, Ct., June 30, 1723 (dau. of Dea. Ebenezer Lyman
of Northampton, and afterwards of Durham, and again (1737) of Torring
ton, Ct., and Experience Pomeroy whom he m. Jan. 2, 1706-7). Hannah
Lyman was great aunt to Rev. Dr. Lyman Beecher. [Experience Pome
roy was b. Oct. 3, 1686, and was the dau. of John Pomeroy of North
ampton, and MindweU Sheldon, who were m. at Northampton, April 30,
1682. The children of Dea. Ebenezer Lyman and Experience Pomeroy
were: 1. Experience b. AprU 17, 1703, d. Sept. 30, 1708. 2. Ebenezer,
Jr., b. Sept. 20, 1709, who m. Elizabeth Seward and lived at Torring
ton. 3. Stephen b. May 14, 1711. 4. Experience (2d) b. Dec. 25,
1712. 5. MindweU b. July 13, 1714. 6. John b. AprU 9, 1717, at
Northampton, d. in 1763. 7. Hannah bp. .June 30, 1723.] Asahel
Strong was a farmer in Torrington, Ct., where he d. Nov. 15, 1776, aged
60; she d. Feb. 19, 1771. (Town Records).

S(m. of Elder John Strong of Northampton. 125
[5th Gen.J Children:
1927- 8. i. Asahel Strong, Jr., b. AprU 17 (0. S.) or 28 (N. S.),
1750, d. Jan. 6, 1831.
1929-30. n. Hannah Strong b. Nov. 30, 1753, m. John Miner of
Winchester, Ct.
1931- 2. iH. Dorcas Strong b. Feb. 28, 1758, m. Hezekiah Beecher
of Bethelehem.
1933- 4. iv. Chloe Strong b. Deo. 4, 1763, m. David Holmes of Rus
sell, Mass.
1935- 6. V. David Strong b. May 31, 1768.
1927-8. i. Asahel Strong b. in Torrington April 28, 1750, m. Feb.
5, 1776, Martha Barber, b. in Windsor, Ct., June 13, 1752 (dau. of
Daniel Barber of B. Windsor, Ct., and Sarah his wife) ; a farmer in
Torrington, Ct., and afterwards in Charlotte, Vt., and Chesterfield, N. Y.
He d. at Peru, Clinton Co., N. Y., Jan. 6, 1831 ; she d. July 21, 1820,
in Chesterfield. [6th Gen.J Children :
1937- 8. i. Philo Strong b. Nov. 26, 1776.
1989-40. n. Erastus Strong b. Dec. 24, 1778, d. Feb. 1834.
1941- 2. iii. Theodosia Strong b. Aug. 5, 1781, m. Thomas Arthur,
d. Feb. 18, 1858.
1943- 4. iv. Sophia Strong b. Feb. 23, 1785, m. Rev. Daniel Hascall,
d. May 26, 1836.
1945- 6. V. Selima Strong b. Jan. 7, 1787, m. Rev. Zaccheus Palmer,
d. June 5, 1864.
1947- 8. vi. Mary Young Strong b. May 22, 1793, m. Hiram Foote.
1937- 8. i. Philo Strong b. Nov. 26, 1776, m. March 18, 1800,
Annis Woodruff of Charlotte, Vt., b. in Washington, Ct., Aug. 6, 1780
.(dau. of Samuel Woodruff and Polly Curtiss), a farmer at Bloomingdale,
Essex Co. N. Y. She d. May 11, 1857. He is still living (1869) at
Bloomingdale. [7th Gen.J Children :
1949-50. i. Warren Strong b. March 15, 1801, in Chesterfield, Essex
Co. N. Y.
1951- 2. n. Sally Ann Strong b. July 27, 1803, m. Isaac F. Leavitt.
1953. Hi. LuCRETiAMariaStrongb. Dec 11,1810, d. Sept. 27, 1860.
1954. iv*. William Strong b. July 10, 1819, d. Aug. 19, 1819.
1949-50. i. Warren Strong b. March 15, 1801, m. May 5, 1824,
Mary McComber b. Aug. 31, 1804 (dau. ofBenjamin and Mary McCom-
ber of Chesterfield), a farmer in CHntonville, Clinton Co. N. Y.
[8th Gen. J Children.:
1955- 6. i. Mary Strong b. in Chesterfield, N. Y., Nov. 12, 1825, m.
Joseph Beardsley.

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126 Ihe Descendants of John Strong of Windsor, Qt,
1957- 8. ii. Margaret Strong b. July 17, 1827, in Chesterfield, m.
Lyman Mugget.
1959-60. iii. Annis Strong b. in Chesterfield, Nov. 23, 1829, m. Frede
ric H. Stackpole.
1961- 2. iv. Benjamin Strong b. Sept. 3, 1831, in Chesterfield.
1963- 4. V. Lucinda Maria Strong b. in Chesterfield, Nov. 10, 1833,
m. Elias Curtiss.
1965- 6. vi. Philo Asahel Strong b. March 14, 1835, in Chesterfield,
1967- 8. vii. Elizabeth Strong b. in Peru, N. Y., Sept. 10, 1838.
1969. viH. Jane Strong b. Dec 17, 1840, d. Sept. 5, 1847.
1970. ix. Charlotte MatUda Strong b. July 17, 1843, d. May 17,
1845.
1955-6. i. Mary Strong b. Nov. 12, 1825, m. March 11, 1846,
Joseph Beardsley b. Jan. 26, 1825 (son of Jehiel and Jane Beardsley),
a farmer in ClintonvUle, N. Y. She d. May 19, 1865.
[9th Gen.J Children:
Amy Jane Beardsley b. Dec. 24, 1850, in CHntonville.
William Oscar Beardsley b. Aug. 14, 1852.
Meeker Beardsley b. May 20, 1857.
Bffa Maria Beardsley b. June 12, 1859.
Mary Elizabeth Beardsley b. Oct. 21, 1861.
Asher Edward Beardsley b. July 18, 1863.J
[7th Gen.J
1957-8. H. Margaret Strong b. July 17, 1827, m. March 15, 1847,
Lyman Mugget a resident of California where he d. She d. May 6, 1849.
They had one child :
1977. 1. George Adelbert Mugget b. June 15, and d. July 15, 1848.
1959-60. Hi. Annis Strong (dau. of Warren Strong and Mary Mc
Comber), b. Nov. 23, 1829, m. Sept. 1, 1850, Frederic Halsey Stackpole
b. in Plattsburgh, Oct. 14, 1826 (son of Benjamin Stackpole b. in Chester
field, Mass., Oct. 13, 1789, and d. in 1865, and Candace his wife, b. in
Plattsburgh, N. Y., Jan. 17, 1793), a clerk in CHntonvUle, N. Y.
[8th Gen.J Children :
1978. i. George Adelbert Stackpole b. Aug. 23, 1851.
1979. ii. Armina Ma];ia Stackpole b. June 15, 1855.
1980. iU. Ellen Marselia Stackpole b. Aug. 16, 1858.
1981. iv. Charles Stackpole b. July 15, 1865, d. Oct. 23, 1867.
1982. V. Benjamin Warren Stackpole b. March 24, 1869.
[7th Gen.J
1961-2 iv. Benjamin Strong b. Sept. 3, 1831, m. Aug. 17, 1855,
Lydia Dragoon (dau. of Dennis and Mary Dragoon), a man of various occu
pations. He d. Nov. 13, 1855. She m. afterwards Rufus Lyon.

Son of Elder John Strong of Northampton. 127
[8th Gen.J
1983. i. Benora Dragoon Strong b. AprU 23, 1856.
[7th Gen.J
1963-4. V. Lucinda Maria Strong b. Nov. 10, 1833, m. in 185-,
Elias Curtiss b. Dec. 1830, in Sheffield, Mass.; a farmer in South Lee,
Mass., for a short time. Heresidesnow(1870), in Blue Earth, Minnesota.
[8th Gen.J Children :
1984. i. Ida Jane Curtis b. March 4, 1854, in South Lee.
1985. U. Dewitt b. in Minnesota, Nov. 10, 1856.
1986. iii. Ada Curtis b. Aug. 5, 1858.
1987. iv. Mary b. in Rochester, N. Y., May 7, 1861.
1988. V. George. Flint b. in Rochester, Feb. 7, 1863.
1989. vi. Elias Burt Curtis b. Sept. 7, 1865.
[8th Gen.J
1965-6. vi. Philo Asahel Strong b. March 14, 1835, m. Jan. 18,
1863, Charlotte Elizabeth Beardsley b. June 13, 1842 (dau. of Emory
Beardsley b. Dec. 24, 1804, and Mary his wife b. May 26, 1812), a
farmer in Ausable, CUnton Co. N. Y. She d. Feb. 20, 1865.
[8th Gen.J Children :
1990. i. Charles Arthur Strong b. Jan. 4, 1864, d. May 13, 1864.
[8th Gen.J
1967-8. vii. Elizabeth Strong b. Sept. 10, 1838, m. Dec. 28,1865,
Charles Henry Adams b. Jan. 4, 1841 (son of Ansel and Louisa Adams
of Worthington, Mass.), a farmer in ClintonvUle, N. Y.
[7th Gen.J
1951-2. ii. Sally Ann Strong (dau. of Philo Strong and Annis
Woodruff) b. July 27, 1803, m. Aug. 28, 1825, Isaac Finch Leavitt b.
in Chesterfield, June 13, 1801 (son of Asaph Leavitt b. in Rupert, Vt.,
May 7, 1769, and Ruhamah, his wife) : a farmer at Chesterfield (1825-
57), and since 1857, at Bloomingdale, N. Y.
[8th Gen.J Children :
1991-2. i. John Byron Leavitt b. May 22, 1826, m. May 12, 1853,
Ann Eliza Conger of Chesterfield (dau. of Asaph Conger),
a farmer in Chesterfield. No issue. He enlisted in the
U. S. A. of Vols-, and d- in a rebel prison at Salisbury,
Dec. 22, 1864. His widow resides at KeeseviUe, N. Y.
1993. ii. Henrietta (" Nettie") Leavitt b. Feb. 21, 1828, a dress
maker at Troy, N. Y.
1994. iU. Selina Elizabeth Leavitt b. May 23, 1830, resides un
married at Bloomingdale, taking care of a feeble mother
and aged grandfather.

128 The Descendants of John Strong of Windsor, Ct,
1995 iv. Albert Leavitt b. July 1, 1833, d. Feb. 13, 1842.
1996. V. Phila Ann Leavitt b. Aug. 15, 1836, d. Sept. 10, 1848.
1997. vi. MiTTiE Leavitt b. April 28, 1838, a dressmaker in Lowell,
1998. vii. Erastus Winter Leavitt b. Sept. 8, 1841, m. Mary Hor
ton of Canada; a farmer at Franklin, Franklin Co.,
N. Y. He enlisted Dec. 27, 1863, in Co. C, 118th Regi
ment, N. Y. Vols., at Plattsburgh, N. Y. He was in the
Division Corps of Gen. Smith under Gen, Butler, and
was shot and instantly kUled May 14, 1864, at Dower's
Bluff, Va. They had one child :
1999. 1. Albert Leavitt b. Feb. 16, 1864.
2000. vin. Lyman Arthur Leavitt b. April 4, 1843 ; a farmer in
Bloomingdale, N. Y.
2001. ix, Lavater Leavitt b. Aug. 26, 1845, d. May 24, 1847.
[6th Gen.J
1939-40. H. Erastus Strong (son of Asahel Strong and Martha Bar
ber) b. in Torrington, Ct., Dec. 24, 1778, m. Abigail (Nabby) Wright
Harrison b. June 25, 1779 (dau. of Timothy Harrison of North Branford,
Ct., and Clorinda Fosdic) a resident at North Branford, Ct. He was lost
at sea on the ship Bellona which sailed for Bristol, Eng., Feb., 1834,
aged 55. She d. March 14, 1824.
[7th Gen.J Children :
2002. i. Abby Strong d. in infancy.
2003. ii. Asahel Strong, d. in infancy.
2004- 5. iii. Clorinda Fosdic Strong b. May 11, 1807, at Chesterfield,
N. Y., m. William Peter Minor, d. Nov. 6, 1857.
2006- 7. iv. Rev. Erastus Albert Strong b. Aug. 19, 1809, at Chester
field, N. Y.
2008- 9. V. Martha Louisa Strong b. at Baltimore, Md., Feb. 24,
1813, m. Edward Harrison Fowler.
2010-11. vi. Idea Sophronia Strong b. Oct. 2, 1818, at Uniontown,
Pa,, m. William Henry Bradley.
2004-5. iii. Clorinda Fosdic Strong (dau. of Erastus Strong and
Nabby Wright Harrison), b. May 11, 1807, m. William Peter Minor (son
of Silas Minor of Roxbury, Ct., and Sally his wife), d. near Jaffa, Palestine,
Nov. 6, 1857.
[8th Gen.J Children :
2012. i. Charles Albert Minor b. in 1829.
2013. ii. Frederic Minor, d. in infancy.
[7th Gen.J
2006-7. iv. Rev. Erastus Albert Strong (son of Erastus Strong
and Nabby W. Harrison), b. Aug. 19, 1809, m. Sept. 1, 1833, Jeanette
Amelia Coan of Guilford, Ct., b. Dec. 1811 ; was grad. at Knox Coll.

Son of Elder John Strong of Northampton. 129
111., and ordained at Columbus, Ohio, by Bishop McUvaine. He en
listed June, 1861, as chaplain in the Third 0. Regt. He was taken pri
soner at Rome, Ga., and confined at Atlanta and Libby Prison in Rich
mond, Va. He was mustered out at Camp Dennison, 0., June, 1864.
His health was permanently injured and he d. at Gambler, 0., 1866,
where his widow still resides. His wife d. Oct. 17, 1840, at Mendon, IU.,
aged 28. He m. Aug. 31, 1844, Elizabeth Bliss Stillman (dau. of Levi
Stillman and Eliza Bliss of Wethersfield, Ct.), settled in Mendon, 111.
[8th Gen.] Children : By first wife :
2014. i. Walter Strong b. June 26, 1837, d. Oct. 16, 1837.
2015. U. Catharine Annette Strong d. Sept. 17, 1838, d. July
28 1839
2016. iii. Asahel Minor Strong b. Dec. 7, 1839, d. Dec. 1839.
By second wife :
2017. iv. Albert Bliss Strong b. May 22, 1845, grad. at Kenyon
Coll. Gambler, 0., and afterwards a student of medicine.
2018- 9. V. Elizabeth Stillman Strong b. May 22, 1847, m, March
12, 1868, Sylvester S. Bliss of Chicago, IU. (son of
Harvey Bliss of Springfield, Mass., and AbigaU Grant).
2020. vi. Charles Harrison Strong b, Oct. 17, 1849.
2021. vU. Emma Louisa Strong b. Aug. 31, 18-50, d. in infancy.
2022. vni. William Henry Strong b. June 5, 1853.
2023. ix. Fanny Chapin Strong b. Oct. 23, 1856.
2024. X. Idea Louisa Strong b. Sept. 1,1859.
2025. xi. Rosa Camp Strong b. Feb. 26, 1862, d. in 1865.
[7th Gen.]
2008-9. V. Martha Louisa Strong (dau, of Erastus Strong and
AbigaU W. Harrison), b. Feb. 24, 1813 : m. April 3, 1834, Edward Har
rison Fowler (son of Harvey Fowler of Guilford, Ct., and Rachel Harrison),
a resident at Chicago, 111.
[8th Gen.J Children :
2026. i. Marietta Clorinda Fowler b. at Mendon, IU,, Nov. 27,
1836, m. E. K. Symonds of St. Louis, Mo.
2027. H. Hervey Winslow Fowler b. Dec. 19, 1838.
2028. iU. Emma Louisa Fowler b. Jan. 21, 1843.
2029. iv. Gertrude Sophronia Fowler b. Aug. 14, 1845, d. Jan. 31,
1846.
2030. V. Edward Strong Fowler b. Sept. 14, 1847, d. May 19, 1848 .
2031. vi. Sarah Helena Fowler b. Nov. 13, 1850, d. Jan. 17, 1852.
2032. vU. Henry Strong Fowler b. May 26, 1854.
[7th Gen.J
2010-11. vi. Idea Sophronia Strong (dau. of Erastus Strong and
AbigaU W. Harrison) b. Oct. 2, 1818 : m. May 10, 1842, WiUiam Henry
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130 The Descendants of John Strong of Windsor, Ct,
Bradleyb. Nov. 29,1816 (son of Jesse Smith Bradley ofRidgefield,Ct., and
Elizabeth Baker) ; a lawyer at Chicago, IU., and clerk of the U. S. Court.
[Judge Jesse Smith Bradley b. in 1782, grad. at Yale in 1800 ; was a
lawyer at Ridgefield, Ct. He m. Dec. 3, 1805, Elizabeth Baker, He d.
in Ridgefield, Ct., May 24, 1833. His father was Col. PhiUp Burr
Bradley of Ridgefield. He m. Ruth Smith ; was a colonel in the Revolu
tionary army, and marshal of the state of Connecticut under Washington
and Adams.]
[.8th Gen.J Children:
Abby Clorinda Bradley b. Feb. 21, 1843, d. Feb. 22, 1843.
Henry Strong Bradley b. June 11, 1844, d. AprU 17, 1845.
Mary Elizabeth Bradley b. AprU 25, 1846, d. Jan. 12,
1851.
2036. iv. William Harrison Bradley b. June 3, 1848; a member of
Yale CoUege (class of 1872).
2037. V. Jessie Sophronia Bradley, b. April 3, 1851 ; in Vassar
Female College at Poughkeepsie.
2038. vi. Anna Louisa Bradley b. March 28, 1854, d. AprU 24,
1854.
2039. vU. Anna Marion Bradley b. July 20, 1857.
[6th Gen.J
1941-2. iH. Theodosia Strong (dau. of Asahel Strong, Jr., and
Martha Barber) b. at Torrington, Aug. 5, 1781, m. at Charlotte, Vt.,
March 16, 1800, Thomas Arthur b. at Northport, L. I., May 15, 1772
(son of Reuben Arthur and Sarah Bunco) ; a farmer at Peru, N. Y. He
d, of a fever, and she m. in 1816, for 2d husband Phineas Olcott b. in
Hartford, Ct., 1775 (son of Dea. Thomas Olqott and Lydia his wife) ; a
tanner and currier, and also a farmer at Peru, N. Y., where he d. Deo. 2,
1845, of rheumatism in the stomach. She. d. at KeeseviUe of consump
tion, Feb. 18, 1858.
[7th Gen.J Children :
By fi/rst husband :
Lyman Arthur b. May 9, 1802, d. Dec 2, 1825; a me
chanic.
Minerva CorneUa Arthur b. Jan. 25, 1804, m. Daniel H.
Adgate.
Asahel Strong Arthur b. April 30, 1806 ; d. at KeeseviUe
May 9, 1848.
Charles Arthur b. April 22, 1808.
Martha Sophia Arthur b. Dec 25, 1811, d. in 1846, m.
Theron Chilson. By second husband :
Melissa Olcott b. in 1817, d. Feb. 2, 1835.
Mary Foote Olcott b. Nov. 2, 1819, m. Joseph W. Rey
nolds.
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Son of Elder John Strong of Northampton. 131
2041-2. ii. Minerva Cornelia Arthur b. Jan. 25, 1804, m. Jan.
18, 1844, Dea. Daniel Hawley Adgate b. in Canaan, N. Y., July 9, 1802,
(son of Martin Adgate a farmer in Peru, N. Y., and Hannah Hawley), a
farmer at KeeseviUe, N. Y., and deacon in the Congregational Church.
To her the author is indebted for the facts here furnished concerning her
parents and their descendants. [Martin Adgate was son of Judge Matthew
Adgate of Peru, N. Y., who was a grandson of Ruth Brewster, a grand
daughter of Elder William Brewster of Plymouth, Mass.]
[8th Gen.J Children :
2054. i. Hannah Bacon Adgate b. Aug. 13, 1845.
2055. H. Sarah Sophia Adgate b. Sept. 26, 1846.
2056- 7. Hi. Asahel Arthur Adgate, b. July 11, 1848.
[7th Gen.J
2043-4. iii. Asahel Strong Arthur (son of Thomas Arthur and Theo
dosia Strong) b. April 30, 1806, m. Oct. 12, 1831, Juliette Reynolds b. in
Potsdam, N. Y. (dau. of Dea. Joseph Reynolds of KeeseviUe, and Sarah
Whittlesey), superintendentandproprietorof extensive iron works at Keese-
vUle- She d. Feb. 20, 1840, and he m. Sept. 11, 1844, for 2d wife Harriet
CorneUa Clark b. in GranvUle, N. Y., Feb. 11, 1814 (dau. of Solomon
Robbins Clark and Margaret Hood Nehen). He d. May 9, 1848, of ne
crosis of the tibia. His widow resides in Jamestown, N. Y.
[8thGen.J Child:
2058. i. Lyman Asahel Arthur b. Sept. 16, 1846, a telegraph
operator at Jamestown, N. Y., and a ticket agent on
the Atlantic and Great Western Railway, and a Life In
surance Agent.
[7th Gen.J
2045-6. iv, Charles Arthur (son of Thomas Arthur and Theodosia
Strong) b. April 22, 1808, m. Nov. 28, 1838, Catharine Adgate b. in
Chesterfield, N. Y., June 15, 1821 (dau. of Judge Asa Adgate and Anna
Waterman), a mechanic in KeeseviUe, he d. April 24, 1863. She resides
in Vergennes, Vt.
[8th Gen.J Children :
2059. i. Anna Arthur b. Sept. 6, 1839, d. Dec. 23, 1857.
2060. ii. Asa Arthur, M.D., b. AprU 1, 1843 : a homoeopathic phy
sician at Vergennes, Vt.
[7th Gen.J
2047-8. V. Martha Sophia Arthur (dau. of Thomas Arthur and
Theodosia Strong) b. Dec. 25, 1811, m. in 1830, Theron Chilson, then of
Waltham, Vt. (son of Ezra ChUson of R. I., and Pamelia Daggett), a
wheelwright at NUes, Mich. He d, in 1846, and she d. in 1846 of
consumption.

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132 The Descendants of John Strong of Windsor, Ct,
[8th Gen.] Children :
2061. i. Mabiette Chilson b. in 1832, m. John Hatfield b. in 1826;
a stone-mason in California, where he was killed by some
Mexicans. Children :
Ida Sophia Hatfield b, Nov. 15. 1852.
Ella Frances Hatfield b. Feb. 1, 1855.
Charles Wesley Hatfield b. Jan. 25, 1857.
Charles Chilson b. in 1834, went to California where he
was killed by the Mexicans in 1856.
[7th Gen.J
2050-1. vii. Mary Foote Olcott b. Nov. 2, 1819, m. Feb. 28, 1839,
Joseph Whittlesey Reynolds b. in Potsdam, N. Y., May 30, 1816 (son of
Dr. Joseph Reynolds, afterwards of KeeseviUe and Sarah Whittlesey),
editor of the KeeseviUe Republican, and active in church matters. He d.
Dec. 25, 1861, of consumption.
[8th Gen.J Children :
2066. i. Charles Reynolds b. Feb. 10, 1847, a printer at Keese
viUe, N. Y.
2067. ii. Juliette Reynolds b. Sept. 11, 1852.
2068. iH. Mary Eloise Reynolds b. Jan. 1, 1856.
[7th Gen.J
2052-3. vin. Thomas Olcott b. March 6, 1823, m. Oct. 1847, Amanda
Minerva Bryant of Fort Ann, N. Y. (dau. of Alden Cooley Bryant and
Ann Bonesteel Clark dau. of Samuel Robbins Clark and Margaret Hood
Nehen), clerk of the Carver House at Warren, Pa., and one of its pro
prietors. She d. Feb. 1863, in Waterford, Pa.
[8th Gen.J
2069. i. Harriet EHzabeth Olcott b. in 1856.
2070. ii. Annie Bryant Olcott b. in 1858.
[6th Gen.J
1943-4. iv. Sophia Strong (dau. of Asahel Strong and Martha
Barber) b. in Torrington, Ct., Feb. 23, 1785, d. in Hamilton, N. Y.,
May 26, 1836. She m. at Chesterfield, N. Y., AprU 26, 1809, Rev.
Daniel Hascall b. at Bennington, Vt., Feb. 24, 1782 (son of Joseph Has
call h, at Killingly, Ct., June 16, 1741, and Alice Fitch b. at Canterbury,
Ct., Aug. 18, 1751), grad. at Middlebury in 1806 ; became pastor of the
Baptist Church in Blizabethtown, N. Y., Sept. 7, 1808. In 1813 he
became pastor of the Baptist Church in Hamilton, N. Y., and was asso
ciate editor of the Christian Magazine. In 1815 he tookpious young men
into his family to instruct them in theology, and became in this way with
other efforts the founder of the Hamilton Literary and Theological
Institution (now " Madison University," at Hamilton), which was
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Son of Elder John Strong of Northampton. 133
his church untU 1828, when he resigned this charge and gave himself
wholly to his work as professor in the college. In 1835 he resigned his
professorship and engaged in promoting the interests of an academy at
Florence, N. Y., and in the service of the Am. and For. Bible Society
(Baptist). He m. Sept. 1837, Mrs. Betsey Moses of West Rutland, Vt.,
and removed to that place, preaching most of the time, but without any
pastoral charge until 1848, when he settled as a pastor at Lebanon, Madi
son Co., N. Y. He d. June 28, 1852, set. 70. His life was pronounced
by those who know him best, to have been one of extraordinary useful
ness, and full of the fruits of deep fervent [piety. Mrs.' Sophia Strong
Hascall is described as a woman of sound judgment, ardent piety, great
energy of purpose and of a most self-forgetful disposition. Mrs. Betsey
Hascall d. in West Rutland, Vt., July 23, 1867. Her maiden name was
Gorham, and her first husband was Jephthah Moses, a farmer at West
Rutland. She had no children by either marriage.
[7th Gen.J Children :
James Saurin Hascall b. in EUzabethtown, Oct. 7, 1811.
Elizabeth Payne Hascall b. in HamUton, April 5, 1814,
m. Rev. Wm. Hosmer ShaUer.
Joseph HascaU b. March 1, 1816, d. March 19, 1816.
William Carey HascaU b. in Hamilton, June 13, 1817.
Alice Fitch Hascall b. Aug. 26, 1819, d. Aug. 26, 1820.
Ralph Henry Hascall b. June 25, 1821, in Hamilton.
VU. Mary S'ophia Hascall b. in HamUton, 1826, d. Aug. 13,
1829.
2071-2. i. James Saurin Hascall b. Oct. 7, 1811, grad. at Madison
University in 1836, m. March, 1839, in Florence, N. Y., Angeliue Storm
b. in East Town, N. Y., AprU 2, 1818 (dau. of Abram Storm and Catharine
Van Antwerp). He has been principal of an institution at Florence,
N. Y., of the Rome Female Seminary, N. Y., and of the Dellton Academy,
Wis., and has been Prof, in the Wayland University at Beaver Dam,
Wis. ; is now a farmer at Badger, Portage Co., Wis.
[8th Gen.J Children:
2082. i. Arthur Foote Hascall b. in Florence, N. Y., June 22,
1840, enlisted in U. S. A., in the late war July, 1861,
was made sergeant in Co. C, 61st Regt. N. Y. Vols.,
was wounded May, 1862, and returned home; recover
ing he entered the army anew and was wounded at An-
tietam, Md., Sept. 17, 1862, from the effects of which he
died, Nov. 11, 1862, at Smoketown Hospital near
Sharpsburgh, Md., a young man of noble character and
bearing, a lovely Christian and a faithful and brave
soldier.
2083. ii. Ralph Henry Hascall- b. in Rome, N. Y., Aug. 26,
1843, was commissioned July, 1861, Corporal of Co. C,

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134 The Descendants of John Strong of Windsor, Ct,
61st Regt. N. Y. Vols., and was shot through the head
in the battle of Malvern Hill, Va., July 1, 1862.
" Arthur and Ralph Hascall were among the bravest
boysj" the captain said; " in his command."
2084. iii. Mart Elizabeth Hascall b. in Hartford, N. Y., Sept. 8,
1845, d. of diphtheria in Hamilton, N. Y., Dec. 28, 1860.
2085. iv. James Saurin HascaU b. in. Hartford, Washington Co.,
N. Y., Feb. 13, 1847.
2086. V. Daniel HascaU b. in Smyrna, N. Y., May 10, 1850, d. of
diphtheria, Jan. 8, 1861 : he died singing " I want to be
an angel."
[7th Gen.J
2073-4. ii. Elizabeth Payne Hascall (dau. of Prof Daniel HascaU
and Sophia Strong) b. AprU 5, 1814, m. May 22, 1836, Rev. William
Hosmer Shailer b. Nov. 20, 1807, in Haddam, Ct. (son of Smith ShaUer
and Lucinda Shailer) : grad. at Madison University, in 1835, and spent
one year at Newton Theological Sem., Mass. (1836), settled as pastor of the
Baptist Church in Brookline, Mass. (1837-54), and since 1854, as pastor
of the First Baptist Church in Portland, Me. He is also proprietor and
editor of Zion's Advocate, a weekly religious paper published at Portland.
It is to Mrs. Elizabeth P. ShaUer, that the author is indebted for the
account here furnished of the descendants of her parents.
[8th Gen.J Children :
2087- 8. i. Sophia Lucinda Shailer b. March 3, 1837, m. Jonathan
B. Matthews.
2089- 90. ii. Barnas Sears ShaUer b. May 1, 1839.
2091. iii. Elizabeth Hascall Shailer b. March 7, 1841, in Brook
line, Mass.
2092. iv. Mart Eloise Shailer b. July 19, 1846, d. in KeeseviUe,
N. Y., July 28, 1856.
2087-8. i. Sophia Lucinda Shailer b. in Suffield, Ct., March 3,
1837, m. Sept. 18, 1860, in Portland, Me., Jonathan Bennett Matthews,
b. in Monson, Me., May 28, 1832 (son of Elijah Matthews and Ann
Bennett) a flour andgrain merchant in Portland.
[9th Gen.J Children:
2093. i. Shailer Matthews b. in Portland, Me., May 26, 1863.
2095. ii. Henrt Herbert Matthews b. in Portland, April 9, 1865.
[8th Gen.J
2089-90. n. Barnas Sears Shailer (son of Rev. W. H. Shailer
and Elizabeth P. Hascall) b. May 1, 1839, in Brookline, Mass., m. Dec.
25, 1861, in Portland, Harriet Hale Sawyer b. in Madison, Me., March
7, 1842 (dau. of Jefferson Sawyer and Lydia Crosby), an express agent
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Son of Elder John Strong of Northampton. 135
[9th Gen.J Children:
2096. i. William Hosmer Shailer b. in Monson, Dec. 6, 1862.
2097. u. Ralph Hascall Shailer b. in Monson, July 3, 1864, d.
Sept. 8, 1864.
2098. iU. Hezekiah ShaUer b. in Monson, May 28, 1865.
2099. iv. Mart Eloise Shailer b. in Monson, Aug. 4, 1867.
[7th Gen.J
2076-7. iv. WiLLiAMCAREYHASCALL(sonof Prof. Daniel HascaU and
Sophia Strong b. June 13, 1817, m. March 30, 1836, Finette Storm b. in
Bast Town, N. Y., Feb. 4, 1816 (dau. of Abram Storm and Catharine Van
Antwerp) ; a farmer at Durham, Me. (since 1863), and previously in
WaUingford, Vt. He has resided also in Florence and Syracuse, N. Y.,
and in Pittsford, Sudbury and Rutland, Vt.
[8th Gen.J Children:
2100- 1. i. Charles Daniel Hascall, b. in Florence, N. Y., Feb. 22,
1837.
2102- 3. ii. James Abram Hascall b. in Syracuse, N. Y., June 28,
1841.
2104- 5. iH. George Henry Hascall b. in Pittsford, Vt., Sept. 4, 1845.
2106. iv. William Shailer HascaU b. in Pittsford, Vt., Dec. 30,
1850.
2107. V. Ralph Judson Hascall b. in Sudbury, Vt., Nov. 30, 1853.
2100-1. i. Charles Daniel Hascall b. Feb. 22, 1837, m. Oct. 11, 1859,
Eleanor Clark Warner, b. in Pittsford,' Vt., Sept. 7, 1840 (dau. of Nathan
S. Warner and Sarah G. Powers) ; a farmer in Rutland, Vt.
[9 th Gen.J Children :
2108. i. Sarah Finette HascaU, b. in. Rutland, Vt., .June 1, 1863.
2109. H. William Frederic Hascall, b. in Rutland, Vt. Jan. 17,
1866.
[8th Gen.J
2102-3. ii. James Abram Hascall (son of WUHam Carey Hascall
and Finette Storm) b. June 28, 1841, m. Jan. 1, 1863, in WaUingford,
Vt., Ann Malsen Carpenter, b. Sept. 28, 1842 (dau. of Jonathan Carpen
ter of Ludlow, Vt., and Sarah McNeal) ; a farmer in Durham, Me.
[9th Gen.J Child :
2110. i. Mary Rose Hascall b. in Durham, Me. April 23, 1865.
[8th Gen.J
2104-5. iU. George Henry Hascall (son of Wm. Carey HascaU and
Finette Storm) b. Sept. 4, 1845, m. June 2, 1867, Sarah Jane Dyer b.
in Brunswick, Me., April, 1845 (dau. of Richard Dyer and CaroHne
Vining) ; a carpenter at Durham, Me.

136 The Descendants of John Strong of Windsor, Ct,
[7th Gen.J
2')79-80. vi. Ralph Henry Hascall (son of Prof. Daniel HascaU
and Sophia Strong) b. June 25, 1821, m. Sept. 10, 1844, in West Rut
land, Vt., Celia Harman, b. in CobleskiU, N. Y., July 8, 1823 (dau. of
Henry Harman and Mary Ann Kinnecut); connected formerly with the,
marble works in West Rutland, Vt., but now a farmer in Durham, Mc
[8th Gen.J Children:
2111- 2. i. Mart Sophia Hascall b. in W. Rutland, May 24, 1846
m. Prof. Edward Winslow HaU.
2113. ii. Franklin Henry Hascall b. in W. Rutland, AprU 5, 1852.
2115. iH. Charles William Hascall b. in W. Rutland, Oct. 28, 1856.
2111-2. i. Mart Sophia Hascall b. May 24, 1846, m. in Portland,
Me., Jan. 3, 1865, Prof. Edward Winslow Hall b. in Portland, Sept, 9,
1840 (son of Winslow Hall and Eunice Mosher Harding); grad. at Water-
vUle Coll., in 1862; Prof, of Modern Languages in Colby University,
WaterviUe, Me.
[9th Gen.J Child :
2116. i. Celia Hall b. in WatervUle, Me., Nov. 2, 1867.
¦ [6th Gen.J
1945-6. V. Selima Strong (dau. of Asahel Strong and Martha
Barber) b. at Torrington, Ct., Jan. 23, 1787, m. at Chesterfield, N. Y.,
March 12, 1807, Rev. Zaccheus MarshaU Palmer b. at Chatham, N. Y.,
May 17, 1776 (son of Sylvanus Palmer and Sarah Finch). [Sylvanus
Palmer was b. May 20, 1745, and d. July 20, 1823, at Manchester, In
diana. He m. Sarah Finch b. Sept. 15, 1754, who d. Jan. 4, 1816 (dau.
of John Finch who lived on Croton river and afterwards at Nine Part
ners, Duchess Co., N. Y., and Mary Harris). Their children were five
sons : William Finch, Zaccheus Marshall, Zephaniah Piatt, John Runnels
and Lemuel Powers ; and four daughters : Lydia who m. John He Kalb
(called often Kulp) of Jay, N. Y., Dorcas who d. set. 18, in Peru, N. Y,,
Huldah who m. Cerelle Wood of Jay, N. Y., and had 10 children, and
Almira who m. Paul Layborn of Manchester, Ind. Sylvanus Palmer
was the son of Ephraim Palmer who removed from Horseneck, Ct., to
Nine Partners (Filkintown), N. Y., among the Indians; a man of a
large and powerful frame. Here he lived and died, set. about 70. . He
m. Rachel Palmer, she d. in Peru, Clinton Co., N. Y. Their children
were 3 sons : Sylvanus, Ephraim and Uriah, and 5 daughters : Abigail
who m. Isaac Finch, Rachel. who m. Daniel Hultz, Dorcas who m. John
Fosbury, Joanna who m. John Cotton, and Rebecca who m. Isaac Baker.

Son of Elder John Strong of Northampton. 137
The father of Ephraim Palmer of Nine Partners was Nehemiah Palmer
of Horseneck, Ct., a farmer. His wife was of large frame and great
physical strength: she d. set. 80 or more. Sarah Finch wife of Sylvanus
Palmer d. at North Bend, Miamitown, 0.]
Rev. Zaccheus Palmer was in early life (1801-1809), a farmer near
KeeseviUe, N. Y., and after his marriage lived for 4 years at Jay, N. Y.,
and for some 4 years subsequently at Saratoga, N. Y. (1815-19), where he
was engaged in the grocery and bakery business quite prosperously. In
1819 he removed to Manchester, Ind., where he was ordained a clergyman
in the Baptist Church and where he was settled as such (1819-28) for
nine years. In 1828 (October), he removed to Jamestown, N. Y., and
preached as he had opportunity in neighboring places until 1858 when he
removed to Panama, N. Y. This venerable couple lived in wedlock for 53
years and more. He d. Dec. 21, 1860, at Panama, N. Y., set. 84, where
she also d. June 5, 1864, set. 77. He performed service for a brief time
as a member of a company of SUver Greys during the war of 1812. She
was a lady of superior power of mind.
[7th Gen.J Children :
2117. i. Lucius Strong Palmer b. Feb. 18, 1808, at Jay, N. Y., d.
at Jamestown, N. Y., July 29, 1831, aged 23.
Mart Almira Palmer b. at Jay, Oct. 17, 18ll, m. Alfred
H. Brown, d. Nov. 7, 1855.
Sophia Louisa Palmer b. at Saratoga, Jan. 28, 1816, m.
Robert Seek, and for 2d husband Norval Bishop.
Sarah Maria Palmer b. at Saratoga, Nov. 14, 1818, m.
Reuben L. Lunt.
Fidelia Martha Palmer b. at Manchester, Ind., Nov. 8,
1820, m. Chuza C. Hollister.
Clarissa Ann Palmer b. at Manchester, March 29, 1823,
m. Russell Morgan, d. Aug. 13, 1864.
Rev. Daniel Hascall Palmer b. at Manchester, April 17,
1825.
2129-30. viH. Hon. Francis Wayland Palmer b. at Manchester, Oct. 11,
1827.

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2118-9. ii. Mart Almira Palmer b. Oct. 17,1811, m.Oct. 4,1835,
Rev. Alfred Henry Brown at Jamestown, N. Y. (son of a Mr. Brown of
Aurora, N. Y.), a Baptist clergyman and a teacher. She d. at North
Adams, Mich., Nov. 7, 1855, aged 44.
[8th Gen.J Children :
2131- 2. i. Sophia Brown, m. Judson Crane of W. Barry, Orleans
Cc, N. Y.
2133. ii. Frances Caroline Brown.
2134. iii. Edwin Brown.
2135. iv. Alfred Adelbert Brown.
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138 The Descendants of John Strong of Windsor, Ct,
[7th Gen.J
2L20-1. iii. Sophia Louisa Palmer (dau. of Rev. Zaccheus Palmer
and Selima Strong) b. Jan. 28, 1816, m. at Jamestown, N. Y., May 5,
1833, Robert Seek b. Jan. 27, 1810 (son of Conrad Seek, of Detroit, .
Mich., and Mary Morrison), a harness maker at Jamestown, N. Y., and
afterwards at Clarksville, Pa., and Newcastle, Pa. He d. at Clarksville,
Jan. 7, 1847, aged 38. She m. March 5, 1851, for 2d husband atBusti,
N. Y., Nerval Bishop b. Oct. 10, 1807 (son of Major Bishop of Elizabeth-
town, N. Y., and Dorcas Holcomb) a carpenter and millwright at James
town, N. Y. He enlisted Jan. 1862, in the U. S. A., of Vols., took part
in the battle of Corinth, Miss., and d. there of cholera morbus, July 18,
1862. She resides (1870) at Corry, Pa.
[8th Gen.J Children :
By fi/rst marriage :
2136. i. Marshall Seek b. July 8, 1834, lives in WaUa Walla,
Washington Territory, m. and has 2 children.
2137- 8. ii. Mart Seek m. Col. Trimmer of Rochester. She resides
now (1870) at Des Moines, Iowa.
2139-40. iii. Belle Seek b. at Fredonia, N. Y., Dec. 1838, m. July 2,
1857, at Pine Island, Minn., Norman Andrews b. at
Chatham, N. Y., Jan. 29, 1813 (son of Peter Andrews
and Elizabeth Bateman), a lawyer at Ion, Allamakee Co.,
Iowa. They have one child :
2141. 1. Frederic Andrews b. AprU 24, 1858, at Ion.
2142- 3. iv. Nettt Seek m. Simon Jones of Red Wing, Minn.
2144- 5. V. Alice 0. Seek m. Sept. 24, 1864, at Panama, N. Y., Eu
gene Wright b. in Concord, Mass., Sept. 7, 1825 (son of
Lt. Wright and Mary R. Hapgood), a dealer in real
estate in Corry, Pa., and coal merchant there, where he
has resided since 1861. He enlisted in Co  5th Mass.
Regiment of Vols., and was in the first battle of Bull
Run, and was mustered out of service. His description
of his previous life is as follows : " I was raised a farmer.
until 13 years of age, then followed the sea for about 5
years ; afterwards was a peddler of tin-ware and cutlery,
a book-agent, a bricklayer, and a salesman in a meat
market. In 1849, 1 went to California and there followed
the occupations of gold miner, trader, merchant and
farmer; in 1860, I returned to Massachusetts and was
employed in an oU refinery until the rebeUion broke out
when I resigned my situation and enlisted in the army."
They have 2 children :
2146. 1. John Eugene Wright b. Aug. 22. 1865, at Corry.
2147. 2. Frank Palmer Wright b. at Mayville, N. Y., July 23, 1867.
They have also adopted Jenny S. Bishop half sister to
Mrs. Wright. He had also a daughter by a previous
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Son of Elder John Strong of Northampton. 139
[Capt. Wright, father of Eugene Wright, was a fartner in Concord, Mass.
He served as a Lieut, in the navy in the war of 1812, and was captured
by the British and confined for several months as a prisoner in Halifax,
but escaped and reached his home at Concord on foot ; afterwards served
as captain of a vessel under Simon Bolivar. He was for seven years a
member of the Mass. Legislature and was a Capt. of Militia. He was son
of Col. Jonas Wright of Concord — who was a Revolutionary soldier — and
was b. in 1795, and d. in 1863.]
2148- 9. vi. Louisa Seek m. Samuel Kirkham, a resident at Orinoco,
Olmstead Co., Minn.
By second husband ;
2150. vii. William Bishop b. at Jamestown, N. Y., May 9, 1854.
2151. viii. .Jeanie Bishop b. at Jamestown, May 11, 1856, adopted by
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Wright of Corry, Pa.
[7th Gen.]
2122-3. iv. Sarah Maria Palmer (dau. of Rev. Zaccheus Palmer and
Selima Strong) b. Nov. 14, 1818, m. at Jamestown, Reuben Lorenzo Lunt
July 13, 1842, who was b. at Mendon, N. Y., Jan. 27, 1820, and was the
son of Moses Lunt of Rochester, N. Y., aud Mary Buck. He is a car
penter at Corry, Pa. To Mrs Lunt, and her brother Rev. Daniel H.
Palmer this account of the descendants of Rev. Zaccheus Palmer is almost
wholly due.
[8th Gen.J Children :
2152- 3. i. Edward DeForest Lunt b. July] 11, 1844, at Jamestown.
2154." ii. William Llewellyn Lunt b. at Dubuque, Iowa.
2155. in. Mattie Cory Lunt b. at Findlay, 0., Aug. 22, 1856.
2^152-3. i. Edward DeForest Lunt b. July 11, 1844. He was an
apprentice in the Iowa State Register Office at Des Moines, Iowa. He
enlisted Oct. 14, 1861, as a private in Co. B, Fifteenth Iowa Infantry,
and at the expiration of his term of service reenlisted as a veteran Dec.
1863 ; participated in the sieges of Corinth, Vicksburgh, and Atlanta,
and in all the battles of the 17th Army Corps up to July 22, 1864, when
he was captured, being a corporal. He was held prisoner until paroled
Dec. 10, 1864, and confined at Andersonville, Charleston, and Florence,
S. C. He was mustered out at Davenport, Iowa, Aug. 3, 1865. He
has since been engaged in the practical business of printing at Corry,
Pa., and Des Moines, Iowa, and since May, 1868, has been proprietor
and conductor with a partner (Frank Morgan, Esq.), of the Glenwood
Opinion published at Glenwood, Iowa. He m. Nov. 11, 1867, at Des
Moines, Augusta Bleonora Longshore, b. Feb. 9, 1849 (dau. of 
Longshore of Delaware, 0., and editor of the Adams Co. Gazette, at Corn
ing, Iowa. He is a master Mason, and is also postmaster now at Corning).

140 The Descendants of John Strong of Windsor, Ct,
[9th Gen.J Children :
2156. i. Emma Inez Lunt b. Sept. 5, 1868, at Glenwood.
[7th Gen.J
2124-5". V. Fidelia Martha Palmer (dau. of Rev. Zaccheus Palmer
and Selima Strong), b. Nov. 8, 1820, m. at Jamesjown, May 28, 1846,
s/ Chuza Carlisle Hollister, b. March 20, 1823 (son of Chuza Hollister of
Montrose, Pa,, and Elizabeth Robinson), a harness-maker at Corry, Pa.,
since 1864 and previously at Panama, and Jameston, N. Y. He is also a
constable. [8th Gen.J Children :
2157. i. SoREL Adelbert Hollister b. March 10, 1847, at Westfield,
N. Y., an insurance agent at Corry, Pa.
2158. ii. Claribel Selima HoUister b. at Montrose, Pa., Aug. 1,
1855.
[7th Gen.J
2126-7. vi. Clarissa Ann Palmer (dau. of Rev. Zaccheus Palmer
and Selima Strong) b. March 29, 1823, m. at Jamestown, N. Y., Aug. 4,
1842, Russell Morgan b. Jan. 1810, a resident of Jamestown, N. Y., and
after 1851 at SinolairvUle, N. Y. She d. at Corry, Pa., Aug. 13, 1864.
[8th Gen.J Children :
2159-60. i. Mart Selima Morgan b. at Jamestown, N. Y., Aug. 23,
1843, m. Jan. 28, 1867, at Dunkirk, N. Y., Major Albert
Mooney. She d. suddenly July 23, 1867, £et. 23.
2161. ii. Frank Palmer Morgan. He publishes a newspaper in
Glenwood, Mills Co., Iowa.
2162. iH. Ella Morgan b. in Jamestown, N. Y., July 23, 1849.
2163. iv. Alton Morgan b. in SinolairviUe, Chautauqua Co., jV^-,
AprU 8, 1851.
2164. V. Willis Morgan b. May 6, 1853.
2165. vi. Emma Morgan b. Aug. 1, 1855.
2166. VU. Carlyle Morgan b. Jan 22, 1857.
2167. viH. Amos Morgan b. Sept. 9, 1858.
2168. ix. Frederic Morgan b. Aug. 26, 1860.
2169. X. Delavan Morgan b. in Sinclairville.
[7th Gen.J
2128. vH. Rev. Daniel Hascall Palmer (son of Rev. Zaccheus Palmer
and Selima Strong) b. April 17, 1825, m. Dec. 8, 1846, at Erie, Pa., Mary
Caroline Buck (dau. of Reuben Buck of Fredonia, N. Y., and Polly, his wife).
He was for seven years (1844-51), a mechanic; colporteur of the Am. Tract
Society for seven years (1851-8) in Southern Wisconsin and Northern
Illinois visiting in that time 15,000 famiUes ; ordained pastor of the Bap
tist church in Argyle, Wis., May 8, 1858, where he continued for four

Son of Elder John Strong of NortJiampton. 141
years (two of them as missionary of the Wisconsin Baptist State Conven
tion). He organized during this time the Wayne (Spafford) Baptist
church and reorganized that at Wiota, ministering to them in alternation
with Argyle. For five years (Oct.. 1862-7) he was pastor of the Baptist
church at SheU Rock, Freeborn Co., Minn., where his family now (1870)
resides. During his settlement at Shell Rock he was for two years of the
time a missionary of the American Baptist Home Missionary Society.
In 1863 he made a missionary tour in behalf of the American Tract So
ciety, among camps and hospitals upon the Indian frontier in Minnesota,
visiting twelve forts and stations and six hospitals, and organized a Bap
tist church, at Albert, Minnesota. He is now temporarily preaching at
Northwood, Iowa, (P. O. address, SheU Rock).
[8th Gen.J Children :
2170. i. Morris Hascall Palmer b. in Jamestown, N. Y., Aug. 31,
1847.
Selima Mary Alma Palmer b. at Jamestown, Dec. 1, 1849.
Daniel Marshall Palmer b. in Janesville, Wis., July 27,
1851, d. Nov. 3, 1852.
Sarah Ellen Palmer b. in Janesville, March 15, 1854.
Daniel Strong Palmer b. in Wiota, Wis., March 22, 1856.
Clarissa Jane Palmer b. in Wiota, Oct. 24, 1858.
Francis Henry Palmer b. in Argyle, Wis., Nov. 6, 1860.
viH. Martha Fidelia Palmer b. in SheU Rock, Minn., Feb. 1,
1863.
Viola Nettie Palmer b. in Freeman, Minn., Aug. 11, 1865.
William Lucius Palmer b. in Freeman, Minn., Sept. 24,
1867.
[7th Gen.J
2129-30. vUi. Hon. Francis Wayland Palmer (son of Rev. Zac
cheus Palmer and Selima Strong) b. Oct. 11, 1827. He was an apprentice
to the printing business at Jamestown, N. Y., for 3 years (1842-5) ; a
journeyman compositor in the office of the New World, New York City,
for one year (] 845-6) ; foreman of office of Jamestown Journal and super
intendent of the Westfield Messenger, published at Westfield, N. Y.
(1846-8) ; owner and editor at first with a partner (F. P. Bailey), and
afterwards alone of the Jamestown Journal, published at Jamestown,
N. Y. (1848-58), for ten years. During this time he was twice elected
member of the N. Y. Assembly (a whig). In 1860 he removed to Du
buque, Iowa, and established (with Messrs. Upham, Gilmore and Corr)
the Dubuque Daily and Weekly Times (a Republican journal). In
1860 he was elected state printer of Iowa. In 1861 he removed to Des
Moines, Iowa, and became editor and proprietor of the Iowa State Reg
ister, while being also state printer for four terras successively of two
years each. In May, 1868, he was elected member of Congress, and in

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142 TJie Descendants of John Strong of Windsor ^ Ct,
March, 1869, took his seat as a member of the 41st Congress (1869-71).
He m. Oct. 22, 1862, at Hamilton, N. Y., widow Joie Goodwin.
All efforts to obtain fuller facts here were vain.
[6th Gen.J
1947-8. vi. Mart Young Strong (dau. of Asahel Strong and Martha
Barber) b. May 22, 1793, m. June 5, 1817, Hiram Foote b. Aug. 22,
1789 (son of Isaac Foote and Mary Kellogg, dau. of Jonathan Kellogg,
Jr.), a farmer at Smyrna, N. Y. She d. at Maple Grove, IU., Dec. 14,
1867, aged 70. See page 125.
[7th Gen.J Children :
2180- 1. i. Erastus Strong Foote b. May 16, 1818.
2182- 3. H. Martha Foote b. Oct. 18, 1822, m. Rev. John S. Beecher,
d. March 3, 1854.
2184. iU. Eli Foote b. Oct. 18, 1822, a farmer in Belvidere, Jll,
unmarried.
2185. iv. Fannt Sophia Foote b. July 16, 1826, resides unmarried
at Belvidere, III.
2186- 7. V. SiDNET Foote b. Dec. 30, 1830.
2180-81. i. Erastus Strong Foote b. May 16, 1818, m.Sept. 3, 1843,
Mary Ann Collins of Symrna, N. Y., b. Oct. 2, 1822 (dau. of Rev. Levi
Collins and Alice Allen), a farmer in Belvidere, 111., and since 1866, a
miller in Salt Lake city.
[8th Gen.J Children :
2188. i. Emily Sophia Foote b. Jan. 26, 1846.
2189. H. Frank Erastus Foote b. July 19, 1851.
[7th Gen.J
2182-3. ii. Martha Foote b. Oct. 18, 1822, m. AprU 22, 1846,
Rev. John Sidney Beecher of Hinesburgh, Vt., b. Feb. 19, 1820 (son of
Austin Beecher and Sally Stone), grad. at Madison University, Hamilton,
N. Y., in 1844, a Baptist missionary to Burmah for which country he set
saU July, 1846. She d. at sea, March 3, 1854, on board the ship Col-
lingwood. He d. at Plymouth, England, Oct. 22, 1866, aged 46.
[8th Gen.J Children :
2190. i. Sarah Sophia Beecher b. at Arracan, Asia, Sept. 16, 1852,
resides in Belvidere, 111.
[7th Gen.J
2186-7. V. Sidney Foote (son of Hiram Foote and Mary Young
Strong), b. Dec. 30, 1830, m. Dec. 30, 1858, EHzabeth Ann Phillips of
Madison, Wis., b. Oct. 12, 1832 (dau. of RusseU Phillips and Rhoda
WUliams); a lawyer at Madison, Wis.

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Son of Elder John Strong of Northampton. 143
[8th Gen.J Children :
Florence Foote b. Oct. 14, 1859.
Mart VraUe Foote b. Feb. 4, 1861.
Martha Foote b. Feb. 16, 1862.
Ella Foote b. April 21, 1865.
Annie Sophia Foote b. Oct. 25, 1867.
[5th Gen.J
1929-30. ii. Hannah Strong (dau. of Asahel Strong and Hannah
Lyman) b. at Torrington, Ct., Nov. 30, 1753, m. AprU 9, 1775, John
Miner b. in 1762 ; a farmer at Winchester, Ct. (1775-1813), where he
d. March 22, 1813, »t. 61. She d. at Winchester, Nov. 23, 1835, set. 82.
[6th Gen.J Children :
John Strong Miner b. in Torrington, Aug. 15, 1775.
Hon. Phinehas Miner b. in Winchester, Nov. 27, 1777.
Florinda Miner b. Nov. 9, 1780, m. Roger Root of Win
chester.
William Miner b. March 17, 1783.
Sarah Miner, b. Jan. 16, 1786, d. unmarried about 1865.
Pamelia Miner b. June 3, 1791, resides unmarried at
Litchfield, Ct. (1869).
[To John Boyd, Esq., town clerk of Winchester, Ct., the author is
indebted for much of the detail here given concerning the family of John
Miner and Hannah Strong.]
[6th Gen.J
2196-7. i. John Strong Miner (son of John Miner and Hannah
Strong) b. Aug. 15, 1775; a ship builder and farmer at Saybrook, Ct.
(Westbrook Society). He m. Sept. 12, 1803, Desire Pratt of Westbrook
b. Nov. 12, 1780 (dau. of Tabor Pratt and Mary his wife). He d. May
9, 1865, she d. AprU 24, 1862 ; members of the Methodist church.
[7th Gen.J Children :
2207. i. Charles Milton Miner b. June 15, 1803, a resident at
Madison, Ct.
2208. u. William CoHn Miner, b. Nov. 19, 1805, d. unmarried
March 5, 1832.
[6th Gen.J
2198-9. ii. Hon. Phinehas Miner (son of John Miner and Hannah
Strong) b. Nov. 27, 1777, m. May, 1801, Zerviah Butler of W. Hartford,
Ct. She d. at Winchester, April 24, 1811, aged 32, and he m. for 2d
wife Eliza Parsons of W. Granville, Mass. (dau. of Capt. Joel Parsons),
a lawyer, and eminent as such at the Litchfield bar : state senator, judge
of probate and member of congress (1834-5). He d. at Litchfield, Sept.
16, 1839, aged 61. He had no children by the second marriage. His
widow m. for a 2d husband Tertius Wadsworth of Hartford, Ct.

144 The Descendants of John Strong of Windsor, Ct,
[7th Gen.J Children: By fi/rst wife :
2209-10. i. Henrt Butler Miner b. June 1, 1803, m. Rachel Van
Buren (niece of Pres. Martin Van Buren), a merchant
at Black Rock, N. Y., and Troy, N. Y., d. without issue
at Litchfield, Ct., July 12, 1835, aged 32.
2211. ii. Zerivah Ruth Miner b. Dec. 23, 1811, d. unmarried Feb.
3, 1839, aged 27.
[6th Gen.J
2200-1. iH. Florinda Miner (dau. of John Miner and Hannah
Strong) b. Nov. 9, 1780, m. March 26, 1807, Roger Root of Winchester
b. in Southwick, Mass,, in 1775 (son of Roger Root from New London,
Ct. b. in 1736, and d. Nov. 1, 1820, aged 84, and Temperance TUlotson
b. in 1744, who d. July 2, 1833, aged 89). He d. in Summit, Pa.
[7th Gen.J Children :
2212- 3. i. Caroline Nancy Root b. Feb. 9, 1808, m. Mr. McNair of
Summit, Erie Co., Pa.
Harry Oscar Root b. Aug. 23, 1810.
Lucius Miner Root b. Feb. 28, 1814.
Juliette Root b. June 26, 1816.
Sidney Root.
Eliza Root m. Jacob Sell.
vii. Rebecca Root.
2214-5. H. Harry Oscar Root b. Aug. 23, 1810, m. Nov. 1839,
Eliza Foote b. June 3, 1810 (dau. of Warren Foote and Sally Shattuck).
[8th Gen.J Children:
2222. i. Warren Root b. Dec. 1840.
2223. n. George Root b. in 1842, d. June, 1844.
2224. iU. P. Allen Root b. May, 1849.
2225. iv. Sarah Root b. Nov. 1850.
[6th Gen.J
2203-4. iv. William Miner (son of John Miner and Hannah Strong)
b. March 17, 1783, m. Feb. 23, 1809, Lucy Denison Sanderforth (dau. of
Capt. Sanderforth of New London) ; a farmer at Winchester, Ct.
[7th Gen.J Children :
2226. i. Emmeline Austin Miner b. Feb. 3, 1811, at Winchester.
2227. ii. William Sanderforth Miner b. Sept. 13, 1812, at
Winchester.
2228. Ui. Daniel Miner b. Nov. 22, 1815.
2229. iv. Lucy Miner.
[5th Gen.l See page 125.
1931-2. iii. Dorcas Strong (dau. of Asahel Strong and Hannah
Lyman), b. Feb. 18, 1758, m. in 1778, Hezekiah Beecher, b. Jan. 1,

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Son of Elder John Strong of Northampton. 145
1752, in New Haven, Ct. (son of Nathaniel Beecher and Sarah Sperry),
a shoemaker, tanner, and currier at New Haven, Ct. (1773-85), a farmer
at Bethlehem', Ct. (1785-99), and afterwards at Livonia, Livingston (^.,
N. Y., where he d. May 22, 1820. She d. March 29, 1839, aged 81.
[Nathaniel Beecher of New Haven had two sons and three daughters.
The other son beside Hezekiah was David Beecher, who m. Esther Ly
man, the parents of Rev. Dr. Lyman Beecher. He was half brother to
Hezekiah. Nathaniel Beecher was the son of John Beecher who was
the son of Joseph.]
[6th Gen.J Children:
J3neas Beecher b. in 1779, d. in 1852.
Sally Beecher b. in 1781, d. Nov. 22, 1830, unmarried.
Betsey Beecher b. May 10, 1784, m. Moses Jackman of
Livonia, N. Y.
Nathaniel Beecher b. .June 20, 1789, d. AprU 15, 1840.
Hezekiah Beecher b. Dec 1, 1792, d. June 18, 1844.
Dea. Alfred Beecher b. Dec 13, 1795.
vii. Maria Beecher b. Dec. 12, 1799, m. Elijah Squier Rust,
d. May 30, 1864.
2244-5. viU. Ann Beecher b. Jan. 5, 1802, m. Daniel B. Clark.
2230-2. i. ^NBAS Beecher b. 1779, m. in 1803, Catharine Cook b.
in 1784 (dau. of Benjamin Cook and Sarah his wife). She d. in 1816,
and he m. for 2d wife Hannah Nichols : a farmer at Johnstown, 0., where
he d. in 1862, she d. about 1865.
[7th Gen.J Children: By first wife :
2246. i. Orville Pomeroy Beecher b. in Jjivonia, in 1803, a saddler
and harness maker, d. unmarried in Geneseo, N. Y.
2247- 8. ii. Edward Cook Beecher, M.D., b. in Livonia, in 1805, d. in
Jersey, 0., m. Jane Boardman and had a child that d. in
infancy.
2249-50. iii. Charles Norton Beecher b. in Livonia, in 1807, d. in
FUnt, Mich., in 1865.
2251. iv. Alanson Beecher b. in Livonia, in 1809, d. unmarried in
Granville, 0., a fur trader.
2252- 3. V. Emily Beecher b. May 7, 1812, m. Henry Ilsley Higgins
of Aurora, 111.
2254- 5. vi. Marietta Beecher b. in 1814, m. John White of Jersey,
Licking Co., 0.
By second wife :
2256. vii. Martha Beecher. *
2257. viii. Sarah Beecher.
2258- 9. ix. Isabella Beecher m. Charles Summers of Flint, Mich.
2260- 1, X. Catharine Beecher m. a Mr. Terry.
2262. xi. Orville Pomeroy Beecher.
2263. xii. William Beecher. Facts were sought here from ade
quate sources, but not obtained.
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146 The Descendants of John Strong of Windsor, Ct,
2249-50, iii. Charles Norton Beecher m. Sarah WethereU, afarmer
in FHnt, Mich. He d. and she stiU (1870) resides in Flint.
[8th Gen.J Children:
2264. i. Emilt Augusta Beecher.
2266- 6. ii. Caroline Beecher m. Robert Warren (son of S. W.
Warren of FHnt), editor of paper at Bay City, Mich.
He has 2 chUdren.
2267. iii. Edward Beecher.
[7th Gen.J
2252-3. V. Emilt Beecher (dau. of ^neas Beecher of Johnstown,
0., and Catharine Cook) b. in Livonia, N. Y., May 7, 1812, m. Nov. 3,
1831, Henry Ilsley Higgins, a hardware merchant at Mt. Morris, N. Y.,
and at Flint, Mich., probate judge at Flint, Mich., and a resident at
Aurora, 111., where he was engaged on the rail road and where he d. Dec.
12, 1868. [8th Gen.J Children :
2268. i. Charles Beecher Higgins b. in Geneseo, N. Y., Sept. 1,
1832, resides in Reno, Nevada, engaged in forwarding
merchandise.
2269. U. Alvin Strong Higgins b. in Mt. Morris, N. Y., Aug. 18,
1834, an attorney at law in Aurora, 111., unmarried.
2270- 1. in. Henrt Ilsley Higgins b. at Mt. Morris, July 9, 1836,
resides at Chicago, III., is general purchasing agent for
the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy R. R. Co. He m.
AprU, 1858, Augusta F. Taylor of Geneva, N. Y. (dau.
of Samuel Taylor and Amelia Beecher). They have
had one child.
2272. 1. CaroHne Browne Higgins b. AprU, 1859.
2273. iv. Emily Aurelia Higgins b. at Mt. Morris, Sept. 16, 1838,
resides unmarried (1870) in Aurora, III.
2274. V. Amelia Higgins b. at Mt. Morris, Oct. 16, 1840, resides
at Aurora.
2275. vi. Orville Pomeroy Higgins b. in Flint, Mich., June 7,
1843, d. in Portland, Me., April 8, 1862.
2276. vii. Ritta Higgins b. in Flint, June 6, 1845.
2277- 8. viU. Emily Augusta Higgins b. in Flint, May 14, 1848, m.
Nov. 5, 1867, George Barnet (son of George Barnet
and Ann Lens of Lockport, IU.), a real estate broker
in Chicago, III.
2279. ix. Catharine Higgins b. in FHnt, Mich., May 1. 1850, and
d. Dec 28, 1850.
2280. X. Harriet Higgins b. in Flint, Mich., March 6, 1854, d.
Aug. 7, 1854.
2281. xi. Frederick Higgins b. in Flint, Sept. 22, 1855, d. Aug.
11,1856.

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Son of Elder John Strong of Northampton. 147
[6th Gen.J
2234-5. iU. Betsey Beecher b. May 10, 1784, m. Jan. 4, 1813,
Moses Jackman, b. Jan. 7, 1776 ; a farmer at Livonia, N. Y. He d. Nov.
25, 1861, she d. Jan. 30, 1869. Repeated letters to different members
of this family met with no response whatever.
[7th Gen.J Children :
Rachel Jackman.
Amorette Jackman.
Eliza Jackman.
Moses L Jackman.
Matilda A. Jackman.
Rachel B. Jackman.
Hezekiah Beecher Jackman.
viii. Charles Alfred Jackman, resides at Lima, N. Y.
George Washington Jackman, a resident at Livonia, N. Y.
[6th Gen.J
2236-7. iv. NATH.iNiEL Beecher b. June 20, 1789, m. Oct. 7, 1811,
Matilda Cook b. July 26, 1793 (dau. of Benjamin Cook of Granville, 0.,
and Sarah Norton), a farmer at Livonia, N. Y. He d. April 15, 1840 :
she d. Sept. 15, 1860.
[7th Gen.J Children :
2291. i. Pamela Sophronia Beecher b. Sept. 12, 1813, resides un
married in Oberlin, O.
2292- 3. ii. Catharine Matilda Beecher b. Oct. 16, 1816, m. Alex
ander D. Miner of Lima, N. Y.
2291- 5. iU. Asahel Norton Beecher b. Oct. 30, 1818.
2292-3. ii. Catharine Matilda Beecher b. Oct. 16,1816, m. Nov.
2, 1835, Alexander Douglass Miner b. June 22, 1802 (son of Jeremiah
Miner of Lima, N. Y., and Fanny Douglass) a farmer in Lima, Livings
ton Co., N. Y. She d. at Lima, April 2, 1845.
[8th Gen.J Children :
2296- 7. i. Martha Matilda Miner b. Oct. 30, 1842, m. July 1, 1868,
Rev. John Gaius Eraser b. Oct. 6, 1846 (son of Rev.
John M. Eraser of Whittlesey, 0., and Hannah Booth),
grad. at Oberlin Coll. in 1867 ; now in the Theological
course at Oberlin (class of 1871) : stated supply for
Congregational Church at Clarksfield, 0., in 1870.
[7th Gen.J
2294-5. iH. Asahel Norton Beecher b. Oct. 30, 1818, m. May 13,
1840, Elizabeth Tucker b. March 15, 1820 (dau. of Benjamin Tucker of
Newton, 0., and Nancy Brundage), a flour merchant in Oberlin, 0.
[8th Gen.J Children:
2298- 9. i. Catharine MatUda Beecher b. Sept. 9, 1841, grad. at
Oberlin College in 1861, m. Feb. 20, 1865, Henry Nel-

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148 The Descendants of John Strong of Windsor, Ct,
son Penfield b. Sept. 1, 1832 (son of Titus Penfield and
Julia North), amechanicatEast Berlin, Ct., superintends
the erection of iron buildings in the employment of the
Currugated Iron Co., of Springfield, Mass. They have
one child.
2300. i. Emma Beecher Penfield b. Dec. 10, 1866.
2301- 2. ii. Clementia LuciUa Beecher b. Dec. 24, 1843, m. AprU
27, 1862, Henry P. Dockstader of E. Charlestown, Pa., b.
March 4, 1826 (son of Peter Dockstader and Catharine
Dockstader), a farmer in East Charleston, Tioga Co.,
Pa. He d. March 12, 1867 ; she resides in Grinnell,
Iowa. They had two children :
Ella Pamela b. Aug. 26, 1864.
Beecher Dockstader b. March 1, 1867, d. May 23, 1867.
Edward Nathaniel Beecher b. May 6, 1846, a druggist in
Barlham, Madison Co., Iowa.
2306. iv. Sarah Elizabeth Beecher b. Dec 15, 1849 : an artist at
Grinnell, Iowa, painter of photographs.
2307. V. Ella Pamela Beecher b. Feb. 18, 1852, resides at Grinnell,
Iowa.
2308. vi. Harriet Amelia Beecher b. July 11, 1854.
2309. vH. Henry Norton Beecher b. Oct. 3, 1867.
2310. viH. Anne Mabel Beecher 1 , . ^ , -m^^ oq isri
2311. ix. Alice Maude Beecher ] *^'°^' ^- ^^^ ^^^ l^^^'
2238-9. V. Hezekiah Beecher, Jr., b. Dec 1, 1792, m. Nov. 30,
1818, Nancy Smith b. in Clarendon, Vt,, March 3, 1793 (dau. of Oziel
Smith and Margaret Walton, both originally from Rhode Island ; she was
given when 3 months old, at the death of her mother, to Nehemiah
Rogers of WaUingford, Vt., to be brought up. Her father removed in
1795, with his 4 sons, George, Oziel, John, and Ward, to Livonia, N. Y.,
whom she joined when aged 19 in Feb. 1812), a farmer in Livonia,
where he d. June 18, 1844, and his widow stUl (1870) resides.
[7th Gen.J Children :
2312 -3. i. Esther Maria Beecher b. Sept. 22, 1819, m. George B.
Gibbs.
2314. n. Mary Ann Beecher b. Oct. 30, 1822.
2315- 6. Hi. John Smith Beecher b. April 7, 1826, m. Sept. 26, 1860,
Sarah Jane Willson b. Aug. 5, 1835 (dau. of Oliver
Willson of Clarendon, Vt., a farmer, and Mary Ann
Wright), a farmer in Livonia. To him this account of
the descendants of his parents is due. Their children :
2317. 1. Lewis Hezekiah Beecher b. Jan. 29, 1862.
2318. 2. Martha Anna Beecher b. Jan. 3, 1866.
2319-20. iv. George Cicero Beecher b. Oct. 7, 1831.
2312-3. i. Esther Maria Beecher b. Sept. 22, 1819, m. Sept. 23,
1850, George Beckwith Gibbs b. March 23, 1807 (son of David Gibbs of
Lisle, N. Y., a joiner, and Ruth Woodruff), a farmer in Livonia.

Son of Elder John Strong of Northampton. 149
[8th Gen.J Children :
2321. i. Mary Catharine Gibbs b. July 9, 1851.
2322. n. David Hezekiah Gibbs b. Jan. 1, 1854, d. Feb. 10, 1862.
2323. iU. Fanny Caroline Gibbs b. Sept. 10, 1856. •
2324. iv. John Edward Gibbs b. Feb. 22, 1858, d. May 5, 1861.
[7th Gen.J
2319-20. iv. George Cicero Beecher b. Oct. 7, 1831, m. May 15,
1853, Helen May Gibbs b. July 13, 1836 (dau. of George Beckwith Gibbs
and Orpha Maria Parmeter), a farmer in Cascade, Olmstead Co., Minn.
(since 1862).
[8th Gen.J Children :
2325. i. Lucy Nancy Beecher b. in Livonia, March 29, 1864.
2326. ii. Myrta May Beecher b. in Livonia, Dec. 18, 1860.
2327. in. Clarence John Beecher b. in Cascade, Minn., Oct. 23,
1862.
2328. iv. Alice Smith Beecher b. in Cascade, Dec. 19, 1865.
2329. V. Helen Mary Beecher b. in Cascade, AprU 12, 1868.
[6th Gen.J
2240-1. vi. Dea. Alfred Beecher b. Dec. 13, 1795, m. Oct. 6, 1829,
Sarah Leavenworth b. July 15, 1801 (dau. of John Peck Leavenworth
of Woodbury, Ct., and Mary Judson), a farmer at Oberlin, 0. (since
1848), and previously in Livonia. She d. July 3, 1865, and he m. June
21, 1866, Mrs. Ruth Leavenworth Dunklee b. Sept. 15, 1811, nie Leaven
worth, and sister of his first wife Sarah. He was deacon of the Presby
terian Church of Livonia, for some 18 years, and for some 15 of the First
Congregational Church of Oberlin.
[7th Gen.] Children : By first wife :
2330. i. Samuel Beecher b. Sept. 8, 1830, a farmer at Oberlin, un
married.
2331. H. A daughter unnamed b. Dec. 13, and d. Dec. 20, 1831.
2332- 3. iii. Edward Alfred Beecher b. Sept. 29, 1833.
2334- 5. iv. David Strong Beecher b. June 13, 1835.
2336. V. Sarah Beecher b. AprU 16, 1837, d. Sept. 7, 1838.
2337. vi. Charles Henry Beecher b. Jan. 26, 1840, a farmer in
Hamilton, Mo., unmarried.
2338- 9. vii. Julia Ann Beecher b. Aug. 9, 1842, m. 1868, Alvah S.
Kellogg of Cleveland, 0., an agent of a book-firm there.
.2332-3. iU. Edward Alfred Beecher b. Sept. 29, 1833, m. Jan. 25,
1864, Mary L. Bayliss of Memphis, Tenn., a lawyer in Memphis, Tenn., his
children are :
2340. 1. Bayliss Beecher.
2341. 2. Mary Beecher.
2342. 3. Edward Alfred Beecher.

150 TJie Descendants of John Strong of Windsor, Ct,
2334-5. iv. David Strong Beecher b. June 13, 1835, m. in 1860,
Anna HUl of Upper Alton, 111,, a farmer in Hamilton, Caldwell Co., Mo.,
His children :
2343. 1. Louisa Beecher.
2344. 2. Charles Beecher.
[6th Gen.J
2242-3. vii. Maria Beecher (dau. of Hezekiah Beecher and Dorcas
Strong) b. Dec. 12, 1799, m. AprU 10, 1842, Elijah Squier Rust b. AprU
26, 1794 (son of Asahel Rust b. Aug. 9, 1772, and Dorcas Squier b.
April 26, 1771), she was his second wife and without issue. She d.
May 30, 1864. He was afarmer at Oberlin, 0. (1853-68), and lived
previously at Livonia, N. Y. He d. Aug. 26, 1868. His first wife was
Ann Maria Walker b. Aug. 3, 1798 (dau. of Jedediah Walker), by
whom he had 8 children, for account of whom see under descendants of
Elder Ebenezer Strong (son of Elder John) [Asahel and Dorcas Rust
had also two other children, viz : Asahel Rust, Jr., b. Feb. 19, 1796, and
Newman Strong Rust b. Oct. 4, 1803.]
[6th Gen.J
2244-5. viH. Ann Beecher b. Jan 5, 1802, m. Jan. 1, 1823, Daniel
B. Clark b. Dec. 12, 1794, a farmer at Livonia. He d. July 25, 1865 :
she still (1870) resides at Livonia.
[7th Gen.J Children :
2345- 6. i. Emily P. Clark, m. Mr. Lewis of Livonia.
Harriet A. Clark.
Ann E. Clark.
Sarah M. Clark.
George E., Clark.
Catharine Clark, resides unmarried at Livonia.
Henry Clark.
This family took no notice of letters of inquiry.
[5th Gen.J
1933-4. iv. Chloe Strong (dau. of Asahel Strong and Hannah
Lyman) b. Deo. 4, 1763, m, in 178-, David Holmes b. at Nine Partners,
N. Y., Oct. 27, 1760, a farmer in RusseU, Mass., and previously in Win
chester and Torrington, Ct. He d. at RusseU, Sept. 15, 1821, set. 60 ;
she d. there Sept. 8, 1814.
[6th Gen.J Children :
2353- 4. i. William Holmes b. at Torrington, Ct., Sept. 18, 1784,
d. June, 1860, at Russell.
2355- 6. U. Charlotte Holmes b. at Torrington, Aug. 29, 1786, m.
Salmon Stiles.
2357- 8. iU. Asenath Holmes b. at Winchester, Ct,, Dec 6, 1789, m.
Merritt Brown of Dansville, N. Y.

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2348.

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2349.

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2350.

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2351.

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2352.

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Son of Elder John Strong of NortJiampton. 151
2359-60. iv. Chloe Holmes b. at Winchester, Oct. 21, 1790, m. David
Drake of Westfield, Mass.
2361- 2. V. Clarissa Holmes b. at Winchester, May 7, 1792, m. James
Bishop of Russell, Mass.
2363. vi. Lyman Holmes b. at Winchester, March 7, 1794, d. at
Russell, Aug. 3, 1844.
2364. vii. Sophia Holmes b. at Winchester, Nov. 20, 1795, d. of
small pox, March 23, 1798.
2365. vHi. Sally Holmes b. at Winchester, Jan. 26, 1798, d. of small
pox, March 13, 1798.
2366. ix. Sophia Holmes (2d), b. in Winchester, Dec. 30, 1799.
2367- 8. X. Sally Holmes (2d), b. at Winchester, July 20, 1802, m.
Newman Bishop of Russell.
2369-70. xi. Asahel Holmes b. at Winchester, June 4, 1804.
2371- 2. xn. David Holmes b. at Russell, Mass., May 13, 1808.
2353-4. i. William Holmes (son of David Holmes and Chloe Strong)
b. at Torrington, Ct., Sept. 18, 1784, d. at Russell, Mass., April 15, 1864,
set. 79. He m. Oct. 2, 1816, Bethiah Ward b. Oct. 27, 1797.
[7th Gen.J Children :
2373. i. Alvira Holmes b. Sept. 22, 1819.
2374. U. Miner Holmes b. July 6, 1823.
2375. in. Alice Holmes b. Oct. 18, 1826.
2376. iv. William Holmes, Jr., b. Sept. 18, 1830, m. Nov. 6, 1860.
[6th Gen.J
2355-6. U. Charlotte Holmes (dau. of David Holmes and Chloe
Strong) b. Aug. 29, 1786, m. as his second wife, Salmon Stiles b. Nov.
22, 1802, at Westfield, Mass. (son of Japhet Stiles of Westfield, Mass.,
and afterwards of Canandaigua, N. Y., and Rhoda Carrington dau. of
of Dr. Salmon Carrington of New Milford, Ct.), a resident at Westfield.
He d. April 15, 1823 : she d. Feb. 16, 1850, at Westfield, Mass.
[7th Gen.J Children :
2377- 8. i. Delina Stiles b. AprU 10, 1816, m. Asher H. Day of
Feeding Hills and afterwards Julius Meacham.
2379-80. H. Henry Salmon Stiles b. Sept. 29, 1818, m. May 9, 1850,
Susannah Chapman of Montgomery, Mass., a farmer at
Montgomery, no children.
2381- 2. Hi. Mary Stiles b. April 29, 1820, m. Luke Shurtleff of Rus
sell, Mass.
2383- 4. iv. Sarah 0. Stiles b. Sept 12, 1821, m. Lyman Herrick of
Blandford, Mass.
2385- 6. V. Eliza C. Stiles b. Feb. 23, 1823, m. Henry WiUiams of
Russell.
[6th Gen.J
2357-8. iii. Asenath Holmes (dau. of David and Chloe Strong
Holmes) b. Dec. 6, 1789, m. Merritt Brown of Dansville, N. Y. Children :

152 The Descendants of John Strong of Windsor, Ct,
2387. 1. Clarissa Brown m. a Mr. Higgins of MUwaukie, Wis.
2388. 2. Merrit Brown, Jr., resides at Dansville where his mother
stiU (1870) also resides.
No letters received any attention from this family.
[6th Gen.J
2359-60. iv. Chloe Holmes (dau. of David Holmes and Chloe
Strong), b. Oct. 21, 1790, m. in 1815, David Drake of Westfield, Mass.,
b. in 1791 (son of Moses Drake of Westfield, and Sally Root), a farmer
at Westfield. She d. at Westfield, Dec. 31, 1851; he d. Aug. 13, 1858.
[7th Gen.J Children :
2389-90. i. Chloe Drake b. Dec. 14, 1815, m. March, 1836, Aaron
Nelson. She d. 1853. He is a farmer at Westfield.
2391- 2. U. Sophia Drake b. Sept. 18, 1818, m. Sept. 30, 1838, Rufus
Herrick ; a whip-maker at Westfield.
2393. iH. David Drake, Jr., b. Feb. 29, 1820, a farmer at Westfield.
2394. iv. Merritt Drake b. May 5, 1828, a farmer at Westfield.
2395. V. Dwight F. Drake b. Nov. 29, 1830.
2396- 7. vi. Marilla Drake b. May 29, 1835, m. Nov. 23, 1859, Fitz
B. Mallory, a whip-maker at Westfield. She d. Sept.
28, 1865.
[6th Gen.J
2361-2. V. Clarisse Holmes b. May 7, 1792, m. Sept. 30,1818,
James Bishop, b. Nov. 8, 1797 (son of Levi Bishop of Russell, and Rox
ana Phelps), a farmer and mechanic at Russell, until 1859. He d. in
Westfield, Nov. 29, 1865. She d. at RusseU, Mass., June 11, 1847.
[7th Gen.J Children :
2398- 9. i. Lucius Phelps Bishop b. Jan. 6, 1820.
2400. ii. Sidney Strong Bishop b. Oct. 22, 1823, d. AprU 24, 1824.
2401- 2. iH. Clarissa Marilla Bishop b. April 24, 1830, m. Adoniram
Judson Bradley of Westfield.
2398-9. i. Lucius Phelps Bishop b. Jan. 6, 1820, m. Nov. 3, 1842,
Amanda Gowdy of Russell b. Oct. 12, 1824 (dau. of Alexander Gowdy
and Bethiah Noble) ; a farmer and mechanic at Russell until Jan. 1,
1854, when he removed to Hartford, Ct., and died there Jan. 15, 1854.
[8th Gen.J Children :
2403- 4. i. Clarissa Amanda Bishop b. Oct. 23, 1843, m. L. Osden.
2405. ii, Austin Lucius Bishop b. Sept. 28, 1847, a mason in Chi
copee, Mass.
2403-4. i. Clarissa Amanda Bishop b. Oct. 23, 1843, m. Jan. 10,
1870, Lozene M. Osden of Westfield b. Oct. 28, 1841 (son of Warner
Osden and Mary Bradley) ; a traveling agent for a manufacturer of ex
tracts and flavors, resides at Westfield.

Son of Elder John Strong of Northampton. 153
[7th Gen.]
2401-2. in. Clarissa Marilla Bishop b. AprU 24, 1830, m. Aug.
16, 1848, Adoniram Judson Bradley b. in RusseU, March 2, 1827 (son
of Dea. Lyman Bradley of Russell and Dorcas Braman of Saybrook, Ct.),
a farmer and lumber dealer in Russell until 1861, when he removed to
Westfield- He was in the 15th Reg. Mass. Vols., in the late war, from
1861 to the faU of 1863, when he was disabled. He is now (1870),
watchman of the First Nat. and Hampden Banks of Westfield.
[8th Gen.] Children:
2406. i. Alice MarUla Bradley b. Feb. 7, 1850, a teacher.
2407. H. Charles Judson Bradley b. Sept. 19, 1851, teller in the
First Nat. Bank of Westfield.
2408. iU. Lucius Dwight Bradley b. Oct. 2, 1856, d. Sept. 27, 1857.
2409. iv. Harry Lyman Bradley b. Oct. 31, 1868.
[6th Gen.J
2367-8. X. Sally Holmes (dau. of David Holmes and Chloe Strong)
b. July 20, 1802, m. Sept. 15, 1824, Newman Bishop b. Oct. 15, 1801 ^^
son of Newman Bishop and Mary Tuttle) ; a farmer at Russell. [New
man Bishop, Senior, d. set. 97, and Mary, his wife, d. set. 92.]
[7th Gen.J Children :
2410. i. Franklin Bishop b. Feb. 4, 1826 ; a farmer at Russell,
unmarried.
2411- 2. H. Melinda Bishop b. Nov. 26, 1827, m. May 6, 1852, W.
F. Briggs, and had a child Edward Adams Briggs b.
May 29, 1856. She d. Aug., 1856.
[6th Gen.J
2369-70. xi. Asahel Holmes (son of David Holmes and Chloe
Strong) b. June 4, 1804, m. Lucia Drake of Canton, Ct., a resident at
Russell, Mass.
[6th Gen.J
2371-2. xii. David Holmes (son of David Holmes and Chloe Strong)
b. May 14, 1808, m. Sept. 10, 1833, Roxalana Parrish b. Feb. 4, 1813, at
Honeoye Falls, N. Y., previously called Lima and West Mendon (dau. of
Abram ParrLsh b. at Windham, Ct., March 30, 1772, and d. at Honeoye,
Falls, Nov. 18, 1844, and Hannah Shaw b. in Goshen, N. Y., Dec. 7,
1782, who d. June 5, 1829. They were m. Nov. 10, 1799. He was the
son of Zebulon Parrish and Hannah Kimball). [The children of Abram
Parrish and Hannah Shaw were : 1. James Green Parrish b. at Canan
daigua, N. Y,, Sept, 24, 1801, and d. at Utica, Mich., July 24, 1856. 2.
20

154 The Descendants of John Strong of Windsor, Ct,
Loomis, Parrish b. Oct 23, 1803, at Canandaigua, and d. at Honeoye Falls,
June 19, 1835. 3. Daniel Parrish b. as were all the succeeding ones at
Honeoye Falls, AprU 24, 1805, d. Aug. 26, 1814. 4. Nathan b. June
13, 1807. 5. Jasper b. March 9, 1809, d. at Providence, R. I., March
9, 1868. 6. Asa b. March 4, 1811, d. at Cold Water, Mich. 7. Roxa
lana b. Feb. 4, 1813, m. David Holmes. 8. Abraham b. Dec 16, 1814,
d. at Chattanooga, Feb. 2, 1867. 9. Hannah b. Sept. 20, 1816. 10.
Jacob KimbaU b. AprU 16, 1818. 11. Tyler Morse b. May 14, 1820.
12. Amos Wells b. June 24, 1822, d. at Detroit, Mich., July 6, 1855.
13. Adaline M., b. Aug. 29, 1824, m. John Root of Coldwater, see below.
14. Harris Franklin b. May 27, 1827. fl@°" Besides these 14 chUdren
they brought up in their large heartedness also seven orphan children.]
Mr. David Holmes is a harness and saddle maker at Coldwater, Mich.,
(since 1844). He has had no children. Like her parents they have
brought up several orphan children as :
2413-4. 1. Adeline Maria Parish (Mrs. Holmes's sister) b. as above
Aug. 29, 1824, made an orphan by the early death of her
mother (Sept. 10, 1833). She m. Aug. 28, 1850, John
Root (son of Edward Root of Westfield, Mass., and Sally
Cole residents of Skaneateles, N. Y., and afterwards of
Auburn, N. Y.), a lawyer at Coldwater. He died at
Coldwater, Mich., March 23, 1866. He had three
chUdren :
2415. (1). Frank b. Aug. 21, 1852, d. Oct. 31, 1854.
2416. (2). Delia b. June 20, 1857.
2417. (3). Parrish b. May 23, 1861.
2418. 2. Mary Ann Lakove Holmes b. at Bronson, Mich., Sept. 20,
1833, adopted in 1844, m. July 22, 1859, WilUam H.
Rose of Girard, Mich., b. Aug. 15, 1839, a farmer and
carpenter They have a daughter :
2419. (1). Ella b. June 7, 1860.
2420. 3. WUliam Edward Brigham Holmes b. at Coldwater, March
30, 1850, and d. Sept. 8, 1850. Says the adopting
mother of this infant child: " His mother died when he
was a month old, and we took him to our hearts and
home and tried to be faithful to him, but the Lord was
pleased to take him from our embrace, and gently fold
him in his own bosom, and our hearts were made desolate."
2421- 2. 4. Eugene WUliam Holmes b. in Detroit March 4, 1849, and
adopted Oct. 1, 1851, m. Dec. 22, 1869, Fanny EUen
Walters, b; at Jamestown, Ind., Aug. 28, 1852 (dau. of
Robert Walters, a farmer, and Flora Pierce).
2423. 5. Julia Rich Holmes b. in New York, Oct. 25, 1853, adopted
from the Home of the Friendless when 4 years old.
" She is the only one," says Mrs. Holmes, "that we have
with us now. I wish you could see my children when
they are all at home on the birth-day of some one of
them, or at the holidays. I always have a little Christ
mas tree in my parlor for them and their children, and

Son of Elder JoJm Strong of Northampton. 155
i sometimes say that Queen Victoria's children are not
happier. Though my gifts are simple, and must be, yet
I manage to have many of them, to gladden their hearts."
A beautiful Christian home this! [The children of
Zebulon Parrish were : 1. Jacob Kimball. 2. Nathan.
3. Isaac. 4. Irena. 5. Lucy. 6. Stephen. 7. Polly.
8. Jasper, an Indian agent for some time. 9. Jerusha.
10. Abram, father of Mrs. Roxalana Parrish Holmes.]
[5th Gen.J
1935-6. V. David Strong (son of Asahel Strong and Hannah Lyman)
b. at Torrington, Ct., May 31, 1768, m. Aug. 28, 1794, Esther Miner
(dau. of Reuben Miner), a resident of Charlotte, Vt,, and of Winchester,
Ct. (1795-1802). [Reuben Miner came in 1773 from New London, Ct.,
to Winchester, where he resided until his death Feb. 15, 1826, set. 85.
His wife had been the wife of a Capt. Sanderforth, who sailed out of
New London and whose vessel was reported to have been wrecked at sea
and the crew and all lost. His wife believing the report, married in course
of time Mr. Miner : ere long, her previous husband returned alive and
well to his old home, and he Enoch Arden like claimed her as his wife.
The two husbands finally agreed that she should decide the question in
which they were both so much interested, and that she and the husband
that she should select should remove from New London to some distant
place. She chose Mr. Miner and they fixed upon the town of Winchester,
then new, as their future abode. He was a man of ardent temperament
and earnest piety. She was a lady of eminent worth and refinement.
Beside their daughter Esther who married David Strong, they had also
a daughter Lucy Miner who d. unmarried at an advanced age. Mrs.
Esther Miner is said to have had a son Daniel Sanderforth by her first
husband, who settled in New Hartford, Ct , and a daughter Lucy Deni
son Sanderforth, who married William Miner, a nephew of Renben. See
previous page,] He removed in 1802 to New Paltz, N. Y., where he d.
and she d.
[6th Gen.J Children :
2424. i. Edwin Miner Strong b. in Winchester, July 25, 1795.
2425. ii. George D. Strong b. at New Paltz, Ulster Co., N. Y., m.
wife Sarah Ann, lived in New York, and was an alderman.
2426. iH. Emerette Strong b. at New Paltz.
2424. i. Edwin Miner Strong b. July 25, 1795, m. Sept. 18, 1816,
Deidamia A. Grant b. in Norfolk, Ct., May, 1794 (dau. of RosweU Grant
of Winchester and Anna Coy), she d. May 15, 1835, set. 41. Children :
1. George Washington Strong b. Feb. 7, 1818, m. Harriet
¦ Tibbals of Winchester and settled in Ohio.
2. Sophia Strong m. a Mr. Miner. They live at JoHet, III.,
but answer no letters of inquiry.

156 The Descendants, of John Strong of Windsor, Ot,
[4th Gen.J
1911-2. viU. Timothy Strong (sonof Jacob Strongof East Windsor,
Ct., and AbigaU Bissell) b. in 1719, m. Dec. 26, 1753, Sarah Stricklin b. in
1724, who d. May 13, 1769, aged 45 ; and he m. for 2d wife March 7,
1770, Abi Gondy b. in 1742, who d. Jan. 14, 1792, and he m. for 3d wife
Dec. 8, 1793, Editha Richestone. He was a farmer in East Windsor,
where he d. Aug. 19, 1803, aged 84.
[5th Gen.J Children: By fi/rst wife:
2427. i. Alexander Strong' b. Sept. 23, 1754, d. Jan. 21, 1755.
2428- 9. ii. Eli Strong b. Dec 13, 1755, d. in Redfield, Oswego Co.,
N.Y.
2430- 1. in. Sarah Strongb. AprU 6, 1758, m. Solomon Jones, d. March
8,1816.
2432. iv. Samuel Strong b. Aug. 18, 1761, d. Dec. 1821, aged 60,
unmarried, a farmer in Redfield, N. Y.
2433- 4. V. David Strong b. June 4, 1764.
By second wife :
2435- 6. vi. Capt. Martin Strong b. Nov. 20, 1770.
2437. vn. Timotht Strong b. May 5, 1772, d. Nov. 8, 1772, aged 6
months.
2438- 9. vin. Abi Strong b. Aug. 19, 1773, m. Benjamin Grant.
2440- 1. ix. Timotht Strong (2d) b. Aug. 18, 1776.
2442. X. Levi Strong b. March 15, 1778.
2443. xi. Willard Strong b. Dec. 28, 1779, d. May 21, 1780.
By third wife:
2444. xn. Betset Strong b. Jan. 2, 1795, d. March 17, 1796.
2428-9. ii. Bli Strong b. Dec. 13, 1755, m. in 1779, Lament Shel
don b. in 1761 ; a blacksmith in Redfield, Oswego Co., N. Y. He d. in
1825 : she d. in 1841.
[6th Gen.J Children :
2445- 6. i. Lament Strong b. 1782, m. Samuel Brooks, a farmer in
Redfield, N. Y.
2447- 8. ii. Bli Strong b. in 1784, postmaster at Orwell, N. Y., m. in
1806, Charlotte West of Granby, Ct. b. in 1785.
2449-50. iH. Sarah Strong b. Feb. 28, 1787, m. Luther Overton of
New York.
2451- 2. iv. Sophia Strong b. in 1789, m. Joseph Burkitt of Redfield.
2453- 4. V. Julia ) m. James Wright.
[¦ twins b. -1791.
2455- 6. vi. Laura j m. Nathaniel Bennett, a farmer in Orwell, Os
wego Co., N. Y.
2457- 8. vH. Mart ") m. Ashbel Porter of Sandy Creek, N. Y.
Uwinsb. 1794.
2459. viii, M.vrtha ) d. in 1796.
2460- 1. ix. Anson Strong b. in 1796 ; a farmer in Camden, N. Y., m.
Cynthia Rounds, d. in 1865.

Son of Elder John Strong of Northampton. 157
2462- 3. X. Ctnthia Strong b. in 1801, m. John Beadle, a farmer in
OrweU, N. Y.
2449-50. in. Sarah Strong b. Feb. 28, 1787, m. Dec. 28, 1808,
Luther Overton b. March 23, 1786 (son of James Overton of Southold,
L.I., and Lydia Horton), a farmer at Mineral Point, Wis. She d. June
20, 1861. [7th Gen.J Children :
2464. 1. Francis Luther Overton, b. March 20, 1810, d. April 27,
1810.
2465- 6. H. Sarah Maria Overton b. July 22, 1811, d. March 13, 1843.
She m. George W. Bliss.
2467. Hi. Francis Luther Overton (2d) b. Sept. 19, 1813, of Ber-
nadotte. III.
2468- 9. iv. Julia Minerva Overton b. Nov. 25, 1815, m. Ephraim S.
Sprague.
2470. V. Laura MatUda Overton b, Sept. 3, 1818, d. July 12, 1841.
2471- 2. vi. Marion Adelia Overton b. Oct. 2, 1821, m. as his 2d
wife, George W. Bliss, previous husband of her sister.
2473- 4. vH. Charles Morse Overton b. March 28, 1824, m. Oct. 2,
1849, Almeda Vashti Crissey (dau. of Sylvanus Crissey
and Patty Thompson of Stockton, N. Y.) ; a farmer at
Lawrence, Kansas. Children :
2475. 1. LUlian Virginia Overton b. July 10, 1851.
2476. 2. AUce May Overton b. May 15, 1853.
2477. 3. Charles Everett Overton b. Jan. 15, 1857, d. Oct. 31, 1861.
2478. viii. Ltdia Melvina Overton b. Dec. 4, 1826, m. Dec. 1, 1856,
George Edgecombe Blatchford, a farmer at Monroe City,
Mo. No issue. See infra.
2479. ix. William Wallace Overton b. Nov. 11, 1830, d. July 24,
1832.
2465-6. H. Sarah Maria Overton b. July 22, 1811, m. May 1,
1831, George Washington Bliss (son of Edward Upham BUss of Spring
field, Mass., and Mabel Chaffee). She d. and he m. her sister Marion
Adelia, for a 2d wife, March 21, 1844. He resides at Neosho, Mo.
[8th Gen.J Children : By fi/rst wife :
2480. i. William Luther Bliss b. Nov. 3, 1832, d. April 11, 1833.
2481. H. Fannt Annette Bliss b. June 21, 1834, d. March 24, 1837.
2482- 3. iii. Edward Upham Bliss b. AprU 27, 1837, m. Nov. 22, 1865,
Olivia Augusta Prideaux b. in Cornwall, Eng. (dau. of
William Carthew Prideaux and Caroline Tippets) a mer
chant at Neosho, Mo. He has 2 children :
2484. 1. George Prid«aux Bliss b. Feb. 17, 1867.
2485. 2. William Prideaux Bliss b. July 14, 1869.
By second wife :
2486. iv. Lorenzo Bliss b. July 26, 1845, d. Aug. 29, 1846.

158 The Descendants of John Strong of Windsor, Ct,
2487. V. Alice Minerva Bliss b. Sept. 17, 1848, d. July 16, 1851.
2488. vi. Harrt BUss b. Jan. 24, 1853, d. Feb. 1, 1859.
2489. vii. Laura Ariette Bliss b. Jan. 6, 1855.
[7th Gen.J
2468-9. iv. Julia Minerva Overton (dau. of Luther Overton and
Sarah Strong) b. Nov. 25, 1815, m. Dec. 31, 1835, Ephraim Skinner
Sprague (son of James Sprague and Electa McCulloch of R. I.). Their
children :
2490. 1. Edward Sprague b. Nov. 12, 1836, d. May 18, 1839.
2491- 2. 2. Bertha Melvina Sprague b. AprU 6, 1840, m. Oct. 22,
1861, Charles .Ktheridge (son of Dr. Francis Brayton
Etheridge of Hastings, Minn., and Fanny Easton), re
sides at St. Paul, Minn. No issue.
2493. 3. Milo Harrison Sprague b. March 31, 1842.
2494. 4. Florence Sprague b. Nov. 15, 1846.
2495. 5. Delia Mary Sprague b. Nov. 9, 1850.
2496. 6. Otto Albert Sprague b. Oct. 9, 1853.
[5th Gen.J
2430-1. iU. Sarah Strong b. April 6, 1768, m. in 1779, Solomon
Jones b. at Wethersfield, Ct., 1754-5 (son of Isaac Jones of Boston, a
saddler, and Hannah Brewer), a saddler at Bast Windsor, and after 1792
at Gr. Barrington, Mass. (1792-1809). He d. at Lenox, Mass., July 23,
1822, where she also d. March 8, 1806, aged 57. [Hannah Brewer was
dau. of Judge Josiah Brewer of Worcester, Mass,]
[6th Gen.J Children :
2497. i. Sarah Jones b. in East Windsor, Jan. 26, 1780, d. at Gr.
Barrington, Mass., Sept. 29, 1809, aged 29, unmarried.
2498. ii. Sophia Jones b. in East Windsor, May 2, 1782, d. in
Florence, Oneida Co., N. Y., Jan. 5, 1860, unmarried,
aged 77.
2499. iii. Mart Jones b. in Bast Windsor, Oct. 18, 1783, d. in Flo
rence, June 25, 1865, unmarried, aged 81.
2500. iv. Nanct Jones b. in E. Windsor, June 30, 1786, drowned
at Gr. Barrington, May 7, 1791.
2501- 2. V. Betset Maria Jones b in Spencertown, N. Y., Feb. 19,
1788, m. John Bayley, of Florence, N. Y.
2503. vi. Clarissa Jones b. in West Stockbridge, Mass., May 6,
1790, d. Jan. 7, 1809, unmarried.
2504- 5. vii. William Jones b. in Gr. Barrington, Mass., Oct. 17, 1792.
2506. vUi.iRA Jones b. in Gr. Barrington, Feb. 19, 1793, d. at Cal-
lao, S. A., June 26, 1826, and buried on the Island of
St. Lorenzo; a merchant.
2507- 8. ix. Hon. Anson Jones, M.D., b. in Gr. Barrington, Jan. 20,
1798, d. in Houston, Texas.
2509-10. X. Almira Jones b. Sept. 5, 1803, in Gr. Barringtou, m.
Frederic Blatchford of Hannibal, Mo.

Son of Elder John Strong of Northampton. 159
2501-2. v. Betsey Maria Jones b. Feb. 19, 1788, m. at Whitesboro,
N. Y., as his 2d wife, April 27, 1830, Dea. John Bayley, b. in Whit
church, Shropshire, Eng., in 1777, a hardware merchant in Eng., but in
this country a farmer, residing at Florence, Oneida Co. N. Y., where he
d. in 1844. No children. To her (now 82 years old), the author is in
debted for this account of her parents, and their descendants. She says
graphically : " My husband has been dead 26 years ; I am now 82 years
old ; I have no chUdren ; I am the last leaf on the family tree." She
resides in Florence, N. Y., where she has lived since her marriage. He
was a deacon in the Baptist Church. He had eight children by his first
marriage. [6th Gen.J
2504^6. vH. William Jones b. Oct. 17, 1791, in Gr. Barrington, m.
Oct. 22, 1817, Ellen Owen b. in Wales, Feb. 16, 1792. He was a surveyor
and was surveying the route of the Chenango Canal, N. Y., when he d.
at Sherburne, N. Y., of a fever, Nov. 11, 1827. She m. for 2d husband
Nov. 21, 1830, Richard Huntington of Utica, a silversmith, by whom she
had 3 children : Susan Maria (Mrs. W. W. Coffin), Richard Henry and
Jane Porter. She d. at Utica, Nov. 27, 1866.
[7th Gen.J Children :
Sarah Jones, b. July 22, and d. Aug. 2, 1818.
William Brewer Jones b. July 24, 1819, d. Oct. 2, 1826.
Ellen Jones b. Sept. 22, 1821, m. May 13, 1850, Erastus
Blauvelt, Superintendent of the Utica City Water Works.
No children.
Thomas Edward Jones b. Aug. 20, 1823, d. Jan. 5, 1845.
John Paul Jones b. May 16, 1826, a salesman in New York.
Sarah Elizabeth Jones b. May 4, 1828, m. June 17, 1850,
Varnum S. Kenyon, a merchant at Frankfort, N. Y.
She resides at MiddlevUle, Herkuner Co., N.Y. Children :
Rebecca Griswold Kenyon.
Mary Kenyon.
Varnum S. Kenyon.
[6th Gen.J
2507-8. ix. Hon. Anson Jones, M.D., b. Jan. 20, 1798, at Gr. Bar
rington, Mass., m. May. 17, 1840, Mary McCrary nie Smith b. in Arkansas,
July 24, 1819 (dau. of John McCutcheon Smith b. in Va., and Sarah
Relum b. in Tenn.), widow of Hugh Crary. 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 (April 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

2511.

i.

2512.

ii.

2613-

4.

iii.

2616.

iv.

2616.

V.
2617-
8.
vi.
2519.
1.
2520.
2.
2521.
3.
160 TJve Descendants of John Strong of Windsor, Ct,
of State and President of the Republic (Dec 1844r-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 meet
ing 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 expeditions for glory or plunder occurred ; immi- '
gration 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-^ie_£un^
damental law of the state by the subsequent annexation of Texas to the
United States. He d. at Houston, Texas, Jan. 9, 1858. His widow still
lives (1870) at . Harrisburgh, Texas, He was a zealous mason and was
one of five masons to organize the first masonic lodge in Texas. He was
ihe first Grand Master of the lodge, for which a dispensation was pro
cured from the Grand Lodge of Louisiana. From 1846 to 1858, he resided
on his farm which he called Barrington, engaged in agriculture and the
education of his children.
[7th Gen.J Children:
2522- 3. i. Samuel Edward Jones b. at Austin, Texas, Feb. 26, 1841,
a farmer in Lynchburgh, Harris Co., Texas. He m. Nov.
3, 1869, Laura Virginia Childress of Arkansas, b. June
21, 1845 (dau. of Robert Alexander Childress and Martha
Ann Waugh, both b. in Fairfax Co., Va.).
2524. ii. Charles Elliot Jones b. in Washington Co., Texas, Sept.
4, 1843. He enUsted August 13, 1861, in the Confe
derate Service in Co. C, of the Second Texas Vol. Infantry
and fell at the Battle of Shiloh, April 7, 1862.
2625- 6. Hi. Sarah Sophia Jones b. in Washington Co., Texas, Jan.
8, 1845, m. Aug. 10, 1865, Richard Gaston Ashe, a
farmer in Lynchburgh, Harris Co., Texas, b. Dec. 25,
1843 (son of Hon. John B. Ashe formerly M. C. from
Tennessee). Their children :
2527. 1. Charles Elliott Jones Ashe b. Sept. 17, 1866.
2528. 2. Willie Gaston Ashe b. June 7, 1868 (a daughter named
after a favorite brother).
2529. iv. Cromwell Anson Jones b. at Barrington, Washington Co.,
Texas (his father's homestead), June 6, 1850, a clerk in
Lynchburgh, Harris Co.,Texas (John B. Snyder and Co.).
To him is due this account of his father's family history.
_ [This family of Jones is of the same family of Cromwells in England
with the celebrated Protector. Their lineage is as follows :
(Thomas Cromwell b. about 1600, the Cromwell of Shakspeare's King
Henry VIII, and friend of Cardinal Wolsey, Earl of Essex and vicar
general under Henry, called " Malleus. Monachorum " or " the maul of
monks," from the spoUs of whose monasteries he enriched himself greatly,
was the son of an iron master (lampoons say a blacksmith) of Putney|

Son of Elder John Strong of Northampton. 161
Surrey. He was uncle to Sir Richard CromweU, the Protector's great
grandfather). i. Sir Richard CromweU b. about 1510, knighted by Henry VIII,. for
prowess in the field, and afterwards presented with a diamond ring by him
for having vanquished several foreign champions at a tournament, was
the nephew of Sir Thomas Cromwell, Earl of Essex, above.
H. Sir Henry Cromwell of Hinchinbrook (son of Sir Richard), was
called also the Golden Knight b. about 1535. He had five sons and
three daughters, viz : 1. Sir Oliver. 2. Robert, M.P., father of the
Protector. 3. Henry. 4. Richard. 5. Sir PhUip. 6. Joan (Lady
Barrington). 7. Elizabeth (Mrs. William Hamp.den). 8. Frances (Mrs.
Whalley). iH. Robert CromweU, M.P. (son of Sir Henry) b. near Huntingdon,
England, where the house having been twice rebuilt now stands,
b. about the year 1560, m. in 1591, EHzabeth Steward dau. of WiUiam
Steward of Ely and sister of Sir Robert Steward. She was descended
from Robert Steward last popish prior and first Protestant dean of Ely, and
from the Royal Family of Stuarts of Scotland. She was a widow when mar
ried to Robert Cromwell. They had 10 children, of whom 6 daughters
and one son came to maturity. As for the sisters of Robert Cromwell, M.P.,
Elizabeth wife of William Hampden was the mother of the celebrated
John Hampden who " the little Tyrant of his fields withstood," in refusing
to pay 20 shillings illegal ship money to Charles I. Frances (Mrs.
WhaUey) was the mother of Col. Edward Whalley one of the judges of
Charles I.
iv. Catharine Henrietta Cromwell (eldest sister of Oliver Cromwell,
the Protector), dau. of Robert Cromwell, M. P., and Elizabeth Steward,
was born at the family residence near Huntingdon on the Ouse, Feb. 7th,
1596—7. She m. Col. Whitstone, a parliamentary officer, and for second
husband. Col. John Jones in 1623. She beside being first cousin to
John Hampden and Edward Whalley was aunt by marriage to Gen.
Goffe, and Col. Ireton.
V. William Jones (son of Col. John Jones and Catharine H. Crom
weU, b. in 1624, came to the New Haven Colony in 1660. In 1671, he
m. Hannah Eaton. He was Dep. Gov. of New Haven and Connecticut
(colonies), for fifteen years (1683-1698). He d. in 1706.
vi. Isaac Jones (son of WiUiam Jones of New Haven and Hannah
Eaton) b. in 1671, m. Nov. 25, 1692, Deborah Clark of Stratford, Ct.
He d. at New Haven, in 1741.
vii. Isaac Jones, Jr. (son of Isaac and Deborah Jones of New Haven),
b. about 1698, at New Haven, resided at North' Bolton, Ct. He d. in
1782. viU. Joel Jones (son of Isaac Jones, Jr., of North Bolton), b. about
1721, was a farmer at Wethersfield, Ct. He m. Hannah Brewer of
Worcester, Mass. (dau. of Judge Josiah Brewer).
Their chUdren were : 1. Phinehas b. in 1749. 2. Joel b. 1751-2.
3. Solomon b. about 1754. 4. Isaac b. Oct. 1756. 5. WiUiam b. June
15, 1759, d. in 1850, and 6. Lucy (Mrs. Hatch) b, in 1761, afterwards
Mrs. Northrop, of Lenox, Mass., who d. Oct. 15, 1850.
For other descendants of Col. John Jones and Henrietta Cromwell in
this country, and of their CromweU relatives, see account of " The Lat-
tingPamily" in The TV. Y. Gen. and Biog. Record, vo\.ii{\9,ll), pp. 63,67.
21

162 The Descendants of John Strong of Windsor, Ct,
[6th Gen.J
2509-10. X. Almira Jones b. Sept. 5, 1803, m. Jan. 6, 1822, Fre
derick Blatchford, h. at Bridgport, Ct., Dee. 7, 1801 (son of Rev. Dr.
Samuel Blatchford of Lansingburgh, N. Y., and Alicia Windeatt), a
farmer at Hannibal, Mo., where she d. May 19, 1865, and where he still
(1870) resides.
[7th Gen.] Children:
2530- 1. i. George Edgeeomb Blatchford b. Nov. 4, 1825, m. Dec. 1,
1856, his cousin Lydia Melvina Overton, b. Dee. 4, 1826
(dau. of Luther Overton of Mineral Point, Wis., and
Sarah Strong) a farmer at Monroe City, Mo. No child
ren.
2532. n. Sarah Jane Blatchford b. July 6, 1837, d. Aug. 1838.
2533- 4. in. Mart Jane Blatchford b. Aug. 23, 1838, m. Sept. 6, 1865,
WUliam Bent Watson, b. Aug. 23, 1836 (son of John
Watson of West Ely, Mo., and Harriet Ann Tucker), a
farmer at Hannibal, Mo. They have one child :
2535. 1. Harriet Almira Watson b. Sept. 2, 1867.
2536. iv. Frederic Anson Blatchford b. Oct. 6, 1839, d. Sept. 16,
1840.
2537- 8. v. Almira Blatchford b. May 27, 1842, m. May 18, 1865,
Thomas WUbur b. Sept. 7, 1839 (son of Dr. Thomas
WUbur and Ann Congdon), a farmer at West Ely, Mo.
They have 2 chUdren :
2539. 1. Kate Corbin Wilbur b. July 23, 1866, d. Sept. 4, 1867.
2540. 2. Annie Morris Wilbur b. May 21, 1869.
2541- 2. vi. Sarah Julia Blatchford b. June 14, 1845, m. May 4,
1865, Will. H. H. Morris, b. Aug. 24, 1840 (son of
Henry Sterling Morris of Newark, Mo., and Nancy
Emily McCormick), a farmer in Newark, Mo. They
have one child :
2543. 1. AUie Morris b. Oct. 17, 1868.
[5th Gen.]
2433^. v. David Strong (son of Timothy Strong of Bast Windsor,
and Sarah Stricklin) b. June 4, 1764, m. (whom, the author knows not),
a farmer at Bast Windsor, where he d. One child :
2544. 1. David Strong, Jr., b. in 1800, d. unmarried in early man
hood, AprU 4, 1830, set. 30.
[5th Gen.J
2435-6. vi. Capt. Martin Strong (son of Timothy Strong of East
Windsor, and Abi Gondy) b. Nov. 20, 1770, m. June 16, 1805, Hannah
Trask b. Aug. 9, 1786 (dau. of Rufus Trask b. in Brimfield, Mass., in
1758, and d. in Erie, Pa., in 1830, and Hannah Stacy b. in Salem, Mass,,
in 1755, and d. in 1827), she d. AprU 80, 1807, set. 20. He m. for 2d
wife Dec. 10, 1811, Sarah Drake b. at East Windsor, Sept. 10, 1778 (dau.

Son of Elder John Strong of Northampton. 163
of Amasa Drake and  Webb). He removed in Aug. 1795, to
Presque Isle (now Erie) Erie Co., Pa., on to 400 acres of land which he
bought at half a dollar per acre on the summit dividing the waters run
ning into the gulf of St. Lawrence from those running into the gulf of
Mexico. He d. March 24, 1858, in Erie, set. 88, leaving to two of his
sons a farm of 600 acres and more, more than half of which had been
cleared and fenced by his industry and theirs. He was a man of most
determined energy and industry, and somewhat remarkable for his eccen
tricities as weU as excellencies. His wife Sarah d. Jan. 15, 1866, set. 88.
[6th Gen.J Children : By first udfe :
2545. i. Eliza Strong b. May 3, 1806, d. May 6, 1823.
By second mfe :
2546- 7. ii. Sarah Strong b. Sept. 24, 1812, m. Bethuel B. Vincent.
2548- 9. iH. Francis Drake Strong b. AprU 4, 1814.
2550- 1. iv. Major Martin Strong, Jr., b. May 2, 1815.
2652. V. Timotht Strong b. Sept. 9, 1817, d. Oct. 14, 1817.
2553- 4. vi. Ltdia Webb Strong b. Sept. 26, 1818, m. Thomas B.
Vincent.
2655- 6. vH. Landaff Strong b. Dec 30, 1821, d.
2546-7. H. Sarah Strong b. Sept. 24, 1812, m. June 24, 1834,
Bethuel Boyd Vincent b. Aug. 4, 1803 (son of John Vincent b. Feb. 4,
1772, and d. Feb. 18, 1860, and Nancy Boyd, whom he m. Oct. 7, 1802,
and who was b. Nov. 22, 1778, and d. March 22, 1806). He worked
upon his father's farm until of age, then became a civil engineer in the
service of the state for 10 years (1826-36), a merchant for 9 years at
Waterford, Pa. (1836-45), an iron manufacturer at Brie, Pa., for 20 years
(1845—65), and afterwards a banker (1865-70), and now " though out of
business is the busiest man in town ; " lives at Erie, Pa.
[7th Gen.J Children:
2557. i. Brig. Gen. Strong Vincent b. June 17, 1737, grad. at
Harvard CoU. in 1859, studied law and had begun prac
tice when on the breaking out of the late war he at once
aided in forming a regiment, was appointed adjutant,
then Major, then Lt. Col., and on the death of his colo
nel at Gaines Mill, was made Col., and commanded his
regiment till May, 1863, when he was put in command
of the Third Brigade, Fifth Corps, and. died at Gettys-
burgh July 7, 1863, from a wound received July 2d,
having been appointed Brig. Gen. for gallantry in that
battle.
2558. u. Blanche Vincent b. Sept. 19, 1839, d. AprU 11, 1852.
2559. in. Belle Vincent b. May 14, 1842, d. May 3, 1844.
2560. iv. Rev. Boyd Vincent b. May 18, 1845, grad. at Yale in
J 867, and at the Theol. Sem. in Middletown, Ct. (the
Berkeley Divinity School).

164 TJie Descendants of John Strong of Windsor, Ct.,
2561. V.' Rose Vincent b. Aug. 15, 1847.
2562. vi. Kate Vincent b. Sept. 28, 1849, d. Aug. 22, 1851.
2563. vH. Reed Vincent b. Oct. 5, 1851.
2564. vHi. Ward Vincent b. Feb. 27, 1853.
To B. B. Vincent, Esq., the author owes much of this account of the de
scendants of Timothy Strong of East Windsor. His family is of Huguenot
descent. His father came to this country from France with a brother in
1776, and settled in New Jersey, near Newark. In 1795 he went poor but
stout of heart like so many others into " the Lake country," the Eldorado
of the West and bought a farm near Waterford, Pa. (then Leboeuf).
Before and after the war of 1812 he engaged in the salt trade. During
the war (1812-15) he was U. S. agent for procuring supplies for the army
and navy of the lakes.
[6th Gen.J
2548-9. ni. Francis Drake Strong b. April 4, 1814, m. Oct. 13,
1846, Annabel Vincent b. July 3, 1823 (dau. of William Vincent of
Waterford, and Elsie Nichols) a farmer at Waterford, Pa.
[7th Gen.J Children:
Emma Strong b. Nov. 25, 1847.
Jessie Strong b. Aug. 6, 1849.
William Martin Strong b. Oct. 31, 1851.
Margaret (" Maggie") Webb Strong b. Feb. 8, 1865.
Sarah Drake Strong b. May 29, 1857.
Frank Strong b. April 10, 1861.
vH. George Vincent Strong b. June 18, 1864.
[6th Gen.J
2550-i. iv. Major Martin Strong, Jr., b. May 2, 1815, m. Oct. 4,
1842, Caroline Leeb. June 23, 1819 (dau. of Joel Lee of Sheridan, N. Y.,
and Amanda Gray), a farmer at Waterford, Pa., and an extensive buyer
and seller of cattle. He was assistant superintendent of the Agricultural
department of the Crystal Palace in N. Y.
[7th Gen.J Children :
2572. i. Adelaide Strong b. Nov. .12, 1843.
2573. U. Leon Strong b. Sept. 15, 1845.
2574. in. Sarah Strong b. Oct. 27, 1847.
2575. iv. Rob Roy Strong b. Nov. 3, 1854.
[6th Gen.J
2553-4. vi. Lydia Webb Strong (dau. of Capt. Martin Strong and
Sarah Drake) b. Sept. 26, 1818, m. Oct. 19, 1842, Thomas Brown Vin
cent, a merchant at Brie, Pa., sheriff of the county, now (1870) agent for
a large stove manufacturing company.
[7th Gen.J Children :
2576. i. Albert Martin Vincent b. Nov. 12, 1844, d. April 19,
1845.

2565.

i.

2566.

ii.

2567.

iii.

2568.

iv.

2569.

v.

2570.

vi.

2571.

vii.

Son of Elder John Strong of NortJiampton. 165
2577. n. Harry Vincent b. June 27, 1847.
2578. iii. Wright Vincent twin b. Aug. 23, 1852, d. Sept. 22, 1853.
2579. iv. Dwight Vincent twin b. Aug. 23, 1852, d. Jan. 1853.
2580. V. Florence Vincent b. Sept. 6, 1849.
2581. vi. Blanche Vincent b. Sept. 7, 1855.
2582. vH. Sarah Edith Vincent h. Jan. 13, 1863.
[6th Gen.J
2556-6. vii. Landaff Strong (son of Capt. Martin Strong and Sarah
Drake) b. Dec. 30, 1821, m. May 8, 1849, Catharine CecUia Hamot (dau.
of Peter Simon Vincent Hamot, who came from France to America about
1800, and widow Elizabeth Coltrin nSe Keefer in Canada) : she d. Aug.
1856 : he d. of paralysis, July 13, 1869.
[7th Gen.J Children:
2583. i. Charles Hamot Strong b. March 14, 1853.
2584. n. Kate Strong b. July 5, 1856.
[5th Gen.J
2438-9. viii. Abi Strong (dau. of Timothy Strong and Abi Gondy)
b. Aug. 19, 1773, m. in 1791, in Bast Windsor, Benjamin Grant b. Deo.
19, 1768 (son of Aaron Grant and Theodosia his wife), a farmer at
McKean (Erie), Pa. He d. May 24, 1849 : she d. May 24, 1860.
[6th Gen.J Children:
2585- 6. i. Dr. Benjamin Grant b. Oct. 19, 1792, m. Clarissa Sedg
wick and for 2d wife Jane Mudge ; had one child by first
wife and font by second : a botanic physician at Spring
Creek, Warren Co., Pa.
2587- 8. u. William Collins Grant b. May 24, 1795, m. Betsey Sedg
wick : had two children, a farmer.
2589-90. Hi. Dosia Grant b. Oct. 15, 1798, m. Jonathan RockweU a
farmer at Erie, Pa., where she still (1870) resides : had
6 children.
2591- 2. iv. Levi Grant b. March 1, 1801, m. Lucy Merry and had
one child : a farmer at Erie.
2593- 4. v. Timothy Grant b. Aug. 15, 1803, m. Louisa Wiswell and
for 2d wife Mary Goodrich : had 6 children, a farmer
and carpenter also at Erie.
2595- 6. vi. Aaron Grant b. Jan. 12, 1806, m. Charlotte Dennis and
had 7 children : a farmer at Erie.
2597- 8. vn. Martin Grant b. Nov. 22, 1809, m. Victor Moultrop and
had 10 children : a machinist at Erie and also a farmer.
2599-600. viH. Julia Grant b. Feb. 27, 1812, m. Hiram Sedgwick, and
had 7 children, a farmer at Erie.
2601- 2. ix. Elvira Grant b. Aug. 9, 1814, m. John Drown and had 4
children : a farmer at Brie.
2603. X. Amelia Grant b. Sept. 19, 1816, m. William Drown ; no
issue : a farmer at Erie,

166 The Descendants of JoJm Strong of ' Windsor, Ct,
[5th Gen.J
2440-1. ix. Timothy Strong (son of Timothy Strong and Abi Gondy)
b. Aug. 18, 1776. He was a carpenter at Buffalo. He m. whom the
author knows not, but separated from his wife and went to Erie and lived
with his brother Martin where he d. He had a daughter :
1. Julia Strong.
[5th Gen.J
2442. X. Levi Strong (son of Timothy Strong of East Windsor and
Abi Gondy) b. March 15, 1778, a farmer at Erie whither he went about
1798. He m. in 1803, Polly Trask b. Aug. 16, 1782 (dau. of Rufus
Trask and Hannah Stacy, who removed to Erie in 1799). He d. Feb.
11, 1854 : she is still living at Waterford, Pa.
[6th Gen.J Children:
2604- 5. i. Emilt Strong b. Jan. 30, 1806, m. Adoniram Smith.
2606. ii. Harry Strong b. Feb. 21, 1808, unmarried : a resident at
Waterford, Pa.
2607- 8. in. Hannah Strongb. Dec. 26, 1811, m. Thompson Harrison.
2608- 9. iv. Lucinda Strong b. Feb. 8, 1814, m. Cornelius H. Vincent.
2610. V. William Strong b. Aug. 29, 1816 ; unmarried.
2611. vi. Rufus Strong b. Aug. 16, 1819, d. early.
2612. vH. Philetus Strong b. Sept. 21, 1821.
2613. vin. Milton Strong b. May 6, 1826.
[3d Gen.J
45. V. Josiah Strong (son of John Strong of Windsor and BUzabeth
Warriner, see page 20), b. Jan. 11, 1678, m. Jan. 5, 1698, Joanna Gillett,
b. Oct. 28, 1680 (dau. of Josiah GUlett of Simsbury, Ct., and Joanna
Taintor) a farmer at Windsor, Ct., and after 1704-5, at Colchester, Ct.,
where he d. April 5, 1759, aged 80.
[4th Gen.J Children :
2614- 5. i. Hannah Strong b. Oct. 12, 1699, m. Dr. Benjamin War
ner of Waterbury.
John Strong b. June 17, 1701, d. AprU 7, 1783.
Damaris Strong b. May 8, 1703, m. June 7, 1725,
Samuel Calkins, Jr., ofHebron, Ct. They had one child
born there :
Aaron Calkins b. Jan. 19, 1725-6.
Elizabeth Strong b. Oct. 21, 1705.
Mary Strong b. Sept. 19, 1707, m. in 1724, Jonathan
Webster b. Nov. 5, 1700 (son of George and Sarah Web
ster of Lebanon), a farmer in Lebanon. He d. July 27,
1746, aged 44. Children:
David Webster b. April 8, 1725, d. Jan. 2, 1727-8.
Jonathan Webster b- Feb. 26, 1727.

2616-

7.

ii.

2618-

9.

iii.

2620.

1.

2621.

iv.

2622-

3.

V.

2624.

1.

2625.

2.
Son of Elder JoJm Strong of NortJiampton. 167
2626. 3. Mary Webster b. Deo, 14, 1729.
2627. 4. Abigail Webster b. Feb. 12, 1731-2.
2628. 5. Israel Webster b. June 18, 1735, d. at Lake George, Oct.
20, 1755, aged 20. ^
2629-30. vi. Josiah Strong b. Sept. 9, 1709.
2631-2. vii. Eunice Strong b. Nov. 19, 1711, m. Sept. 26,1739, Bena
jah Webster of Lebanon, Ct., a farmer. They had one
child b. at Lebanon :
2633. 1. Benajah Webster b. Oct 2, 1740. [The author would be
glad to be corrected here or concerning the account given
of Jonathan Webster and Mary Strong, if wrong.]
2634- 5. vin. Caleb Strong b. Feb. 20, 1713-14.
2636. ix. Rachel Strong b. April 21, 1716.
2637. X. Dorothy Strong b. May 25, 1718.
2638. xi. Joshua Strong b. July 20, 1721, d. in Middle Haddam,
Ct., Nov. 25, 1779, aged 58.
2639. xii. Irene Strong b. Oct. 20, 1722.
2640- 1. xiii. Asahel Strong b. June 22, 1725.
2614-5. 1. Hannah Strong b. Oct. 12, 1699, m. March 17,1720, Dr.
Benjamin Warner b. Sept. 30, 1698 (son of Dr. Ephraim Warner), a phy
sician at Waterbury, Ct. Hed. April, 1772. Shed. April, 1785, aged 85.
[5th Gen.] Children :
2642- 3. i. Josiah Warner b. AprU 10, 1721, m. Rebecca Brown.
2644- 5. U. Dinah Warner b. Feb. 11, 1723, m. Benjamin Harrison.
2646. iH. Reuben Warner b. Oct. 12, 1725, d. March 28, 1727.
2647- 8. iv. Margaret Warner b. Nov. 9, 1727, m. Oliver Welton.
2649. V. Reuben Warner b. Sept. 21, 1729.
2650- 1. vi. David Warner b. Nov. 27, 1731, m. Abigail Harrison.
2652. VU. Benjamin Warner b. Jan. 26, 1734.
2653- 4. viii. Anna Warner b. Jan. 31, 1736, m. John Hickox, Jr.
2656- 7. ix. Ephraim Warner b. June 26, 1738, m. March 30, 1760,
Lydia Brown (dan. of Samuel). He d. May 20,
1808; she d. July 20, 1815; no issue.
2658- 9. X. Eunice Warner b. Aug. 2, 1740, m. John Hickox, 3d of
the name.
2660- 1. xi. Ard Warner b. Nov. 1, 1742, m. Elizabeth Porter.
[4th Gen.J
2616-7. H. John Strong (son of Josiah Strong of Windsor, Ct.,
and Joanna Gillett) b. June 17, 17')1, m. (whom the author has been
unable to find) ; a farmer in Colchester, where he lived and d. April 7,
1783, aged 81.
[5th Gen.J Children:
2662- 3. i. John Strong b. about 1726, d. about 1796.
2664- 5. ii. Reuben Strong, a Revolutionary soldier. He m. Dec. 10,
1761, Lydia Hutchinson, and had son:
2666- 1. Reuben Strong b. Aug. 15, 1772.

168 The Descendants of John Strong of Windsor, Ct.,
2667- 8. iH. Rachel Strong b. about 1734, m. Feb. 23, 1758, Jona
than Birge of Hebron, Ct., a farmer. They had a son :
2669. 1. Hosea Birge b. Feb. 12, 1760.
2670- 1. iv. A daughter who m. John Jackson of Sharon, Ct.
2672- 3. V. Zebulon Strong b. in 1740.
2662-3. i. John Strong, Jr., b. about 1726, m. Dec. 26, 1744, Lu
cretia Crouch. She d. in Hebron, Aug. 12, 1763, and he m. for 2d
wife March 13, 1764, Thankful Bascom, b. April 20, 1731 (dau. of Da
niel Bascom of Lebanon, Ct., and Elizabeth French) ; a farmer at Hebron,
Ct. He Hved in his later years at Thetford, Vt., where he d. about 1796.
[6th Gen.J Children : By fi/rst wife :
2674. i. Abijah Strong (or Ahijah) b. June 5, 1745.
2675. H. Joel Strong b. May 7, 1747.
2676. in. Solomon Strong b. June 13, 1753.
2677. iv. Ezekiel Strong b. July 31, 1759.
[5th Gen.J
2672-3. V. Zebulon Strong (son of John Strong of Colchester), b.
in 1740, m. March 25, 1762, Esther Gott of Hebron, b. in 1743, a farmer
in Colchester, Ct. He d. Sept. 11, 1805, aged 65. She d. June 7,
1815, aged 73.
[6th Gen.J Children :
2678- 9. i. Dr. Zenas Strong b. in 1764, m Polly Youngs, b. in 1770,
of Amenia, Duchess Co. N. Y., a physician and farmer
in Colchester. He d. Out. 29, 1824, aged 60. She d.
July 18, 1842, aged 72. His children :
2680- 1. 1. Vesta Strong b. in Amenia, April 13, 1789, m. AprU 15,
1809, Elijah Foot and had a son :
2682. (1). Justin Henry Foot b. AprU 3, 1810.
2683. 2. Henry John Strong b. in Colchester, Oct. 30, 1790, d. in
Michigan, June 20, 1870.
2684. 3. Anson Strong b. Dec 19, 1792, d. in Colchester.
2685- 6. u. Asa Strong b. AprU 20, 1766, d. AprU 3, 1859, aged 93.
2687. iii. John Strong d. in 1801, unmarried.
2688. iv. Ralph Strong.
2689-90. V. Esther Strong, m. Alvan GUlett.
2685-6. ii. Asa Strong b. April 20, 1766, m. Sept. 1790, Mary
("Polly") Mann b. May 17, 1772 (dau. of Elijah Mann of Hebron and
Mary Perkins), a farmer at Colchester. He d. April 3, 1869, aged 93 :
she d. July 19, 1866, aged 94.
[7th Gen.J Children;
2691- 2. i. Ltdia Strong b. Sept. 1, 1791, m. Israel Kenyon, d. Aug.
11, 1820.

Son of Elder John Strong of NortJiampton. 169
2693- 4. n. George Strong b. Aug. 3, 1793.
2695- 6. in. Dimmis Strong b. Jan. 15, 1796, m. as his 2d wife Israel
Kenyon, d. Oct. 15, 1866.
2697- 8. iv. Polly Strong, twin b. March 19, 1798, m. Erastus Strong.
2699. V. Sally Strong twin b. March 19, 1798, d. Oct. 9, 1841,
unmarried.
2700- 1. vi. John Strong b. March 14, 1800, d. Nov. 3, 1868.
2702- 3. vii. Hannah Strong b. April 6, 1802, m. Jeremiah WUcox :
she d. July 3, 1867.
2704- 5. viii. Daniel Strong b. May 4, 1804.
2706- 7. ix. Francis Strong b. July 29, 1806.
2708- 9. X. Clarissa Strong b. Nov. 7, 1809, m. Levi Mason of On
ondaga Hill.
2710- 1. xi. Asa Strong b. May 15, 1811.
2712. xii. Aaron Strong b. Jan. 3, 1814, a farmer at Colchester, un
married.
2691-2. i. Lydia Strong b. Sept. 1, 1791, m. Dec 30, 1812, Israel
Kenyon b. Dec 7, 1788, a farmer at Onondaga HiU, N. Y. She d. of
consumption Aug. 11, 1820. He m. for a 2d wife her sister Dimmis
Strong. He d. June 27, 1848.
[8th Gen.J Children :
2713. i. LEWisKenyonb.Jan.26,1814,d. unmarried Oct. 24,1848.
2714. ii. Ephraim Kenyon b. Jan. 21, 1816, d. unmarried, March
1, 1837.
2815- 6. iii. Henry Kenyon b. 1818, m. in 1838, Jjovisa Fay; a farmer
in Michigan.
[7th Gen.J
2693^. U. George Strong b. Aug. 3, 1793,in Colchester, m. Jan. 2,
1821, Anna BueU Strong b. Jan. 12, 1799 (dau. of Elijah Strong of Col
chester, Ct., and Anna Crouch) : a farmer in Hebron, Ct. To him the
author is indebted for this account of the descendants of John Strong of
Colchester, Ct.
[8th Gen.J Children:
2717. i. George Nelson Strong b. Dec. 20, 1821, d. July 26, 1824.
2718- 9. ii. William Wallace Strong b. Sept. 21, 1823, m. Oct. 3,
1849, Harriet M. ChappeU b. AprU 11, 1826 (dau. of
Zenas ChappeU of Andover, Ct., b. in Hebron, Jan. 1,
1779, and Nancy Norton his 2d wife b. in Hebron, Nov.
5, 1792, whom he m. in 1815), a farmer in Andover, Ct.,
and formerly a teacher as was also his wife. Children :
George ChappeU Strong b. Sept. 19, 1851.
William Cyrus Strong b. July 12, 1853.
Annie Jane Strong b. Sept. 6, 1855.
Byron Wallace Strong b. Dec. 30, 1861.
Ctrus Strong b. Oct. 23, 1825, a teacher d. unmarried at
Hempstead, L. I., July 10, 1855, set. 29.
22

2720.

1.

2721.

2.

2722.

3.

2723.

4.

2724.

iii

170 The Descendants of John Strong of Windsor, Ct,
2725- 6. iv. Ann Elizabeth Strong b. Aug. 7, 1827, m. as his 2d wife,
June 14, 1855, Joel Wilcox b. Oct. 20, 1814 (son of
Ephraim Wilcox and Rachel Tarbox), a carpenter and
farmer at Hebron ; no issue. He had by his first wife
(Lucy Ann Burnham) one child, Ephraim Joel Wilcox
b. Jan. 11, 1843. [Ephraim Wilcox b. July 13, 1779,
m. Nov. 24, 1803, Rachel Tarbox, who was b. June 2,
1782. He d. Sept. 3, 1868 ; she d. June 26, 1853.]
2727- 8. v. Clarissa Jane Strong b. Nov. 5, 1829, m. June 21, 1849,
George Randall Bestor b. Jan. 5, 1821 (son of Randall
Bestor b. Oct. 13, 1787, and Lucy Wilcox b. Nov. 26,
1789, who were m. Jan. 1, 1810. He d. Oct. 21, 1855),
a farmer in Hebron. Children :
2729. 1. Randall Strong Bestor b. Aug. 6, 1850, a teacher in Gilead,
Ct.
2730. 2. Cyrus Strong Bestor b. Nov. 22, 1855.
2731. 3. Annie Lydia Bestor b. Nov. 5, 1859, d. May 3, 1861.
2732. vi. Ltdia Maria Strong b. May 1, 1832, d. unmarried set. 28,
Dec. 1, 1860.
2733- 4. vn. Sarah Rebecca Strong b. Sept. 13, 1834, m. Sept. 21,
1858, John Johnson Perry b. June 1, 1824 (son of
James Perry b. Feb. 2, 1791, and Sally Johnson b. Nov.
1789), a farmer in Hebron. She d. Aug. 16, 1867, »t.
32. They had one child :
2735. 1. Anna Maria Perry b. Oct. 14, 1862.
2736- 7. vin. George Strong, Jr., b. Oct. 3, 1836, a merchant in New
London, Ct. He m. Sept. 1, 1859, Mary Bliss b. Dec
15, 1836 (dau. of Dwight BHss of Hebron, and adopted
dau. of Benjamin Strong Bliss of Hebron). [Dwight
Bliss b. Nov. 6, 1814, m.Dec 3, 1835, Deborah Amanda
Curtiss h. Dec 26, 1817. He d. Feb. 12, 1853; she d.
April 22, 1837. Dwight Bliss was the son of Benjamin
Bliss and Lydia Strong, dau. of David.] Children :
2738. 1. Maria Bliss Strong b. July 10, 1860.
2739. 2. Cyrus Wallace Strong b. March, 1866.
[7th Gen.]
2695-6. in. Dimmis Strong (dau. of Asa Strongand and Polly Mann)
b. Jan. 15, 1796, m. as his 2d wife Israel Kenyon (previously husband
of her sister Lydia) Feb. 5, 1821. He d. June 27, 1848, she d. Oct. 15,
1866. [8th Gen.J Children :
2740- 1. i. Israel Kenyon b. Nov. 8, 1822, m. 1843, Athalina Mat-
thewson : a farmer at Onondaga HiU. He d. Sept. 18,
1847.
2742- 3. ii. Clarissa Kenyon b. Nov. 3, 1824, m. Oct.' 10, 1849,
WUHam Fay of Onondaga Hill.
2744- 5. iH. Curtis Kenyon b. Nov. 1, 1831, m. Aug. 26, 1858, Mary
Ann Cayton : a farmer at Onondaga HUl. He d. Aug.
22, 1868.

Sm of Eider John Strong of Northampton. 171
2746- 7. iv. Celestia Kenyon b. July 15, 1834, m. Dec 16, 1858,
William P. FeUows of Onondaga HUl.
2748- 9. v. Emily Kenyon b. AprU 27, 1837, m. AprU 19, 1861,
Charles Seeley of Onondaga HUl.
[7th Gen.]
2697-8. iv. Polly Strong dau. of Asa Strong and Polly Mann, b.
March 19, 1798, m. Dec. 6, 1828, Brastus Strong (son of Ralph Strong
of Colchester, and Rhoda Clark of Lebanon), a farmer in Onondaga Hill,
N. Y., for some years, he now (1871), keeps an eating saloon at Syracuse ,
N.Y. Children:
2750- 1. 1. Edson Strongb. Aug. 23, 1829, m. March 30, 1855, Louisa
Knapp : a farmer in Sodus, N. Y.
2752- 3. 2. Emmeline Strong b. Feb. 28, 1831, m. March 3, 1858,
James Henry Sutliff, a farmer at Sodus.
2754- 5. 3. Ralph B. Strong b. Dec 4, 1835, m. March 9, 1865, Frank
M. Laird, a saloon keeper at Syracuse.
[7th Gen.J
2700-1. vi. John Strong (son of Asa Strong and PoUy Mann) b.
March 14, 1800, m. May 3, 1832, EHza Bryant b. Aug. 1, 1805 (dau. of
Bennett Bryant and  Kenyon), a farmer at Onondaga HUl, N. Y.
He d. Nov, 3, 1868.
Children :
2756- 7. 1. Helen Strong b. June 22, 1834, m. Oct. 26, 1854, John T.
Dodge, a farmer at Onondaga Hill.
2758. 2. Sarah Strong b. Feb. 19, 1837, d. June 29, 1843.
2759. 3. Andrew Strong b. Dec. 21, 1839, d. June 3, 1863, a soldier
in the Union army in the late war.
2760. 4. Mary Strong b. Nov. 8, 1843.
[7th Gen.J
2704-5. vin. Daniel Strong (son of Asa Strong of Colchester) b.
May 4, 1804, m. Feb. 26, 1834, Clarissa L. Brown b. Aug. 26, 1812 : a
farmer at Onondaga HUl, N. Y.
[8th Gen.J Children:
2761- 2. i. Henrietta J. Strong b. Jan. 9, 1836, m Dec. 29, 1866,
John 0. Knapp, a farmer at Syracuse, N. Y.
2763. u. Grove Strong b. May 21, 1837, a farmer at Onondaga
HUl, unmarried.
2764- 6. Hi. Henry Zenas Strong b. May 10, 1840, m. Dec. 15 1863,
Mary E. Hayden of Onondaga HiU, where he is a farmer.
2766. iv. Daniel E. Strong b. April 8, 1849, d. April 18, 1853.
2767. V. William R. Strong b. July 20, 1856.

172 The Descendants of John Strong of Windsor, Ct.,
[7th Gen.J
2706-7. ix. Francis Strong (son of Asa Strong of Colchester and
Polly Mann) b. July 29, 1806, m. March 17, 1839, Julia Ann Matthew-
son b. AprU 10, 1810, a farmer at Onondaga HiU.
' [8th Gen.J Children:
2768. i. Lovisa Ann Strong b. Sept. 17, 1841.
2769. n. Barbara Jane Strong b. Sept. 6, 1844, d. Aug. 11, 1864.
2770. iU. Francis Asa Strongb. Sept. 15, 1847.
2771. iv. Julia Matthewson Strong b. Aug. 15, 1854.
[7th Gen.J
2708-9. X. Clarissa Strong b. Nov. 7, 1809, m. Jan. 8, 1832, Levi
Mann b. AprU 29, 1806 (son of Enoch Mann and Violetta Phelps of
Hebron, Ct.), a farmer at Onondaga-Hill.
[8th Gen.J Children :
2772- 3. i. S. Jane Mann b. Oct. 21, 1836, m. Jan. 20, 1863, Lorin
Griffin, a farmer at Onondaga Hill.
2774. ii. Lydia Ann Mann b. March 17, 1843.
[7th Gen.]
2710-1. xi. Asa Strong, Jr., b. May 16, 1811, m. at Bozrah, Ct.,
Nov. 14, 1861, Jerusha Apama Ford b. March 24, 1831 (dau. of Joseph
Bradford Ford and Apama Lathrop), a farmer at Colchester. He has one
chUd :
2775. 1. Mary Dimmis Strong b. June 12, 1863.
[6th Gen.J
2688. iv. Ralph Strong (son of Zebulon Strong of Colchester and
Esther Gott), m. Rhoda Clark of Lebanon, Ct. ; afarmer at Colchester, Ct.
[7th Gen.J
2776-7. i. Brastus Strong m. Polly Strong dau. of Asa Strong of
Colchester, and Polly Mann. See previous account.
2778. ii. Esther Strong resides, unmarried at Manchester, Ct.
2779-80. iH. Betsey Strong m. a Mr. Keeney of Bolton, Ct.
2781- 2. iv. Lydia Strong m. Rev. Mr. Avery (a Methodist).
2783- 4. V. Lucy Strong m. Merritt Root and for 2d husband a Mr.
Loomis.
2785. vi. John Strong keeps a saloon in Hartford.
2786. vU. Nathaniel Strong a farmer at Broad Brook, Ct.
[6th Gen.J
2689-90. V. Esther Strong (dau. of Zebulon Strong of Colchester,
and Esther Gott), m. Alvan Gillett -of Colchester (son of Eliphalet Gil
lett and Lydia  ) a farmer at Hebron, Ct.

Son of Elder John Strong of Northampton. 173
[7th Gen.J Children :
2787- 8. i, Griswold GiUett m. Sophia Bascom : a farmer in Hebron.
He d. aged 62, had one son and three daughters.
2789. ii. Harriet Maria GiUett,
2790- 1 iii. Laura GUlett m. Augustus Bissell of Hebron, a farmer.
[4th Gen.J
2629-30. vi. Josiah Strong, Jr. (son of Josiah Strong of Colchester,
Ct., and Joanna Gillett), b. Sept. 9, 1709, m. Nov. 1, 1733, Hannah
Fuller, a farmer in Colchester, Ct., and Middle Haddam, Ct.
[5th Gen.J Children;:
2792- 3. i. Hannah Strong b. June 8, 1734, m. Ezra Bigelow of
Colchester.
Anna Strong b. Feb. 1735.
Jemima Strong b. April 7, 1738, m. Amasa Bigelow of
Colchester.
Dea. Josiah Strong b. Jan. 28, 1740.
Joshua Strong b. April 24, 1743.
Mart Strong b. Oct. 10, 1746.
Caleb Strong b. June 20, 1749.
vin. Patience Strong b. April 26, 1752, d. Jan. 15, 1753.
Constant Strong b. April 20, 1754.
Benjamin Strong b. Feb. 15, 1759.
2792-3. i. Hannah Strong b. June 8, 1734, m. Sept. 7, 1765, Ezra
Bigelow, a farmer in Colchester, Ct.
[6th Gen.] Children :
2807. i. Ezra Bigelow b. June 15, 1757.
2808. ii. Hannah Bigelow b. April 10, 1759.
2809. iH. LoviNA Bigelow b. May 10, 1761.
2810. iv. Ira Bigelow b. May 19, 1763.
2811. V. Josiah Bigelow b. May 5, 1765.
[5th Gen.]
2795-6. iH. Jemima Strong (dau. of Josiah Strong and Hannah
Fuller) b. AprU 7, 1738, m. Dec. 13, 1754, Amasa Bigelow of Colchester,
Ct., a farmer.
[6th Gen.J Children :
2812. i. Eli Bigelow b. May 29, 1756.
2813. u. Editha Bigelow b. Jan. 9, 1759.
2814. Hi. Timothy Bigelow b. Feb. 4, 1761.
2815. iv. Jemima Bigelow b. May 27, 1763.
2816. V. Charity Bigelow b. March 6, 1765.
2817. vi. Lucy Bigelow b. Feb. 13, 1767.
2818. vn. Amasa Bigelow b. Jan. 1, 1769.

2794.

ii.

2795-

6.

iii.

2797-

8.

iv.

2799.

V.

2800.

vi.

2801-

2.

vii.

2803.

vii;
2804.
ix.
2805-
6.
X.
174 The Descendants of John Strong of Windsor, Ct.,
[5th Gen.]
2797-8. iv. Deacon Josiah Strong (son of Josiah Strong and
Hannah Fuller) b. Jan. 28, 1740, m. Jan. 13, 1761, Mary Harris, b. in
1740 (dau. of Dea. Benjamin Harris of Bridgewater, Mass., and Esther
his wife), a farmer in Middletown, Ct., and after 1768, in Chatham, Ct.,
he d. Sept. 8, 1814. She d. Jan. 1, 1822, aged 82. [Dea. Benjamin
Harris b. in Bridgewater, Mass., in 1700, d. in Middle Haddam, April 11,
1775, Esther his wife b. in 1708, d. Nov. 25, 1786, aged 78.]
[6th Gen.J Children ;
2819-20. i. Judge John Harris Strong b. Jan. 19, 1762, in Middletown.
2821- 2. H. Esther Strong b. Oct. 3, 1763, m. Asaph Doane.
2823- 4. iU. Hannah Strong b. Oct. 3, 1765, m. a Mr. Smith of Glas
tenbury, and afterwards Mr. Benoni Hall, of Middletown,
Ct., b. June 16, 1767 (son of William Hall and Dorothy
Plumb).
2825- 6. iv. Demas Strong b. Aug. 21, 1767, in Middletown, Ct.
2827- 8. V. Mary Strong b. Deo. 26, 1768, m. Charies Smith of Glas
tenbury, Ct.
2829-30. vi. Martha Strong b. Dec. 30, 1771, m. OUver Clark of
Middle Haddam.
2831- 2. vn. Grace Strong b. June 20, 1774, m. Joseph Brooks, and for
2d husband a Mr. Goodrich.
2833- 4. viH. Josiah Strong b. Jan. 12, 1777.
2835. ix. Hope Strong b. in 1779, d. unmarried in Middle Haddam,
Aug. 1838, aged 59.
2836- 7. X. Ann Strong m. James Wilson of Middletown, a blacksmith,
and had children : Mary Ann who. m. a Lewis, Hezekiah,
John, and Catharine.
2819-20. i. Judge John Harris Strong b. Jan. 19, 1762, m. in
178-, Elizabeth Cary b.in Chatham, Ct.,Nov. 1764 : afarmer in Chatham,
Ct., (1783-1811). In Aug. 1811, he removed to Euclid, Cuyahoga Co., 0.
Here he was agent for the sale of lands in and about Cleveland (belong
ing to Lord and Barber, of Haddam, Ct.), and was Judge of the court of
common pleas (1817-23). He d. AprU 28, 1823. She d. Nov. 24, 1830.
[7th Gen.J Children :
2838- 9. i. James Strong b. in 1784, d. Nov. 9, 1840.
2840- 1. ii. Walter Strong b. in 1786.
2842- 3. in. Esther Strong b. April, 1788, m. Theron Freeman.
2844- 5. iv. Rodney Strong b. Aug. 8, 1790.
2846. v. Betsey Strong, d. soon.
2847- 8. vi. John Harris Strong b. in 1795, d. in 1809.
2849-50. vn. Josiah ConkHn Strong b. March, 1800, d. Sept. 1839.
^851- 2. vHi. Thomas Jefferson Strong b. July 3, 1802.
2853- 4. ix. Mary Ann Strong b. March 9, 1805, m. John Cone of
Haddam, Ct.
2855- 6. X. James Madison Strong b. July 5, 1807.

Son of Elder John Strong of Northampton. 175
283S-9. i. James Strong b. in 1784, m. in 1819, in Cleveland, 0.
Ann EHza Baldwin b. in Ballston, N. Y., in 1800 (dau. of Seth C. Bald
win). She d. March 11, 1827, and he m. for 2d wife Jan. 1828, widow
Laura Miles of Newburgh, 0., a farmer. He was sheriff of Cuyahoga
Co., 0. He d. Nov. 9, 1840.
[8th Gen.J Children :

Beside 3 children — names not given — that died early.
2857. iv. Ann Olivia Strong.
2858. V. James Harris Strong.
By second mfe :
2859. vi. Mary Elizabeth Strong.
2860. vH. Frances Lucinda Strong.
2861. vUi. Louisa Melissa Strong.
[7th Gen.J
2840-1. U. Walter Strong b. in 1786, m. Betsey Smith (dau. of
Samuel and Ruth Smith), a farmer at Elkhart, Ind., where he d. He
had five children of whom two, Samuel Smith and Betsey Ann, reside
now (1871), at Elkhart.
2842-3. iii. Ksther Strong b. April, 1788, m. Theron Freeman b. in
1785 (son of Nathan and Cynthia Freeman), a farmer and hotel-heeper.
She d. April 7, 1826 : he d. in 1830. Children : beside two that d.
early — names not given.
Samuel Shepard Freeman.
John Strong Freeman.
James Harris Freeman.
Josiah Harry Freeman.
Sarah Freeman.
Esther Freeman.
2844-5. iv. Rodney Strong b. Aug. 8, 1790, m. April 10, 1828, Mary
Taylor. Hed.inl868. Hehadasecond wife, name not given. Children:
By fi/rst mfe :
John Harris Strong.
Sophia Elizabeth Strong m. a Mr. Palmer.
Mary Amanda Strong.
Emmeline Strong.
Sarah Jane Strong. By second wife :
John Taylor Strong.
Charles Henry Strong.
2849-50. .vii. Josiah Conklin Strong b. March, 1800, m. Jan. 1829,
Rebecca Brown (dau. of Deliverance Brown and Mary  ). He d.
Sept. 1839 : she d. in 1835. Children :
2876. 1 George Clark Strong. 2877. 2 Edwin Miles Strong.

2862.

1.

2863.

2.

2864.

3.

2865.

4.

2866.

5.

2867.

6.

2868. 2869-70.
2871. 2872.
2873.

1. 2.
3.
4, 5.

2874. 2875.

6. 7.

176 The Descendants of John Strong of Windsor, Ct,
2851-2. vHi. Thomas Jefferson Strong b. July 3, 1802, m. April
11, 1824, Laura Bishop b. April 14, 1803 (dau. of Abram Bishop and
Anna Truman), a farmer at Wickliffe, 0. To him the author is indebted
for this very meagre account of his father's descendants which no con
tinued correspondence served to improve. Children :

2878.

1.

Marietta Strong.

2879.

2.

Asaph Clark Strong.

2880.

3.

Ann Eliza Strong.

2881.

4.

Thomas Jefferson Strong, killed in the battle of Stone
River, Tenn.

2882.

6.

Portia Thorne Strong.

2883.

6.

Laura Elizabeth Strong.

2884.

7.

Juliette Strong.

2886.
2886.2887.2888.

1.
2.3.4.

2889.
2890.2891.
2892.

5.6.
7.
8.

2863-^. ix. Mary Ann Strong b. March 9, 1805, m. Sept. 15, 1822,
John Cone of Haddam, Ct. He d. March 5, 1835, and she m. Sept. 25,
1836, Hiram Brooks. She d. Feb. 22, 1863. Children :
By fi/rst ma/rriage :
James Wells Cone.
George Gilbert Cone.
Clarissa Cone.
John W. Cone. By second mMrriage :
Charles Wells Brooks.
Henry Strong Brooks.
James Harris Brooks.
Ellen Elizabeth Brooks.
2855-6. X. James Madison Strong b. July 5, 1807, m. Margaret
Ann Brush b. June 7, 1807 (dau. of Edward and Patty Brush) a farmer
at WiUoughby, 0. Letter after letter sent to him was unanswered.
Children : John Harris Strong lives atBerea, 0.
Albert Smith Strong d. soon.
Harriet Emily Strong d. soon.
Margaret Ann Strong.
Alvin Orlando Strong.
Harriet Eliza Strong.
Laura Ann Strong.
Marvin Hiram Strong.
Maria Strong.
[6th Gen.J
2821-2. ii. Esther Strong (dau. of Dea. Josiah Strong and Mary
Harris) b. Oct. 3, 1783, m. Asaph Doane, a sailor in Middle Haddam.
He d. and she m. for a 2d husband WiUiam Harrison, a cordwainer in
Munson, Mass. He d. and she m. for 3d husband a Mr. Stanley of Tol
land, Ct., a farmer. No issue by the last marriage. She d. about 1840.

2893.

1.

2894.

2.

2896.

3.

2896.

4.

2897.

5.

2898.

6.

2899.

7.

2900.

8.

2901.

9.

&)n of Elder John Strong of NortJiampton. 177
[7thGen.J Children: By fi/rst marriage :
2902. i. Naroissa Doane who d. unmarried.
2903- 4. U. Sarah Doane who married Levi McKinstry of Ellington,
Ofc. By second marriage :
2905. iii. George Wadsworth Harrison, a merchant in Springfield,
Mass.
2906. iv. Edward Harrison, a mechanic in RockviUe, Ct.
[6th Gen.J
2823-4. Hi. Hannah Strong (dau. of Dea. Josiah Strong and Mary
Harris), b. Oct. 3, 1765, m. AprU 12, 1792, Benoni Hall of Middletown,
. Ct., b. June 16, 1757 (son of William Hall and Dorothy Plumb), a resi
dent of Middletown.
[7th Gen.J Children :
Samuel Hall b. Jan. 6, 1793.
Eliza Hall b. Aug. 1, 1794.
Patience HaU b. Sept. 2, 1796.
William Alanson Hall b. Nov. 1, 1798.
Josiah Strong Hall b. May 25, 1801.
David Brainerd Miner HaU b. Sept. 13, 1803.
John Harris Hall b. .June 6, 1806.
[6th Gen.J
2825-6. iv. Demas Strong (son of Deacon Josiah Strong of Chatham,
Ct., and Mary Harris) b. in Middletown, Aug. 21, 1767, m. Feb. 4, 1787,
Mary Swift b. in 1766 (dau. of Elisha Swift of Falmouth, Mass.), afarmer
in Middle Haddam, Ct. She d. Aug. 26, 1833, set. 67.
[7th Gen.J Children :
2914- 5. i. Sophronia Strong b. Oct. 24, 1788, m. Dennis Whitmore
of Middle Haddam, Ct.
2916. ii. Capt. Davis Swift Strong b. Nov. 16, 1790.
2917. in. Morris McNary Strong b. May 1, 1793, a flour merchant
in Baltimore, Md. He d. unmarried in 1821, in Rio
Janeiro, S. A.
2918- 9. iv. Susan Strong b. July 19, 1795, m. Septimius Stocking of
Boston, d. in 1836.
2920. V. Rhoderick Strong b. Aug. 19, 1797, d. unmarried at sea
in 1838, a saUor.
2921- 2. vi. Braddock Strong b. Dec. 28, 1799, a farmer in Middle
Haddam, Ct.
2923- 4. vU. Titus Strong b. Feb. 24, 1802.
2925- 6. viH. Mary Strong b. June 22, 1804, m. Elihu Dwight Smith
of Brownsville, Texas, her cousin ; see subsequent page .
2927- 8. ix. Adeline Strong b. April 22, 1807, m, Capt. Joseph Mar
vin Norton ; resides in Middletown, Ct.
23

2907.

i.

2908.

ii.

2909.

iii.

2810.

iv.

2911.

V.

2912.

vi.

2913.

vii.

178 The Descendants of John Strong of Windsor, Ct,
2914-5. i. Sophronia Strong b. Oct. 24, 1788, m. Dennis Whitmore
(son of Luther Whitmore), a carpenter at Middle Haddam. He d. Sept.
1831. [8th Gen.J Children:
2929. i. Luther Whitmore, a sailor, went to sea in 1832, and was
never heard from.
2930- 1. u. Capt. Demas Whitmore m. in 1849, Marietta Penfield
(dau. of Capt. Russell Penfield of Middle Haddam), a
sea captain, lost at sea Feb. 1849, with his wife near the
English Channel when returning from Antwerp.
2932- 3. iii. Elizabeth Whitmore b. in 1831, m. Andrew CornwaU,
a farmer at Portland, Ct. Their children :
2934- 5. 1. Henry Cornwall, an overseer in a quarry at Portland, Ct.,
b. in 1843, m. Gertrude Shepard (dau. of Nelson Shepard
of Portland, Ct.).
2936. 2. Dwight Norton Cornwall b. in 1851.
2937. 3. Demas Whitmore Cornwall b. in 1855.
[7th Gen.J
2915-6. ii. Capt. Davis Swift Strong (son of Demas Strong and
Mary Swift) b. Nov. 16, 1790, m. Sept. 14, 1815, Clarissa Braddock b.
March 15, 1796, at Middletown, Ct. (dau. of Michael Braddock and
Hannah Goffe : he d. March 13, 1828, aged 63 : she d. Aug. 18, 1804,
aged 39). He was a foreman for several years (1812-25) in " The Starr
Sword Factory" at Middletown, Ct., and was distinguished for his skUl in
tempering steel blades. He was afterwards engaged in the manufacture
of stoves and ship cabooses in New York (1825-34). He d. at New York,
Aug. 30, 1850 : she resides still (1871) in Brooklyn, B. D. She is a lineal
descendant of the regicide Goffe. [Michael Braddock b. in Birmingham,
Eng., July 20, 1765, came to this country as a British soldier when but
14 years of age, and being unwilling to fight against the Americans pur
chased his discharge from the army and settled in Connecticut. Hannah
Goffe his wife was the dau. of Hezekiah Goffe, Jr., of Woodstock, Ct ,
great grandson of William Goffe the regicide. The order of succession
was as follows : 1. Genl. Wm. Goffe, the regicide (b. in 1605, and d. in
1679, in Hadley, Mass.). 2. Oliver Cromwell Goffe. 3. Hezekiah Goffe.
4. Hezekiah Goffe, Jr. 5. Hannah Goffe.]
8th Gen.] Children:
2938. i. Michael Braddock Strong b. Nov. 10, 1816, d. Dec 3,
1817.
2939-40. H. Susan Emma Strong b. Nov. 16, 1817, m. Isaac Reed
Ferguson.
2941- 2. iii. Hon. Demas Strong b. AprU 22, 1820.
2943. iv. Morris M. Strong b. Aug. 21, 1822. He was chief clerk
in the P. 0., at Macon, Ga., and went to the Mexican
war as sergeant in the 13th Regt. of Georgia Vols., an

Son of Elder John Strong 0/ NortJiampton. 179
independent company which was mustered into the U. S.
service on arriving at Point Isabel. He d. in Mexico,
near Molino del Rey, Nov. 16, 1848, unmarried.
2944- 5. v. Charlotte Catharine Strong b. Nov. 30, 1824, m. Dec.
21, 1842, Israel Osborne Maxwell of New Providence,
N. J., a R. R. agent there b. Aug. 6, 1820 (son of Jacob
Brittain Maxwell and Mary Littell). ChUdren :
2946. 1. Jacob Brittain Maxwell b. Nov. 28, 1843.
2947. 2. Clara Medora MaxweU b. June 6, 1848.
2948. 3. Eloise Maxwell b. AprU 17, 1861.
2949-50. vi. Michael Braddock Strong b. in New York, March 24,
1827, m. Oct. 18, 1852, Margaret WUcox b. June 1,
1832 (dau. of Cyprian Wilcox of New Haven, Ct., and
Charlotte Jackson Braddock), abookkeeper in Brooklyn.
Children :
2951. 1. Fanny WUcox Strong b. July 24, 1863.
2962. 2. Edward Quintard Strong b. April 12, 1856.
2963. 3. Bessie Milton Strong b. July 3, 1858.
2954. 4. Harry Percy Strong b. Sept. 2, 1863.
2955- 7. vi. Harriet Amelia Strong b. Aug. 21, 1829, m. Jacob Mead
Kirby (son of Noah Kirby of Middletown, N. Y., and
Catharine Van Ness), a farmer in Hickory Grove, Iowa,
b. July 15, 1831. He d. Jan. 23, 1862, and she m.
June 12, 1868, James Monroe Price of Middletown,
Orange Co., N. Y., a teacher there, b. May 4, 1828, (son
of Frederic Price of New Vernon, Orange Co., N. Y.,
and Eunice Miller).
Children : By fi/rst marriage :
2958. 1. Cid Braddock Kirby b. July 24, 1867.
2969. 2. Harriet Jane Kirby b. Sept. 18, 1859.
2960. vii. William Strong b. Feb. 14, 1832 ; went to California in
1858, where he d. unmarried. May 17, 1860, of sickness
contracted in the mine,", and was buried at Lone Moun
tain Cemetery.
2961-2. viii. Parmelee Strong b. April 2, 1835, m. March 30, 1857,
Caroline Henry of Brooklyn, b. Dec. 16, 1843 (dau. of
CorneHus Henry and Caroline Houser), a mason in
Brooklyn. He enlisted at the beginning of the war for
three months under the first call for troops in the 13th
N. Y. Regt., and shortly after the expiration of his term
of service°joined the 87th N. Y. Regt. (Col. Stephen A,
Dodge), as 2d Lieut, and was made 1st Lieut, for
bravery at the battle of Fair Oaks. He was in the
various battles that occurred along the Chickahominy.
He resigned his commission, and removed to Iowa; but
here he soon again entered the service in a cavalry com
pany. He was put in command of a company
of colored infantry in Mississippi and while out on
a foraging expedition, they were all captured by a
guerrilla company of confederates. The rebels carried

180 The Descendants of John Strong of Windsor, Ct,
in those days only a black flag towards all colored troops
and their white officers. They were all bidden to kneel
and receive their fate. One of the confederates, named
Seymour, recognized Strong at the last moment, (it was
in the dusk of evening), as one who had conferred a favor
upon him in Virginia at an early period of the war, and
caused them to spare his life. But he was compelled to
see every one of his men coolly shot before his eyes.
While in the hands of the rebels. Strong was bold in
denouncing their spirit and conduct, and they determined
to subdue him. At one time they hung him to a tree
and left him there until he was nearly dead. At another
time they tied his hands behind him, and let him down
into a cistern where in standing on the tips of his toes,
the water was up to his mouth. He survived these
trials, and was at last incarcerated in a prison pen in
Alabama, from which after several months' severe suffer
ing, he was released by exchange of prisoners, and started
for his western home. Arrived at Memphis he went on
board the steamer Express which blew up as it was leav
ing the wharf, and hundreds of brave Union soldiers
crowding its decks were killed, wounded and drowned in
the sad catastrophe. Strong was blown put into the
middle of the stream, but was unhurt and swam ashore,
landing about a mile below the city. His children :
Eugene Strong b. Feb. 12, 1869.
Estelle Strong b. Jan. 15, 1861.
Everett Davis Strong b. June 18, 1865.
Jessie Braddock Strong b. Sept. 20, 1867, d. June 17,
1868.
2967. ix. Cyprian W. Strong b. at New York, Oct. 3, 1838, m.
Aug. ]6, 1857, Emma Louise Ferguson of Davenport,
Iowa, b. March 28, 1842 (dau. of Isaac Reed Ferguson
and Susan Emma Strong) ; a rectifier of spirits at Da
venport. He has one child :
2968. 1. Harry Conklin Strong b. Aug. 15, 1867.

2939-40. n. Susan Emma Strong b. Nov. 16, 1817, m. June 1,
1841, Isaac Reed Ferguson (son of Nathaniel Ferguson, who d. at Dan-
bury, Ct., Nov. 10, 1843, and Fanny Howe who lives there (1871) stiU),
a resident of Centre Point, Linn Co., Iowa. Children :
2969-70. 1. Emma Louise Ferguson b. March 28, 1842, m. her cousin
Cyprian W. Strong.
Morris Ferguson b. April 8, 1843, d. Aug. 24, 1846.
Henry Clifford Ferguson b. Nov. 8, 1844.
Ella Clara Davis Ferguson b. Nov. 8, 1846.
Morris (2d) b. Oct. 28. 1848.
Frank Carey Ferguson b. Oct. 27,^1850.
Reid De Valen Ferguson b. May 11, 1862.
William Pearsall Ferguson b. March 7, 1856.

2963.

1.

2964.

2.

2965.

3.

2966.

4.

2971.

2.

2972.

3.

2973.

4.

2974.

5.

2975.

6.

2976.

7.

2977.

8.

Son of Elder John Strong of Northampton. 181
2978. 9. Estelle Stewart Ferguson b. Jan. 18, 1859.
2079. 10. Evelyn Maxwell Ferguson b. Sept. 2, 1860.
[8th Gen,]
2941-2. iii. Hon. Demas Strong (son of Capt. Davis Swift Strong
and Clarissa Braddock) b. AprU 22, 1820, in Middletown, Ct., m. Feb.
19, 1841, Jane A. Leaycraft b. August 12, 1825 (dau. of William Leay-
eraft of Williamsburgh, N. Y., and Grace Ann O'Bryan). He was appren
ticed for some three years (1834-7) to a gold watch case manufacturer
in New York and was after that for several years a clerk in a wholesale
store in New York. In AprU, 1849, he established a trading post at Big
Bar, California, and another at Coloma, Sutter's Mills, and afterwards built
a store at San Francisco whence he removed to Sacramento City, where he
was a merchant, erected several stores and dwellings and bought town lots
largely. He was one of the first board of aldermen of this city and Presi
dent of the Common Council, and during " the squatter riots " of this place
when the mayor had been shot down he became the acting mayor of the
city. In Dec. 1850, he returned to Brooklyn on a visit and was induced
to remain there, and in 1856 succeeded in closing up his business in Cali
fornia. He studied law earnestly during his evenings while a merchant's
clerk, and renounced mercantile life on his return to Brooklyn for the
legal profession to practice in which he was soon admitted. He was ap
pointed in 1854 by the Common Council of Williamsburgh one of the
commissioners for consolidating that city with Brooklyn; in 1859 elected
alderman of the 13th ward of the newly consolidated city and again in
1861 ; in 1864-5, State Senator. He was the author of the bill for esta
blishing the New York State Institution for the Blind at Batavia, N. Y.
Originally a democrat he became afterwards an active " free-soil " man,
and was a member of the Convention that met in Utica, N. Y., in 1848,
and nominated Martin Van Buren for the presidency of the U. S. Since
1856, he has been an active republican. Heis now (1871) practising law
in Brooklyn, E. D. He was the projector of the Brooklyn Cross Town
R. Road and the chief promoter of its establishment of which he is now
the acting President and Treasurer.
[9th Gen.J Children :
2980. i. A child unnamed b. and d. Nov. 21, 1821.
2981- 2. U. Richard Polk Strong b. Sept. 21, 1842.
2983- 4. iH. Julia Strongb. Nov. 27, 1844, m. May 19, 1864, WU
liam James Harris, a teller in the Continental Bank,
New York ; no children. He was b. Oct. 13, 1826, at
Stillwater, N. Y. (son of John Rathbone Harris and
Hannah Williams).
2986-6. iv. William Davis Strong b. Sept. 8, 1846, in Brooklyn, m.
MargaVet B. Jones; a clerk in Brooklyn. Has one child :
2987. 1. Jane Ann Strong b. Aug. 24, 1870.

182 Th/e Descendants of John Strong of Windsor, .Ct,
2988- 9. V. Clarisse Strong b. May 8, 1848, m. Oct, 12, 1869, WU
liam Henry Goodnow, Note teller in the Continental
Bank, New York, b. AprU 12, 1842 (son of Ephraim
Smith Goodnow and BUzabeth Gilbert Smith), resides
in Brooklyn ; has one child :
2990. 1. Clarisse Elizabeth Goodnow b. Jan. 15, 1871.
2991. vi. Joseph Lewis Strong b. Sept. 19, 1861.
2992. vU. George Jesse Strong b. Oct. 14, 1852.
2993. viH. Grace Strong b. Oct. 30, 1853.
2994. ix. Jeanie Strong b. April 12, 1866.
2995. X. Demas Swift Strongb. Jan. -31, 1858.
2996. xi. Morris Braddock Strong b. Dec. 1, 1859.
2997. xH. Henrt Leaycraft Strong b. Nov. 15, 1866, d. Nov. 24,
1866.
2998. xiii. Susie Strong b. Aug. 3, 1870.
2981-2. U. Richard Polk Strong b. in Brooklyn, Sept. 21, 1842,
was in the N. Y. CoUege (The N. Y. Free Academy), at the breaking
out of the late war, and with several of his classmates joined the 71st
Regt. N. Y. Vols. (Col. Vosburgh), which, with the 7th N. Y. Regt.,
was the first to arrive at Washington at the hour of its greatest peril,
and will wear the honor in all time of having undoubtedly saved from
rebel hands the capitol of the nation. He returned after 3 months ser
vice to his studies, and was graduated at the college in 1861-2. He reen
tered the army in 1862, as 2d Lieut, in the 139th Regt. of N. Y. Vols.,
and was ordered to Portress Monroe under Gen. Dix, and afterwards into
the Signal Service Corps in which he was made soon 1st Lieut., and
afterwards Prest. of the Examining Board to hear applications for admis
sion into that branch of the service, and Head of the school of instruc
tion in that service at Washington. He afterwards served as signal
officer under Maj. Gen. Canby in W. Mississippi, and was detailed upon
the staff of Major Gen. Frederic Steele as Commander of the Department
of the southwest and subsequently as Commander of the Department of
the Columbia in Oregon. Here for bravery in battles with the Indians
he was brevetted Captain and afterwards Major. He is now in the regu
lar ArtUlery Service of the Govt, and is stationed at Fort Washington,
Maryland. He m. Feb. 1869, Marian B. Smith of Washington, D. C.
He has one child :
2999. 1. Frederic Steele Strong b. Nov. 2, 1869.
[7th Gen.J
2918-9. iv. Susan Strong b. July 19, 1795, m. about 1822, Sep
timius Stocking (son of Rev. Jeremiah Stocking, Methodist, of Glas
tenbury, Ct.), a dentist in Boston, Mass. Children :
3000- 1. 1. Mary Catharine Stocking m. Dr. Dexter N. Tucker, a
physician in Chicago.

Son of Elder John Strong of NortJiampton. 183
3002. 2. Rhoderick Strong Stocking.
3003. 3. Susan Emma Stocking, d. aged 12.
[7th Gen.J
2921-2. vi- BraddockStrong (son of Demas Strong and Mary Swift),
b. Dec. 28, 1799, m. Feb. 20, 1826, Cornelia Usher, b. June 11, 1807
(dau of Jonathan Usher of Higganum, Ct., and Mehitable Comstock),a
farmer at Middle Haddam, Ct.
[8th Gen.J Children:
3004- 5. i. Charles Strong b. May 7, 1827, m. Oct. 26, 1864, EHza
Young Wright ; a member of the police in New York.
He has two sons :
3006. 1. Charles Daniels Strong b. Sept. 1858.
3007. 2. Marius Webster Strong b. July 6, 1864.
3008. ii. Caroline Mehitable Strong b. June 9, 1832, resides un
married at Middle Haddam, Ct.
3009. in. Susan Stocking Strong b. July 28, 1837, resides at Mid
dle Haddam.
3010- 1. iv. Cornelia Usher Strong b. June 25, 1843, m. Oct. 16,
1867, William Irving Brooks of Glastenbury, Ct. (son
of Daniel Brooks and Clarissa Squires) a mechanic
at Glastenbury. They have one child :
3012. 1. Irving Strong Brooks, b. May 31, 1869.
3013. V. Mart Smith Strong, b. Deo. 29, 1846, d. unmarried Feb.
19, 1870.
3014. vi. Davis Swift Strong, b. Oct. 31, 1861.
[7th Gen.J
2923-4. vii. Titus Strong (son of Demas Strong and Mary Swift)
b. Feb. 24, 1802, m. Oct. 3, 1824, Caroline White b. August 22, 1800
(dau. of Philip White, b. April 12, 1760, and Olive Rowley dau. of Eleazer
Rowley, whom hem. in 1783), a farmer in Basthampton, Ct.
[8th Gen.J Children:
3015. i. Albert Orson Strong b. May 13, 1827, d. in Vera Cruz,
Mexico, Dec. 16. 1847.
3016. ii. Leverett Newton Strong b. Oct. 14, 1829, d. March 24,
1830.
3017. iU. Marvin Norton Strong b. Oct. 14, 1832, d. March 9, 1833.
3018. iv. SiDNET Smith Strong b. Feb. 19, 1834, d. Nov. 28, 1834.
[7th Gen.J
2925-6. viii. Mart Strong (dau. of Demas Strong and Mary Swift)
b June 22, 1804, m. June 30, 1835, Major Elihu Dwight Smith b. Feb.
14, 1796 (son of Charles Smith of Glastenbury, Ct., and Mary Strong) ; a
merchant in Matamoros, Mexico (1840-4), engaged in cotton ginning
at Reynosa Viejo (1844-50), and a merchant again at Edinburgh, Hi-

184 The Descendants of John Strong of Windsor, Ct,
dalgo Co., Texas (1850- 4) and at Brownsville (1854-68), where he d.
Oct. 16, 1868, and where his widow stiU (1870) resides.
[8th Gen.J Children :
3019. i. William Hurd Smith b. at Middle Haddam, Ct., June 28,
1836, d. Jan. 11, 1864.
3020- 1. ii. Adeline Norton Smith b. Oct. 10, 1838, m. March 31,
1860, Col. John S. Ford b. in South Carolina, May 26,
1815; a resident of Texas since 1836. Their children
are :
3022. 1. Mary Louisa Ford b. Aug. 15, 1862.
3023. 2. Addle Julia Ford b. July 14, 1864.
3. A child b. AprU 3, 1866.
3024- 5. iii. Mart Louise Smith b. in Matamoros, March 28, 1843,
m. June 26, 1866, Capt. T. B. Von Michalowski, a
captain in the United States army. He resigned his
commission, Sept., 1867. His present whereabouts are
unknown. She has one child :
3026. 1. Clara Maria Von Michalowski b. Jan. 11, 1868.
[7th Gen.J
2997-8. ix. Adeline Strong (dau. of Demas Strong and Mary Swift)
b. April 22, 1807, m. about 1834 Capt. Joseph Marvin Norton b. Nov.
4, 1808 (son of Capt. Jabez Clark Norton of Middle Haddam and Sarah
Pelton) a sea captain. He d. Nov. 1, 1867, aged 59. She still resides
(1871), at Middletown, Ct.
[8th Gen.J Children :
3027. i. Dwight Smith Norton d. aged 5, about 1841.
3028- 9. ii. Capt Jabez Clark Norton b. April, 1838, a captain of a
ship sailing from New York. He m. Oct., 1867,
Hannah Brainerd of Brooklyn, N. Y. He has one
child :
3030. 1. Joseph Marvin Norton b. Oct. 1868.
3031. iii. Fanny Wilcox Norton b. May, 1840, lives unmarried at
Middletown,
3032- 3. iv. Jessie Medora Norton b. Nov. 1843, m. in 1864, John L.
Brainerd (son of John Brainerd of Haddam and EHza
Day) a book-agent. They have been divorced and she
resides in Middletown. She has one child :
3034. 1. Adeline Norton Brainerd b. in April, 1868.
3035. V. Isabella Marvin Norton b. March, 1846.
[6th Gen.J
2827-8. V. Mary Strong (dau, of Dea. Josiah Strong and Mary
Harris) b. Feb. 20, 1768, m. in 1787-8, Charles Smith, b. in 1766 an
engraver and carver in marble in Bast Glastenbury, Ct. He d. March 31,
1804, of consumption, aged 39, and she m. in 1811,for 2d husband Solomon

Son of Elder John Strong of NortJiampton. 185
Alien, b. in 1765 (son of a Mr. AUen of Sutto;i, Mass.), a farmer in Frank
hn, Mass. He d. Nov. 28, 1850 : she d. July 5, 1850, aged 82.
[7th Gen.J Children :
By first husband :
3036. i. Daniel W Smith b. April 30, 1789 ; a merchant in
Charleston, S. C. He went to S. A., and joined Bolivar's
army, and became a Major in it, and afterwards settled in
Matamoros, Mexico, as a merchant and was U. S. consul
there for more than 20 years. He d. June, 1843, in Cuba.
3037- 8. u. Martha Smith b. Oct. 16, 1791, m. Alfred Strong of
Franklin, Delaware Co., N. Y.
3039-40. iii. Elihu Dwight Smith b. Feb. 14, 1796 : resided at Browns
ville, Texas, where he d. and left a wife and two daugh
ters. See subsequent account.
3041. iv. Cyprian Strong Smith b. March 17, 1801.
3042. V. Ch-arles Lyman Smith b. June 16, 1804 ; a merchant in
New York city where he d.
By second ma/rriage :
3043. vi. Leonard Allen b. Jan. 15, 1813 ; a farmer in Sidney Cen
tre, N. Y., unmarried.

3037- 8. H. Martha Smith b. Oct. 16, 1791, m. Dec. 28, 1807,
Alfred Strong b. Nov. 16, 1787 (son of Eben Strong of Mariboro, Ct., and
Priscilla Ames), a farmer in Franklin, Delaware Co., N. Y., see infra. She
d. Feb. 16, 1853, aged 61, and he m. for 2d wife widow Caroline Andrews
nie Huxford, b. May 17, 1788. She was the widow of Chester Andrews,
of East Glastenbury, Ct., where she now (1870) resides. He d. Sept. 7,
1869, aged 82.
[8th Gen.J Children :
3044- 5. i. Priscilla Strong b. Nov. 9, 1808, m. MUton Bartlett of
Franklin, N. Y.
3046. ii. Alanson Strong b. April 5, 1811.
3047- 8. ni. Mary Ann Strong b. Jan. 11, 1813, m. Jehiel Beach of
Franklin.
3049. iv. Cynthia Strong b. Oct. 11, 1813 : d. Nov. 8, 1815.
3050. V. Alfred Strong b. July 22, 1816, d. Sept. 1866, aged 50.
3051. vi. Charles Lyman Strong b. July 21, 1818.
3052- 3. vn. Martha Marcena Strong b. Feb. 29, 1820, m. Orson Jacob
Eells.
3054- 5. viU. Marcia Serena Strong b. Dec. 25, 1822, m. David Gray
Olmstead of Walton, N. Y.
3056. ix. Dwight Smith Strong b. June 15, 1825.
3057. X. Albert Strong b. June 27, 1829.
For a full account of this family of Strongs, see under name of Eben
Strong, infra. 24

186 The Descendants of John Strong of Windsor, Ct,
[7th Gen.J
3039-40. Hi. Elihu Dwight Smith b. Feb. 14, 1796, m. June 30,
1835, Mary Strong b. June 22, 1804 (dau. of Demas Strong of Middle
Haddam, Ct., and Mary Swift), a merchant in Brownsville, Texas, where
he d. Oct. 16, 1868, and where she still resides.
[8th Gen.] Children :
3058. i. William Smith.
3057. ii. Adeline Smith, m.  of Matamoras, Mexico.
3060. iii. Louise Smith.
[7th Gen.]
3041. iv. Cyprian Strong Smith b. March 17, 1801, a carpenter in
Franklin, N. Y. He m. Dec. 27, 1826, Annis Meraudy Howland of
Delhi, N. Y., b. Aug. 17, 1808 (dau. of Gershom and Polly Howland of
Hamden, Delaware Co., N. Y.).
[8th Gen.J Children :
Daniel Smith b. Dee. 1, 1827.
George Henry Smith b. March 29, 1830.
Emily Smith b. June 7, 1832.
Mary Pamelia Smith b. Aug. 17, 1834.
Frances Ellen Smith b. June 17, 1837.
Horace Baker Smith b. Sept. 14, 1839.
Harriet Edgerton Smith b. April 8, 1842.
vin. Stephen Butler Smith b. June 26, 1845.
Annis Gracia Smith b. April 28, 1849.
Elizabeth Nettie Smith b. July 11, 1852.
[7th Gen.J
3042. V. Charles Lyman Smith b. June 15, 1804, m. Sept. 1830,
Caroline Stickney b. March 3, 1810 (dau. of Benjamin Stickney of New
York), a merchant in New York. He d. Dec. 1838 ; she d. Oct. 10, 1841.
[8th Gen.J Children :
3071- 2. i. Mary Eloise Smith b. June 2, 1831, m. Edwin A. Strong
of Meredith, Delaware Co., N. Y.
3073. ii. Daniel Washington Smith b. May 13, 1833, a carpenter
in Wyoming, Jones Co., Iowa.
3074. in. Charles Lyman Smith b. AprU 18, 1836, a farmer in
Yorktown, Virginia.
3071-2. i. Mary Eloise Smith b. June 2, 1831, m. Jan. 1, 1851,
Edwin Augustus Strong b. Aug. 28, 1830 (son of Josiah Strong of W.
Meredith, Delaware Co., N. Y., and Mary Stanley), a waggon-maker in
W. Meredith, N. Y. Their chUdren :
3075. 1. Florence Alice Strong b. Sept. 13, 18.53.
3076. 2. Wallace Edgar Strong b. March 3, 1860.

3061.

3062.

ii.

3063.

iU.

3064.

iv.

3065.

V.

3066.

vi.

3067.

vii.

3068.

viii

3069.

ix.

3070.

X.

Son of Elder John Strong of Northampton. 187
3077. 3. Marian Augusta Strong b. Aug. 7, 1862.
3078. 4. Charles Edwin Strong b. March 1, 1865.
[6th Gen.J
2829-30. vi. Martha Strong (dau. of Dea. Josiah Strong and Mary
Harris) b. Dec 30, 1771, m. Jan. 24, 1791, OUver Clark, b. July 16,
1768 (son of Benjamin Clark of Middletown, and Abiah Hall) ; a cloth
ier in Middle Haddam, Ct., and in his later life, a farmer. [Benjamin
Clark, a farmer in Westfield Parish, Middletown, Ct., was the son of
Joseph Clark and Miriam Cornwall. Abiah Hall, his wife, b. Dec. 2,
1740, was the dau. of Daniel Hall, Jr., and Mary Dwight, dau. of Samuel
Dwight of Enfield, Ct., and Mary L^man.]
[7th Gen.J Children :
3079-80. i. Russell Clark b, Feb. 11, 1792, d. Jan. 14, 1855.
3081. ii. Mart (Polly) Clark b. Dec. 28, 1793, d. Jan. 21, 1794.
3082- 3. iii. Mart Clark (2d) b. Jan. 7, 1796, m. Michael Stewart of
Middle Haddam ; a farmer at Grand Rapids, Mich. She
d. at Caledonia, Mich.
3084- 5. iv. RosELLA Clark b. May 2, 1797, m. Alfred Bailey, a
farmer and distiUer at Rocky Hill, Ct. He d. and his
widow resides at Albia, Iowa. They had one child :
3086- 7. 1. RoseUa Bailey, who m. Henry W. Tibbals of Middle
Haddam, and a farmer in Albia, Iowa. Their children
are :
3088- 9. (1). Margaret, who m. Thomas C. Crouch of Albia, Iowa.
3090. (2). Hubert Henry Tibbals.
3091- 2. (3). Ada Tibbals, who m. WiUiam Gorsuch of Albia.
3093. (4). Emma Tibbals.
3094^ 5. V. Revilo Clark (Revilo being Oliver speUed backwards) b.
June 27, 1799, d. April 12, 1862, at South River, N. J.
3096- 7. vi. Asaph Doane Clark b. July 30, 1801; a cloth dresser at
WiUoughby, O. He m. in 1822, Harriet Stewart of
Portland, Ct (dau. of Michael Stewart). He d. Sept.
9, 1832, aged 31. They had three daughters.
3098. vH. Benjamin Harris Clark b. June 13, 1803.
3099. vin. John Strong Clark b. Oct. 28, 1806, d. Nov. 14, 1832, at
New York, while visiting the city on business, unmar
ried ; a manufacturer of machinery at Middle Haddam.
3100- 1. ix. Martha Clark b. Nov. 17, 1807, m. Aug. 24, 1824, Gen.
James N. Palmer of New Haven ; surveyor general of
Connecticut. She d. Sept. 20, 1833, aged 26. She left
a daughter :
Martha A. Palmer, who m. a Mr. Woodruff of New Haven.
Luther Clark b. March 7, 1811, d. Aug. 9, 1813.
Warham Grant Clark b. Jan. 16, 1813.
3106-8. xn. Sarah Maria Clark b. April 23, 1815, m. Aug. 26,
1832, Edward Hurlburt of Middle Haddam, a manu-

3102.

1.

3103.
3104- 5.

X.xi.

188 The Descendants of John Strong of Windsor, Ct.,
facturer of wooden combs. He d. and she m. for 2d hus
band Daniel Strong Tibbals of Bath, Me., amanufacturer
of oakum (son of Thaddeus Tibbals of Middle Haddam
and — ^Bailey). No issue by the 2d marriage. She had
by the first marriage one child :
3109-10. 1. Edwin Hurlburt a manufacturer of oakum in Bath, Me.
He m. Martha B. PhUlips and has a son:
3111. (1). Edwin Hurlburt (3d).
3112-3. xiii. Susan Ann Clark b. May 17, 1817, m. April 19, 1835, as
his second wife Gen. James N. Palmer of New Haven,
previous husband of her sister. He died Sept. 1866, in the
Lunatic Asylum. His widow resides in New Haven, Ct.,
but answers no letters of inquiry for further facts. Her
children have been :
3114. 1. Susan Maria Palmer.
3115- 6. 2. James N. Palmer, who m. Jan. 30, 1868, Eugenia Bunce.
3117- 8. 3. John C. Palmer.
3119. 4. Charles Palmer a teller in the New Haven Bank.
3079-80. i. Russell Clark b. Feb. 11, 1792, May 30, 1813, Sarah
Childs b. June 2, 1794 (dau. of Sylvester Childs and Mary Cone) a
farmer at Berlin, Ct., and previously a cloth dresser at Humphreysville, Ct.
(now Seymour), " and a solid member of the Methodist church." He
d. Jan. 14, 1855, aged 60. She d. Aug. 22, 1866, aged 72.
[8th Gen.J Children :
3120- 1. i. Luther Russell Clark b. in Dudley, Mass., May 23, 1814,
m. July 25, 1865, Julia Carroway : a tinsmith, he d. at
Beaufort, N. C, Aug. 16, 1861.
3122- 3. U. RosELLA Clark b. AprU 16, 1816, m. Aug. 22, 1832,
Elbert Joseph Clark b. Jan. 29, 1810 (son of Joseph
Clark and Sarah Bacon) a farmer at Berlin, Ct. Their
children :
3124. 1. Henry b. May 11, 1835, d. Dec 24, 1836.
3125. 2. Russell Joseph Clark b. May 28, 1843, a farmer at BerHn,
Ct.
3126. 3.' EUa Gertrude Clark b. May 23, 1850.
3127- 8. Ui. John Clark b. in Oxford, Mass., Dec. 9, 1817, m. in 1850,
Sarah Bishop : a farmer in Albia, Iowa. His children
are :
3029. 1. Frances. 3031. 3. Sarah.
3030. 2. Mary. 3032. 4. Maria.
3134- 5. iv. Hope Strong Clark b. Feb. 17, 1820, m. June 5, 1838,
Nicholas Berry of Camden, Me., a sail-maker. He d.
March 15, 1862. Their children :
3136. 1. Mary Eleanor Berry b. April 12, 1839.
3137. 2. John Clark Berry b. June 12, 1841.
3138. 3. Sarah ChUds Berry b. AprU 30, 1844.
3139. 4. Nicholas Luther Berry b. Oct. 9, 1846.

Son of Elder John Strong of Northampton. 189
3140. 5. Henry RusseU Berry b. Sept. 22, 1848.
3141. 6. Wilbur Fiske Berry b. Nov. 24, 1851.
3142. 7. Clarence Eugene Berry b. AprU 5, 1854.
3143. 8. Charles Wesley Berry b. Nov. 12, 1856.
3144. 9. Fanny CHff Berry b. June 7, 1860.
3145- 6. V. Sarah Childs Clark b. Nov. 16, 1825, m. Nov. 24, 1859,
Rev. Nathan Coleman b. Aug. 13, 1825, in Cheshire,
Mass. (son of Rufus Coleman and Wealthy Russell), a
school teacher at Albia, Iowa ; no issue.
[7th Gen.J
3094-5. V. Revilo Clark (son of Oliver Clark and Martha Strong) -J^
b. June 27, 1799, m. Jan. 1818, Rebecca Bush of Portland, Ct. ; a com
mission merchant at Washington, N. J. and a music teacher. He d.
at South River, N. J., April 12, 1862. His widow resides in New York.
[8th Gen.J Children :
3147. i. Joseph Clark, an engineer on an ocean steamer ; d. at sea.
8148- 9. ii. Emily Clark m. Nathaniel Sawyer of New York.
3150. iii. James Clark resides at South River, N. J.
3151. iv. Henry Clark.
3152. V. Fanny Clark.
[7th Gen.J
3098. vii. Benjamin Harris Cl.ark (son of Oliver Clark and Martha
Strong) b. June 13, 1803, m. in 1824, Hannah Johnson Lucas b. in
Middletown, Nov. 24, 1803 (dau. of John Lucas of Middle Haddam and
Hannah Johnson). He d. at WiUoughby, 0., Oct. 10, 1833, after a resi
dence there of but two months.
[8th Gen.J Children :
3153- 4. i. John Harris Clark b. Oct. 9, 1825, m. Dec. 24, 1853, Sarah
Jane Penfield b. Jan. 9, 1832 (dau. of Hiram Augustus
Penfield of Portland, Ct., and Sarah Parmelee McNary),
a farmer at Portland, Ct. Their children :
3155. 1. Sarah Penfield Clark b. Nov. 11, 1854.
3156. 2. Henry Augustus Clark b. Sept. 14, 1857.
3157- 8. ii. Emily Starr Clark b. Nov. 17, 1827, m. Oct. 17, 1848,
Joseph Elijah Hull of Meriden, Ct. (son of Elijah T.
Hull and Mary Lewis), a manufacturer of tools at Ha
milton, 0. Their children :
3159. 1. Julia Eleanor HuU b. March 4, 1853.
3160- 2. George Lewis Hull b. AprU 2, 1855.
3161. 3. Charies Joseph Hull b. Oct 30, 1856. They were each
born in Berlin, Ct.
3162 4. Harriet Ann HuU b. in Newport, Ky., Sept. 28, 1860, d. in
Middle Haddam, Ct, Jan- 23, 1863.
3163. 5. WUliam Lincoln Hull b. in Cincinnati, 0., Jan. 27, 1864,
where he d. Oct. 23, 1865.

190 The Descendants of John Strong of Windsor, Ct,
3164- 5 in Harriet Langdon Clark b. Sept. 4, 1830, m. April 7,
1859, Henry DeWolf, b. Oct. 13, 1829, at Rocky, Hill,
Ct., a mechanic at Berlin, Ct. Their chUdren :
3166. 1. Harris Clark DeWolf b. Jan. 26, 1860.
3167. 2. Charles Burton DeWolf b. Nov. 9, 1865.
[7th Gen.J
3104-5. xi. Warham Grant Clark b. Jan. 16, 1813, m. Aug. 24,
1843, Jane Love Rankin, a farmer at Albia, Iowa (since 1840).
[8th Gen.J Children:
3168. i. Oliver Strong Clark b. Jan. 12, 1845.
3169. ii. Wm. Preissnitz Clark b. Aug. 9, 1846.
3170. in. Warham Grant Clark b. Aug. 8, 1848.
8171. iv. Alfred Rankin Clark b. May 8, 1850.
3172. V. Emily RoseUa Clark b. Feb. 10, 1852.
3173. vi. John RusseU Clark b. Jan. 3, 1856.
3174. vii. James Francis Clark b. Dec. 18, 1856.
3175. vHi. Asaph Doane Clark b. Oct. 29, 1868.
3176. ix. Charles Henry Clark b. Nov. 8, I860.. \^-
3177. X. Homer Ives Clark b. Dec. 23, 1862. ¦
3178. xi. Benjamin FrankHn Clark b Feb. 18, 1865.
3179. xU. Edwi.n Luther Clark b. Feb. 21, 1867.
[6th Gen.J
2831-2. vii. Grace Strong (dau. of Dea. Josiah Strong and Mary
Harris) b. June 20, 1774, m. June 1, 1794, Joseph Brooks of Middle
Haddam, a sailor. He d. at sea and she m. for a second husband Jere
miah Goodrich, a farmer in Glastenbury, Ct.
[7th Gen.J Children :
By first husband :
3180. i. Martha Brooks b. Oct. 2, 1794, d. aged 16, in 1810.
3181- 2. H. Joseph Richard Brooks b. Jan. 15, 1797, m. a Mr. Hub
bard of Cornwall, Ct., a merchant in Cornwall. He has had
3 daughters, two of whom have married Messrs. Mackin
tosh, brothers, and one a Mr. Parker.
3183- 4. iH. Emmeline Brooks b. July 16, 1799, m. Horace Horton of
Glastenbury, a farmer in Atlas, Pike Co., 111.
3185- 7. iv. Lydia Brooks m. Howell Horton of Glastenbury, afarmer.
He d. and she m. for 2d husband Daniel W. Skeele, an
agent in Harlem, N. Y. No issue.
3188. V. Samuel A. Brooks, a steamboat captain on the Hudson
river : his family lived at Greenbush.
[6th Gen.J
2833-4. vin. Josiah Strong (son of Dea. -Josiah Strong and Mary
Harris) b. Jan. 13, 1777, m. Nov. 11, 1798, PoUy Reed b. AprU 2,1780
(dau. of SUas Reed of Ellington, Ct.). She d. Nov. 17, 1821, and he m.
Jan. 16, 1827, for 2d wife Mary Stanley b. Jan. 23, 1797, in Ireland. He

Son of Elder John Strong of NortJiampton. 191
was a farmer in Meredith, Delaware Co., N. Y. (1801-35), where he d.
Nov. 15, 1835. She d. Aug. 4, 1868, aat. 71, for 35 years a widow.
[7th Gen.J Children :
3189-90. i. Mary WaUace Strongb. May 31, 1800, m. Sluman Follett,
d. July 23, 1870, set. 70.
3191- 2. H. Marina Reed Strong b. July 2, 1802, m. Franklin Bristol
of Meredith, N. Y.
3193- 4. iii. Charles Lewis Strong b. June 21, 1804, m. Arabelle
Bradley of Sidney, N. Y. : has had children :
3195- 6. 1. Sarah Strong, m. R. 3198. 3. Charies Strong.
Haskins of Otego. 3199. 4. Josiah Strong.
3197. 2. Henry Strong. 3200. 5. Mary Strong.
3201- 2. iv. Miranda Goodrich Strong b. AprU 12, 1806, m. Oliver
Peak of Delhi, N. Y. She d. at Delhi about 1839 :
their children :
3203. 1 Spencer Peak. 3205. 3. Charies Peak.
3204. 2. Marcus Peak.
3206- 7. V. Marietta Tompkins Strong b. March 26, 1808, m. Ralph
" Follett of Franklin and more recently of Elmira, N. Y. :
Children :
3208- 9. 1. Oscar A. Follett, m. Sophia Delaney of Waverly, N. Y.,
lives at Elmira, N. Y.
8210. 2. Orson W. Follett, an Union soldier in the late war, d. in
camp, of measles.
3211. 3. Orrin Follett.
3212. 4. George H. FoUett.
3213. 6. Uzziel E. Follett.
3214- 5. vi. John Harris Strongb. June 6, 1810, a farmer in Meredith,
m. Susan Carpenter.
3216- 7. vU. Minerva Washington Strong b. Sept. 11, 1812, m. Eras
tus Hubbell of Sidney, N. Y. Their children :
3218. 1. Mary Hubbell. 3221. 4. Susan HubbeU.
3219. 2. Helen Hubbell. 3222. 5. Name not given.
3220. 3. Oscar HubbeU.
3223. vin. Josiah J. Strong b. AprU 27, 1818, d. June 14, 1819.
By second wife :
3224. ix. Josiah P. Strong b. Dec. 18, 1827, unmarried, a farmer
at Meredith.
3525- 6. X. Edwin Augustus Strong b. Aug. 28, 1830, m. Mary E.
Smith of Franklin, N. Y., a wagon maker at Meredith.
3189-90. i. Mary Wallace Strong b. May 31, 18C0, m. Jan. 4,
1821, Sluman Follett b. June 16, 1796 (son of James and Huldah PoUettof
Frankhn, N. Y.), afarmer in Waverly, N. Y., where she d. .July 23, 1870,
cet. 70. Their chUdren aU born at Franklin.
[8th Gen.J Children :
3227-8. i. Mary .Ann Follett b. Oct. 4, 1821, m. May 5, 1856, Henry
Wakeman Bradley (son of David Bradley of Sidney,
N. Y.) a dealer in paints in Plainfield, N. J.

192 The Descendants of John Strong of Windsor, Ct,
3229-30. H. Josiah FoUett b. AprU 12, 1823, m. March 15, 1851,
Harriet Reed, a farmer in Waverly, N. Y., and a dairy
man.
3231- 2. iH. Charles FoUett b. March 31, 1825, m. Jan. 24, 1858,
Martha Fleming, a farmer in Pecatonica, 111.
3233. iv. John Walter Follett b. May 22, 1827, a farmer in Pecato-
nica. 111., an Union soldier in the late war and d. in
camp in 1861, in Illinois.
3234r- 5. V- Silas Follett b. May 27, 1829, m. Feb. 18, 1861, Miranda
Hull ; a farmer in Pecatonica.
3236. vi. Julia Ette Follett b. Feb. 27, 1831, d. June 10, 1833.
3237- 8. vii. Julia Ann Follett b. June 20, 1834, m. AprU 20, 1860,
Ransom Munson (son of Garrett and Cynthia Munson
of Meredith), an architect in Watseoa, III.
3239. viU. Mariette Follett b. Sept. 20, 1836, d. Sept. 10, 1846.
3240. ix. Robert Follett b. Sept. 20, 1838, d. March 31, 1857.
3241- 2. X. Lucy Follett b. Nov. 7, 1840, m. a Mr. Woodruff of
Ridotto, 111.
[7th Gen.J
3191-2. n. Marina Reed Strong b. July 2, 1802, m. Feb. 1827,
Franklin Bristol b. in Meredith, N. Y., Aug. 29, 1799 (son of Amos
Bristol b. in Norwalk, Ct., Jan. 1769, a farmer in Unadilla, N. Y., where
he d. Dec. 8, 1848, and Jerusha Pratt b. in 1759, who d. in Meredith,
May 6, 1841), a farmer in Sylvania, Pa., where he d. March 1, 1866,
and where she stiU (1871) resides. ChUdren all born in Meredith but
the last who was b. in Unadilla.
[8th Gen.J Children :
3243- 4. i. James F. Bristol b. Dec 2, 1828, m. Sept. 24, 1867,
MeHssa Ripley b. in SuUivan, Pa., Sept. 10, 1828, a
shoemaker in Sylvania. Children :
3246. 1. Aurelia M. Bristol b. in Brownhelm, 0., June 17, 1858,
d. July 16, 1861, in Sylvania.
3246. 2. George A. Bristol b. in Sidney, N. Y., Jan. 21, 1860, and
d. there Feb. 11, 1860.
3247. 3. Egbert F. Bristol b. in Sylvania, Sept. 26, 1864.
Daniel H. Bristol b. March 26, 1831, m. Oct. 29, 1858,
Cynthia Benson b. in Rutland, Pa., Feb. 23, 1838, a
carpenter at Mainsburgh, Pa., killed by lightning at
Fall Brook, Pa , Aug. 28, 1869. ChUdren :
Ada R. Bristol b. at Sidney, N. Y., July 1, 1869.
Emma M. Bristol b. there Feb. 7, 1861.
EHzabeth Bristol b. at Sullivan, Pa., May 23, 1866.
FrankHn Bristol b. there Aug. 22, 1867.
Sylvester M. Bristol b. Aug. 21, 1833, a farmer at
Otego, N. Y. He m. Nov. 13, 1864, Jane A. Thayer
b. Aug. 28, 1847, in New BerHn, N. Y. Children :
James F. Bristol b. Oct. 18, 1865.
John Bristol b. Sept. 17, 1867.

3248- 9.

ii.

3260.
3251.3252.3263.

1.
2.3-4.

3254- 5.

iii.

3256.3257,

1.2,

Son of Elder John Strong of Northampton. 193
3258- 9. iv. Mary M. Bristol b. May 18, 1836, m. Feb. 5, 1868, S. L.
Richardson of Erie Co,, Pa.
3260- 1. V. Julia M. Bristol b. Sept. 25, 1840, m. Aug. 15, 1864,
Charles J. Ripley b. in Richmond, Pa., July 10, 1833, a
farmer in Mainsburgh, Pa. Children :
3262. 1. Perez F. Ripley b. Aug. 2, 1868, in Richmond, Pa.
3263. 2. Elmer E. Ripley b. there Aug. 10, 1870.
3264- 5. vi. Florence A. Bristol b.in Unadilla, N.Y., March 25, 1847,
m. in Philadelphia, Feb. 20, 1865, Ira J. Richardson b.
July 19, 1842, a farmer and blacksmith at Albion, Pa.
Children :
3266. 1. WiUiam B. Richardson b. June 5, 1865.
3267. 2. George F. Richardson b. Aug. 19, 1866.
[7th Gen.J
3214-5. vi. John Harris Strong (son of Josiah Strong of Meredith
and Polly Reed) b. June 6, 1810, m. May 20, 1840, Susan Carpenter b.
July 24, 1817 (dau. of John and Susan Carpenter), afarmer in Meredith,
N. Y. [8th Gen.J Children :
8268. i. Susan Augusta Strong b. March 18, 1841.
8269. n. David Harris Strong b. July 13, 1843, d. Nov. 3, 1864.
3270. iH. Charles Adelbert b. July 6, 1851.
3271. iv. Emma Jane Strong b. Oct. 5, 1858, d. July 4, 1864.
[5th Gen.J
2805-6. X. Benjamin Strong (son of Josiah Strong, Jr., and Han
nah Fuller) b. Feb. 15, 1759, m. 1782, Susan Trowbridge b. 1758 (dau. of
 Trowbridge of Colchester), a farmer in Middle Haddam, Ct., where
he d. about 1818, aged 58. She d.- in 1843, aged 85.
[6th Gen.J Children :
3272. i. Reuben Strong b. Oct. 6, 1783, lost at sea in 1809 (Nov.
19), when sailing to Norfolk, Va.
3273. U. Benjamin Strong b. 1785, lost at sea in 1809 (Nov. 19),
in company with his brother.
8274- 5. in. Susan Strong b. Feb. 1786, m. Oliver Ackley, Jr., a
blacksmith. She d. in Leyden, Lewis Co., N. Y. No
8276- 7. iv. Ansel Strong b. Oct. 23, 1789. StiU living (1871), at
Vesper, N. Y.
3278- 9. V. Rhoda Strong b. AprU, 1792, m. Alfred Hubbard. She
d. in Clayton, Wis., in 1867.
3280- 1. vi. LoviNA Strongb. Nov. 30, 1796, m. Chauncey B. Bulkley.
[6th Gen.J
3276-7. iv. Ansel Strong (son of Benjamin Strong and Susan
Trowbridge) b. Oct. 23, 1789, m. Oct. 25, 1810, Hannah ShaUer Stock-
25

194 The Descendants of John Strong of Windsor, Ct.,
ing b. Feb. 6, 1792 (dau. of Benjamin Stocking of Chatham, Ct., and
Dimmis Shailer), She d. Sept. 14, 1826, and he m. for 2d wife Nov. 20,
1826, Ruth FuUer b. July 30, 1799 (dau. of Matthew and Elizabeth
Fuller). She d. March 31, 1836, and he m. for 3d wife, June 15, 1836,
Hannah Bennett b. Aug. 18, 1808 (dau. of Peter Bennett and Asenath
Van Patten) ; a farmer at Vesper, Onondaga Co., N. Y. (since Dec,
1814), and previously at TuUy, N. Y.
[7th Gen.J Children : By fi/rst uAfe:
3282- 8. i. Reuben Strong b. June 6, 1815 ; a farmer in Greenfield,
MUwaukie Co., Wis., m. Pamelia Fuller, sister to his
father's 2d wife.
3284r- 5. u. Benjamin Strong b. Aug. 21, 1817 ; a farmer in Clayton,
Wis., m. Sophia Thompson.
3286- 7. in. David Brainerd Strong b. Sept. 24, 1819; a farmer in
Bristolville, 0., m. Betsey Kagy.
3288- 9. iv. Hezekiah Bulkley Strong b. Jan. 31, 1823; a farmer in
Butler, Johnson Co., 0. : m. in 1843 Caroline Stocking
(dau. of Hezekiah Stocking and Abigail Hubbard).
By second wife :
3290- 1. V. George Strong b. Dec. 6, 1827 ; a farmer in Clayton, Wis.,
m. Helen Alcott.
3292- 3. vi. Charles Strongb. Dec. 17, 1829, m. 1850 Margaret Hulse
(dau. of Oliver W. Hulse), no children ; a farmer in
Borodino, Onondaga Co., N. Y.
3294. vii. Anson Strong b. May 20, 1832 ; a farmer in lUinois.
By thi/rd wife ':
3295- 6. vin. William WaUace Strong b. Aug. 26, 1840, m. Aug. 26,
1866, Helen Lanning, a farmer in TuUy, Onondaga Co.,
N. Y. : has 3 children.
3297- 8. ix. Petee Caries Strong b. March 13, 1844, m. March 1, 1864,
Angelia Quackenbush. She d. April 16, 1868. He is
a farmer.
3299-300. X, Asenath Letitia Alice Strong b. July 18, 1848, m. Oct.
15, 1867, Horace Rowland, a farmer in 'iuUy, N. Y.
3302. xi Maria Louisa Strongb. Nov. 1, 1860, d. Oct. 11, 1862.
[6th Gen.]
3280-1. vi. LoviNA Strong (dau. of Benjamin Strong and Susan
Trowbridge) b. Nov. 30, 1796, m. Sept. 10, 1816, Chauncey Bowers
Bulkley; a farmer in Chatham, Ct.
[7th Gen.] Children:
3303- 4. i. LoviNA Bulkley b. Dee. 16, 1817, m. Alanson A. Clark.
3305. n. Delia Bulkley b. July 28, 1819.
3306. iii. Benjamin Bulkley b. March 1, 1821, resides in Lodi,
Iroquois Co., 111.
3807. iv. Susan Bulkley b. Nov. 10, 1822.
3808. v. Mary Bulkley b. Jan. 12, 1825.

Son of Elder .John Strong of Northampton. 195.
3333. vi. CHAU-^roBY Bilkley b. M ir jh 9, 1S38, resides iu Meriden, Ot.
331i). vn. William Newell Bulkley b, Jane 16, 183'3.
3311. vUi.OiiAaLES Carrell Bulkley b. Sspb. 25, 1832, resides in
Meriden.
3312. ix. Ellen Jane Bulkley b. Sept. 8, 1837.
[4th Gen.J See page 167.
2634-5. viU. Caleb Strong b. Feb. 20, 1713-4 (son of Josiah Strong
and Joanna GUlett), a farmer in Colchester, Ct., and after 1743 in Sharon,
Ot., m. Abiah Clark, b. in 1715. He d. in Sharon, Aug. 22, 1789, aged
76; she d. about 1815, aged about 100.
[5th Gen.J Children :
3313- 4. i. Caleb Strong b. June 20, 1749, d. Nov. 27, 1815.
3315- 6. ii. A daughter m. a Mr. Pardee of Sharon.
3317- 8. iii. A daughter m. Asahel Somers. They had a son. Rev.
Alvin Somers of Hartford, Ct.
3319-20. iv. Anna Strong b. about 1750, m. Jan. 5, 1769, David Good
rich, b. July 14, 1749 (son of David Goodrich of Sharon,
Ct., and Martha Mudge, b. in Hebron, Ct., dau. of Eben
ezer and AbigaU Mudge. Children :
3321. 1. Calvin Goodrich b. April 29, 1770.
3322. 2. ZUphina Goodrich b. May 20, 1772.
3323. 3. Betsey Goodrich b. May 29, 1774.
3324— 5. V. Zerviah Strong m. Nehemiah Chapman (son of Samuel
Chapman of Sharon, and previously of Colchester. Child
ren :
3326- 7. 1. Caleb Chapman b. in 1766, d. in Sharon in 1841, aged 75.
He m. Irene Everett of Sharon. Their only son Dr.
Caleb Chapman lives now (1870) at Groton, Tompkins
Co., N.Y.
3328- 9. 2. Their dau. Juliana m. 1804, Henry Peck (son of Michael
Peck of MUford, Ct.). She d. in Sharon, in 1826. Their
children :
3330- 1. (1). Mary A. Peck b. Sept. 30, 1812, m. Daniel BisseU Strong
of Ashland, N. Y.
3332- 3. (2). CaroUne Peck b. March 17, 1824, m. Major Elisha Pinneo
Strong (brother to Daniel B.). She d. in 1863, aged 39.
[5th Gen.J
3313-4. i. Caleb Strong, Jr., b. June 20, 1749, m. March 27, 1770,
Amy Lee b. Jan. 1, 1752, a farmer in Sharon, and after June, 1797, in
Meredith, Delaware Co., N. Y. He d. Nov. 27, 1815 : she d. July 24,
1825. [6th Gen.J Children :
3834r- 5. i. Eunice Strong b. Oct. 11, 1770, m. John Dibble : had 4
chUdren, Eunice, Polly, Lucy, Caroline.
3336. ii. Polly Strong b. July 29, 1772, d. unmarried June 29,
1849, in Meredith.

196 The Descendants of John Strong of Windsor, Ct,
3337. Hi. Patrick Strong b. May 30, 1774, d. Nov. 14, 1775.
3338- 9. iv. Caleb Strong b AprU 5, 1776, m. Jerusha Marsh : d. May,
1855 : had 4 children : Betsey, Caroline, MUly, Harry
William.
3340- 1. v. Lemuel Strong b. March 1, 1778, m. Eunice BUI : had 3
chUdren : Harriet, Charles and George : d. May 31, 1812.
3342- 3. vi. Lydia Strong b. AprU 29, 1780, m. Preserved Fish : had
4 children : d. May, 1854.
3344- 5. vii. Betsey Strong b. March 20, 1782, m. Elijah Wheeler,
had 8 children : Johnson, John, Polly, Charles, Elijah,
Orrin, Laura and Harriet: she d. in 1869.
3346- 7. vin. Lucy Strong b. April 19, 1784, m. Clark Lawrence : no
children.
3348- 9. ix. Chauncey Strong b, Oct. 11, 1786, m. Lydia Arnold :
had 6 chUdren : Lemuel, Ann who m. Marcus Frisbee
of Delhi, a farmer; George, Jonathan, Josiah, and Au
gusta. He d. Feb. 4, 1843, afarmer in Meredith.
3350- 1. X. Alfred Strong b. Jan, 10, 1789, m. Mabel Blakely, had
several children, d. 1868.
3352- 3. xi. Sally Strong b. March 9, 1791, m. Eleazer MiUard ; had
several children : she d. Sept. 1825.
3354^ 6. xii. Harvey Strong b. Sept. 2, 1794, m. Harriet O'Brien and
for 2d wife Sally Ann Benedict.
3356- 7. xiH. William Strong b. Feb, 29, 1797, m. in 1821, Charlotte
Whiting b. Feb. 16, 1800 (dau. of David Whiting of
Walton, Del. Co., N. Y., and Nanny Raymond) : a farmer
in Meredith : she d. in 1867, of consumption. ChUdren :
3368- 9. 1. Mary Ann, \ twin m. Thomas Bartlett, b. May 25, 1822.
3360- 1. 2. Mariette, j twin m. William H. Gates.
3358- 9. 1. Mary Ann Strong b. Aug. 25, 1822, m. Sept. 6, 1842, Tho
mas Bartlett b. March 16, 1813 (son of Abel Bartlett
and Hannah Fuller), a shoemaker in Franklin, Delaware
Co., N. Y., where he was for nearly thirty years a farmer.
Children :
3362- 3. (1). Emma Bartlett b. July, 1843, m. Oct. 30, 1860, Rev. Tho
mas Melancthon Williams b. in Sidney, Del. Co., N. Y.,
a Methodist minister ; has dau :
3364. a. Mabel Emma WiUiams, b. June 22, 1870.
3366. (2). Mariette Bartlett b. Aug. 13, 1846.
3366. (3). WiUiam Bartlett b. Sept. 16, 1848.
3367. (4). James Howard Bartlett b. Sept. 18, 1860.
3368. (5). Wesley Bartlett b. Feb. 10, 1864.
3369. (6). Annabel Bartlett b. Sept. 19, 1864.
3360-1. 2. Mariette Strong (twin) b. Aug. 25, 1822, m. Sept. 1848,
William Henry Gates (son of Harman Gates, b. in
Scotland, and Amanda Jackson), a farmer in Frank
lin. Children :
3370. (1). Henry Gates b. Dec. 9, 1860.
3371. (2). Clifford Gates b. July 15, 1852..
3372. (3). Julia Gates b. April 16, 1855.
3373. (4). William Gates b. Feb. 15, 1868.

Son of Elder John Strong of Northampton. 197
3374- 5. 8. Maria Strong (dau. of William Strong and Charlotte
Whiting) b. Nov. 15, 1824, m. Thomas Graham b. May
27, 1820 (son of Joseph Graham b. Nov. 10, 1788, and
Jane, his wife b. March 13, 1791), a farmer in Mere
dith. Children :
3376. (1). Milton MerrUl Graham b. Jan. 1, 1861.
3377. (2). Lillian May Graham b. May 14, 1855.
3378. (3). James Harper Graham b. April 3, 1859.
3379. 4. James Wilson Strong (son of William and Charlotte Strong)
b. April 28, 1826, d. May 4, 1845, of typhoid fever.
3380- 1. 6. Lewis Barber Strong b. Sept. 23, 1828, m. Jan. 2, 1850,
Janet Hymers b. March 26, 1831 (dau. of John Hy-
mers of Meredith b. in Scotland, and Elizabeth Ormis-
ton b. in Bovina, Delaware Co., N. Y.), a farmer in
West Meredith, N. Y. ChUdren :
3382. (1). Henry M. Strong b. Jan. 23, 1862.
3383. (2). Alfred D. Strong b. July 2, 1866.
3384. (3). Frank M. Strong b. Dec. 26, 1868.
3386. 6. William Madison Strong (son of William and Charlotte
Strong) b. Feb. 1, 1834, a ferry master in Brooklyn, N.Y.
an Union soldier for three years in the late war.
3386. 7. MUton MerrUl Strong b. July 6, 1839, d. Oct. 5, 1866, of
consumption.
[6th Gen.J
[The record of this family was not rendered until after the others be
longing to the same group were numbered.]
3354-5. xii. Harvey Strong (son of Caleb Strong, Jr., and Amy
Lee) b. Sept. 2, 1794, m. Jan. 25, 1818, Harriet O'Brien b. Nov. 11, 1799
(dau. of Jonathan and Miriam O'Brien of Meredith, N. Y.), a farmer at
Belvidere, 111. She d. Feb. 5, 1830, and he m. for 2d wife Nov., 1830,
Sarah Ann Benedict (dau. of Matthew and Rebecca Benedict of Marlboro,
N. Y.). She d. Jan., 1867. He d. Sept. 5, 1846.
[7th Gen.J Children : By fi/rst loife :
3355a. i. Juliette Strong b. Dec. 28, 1818. m. Oct. 29, 1837, Ezra
H. HubbeU b. Deo. 12, 1810 (son of John A. and Mary
HubbeU of Roxbury, Del. Co., N. Y.), a farmer at Bel
videre. Children :
33556. 1. Frederick B. Hubbell b. July 16, 1840, m. June 29, 1867,
Elizabeth Ann Dickinson (dau. of Daniel and Mary Ann
Dickinson of Belvidere), a farmer at Belvidere. He fur
nished the account here given of his grandfather's de
scendants. His children :
3355c. (1). Jeanie P. HubbeU b. Feb. 26, 1868.
3365c?. (2). Mary Esther HubbeU b. Aug. 13, 1869.
3355e. 2. Walter Dudley Hubbell b. Nov. 1, 1843, d. May 26, 1845.
3355/ 3. Frances Jane HubbeU b. Jan. 24, 1850, d. Feb. 20, 1854.
3365^. 4. WiUiam Harvey Hubbell b. Sept. 20, 1852.

198 The Descendants of John Strong of Windsor, Ct.,

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3355A. n. Jane Eliza Strong b. AprU 29, 1821, m. Nov. 1842, Miles,
A. Burdick b. in 1813 (son of Allen Burdick and
Elizabeth Marcy), a farmer at Belvidere. She d. March
20, 1861. ChUdren :
Orson Delos Burdick b. Aug. 12, 1843.
Harvey Strong Burdick b. April 11, 1846.
Helen Elizabeth Burdick b. March, 1850.
Juliette Augusta Burdick b. AprU, 1853.
Jane Ann Burdick b. AprU 29, 1856.
Caroline Calista Burdick b. Nov., 1858.
Harriet Emmeline Strong b. Sept. 23, 1823, m. Sept.:
1845, George W. McComber a blacksmith in California.
Children :
83552'. 1- Harriet Adelaide McComber b. Dec, 1846, m. WUHam
Guernsey of Red Bluffs, Tahama Co., Cal. They have
children :
3355r. (1). Minerva Jane Guernsey. 3355rr. (2). John Henry Guern-.
sey.
Frank Strong McComber.
Helen Eunice McComber.
Walter Delos McComber.
Walter Delos Strong b. April 13, 1826, m. Jan., 1862,
Margaret Miller of Scotland. He d. in California, in
1864, where she also d. in 1863. Children :
Annette Strong b. Nov. 1, 1852'.
Nelly Strong. 3365y. 3. Emma Strong.
Amanda Strongb. May 6, 1828, m. Oct. 20, 1849, Peter S.
Froom, a merchant in Belvidere. She d. Jan. 8, 1855.'
Children :
Peter Niram Froom b. June 4, 1850.
George David Froom b. Dec. 2, 1851.
Walter Bli Froom b. June 29, 1853, d. April 7, 1854.
Erastus Froom b. Jan. 6, 1866, d. Jan. 7, 1865.
By second ma/rriage :
3355ei vi. Mary Ann Strong b. Sept. 21, 1831, m. March 1, 1850,
Zina Henderson a gunsmith in Okoboji, Dickinson Co.,
Iowa (son of Zina and Minerva Henderson). Children :
1. Harvey Reginald Henderson b. Dec. 1860.
2. Frank Henderson b. Aug. 1862.
3. Alfonzo Henderson
4. Dean Henderson.
6. Elmer Ellsworth Henderson.

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vH. John Harvey Strong b. March 1, 1833, m. June, 1864,
Emily Calkins. Children :
3356ot>. 1. Annette Strong (twin) b. July, 1865.
3365»i'. 2. Juliette Strong (twin), b. July, 1866; and also a son and a
daughter, names unknown. •
3355oi. viii. Charles Alfred Strong b. Feb. 18, 1837, m. July 1864,
Mary Fox (dau. of George and Elizabeth Fox), a farmer
in Cherry Valley, III. Children :
3365p'. 1. Mary Elizabeth Strong b. July 4, 1866.

Son of Elder John Strong of NortJixmvpton. 199
3356gi. 2. Frank Juliette Strong b. Blay, 1867.
3365ri. 3. Charles Lewis Strong b. May, 1869.
3356s'. ix. Helen Rebecca Strong b. Jan. 24, 1839, m. June, 1857,
Elijah Ernest (son of Conrad and Catharine Ernest of
Monroe, Ogle Co., IU.), a farmer near Cherry Valley, 111.
Children :
3356«i. 1. Mariette Ernest b. Aug., 1857, d. Aug. 1861.
3366i4'. 2. Albert Edward Ernest b. May, 1861.
3355^1. 3. Harvey Strong Ernest b. June, 1863.
3366wi. 4. Frank Ernest b. Jan., 1865.
3365cci. 6. Nelly Ernest b. Oct. 1, 1870.
3355^1. X. Miles H. Strong b. July 20, 1841 ; a farmer, unmarried
(1871), in Okoboji, Iowa.
3365ai. xi. Dudley Smith Strongb. Sept. 5, 1846, a farmer at Chey
enne, Wyoming Territory.
See page 167.
2640-1. xiii. Asahel Strong (son of Josiah Strong of Windsor
and afterwards of Colchester, Ct., and Joanna Gillett) b. June 22, 1725,
m. June 7, 174 1, Betterns Crouch, a farmer at Colchester, Ct., where his
children were born to Asahel, 2d, inclusive.
[5th Gen.J Children :
3887. i. Irene Strong b. May 20, 1745.
3388. ii. Asahel Strong b. March 29, 1747, d. AprU 13, 1748.
3389-90. iii. Adonijah Strongb. May 21, 1749.
3391- 2. iv. Ambrose Strong b. Nov. 1, 1750.
3398. V. Joanna Strong b. Dec. 10, 1753, m. Aaron Dewey.
.3394- 5. vi. Betterus Strong (" Betty ") b. Nov. 3, 1755.
3396. vn. Asahel Strong (2d) b. Oct. 17, 1760.
3397. viii. Merct Strong d. unmarried.
3398. ix. PoLLT Strong m. Mr. Gott.
[5th Gen.J
3389-90. iii. Adonijah Strong (son of Asahel Strong of Colchester,
Ct. and Betterus Crouch) b. May 21, 1749, m. Mary (Polly) Kellogg
(dau of Daniel Kellogg of Bolton, Ct.) ; a farmer in Chatham, Ct. He
d. May 18, 1824, aged 75 years. She d. in 1822.
[The descendants of Adonijah Strong, numbering at that time in all 533,
held a family festival Aug. 22, 1866, at Easthampton, Ct. Four genera
tions were represented there, from grandchildren to great-great-great-
grandchildren. Young and old sat down at two tables 200 feet long
spread under a canopy of canvas and loaded with inviting viands. In
the after part of the day they adjourned to a neighboring church and
heard addresses from Henry Strong of East BerUn, Ct., and Gideon H.
Welch of New Haven, Ct., followed by various speakers in prose and
verse. Hon. Daniel Strong of Portland, Ct , stated that " no one of

200 The Descendants of John Strong, of Windsor, Ct.
the family had ever been arraigned for any, even petty, crime, and that
no one of them was ever an inmate of an almshouse or dependent on
public or private charity for support." The day was spent in songs and
speeches, prayers and praises, and sweet mutual converse. The band of
the governor's guard at Hartford was present to enliven the occasion with
music. The day of festivities was closed in form at an early hour with
Auld Lang Syne and a Doxology. But the younger representatives of
the family kept up the frolic to the gratification of many older than them
selves to a late hour of the night. This large family had lost the line of
its descent in some of its links, and had come to misconceive its very
direction, thinking themselves descendants, very wrongly, of Jedediah
Strong of Coventry, Ct. In a published account of their festival, they
said, " From Jedediah Strong to Adonijah there is a break in the records
which it is hoped and expected will be hereafter some day supplied and
any one who can furnish any information on the subject will confer a
favor by doing so." It gave the author special pleasure to be able to
inform this large family of Strongs of their lost lineage.] Adonijah Strong
had twelve children :
[6th Gen.J Children:
3399. i. Adonijah Strong b. in 1773. He was drowned AprU 17,
1809, s&t. 36.
8400- 1. ii. Mart Strong ("Polly") b. about 1775, m. Nathaniel
Markham of Easthampton.
3402- 3. iH. Abigail Strong b. about 1777, m. Elijah Ackley, and for
2d husband, Mr. Holmes.
9404- 5. iv. Henry Strong b. about 1779. He d. July 2, 1828,
set. 49.
3406- 7. V. Betsey Strong b. about 1780, m. Daniel Harding of
Chatham, Ct.
3408- 9. vi. Anna Strong b. about 1782, m. Oliver Brainerd.
3410. vii. Asahel Strong b. about 1784.
3411. viH. Kellogg Strong b. about 1786, d. early.
3412. ix. LoviN^ Strong b. in 1789, d. unmarried July 2, 1864.
3413. X. Kellogg Strong (2d), d. early.
3414- 5. xi. Kellogg Strong (3d), b. Oct. 30, 1791.
3416. xn. Daniel Strong b. in 1793, d. in 1813, set. 20.
3399. i. Adonijah Strong, Jr., b. in 1773, m. in 1793, EHzabeth
Cook (dau. of Moses Cook and Elizabeth Cone, and sister of Susan Cook,
wife of his brother Henry Strong) b. in 1774. He was a farmer at East
hampton, Ct. He d. AprU 17, 1809, set. 36, by being drowned whUe
attempting to cross the Westfield river. She d. Aug. 14, 1851, set. 77.
[7th Gen.J Children :
3417- 8. i. Elizabeth Strong b. about 1795, m. Bliss Welch and for
2d husband Jesse Hurlbut.
3419-20. H. Charlotte Strong b. Jan. 18, 1797, m. Nathaniel C.
Smith.

Son of Elder John Strong of Northampton. 201
3420- 1. ni. Lydia Strong b. Dec. 6, 1798, m. Henry Bush.
3422- 8. iv. Lucy Strong b. Oct. 11, 1800, m. her double cousin Henry
Strong (son of Adonijah Strong and Polly Kellogg).
See infra.
3424- 5. v. Hannah Strong b. Oct. 8, 1802, m. Gilbert HUls of East
hampton, Ct.
3426- 7. vi. Charles Adonijah Strong b. July 6, 1804.
3428- 9. vn. Julia Ann Strong b. 1806, m. Harvey Harding of Bast
hampton, Ct.
3430- 1. vni. Polly Strong b. Nov. 3, 1808, m. George Kilbourn
White of Easthampton, Ct.
8417-8. i. Elizabeth Strong m. Bliss Welch (son of Elder WUHam
Welch of Easthampton and Deborah Jewett), a bell founder in East
hampton. He d. and she m. for 2d husband Jesse Hurlbut, a farmer in
Portland, Ct. No issue by the 2d marriage. He d. in 1870, set. 98.
[8th Gen.J Children :
By fi/rst marriage :
3432- 3. i. Eliza Amanda Welch m. Jan. 8, 1833, Chester Sherman
Hurlbut of Portland, Ct., a farmer. They have 3 child
ren :
3434- 5. 1. Ellen Hurlbut m. a Mr. Clark of Clarksville, Mich.
3436. 2. Lozien Arnold Hurlbut, a lawyer in Mich.
3437- 8. 3. Emma Hurlbut m. Charles Smith of Portland, Ct., a farmer.
3439-40. ii. Charlotte Selima Welch m. Alanson Hurlbut, a farmer
in Portland, Ct. Their children :
3441-2. 1. Adelaide Hurlbut m. Daniel Hopkins, afarmer in Portland,
Ct.
8443. 2. Harry M. Hurlbut, a farmer in Portland, Ct.
3444. 3. Frank Hurlbut, a joiner in Middletown, Ct.
3445. iii. Frances Augusta Welch d. aged 18.
3446- 7. iv. James Munroe Welch, a travelling mercantile agent in
NewHaven, Ct. He m. BlizaHigginsof East Haddam,
Ct. (dau. of Judge Gideon Higgins). Their children :
3448. 1. Gideon Higgins Welch, a lawyer in Wolcottville, Ct.
3449. 2. Henry Welch, resides in Jeffersonville, Indiana.
8450. 3. William Webster Welch, a clerk in New Haven, Ct.
8451. 4. Carrie Welch.
3452- 3. V. Hon. Adonijah Strong Welch, m. Eunice Buckingham.
He was principal of the State Normal School at Ypsi-
lanti, Mich. She d. in Florida. He was U S. Senator
from Florida (elected for a short term), in 1868. He is
principal now of an agricultural school in Ames, Iowa.
His children are :
3454. 1. William Welch. 3456. 3. Henry Strong Welch.
3455. 2. Genevieve Welch.
3467- 8. vi. Henrietta Welch m. Rev. Jedediah Post of Manchester,
Ct., a Methodist minister. Their chUdren :
26

202 The Descendants of John Strong of Windsor, Ct.,
3459. 1. Adonijah Post. 3461. 3. Henrietta Post.
8460. 2. WiUiam Post. 3462. 4. Elizabeth Post.
3463- 4- vH. Luct Ann Welch m. a Mr. Rathbone of East Lyme, Ct.,
h.ad two children.
3465. viu. William Bliss Welch, a clerk in New Haven, Ct., where
he died.
3466. ix. Sarah Jane Welch d. unmarried.
8467- 8. X. Deborah Welch m. a Mr. Peale of Norwich, Ct., ; have 3
children.
3469-70. xi. Dwight Moseley Welch, a travelling mercantile agent in
New Haven, Ct. He m. Elizabeth Mary Smith of New
Haven, Ct. Their children :
3471. 1. An infant that d. early. 3474. 4. Harry Wales Welch.
3472. 2. Jesse Hurlbut Welch. 3476. 5. Lillie Welch.
3473. 3. Henry Strong Welch. 3476. 6. Eula Welch, d. early.
[7th Gen.J
3419-20. ii. Charlotte Strong (dau. of Adonijah Strong and Eli
zabeth Cook), b. Jan. 18, 1797, m. May 23, 1816, Nathaniel Clark
Smith, b. May 17, 1795 (son of Sparrow Smith and Eunice Clark), a
mechanic at Chatham, Ct., and town clerk for 25 years. She d. July 12,
1862. [8th Gen.J Children :
3477- 8. i. Anzolette Diana Smith b. March 7, 1818, m. Philo S.
Parsons.
3479. n. Clark N. Smith b. Dec 25, 1819.
3480- 1. in. Elizabeth E. Smith b. Dec. 22, 1821. m. Oliver Marcy.
3482- 3. iv. Roxana M. Smith b. Oct. 18, 1823, m. Gordon Wads
worth Goodrich.
3481- 5. V. Henrt Strong Smith b. Dec. 12, 1825.
3486. vi. Edwin Dwight Smith b. March 5, 1828, d. Sept. 5, 1850.
3487- 8. VU. Moses Cook Smith b. April, 1830.
3489-90. viu. John Charies Smith b. May 14, 1832, m. Nov. 28, 1854,
Helen Marr Abbott; a travelling agent in New York.
They had one child :
3491. 1. Nelly Jane Smith b. Sept. 14, 1857, d. July 17, 1863.
3492. ix. Luct Gertrude Smith b. AprU 29, 1836, d. Sept. 15, 1848.
3493- 4. X. Sparrow Adonijah Smith, a merchant in California, b.
Nov. 10, 18?8, m. April 3, 1867, Carrie Rich of Cal.
They have a son :
1. Howard S. Smith b. July 4, 1869.
3495- 6. xi. Sarah Christie Smith b. Nov. 11, 1841, m. Aug. 28,
1864, James Edgar Ackley, b. Aug. 10, 1841 (son of
Washington S. Ackley and Deidamia Strong), a joiner
in Chatham, Ct.
3477-8. i. Anzolette Diana Smith b. March 7, 1818, m. Sept. 24,
1836, PhUo Skidmore Parsons, b. Nov. 13, 1813 (son of Truman Par-

Son of Elder John Strong of Northampton. 203
sons of Amenia, N. Y., and Elizabeth Bariow), an artisan in Brooklyn,
N. Y. [9th Gen.J Children:
3497. i. Alexena J. Parsons b. AprU 6, 1839, d. Nov. 1, 1855.
3498. U. Minerva B. Parsons b. March 28, 1841.
3499. iii. Truman N. Parsons b. May 29, 1843,
3500. iv. Charlotte E. B. Parsonsb. Oct. 7, 1844, d. Feb. 9,1845.
3501. V. Charles A. Parsons b. May 4, 1846.
3602. vi. Mat N. Parsons b. Nov. 17, 1848, d. July 19, 1868.
3503. vii. Dwight S, Parsons b. Oct. 8, 1856.
[8th Gen.J
3479. u. Clark Norton Smith b. Dec. 25, 1819, m. July 18, 1845,
Abby L. Daniels ; a merchant in Chester, Ct.
[9th Gen.J Children :
3504. i. Elizabeth N. Smith b. Dec. 8, 1847.
3505. u. Ida G. Smith, b. May 16, 1852, d. Aug. 5, 1853.
3506. in. Edwin N. Smith b. April 25, 1857, d. June 30, 1866.
[8th Gen.J
3480-1. iU. Elizabeth Eunice Smith b. Dec. 22, 1821, m. July
2, 1847, Oliver Marcy ; professor of the natural sciences and physics in
the N. W- University, Evanston, 111.
[9th Gen.J Children :
3507. i. Annie S. Marcy, b Nov. 30, 1851.
3608. u. Edwin G. Marcy, b. Jan. 23, 1854, d. July 2, 1855.
3509. in. Frederic M. Marcy b. Nov. 2, 1856, d. Sept. 25, 1857.
3510. iv. Maude Elizabeth 0. Marcy b. June 20, 1862.
[8th Gen.J
3482-3. iv. Roxana Maria Smith b. Oct. 18, 1823, m. Feb. 18,
1842, Gordon Wadsworth Goodrich, a joiner in Missouri.
[9th Gen.J Children :
Norton W. Goodrich b. Nov. 10, 1845.
Isabel M. Goodrich b. Aug. 21, 1861.
Elizabeth A. Goodrich, b. June 26, 1853, d. July 12,
1853.
Charles G. Goodrich b. Aug. 7, 1854.
Alexena J. Goodrich b. Oct. 2, 1855.
LuOT H. Goodrich b, Dec 5, 1867, d. Nov. 9, 1868.
vii. Elizabeth S. Goodrich b.Feb. 2, 1860, d. Sept. 4, 1860.
vHi. Edwin Goodrich b. Aug. 21, 1865, d. Sept. 6, 1866.
ix. Frederic G. Goodrich b. Sept. 19, 1866, d. Oct. 19, 1866.
[8th Gen.J
3484-5. V. Henrt Strong Smith b. Dec. 12, 1825, m. Oct. 29,

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204 The Descendants of John Strong of Windsor, Ct,
1846, Helen Marr Niles (dau. of Dan Beach NUes of Easthampton,
and Maria Harrington) a bell manufacturer in Chatham, Ct.
[9th Gen.J Children:
3520. i. Stella N. Smith b. Dec. 6, 1847.
3521. H. Gertrude A. Smith b. June 9, 1849.
3522. iii. Florence A. Smith b. Oct. 21, 1856.
3523. iv. Howard N. Smith b. Dec. 16, 1858.
3624. V. Grace Smith b. May 3, 1863.
[8th Gen.J
3487-8. vU. Moses Cook Smith b. AprU 2, 1830, m. Oct. 7, 1863, Mary
Elizabeth Cobb (dau. of an iron founder in New York city).
[9th Gen.J Children :
3626. i. Clara C. Smith b. Oct. 26, 1856.
3626. u. Edwin N. Smith b. April 26, 1857.
3627. in. Ida V. Smith b. AprU 22, 1860, d. Dec 9, 1860.
3528. iv. Frederic N. Smith b. Dec. 25, 1861.
[7th Gen.J
3420-1. iii. Ltdia Strong (dau of Adonijah Strong, Jr., and Elizabeth
Cook) b. Dec. 6, 1798, m. Feb. 1816, Henry Bush b. Jan. 22, 1794 (son
of Henry Bush of Canaan, N. Y., and Olive Annable), a bell manufac
turer at Easthampton, Ct. He d. Dec. 7, 1869 : She d. Oct. 16, 1844,
aged 46.
[8th Gen.J Children :
3629-30. i. Charlotte AmeUa Bush b. Jan. 21, 1817, m. Jan. 1, 1836,
Zaman Cady, a stone cutter in Easthampton, Ct. They
were divorced in 1851, and he married again in 1853.
Children :
3631. 1. Mary Emmeline Cady b. Dec. 1, 1837, d. March 11, 1839.
3532- 3. 2. Susan Sophia Cady b. Feb. 20, 1839, m. Dec 20, 1860,
Welman Brainerd Weirs of Newington, Ct. (son of Fla-
vel Weirs and Mary Ann Churchill); a farmer. They
have had 3 children.
3534. (1). Burton Revilo Weirs b. in 1861, and d. in 1863.
3635. (2). Lucy Emma Weirs b. Jan. 6, 1867.
3636. (3). Nellie Virginia Weirs b. Aug. 21, 1868.
3637. 3. Ellen Lydia Cady b. Sept. 19, 1851.
3538- 9. ii. Luct Ann Bush b. Feb. 24, 1819, m. Lewis L. HaU.
3540. iH. Selina Olivia Bush b. AprU 21, 1821, d. April 6, 1842.
3641- 2. iv. Betset Emmeline Bush b. Nov. 7, 1822, m. June 5, 1853.
Capt. Henry Knowles (son of B. F. Knowles of Groton,
Ct.), a sea captain engaged in the seal fishery, and sup
posed to have been killed by his crew, who were Spaniards,
April, 1864. He had one son :
3543. 1. Frederic Henry Knowles b. June 21, 1857. His widow
resides (1871), at New London, Ct.

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Son of Elder John Strong of Northampton. 205
3544- 5. V. William Henry Bush b. at Canaan, N. Y., Dec. 13, 1824,
m. March 18, 1850, EHza Ann Clark of Waterbury, Ct.,
a travelling mercantile agent residing in New Haven, Ct.
Children :
James Clark Bush b. Oct. 31, 1850.
Lucy P. Bush b. Sept. 10, 1852.
CaroUne E. Bush b. Feb. 25, 1851.
^Satharine J. Bush b. Dec. 30, 1855.
Charlotte E. Bush b. Dec 20, 1859.
Charles Adonijah Bush b. Jan. 1827, a blacksmith in
New Haven, Ct. He m. Eliza Mary Lewis of New
London, Ct. Children : '^
Shaw Bush. 3555. 3. Charles Woodbury Bush.
Anna Bush. 3556. 4. George Mahlon Bush.
, Alfred Elliott Bush b. Dec. 1829, a merchant in Austra
lia, where he m. Ada Bird. He has four children :
Lydia, Constance, Ernest and Lucy.
3559-60. viU. Talman Clifford Bush b. March 20, 1831, m. Dec. 31,
1851, Frances M. Prince of New London, Ct., b. March
27, 1834, a mechanic in New Haven. Children :
Fanny Newman Bush b. Oct. 5, 1852.
Edward Prince Bush b. AprU 14, 1857.
Henry C. Bush b. Jan. 22, 1861.
Martha L. Bush b. Sept. 19, 1862, d. Oct. 13, 1864.
Herbert S. Bush b. July 12, 1868.
Frank C. Bush b. June 27, 1870.
3567- 8. ix. Philo Parsons Bush b. in Easthampton, March 16, 1836,
m. Jan. 30, 1866, Melissa J. Godfrey of New London
(dau. of William and Sarah Godfrey) b. at Willimantic,
Ct., April 21, 1837, and d. in New Haven, Oct. 28,
1869. He is a machinist at New Haven. Children :
3669. 1. Alfred L. Bush b. Feb. 16, 1868, in New London.
3570. 2. Frederic W. Bush b. Dec. 17, 1861, in New Haven.
3571. 3. PhUo C. Bush b. Jan. 18, 1866.
3572. 4. Francis C. Bush b. Nov. 10, 1868, in New Haven, and d.
at Andover, Ct., Aug. 3, 1869.
3573. 5. Harriet A. Bush b. Oct. 22, 1869, at New Haven, d. Aug.
11, 1870.
3673a. X. Emma Antoinette Bush b. July 21, 1838, d. unmarriedjOf
consumption, aged 25, Nov. 17, 1863.
3538-9. u. Luct Ann Bush (dau. of Henry Bush and Lydia Strong)
b. Feb. 24, 1819, m. Nov. 27, 1840, Lewis Lawrence Hall b. Aug. 30,
1819 (son of Giles Cowdrey Hall of Easthampton and Dolly Stevens
Parmelee), a farmer at Basthampton, Ct., and formerly a bell manufac
turer there.
[9th Gen.J Children :
3574- 5. i. Albert Frederick HaU b. Sept. 26, 1841, a shipping
clerk at Canton, 0. He m. Aug. 6, 1865, Martha Helen

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206 The Descendants of John Strong of Windsor, Ct,
Nichols of New Haven (dau, of Byron Nichols and
Mary Olds). Children :
3676. 1. WiUie HaU d. soon.
8677. 2. Robert Thomas Hall b. Aug. 24, 1869.
3578. ii. Robert Henry Hall b. Sept. 30, 1845, Uves unmarried at
home.
3579-80. in. Marion Lydia Hall b. Feb. 18, 1848, m. May 3, 1870,
Edwin Dwight Barton b. Jan. 24, 1847 (son of Hubbard
Barton of Easthampton and Deborah Hart), a bell-maker
at Easthampton.
3581. iv. John Smith HaU b. May 16, 1858.
[7th Gen.J
3424-5. V. Hannah Strong (dau. of Adonijah Strong, Jr., and
Elizabeth Cook) b. Oct. 8, 1802, m. Jan. 29, 1823, Gilbert Hills of East
hampton, Ct., b. March 27, 1799 (son of David Hills and Polly Welch),
a book publisher at Lancaster, Pa., where he d, Feb. 7, 1850. His widow
resides at Easthampton.
[8th Gen.J Children :
3682- 3. i. Gilbert Miner Hills b. Feb. 8, 1824.
3584- 5. ii. Emily Tower Hills b. March 28, 1826, m. Oct. 29, 1846,
Julius Jerome Niles b. 1822 (son of Dan Beach NUes
and Maria A. Harrington), a livery stable keeper at
Easthampton, Ct. They have one child :
3686. 1. Lizzie Jane NUes b. June 24, 1867.
3587- 8. iii. Elizabeth Mary Hills b. Dec. 24, 1826, m. at Lancaster,
Pa., Sept. 15, 1850, Peter Jonas Albright b. April 23,
1822 (son of Peter Albright of Maytown, Pa., and Mary
Haines), a farmer at Maytown. He d. April 13, 1866 :
she resides (1870) at Easthampton. Their children :
3689. 1. Penrose Hills Albright b. July 8, 1862.
3690. 2. Henry Haines Albright b. AprU 1, 1864.
She closes her account of her family with the wish : " May we continue
to be : " Strong in name and
Strong in fame.
Our history still a living flame
A power among the nations."
3691. iv. Col. Francis Mortimer HUls b. June 16, 1829.
3692. V. Josephine Sophia Hills b. March 24, 1831, d. June 18,
1834.
3693- 4. vi. Hannah Maria Hills b. June 23, 1833, m. Dec 13, 1857,
Alexander H. Markham b. March 1, 1824 (son of
Nathaniel Markham and Nabby J. Smith), a butcher
at Easthampton, Ct. Their children :
3596. 1. Thaddeus Stevens Markham b. Sept. 16, 1868.
3696. 2. Leander Gilbert Markham b. April 29, 1860.
3597. 3. Mary Grace Markham b. Feb. 21, 1864.
3598. VU. Socrates T. HUls b. May 26, 1836.

Son of Elder JoJm Strong of Northampton. 207
3699-600. viU. Josephine Sophia HiUs, 2d, b. Feb. 6, 1840, m. June 3,
1856, Henry Valette Barton (son of Hiram Barton
and Lois Watrous), a constable at Basthampton, Ct.
Their chUdren :
8601. 1. Gertrude Elizabeth Barton b. Oct. 6, 1861.
3602. 2. Maude Barton b. Jan. 22, 1869.
3603. ix. Thaddeus Newton Selden Hills b. July 6, 1842, d. Dec.
24, 1844.
3604. X. OsMER Cook HUls b. Jan. 9, 1845.
.3605. xi. Lucy Rosalie Hills b. July 30, 1847, d. July 11, 1849.
3582-3. i. Gilbert Miner Hills b. Feb. 8, 1824, m. July, 1860,
Ellen Catharine Shaeffer b. Nov. 26, 1833 (dau. of PhUip Shaeffer and
Catharine Ann Miller), a farmer in Salona, Clinton Co., Pa., where he has
been most of his life a teacher.
[9th Gen.J Children :
3606-7. i. Gertrude Catharine Hills b. Feb. 11, 1851, m. Daniel B.
Herr.
3608. H. Nancy Elizabeth HUls b. Dec. 2, 1853.
3609. iU. Philip Shaeffer Hills b. Feb. 3, 1857.
3610. iv. Gilbert Samuel HUls, b. Oct. 24, 1869.
3611. V. Penrose Jerome HiUs b. July 29, 1864.
3612. vi. Socrates Jewett Hills b. AprU 4, 1867.
.3613. vii. (A son unnamed). Hills, b. Jan. 12, 1870.
[8th Gen.J
3591. iv. Col. Francis Mortimer Hills b. June 15, 1829, m.
AprU 29, 1849, Anna Rebecca Williams (dau. of William Williams of
Wrightsville, Pa.), a tobacconist in Titusville, Pa. He was a soldier in
the Mexican war and an Union soldier in the late war.
[9th Gen.J Children :
'3614. i. Oscar Alfonte HiUs b. about 1850.
3615. ii. Leslie Webster Hills b. about 1852.
3616. iii. Milton G. HUls b. about 1864.
[7th Gen.J
3426-7. vi. Charles Adonijah Strong (son of Adonijah Strong, Jr.,
and Elizabeth Cook) b. July 6, 1804, m. Nov. 23, 1827, Lucy Brainerd
Hurlbut b. Sept. 4, 1806 (dau. of Jesse Hurlbut and Lucy Bailey). She
. d. May 18, 1835, and he m. May 2, 1836, Sally Hurlbut b. Nov. 3, 1802,
(dau. of Jesse Hurlbut and Lucy Bailey), a farmer at Ba.sthampton, Ct.
[8th Gen.J Children : By first wife :
3616- 7. i. Franklin Dana Strong b. Aug. 29, 1828, m. Oct. 1852,
Amanda Elizabeth Hinckley b. July 4, 1835 (dau. of

208 TJie Descendants of John Strong of Windsor, Ct.,
John Gillett Hinckley of Chatham and Ursula Adelia
Brainerd), a mason at Easthampton, Ct. They have one
child.
3618. i. Lelia Adell Strong b. Dec. 1, 1865.
3619. u. Sarah Augusta Strong b. July 7, 1830, d. Oct. 18, 1833.
3620. Hi. Sarah Strong b. Dec. 24, 1834, d. July 25, 1835.
By second wife :
3621- 2. iv. Jesse Hurlbut Strong b. AprU 6, 1837, an iron moulder
in New Britain, Ct. He m. AprU, 1866, Frances Louise
Johnson (dau. of Wm. Johnson of Killingworth and
Catharine Wright). They have one child :
3623. 1. Gertrude Ellen Strong.
3624. V. Lucy Elizabeth Strong b. Aug. 24, 1840, lives unmarried,
(1870), at Basthampton, Ct.
3626- 7. vi. Charles Henry Strong b. Feb. 10, 1843, m. Aug. 1, 1865,
Ann Ulalia Ackley b. Feb. 5, 1846 (dau. of Warren S.
Ackley of Chatham, Ct., and Mary Ann Willey), a
farmer at Basthampton, Ct. They have one child :
3628. 1. Harry Warren Strong b. Oct. 1867.
[7th Gen.J
3428-9. VU. Julia Ann Strong b. in 1806 (dau. of Adonijah Strong,
Jr., and Elizabeth Cook), m. her cousin, Harvey Harding (son of Daniel
Harding of Chatham, and Betsey Strong), a farmer in Basthampton, Ct.,
where he d. She stUl (1871) resides in Wolcott, Ct.
[8th Gen.J Children :
8629-30. i. Elizabeth Harding m. Frank Goodrich of Glastenbury,
Ct., a joiner, he d. about 1852. They had one child,
Ella.
3631. ii. Lorenzo Harding, a proprietor and manager of a canal
boat on the Erie canal.
3632- 3. iii. Julia Ann Harding m. George Robinson of Glastenbury ;
a joiner; had 6 children who all d. in infancy; he d. in
the Union army in the late war.
3634- 5. iv. Mariette Harding m. Stuart Dean Parmelee (son of
Bryant Parmelee and Huldah Dean), a joiner in East
hampton, Ct. ; has 3 chUdren :
3636. 1. Elizabeth Parmelee. 3638. 3. Julia Ann Parmelee.
3637. 2. Elmer Parmelee
3639-40. V. Lavinia Harding m. George Sellew, an engineer on a
steam propeller ; lives in Hartford, Ct. ; has 5 children.
3641- 2. vi. Daniel Harding, a machinist at Hartford, Ct., m. Charlotte
Matthews (dau. of Hiram Matthews of Easthampton, Ct.,
and Phebe Case); has several children.
3643. vii. Francis Harding resides unmarried at Wolcott, Ct.
3644- 6. viii. Jenny Harding m. George Andrews of Glastenbury, Ct.,
and now of Wolcott, Ct., a farmer.

Son of Elder John Strong of NortJiampton. 209
[7th Gen.J
3430-1. viu. PoLLT Strong (dau. of Adonijah Strong, Jr., and
Elizabeth Cook), b. Nov. 3, 1808, m. July 4, 1827, George KUbourne
White b. May 27, 1808, in Buckland, Mass. (son of David White and
Sophia KUbourne), a farmer at Chatham, Ct., and after 1836 at Annsville,
N. Y., where she d. Aug. 1, 1848, and he d. Oct. 5, 1852.
[8th Gen.J Children :
3646- 7. i. Betset Ann White b. in Chatham, Ct., Jan. 24, 1828, m.
WiUiam Chester White of Burr Oaks, Iowa.
3648- 9. u. Lavinia Strong White b. in Chatham, June 28, 1830, m.
Oct. 4, 1849, Deming Walter Sexton b. Dec 12, 1819
(son of Walter Sexton b. May, 1787, and Nancy Barton
b. Nov. 1792), a lock maker in Easthampton, Ct.
Children :
3650. 1. Josephine Adelaide Deming b. April 10, 1851.
3651. 2. Genevra Jane Deming b. March 28, 1864.
3652. 3. ZiUah Roe Deming b. AprU, 1858.
3653- 4. iH. Sophia Almeda White b. March 7, 1832, m. Feb. 15,
1857, Ezra Gordon Cone b. in Chatham, July 27, 1831
(son of Nathaniel Greene Cone b. Jan. 1786, and Sophia
Bolles b. in 1790, who d. March 10, 1842), a beU manu
facturer in Basthampton, Ct. Their children are :
Ernest Green Cone b. Nov. 8, 1868.
Sophie White Cone b. Nov. 2, 1864.
Ezra Gordon Cone b. Dec. 19, 1866.
Mary Bolles Cone b. Aug. 24, 1870.
Catharine Coe White b. July 22, 1834, in Chatham, Ct.,
m. AprU 13, 1853, Denison AbeU Rich b. Aug. 27,
1830 (son of Amos Rich and Martha Abell), a bell
manufacturer in Easthampton, Ct. Their children are :
Harriet Fedora Rich b. July 6, 1864.
George Nelson Rich b. Oct. 5, 1856.
Flora AbeU Rich b. Oct. 13, 1860.
Catharine White Rich b. July 15, 1862.
Herbert Strong Rich b. Oct. 3, 1869.
George Henry White b. in Annsville, N. Y., June 1, 1837,
m. May 16, 1864, Ellen Augusta Barton b. Dec. 17,
1840 (dau. of Hubbard Barton b. March 7, 1797, who
d. AprU 10, 1860, and Deborah Griffith Clark b. Nov. 3,
1802), a bell manufacturer in Easthampton, Ct. Their
children are :
3668. 1. Clara Barton White b. Feb. 13, 1865, d. Sept. 25, 1867.
3669. 2. A daughter unnamed b. and d. March, 1869.
3670. 3. George KUbourne White b. April 29, 1870.
3671. vi. Barzillai Monroe White b. March 18, 1841, d. May 14,
1843.
3672- 3. vn. Josephine White b. in Annsville, March 26, 1844, m.
July 1, 1863, Irvin Hiram Abell, b, June 27, 1838 (son
of Annil Abell, b. April 6, 1808, and Mariette Veazey,
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210 The Descendants of John Strong of Windsor, Ct.,
b. Oct. 9,1810, whom he m. Oct. 9, 1833), abeU manu
facturer in Easthampton, Ct. Their children :
3674. 1. Winfield Veazey Abell, b. June 7, 1865.
3675. 2. Paul White Abell b. Aug. 30, 1867.
3646-7. i. Betsey Ann White b. Jan. 24, 1828, m. Aug. 27,
1845, William Chester White b. May 8, 1820 (son of John White
of Vernon, N. Y., and Sarah Edwards) a farmer at Burr Oaks, Win
neshiek Co., Iowa.
[9th Gen.] Children :
Chester Edwards White b. Sept. 19, 1846.
Barzillai Monroe White b. Sept. 12, 1848.
Florence Sophia Almeda White b. Dec. 6, 1860.
Sarah Jane White b. Nov. 4, 1853.
George Henry White b. Sept. 2, 1866.
Mart E. White b. Oct. 29, 1867.
Eva a. White b. July 11, 1861, d. Sept. 1864.
viii. Lavinia White, I , . . /i ^ id iood
Josephine White, } *^^°«' ''• «"'• 1^' ^^^S.
William Chester White b. in 1866.
Franklin Strong White b. May 15, 1868.
xn. Ida May White b. June, 1870.

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3404-6. iv. Henrt Strong (son of Adonijah Strong and Polly Kel
logg) b. about 1779, m. in 1801, widow Susanna Newton nie Cook b. in
1780 (dau. of Moses Cook of Chatham, Ct., and Elizabeth Cone, and
widow of Daniel Butler Newton of Easthampton). She d. April 15,
1820, and he m. for 2d wife, Sept. 13, 1820, Philena Arnold of East
hampton, Ct., b. Oct. 11, 1786 (dau. of ApoUos Arnold and Lucy Bill,
dau. of Dea. James Bill of Easthampton), a farmer at Easthampton, Ct.
He d. July 2, 1828. She m. Feb., 1835, for 2d husband, Dea. Sylva
nus Stebbins of Otto, N. Y. (who was b. Oct. 27, 1778, and d. aged 82,
Aug. 3, 1861). She d. March 8, 1868, aged 82. [Mrs. Susannah Cook
Strong had by her first marriage a son, Daniel Newton, b. in 1800, who
d. Feb. 16, 1803, aged 3.]
[7th Gen.J Children: By first wife :
3688- 9. i. Henrt Strong b. Aug. 27, 1802, m. Feb. 28, 1822, his
double cousin Lucy Strong, b. Oct. 11, 1800 (dau. of
Adonijah Strong, Jr., and EHzabeth Cook) ; a farmer
and mechanic at Chatham, Ct. No children.
3690- 1. u. Susan Strong b. July 3, 1804, m. Julius Gates of East
hampton, Ct.
3692- 3. iH. Elizabeth Mary Strong b. May 4, 1806, m. Nehemiah
Gates of Easthampton, Ct.
3694- 5. iv. Butler Newton Strong b. March 4, 1808.
3696- 7. V. Deidamia Strong b. Deo. 24, 1810, m. Washington S.
Ackley of Basthampton, Ct.

Son of Elder John Strong of Northampton. 211
3698- 9. vi. Adeline Strong b. April 29, 1812, m. WiUiam G. Com-
stock of Bast Hartford, Ct.
3700- 1. vn. Hon. Daniel Strong b. May 28, 1814.
3702. viu. Philanda Strong b. 1817, resides unmarried at East
hampton, Ct.
3703- 4. ix. Samuel Leverett Strong b. Oct. 18, 1819.
By second vnfe :
3705- 6. X. Jamin AUen Strong, M.D., b. Aug., 1821, d. Sept. 22,
1849.
3690-1. u. Susan Strong b. July 3, 1804, m. Nov. 28, 1822, JuHus
Gates b. Feb. 2, 1801 (son of George Gates of Easthampton, Ct., and Sally
Barton) ; a farmer in Chatham.
[8th Gen.J Children :
3707- 9. i. Garrison MarshaU Gates b. in Chatham, Sept. 24, 1823.
3710- 1. u. Susannah Gates b. Aug. 29, 1826, m. Oct. 14, 1843,
Alexander Noble NUes (son of Dan Beach NUes of
Chatham and Maria Harrington), a bell founder at East
hampton, Ct. She d. May 29, 1844.
3712. in. Sarah Catharine Gates b. March 24, 1828, d. Aug. 16,
1833.
3713- 4. iv. Juliette Gates b. Feb. 7, 1830, m. June 4, 1848, Leverett
Doby WUley b. Nov. 7, 1827 (son of John WUley and
Polly Leonard), a farmer and lumberman at Easthampton.
They have one child :
3715. 1. Leverett Newton WUley b. Sept. 27, 1856.
3716- 8. V. Lerot Deforest Gates b. Feb. 12, 1832.
3719-20. vi. Sarah Catharine Gates b. May 1, 1834, m. WiUiam B.
Brown.
3721- 2, vii. Adeline Strong Gates b. AprU 16, 1836, m. Henry B.
Brown.
3723- 4. viii. Victoria Gates b. May 24, 1838, m. John W. Barton.
3725. ix. Susannah Niles Gates b. Oct. 14, 1845.
3726. X. Franklin Julius Gates b. March 19, 1850.
3707-9. i. Garrison Marshall Gates b. Sept. 24, 1823, m. March
29, 1846, Charity Eddy Clark b. March 3, 1823 (dau. of Ira Clark of
East Haddam and Sarah Eddy) : she d. June 8, 1859, and he m. Nov.
20, 1859, for 2d wife Sarah Ann Clark, sister of his first wife b. Jan. 21,
1835, a farmer at Bast Haddam, Ct.
[9th Gen.J Children

3727. i. Vistula Elizabeth Gates b. March 23, 1848.
3728. ii. George Whitfield Gates b. June 11, 1860, d. Dec 22, 1868.
3729. iU. Catharine Gates b. June 1, 1862, d. July 17, 1853.
By second wife :
3730. iv. Clark Strong Gates b. March 13, 1862.
3731. V. Susan Charity Gates b. June 1, 1866.

212 The Descendants of John Strong of Windsor, Ct.,
[8th Gen.J
3716-8. V. Lerot Deforest Gates (son of Julius Gates and Susan
Strong) b. Feb. 12, 1832, m. Nov. 25, 1857, Eveline Melvina Leonard of
East Haddam, Ct., b. Nov. 5, 1825 (dau. of Alvah Leonard of East
Haddam, Ct., and Phebe Percival) : she d. Jan. 12, 1858, and he m. for
2d wife Jan. 4, 1859, Ellen Fedora Matthews b. at Sag Harbor, L. I.,
Nov. 12, 1842 (dau. of Nathaniel Matthews and Betsey Bramble) a
merchant at East Haddam, Ct.
[9th Gen.J Children :
By second mfe :
3732. i. Nellie Forest Gates b. Dec. 24, 1859.
3733. ii. Julius Leroy Gates b. Jan. 24, 1861.
3734. iii. George Woodward Gates b. Nov. 7, 1867.
[8th Gen.J
3719-20. vi. Sarah Catharine Gates b. May 1, 1834, m. May 12,
1860, WiUiam Bolles Brown b. at Chatham, Feb. 24, 1826 (son of Horace
Brown and Lydia Bolles), a farmer in Waverley, Iowa.
[9th Gen.J Children :
3735. i. Ella Adeline Brown b. Feb. 29, 1852, d. early.
3736. u. Charitt Ann Brown b. April 12, 1856.
3737. iH. George Gates Brown b. March 27, 1860.
3738. iv. Frank Brown.
[8th Gen.J
3721-3. vii. Adeline Strong Gates b. April 16, 1836, m. May
13, 1864, Henry Bascom Brown, b. July 5, 1833 (son of Rev. Thomas
G. Brown, of Chatham, Ct., and Caroline M. Daniels), a manufacturer at
Fair Haven, Ct.
[9th Gen.J Children :
3739. i. Addie Grace Brown b. June 10, 1858.
3740. ii. Charles Sumner Brown b. Aug. 23, 1860.
3741. iii. Harrt Bushnell Brown b. July 15, 1862.
3742. iv. Bertha Gates Brown b. AprU 3, 1866.
3743. V. Ethel Brown b. Oct. 1, 1866.
3744. vi. Edith Brown b. June 29, 1869.
[8th Gen.J
3723^. viH. Victoria Gates b. May 24, 1838, m. May, 1867,
John Watrous Barton b. May 11, 1835 (son of Hiram Barton and Lois
Watrous), a bell founder at Easthampton, Ct. He d. Oct. 9, 1867.
[9th Gen.J Children :
3745. i. Frederic Hiram Barton b. July 27, 1869.
3746. ii. Clatton Derwood Barton b. June 5, 1862.

3747.

i.

3748.

ii.

3749.

iii.

3750-

1.

iv.

Son of Elder John Strong of Northampton. 213
[7th Gen.] ^
3692-3. in. Elizabeth Maky Strong (dau. of Henry Strong, of
Easthampton, Ct., and Susannah Cook) b. May 4, 1806, m. Dec 22, 1825,
Nehemiah Gates, Jr., b. Jan. 6, 1800 (son of Nehemiah Gates, of Bast
hampton, Ct., and Ruth WUUams), a farmer at Chatham, Ct. She d. July
5, 1870.
[8th Gen.] Children:
Henry Gates b. Oct. 19, 1828, d. Sept. 23, 1834.
Nehemiah Gates b. Oct. 3, 1832, d. Nov. 15, 1832.
Almon Gates b. Dec 16, 1833, d. Nov. 16, 1861.
Augusta Elizabeth Gates b. July 29, 1836, m. John Henry
Worthington.
3762- 3. V. Henry Strong Gates b. Oct. 12, 1840, m. Sept. 14, 1869,
Laurentia Goffe b. Jan. 10, 1841 (dau. of Sylvester and
Sarahs. Goffe of East Haddam, Ct.), a farmerat Chatham,
Ct. They have a daughter b. Dec 3, 1870.
3754. vi. Mary Ruth Gates b. Jan. 4, 1844, d. May 26, 1869.
8750-1. iv. Augusta Elizabeth Gates b. July 29, 1836, m. Oct.
17, 1854, John Henry Worthington b. Aug. 24, 1832, son of John J.
Worthington, Portland, Ct., and Sarah Maria Day) a mechanic at East
hampton, Ct.
[9th Gen.] Children:
3755. i. William Henry Worthington b. March 13, 1857, d, Jan.
3, 1868.
A daughter unnamed that d. soon.
Mary Day Worthington b. Dec. 5, 1861.
Lura Worthington b. July 24, 1863.
Amy Gates Worthington b. Sept. 25, 1867.
[7th Gen.J
8694-5. iv. Butler Newton Strong (son of Henry Strong of East
hampton, Ct., and Susanna Cook) b. March 4, 1808, m. June 6, 1833,
Julia Ann Comstock b. in Chatham, Ct., April 26, 1812 (dau. of Frank
lin Green Comstock and Tryphena Tracy), a seedsman at Wethersfield, Ct.
He d. at Taylor's Creek, Ga., June 30, 1870.
[8th Gen.J Children.
3760. i. William Franklin Strong b. May 10, 1834, d. Aug. 31,
1854.
3761- 2. u. Henrt Newton Strong b. April 28, 1836, m. Oct. 16, 1861,
EUen Amelia Goodrich b. April 6, 1842, dau. of Dea.
Joshua Goodrich of Wethersfield, Ct., and Mary Ann
Wells). Their children are :
3763. 1. Mary Comstock Strong b. AprU 27, 1863.
3764. 2. Frederic Goodrich Strong b. March 9, 1868. He is a
manufacturerof mattresses at Portland, Ct.

3756.

ii.

8757.

iii.

3758.

iv.

3759.

v.

214 TJiA Descendants of John Strong of Windsor, Ct,
3765. iu. James Henry Strong b. Feb. 5, 1840, engaged in quarry^
ing stone at Portland, Ct,
3766. iv. Susan Cook Strong b. Dec. 27, 1841.
3767. V. Mart Comstock Strong b. Nov. 2, 1848, d. Aug. 10, 1851.
3768. vi. Newton Butler Strong b. May 6, 1862.
3769. VU, Annie Comstock Strong b. March 19, 1854.
[7th Gen.J
3696-7. V. Deidamia Strong (dan. of Henry Strong and Susannah
Cook) b. Dec 24, 1810, m. Oct. 5, 1828, Washington Spencer Ackley b.
Nov. 24, 1806 (son of Capt. Nathaniel Ashley of Chatham, Ct., and
Elizabeth Spencer) ; a farmer in Easthampton, Ct.
[8th Gen.J Children :
3770- 1. i. Cornelia Armington Ackley b. Jan. 3, 1830, m. March
28, 1847, Leonard Willey b. Jan. 1820 (son of John
Willey of Chatham, and Mary Leonard), a farmer in
Chatham, Ct. : they have had 2 children :
3772. 1. Edith Cornelia Willey b. Feb. 27, 1859.
3773. 2. Eugene Willey b. Dec. 14, 1866, d. Oct. 6, 1867.
3774- 5. u. Henrt Clinton Ackley b. July 28, 1833, m. May 16, 1859,
Lucy Lauretta Hinckley b. April 16, 1 842 (dau. of Abner
Hinckley and Semantha Higgins) a farmer in Chatham :
they have one child :
3776. 1. Lena Mariette Ackley b. Oct. 21, 1867.
3777- 8. iH. Wilbur Fisk Ackley b. July 9, 1837, m. AprU 6, 1869,
Jane Elizabeth Ackley b. May 14, 1834 (dau. of Isaac
Ackley and Betsy Bigelow NUes) a merchant in Chat
ham : their children :
3779. 1. Elton Ackley b. Aug. 9, 1860.
3780. 2. Bassora Bell Ackley b. July 11, 1863.
3781- 2. iv. Mart Elizabeth Ackley b. Jan. 10, 1840, m. Feb. 14
1858, Frank WeUs Markham b. Dec. 8, 1835 (son of
Hiram Markham and Laura Niles) a stone cutter at
Mystic, Ct. : their children :
3783. 1. Fanny Elizabeth Markham b. July 26, 1863.
3784. 2. Ida May Markham b. Oct. 1866.
3786. 3. Newton Hiram Markham b. June, 1868.
3786- 7. V. James Edgar Ackley b. Aug. 10, 1841, m. Aug. 28, 1864,
Sarah C. Smith, (dau. of Nathaniel C. Smith and Char
lotte Strong). See subsequent page.
3788- 9. vL Eva Ackley b. Jan. 16, 1847, m. Jan. 16, 1864, John
Benton RusseU b. Jan. 16, 1836 (son of John Russell
and Caroline Benton), a farmer at Stony Creek, Ct. She
d. Jan. 21, 1869, set. 22 : they had one chUd :
3790. 1. Edgar Ackley Russell b. Jan. 3, 1860.
[7th Gen.J
3698-9. vi. Adeline Strong (dau. of Henry Strong and Susannah
Cook) b. AprU 29, 1812, m. July 5, 1837, WiUiam Greene Comstock b.

Son of Elder John Strong of Northampton. 215
Oct. 4, 1810 (son of Franklin Greene Comstock of Colchester, Ct., and
Tryphena Tracy), a seedsman at E. Hartford, Ct.
[8th Gen.J Children:
3791- 2. i. Franklin Greene Comstock b. May 27, 1838.,
3793. U. Jabez Knight Comstock b. Feb. 7, 1841, a manufapturer
at E. Hartford, Ct.
3794. iii. Mary Emma Comstock b. Nov. 13, 1842, d. Aug. 27, 1843.
3795- 6. iv. Amy Comstock b. May 27, 1845, m. June 4, 1867, Henry
Hoppin Knight b. Jan. 6, 1843 (son of Nehemiah
Knight of Brooklyn, N. Y., and Maria Aborn Hoppin),
lives in Brooklyn, N. Y.
3797. V. Wm. Greene Comstock, ") . , rii -.o -.'oAt,
3798. vi. Frederic Comstock, ' j twins, b. Feb. 13, 1847.
They are manufacturers at East Hartford, Ct.
3799. vu. Ralph Tracy Comstock b. March 18, 1849, d. Oct. 13,
1851.
3800. viii. Robbins Tracy Comstock b. Oct. 24, 1855.
3791-2. i. Franklin Greene Comstock b. May 27, 1838, m. May
28, 1862, Antoinette Deming b. Feb. 9, 1837 (dau. of Timothy Deming
of E. Hartford, and Eliza Wing), a manufacturer at B. Hartford, Ct.
Children :
3801. 1. Annie Tracy Comstock b. May 22, 1863.
3802. 2. Amy Greene Comstock b. March 23, 1866.
[7th Gen.J
3700-1. vH. Hon. Daniel Strong (son of Henry Strong and Su
sannah Strong) b. May 28, 1814, m. Oct. 9, 1838, Anna Gates of East
hampton, Ct., b. Feb. 6, 1817 (dau. of Olmstead Gates and Abigail
Youngs), a seedsman at Portland, Ct., for ten years past (1860-70). He
"was for eighteen years previously of the firm of Comstock, Ferre & Co. ,
Wethersfield, Ct., dealers in seeds. He is now (1870), a member of the
Oonnecticut Legislature, and was for the two years previous. To him the
account here given of the descendants of his parents is largely due.
[8th Gen.J Children:
3803- 4. i. Ellsworth Burr Strong, b. Oct. 14, 1840, m. Feb. 9,
1864, Mary Sage Williams b. April 13, 1843 (dau. of
Joseph Williams of Portland, Ct., and Laura Stancliff).
He had for a short time (1869-70), an art gallery in
Washington, D. C, and since that time has been asso
ciated with his father in business at Portland, Ct. He
was Assistant Marshal in taking the recent United States
census. lie has one child :
3805. 1. Annie Ellsworth Strong b, Jan. 31, 1865,
[7th Gen.J
3703-4. ix. Samuel Leverett Strong (son of Henry Strong and
Susannah Cook) b. Oct. 18, 1819, m. Aug. 10, 1846, Abby Susan DUUng-

216 TJie Descendants of John Strong of Windsor, Ct,
ham b. Feb. 23, 1822, in New Bedford, Mass. (dau. of Edward Dillingham
and Susan Sherman), a bell manufacturer at Chatham, Ct.
[8th Gen.J Children :
3806. i. Edward Dillingham Strong b. July 23, 1848.
3807. u. Lucy Cook Strong b. Feb. 25, 1852.
3808. iU. Salome Gibbs Strong b. Dec 27, 1856.
3809. iv. Annie Ellsworth Strong b. Feb. 24, 1860.
[7th Gen.J
8705-6. X. Jamin Allen Strong, M.D. (son of Henry Strong and
Philena Arnold his 2d wife) b. Aug. 1821, m. in 1844, Harriet Win
chester b. Jan. 12, 1826 (dau. of Alpheus Winchester and Lucinda
Stebbins dau. of Deacon Sylvanus Stebbins, 2d husband of the mother,
Philena Arnold Strong, of Dr. Jamin Allen Strong), a physician at War
ren, Pa., where he d. Sept. 22, 1849, killed by the kick of a horse.
[8th Gen.J Children:
3810. i. Ellen Philena Strong b. AprU 23, 1845, m. Nov. 8, 1865,
Nathan Wilder, a chair manufacturer at Newburgh, 0.
3811. ii. Henry Sylvanus Strong b. Oct. 19, 1846, a student of
medicine.
3812. Hi. Jamin Eugene Strong b. July 15, 1848.
3813. iv. Leroy Winchester Strong b. Feb. 13, 1850.
[6th Gen.J
3406-7. V. Betsey Strong (dau. of Adonijah Strong and Polly
Kellogg) b. about 1780, m. about 1798, Daniel Harding b. in Basthamp
ton, Ct., in 1778 (son of Nathan and Thankful Harding). He d. in
Richfield, N. Y., Aug. 8, 1816, and she d. there July 28, 1816.
[7th Gen.] Children:
3814. i. Polly Harding b. in 1799, d. in Richfield, Sept. 2, 1816.
3816. U. Clark Harding b. about 1801, kUled in Richfield, N. Y.,
by the fall of a tree in 1810.
3816- 7. iii. Betsey Harding b. July 19, 1803, m. Ogden Sears.
3818. iv. Harvey Harding m. whom the author has not learned.
3819-20. V. Abigail Harding b. Aug. 16, 1808, m. Thomas Clark.
3821. vi. Ann Harding b. July 20, 1810, m. Lewis Crittenden.
3822- 3. vH. Daniel Harding b. May 2, 1812.
3824- 5. viU. Lewis Clark Harding b. Oct. 11, 1815.
3816-7. iii. Betsey Harding b. July 19, 1803, m. Dec 1, 1819, Og
den Sears b. in Chatham, Ct., Aug. 19, 1798 (son of Willard and Betsey
Sears), afarmer at Henrietta, N. Y., and afterwards at South Barre, Or
leans Co., N. Y. Children :
3826- 7. 1. Eunice D. Sears b. Dec 28, 1820, m. Oct. 31, 1838, John
P. Church b. Miirch 19, 1811 (son of Ozias and Pamela

Son of Elder John Strong of Northampton. 217
Church), county clerk of Orleans Co., N. Y., residing
at Albion. She d. Jan. 13, 1848 : he d. Dec 23, 1868.
Children :
3828- 9 (1). Daniel H. Church b. Sept. 12, 1844, a farmer in Flint,
Mich., m. April 14, 1868, Jessie Hosmer.
3830. (2). Frances A. Church b. Oct. 3, 1847, d. Jan. 12, 1848.
3831- 2. 2. Betsey A. Sears b. Nov. 28, 1823, m. Dec. 6, 1842, George
Bachelor b. Dec. 6, 1822 (son of Anson and Theresa
Bachelor, of Mendon, N. Y.), a farmer. Two children :
3833- 4. (1). Philena A. Bachelor b. Feb. 1, 1844, m. March 20, 1866.
Edwin Delano b. in Gaines, N. Y., Oct. 20, 1829 (son
of Rev. Daniel and Rebecca Delano). She d. at Oxford,
Mich., Feb. 16, 1871.
3835. (2). John S. Bachelor b. Jan. 20, 1850.
3836. 3. Mary A. Sears b. at Henrietta, N. Y., July 7, 1826, and
d. there Jan. 13, 1829.
[7th Gen.J
3819-20. V. Abigail Harding b. Aug. 16, 1808, m. Feb. 16, 1826,
Thomas Clark b. Dec. 10, 1804 (son of Joel and Susanna Clark of B.
Henrietta, N. Y.), a farmer at Albion, N. Y. One child :
3837-8. i. Caroline Delphia Clark b. March 13, 1827, at E.
Henrietta, N. Y., m. July 4, 1843, Abel StUson son of Luther and Sarah
Stilson of Sandgate, Vt.), a teacher at Albion, N. Y.
[9th Gen.J Children :
3839. i. Edwin Stilson b. at S. Barre, N. Y., March 31, 1844, killed
Sept. 28, 1859, by the falling of a bridge on the Erie
Canal at Albion.
3840. ii. Eunice Stilson b. Dec 31, 1862, at S. Barre, preceptress
now (1871), of the Mt. Holley Academy, N. Y.
Charles Stilson b. at S. Barre Feb. 26, 1855, a clerk.
Thomas Clark Stilson b. Feb. 14, 1863.
Mary Abigail Stilson b. July 22, 1865.
[7th Gen.J
3821. vi. Ann Harding b. July 20, 1810, m. in 1828, Lewis Crti-
tenden b. in Chatham, Ct., and killed by the falling of a tree in Jack
son, Mich., in 1833. She m. for 2d husband March, 1838, Dr. Stephen
M. Potter of Albion. N. Y.
[8th Gen.J Children :
By first marriage :
8844-5. i. Sarah Ann Crittenden b. at Chatham, Aug. 24, 1829,
m. at S. Barre, N. Y., Dec. 27, 1848, Thomas Cushing,
M.D., b. in Cazenovia, N. Y., Dec. 12, 1821 (son of
p]nos and Clarissa Cushing), a physician at Brockton,
N. Y., and Northeast, Pa., (since 1856). Children:
28

3841.

iii.

3842.

iv.

3843.

v.

3846.

1.

3847.

2.

3848.

3.

3849.

4.

218 The Descendants of John Strong of Windsor, Ct.,
Enos Lewis Cushing b. Aug. 6, 1850.
Clark Harding Cushing b. May 6, 1853.
Frank Hamilton Cushing b. July 22, 1856.
Mary Louisa Cushing b. Oct. 4, 1859.
By second mfe :
3850- 1. u. Albert L. Potter b. at Albion, Oct. 10, 1839, m. March,
1862, at Corning, Pa., Julia Potter (dau. of Henry and
Amanda Potter). They have a son :
3852. 1. Clarence Potter b. at Corning in April, 1863.
3853- 4. Hi. Charles S. Potter b. at Cazenovia, Nov. 20, 1847, m.
Oct. 22, 1867, Sarah Woodworth (dau. of Alvah Wood-
worth of Cazenovia) ; resides at Manlius, N. Y. Child
ren :
8855. 1. Alvah Potter b. AprU 13, 1869.
3856. 2. A child b. March 10, 1870.

[7th Gen.J
3822-3. vii. Daniel Habding b. May 2, 1812, m. Jan. 5, 1834,
Amaryllis Swift b. April 15, 1818, in Stafford, N. Y. ; a farmer in Atlas
Mich. [8th Gen.] Children :
8857- 8. i. Lewis Harding b. Oct. 8, 1834, in Barre, N. Y., m. Oct.
30, 1856, Jane Burpee, b. in Avon, N. Y., Oct. 12,
1884; a farmer in Elba, Mich. Children :
Morrell Harding b. Nov. 16, 1864.
Murray Harding b. Aug. 16. 1866.
i?;:Kini'^^^-'^-^'p^"^^'i«^«-
Marion Harding b. in Atlas, Mich., Jan. 19, 1840, m.
April 15, 1867, at Whigville, Mich., Stephen Maine of
Mundy, Mich., b. in Avon, N. Y., Nov. 13, 1830. He
d. July 18, 1858, and she m. Oct. 30, 1859, Francis
ColweU, b. Aug. 5, 1836 ; resides in Elba, Mich. Child
ren. By fi/rst marriage:
3866. 1. Lois Maine b. AprU 16, 1868, d. Nov. 3, 1858.
By second marriage :
3867. 2. James ColweU b. March 18, 1861, d. June 3, 1861, iu
Mundy.
Charles ColweU b. Sept. 16, 1864, in Mundy.
Frederic ColweU, ) , . . » -i i/- io^.t • . i i.»- ,
Francis ColweU, } *^'"'' **¦ ^P"l 1^' 1^^^' ^^ Atl««' ^ich.
WUlis ColweU b. in Elba, Mich., Feb. 15, 1869.
Albert ColweU b. in Elba, Jan. 1, 1871.
Delos Harding b. in Atlas, Mich., June 30, 1846, m.
Juife 10, 1868, Grace Gardner b. in Clarence, N. Y.
Inez Harding b. in Atlas, April 1, 1851.
Philo Harding b. in Atlas, Jan. 16, 1865, d. Feb. 15, 1863.

8859.

1.

3860.

2.

8861.

3.

3862.

4.

3863-

5. n.

3868.

3.

3869.

4.

3870.

5.

3871.

6.

3872.

7.

3873-

4. iii.

3875.

iv.

3876.

V.

Son of Elder John Strong of NortJiampton. 219
[7th Gen.]
3824-6. viu. Lewis Clark Harding (son of Daniel Harding and
Betsey Strong), b. Aug. 11, 1815, m. Oct. 15, 1840, CorneUa Hatch (dau.
of Solomon and Sarah Hatch) ; a farmer at South Barre, N . Y.
[8th Gen.J Children :
3877. i. Cornelia Aristine Harding, b. Sept. 20, 1842, d. Jan.
5, 1843.
3878. ii. Daniel Hatch Harding b. Oct. 31, 1843, d. Nov. 3, 1843.
3879-80. iH. Clark Harvy Harding b. Aug. 31, 1845, m. Jan. 20, 1869,
Ardelia Sophia Foster b. July 21, 1850 (dau. of Oscar
F. and Sophia Rebecca Foster, of Barre, N. Y.).
3881. iv. Cornelia Christine Harding, b. Oct. 22, 1847.
3882. V. Frederic Hatch Harding, b. March 19, 1860.
3883. vi. Edwin Stilson Harding b. July 2, 1852.
[6th Gen.J See page 200.
8408-9. Anna Strong (dau. of Adonijah Strong and Polly KeUogg)
b. about 1782, m. March 3, 1805, as his 2d wife Capt. Oliver Brainerd b.
Aug. 20, 1770 (son of Othniel Brainerd of Basthampton, Ct., and Jerusha
Shailer), a farmer and mechanic at Easthampton. His first wife was
Lucy Rogers who d. without issue. He d. Feb. 6, 1851, aged 80.
[7th Gen.J Children :
3884- 5. i. Aristobulus Brainerd b. Feb. 10, 1806.
3886- 7. ii. Jerusha Ann Braiperd b. Aug. 17, 1807, m. WUliam Ut-
ley of Chatham.
3888- 9. iU. Lucy Maria Brainerd b. Sept. 12, 1809, m. Brastus Buck.
3890- 1. iv. Adonijah Strong Brainerd b. June 27, 1811.
3892- 3. v. Ursula Adelia Brainerd b. AprU 25, 1813, m. John G.
Hinckley.
3891- 5. vi. Lovina Brainerd b. Aug. 8, 1816, m. Warren Veazy.
3896- 7. vii. Mary AbigaU Brainerd b. Feb. 22, 1819, m. Francis GU
lett.
3898- 9. vHi. Wealthy Elizabeth Brainerd b. Sept. 9, 1821, m. Marvin
T. Nash.
3900. ix. Amanda Lovina Brainerd.
3884-6. i. Aristobulus Brainerd b. Feb. 10, 1806, m. Feb. 1828,
Narcissa Hunt(dau. of Capt. George Huntof B. Glastenbury, Ct.),afarmer
and mechanic at B. Glastenbury, Ct. ChUdren :
3901- 2. 1. Edwin Shailer Brainerd b. Nov. 1829, m. March, 1851,
Liva Jane Goslee.
3903. 2 Rosalia Fidelia Brainerd b. in 1831, d. AprU 26, 1849.
3904. 3. John S. Brainerd b. in 1833.
3905. 4. Ezra W. Brainerd b. in 1836.
3906. 5. Arthur Magill Brainerd b. in 1837.
8907. 6. Aristobulus Abijah Brainerd b. in March, 1842, d. soon.
3908. 7. Ella Ann Brainerd b. June 22, 1843.
3909. 8. Wesley Hartwell Brainerd b. March 12, 1847.

Children

:

3915.

1.

3916.

2.

3917.

3.

3918.

4.

3919.

6.

3920.

6.

220 TJie Descendants of John Strong of Windsor, Ct,
3886-7. ii. Jerusha Ann Brainerd (dau. of Capt. Oliver Brainerd
and Anna Strong) b. Aug. 17, 1807, m. Nov. 1834, WUliam Utley of
Chatham, a mechanic. Children :
3910. 1. Mary AbigaU Utley b. Nov. 1835.
3911. 2. Emmeline Roselde Utley b. in 1838.
3912. 3. WUliam Henry Harrison Utley b. in 1841.
3888- 9. iii. Luct Maria Brainerd b. Sept. 12, 1809, m. March 3,
1841, Erastus Buck of E. Glastenbury. Children :
3913. 1. Margaret MoCloud Buck, b. Jan. 11, 1842.
3914. 2, Sabra Estelle Buck b. Dec. 7, 1844.
3890-1. iv. Adonijah Strong Brainerd b. June 27, 1811, m. May
1, 1833, Amelia Durham (dau. of Sylvester Durham and Lucy Cole).
SuUivan Brainerd b. Jan., 1835, d. in 1836.
Carlton Brainerd b. in 1837.
Lindon Brainerd b. in May, and d. in June, 1839.
StUlman Brainerd b. in 1841.
Augusta Brainerd b. in 1845.
Juliette Brainerd b. in 1847.
3892-3. V. Ursula Adelia Brainerd b. April 25, 1813, m. Nov.,
1834, John Gillet Hinckley of Chatham. They have a daughter :
3921- 2. 1. Amanda Elizabeth Hinckley b. July 4, 1836, m. FrankHn
Strong of Chatham.
3894-6. vi. Lovina Brainerd b. Aug. 8, 1816, m. March 27, 1832,
Warren Veazy. Children :
3923. 1. Ann Elizabeth Veazy b. Jan. 27, 1835.
3924. 2. Ada RosaUa Veazy b. Nov. 19, 1849.
3896-7. vH. Mart Abigail Brainerd b. Feb. 22, 1819, m. March,
1835, Francis GUlett of Hebron. They had one child :
3925. 1. Ralph Revilo Gillett b. June 11, 1837. Mrs. Gillett d
June 21, 1837.
3898-9. vUi. Wealtht Elizabeth Brainerd b. Sept. 29, 1821, m.
Feb. 3, 1848, Marvin Taft Nash of Winchendon, Mass. They have a son :
1. Chester Brainerd Nash.
[6th Gen.J See page 200.
3414-5. xi. Kellogg Strong (son of Adonijah Strong and Polly
KeUogg) b. Oct. 30, 1791, m. Nov. 30, 1814, Almira House of Glasten
bury, Ct., b. May 30, 1792 (dau. of William House and Elizabeth Risley),

Son of Elder John Strong of Northampton. 221
a quarryman at Portland, Ct. He d. Jan. 26, 1865 : she d. March 12,
1866. [7th Gen.] Children :
(Numbers 3900-25 repeated here by mistake).
*8900. i. GuNiLDA Strong b. Oct. 6, 1815, d. Feb. 14, 1817.
*3901-2. u. Adonijah Strong b. Aug. 26, 1817.
*3903-4. in. Daniel Strong b. Oct. 11, 1819.
*3906-6. iv. Asaph Strong b. June 12, 1822.
*8907-8. V. Mart Kellogg Strong b. July 14, 1824, m. Titus Hale of
Portland, Ct.
*3909-10. vi. Laura Ann Strong b. Sept. 22, 1826, m. Nov. 2, 1845,
Alfred A. Payne b. Oct. 31, 1821 (son of Alfred and
Hannah Payneof Portland, Ct.), a farmer in Portland, Ct.
*8911-2. VU. Betset Levina b. Feb. 26, 1829, m. EUery B. Taylor.
*3913-4. viu. Charlotte Amanda Strong b. Sept. 15, 1831, m. Artemas
Pierce Richardson.
*3915. ix. Joseph Lewis Strong b. Feb. 12, 1835, d. Dec. 9, 1855,
frozen to death near Forest City, Cal., in a severe snow
storm when three miles distant from his home.
*3901-2. ii. Adonijah Strong b. Aug. 26, 1817, m. Aug. 1, 1840,
Julia Ann Chapman b. Aug. 14, 1814 (dau. of Alvin Chapman of Glas
tenbury, Ct., and Anna  ), a farmer in Berlin, Ct.
[8th Gen.J Children :
*3916. i. William Kellogg Strong b. March 15, 1841, d. in San
Francisco, Cal., Oct. 22, 1868, crushed by a faUing
building in an earthquake. He was employed at the
time of his death in a printer's office.
*3917-8. u. GuNiLDA Jane Strong b. Dec. 11, 1842, m. Jan. 1, 1868,
Oliver Kent of Berlin, Ct., a farmer and joiner.
Henrt Adonijah Strong b. Nov. 22, 1844.
JuLLA Augusta Strong b. Aug. 25, 1846, d. 1848.
Helen Augusta Strong b. Nov. 18, 1848, d. Nov. 1858.
Charles Strong b. July 6, 1851.
Franklin Strong b. July 10, 1853.
viii. Lillian Strong b. July 12, 1866.
[7th Gen.J
*3903^. iii. Daniel Strong (son of Kellogg and Almira Strong) b.
Oct. 11, 1819, m. Feb. 12, 1848, Lucy Ann Ranney b. Aug. 5, 1821, a
butcher in Portland, Ct.
[8thGen.J Children:
*8925. i. Gilbert Arthur Strong b. Oct. 5, 1849.
3926. ii. Sarah Ranney Strong b. Nov. 23, 1853, d.Nov. 3, 1868,
aged 15.
[7th Gen.J
*3905-6. iv. Asaph Strong (son of Kellogg and Elmira Strong) b.
June 12, 1822, m. March 2, 1852, Harriet Maria Norcott, b. June 2

*8919.

iH.

*3920.

iv.

*3921.

V.

*3922.

vi.

*3923.

vii.

*3924.

viii

3927.

i.

3928.

ii.

3929.

iii.

3930.

iv.

3931.

V.

3932.

vi.

3933.

vii.

222 The Descendants of John Strong of Windsor, Ct.,
1828 (dau. of Elijah Norcott of Portland, Ct., and Emily Bates); a
butcher in Portland, Ct.
[8th Gen.J Children :
Eveline Bates Strong b. Dec. 19, 1862.
Harriet Strong b. Feb. 6, 1855.
Joseph EUjah Strong b. Nov. 16, 1856, d. Oct. 7, 1861.
Elizabeth Strong b. Sept. 1, 1860, d. July 23, 1863.
Ella Strong b. Oct. 16, 1862.
vi. Joseph Strong b. Jan. 22, 1866.
vii. Asaph Strong b. Feb. 27, 1868, d. Feb. 29, 1868.
[7th Gen.] See page 221.
*3907-8. V. Mart Kellogg Strong (dau. of Kellogg and Almira
Strong), b. July 14, 1824, m. Dec. 22, 1846, Titus Hale, b. March 12,
1824 (son of Chester Hale of Glastenbury, and Nancy Chapman), a
farmer in Portland, Ct.
[8th Gen.J Children:
3934- 5. i. Asaph Henry Strong b. Dec 28, 1847, m. Nov. 23, 1870,
Jeanie Rathbone (dau. of Charles 0. Rathbone of Port
land, Ct., and Angeliue Wells).
Jenny Lind Strong b. March 19, 1861, d. Feb. 20, 1870.
Chester Kellogg Strong b. May 13, 1863.
Edward Strong b. July 27, 1865.
Harry Titus Strong b. Sept. 3, 1865.
[7th Gen.J See page 221.
*3911-2. VU. Betsey Levina Strong b. Feb. 26, 1829, m. Feb. 2,
1851, EUery B. Taylor, b. April 21, 1828 (son of Benjamin Taylor of
Glastenbury, Ct., and Electa Chapman), a joiner.
[8th Gen.] Children :
3940. i. Benjamin Arthur Taylor b. Dec. 29, 1851.
3941. U. Gertrude Almira Taylor b. Oct. 31, 1853.
3942. iU. Mary Electa Taylor b. May 11, 1856.
3943. iv. Charlotte Strong Taylor b. Nov. 7, 1858.
3944. v. George McClellan Taylor b. June 23, 1862.
[7th Gen.J See page 221.
*3913^. viii. Charlotte Amanda Strong (dau. of Kellogg and
Almira Strong) b. Sept. 16, 1831, m. Feb. 24, 1850, Artemas Pierce
Richardson b. in Paxton, Mass., May, 9, 1826 (son of Samuel Richardson
and Hannah Towne) a blacksmith in Portland, Ct. Children :
3945. 1. Samuel Kellogg Richardson b. in South Glastenbury, Ct.,
June 7, 1851.
3946. 2. Laura Payne Richardson b. in Portland, Ct., March 18,
1863.

3936.

ii.

3937.

iii.

3938.

iv.

3939.

V.

Son of Elder John Strong of Northampton. 223
[5th Gen.J Children : See page 199.
3391-2. iv. Ambrose Strong (son of Asahel Strong and Betterus
Crouch) b. in Colchester, Ct., Nov. 1, 1760, m. Oct. 4, 1770, widow
Lydia Holdridge ; a farmer at Colchester, Ct. He used to make and vend
" Strong's syrup for rickets," which was quite a popular medicine in his
day and afterwards.
[6th Gen.J Children :
3947- 8. i. Elisha Strong,] , . ... „. -.hk-,
3949-61. U. Elijah Strong! \ *^'°'' ^- J"°« ^6, 1771.
3952. in. Betterus Strong b. Jan. 27, 1773, m. Richard Crouch of
Conhocton, N. Y.
3953. iv. Roxana Strong b. AprU 13, 1775, d. March 13, 1776.
3954- 5. V. Charles Strong b. Aug. 27, 1777.
3947-8. i. Elisha Strong b. June 26, 1771, m. Fanny Beckwith,
of Lyme, Ct. He was a farmer in Colchester, Ct., and Saybrook, Ct.,
where he d., and where she d.
[7th Gen.J Children :
3966- 7. i. Fannt Strong m. a Mr. Davison of Saybrook, Ct., and had
one daughter.
3958. ii. Ambrose Strong, a sailor.
3959. iii. Elisha Strong, a sailor. He was drowned in the Con
necticut.
3960. iv. Seaburt Strong d. unmarried.
[6th Gen.J
3949-61. u. Elijah Strong b. June 26, 1771, m. May 21, 1797,
Anna Crouch b. Sept. 24, 1778 (dau. of Christopher Crouch of Hebron,
and Rebecca BueU). She d. AprU 8, 1813, aged 39, and he m. for 2d
wife June, 1814, Lucy Fi'nley (dau. of Solomon Finley of Marlboro, Ct.)
b. Dec. 18, 1778. He was a farmer at Colchester, Ct. He d. April 26,
1860. She d. Oct. 26, 1856.
[7th Gen.J Children: By first wife :
3961- 2. i. Anna BueU Strong b. Jan. 12, 1799, m. George Strong
of Hebron, Ct., b. Aug. 3, 1793 (son of Asa Strong of
Colchester and Polly Mann). See previous page for
account of family.
3963. ii. Ltdia Chamberlain Strong b. Sept. 16, 1800, d. unmarried
in Hebron, April, 1866, aged 65.
3964- 5. iii. Rebecca Crouch Strong b. AprU 13, 1803, m. Hazael
Gott, Jr., of Hebron.
Elijah Frink Strong b. Oct. 12, 1804.
Charles Davis Strong b. Sept. 1, 1806.
Elizabeth Wright Strong b. Dec. 4, 1808, m. Roger
Lewis of Hebron, Ct.

3966- 9.

iv.

3970- 1.

V.

3972- 3.

vi.

224 The Descendants of John Strong of Windsor, Ct.,
3974. vH. William Christopher Strong b. March 12, 1811, went to
South Carolina many years ago and has never been heard
from since.
3975. viu. George Griswold Strong b. Nov. 14, 1812, a miner in
California, unmarried. By second wife :
3976- 8. ix. Edward Henry Strong b. May 14, 1815.
3979. X. Luct Elvira Strong b. Jan. 80, 1817, d. unmarried, a school
teacher.
3980- 1. xi. Walter John Finley Strong b. Sept. 17, 1822.
3964-5. iU. Rebecca Crouch Strong b. AprU 13, 1803, m. March
20, 1821, Hazael Gott b. Jan. 26, 1800 (son of Hazael Gott and Phelps),
a farmer in Hebron.
[8th Gen.J Children :
3982- 3. i. Ltdia Ann Gott b. March 14, 1822, m. Nov. 14, 1842,
Seneca Pettee of Hebron. Children :
3984. 1. Charles Seneca Pettee b. June 6, 1848.
3985. 2. Edward Everett Pettee b. Oct. 5, 1854.
3986. ii. Abigail Gott b. in 1823, d. aged 15.
3987. iii. Elizabeth Jane Gott b. Oct. 7, 1829, resides unmarried
at Hebron.
8988. iv. Adelaide Delia Gott b. Oct. 7, 1834, resides in Hebron.
3989-90. V. Wellington Strong Gott b. June 10, 1836, m. Sept. 4,
1860, Harriet Eliza Burnham b. Dec. 1839 (dau. of
Griswold Burnham of Hebron and Catharine Swan), a
farmer in Salem, Ct. They have one child :
3991. 1. Florence Amelia Gott b. July 10, 1861.
3992. vi. Frank Hazael Gott b. May 25, 1846, a farmer at Hebron.
[7th Gen.]
3966-9. iv. Elijah Frink SiRONGb.Oct. 12, 1804, m. Feb. 5, 1829,
Sarah Eleanor Barrineau b. April 30, 1810, who d. April 30, 1850, and
he m. March, 1851, for 2d wife Elizabeth McCoUum whod. Deo. 6, 1862,
and he m. for 3d wife June 29, 1853, Mary Harvey. He was a teacher
and afterwards a merchant in South Carolina. He d. at Little Rock,
Arkansas, where his family still resides.
[8th Gen.J Children : By fwstmfe:
3993. i. Joseph Elijah Strong b. Jan. 17, 1830.
3994. H. Isaac Barrineau Strongb. Jan. 29, 1832.
3995. iii. Lydia Ann Rebecca Strong b. July 10, 1838, d. Oct. 11,
1853.
3996. iv. James William Strong b. May 22, 1835.
3997. V. Sarah EHzabeth Strong b. AprU 15, 1837.
3998. vi. Martha Jane Strong b. Dec. 6, 1838.
3999. vH. George Mahoney Strong b. AprU 28, 1841.

4001.

ix.

4002. 4003.

X.
xi.

Son of Elder John Strong of Northampton. 225
4000. viH. Charles Samuel Strong b. Nov. 14, 1842, d. March 19,
1843.
Charles Samuel (2d) b. March 31, 1844.
Laura Margaret Strong b. July 14, 1846.
Susan Eleanor Strong b. AprU 30, 1850, at whose birth
her mother died.
[7th Gen.J
3970-1. V. Charles Davis Strong b. Sept. 1, 1806, m. March 3,
1835, Emmeline Elizabeth Strong b. Jan. 7, 1818 (dau. of Benjamin
Strong of Hebron and Betsey Northam), a farmer at Colchester, Ct., d.
July 28, 1857.
[8th Gen.J Children:
4004- 5. i. Charles Benjamin Strong b. March 24, 1838.
4006- 7. U. William Elijah Strong b. Sept. 5, 1839.
4008- 9. iU. George Henry Strong b. Oct. 24, 1840.
4010- 1. iv. Edward Coit Strong b. May 24, 1842, m. Jan. 30, 1867,
Susan A.Prattb. May 11, 1843 (dau. of Comfort T.Pratt),
a farmer in Hebron, Ct.
4012. V. Elizabeth Lydia Strong b. Feb. 18, 1844, resides in Col
chester.
4013. vi. John Northam Strong b. Jan. 26, 1852.
4014. . vii. Anna Rebecca Strong b. June 4, 1857, d. July 23, 1857.
4004-5. i. Charles Benjamin Strong b. March 24, 1838, m. Jan.
27, 1864, Elizabeth M. Carpenter b. March 25, 1839 (dau. of Robert
Carpenter), a farmer in Exeter, Ct. Children :
4015. 1. Charles Robert Strong b. Jan. 20, 1865.
4016. 2. Anna EHza Strong b. Sept. 11, 1866.
4017. 3. Eunice Maria Strong b. Feb. 10, 1868.
4006-7. u. William Elijah Strong b. Sept. 5, 1839, m. Oct. 14,
1860, Eliza W. Abell b. Aug. 20, 1837 (dau. of Henry Howell Abell), a
farmer at Colchester, Ct. ChUdren :
4018. 1. Emmeline EHzabeth Strong b. May 30, 1862.
4019. 2. Isabel Louisa Strong b. Aug. 7, 1865.
4020. 8. Harriet Amelia Strong b. July 25, 1867.
4021. 4. Charles Henry Strong b. Nov. 27, 1869.
[7th Gen.J
3972-3. vi. Elizabeth Wright Strong (dau. of Elijah Strong and
Anna Crouch) b. Dec. 4, 1808, m. May 29, 1834, Roger Lewis Phelps,
b. April 12, 1805 (son of Roger Phelps of Hebron, b. March 20, 1762,
and Anna .Jones b. March 20, 1 765, whom he m. Feb. 10, 1787): a farmer
in Hebron. He d. 1863. 29

226 The Descendants of John Strong of Windsor, Ct,
[8th Gen.J
4022- 8. i. Roger Elijah Phelps b. July 22, 1836, m. Jan. 14, 1867,
Caroline Sarah Barstow (dau. of Norval Wright Barstow
of Unadilla, N. Y., and Mary Niles) ; a farmer in Ox
ford, Chenango Co. N. Y. They have one chUd :
4024. 1. Cora Victoria Lewis Phelps..
4025. n. Victoria Elizabeth Phelps b. May 16, 1838, a teacher at
Glastenbury, unmarried.
4026. iii. Laura Lydia Phelps b. Nov. 17, 1841, d. Dec 26, 1844.
4027. iv. Anna Laura Phelps b. Nov. 11, 1846, d. Nov. 6, 1851.
4028- 9. V. Charles Lewis Phelps b. March 24, 1847, m. May 11,
1870, Chariotte M. Mann, b. Nov. 24, 1846 (dau. of
Cyrus Mann, b. July 20, 1797, and BUzabeth Worthing
ton, b. Oct. 15, 1815) ; a farmer at Hebron.
[7th Gen.J
8980-1. xi. Walter John Finley Strong (son of Elijah Strong and
Lucy Finley) b. Sept. 17, 1822, m. Jan. 3, 1847, Frances BUzabeth Ran
dall b. in Colchester May 30, 1827 (dau. of Ralph Randall and Caroline
Brown) a farmer at Colchester, and formerly a merchant there.
[8th Gen.J Children :
4080-1. i. Walter Elijah Strong b. March 6, 1848, m. Jan. 25, 1871,
Ella Burgess of Lebanon, Ct., a merchant in Colchester.
Caroline E. Strong b. Sept. 10, 1849, in Norwich, Ct.
William R. Strong b. Dec. 4, 1860, in Colchester.
Dwight B. Strong b. March 5, 1854, in Colchester.
Luct Bell Strong b. July 21, 1864, in Colchester.
[6th;Gen.]
8952-3. iii. Betterus Strong (dau. of Ambrose and Lydia Strong)
b. Jan. 27, 1773, m. Richard Crouch (son of Thomas Crouch of Hebron),
a farmer at Hebron and after 1816 at Conhocton, N. Y.
[7th Gen.J Children :
4036. i. Rebecca Crouch d. aged 14.
4037-8. ii. Betset Crouch m. Erastus Foote of Colchester.
4039-40. Hi. Clarissa Crouch m. Aaron Washburne, a farmer in Con
hocton, N. Y.
4041. iv. Richard Crouch d. unmarried in the South.
4042- 3. V. Asahel Crouch, a farmer in Conhocton, N. Y. He m.
Almira Carver.
4044. vi. Ambrose Strong Crouch, a farmer in Mich.
4045. vii. Sallt Crouch d. unmarried.
4046. viii. Joel Crouch a farmer in Conhocton.
4047. ix. Emily Crouch.
4048. X. Jackson Crouch.
[6th Gen.J
3954-5. V. Charles Strong (son of Ambrose and Lydia Strong) b.

4032.

ii.

4038.

iii.

4084.

iv.

4085.

V.

Son of Elder John Strong of NortJuxmpton. 227
Aug. 27, 1777, m. Abigail Derby of Hebron, Ct., a farmer at Colchester.
She d. in Rome, N. Y. They had one chUd :
4049. 1. AbigaU Strong who m. James Sparrow of Tolland, Ct.
[3d Gen.]
46-7. vi. Elizabeth Strong (dau. of John Strong of Windsor, and
Elizabeth Warriner; see page 20), b. about 1684, m. Nov. 9, 1711,
Thomas Burnham b. AprU 16, 1678 (son of Thomas Burnham of Podunk,
near Hartford, Ct., and Naomi Hull) : a farmer. She d. April 18, 1720 ;
he d. AprU, 1721.
[4th Gen.J Children :
4050- 1. i. Thomas Burnham b. July 24, 1712.
4052. ii. Elizabeth Burnham b. about 1715.
4053- 4. iii. Esther Burnham b. about 1718.
4050-1. i. Thomas Burnham b. July 24, 1712, m. Mary Barber.
He d. in 1802.
[5th Gen.J Children :
4055- 6. i. Mary Burnham m. Capt. Zebulon Bidwell.
4057. ii. Reuben Burnham b. June 22, 1742.
4058. iH. Thomas Burnham b. in 1753, d. Dec. 22, 1776.
4057-8. u. Reuben Burnham b. June 22, 1742, m. in 1765, Chloe
Fitch, sister of John Fitch, the inventor of steamboats, and dau. of
Joseph Fitch) b. May 28, 1745. She d. Nov. 27, 1814; he d. Dec. 22,
1812, a farmer at West Hartland, Ct.
[6th Gen.J Children :
4059. i. Luther Burnham b. July 10, 1766, lost at sea.
4060- 1. ii. Chloe Burnham b. March 6, 1768, m. Timothy Ensign,
d. Sept. 28, 1811.
4062- 3. iii. Miriam Burnham b. Jan. 5, 1770, m. Nathan Burnham, d.
in 1846.
4064- 5. iv. Thomas Burnham b. Oct. 12, 1771, m. Phebe FairchUd ;
d. in 1854.
4066. V. Reuben Burnham b. Nov. 3, 1778, d. April 20, 1788.
4067- 8. vi. Calvin Burnham b. March 9, 1776, m. in 1803, Clarissa
Northrup; d. Oct. 11, 1846.
4069. vn. Anna Burnham b. Sept. 80, 1778, d. in 1845.
4070. vni. Phineas Burnham b. SSpt. 30, 1782, d. March 29, 1802.
4071- 2. ix. Shailer Fitch Burnham b. May 9, 1787, m. Betsey
Goodyear, d. May 7, 1813.

228 The Descendants of Thomas Strong of Northampton,

n.
DESCENDANTS OF THOMAS STRONG OF NORTH
AMPTON, SOIsT'OF ELDER JOHN STRONG.
[2d Gen.J See page 19.
6-7. iii. Thomas Strong (son of Elder John Strong of Northampton,
and Abigail Ford), b. in 163- was a trooper in 1658, at Windsor, under
Major Mason (recorded March 11, 1657-8). He removed to Northampton
wUh his father in 1659. He m. Dec. 5, 1660, Mary Hewett (sometimes
misspelled " Huit") dau. of Rev. Ephraim Hewett of Windsor. Shed.
Feb. 20, 1670-1, and he m. for 2d wife Oct. 10, 1671, Rachel Holton
dau. of Deacon William Holton of Northampton. He d. Oct. 8, 1689,
and his widow Rachel m. for 2d husband May 16, 1698, Nathan Bradley
of E. Guilford, Ct., now Madison, Ct. This marriage took her younger
children with her into Southern Connecticut.
Of his 15 children, nine of whom were under 15 years of age, all but
one were living at his death, after -which one more also was born. He d.
intestate. His estate was inventoried at £379 14s. The estate of his
son Hewett was £28, and divided equally between his three brothers
and sister, children of Mary Hewett. John, brother of Hewett d. insolvent.
Thomas Strong was a farmer.
By the will of Thomas Strong his eldest son Thomas had " half the
house and homestead forever ; hoping he will come and live there and so
be a help to his mother-in-law." The mother had " the whole of the rest
of the estate for five years to bring up the children ; then the estate to
be divided according to law, Thomas to have a double portion — he to pay
if half of whole is too much."
[Rev. Ephraim Hewett had been a minister in Wraxall, Warwickshire,
Eng- , and being proceeded against by Archbishop Laud, in 1638, for
neglecting ceremonies, came to this country in 1639. " He was," says
Allen, " a man of superior talents and eminent usefulness." He was settled
in 1639 as colleague with Rev. John Warham in Windsor. He d. Sept.
4, 1644. His wife's name was Isabel.
Deacon WiUiam Holton was one of the first settlers of Hartford, Ct.,
and one of the eight original petitioners for liberty to plant and settle at
Nonotuck (Northampton), whither he went in 1653. When the first
board of magistrates was appointed in 1665 by the General court, it
consisted of William Holton, Thomas Bascom and Edward Elmore. He
was the first deacon of the church of Northampton (ordained June 13,

Son of Elder John Strong of Northampton. 229
1668), and a representative to the General-court (1667-69). He d. Aug.
12, 1691, set. about 80. His widow Mary d. Nov. 16, 1691. His dau.
Sarah m. Nov. 18, 1656, Capt. John King of Northampton, whose grand
daughter. Experience King (dau. of Lt. John King, Jr., of Northampton,
and Mehitable Pomeroy) m. Col. Timothy Dwight of Northampton, grand
father of Pres. Timothy Dwight of Yale College. His second dau. Mary
m. Nov. 18, 1656, David Burt, whose daughter, Mary Burt, m. Dr.
Thomas Hastings of Hadley, Mass., the ancestor of Thomas Hastings,
Esq., Musical Doctor and Composer in New York. His remaining dau.
Ruth m. Feb. 5, 1663, Joseph Baker and afterwards for 2d husband
Thomas Lyman (son of Richard Lyman the settler). They were the
parents of Noah Lyman father of the celebrated Gen. Phinehas Lyman
of Suffield, Ct., and of Ebenezer Lyman his brother, whose granddaughter,
Esther Lyman, was the mother of Rev. Dr. Lyman Beecher.]
[3d Gen.] By fi/rst wife :
4073- 4. i. Thomas Strong, Jr., b. Nov. 16, 1661, d. at Durham, Ct.
4075- 6. u. .Maria Strong b. Aug. 31, 1663, m. Samuel Judd of
Northampton, d. May 18, 1751, aged 87.
4077. iii. John Strong b. March 9, 1664-5, d unmarried near Deer-
field, Mass., May 21, 1699, aged 34.
4078. iv. He^wett Strong b. Dec. 2, 1666, one of the first settlers of
Durham, Ct., d, unmarried, Sept. 29, 1689, aged 22.
4079-80. v. Asahel Strong b. Nov. 14. 1668, d- at Farmington, Ct.,
Oct. 8, 1739, aged 70.
By second mfe Bachel Holton :
4081- 3. vi. Joseph Strong b. Dec. 2, 1672, d. at Coventry, Ct., Dec.
23, 1763, aged 91; called Justice Joseph Strong.
4084. vii. Benjamin Strong b. in 1674, a weaver, resided at E. Guil
ford, Ct., with Selah Murray, whose wife, Ann Bradley,
was probably a connection of Nathan Bradley, his father-
in-law. He was a bachelor and left his property to the
Murrays. He is described as " an intelHgent man of
quiet behavior." He was deputv from Guilford (Oct.,
1730, May, 1731). He d. Aug. 27, 1755, aged 81.
4085- 6. viU. Adino Strong b. Jan. 26, 1676, d. at Woodbury, Ct., Dec.
31, 1749, aged 78.
4087- 9. ix. Waitstill Strong b. in 1677-8, d. at Northampton, Nov.
13, 1762, aged 84.
4090- 1. X. Rachel Strong b. July 15, 1679, m. Jan. 23, 1705-6,
Miles Dudley of Guilford, Ct. "(son of Joseph Dudley).
4092- 3. xi. Selah Strong b. Dec. 23, 1680, d. at Setauket (Brook
haven), L. I., AprU 8, 1732, aged 51.
4094- 5. xii. Benajah Strong b. Sept. 24, 1682, d. in 1714, aged 33.
4096- 7. xiH. Ephraim Strong b. Jan. 4, 1685, d. at Milford, Ct.
4098- 9. xiv. Elnathan Strona: b. Aug. 20, 1686, d. at Woodbury, Ct.
May 22, 1727, aged 40.

230 The Descendants of Thomas Strong of Northampton,
4100- 1. XV. Ruth Strong b. Feb. 4, 1688, m. Dea. WUliam Dudley of
North Guilford, brother of Miles Dudley of Guilford.
4102- xvi. Submit Strong b. Feb. 23, 1690, after her father's de
cease ; supposed to have died early ; no trace of any facts
concerning her beside the date of her birth having been
found.
4073-4. i. ThomasStrong,Jr. b. Nov. 16, 1661 (son of Thomas Strong
of Northampton, and Mary Hewett), m. Nov. 17, 1683, Mary Stebbins b.
Sept. 10, 1666(dau. of John Stebbins of Northampton, and AbigaU Bartlett).
He was a farmer and removed to Durham, Ct., shortly after 1708.
[Mrs. Abigail (Bartlett) Stebbins m. for 2d husband Dec. 28, 1681,
Jedidiah Strong. Three of her chUdren by John Stebbins m. Strongs:
1. Mary who m. Thomas Strong; 2. Rebecca who m. Lt. Nathaniel
Strong, son of Elder Ebenezer Strong. 3. Thankful who m. Jerijah
Strong, son of Elder John Strong.]
[4th Gen.J Children :
4103. i. Mary Strong>b. Aug. 7, 1684, and d. Aug. 31, 1684.
4104- 5. ii. Thomas Strong b. Aug. 27, 1686, m. a wife Mary, had a
son: 1. ThomasStrong b. in Coventry, March 11, 1727.
4106- 7. iH. Lt. Eliakim Strong b. Sept. 26, 1688.
4108- 9. iv. Mary Strong b. Dec. 29, 1690, m. Thomas Alvord, Jr.
4110. V. Hewett (commonly written " Huit") Strong b. Jan. 27,
1694, d- March 25, 1694.
4111- 2. vi. Dea. Hewett (2d) Strong b. May, 1696.
4113- 4. vH. John Strong b. AprU 25, 1698.
4115- 6. viu. Rachel Strong b. April 15, 1700, m. March 19, 1724,
Samuel Robinson of Guilford.
4117. ix. Tamar Strong b in 1702.
4118 -9. X. Hannah Strong b. in 1704, m. Benoni HUls in 1723.
4120. xi. Mercy Strong b. Nov. 16, 1707.
[Thomas and Eliakim Strong are recorded at Northampton as having
sold in 1724-5, to Thomas Carew, .Ir., of Boston, 600 acres of land for
£100, for which they gave three shillings per acre and got three and a
third shillings.] The records at Durham, Ct., are very inadequate and
unsatisfactory, so that all thorough inquiry into the lineage of the Dur
ham Strongs is provokingly baffled at every step.
The Durham Strongs, at least in more recent times, have been, it is
said, quite uniformly strong democrats.
[4th Gen.J
4106-7. iii. Lt. Eliakim Strong (son of Thomas Strong, Jr., and
Mary Stebbins) b. Sept. 26, 1688, m. April 13, 1712, Mehitable King b.
March 13, 1690 (dau. of John King of Northampton and Mehitable
Pomeroy who were m. in Jan. 1686-7. She was b. July 3, 1666, and
was the dau. of Medad Pomeroy of Northampton and Experience Wood
ward who were m. ut Northampton, Nov. 21, 1661). a farmer at North'

Son of Elder John Strong of NortJiampton. 231
ampton (1712-24 or 5). He removed to Durham, Ct., between 1725 and
30 probably, where he was a farmer for several years. He d. at Dur
ham, Jan. 24, 1745-6.
[5th Gen.J Children:
4121- 2. i. Catharine Strong b. at Northampton, Jan. 8, 1713, m.
Lt. Bryan Rosseter.
4123- 4. U. Mehitable Strong b. Sept. 5, 1715, m. Aaron Alvord.
4125- 6. iH. Lt. Eliakim Strong, Jr., b. March 7, 1720.
4127- 8. iv. Thomas Strong b.Jfov. 17, 1722.
4129. V. Hewett Strong (probably d. early).
4130- 1. vi. Experience Strong bp. Jan. 3, 1730-1, m. Noah Norton
of Durham, Ct.
4132- 8. vii. Mary Strong bp. Sept. 8, 1734, m. Rowland Rosseter.

4121-2. i. Catharine Strong b. Jan. 8, 1713, m. Sept. 2, 1736, Lt.
Bryan Rosseter of Durham, Ct., a farmer at Durham. He d. and she
m. for 2d husband Gideon Leete of Durham, a farmer.
[6th Gen.J Children: By first husband :
4134. i. Catharine Rosseter b. Nov. 10, 1737, d. March 28, 1756,
aged 18.
Susanna Rosseter b. Dec. 6, 1739, d. AprU 2, 1753, aged 13.
Bryan Rosseter b. Aug. 6, 1742, d. July 28, 1755, aged 12.
Abigail Rosseter b. Dec. 11, 1744.
[5th Gen.J
4123-4." ii. Mehitable Strong (dau. of EUakim Strong and Mehitable
King) b. Sept. 5, 1715, m. Nov. 6, 1739, Aaron Alvord b. July 16, 1713
(son of Thomas Alvord of Northampton and Mary), a farmer at Durham.
[6th Gen.J Children:
4138. i. Bela Alvord b. Aug. 31, 1741.
4139. u. Selah Alvord b. March 26, 1743.
4140. Hi. Mehitable Alvord b. Oct. 1, 1745.
4142. iv. Catharine Alvord b. March 28, 1747.
[5th Gen.J
4125-6. iH. Lt. Bliakim Strong, Jr., b. March 7, 1720, m. June
4, 1751, Hannah Seward b. Feb. 21, 1730-1, at Durham (dau. of Lt.
Joseph Seward and Hannah Crane, who were m. April 26, 1720) ; a
large farmer for many years at Durham, Ct. He removed in 1798, with
his sons Selah and Stephen, to Durham, N. Y., where he d. in 1800, aged
80, and she d. in 1815, aged 85,
[6th Gen.J Children :
4113- 5. i. Eliakim Stronar b. Oct. 6, 1751, at Durham, Ct.
4146- 7. H. Medad Strong b. July 4, 1753.

4135.

ii.

4136.

iii.

4137.

iv.

232 The Descendants of Thomas Strong of Northampton,
Sergt. John Strong b. May 7, 1755.
Beulah Strong b. March 13, 1757, m. Asher Wright.
Selah Strong b. Jan. 6, 1759, d. March 11, 1837, aged 78.
Seth Strong b. May 8, 1761, d. Nov. 15, 1818, aged 57.
Stephen Strong b. May 8, 1763, d. June 6, 1768.
viii. Lois Strong b. May 22, 1764, m. Capt. Doane, a Revolu
tionary soldier and pensioner, and had two children if
not more : Van Rensselaer, and Nancy.
Stephen Strong (2d) b. May 12, 1766, d. Sept. 26, 1767.
Stephen Strong (8d) b. July 31, 1768, d. in 1840.
Hannah Strong b. Sept. 9, 1770, d. soon.
xii. Hannah Strong (2d) b. July 4, 1773, m. James Goffe.
4143-6. i. Eliakim Strong b. Oct. 6, 1751, m. March 16, 1775,
Remembrance Wright b. Aug. 22, 1753 (dau. of Daniel Wright of Dur
ham, and Lucy Stevens), a farmer in Durham and a soldier in the Revo
lutionary war. She d. Nov. 11, 1789, and he m. for second wife, Dec.
25, 1790, Ruth Camp b. Aug. 8, 1761 (dau. of Blah Camp and Phebe
Baldwin, who were m. May 14, 1760). He d. May 13, 1804, aged 52.
She d. Jan. 8, 1814, aged 52.
[7th Gen.J Children ;

4148-

9.

iii.

4150-

1.

iv.

4152-

3.

V.

4154-

5.

vi.

4166.

vii.

4157-

8.

viii

4159.

ix.

4160-

1.

X.

4162.

xi.

4163-

4.

xii.

4165- 6. i. Daniel Strong b. July 10, 1776.
4167- 8. ii. Hon. Asahel Strong b. July 27, 1781.
4169-70. iH. Nancy Strong b. March 20, 1784, m. David Norton of
Durham
4171- 2. iv. Annis Strong b. June 20, 1788, m. Ebenezer Bartlett of
Guilford, Ct. By second wife :
4173. .V. Elah Camp Strong b. May 4, 1792, went west and never
heard from.
4174- 5. vi. Phebe Strong b. Jan. 9, 1794, m. Otis Chapin.
4176. vu. Eliakim Emler Strong b. Feb. 13, 1796, d. April 28, 1817.
4177- 8. vin. Ruth Almira Strong b. Jan. 11, 1798, m. Elias MUler.
4179. ix. Alvah BueU Strong b. Dec. 29, 1799.
4180. X. Lois Louisa Strong b. Feb. 17, 1801, d. unmarried.
4181. xi. John Seward Strong b. Jan. 1, 1802.
4182- 3. xii. Tabitha Content Strong b. March 22, 1804, m. Oct. 19,
1824, Joseph Collins, a farmer in Willimantic, Ct.
4184. xiU. Ezra Baldwin Strong b. July 3, 1805.
[7th Gen.]
4165-6. i. Daniel Strong (son of Bliakim Strong and Remembrance
Wright) b. July 10, 1776, m. in 1797, Hannah Richmond, b. Jan. 26, 1780
(dau. of Robert Richmond from England, and Sarah Dean of Taunton,
Mass., b. in 1743, who d. in Batavia, N. Y., aged 102, in 1845). He
followed the sea for seven years (1793-1800), sailing from New Haven,
Ct., to the West Indies and South America in The Almira, a merchant ves-

Son of Elder John Strong of Northampton. 233
sel of which he was mate for two years (1798-1800). He afterwards
removed to W. Bloomfield, N. Y. (1802-37), and thence to Batavia,
N. Y., in 1837, where he was a farmer and d. June 26, 1859. She d.
Dec 18, 1853.
[8th Gen.J Children :
4185- 6. i. Daniel Strong, Jr., b. Dec. 20, 1799.
4187. U. Charles Strong b. June 30, 1801.
4188. iii. Anson Strong b. May 20, 1803, a farmer in Buriington
Mich. ® '
4189-90. iv. Almira Strong. b. April 20, 1805, m. Hiram Robbins d
AprU 28, 1830. ' '
4191. V. Abner Strong b. Sept. 6, 1807, d. Sept. 11, 1848.
4192- 3. vi. Albert Whiting Strong b. July 4, 1810, m. in 1830,
Semantha Fisher; without issue; a painter in Batavia'
N. Y. Hed. Aug. 11, 1848.
4194. vU. A son unnamed b. and d. June 30, 1813.
4195. viU. Nelson Strong b. Feb. 8, 1815, d. Sept. 7, 1862
4196- 7. ix Calvin Strong b. Feb. 1, 1817.
4198- 9. X. Hiram Strong b. AprU 3, 1819, d. in 1855.
4200- 1. xi. Horace Strong b. May 30, 1822.
4185-6. i. Daniel Strong, Jr.,b, Dec. 20, 1799, m. in 1819, Hannah
Claflin (dau. of John Claflin a farmer in Mendon, Monroe Co., N.Y. and
Henrietta Stimpson) ; a cooper for some years at Taylorsville ( W. Bloom
field), N. Y., and now in Wis.
[9th Gen.J Children :
4202. i. Myron Strong.
4203. U. Marilla Strong.
4204. iii. Henry Strong.
4205. iv. Marietta Strong.
4206. V. George Strong.
[8th Gen.J
4187-8. H. Charles Strong (son of Daniel Strong of Durham, Ct.,
and Hannah Richmond), b. June 30, 1801, m. May I, 1823, Lorinda
Fisher b.in Cazenovia, N. Y., Nov. 14, 1803 (dau. of Robert Fisher;
afterwards of Henrietta, Monroe Co., N. Y., and Lucinda Cleland), a farmer
at Tekonsha, Calhoun Co., Mich, (since Oct. 1853).
[9th Gen.J Children :
4207- 8. i. Norman John Strong b. March 1, 1824, m. Oct. 18, 1860,
Betsey Ann MitcheU, b. July 8, 1840, in Marengo, Mich.
(dau. of Charles Mitchell and Ann D. Dennis), a farmer
in Fairfield, Mich, (since 1866). He has had 8 children :
4209. 1. Clara Jeanette Strong b. July 30, 1862, d. Dec 21, 1865
4210. 2. Charies Mitchell Strong b. July 2, 1865.
4211. 3. Ralph Beecher Strong b. June 24, 1867, d. July 7, 1869.
30

234 The Descendants of Thomas Strong of Northampton,
4212- 3. u. Charles Ridgway Strong b. Nov. 29, 1825, m. Aug. 18,
1853, Sarah Jane Howard b. Sept. 2, 1885, in Sweden,
Munroe Co., N. Y. (dau. of Alanson Howard and
PrisciUa Salisbury), a farmer in Tekonsha, Mich. Their
children have been :
4214. 1. Minnie Annis Strong b. Feb. 20, 1865, d. Sept. 14, 1855.
4215. 2. Nettie Jane Strong b. Feb. 27, 1857.
4216. 3. Mary Fisher Strong b. July 5, 1862, d. Aug. 24, 1862.
4217- 8. in. Annis Strong b. AprU 26, 1829, m. Oct. 19, 1862, Ben
jamin Franklin Cogswell of New York city, a dry goods
broker. She d. Dec. 19, 1864.
4219. iv. Almira Decker Strong b. March 27, 1832, d. Sept. 26.
1854.
4220- 1. V. Chauncey Guernsey Strongb. June, 10, 1884, m. March
13, 1858, Fanny WithaU b. Aug. 8, 1837 (dau. of John
Withall and Dinah Sophia Goldsmith), a farmer in
Pp k nn s II 3.
4222- 8. vi. Samuel Fisher Strong b. Sept. 9, 1836, m. Sept. 6, 1865,
Mary Brinsmade ; an oil broker in New York.
4224- 5. vU. Lydia Adelia Strong b. Dec. 2, 1840, m. Sept. 1, 1861,
Thomas R. Duncan, a salesman in New York, resides in
Staten Island, N. Y.
4226. viii. Love Arabella Strong b. March 18, 1848, resides at Tekon
sha.
4227. ix. Albert Whiting Strong b. June 23, 1850, a clerk in New
York.
[8th Gen.J
4189-90. iv. Almira Strong (dau. of Daniel Strong and Hannah
Richmond) b. April 20, 1805, m. in 1821, Hiram Robbins, a farmer in Pen-
field, N. Y. She d. AprU 28, 1830.
[9th Gen.J Children :
4228. i. Pauline Remembrance Robbins.
4229. ii. Hannah Mary Robbins.
[6th Gen.J
4191. V. Abner Strong (son of Daniel Strong and Hannah Richmond)
b. Sept. 6, 1807, m. April, 1828, Henrietta Handy : a cooper in Burling
ton, Mich. He d. Sept. 1843. ChUdren :
4230. i. Esther Strong. 4233. iv. Amelia Strong.
4231. ii. Nelson Strong. 4284. v. Edward Strong.
4232. iii. Harriet Strong.

[8th Gen.J
4195. viii. Nelson Strong (son of Daniel and Hannah Strong) b.
Feb. 8, 1815, m. in 1831 Caroline Fisher : a farmer in Burlington, Mich.
He d. Sept. 7, 1862.

Son of Elder John Strong of Northampton. 235
[9th Gen.J Children :
4235. i. Baxter Strong. 4238. iv. Elizabeth Strong.
4236. ii. Harrison Strong. 4239. v. Lucinda Strong.
4237. iii. Addison Strong.
[8th Gen.]
4196-7. ix. Calvin Strong (son of Daniel and Hannah Strong)
b. Feb. 1, 1817, m.Feb. 2, 1842, EmmeUne Putnam b.in Bethany, N.Y.,
Aug. 16, 1824 (dau. of Peter and Prudence Putnam), a farmer at Alex
ander, N. Y. (P. 0. West Bethany, N. Y.), since March, 1855, and
previously in Batavia, N. Y.
[9th Gen.J Children:
4240. i. Philath^a Strong b. Nov. 12, 1842, d. Sept. 2, 1843.
4241- 2. ii. Florence Adel Strong b. June 1, 1845, m. Dec. 25,
1867, Walter Howard Chase b. March, 1847 (son of
Rev. Dr. Lyman Chase of Hightstown, N. J., and Pa
mela Lord) principal of a seminary at Bridgeton, N. J.
They have one child :
4243. 1. Florence Pamela Chase b. in New Brunswick, N. J., April
23, 1869.
4244. Hi. Augustus Calvin Strong b. Sept. 4, 1849, a farmer in
Alexander, N. Y.
[8th Gen. J
4198-9. X. Hiram Strong (son of Daniel Strong and Hannah Rich
mond) b. April 3, 1819, m. Electa West: afarmer in Batavia, N. Y. He
d. in 1856. His children were :
4245. 1. Delos Strong b. March, 1848, d. April 24, 1862.
4246- 8. 2. He had 8 children also that died in infancy, names not
given.
[8th Gen,J
4200-1. xi. Horace Strong (son of Daniel and Hannah Strong) b.
May 30, 1822, m. Betsey Calkins : a farmer in BurUngton, Mich. He
d. Feb. 7, 1863. ChUdren :
4249. 1. Miles Strong. 4251. 3. Emma Lorinda Strong.
4250. 2. Alida Strong. 4252. 4. Charies Strong.
[7th Gen.J
4167-8. U. Hon. Asahel Strong (son of Bliakim Strong and Re
membrance Wright), b, July 27, 1781, m. in Hamden, Ct., May 12,
1803, Sally Munson b. March 1, 1785 (dau. of Job Luchanus Munson
of Durham, Ct., and Lucy Beach), : a blacksmith and manufacturer of
axes on a large scale ; and of handsome means ; several times a member
of the Legislature (1817, 18, 24, 26, 32), a .strong-minded man. She d.
Oct. 28, 1862, set. 78 ; he d. March 27, 1863, set, 82.

236 The Descendants of Thomas Strong of Northampton,
[8th Gen.J Children :
4253- 4. i. Hon. Munson Strong b. Feb. 26, 1804, d. Feb. 18, 1854.
4255- 6. u. Lucy Strong b. Feb. 6, 1807, m. Sept. 17, 1825, Edwin
Hubbard.
4257. iii. Asahel Strong, Jr., b. Aug. 6, 1812, d. Sept. 6, 1812.
4258- 9. iv. Nancy E. Strong b. April 16, 1815, m. David P. Camp.
4260- 1. V. Mary Strong b. May 8, 1817, m. Frederic Hubbard
brother of Edwin.
4262- 3. vi. Sarah Strong b. April 19, 1828, m. Elijah Loveland of
Middletown.
4264- 5. vU. George Wallace Strong b, July 30, 1828.
4253-4. i. Hon. Munson Strong b. Feb. 26, 1804; a merchant in
Durham, Ct. ; justice of the peace ; member of the Conn. Assembly
(1835, '36 and '39). He m. March 5, 1827, at Middletown, Ct, Mary
Roberts dau. of Jacob Roberts. He d. Feb. 18, 1854, and she m. for 2d
husband Rev. James McDaniels, a Baptist clergyman at Tartville, N. C.
She d. in 1869 ; and he in 1870. He had one child :
4266- 7. 1. JuHa Ann Strong b. July 25, 1834, m. Oct. 21, 1850,
James Valerie Robinson b. Feb. 10, 1829 (son of
Richard and Cynthia Robinson of Durham), a farmer at
Durham and afterwards a mail contractor in Texas where
he d. in 1854. They had one chUd :
4268. (1.) Atla M. Robinson b. April 4, 1851.
[8th Gen.J
4256-6. ii. Lucy Strong b. Feb. 6, 1807, m. Sept 17, 1825, Edwin
Hubbard b. Dec 9, 1806 (son of Richard and Sally Hubbard), an orna
mental painter in New Haven, Ct.
[9th Gen.J Children:
4269-70. i. Elizabeth Hubbard b. Feb. 5, 1827, m. Norman Clark.
4271. H. Harriet Hubbard b. March 18, 1829, d. Nov. 27, 1853.
4272- 3. Ui. William Edwin Hubbard b. Feb. 9, 1835.
4269-70. i. Elizabeth Hubbard b. Feb. 5, 1827, m. Nov. 28, 1858,
Norman Clark (son of Silas Clark), a merchant in New Haven, Ct, and
a sutler in the Union army. He d. in 1863. They had a son :
4276. 1. Edwin Hubbard Clark b. Oct 10, 1860.
[8th Gen.]
4268-9. iv. Nancy E. Strong b. AprU 16, 1815, m. Aug. 11, 1833,
David Phinehas Camp, in 1811 (son of Sylvester Camp of Durham, and
afterwards of Westmoreland, N. Y.), a shoemaker in Durham, Ct He d.
Sept. 9, 1834, and she m. for second husband, Blay 5, 1838, David Tib
bals b. March 6, 1801 (son of James Tibbals of Durham and Hannah
Richmond), a farmer in Durham.

Son of Elder John Strong of Northomipton. 237
[9th Gen.] Children :
By fi/rst husband :
4274- 5. i. Eliza Parnell Camp b. Sept. 10, 1834, m. Omri Gates Car
rier of Middletown, Jan. 8, 1854 (son of Oren Carrier
and Prudence Loomis, b. in Westchester, Ct, Oct. 22,
1882 ; a manufacturer of ' ' Malaga beer." They have one
child :
4276. 1. WilUam Omri Carrier b. Aug. 27, 1856.
By second husband :
4277. U. Mary Jane Tibbals b. May 26, 1839, d. April 13, 1844.
4278-80. Hi. Frances Tibbals b. Jan. 10, 1842, m, at Wilmington, Del.
Sept. 22, 1869, Duane Barnes b. at Middletown, Feb.
18, 1814 (son of Elisha Barnes and Lucy Jones); a
bookseller at Middletown.
4281. iv. Charles Tibbals b. AprU 6, 1845.
4282. V. Mary Tibbals b. AprU 13, 1852.
4283. vi. Harriet Hubbard Tibbals b. Nov. 18, 1853.
[8th Gen.J
4260-1. V. Mary Strong b. May 8, 1817, m. Sept. 10, 1840, Frede
ric Hubbard b. March 15, 1817 (son of Richard and Sally Hubbard) a
cabinet maker at New Haven. They have one child :
4284. 1. EUen Mary Hubbard b. Aug. 15, 1843.
4262-3. vi. Sarah Strong b. AprU 19, 1823, m. June 19, 1843,
Elijah Loveland b. in Berlin, Ct, Nov. 6, 1818 (son of George and
Aminta Loveland), a merchant in Middletown and engaged in the livery
business. Their children are :
4285. 1. George Guilder Loveland b. July 12, 1844.
4286. 2. Edward Elijah Loveland b. Nov. 16, 1862.
4287. 3. John Kellogg Loveland b. Oct 28, 1864.
[8th Gen.J
4264-5. vii. George Wallace Strong (son of Asahel Strong and
Sally Munson) b. July 30, 1828, m. May 11, 1851, Susan Mahala Stevens
b. July 7, 1829 (dau. of Nathaniel Stevens of Clinton, Ct, and Margaret
his wife), a merchant in Durham, Ct., and formerly a farmer there. To him
is due the account here given of the descendants of his parents.
[9th Gen.J Children :
4288. i. Ella Amelia Strong b. Oct. 26, 1852.
4289. ii. Wallace Munson Strong b. July 8, 1854.
4290. iii. George Asahel Strong b. Nov. 18, 1855, d. May 25, 1856.
4291. iv. Caroline Elizabeth Strong b. May 17, 1857.
4292. V. Nathaniel Stevens Strong b. Dec. 10, 1858, d. Feb. 9,
1859.
4293 vi. Emma Susan Strong b. Jan. 28, 1860, d. May 27, 1862.

238 The Descendants of TJumwbs Strong of Northampton,
4294. vii. Margaret Kelsey Strong b. Jan. 6, 1862.
4295. viii. Asahel Strong b. Feb. 19, 1864, d. Aug. 9, 1864.
[7th Qen.J
4169-70. iii. Nancy Strong (dau. of Eliakim Strong and Remem
brance Wright) b. March 20, 1784, m. Dec. 25, 1812, David Norton, b.
in 1778 (son of Moses Norton of KUlingworth, Ct, and Mary Linn), a.
farmer at Durham, where he d. Dec. 29, 1854, aged 76 ; she d. Deo. 25,
1885. [8th Gen.J Children :
4296. i. Mary Ann Norton b. May 11, 1814, resides unmarried
(1871) at Durham.
4297- 8. U. Louisa Norton b. Sept. 9, 1816, m. at Hartford, Ct, Dec,
5, 1839, Henry Chapman, a jeweler in Columbus, Miss.
He d. June 7, 1840. They had a son :
4299. 1. Henry William Chapman b. Dec. 1, 1840, a jeweller in
Columbus.
4300. iU. Abigail Norton b. Sept 19, 1818, d. March 8, 1865, un
married.
4301. iv. Charles Moses Norton b. Aug. 23, 1820, d. March 10,
1847.
4302. V. Henry Ellsworth Norton b. May 17, 1825, a farmer at
Durham, Ct., and unmarried (1871).

[7th Gen.J
4171-2. iv. Annis Strong (dau. of Bliakim Strong and Remem
brance Wright) b. June 20, 1788, m, Nov. 30, 1818, Ebenezer Bartlett,
b. in Guilford, Ct, May 18, 1780 (son of Benjamin Bartlett of GuUford,
and Ruth Post of Norwich, Ct.), a farmer at Guilford, Ct, where he d.
Sept 18, 1870, aged 90, and she is stiU (1871) living.
[8th Gen.J Children :
4303. i. Ebenezer Bartlett b. Sept, 7, 1816, d. May 18, 1856.
' ¦¦ Amanda Bartlett b. Sept 14,1818, m. May 28,1848,
Samuel Peck Baldwin, b. June 24, 1818, a joiner in
New Haven, Ct They have one child :
Alice Elizabeth Baldwin b. Sept. 30, 1858.
Ruth Bartlett b, Nov. 14, 1820, m. Aug. 20, 1851, George
Fitch, a merchant in New Haven, Ct. Their chUdren :
George Lewis Fitch b. Oct. 12, 1852.
Jeanie Bartlett Fitch, ] ,^ . .^ „ . -i.. -.orr,
Jessie Dascon Fitch, | *^^'^«' ^- S^Pt- 14, 1859.
Deborah Bartlett b. March 3, 1823, resides unmarried at
Guilford
4313. V. Mary Elizabeth Bartlett lives at ¦
Guilford, unmarried, [¦ twins, b. Aug. 14, 1830,
4314. vi. Sarah Bartlett, d. Sept. 1, 1833.

4304-

5.

ii.

4306.

1.

4307-

8.

iii.

4309. 4310.
4311.

1.
2.3.

4312.

iv.

Son of Elder John Strong of Northampton. 239
[7th Gen.J
4174-5. vi. Phebe Strong (dau. of EUakim Strong of Durham, Ct,
and Ruth Camp, his 2d wife) b. Jan. 9, 1794, m. Feb. 28, 1827, at
Springfield, Mass., Otis Chapin, a jeweller.
[8th Gen.J Children :
4315. i. Phebe Chapin d. soon.
4316- 7. u. Frances Chapin b. June 12, 1830, m. Henry B. Gates.
4318- 9. iu. Lyman Otis Chapin b. March 9, 1832, a machinist : m.
Mary E. Whitaker.
4320. iv. Henrt Dwight Chapin b. Feb. 3, 1835, d. Sept. 20, 1864.
4821- 2. V. Julia Ann Chapin b. March 5, 1837, m. Nov. 3, 1858,
Zadoc Meeker, a farmer at Irvington, N. J. Children:
4323. 1. Frances Esther Meeker b. May 7, 1860.
4324. 2. Dayton Otis Meeker b. Feb. 21, 1862.
4325. 3. Narrie B. Meeker b. Aug. 28, 1864.
.4326. 4. Grace Meeker
4327. 5. Albert Newton Meeker b. Jan. 1, 1870.
[7th Gen.J
4177-8. viH. Ruth Almira Strong (dau. of Eliakim Strong and
Ruth Camp) b. Jan. 11, 1798, m. Nov. 5, 1822, Elias Miller, a dealer in
paints, oils, &c., at Meriden, Ct He d. June 10, 1848.
[8th Gen.J Children :
4328- 9. i. Henrt Elias MUler b. Feb. 22, 1827, d. Feb. 15, 1867. He
m. Feb. 15, 1852, Josephine Francis (dau. of Daniel
Francis of KUlingworth), a dealer in oils and paints at
Meriden, Ct. Their children were :
4330. 1. Carrie Josephine MUler b. Feb. 6, 1853.
¦ 4331. 2. Walter EUas Miller b. Feb. 5, 1856.
[7th Gen.J
4179. ix. Alvah Buell Strong (son of Eliakim Strong and
Ruth Camp) b. Dec 29, 1799, m. Nov. 10, 1828, Huldah Marietta Tooley
b. Feb. 25, 1809, of Madison, Ct. (dau. of Abraham Tooley). He d.
April 21, 1846, aged 47, a farmer at Durham, Ct
[8th Gen.J Children :
4332- 3. i. Horace Hubbard Strongb. May 24, 1830, m. Oct 10,
1855, Sarah Rebecca Johnson : keeps a meat and provision
market at New Haven, Ct., has a dau :
1. Ellen Frances Strong b. in 1856.
4334- 5. ii. Ezra Baldwin Strong b. May 14, 1832, m. Jan. 1, 1863,
Mary Ann Morris: a baker in New Haven, Ct, d. in
Newark, N. J.
4336. ui. Daniel Strong b. June 24, 1834.
4337. iv. Laura Maria Strong b. June 23, 1843.

4340,

i.

4341.

ii.

4342.

iii.

4343.

iv.

240 The Descendants of Thomas Strong of Northampton,
[7th Gen.J
4181. xi. John Seward Strong (son of Bliakim and Ruth (Camp)
Strong) b. Jan. 1, 1802, m. Nov. 5, 1827, Susan L. Munson : a boot and
shoe dealer at Camptown, N. J. Their children :
4338. 1. Edwin Seward Strong b. June 23, 1829.
4339. 2. William Strong b. Sept. 9, 1831.
[7th Gen.J
4184. xiU. Ezra Baldwin Strong (son of EUakim and Ruth Strong)
b. July 3, 1805, m. Jan. 1, 1833, Harriet Rowley b. in Winsted, Ct,
July 10, 1810: abook-publisher at Hartford, Ct, where hed. Oct 23,1846.
[8th Gen.J Children :
Caroline Strong b. July 1, 1835, d. April 7, 1857.
Augustus Strong b. Feb. 27, 1838, d. Dec. 8, 1845.
Francis Strong b. Dec. 4, 1839, d. Jan. 7, 1842.
Edwin Strong b. Nov. 19, 1843, a dealer in real estate at
Hartford, Ct
4844. V. Harriet Strong b. Oct. 29, 1846, d. AprU 6, 1847.
[6th Gen.]
4146-7. U. Medad Strong b. July 4, 1753 (son of Lt Eliakim Strong
Jr., of Durham, Ct : and Hannah Seward) m. Feb. 9, 1775, Hannah Kel
sey of Durham, Ct., a farmer in Durham, Ct, where he d. He was also
a teacher of music and a district school teacher in the winter, a man of
fine aspect and bearing. He d. about 1816, and she about 1817.
[7th Gen.J Children:
4845- 6. i. Anson Strong b. June 27, 1776, d. Jan. 1848.
4347- 8. ii. Nathan Lewis Strong m. a Miss Shelley of Durham, Ct
4849. iii. Ellsworth Strong a shoe dealer in Charleston, 8. C, d.
unmarried.
4350. iv. Electa Strong d. unmarried in 0.
4351- 2. V. Hannah Strong m. John Wolcott of Jewett, Greene Co.,
N. Y., b. in WaUingford, Ct. They had a daughter :
1. Julia Wolcott m. a Mr. Ward of FitchvUle, Huron Co., 0.
4345-6. i. Anson Strong b. June 27, 1776, m. Feb. 6, 1803, Sally
Butler of Branford, Ct, b. Jan. 8, 1779 (dau. of John Butler and Eliza
beth Lindley) a farmer at Durham, N. Y. (1796-1848). He was also
justice of the peace. For 17 years he taught in district schools in the
winter. He d. Jan., 1848, aged 71, a member of the Methodist church.
She is still living (1870), aged 91, at gornwallville (Durham, N. Y.).
He was a soldier in the war of 1812.
[8th Gen.J Children :
4353- 4. i. Caroline Strong b. Dec 27, J803, m. Sept 3, 1842,
Albert G. Owen of RensselaervUle, Albany Co., N. Y.,

Son of Elder John Strong of Northampton. 241
b. Aug. 12, 180Q, " a carpenter and a good man." He
d. Feb. 9, 1845. They had one child :
4355. 1. Emily Harriet Owen b. Aug. 14, 1843, a teacher, resides
at RensselaervUle.
4356. ii. Sarah Strong b. Feb., 1806, resides unmarried at Corn-
wallvUle (Durham), N. Y.
4357. iH. Emilt Strong b. July 3, 1808, d. unmarried Sept. 1, 1858.
[6th Gen.]
4358- 9. iv. Ellsworth Strong b. Dec 12, 1811.
4360- 1. V. John Butler Strong b. May 30, 1814.
4362. vi. Mart (Polly) Strong b. Aug. 13, 1819, d. unmarried June
3, 1860.
4358-9. iv. Ellsworth Strong b. Dec 12, 1811, m. Nov. 25, 1835,
Phebe Smith b. Aug. 14, 1818 (dau. of Zoeth Smith, of CornwaUville,
from Haddam, Ct, and Olive Merwin from Durham, Ct). She d. April
17, 1868, he is a farmer at CornwaUville (Durham), N. Y., and justice
of the peace. To him the author owes the account here given of the
descendants of his parents.
[9th Gen.J Children :
4368. i. William Strong b. Sept 23, 1826, d. May 16, 1842.
4364. ii. Wilbur Fisk Strong b. Dec. 6, 1838, a clerk in New
York, enlisted March, 1864, in the 5th N. Y. Regt,
Heavy Artillery. He was under Gen. Hunter, in the
campaign of the Shenandoah Valley, and endured many
hardships under which his strength failed and he d. in
the hospital at Martinsburgh, Va., in 1864, aged 25, a
Christian soldier. His last letter to his father was full
of the spirit of the message : "If I do not see you again,
try and meet me in heaven."
4365- 6. iH. Frederic CoUins Strong b. April 25, 1841, m. Oct. 26,
1864, EHza Snyder b. Feb. 20, 1846 (dau. of James
Snyder of Durham, N. Y., and Leah Ransom), a farmer
at CornwaUville, and teaches school in the winter. He
has one child :
4367. 1. WUbur Strong b. Feb. 11, 1866.
4368. iv. Mart Jerome Strongb. Oct. 1, 1843; a teacher, resides at
CornwaUville.
4369. V. William Hoyt Strongb. March 31, 1846; eiigaged in a
creamery at CornwaUville ; teaches in the winter.
4370. vi. Ellsworth Anson Strong b. Sept. 14, 1848 ; a farmer at
CornwaUville.
4371. vii. Martha Strong b. May 22, 1861.
4372. viii. Elizabeth Strong b. Aug. 24,1854.
4373. ix. Olive Strong b. Jan. 16, 1857.
31

242 The Descendants of Thomas Strong of Northampton,
[8th Gen.J
4360-1. V. John Butler Strong (son of Anson Strong and SaUy
Butler) b. May 80, 1814, m. Nov. 27, 1837, Rhoda Smith b. Sept 20,
1812 (dau. of Rev. Bela Smith late of the N. Y. Methodist Conferenoe,
and Rhoda Merwin, and double cousin of Phebe Smith wife of his brother
Ellsworth) : a farmer at CornwaUville where he d. Sept 26,1870; a
Methodist class leader for 38 years.
[9thGen.J Children:
4374- 5. i. Francis Asbury Strong b. Dec 18, 1838, m. .March 27,
1864, Katie Snyder b. June 27, 1845 (dau. of James
Snyder of Durham, N. Y., and Leah Ransom, and sister
to Eliza Snyder wife of his cousin Frederick) : a large
farmer. They have one child :
4376. 1. Katie Strong b. Jan. 8, 1865.
4377. ii. Joseph Benson Strong b. Oct 10, 1840, d. Dec. 13, 1864.
4378. iH. John Stratton Strong b. April 26, 1843, a lumberman in
Albany.
4379. iv. Philip Embury Strong b. Jan. 6, 1845, a gardener in
CatskiU.
4380. V. Sarah Alice Strong b. Jan. 24, 1847.
4381. vi. Thomas Barrett Strong b. Jan, 6, 1849, a clerk in Corn
waUville.
4382. vH. Caroline Strong b. March 1, 1851.
4383. viU. Anson Strong b. Dec. 27, 1852.
4884. ix. Charles Smith Strong b. Nov. 8, 1854.
'[6th Gen.J
4148-9. iii. Sergt. John Strong (son of Lt EUakim Strong and
Hannah Seward) b. May 7, 1755, m. (whom the author has not found) :
a farmer in Durham, Ct. He was a Revolutionary soldier.
[7th Gen.J Children:
4385. i. John Strong, Jr., a shoe dealer in Newark, N. J.
4386- 7. ii. Anna Strong m. Nathan Parsons of Durham, Ct., b.
May 9, 1787 (son of Aaron Parsons and Lucy  ).
They have a son :
4388. 1. Nathan Parsons of Durham, Ct.
4389. ui. Julia Strong.
Inquiries were pushed here, but always unsuccessfully.
[6th Gen.J
4150-1. iv. Beulah Strong (dau. of Lt. Eliakim Strong and Hannah
Seward) b. March 13, 1757, m. Ashur Wright, a farmer in Durham, Ct.
Children :
4390. i. Jesse Wright lives in Killingworth, Ct. : could get no in
formation in answer to letters.
4391. H. Lois Wright.
4392. in. Hannah Wright

4396- 7.

iH.

4398- 9.

iv.

4400- 1.

V.

4402.

vi.

4403.

vii.

Son of Elder John Strong of NortJiampton. 243
[6th Gen.J
4152-3. V. Selah Strong (son of Lt Eliakim Strong and Hannah
Seward) b. Jan. 6, 1759, m. Nov. 10, 1782, Eunice Baldwin of Durham,
Ct, b. Aug. 2, and bapt. Aug. 10, 1760 (dau. of Abiel Baldwin and
Mehitable Johnson b. Nov. 23, 1734, dau. of Benj. Johnson of Durham,
and Eunice  , who were m. April 1, 1756). He was a farmer at
Durham, Ct, and after 1783, at Durham, N. Y., where he d. March 11,
1837, aged 78. She d. Sept 5, 1827, aged 67. He was a Revolutionary
soldier. [Abiel Baldwin and Mehitable Johnson were the parents of
Dea. Jonathan Baldwin who was the father of Rev. Dr. Elihu W. Bald
win, president of Wabash College, Crawfordville, Ind.]
[7th Gen.] Children:
4393- 4. i. Charles Strong b. Aug. 17, 1783, in Durham, Ct, d.
March 28, 1859.
4395. ii. Elijah Strong b. Aug. 26, 1785, in Durham, Greene Co.,
N. Y., d. March 23, 1867.
Ltman Strong b. Feb. 21, 1788,
Rev. Salmon Strong b. March, 23, 1790.
Anna Strong b. Aug. 20, 1792, m. Elizur Hull.
Selah Strong b. AprU 27, 1795.
vU. Eunice Strong b. May 13, 1797, lives (1870) unmarried
at Durham.
4404. viu. Lansing Strong b. June 20, 1800, d. Oct. 20, 1810.
4393-4. i. Charles Strong b. Aug. 17, 1788, m. Feb. 1, 1807,
Sarah Field b. June 9, 1770 (dau. of Ambrose Field b. July 7, 1736,
and Sarah Bates, b. May 2, 1743), a farmer and carpenter at Durham.
He d. March 28, 1857. She d. July 81, 1850.
[8th Gen.J Children :
4405- 6. i. Semira Strong b. Aug. 27, 1809, m. Daniel Simmons.
4407- 8. ii. Semantha Strong b. Aug. 23, 1811, m. Lemuel Baldwin.
4409-10. in. Juliette Strong b. June 5, 1813, m. James Wells.
4411- 2. iv. Sarah Strong b. May 31, 1816, m. WiUiam C. Hotchkiss.
4413- 4. V. Nanct Strong b. July 17, 1818, m. Luke Van Vechten
of Catskill.
4405-6. i. Semira Strong b. Aug. 27, 1809, m. Nov. 6, 1833,
Daniel Simmons b. Nov. 13, 1806 (son of Albertus Simmons b. Nov. 29,
1773, and Sarah Hermance b. in 1780, whom he m. in 1797, and who d.
Feb. 8, 1832 : he d. Nov. 11, 1852), a wheelwright and]afterwards a mer
chant at Durham, N. Y.
[9th Gen.J Children :
4415- 6 i Josephine Simmons b. Oct 10, 1834, m. Nov. 27, 1862,
Philander Pratt b. Feb. 20, 1823 (son of Frederick
Pratt b. March 10, 1783, and Nancy Pratt b. March 4,
1785, whom he m. Dec 3, 1803. He was b. at Say-

244 The Descendants of Thomas Strong of Northampton,
brook, Ct He. d. April 11, 1868; she d. Dec. 26,
1864), a farmer at CatskiU, N. Y. No chUdren.
4417. H. Charles Albertus Simmons b. Sept 1, 1837, enlisted
Sept 5, 1861, in Co. C, 20th N. Y. Regiment of Vols.,
in McDowell's Division under Gen. Wadsworth, and after
Aug., 1862, in Gen. Pope's, on the Rapidan. He was
in the battles at Norman's Ford, Sulphur Springs,
GainesvUle, Manassas, ChantUly, South Mountain, Antie-
tam, Fredericksburgh and Gettysburgh, where he was
taken prisoner and taken to Belle Isle where he d. Feb.
18, 1864.
4418-9. iU. Mart Adelaide Simmons b. Oct 16, 1841, m. Oct. 21,
1863, WUHam Field Johnson b. Aug. 12, 1836 (son of
Edward Johnson b. July 3, 1802, and Harriet Field b.
May 16, 1810, whom he m. AprU 14, 1831), a farmer at
Durham, N. Y.
[8th Gen.J
4407-8. ii. Semantha Strong (dau. of Charles Strong of Durham,
N. Y., and Sally Field) b. Aug. 23, 1811, m. Dec 13, 1888, Lemuel
Baldwin b. June 22, 1799 (son of Noah Baldwin of Durham, Ct., and
Phebe Hull), a farmer in Durham, N. Y. He d. June 6, 1870.
[Noah Baldwin b. Feb. 26, 1768, d. May 31, 1843, in Durham, N. Y.
Phebe Hull dau. of Joseph and Sibyl Hull was b. Jan. 21, 1769.]
[9th Gen.J Children :
4420- 1. i. Mart Abigail Baldwin b. June 5, 1843, m. Feb. 21, 1867,
Blectus Ramsdell of Brooklyn, N. Y.
4422- 3. u. Lewis Bradley Baldwin b. Sept 12, 1844, m. Dec. 24, 1868,
Martha Cornelia Decker b. Feb. 20, 1849 (dau. of John
Henry DeckerandSallySoule) : a farmer in Durham, N.Y.
4424- 6. iii. Juliette Strong b. June 5, 1818, m. Nov. 15, 1832, James
Wells. He d. in Liberty, SuUivan Co. N. Y.
4426- 7. iv. Sarah Strong b. May 31, 1815, m. Feb. 18, 1841, WiUiam
Cochrane Hotchkiss b. May 16, 1816, in Durham, N. Y.
(son of Henry Hotchkiss b. Aug. 9, 1785, and Sarah
Dorrance Cochrane, b. Jan. 24, 1787, in Durham, Ct,
as was he also), a mason at Montrose, Pa. She d. Jan.
30, 1850; he d. Nov. 21, 1870. They had no children.
4428- 9. V. Nanct Strong b. July 17, 1818, m. Feb. 22, 1848, Luke
Kiersted Van Vechten b. Aug. 24, 1817 (son of Tunis
Van Vechten of Catskill b. in 1782, and Rachel Kiersted
b. Nov. 13, 1785, who d. Nov. 1847; he d. Jan. 1852),
a farmer in Catskill, N. Y.
[9th Gen.J Children :
4430. i. Martha Josephine Van Vechten b. Dec. 12, 1848.
4431. ii. William Washington Van Vechten b. June 12, 1850.
4432. iii. Charles Strong Van Vechten b. Sept. 24, 1851.
4434. iv. Sarah Hotchkiss Van Vechten b. June 10, 1853, d. Aug.
29, 1853,

4437.

i.

4438.

ii.

4439.

iii.

4440.

iv.
4441
2.
V.
Son. of Elder John Strong of NortJiampton. 245
4485. V. Sarah Ann Van Vechten b. July 25, 1855, d. Jan. 3,
1857.
4436. vi. Rachel Jessie Van Vechten b. Sept. 29, 1859.
[7th Gen.J
4396-7. in. Ltman Strong (son of Selah Strongof Durham, N. Y.,
and Eunice Baldwin) b. Feb. 21, 1788, m. Oct. 4, 1821, Olive Hickok,
b. in GreenviUe, Greene Co.,N. Y., Nov. 7, 1788 (dau. of David Hickok,
b. in Woodbury, Ct., Jan. 22, 1757, and Phebe Post, b. in Woodbury,
Feb. 11, 1782) : a farmer in Durham, Greene Co. N. Y., and an elder
in the Presbyterian church. He d. March 8, 1871, aged 83.
[8th Gen.J Children :
Almira Strong b. Oct 14, 1822, d. Sept 13, 1827.
Elizabeth Strong b. Dec. 19, 1823, d. Sept 11, 1827.
Horace Strong b Aug. 11, 1825, d. Sept 5, 1827.
Harriet Strong b. Jan. 23, 1827.
Horace Strong b. April 3, 1829, m. March 27, 1867,
Julia Anna Hull, b. March 3, 1834 (dau. of Luman
HuU of Durham, N. Y., b. Nov. 3, 1796, and EHzabeth
Peck, b. AprU 1, 1798) : a farmer at Durham, N. Y.
To him is due this account of the descendants of Selah
Strong and Eunice Baldwin. Children :
4443. 1. Lyman Hickok Strong b. March 21, 1868.
4444. 2. Edgar Luman Strong b. Sept. 25, 1869.
[7th Gen.J
4398-9. iv. Rev. Salmon Strong (son of Selah Strong of Durham,
N. Y., and Eunice Baldwin) b. March 23, 1790, grad. at Williams Coll.
in 1813, and at Princeton Theol. Sem. in 1818: Tutor at HamUton
Coll. (1818-21), a teacher at Clinton, N. Y. (1822-37), m. April 14,
1821, Rachel Kellogg b. Aug. 20, 1794, in Clinton, Oneida Co., JSF. Y.,
(dau. of Amos Kellogg b. Sept 27, 1760, and Rachel Porter b. Oct. 16,
1761, dau. of Capt. Amos Porter, a Revolutionary soldier. They removed
from Sheffield, Mass., where they had previously Hved, to Clinton, N. Y.,
in 1787, shortly after their marriage which occurred April 12th, of that
year). [8th Gen.J Children :
4445- 7. i. Rev. Addison KeUogg Strong, D.D., b. March 27, 1823.
4448- 9. u. Edward KeUogg Strong b. Jan. 5, 1826, d. Sept. 13, 1863.
4450. in. Theodore Baldwin Strong b. March 23, 1829, d. Feb. 8,
1832.
4445-7. i. Rev. Addison Kellogg Strong, D.D., b. March 27,1823,
grad. at Hamilton College, N. Y., in 1842, and at Auburn Theol. Sem. in
1845. He m. Sept. 10, 1841, Matilda Clark of Spencer, N. Y. She d.
246 The Descendants of Thomas Strong of Norfhampton,
and he m. Medora Elder. He has been settled at various places as,
Monroe, Mich., Syracuse, N. Y., and Harrisburgh, Pa., where he now
resides. No letters addressed to him have received any replies.
[9th Gen.J Children: By second wife :
4451. i. Mart Elder Strong.
4462. ii. Edward KeUogg Strong.
4453. Hi. Louisa Strong.
4454. iv. Anna Strong.
4455. V Fanny Strong.
4466. vi. Sarah Elizabeth Strong.
4457. vii. Helen Armitage Strong.
4458. viii. Cora Gertrude Strong.
[8th Gen.J
4448-9. u. Edward Kellogg Strong b. Jan. 5, 1826, grad.
at Hamilton College in 1847, m. July, 1853, Elizabeth Fine (dau. of
Judge John Fine of Ogdensburgh, N. Y.), a merchant at Cincinnati, 0.
He d. Sept 13, 1863.
[9th Gen.J Children :
4459. i. John Fine Strong.
4460. ii. Addison Kellogg Strong.
4461. iU. Thomas Guernsey Strong.
4462. iv. Edward Strong.
4463. V. Charlotte Saxton Strong.,
[7th Gen.J
4400-1. V. Anna Strong (dau. of Selah Strong and Eunice Baldwin)
b. Aug. 20, 1792, m. Sept 11, 1811, EUzur Hull b. March 2, 1791 (son
of John Hull b. Nov. 18, 1766, and Sally Baldwin b. Nov. 2, 1765, whom
he m. Feb. 4, 1781, and who d. July 28, 1838 ; he d. Oct 29, 1832.
They came early from Durham, Ct, to Durham, N. Y.), a farmer at
Durham, N. Y. He d. Oct 23, 1860 ; she still resides (1 870) at Durham.
[8th Gen.J Children :
4464- 5. i. Sarah Ann HuU b. Aug. 20, 1812, m. Dec. 20, 1846
Luther Darling b. June 9, 1805 (son of Ebenezer Darling
b. March 16, 1775, in Lebanon, N. Y., and Rebecca
Allen b. May 23, 1777, whom he m. in 1797, and who
d. April 23, 1865 ; he d. Oct 7, 1815). Children :
4466. 1. Anna Elvira Darling b. March 9, 1848, in Volney, Oswego
Co., N. Y., d. March 16, 1871.
4467. 2. John Luther Darling b. in Westford, N. Y., Sept. 10, 1855.
[Ebenezer Darling b. March 16, 1775, in Lebanon, N. Y.,
m. in 1797 Rebecca Allen b. in Hoosack, N. Y., May 23,
1777, who d. April 23, 1865; he d. Oct 9, 1815.
4468- 9. H. Eunice Hull b. Nov. 5, 1814, m. Dec. 23, 1840, Edmund
Pratt b. June 9, 1808 (son of Ethan Pratt b. March 9,

Son of Elder John Strong of Northampton. 247
1768, in Guilford, Ct., and Mabel Shields b. there July
7, 1770, who d. Feb. 11, 1845, in Durham, N. Y., where
he also d. Jan. 23, 1849). She d. Feb. 14, 1868.
Children :
4470- 1. 1. Rev. Elizur Hull Pratt b. June 9, 1842, preaches at Cape
Vincent, N. Y., m. Jan. 4, 1871, Miss Carter.
4472. 2. Dr. Ezra Baldwin Pratt b. Oct. 14, 1844.
4473. 8. Theodore Kellogg Pratt b. Sept 6, 1849, d. June 5, 1869.
4474- 6. iU. John Hull b. Aug. 24, 1816, m. March 20, 1839, Louisa
Austin b. Aug. 31, 1816 (dau. of Aaron Austin b. March
31, 1786, who m. March 31, 1808, Mary Cooley b. Aug.
6, 1787, who d. July 16, 1862; he d. Aug. 24, 1849).
She d. Dec 16, 1867, and he m. for 2d wife Sept 1,
1868, widow Sarah Hubbard nie Austin, sister of his
first wife b. Feb. 14, 1811. His children :
4477- 8. 1. WUHam Dowell HuU b. June 24, 1840, m. June 22, 1864,
Mary E. Shove : a cutter and polisher of marble : he d.
May 10, 1865.
4479-80. 2. Austin Lansing Hull b. May 12, 1843, m. Dec. 25, 1866,
Mary Elizabeth Mackey b. May 30, 1843 (dau. of Alex
ander Tuttle Mackey b. Jan. 15, 1816, kUled by bush-
wackers in Missouri, Dec. 1865, and Deborah Palmer b.
Nov. 8, 1817, whom he m. Oct. 1837).
4481- 2. 8. Anna Louisa Hull b. Nov. 15, 1847, m. Nov. 15, 1869,
OsweU Root Coe b. Jan. 23, 1847 (son of Schuyler BueU
Coe b. Oct. 30, 1814, in Jewett, Greene Co., N. Y., and
Eliza Sarah Root b. there Aug. 19, 1817, whom he m.
Dec. 31, 1835), a farmer in Jewett.
4483. 4. David Strong Hull b. Nov. 20, 1849.
4484- 6. iv. Lyman Alanson Hull b. Aug 16, 1821, m. Dec. 27, 1848,
Louisa Chittenden b. Oct. 19, 1824 (dau. of Hervey
Chittenden of Durham, and Sally Pratt) : a farmer at
Durham, N. Y. Children :
4486. 1. Zina Wittlesey Hull b. May 28, 1850, d. Aug. 3, 1852.
4487. 2. Judson Dwight Hull b. June 1, 1853.
4488. 3. Addison Orville HuU b. March 4, 1860. [Hervey Chit
tenden b. March 26, 1790, m. Feb. 27, 1812, and d.
Jan. 13, 1867.]
4489-90. V. David Baldwin Hull b, March 25, 1824, m. Dec 27, 1848,
Eliza Cowles b. Aug. 23, 1828 (dau. of David Cowles of
Durham and Nancy Merwin) : a merchant at Galesburgh,
Mich.
4491. vi. Almira HuU b. March 17, 1830, d. unmarried May 20,
1864.
4492- 4. vU. Dwight Parsons Hull b. Sept 5, 1831, m. Sept 15, 1857,
Ellen Catharine Cowles b. July 1, 1831 (dau. of David,
Cowles and Catharine Boufi;hton) : a farmer in Durham,
N. Y. She d. July 28, 1864, and he m. March 5, 1867,
Eveline Pratt b. Sept 28, 1828 (dau. of Abijah Pratt
and Polly Post). His children (by first wife) :
4495. 1. EUen Catharine Hull b. July 22, 1864. [Catharine
Boughton b. Jan. 23, 1794, m. Alanson Cowles in 1818.

248 The Descendants of TJwmas Strong of NortJiampton,
He was b. Jan. 16, 1795, she m. for 2d husband. May
26, 1830, David Cowles b. Sept 26, 1790, who d. Dec.
10, 1857. She d. March 7, 1869.]
4496- 7. viii. Nancy Elizabeth HuU b. Dec 8, 1833, m. AprU 20,
1858, Joshua George Borthwick b. Nov. 21, 1832 (son
of John Borthwick of Middleburgh, Scoharie Co., N. Y.,
and Lucy Bushnell) : a farmer in Durham, N. Y. His
children :
4498. 1. John Franklin Borthwick b. March 30, 1861.
4499. 2. Lucy Emma Borthwick b. March 14, 1869.
4500- 1. ix. Emily Strong Hull b. Nov. 13, 1838, m. March 13, 1861,
Alanson Camp Cowles b. Sept 19, 1819 (son of Alan
son Cowles b. Jan. 16, 1795, and Catharine Boughton b.
in 1818), a lawyer in Durham, N. Y. Children :
4502. 1. Anna Catharine Cowles b. May 26, 1862.
4503. 2. Herbert Lyman Cowles b. March 18, 1864.
4604. 3. Elizabeth .Grace Cowles b. Feb. 4, 1866.
[6th Gen.J
4164-5. vi. Seth Strong (son of Lt Eliakim Strong and Hannah
Seward) b. May 8, 1761, m. Rachel Robinson of Durham, Ct, bapt
AprU 18, 1762 (dau. of Asher Robinson of Durham, Ct, and Margery
Butcher of Boston) : a farmer in Durham, Ct She d. Feb. 10, 1850,
aged 88. He d. Nov. 15, 1818, aged 58.
[7th Gen.J Children :
4605. i. Harriet Strong, d. soon.
4506- 7. ii. Dency Strong m. John Hall of WaUingford, Ct.
4508- 9. Hi. Seth Robinson Strong b. Dee. 15, 1788, d Sept. 19, 1835.
4510-11. iv. Capt Harry Strong b. Oct 5, 1791.
4512. V. Guernsey Strong b. April, 1799, d. in Louisburgh, N. C.
July 28, 1826. s , ,
4513- 4. vi. Noah Strong b. in 1800, a merchant in Cumming, Ga., d.
Feb. 1, 1868.
4615- 6. vH. Eliza Strong, m. George Cruttenden, May 19, 1824.
4517- 8. vUi. Edwin Strong b. in 1805; a merchant at Louisburgh,
N. C, where he d. July 26, 1826, aged 21.
4506- 7. ii. Dency Strong, m. John HaU, a resident at Wallington,Ct:
Children :
4519. 1. Dwight Hall. 4521. 3. Wolcott HaU.
4620. 2. Eliza Hall. 4622. 4. Adeline Hall.
[7th Gen.J
4508-9. iH. Seth Robinson Strong (son of Seth Strong of Durham,
Ct, and Rachel Robinson b. Deo. 15, 1788, m. Sept. 29, 1811, Rhoda
Camp, b. March 18, 1791 (dau. of Rejoice Camp of Durham and Ruth
Pickett): a farmer at Durham, Ct, where he d. Sept. 19. 1835, and she
d. AprU 16, 1856.

San of Elder John Strong of Northampton. 249
[8th Gen.J Children :
4523- 4. i. Catharine CecUia Strong b. May 15, 1812, m. Leofric L.
Parsons of Durham.
4525- 6. U. Elizabeth Ann Strong b. Nov. 8, 1813, m. Seth B. Cooper,
of Durham.
4627. iU. Harriet Augusta. Strong b. Aug. 12, 1815, m. Dec. 1841,
Brastus Kirtland a shoe merchant now (1870) in
Macon, Ga. She d. May 1, 1842 : no issue.
4528. iv. Henry Strong b. Feb. 1817, d. unmarried Aug. 11, 1855,
set. 38, engaged in the lumber business at Vicksburgh,
Miss.
4629. v. Dr. Seth Robinson Strong b. May 2, 1819, grad. in 1844
at the Eclectic Med. School of Cincinnati, 0. He prac
tised medicine at Jerusalem, Southampton Co., Va.
(1844-54) ; since 1854 he has resided in Vicksburgh,
Miss., engaged in the lumber business, unmarried.
4530. vi. Charles Waldo Strong b. AprU 27, 1823, in the lumber
business in Vicksburgh, unmarried.
4523-4. i. Catharine Cecilia Strong b. May 15, 1812, m. March
6, 1834, Leofric Loveland Parsons b. Nov. 3, 1806 (son of Curtis Parsons
and Orpha Loveland), a merchant in Weldon, N. C. (1844-61), and pre
viously in Petersburgh, Va. (1832-44). He d. Oct 11, 1869. His
widow resides at Durham, Ct. (1870).
[9th Gen.J Children :
4531. i. Harriet Elizabeth Parsons b. in Petersburgh, Dec. 19,
1834, d. Jan. 16, 1836.
4532- 3. u. Frances Ellen Parsons b. May 3, 1837, m. Nov. 24, 1864,
David Birdseye Miller b. April 29, 1836 (son of Alvan
MiUer and Sarah Birdseye) a merchant in New York :
they have one child :
4534. 1. Frances Parsons MUler b. June 19, 1867.
4535. in. Henry Strong Parsons b. June 7, 1839, a shoe merchant
in Macon, Ga.
4536. iv. Edgar Otis Parsons b. Feb. 12, 1842, a commission and
grocery merchant in Nashville, Tenn.
4537. v. Leofric WiUiamson Parsons, b. in Petersburgh May 19,
1844, a clerk in New York.
4538. vi. Frederic Eugene Parsons b. in Durham, Ct, April 13,
1847, where he d. March 29, 1850.
4639. vH. Franklin Loveland Parsons b. June 17, 1850, d. Jan. 16,
1851.
4540. viii. Attala Augusta Parsons b. April 25, 1852.
4541. ix. Kate Helena Parsons, b. Dec. 19, 1864.
[8th Gen.J
4526-6. ii. Elizabeth Ann Strong (dau. of Seth Robinson Strong
of Durham, Ct. and Rhoda Camp) b. Nov. 8, 1813, m. Aug. 6, 1838,
32

250 The Descendants of Thomas Strong of Northampton,
Seth Brown Cooper b. Feb. 10, 1810 (son of Joseph Cooper of Salem,
N. Y., and Hannah Eastland) a merchant at Durham, Ct and postmaster
there. [9th Gen.J Children :
4542- 3. i. Louisa Augusta Cooper b. Feb. 27, 1840, m. Dec. 31,
1861, Amos Henry Miller of Boston ; a merchant She
d. June 22, 1862.
4544- 5. ii. Harriet Kirtland Cooper b. June 26, 1.842, m. June 27,
1866, Asa Smith Lane a clerk in New York (son of
Nehemiah B. and Abby Ann Lane). No children :
4646. iii. Charles Henry Cooper b. June 11, 1844; a clerk in
New York.
[7th Gen.J
4510-1. iv. Capt. Harry Strong (son of Seth Strong of Durham,
Ct and Rachel Robinson) b. Oct. 6, 1791, m. Sept. 11, 1817, Barbara
Scranton b. March 23, 1797 (dau. of Alexander Scranton and Jerusha
Hull); a farmer at Durham, Ct : a member of the legislature in 1861
(democratic). [8th Gen.J Children:
4547- 8. i. Mary' Ann Strong b. Sept 30, 1818, m. May 2, 1842,
Benjamin K. Carrier, a tailor in Durham, Ct. No
children.
4549. ii. Ellsworth Strong b. July 18, 1821; a soldier in the
Mexican war, d. unmarried Oct. 1848, aged 27.
4550- 1. iH. Henrietta Strong b. July 14, 1822, m. Joseph StancHff.
4552- 3. iv. Harry Strong b. Jan. 5, 1826.
4554- 5. V. Jane Strong b. May 26, 1827, m. Henry Lewis.
4556- 7. vi. Edwin Madison Strong b. May 18, 1829.
4558. vii. Susan EUen Strong b. Jan. 15,' 1832, resides unmarried
in Middletown, Ct
4559-60. viH. Guernsey Leonidas Strong b. Feb. 23, 1834.
4561- 2. ix. George Arthur Strong b. March 28, 1836.
4562- 3. X. Julia Strong b. March 7. 1838, d. Jan. 5, 1839.
4564- 5. xi. Talcott Parsons Strong b. Jan. 15, 1840.
4566- 7. XU. Harriet Strong b. March 6, 1843.
4660-1. iU. Henrietta Strong b. July 14, 1822, m. Joseph Stan-
cliff of Portland, Ct, an upholsterer, blown up on a steamboat on Lake
Erie : she d. at Cleveland, O., in 1853, while thereon a visit. They had
one child :
4568. 1. Gilbert Manning Stancliff b. in 1849, who d. in 1866, aged
17.
4652-3. iv. Harry Strong b. Jan. 5, 1825, a saUor and stevedore at
New Orleans, La. He was a private in the Third Louisiana Regt of
Cavalry throughout the late war and came out unharmed. He m. a
German woman Louisa  No children.

Son of Elder John Strong of Northampton. 251
4554-5. V. Jane Strong b. May 26, 1827, m. Henry Lewis of Middle-
town, Ct. (son of Joseph Lewis and  Strong of New Durham, Ct.).
She is a mUliner and mantua maker at Middletown. Their children are :
4569. 1. Frederic Henry Lewis.
4670. 2. Henrietta Frances Lewis.
4656-7. vi. Edwin Madison Strong b. May 18, 1829, proprietor in
part of a foundry in Baltimore, Md. Hem. Martha Ann Christopher.
His children are :
4671. 1. Franklin Strong. 4674. 4. Ida Strong d.
4672. 2. Henrietta Strong. 4675. 6. Mary Strong d.
4573. 3. Henry Strong d.
[8th Gen.J
4669-60. viU. Guernsey Leonidas Strong b. Feb. 23, 1834, m.
Sarah Duffy of Boston. He works in the Britannia manufactory in Me
riden, Ct. He has one child :
4576. 1. Harriet Strong.
4561-2. ix. George Arthur Strong b. March 28, 1836, m. An-
netta Merriman (dau. of Joseph Merriman of Meriden, Ct.) ; employed
in Britannia manufactory in Meriden, Ct. He has one child :
4677. 1. Alice Strong.
4564-5. xi. Talcott Parsons Strong b. Jan. 15, 1840, m. Oct
1868, Ruth Tucker (dau. of Henry Tucker of Durham, and  Glea-
son) ; a tinner in Durham.
4578. 1. He has a daughter b. Aug. 1869.
4566-7. xH. Harriet Strong b. March 6, 1843, m. May, 1864, Fre
deric Hull, b. Sept. 1838 (son of Leonard Hull of Durham, Ct, and
EmUy Morgan) employed in brass factory at Meriden, Ct They have
two children :
4579. 1. Susan Ellen Hull b. July 2, 1866.
4580. 2. Julia Barbara HuU b. July 9, 1868.
[7th Gen.]
4611-2. V. Guernsey Strong (son of Seth Strong of Durham, and
Rachel Robinson) b. April, 1799, m. Sept 7, 1823, Amanda Parsons, b.
July 11 , 1799 (dau. of Aaron Parsons of Durham, Ct., and Lucy Hawley),
a merchant in N. C, where he d. July 28, 1826, aged 27, at Green
ville, N. C. They had one child :
4581. 1. Leonidas Strong who d. aged 8.

4582.

4583.

ii.

4584.

iii.

4585.

iv.

4586.

V.

4587.

vi.

4588.

vii

4689.

vii:

252 The Descendants of Thomas Strong of Northampton,
4513-4. vi. Noah Strong b. in 1800 (son of Seth and Lucy Strongof
Durham, Ct), a merchant in Forsyth, Ga. He m. a Miss Elizabeth
Noble of Ga. He d. Feb. 1, 1858. He had several children, one of whom
was Cicero Strong, a commission merchant in Atlanta, Ga., and anotJier,'
Seth. 4515-6. VU. Eliza Strong (dau. of Seth and Lucy Strong of Durham,
Ct), m. May 19,1824, George Cruttenden, a shoe dealer in Guilford, Ct.
[8th Gen.J Children :
Henry Cruttenden.
Eliza Cruttenden, insane.
Harriet Cruttenden, m. a dentist in Norwich, Ct
George Cruttenden resides in New York.
Edwin Cruttenden d.
Jane Cruttenden.
vii. Chauncey Cruttenden.
viii. Seth Cruttenden. [Full details concerning this family
could not be obtained.]
[6th Gen.J
4160-1. X. Stephen Strong (son of Lt EUakim Strong and Hannah
Seward) b. July 31, 1768, m. Lois Strong (dau. of Bela Strong of Dur
ham, N. Y., and Eunice Gilbert), a farmer at Durham, N. Y. He d. in
1840 ; she d. at Paris Hill, 1828.
[7th Gen.J Children :
4590- 1. i. Chauncey Strong b. Dec. 19, 1790, stiU living (1870) at
Laurens, N. Y.
4592. n. Amos Strong b. in 1793.
4593. iii. Lucy Strongb. in 1797, d. at Laurens, N. Y., Sept 7, 1847,
ast 50.
4594. iv. Seth Strong d. at Moscow, Mich., Dec 25. 1852, of a cancer.
4595- 6. V. Hon. Harvey Strong b. Sept. 9, 1799. '
4597- 8. vi. Amanda Strong b. Dec. 18, 1800, m. CorneUus Roberts
Strong of Scto; see infra, under descendants of John '
Strong of P^ris Hill for account of her descendants.
4599. vH. Hiram Strong, a farmer in Villanova, Canada West
4600. viu. Stephen Strong, a farmer in Durham, Ct.
4601- 2. ix. Dency Strong b. in 1808, m. Justus Butts, a farmer at
Hunter, N. Y.
4590-1. i. Chauncey Strong b. Dec. 19, 1790, m. Nov. 20, 1814,
Emily Crafts b- May 2, 1793 (dau. of Griffin Crafts of Laurens, N. Y.,
and Sarah Averill). She d. AprU 21, 1864. He is a cabinet maker at
Laurens, Otsego Co., N. Y.
[8th Gen.J Children :
4603- 5. i. Addison Porter Strong, M.D., b. May 3, 1818, in Laurens.
4606- 7. ii. Horatio Gates Strong b. July 26, 1821.

Son of Elder JoJm Strong of Northampton. 253
4608- 9. in. William AverUl Strong b. Nov. 26, 1824, m. March 3,
1868, Ella Wright b. June 16, 1848 (dau. of Charles
and Elizabeth Wright of Laurens), afarmer at Laurens,
N.Y.
4610. iv. Sarah Crafts Strongb. March 16, 1827, resides unmarried
at Laurens.
4611. V. Harvey Cornelius Strong b. July 30, 1829, a miner in
California.
4612. vi. Chauncey Delos Strong b. Aug. 23, 1833, a cripple.
4603-5. i. Addison Porter Strong, M.D., b. May 3, 1818, a physi
cian at Laurens, N. Y. He was grad. at the Albany Medical College in
1842. He m. May 19, 1851, Adeline Theodora Mattison b. Jan. 16,
1828 (dau. of Joshua D. Mattison of Morris, N. Y., and Ruth Harrington).
She d. Jan. 11, 1861 ; and he m. for 2d wife Sept 3, 1862, Sarah Jane
Johnson b. March 13, 1839 (dau. of Jonathan Johnson of New Lisbon,
N. Y., and Lucina D. Griffith). She d. Feb. 7, 1870.
[9th Gen.J Children : By fi/rst vnfe :
William Chauncey Strong b. June 11, 1853.
Edward Addison Strong b. May 3, 1856.
Theodore Mattison Strong b. Dec. 8, 1860.
By second wife :
4616. iv. Philip Kearney Strong b. Dec. 27, 1866.
[8th Gen.J
4606-7. U. Horatio Gates Strong b. July 26, 1821, m. Dec 28,
1859, Caroline Watkins b. AprU 19, 1834 (dau. of John M. Watkins of
Oneonta, N. Y., and Julia McDonald), a merchant at Oneonta.
[9th Gen.J Children :
4617. i. Donald Watkins Strong b. Feb. 16, 1868.
[7th Gen.J
4595-6. V. Hon. Harvey Strong (son of Stephen Strong of Durham,
N.Y., and Lois Strong) b. Sept 9, 1799, m. Feb. 12, 1840, Lucinda
Harrington b. April 27, 1817 (dau. of Dr. Amasa Harrington of Laurens,
N. Y. and Thankful Dean), a merchant at Laurens, Otsego Co., N. Y. :
supervisor for 5 years, and member of the N. Y. Assembly (in 1837).
[8th Gen.J Children :
4618. i. William Harrington Strongb Jan. 26, 1841; d. Oct. 28,
1846, of scarlet fever.
4619. u. James Dean Strong b. March 14, 1845, d. Nov. 1, 1846,
of scarlet fever.
4620. iU. Cariue EHza Strong b. Aug. 21, 1854.

4613.

4614.

ii.

4615.

iii.

254 TJw Descendants of TJiomas Strong of Northampton,
[6th Gen.J
4163-4. xH. Hannah Strong (dau. of Lt. Bliakim Strong, Jr., and
Hannah Seward) b. July 4, 1773, m. James Goffe. One child :
4621. 1. RusseU Goffe m. whom not ascertained.
[8th Gen.J Children :
4622. i. James Goffe.
4623. ii. Andrew Goffe.
4624. iii. Rev. Stillman Goffe of ComwallviUe, Greene Co. N. Y.,
from whom information was sought to no purpose.
4625. iv. OsTRANDER Goffe.
4626. V Polly Goffe.

[5th Gen.J
4127-8. iv. Thomas Strong (son of EUakim Strong and Mehitable
King) b. in Northampton, Nov. 17, 1722, m. Jan. 16, 1746, Phebe
Seward bapt. Feb. 9, 1723-4 (dau. of Thomas Seward of WaUingford, Ct,
and afterwards of Durham, and Sarah Camp) : a farmer at Durham.
[Thomas Seward b. Dec. 19, 1692, was the son of Caleb * and Lydia
Seward who settled in Durham, May 4, 1699 : he m. Sarah Camp, March
31,1720]. Shed, at Durham, Feb. 3,1787. He d. at Whitestown, Oneida
Co., N. Y.
[6th Gen.J Children:
4627. i. Sarah Strong bapt. Feb. 22, 1746-7, d. unmarried, July
13, 1770, aged 23.
4628. ii. Thomas Strong b. July 23, 1748, d. unmarried ; a great
reader and very intelligent and very positive in his con
victions and conduct.
Lois Strong b. July 1, 1750.
Eunice Strong b. Aug. 16, 1762, m. Dea. Simeon Coe.
Phebe Strong b. Nov. 3, 1754, d. unmarried, Dec. 9, 1792,
aged 38.
Loraine Strong b. March 18, 1757.
Catharine Strong b. April 14, 1759.
viH. Nathan Strong b. Jan. 3, 1762, d. April 28, 1763.
Luct Strong b. March 4, 1764.
Nathan (2d) b. Oct. 13, 1766, d. Nov. 23, 1767.
Nathan (3d) b. June 29, 1769.
[Two of these lady Strongs are said to h ive married brothers Scranton,
one of whom removed to Nova Scotia, and the other to Scranton, Pa.
No efforts made to get facts from the Scrantons at Scranton, bore any
fruit.] * Caleb Seward b. March 14, 1663-3, son of William Seward, the emigrant, m.
July 14, 1686, Lydia Bushnell, and settled at Durham, Ct., with his wife and five
children (Daniel, Lydia, Caleb, Thomas and Noadiah), May 4, 1699, the first
settlers there. He was the first town-clerk, and for fifteen sessions of the legisla
ture represented Durham in it ; was universally respected ; d. Aug. 1, 1738, aged
65. She d. Aug. 1753.

4629.

111.

4630-

1. iv.

4632.

V.

4633.

vi.

4644. .

VU.

4645.

Vlll

4646.

IX.

4647.

X.

4648.

XI.

Son of Elder JoJm Strong of NortJiampton. 255
[6th Gen.J
4630-1. iv. Eunice Strong (dau. of Thomas Strong and Phebe
Seward) b. Aug. 16, 1752, m. in 1774 Dea. Simeon Coe b. Feb. 12, 1765
(son of Simeon Coe and Anna, his wife), a farmer at Durham, Ct, and
after 1790 at Whitestown, N. Y. She d. suddenly Oct 22, 1828, set.
76. He m. for 2d wife Sarah Coe of Litchfield, N. Y. He d. Oct 25,
1838. She d. Oct. 1853 without issue.
[7th Gen.J Children :
4649. i. Amos Coe") d. March 21. 1809, set. 33, had a wife Deborah.
[•twins, b. Feb. 11, 1776.
4650. ii. Anna Coe 3 she stUl lives (1870), unmarried, set. 93 at
North Litchfield, Herkimer Co., N. Y.
4651. iU. George Coe b. Dec. 18, 1778, d. Nov. 4, 1805, set. 26.
4652- 3. iv. Ctnthia Coe, b. Jan. 29, 1781, m. Jonathan Hooker, d.
Feb. 17, 1819.
4664- 6. V. Simeon Maltby Coe b. Oct. 29, 1784.
4656- 7. vi. John Calvin Coe b. June 15, 1787, d. June 11, 1862, set
65.
4668- 9. VU. Nathan Collins Coe b. Sept 22, 1789, d. Sept 24, 1866.
4660. viu. Phebe Coe b March 25, 1793, d. Sept 5, 1796.
4666- 7. ix. Lewis Coe b. June 29, 1799, d. Oct 23, 1869, set 70.
[7th Gen.J
4652-3. iv. Ctnthia Coe b. Jan. 29, 1781, m. Jonathan Hooker.
She d. Feb. 17, 1819, Kt 38.
Children :
4668. 1. Moss Hooker. 4670. 3. George Hooker.
4669. 2. Sanford L. Hooker. 4671. 4. Chauncey Hooker.
4672. 5. Maria Hooker.
[7th Gen.J
4654-5. V. Simeon Maltbt Coe b. Oct 29, 1784, m. Mary Miles and
had children :

4673. 4674.4676. 4676. 4677.

1. 2.3.
4. 0.

Lucy Mary Coe.
Simeon Maltby Coe.
Frederick Coe.
George A. Coe.
Albert Coe,

4679. 4680.4681. 4682.4683.

7. 8.
9.
10. 11.

Decius 0. Coe.
Adeline Coe.
Marcus L. Coe.
Helen. A. Coe.
Mortimer Strong Coe,

4678.

6.

Jonathan F. Coe.

[7th Gen.J
4656-7. vi. John Calvin Coe b. June 15, 1787, m. Anna Dixon. He
d. June 11, 1852, aged 65. ChUdren

4684.

1.

Almira C. Coe. ¦

4690.

7.

Mary J. Coe.

4686.

2.

Sarah Coe.

4691,

8,

Cordelia Coe.

4686.

3.

Laura Coe.

4692.

9.

Amanda M. Coe.

4687.,

4.

George F. Coe.

4693.

10.

Julia C. Coe.

4688.

6.

Flavins J. Coe.

4694.

11.

Helen L. Coe.

4689.

6.

Dixon A. Coe.

256 TJie Descendants of Thomas Strong of NortJiampton,
[7th Gen.J
4668-9. VU. Nathan Collins Coe b. Sept. 22, 1789, m. Patty
Bacon b. in 1793, and she d. Feb. 10, 1835, aged 42 : he d. Sept 24,

1866,

aged 77. Children :

4695.

1. WUliam L. Coe.

4699.

5.

Mary M. Coe.

4696.

2. Cynthia H. Coe.

4700.

6.

Charies C. Coe,

4697.

3. J. Albert Coe.

4701.

7.

Lucy L. Coe.

4698.

4. Eunice E. Coe.

[7th Gen.J
4666-7. ix. Lewis Coe b. June 29, 1799, m. Rhoda Bacon (dau. of
William and Bathsheba Bacon of Litchfield, N. Y.), a farmer in Livonia,
Livingston Co., N. Y. She d. Oct 23, 1869, aged 70. Children :
4702. 1. Horace R. Coe a farmer in South Livonia, N. Y.
4703. 2. Sheldon Calhoun Coe a farmer in S. Livonia.
4704. 3. Henry Clay Coe a farmer at Gonesus, Livingston Co.,
N.Y.
4705. 4. Simeon Lewis Coe, a music teacher at Malta, De Kalb Co.,
III.
4706. 5. Elizabeth A. Coe.
4707. 6. Isabel J. Coe b in 1831, d. Jan. 20, 1848, aged 17.
4708. 7. Elsie Amelia Coe lives unmarried at home.
4709. 8. Leander M. Coe a farmer at South Livonia.
[It will interest the descendants of Bliakim Strong, Senior, and Mehi
table King to know something of their King lineage.
John King, a tanner, came from England in 1645, aged 16, and went to
Northampton in 1655 among its first settlers, He came from Northamp
ton, Eng , and at his suggestion or in honor of him it is supposed that the
new town then formed in Western Massachusetts received the same name.
He m. Nov. 18, 1656, Sarah Holton dau. of Dea. William Holton of
Northampton. She d. May 8, 1683. He m. for 2d wife Nov. 1683,
widow Sarah Mygatt nie Whiting widow of Jacob Mygatt and dau. of
WUliam Whiting of Hartford, Ct.
By Sarah Holton he had 10 children. He d. at Northampton, Dec 3,
1703, aged 74. Their children : i. John King, Jr., b. July 5, 1657. ii.
WUHam b. March 28, 1660. Ui. Thomas b. May 14, 1662. iv. Samuel
b. Jan. 6, 1664-5. v. Eleazer b. March 26, 1667. vi. Joseph b. March
23, 1668, d. July 1, 1670. vii. Sarah b. May 3, 1671. vin. Joseph 2d
b. May 8, 1673. ix. Thankful b. Sept, 1679. x. Jonathan b. April 25,
1683. Thankful King (No. ix.) m. Sept. 15, 1704, Samuel Clapp of
Northampton. i. Lt. John King, Jr., of Northampton b. July 5, 1657, m. Nov. 4,
1686, Mehitable Pomeroy b. July 3, 1666 (dau. of Medad Pomeroy of
Northampton b. in 1638, who was son of Eltweed Pomeroy of Windsor,
Ct. He d. Dec. 30, 1716, aged 78. His wife was Experience Wood
ward. He m, her Nov. 21, 1661, and she d. June 8, 1686). He d.
March 20, 1720. His cjiildren were : 1. Mehitable King b. March
13, 1690, m. Aug. 13, 1712, EHakim Strong. 2. Experience Kingb. AprU
17, 1693, m. Aug. 16, 1716, Col. Timothy Dwight of Northampton. They
Son of Elder John Strong of Northampton... 257
were the grandparents of Prest. Timothy Dwight of Yale College. 3.
Medad King b. March 26, 1699, m. Oct, 31, 1722, Rebecca Strong b.
Dec. 7, 1701 (dau. of Nathaniel and Rebecca Strong) of Northampton).
4. Catharine King b. Aug. 17, 1701, m. Nov. 17, 1724, James Heacock
of Durham, Ct., who d. June 7, 1725, and she m. for 2d husband May
25, 1730, Nathaniel Phelps of Northampton. 6. John King b. AprU 1,
1704. 6 and 7. Twins b. June 1, 1706, d. soon. 8. Thankful King b.
Feb. 18, 1709, d. March 7, 1709. 5. John King (son of Lt. John King
and Mehitable Pomeroy) b. April 1, 1704, m. April 17, 1735, Abigail
Root dau. of Jonathan Root He d. aged 41, April 5, 1745, without issue,
and she m. Oct. 3, 1750, Samuel Langton. John King d. intestate. His
estate was appraised at £1, 636, old tenor, and was divided between his
wife, mother, brother and three sisters. It was in this way that Col.
Timothy Dwight came into possession of the King homestead as his own
on King st, Northampton.]
[6th Gen.J
4648. xi. Hon. Nathan Strong (sonof Thomas Strong and Phebe Se
ward of Durham, Ct), b. June 29, 1769, m. about 1790, Eunice Chalker, b.
in 1769 ; removed about 1794-5, to Whitestown, Oneida Co., N. Y., where
he was a farmer until March, 1810, when he removed to Rodman, Jeffer
son Co., N. Y., and purchased a largo farm and a grist mill which he
managed together until his death -Jan 2, 1841, aged 71. She d. March
18, 1850. He was a justice of the peace for several years (1811-24),
appointed by the Gov. of the state ; postmaster at Rodman for 25 years
(1816-41); supervisor of the town for 16 years (1815-30, and again in
1838; and a member of the N. Y. Assembly in 1832. He was for many
years a very favorite and successful umpire between contending parties
about points of personal and legal difficulty, preventing law suits and re
conciling contestants with each other to a remarkable degree; a man of
warm affections but undemonstrative, of reflective habits and energetic
in action.
- [7th Gen.J Children :
4710- 1. i. Henrt Chauncey Strong b. at Durham, Ct, AprU 20, 1791.
4712- 3. ii. Phebe Strong b. July 10, 1792, m. Deodatus Babbitt
4714. iH. Charles Strong b. AprU 6, 1793, in Durham.
4715- 6. iv. Sophia Strong b. in Whitestown, May 10, 1799, m. Orrin
H. Rundell.
4717- 8, V. Herman Strong b. March 16, 1802.
4719-20. vi. Eunice Strong b. Nov. 25, 1804, m, Jeremiah Griswold.
4710-1. i. Henrt Chaunoet Strong b. AprU 20, 1791, m. Dec. 5,
1813, at Adams, N. Y., Sarah Melissa Pettibone, b. in Coldbrook, Ct,
Nov. 21, 1796 (dau. of Elijah Pettibone of Vernon, N. Y.) ; a mUler
and farmer at Rodman, where he d. May 19, 1848 ; she d. Nov. 24, 1866,
at Lawrence, Mich., while on a visit there to her daughters, but was in-
33

258 The Descendants of Thomas Strong of Northampton,
terred at Rodman. He was a constable (1812-28); justice of the peace
(1828-48); supervisor (1842, '44, and '45); a genial man of superior
mind, and of a modest, retiring disposition.
[8thGen.J Children:
4721. i. Mabel Harriet Strong b. Sept 23, 1814, d. Dec. 12, 1817.
4722- 3. u. Dewitt Clinton Strongb. Nov. 18,1816, d.Nov. 17,1859.
4724- 5. in. Harriet E. Strong b. Jan. 4, 1819, m. Clark Vander
voort.
4726- 7. iv. Marcus Brown Strongb. July 27, 1821, d. Dec. 13,1860.
4728- 9. V. Nathan Strong b. Aug. 5, 1825.
4730. vi. Orville Strong b. May 8, 1828, unmarried : a merchant
in Chicago since 1869. He was for 12 years a fancy dry
goods dealer in New York.
4731- 2. vii. Ch-ARLEs Carroll Strong b March 12, 1833, a tinsmith at
Visalia, Cal. (since 1866) . unmarried.
4783. viii. Sarah Augusta Strongb. April 25, 1840 : a teacher since
1860, at Watertown, N. Y., and now (1870), Principal
of the Arsenal street grammar school there.
4722-3. u. De witt Clinton Strong b. Nov. 18, 1816, m. Feb. 3, 1853,
Lovina M. Sherman b. March, 1824, in Rutland, Jefferson Co., N. Y. (dau.
of Abel Sherman), a merchant (dry goods), at Watertown, N. Y., where
he d. Nov. 17, 1859, and she, April 12, 1866.
[9th Gen.J Children :
4734. i. Henry Sherman Strong b. Jan. 20, 1866 : resides atDow-
agiac, Mich.
[8th Gen.J
4724^5. iH. Harriet Eliza Strong b. Jan. 4, 1819, m. Oct. 2,
1843, Clark Vandervoort b. in Rodman, March 14, 1815; a farmer in
Rodman, untU Sept, 1850, when he removed to Lawrence, Van Buren
Co., Mich. He enUsted in the U. S. A. of Vols, in a Mich. Regt, Nov.,
1861. He d. at NashvUle, Tenn., Sept. 4, 1862. His widow still Uves
at Lawrence. [9th Gen.J Children :
4735- 6. i. Adelaide Medora Vandervoort b. April 24, 1845, m.
Henry Shepherd.
4737. H. Nathan Garrett Vandervoort b. Sept. 1, 1847, in Rodman,
enlisted as a volunteer in U. S. service at Paw Paw,
Mich., Sept. 4, 1864 : marched with Sherman from At
lanta, to the seacoast, and d. at Savannah, Ga. Jan. 28,
1866.
4738. Hi Henry Strong Vandervoort b. in Rodman, Feb. 21, 1850:
d. at Lawrence, Mich. Sept 30, 1866.
4739. iv. Minerva Augusta Vandervoort b.in Lawrence, Mich., May
14, 1856.
4740. V. Martha Eliza Vandervoort b. in Lawrence, Dec. 9, 1859.

4742.

1.

4743.

2.

4744.

3.

Son of Elder John Strong of Northampton. 259
4736-6. i. Adelaide Medora Vandervoort b. AprU 24, 1845, m. in
1866, Henry Shepherd, a resident at Lawrence, Mich. ChUd :
4741. 1. Henry Nathan Shepherd.
[8th Gen.J
4726-7. iv. Marcus Brown Strong b. July 27, 1821, m. Jan. 16,
1854, Mary J. Bogardus of Pompey, Onondoga Co., N. Y., b. about 1826,
a mason at Rodman, N. Y., and Girard Pa. (1854-69). He d. in Rodman,
Dec. 13, 1860. Children :
Sarah M. Strong b. Dec. 1864.
Joshua B. Strong b. in 1856.
William S. Strong.
[8th Gen.J
4728-9. V. Nathan Strong b. Aug. 6, 1826, m. June 27, 1849,
Phebe Jane Lament b. July 26, 1826, in Scoharie Co., N. Y. (dau. of
Robert A. Lament of Waterloo, N. Y. and  McKinstry dau. of Charles
McKinstry of Hudson), a merchant at Rodman, elected sheriff of Jefferson
Co., Nov. 1863, which office he held for three years (1864-7). In 1860,
1, 2, and 3, he was elected supervisor of the town of Rodman; since Jan.
1, 1864, he has resided at Watertown, N. Y. She d. Aug. 14, 1863.
To him the author owes the account here given of the descendants of
Nathan Strong of Durham, Ct. Child :
4745. 1. OrvUle Nathan Strong b. Jan. 22, 1857.
[7th Gen.J
4712-3. ii. Phebe Strong (dau. of Nathan Strong of Durham, Ct.
and Eunice Chalker) b. July 10, 1792, m. Feb. 11, 1813, Deodatus Bab
bitt b. Aug. 5, 1790 : a resident in Rodman. He d. June 22, 1828 : she
d. Oct. 18, 1852, 24 years a widow.
[8th Gen.J Children :
4746. i. George Augustus Babbitt b. Feb. 13, 1814, d. April 17,
1817.
4747- 8. ii. Emmeline Babbitt b. Jan. 16, 1816, m. OrvUle H. For
ward.
4749-50. Ui. Hon. George Babbitt b. Sept 20, 1818.
4751. iv. Nathan Strong Babbitt b. Aug. 8, 1822, d. May 21,1823.
4752- 3. V. Phebe Strong Babbitt b. Jan. 5, 1825, m. Daniel M. Todd.
4754- 5. vi. Eunice Strong Babbitt b. March 4, 1828, d. Dec 8, 1855 :
she m. Simeon H. Gates.
4747-8. Emmeline Babbitt b. Jan. 16, 1816, m. Feb. 27, 1840, Or
ville HamUton Forward b. March 19, 1815, in Pineburgh, Lewis Co.,
N. Y., a farmer in Houndsfield, Jefferson Co., N. Y.

260 The Descendants of Thomas Strong of Northampton,
[9th Gen.J Children:
4766. i. George Forward b. May 7, 1842, d. July 26, 1842.
4757. ii. Cornelia Elizabeth Forward b. Aug. 25, 1843, d. Dec. 1,
1860.
4758. iU. Hudson Sylvester Forward b. March 25, 1845.
[8th Gen.J
4749-50. iii. Hon. GEORGEBABBiTTb, Sept 20, 1818, m.Oct 9,1845,
Harriet Augusta McNiel b. July 14, 1824, at SmithvUle, Jeff. Co., N. Y.
dau. of Hon. E. M. McNiel) : a merchant at SmithvUle (since 1854).
He was previously to 1851, a harness maker at SmithvUle, and spent
two years (1851-3) in California. He was a member of the N. Y. As
sembly in 1858. ChUd :
1. Herbert Dumont Babbitt b. Nov. 3, 1847, resides at Smith
vUle.
[8th Gen.J
4752-3. V. Phebe Strong Babbitt b. Jan. 5, 1825, m. Jan. 12,
1848, David M. Todd b. at Rodman : a farmer in Rodman, N. Y.
[9th Gen.J Children :
Emma Lovina Todd b. May 9, 1851.
Edward Monroe Todd b. Oct. 11, 1852.
Arthur Gifford Todd b. April 13, 1854.
Eunice Adelaide Todd b. Jan. 1, 1856.
Herman Strong Todd b. March 9, 1860.
[8th Gen.J
4754-5. vi. Eunice Strong Babbitt b. March 4, 1828, m. Feb. 21,
1855, Simeon Hunt Gates b. in.Rodman, in 1822 (son of Mr. Gates of Rod
man and Milley Hunt) : a farmer at Rodman. She d. Dec. 8, 1855. He
m. for 2d wife Ellen S. Wood of Rodman.
[7th Gen.J
4715-6. iv. Sophia Strong (dau. of Nathan Strong of Durham, Ct.,
and Eunice Chalker) b. May 10, 1799, m. April 27, 1817, Orrin Hol-
Hster Rundell b. in Sharon, Ct., June 18, 1792 : a tanner and shoe
maker at Rodman (1812-33), and a farmer at SmithvUle, N. Y.
(1833, to the present time). He held the various offices of ensign,
adjutant and captain of militia, and was several times elected justice of
the peace. She d. Feb. 10, 1832. In the war of 1812 he was at the
battle of Saekett's Harbor.
[8th Gen.J Children :
4764- 5. i. Emily Osman Rundell b. Nov. 19, 1817, m. EHas Sage.
4706- 7. U. Caroline Cornelia RundeU b. March 26, 1819, m. Austin
A. Prentice.

4759.

i.

4760.

ii.

4761.

iii.

4762.

iv.

4763.

V.

Son of Elder John Strong of Northampton. 261
4768- 9. iU. Gustavus Delisle Rundell b. Jan. 15, 1821, m. Oct 2,
1843, PameHa M. Dexter.
4770- 1. iv. Eunice Naomi RundeU b. Dec. 29, 1822, d. March 19.
1823.
4772- 3. V. Henry Strong RundeU b. AprU 19, 1824, m. March 11,
1858, Sibyl Delight Wood b. Aug. 30, 1830 (dau. of a
Mr. Wood of Adams, N. Y.), a harness maker and car
riage trimmer at SmithvUle, N. Y. She d. May 18,
1860.
4774. vi. William Mason Rundell b, Nov. 2, 1825 ; a wholesale
merchant in San Francisco, Cal. (since 1849).
4764-5. i. Emily Osman Rundell b. Nov. 19, 1817, m. Jan. 18,
1847, in Troy, N. Y., EHas Sage b. Feb. 27, 1797, afarmer at Champion,
Jefferson Co., N. Y. She was his second wife. No children by the first
marriage. [9th Gen.J Children:
4775- 6. i. Martha J. Sage b. Nov. 1, 1849, m. Oct 23, 1867, Seymour
A. Woolworth, b. Feb. 12, 1841, a farmer at Champion.
4777- 8. u. Emily G. Sage b. AprU 14, 1851, m. Dec. 8, 1868,
Chauncey A. Loomis b. July 22, 1845 : a farmer at
Champion.
[8th Gen.J
4766-7. ii. Caroline Cornelia Rundell b. March 26, 1819, m.
Nov. 2, 1842, Austin A. Prentice b. in Champion, N. Y., Aug. 4, 1817 :
a harness maker in Burrville (Watertown) N. Y. (since 1855) : previ
ously a farmer at Champion, N. Y., for some 10 years.
[9th Gen.J Children :
4779-80. i. John H. Prentice b. Feb. 3, 1844, m. Dec. 10, 1866, Flo
rence M. Wilson b. Dec. 9, 1847 (dau. of Cyrus A.
Wilson of Watertown), a clerk in Watertown, N. Y.
ChUd :
1. Mary Prentice.
William A. Prentice b. Oct 27, 1846, d. Aug. 11, 1856.
L. Hollister Prentice b. Oct 14, 1849.
Robert D. Prentice b. April 12, 1854, d. July 21, 1856.
Carrie S. Prentice b. Oct 21, 1856.
Burt Prentice b. Dec. 22, 1862, d. July 2, 1864.
[7th Gen.J
4719-20. vi. Eunice Strong (dau. of Nathan Strong of Durham, Ct.
and Eunice_ Chalker) h. Nov. 25, 1804, m. Feb. 2, 1829, Jeremiah Griswold
b. at Durham, Greene Co., N. Y., Sept 22, 1798 : a harness maker at
Adams, Jefferson Co., N. Y.
[8th Gen.] Children :
4786. i. Adelia Griswold b. Dec 5, 1829.
4787- 8. u. Henry Strong Griswold b. Jan. 24, 1833, m. May 1, 1861,
at Cincinnati, 0., Mary Louisa Redway b. at Adams,

4781.

ii.

4782.

iii.

4783.

iv.

4784.

V.

4786.

vi.

262 The Descendants of TJwmas Strong of Northampton,
N. Y., Nov. 3, 1840, a woolen manufacturer at Chatfield,
Minnesota. One child :
4789. 1. Marian Esther Griswold b. at Adams, N. Y., March 12, 1862.
4790. iu. Emily Marian Griswold b. Nov. 27, 1837.
[7th Gen.J
4717-8. V. Herman Strong (son of Nathan Strong and Eunice
Chalker), b. March 16, 1802, m. Dec. 1825, Mary Standish McKinstry
b. in Hudson, N. Y., April 8, 1805 (dau. of Charles McKinstry and
Polly Phelps). She d. in Rodman, N. Y. July 1, 1861, he m. Sept 2,
1867, Sarah Ann MUlard b. in Troy July 7, 1813 (dau. of Charles Mil
lard of Troy and Rebecca Gager),a farmer in Rodman (1823-61) elected
supervisor in 1843 and the following fall, sheriff of the county which
office he held for three years (1844-7). Since Jan. 1, 1861, he has been
superintendent of the poor of Jefferson Co., and resided at Watertown.
[8th Gen.J Children :
4791. i. Caroline Adelaide Strong b. Feb. 22, 1830, d. May, 1845.
4792. H. Mary Elizabeth Strong b. April 6, 1832, resides un
married at Watertown.
4793. iu. Herman Monroe Strong b. March 9, 1834, an express
messenger on the Pacific R. R., residing at Omaha, Ne
braska (since 1869), and previously (1858-69), an ex
press messenger between Atchison, Mo., and Denver,
Colorado, unmarried.
4794. iv. George Babbitt Strongb. Feb. 6, 1836, m. Dec 14, 1858,
Ordilla M. BueU b. in Rodman (dau. of Orrin BueU and
Clarissa Bullock) : a farmer in Rodman : Child :
4795. 1. Mary Elizabeth Strong b. Aug. 8, 1865.
[5th Gen.J
4130-1. vi. Experience Strong (dau. of Eliakim Strong of Dur
ham, Ct, and Mehitable King), bapt. Jan. 3, 1730-1, m. Dec 29, 1757,
Noah Norton of Durham, Ct., b. Jan. 24, 1728-9 (son of Samuel C.
Norton of Durham and Dinah Beach who were m. May 13, 1718) : one
chUd :
4796. 1. Experience Norton b. Sept 23, 1759.
[5th Gen.J
4132-3. vn. Mary Strong (dau. of Eliakim Strong, and Mehitable
King) bapt. Sept, 8, 1734, at Durham, m. AprU 11, 1763, Rowland
Rosseter, afarmer at Durham, Ct.
[6th Gen.J Children :
4797.. i. Rebecca Rosseter b. Oct 23, 1753.
4798. ii Lucy Rosseter b. Dec. 8, 1764.

4802.

1,

4803.

ii.

4804-

iii.

4805

iv.

4806.

v.

4807.

vi.

4808.

vii.

Son of Elder John Strong of Northampton. 263
4799. iii. Bryan Rosseter b. Sept. 6, 1760.
4800. iv. Eunice Rosseter b. Sept. 9, 1764.
4801. V. Catharine Rosseter b. March 6, 1767.
[4th Gen.J
4108-9. iv. Mart Strong (dau. of Thomas Strong, Jr., and Mary
Stebbins) b. Dec 29, 1690, m. as his second wife Thomas Alvord, Jr.,
b. Aug. 28, 1683 (son of Thomas Alvord b. in 1653, and d. July 22,
1688, and Joanna Taylor). He resided at Northampton. His first wife
was Esther Parsons whom he m. Jan. 3, 1705-6, and who was drowned
Oct. 8, 1707.
[5th Gen.J Children:
Thomas Alvord b. May 18, 1710.
Jonathan Alvord b. Nov. 16, 1711.
Aaron Alvord b. Julv 16, 1713.
Seth Alvord b. Nov. i3, 1714.
Elisha Alvord b. June 19, 1717.
Asahel Alvord b. Dec. 16,1720.
Mart Alvord b. Sept. 3, 1724,
[4th Gen.J
4111-2. vi. Deacon Hewett Strong (son of Thomas Strong and
Mary Stebbins) b. at Northampton, May, 1696, m. Nov. 17, 1726, wife
Dinah b. in 1702. She d. Jan. 2, 1737, and he m. a second wife April
26, 1739, whom the author cannot ascertain: a farmer at Durham, Ct,
and in New Berlin, then Farmington, Ct. (1739-60, probably). He d.
in Durham, Greene Co., N. Y. He was made deacon in New Berlin, in
1756. [5th Gen.J Children :
4809. i. Rachel Strong b. Aug. 13 (and bp. Aug. 20), 1727, d.
March 10, 1756, set. 28.
4810. H. Luct Strong b. AprU 5, 1729.
4811- 2. Ui. Mary Strong b, about 1731, m. Elijah Peek.
4813- 4 iv. Bela Strong b. Aug, 5 (and bp. Aug. 6), 1732.
4815. V. Lois Strong b. Oct 29 (and bp. Nov. 2), 1735.
4811-2. Hi. Mary Strong b. about 1731, m. about 1763, Elijah Peck
b- in Lyme, Ct-, July 23, 1723 (son of Samuel Peck of Berlin, Ct, and
Abigail Collier, dau- of Joseph Collier)- Children :
4816. 1. Jabez Peck b. in 1755.
4817. 2. Daniel Peck b. in 1758.
4818-4. iv. Bela Strong b. Aug. 6, 1732, m. Eunice Gilbert: a
farmer and cooper at Durham, Ct, and after 1786, at Durham, N. Y.,
where he d. Nov- 18, 1806, a3t- 74- She d. in Guilford, Chenango Co.,

264 The Descendants of TJiomas Strong of Northampton,
N. Y., set. about 100. He was very fond of music, and taught and com
posed' it. He composed a Revolutionary ballad which was quite popular
in his day, and sung much invarious places, entitled " America's Resolu
tion to oppose the British Taxation." It consisted of 86 verses of 4 Hues
each, written in a free and easy style, and with more regard for the sense
then the rhythm. Witness a few of the stanzas ; the refrain in each
verse being " North America."
The cruel lords of Britain, who glory in their shame !
The project they have hit on they joyfully proclaim :
'Tis what they are striving after — to take our rights away.
And rob us of our charter in North America.
They searched the gloomy regions of the infernal pit,
To find among those legions one who excelled in wit ;
To ask of him assistance — to tell them how they may,
Subdue without resistance this North America.
We never will knock under I 0 George we do not fear.
The rattling of your thunder, nor lightning of your spear ;
Though rebels you declare us, we're strangers to dismay.
Therefore you can not scare us in North America.
To what you have commanded we never will consent,
Although your troops are landed upon our continent ;
We'll take our swords and muskets and march in dread array,
And drive the British red coats from North America.
Confusion to the tories, that black infernal name.
In whom Great Britain glories forever to their shame ;
We'll send each foul revolter to smutty Africa,
Or noose them with a halter in North America.
Here's health unto our footmen that handle sword and gun,
To Warner, Gates and Putnam and conquering Washington I
Their names writ in letters that never shall decay,
Wliile sun and moon do glitter in North America.
The poets of this land had not yet struck their harps, in the days of
Revolutionary memory. Our national literature was not, in its first form
of efflorescence, like that of other nations who preceded us, poetical in its
elements and aspects, but controversial rather and theological and dogmatic.
[6th Gen.J Children :
4818. i. Asahel Strong, a musician in the Revolutionary war, in
which he died of small pox, unmarried.
4819-20. ii. John Strong b. March 2, 1759, d. on Paris Hill, N. Y.,
March 30, 1838.
4821- 2. iii. Mary Strong who m. Aug. 1783, Samuel Goodrich b. Feb.
19, 1762 (son of Samuel Goodrich and Martha Lankton).
4823- 4. iv. Bela Strong b. in 1774, d. at Durham, N. Y., about 1844.
4825- 6 V. Josiah Gilbert Strong b. in 1776, d. at Guilford, N. Y.

Son of Elder John Strong of NortJiampton. 265
4827- 8. vi. Rachel Strong m. a Mr. Skeele of Durham, N. Y. They
had a dau. Rachel who m. John Plank of Durham,
N. Y., said to be stiU living there, but if so, is not re
sponsive to letters of inquiry.
4829-80. vii. Eunice Strong m. Salmon Cole, a tanner and shoemaker
at Durham, N. Y. No issue. They adopted a daughter
Amanda Cole who was the daughter of Lois Strong
sister of Eunice.
4831- 2. viii. Lois Strong m. Stephen Strong of Durham, N. Y., brother
of Selah, son of Lt. Bliakim Strong and Hannah Seward.
4819-20. ii. John Strong (son of Belah Strong of Durham, N. Y.,
and Eunice Gilbert) b. March 2, 1759, m. in 178-, Hepzibah Roberts b.
AprU 20, 1760 : a farmer at Paris HUl, N. Y., where he d. March 30,
1838 : she d. May 11, 1820. He was a soldier in the Revolutionary war
to its close (1776-83).
[7th Gen.J Children :
4833- 4. i. Col. Cyprian Strong b. Feb. 14, 1784, a Col. in the U. S.
A., under Gen, Jackson, wounded in the Creek war
(Indian) : raised a family of children in Indiana, left
them, went to Monroe, La., where he married again and
had a son James Strong b. about 1832.
4835- 6. H. Anna Strong b. Dec 12, 1785, m. Russell H. Brooks, d.
Oct 30, 1863.
4837. in. Theron Strong b. AprU 1, 1787.
4838- 9. iv. Mary (Polly) Strong b. Aug. 11, 1790, m. Edward Sco^
ville.
4840- 1. V. Amanda Strong b. Sept. 20, 1796, m. Dea. Bushnell
Bishop.
4842- 3. vi. Cornelius Strong b. Sept. 15, 1797.
4835-6. H. Anna Strong b. Dec. 12, 1785, m. March 10, 1808,
Russell Harvey Brooks b. AprU 8, 1783, in Salem, Mass., a mason and
farmer at Paris Hill. He d. April 5, 1864 : she d. Oct. 30, 1863.
[8th Gen.J Children :
4844- 6. i. Aaron Roberts Brooks b. Dec. 3, 1808, d. Jan. 4, 1863.
4846- 7. ii. John Strong Brooks b. Nov. 26, 1810.
4848. in. Harvey Russell Brooks b. March 12, 1812, d. unmarried
Aug. 26, 1842, a bookseller in Albany.
4849. iv. Mary Anna Brooks b. Jan. 15, 1815, resides unmarried in
Hudson, Mich.
4850- 1. V. Sophia Hepzibah Brooks b. Aug. 15. 1816, m. James
Hope.
4852- 3. vi. Louisa Eunice Brooks b. Oct 1, 1818, m. Sept 6, 1843,
WUliam Bartlett b. March 9, 1816 (son of Dea. Horace
Bartlett of Parish Hill and Clarissa Seward), a lumber
merchant residing in CUnton, N. Y. No issue :
4854- 5, vH. Maria Julia Brooks b. Feb. 11, 1822, m. Daniel Reed
Kelley. 34

266 The Descendants of Thomas Strong of Northampton,
4844-5. i. Aaron Roberts Brooks b. Dec 3, 1808, m. March 6, 1829,
MatUda Wellman of Paris HiU, a shoemaker in Scio, AUeghany Co.,
N. Y. He d. Jan. 4, 1863, and she m. for 2d husband Douglas Brooks of
Little Valley, N. Y.
[9th Gen.J Children:
4856. i. Charles Brooks, a hotel-keeper in Scio, N. Y.
4857. ii. Henry Brooks, a farmer in 0.
4858. iii. Mary Brooks.
4859. iv. Delanct Brooks, in R. R. Express office in Corning, N. Y.
4860. V. Montgomery Brooks.
[8th Gen.J
4816-7. n. John Strong Brooks b. Nov. 26, 1810, m. March 8,
1837, Juliette Webber, b. June 24, 1814 (dau. of Peter Webber of Paris
Hill, and Ruth Darling); a farmer in Hudson, Mich, (since 1868).
[9th Gen.J Children :
4861. i. Gertrude Amelia Brooks b. May 17, 1839, at Paris, lives
unmarried at Hudson, Mich.
4862. ii. Russell Harvey Brooks b. July 1, 1 844, a machinist at
Pettisville, 0., for some time, but now (1870) resides
at Emporia, Kansas, a farmer.
4863. in. William Bartlett Brooks b. Oct 5, 1849, a farmer at
Hudson, Mich.
[8th Gen.]
4850-1. V. Sophia Hepzibah Brooks b. Aug. 15, 1816, m. about
1850, as his second wife, James Hope, a shoe merchant in Kingston,
Canada West. Children :
4864. 1. Florence AmeHa Hope b. about 1852, d. soon.
4865. 2. Florence Amelia (2d) b. about 1866.
[8th Gen.J
4854-5. vii. Maria Julia Brooks b. Feb. 11, 1822, m. March 5,
1845, Daniel Reed Kelley, b. Jan. 28, 1819 (son of James Kelley of
Paris Hill, and Abigail Freeman); clerk in an agricultural store in Ann
Arbor, Mich.
[9th Gen.J Children : (b. at Paris Hill).
4866. i. Jenny Maria Kelley b. Jan. 14, 1846.
4867. u. Harvet Daniel Kelley b. Nov. 29, 1849.
[7th Gen.]
4837. iu. Theron Strong (son of John Strong and Hepzibah Ro
berts) b. April 1, 1787. In 1808 he cut down the first tree where Dun-

Son of Elder John Strong of Northampton. 267
kirk now stands, and built the first log-house there; sold out during the
war of 1812-16, went to Erie, Pa., to.live, and thence southward to Louis
iana. He m. and had a family of 3 or 4 children, lost his wife and m. again ;
went to Texas, while it was under the Mexican government and made a
location of a league of land on the Sabine river, some 16 miles up the
river ; laid out on his own land, what is now the city of Sabine, the first
spot laid out up the river as a town ; was a member of the conven
tion which declared the independence of Texas. He went to New Or
leans after goods, took the yellow fever, and d. without getting home,
June, 1836.

[7th Gen.J
4838-9. iv. Mart (Pollt) Strong (dau. of John and Hepzibah
Strong b. Aug. 11, 1790, m. July 2, 1818, Edward Scoville of Paris HiU,
b. Feb. 16, 1791 (son of Darius Scoville and Lydia Granniss) : a farmer.
She resides, a widow (1870), in Auburn, N. Y.
[8th Gen.J Children :
4868. i. Francis Seabury ScovUle b. Nov. 3, 1819, d. Oct 30,
1845, while pursuing the study of law.
4869. ii. John Henry Hobart Scoville b. Aug. 1, 1821, a dry goods
merchant at Auburn.
4870- 1. iii. Isaac Leroy Scoville b. April 28, 1825, a dry goods mer
chant at Auburn. He m. Sept. 12, 1854, Harriet Salis
bury Peirce b. Feb. 25, 1826 (dau. of Earl Peirce of E.
Greenwich, R. I. and Eliza Russell Taylor) : their child
ren are :
Mary EHzabeth Scoville b. Nov. 11, 1860.
Edward Bari ScovUle b. Nov. 29, 1862.
Harriet Peirce ScoviUe b. July 1, 1866.
Francis Leroy Scoville b. July 8, 1869.
Edward Alfred Scoville b. Feb. 11, 1829, d. Jan. 4, 1854,
a clerk in a dry goods store.
4877- 8. V. Mary Lucella ScovUle b. Dec. 30, 1830, m. as his second
wife Oct. 10, 1866, Royal Talcott Howard of Perry,
Wyoming Co., N. Y. (son of Samuel Howard and Roxa
Carpenter). See infra.
[7th Gen.J
4840-1.- V. Amanda Strong (dau. of John Strong of Paris HUl and
Hepzibah Roberts) b. Sept 20, 1796, m. Jan. 1827, Dea. Bushnell
Bishop b. April 11, 1795, at GuUford, Ct (son of David Bishop and De
borah Fowler) : a farmer in Paris Hill and after 1835, at Hampton
(Westmoreland), Oneida Co., N. Y. Since 1868, he has resided at Oneida,
Madison Co., N. Y. She d. July 11, 1849, and he m. June 19, 1851, at
Utica, widow Eunice West DeLand.

4872.

1.

4873.

2.

4874

3.

4876.

4.

4876.

iv

4885.

i.

4886.

ii.

4887.

iii.

4888.

iv.

4889.

V.

4890.

vi.

268 The Descendants of Thomas Strong of Northampton,
[8th Gen.J Children :
4879. i. Maria Bishop b. at Paris HiU Dec. 1, 1828, d. at West
moreland, Nov. 13, 1848.
4880- 1. H. John Marcus Bishop b. Nov. 7,1834, at Paris HiU; m.
March 10, 1857, Martha A. Parker of Westmoreland,
N. Y. He is a lumber merchant in Madison, Wis. He
has one child :
4882. 1. HowardParkerBishopb.Oct28, 1862, in Whitewater, Wis.
4883- 4. iH. Emmeline Hart Bishop b. in Westmoreland, Oct 12, 1835,
m. Oct 2, 1863, Ephraim Emmon Goodwin b. in Vienna,
N. Y. Aug. 4, 1823 (son of Ebenezer Goodwin afterwards
of Albion, N. Y.) a painter and glazier at Albion.
[9th Gen.J Children:
Mart Elizabeth Goodwin b. Dec. 23, 18.54.
Martha Jane Goodwin b. Dec 4, 1856, d. at Rochester,
N. Y., AprU 29, 1864.
Henrt Luther Goodwin b. March 30, 1858.
Clara Annie Goodwin b. Nov. 28, 1861.
Harriet Emmeline Goodwin b. March 8, 1863.
Charles Bishop Goodwin b. Oct. 31, 1868.
[7th Gen.J
4842-3. vi. Cornelius Roberts Strong (son of John Strong of
Paris HUl and Hepzibah Roberts) b. Sept. 16, 1797, m. March 2, 1826,
Amanda Strong (adopted Cole), b. Dec. 18, 1800 (dau. of Stephen Strong
of Durham, N. Y., and Lois Strong, his cousin, and adopted by Mrs.
Eunice (Strong) Cole of Durham, N. Y.). She d. Dec. 18, 1844, and
he m. Nov. 6, 1850, for 2d wife Adeline WUcox, b. Dec. 26, 1814 (dau.
of John Wilcox of Warsaw, N. Y., and Sophia Beardsley), a farmer at
Scio, Alleghany Co., N. Y. From him a good many of the facts here
cited were obtained.
[8th Gen.J Children : By fi/rst wife :
4891- 2. i. Eveline Eunice Strong b. Oct 12, 1826, m. Dr Jacob
Nevins of Perry, N. Y.
4893- 6. ii. Adeline Louisa Strong b. Jan. 8, 1827, m. Royal T.
Howard of Warsaw, N. Y., d. Aug. 16, 1865.
4897- 8. iii. John Harvey Strong b. April 15, 1830, was principal of
the high school at Bath, Steuben Co., N. Y., m. March
16, 1860, Ellen Fay b. May 6, 1838 (dau. of Lambert
Fay of Howard, N. Y., and Martha Robinson), enlisted
' in 1863, in the U, S. A. of Vols, in Cc B., 6th N. Y.
Cavalry, was taken prisoner in the first battle of Frede
ricksburgh, Va., and was confined in Libbey Prison for
seven months. He has not been heard from since the
war. His widow resides in Elmira, N. Y. (1870). He
had a son :
4899. 1. William B. Strong b. Feb. 19, 1862, d. Aug. 1863.

Son of Elder John Strong of Northampton. 269
5000. iv. Charles Deloss Strong b. July 15, 1836, d. Aug. 18,
1863, aged 18, a youth of superior abilities.
4891-2. i. Eveline Eunice Strong b. Oct 12, 1826, m. Jan. 17,
1848, Dr. Jacob Nevins b. Jan. 12, 1788 (son of John Nevins b. in
1755, and d. in 1813, aged 88, and Hepzibah, his wife b. in 1763, and
d. in 1849, aged 86). A physician at Perry, Wyoming Co., N. Y. He
d. Sept 28, 1860.
[9th Gen.J Children:
5001. i. Btron Addison Nevins b. Dec. 25, 1848, a large farmer
in Perry.
5002. n. Walter Nevins b. June 12, 1851, d. Oct 7, 1861.
[8th Gen.J
4893-6. ii. Adeline Louisa Strong b. at Paris Hill, Jan. 3, 1827,
m. April 20, 1853, Royal Talcott Howard b. at Perry, Wyoming Co.,
N. Y., Dec. 25, 1826 (son of Samuel Howard b. Jan. 2, 1790, and
Roxa Carpenterb. Feb. 17, 1786,) a manufacturer of lumber at Scio, N. Y.,
and since 1866 at Warsaw, N. Y., where he has also a barrel factory. He
owns 3000 acres of pine land in Michigan. His wife Adeline died at Scio,
Aug. 16, 1866; and he m. Oct. 10, 1866, for 2d wife her cousin Mary
Lucella Scoville b. at Paris HiU Dec. 30, 1830 (dau. of Edward ScoviUe
and Mary Strong).
[9th Gen.J Children :
He had by first wife :
5003. i. Walter Scott Howard b. May 3, 1854.
5004. ii. Carrie Adele Howard b. AprU 30, 1858.
5006. iU. Elmer Deloss Howard b. Sept 9, 1860.
By second wife :
5006. iv. Mart Isabel Howard b. at Warsaw, N. Y, May 30, 1869.
[6th Gen.J
4823-4. iu. Bela Strong, Jr. (son of Bela Strong of Durham, N. Y.
and Eunice Gilbert) b. about 1774, m. Sally Hart (dau. of Matthew Hart
of Kensington, Ct, and  Hopkins), a cooper and farmer at Durham,
N. Y. He d. about 1844; she d. about 1863.
[7th Gen.] Children :
5007- 8. i. Asahel Strong b. Dec 28, 1789.
5009-10. ii. Horatio Strong.
5010- 1. in. Eliza Strong b. Deo. 4, 1798, m. Jervase Flower.
6007-8. i. Asahel Strongb. Dec. 28, 1789, m. AprU 20, 1819, Althaea
Thorp b. April 21, 1794 (dau. of Aaron Thorp of Durham, N. Y., and
Mary Curtis), afarmer at Durham, N. Y. and after 1840, engaged in making

270 The Descendants of Thomas Strong of NortJiampton,
malleable iron at Oakhill (Durham), N. Y., and since 1850, a manufac
turer ofit at Hampton, Oneida Co., N. Y., where he still resides (1870),
hale and hearty, (and his wife with him) aged 81.
[8th Gen.] Children :
5012. i. Caroline Georgiana Strong b. July 17, 1823, m. William
Smith.
6013. ii. Platt Adams Strong b. Jan. 8, 1826, d. unmarried, Dec
16, 1853, engaged in manufacturing malleable iron.
6012-3. i. Caroline Georgiana Strong b. July 17, 1823, m. Sept.
23, 1844, William Smith b. Feb. 22, 1816 (son of Jacob Smith of Cler
mont, N. H., and Roxana), employed with Asahel Strong, Esq., in the
manufacture of malleable iron. He d. Oct. 31, 1866, aged 60. His
widow still resides (1870), at Hampton.
[9th Gen.J Children :
5014. i. Jeanette Jarvis Smith b. May 23, 1847.
5015. ii. Ella Jane Smith b. Feb. 19, 1855, d. Sept 26, 1862.
£016. ni. Albert WiUiam Smith b. Aug. 30, 1856.
[7th Gen.J
5010-1. in. Eliza Strong (dau. of Bela Strong, Jr., and Sally Hart)
b. Dec. 4, 1798, m. .lervase Flower; a farmer and wagoii-maker at Oak-
hill (Durham), N. Y., where his widow still (1870) resides, but makes no
reply to letters of inquiry. Children :
5017. 1. Ambrose Hart Flower ; a farmer at Oakhill.
5018. 2. Eugenia Flower m. Willington Peck, a farmer and tanner
at Oakhill.
5019. 3. Bela Flower.
[6th Gen.J
4825-6. V. Josiah Gilbert Strong (son of Bela Strong of Durham,
N. Y., and Eunice GUbert) b. in 1776, m. March 6, 1798, Loraaa Nowlen
b. Feb. 11, 1779 (dau. of Samuel Nowlen and Elizabeth Fox), a cooper
at Durham, N. Y., and after April 4, 1814, at Guilford, Chenango Co.,
N, Y. He d. July 22, 1846, set 76 ; she d. Feb. 2, 1858, set 79.
[7th Gen.J Children :
6020- 1. i. Mart (" Polly ") Strong b. May 22, 1800, m. John Searies
of Bainbridge, N. Y.
5022- 3. U. Churchill Strong b. March 13, 1802, d. May 25, 1863.
5024- 5. Hi. Julia Strong b. Nov. 29, 1803, m. July 13, 1861, Orville
Eai-le, a farmer at Masonville, N. Y. He d. July 15,
1865.
5026. iv. Bela Strong b. Feb. 16, 1805, d. Nov. 4, 1869.
6027, V. Gilbert Strong b. July 13, 1807.

Son of Elder John Strong of Northampton. 271
5028- 9. vi. Marilla Strong b. May 7, 1809, d. April 2, 1861, m.
Lyman J. Bush.
5030- 1. vu. Eunice Strong b. July 24, 1810, m. Sept. 28, 1851,
William GUbert b. Jan. 2, 1806 (son of Seth Gilbert of
Fairfield, Ct,and Sally his wife), a farmer in Butternuts,
Otsego Co., N. Y. No chUdren.
5032. viH. Eliza Strong b. Oct. 11, 1814, d. Feb. 29, 1820.
5033. ix. Fannt Strong b. May 2, 1819, resides unmarried at
MasonviUe, N. Y.
5034. X. Noah Strong b. Aug. 27, 1823, d. Nov. 9, 1862.
6020-1. i. Pollt Strong b. May 22, 1800, m. March 27, 1822, John
Searies b. Jan. 21, 1802 (son of Abner Searies and Freelove Herrick, of
Bainbridge, N. Y.), a farmer in Guilford, N. Y.
[8th Gen.J Children :
5035- 6. i. Eliza Searies b, July 6, 1823, m. Alvin HoUenbeck of
Guilford.
6037- 8. H. Harriet Searies b. Sept. 1, 1826, m. Elliott Ketcham of
Greene, N. Y.
5039-40. Hi. Joseph Searies b. June 7, 1831.
6035-6. i. Eliza Searles b. July 6, 1823, m. Jan. 22, 1843, Alvin
HoUenbeck b. Feb. 19, 1821 (son of Uriah HoUenbeck of Belvidere, IU.,
and Huldah Crawford), a farmer in GuUford, N. Y.
[9th Gen.J Children :
5041- 2. i. Sebert John HoUenbeck b. July 2, 1847, m. Dec. 29, 1869,
RoseUa MariUa Banner b. March 25, 1846 (dau. of
William Banner of Guilford, and Jane Bartlett), a
farmer in Guilford, N.Y. To him is due the account
here given of the descendants of Josiah Strong, his
great grandfather.
5043. ii. Ladorna Polly HoUenbeck b. May 30, 1851.
5044. iu. Burton Joseph HoUenbeck b. Nov. 14, 1864.
[8th Gen.J
6037-8. U. Harriet Searles b. Sept. 1, 1826, m. Feb. 18, 1846,
Elliott Ketcham b. Aug. 26, 1819 (son of Caleb Ketcham of Port Crane.
Broome Co., N. Y„ and Deborah Lounsbury) a farmer at Greene, Chenango
Co., N, Y.
[9th Gen.J Children :
6046- 6. i. Mart Jane Ketcham b. Aug. 13, 1847, m. Noah R. Strong.
6047. U. Elbertine Pomona Ketciiam b. July 26, 1851.
5048. iH. Harriet EHzabeth Ketcham b. July 30, 1859.

-272 The Descendants of TJiomas Strong of NortJiampton,
6046-6. i. Mart Jane Ketcham b. Aug. 13, 1847, m. Nov. 6, 1868,
Noah RockweU Strong (son of Noah Rockwell Strong of Greene, N. Y. :
a farmer at Chenango Forks, N. Y. : they have one child.
6049. i. Sebert Homer Strong b. July 8, 1869.

[8th Gen.J
5039-40. in. Joseph Searles b. June 7, 1831, m. Dee. 28, 1859, Mary
Helen Smith b. April 22, 1840 (dau. of Nathan Youngs Smith of Alex
andria, N. Y. and Sally Burlingame) : a blacksmith at Yaleville, Che
nango Co., N. Y. He enlisted Dec. 30, 1863, in the 6th N. Y. Heavy
ArtiUery, and d. March 31, 1864, in the hospital at Fort Schuyler, N. Y.
She m. for 2d husband Dec. 20, 1866, Rev. WUUam H. Green. She d.
May 7, 1867, in West Cornwall, Ct., whither they had gone to live in
March preceding. He was convicted of having poisoned her, and was
sentenced to State Prison for Hfe. [Mrs. Nathan Youngs Smith after
the decease of her husband in 1843, m. for 2d husband Abial Bush and
now resides in GuUford, N. Y.]
[7th Gen.J
5022-3. H. Churchill Strong (son of Josiah G. Strong of GuUford,
N. Y., and Lorana Nowlen) b. March 13, 1802, m. April 19, 1835,
Charlotte Burch b. March 18, 1815 (dau. of James Burch of GuUford,
N. Y., and Sarah White) : a farmer at Guilford. He d. May 25, 1868.
His widow resides at Wauscon, Fulton Co., 0.
[8th Gen.J Children :
5050. i. Sarah Lorana Strength. Feb. 26, 1837, d. Feb. 22, 1866.
5051, ii. Sebert Dudley Strong b. April 11, 1840, d. Feb. 20, 1842.
[7th Gen.J
6028-9. vi. Marilla Strong (dau. of Josiah G. and Lorana Strong)
b. May 7, 1809, m. AprU 12, 1832, Lyman Ives Bush, b. April 28, 1809
(son of Ozias Bush of Guilford, N. Y. and Clarissa Ives) a farmer in
Oxford, Chenango Co., N. Y. She d. April 2, 1861, and he m. for 2d wife
Jan. 16, 1862, widow Sarah E. Lake.
[8th Gen.J Children:
5062. i. Amarilla Bush b. June 21, 1833.
5053- 4. u. Elizabeth Nowlen Bush b. Aug. 20, 1837, m. May 27,
1860, Alban Youngs Smith b. Feb. 5, 1837 (son of
Nathan Youngs Smith and Sally Burlingame) a farmer
in Cherokee, Cherokee Co., Kansas.
[9th Gen.J Children :
5055. i. Olin Emory Smith b. June 4, 1863.
5056. ii. Ettie Marilla Smith b. Aug. 13, 1865.

Son of Elder John Strong of NortJiampton. 273
[4th Gen.J See page 230.
4118-4. vii. John Strong (son of Thomas Strong, Jr., of Northamp
ton, and afterwards of Durham, Ct, and Mary Stebbins) b. AprU 25,
1698. He is beUeved with great assurance by th e author (but not known) ,
to have been John Strongof Enfield, Mass., a farmer aud trader there
whose estate was inventoried Aug. 30, 1734, as £479 13s., (of which £68
were for plate, 68oz. at £1 per oz.). His wife's name was Mary. Children :

5057. 1.

Thomas Strong.

5058. 2.

Sarah Strong.

5069-60. 3.

Susannah Strong who m. John Cooms and had dau. Sarah

Cooms.

5061. 4.

Elizabeth Strong.

[4th Gen.J See page 230.
4116-6. viii. Rachel Strong (dau. of Thomas Strong and Mary
Stebbins) b. AprU 15, 1700, m. March 19, 1724, Samuel Robinson, b.
Oct. 19, 1695 (son of Thomas Robinson, Jr., and Sarah Graves), a farmer
at Guilford, Ct., where he was also a magistrate. She d. April 17, 1725,
aged 25 : he d. March 6, 1776, aged SO : a widower for 50 years. Says
Rev. Henry Robinson of Guilford in sending the account here given of
his descendants : " Despairing of finding her like again he remained un
married to the day of his death. He was shrewd, sensible and pious, and
an exceedingly companionable and interesting man. He had no great taste
for public office but was fond of books and of self-culture. He was a great
admirer of Prest. Edwards, and read his works much." They had but one
chUd :
[5th Gen.J Child :
5062- 3. i. Samuel Robinson b. AprU 5, 1725, m. Dec. 25, 1760,
Elizabeth Bishop b. July 20, 1738 (dau. of Capt.
Nathaniel Bishop of Guilford and Abigail Stone), a
farmer at GuUford. They had one child Samuel. She
d. March 1, 1797, aged 58 : he d. Oct 16, 1802, aged 77.
[6th Gen.J Child :
5064- 6. i. Dea. Samuel Robinson (3d) b. March 12, 1762,m. March
29, 1786, Content Robinson b. June 9, 1767 (dau. of
Capt. James Robinson of Durham, Ct., and Amy Spel-
man), a farmer at Guilford, a magistrate, colonel of
mUitia and deacon in the Cong, church. She d. Sept
20, 1813, and he m. for 2d wife Dec. 20, 1815, Sarah
CaldweU of Guilford b. Jan. 3, 1765 (dau. of Thomas
Caldwell and Anne Fowler). He d. Nov. 17, 1839',
aged 77 : she d. without issue AprU 17, 1839, aged 76.
[7th Gen.J Children :
5067- 8. i. Sarah Robinson b. June 3, 1787, m. in 1811, Isaac Ben-
35

274 The Descendants of Thomas Strong of Northampton,
ton of Guilford (son of Silas Benton and Abigail Linds-
ley) : she d. Dec. 18, 1829, aged 42. Had one child :
5069. 1. Sarah Robinson Benton b. Oct. 11, 1811.
5070- 2. U. Rev. Henrt Robinson b. Dec. 20, 1788, grad. at Yale in
1811, m. June 11, 1823, Wealthy Frances Brown b.
May 15, 1800 (dau. of William Brown of Hartford, Ct,
and Rachel Bishop): she d. at Suffield, Ct, March 24,
1833, aged 33, and he m. for 2d wife April 8, 1835,
widow Mary Cushing Judd (widow of Spencer Judd and
dau. of Rev. Ebenezer Gay of Suffield and Bathshua
Pynchon). He has been pastor of Congregational
churches in the following places in Connecticut : Morris
(1823-29), Suffield (1831-7), B. Putnam (1838^5),
and Plainfield (1847-56) ; and since 1866, has resided at
Guilford. From him this account of the family was ob
tained. Children :
By first wife :
5073. 1. William Brown Robinson b. Dec 31, 1826, and lost at sea
March 3, 1851, aged 25.
6074. 2. Mary Ann Robinson b. April 16, 1828, and d. at Hartford,
Match 26, 1831.
Margaret Elizabeth Robinson b. Aug. 14, 1830.
Wealthy Frances Robinson b. July 31, 1832.
By second wife :
Mary Gay Robinson b. Jan 13, 1836.
Henry Pynchon Robinson b. Aug. 29, 1840; grad. at Yale
in 1863, a teacher at Red Bank. N. J.
Sarah Caldwell Robinson b. May 23, 1842, d. June 2, 1848.
Elizabeth Robinson (dau. of Samuel and Content Robin
son) b March 12, 1791, m. Jan. 12, 1814, Col. John
Baldwin Chittenden, a farmer and teacher in GuUford,
b. Jan. 16, 1790), son of Abraham Chittenden and
Lydia Baldwin) : after 1832 a farmer in Mendon, 111.
which he laid out, and where he d. Jan. 23, 1863. She
d. Oct 30, 1862. Children :
5082. 1. John Augustus Chittenden b. Oct 23, 1814, drowned
May 26, 1827.
5083. 2. Hon. Samuel Robinson Chittenden b. Oct. 2, 1817 ; a mer
chant in Mendon, HI , and State Senator.
5084. 3. Henry Robinson Chittenden b. May 22, 1821 ; a lawyer in
Warsaw, III.
5085. 4. Abraham Chittenden b, Dec. 15, 1824; a farmer in
Mendon, III.
5086, 5. Sarah Caldwell Chittenden b. Nov. 10, 1826, d. Nov. 18,
1826.
5087. 6. John Augustus ,(2d) b. Dec 24, 1827; a farmer in
Mendon, III.
5088- 9. 7. Sarah Elizabeth Chittenden b. AprU 19, 1832, m. in 1852,
Dr. Mason of Mendon, III. and d. Aug. 1864, aged 22.
5090- 2. iv. Samuel Robinson b. Sept 16, 1795, grad. at Yale in
1817, m. Sept 23, 1819, Lydia Chittenden (dau. of

6075.

3.

5076.

4.

6077.

6.

5078.

6.

5079.

7.

6080-

1. iu

5093.

Son of Elder John Strong of Northampton. 275
Dea. Abraham Chittenden of Guilford and Lydia Bald
win, previous wife of Sim ion Rose). She d. at Madison
Ct, Dec. 13, 1824, aged 30; and he m. for 2d wife'
Sept. 12, 1827, widow Ann Curtiss Baldwin nie Curtiss
widow of George Baldwin b.in 1807 (dau. of John Curtis
of Durham, Ct, and Ruth Parmelee). She d. Oct 9,
1830, aged 23. He was a teacher at Guilford and
Madison, Ct., and Brooklyn, N. Y. He d. at Hartford
Ct, April 7, 1866, aged 70. Children :
By first vyife:
1. Lydia Jane Robinson b. Feb. 16, 1823, and d. Sent 22
1837. V ,
By second wife :
6094. 2. Anna Curtiss Robinson b. Feb. 8, 1829.
5095. 3. Samuel Curtiss Robinson, M.D., b. Sept. 20, 1830, gradu
ated at Yale in 1852 ; a physician in Brooklyn, N. Y.
[4th Gen.J See page 230.
4118-9. X. Hannah Strong (dau. of Thomas Strong, Jr., and Mary
Stebbins) b. in 1704, m. in Northampton, Dec. 29, 1723, Benoni Hills.
They removed to Durham, Ct., in 1725, and in 1740, to Goshen, Ct
[5th Gen.J Children:
Hannah Hills b. at Suffield, Ct., Oct 5, 1724.
Zimri Hills b. at Durham, Ct., Dec. 16, 1725.
Beriah Hills b. Aug. 31, 1727.
Medad Hills b. AprU 27, 1729.
John HUls b. Dec 13, 1732.
Mart Hills b. Sept. 25, 1734.
VU. Seth HUls b. Sept 13, 1736.
viii. Rachel Hills b. July 8, 1739.
Bela HUls b. Aug. 24, 1741, in Goshen, Ct.
Ann Hills b. in Goshen, June 11, 1743.
[3d Gen.J See page 229.
4075-6. ii. Maria Strong (dau of Thomas Strong of Northampton,
and Mary Hewett, his first wife) b. Aug. 31, 1663, m. about 1681, Samuel
Judd, b. in 1653 (son of Dea. Thomas Judd of Farmington, Ct), a farmer
at Northampton, where he d. Jan. 10, 1721, aged 67; she d. May 18,
1751, aged 87. Their descendants form what is caUed the Northampton
and S. Hadley branch of the Judd family. [Dea. Thomas Judd came
from England in 1633^ to Cambridge, Mass. He was one of the first
proprietors and settlers of Hartford, Ct, (1636-44), and of Farmington,
Ct , in 1644. He was, while living there, a deputy several times to the
Court of General Sessions between 1648 and 1679. He was the second
deacon in the church of Rev. Thomas Hooker at Hartford : Stephen Hart,
afterwards also of Farmington, having been the first. He d. Nov. 12,
1688, aged about 80.]

5096.

5097.

ii.

6098.

iii.

6199.

iv.

5100.

V.

6102.

vi.

6103.

vii

5104.

viii

5105.

ix.

5106.

X.

276 The Descendants of Thomas Strong of Northampton,
[4th Gen.] Children :
5107- 8. i. Mart Judd b. Oct 12, 1682, m. July 1709, Ebenezer
Wright.
5109-10. u. Samuel Judd b. Oct 15, 1686, d. Oct 4, 1762, aged 77,
6111 iU. Clemence Judd b. Nov. 14, 1688, d. unmarried.
5112- 3. iv. Thomas Judd b. Jan. 28, 1691, d. Dec. 31, 1749.
5114- 5. V. Elizabeth Judd b. July 8, 1693, m. June 12, 1721,
Ebenezer Southwell.
5116- 7. vi. Margaret Judd b. Feb. 16, 1697, m. May 28, 1718,
Daniel Wright of Northfield, Mass.
5118- 9. vU. Ruth Judd b. March 27, 1700, m. May 6, 1735, Peter
Conner who unworthily deserted her. She resided in
Westfield, Mass.
5120- 1. viH. Eunice Judd b. Feb. 1702, m. in 1738, Samuel Hanchett
of Westfield.
5122. ix. Rachel Judd b. Nov. 2, 1705, d. Nov. 14, 1705.
5123. X. William Judd b. in 1708.

5109-10. U. Samuel Judd b. Oct 15, 1685, m. Jan. 13, 1715, Abi
gail Alvord (dau. of Benjamin Alvord) : a farmer at Northampton, where
he d. Oct. 4, 1762, aged 77; she d. Dec. 23, 1729, insane for several
years. [5th Gen.J Children :
5124- 5. i. Eunice Judd b. in 1716, m. in 1741, David Loomis of
Westfield.
5126. H. Abigail Judd b. in 1721, d. unmarried, Sept. 21, 1796,
aged 75.
5127. ui. Samuel Judd b. about 1729.
[4th Gen.J
5112-3. iv. Thomas Judd b. Jan. 28, 1691, m. March 27, 1718, Han
nah Bascom (dau. of Thomas Bascom). He lived at Northampton and
South Farms, Mass. He d. Dec. 31, 1749 ; she d. July 16, 1768, aged 74.
[5th Gen.J Children :
5128. i. Reuben Judd (twin) b. Feb. 12, 1719, d. soon.
5129. U. Simeon (twin) b. Feb. 12, 1719 : they both d. young.
5130. iu. Samuel Judd b. in 1721.
5131- 2. iv. Thomas Judd b. in 1723, d. Dec 21, 1802, set 79.
5133- 4. V. Asahel Judd.
5135. vi. Simeon Judd (2d) b. Sept 19, 1730, d. Nov. 1749.
5136- 7. VU. Reuben Judd (2d) b. in 1733.
5138- 9. vni. Mart Judd b. Sept 1, 1735, m. in 1759, John French of
S. Hadley.
5140- 1. ix. Hannah Judd, m. Elijah Alvord, ancestor of the Green
field Alvords.
5142- 3. X. Catharine Judd, m. Jan. 27, 1766, Josiah Smith of S.
Hadley, Mass. : they lived in Brookfield, Vt.

Son of Elder John Strong of Northampton. 277
5131-2. iv. Thomas Judd b. in 1723, resided in S. Hadley. He m.
1749 (published Oct. 26), Esther Jones of Springfield b. in 1726, who d.
Jan. 8, 1760, set. 34. He m. for 2d wife Esther Graves, dau. of Daniel Graves
of Greenfield b. in 1735, who d. May 30, 1772, set. 37. He m. for 3d
wife. Thankful AUen b. in 1737, who d. Feb. 9, 1775, set. 38, dau. of
John Allen of Greenfield. He m. for 4th wife Ruth Taylor of W. Spring
field b. in 1737, who d. Nov. 16, 1793, set 56. He d. Dec. 21, 1802, set 79.
[6th Gen.J Children : By fi/rst wife:
5144- 5. i. Thomas Judd b. Nov. 11, 1750.
5146. ii. Levi Judd b. Jan. 15, 1753, d. young.
5147- 8. iii. Esther Judd b. Jan. 4, 1766, m. Joseph Bascom of Green
field.
5149. iv. Asahel Judd b. Sept. 4, 1757, d. young.
By second wife :
5150- 1. V. SiLVA Judd b. March 10, 1764, m. Luther Smith of S.
Hadley.
5152- 3. vi. Dea. Levi Judd b. Oct 27, 1765.
5154- 5. vU. Hon. Asahel Judd (2d) b. Sept 28, 1767, d. about 1852
in Charlemont
5156- 7. viu. Elijah Judd b. June 29, 1769.
By third wife :
5168- 9. ix. Allen Judd b. Jan. 25, 1775.
5144^5. i. Thomas Judd b. Nov. 11, 1750, m. Hannah Stanley of S.
Hadley. He d. in March, 1813. She d. Dec 6, 1841.
[7th Gen.J Children :
5160- 1. i. Sarah Judd b. Oct 22, 1784, m. May 18, 1826, Seth
Smith of Granby.
Simeon Judd b. March 9, 1786.
Hannah Judd b. July 27, 1788, d. unmarried Feb. 1848.
Ltdia Judd b. May 2, 1790, d. July 6, 1791.
Ltdia Judd (2d) b. Feb. 3, 1792, d. unmarried Jan. 1848.
Sophia Judd b. June 26, 1794, d. unmarried in Granby,
Feb. 1841.
6167. vii. Tirzah Judd b. about 1796, d. unmarried.
[6th Gen.]
5152-3. vi. Dea. Levi Judd b. Oct 27, 1765, a deacon in S. Hadley :
removed to Geneva, N. Y., in AprU, 1827, where he d. in Sept. 1829.
He m. in 1786, Lucy Snow b. Sept 2, 1768 (dau. of Josiah Snow, Jr., of
S. Hadley, Mass.). She m. for 2d husband Dea. Wilder of Geneva, N. Y.,
where she d. June, 1846.
[7th Gen.J Children :
5168. i. Zebina Judd b. Sept 24, 1787.
5169. H. Ruth Judd b. July 7, 1789.

5162.

ii.

5163.

iii.

5164

iv.

5165.

V.

5166.

vi.

278 The Descendants of Thomas Strong of NortJiampton,
5170- 1. iii. Luct Judd b. Aug. 21, 1791, m. Halsey Brainerd of
S. Hadley.
5172-3. iv. Azubah Judd b- Nov. 1, 1793, m. Oct 2, 1821, Smith
Kentfield of Ohio.
5174- 5. V. Levi Judd b. Feb. 18, 1796, m. Jan. 25, 1820, Elvira
Taylor : Hved in Waterloo, N. Y.
5176. vi. Hervet Judd b. AprU 7, 1798.
5177- 8. VU. Abigail Judd b. Oct 26, 1800, m. Moses C. Wright
5179-80. viU. Milton Judd b. Nov. 17, 1802, m. Theodosia Thompson,
and settled in Geneva, N. Y. : no children.
5181- 2. ix. Thomas Judd b. April 4, 1805, m. Mary Ann Brewster
and moved to Fredonia, N. Y.
5183. X. Lorenzo Judd b. April, 1807, d. July, 1807.
[6th Gen.J
5154r-5. vii. Hon. Asahel Judd b. Sept 28, 1767, d. about 1862, in
Charlemont. He m. Dec 18, 1790, Azubah Snow b. March 8, 1764 (dau.
of Josiah Snow, Jr., of S. Hadley, Mass.), who d. June, 1794, and he m.
Sept 21, 1795, Margaret Lothrop (dau. of Capt. Thomas Lothrop of
Martha's Vineyard), for a 2d wife who d. Oct 27, 1834, and he m. for a
3d wife Mrs. Elizabeth Clapp, widow of Levi Clapp of Easthampton, and
dau. of Reuben Judd, his uncle. She was b. Jan. 9, 1771, and had for
her first husband previous to Levi Clapp, Dr. Asa Merrill of Shelburne,
Mass. He was atone time a member of the Mass. Legislature.
[7th Gen.J Children :
5184. i. Thomas Judd b. Dec 1796, d. Jan. 1797.
5185. ii. Sarson Lothrop Judd b. Sept. 26, 1798.
6186- 7. iH Azubah Judd b. June 22, 1800, m. in 1825, Obadiah Skiff
of Warrensburgh, Warren Co., 0. : had two daughters.
5188. iv. Ermina Judd b. May 21, 1802.
5189. V. Julia Judd b. Dec. 1806, d. Aug. 1807.
5190. vi. Asahel Judd, b. July 8, 1808.
6191. vii. Sarah Lothrop Judd b. Sept. 1, 1810, d. Aug. 7, 1829.
5192. viH. Thomas Judd b. Sept. 4, 1812, postmaster (1850), at Sugar
Grove, Kane Co., III.
[6th Gen.J
5156-7. viu. Elijah Judd b. .June 29, 1769 (son of Thomas Judd
and Esther Graves) resided in S. Hadley, Charlemont and Granby, Mass.
He. d. March 7, 1837. He m. May 3, 1795, EHzabeth Snow b. Aug. 17,
1774 (dau. of Josiah Snow, Jr., of S. Hadley), and for a 2d wife, widow
Lucy Tufts nie Smith (dau. of Benjamin Smith).
[7th Gen.J Children :
(The first 5 of whom d. early of consumption).
5193. i. Qttartus Judd b. Nov. 21, 1795, d. in S. Hadley.
5194. u. Betset b. Sept 14, 1797, d. in Granby.

Son of Elder John Strong of Northampton. 279
5195. in. Esther b. May 24, 1799, d. in Granby.
5196. iv. Jemima b. March 12, 1801, d. in Granby.
6197- 8. V. Cordelia b. March 16, 1803, m. Algernon Sidney Bartlett
and d. early of consumption.
5199. vi. Elijah b. Feb. 20, 1805, d. in Geneva, N. Y. : had several
children.
5200. vii. Josiah b. Feb. 28, 1807, resides in Wisconsin.
5201-2. viu. Climena b. July 22, 1809, m. a Mr. Burt of Springfield.
5203. ix. Stlvester Judd b. Aug. 24, 1811, resides in CoUinsville,
Ct
5204. X. Jonathan Jones Judd b. Jan. 25, 1814, resides in Wis.

[6th Gen.J
5158-9. ix. Allen Judd b. Jan. 25, 1775, d. Aug. 26, 1828. He m.
Jan. 2, 1797, Sarah Snow dau. of Ebenezer Snow, lived in South Hadley.
[7th Gen.J. Children :
Willard Judd b. Dec. 26, 1797.
Otis Judd b. March 16, 1800, d. Nov. 3, 1826.
Sallt Judd b. May 20, 1802.
Allen Judd b. March 14, 1804, resided in Chicopee,
Mass.
William Judd b. April 3, 1807, d. young.
Asaph Judd b. Jan. 22, 1810.
Thankful Judd.
[5th Gen.J
5133—4. V. Asahel Judd' (son of Thomas Judd and Hannah Bascom)
b. in Northampton. He was an ensign in a Colonial Co., in Nova Scotia
in the French war and d. in 1756, near Minas, N. S. He m. Rachel
Wait of Northampton, who d. AprU 26, 1751, aged 23. In 1754 (pub.
Feb- 3) he m. for a 2d wife Mary Ely of Springfield, who m. a Mr. Sikes
for a 2d husband.
[6th Gen.J Children :
5212. i. Simeon Judd b. in 1749, d. unmarried in Northampton,
Nov. 2, 1826, aged 77.
5213- 4. u. Martha Judd m. Aaron Bush of Westfield, Mass., Feb.
4, 1788.
[5th Gen.J
6136-7. vii. Reuben Judd (son of Thomas Judd of Northampton and
Hannah Bascom) b. in 1733, lived iu S. Hadley where he d. March 7,
1815, aged 81. He m. EHzabeth White b. in 1741 (dau. of Moses White
of S. Hadley, and Lydia Bellows). She d- May 9, 1765. and he m. for
2d wife Elizabeth Smith (dau. of John Smith and Elizabeth Edwards
dau, of Nathaniel Edwards of Northampton). She d. March 31, 1781,

5205.

6206.

ii.

6207.

iii.

5208.

iv.

5209.

V.

6210.

vi.

5211.

vii

280 The Descendants of Thrnnas Strong of NortJmmpton,
aged 31, and he m. for 3d wife Dec. 12, 1784, Submit Graves dau. of
Moses Graves of Hatfield, who d. in Hadley Dec 24, 1830.
[6th Gen.J Children : By fi/rst vyife :
5215- 6. i. Achsah Judd b. Oct 8, 1759, m. about 1778, Thomas
Wells of Leyden, and d. Jan., 1847, aged 87.
5217- 8. u. Reuben Judd b. Jan. 10, 1761 : m. Nov. 27, 1791, Rachel
Smead and d. in Streetsboro, 0.
5219-20. in. Lydia Judd b. June 10, 1762, m. EH Day of Northampton.
She d. May 8, 1812.
6221. iv. Elizabeth Judd b. Jan. 10, 1764 : d. soon.
By second wife :
6222- 3. V. Salathiel Judd b. Aug. 31, 1769.
5224- 6. vi. Elizabeth Judd (2d) b. Jan. 9, 1771, m. Dr. Asa MerriU
of Shelburne and Levi Clapp of Easthampton, Mass.,
and Asahel Judd of Charlemont.
5226. vU. Lucy Judd b. Oct 28, 1772, d. unmarried.
5227- 8. viU.SuppLiNA Judd b. Nov. 4, 1774, m. Jan. 26, 1797, Jemima
Pooler.
5229-30. ix. Mahlah Judd b. March 26, 1777, m. Luther Stebbins, of
Caldwell, N. Y.
6231- 2. x. Samuel Judd b. April 24, 1779.
5233- 4. xi. Tirzah Judd b. Feb. 26, 1781, m. a Mr. Beckwith.
By third wife :
5235. xii. Lucinda Judd b. Sept 1786, d. unmarried in Hadley, Oct,
3, 1838, aged 53.
5236. xiH. Mary Judd b. Nov. 1787, d. early in Chester, Mass.
5237. xiv. Horace Judd b. Oct 1789.

5222-3. V. Salathiel Judd b. Aug. 31, 1769, m. Irene Day b. Oct
30, 1770 (dau. of Abraham Day of Chester, Mass. and Irene Jackson).
He Hved in Chester, where he d. in 1821 ; she d. in S. Hadley.
[7th Gen.J Children :
5238. i. Harvey Judd b. about 1793, d. in 1820, unmarried.
5239^0. ii. Salathiel Judd b. May 3, 1795.
5241- 2. in. Alfred Judd b. April 3, 1798.
5243- 4. iv. Alvin Judd b. March, 1800, m. Jan. 3, 1822, Eliza White.
5245- 6. V. Quartus Judd, m. Jan. 13, 1842, widow Julia M. Craw
ford : resides in S. Hadley, Mass.
5247- 8. vi. Theodosia Judd m. Daniel Blair of Warren, Mass., lives
in III.
5249-50- vii. Lucy Judd, m. James HamUton of Chester, Mass.
5251- 2. viii. Irene Judd, m. Ira Bacon,
5253- 4. ix. James Madison Judd m. Aurelia White, resides in 111.
5255- 6. X. Elizabeth Judd, m. Andrew Hayward, of Hartford, Ct.
5239-40. H. Salathiel Judd, Jr., b. May 3, 1795, d. March 28,
1842, set. 46. He m. Laura Taylor of Chester, Mass.

Son of Elder JoJm Strong of Northampton. 281
[8th Gen.J Children:
5257- 8. i. Eliza Judd b. Nov. 14, 1819, m. Feb. 14, 1849, Jonathan
Burnet, Jr.
5269-60. H. Harvey Judd b. Oct. 7, 1822, m. Catharine KeUogg of
S. Hadley, where he resides and has 2 children : John
Kellogg Judd and Mary Laura Judd.
5261- 2. iii. Mary Miller Judd b. Jan. 9, 1825, m. Henry M. Goodman.
5263- 4. iv. Lewis Strong Judd b. Aug. 19, 1827, m. Nancy Jane
Tripp of Fair Haven : a depot master at Fair Haven.
5265- 6. V. Edward Hooker Judd b. Dec. 27, 1829, ra. Mercy Ann
Brainerd of S. Hadley, where he has resided. No
children.
6267- 8. vi. Alfred Salathiel Judd b. Sept 19, 1833, d. Sept. 27,
1848. ^
[7th Gen.J
5241-2. iU. Alfred Judd b. April 3, 1798, m. Oct 13, 1822, Polly
Smith dau. of Selah Smith of S. Hadley, Mass.
[8thGen.J Child:
5269-70. i. Irene Sophia Judd b. Jan. 5, 1824, m. in 1848 Joseph
Strong Preston and has 2 children : Alfred Judd Preston
and Joseph Strong Preston.
[6th Gen.J
5231-2. X. Samuel Judd (son of Reuben Judd and Elizabeth Smith)
b. AprU 24, 1779, m. Nov. 23, 1800, Fidelia Wright, dau. of Justus
Wright He d. March 2, 1825; she d. June 17, 1843.
[7th Gen.J Children:
6271. i. Fidelia Judd b. Dec. 13, 1801, d. Sept 26, 1802.
6272. u. Samuel b. Jan. 25, 1803, d. Dec 17, 1805.
5273- 4. iH. Fidelia Judd (2d) b. May 15, 1804, m. Alanson Dickin
son of Hadley, Mass., d. AprU 15, 1846, in Michigan.
5275. iv. Samuel Judd (2d) b. May 29, 1806.
^^3^ '^: I Twin daughters, born and died, Jan. 12, 1808.
5277. VI. i o •
5278- 9. vii. Melissa Judd b. Jan. 8, 1809, m. Nov. 1827, Asa Clark.
5280- 1. viu. Dorcas Judd b. April 5, 1811, m. Josiah W. Goodman.
5282. ix. Andrew Wright Judd b. Oct. 29, 1812, drowned July 9,
1823
5283. X. Edwin Smith Judd b. Sept 27, 1814, d. at sea Oct. 29,
1836.
5284. xi. Daniel Austin Judd b. April 16, 1816, hved in Spring
field, Mass.
5285. xii. Albert Judd b. June 12, 1818, a printer in Boston : has
changed his name to Albert Judd Wright.
5286. xiU. George Judd b. April 28, 1820, d. AprU 15, 1822.
36

282 The Descendants of Thomas Strong of Northampton,
[3d Gen.J See page 229.
4079-80. V. Asahel Strong (son of Thomas Strong of Northampton
and Mary Hewett) b. Nov. 14, 1668 : a farmer at Farmington, Ct. He
m, June 11, 1689, Margaret Hart of Farmington (dau. of Dea. Stephen
Hart of Hartford, and afterwards of Farmington) He d. Oct 8, 1739,
aged 70.
[4th Gen.J Children :
5287- 8. i. Margaret Strong b. April 22, 1690, m. in 1716, John
Root
5289-90. ii. Mary Strong b. Jan, 22, 1693-4, m. Daniel Lewis in 1718.
5291. iu. Elizabeth Strong b. Nov. 22, 1696, d. in 1706.
6292. iv. Lois Strong b. Feb. 18, 1699-1700, d. Dec. 13, 1733, un-
€ married.
5293- 4. 'v. Capt. Asahel Strong b. Oct. 13, 1702-, d. in 1751 : lived
in Farmington.
5295- 6. vi. Col. John Strong b. .March 4, 1705-6, d. in Farmington,
Feb. 2, 1777.
5287-8. i. Margaret Strong b. April 22, 1690, m. July 10, 1716,
John Root b. at Farmington, Ct., in 1685 (son of Stephen Root and Sarah
Wadsworth dau. of John Wadsworth of Hartford, Ct Stephen Root was
6 ft. 6 in. high, a man of superior mind and great courage, and a great
fighter against the Indians) : a farmer at Berlin, Ct. (then Kensington),
a vigorous man, strongly built, and always soundly well. He d. Nov. 16,
1764, aged 80 : she d. AprU 20, 1751, aged 60.
[5th Gen.J Children:
5297- 8. i. Eunice Rootb. May 4, 1718, m. a Mr. Rice of Meriden, Ct
5299-300. ii. Margaret Root b. July 5, 1720, m. a Mr. Edwards.
5300- 1. iu. John Root b. March 21, 1723, d. Nov. 8, 1781, aged 58.
5302. iv. Lois Root b. Jan. 27, 1726, d, unmarried April 23, 1804,
small and feeble.
5303- 4. V. Mary Root b. Sept 11, 1728, m. Samuel Marks.
5305- 6. vi. SARAHRootb. Oct ll,1731,m.DanielRoot(sonofCaleb).
5300-1. Hi. John Root b. March 21, 1723, m. May 26, 1762, Anna
Steele b. in 1725 (dau. of Dr. Joseph Steele and EHzabeth Hollister): a
farmer at Berlin, Ct., 6 ft. 2 in. high and very strongly built, a great
runner. He d. Nov. 8, 1781, aged 58, of lung fever : she d. Feb. 19,
1803, aged 78.
[6th Gen.J Children :
5307- 8. i. John Root b. AprU 4, 1764, d. Aug. 27, 1827, aged 63.
5309. u. Asahel Root b. Feb. 11, 1766, d. Aug. 2, 1818, aged 52.
5310-11. iH. Mary Root, m. Feb. 22, 1781, Josiah Hotchkiss (son of
Ludwick Hotchkiss of Plainville, Ct., and Molly Avon).
She d- and he m- for second wife widow Esther Carring

ton- He d. April 14, 1832-

o

Son of Elder John Strong of NortJiampton. 283
5307-8. i. John Root b. April 4, 1764, m. 178-, Mary GUbert (dau.
of Ebenezer GUbert and Mary Buttrick) b. in 1769 : a farmer in Worth
ington, Ct He was six feet high. He d. Aug. 27, 1827, aged 63, of
consumption. She d. Sept 18, 1823, aged 64.
[7th Gen.J Children :
5312- 3. i. Lois Root b. Nov. 30, 1789, m. Samuel Gilbert of Glasten
bury, Ct.
5314. ii. Sarah Root b. July 10, 1794, d. unmarried, in Corfu,
Genesee Co., N. Y.
.5315. iii. Harriet Root b. Sept 27, 1796, m. Jan. 1829, Col. Syl
vester Gridley: (son of Abraham Gridley) : a farmer at
CUnton, N. Y., where he d. July 29, 1846. She stUl
(1870) resides in Corfu, N. Y.
6316- 7. iv. John Root b. Sept 28, 1800, in Beriin, Ct., m. March
31, 1833, Mary E. Brown b. July 4, 1814, at Reads-
boro, Vt (dau. of David Brown and Mary Woodward),
a resident at Clinton, N. Y., and afterwards at Hanover,
Chautauqua Co., N. Y. He has had six children :
5318. V. George Root b. Oct 26, 1802, d. Dec 25, 1803.
5319-20. vi. George Root (2d) b. May 15, 1805, m. Claris.sa Yale of
Glastenbury, d. Oct 22, 1837, aged 22.
5321- 3. vii. Mary Root b. July 26, 1807, at Beriin, Ct., m. Oct 12,.
1825, Richard S. Cornwell of New Britain, and for
second husband, William Davidson of Hartford, Ct,
and now of Cleveland, O.
5324- 5. viii. Amanda Root b. Nov. 6, 1809, m. in 1835, Morris O.
Barnes of Buffalo, N. Y., and afterwards of Corfu, N. Y.
where he d. Feb. 5, 1867, aged 64
[4th Gen.J
5289-90. ii. Mary Strong b. Jan. 22, 1692-3, m. May 1, 1718,
Daniel Lewis, b. July 16, 1681 (son of WUliam Lewis), a farmer at Farm
ington. She d. April 9, 1751.
[William Lewis was one of the original proprietors of the town, and a
member of the church organized by Rev. Thomas Hooker at Cambridge,
Mass.] [5th Gen.J Children :
5326. i. Elizabeth Lewis b. May 23, 1719.
6327. ii. Daniel Lewis b. Sept. 24, 1721.
5328. iu. Ethan Lewis b." July 27, 1724.
6329-30. iv. Sarah Lewis b. Dec. 2, 1726, m. Oct 25, 1748, Lt Elisha
Strong, b. Dec. 22, 1718 (son of Jonathan Strong of
Northampton, and Mehitable Stebbins). 8«c jt 116^,
5331. V. Mary Lewis b. Jan. 25, 1728-9.
5332. vi. Abigail Lewis b. June 8, 1731.
5333. vU. Seth Lewis b. Nov. 14, 1733, d. in 1750.
5334- viu. Phebe Lewis b Dec. 14, 1735.
5335. ix. William Lewis b. about 1738, d. in 1749.

284 IJie Descendants of Thomas Strong of Northampton,
[4th Gen.]
/ 5293-4. V. Capt. Asahel Strong b. Oct. 8, 1702, m. Jan. 8, 1729,
Ruth Hooker b. April 16, 1708 (dau. of Hon. John Hooker of Farming-
ton, and Abigail Standley): a lawyer at Farmington, Ct., where he d.
March 3, 1751, aged 49.
[5th Gen.J Children :
5336. i. Elnathan Strong b. Oct 13, 1730, d. Sept 15, 1736.
5337. ii. Lois Strong b. Dec 22, 1732, d. Sept 6, 1736.
5338. iH. Ruth Strong b, April 10, 1736, d. Sept. 6, 1736.
, 5339-40. iv. Lois Strong (2d) b. May 3, 1737, m. Adino Pomeroy of
Middletown, Ct, d. March 14, 1801.
5341- 2. V. Ruth Strong (2d) b. Sept. 3, 1739, m. Col. Ichabod Norton
of Farmington, d. July 16, 1823.
5343- 4. vi. Elnathan Strong (2d) b. Feb. 16, 1741-2, m. Nov. 15,
1764, Lucretia Curtiss; resided to old age at New
Windsor, Ct., and d. at Milford, Ct. without issue.
5345- 8. vn. llev. Cyprian Strong, D.D., b. May 26, 1743, d. Nov. 17,
1811.
5349-50. viH. Elizabeth Strong b. Nov. 3, 1746, m. Nov. 9, 1768,
Dea. Martin BuU of Farmington, Ct
[The three numbers 5361, 62 and 3, which are lost here ,in the
genealogical catalogue of the Strongs, came to their overthrow by the re
ception of fuller facts presented below, after this part of the family history
was made out Let these lost numbers go to make up in part the many
instances of second and third marriages which have been overlooked in
the family reckoning to this point]
[5th Gen.J
^ 5339-40. iv. Lois Strong b. May 3, 1737, m. Nov. 18, 1760,
Adino Pomeroy b. in Northampton, Sept 22, 1732 (son of Josiah
Pomeroy and Lydia  ). He lived in Middletown, Ct, where she d.
March 14, 1801. aged 64, he married for 2d wife March 18, 1802, Sarah
Christophers of Middletown. He d. at Pittsfield.
[6th Gen.J Children :
-5354- 5. i. Polly Pomeroy b. Sept. 22, 1761, m. Nathan Starr of
Middletown.
5356- 7. U. Anne ("Nancy") Pomeroy b. Feb. 15, 1764, m. March
2, 1797, Nathaniel Bishop of Richmond, Mass.
6858. Hi. Lois Pomeroy b. March 30', 1766, d. April 7, 1776.
5359-60. iv. Clarissa Pomeroy b. June 12, 1768, m. Aaron Root of
Pittsfield, Mass., Oct 23, 1796.
6261- 2. v., William Pomeroy b. Aug. 24, 1770, d. May 16, 1771.
5363- 4, vi. Sarah Pomeroy b. April 21, 1772, m. Aug. 7, 1800, Rev.
Roger Searle of Coventry, Ct. (Episcopal).
5365. vii. Susannah Pomeroy b. Oct 14, 1774, d. Aug 10, 1776.
5366. viii. Lois Pomeroy (2d) b. AprU 27, 1777.

Son of Elder John Strong of Northampton. 285
5367. ix. William Pomeroy (2d) b. April 2, 1780, a"';^Shaker at
Pittsfield, where he. d.
5368. X. John Pomeroy b. Aug. 2, 1784.
5354-5. i. Polly Pomerot b. Sept 22, 1761, m. July 5, 1781,
Nathan Starr b. April 14, 1755 (son of Joseph Starr of Middletown and
Priscilla Roper who were m. Feb. 26, 1742. He d. March 23, 1781, and
she. May 15, 1796). [Joseph Starr b. in Middletown was high sheriff of
the county before the Revolutionary war,] Nathan Starr was a scythe
manufacturer at Middletown. In the war of 1812, he was " Master
Armorer " by appointment of the State Governor and in the latter part
of his life manufactured swords for the United States Government. He
d. at Middletown, July 29, 1821 : she d. May 25, 1825.
[7th Gen.J Children :
6369-70. i. Susannah Starr b. April 19, 1782, m. Henry Carrington
of Middletown, d. Sept 6, 1825.
"5371- 2. u. Nathan Starr b. Feb. 20, 1784, d. Aug. 31, 1852.
6373- 4. Hi. Polly Starr b. May 19, 1786, m. Oct. 26, 1824, Henry
Sylvester Ward of Middletown, b. June 17, 1793 (son
of Joseph Ward, Jr., and EHzabeth Treadway of Mid
dletown), Treasurer of Savings Bank and a farmer. She
d. May 9, 1867, he d. May 30, 1867 : no chUdren.
5376. iv. William Starr b. May 29, 1788, d. June 22, 1807.
5369-70. i. Susannah Starr b. AprU 19, 1782, m. Jan. 18, 1806,
Henry Carrington b. March 20, 1781 (son of Dr. Edward Carrington of
Middletown and Susannah Whittlesey) a dry-goods merchant for many
years but since 1850 has resided in California. She d. Sept. 6, 1826.
[8th Gen.J Children:
5376- 7. i. Susan Mary Carrington b. Nov. 2, 1806, m. Oct 20, 1830,
Joseph Wiokham Hubbard of Middletown b. Dec 6,
1802 (son of Joseph Hubbard of Middletown and Sarah
Brooks) ; an accountant in Middletown ; resided for
merly in New York, and Augusta, Ga. They have had
two children :
5378- 9. 1. Susan Carrington Hubbard b. Sept. 15, 1831, m. Oct 23,
1855, Stephen C. Ray of New York. They have one
son :
5380. (1). Edwin C. Ray, b. June 19, 1858,
5381. 2. Mary EHzabeth Hubbard b. July 2, 1834, d. Oct. 31,
1834.
5382- 8. ii. Elizabeth Strong Carrington b. May 14, 1809, m. Jan.
23, 1833, Edward Arab Phelps of Colebrook, Ct. b.
March 26, 1808 (son of Arab Phelps of Colebrook, Ct.,
and Wealthy Mills). She d. Oct. 12, 1847. They had
three children :
5384 1. Elizabeth Carrington Phelps b. Feb. 15, 1838, d. Feb. 5,
1845.

286 Ihe Descendants of Thomas Strong of Northampton,
5385- 6. 2. Edward Arab Phelps b. Dec 18, 1840, m. Sept 14, 1865,
Mary RusseU of Brooklyn, N. Y., resides at Brooklyn.
3387. 3. Carrington Phelps b. Oct 3, 1847, graduated at Yale Col
lege, in 1870.
5388- 9. iii. Mart Starr Carrington b. April 13, 1811, m. Dec 4,
1 838, Dunbar Smith Dyson b. May 7, 1805 (son of
James and Margaret Dyson of Kirkcudbright, Scot
land) ; a merchant in New York, and at New Orleans,
where he d. Dec. 22, 1848. No issue.
6390- 1. iv. Henry Carrington b. Dec. 4, 1814, m. Jan 16, 1842,
Grace PhUHps of Norfolk, Ct. Children :
6392- 3. 1. Mary Starr Carrington b. Nov. 2, 1845, m. Oct 4, 1865,
Rev. Charles A. Holbrook of Boston. They have two
children :
5394. (1). Charles Henry Holbrook b, Aug. 19, 1866,
5395. (2).iHary Dunbar Holbrook b. Aug. 2, 1868.
5396. 2. Elizabeth Phelps Carrington b. Aug. 10, 1847.
5397. 3. Lucy Alsop Carrington b. .June 20, 1849.
5398- 9. V. Nathan Starr Carrington b. Dec 13, 1816.
5400. vi. LoRANiA Hoppin Carrington b. Dec. 23, 1819, d. Oct. 18,
1837.
5401. VU. William Edward Carrington b. June 12, 1823, d. Oct.
31, 1851.

5398-9. V. Nathan Starr Carrington b. Dec. 13, 1816, m. Laura
Butler of Norfolk, Ct : a farmer in Middletown, and since about 1850,
in Cook Co., 111.
[9th Gen.J Children :
5402. i. William Henry Carrington b. March 25, 1843, d. Aug.
28, 1849.
5403. ii. Susan Starr Carrington b. Jan. 8, 1845.
5404. iii. Elizabeth Phelps Carrington, b. .Ian. 28, 1847.
5405- 6. iv. Mary Dyson Carrington b. May 10, 1849, m. Dec. 1869,
Alexander Wilson of Cook Co., 111. : a farmer.
5407. V. Laura Lorania Carrington b. Jan. 1, 1852.
5408. vi. William Henry Carrington b. Nov. 29, 1856.
5409. VU. Edward Butler Carrington b. Feb. 7, 1862.

[7th Gen.J
5371-2. ii. Nathan Starr, Jr., b. Feb. 20, 1784, m. June 25, 1810,
Grace Townsend, of New Haven, Ct , b, Aug. 28, 1789 (dau. of Ebenezer
Townsend of New Haven, and Thankful Sophia Barnard, who was widow
Thankful Mather, wife of Rev. Allen Mather) : a merchant in New York,
and after 1813, became at Middletown, Ct., a manufacturer of swords,
rifles, and muskets for the government. He was constantly engaged in
peifocting fire-arms and labor-saving machinery of various kinds. He
d- Aug- 31, 18.52; she d Oct 16, 1856.

Son of Elder John Strong of Northampton. 287
[8th Gen.J Children :
5410. i. Mary EHzabeth Starr b. April 14, 1811, d. Aug. 13, 1811.
5411- 2. u. Judge Elihu WUHam Nathan Starr b. Aug 10, 1812.
5413- 4. iU. Mary Elizabeth Starr (2d) b. Jan. 31, 1815, m. Hamilton
Brewer of East Hartford, Ct. (son of Samuel Brewer
and Prudence Damon).
5415- 6, iv. Ebenezer Townsend Starr b. Aug. 18, 1816, m. Aug. 17,
1842, Almira Strong Babcock of Cuyahoga Falls, 0.,
b. Sept. 4, 1824 (dau. of Charles Babcock and Almira
Strong see p. 116); resides at New York; an inventor
and patentee of a variety of fire-arms, skates, and other
articles. Their children have been :
5417. 1. Henry Townsend Starr b May 19, 1846, d. Jan. 4, 1848.
6418- 9. 2. Almira Starr b. Dec. 17, 1849, at New York, m. Nov. 17,
1869, Wm. H. KendaU of New York.
5420. V. Henrt Starr b. June 28, 1818. d. Oct 2, 1819.
5421- 2. vi. Emily Helen Starr b. June 5, 1820, m. Nov. 25, 1839,
Samuel Henry Ward of Bast Windsor, Ct. (son of John
and Nancy Ward), grad. at Wesleyan University, kept
a book-store in Middletown, and engaged afterwards
in the smelting and refining of gold in San Francisco.
He d. March 22, 1853. They had one child :
5423. 1. Helen Laura Ward b. Oct. 1840, d. Sept, 1842.
5424. VU. Grace Ann Starr b. March 20, 1822, d, Oct 3, 1823.
5425- 6. viU. Grace Anna Starr b. Aug 16, 1823, m. Aug. 15, 1848,
Charles Dyer, Jr., of Middletown, who d. Aug. 23, 1850.
He was b. May 20, 1825, and was son of Charles Dyer
and Mary Ann Starr of Middletown. She m. for 2d
husband, James Peck of New Haven, Ct., a dry goods
merchant in Burlington, Vt No children :
5427- 8. ix. Henry Ward Starr b. May 30, 1826.
6429-30. X. Frederic Barnard Starr b. July 2, 1829, m. Oct. 30, 1855,
Fanny E. Kirby of Cromwell, Ct. (dau. of Charles Kirby
and Catharine C. White), a resident of Cromwell. He
was a sutler in the late rebellion : d. April, 1864. He
was previously a manufacturer and merchant in Middle-
town, Ct One child :
5431. 1. Charles Frederic Starr.
6432. xi. Edward Pomeroy Starr b. July 19, 1832, d. Oct 12, 1835.
6411-2. ii. Judge Elihu William Nathan Starr b. Aug. 10,
1812, m. May 27, 1840, Harriet Wctmore Bush of Ogdensburgh, N. Y., b.
AprU 25, 1815 (dau. of John ChurchUl Bush and Julia Wetmore) : a
manufacturer of arms in his early years for the government : Postmaster
of Middletown (under Prest. Van Buren), Adjt Gen. of Conn, (under
Gov. Seymour), Brig. Gen. Conn. MUitia (1 860) : since 1852, Town Clerk
and Registrar of Middletown, and since 1867, Judge of Probate. To him
the author owes this account of the descendants of Nathan Starr, Senior,
his grandfather.

288 The Descendants of Thomas Strong of Northampton,
[9th Gen.J Children :
6433. i. William Edward Starr b. Aug. 3, 1841 : bookkeeper in
the Third Nat Bank, in New York, unmarried (1870).
5434. u. Julia Wetmore Starr b. Dec 20, 1843, d. Aug. 24, 1845.
6435. iU. Robert Wetmore Starr b. Feb. 14, 1846, d. May 23, 1847.
5436. iv. Henry Barnard Starr b. June 3, 1848 : bookkeeper in the
First Nat. Bank, Middletown, Ct
5437. V. Frank Farnsworth Starr b. Nov. 11, 1852 : assistantin
the office of the Town Clerk, and probate judge of Mid
dletown (his father).
5438. vi. Grace Townsend Starr b. April 21, 1857.
[8th Gen.J
5413-4. iii. Mart Elizabeth Starr (dau of Nathan Starr, Jr., and
Grace Townsend) b. Jan. 31, 1815, m. May 11, 1841, Hamilton Brewer,
M.D., of E. Hartford, b. Aug. 3, 1813 (son of Samuel Brewer of East
Hartford and Prudence Damon) grad, at Wesleyan University, practised
medicine for some years in Middletown, and afterwards became an insur
ance agent in New York and was Sec. of the N. Y. and Boston Air Line
R. R. at the time of his death. He d. May 21, 1855.
[9th Gen.J Children :
5439. i. Edward Hamilton Brewer b. AprU 15, 1842, d. of disease,
April 2, 1863, at Falmouth. Va., having enlisted as an
Union soldier in Co. B, 14th Regt, Conn. Vols.
5440. ii. William Starr Brewer (twin) b. July 10, 1847, d. Aug. 26,
1847.
5441. ui. Mary Townsend Brewer (twin) b. July 10, 1847, d. Aug.
31, 1847,
5442. iv. Mary Grace Brewer b. May 20, 1849.
5443. V. Emily Anna Brewer b. AprU 25, 1865.
[8th Gen.J
5427-8. ix. Henry Ward Starr (son of Nathan Starr, Jr., and
Grace Townsend) b. May 30, 1826, m. Dec. 11, 1865, Mary Elizabeth
Merrifield of San Francisco, Cal., b. Aug. 27, 1836 (dau. of Jones Merri-
field of Fayetteville, Vt., and Laura Holland) a merchant formerly in San
Francisco, but now a resident of Jamaica, L. I., a manufacturer of fire
arms, patent skates, &c.
[9th Gen.J Children :
5444. i. Mary WhitmoreStarr b. Sept 5, 1856.
5445. ii. James Whitney Starr b. April 3, I860.
5446. iii. Harry Barnes Starr b. Feb. 10, 1862, d. July 21, 1863.
5447. iv. William Merrifield Starr b. Aug. 11, 1867.

&•

[Dr. Comfort Starr, the settler, came from Ashford, Kent Co., Eng., to
Cambridge, Mass., in 1633, and d. in Boston, Jan. 2, 1660. He had ason
Dr. Thomas, who had a son Comfort Starr (2d) b. in 1644, who d. in
Middletown, Oct.18, 1693. He had a son Joseph b. Sept 23, 1676, who

Son of Elder John Strong of NortJiampton. 289
d. July 13, 1758. His son Joseph Starr, Jr., b. Sept. 6, 1698, was high
sheriff of the colony of Connecticut. He d. March 23, 1781. .Joseph
Starr, Jr., hadason Nathan b- AprU 14, 1755, who 'd. July 29, 1821.
Dr. Thomas Starr (son of Dr. Comfort Starr, the settler) lived in Charles
town, Mass. His son Comfort m. Rachel Harris and lived in Middletown.
His son Joseph m. June 24, 1697, Abigail Baldwin of Guilford, and lived
in Middletown. Joseph Starr, Jr., m. Feb. 25, 1742, Priscilla Roper
who d. May 15, 1798. Adino Pomeroy was a descendant of Medad
Pomeroy (1660), of Northampton]
[5th Gen.J
5341-2. V. Ruth Strong (dau. of Capt. x\sahel Strong and Ruth
Hooker) b. Sept 3,1739, m. Feb. 21, 1760, Col. Ichabod Norton b. in 1736
(son of Thomas Norton of Farmington). Heresided in Farmington and was
an active influential man in the Revolutionary war both as a civilian and
a soldier : a representative of his town in the legislature in 1779, and
everv year but one from 1786 to 1791, and for many years a justice of
the peace : " an inteUigent, upright and exceedingly cheerful man." She
d. at West Hartford, Ct, July 16, 1823, aged 83 : he d. at Granby, Ct.,
Oct. 1, 1825, aged 88.
[6th Gen.J Children :
Elizabeth Norton b. Jan. 13, 1761, m. Rev. Wm. Robin
son, d. Dec. 20, 1824, aged 63.
Nancy Norton b. May 26, 1763, d. May 24, 1798, aged
35 : m. Col. Charles McKinstry.
Rev. Asahel Strong Norton, D.D., b. Sept 20, 1765, d.
May 10, 1853.
ROMANTA Norton b. April 3, 1768, d. in 1840.
Ruth Strong Norton b. Aug. 13, 1770, d. Sept 30, 1800,
aged 30, m. Dr. Sewall Hopkins of CUnton, N. Y.
Thomas Norton b. Dec. 31, 1773.
Mariamne (" Amna") Norton b. Nov. 24, 1776, d. un
married at CoUinsville, Ct, Aug, 12, 1853, set. 76, a lady
of superior intellect and attainments.
5461- 2. viii. Prof. Seth Norton b. Feb. 12, 1780, d. Dec, 7, 1818, set
38
5463- 4. ix. Hon. George Norton b. Nov. 15, 1782, d. May 11, 1833,
set. 50.
5448-9. i. Elizabeth Norton b. Jan. 13, 1761, m. Aug. 10, 1790,
Rev. WiUiam Robinson b. in" Lebanon, Ct., Aug. 15, 1754 (son of Icha
bod Robinson of Lebanon, and Lydia Brown, dau. of Ebenezer Brown,
and Sarah Hyde). She was his fourth wife. He was for 41 years (1780-
1821), pastor of the Congregational Church in Southlngton, Ct. He was
grad. at Yale in 1773. He was a man of vigorous intellect, and as an
acute theologian, an able preacher and a faithful pastor he had few supe
riors in Connecticut He d. Aug, 15, 1825, set 71. She d. Dec. 20,
1824, set 64. 37

6448- 9.

i.

6450- 1.

ii.

5452- 3.

iU.

5464- 6.

iv.

5466- 7.

V.

5458- 9.

vi.

5460.

vH,

290 TJie Descendants of TJicmas Strong of Northampton,
[7th Gen.J Children :
5465. i. John Robinson b, Nov. 29, 1791, d. Jan. 25, 1792.
6466- 8. H. Rev. Edward Robinson, D.D., LL.D., b. April 10, 1794,
d. Jan. 27, 1863, set 68.
5469. iii. George Robinson b. Sept 10, 1796, d. Jan. 20, 1799.
5470- 2. iv. George Robinson (2d) b. Dec. 3, 1798.
5473- 4. V. Charles Robinson b. Feb. 10, 1801.
5476. vi. Elizabeth Robinson b. July 25, 1803, resides unmarried
in New Haven with her brother Charles (1871).
5466-8. U. Rev. Edward Robinson, D.D., LL.D,, b. April 10, 1794,
grad. at Hamilton College, Clinton, N. Y., in 1816 ; tutor there (1817-18).
He m . Sept. 3, 1818, Eliza Kirtland (dau. of Rev. Samuel Kirtland,
missionary to the Oneida Indians). She d. July 5, 1819, without issue,
leaving him in possession of the large farm that she had inherited from her
father in Clinton and on which he lived until the autumn of 1821. He
became instructor in Hebrew at Andover TheoL Sem. for three years
(1823-6), spent four years in Germany in the energetic study of the
Greek, towards which he inclined more than to the Hebrew (1826-30).'
Here he m. Aug. 7, 1828, Theresa Albertine Louise von Jakob b. Jan.
26, 1797 (dau. of Staatsrath von Jakob, Prof, of Philosophy and Political
Science in the University of Halle, Germany). She was herself already
well known as a writer in Germany. He returned to this country in
1830, and was soon appointed Prof Extraordinary of Sacred Literature, and
Librarian at Andover, Mass. (1830-3), where he also edited the Biblical
Repository. In 1834 he removed to Boston, where he spent three years in
preparing his works in Biblical lexicography. In 1837 be became Prof.
of Biblical Literature in the Union Theol. Seminary of New York, but on
condition that he should be permitted before entering on the active duties of
his professorship to spend three or four years in exploring the Holy Land.
The result of this, his first tour of careful scrutiny through Palestine,
was the publication of his " Biblical Researches," which he spent two years
at Berlin, Germany, in writing out In 1862 he made another visit to
Palestine and published another volume of " Researches." He d. Jan. 27,
1863, set 68, having been for 26 years previously a professor in the Union
Theol. Seminary. He was the founder and for some years associate editor
of " The Bibliotheca Sacra " published at Andover, Mass. His " Harmony
of the Gospels " is superior to any other work of the sort. He had in pro
gress at the time of his death a work on " Biblical Geography " and had
completed 750 pages ofit in manuscript He was an indefatigable worker,
had no fondness for abstractions, and was an exact and thorough teacher
rather than brilliant or stimulating. He once told the author that the one
man to whom he was more indebted than to any other in Hfe as the one who
taught him to know his own powers and to use his time and strength
most effectively and had given direction to all his after-life was his old

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6477.

ii.

5478.

Hi.

5479.

iv.

Son of Elder John Strong of Northampton. 291
and honored mathematical professor in Hamilton CoUege Prof. Theodore
Strong. Mrs. Theresa Robinson resided after his death at Berlin, Ger
many and in straitened circumstances (through the mismanagement, it is
said, of the ample funds left by her husband). She d. at Hamburgh, Ger
many, April 13, 1870, set 73.
[8th Gen.J Children :
Mary Augusta Robinson b. June 25, 1829.
Maximilian Robinson b. Sept 31, 1831, d. Aug. 10, 1835.
Arthur Robinson b. Feb. 4, 1833, d. Nov. 24, 1833.
Edward Robinson b. Sept. 19, 1836 ; a lawyer in New
York, but since 1869, U. S. Consul at Hamburgh,
Germany.
[It is meet that here the lineage of Dr, Edward Robinson should be
traced, as copied from an historical sketch of his father's family, pre
pared and published by himself
Ichabod Robinson, his grandfather, wash, at Duxbury, Mass., Dec 12,
1720, and was a country merchant at Lebanon, Ct He was also for 21
years (1747-68) clerk of the courtof probate, for the district of Windham,
of which court Jonathan Trumbull was at the same time judge, who
was afterwards Governor of Connecticut, the first of the two governors of
that name, and father of the second one who succeeded him in that
office. They were brothers in law, as Gov. Jonathan Trumbull, the elder,
married Faith Robinson, sister of Ichabod Robinson. Their son, Gov.
Jonathan Trumbull, the second, was born March 26, 1740, and d. while
Governor, Aug. 7, 1809, aged 69. There was also a third Gov. Trum
bull (Joseph), who was son of David, another son of Jonathan Trumbull,
the first, and Faith Robinson. Harriet Trumbull b- Sept 2, 1783, who d.
Jan. 18, 1850, daughter of the second Gov. Jonathan Trumbull, was the
wife of Prof Benjamin SiUiman of Yale College. Her sister. Faith Trum
buU, b. Feb. 1, 1769, who d. Oct 19, 1846, was the wife of Daniel
Wadsworth, Hartford, Ct
Ichabod Robinson was the son of Rev. John Robinson of Duxbury,
Mass. (1700-1738), who spent his last days (1738-1745), at Lebanon,
Ct , where ho d. of diabetes Nov 14, 1745. His wife was Hannah
Wiswall b- Feb- 22, 1681-2 (dau- of Rev. Ichabod Wiswall of Duxbury,
and Priscilla Peabody whom he ra, Jan. 31, 1705-6, and who was drowned
with her daughter Mary Sept 22, 1722, near Nantasket Beach. Pris
cilla Peabody b. Jan. 15, 1653-4, was the dau. of WUliam Peabody of
Duxbury, and Elizabeth Alden (b. in 1626, and married Dec. 26, 1644),
dau. of John Alden of the Mayflower and Priscilla MuUins, dau, of
William MuUins, whom she m, in 1621.
Rev. John Robinson of Duxbury, Mass., b. in Dorchester, Mass., in
1671, and grad. at Harvard in 1695, was the son of Samuel Robinson and
Mary -Baker (dau. of Richard Baker of Dorchester in 1639). Samuel
Robinson, his father, was a man of mark at Dorchester, and a representa
tive to the General court (1701-2). He was bp. May 14, 1640, and d.
ia Dorchester Sept. 16, 1718, and was the son of WUliam Robinson the
settler and Prudence his wife, who lived in Dorchester. WUliam Robin
son was a miller and was killed July 6, 1668, in his own mUl, ''being
drawn through by the coi^-wheel and was torn in pieces and slain." He
came to this country iu 1635 or 1636, as is supposed.]

292 TJie Descendants of Thcmas Strong of Northampton,
[7th Gen.J
5470-2. iv. George Robinson b. Dec. 3, 1798 : a merchant in New
Haven and Northampton, and clerk in the Comptroller's office at Hart
ford, Ct., and cow (1871) acting comptroller. He m. Nov. 30, 1820,
Sarah Gleason (Jowles b. in 1803 (dau. of Gen. Solomon Cowles of Farm
ington, Ct) : she d. Feb. 20, 1833, aged 30, and he m. for 2d wife Jan.
7, 1^35, Harriet Whiting Bradley b. March 8, 1809 (dau. of Jared
Bradley of New Haven and Grace Caroline Whiting).
[8th Gen.J Children : By first wife :
5480. i. Eliza Kirkland Robinson b. Feb. 4, 1822, d. Feb. 24,
1824.
6481. H. William Eobinson b. March 29. 1824: a merchant's
clerk in Hartford and New York, d. Feb. 26, 1865,
aged 31.
6482- 3. iu. Louise Robinson b. Nov. 28,1825, m. Sept 2, 1869, John
B. Corning of Hartford : a retired merchant
5484. iv. Edward Robinson b. March 2, 1858 : a merchant in
Charleston, S. C, and (1871) unmarried.
5485. V. Francis Robinson b. May 24, 1830: a merchant's clerk at
Hartford, Ct By second wife :
5486. vi. George Robinson b. May 23, 1836, d. March 26, 1837.
5487- 8. vH. John Stone Robinson b. May 29, 1837.
5489-90. viU. Caroline Elizabeth Robinson b. March 21, 1839, m.
James A. Smith of Hartford.
5491. ix. James Bradley Robinson b, AprU 10, 1841, d. Aug. 19,
1843.
6492- 3. X. Charles Augustus Robinson b. July 17, 1842.
6494. xi. Theresa Robinson b. June 25, 1845, resides unmarried at
Hartford.
5496. xii. Mary Augusta Robinson b. July 11, 1847.
5496. xiH. Henry Norton Robinson b. Dec. 31, 1849, a clerk in
Hartford.
5497. xiv. Alice Robinson b. Oct 21, 1851, d. Sept, 6, 1852.
5498. XV. Frederic Whiting Robinson b. AprU 8, 1866.
5487-8. vH. John Stone Robinson b May 29, 1837, m. in 1867,
Julia Taylor of Hartford (dau. of Edwin Taylor) a lumber merchant in
Hartford. His children are :
5499. 1. Sarah Robinson b. Sept. 13, 1868.
5500. 2. Julia Robinson b. Feb. 10, 1870.
5489-90. viii. Caroline Elizabeth Robinson b. March 21, 1839,
m. James Allwood Smith (son of Rev. James A. Smith of Unionville,
Ct,, and Mary Morgan) : a flour merchant in Hartford. Their children are :
5501- 1. Grace CaroHne Smith b. March 23, 1862.
5502. 2. Mary Morgan Smith b. Oct. 22, 1863.

Son of Elder John Strong of Northamptcni. 293
5503. 3. AHce Robinson Smith b. May 7, 1866.
5504. 4. Ernest Allwood Smith b. Feb. 14, 1868, d. July 1, 1870.
5492-3. X. Charles Augustus Robinson b. July 17, 1842, m. May
13, 1867, Edith S. HoUister (dau. of Nelson Hollister of Hartford), a
flour merchant in Hartford. He has one child :
5505. 1. Charles Nelson Robinson b. March 19, 1868.

[7th Gen.J
5473-4. V. Charles Robinson b. Feb. 10, 1801, grad. at Yale in
1821 : a lawyer in New Haven, Ct, (since 1833). He m. March 13,
1826, Nancy Maria Mulford b. Nov. 23, 1800 (dau. of Hervey Mulford
of New Haven, and Nancy Bradley).
[8th Gen.J Children :
5506. i. Cornelia Robinson b. Dec. 7, 1826, d. unmarried May
21, 1869.
Elizabeth Robinson b. Aug. 28, 1829, d. Oct 24, 1831.
Charles Robinson b. June 25, 1831, d. March 18, 1833.
Elizabeth Robinson b. Nov. 29, 1833, d. Nov. 16, 1836.
Charles Robinson b. July 10, 1836, d. Jan. 1, 1837.
William Edward Robinson b. Oct 30, 1839, d. Dec. 14,
1843.
Arthur Robinson b. Jan. 21, 1843.
viH. Ernest Robinson b. Dec 20, 1845, d. Nov. 18, 1870.
5512. VU. Arthur Robinson b. Jan. 21, 1843, m. Oct 18, 1865,
Jane Howell Porter b. March 6, 1844 (dau. of Albert HoweU Porter of
Niagara Falls, N. Y., and JuHa Mathews), a banker in WaU street.
New York. They have 2 children :
5514. 1. Arthur Porter Robinson b. Feb. 13, 1867.
6515. 2. Charles Robinson b. April 30, 1869.
[6th Gen.J
5450-1. U. Nanct Norton (dau. of Col. Ichabod Norton and Ruth
Strong) b. May 26, 1763, m. as his 2d wife in 1790, Col. Charles
McKinstry of HUlsdale, N. Y. She d. May 24, 1798, set 35. Beside
two sons and a daughter that died in infancy she had two daughters that
had families.
[7th Gen.J Children:
5516- 7. i. Melinda Norton b. June 12, 1794, m. Henry Loop b. in
Gr. Barrington, Mass., a resident in Hempstead, L. I.
5518- 9. U. Nancy Norton b. July 28, 1796, m. Judge Bowen Whiting
of Geneva, N. Y. She d. July 24, 1847, set 51.

5507.

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5508.

iii.

5609.

iv.

5610.

V.

5511.

vi.

5512.

vii

5513.

vii:

294 The Descendants of TJiomds Strong of NortJiampton,
[6th Gen.J
5452-3. iii. Rev. Asahel Strong Norton, D.D., b. Sept 20, 1765
(son of Col. Ichabod Norton and Ruth Strong) b. Sept 20, 1765, grad.
at Yale, the first in his class, in 1790: ordained as pastor in Clinton,
N. Y., Sept, 1793, m. Jan. 10, 1795, Mary Clap Pitkin b. Oct 4, 1769
(dau. of Rev. Timothy Pitkin of Farmington, Ct., and Temperance Clap
dau. of Prest. Thomas Clap, of Yale Coll.). He was dismissed from his pas
toral charge in Nov., 1833, after a ministerial service of 40 years in length
to his people. He d. May 10, 1853, aged 87. His wife d. Sept 11, 1839,
aged 69. He had a fine farm about a mile from the vUlage on which he
toiled during the week, which was the all but universal style of pastoral
experience in the early history of the American clergy. He was a great
pedestrian and always walked into town on the sabbath to preach, and dur
ing week-days to get his mail. His last years (1833-53), he devoted to
the care of his crops and fruit He was full of vitality and vigor in old
age. He was of medium stature, of rather dark complexion, and had ori
ginally black hair with black eyes. Of naturally conservative habits of
thought, he was sound rather than specially attractive as a preacher. He
was entirely free from all ostentation and parade, and v/as a simple-minded
good man, devoted to his work as a preacher and pastor, in which he was
much blessed. His manners were very courteous and refined. [William
Pitkin, a lawyer, settled in Hartford, Ct., about 1665, m. Hannah Goodwin
(dau. of Ozias Goodwin the settler). He d. Dec, 1694, aged 69; shed, at a
great age long afterwards. They had four sons, one of whom was Gov.
WUliam Pitkin, Gov. of Connecticut. He had five sons one of whom was
Rev. Timothy Pitkin of Farmington. He m. Aug. 9, 1753, Temperance
Clap b. April 29, 1732 (dau. of Rev. Thomas Clap and Mary Whiting
dau. of Rev. Saml. Whiting of Windham, Ct. and Elizabeth Adams, dau.
of Rev. William Adams, of Dedham, Mass., and Alice Bradford, dau. of
Dep. Gov. William Bradford, and granddaughter of Gov. Bradford of the
Mayflower), she d. May 19, 1772. Their children were : 1. Samuel Pit
kin b. May 17, 1754, who d. in 1777. 2, Catharine b, Feb. 22, 1757,
who m. Rev. Dr. Nathan Perkins. 3. Charles Pitkin who m. Cynthia
Wells. 4. Elizabeth b. Sept 19, 1761, who m. Rev. Timothy Langdon.
5. Anna b. Feb. 19, 1764, who m. Buoch Perkins. 6. Timothy Pitkin,
the historian, b. Jan. 20, 1766, who m. Elizabeth Hubbard, dau of Rev.
Dr. Bela Hubbard. 7. Mary b. Oct. 4, 1769, who m. Rev. Dr. Asahel
S. Norton. 8. Temperance b. May 3, 1772, who m. Bissell Hinsdale.]
[7th Gen.J
5520. i. Elbert Norton b. Dec 4, 1795, m. .May 27, 1823, Sarah
Marvin (duu. of Asa Marvin of Clinton, N. Y.). He
was a hat merchant at Syracuse, N. Y., where he d. with
out issue May 30, 1835. She in. for 2d husband a Mr
Cadwell of Syracu.se.

Son of Elder John Strong of Northampton. 295
5521- 2. ii. Emily Norton b. Jan. 20, 1798, m. Lathrop Brockway.
6523. in. Mary Norton b. May 9, 1800, d. Oct. 1803.
5524. iv. Robert Norton b. Feb. 8, 1802, a forwarder and flour
dealer in New York city, unmarried.
5525- 6. V. Sarah Norton b. Juno 29, 1804, m. Enos Pomeroy.
5527- 8. vi. Henry Pitkin Norton b. June 3, 1807, m. June 8, 1833,
widow Carlotta Palmer nie Calkins, b. atNew London,
Ct, in 1807 (dau. of Joseph Calkins, M.D., and Mary
Sistare dau. of Gabriel Sistare originally from Spain, and
afterwards of New London), graduated at Hamilton
College, N. Y., in 1828, a lawyer at Brockport, N. Y.,
(since 1831). No issue:
5529. vii. Mary Ann Norton b. Sept 27, 1809, d. May 7, 1831.
5530-1. viU. John Norton b. March 15, 1811.

5521-2. ii. Emily Norton b. Jan. 20, 1798, m. Feb, 7, 1832, Lathrop
Brockway b. July 5, 1792 (son of Rev. Thomas Brockway of Columbia,
Ct., and Eunice Lathrop) a farmer in Clinton, N. Y. [Rev. Thomas
Brockway was b, in 1746, grad. at Yale in 1768, settled at Columbia, Ct,
for 36 years (1771-1807). His wife Eunice d. Sept. 16, 1823, aged
68] [8th Gen.J Children :
6532. i Asahel Norton Brockway b. Feb. 7, 1834, d. Dec. 2, 1834.
5633-4. U. Asahel Norton Brockway, M.D., b. March 24, 1836,
grad. at Ham. CoU,, in 1857, and at the N. Y. Med.
Coll. of Physicians and Surgeons in 1861. He was an
assistant surgeon in the late war. He is settled as a
physician at Harlem, N. Y. He m. July 9, 1863,
Harriet Bonesteel b. April 23, 1832, atPalenvUle, N. Y.
(dau. of Jacob and Lura Bonesteel of Catskill, N. Y.).
She d. Nov. 18, 1867.
[9th Gen. J Children:
5635. i. Harriet Louisa Brockway b. July 29, 1864.
5636. u. Robert Norton b. Sept 2, 1867.
[7th Gen.J
6526-6. V. Sarah Norton b. June 29, 1801, m. Jan. 28, 1823, Enos
Pomeroy of Rochester, a lawyer ; resides now at Palmyra, N. Y. (1871) :
no answers were made to inquiries.
[8th Gen.J Children:
5537. i. Henry Pomeroy.
6638. u. Prof. John Norton Pomeroy, Prof of Jurisprudence in
N. y. University.
5639. iii. George Pomeroy.
6640. iv. Edward Pomeroy an Union soldier killed in the late war.
6541. V. Mary Pomeroy resides unmarried at home.

296 The Descendants of TJiomas Strong of Northampton,
[7th Gen.J
5530-1. viii. John Norton b. March 15, 1811, m. Sept 27, 1836,
Elizabeth Judd Root b. Dec. 29, 1812 (dau. of Eleazer Root of Farming-
ton, Ct, and Electa Dutton) : a farmer at Clinton, N. Y.
[8th Gen.J Children :
6542. i. George Elbert Norton b. Dec 5, 1837, a clerk in New
York.
5543- 4. ii. Mary Pitkin Norton b. Dec. 18, 1839, m. Oct 15, 1868,
George Bryden of San Francisco, Cal., a clerk.
5645. in. Edward Robinson Norton b. Aug. 29, 1842, a merchant
at Oriskany Factory, N. Y.
6546. iv. Julia EHzabeth Norton b. June 2, 1849.
[6th Gen.J
5454-5. iv. RoMANTA Norton (dau. of Col. Ichabod Norton and
Ruth Strong) b. April 3, 1768, m. in 1791, Belinda Porter b. Sept. 7,
1770 (dau. of Dea. Noah Porter of Farmington, Ct, and sister of Rev.
Noah Porter, D.D.) : she d. Feb. 22, 1792, and he m. Dorothy TreadweU
(dau. of Gov. John TreadweU). He d. in 1840.
[7th Gen.J Children: By fi/rst wife :
6547. i. Ichabod Porter Norton b. Feb. 22, 1792, a merchant in
Farmington. He d. March 13, 1813, aged 21.
By second wife :
6548-50. ii. Hon. John TreadweU Norton b. April 28, 1795, a resident
at Farmington, Ct He m. Aug. 29, 1821, Mary Hub
bard Pitkin b. March 1, 1802 (dau. of Hon. Timothy
Pitkin of Farmington) : she d. Sept 21, 1829 ; and he
m. for 2d wife Feb. 1, 1832, Elizabeth CogsweU b. May
14, 1803 (dau. of Dr. Mason F. Cogswell of Hartford,
Ct.). Further facts were sought here but not obtained.
Children : By fi/rst wife:
5551. 1. Prof John Pitkin Norton b. in 1822, Prof, of Agricultural
Chemistry at Yale CoU. (1846-52). He d. Sept. 5, 1852.
5552. 2. Edward Norton. By second wife :
5563. 3. Charles Ledyard Norton.
[6th Gen.J
5456-7. V. Ruth Strong Norton (dau. of Col. Ichabod Norton and
Ruth Strong) b. Aug. 13, 1770, m. Jan. 8, 1797, Dr. Sewall Hopkins of
Clinton, N. Y. b. May, 1769, in Gt Barrington, Mass. (son of Mark Hop
kins and Electa Sargeant, dau. of Rev. John Sargeant of Stockbridge,
Mass.). She d. Sept 30, 1800, aged 30. He m. for his 2d wife Jan. 8,

Son of Elder John Strong of Northampton. 297
1802, Prudence Hart, b. in 1790, who d. in 1854, by whom he had four
daughters, and a son Mark. He d. March 30, 1846.
[7th Gen.J Children :
i. Cornelia Hopkins b. Sept. 21, 1797, m. Oct. 17, 1817,
Dr. Moses Bristol of Buffalo, N. Y., b. Oct 21, 1790,
(son of Bli Bristol of Clinton, N. Y., and Sarah Peck) :
grad. at Yale, in 1813, and at the Yale Medical School
in 1816; practised medicine at Clinton, N. Y. ('1816-19);
at Manlius, N. Y. (1819-22) ; and at Buffalo (1822-66),
where he stUl resides (1869). She d. Aug. 1, 1823,
aged 26, and he m. Oct. 26, 1824, Emily W. Woodruff
dau. of Asa Woodruff of Clinton, N. Y., by whom he has
had 7 children, five of them sons : Edward ; Henry ;
Wm. Wisner; George; Charles.
[8th Gen.J Children :
6654. i. FREDERicBackusBristolb. Sept 18, 1818, d. Oct 18, 1818.
5565. ii. Eli Bristol b. April 1822, d. Nov. 1822.
5556. iU. Cornelia Norton b. Dec 19, 1819, d. .Jan. 16, 1837.
[6th Gen.J
5458. vi. Thomas Norton (son of Ichabod Norton and Ruth Strong)
b. Dec. 81, 1773 ; a goldsmith in Farmington, Ct-, in early life- He m.
April 6, 1806, widow Mary Bigelow (widow of Dr. Aaron Bigelow of
GranviUe, Mass.). He lived afterwards in Clinton, Oneida Co., N. Y.,
and Morrisville and Albion, N. Y., where he d. of consumption Dec. 14,
1834, aged 60. His wifed. at Morrisville, Feb. 1841, aged 63.
[7th Gen.J Children:
5557. i. Margaret Norton b. Feb. 11, 1807, resides unmarried in
Morrisville.
5558. ii. James Norton b. Dec. 5, 1811, a printer: resides in
Morrisville, N. Y., m. in 1855, whom the author knows
not
5559. iii. Edward Norton b. Nov. 2, 1817, a printer in Morrisville.
He m. in 1843 and again in 1856, parties unknown to
the author, and had 4 chUdren. Letters of inquiry
proved of no avail in this quarter.
[6th Gen.J
5461-2. viii. Prof. Seth Norton (son of Ichabod Norton and Ruth
Strong) b. Feb. 12, 1780, grad. at Yale in 1804, tutor there 1807-8) :
principal of Oneida Academy at Clinton (1808-12), and first professor of
languages in HamUton Coll. into which Oneida Academy was transformed
in 1812, and in the establishment of which fact he was more than any
other one especially instrumental (1812-18). He m. Amanda Kellogg.
He d. of consumption Dec 7, 1818, set. 38 ; she d. June, 1844. He
was tall ^nd slender, of dark complexion, dark eyes and black hair and
38

298 The Descendants of Thomas Strong of Noi thamptcn,
of set features ; and while angular yet quick in his motions, at times even
to jerkiness. He was very precise in his dress and manners, and gentle
manly rather than affable. He was a superior scholar and teacher, and
always exacted of his pupils an abundance of thorough work which he
measured always when brought to hand in the most critical way. He
had one child :
5560- 1. 1. Charlotte Norton who m. a Mr. Kilbourn of Paris HiU,
N.Y.
[6th Gen.J
5463-4. ix. Hon- George Norton (son of Ichabod Norton and Ruth
Strong) b. Nov. 16, 1782, m. in 1820, Eliza Frisbie. He was several
times a member of the Conn, legislature. He was a farmer at W. Hart
ford, Granby and Avon, Ct, where he d. May 11, 1833, set 50, a man
of fine talents and of a genial nature. Children :
5662. 1. Seth Norton of CoUinsville, Ct, who m. twice.
5563- 4. 2. Mary Norton m. Ebenezer G. Curtiss of Simsbury, Ct
[4th Gen.J
5346-8. vu. Rev. Cyprian Strong, D.D. (son of Asahel Strong and
Ruth Hooker) b. May 26, 1743, in Farmington, Ct, graduated at Yale
in 1763 : town clerk at Farmington for one year (1766), ordained Aug.
9, 1767, pastor of the church at Chatham (now Portland), Ct He m.
Nov. 9, 1768, Sarah Bull of Farmington, Ct, b. Oct 17, 1748 (dau. of
Jonathan Bull). She d. very suddenly Sept 14, 1785, aged 37, and he
m. for second wife May 4, 1786, Abigail White b. Aug. 8, 1760 (dau.
of Judge Ebenezer White of Chatham, Ct, and Ruth Wells of East
Hartford, dau. of Capt. Samuel Wells, Jr., and Esther Ellsworth). She
d. May 2, 1795, aged 35, and he m. for third wife, Aug. 4, 1797, widow
Abigail Hart, b. Dec. 18, 1748, widow of Major Hart of Berlin, Ct
She d. Feb. 6, 1816. His preaching abounded in clear reasoning and
sound instiuction, rather than in power of imagination or fervor of
feeling. He d. after a pastorate of 44 years, Nov. 17, 1811. For a
sketch of his life and character, see Sprague' s Annals of the American
Pulpit, vol. I, pp. 651-3.
[5th Gen.J Children: By fi/rst mfe :
5565. i. Florella Strong b. Sept 26, 1769, d. May 14, 1775.
5566- 7. H. Sarah Strong b. Jan. 27, 1771, d. June, 1818, m. Judge
John Ellsworth of Greensboro, Vt.
5568. iH. Anne Strong b. Feb. 28, 1773, d. March 5, 1773.
5569-70. iv. Anne Strong (2d) b. July 9, 1774, d. Sept 14, 1791, m.
Blkanah Phelps, and had a child that d. soon.
5571- 2. V. Asahel Hooker Strong b. Nov 8, 1776, d. Jan. 17, 1818.

Son of Elder John Strong of Northampton. 299
5573- 4. vi. Florella Strong (2d) b. Feb. 17, 1779, m. Aaron Farn-
ham of Killingworth.
5575. VU. John Strong b. AprU 4, 1781, d. unmarried AprU 22,
1804, in St Johnsbury, Vt.
5576. viu. Elnathan Strong b. Aug. 25, 1783, d. Nov. 9, 1784.
By second wife :
fibll- 8. ix. Dea. Elnathan Strong (2d) b. March 25, 1787, d. Jan.
9, 1843.
5579-80. X. Erastus Strong b. May 6, 1789.
6581- 2. xi. Amelia Strong b. Nov. 10, 1790, m. Dr. Aaron Smith of
Hardwick, Vt
5583. xii. Charles Wells Strong b. Nov. 10, 1792, d. Mar. 8, 1793.
6584. xiH. Charles Strong b. Feb. 5, 1794, d. in New York, Oct.
26, 1813, aged 19.

5566-7. H. Sarah Strong b. Jan. 27, 1771, m. Nov. 25, 1788, Judge
John EUsworth, b. Sept 2, 1762 (son of John Ellsworth, Jr., b. Sept
4, 1736, and Sarah Clarke of Milford, Ct. John Ellsworth, Jr., was son
of Capt John Ellsworth of B. Windsor, Ct , and Anna Edwards, dau. of
Rev. Timothy Edwards of B. Windsor, and the sister of Prest. Jonathan
Edwards). He was a large farmer in Greensboro, Vt., whither he went
to reside in 1798, and where he held various public offices, as clerk of
the court, &c. He d. June 27, 1816; she d. June, 1818.
[6th Gen.J Children :
5585. i. Maria EUsworth b. Oct 22, 1789, d. Nov. 7, 1789.
5586- 7. u. Harriet Ellsworth b. Sept. 26, 1790, m. Ainsworth E.
Blunt.
5588- 9. iii. John Clark Ellsworth b. Feb. 22, 1793, m. Eliza Tolman ; a
missionary of the A. B. C. F. M., to the Cherokees in
Georgia (1821-36). With great reluctance he returned
from this field, on account of the failing health of his
wife, in 1836 to Greensboro, where he spent the remain
der of his days as a farmer. She d. April, 1856 ; he d.
July 11, 1861 : no issue.
5690- 1. iv. Dea. Frederic Ellsworth b. March 29, 1795.
5592- 3. V. Sarah Ellsworth b. AprU 23, 1797, m. G. A. Morey of
Fairlee, Vt
6594- 5. vi. Sophia Ellsworth b. Oct 20, 1799, m. Luke Goss, a farmer
at Greensboro, Vt.
5596- 7. vH. Martha Ellsworth b. Dec. 29, 1803, m. Evelyn H. Farn-
ham.
6598- 9. viii. Oliver Wetmore Ellsworth b. Feb. 10, 1806.
6686-7. H. Harriet Ellsworth b. Sept 26, 1790, m. at Brainard,
Tenn., Nov. 17, 1822, Ainsworth Emory Blunt b. at Amherst, N. H.,
Feb. 22, 1800 (son of John and Sarah Blunt): a missionary for some
seventeen or eighteen years to the Cherokees, and an earnest, faithful.

300 TJie Descendants of TJwmas Strong of Northampton,
industrious worker for their good. She d. at Dalton, Ga. June 10, 1847 ;
he d. Dec. 10, 1865. Hem. for 2d wife Feb. 6, 1849, Elizabeth Christian
Ramsey of Dogwood, Ga., who still resides at Dalton, Ga.
[7th Gen.J Children: By fi/rst wife :
5600. i. Harriet Eliza Blunt b. at Brainard, Oct. 12, 1823, d.
Dec. 3, 1825.
5601- 2. u. Martha Ellsworth Blunt b. at Brainard Dec 21, 1826,
m. Benj. C- Morse.
5603- 4. iU. John Ellsworth Blunt b. at Brainard Dec. 26, 1828.
6605. iv. Ainsworth Emory Blunt b. at Brainard Feb. 6, 1832 ; a
teacher in Cleveland, East Tennessee : has a family.
6606. V. Sarah Elizabeth Blunt b. at Brainard Oct 16, 1834, d.
Oct 27, 1834. By second wife :
5607. vi. Eliza Ramsey Blunt b. in Dalton, Ga., Sept. 4, 1861.
5601-2. ii. Martha Ellsworth Blunt b. Dec. 21, 1825, m. Sept 8,
1842, Benjamin Clark Morse of Chattanooga, Tenn., b. at Barnet, Vt,
Sept. 19, 1814; a civil engineer residing at Dalton, Ga., and elsewhere.
He d. at Marquette, Lake Superior, Mich., Feb. 1, 1864, where the surviv
ing members of his family now reside.
[8th Gen.] Children :
5608. i. Harriet Elizabeth Morse b. at Chattanooga, Tenn., July
2, 1843. ^ ' ^
5609. U. John Emory Morse b. at Dalton, Ga., Nov. 12, 1846, a
clerk at Marquette, Mich.
5610. iU. William Nixon Morse b. at Dalton, Jan. 26, 1849 ; a clerk
at Marquette, Mich.
5611. iv. Benjamin Clark Morse, b. at Dalton, May 30, 1854; d.
there Nov. 11, 1857.
5612. V. Austin Blunt Morse b. at Dalton, June 30, 1857.
5613. vi. Benjamin Clark (2d) b. at Macon City, Mc, Oct 15, 1869.
5614. VU. LuciAN Tilton Morse b. at Galesburgh, III., Feb. 24, 1863.
d. at Marquette, Mich., June 20, 1866.
[7th Gen.J
5603-4. in. John Ellsworth Blunt b. Dec 26, 1828, m. Oct 11,
1863, Augusta Evans Wood of Newburyport, Mass., b. there Nov. 3, 1830
(dau. of Hiram Wood and Prudence Stickney Evans), a civU engineer to
the Chicago and North Western R. R. Co., Galena Division. He
resides at Wheaton, III.
[8th Gen.J Children :
6615. i. Arthur Wood Blunt b. at Dalton, Ga., July 30, 1854.
5616. H. Clarina Howard Blunt b. at Dalton, Aug. 24, 1858, d. at
Newburyport, Feb. 26, 1863.
5617- iii. Alice Blunt b. at EvansvUle, Wis., May 19, 1864.

Son of Elder John Strong of Northampton. 301
[6th Gen.J
5690-1. iv. Dea. Frederic Ellsworth b. March 29, 1796, m. May
28,1821, Mary Colman b. at Boscawen,>N. H., Sept 7, 1798 (dau. of
Caleb Colman and Sarah Burbank) : was engaged with his two brothers
(John, and Oliver), and his sister Harriet in the Cherokee Mission for
a few years from which he returned in 1827-8, and after residing in seve
ral places has for some years past been a resident of Ann Harbor, Mich.
[7th Gen.J Children :
5618- 9. i. John Ellsworth b. at Brainard, Tenn., July 28, 1823.
6620- 1. u. Mary Bailey Ellsworth b. at Hardwick, Vt., Dec. 18, 1826.
6622. ui. Sabah Ellsworth b. at Greensboro, Vt., May 26, 1832 : re
sides unmarried at Ann Arbor, Mich.
5618-9. i. John Ellsworth b. July 28,1823, m. Feb. 1847, at Ran
dolph, N. Y., Susan Gage b. Nov. 9, 1826 (dau. of a Mr. Gage and Ros-
anna Cowden) : a farmer and wagon-maker at Superior, Mich. He has
lost one son and three daughters. He has a daughter :
5623. 1. Sarah b. April 21, 1849, at Harmony, Wis., who m. Aug.
6, 1868, Joseph Plank, a farmer in Plymouth, Mich.
5620-1. U. Mary Bailey Ellsworth b. at Hardwick, Vt., Dec. 18,
1826, m. March 27, 1850, at Janesville, Wis., Alanson Moore b. Feb. 18,
1821, at Butternuts, N. Y. (son of Ambrose and Emmeline Moore) : a
boot and shoe merchant at Ann Arbor, Mich.
[8th Gen.]
5624. i. Frederic Alanson Moore b. at Union, Wis., Feb. 17,
1851, d. in Mitchell, Iowa, Jan. 14, 1857.
5625. H. Charlotte Moore b. in Harmony, Wis., AprU 29, 1866.
5626. iH. Susan Moore b. in Ann Arbor, Mich., Oct 29, 1857.
5627. iv. Frank Moore b. in Ann Arbor, AprU 27, 1862, d. April
17, 1865.
5628. V. A son unnamed b. Feb. 13, 1865, d. April 3, 1865.
5629. vi. Mary Moore b. Jan. 19, 1866.
[6th Gen.J
5596-7. vH. Martha Ellsworth (dau. of Judge John Ellsworth
and Sarah Strong) b. Dec. 29, 1803, m. Dec, 1824, Evelyn Hart Farn-
ham b. May 14, 1804 (son of Aaron Farnham and Florella Strong, see
subsequent account) : a cabinet maker at Newbury, Vt.
[7th Gen.J Children:
5630. i. Martha Eliza Farnham b. Oct 8, 1825.
5631. u. Flora Strong Farnham b. Jan. 8, 1828.
5632. in. Julia Maria Farnham b. April 1, 1831.

302 The Descendants of Thomas Strong of Northampton,
5633. iv. Evelyn Hart Farnham b. Sept 8, 1733.
5634. V. William Davenport Farnham b. July 26, 1835, d. soon.
5635. vi. Amelia Ann Farnham b. June 30, 1838, d. soon.
5636. vH. Frederic Ellswohh Farnham b. May 8, 1844, d. soon.
5637. viu. Frederic EUsworth Farnham (3d) b. Sept. 12, 1846.
[6th Gen.J
5598-9. vin. Oliver Wetmore Ellsworth (son of Judge John
EUsworth and Sarah Strong) b. Feb. 10, 1806, m. March 1, 1832,
Amanda Elliot Cook b. June 4, 1809 (dau. of Moody Cook of Compton,
N. H., and Hannah Parker of Hollis, N. H. He went when sixteen
years old with his brothers and sister to Brainard in the Cherokee mis
sion, where he remained, although not under any appointment as a mis
sionary, for four years. Brainard is about seven miles north-east from
the now renowned Lookout Mountain. He says, " I never saw the
Gospel have more all-conquering power than among these Indians." In
1826, he returned to Greensboro, Vt, since which time he has resided in
Waterloo, Iowa, having been most of the time engaged in the furniture
business. [7th Gen.J Children :
5638. i. Charles Ellsworth b. Dec 7, 1832, d. Jan. 6, 1856.
5639. u. Frederic Morey Ellsworth b. Feb. 28, 1886, d. April 22,
1841.
6640- 1. iu. Harriet Amanda Ellsworth b. Nov. 29, 1840.
5642. iv. Augusta Ellsworth b. July 6, 1845.
5640-1. iii. Harriet Amanda Ellsworth b. Nov. 29, 1840, m.
Oct 3, 1861, Lucius Allan Cobb b- at Westmoreland, N. H., Aug. 30,
1821 (son of Daniel Cobb, now of Waterloo, Iowa, and Esther Gleason) :
a lumber merchant at Waterloo, Iowa.
[8th Gen.J Children:
5643. i. Carrie Amanda Cobb b. Nov. 13, 1864.
5644. ii. Charles Ellsworth Cobb b. Aug. 24, 1866.
[5th Gen.J
5671-2. V. Asahel Hooker Strong (son of Rev. Dr. Cyprian Strong
and Sarah Bull) b. Nov. 8, 1776, m. March 2, 1805, Nancy Ames b. July
4, 1781, a lawyer at Middle Haddam, grad. at Yale in 1796. He d. Jan.
17, 1818 : she d. Sept 27, 1863.
[6th Gen.J
5645. i. Frances Strong b. Dec. 22, 1805, d. unmarried Oct. 17,
1853.
5646- 8. ii. John Hooker Strong b. at Middle Haddam, Ct., May 31,
1809, m. June 1837, Elizabeth Worthington of Lenox,

Son of Elder John Strong of Northampton. 303
Mass., b. June 30, 1808 (dau. of Dr. Charies Wor
thington of Lenox, and Sarah Walker, dau. of Judge
William Walker of Lenox), a merchant at Stockbridge,
Mass. She d. April 28, 1852. He m. for a 2d wife
Aug. 27, 1856, Harriet A. Farnham of Hardwick, Vt,
b. July 4, 1817 (dau. of Aaron Farnham and Florella
Strong) his cousin.
[7th Gen.J Children: By first wife :
5649. i. Charles Worthington Strong b. May 9, 1840, cashier of
the Housatonic R. R. Co., at Bridgeport, Ct.
6650. u. Charlotte EHzabeth b. Sept. 10, 1846.
By second wife :
5661. iu. Laura TerriU Strong b. Sept 26, 1866.
5652. iv. John Frederic Strong b. April 27, 1869, d. Jan. 31, 1860.
[5th Gen.J
5673-4. vi. Florella Strong (dau. of Rev. Dr. Cyprian Strong and
Sarah Bull) b. Feb 17, 1779, m. March 18, 1798, Aaron Farnham of
Killingworth, Mass., and afterwards of Hardwick, Vt., b. July 25, 1774
(son of Abner Farnham and Elizabeth Wilcox). He d. March, 1860.
[6th Gen.J Children:
5653- 4. i. Anna Elizabeth Farnham b. July 3, 1799, m. Rev. Lyndon
S. French of Franklin, Vt.
6655- 6. ii. Emily Farnham b. Jan. 16, 1801, m. Jonathan Warner
resides at East Hardwick, Vt
5657- 8. iU. Evelyn Hart Farnham b. May 14, 1804, m. Dec, 1824,
Martha EUsworth (dau. of Judge John EUsworth). See
previous page.
6659. iv. John Strong Farnham b. AprU 26, 1806, a lawyer.
6660- 1. V. Catharine Florella Farnham b. April 9, 1809, m. Sidney
Smith. She resides, a widow, at Emerald Grove, Rock
Co Wis.
5662. vi. Laura Farnham b. Dec 16, 1812, d. April, 1814.
6663- 4. vH. Laura Farnham (2d) b. July 9, 1816, m. Feb. 10, 1836,
Hazard Bailey TerrUl b. Dec 8, 1811 (son of Joseph
Hazard TerriU of Sherhrooke, C. E., and Elizabeth
Bailey). He resided at Stanstead, C. E. He was a
lawyer and a leader at the bar, and a man of decided
talent, a member of the Provincial Parliament of Canada
East, and prominent in it He was chiefly instrumerital
in abolishing the law of primogeniture. He also im
proved the municipal affairs of Canada. He d. of
cholera Oct. 29, 1852.
[7th Gen.J Children :
5665- 6. i. Frederic William TerriU b. Dec. 2, 1836, grad. a
University of Vt in 1864, a lawyer at Sherhrooke, C. E.,
m. June 23, 1863, Ellen Kendrick of Compton, C. E.

304 The Descendants of Thrnnas Strong of Northampton,
(dau. of Alden W. Kendrick). They had a son b. July 2,
1864, that d. Aug. 14, 1866.
5667- 8. ii. Edward Charles TerriU b. Nov. 16, 1838, grad. at
University of Vt. in 1859, a lawyer in New York. He
m. Sept 9, 1867, Rachel A. Newton of New York (dau.
of Daniel McCauley of Cornwall, N. Y., and Sarah Demo-
rest).
6669. iU. Joseph Lee TerriU b. Jan. 12, 1841, a lawyer at Stan-
stead, C. E. He was educated at the McGill Law School
in Montreal, C. E.
5670. iv. Thomas Bailey TerriU b. Dec. 12, 1842, a merchant at
Cookshire, C. B.
5671. V. Hazard BaUey TerriU b. Oct 1, 1852.

[5th Gen.J
5577-8. ix. Dea. Elnathan Strong son of Rev. Dr. Cyprian Strong
and Abigail White, his 2d wife) b. March 25, 1787, m. Oct. 17, 1820,
Jane Chamberlain b. in 1792 (dau. of Gen. William and Jane Chamber
lain of Peacham, Vt.). He was a merchant at Hardwick, Vt., a man of
large means and a large heart. He d. June 19, 1813 ; she d. in 1853.
[6th Gen.J Children :
6672- 3. i. Harriet Ellsworth Strong h. Sept 21, 1821, m. as his
2d wife Nov. 30, 1840, Rev. John Hopkins Worcester
of St Johnsbury, Vt, b. May 12, 1828, at Peacham,
Vt. (son of Rev. Leonard Worcester and Elizabeth Hop
kins) : she d. Feb. 18, 1842, and he m. for 3d wife
Martha P. Clark (dau. of Dea. Luther Clark of St.
Johnsbury, Vt).
5674- 6. u. William Chamberlain Strong b. Aug. 18, 1823.
5677. iU. Charles Cyprian Strong b. May 10, 1826, d. May 1, 1827.
5678- 9. iv. Jane Chamberlain Strong b. Dec. 1, 1829, m. Rev. John
0. Means.
5680- 1. V. Rev. Elnathan Ellsworth Strong b. May 2, 1832.
6674-6. u. William Chamberlain Strong b. Aug. 18, 1823, grad.
at Dartmouth, in 1846, and studied law at Harvard Law School. He is
a horticulturist in Brighton, Mass. He m. June 11, 1850, Margaret
Breck (dau. of Hon. Joseph Breck of Brighton, Mass.) : she d. Oct. 12,
1862, and he m. Oct. 1864, Mary Jane Davis of Boston (dau. of Samuel
Davis). [7th Gen.J Children: By fi/rst wife :
5682. i. Henry BuUard Strong b. July 20, 1851.
By second mfe :
5683. ii. Margaret Strong b. Aug. 1865.
6684, iii. Martha Josephine Strong b. Oct. 1866.

Son of Elder JoJm Strong of Northa^mpton. 305
[6th Gen.J
5678-9. iv. Jane Chamberlain Strong b. Dec 1, 1829, m. Oct 5,
1863, Rev. John OUver Means b. in Augusta, Me., Aug. 1, 1822 (son of
John and Sarah Means), grad. at Bowdoin Coll. in 1843, and at Andover
Theol. Sem. in 1849. He was settled at Bast Medway, Mass., for nearly
6 years (Dec. 2, 1851-June 4, 1857). Since June 4, 1857, he has been
the pastor of the Vine street Congregational church, in Roxbury, Mass.
No children.' He is the Recording Secretary of the A. B. C. F. M., and
Chaplain (1870) of the Senate of Massachusetts.
5680-1. V. Rev. Elnathan Ellsworth Strong b. May 2, 1832,
grad. at Dartmouth in 1852, and at Andover Theol. Sem. in 1855, or
dained pastor of the John Eliot Congregational church, at S. Natiok,
Mass., Nov. 16, 1859, which place he left Sept 27, 1866, and was in
stalled pastor at Waltham, Mass., Deo. 21, 1866. He m. Dec. 16, 1856,
Elizabeth G. Mitchell b. Oct. 20, 1832 (dau. of Rev. Daniel Meaubec
Mitchell of Roxbury, Mass., and Melinda Crosby).
[7th Gen.J Children :
5686. i. Annie Crosby Strong b. Sept. 7, 1868.
5686. ii. William EUsworth Strong b. April 9, 1860.
[5th Gen.J
6679-80. X. Erastus Strong b. May 6, 1789 (son of Rev. Dr. Cy
prian Strong and Abigail White), m, AprU 22, 1818, Mary Lewis, b.
AprU 28, 1800 (dau, of Abel Lewis of Portland, Ct., and Mary Crutten
den); a farmer at Portland, Ct ; still living (1870).
[6th Gen.J Children :
6687- 8. i. Charles C.yprian Strong b. Nov. 19, 1819.
5689. ii. Mary Amelia Strong b. Aug. 16, 1822, resides unmarried
in Portland, Ct.
5690- 1. iii. John Ellsworth Strong b. Aug. 28, 1824.
6687-8. i. Charles Cyprian Strong b. Nov. 19, 1819, a dealer in
Hartford, Ct., in hats, caps, and furs. He m. April 2, 1845, Julia Tal
cott of Hartford, Ct. (dau. of Ansel Talcott and Julia, his wife).
[7th Gen.J Children :
5692. i. Charles Cyprian Strong b. March 14, 1846, d. Aug. 4,
1848.
5693. ii. Mary Lewis Strong b. June 15, 1849.
6694. Hi. William Howard Strong b. Sept. 5, 1851.
[6th Gen.J
5690-1. iii.'' John Ellsworth Strong b. Aug. 28, 1824, a dealer in
hats, caps, and furs, in Hartford, Ct. He m. Feb. 1, 1860, Eunice Bar
nard (dau. of Harry Barnard and Eunice, his wife).
39

306 TJie Descendants of TJwmas Strong of NoriJ^ampion,
, [7th Gen.J Children :
5696. i. Harry Barnard Strong b. July 25, 1861.
5696. n. Mary AmeHa Strong b. Oct. 18, 1863.
[5th Gen.J
6581-2. xi. Amelia Strong (dau. of Rev. Dr. Cyprian Strong and
AbigaU WhUe) b. Nov. 10, 1790, m. Feb. 3, 1817, Aaron Smith, Jr.,
M.D., b. in Hanover, N. H., April 29, 1786 (son of Aaron Smith, b.
in Hartford, Ct, and Abigail Kendrick, b. in Coventry, Ct). He was
grad. at Dartmouth Med. Coll., in 1810 : a practising physician in Hard
wick, Vt., for 54 years (1811-66). He resides now in Montpelier, Vt
(1869). She d. Sept 26, 1861.
[6th Gen.J Children:
5697. i. Amelia Ann Smith b. Nov. 12, 1817, d. Sept 10, 1833.
5698. U. Eliza Abigail Smith b. April 25, 1819, d. March 24,
1837.
5699-700. iH. Laura Esther Smith b. Sept. 21, 1822, m. Rev. John K.
Lord.
5701- 2. iv. Rev. Charles Strong Smith b. July 24, 1824.
5699-700. in. Laura Smith b. Sept. 21, 1822, m. Dec. 30, 1841, Rev.
John King Lord b. March 22, 1819, at Amherst, Mass. (son of Prest
Nathan Lord of Dartmouth Coll. N. H., and Betsey H. Leland): grad. at
Dartmouth in 1836, and at Andover Theol. Sem, in 1841 ; pastor at Hart
ford, Vt, nearly 6 years (Nov. 1841-July, 1847); installed pastor of the
First Congregational Church at Cincinnati, O., Oct. 20, 1847. After a
brief ministry there of less than two years he died of cholera July 13,
1849, set. 30. She has conducted a young ladies' seminary at Montpelier
for some years.
[7th Gen.J Children :
5703. i. Frederic French Lord b. at Hartford, Vt, April 30, 1843,
d. at Cincinnati, 0., Feb. 13, 1848.
A son b and d. at Hartford, Vt, April 11, 1845.
Elizabeth Amelia Lord b. at Hartford, Vt, Dec. 2, 1846.
John King Lord b. at Cincinnati, 0., Oct. 21, 1848, grad.
at Dartmouth Coll. in 1868.
[6th Gen.J
6701-2. iv. Rev. Charles Strong S.mith b. July 24, 1824, grad.
at University of Vt, in 1848, and at E. Windsor Theol. Sem. in 1863,
preached at New Preston, Ct , and at New Road, N. Y., for some years :
now Sec. of Vermont Domestic Miss. ."Society, and resides at Montpelier,
Vt. He m. July 24, 1864, Lucy Ann Maynard b. in 1828 (dau. of
EUphael Maynard of Potsdam, N. Y., and Anna  ), She d. at
New Road, N. Y., Feb. 2, 1857, set 29,

5704.

ii.

5706.

iii.

5706.

iv.

Son of Elder John Strong of Northampton. 307
[7th Gen.J Children :
5707. i. Amelia Anna Smith b. at New Road, N.Y., May 8, 1855.
5708. U, LuOY Maynard Smith b. at New Road, Jan. 23, 1857.
[4th Gen.J See page 284.
5349-50. viii. Elizabeth Strong (dau. of Capt. Asahel Strong of
Farmington, Ct, and Ruth Hooker) b, Nov 3, 1746, m. Nov. 9, 1868,
Dea Martin Bull of Farmington, b. there Dec. 4, 1744 (son of Jonathan
Bull b. in 1718, who d. Oct. 1795, and  Porter) : a farmer. She d.
April 9, 1820, he d. March, 1825, aged 80.
[5th Gen.J Children :
5709-10. i, Sophia Bull b. Oct., 1769, m. Rev. Dr. Amos Bassett of
Hebron, Ct.
5711. ii. Catharine Bull d. early. '1-3 o-/7?-j_
5709-10. i. Sophia Bull b. Oct 1769, m. as his 2d wife. May 17,
1801, Rev. Amos Bassett, D.D., b. June, 1764 (son of Dea. Amos
Bassett of Derby, Ct.), graduated at Yale in 1784: tutor at Yale
(1789-93), studied theology with Prest. Stiles of Yale College, settled at
Hebron, Ct. (1794-1824), principal of the For. Miss, school at Cornwall,
Ct (1824-7). He d. April, 1828. She d. Feb. 1805. His first wife
was Sally Tinker of Bast Haddam, Ct, by whom he had one child, Sally
Tinker Bassett b. in 1799, who m, Aug, 1816, Hon. J. H. Hallock.
They had no children. She d. in 1846. He m. also a third wife, Eunice
Pomeroy of Hartford, Ct., by whom he had, as by each of his other wives,
one child, John G. Bassett b. Aug. 1807, who d. in New York city in
1845, leaving a son and a daughter. By his second wife, Sophia Bull,
he had one child :
[6th Gen.J
5712- 3. i. Martin Bull Bassett, M.D., b. May, 1802, graduated at
Yale in 1823, studied medicine with Dr. Isaac Jennings.
He m. July, 1831, Caroline E. Tomlinson of Hunting
ton, Ct : a physician at Derby, Ct. To him is due this
account of his parents and their descendants, from whom
a more complete account was urgently sought in vain.
[7th Gen.J Children :
5714- 5. i. Elizabeth Sophia Bassett m. Daniel A. Baldwin.
571')- 7. ii. Sarah Jane Bissett m. Edward Stephens.
5718- 9- iii. Frederic Henry Bassett m. Alice Cone. He d. June,
1867. They had one son.
5720. iv. Frances Atwood Bassett
5721. V. Caroline Tomlinson Bassett, m. June 1, 1869, Samuel
C. Northrop.
5722. vi. Martha Augusta Bassett
5723. vii. Philo Martin Bassett.
5^24. viii. B.mily Augusta Bassett

308 The Descendants of TJiomas Strong of Northampton,
[4th Gen.J See page 282.
5295-6. vi. Col. John Strong (son of Asahel Strong of Farming-
ton and Margaret Hart) b. March 4, 1705-6, m. Feb. 7, 1733-4, Eunice
Whitman b. Feb. 24, 1712 (dau. of Rev. Samuel Whitman and Sarah
Stoddard): a farmer at Farmington, and a justice of the peace (1768).
He d. Feb. 2, 1777. This family it has not been possible to trace at all
beyond the fifth generation.
[5th Gen.J Children:
5725. i. Major Simeon Strong b. May 8, 1735, d. at Farmington,
Oct. 15, 1776, aged 41.
5726. U. Sarah Strong b. Nov. 25, 1737. [To her the author would
point as the probable wife of Col. John Strong, of Tor
ringford, Ct. (see page 81), whose parentage is unknown
to her descendants, but for the positiveness with which
a different date of her birth is given from that of the Sa
rah Strong here spoken of.]
5727. in. John Strong b. Dec. 22, 1739, d. Nov. 20, 1745.
5728. iv. Eunice Strong b. Feb. 9, 1741-2.
5729. V. Lucy Strong b. May 20, 1744.
5730. vi. Maria Strong b. Aug. 21, 1749.
5731. vH. John Strong (2d) b. June 2, 1751.
5732. viii. Melisent Strongb. and d. Nov. 6, 1756.
[Rev. Samuel Whitman grad. at Harvard in 1696, and settled at Far
mington, Ct, in 1706, d. July 31, 1761. He m. March 19, 1707, Sarah
Stoddard b. April 1, 1680 (dau. of Rev. Solomon Stoddard of Northamp
ton, Mass. and Esther Warham, dau. of Rev. John Warham of Windsor,
Ct). Elizabeth Whitman, sister of Sarah, m. Rev. Thomas Strong, of
New Marlborough, Mass.]
[3d Gen.J See page 229.
4081-3. vi. Justice Joseph Strong (son of Thomas Strongof North
ampton and Rachel Holton, his second wife) b. Dec. 2, 1672, m. in 1694,
Sarah Allen b. Aug. 22, 1672 (dau. of Nehemiah Allen of Northampton
and Sarah Woodford). [Nehemiah Alia a was the son of Samuel Allen who
came to Cambridge, Mass., from Braintree, Essex, Eng., in 1632 with two
brothers, Dea. Thomas Allen and Col. Blatthew Allen," who both settled in
1636 with Hooker's Company in Hartford. Samuel Allen also went to
Connecticut in 1636 and settled at Windsor, where he died in April, 1648,
leaving his widow, Ann, with six children surviving him. She removed
with her family to Northampton where she m. for a 2d husband William
Hurlbut Says Stiles, from whom this account is copied, (supplement to
Hist. An. Windsor, p. 25): " Among her descendants by Samuel Allen
were many men of note." Her children by him were : 1. Samuel Allen,
Jr., of Northampton, who m. Nov. 29, 1659, Hannah Woodford, he d.
Oct 18, 1703. 2. Nehemiah AUen who m. Sept 21, 1664, Sarah Wood
ford. He had nine children. 3. John Allen, who m. Mary Hannum

Son of Elder John Strong of Northampton. 309
and settled in Deerfield where he was kUled by Indians in May, 1704.
His sons John and Samuel settled in Enfield, Ct. 4. AbigaU Allen. 6.
Dea. Obadiah Allen of Middletown, Ct 6. A chUd (neither name nor
sex given). See also Hinman's First Puritan Settlers (pp. 41-6).
This family was connected in its early history, with the Newberrys of
Windsor, the Strongs of Coventry, the Pynchons of Springfield, and the
Southmayds of Middletown, Ct Rev. Thomas AUen of Pittsfield, Mass.
(its first minister), was the son of Joseph b. in 1696, who d. in 1799, set.
83, who was the son of Samuel, Jr. b. in 1676, who d. in 1739, set 63,
son of Samuel l.J She d. and he m. Sept 16, 1724, for 2d wife Ruth
(name not discovered), of Coventry, Ct. 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 ; select
man for six years ; and justice of the peace for many years from 1723
onwards. In 1721, the first year that Coventry was represented 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 mem
ber 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 after
wards 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 years old, his son Phinehas being the other
representative with him from Coventry. He must have been a man of re
markable physical vitality, and a fine specimen of the " Sana mens in sano
corpore." There seems to have been a good deal of town pride taken in
sending such a venerable man to the Assembly. " He and his sons "
says Dr. Porter, " were persons of property and standing." He d. Dec.
23, 1763, set 91.:^ His children were all by the first marriage, and were
all, except Phinehas, born in Northampton. His widow Ruth d. at Glas
tenbury, Ct., Feb. 14, 1768.
[From Dr. J. B. Porter of Coventry, (Jt. — since deceased — the author
derived much of the account here given of Justice Joseph Strong and his
immediate children. He says of the first settlers of Coventry : " They
were universally, I believe, farmers in those days. Even mechanics were
ambitious of owning a farm and generally did own one. I do not think
that any of the Strongs were mechanics. The settlers who came from
Northampton,' Hadley, etc, were men of some means and came to this town
in my opinion for the sake of peace. The history of the river-towns in
Massachusetts, even down to Springfield, was a bloody one. I do not
think that a single white person was ever killed by an Indian within the

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ii.

5737.

iii.

5738.

iv.

5739.

V.

310 Descendants of Joseph Strong of Coventry, Ct., Sonof
limits ofCoventry. ¦ Connecticut was preferable, on account of Indians, to
Western Massachusetts.
Dr. Porter left a manuscript history of Coventry well advanced towards
completion which it is hoped that that historic town will not allow to sleep
much longer in " dumb forgetfulness."]
[4th Gen.J Children of Justice Joseph Strong:
5733- 4. i. Sarah Strong b. in 1699, m. Ebenezer Root of Coventry .
Capt. Joseph Strong b. July 25, 1701.
Rachel Strong b. Aug. 13, 1703, d. soon.
Simeon Strongb. Oct 17, 1706,
Jemima Strong b. Oct 12, 1707, d. unmarried, Feb. 3,
, 1760.
5740. vi. Keziah Strong b. Dec 1, 1709, ra, in 1727, Noah
Rust of Coventry.
5741. VU. Rachel Strong (2d) b. June 30, 1711, m. Aaron Strong
son of Preserved Strong.
5742. viii. Elizabeth Strong b. July 16, 1713.
5743- 4. ix. Dea. Phinehas Strong b. in l'C4.
5733-4. i. Sarah Strong b. in 1699 m. May 19, 1718, Ebenezer Root
of Coventry b. Nov. 15, 1693 (son of Dea. Thomas Root of Northampton,
afterwards ofCoventry, and Thankful Strong, dau. of Jedediah Strong of
Coventry and Freedom Woodward) ; a farmer ; he held various town offices
in Coventry and w,is much respected. He d. of a cancer Jan. 30, 1760,
set 66 ; she d. July 13, 1784, »t. 85.
[5th Gen.J Children :
5745. i. Sarah Root b. Dec 21, 1719, d. unmarried Oct 3, 1807,
»t 88.
Hannah Root d. March 29, 1721.
Submit Root b. March 19, 1721-2, m. Dea. Jesse Cook,
d. April 18, 1807.
Silence Root b. Jan. 18, 1723-4.
Hon. Ephraim Root b. Nov. 6, 1725.
Hannah Root (2d) b. Oct 24, 1727.
vii. Sibyl Root b AprU 26, 1729.
viii. Capt. Ebenezer Rootb. March 9, 1732, d. Oct. 1758, set
26.
5757- 8, ix. Chief Justice .Iesse Root b. Dec. 28, 1736, at Northamp
ton, d. March 29, 1822.
5747- 8. iii. Submit Root b. March 19, 1721-2 m. AprU 7, 1743,
Dea J4fee Cook of Coventry, a farmer.
[6th Gen.J Children :
5759. i. Phebe Cook 'b. Feb. 19, 1743-4
5760. ii. Nathan Cook b. Nov. 6, 1745.
5761. iii. Submit Cook b. Dec. 29, 1747.
5762. iv. Sarah Cook b. Oct 22, 1749.
5763 v. Elizabeth Cook b. May 8, 1752.

5746.

ii.
5747-
8.
iii.
5749.
iv.
5750-
2.
V.
5753.
vi.
5764.
vii.
5755-
6.
viii
Thomas Strong, Son of Elder John , of Northampton. 311
5764. vi. Mart Cook b. Nov. 20, 1754.
5765. vU, Silence Cook b. Feb. 19, 1758.
5766- 7. viH. Jesse Cook, Jr., b. July 18, 1760, m. May 31, 1785, Pris
cilla Talcott of Coventry. Their chUdren were :
5768. 1. Lovisa Cook. 5770. 3. Azel Cook,
5769. 2. AmeHa Cook.
[5th Gen.J
6760-2. V. Hon. Ephraim Root b. Nov. 6, 1726, m. May 31, 1750,
Elizabeth Carpenter. She d. Dec. 30, 1760, and he m. for 2d wife a Miss
Parker. He is supposed to have settled at Troy, N. Y., as a farmer in
1788, and to have had a saw-mill there. An Ephraim Root who lived at
Troy (supposed to be he) had a son Ephraim and son-in-law Ebenezer
Bacon and Samuel Bacon. He had by his first wife :
5771. 1. Asahel Root b. Dec. 24, 1750, who d. at Coventry, March
30,1751.

[5th Gen.J
5755-6. vii. Capt. Ebenezer Root (son of Ebenezer Root and Sarah
Strong), b. March 9, 1732, m. May 20, 1753, Phebe Hawkins (dau. of
George Hawkins, Jr., and Hepzibah Janes, dau. of Benjamin and Han
nah Janes). He was a Capt, in the old French war and died near Lake
George of camp fever, Oct. 1758, aged 26. She m. for a 2d husband
Amos Richardson. She d. in Coventry, July 12, 1802, aged 68.
[6th Gen.J Children:
5772- 4. i. Elizabeth Root b. Nov. 20, 1753, m. Abner Fitch, Jr.
5776- 6. u. Ursula Root b. March 31, 1755, m. Jephtha Fitch.
6777- 9. iu. Capt. Nathaniel Root b. March 25, 1757, a Capt in
the Revolutionary war : he d. Sept. 21, 1840, aged 83.
5772-4. i. Elizabeth Root b. Nov. 20, 1753, m. in 1771, Abner
Fitch, Jr., b. Nov. 18, 1749 (son of Capt. Abner Fitch of Coventry, and
Ruth Rose dau of Daniel Rose, Jr., of Wethersfield. Ct.), [Capt. Ab
ner Fitch b July 8, 1703, in Lebanon, Ct., was the son of Capt. Jeremiah
Fitch and Ruth Gifford (dau. of Stephen Gifford of Norwich, Ct, and Han
nah Gallup). Capt Jeremiah Fitch b. Sept. 1670, was the son of Rev. James
Pitch of Norwich, Ct. (and previously of Saybrook, Ct), and his second
wife Priscilla Mason. He removed to Coventry, Ct, about 1706, where he d.
May 22, 1736, aged 66. Rev. James Fitch, the settler, was born at Book
ing, Essex, Eng-, Dec. 24, 1622, and came with his mother and brothers
to this country in 1638. He prepared for the ministry under Rev.
Thom.as Hooker of Hartford and Rev. Mr. Stone, and was settled at Say
brook in 1646, where he remained until 1660, when with the greater
portion of his congregation he removed to the new settlement at Norwich

312 Descendants of Joseph Strongof Coventry, Ct, Son of
where he labored with them as their pastor until 1696, when he was dis
abled from further service by a paralytic stroke. In 1702, he removed
to Lebanon, Ct., where he d. Nov. 18, 1702, aged 79. He was a large
landholder in Norwich, Lebanon and Windham, Ct. He was a man of
genius, solid judgment and open-handed charity. He m. Oct 1648,
AbigaU Whitfield (dau. of Rev. Henry Whitfield of Guilford, Ct), who
d. Sept 9, 1659, and he m. for 2d wife Oct. 1664, Priscilla Mason (dau.
of Major John Mason and Anne Peck. Major John Mason, her father,
was one of the great men in our early colonial history ; a man of command
ing presence and of the highest qualities of intellect and character ; a
Christian gentleman, soldier and civilian of the best type). Abner Fitch,
Jr., was a farmer in Coventry, Ct He d. March 23, 1797, from injuries
received in being overturned in his wagon, aged 47. She m. after his
death Capt. John Mills of Cherry Valley, N. Y., who d. soon after their
marriage without issue. She removed ere long to Delhi, N. Y., and after
wards to Franklin, Delaware Co., N. Y., where she d. of apoplexy Oct. 10,
1817, aged 63. She was a woman of great energy of character. She
was tall, finely proportioned and of a noble mien and bearing, and deeply
religious. Left in straitened circumstances, she yet succeeded in secur
ing for her children the best education obtainable in the region where
she lived.
[7th Gen.J Children :
6780- I. i. Ebenezer Root Fitch, b. Sept, 26, 1772.
5782. H. Thomas Fitch, M.D.,b. July 28, 1774.
5783- 4. in. Elizabeth Pitch b. April 23, 1776, m. Jesse Ives.
5785- 6. iv. DiANTHA Fitch b. Feb. 18, 1778, ra. Rufus Bunnell.
5787. V. Vine Fitch b. March 23, 1780, d. unmarried in 1803, at
Canandaigua, N. Y., where he was a music teacher.
5788- 9. vi. Dr. Cornelius Root Fitch b. July 26, 1783.
5790- 1. vii. Latham Fitch, b. June 30, 1785.
5792- 3. viu. William Fitch, M.D., b. May 16, 1787.
5794- 5. ix. Mart (" Polly ") Fitch b. Feb. 20, 1789, m. Col. John
MitcheU.
5796- 7. X. Ursula Fitch b Jan. 8, 1792, m. Martin Miner in 1814.
She d. at Syracuse, in 1831.
5780-1. i. Ebenezer Root Fitch b. Sept 26, 1772, m. Jan. 26,
1796, Sarah Dow b. Feb. 7, 1775 (dau. of Levi Dow of Coventry, Ct,
and Phebe Taylor) : a farmer at Westmoreland, Oneida Co., N. Y.,
where he d. Aug. 19, 1820. He was an active, useful Christian citizen,
and devoutly religious.
[8th Gen.J Children :
5798- 9. i. Phebe Fitch b. Aug. 18, 1798, m. Dec 1834, as his
second wife Branford Steele Seymour of U^ca (son of
Hezekiah Seymour and Ruth  ) : a machinist.

Thomas Strong, Son of Elder John, of NortJiampton. 313
His first wife was Mary Cook. He d. in 1837 ; no issue.
She d. Nov. 4, 1843.
5800. U. Abner Fitch b. Dec 1, 1800, a farmer at Westmoreland.
He d. unmarried Nov. 4, 1861.
5801- 2. iU. Statira Fitch b. May, 1803, m. Samuel WUliam Johnson
He d. March, 1852, and she d. July, 1843.
5803- 5. iv. Ebenezer Root Fitch b. AprU 27, 1806.
5806- 7. V. Arsinoe Fitch b. Feb. 1807, m. Alfred P. Seymour.
6808- 9. vi. Mariamne Fitch b. March 7, 1813, m. Hon. James S. T.
Stranahan. She d. Aug. 30, 1866.
5810. vH. DiANTHA Fitch b. April 14, 1818, unmarried (1870).
5801-2. ui. Statira Fitch (dau. of Ebenezer R. Fitch and Sarah
Dow), b. May, 1803, m. May 24, 1832, Samuel William Johnson (son of
Amos Johnson of Redfield, N. Y., and Abiah  ), a highly respect
able farmer in Redfield, Oswego Co., N. Y. He d. March, 1852 ; she
d. July, 1843.
[9th Gen.J Children :
5811. i. Samuel William Johnson.
5812. ii. Sarah Abiah Johnson.
6813- 5. iii. Amos Fitch Johnson m. Adelaide (Addie) Farr of Redfield,
and for 2d wife in 1864, Minnie Johnson his 2d cousin
(dau. of Sherlock Johnson), a farmer at Battle Creek,
Mich. He was lieutenant in the 114th Reg. N. Y.
Vols. (Col. Littlejohn), in the late war.
5816. iv. Thomas Secor Johnson b, in 1840, captain in the 176th
N. Y. Vols. Reg., in the late war (under Gen. N. P.
Banks), taken prisoner in Louisiana and confined for a
year in Shrevesport, Texas. Since the war he has been
engaged in cultivating cotton in Louisiana and resides
in Monroe, La., recently appointed Int. Rev. Coll. of
the U. S.'
[8th Gen.J
5803-5. iv. Ebenezer Root Fitch (son of Ebenezer R. Fitch and
Sarah Dow) b. April 27, 1805, m. Sept. 18, 1839, Helen Barnes, dau. of
Aaron Barnes of Deerfield, N. Y. and Lucinda Sherman), who d. May 16,
1842; and he m. for 2d wife, Jan. 1, 1851, Emma Jane Lewis, of Kirk
land, Oneida Co., N. Y., b. atN. Canaan, Ct., Oct. 3, 1817 (dau. of Elisha
Lewis and Lucy Polly Smith) : a farmer at Westmoreland, N. Y.
[9th Gen.J Children : By first wife :
5817. i. Sarah Dow Fitch ) twins b. May, 1842, d. in May,
5818. ii. Helen Barnes Fitch j 1842.
By second wife :
5819. Ui. Sarah Fitch b Oct 9, 1853.
5820. iv. Abner Lewis Fitch b. Aug. 26, 1866.
6821. V, Ebenezer Root Fitch b. March 22, 1859.
40 .

314 Descendants of JosepJi Strongof Coventry, Ct., Son of
[8th Gen.J
5806-7. V. Arsinoe Fitch (dau. of Ebenezer R. Fitch and Sarah
Dow) b. Feb. 1807, m. May 24, 1833, Albert Phelps Seymour b. May 3
1807, at Trenton, N. Y. (son of Bradford Steele Seymour of Utica and
Mary Cooke) : a manufacturer of hardware and iron castings at West
moreland, Oneida Co., N. Y. (" Hecla Works)." [His father m. for his
second wife the elder sister of his wife Arsinoe.] He d. Feb. 29, 1868.
His widow resides in Brooklyn, N. Y.
[9th Gen.J Children :
5822. i. Alfred Kellogg Seymour b. Jan. 14, 1837 : grad. at
Hamilton College, in 1857 : an iron manufacturer at
Westmoreland (Hecla).
5823. ii. Ebenfizer Root Seymour b. June 15, 1839, d. Jan. 26,
1846.
5824. iii. Bradford Steele Seymour b. Oct. 28, 1841 : a merchant
in New York.
5825- 6. iv. Abner Fitch Seymour b. Sept. 10, 1843 : an iron manu
facturer at Westmoreland. He m. Feb. 18, 1869, Sarah
EHzabeth Rose of Westmoreland (dau. of Jonathan
Rose and Sarah Ann Pierce).
5827. V. Mart Seymour b. July 19, 1^45.
5828. vi. Albert Phelps Seymour b. Nov. 9, 1846 : an iron manu
facturer at " Hecla," Westmoreland.
[8th Gen.J
5808-9. vi. Mariamne Fitch (dau. of Ebenezer R. Fitch and Sarah
Dow) b. March 7, 1813, m. May 4, 1837, Hon. James Samuel Thomas
Stranahan, b. at Peterboro, N. Y., AprU 25, 1808 (son of Samuel Stran
ahan and Lynda Josselyn; dau. of Thomas Josselyn of Butternuts of
N. Y., and Martha Eddy). In 1832 he undertook the work of founding, in
behalf of a large capitalist in New York, the manufacturing village of Flo
rence, Oneida Co. N. Y., now a place of some 2,000 people (1870). In 1838
he was a member of the Assembly of New York. In 1840 he removed
to Newark, N. J., and became a R. R. contractor, and with his partners
built one-fourth of the N. Y. and Brie rail road, two-thirds of the Great
Western RaUway, from Niagara Palls to Detroit, and one-half of the
Boston Water Works. In 1844 he removed to Brooklyn, N. Y., and
took charge of building the Atlantic Docks in Brooklyn, which he and
his associates have since come to own for themselves. A lar^e tract of
marsh opposite Governor's Island has thus been redeemed to the most valua
ble uses. Stone warehouses, covering twenty acres of space on the docks and
land, line the river front and surround the ample basin provided for them.
Twelve millions of bushels of grain are sometimes stored in this greatest
grain depot in the world. The company have also erected immense grain
elevators, which, with their stores, are leased. He is the Prest. of the Co, ,

TJwmas Strong, Son of Elder John, of Northampton. 315
and has almost the entire management of its affairs. He was elected
member of the 34th Congress (1868-9); one of the Police Commissioners
for the MetropoHtan Dist. of N. Y., in 1868 ; and was one of the Lincoln
and Johnson Presidential electors in 1864. During ttie late war he was
Prest. of the War Fund Com. of Brooklyn. He is now (1870) Prest.
of the Commission for laying out Prospect Park in Brooklyn, and a
director of various banks, insurance companies, &c. Mrs, Mariamne
Fitch Stranahan d. at Manchester, Vt., Aug. 30, 1866, aged 63. She
was for eight years first Directress of the Graham Institute for the Re
lief of Aged and Indigent Females. Here her superior executive abilities,
her discretion, tact and energy were conspicuous ; but still more in her
management of the Woman's Relief Association, organized in Brooklyn,
Nov. 23, 1862, as auxiliary to the U. S. Sanitary Commission, in whose
work eighty churches of different denominations cooperated with nume
rous auxiliaries all over the land. More than half a million of dollars
passed through its hands, $300,000 of which were paid in cash into the
Treasury of the U. S. Sanitary Com., and hospital supplies to the
amount of over $200,000 more were furnished. The business details of
this great undertaking passed constantly under her eye. Few women
ever bear so much public responsibility, and few of either .sex bear it so
well. He m. for a 2d wife in 1870, Miss Clara Harrison of Brooklyn.
[9th Gen.J Children :
5829-30. i. Mart Stranahan b. at Newark, N. J., July 14, 1840, m.
Nov. 9, 1870, James W. Croxson of New York.
5831. ii. Fitch James Stranahan b. at Newark, Sept. 25, 1843,
grad at Williams Coll. in 1866 ; engaged in the Atlan
tic Docks office in Brooklyn.
5832. iii. A dau. b. March 12, and d. April 2, 1846.

[7th Gen.J
5782. ii. Thomas Fitch, M D. (son of Abner Fitch, Jr., and Elizabeth
Root) b. July 28, 1774, m. Olive Fletcher. He practised medicine in
Delhi, N. Y. (180.3-6) : was a lumber merchant in Philadelphia with his
brother-in-law Rufus Bunnell (1806-12) : became a banker and broker
in PhUadelphia and accumulated a large property, and was elected cashier
of " The Farmers and Mechanics' Bank " of that city. He was after
wards very active in the construction of the Louisville and Portland
steamboat canal on the Ohio river and was also interested in coal lands.
He was an elder in the Arch st. Presbyterian Church (Rev. Dr. Thomas
H. Skinner, pastor). He d. of dysentery in 1850 : she d. in 1853.
[8th Gen.J
6833. i. Vine Fletcher Fitch b. at Delhi, N. Y,, in 1804 : d. in
Philadelphia in 1825.

316 Descendants of Joseph Strong of Coventry, Ct., Sonof
5834. ii. DiANTHA FUch b. in Philadelphia, March 8, 1813 : un
married.
5835- 6. iU. Mart Fitch b. Jan. 6, 1820, m. Oct. 4, 1837, John Chris-
topheisThatcher b. in New London, Ct; a dry-goods
merchant in New York, his family residing in Jersey
City. She d. in 1856.
[9th Gen.J Children:
5837- 8. i. Thomas Fitch Thatcher b. Dec. 20, 1838, m. Mary Rut
land Rockwell (dau. Dr. William H. RockweU of
Brattleboro, Vt., and Maria Farnum), a resident at
Flatbush, L. I. No issue, //t dvccL („K ' ^T"?
5839. H. Mart Olivia Thatcher b. Sept., 1841. ¦^ '>
5840. iii. John Christopher Thatcher b. Feb. 29, 1844.
[7th Gen.J
6783—4. iii. Elizabeth Fitch (dau. of Abner Fitch, Jr., and Elizabeth
Root) b. AprU 23, 1776, m. Feb. 22, 1800, Jesse Ives b. in Torringford,
Ct., Oct 16, 1770 (son of Abner Ives and Anne Ferguson) : a large
raiser of sheep, especially merinoes at Bridgewater, N. Y. He d. Nov.
29, 1863. She d. suddenly at Bridgewater, March 29, 1845, aged 70.
She was of a tall figure and had a stately presence like her mother.
[8th Gen.J Children:
5841. i. Fannt Ives b. at Whitestown, N. Y., July 12, 1806, d.
at Bridgewater, N. Y., Oct 28, 1870.
5842. ii. Charlotte Ives b. at Bridgewater, N. Y., July 4, 1807.
They managed their large farm with much success at
Bridgewater, where they resided unmarried for many
years.
[7th Gen.J
5785-6. iv. DiANTHA Fitch (dau. of Abner Fitch, Jr., and Elizabeth
Root) b. Feb. 18, 1778, m. March 4, 1804, Rufus Bunnell b. March 19,
1777 (son of Dea. Israel Bunnell of Clieshire, Ct, and Jerusha Dowd of
Middletown, Ct.), graduated at Yale College. He was a merchant at
Meredith, N. Y. (1802-6), and in 1806, he removed to Delhi, where
he engaged in the manufacture of pot and pearl ashes, and in lumber
ing on the Delaware river for the market of Philadelphia, whither
he removed in 1810, and carried on the lumber business with his
brother-in-law. Dr. Thomas Fitch. In 1815, he commenced the money
exchange and brokerage business in New York, under the firm of
Beers (Joseph D.) & Bunnell, adding the coUection of drafts to it,
and dealing in cotton They opened branch offices at Philadelphia,
Baltimore, Petersburgh, Va,, and Charleston, S. C, etc, and established
agencies throughout the United States, Canada, England, and France.
He d. suddenly of cholera morbus at Cambridge, Mass., July 11, 1826,

Thomas Strong, Son of Elder John, of Northampton. 317
aged 49, leaving a good name behind him as a man of business and of
social character and position, and also a large estate. She d. at Bridge
port, Ct, June 16, 1868, set. 80, full of vivacity to the last and much es
teemed for her liberality of heart and hand, and her many graces and
virtues. [Jerusha Dowd of Middletown was the dau. of Capt. Benjamin Dowd
and Azubah Hildridge. He was the son of David Dowd and Mary Corn
wall, grandson of John Dowd of Guilford, Ct, and Mary Crittenden and great
grandson of Henry and Elizabeth Dowd, the first settlers of Guilford, Ct]
[8th Gen.J Children:
5843. i. George Bunnell b. in Meredith, N. Y., in 1805, d. in
1806.
5844- 5. u. William Rufus BunneU b. March 6, 1806, at Meredith.
5846. iU. James Fitch Bunnell b. at Bloomfield, N. Y., March 27,
1807 : grad. at Yale in 1826, resides in Bridgeport.
He studied law at Yale and Litchfield, Ct. (1826-8),
engaged in manufacturing at " The Bunnell Mills,"
from which he retired in 1846, is unmarried.
5847- 8. iv. Thomas Fitch Bunnell b. at Bloomfield, Nov. 29, 1808.
5844-5. ii. William Rufus Bunnell b. March 6, 1806, m. June 6,
1882, Sarah Haight, b. in Bath, N. Y., Jan. 28, 1807 (dau. of Gen.
Samuels. Haight of Angelica, N. Y., and Sarah Matthews). Shed.
AprU 29, 1835, set 28. He m. for 2d wife Jan. 24, 1838, Cornelia Ster
ling of Bridgeport, Ct, b. Aug. 13, 1813 (dau. of David Sterling and
Deborah Strong). [Mr. Bunnell's two wives were third cousins to each
other. Joseph Strong, the great grandfather of Cornelia Sterling, and
Selah Strong the great grandfather of Sarah Haight were brothers, and
sons of Selah Strong of Setauket, L. I. Through Thomas Strong (as
shown in the preceding pages), he is fourth cousin to both of his wives
and through Jedediah Strong, brother of Thomas, and both sons of Elder
John Strong, he is their fifth cousin.] Mr. Bunnell Hved for six years
(1828-34), in the towns of Ossian and Burns on a tract of 1100 acres
which he stocked with a thousand head of merino and Saxony sheep.
He was while residing there supervisor for two years of Ossian, a captain
and major in the militia, and an elder in the Presbyterian Church at Burns.
He removed in the fall of 1833 to Bridgeport, Ct , and in 1834 he ex
changed his farm and stock for an interest in " The Pequonnock
Manufacturing Company," or " Bunnell's Mills " (cotton and woolen), two
miles north of Bridgeport, Ct., on the Pequonnock river. Of these he
took charge personally and with two of his brothers and his uncle Dr.
Thomas Fitch of Philadelphia, carried them on until 1846, when he re
tired from business, since which time he has resided at Bridgeport, Ct.
For more than ten years he was town and city assessor. To him the
au'hor is indebted for many facts and dates here furnished.

318 Descendants of Joseph Strongof Coventry, Ct., Son of
[9th Gen.J Children : By fi/rst wife :
5852- 3. i. DiANTHA Fitch Bunnell b. in Ossian, N. Y., March 9,
1832, m. George W. Hart.
6864- 5. ii. Rufus WUliam Bunnell b. Feb. 11, 1835, in Bridgeport :
an architect in Bridgeport He entered the U. S. A.,
in the late war, and was corporal in the 23d Regt.
Conn. Vols, : Went on the Banks Expedition to New
Orleans : captured by the rebels at Brazier City, and pa
roled. He m. .June 3, 1869, Catharine Mary Sterling
b. May 9, 1841 (dau. of Capt John William Steriing of
Stratford, Ct, and Catharine Plant).
By second wife : All born in Bridgeport.
6866. Ui. David Sterling Bunnell b- May 24, 1839, d. Oct. 21, 1840.
6857. iv. Sarah Bunnell b. Nov. 10, 1840, d. Dec 2, 1840.
6858. V. James Sterling Bunnell b. Nov. 16, 1843, clerk in WeUs,
Fargo & Co's overland stage office in New York.
5859 v^. Julia Haight Bunnell b. March 29, 1845.
5860- 1. vU. Katharine BunneU b. Feb. 11, 1847, m. Oct, 7, 1870, Dr.
George Frederic Lewis of Bridgeport (son of George
Louis and Jeanette Hubbell.
5862. viH. Anne Strons Bunnell b Sept. 16, 1848, d. Aug. 6, 1850.
5863. ix. Henry BunneU b. Feb. 5, 1861, d. Feb. 7, 1856.
5864. X. John SterUng Bunnell b. May 11, 1853, d. May 15, 1853;
5865. xi. Cordelia Waterman Bunnell b. June 23, 1855, d. June
25, 1866.
5852-3. i. DiANTHA Fitch Bunnell b. March 9, 1832, m Oct 24,
1855, George William Hart, b. April 4, 1819 (son of Roswell Hart and
Eliza Pixley of Rochester), a merchant formerly at Brooklyn, and latterly
an exchange broker.
[10th Gen.J Children :
5866. i Julia Mathews Hart b. Oct. 10, 1857.
5867. ii. George William Hart b, March 30, 1866.
5868. iii. Henry Haight Hart b. Aug. 28, 1867, d. Aug. 15, 1868.
5869. iv. Mary Stranahan Hart b. Sept 7, 1869.
[8th Gen.J
5847-8. iv. Thomas Fitch Bunnell (son of Rufus and Diantha
Bunnell) b. Nov. 29, 1808, m. Dec. 8, 1834, widow MatUda Beck n^e Mc
Coy b. about 1800 (dau, of Henry McCoy of Wilmington, Del., and Dor
cas Alexander, and widow of WiUiam Henry Beck of Philadelphia, son
of Paul Beck, Jr., of Philadelphia) : a dry-goods merchant in New York,
and afterwards a flannel manufacturer in Bridgeport, Ct. Since 1850, he
has resided in Trenton, N. J.
[9th Gen.J Children: All born in Bridgeport.
5870- 1. i- Cora Bunnell b- April 2, 1836, ra. John H. Norris.

Thomas Strong, Son of Elder John, of NortJiampton. 319
5872. ii. Isaac McCoy Bunnell b. Sept 20, 1837, a civil engineer,
engaged in the state survey of New Jersey and on the
Belvidere and Delaware Rail Road and the Camden and
Amboy Rail Road and as chief surveyor under Gen.
Cook of the Pembertown and Hightstown Rail Road.
He entered the U. S. Service in the late war as Lieut, in
a Co. of the 3d Regiment of N. J. Vols. He d. of
typhoid fever Aug. 13, 1865.
5873, in. Frances McCoy Bunnell b. July 17, 1839, d. of consump
tion May 13, 1859, a member of the Presbyterian church.
5870-1. i. Cora Bunnell b. April 2, 1836, m. March 14, 1860, John
Hurd Norris b. Aug. 15, 1823 (son of Ezra Norris of Limerick, Me., and
Olivia Hill), educated a lawyer, now a foundry and hardware manufac
turer in Trenton, N. Y.
[10th Gen.J Children :
5874. i. Fanny BunneU Norris b. June 24, 1861, in Trenton.
5875. u. Maria Sterling Norris b. Feb. 8, 1864.
5876. iu. Henry McCoy Norris b. Jan 21, 1868. [The Bunnells
or Bonnells of this country are descendants of William
Bunnell of New Haven in 1639. Hem. Ann Wilmot,
dau. of Benjamin. His children were: i. Benjamin
Bunnell; ii. Nathaniel Bunnell; iii, Lydia Bunnell who
m. a French; iv. Mary Bunnell who m. aPeck. i. Ben
jamin Bunnellm. Rebecca dau. of Peter Mallory. His child-
dren were : 1. Rebecca Bunnell whom a Burwell. 2. Ju
dith, 3. Benjamin who d. soon. 4, Anna, 5, Benjamin
2d. 6. Rachel. 7. Nathaniel (b ra 1686). 8. Israel, he
m. for 2d wife widow Sperry and had children by her. 9.
Anna, whom, a Mix, 7. Nathaniel Bunnell {son of ^eu-
jamin Bunnell and Rebecca Mallory) b. in 1686, m. in
1709, Desire Peck (dau. of Benj. Peck and Mary Sperry).
His children were : (1). Desire Bunnell who m. a Sanford.
(2). Ebenezer Bunnell b. in 1713 (3). Benjamin Bunnell.
(4), Parmenias. (6). Israel. (6). Abner. (7). Joseph. By
his 2d wife Mary Brooks he had : (8) Patience. (9). Heze
kiah. (10). Rachel. (11). Rebecca. (12). Stephen. (2).
Ebenezer Bunnell (son of Nathaniel Bunnell and Desire
Peck) lived in Cheshire, Ct. Hem. Lydia Clark (dau.
of Stephen Clark and Lydia Hotchkiss). His children
were: §1. Ebenezer. § 2. Nathaniel. §3. Sarah. §4.
Lydia, who m. Dr. Abner Johnson. 5. Israel {b. in 174:7).
§ 6. Hannah who m. a Parker. § 7. Desire, who m. a
Merriman. § 8. Lydia, who m. Ebenezer Hale. § 5, Israel
Bunnell (son of Ebenezer Bunnell and Lydia Clark m.
,/erusha Dowd (dau. of Benjamin Dowd and Azubah
Hildridge). His children were : §§ 1. Hannah Bunnell,
who m. John Smith. §§ 2. Nathaniel. §§ 3. Rufus
Bunnell, who was b. March 19, 1777, and m, in 1804,
Diantha Fitoh.J

320 Descendantsof Joseph Strong of Coventry, Ct, Son of
[7th Gen.J
6788-9. vi. Cornelius Root Fitch, M.D. (son of Abner Fitch,
Jr., and EHzabeth Root) b. July 26, 1783, m. March 12, 1816, Paulina
Farrington (dau. of March Farrington), a practising physician at Delhi,
N. Y.,for 33 years and eminent in his profession. His academical studies
he pursued at the Academy (now Hamilton College), Clinton, N. Y., and
his medical studies with his brother. Dr. Thomas Fitch of Delhi. He was
a man of more than ordinary intellect, high-toned in character and con
duct, and of a genial disposition, a great reader and an ardent politician.
He d. July 12, 1846. His widow resides now (1869) in Lexington, Ky.
[8th Gen.J Children :
5877. i. Helen Fitch b. Nov., 1816, d. Dec 1816.
5878. u. Fitz-James Fitch b. Dec. 7, 1817; a lawyer at Catskill,
N. Y., County Judge of Greene Co. for 9 years, un
married.
5879-80. in. Thomas Fitch, M.D., b. AprU 13, 1820.
6881. iv. Morris Fitch b. March 31, 1822, d. Aug. 15, 1824.
5882- 3. V. Jesse Ives Fitch b. Nov. 30, 1824 ; a lawyer in California.
6884- 5. vi. Ellen FUch b. May 28, 1827, m. Lewis C. Snyder.
6886. VU. CoRNELis Root Fitch b. Aug. 20, 1829 ; a merchant at
Lexington, Ky.. unmarried.
5887- 8. viu. Frank Fitch b. Oat 22, 1831.
5889-90. ix. Frederic Fitch b. May 19, 1834.
5891. X. Emma Fitch b. Feb. 3, 1837, resides unmarried at Clary-
viUe, N. Y.
6879-80. iu. Thomas Fitch, M.D., b. AprU 13, 1820, m. Sept 24,
1844, Sarah Jane Louisa Beattie, of Tallahassee, Fla. (dau. of Dr.
Beattie, surgeon U. S. N.): a physician at Prattsville, N. Y.
[9th Gen.J Children :
5892. i. Walter Cornelius Fitch b. in 1846, d. in 1864.
5893. ii. Mary Roberts Fitch b. Feb. 1851.
5894. in. Paulina Fitch b. Oct 1852.
5896. iv. Anna B. Fitch b. Feb. 1854.
5896. V. William. Beattie Fitch b. April, 1861.
[8th Gen.J
5882-3. V. Jesse Ives Fitch (sonofCorneUus Root Fitch and Paulina
Farrington) b. Nov. 30, 1824, m. AprU 12, 1851, Ann L. Brace (dau.
of Dr. Abel Brace of Catskill, N. Y.) : a lawyer in California. Child :
5897. 1. Lizzie Fitch b. Dec. 1851.
[8th Gen.J
6884-5. V. Ellen Fitch (dau. of Cornelius and Paulina Fitch) b.
May 28, 1827, m. Aug. 9, 1849, Lewis C. Snyder ; a resident at Clary-
vUle, SuUivan Co,,N. Y.

Thomas Strong, Sonof Elder JoJm, of Northampton. 321
[9th Gen.J Children :
5898. i. Charles Snyder b. Sept. 1860.
6899. H. Frederic Pitch Snyder b. AprU, 1853.
5900. iU. Hamilton Snyder b. Jan. 1, 1855.
5901. iv. Sarah Kissani Snyder b. July, 1860.
5902. V. James Fitz Snyder b. March, 1862.
5903. vi. Jeanie Snyder b. Oct 1865.
[8th Gen.J
6887-8. viU. Frank Fitch (son of Cornelius R. Fitch) b. Oct 22,
1831, a druggist at Lexington, Ky. He m. March 1, 1855, Fanny M.
Gant of Yonkers, N. Y. (dau. of Fielding S. Gant).
[9th Gen.J Children :
5904. i. Harriet Pauline Pitch b. Nov. 23, 1855.
5905- u. Edward Ormar Fitch b. March 27, 1859.
5906, iu. Frank Fielding Fitch b. March 30, 1865.
5907. iv. Fannie Eugenie Fitch b. Nov. 16, 1866.
[8th Gen.J
5889-90. ix. Frederic Fitch (son of CorneHus R. Fitch) b. May 19,
1834, a druggist at Lexington, Ky., ra, June 13, 1861, Julia W. Post of
New Britain, Ct (dau. of Garney Post). She d. June 9, 1866.
[9th Gen.J Children :
5908. i. John Fitch b. AprU 10, 1863.
6909. ii. Ellen Fitch b. AprU, 1864.
5910. iu. Julia W. Fitch b. May, 1866, d. June 16, 1866.
[7th Gen.J
5790-1. vii. Latham Fitch (son of Abner Fitch, Jr., and Elizabeth
Root) b. June 30, 1785, a merchant at Wayne, N. Y., afterwards a farmer
at Ossian, N. Y, (1833-1848), where he engaged largely in stockbreeding.
He d. at CastUe, N. Y., Jan. 24, 1853, where he lived after 1848. He
was a justice of the peace and was much respected for his integrity and
good sense. He m. Sept 2, 1814, Alice Holdridge b Aug, 9, 1791 (dau.
of Lieut. John Holdridge, an officer in the Revolutionary war).
[8th Gen.J Children:
5911. i. Julia Fitch b. Oct 18, 1815, in Wayne, N. Y.
5912- 3. ii. Ralph Fitch b. at Wayne Dec. 25, 1817, m. in Ossian,
N. Y., May 26, 1846, Elizabeth Porter; no issue. He
d. AprU 10, 1853.
5914. in. William Root Fitch b. in Wayne March 25, 1820, m. in
Castile, N. Y., Dec. 27, 1864, Elizabeth Accomb b. Feb.
18, 1833.
5915. iv. Emily A. Fitch b. Aug. 17, 1825, in Wayne m. Jan. 4,
1855, Franklin D. Lake of Nuuda, N. Y.
41

322 Descendants of Joseph Strongof Coventry, Ct.,Scn of
[7th Gen.J
5792-3. viH. William Fitch, M.D. (son of Abner Fitch, Jr., and
EHzabeth Root) b. May 16, 1787, m. in 181- Hannah FoUett b. Oct
1790. He practised medicine at Bridgewater, N. Y., and after his mar
riage at Franklin, Del Co., N. Y., where all his children were born. He
loved his profession and was successful in it : a Baptist. He d. at Dryden,
N. Y., July 16, 1865 : she d. Aug. 18, 1858.
[8th Gen.J Children :
5916- 7. i. James Fitch b. Dec. 17, 1812.
5918. ii. Ursula Fitchb. about 1814, d. in Bridgeport, Ct., Sept
1836.
5919. iu. Elizabeth Fitch b. Sept. 18, 1816, d. Oct. 1, 1835, at
Franklin, N. Y.
5920. iv. Diantha Fitch b. May 26, 1818, d. June 4, 1836.
6921- 2. V- Mary Fitch b. April 30, 1820, m. L. M. Bissell.
6923- 4. vi. William Fitch, M.D., b. Jan. 26, 1822, a practising phy
sician at Dryden, N. Y.
5916-7. i. James Fitch (son of Dr. WiUiam Fitch and Hannah
FoUett) b. Dec. 17, 1812, m. Oct 23, 1837, Mary Plumb of Bridgeport,
Ct. (dau. of Noah Plumb and Urania WeUs) : clerk in a bank at Schuyl
kill Haven, Pa., bookkeeper and general agent of the Pequonnock Mills,
Bridgeport, Ct (1832-44), engaged in construction of the Naugatuck
raU road, Ct. (1844-51). He d. Feb. 1851.
[9th Gen.J Children :
6926. i. Mary Fitch b. Nov. 22, 1839.
5926- 7. u. Major Walter Fitch b. Dec. 4, 1840, m. in 1865, S. M.
Leith of N. C. : lieutenant in the 6th Conn. Regiment,
wounded at Fort Wagner, S. C, promoted to be major.
Children :
6928. 1. Helen Salter Fitch d. in 1869.
5929. 2. Kittie Fitch b. in 1868.
5930. in. Elizabeth Fitch b. Nov. 10, 1849.
[8th Gen.]
5921-2. V. Mary Fitch (dau. of William Pitch, M.D., and Hannah
FoUett) b. AprU 30, 1820, m. L. M. Bissell of Franklin, N. Y.
[9th Gen.] Children :
5931. i. Diantha Bissell.
5932. ii. William F. Bissell.
5933. iii, James Bissell.
[8th Gen.J
5923-4. vi. William Fitch, Jr., M.D. (son of Dr, Wm. Fitch and
Hannah FoUett) b. Jan. 26, 1822, grad. at Albany Med. Coll. in 1846,

Thomas Strong, Son of Elder John, of NortJiampton. 323
m. July 12, 1846, Urania T. Everett of Franklin, N. Y., b. in New Milford,
Ct, Dec, 26, 1823 : since 1859 settled in Dryden, N. Y., previously (1846-
59) in Virgil, N. Y.
[9th Gen.J Children :
5934, i. Mary Everett Fitch b. June 15, 1852, in Virgil.
5935. ii. Elizabeth Fitch b. April 25, 1856, in VirgU.
6936. iu. Katie Fitch b. July 14, 1861, in Dryden.
[7th Gen.J See page 312.
5794-5. ix. Mary (" Polly") Fitch (dau. of Abner Fitch, Jr., and
Elizabeth Root) b. Feb. 20, 1789, m. as his second wife in 1834, Col.
John Mitchell of Wayne, N. Y., an English gentleman ; no issue. She
taught school for many years before marriage. She suffered much from a
spinal affection : was a member of the Presb. Ch. and fuU of faith,
patience and hope in her severe sufferings and in her death.
5796-7. X. Ursula FtTOH (dau, of Abner Fitch, Jr., and Elizabeth
Root b. Jan. 8, 1792, m. Martin Miner, a merchant in Unadilla, N. Y. ,
and afterwards in Cherau, S. C, and then a manufacturer in Syracuse,
N. Y., and afterwards in New York city. She d. in Syracuse in 1830,
and he m. again.
[8th Gen.J Children :
5937. i. Fitch Miner.
5938. ii. Isaac Miner.
5939. iU. Col. George Miner, a resident at Atlanta, Ga. (1865).
5940. iv. Thomas Miner, a manufacturer and merchant in New
York.
5941. V. Ellen Miner.
[6th Gen.J See page 311.
5775-6, ii Ursula Root (dau, of Capt, Ebenezer Root and Phebe
Hawkins) b. March 31, 1755, m. Jan. 23, 1777, Jephtha Fitch b. Sept
1752 (son of Capt. Abner Fitch ofCoventry, Ct., and Ruth Rose) : shed.
Aug. 19, 1821, aged 66. He m. for 2d wife widow Sally Hartshorne.
He d. May 6, 1829, aged 76.
[7th Gen.J Children:
5942. i. Deidamia Fitch b. Nov. 23, 1777, d. unmarried at WUli-
mantic, Ct, Sept. 17, 1846, aged 69.
5943. ii. Ephraim Fitch b. Dec 9, 1778, d. Sept. 6, 1806, unmar
ried, at Coventry.
6944- 5. iii. Apollos Fitch b. March 19, 1780, d. Aug. 19, 1842.
5946. iv. Phebe Fitch b. Dec. 31, 1781, m. Capt Joseph Root
Simms.
6947. V. Ruth Fitch b. Sept 1787, d. May 2, 1788.

324 Descendants of Joseph Strong of Coverdry, Ct., Sen of
5944-5. in. Apollos Fitch b. March 19, 1780, m. Aug. 30, 1801,
Sibyl Edgerton b. Feb. 24, 1781 (dau. of Hezekiah Edgerton of FrankHn,
Ct), a farmer at Coventry, Ct He d. Aug. 19, 1842.
[8th Gen.J Children :
5948. i. George Edgerton Fitch b. Aug. 18, 1802.
5949. U. Lucy Eliza Fitch b. May 6, 1804.
5950. iU. URbULA Root Fitch b. Nov. 2, 1805.
5951. iv. Ephraim Alson Fitch b, Oct. 1, 1807, d. Sept 30, 1824.
5952- 3. V. Newton Fitch b. Nov. 14, 1809, m. Oct 10, 1832, Jane
E. BidweU of Coventry, Ct
5954. vi. Lucretia Fitch b. Oct 9, 1811. d. July 28, 1846.
5965. VU. Jephtha Fitch b. June 29, 1813, d. Sept 3, 1818.
5956- 7. viii. Phebe Fitch b. May 29, 1815, m. Isaac C. Perkins of
*¦ Hartford, Ct, d. March 14, 1848.
5958. ix. Sibyl Fitch b. Nov. 16, 1817, d. Aug. 26, 1839.
5959-60. X. Elizabeth Payne Fitch m. Chester Fox.

[4th Gen.J See page 311.
5777-9. iii. Capt. Nathaniel Root (son of Capt. Ebenezer Root of
Coventry and Phebe Hawkins) b. at Coventry, March 25, 1757, m. Dec.
11, 1777, BUzabeth Kingsbury, of South Coventry, Ct. She d. Aug. 3,
1790, aged 32, and he m. May 25, 1791, for 2d wife Candace Hammond
of Bolton, Ct., b. in 1763 : a farmer at Coventry, and a Capt. in the Revo
lutionary army, and was in the battles of Long Island, Trenton and
Princeton. He was for several times a member of the (/Onn. Legislature.
He d. Sept. 21, 1840, aged 83.
[7th Gen.J Children: By first ma/rriage :
5961- 3. i. Elizabeth Root b. Nov. 14, 1778, d. Nov. 22, 1840, aged
62. She m. Amariah Avery, and for 2d husband Abel
Case, and had by her first husband 4 children : Phebe,
Ebenezer R., Amariah, and Diantha, and by her second
marriage two sons that d. unnamed.
5964. ii. Clarissa Root b. Aug. 20, 1780, m. Abel Case ; had two
children : Eliza, who m. Josiah Stebbins, and Caroline
who d. in childhood.
Nathaniel Root, Jr., b. in 1781.
Ebenezer Root b. in 1783, d. Jan. 15, 1841, aged 68.
LoRA Root b. Sept. 17, 1787, in Coventry, Ct., m. Francis
Grant She d Nov. 25, 1809, aged 22. ShehadachUd.
5970. V. Harlow Grant b. in 1808, who d. Sept 1854, in Vernon,
Ct. By second marriage :
5971- 2. vi. Daniel Root b. Feb. 20, 1793, m. Nov. 1819, Hannah
Dimmiok. He d. Oct 7, 1821, aged 28 ; she d. Sept.
1838. They had one child :
5973. 1. CimsTER Hammond Rootb. Sept 20, 1820, d. May, 1834.

5965-

6.

iii.

5967.

iv.

5968-

9.

V.

Thomas Strong, Son of Elder John,of Northampton. 325
5974. vii. A child unnamed, d. soon.
5976. viii. do. do.
5976- 7. ix. Nancy Root b. Jan. 14, 1799, m. Aug. 26, 1842, Benjamin
Eells, of Newark, 0.
6978- 9. X. Elijah Hammond Root b. Sept. 16, 1800, m. May 8,
1850, Caroline S. Hutchinson (dau. of Dea Willard
Hutchinson of Coventry, Ct.) : no children : he lives at
North Coventry.
5980- 1. xi. Rev. Marvin Rootb. Oct 7, 1802.
5982. xii. Caroline Root b. Nov. 21, 1804.

6965-6. iu. Nathaniel Root, Jr., b. in 1781, m. Almeria Page,
sister of the celebrated Harlan Page. They reside at North Coventry.
[8th Gen.J Children:
5983. i. Kingsbury Root, resides in Chicago.
6984. ii. Nathaniel Root b. July 22, 1823.
6985. iu. Susan Root.
5986. iv. Cordelia Root.
5987. V. Emily Root.
[7th Gen.J
5980-1. xi. Rev. Marvin Root (son of Capt. Nathaniel Root and Can
dace Hammond) b. Oct 7, 1802, m. Sept 24, 1834, Loxea Bushnell of
Westbrook, Ct, b. June 20, 1806. He has been pastor of a Cong. Ch.
in East Windsor, Ct (1836-40), and stated supply in various places, and
is now at Eagle Point, Ogle Co., 111.
[8th Gen.J Children :
6988- 9. i. Daniel Temple Root b- Aug- 25, 1835, m. Aug. 25, 1859,
Mary Harris. He lives in Brownsville, Saline Co , Mc,
and has one child :
5990. 1. Clara E. Root b. Oct. 7, 1860.
5991- 2. n. Charles Marvin Root b. AprU 29, 1837, m. Sept 8, 1858,
Miranda Burnage, and has one child:
5993. 1. Mary A. Root b. July 3, 1859.
5994. iu. George Alden Root b. March 1, 1839 : Adj. 7th IU. Cav.
in late war.
5995. iv. Thomas Strong Root b. Sept 27, 1841.
6996. V. Lizzie C. Root b. Sept 25, 1843.
5997. vi. Eleazer Root b. Dec. 12, 1845, belonged in the late war
to the 65th 111 Reg. of Vols.
[7th Gen.J
5982. XU. Caroline Root b. Nov. 21, 1804, m. Oct 2, 1834, Jona
than Hubbard of Mendon, III.
[8th Gen.J Children :
5998. i. Cornelia Ann Hubbard b. .March 13, 1836.
5999. ii. Harmon Root Hubbard b. Jan. 1838.

326 Descendants of JosepJi Strong of Coventry, Ct, Son of
6000. Hi. Edward Payson Hubbard b. Sept 27,-1843.
6001. iv. Caroline A. Hubbard b. Aug. 12, 1847.
[5th Gen.J See page 310.
6757-8. ix. Hon. ,Iesse Root, LL.D. (son of Ebenezer Root and
Sarah Strong, and grandson of Dea. Thomas Root and Thankful Strong),
b. Dec. 28, 1736, grad. at Princeton College in 1756 : studied theology
with Rev. Samuel Lockwood, D.D. of Andover, and in March, 1767, was
licensed to preach, which he did without a formal settlement for some three
years, and then studied law and in 1763 was admitted to practice, and set
tled at Hartford, Ct, where and at Coventry, Ct,, he practised his profes
sion with distinguished success for 26 years and more. He was a delegate
to the Continental Congress from 1778 to 1783 ; and was made judge of
the Superior Court in 1789 and Chief Justice of Connecticut for 11 years
(1796-1807). He was a colonel in the Revolutionary war and Adjutant
General, and was sometimes called Colonel. He was best of all, " an emi
nent Christian and a pillar in the church of Christ." He opposed very
earnestly the Socinian views of his pastor. Rev. Abiel Abbott of Coventry.
He retired to private life at the aj^e of 70, having for 36 years previously
been almost incessantly engaged in public business. And yet after this
period he was elected to the State Legislature and cho,sen an elector of
the president and vice-president of the United States, and in 1818 when
81 years of age was a member of the Convention that formed the new
constitution of Connecticut. He was a man of commanding form and fea
tures, somewhat resembling Washington ; and his manners were both easy
and dignified. He m. May 18, 1758, Mary Banks of Newark, N. J. He
d. March 29, 1822, set 85. She d. Dec 5, 1813, at Coventry, set 81.
[6th Gen.J Children :
6002. i. , Mary (PoUy) Root b. Sept 27, 1759, d. May 2, 1782, set
22.
6003. ii. Ebenezer Rootb. Feb. 14, 1761, lost at sea.
6004- 6. iii. Ephraim Root b. Oct 6, 1762, d. March, 1825, at 62.
6006- 7. iv. Sophia Root b. July 19, 1764, m. Mr. Buell of Hunting
ton, Vt.
6008- 9. V. Jesse Root, Jr., b. April 13, 1766, d. Jan. 27, 1828, set.
61.
6010- 1. vi. D.4.VID Root b. May 18, 1768, d. in 1829, aged 61.
6012- 3. VU. James Banks Root b. May 20, 1770, d. Feb. 23, 1813,
aged 42.
6014. viii. Sarah Root b. Feb. 11, 1773, d. aged 84, in 1867, un
married.
6016. ix. Gabriel Root b. Dec. 10, 1775, d. in the West Indies,
aged 57, April 23, 1833.
6004-6. iii. Ephraim RooTb. Oct 6,1762, in Coventry, grad. at Yale
in 1782, a lawyer at Hartford, Ct, where he d. March, 1825, aged 62.
He m. Eunice Buell ofCoventry.

Thomas Strong, Son of Elder John, of Northampton. 327

[7th Gen.J Children:

6016.6017- 8.
6019-20.

6021. 6022.

1.

6023.

Ephraim Root d. in Ohio.
Mary Root m. a Mr. AveriU of Hartford.
James Root b. about 1787, m. Lucy Olmstead of New
Hartford, Ct., lived in East Hartford, Ct., and had a
child :
Lucy Root.
Samuel Root b. March 22, 1789, grad, in Yale in 1807 ;
read law, but became a farmer in West Hartford. He
d. in Hartford, May 21, 1868. He had 3 chUdren :
Louisa Root Uved unmarried in Hartford.

6026.6027. 6030-

1.2.
1. n.

[6th Gen.J
6008-9. V. Jesse Root, Jr., b. AprU 13, 1766, m. Feb. 8, 1789, Re
becca Fish b. in 1770 (dau. of Dr. Eliakim Fish and Sarah Stillman) ; a
merchant in Hartford, Ct , where he d Jan. 27, 1828, aged 62 ; she re
moved afterwards to Rochester, where she d. Aug. 10, 1856, aged 86.
[7th Gen.J Children :
6024- 5. i. Julia Ann Root b. Jan. 6, 1790, d. AprU 2, 1820, aged
30. She m. AprU 10, 1810, Sheldon W. Candee, grad.
at Yale ; a lawyer in Hartford, Ct. He d. at Demerara,
W. I., Feb. 8, 1826. Children :
Frederic B. Candee. 6028. 3 Mary Candee.
Sheldon N. Candee. 6029. 4. Julia Candee.
Mary Banks Root b. Sept 16, 1791, m. Sept 12, 1808,
John Warham Strong of Windsor, Ct, b. July 21,1786
(son of EHsha Strong of Windsor, and Mary Bebee).
For account of their descendants see previous page.
She d. April 19, 1824 ; he d. in Detroit, Mich., Aug.
10, 1853.
6032- 3. iii. Eliakim Fish Root b. Nov. 4, 1792, m. AprU, 1825,
Ruah Dart of New London, Ct. He d. in 1835, set 43,
no children. He resided in Hartford, Ct , and wasa
sailor.
6034- 5. iv. Sally Root b. Aug. 10, 1794, m. AprU 6, 1823, Samuel
Browning Russell, a tanner in Gr. Barrington, Mass.
He had no children. He was b. in Boston, Sept. 2,
1794, and was son ol Joseph Rusfeli of Albany, N. Y.,
and Margaret Browning. He d. of cholera at Albany,
Aug. 28, 1832.
Jesse A. Root b. Nov. 17, 1795, m. March 4, 1821,
Jerusha Savage of Middletown, Ct. (dau. of Timothy
^ Savage, afterwards of Hartford, Ct.). They had one child.
Thomas S. Root.
Emily Stillman Root b. Dec. 10, 1797, m. June 19, 1818,
Thomas Tryon of Wethersfield, Ct, and afterwards of
Brooklyn and of Rochester, N. Y. He d. at sea on his
return from Matanzas, Aug. 11, 1829, of yellow fever.
They had 6 children :

6036- 7. V.

6038. ].
6039- 40. vi.

6041.

1.

Emily Tryon.

6044.

4.

6042.

2.

James S. Tryon.

6045.

5.

6043.

3.

Mary Ann Tryon.

6046.

6.

6047-

8. vii.

Rebecca Root b.

June 15,

1800,

328 Descendants of Joseph Strong of Coventry, Ct, Son of
Julia Tryon ) i • .
Mary Tryon J
Thomas Tryon.
m. Oct 4, 1821, Eben
Norton Buell of Rochester, b. April 8, 1798 (son of
Timothy Buell of Goshen, Ct, and OHve Norton), a
merchant in Geneseo, N. Y. (1819-33) and since 1833,
a resident of Rochester, N. Y., where he was for many
years a produce merchant, and is now (1870) an insur
ance agent. Their children (all born in Geneseo) :
6049-52. 1. George Candee Buell b. Oct 12, 1822, a wholesale grocery
merchant in Rochester. He m. May 21, 1845, Julia
Augusta Gilkison of Rochester, who d. and he m. for 2d
wife Oct. 24, 1850, Elizabeth House Bloss (dau. of Wm.
C. Bloss of Rochester, and Mary Blossom of Brighton).
She d. March 3, 1863, set. 36, and he m. for 3d wife
July 20, 1870, Alice EHzabeth Ely, b. in 1844, dau. of
Lorenzo D. Ely of Brighton, N, Y., and Caroline Culver).
He had by his 1st wife a child :
6063. (1). FrankHn Henry BueU who d. early.
6054. 2. Wealthy Ann Buell b. Jan. 22, 1825, m. Oct. 22, 1845,
Henry Haight b. Oct 14, 1820 (son of Judge Samuel
S. Haight of Cuba,N. Y., and Sarah Mathews), a banker
in San Francisco, Cal. He d. March 24, 1869. See
further account infra.
6056- 6- 3. Mary Strong BueU b. June 26, 1827, m. June 29, 1864,
Divie Bethune Duffield (son of Rev. Dr. George Duffield
of Detroit and Isabella Bethune), a lawyer at Detroit.
6057- 8. 4. Henry Tryon Buell b. Jan. 12, 1830, m. Jan. 10, 1854,
Nancy Bulkley (dau. of Solomon Bulkley of Williams-
town, Mass.) : a commission merchant in New York.
6059. 5. Emily Jerusha Buell b. May 22, 1832, d. Nov. 1837.
6060- 1. viU. Wealthy Ann Morgan Root b. Feb. 15, 1803, m. Sept
25, 1826, Dr. Orrin E. Gibbs of Rochester (son of Dea.
Oliver Gibbs of Rochester). He d. May 19, 1846, and
she d. Jan. 1866, from injuries received on the Norwalk,
Cleveland and Toledo Rail Road in Ohio. ChUdren :
6062- 3. 1. George Augustin Gibbs b. Sept. 13, 1811, m. May 16,
1837, Bertha Strong. She d, Nov. 11, 1845.
6064- 6. 2. JuHa Maria Gibbs b. March 19, 1813, m. May 14, 1833,
Theodore B. Hamilton, a lawyer at Rochester. She d.
Sept 27, 1840, and he m, for 2d wife Emily Wells dau.
of Judge Wells of Penn Yan.
6067. 3. Grove De Witt Gibbs b. Sept 12, 1817.
6068. 4. Clarissa Jane Gibbs b. Nov. 2, 1819.
6069-70. 6. Jane Clarissa Gibbs b. Nov. 30, 1821, m. Oct 1, 1839,
Hiram Augustus Tucker, a lawyer at Rochester and
afterwards a sneculator at Chicago, and at New York.
She d. July 25, 1844
6071. 6. La Fayette Gibbs b. July 16, 1823.
6072- 3. 7. Ann Rebecca Gibbs b. Sept 7, 1828, m. Ira T. Germain of

Thomas Strong, Son of Elder John, of Northampton. 329
Chicago, a merchant. He d. Aug. 6, 1850, of cholera.
She d. Nov. 5, 1860.
6074. 8. Emilie Root Gibbs b. Feb. 27, 1830.
6075. 9. Thomas Oliver Gibbs b. June 21, 1831.
6076. 10. Henry Gardiner Gibbs b. Sept. 22, 1833.
6077. 11. Orra Sophia Gibbs b. July 22, 1836.
6078. 12. Julia Maria Gibbs b. July 1, 1843, d. xMarch 7, 1848.
6079-80. ix. George Gabriel Root b. March 30, 1808, d. in 1864, aged
56. He m. March 30, 1808, Maria Glass: a cotton
merchant for some years in New York. His wife d. and
he removed afterwards to Rochester where he d. in
1864, aged 56. No children:
6081- 2. X. Henry W. Root b. at Hartford, Ct., May 22, 1810, m.
Catharine Robinson of New York ; a resident at Rochester,
where he d. in 1863, aged 53. His children were:
6083. 1. Harry Root 6084. 2. Rebecca Root.
[6th Gen.J
6010-11. vi. David Root (son of Hon. Jesse Root and Mary Banks)
b. May 18, 1768, removed to Rootstown, 0. He. m. a Miss Buell (dau.
of Elias Buell, and sister of Judge Jesse Buell of Albany.)
[7th Gen.J Children :
6086. i. Ephraim Root
6086. ii. Edwin Root a student at West Point but not a graduate
there. He went to Mexico and was as is supposed killed
there.
6087. iU. David Root 6088 iv. Clara Root ¦
[6th Gen.J
6012-3. vii. James Banks Root b. May 20, 1770 (son of Hon. Jesse
Root and Mary Banks) m. June 8, 1797, Martha Sergeant of Stockbridge,
Mass., a resident at Athens, N. Y., where he d. Feb. 28, 1813, aged 42 ;
she d. at Stockbridge, Mass., March 15, 1821, aged 47.
[7th Gen.J Children :
6089. i. Erastus SergeantRoot b.Oct 29, 1798, in BurUngton, Vt,
m. Nov. 7, 1822, in Augusta, N. Y., Dorcas Wells of Win
chester, Ct. a resident at Mt Morris, N. Y. Their
children are :
6090. 1. Theodore G. Root b. Dec 26, 1823, d. May 26, 1825.
6091- 2. 2. George WeUs Root b. April 26, 1826, m. Jan. 8, 1850,
Paulina S. Brooks of Hartford, Ot. : a dry-goods mer
chant at Hartford. His children are : "
6093. (1). Charies Henry Root b. Oct 8, 1850, d. Dec. 22, 1867.
6094. (2). George Brooks Root b. July 29, 1863, d. AprU, 1868.
6095, (3), James Theodore Root b. April 17, 1857.
42

330 Descendants of Joseph Strongof Coventry, Ct, Son of
6096. (4). Edward Horton Root b. Oct. 30, 1869.
6097. (5). Erastus Sergeant Root b. Nov. 6, 1863.
6098. (6). Mary Elizabeth Root.
6099. 8. Henry Theodore Root b. Oct. 5, 1830, m. June 24, 1858,
Mary E. Lake of Mt. Morris, N. Y. : engaged in thehouse
furnishing business in Providence, R. I. His children
/ are :
6100. (1). Paulina Mary Root b. May 22, 1859.
6101. (2). AHce Lake Rootb. Sept 23, 1861.
6102. (8). Hiram Gladding Root b. Sept 13, 1863.
6103. (4). Amos Barstow Root b. in 1865
6104. (5). Edward Theodore Root b. Sept 27, 1867.
6105- 6. 4. Charies Root b. July 16, 1834, m. July 31, 1861, Alice
Hinsdale Hascall of Leroy, N. Y. (daii. of Hiram HascaU
and  Hinsdale): importer and jobber at Detroit of
dry-goods. His children are :
6107. (1). George Kent Root b. May 20, 1862.
6108. (2). MarshaU Jewell Root b. March 17, 1869.
6109-12. ii. George WUliams Root (son of James Banks Root and
Martha Sergeant) b. April 5, 1803, m. July 18, 1831,
.lulia C. Corning of Hartford, Ct., where she d. March
16, 1836. He m, for 2d wife AmeUa Ely of Rochester
b. in 1814 who d. June, 1846, aged 32. He m. for 3d
wife June 6, 1864, Jane B. Churchill of Hartford : a
merchant at Hartford. He has had one child :
6113- 4. 1. George Corning Root b. March 31, 1833, in Middlebury,
Vt., d. July 15, 1861. He m. April 27, 1869, Helen
Churchill of Gloversville, N. Y. He lived in Detroit,
Mich., and d. there July 15, 1861, aged 28. He had
one child :
61 15. (1). Julia Corning Root.
6116- 7. iU. James Ogden Root b. Aug. 25, 1807, m. Sophia Brown of
Stockbridge, Mass. Resides at Stockbridge. He has
3 children :
6118- 9. 1. Helen Root m. Sidney P. Lincoln of Stockbridge.
6120. 2. Lewis B. Root
6121. 3. John Sergeant Root kUled at Chancellorsville, May 3, 1862,
in battle.

[4th Gen.J See page 310:
5735-6. ii. Capt. Joseph Strong (son of Justice Joseph Strong
and Sarah Allen) b. July 25, 1701, at Northampton, m. _May 12, 1724,
Elizabeth Strongb. Sept 27, 1704 (dau. of Preserved Strong of Coventry,
Ct, and Tabitha Lee. See subsequent page) : a farmer in Coventry, Ct :
for 13 years a selectman : for a long time justice of the peace ; and for 34
years (1739-73), deacon of the First Congregational church. He was for
nine sessions a member of the General Assembly and was much in public
life. He d. April 9, 1773, aged 72 : she d. May 1, 1792, aged 87.

Thomas Strong, Son of Elder John, of Northampton. 331
[5th Gen.J Children :
y6T22. i. Joseph Strong b. April 13, 1726, d. Dec. 16, 1727.
(/6123- 4. ii. Elizabeth Strong b. Feb. 2, 1727-8, m. Dea. Richard
Hale d. April 21, 1767.
6125- 6. iU. Rev. Joseph Strongof WUUamsburgh, Mass.,b. March 19,
1728-9, d. Jan. 1, 1803.
6127- 8. iv. Tabitha Strong b. April 3, 1731, m. Ebenezer Bishop of
Lisbon, Ct : she d. Aug. 10, 1768.
6129-80. V. William (" Billy ") Strong b. May 2d, 1733, a farmer at
Granby, Ct (Salmon Brook).
6131- 2. vi. Asa Strong b. March 12, 1735.
6133- 4. vii. Dea. Elnathan Strong b. Sept 23, 1736.
6135- 6. viu. Abigail Strongb. Jan. 19, 1738-9, m. a Mr. Bishop.
6137- 9. ix. DBA. Benajah Strong b. Oct 13, 1740. /
6140- 1. X. Eunice Strong b. April 11, 1743, m. Moses .Stanley.
6142. xi. Martha Strong b. July 30, 1745, d. unmarried Oct. 4,
1775.
6143- 4. xH. Mary Strong (twin with Martha) b. July 30, 1745, m.
Jonathan Clapp, Jr., b. Oct. 8, 1735 (son of Jonathan
Clapp of Northampton and Submit Strong, dau. of
Waitstill Strong).
6123-4. H. Elizabeth Strong b. Feb. 2, 1727-8, m. May 27,
1746, Dea. Richard Hale b. in Newburyport Mass., Feb. 28, 1717 (son
of Samuel Hale and Apphia Moody). [Robert Hale from Kent, Eng.,
the settler, came to Charlestown, Mass., in 1632, as " one of those set off
from the first church in Boston, to form the first church in Charlestown,"
of which he was deacon. He was a blacksmith and was appointed by the
General court as a surveyor of the new plantations. He d. July 19,
1659 . His wife Jane m. for 2d husband Richard Jacob of Ipswich. His
son Rev. John Hale b. .June 3, 1636, grad. at Harvard in 1657, was the
first minister of Beverly, Mass. He had three wives, by the second of
whom, widow Sarah Noyes of Newbury, Mass., he had a son Samuel Hale
b. Aug. 13, 1687, who lived at Newburyport andd. in Portsmouth, about
1724. He was the father of Dea. Richard Hale of Coventry.] He was
a farmer in Coventry, a man of sterling integrity, piety and industry.
He was a deacon in the church, justice of the peace and a representative
several times in the General Assembly, He d. June 1,1802, aged 85.
He was of medium height, compactly built and muscular, and called'by his
acquaintances a great driver of business. One of his friends used to say
of him that " she never saw any man work so hard for both worlds as
Deacon Hale." Mrs Hale was a lady of high moral worth and of strong
Puritan faith and feelings, and devoted to the right religious culture of
her children. She d. April 21, 1767, aged 40. He m. for 2d wife
" widow Adams " of Canterbury, Ct., without issue.

332 Descendants of JosepJi Strong of Coventry, Ct, Son of
[6th Gen.J Children :
6145. i. Samuel Hale b. May 25, 1747, d. AprU 17, 1824: lived
at Coventry and d. without issue : a farmer.
6146- 7. H. Major John Hale b. Oct 21, 1748, m. Dec 19, 1771, Sa
rah Adams dau. of his father's second wife. He lived
at Coventry, where he d. without issue, suddenly, Dec.
22, 1802. His widow bequeathed £1000 to trustees,
as a fund whose income should be used in part to support
young men preparing for missionary service, and in part
to found " The Hale Library" in Coventry ; which she
did to carry out ideas that she knew were favorite with
him. She d. in less than a year in Nov. 1803.
6148- 9. iii. Lieut. Joseph Hale b. March 12, 1750. d. April 29, 1784.
6150- 1. iv. Elizabeth Hale b. Jan. 1, 1752-3, d. Oct 31, 1813, m.
Dr. Samuel Rose.
6152- 3. V. Rev. Enoch Hale b. Oct 28, 1753, d. Jan. 4, 1837.
6154. vi. Capt. Nathan Hale, the martyr of the Revolution, b. June
6, 1755, hung by the British as a spy in New York city.
6155- 6. vU. Richard Hale b. Feb 20, 1757, d. Feb. 1793.
6157. viu. Billy Hale b. AprU 20, 1759, d. Sept 7, 1785, aged 26.
6158. ix. Rev. David Hale ^ b. Dec 14, 1761, d. Feb. 10, 1822.
>¦ twins.
6159. X. Jonathan Hale ) b. Dec 15, 1761, d. Dec. 21, 1761.
6160. xi. Joanna b. March 19, 1764, d. AprU 22, 1838.
6161. xn. Susannah b. Feb. 1, 1766, d. March, 1766.
6148-9. iu. Lieut. Joseph Hale b. March 12, 1750, m. Oct, 21,
1778, Rebecca Harris, dau. of Judge Joseph Harris, of New London, Ct.
He served in the Revolutionary war in Massachusetts, New York and
Connecticut, and at the close of the war settled in Coventry, Ct, where
he d. early of consumption, induced by the fatigues of the war upon a
constitution of great original strength, April 30, 1784.
[7th Gen.J Children :
6162- 3. i. Elizabeth Hale b. Sept 29, 1779, d. April, 1845, m.
Zebediah Abbot.
6164- 6. U. Rebecca Hale b. Jan. 9, 1781, m. Dea. Ezra Abbot of
Wilton, N. H.
6166- 7. Hi. Mary Hale b. Nov. 23, 1782, m. in 1809, Rev. Levi Nelson
of Lisbon, Ct. No issue.
6168. iv. Sarah Hale b. Nov. 27, 1783, d. June 27, 1784.
6162-3. i. Elizabeth Hale b. Sept 29, 1779, m. Nov., 1801, Zebe
diah Abbot of Wilton, N. H. She d. AprU, 1845. Children :
6169. 1. Zebediah Abbot
6170. 2. Rufus Abbot, graduated at Yale in 1833.
6171- 2. 3. Charies Abbot b. Oct 31, 1808, graduated at Dartmouth
in 1833. He taught music at Nashville, Tenn. and Orange,
N. J., and other places : was a manufacturer afterwards of
paper hangings at Newark, N. J. He m. Chastina C,

6173.

4.

6174- 5.

5.

6176- 7.

6.

6178- 9.

7.

6180- 1.

8.

6182- 3.

9.

Thomas Strong, Son of Elder John, of Northampton. 333
Gove (dau. of Rev. J. Gove of Milford, N. H.), Feb. 10,
1848.
Levi Abbot, graduated at Yale in 1840.
EHza Abbot m. Alvah Steele.
Mary Abbot m. J. F. RusseU.
Nancy Abbot m. George M. Hayward.
Caroline Abbot m. Henry Abbot
Lucy Abbot m. WiUiam Abbot.

[7th Gen.J
6164-5. H. Rebecca Hale b. Jan. 9, 1781, m. Oct 1799, Dea. Ezra
Abbot, of Wilton, N. H. They had seven sons and six daughters. One
of the sons d. in infancy. The names of the others are given without
any reference to the proper order of their births, which is unknown to
the writer. Joseph Hale Abbot, graduated at Bowdoin in 1822.
Ezra Abbot, graduated at Bowdoin in 1830.
Abiel Abbot, graduated at Bowdoin in 1831.
Rebecca Abbot m. Rev. Isaac Knight of Franklin, N. H.
Dorcas Abbot, m. Eben Bishop of Lisbon, Ct.
Emily Abbot d. June 10, 1835.
Harriet Abbot, who m. Herman Abbot.
Abby Ann Abbot, who m. Rev. L. B. Rockwood of Rocky
HiU, Ct
Sarah Jane Abbot
Harris Abbot
Nelson Abbot
John Abbot

[6th Gen.J
6160-1. iv. Elizabeth Hale b. Jan. 1, 1762-3, m. Dec. 30, 1773, Dr.
Samuel Rose (son of Dr. Samuel Rose of Coventry, Ct ), a surgeon in the
Revolutionary army. He d. in 1800, and she m. for second husband,
John Taylor of Coventry. She d. Oct. 31, 1813.
[7th Gen.J Children :
By first marriage :
6200- 1. i. Capt. Joseph Rose b. Sept 17, 1774.
6202- 4. U. Hon. Nathan Hale Rose b. Nov. 18, 1776.
6206- 6. iii. Fanny Rose b. Jan. 4, 1779, m. Sanford Hunt, d. Feb. 6,
1845. By second marriage :
6207- 8. iv. Elizabeth Taylor m. Nathaniel Hubbard of Vernon, Ct,
and afterwards of Manchester, Ct.
6209, V. David Taylor lived and died in New York, leaving two
children :
6210. 1. David Taylor, who d. young. ^
6211- 2. 2. Maria Taylor, who m. a Mr. WUliams, of Nunda, N. Y.

6184.

1.

6186.

2.

6186.

3.

6187- 8.

4.

6189-90.

5.

6191.

6.

6192- 3.

7.

619^ 6.

8.

6196.

9.

6197.

10.

6198.

11.

6199.

12.

334 Descendants of Joseph Strongof Coventry, Ct, Son of
6200-1. i. Capt. Joseph Rose b. Sept 17, 1774, m. MUly Sweat-
land : a blacksmith in North Coventry, Ct He d. about 1835, leaving
two children :
6213- 4. 1. Eliza Rose, who m. Jasper Gilbert of Coventry, Ct.
6215- 6. 2. Fanny Rose, who m. Francis Loomis of Wethersfield, IU.

6202^. H. Hon. Nathan Hale Rose b. Nov. 18, 1776, a farmer at
Coventry. He m. Eunice Talcott (dau. of Dea. Tolcott of N. Coventry) :
she d. leaving a daughter who d. young and he m. for 2d wife widow
Lydia F. Perkins of Lisbon, Ct., by whom he had three sons and one
daughter. Richard Hale Rose, the only survivor of them, lives in Coven
try. He has been a member of both branches of the Conn. Legislature.
6205-6. iu. Fanny Rose b. -Ian. 4, 1779, m. Dec 25, 1799, Sanford
Hunt b. AprU 17, 1777 (son of Gad Hunt b. Jan. 16, 1749, and d. Aug.
26, 1806, a private in Capt. Sanford's Co. in the Revolution, after whom
he named his son, and Elizabeth Woodward b. in Coventry, Aug. 25,
1747, dau. of Nathaniel Woodward, whom he m. April 16, 1769). He
Hved at Windham, Greene Co., N. Y. (1798-1818), and at Portage, Liv
ingston Co., N. Y. (1818-49). He kept a country store most of his life,
and had a grist mill also for many years. She d. Feb. 6, 1846, at Portage.
[8th Gen.J Children :
6217. i. Samuel Rose Hunt b. Sept 22, 1800, resides at Hunt's
Hollow, N. Y., unmarried : a farmer.
6218- 9. H. Hon. John Hale Hunt b. March 17, 1804.
6220- 1. in. Elizabeth Hunt b. April 16, 1806, m. Greenleaf Clark.
6222- 3. iv. Mary Hunt b. Oct. 6, "1809, m. Charles Williams of Port-
/ age. She d. Oct 28, 1835.
/ 6224- 5. V. Gov. Washington Hunt b. Aug. 5, 1811, d. Feb. 2, 1867,
of a cancer.
6226- 7. vi. Hon. Horace Hunt b. Oct 7, 1813.
6228. vU. Medad Hunt b. Aug. 13, 1815, d. in 1817.
6229-30. viii. Fanny Rose Hunt b. Sept 5, 1817, m. Sanford M Hunt
of Boston.
6231- 2. ix. Sanford Hunt b. May 22, 1820, d. Jan. 4, 1849.
6233- 4. X. Major Edward Bissell Hunt b. June 15, 1822, d. Oct. 2,
1863.

6218-9. u. Hon. John Hale Hunt b. March 17, 1804, m. June 9,
1836, Ann Doran b. May 11, 1808 (dau. of Wm. Doran from DubUn,
Ireland, and Julia Ann Lightburn of Lancashire, Bug.) : a printer in
New York (1820-37), and Custom-house officer (1835-57). He resides
still in New York. He was a member of the N. Y. State Convention
for revising the State Constitution in 1846.

Thomas Strong, Son of Elder John, of Northampton. 335
[9th Gen.J Children :
6235- 6. i. Frances Fanny Hunt b. Aug. 8, 1837, m. Sept. 6, 1865,
Adrien Herzog b. at Lausanne, Switzerland : a house
furnisher and decorator in New York, child :
6237. 1. Adrien Herzog b. June 11, 1866.
6238. H. Eliza Hunt b. Sept 28, 1839.
6239. iu. John Sanford Hunt b. March 9, 1846 : a clerk in New
Yoik.
6240. iv. Nathan Hale Hunt b. Dec 12, 1849, d. Aug. 23, 1851.
[8th Gen.J
6220-1. iii. Elizabeth Hunt (dau. of Sanford Hunt and Fanny
Rose) b. AprU 16, 1806, m. Feb. 26, 1826, Greenleaf Clark b. Nov. 30,
1794) son of Greenleaf Clark of Tamworth, N. H. and Betsey Stevens) : a
tanner in Hunt's Hollow, Livingston Co., N. Y. She d. Sept. 27, 1851,
[9th Gen.J Children :
6241. i. Elizabeth Hunt Clark b, Jan. 16, 1827, d. June 27,
1832.
Frances Hunt Clark b. March 26, 1830, d. .Ian. 12, 1843.
John Henry Clark b. July 26, 1832.
Mart EHzabeth Clark b. Feb. 10, 1836, d. Nov. 5, 1836.
Sanford Hunt Clark b. June 22, 1839, d. Oct 5, 1839.
Mart Elizabeth Clark (2d) b. Sept. 20, 1840.
Harriet Rose Clark b. Aug. 3, 1842, d. Nov. 7, 1843.
viu, Sanford Hunt Clark (2d) b. March 10, 1849, d June,
1849.
6251. ix. Eliza Rose Clark b. June 10, 1851, d. Sept 27, 1851.
6243-4. ui. John Henrt Clark b, July 26, 1832, m. Dec. 14, 1864,
Mary Chilson b. Sept 16, 1832 (dau. of Israel Chilson of Burtonville,
N. Y., and Delaney McGraw) : a tanner at Hunt's Hollow.
[10th Gen.] Children :
6252. i. Carleton Jay Clark b. Oct 2, 1865.
6253. ii. Henrt Greenleaf Clark b. Jan. 13, 1867.
[9th Gen.J
6247-8. vi. Mart Elizabeth Clark b. Sept. 20, 1840, m. Dec. 21,
1864, Oscar Sharp b May 29, 1836 (son of Garret Sharp and Phosa Bar-
ras) : a farmer in Portage, Livingston Co., N. Y.
[10th Gen.J Children:
6264 i. Mart Eliza Sharp b. Sept 18, 1865.
6255. u. Edward Sht.rp b. June 3, 1867.
[8th Gen.J
6222-3. iv. Mart Hunt (dau. of Sanford Hunt and Fanny Rose) b.
Oct 6, 1809, m. April 29, 1832, Charles WUliams b. Jan. 31, 1803, at

6242.

ii.

6243-

4. iii.

6245.

iv.

6246.

v.

6247-

8. vi.

6249.

vii.

6250.

viii

336 Descendants of Joseph Strong of Coventry, Ct., Sonof
Canandaigua, N. Y. (son of Wm. Augustus WiUiams and Elizabeth Cha
pin) : a farmer at Portage, N. Y., for 44 years. She d. Oct 28, 1835.
He m. Aug. 30, 1827, for a 2d wife Maria EHza Taylor, dau. of David
Taylor by whom he has had six children.
[9th Gen.J Children :
6256. i. ' Washington Hunt WUliams b. Feb. 15, 1833, d. Nov. 21,
1854
6257. ii. Elizabeth WUliams b. June 30, 1834, d. Sept 19, 1846.
[8th Gen.J
6224- 5. V. Gov. Washington Hunt (son of Sanford Hunt and
Fanny Rose) b. in Windham, N. Y., Aug. 5, 1811, m. Nov. 20, 1834,
Mary Hosmer Walbridge (dau, of Henry Walbridge of Lockport) : ad
mitted to the bar in 1834. In 1836 (set. 26), made first judge of the
Court of Common Pleas in Niagara Co., N. Y ; an active democratic politi
cian; in 1836 an unsuccessful candidate for Congress. In 1840 he with
drew from his party and joined the Whigs, and was elected by them in
1842 to Congress and again in 1844 and 1846 and in the last of these
three terms (1846-8), was Chairman of the Committee of Commerce,
second to no position in the house. In 1849 he was elected Comptroller
of the state of New York, succeeding Millard Fillmore in that office
who had j ust been elected Vice-President of the United States. In 1860
he was elected Governor of N. Y. over Horatio Seymour, by whom in the
next election (1852) he was defeated. He then retired gladly to private
life and spent the remainder of his days (15 years) at Lockport, N. Y.,
whose prosperity as a town he sought in every way to promote, taking his
place actively as stockholder, director and leader in various local banking,
manufacturing and other corporations. His time at home he devoted to
books and friends, and the adornment of his ample grounds. In 1860 he
presided at the Bell and Everett Convention at Baltimore, and in 1862
accepted a nomination for Congress from the democratic party again, but
was defeated. He was a zealous member of the Episcopal Church. He
d. of a cancer, Eeb. 2, 1867 ; one child :
6258. 1. Robert Henry Hunt b. Oct. 9,1848; in Europe (1870),
with his widowed mother.
[8th Gen.J
6226-7- vi- Hon. Horace Hunt (son of Sanford Hunt and Fanny
Rose) b. Oct 7, 1813, m. Sept. 20, 1838, Betsey Keziah Parmelee, b.
Dec. 29, 1818 (dau. of Amos Allen Parmelee and Margaret Parsons); a
merchant formerly in Portage, N. Y.; has been a member of the N. Y.
Legislature (1841 and '2); is now superintendent of canal repairs on the
Genesee VaUey canal and resides at Hunt's Hollow, Livingston Co., N. Y.

Thom-xs Strong, Son of Elder JoJm, of NortJiampton. 337
[9th Gen.J Children:
6269-60. i. Jason Douglas Hunt b. Feb. 26, 1842, m. July 11, 1865 ,
Sarah Dorcas Crane, b. Dec. 30, 1843 (dau. of Orrin
Booth Crane and Lucy Ann Sherman) ; a station agent
on a railroad at Plainwell, Mich.
6261. ii. Edward Lansing Hunt b. Feb. 17, 1844, a dealer in rags,
paper and old metals in Jackson, Mich.
6262. iU. Fannt Rose Hunt b. March 9, 1846.
6263. iv. Horace Hale Hunt b. Jan. 23, 1848, telegraph operator
in Dunlap, Iowa.
6264. V. Sanford Hunt b. Feb. 24, 1850, d. Nov. 5, 1851.
6266. vi. Sanford Hunt (2d) b. Deo. 28, 1851, telegraph operator
at Hunt's Hollow, Livingston Co., N. Y.
6266. vii. Everett Hunt b. March 26, 1854, telegraph operator at
Warsaw, N. Y.
6267. viii. Henrt Lincoln Hunt b. Aug. 27, 1856.
6268. ix. Charles Parmelee Hunt b. Oct. 12, 1858.
6269. X. Harriet Elizabeth Hunt b. April 12, 1881 .
[8th Gen.J
6229-30. viii. Fannt Rose Hunt (dau. of Sanford Hunt and Fanny
Rose) b. Sept. 6, 1817, m. as his 2d wife May 22, 1848, Sanford Myrtillo
Hunt, then of Boston, b. Nov. 23, 1807 (son of Gad Hunt, Jr. b. April 14,
1773, and Mary Bissell b. Jan. 11, 1774) : a merchant in Chicago. His
first wife was Sarah A. J. Fuller, whom he m. Aug. 1, 1832.
[9th Gen.J Children :
Albert Bissell Hunt b. May 31, 1849.
Sarah FuUer Hunt b. Sept. 24, 1850.
Henrt Lansing Huntb. Sept 24, 1852, d. Sept 17, 1864.
Edward Hale Hunt b. Aug. 18, 1854, d. in 1856. [Gad
Hunt, Jr., of Coventry, Ct. (son of Gad Hunt and Eliza
beth Woodward) b. April 14, 1773, m. March 30, 1802,
Polly Bissell; their children were : 1, Polly Bissell b.
March 28, 1803. 2, Clarissa Harlowe b. Jan. 3, 1805.
3. Sanford M. above. 4. Lucius Abbott b. June 3, 1813.]
[8th Gen.J
6231-2. ix. Sanford Hunt (son of Sanford Hunt and Fanny Rose)
b. May 22, 1820, m. Dec. 1846, MarUla Currier : a merchant at Mt
Morris, N. Y. He d. Jan. 4, 1849, at Roxbury, Mass. His widow m.
(Jharles Pitts. One child :
6274. 1. Mary Rose Hunt b. at Mt Morris, N. Y., June 28, 1848,
resides in Roxbury, Mass.
[8th Gen.J
6233-4. X. Major Edward Bissell Hunt (son of Sanford Hunt and
Fanny Rose) b, June 15, 1822, m. Oct 1852, Helen Maria Fiske (dau.
43

6270.

6271.

ii.

6272.

iii.

6273.

iv.

338 Descendants of Joseph Strong of Coventry, Ct, Son of
of Prof Nathan W. Fiske of Amherst Coll.), grad. at. West Point in
1846, and attached to the U. S. Engineers up to his death, but served
also as teacher of mathematics at West Point His only commanding officer
was the Col. of his corps. He was in charge during the late war, of Fort
Adams, Newport, and afterwards of forts at Key West. He was major
of U. S. Engineers. He died of injuries caused by an explosion while
making experiments. His widow is now (1869) in Rome, Italy.
[9th Gen.J Children :
6276. i. Murray Huntb. Sept 30, 1863, d. Aug. 22, 1864.
6276. H. Warren Horsford Hunt b. Dec. 2, 1865,d. AprU 13, 1866.
[6th Gen.J
6152-3. V. Rev. Enoch Hale (son of Dea. Richard Hale and EHza
beth Strong) b Oct. 28, 1753, grad. at Yale in 1773, studied theology;
settled at Westhampton, Mass., Sept 28, 1779, where he d. Jan. 4, 1837,
after an useful ministry of more than 57 years. " There was" says Otis
Clapp, Esq., ofBoston, his grandson, "a magnetism about Parson Hale (as
he was called) and his wife not easily described. His house was a kind
of tavern for all the ministry near, and the hospitality dispensed had a
sort of charm that made every body happy, and yet there was no seeming
effort about it." His salary was a few hundred dollars, and firewood, and
he worked like the other clergymen of that day, wi th a stout heart, upon
his farm. He m. Sept 3(», 1781, Octavia Throop of Bozrah, Ct (dau. of
Rev. Benjamin Throop and Sibyl Dyer): shed. Aug. 18, 1839. "She did,"
says Mr. Clapp, " her own work, taught her daughters to do theirs, and
the third generation do in the main the same."
[7th Gen.J Children:
6277- 8. i. Sarah (" Sally") Hale b. Aug. 2, 1782, m. Elisha B.
Clapp.
6279-80. u. Nathan Hale, LL.D,, b. Aug. 16, 1784.
6281- 2. in. Melissa Hale b. Feb. 26, 1786, m. Henry McCall.
6283- 4. iv. Octavia Hale b. May 13, 1788, ra. Col. William Hooker.
6285- 7. V. Enoch Hale, M.D., b. Jan. 19, 1790, m. Sept 6, 1818,
Almira Hooker (dau. of Dr. Wra. Hooker of Westhamp
ton and Anna Thompson dau. of Hugh Thompson of
East Windsor, Ct). She d. in 1816, and he m. for 2d
wife Sarah Hooker (dau. of Judge John Hooker of
Springfield and Sarah Dwight dau. of Col. Josiah Dwight
of Springfield, Mass.). She d. April 21, 1825, and he
m. May, 1829, for 3d wife Jane Murdock (dau. of a Mr.
Murdock of Albany). He was grad. at the Harvard Medical
School in 1813. He was an eminent physician at Boston,
Mass.. where ho d. Nov. 12, 1848. A memoir of him
was written by Dr. Walter Channing. He had by his
2d wife a dau :
6288. 1. Almira Hale that d. early.

Thomas Strong, Sonof Elder John, of Northampton. 339
6289-90. vi. Capt. Richard Hale b. July 2, 1792, d. in 1842.
6291- 2. vii. Betsey Hale b. June 2, 1794, m. Levi Burt.
6293- 4. vUi. Sibylla Hale b. Sept. 3, 1797, ra. Richardson HaU.
" 6277-8. i. Sally Hale b. Aug. 2, 1782, m. Nov. 27, 1800, Elisha
Bascom Clapp* b. Feb. 17, 1777 (sou of Timothy Clapp of Southampton,
Ma.ss., son of Samuel Clapp, Jr., and MindweU Strong, dau. of WaitstiU
Strong and MindweU Bartlett), a blacksmith at Westhampton, Mass. He
d. Jan. 3, 1860 ; she d. Feb. 7, 1838.
[8th Gen.J Children :
6295. i. Philetus Clapp b Jan. 10, 1802, d. Oct 22, 1804.
, Scalded to death.
.X 6296- 7. ii. Clarissa Clapp b. July 12, 1803, m. Almon B. Ludden,
d Nov. 16, 1861.
- 6298-300. Ui. Otis Clapp b. March 3, 1806.
- 6301- 2. iv. Hon. Elisha Clapp h, Feb. 15, 1808.
6303- 4. V. Melissa Clapp b. Dec. 30, 1810; m. Martin Smith of
Natick, Mass,
-6305- 6. vi. Washington Clapp b. Nov. 21, 1812.
6307- 8. vii. Sarah Clapp b. March 6, 1815, m. Hobart McCall of
Lebanon, Ct
6309-10. viii. Octavia Throop Clapp b. Jan. 10, 1818, m. Joseph
Boyden of Worcester, Mass.
6296-7. ii. CLARissACLAPPb. July 12, 1803, m. May 12, 1825, Almon
Burns Ludden b. Dec. 8, 1801 (son of Elisha Ludden and Hannah
Strong) a farmer in W^esthampton, Mass., selectman (1836-8, 1840-1,
* Capt. EocJbr Clapp b. in Lulleom, Devonshire, Eng., April 6, 1609, came to this
country May 30, 1630. He settled in Dorchester, Mass., and m. Nov. 6, 1633,
Joanna Ford (dau. of Thomas Ford afterwards of Windsor and Northampton, and
sister to Abigail Ford wife of Elder John Strong, and Hepzibah Ford who m.
Richard Lyman). He d. Feb. 3, 1691, They had 14 children. Elder Preserved
Clapp, one of them, settled at Northampton early. He was b. Nov. 33, 1643, at
Dorchester, and m. at Northampton June 4, 1668, Sarah Newberry b, June 14,
1650, at Windsor, Ct- (daii- of Capt- Bsajamin Newberry and Mary AUyn). Their
children were :
i. Sarah Clapp b. Feb. 34, 1668-9, d. Aug. 7, 1703.
¦ ii. Wait Clapp (a dan.) b. Nov. 18, 1670.
iii. Mary Clapp b. Dec. 1673, d. Aug. 38, 1703.
iv. Preserved Clapp b. April 39, 1674.
v. Samuel Clapp b. in 1677, m. early in 1697-8, Sarah Bartlett b. April
13, 1678-9 (dau. of Samuel and Sarah Bartletc of Northampton).
vi. Hannah Clapp b. May 5, 1681, m. Jan. 1, 1698-9, Abraham Miller.
vii. ROOEB Clapp b. March 34, 1684, m. Nov. 38, 1806, Elizabeth Bartlett
b. Oct. 37, 1686, sister of Sarah Bartlett above.
viii. Thomas Clapp b. June 16, 1688, m. April 18, 1711, Mary King of
Hartford.
Samuel Clapp, Jr. (son of Samnel Clapp No. v., abovt), and Sarah Bartlett), b.
Nov. 13. 1711, m. Nov. 33, 1733, MindweU Strong b. Oct, 3, 1711 (dau. of Waitstill
Strong of Northampton, and ,\lindwell Bartlett), who removed to Southampton,
Mass.rabout 1764. Scu farther anler account of Waitstill Strong.

340 Descendants of Joseph Strong of Coventry, Ct, Sen of
and 1848-50) ; justice of the peace (1849-63) ; and member of the legisla
ture of Mass. (1842). He was for many years a butcher in Westhampton
(1817-59). She d. Nov. 16, 1861, and he m. for 2d wife Mrs. AdeHa
B. Stone. (See subsequent page). From this gentleman many valuable
dates were obtained.
[9th Gen.J Children :
6311- 2. i. Cecilia Ludden b. Aug. 21, 1826, m. James William
Strong of Easthampton, Mass.
6313- 4. ii. Enoch Hale Ludden b. Sept 27, 1828.
6315- 6. iH. Almon Strong Ludden b. AprU 20, 1831.
6317- 8. iv. Hannah Strong Ludden b. Nov. 15, 1833, m. Abner P.
Bridgman.
6319. V. Mary Ann Ludden b. Sept 26, 1836, d. Nov. 16, 1856. *
6320. vi. Clarissa Bascom Ludden b. Aug. 17, 1837, resides un
married (1870), at Westhampton.
6321- 2. VU. Sarah Hale Ludden b. Oct. 13, 1839, m. James W. De
laney.
6311-2. i. Cecilia Ludden b. Aug. 21, 1826, m. MaylO, 1848, James
Wm. Strong, b. June 29, 1820 (son of Paul Strong of Northampton,
and Sarah Chapman). For record of their eight children, see account of
bis family in its place under descendants of Aaron Strong.
6313-4. H. Enoch Hale Ludden b. Sept 27, 1828, m. Dec 1, 1858,
Elizabeth Parsons Clark b. Aug. 29, 1829 (dau. of Simeon Parsons Clark
of Easthampton, and Dorcas Clapp) : a butcher at Easthampton, Mass.
[10th Gen.J Children :
6323. i. William Hale Ludden b. April 2, 1856, d. Sept 12, 1866.
6324. ii. Frank Hale Ludden b. Sept. 12, 1861, d. July 13, 1862.
6326. Hi. Martha Ann Ludden b. Nov. 26, 1863.
[9th Gen.J
6315-6. iu. Almon Strong Luddsn b. AprU 20, 1831, m. Nov. 15,
1865, Laura Clark b. Feb. 26, 1836 (dau. of Simeon Parsons Clark and
Dorcas Clapp, and sister to Elizabeth P. [Clark] Ludden) : a butcher at
Easthampton and engaged in the ice trade.
[10th Gen.J Children:
6326. i. Charles Kingsley Ludden b. June 26, 1858, d. AprU 8,
1864.
6327. H Almon Barnes Ludden b. Aug. 29, 1860, d. March 21, 1864.
6328. in. Almon Clark Ludden b. July 7, 1869.
[9th Gen.J
6317-8. iv. Hannah Strong Ludden b. Nov. 15, 1833, m. Nov. 15.
1855, Abner Pomeroy Bridgman b. Feb. 29, 1832 (son of Spencer

Thomas Strong, Son of Elder John, of Northampton. 341
Bridgman of Westhampton and Dotha Burt): a farmer at Westhampton,
Mass. [10th Gen.J Children:
6829. i. Dwight Stuart Bridgman b. Feb. 8, 1868.
6330. ii. Emily Dotha Bridgman b. May 20, 1859.
6331. iU. LuELLA Bridgman b. Dec. 4, 1861.
6332. iv. Delia Ludden Bridgman b. AprU 13, 1865.
6333. V. Myra Burt Bridgman b. Jan. 16, 1869.
[9th Gen.J
6321-2. vii. Sarah Hale Ludden b. Oct 13, 1839, m. Dec. 29,
1869, James WiUiam Delaney b. Sept 26, 1838 (son of Wm. Delaney of
LoudviUe, Mass., and Mercy Ann Clapp) : a machinist at Unionville (in
Farmington), Conn.
[10th Gen.J Children :
6334. i. Clara Ludden Delaney b. April 16, 1863.
6336. u. Mary Ann Delaney b. Oct. 19, 1867.
[8th Gen.J
6298-300. iU. Otis Clapp (son of Elisha B. and Sally H. Clapp) b.
March 3, 1806, m. Aug, 29, 1833, Ann Withington Emory Porter b.
Nov. 14, 1812 (dau. of Sylvanus Porter, of Boston b. Nov. 13, 1778, and
d. May 11, 1821 and Nancy McClinch b. June 13, 1776, and d. Jan. 12,
1827). She d. Oct 27, 1843, and he m. Oct 2, 1844, for 2d wife Mary
Hadley b. March 13, 1810 (dau. of Dea. Moses Hadley, of Boston, b.
March 19, 1780, and still living, and Rebecca DeCarteretb. Aug. 30, 1788,
d. Oct 30, 1812) : a book merchant, and publisher in Boston, Mass., since
1823, and since 1862, U. S. Assessor of the Fourth Dist. of Mass. [Dea.
Moses Hadley was for more than 60 years Superintendent and tollman of
the Charles river or Cambridge bridge, and is a fine specimen of the old
school of gentlemen (aged 90, 1870), simple, unpretending, and always
on duty.] [9th Gen.J Children : By fin-st wife :
6336. i. Otis Clapp, Jr., b. Sept."^l, 1834, d. Sept 6, 1834.
6337. ii. Henry Otis Clapp b. Sept 17, 1835, d. Aug. 1, 1866.
/ 6338. Ui. Capt. Joseph Clapp b. Aug. 27, 1839.
By second mfe :
6339. iv. Mary Webb Clapp b. Aug. 18, 1845.
.. 6340. V. James Wilkinson Clapp b. Sept. 22, 1847.
6341. vi. Rebecca Hadley Clapp b. July 17, 1851.
6337. ii. Henry Otis Clapp b. Sept. 17, 1835 : a farmer in Bulk-
ley, 111. He m. Rose Nelson (dau. of Rev. David Nelson, M.D., of Quincy

342 Descendants of Joseph Strongof Coventry, Ct, Smof
111., and ...... Deaderick. He was the author of" Nelson on Infidelity" pub.
by Am. Tract Soc). He was quite a student of physiology, agriculture
and theology. He d. of consumption, Aug. 1, 1866, at Quincy, III., whi
ther he had removed not long previously to superintend the raising of
small fruits upon the Nelson estate at that place. He had no children.
His widow resides there still. [For account of life and services of Rev.
David Nelson, M.D., see Sprague's Annals, vol. iv, p. 677.]
[9th Gen.]
6338. iii. Capt. Joseph Clapp b. Aug. 27, 1839 : a farmer in
Geneseo, III. He enlisted in the U. S. A. of Vols., in the late war in the
8th Regt. 111. Cavalry, under Genl. Farnsworth, and became successively
Sergeant, Lieutenant and Captain. This regiment saw more fighting than
most others in the service, being stationed during the last two years of
the war in Virginia to watch and counterwork Moseby's cavalry. By
many venturesome, hand-to-hand encounters he took more prisoners than
any other one in the regiment, and yet passed through the war without
a scratch himself: such was his life out of camp. In camp he abounded
in song, and did much to promote the enjoyment and inspiration of his
fellow soldiers. He m. Feb. 4, 1864, Elmina Jane (" Minnie") Jackson
b. Dec, 2, 1837 (dau. of a Mr. Jackson of Syracuse, N. Y).
[10th Gen.J Children :
6342. i. Florence Porter Clapp b, Dec. 12, 1865, d. Oct 12, 1867.
6343. ii. Joseph Emory Clapp b. May 2, 1869.
[9th Gen.J
6339. iv. Mary Webb Clapp b. Aug. 18, 1845, m. Oct 2, 1866,
Charles Mason Fuller b. Feb 17, 1844 (son of Dea. Issachar Fuller of
Hingham, Mass., and Matilda Nichols), a ganger in a large sugar house
in Boston. They have one child :
6344 1. Charies Otis Fuller b. Nov. 11, 1867.
6340. V. James Wilkinson Clapp b. Sept 22, 1847; head clerk
in the office of his father, U. S -Assessor at Boston. He m. Oct 22,
1868, Eliza Bradshaw Tuckerman, b. July 23, 1843 (dau. of John Tuck-
erman of Boston, and Catharine Tuttle).
[8th Gen.J
6301-2. iv. Hon. Elisha Clapp (son of Elisha B. Clapp of West
hampton, and Sally Hale) b. Feb. 15, 180S, m. Jan. 1, 1862, widow
Margaret Hill nie Barnes, b. March 6, 1807 (dau of J.unes Barnes and
Mary McCrackeu) ; a cabinet maker at Lockport, N. Y. (where he has

Thomas Strong, Son of Elder John, of Northampton. 343
resided since 1799); has been deputy sheriff and sheriff of Niagara Co.,
and a member of the N. Y. Assembly. Mrs. Margaret (Barnes) Clapp
had several children. He has had no children.

6303-4. Melissa Clapp b. Dec. 30, 1810, m. Sept. 13, 1831, Martin
Smith, Jr., b. July 29, 1798 (son of Martin Smith of Shrewsbury, Mass.,
and Mary Harrington), a gunsmith at Natick, Mass.
[9th Gen.J Children:
6345. i. Emmeline Smith b. June 1, 1832.
6346. ii. Charles Prentice Smith b. March 11, 1834, d. Aug. 9,
1854.
6347. iU. Mary Harrington Smith b. Dec. 13, 1835, d. Aug. 26,
1855.
6348. iv. Sarah Hale Smith b. Dec. 22, 1837, d. Aug. 24, 1839.
6349. V. Henry Martin Smith b. Oct 21, 1840.
6350. vi. Richard Hale Smith b. March 23, 1845.
6351. vii. Ellen Melissa Smith b. July 24, 1849.
[8th Gen.J
6305-6. vi. Washington Clapp b. Nov. 21, 1812, m. Mary Delano
Robbins (dau. of Seth Robbins of Plymouth, Mass., and Betsey H.  ),
a printer, and owner and editor of a newspaper. The Natick Times, in
Natick, Mass. : a man of intelligence and integrity, who lent his strength
to the promotion of temperance and morality. He d. Aug. 5, 1869. His
widow resides in Natick.
[9th Gen.J Children :
6352- 3. i. Thomas E. Clapp b. May 10, 1836.
' 6364- 5. u. Mary 0. Clapp b. Sept 22, 1837, m. Wm. W. Hemmen
way.
6356. iii. Rebecca J. Clapp b. July 27, 1839, d. Dec. 6, 1840.
6357. iv. Nathan Hale Clapp b. April 22, 1841, d. Jan. 30, 1842,
in La.
6358- 9. V. Nathan Hale Clapp (2d) b. Jan. 12, 1843, d. July, 1863.
6360. vi Lyman Beecher Clapp b. Feb. 22, 1846, d. Sept 6, 1846.
6361. VU. George Lyman Clapp b. March 30, 1848, a printer in
HoUiston, Mass.
6362. viii. Edward Hale Clapp b. Jan. 21, 1850, a shoemaker in
Natick, Mass.
6363. ix. Eliza Alice Clapp b. Jan. 11, 1863.
6362-3. i. Thomas H. Clapp b. May 10, 1836, m. Jennie B. BHzard
of St John, N. B. : a watchmaker in Lawrence, Mass., and previously
to 1864 in St John, N. B.
[lOth Gen.J
63C4. i. Alice P. Clapp b. in St John, Dec 19, 1859.
6365. ii. Washington Murray Clapp b. in St John, Api-il 1, 1861.

344 Descendants of Joseph Strong of Coventry, Ct, Son of
6366. iH. Miller Clapp b. Aug. 1862, in St John.
6367. iv. William H. Clapp b. in Lawrence, Mass., Oct 1, 1864.
[9th Gen.J
6354-6. u. Mary 0. Clapp (dau. of Washington Clapp and Mary
Delano Robbins) b. Sept. 22, 1837, m. Capt, William H. Hemmenway, a
resident in Wrentham, Mass. He enlisted in May, 1861, in the 18th Mass.
Regt. U. S. Vols., and served his country for three years in the late great
conflict, and became successively 2d and 1st Lieut, and Capt He was
wounded at Fredericksburg Dec. 13, 1862.
[7th Gen.J
6368. i. Rodney F. Hemmenway b. July 5, 1858.
6369. ii. Jennie G. Hemmenway b. Nov. 4, 1860, d. Nov. 16, 1861.
6370. in. Mary Grace Hemmenway b. Sept 13, 1865.
6371. iv. George Lincoln Hemmenway b. Feb 8, 1868.
[9th Gen.J
6358-9. V. Nathan Hale Clapp b. Jan. 12, 1843, enlisted Nov.
1861, in the 81st Regt (Mass.) of U. S. Vols, served in the Gulf De
partment under Gen. Butler, d. of chronic diarrhoea in La., July, 1863.
[8th Gen.J
6307-8. vii. Sarah Clapp (dau. of Elisha B. and Sally Clapp) b.
March 6, 1815, m, Jan. 28, 1853, her cousin Hobart McCall b. March 19,
1826 (son of Henry MoOall and Melissa Hale, of Lebanon, Ct. : a farmer in
Lebanon, Ct. One chUd :
6372. 1. Laura Clapp McCall b. March 11, 1856.
[8th Gen.J
6309-10- viii. Octavia Throop Clapp b. Jan. 10, 1818, m. March
1, 1841, Joseph Brown Boyden b. Aug. 6, 1807 (son of Elisha Boyden
of Westhampton, and Dorcas Brown): a mechanic in Worcester, Mass.
He died of consumption April 30, 1868 : she resides now (1870), in West
hampton .
[9th Gen.J Children :
6373. i. Charles Otis Boyden b. Oct 11, 1842.
6374. H. George Goodwin Boyden b. Aug. 4, 1844, d. Sept 5, 1846.
6375. in. Arthur Franklin Boyden b. Nov. 26, 1850.
[7th Gen.J
6279-80. ii, Hon. Nathan Hale, LL.D., (son of Rev. Enoch Hale
and Octavia Throop) b. Aug. 16, 1784, m. Sept. 5, 1816, Sarah Preston

TJwmas Strong, Son of Elder John, of Northampton. 345
Everett b- Sept. 5, 1796 (dau. of Rev. Oliver Everett of Boston, and
Lucy HiU, dau. of Alexander S. Hill of Philadelphia, and sister of Hon.
Edward Everett) grad. at WiUiams College in 1804, practised law at
Boston (1810-14), editor and proprietor of the Boston Daily Advertiser,
(the first daily published in Boston), for nearly 50 years (1814-1863), and
one of the most active and capable writers that our country has produced
in favor of internal improvements and the various leading interests of
his day. He was also Prest of the Bo-<ton and Worcester rail road and Wa
ter Commissioner of the city. He was a member at different times of the
Mass. legislature in both houses ; and of the last two conventions (1820
and 1853) for revising the constitution of the state. He always had his
hands full of work. He was also one of the club that founded the North
American Review, and the Christian Examiner. He d. Feb. 9, 1863
Mrs. Sarah E. Hale was a lady of superior intellectual abilities and at
tainments, and familiar with several languages, but of strong domestic
tastes, finding her world of activity and enjoyment in her family. The
studies of her eleven children she herself superintended both systematically
and earnestly at home, and delightedly to her own heart and to theirs.
She had remarkable facility in putting all at ease in her company whether
poor relatives, or learned statesmen like Webster, who was a frequent
visitor at her house.
[8th Gen.J Children :
6376. i. Sarah Everett Hale b. July 8, 1817, d. May 16, 1851,
unmarried.
6377. ii. Prof. Nathan Hale b. Nov. 12, 1818, grad. at Harvard,
in 1838 ; editor of the Boston Daily Advertiser (1840-
60); Prof at Union Coll., N. Y., of Rhetoric and Eng
lish Composition (1869), and coeditor with his brother
Rev. Edward E. Hale of the "Old aud New" at Boston
(1870), where he d. Jan. 9, 1871.
6378. iU. Lucretia Peabody Hale b. Sept 2, 1820.
6379-80. iv Rev. Edward Everett Hale b. April 3, 1822.
6381. V. A son b. and d. April 3, 1824.
6382. vi. Alexander Hale b. June 21, 1825, d. Jan. 7, 1826.
6383. vU. Susan Hale b. AprU 17, 1827, d. Nov. 13, 1833.
6381. viH- Alexander Hale b. .July 1, 1829, grad. at Harvard Col
lege, in 1848 ; a civil engineer ; lost in Pensacola Har
bor, Aug, 22. 1850, in an attempt to rescue a ship
wrecked crew.
6385. ix. Hon. Charles Hale b. June 7, 1831, grad. at Harvard,
in 1860 : member of the Mass. legislature and speaker
of the house (1869-60); coeditor and editor of the Bos
ton Daily Advertiser (1853-64), and agent and consul
general (appointed by President Lincoln) of the United
States in Egypt (1864-March, 1870),
6386. X. Susan Hale b. Dec. 5, 1833, resides unmarried in Boston.
6387. xi. Jane Hale b. March 6, 1837, d. Jan. 27, 1838.
44

6388.

i.

6389.

ii.

6391.

iii.

6392.

iv.

6393.

V.

6394.

vi.

6395.

vii.

346 Descendants of Joseph Strong of Coventry, Ct , Son of
[8th Gen.J
6379-80. iv. Rev. Edward Everett Hale (son of Nathan Hale and
Sarah P. Everett) b. at Boston, April 3, 1822, grad. at Harvard Coll. in
1839. He m. Oct. 13, 1852, Emily Baldwin Perkins b. Nov. 23, 1829
(dau. of Hon. Thomas Clapp Perkins of Hartford, Ct, and Mary Foote
Beecher, dau. of Rev. Dr. Lyman Beecher). He was settled at Worcester,
Mass., over " the Church of the Unity " (Unitarian) 1846-56, and has
been since Oct, 1856, Pastor of " the South Congregational Church of
Boston" (Unitarian). He is also the editor of a new periodical "The
Old and the New," established in 1869, in Boston by him.
[9th Gen.J. Children :
Arthur Hale b. Aug. 22, 1859.
Charles Alexander Hale b. March 1,1861, d. March 17,
1868.
Edward Everett Hale b. Feb. 18, 1863.
Philip Lesley Hale b. May 21, 1866.
Herbert Dudley Hale b. July 22, 1866.
Henry Kidder Hale b. June 6, 1868.
VU. Walter Hale b. Sept. 5, 1869.
[7th Gen.J
6281-2. ui. Melissa Hale b. Feb. 26, 1786, m. Sept. 27, 1809,
Henry McCaU of Lebanon, Ct., b. Oct 10, 1786 (son of Hobart McCall
of Lebanon, and Lucy Strong dau. of Daniel Strong of Lebanon and Es
ther ChappeU), a farmer at Lebanon. He d. May 20, 1858, aged 71.
His widow resides (1869) at Lebanon.
[8th Gen.J Children :
6396. i. Charles McCall b. June 17, 1811 ; a teacher at Coventry,
Ct, d. unmarried, July 24, 1856.
6397- 8. u. Enoch Hale McCall b. AprU 1, 1813, d. AprU 1, 1818.
6399-00. iii. George McCall b. March 28, 1815; d. June 26, 1844.
6401. iv. Jacob McCaU b. Feb. 3, 1817, d. May 1, 1822.
6402- 8. V. Henry Strong McCall b. Feb. 14, 1819.
6404- 5. vi. Jacob McCall (2d) b. May 18, 1823.
6406- 7. vU. Hobart McCall b. May 19, 1826.
6408- 9. viu. David Hale McCall b. Nov. 26, 1828.
6410. ix. Melissa Hale McCaU b. Oct 27, 1831.
6397-8. u Enoch Hale McCall b. April 1, 1813, at Lebanon, m.
Nov. 17, 1835, Clarissa Backus b. Aug. 11, 1811 (dau. of Jabez Backus
and Hannah Lathrop) : a farmer at Lebanon. One child :
6411. 1. .Tabez Backus McCaUb at Lebanon, Dec 8, 1836 ; enlisted
as a private in the U. S. A., of Vols., Co. A, 22d Conn.
Regt, Aug. 18, 1862, being mustered into service Sept.
20, 1862, was discharged on account of rheumatism con
tracted iu camp. He went out when at home to catch

Thomas Strong, Son of Elder John, of Northampton. 347
his horse in the pasture, one sabbath, to ride to church;
and his horse reared and fell upon him, unable on ac
count of rheumatism to dodge the danger. He was
found lying where he fell with his faithful dog watching
over him, and lingered but a few days and died, a martyr
for his country as truly as if pierced by a bullet on the
field of battle.
[8th Gen.J
6399-6400. iU. George McCall b. March 28, 1815, m. Jan. 13,
1841, Harriet West b. Aug. 29, 1820 (dau. of Charles Ebenezer West of
Lebanon, and Lucy Clark), a farmer at Lebanon. She d. at Columbus,
Chenango Cc, N. Y., Sept 16, 1850. One child :
6412. 1. George Henry McCall b. at Lebanon, Ct., Dec. 6, 1844, m.
Oct. 26, 1868, Sally Blackman b. Nov. 25, 1847 (dau.
of George Francis Blackman and Lucinda Leonard), a
farmer at Columbus, N, Y. They have one child :
6413. (1). Charies Oriando McCaU b. July 21, 1869.
[8th Gen.J
6402-3. V. Henry Strong McCall (son of Henry McCaU of Leba
non and Melissa Hale) b. Feb. 14, 1819, grad. at Yale CoU. in 1842, m.
May 10, 1849, Rhoda Woodworth Peaslee b. July 28, 1819 (dau. of
Ebenezer Peaslee of Sullivan, Madison Co., N. Y., and Mary Woodworth),
a lawyer at Albany where he has resided since 1842, and where he was
admitted to the bar in 1847. He has published " Notes to the N. Y.,
Code," " Clerk's Assistant," " Forms of Practice in Actions at Law," "Con
stable's Guide," &c. From him the author obtained the facts here stated
concerning the descendants of Hobart McCall and Lucy Strong.
[9th Gen.J Children :
6414, i. Mary Hale McCall b. at Albany, Oct 27, 1851.
6415. ii. Harriet Woodworth McOall b. July 20, 1856, d. March
31, 1857.
6416. iii. Henry Strong McCall b. Aug. 14, 1850.
[8th Gen.J
6404-5; vi. Jacob McCall b. May 18, 1823, m. Jan. 11, 1854, Jane
Ellsworth of E. Windsor, Ct,, b. May 16, 1831 (dau. of Job Ellsworth
and Laura Osborn), a farmer at Lebanon.
[9th Gen.J Children :
6417. i. Sarah Elizabeth McCall b- Dec 16, 1864.
6418. U. William Henry McCall b. May 27, 1858.
6419, Hi. George McCall b. Dec 4, 1869.
6420. iv. Adelaide Ellsworth McCaU b, Jan. 20, 1862.

348 Descendants of Joseph Strong of Coventry, Ct, Son of
[8th Gen.J
6406-7. Hobart McCall (son of Henry McCall and Melissa Hale)
b. March 19, 1826, m. Jan. 28, 1863, Sarah Clapp b. at Westhampton,
March 6, 1815 (dau. of EHsha Clapp and Sally Hale) a farmer at Lebanon,
Ct. One child :
6421. 1. Laura Clapp McCall b. March 11, 1856.
[8th Gen.J
6408-9. viH. David Hale McCall (son of Henry McCaU and
Melissa Hale) b. at Lebanon Nov. 26, 1828, m. Jan. 29, 1856, CaroHne
Foote b. AprU 9, 1832 (dau. of Ralph C. and Amelia Foot of Col
chester, Ct.)
[9th Gen.J Children :
6422. i. Charles Clark McCall b. Nov. 7, 1856.
6423. ii. Edward Hale McCall b. March 10, 1868.
[7th Gen.J
6283-4. iv. Octavia Hale (dau. of Rev. Enoch Hale and Octavia
Throop) b. May 13, 1788, m. Dec 19, 1811, Col. William Hooker : a
merchant at Westfield, Mass., for 40 years or more.
[8th Gen.J Children:
6424. i. Lucy Hooker b. Sept. 28, 1812, d. April 17, 1839.
6426. ii. William Throop Hooker b. March 21, 1815 : cashier of
Continental Bank. N. Y.
6426. Hi. Henry Hooker b. June 27, 1820 : cashier of Westfield
Bank, Mass. [Letters for further information were un
answered.]
6427. iv. Edward Hooker b. Aug. 7, 1822 : a broker in New York.
[7th Gen.J
6289-90. vi. Capt. Richard Hale (son of Rev. Enoch and Octavia
Hale) b. July 2, 1792, m. Dec. 28, 1815, Lydia Rust (dau. of Joel Rust
of Westhampton and Keziah Cogswell) : afarmer at Westhampton, Mass.
She d. Jan. 10, 1837 ; he d. in 1842.
[8th Gen.J Children:
6428- 9. i. Philetus C. Hale b. Oct 5, 1816.
6430- 1. H. Augustus B. Hale b, Aug. 18, 1818.
6432- 3. Ui. Mary Hale b. Sept 4, 1820, m. May 31, 1845, Rev. Mel
zar Montague b. in Westhampton, May 5, 1818, gradu
ated at WiUiams College in 1841, and at East Windsor
Theological Seminary ; settled at Fort Atkinson, Wis.
for ten years : a teacher since 1855, at Allan's Grove
Academy, Wis.
6434. iv. Laura Hale b. April 3, 1825, d, at Westfield, Mass.,
April, 1855, aged 30.

Thomas Strong, Son of Elder John, of Northampton. 349
6428-9. i. Philetus C. Hale b. Oct 5, 1816, m. Dec. 19, 1839,
Nancy H. Bannister (dau. of Jotham and Electa Bannister of Newbury
port, Mass.) : an agent of the Merchant's Transportation Co. at MUwau
kie, Wis.
[9th Gen.J Children :
6435. i. Edward Augustus Hale b. Sept. 26, 1840.
6436. u. William Richard Hale b. Aug. 28, 1842, d. Feb. 6, 1843.
6437. iii. William Henry Hale b. July 8, 1845, d. Jan. 12, 1846.
6438. iv. Mary Bannister Hale b. July 22, 1846, d. June 26, 1851.
6439. V. John PhUetus Hale b. Aug. 23, 1850.
6440. vi. Louise Randall Hale b. July 9, 1853.
[8th Gen.J
6430-1. u. Augustus E. HALEb. Aug. 18, 1818, m. in 1841, Adeline
G. Smith (dau- of Abram and Mary Smith of Seabrook, N. H.) : a R. R.
conductor, at MUwaukie, Wis.
[9th Gen.J Children :
6441. i. Laura Anna Hale b. Aug. 12, 1842, d. March 13, 1843.
6442. ii. Frank Augustus Hale b. Jan. 28, 1844.
6443. iu. Eugene Turner Hale b. May 22, 1846.
6444. iv. George Wellington Hale b. Sept 1849.
6445. V. Isabella Eloise Hale b. May 28, 1863.
[7th Gen.J
6291-2. VU. Betsey Hale (dau. of Rev. Enoch and Octavia Hale),
b. June 2, 1794, m. July 2, 1818, Levi Burt of Westhampton, Mass., a
farmer. [8th Gen.J Children :
6446. i. Levi Lyman Burt b. AprU 10, 1819.
6447. ii. A child b. June, and d. June 11, 1821.
6448- 9. iu. Martha Burt b. May 14, 1822, m. Wooster Edwards.
6450. iv. Joel Burt b. Aug. 3, 1824.
6451. V. Francis Burt b- Feb. 17, 1827.
6452- 3. vi. Susan Burt b. Sept 1829,.,m. in 1852, a Mr. Clapp.
6454. vii. George Burt b. Oct 11, 1831.
6465. viH. Enoch Hale Burt b. March 27, 1834.
[7th Gen.J
6293-4. viU. Sibylla Hale (dau. of Rev. Enoch and Octavia Hale)
b. Sept. 3, 1797, m. in 1819, Richardson Hall, a merchant in Greenfield,
Mass. She resides now (1870) in Boston.
[8th Gen.J Children :
6456- 7. i. Sarah HaU b. Dec. 14, 1819, m. Oct. 10, 1844, Henry
Hooker.

6460.

iii.

6461-

2. iv.

6463.

V.

6464.

vi.

6465.

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350 Desceiidants of Joseph Strong of Coventry, Ct,Son of
6458- 9. ii. John R. Hall b. Aug. 26, 1821, at the head of " The
Eastern Express" office business (at some place not
stated ).
Charles Hall b. June 14, 1823, d. Nov. 14, 1849.
Almira Hall b. March 17, 1825, m. June 5, 1850, Edward
Dewey.
William Hooker Hall b. March 17, 1827.
Edward Hall b. Dec. 9, 1829.
Isabella Hall b. Sept 30, 183 3, d. Aug. 11, 1833.
vUi. Isabella Hall (2d) b. May 23, 1834, d. Feb. 16, 1863.
Mary B. Hall b. Sept. 18, 1836.
Henry T. Hall b. Dec 14, 1839.
6154. vi. Capt.Nathan Hale (sonof Dea. Richard HaleandEUzabeth
Strong) b. June 6, 1755. His mother and particularly his grandmother
Strong, continually inspired and cherished the desire for mental and moral
improvement in his young mind. He entered Yale Coll., in 1769, where
he distinguished himself as a scholar, especially in the languages, and as
a man of fine literary taste, and of easy and eloquent speech, and was grad.
in 1773, among the honorable ones of a class whose subsequent history
proved that it had many young men of superior talent in it. During the
two years after he left college he taught school with great zest and ac
ceptance at East Haddam, and New London, Ct. He was five feet 10
inches high, of a fine and commanding figure, having a broad chest, full
face, blue eyes, light complexion and brown hair, and was very muscular
and agile. His features were bright with the vigor and vivacity of health,
and with strong good sense and most kindly feeling. He was in truth a
man of genius, very affectionate in his disposition, neat in his personal
appearance, of refined address, and of earnest habits of intellectual indus
try and progress, impressing all who knew him with the many superior
characteristics of his heart and life. When the news of the battle at Lex
ington (April 19, 1776), reached New London, Hale was among the first
to hurl defiance at the spirit of British aggression in public, saying in a
meeting called at once for deliberation by the authorities of the town :
" Let us march immediately and never lay down our arms until we obtain
our independence." He enrolled at once as a volunteer, and the next
morning closed his school for the time being with affectionate counsel to
his pupils, and prayer, shaking them each by the hand. " A sense of duty"
he said, " urged him to sacrifice every thing for his country." " School
keeping," he said afterwards in a note addressed to the proprietors of the
school, "is a business of which I was always fond; but since my resi
dence in this town every thing has conspired to render it more agreeable.
I have thought much of never quitting it but with life, but at present
there seems to be an opportunity for more extended public service." On
July 6th, 1775, he enlisted as Lieut in the third company of the Seventh
Conn. Regiment, of which in Sept. following he was made Captain. He

¦ Thomas Strong, Son of Elder John, of NortJiampton. 351
loved to say " Duke et decorum est pro patria mori." His post was fre
quently one of much peril, and his labors at times were very arduous. In
his camp diary, still preserved, such entries are frequent as these :
" Mounted picket guard : mounted main guard : slept little or none."
When in November, 1775, the army was threatened with dissolution
in some sections of it by the expiration of enlistments he went around
personally among very many of the men addressing them earnestly, and pro
mised them that if they would remain another month they should have
his wages for that time, and redeemed his pledge in thus persuading them to
stand still by their suffering country in the battle-field, by borrowing the
money of a brother officer on the credit of his own advance pay. In April,
1776, he went with troops under Genl. Heath, to New York. Here he
captured, by a bold attack at night, a British sloop laden with supplies ly
ing under cover of the guns of a British ship of war in the East river.
After the disastrous battle of Long Island in Sept. 1776, Gen. Wash
ington felt and said that some one must penetrate the British camp on
the Island and learn the secret of their intended movements ; or the Ame
rican army, with large numbers of them sick, and the well suffering from
insufficient supplies and all disheartened by their recent defeat, would be
lost. He instructed Col. Knowlton to select some competent person for
the dangerous but needful enterprise. He who was to run such hazards
must not only be brave and patriotic to the last degree, but intelligent also,
and skilful and far-seeing. No private appeal made for such a trying
service met with a favorable response. A council of officers was held, the
claims of the painful exigency of the hour were presented, and the question
was put : " What shall be done ? Who will undertake this fearful enter
prise ?" Hale, who had come late into the assembly, said with a prompt,
cheerful voice : " I will I" He had just recovered from severe sickness
and looked stiU pale and weak. His fellow-officers remonstrated with him.
He replied : " I think I owe to my country the accomplishment of an ob
ject so important and so much desired by the commander of her armies;
and I know no other mode of obtaining the information than by assuming a
disguise and passing into the enemy's camp. I am fully sensible of the
consequences of discovery and capture in such a situation. But for a
year I have been attached to the army and have not rendered any material
service. I wish to be uselul, and every kind of service necessary for the
public good becomes honorable by being necessary. If the exigencies of my
country demand a peculiar service, its claims to the performance of that
service are imperious." Receiving particular instructions fi'om Washing
ton himself and conveyed by his order 'oy the armed sloop Huntington,
across the Sound from Norwalk, Ct., to the Long Island shore, he went in
his disguise as a schoolmaster all through the enemy's camp, saw all their
plans of offense and defense, studied all their movements, prepared accurate

352 Descendants of Joseph Strong of Coventry, Ct, Son of
drawings of their mUitary positions, and was on his return homewards
having done all things wisely and well, when unfortunately, close by the
spot where he had at first disembarked, he was stopped and searched, and
discovered by some armed British sailors. He was soon sent to New
York and brought before Gen. Howe for examination who condemned him
to be hung the next morning as a spy, which was done by a brutal wretch
near the corner of Chambers and Centre streets, New York, Sept. 22, 1776.
His last words were : " I regret that I have but one life to lose for my country."
Thus nobly lived and nobly died. America's youthful martyr, when but
21 years old. A monument of Quincy granite forty-five feet high has
been erected to his memory at Coventry, and when his life was exhaled
from his own mortal frame it passed forever into the hearts of his
countrymen. An interesting sketch of his life and character, with the
genealogy and part of his family, was published in 1856 (Hartford, Ct.,
F. A. Brown) by J. W. Stuart. From this book the foregoing account of
him and his family has been largely compiled.
[Rev. William Robinson (father of Prof Edward Robinson, D.D., the
oriental scholar) who was aclassraate of Nathan Hale at Yale, used to say
that he was discovered by having his college diploma in his pocket.]
[6th Gen.J
6165-6. vii. Richard Hale (son of Dea. Richard Hale and Eliza
beth Strong) b. Feb. 20, 1757, m. March 16, 1786, Mary Wright of
Coventry, Ct He d. Feb. 1793, at St. Eustatia, W. I., whither he had
gone for the benefit of his health. She d. in 1820. She m. for a 2d
husband Nathan Adams of Canterbury, Ct.
[7th Gen.J Children :
6467. i. Mary Hale b. July 6, 1787, d. L^ec 10, 1791.
6468- 9. u. Laura Hale b. Aug, 30, 1789, ra. .Jan. 18, 1815, David
Hale her cousin b. April 25, 1791 (son of Rev.
David Hale of Lisbon, Ct, and Lydia Austin) : a resident
in Boston. She d. July 26, 1824.
6470. iH. Mary Hale (2d) b. Jan 25, 1791, d. Oct 2, 1793.
[6th Gen.J
6157. viu. Billy Hale (son of Dea. Richard and EHzabeth Hale)
b. AprU 20, 1759, m. Jan. 19, 1784, Hannah Barker of Norwich, Ct.
He was a farmer at Coventry, Ct. He d. of consumption Sept 7, 1785,
leaving one son.
6471. 1. Billy Hale b. Jan. 15. 1786, who d. soon.
6158. ix. Rev. David Hale (son of Dea. Richard Hale and Eliza
beth Strong) b. Dec. 14, 1761'; grad. at Yale in 1786; settled at Lisbon,

Thomas Strong, Sonof Elder John, of NortJiampton. 353
Ct., from which charge he was dismissed on account of poor health, in
1804. He removed to Coventry, where he became a deacon of the
church in 1806. He was also a representative of the town, and justice
of the court of common pleas. He d. Feb. 10, 1822. She d. April 28,
1849. They had but one child :
[7th Gen.J
6472-4. i. David Hale b. AprU 25, 1791; m, Jan. 18, 1815, his
cousin Laura Hale b, Aug. 30, 1789 (dau. of Rich
ard Hale and Mary Wright). She d. July 25, 1824.
He m. for 2d wife Aug. 22, 1825, Lucy S. Turner of
Boston. He was a merchant at first in Boston, but
in 1826, he removed to New York where he became the
business partner in " The Journal of Commerce." He
was also very active in the establishment of Congrega
tional churches in the city. His memoirs were prepared
by Rev. Dr. Joseph P. Thompson of New York, and
published in 1850.
[8th Gen.J Children :
6475- 6. i. Mary Hale b. March 11, 1816, m. May 27, 1839, J. N.
Stickney, a resident in RockviUe, Ct.
6477- 8. H. Lydia Hale b. May 27, 1818, ra. April 23, 1838, Dr. T.
T. Devan of N- Y., a missionary at Canton, China. She
d. at Canton, Oct. 18, 1846 : no issue.
6479-80. iH. Richard Hale b. May 24, 1820, m. Oct. 28, 1844, Julia
Newlin; a resident in New York.
[9th Gen.J
6481. i. Louisa Newlin Hale b. July 22, 1845.
6482. ii. Lydia Devan Hale b. Sept. 7, 1846.
6483. iU, David Hale b. March 7, 1849, d. Jan. 28, 1853.
[8th Gen.J
6484-5. iv. David Austin Hale b. Sept 3, 1822, m. Sept 3, 1849, M.
J. Simonds of Athol, Mass. ; a resident in New York.
They have had but one child Y
6486-90. 1. WiUiam Nelson Hale b. June 20, 1850, d. July 15, 1855.
6487- 8. V. Lucy Turner Hale b July 9, 1826, m. May 20, 1846, Ste
phen Conover, Jr., of New York.
6489-90. vi. Laura Hale b. Aug. 22, 1828, m. Dec. 31, 1848, J. W.
Camp of New York.
6491. vii. Charlotte Hale b. April 6, 1832.
6492. viii. Martha Louisa Hale b. Aug. 5, 1834, d. Jan. 8, 1836.
[6th Gen.J
6160. xi. Joanna Hale (dan. of Dea. Richard Hale and Elizabeth
Strong) b. March 19, 1764, m. Jan. 22, 1784, Dr. Nathan Howard of
Coventry, Ct He d. April 21, 1838, aged 77, and she d. the next day,
April 22, 1838. 45

354 Descendants of Joseph Strong of Coventry, Ct., Son of
[7th Gen.J Children :
6493- 4. i. John Howard b. Nov. 10, 1784, m. Lucy Ripley (dau. of
Judge Ripley of Coventry). He d. March 30, 1813.
[8th Gen.J Children:
6495. 1. John Ripley Howard, a resident in Coventry, Ct. : un
married.
6496. 2. Hon. Chauncey Howard, residesin Hartford, Ct,Clerkofthe
Superior and County courts : member of the General
Assembly, and treasurer and secretary of the People's
Savings Bank : a lawyer, unmarried.
[7th Gen.J
6497. ii. Nathan Howard (son of John Howard and Lucy Ripley)
b. March 20, 1795. lived unmarried.
Seven other children of John Howard d. in early life.
[7th Gen.J See page, 810.) 330
5735-6. iii. Rev. Joseph Strong (son of Capt. Joseph Strong of
Coventry, Ct, and Elizabeth Strong, daughter of Preserved Strong ofCov
entry and Tabitha Lee) b. March 19, 1728-9, m. June 7, 1753, Jane
Gelston of Southampton, L. I., b. April 13, 1729 (dau. of Judge Hugh
Gelston of Simthampton, the settler, and Mary Maltby, his wife).
[Judge Hugh Gelston came from Belfast, Ireland, in 1717, with his bro
ther Rev. Samuel Gelston, who was settled in Southampton for 10 years
(1717-27), as colleague pastor of the Presbyterian (Jhurch of that place
with Rev. Joseph Whiting. He was born in 1698 and d. Dec 13, 1776,
set 77. He was made judge of the Court of Common Pleas for Suffolk
Co., L. I., for 21 years, having been appointed in 1762 and reappointed
in 1764 and 1771. He was an Irish Presbyterian. His wife Mary
Maltby was the daughter of John Maltby, Jr. (b. in New Haven, Ct., June
1, 1673), and Susannah Clark his wife. They had but two children,
Mary (Mrs. Gelston), and Sarah b. in 1706, whod. Sept 8, 1723, get 18.
John Maltby, Sr., father of John Maltby, Jr., came with his brother WU
Ham, both of the rank of " gentlemen," from Yorkshire, Bug., to New
Haven about 1670. They engaged in commercial pursuits. Johu
Maltby m. about 1671 Mary Bryan of Milford, Ct, dau. of Richard
Bryan and granddaughter of Hon. Alexander Bryan who came from
Ashton, Clinton, Bucks, Eng. She was b. at MUford, Ct., in 1654 and
was but 17 at her marriage.- Their children were twins, John and Mary
Maltby, b. at New Haven, June 1, 1673. John Maltby, Sr., was lost at
sea, in 1676 (it is believed), and his widow Mary (^ Bryan) Maltby m.
about 1680, Rev. Joseph Taylor of Southampton, L. I., who d. April 4,
1682, aet. 31. She m. for a third husband, Jan. 30, 1690, John HowhU,
Jr., of Southampton, who d. March 8, 1692, aet 44, and she was thus left
for the third time a widow when but 38 years old. John Maltby, Jr., her

Thomas Strong, Son of Elder John, of NortJiampton. 355
son by the first marriage, went to Southampton with her at the time of
her second marriage. He d. June 27, 1706, set. 33. Mary Maltby, twin
with him, ra. Dec. 5, 1689, Major Joseph Fordham (son of Rev. Robert
Fordham of Southampton, L. I.). They had six chUdren : 1. Mary, b.
March 11, 1691. 2. Joseph b. Sept 19, 1693. 3. Phebe b. July 22,
1696. 4. Alexander b. Oct 3, 1700. 5. John b. Oct 27, 1703. 6.
Hannah b. July 19, 1705. [For most of these facts concerning the Maltby
family, I ara indebted to Mrs. Cushman, wife of Rev. J. P. Cushman of
Granby, Ct, herself a descendant of William Maltby, brother of John Maltby,
Sr., both of New Haven, Ct.J Mrs. Mary (Maltby) Gelston d. July 23,
1737, and Judge Gelston m. for a 2d wife Mary Pelletreau h. in 1707,
who d. Sept 1, 1776, set. 68. By her he had three children and by bis
first wife (Mary Maltby), ten children. These were : 1. Mary Gelston b.
Jan. 19, 1718, d. unmarried Oct '9, 1740, set, 22. 2. Susannah b. March
28, 1721, m. Col. Josiah Smith of Moriches, L. L 3. Dea. Maltby Gels
ton of Bridgeharapton, L. I., b. March 20, 1723, d. Sept. 22, 1783. 4.
Sarah b. March 10, 1725, m. Dec 29, 1748, Elias Pelletreau of
Southampton, b. May 31, 1726 (son of Francis Pelletreau and Jane
Osburn). 6. Samuel Gelston, M.D., of Nantucket, Mass. b. March 24,
1727. 6. Jane Gelston b. AprU 13, 1729, m June 7, 1763, Rev. Joseph
Strong, of Williamsburgh, Mass, She d. Sept. 21, 1811. 7. Hugh
Gelston b. July 19, 1730, d. May 19, 1734. 8. John Gelston b. July
17, 1732, d. Feb. 26, 1734. 9. Thomas Gelston b. May 15, 1734, d.
AprU 1, 1752. 10. Hugh Gelston (2d) b. Sept 13, 1735, m. Nov. 1763,
Phebe Howell (dau. of David Howell), who d. Sept 18, 1772, and he m.
for 2d wife Mary Foster b. in 1730 (dau. of Hachaliah Foster), who d.
in April, 1803. He was a farmer at Southampton, L. I. He d. at Sher
man, Ct, Dec 1, 1815, »t 80. He had but one child, Rev. Maltby
Gelston b. July 17, 1776 : .settled for 45 years in the ministry at Sher
man, Ct, where he d. Dec 16, 1856, set 90. He m. July 17, 1798,
Jane MUls Bordwell b. April 24, 1773 (dau. of Rev. Joel Bordwell of
Kent, Ct, and Jane Mills). She d. AprU 26, 1850. They had seven
children, two of them clergymen. Rev. Maltby Gelston b. April 30, 1805,
residing in Ann Arbor, Mich., and Rev. Mills Bordwell Gelston b. Aug.
27, 1817, settled in Naples, N. Y.]
Rev. Joseph Strong was grad. at Yale in 1749. He was the first min
ister of Granby, Ct. for 27 years (1752-79), and a chaplain for a season
(probably 1780) to the Continental troops on Long Island in the Revolu
tion: He was installed pastor of the Congregational church at Williams
burgh, Mass., Dec. 26, 1781, where he continued until 1803. He
sometimes fitted students for college. During his pastorship at Granby
140 converts were admitted to the church. Thathe was a man of decided
convictions is manifest from a story still told of him at Granby. A Bap-

356 Descendants of Joseph Strong of Coventry, Ct, Son of
tist minister came that way and desired to preach to his people. The
church committee agreed to let him preach in the church, but Mr. Strong
" was not agoing to have any such doctrines preached in his pulpit," and
he forbade him the use of the house. The Baptist preacher however ac
complished his object by haranguing those who came to hear him from
the door-steps of the church. He d. in Goshen, Mass., Jan. 1, 1803:
shed. Sept 21, 1811, aged 82. His epitaph at Williamsburgh reads
thus (written probably by his son Rev. Joseph Strong of Heath) : "To
the memory of Rev. Joseph Strong who d. Jan. 1,1803, in the 76th year
of his age and the 62d of his ministry. Naturally possessed of great self-
command, a correct judgment and a penetrating mind, he was eminently
quaUfied for ruling a church and silencing opposers. By a faithful ex
amination of the scriptures he acquired a thorough knowledge of their
truths and in his discourses taught them with perspicuity. His ministry
was crowned with remarkable success." His estate amounted at its
settlement to £1,006 5s. in cash, aside from lands and houses, some 200
acres with two houses on them, one of which fell with half the land to his
son WiUiam and the other to Gelston. The papers which he has left
show that he was a very thorough, prompt and careful business man, as
was also evinced by his thrift.
[6th Gen.J Children :
Jane Strong b. Oct 5, 1754, m. Rev. Reuben Holcombe,
d. AprU 11, 1822.
Rev. Joseph Strong of Heath b. AprU 7, 1756, d. Dec.
19, 1823.
Gelston Strong b. Nov. 15, 1768.
Elizabeth Strong b. April 27, 1760, m. Lothrop May-
hew.
Mary Strong b. May 24, 1762, m. Perez Clapp.
William Strongb. Jan. 11, 1766, d. April 8, 1849, aged 88.
. Hannah Strong b. March 19, 1768, m. Seth Dwight
viii. Susannah Strong b. March 18, 1770, m. Thomas Mayhew.
Sarah Pelletreau Strong b. Sept 11, 1772, d. Sept 24,
1772.
6498-9. i. Jane Strong b. Oct. 5, 1764, m. in 1779, Rev. Reuben
Holcombe* b. Feb. 11, 1762 (son of Reuben Holcombe of Simsbury, Ct.,
now W. Granby, and Susannah Hayes, dau. of Seth Hayes), grad. at Yale
in 1774, studied theology, it is supposed, with Rev. Joseph Strong, his
future father in-law ; was ordained and installed at Sterling, Mass., June
2, 1779, where he continued in his pastorate for 35 years (1779-1814).
He was a large man, full six feet high and weighed 200 lbs. and over, had
* The salary of Rev. Reuben Holcombe was originally £80, annually and 30 cords
of wood, and afterwards the fixed simi of $383, which he received in cash in two
semi-annual payments. He was also paid, at the time his dismission was asked and
granted, the salary of an additional year.

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TJwmas Strong, Son of Elder John, of Northampton. 357
dark eyes and large regular features and a swarthy, rosy complexion.
" He liked good horses, cattle, sheep, bees, fruit and cultivated people."
He received from " the Mass. Soc. for Promoting Agriculture " a massive
silver cup for " an essay on reclaiming wild lands." He had a high
reputation as an agriculturist. He went to Sterling poor, and had while
there a slender salary, but by his thrift in various ways acquired a handsome
property. He was distinguished for his hospitality, as was his wife also,
as well as for her kindness to the poor and her skill as an economist.
She d. of a cancer April 11, 1822, aged 66. He m. June 4, 1823, for a
2d, wife widow Abigail Bush nie Adams of Brookfield, Mass., and widow
of John Bush of Worcester, Mass. She d. Aug. 21, 1830 (having been
born Jan. 3, 1759) aged 70. He had but one child by Jane Strong :
Susan Holcombe who d. July 10, 1781, in the first year ot her age (called
" Sukey.") He adopted as his children, a nephew of his own and a niece
of his wife.
[7th Gen.J Adopted children :
6514. i. Augustine Holcombe b. Jan. 31, 1797 (son of Nahum
Holcombe b. May 12, 1763, and Rebecca Moore b.
April 21, 1762, dau. of Shadrach Moore of Southwick,
Mass.). He m. June 1, 1826, Lucy Bush b. March 30,
1794 (dau, of Col. Jotham Bush of Boylston, Mass., and
Mary Taylor of Northboro, Mass., dau. of John and Je
mima Taylor). He was a farmer and fruit-grower, like
his father, and lived and d, in Sterling, Mass. He d. of
consumption May 11, 1837. She m. Oct, 1844, for 2d
husband. Rev. Bancroft Fowler of Greenfield, N. H.,.
who d. in Stockbridge, Mass., in 1866, aged 81. She
d. there Oct 3, 1864. They had five children, the
eldest of whom, Wm. Frederic Holcombe, M.D., was b.
in Sterling, April 2, 1827. He was grad. at the Albany
Med. Coll., in 1850, and spent four years afterwards in
European medical schools ; elected in 1862 Prof of Aural
and Ophthalmic Surgery in the N. Y. Medical College.
He devotes himself to diseases of the eye and ear in New
York. He m. in Sherman, Ct, Nov. 16, 1852, Margaret
Wanzer, 11th dau. of Moses Wanzer and Sarah .Aiken ; no
children. His brothers and sisters all d. young. It is
to his kindness that the author is especially indebted for
the account here given of the Holcombe family.
6515. ii. Delia Jane (Dwight) Holcombe b. March 8, 1794 (dau.
of Seth Dwight of Williamsburgh, Mass, and Hannah
Strong), m. Jan. 1, 1817, Rev. John White of Dedham.
See subsequent page for full account of her family.
6500-1. u. Rev. Joseph Strong of Heath (son of Rev. Joseph
Strong of WUUamsburgh, Mass., and Jane Gelston), b. April 7, 1756, at
Granby, Ct., graduated at Yale in 1784, m. May 20, 1786, Sophia Wood-

358 Descendants of Joseph Strong of Coventry, Ct., Son of
bridge b. Oct. 16, 1761 (dau. of Rev. John Woodbridge of South Had
ley and widow Martha (Clark) Strong, (widow of Daniel Strong of North
ampton and dau. of Samuel Clark, Jr., of Northampton, whose wife was
widow Mary Davis, relict of John Davis).

[The pedigree of Rev. John Woodbridge of South Hadley was as
follows :
I. Rev. John Woodbridge of Stanton, England, who m. the eldest
dau. of Rev. Robert Parker (called by Mather, '¦ one of the greatest
scholars in the English nation, and in some sort the father of all non
conformists our day ").
II. Rev. John, his son, b. at Stanton, England, in 1613. While in
the University at Oxford, the oath of conformity was required of hiin,
which he declined to take, and was therefore compelled to leave the Uni
versity. In 1634 he came to this country with his uncles. Rev. Thomas
Parker and Rev. Mr. Noyes (who m. Mr, Parker's sister), who were
settled as the fir,st ministers at Newbury, Mass. In 1641, he m. Mercy
Dudley, b. Sept. 27, 1621, in England (dau. of Gov. Thomas Dudley of
Mass., and Dorothy his wife).
Gov. Dudley came to New England, June 12, 1630, with W'inthrop.
He was then 54 years old, vigorous and earnest, a man of thorough up
rightness, of stern principles and blunt manners, a pilgrim of the genuine
mould. He was made governor in 1634, and 1640, 1645, and 1650, and was
constantly in the magistracy as governor, deputy governor, or " assistant,"
from his arrival in the country until his death, July 31, 1653, aged 77.
In 1644, he was appointed to the office of Major-general, then first cre
ated. He resided at Roxbury, Mass. Henry VII conferred the title
and estate of the Warwick family, then become extinct, upon Edmund
Dudley a celebrated lawyer and speaker of the House of Commons, b. in
1442, and executed by his enemies in 1510. His son, John Dudley,
became Duke of Northumberland and was the father of Ambrose, styled
" the good earl of Warwick; " of Lord Guilford, the husband of " Lady
Jane Grey; " of Robert, " Earl of Leicester," the favorite ol'Queeu Elizabeth
and lord of Kenilworth Castle. Northumberland was beheaded Aug. 15,
1553, as were also Lord Guilford and Lady Jane Grey.
Roger Dudley, father of Gov. Thomas Dudley, was of the same family
of Dudleys and of the same generation with Northumberland. Gov.
Thoraas Dudley had a daughter Ann, a poetess, who m. Gov. Simon
Bradstreet of Mass., and a daughter Patience who m. Major Gen. Daniel
Dennison of Mass., and by his second marriage to widow Catharine Hack-
burne, a son. Gov. Joseph Dudley, governor of Mass., and first Chief
Justice of New York.

TJwmas Strong, Son of Elder John, of Northampton. 359
Rev. John Woodbridge of Newbury went back to England after a resi-
of eight years to settle up his father's estate. On returning again to this
country he was settled (Sept 16, 1644) at Andover, Mass., but in 1647,
he was induced to go back again to England, where he remained, preach
ing in different places for fifteen years. But being ejected in 1662, he
came to this country once more and finally in 1663, with his wife and
twelve children. He settled at Newbury, Mass., as colleague with his
cousin. Rev. Mr. Parker, for several years. He was several times chosen
first magistrate for the colony, and was tor a number of years justice of the
peace for the county of Essex. He d. of stiangury March 17, 1695, aged
82. His wife Mercy Dudley d. July 1, 1691, aged 69. See Sprague's
Annals, vol. I. p. 126,
III. Rev. John Woodbridge of KiUingworth, Ct., b, in 1644,
or 5 (son of Rev. John Woodbridge of Newbury, and Mercy Dudley) :
grad. at Harvard in 1664, m. Oct. 26, 1671, Abigail Leete b. in 1647
(dau. of Gov. William Leete of Conn., aud Anne his wife) : settled at Kil
lingworth, Ct., April 7, 1669, and in 1679, at Wethersfield, Ct , where he d.
in 1690 : she d. Feb. 9, 1711.
" Gov. William Leete, was," as says Trumbull in his History of Connect
icut, " a man of figure, a rigid puritan, and a stern republican." He
founded, with Rev. Henry Whitfield, " a great divine and a wealthy
man," the town of Guilford, Ct, and " was one of the seven pillars of
his church." " He was Assistant of the New Haven Colony for many
years (1643-57); Dep. Gov. (1658); and Gov. (1661-5); and after its
union with Connecticut he was made Assistant to 1669; Dep. Gov. to 1676,
and on the death of Gov. Winthrop (April 6, 1676), was chosen Gov.
(May 11, 1676) and thenceforward annually until his death at Hartiord,
AprU 16, 1683
" Rev. John Woodbridge of Killingworth and Abigail Leete, had
four children : 1. Rev. John Woodbridge of W.Springfield. 2. Rev.
Thomas Dudley Woodbridge of Simsbury. 3. Rev. Ephraim Woodbridge
of Groton, Ct. 4. Mercy Woodbridge who \i\. Nov. 19, 1696, Rev. Ben
jamin Ruggles of Suffield, Ct., b Aug. 11, 1676, (son of John Ruggles,
Jr., of Roxbury, Mass.).
IV. Rev. John Woodbridge of W. Springfield, Mass. (son of Rev.
John Woodbridge of Killingworth, Ct., and Abigail Leete) b. June
10, 1678, m. Nov. 14, 1699, Jemima Eliot b. Nov. 14, 1079 (dau.
of Rev. Joseph Kliut of GuUford, Ct., and Mary Brenton, dau. of Gov.
William Brenton of R. I., and his wife Martha Burton who was the
daughter of Thomas Burton of Boston).
Rev. Joseph Eliot was a son of Rev. John Eliot of Roxbury, Mass.,
" the Indian apostle," b. Dec 2, 1638, settled at Guilford, Ct., for 30
years (1664-94). He was grad. at Harvard in 1658. He d. May 24,

360 Descendants of Joseph Strongof Coventry, Ct.,Son of
1694, aet. 55. Rev. John Eliot, his father, the missionary apostle was
b. in England in 1604, and m. Oct. 1682, in Boston, and Mountfort He
d. May 20, 1690, st. 86, and she d. March 24, 1687, set 84 He was
settled at Roxbury, Mass , for nearly 60 years (1632-90).
Gov. WUliam Brenton was b. at Hammersmith, Eng., came to Boston
in 1683, went ere long to R. I , where " he was in high office " in 1638.
He was made Gov. of R. I., in 1666, 7 and 8. He lived in Taunton.
Mass. (1670-2), and d. at Newport, R. I., in 1674.
Rev. John Woodbridge of W. Springfield, was killed by a tree falling
upon him, while riding under it June 10, 1718, aet 40. They had eight
children : 1. Abigail who m. John Mixer. 2. Rev. John of S. Hadley,
3. Jahleel who d. an infant. 4. Jemima who m. a Nicholson of N. J.
6. Judge Joseph of Stockbridge, Mass. 6. Timothy, teacher in the Indian
Mission at Stockbridge, Mass., and Judge of probate and of common
pleas. 7. Benjamin who d. in infancy. 8. Rev. Benjamin of Wood-
bridge, Ct. (so called, after him).
V. Rev. John Woodbridge of S. Hadley, Mass., b. Dec. 25,
1702, grad. at Yale in 1726, settled at Pequonnock, a parish in Windsor,
Ct. (1726—36), resided at Suffield, Ct., for some years and on April 21,
1742, was settled at S. Hadley, Mass., where he remained in the ministry
for 41 years until his death Sept. 10, 1783, aet. 80, by typhus fever.
He m. Nov. 24, 1729, his cousin Tryphena Ruggles b. June 22, 1707 (dau.
of Rev. Benjamin Ruggles of Suffield, Ct, and Mercy Woodbridge dau.
of Rev. John Woodbridge of Killingworth, and Abigail Leete). She d.
Jan. 10, 1749, aet 41. He m. in 1750, for 2d wife widow Martha Strong
b. April 10, 1726, widow of Daniel Strong of Northampton, b. Dec 20,
1719, who d. Aug- 1746, set- 26 (son of Nathaniel Strong of Northampton,
and Penelope  ). She was the daughter of Samuel Clark, Jr., of
Northampton, and widow Mary Davis, wife of John Davis, who d. April
10, 1726, aet. 36, on the day of her daughter Martha's birth. Samuel
Clark, Jr., was the son of Samuel Clark of Northampton, bp. Oct. 23,
1653, and of Elizabeth Edwards whom he m. March 1, 1682. Samuel
Clark Senior, b. 1653, who d. Aug. 5, 1729, aet 76, was the son of Lt
WiUiam Clark.
Mrs. Martha (Clark) Woodbridge d. of malignant typhus fever, three
weeks before her husband, Aug. 20, 1783, aged 67. Rev. John Woodbridge
of S. Hadley, had by his first wife Tryphena Ruggles, four children : 1.
Tryphena b- July 31, 1731, m- Samuel Preston, of S. Hadley, d. Aug.
18, 1777, aged 46. He d. Jan. 18, 1799, aged 83. They had five child
ren. 2. Major John Woodbridge b- July 24, 1732. Up to him there
had been an unbroken succession of ministers for nine generations of the
name of John Woodbridge, the eldest son in each generation. He was a
trader at S. Hadley : a captain in the French war, and a major in the

TJwmas Strong, Son of Elder John, of NortJiampton. 361
Revolution. He d. of apoplexy, Dec 27, 1782, aged 60. He m. Mary
Whitney of Watertown, Mass., June 10, 1762, who d. Aug. 1805. They
had five children. 3. Benjamin Ruggles Woodbridge b. Oct. 16, 1733,
d. soon. 4. Col. Benjamin Ruggles Woodbridge, M.D., b. March 5, 1739,
d. unmarried, March 8, 1819, aged 80: a man of talent, energy, refine
ment, property, piety and public spirit, and much in public life and for
many years a member of the Mass. legislature. The children of Rev. John
Woodbridge of S. Hadley by his 2d wife Martha, were : 5. Jahleel Wood-
bridge b. Sept. 13, 1751 : a farmer at S- Hadley on the old homestead
where he d. unmarried, Dec. 31, 1826, aged 74. 6. JEneas Woodbridge
(" old uncle Enos") b. Sept. 29, 1752, d. Jan. 6, 1832, aged 79 : a farmer
at S. Hadley : a shrewd and quaint old bachelor who called himself always
in conversation," Your uncle I." 7. Dr. Sylvester Woodbridge, of South
ampton, Mass. b. May 10, 1764. He had two sons : Rev. Dr. John and
Rev. Dr. Sylvester Woodbridge. 8. CaroUne b. Dec. 14, 1756 m.
Ithamar Goodwin, of S. Hadley, she d. Feb. 27, 1786 : no issue. 9.
Sophia Woodbridge b. Oct 16, 1761, m. May 20, 1786, Rev. Joseph
Strong, of Heath, Mass.]
Rev. Joseph Strongof Heath, Mass., preached as a stated supply at South
hampton, L. I., in 1789-90, and was settled at Heath, Mass., Oct 27, 1790,
and dismissed from there June 10, 1803. He was afterwards settled at
Eastbury, Ct for eleven years (1806-17). He spent also a good deal of
time in missionary labor in Maine. In the latter years of his life he
preached in Preble, N. Y. He was a rain of t:ilent, of gre it tenderness of
of feeling, of uncommon piety, and a very busy inlu-strious man. He d. of
abscess in the liver Dec. 19, 1823, at Clinton, N. Y. and when on a visit
to his son Prof. Theodore Strong of Hamilton College. Mrs. Sophia
(Woodbridge) Strong had very superior abilities, especially of an argu
mentative kind and was in early life remarkably beautiful. She d. at
Clinton at the house of her son-in-law Prof. Charles Avery of Hamilton
College, June 27, 1832, aged 72.
[7th Gen.J Children :
6616- 7. i. Hon. Joseph Strong b. Aug. 28, 1787, m. in 1812, Har
riet Whitney of Boston (dau. of a Mr. Whitney of
Watertown, Mass.) : a farmer at S. Hadley, Mass. and
after 1830, a miller at Rochester, N. Y. where he d. Aug.
1847, aged 60. No issue. He was for several years a
member of the Mass. Legislature. His widow resides
(1870) in Boston.
6518- 9. U. Prof. Theodork Strong, LL.D., b. at S. Hadley, Mass.
Julv 26, 1790, d. at New Brunswick, N. J., Feb. 1,
1869.
6520- 1. iu. Sophia Woodbridge Strong b. Jan. 1, 1793, m. Dr Ben
jamin W. Dwight, d. Dec. 3, 1861.
46

362 Descendants of Joseph Strong of Coventry, Ct, Son of
6522. iv. Woodbridge Strong, M.D., ,of Boston b. Aug. 24, 1794
d. March 29, 1861.
6623- 4. V. Maltby Strong, M.D.. of Rochester,b. Nov. 24, 1796 ; grad.
at Yale in 1819. He m. Sept 9, 1835, Eliza Bartlett
Sprague of Salem, Mass., b. Oct 1, 1810 (dau. of Joseph
E. Sprague, high sheriff for 30 years of Essex Co.,
Mass. and Eliza Bartlett his wife) ; has resided for over,
30 years at Rochester, N. Y. : mayor of the city at one
time. No issue.
6526. vi. Elbridge Strong b. June 13, 1798, d. July 31, 1800.
6526- 7. VU. Delia Strong b. May 18, 1800, m. Prof. Charies Avery
of Hamilton College.
6528. viu. Horatio Elbridge Strong b. May 19, 1802, d. Jan. 24,
1803.
6529-30. ix. Amanda Strong b Jan. 12, 1804, m. Dr. Stephen V. R.
Bogert
6518-9. u. Prof. Theodore Strong, LL.D. (son of Rev. Joseph
Strong of Heath, and Sophia Woodbridge) b. July. 26, 1790, at S. Had
ley, m. Sept 23, 1818, Lucy Dix, b. at Littleton, Mass., April 3, 1798
(dau. of John Dix and Huldah Warren). [John Dix was engaged in
trade at St. Domingo, W. I., having resided there for several years, when
the insurrection of the blacks occurred, and narrowly escaped death by
taking refuge on board of the vessel that he commanded. He married at
the age of 40, his wife when in her 20th year. Her ancestors were
among the first settlers of Littleton ] Prof. Strong was graduated
at Yale in 1812, taking the prize in mathematics and a high stand in all
his studies; became at once tutor in Hamilton College, Clinton, N. Y.
(1812-16), and professor of mathematics and natural philosophy there
for 11 years (1816-27), and at Rutgers college. New Brunswick, N. J.,
for 35 years (1827-62). He was one of the original members of the
National Academy of Arts and Sciences. From the first the whole strength
of his distinguished and cultivated powers of mind was given to mathe
matical studies. The hardest problems which had long baffled the efforts
of others for their solution he liked most to attack and conquer. His
range, in fact, of mathematical investigation and attainment spread through
the highest sphere of such inquiries where Newton aud La Place had
gone before him. He early resolved some difficult questions pertaining
to the geometry of a circle, propounded as a challenge to all mankind in
Rees' Encyclopedia by some distinguished Scotch mathematicians. He
completed the solution of cubic equations in a truly scientific way, which
none of the European mathematicians had ever been able to accomplish.
By a most ingenious mode of factoring he devised also a method of ex
tracting any root of any integral number by a direct process. In 1859 he
published a Treatise on Algebra, in which he presented the wholesciei.ee
in original forms of his own, a thorough piece of solid intellectual mason-

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Thomas Strong, Son of Elder John, of NortJiampton. 363
work- In the summer of 1867 he wrote out largely, if not wholly, at CUn
ton, N. Y., a volume on the differential and integral calculus, full of new
processes and results of his own origination. In this splendid treatise he
exhibits the highest style of analytic power of mind. For fifty years a
teacher of the higher mathematics ; and for nearly sixty an earnest and
successful student of them, he bore with him throughout aU his long life,
the characteristics of a man devoted to the highest and best ends of hu
man pursuit. He was industrious, thoughtful, simple-minded, humble,
cheerful, and happy. He was a man of remarkable gentleness of spirit,
and at the same time of great ardor in his moral convictions. He ab
horred shams of all kinds, and everything like intrigue and mean insinu
ations and intentions. In conversation, disquisition and debate, of all of
which he was quite fond, his eyes and features were always on the move
with life. He was a positive patriot, and took a great interest in the po
litical and social questions of the times, and occupied always the advanced
positions of the hour in all matters of social reform. He was a man of
full height and breadth in his physique, of dark complexion and dark
eyes, and of a very intellectual face. He was always very regular in all
his bodily habits, and enjoyed generally robust health. He possessed a
competency of worldly goods from the beginning of his professional labors;
and while his life was checkered with many trials, il abounded in many
and great blessings to the very end. He was a man of most decided and
unwavei-ing faith in the word of God. The great facts of revealed reli
gion stood out as clear to his eye as those of mathematical truth, and they
were all precious to his heart He did not indeed join the church of
Christen earth, because of his great distrust of his own heart, until a
short time before his death ; but he everywhere openly confessed Christ
among men all his days, and was a man of childlike faith in God and
prayer, and a great lover of the Bible and of good men. He said to the
author, when almost 80 years of age, when speaking of this beautiful world
and of our grandly appointed life in it: "We ought to go through life
shouting." He d. at New Brunswick, N. J., Feb. 1, 1869.
[8 th Gen.J Children :
6531- 2. i. Mary Dix Strong, b. at Clinton, N. Y., July 1, 1819, m.
Hon. John Van Dyke.
6533- 4. ii. Sophia Woodbridge Strong b. at CUnton, April 5, 1821,
m. Richard Hasluck.
6635. in. Sarah Bowers Strong b. at Clinton, Nov. 18, 1823, d.
May 23, 1839, at New Brunswick.
6536- 7. iv. Harriet Strong b. at CUnton, Feb. 18, 1825, m. Hon.
John William Ferdon.
6538- 9. V. (Benjamin Ruggles) Woodbridge Strong b. at Clinton,
Feb. 21, 1827.
6540. vi. Lucy Dix Strong b. at New Brunswick, Jan. 1, 1832, d.
May 3, 1833.

364 Descendants of Joseph Strong of Coventry, Ct, Son of
6641. vii. Theodore Strong, b. AprU 7, 1838, at New Brunswick,
grad. at Rutgers in 1857 : entered the United States ser
vice in Aug. 1862, as First Lieutenant in the 30th Regt.
of New Jersey Vols, and d. at Belle Plain, Va., Feb. 24,
1863, of typhoid fever.
6531-2. i. Mary Dix Strong b. at CUnton, July 1, 1819 (dau. of
Prof. Theodore Strongand Lucy Dix) m. Oct 7, 1841, Hon. John Van
Dyke b April 3, 1807 (son of Abraham Van Dyke of .Lamington, N. J.,
and Mary Honeyman). He has been a pr.actising lawyer in New Bruns
wick, N. J., and Trenton, N. J. He was member of Congress (1847-61)
and for 7 years (1859-66) judge of the Superior Court of New Jersey.
In the summer of 1868, he removed to Wabasha, Minnesota, where he is
engaged in the practice of his profession.
[9th Gen.J Children :
6542. i. Theodore Strong Van Dyke b. at New Brunswick, July
19, 1842 : grad. at Princeton, N. J., in 1863 : a lawyer
in Wabasha, Minn.
6643. ii. John Van Dyke b. Feb. 15,1844, d. July 28, 1845.
6544. Hi. Abraham Van Dykeb. May 25, 1847, d. March 28, 1848.
6545. iv. John Van Dyke (2d) b. March 30, 1849, d. Oct 28, 1850.
6546. V. Frederic William Van Dyke b. at N. B., Jan. 12, 1852.
6547. vi. Robert Van Dyke b. Jan. 29, 1854.
6548. vH. John Charles Van Dyke b. April 21, 1866.
6549. viU. Mary Augusta Van Dyke b. Jan. 17, 1859, d. Jan. 10,
1860.
6550. ix. Woodbridge Strong Van Dyke b. Aug, 26, 1862.
[8th Gen.J
6533-4. ii. Sophia Woodbridge Strong (dau. of Prof. Theodore
Strong and Lucy Dix) b. AprU 5, 1821, m. Oct 12, 1839, Richard Has
luck, Jr., a merchant in New York b. in 1812 (son of Richard Hasluck
of Birmingham, Bug.). She d. in New Brunswick May 13, 1842. Hed.
in England, April 30, 1859. They had but one child :
6551. 1. Richard Hasluck, Jr., b. Nov. 184'\ that Hved but one
week.
6536-7. iv. HARRiETSTRONG(dau.ofProf. Theodore Strong and Lucy
Dix) b. Feb. 18, 1825, m. Sept, 18, 1850, Hon. John WUliam Ferdon of
Piermont, N. Y., b. Dec. 13, 1826 (sonof William Ferdon of Piermont and
EHzabeth Perry of Tappan, N. Y.) : grad. at Rutgers College in 1847,
admitted to the bar of the state of New York, in 1851 : elected a member
(republican) of the N, Y. Assembly in 1854, and in 1855, of the N. Y.
Senate : in 1864, a delegate to the Baltimore Convention that nominated
IMr. Lincoln the second time to the presidency : from 1864, to the present

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TJwmas Strong, Son of Elder John, of Norihamptcm. 365
time (1869), has been either secretary or president of the Rockland Co.
Bible Society : an elder of the Reformed Church (Dutch) of Piermont.
[9th Gen.J Children:
Lucy Dix Ferdon b. AprU 23, 1862.
William Femdon b. Jan. 14, 1854.
Elizabeth Perry Ferdon b. Dec 4, 1868.
Mary Van Dyke Ferdon b. June 29, 1869.
Theodore WUliam Dwight Ferdon b. Jan. 13, 1869.
[8th Gen.]
6538-9. V. (Benjamin Ruggles) Woodbridge Strong (son of
Prof. Theodore Strong and Lucy Dix) b. Feb. 21, 1827, m. Aug. 4, 1852,
Harriet Annie HartweU b. Oct 26, 1827 (dau. of Jonathan Hartwell of
Littleton, Mass., and EHzabeth Briad), grad. at Rutgers CoUege in 1847,
a lawyer at New Brunswick, N. J.
[9th Gen.J Children :
6657. i. Edward Woodbridge Strong b. Dec. 7, 1863.
6568. U. Allan HartweU Strong b. March 5, 1866.
6559. Ui. Joseph Maltby Strong b. Deo. 8, 1867, d. Jan. 22, 1868.
[7th Gen.J
6520-1. iU. Sophia Woodbridge Strong (dau. of Rev. Joseph
Strong of Heath, Mass., and Sophia Woodbridge) b. at Heath, Jan. 1,
1793, m. May 7, 1815, Benjamin Woolsey Dwight, M.D.,b. at Northamp
ton, Mass., Feb. 10, 1780 (the second of eight sons of Dr. Timothy Dwight
president of Yale CoUege, and Mary Woolsey, dau. of Benjamin Woolsey
Jr., of Dosoris, L. I.).
[Pres. Timothy Dwight of New Haven, Ct., was b. at Northampton,
Mass., May 14, 1762, and was the son of Major Timothy Dwight and
Mary Edwards b. April 4, 1734, dau. of Pres. Jonathan Edwards and
Sarah Pierpoint, who was the dau. of Rev. James Pierpoint of New Haven
and Mary Hooker dau. of Rev. Samuel Hooker of Farmington, Ct., and
granddaughter of Rev. Thomas Hooker first minister of Hartford, Ct,
Major Timothy Dwight was b. at Fort Dummer, Vt, May 27, 1726, and
d. at Natchez, Miss., June 10, 1777, aged 51. He m. Mary Edwards
Nov. 8, 1760, who d. at Northampton, Feb. 28, 1807, aged 72. He was
grad. at Yale in 1744, bred a lawyer, and was a merchant at Northampton,
town clerk, register of probate, judge of the court of common pleas for 16
years (1758-1774), and for many years a representative to the General
court of the colony. His father. Col. Timothy Dwight of Northampton,
was b. at Hatfield, Mass , Oct. 19, 1694, and was the son of Justice Na
thaniel Dwight and Mehitable Partridge. He was a lawyer of great respect
ability and of large property, as was also his .son Major Timothy, and they
were both men of earnest piety. He was a man of great energy and de-

366 Descendants of Joseph Strong of Coventry, Ct, Sonof
cision of character He m. Aug. 16, 1716, Experience Kingb. AprU 17,
1693, dau. of Lieut John King, Jr., of Northampton, and Mehitable
Pomeroy. He d. AprU 30, 1771, aged 77. She d. Dec. 16, 1763, aged
70. He was a surveyor, judge of probate, judge of the County Court two
different times (1737-41 and 1748-57), being for some or all the time its
chief justice, and for many years a representative to the General court.
His father was Justice Nathaniel Dwight of Hatfield, Mass., b.in Dedham,
Mass., Nov. 20, 1666 (son of Capt. Timothy Dwight and Anna Flint).
.He m. Dec. 9, 1693, Mehitable Partridge b. Aug. 26, 1675, dau. of Col.
Samuel Partridge of Hatfield, and Mehitable Grow dau. of John Crow, one
of the first and best of the settlers of Hartford, Ct, and Elizabeth Good
win only child of Elder William Goodwin a settler of Hartford, and a
large landholder. William Goodwin and John Crow were the founders of
the town of Hadley, Mass. Col. Samuel Partridge was a lawyer and a
judge of the court of Common Pleas for nearly half a century (1692-
1740), and part of the time its chief justice and also judge of probate and
representative of his town (1686-6). " He was the most iraportant man
in the western part of the province," and a man of ample wealth. Col.
Partridge was b. at Hartford, Ct, Oct. 15, 1646, m. Mehitable Crow,
Sept 24, 1668, d, Deo. 26, 1740, aged 95 His wife Mehitable (Crow)
was b. about 1662, and d. Dec. 8, 1730, aged 78. Justice Nathaniel
Dwight was a merchant at Hatfield, and justice of the peace- He d. at
W. Springfield, probably when on a visit there, Nov. 8, 1711, aged 45.
His wife Mehitable d. Oct. 19, 175S, aged 81, a widow for 45 years.
Capt. Timothy Dwight of Dedham (father of Justice Nathaniel Dwight
of Hatfield) b. in Dedham, England., in 1629 carae to this country with
his father in 1636. He was made freeman in 1666, town clerk for 10
years (1661-71) : selectman for 25 years (1664-89), and justice of the
peace : " a godly man, generous, of an excellent spirit, and a great promoter
of the true interests of the church and town." He m. Jan. 9, 1666,
Anna Flint b. Sept 11, 1643 [dau. of Rev. Henry Flint of Braintree,
Mass., and Margery Hoar, sister of Rev. Leonard Hoar, 3d Presi
dent of Harvard College (1672-5).] Anna Flint was his third wife
of six. She d. Jan. 29, 1685, set 41. He d. Jan. 31, 1717, set
88, full of ago and honor. He had 10 children, only lour of whom.
Justice Nathaniel, Rev. Josiah, Capt Henry and Michael had any
descendants. The father of Capt. Tiraothy Dwight of Dedham, Mass., was
John Dwight of Dedham, Mass., the settler, who came with his wife
Hannah from Dedham, Bug., in 1636 or the latter part of 1634, and was
one of twelve men to found Dedham, Mass.- He was a wealthy farmer
and " eminently useful as a citizen and Christian," " a great peace-maker "
and one of the founders of the church of Christ iu that town. His wife

TJiomas Strong, Son of Elder John, of NortJiampton. 367
Hannah d. Sept. 5, 1656 ; he d. Jan. 24, 1660. He had five children,
three of whom, beside Capt. Timothy Dwight, lived to have families :
Hannah Dwight b. in England in 1626 (who m. March 4, 1643, Nathaniel
Whiting of Dedham and had 13 children, eight of them sons. She d.
Nov. 4, 1714, set 89, he d. Jan. 15, 1682); and Mary Dwight, " the first
English child b. in Dedham," Mass., July 25, 1636 (who m. Henry
Phillips ofBoston and had 12 children, 9 of them sons), and <SaraA Dwight
b. June 17, 1638 (who m. Jan. 7, 1657, Nathaniel Reynolds of Bos
ton). They had 3 children. She d. Jan. 24, 1664, get. 24.
Such is a brief sketch of the lineage of Prest. Timothy Dwight of Yale
Coll He was b. ftlay 14, 1762, m. March, 1777, Mary Woolsey b. AprU
1, 1754 (dxau. of Benjamin Woolsey, Jr., of Dosoris, L. I.). (He d. Jan.
11, 1817, set 64. She d. Oct 5, 1845, at New Haven, set 91, 28 years
a widow. He was grad. at Yale in 1769 : tutor there for 6 years
(1771-77) : chaplain in the army (Sept. 1777-March 1779) : teacher
and preacher at Northampton (1779-82) : representative in the Mass.
Legislature (1782-3): settled at Greenfield Hill, Ct, Nov. 1783,
where he kept school and preached, and thought out his " Theology " for
12 years : became president of Yale Coll. (Sept 1795-Jan. 1717).
The father of Mary Woolsey his wife was BcTijamin Woolsey, Esq., of Do
soris b. Feb. 12, 1720 (son of Rev. Benjamin Woolsey of Dosoris, L. I., and
Abigail Taylor of Oyster Bay) : grad. at Yale in 1744. He was a man
of wealth, and a justice of the peace. He d. Sept. 9, 1771. His first
wife, the mother of Mary (Woolsey) Dwight was Esther Isaacs b. July 19,
1730, at Norwalk, Ct., dau. of Ralph Isaacs a converted Jew, a merchant
there and a member of the Episcopal Church with his wife Mary Rumsey,
dau. of Benjamin Rumsey of Fairfield, Ct Esther (Isaacs) Woolsey d.
March 29, 1756, set. 25. By her he had three children : 1. Sarah b.
in 1760, who m. Moses Rogers, a leading merchant in NewYork. 2.
Benjamin b. in 1752, who d. set. 5. 3. Mary (Mrs. Timothy Dwight) b.
April 11, 1754. Benjamin Woolsey, Jr., m. for 2d wife in 1757, Ann
Muirson b. Feb. 10, 1737 (dau. of Dr. Geo. Muirson of Setauket, L. I.,
and Anna Smith dau. of Col. Henry Smith, who was son of " Tangier
Smith"). By her he had seven children, viz : 4. Benjamin Muirson b.
Feb. 17, 1758, d. Jan. 17, 1813. 5. Esther b. Dec. 1, 1759, d. March
15, 1807. 6. John Taylor b. Sept 20, 1762, d. Dec 9, 1778. 7.
George b. in 1763, d. Dec. 1770. 8. William Walton Woolsey, a dis
tinguished merchant in New York, father of Prest. Theodore Dwight
Woolseyof Yale Coll. 9. Elizabeth Woolsey b. Sept 22, 1768, m. William
Dunlap, the distinguished artist and author. 10. George Muirson -Wool
sey b. April 14, 1772, d. .Ian. 13, 1840. Mrs. Ann (Muirson) Woolsey
2d wife of Benjamin Woolsey, Jr., of Dosoris, L. I., d. Aug. 14, 1807, a
widow for 35 years.

368 Descendants of Joseph Strongof Coventry, Ct., Son of
The father of Benjamin Woolsey,J'r., was Rev. Benjamin Woolsey b.
at Jamaica, L. I., Nov. 19, 1687 ^^on of George Woolsey the settler, and
and Rebecca his wife), grad. at Yale in 1707, m. in 1714, Abigail Taylor
(dau. of John Taylor of Oyster Bay, L. I., and Mary Whitehead). He
was pastor for 16 years of the First church in Southold, L. I. (1720—36).
Mrs. Abigail (Taylor) Woolsey inherited from her father the valuable es
tate of 300 acres to which he gave the name Dosoris {dos uxoris the wife's
dowry) on which they resided afterwards (1736-56). He was a man of
superior talents and attainments, and devoted to the service of God, and a
man of fine personal appearance. He d Aug. 15, 1756, aged 69.
George Woolsey the settler (grandfather of Rev. Benjamin Woolsey),
was b. Oct. 27, 1610, at Yarmouth, Eng., and resided for some time in
Holland, it is supposed, with his father Benjamin Woolsey sonof Thoraas
Woolsey; whence he came while yet a mere boy with the Dutch emigrants
in 1623- He resided for several years in New Amsterdam (New York),
and is believed to have been a merchant. In 1647, he purchased a farm
at Flushing, then just being settled, where he established himself, but
afterwards removed to Jamaica, L. I., where he d. Aug. 17, 1698, aged
87 or 88. His wife's name was Rebecca. They had three sons : George,
, Jr., Thomas, and John. George Woolsey, Jr., lived at Jamaica and had
two sons : Capt George Woolsey b. at New York, O^brlO, 1662, and d. at
Dosoris, Jan. 19,-1:740 ; and Rev. Benjamin Woolsey of Dosoris who was
born at Jamaica, L. I., Nov. 19, 1687.]
Dr. Benjamin Woolsey Dwight was grad. at Yale in 1799. He prac
tised medicine for a time at Catskill, N. Y. ; but chronic ill health in
connection with the asthma compelled him to relinquish his favorite pro
fession, and he became a wholesale and importing hardware merchant
there (1817-31). In AprU, 1831, he removed to CHntou, Oneida Co.,
N. Y., upon a farm of some 80 acres, and was at once appointed Treasurer
of Hamilton College, which office. he filled with great zeal in behalf of the
diminished finances of that institution for 19 years (1831-50). He was
5 feet 11 inches in height, of a spare figure, weighing about 150 Bbs., of
dark brown hair, light complexion, light blue eyes, a little bent in his
port, but of a firm quick step. He was a great sufferer during the first half
of his life from chronic dyspepsia. He d of pleurisy. May 18, 1850
aged 70.
Rev. Dr. Wm. B. Sprague says truly of him, in his Annals of the
American Pulpit, vol. ll, p. 158 : "He was a man of literary taste, of
a philosophical turn of mind and of a most exemplary Christian charac
ter " He was an earnest, thoughtful, energetic good man, aUke honest
and independent in forming and expressing his opinions, of strong scho
larly tastes and of thoroughly religious convictions and habits.

Thomas Strong, Son of Elder John, of NortJiampton. 369
Mrs. Sophia Woodbridge Dwight suffered greatly from poor health for
many years. She was a lady of great personal beauty of face and dignity
of mien, of queenly ideas and bearing and of brilliant powers of mind,
and a most devoted Christian " full of faith and good works." She was
of a tall and portly figure of a somewhat dark complexion and dark brown
hair with dark hazel eyes, and an illuminated countenance and most cheer
ful inspiring manners. Her constitution was one of immense vitality,
although sadly impaired by disease for life in the early part of her history.
She d. at Clinton after 11 years of great feebleness Dec. 3, 1861, set 68,
For a fuller sketch of Dr. and Mrs. Dwight, see " In Memoriam " of them
both (in the libraries of the N. Y. Hist. Society and of Yale College).
[8th Gen.J Children :
6670- 2. i. Rev. Benjamin Woodbridge Dwight, Ph.D., b. at New
Haven, Ct, AprU 5, 1816.
6573- 4. U. Sophia Dwight b. at CatskUl, N. Y., Feb. 8, 1818, m.
John W. Dwight of New Yaven, Ct, d. July 18, 1863.
6575- 6. Hi. Prof. Theodore William Dwight, LL.D., b. at Catskill,
N. Y., July 18, 1822.
6577- 8. iv. Mary Dwight b. Nov. 27, 1824, at CatskUl, m. Hon.
ElHott Anthony of Chicago, JU., d. Feb. 11, 1864-
6579-80. V. Hon. Edward Woolsey Dwight b. at CatskiU, April 8,
1827.
6581- 2. vi. Elizabeth Dwight b. at Clinton, Aug. 5, 1831, m. as his
2d wife Hon. Elliott Anthony of Chicago, d. June 22,
1870. She was remarkable throughout her life from
early childhood for her cheerful, vivacious disposition,
conscientiousness, energy of character, and self-forgetful
devotion to others good.
6570-2. i. Rev. Benjamin Woodbridge Dwight, Ph.D., b. at
New Haven, Ct, AprU 5, 1816 : grad. at Ham. Col., N. Y., in 1836, and
at the New Haven Theol. Sem. 1838 : Tutor at Ham. Col. for three
years (1839-42) : founder of the First Presbyterian Church in Joliet,
111., in 1844 : Principal of Dwight's High School in Brooklyn, N. Y.
(1846-58) : at Clinton, N. Y. (1858-63), where he had extensive grounds
(18 acres), and superior buUdings which were burned down ; and at New
.York (1863-7). He resides now in Clinton, N. Y., and has been engaged
there since May, 1867, in literary- labors. He has contributed to dif
ferent magazines various articles on philology, education and theology, and
genealogical matters. He is the author of the " Higher Christian Educa
tion " (A. S. Barnes and Cc, 111 WUliam St New York); of " Modern
Philology " 1st and 2d Series (Charles Scribner and Co , 664 Broadway,
N. Y.); " The History of the Strong Family" in 2 vols. (Joel Munsell,
Albany) ; '¦ Woman's Higher Culture, " " The History of the Dwight
Family" in 2 vols., and " The True Doctrine of Divine Providence : " the
47

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6586.

iv.

370 Descendants of Joseph Strong of Coventry, Ct., Son of
last three now ready for the press. His height is five feet 5 inches,
weight 160 flbs., hair dark brown, complexion light and florid, eyes bluish
gray, and he is muscular and of a bilious temperament. He m. July
29, 1846, Wealthy Jane Dewey, b. at Forestville, N. Y. AprU 20, 1823
(dau. of Dea. Harvey Dewey afterwards of Jamestown, N. Y.,and Betsey
Maria Harrison). She had a light florid complexion, blue eyes and
auburn hair. She d. of a cancerous affection at Clinton, Aug. 23, 1864,
aged 41, in sweet, serene peace without pain or fear, trusting in Christ
He m. Dec. 22, 1865, Charlotte, Sophia Parish b. at Oyster Bay, L. I.,
April 29, 1827 (dau. of Townsend Parish and Anne Burroughs Norris).
[9th Gen.J Children :
By fi/rst ma/rriage :
6683. i. Eliza (" Lily ") Dewey Dwight b. at Brooklyn. Feb.
21, 1860.
Sophia Edwards Dwight b. at Brooklyn, AprU 8, 1863.
Francis Edwin Dwight b. at Clinton, Deo. 11, 1856.
Isabella Jane Dwight b, at Clinton, Nov. 11, 1861.
By second ma/rriage :
6687. V. Bertha Woolsey Dwight b. at Clinton, May 13, 1867.
I.
[.4 Brief Sketch of Dewey Ancestors.
I. Thomas Dewey, the settler, came to Dorchester, Mass., in 1633, from
Sandwich, Kent, England, enrolled a freeman there May 14, 1634 ;
he removed about 1638, to Windsor, Ct, where he m. March 22, 1638,
widow Frances Clark (whose dau. Mary by her first marriage m. Nov. 26,
1666, .John Strong, Jr., of Windsor, son of Elder John Strong, see p. 20).
He was cornet of the town troop of mounted light infantry, and often
juror and deputy to the General court He d. at Windsor April 27,
1648. He had five children : 1. Thomas Dewey, Jr., bapt. Feb. 16,
1639^0, d. AprU 27, 1690. His dau. Hannah Dewey b. Feb. 21, 1672.
m. March 3, 1690, Capt. Benjamin Newberry of Windsor, and was the
grandmother of Henrv Newberry (son of Gen. Roger Newberry and Eu
nice Ely), who m. Elizabeth Strong, dau. of Elisha Strong and Mary
Beebe, all of Windsor. See. p. 97. 2. Josiah Dewey, bapt. Oct 10, 1641,
who m. Nov. 6, 1662, Hepzibah Lyman, dau. of Richard Lyman of
Northampton, the settler, and Hepzibah Ford, sister to Abigail Ford,
wife of Elder John Strong). 3. Anna Dewey bapt Oct 15, 1643. 4.
Israel Dewey bapt. Sept. 25, 1645. He had but one child, that d. early.
6. Jedediah Dewey bapt Dec. 15, 1647, d. Jan. 26, 1727, at Westfield, Mass.
He m. Sarah Orton of Hartford, Ct. : resided at Farmington, Ct., and
afterwards and chiefly at Westfield, Mass. He was cornet of a troop.
From him and Josiah Dewey, his brother, all the Deweys of the land are
descended, and chiefly from him. He had ten children, five of thein sons.

TJwmas Strong, Sonof Eldei John, of Northampton. 371
II. Thomas Dewey (son of Jedediah and Sarah) b. June 29, 1682, m.
Nov. 7, 1706, AbigaU Ashley b. Oct, 1, 1792 (dau. of Joseph Ashley of
Westfield and Abigail Dewey) : a farmer at Westfield. He d. March
15, 1758, she d. Dec 20, 1747.
III. Israel Dewey (son of Thomas and AbigaU) b. March 3, 1712-8,
went to Sheffield, Mass., as one of its first settlers (56 in all), receiving
the title to his land in 1733 (July) He m. Sept 19, 1734, Lydia
Moseley b. Feb. 19, 1715-6 (dau. of Consider Moseley and EHzabeth Ban
croft Consider Moseley was b. Nov. 21, 1675, and was the son of Capt.
John Moseley, or Maudsley of Windsor, and Mary Newbury. Elizabeth Ban
croft was the dau. of Nathaniel Bancroft and Hannah Gardner). He was a
farmer and miller, and " a man of consequence in the town." He d. May
23, 1773, aged 62. He was the ancestor of the Gr. Barrington and
Lenox Deweys. He was very fond of theological argumentation. He
had eleven chUdren : 1. Israel Dewey, Jr., b. in 1735, d. Aug. 20,
1796, aged 61. 2. Benedict Dewey, of Gr. Barrington, b. in 1736, d.
Feb. 19, 1796. 3. Paul Dewey of Lenox, Mass., b, in 1739, d. Aug. 9,
1827, aged 88. 4. Eleanor Dewey b. in 1741, d. Deo. 8, 1816, aged 75.
She m. John Burghardt 5. Solomon Dewey of Whitesboro, N. Y., b.
1743j d. Dec. 1818, aged 75. 6, Lydia Dewey b. in 1746, who m. Joseph
Dwight, Jr., of Cincinnatus, N. Y. (son of Gen. Joseph Dwight of Gr.
Barrington, Mass,), d. July 29, 1811, aged 65. 7. Abigail Dewey b,
Oct. 23, 1747, m. .May 3, 1770, Dea. Daniel Nash of Gr. Barrington.
Their dau. Amanda Nash b. Nov. 3, 1786, m. May 18, 1824, Rev. Syl
vester Burt of Gr. Barrington, Mass., who was b. in 1772, graduated at
WUliams College in 1804, and d, at Gr. Barrington, Jan. 10, 1836. 8.
Justin Dewey b. Jan. 5, 1751, d. Aug. 31, 1832, aged 81, lived at Gr.
Barrington. . 9. Hugo Dewey b. in 1753, lived at Gr. Barrington, where
he d. AprU 17, 1833. He had nine children, 10. Josiah Dewey b. in
1756, d. May 6, 1805, lived at Van DeusenvUle, Mass. 11. Elizabeth
Dewey, b. in 1758, m. an IngersoU, d. Jan. 20, 1784.
V. Israel Dewey, Jr. (son of Israel Dewey and Lydia Moseley) b. June
21, 1735, m. Nov., 1761, Mary Pixley, of Stockbridge, Mass. b. June 2,
1739 (dau. of David Pixley of Sheffield, Mass. and afterwards of Stock-
bridge, Mass.) : a farmerat Hubbelton, Vt., and Castleton, Vt, where he
d. He had 8 chUdren : Elijah, John, Peter, Moseley, Horace, Abigail,
Phebe, and Sarah.
VI. Elijah Dewey (son of Israel Dewey, Jr. and Mary Pixley) b. at
Gr. Barrington, Jan. 18, 1762, m. Nov. 23, 1786, Hannah Slosson b. Oct
16, 1766, whose mother was Hannah Spencer, cousin of Ambrose Spencer,
Esq. (father of Hon. John C. Spencer, of Albany, N. Y.). He was a
farmer at Lisle, N. Y. : "a sensible, pious, honorable man, and a soldier
in the Revolution." He d. at Owego, N. Y., Oct 16, 1840, aged 78;

372 Descendants of Joseph Strong of Coventry, Ct, Son of
she d. Sept 29, 1864, aged 88, at Newark VaUey, N. Y. They had 7
children : 1. Laura b. June 30, 1787, m. Sept 11, 1811, Alanson Dean,
of Owego, N. Y., a merchant, b. Feb. 8, 1790 (son of Mial Dean, of
Stamford, Ct and Sarah Stafford), no issue. He d. Feb. 8, 1861 : a man
ol' great excellence : she d. Aug. 23, 1866, at Newark Valley, N. Y. ; a
godly woman. 2. Harvey Dewey b. Jan. 1,1789, at Half Moon, N. Y.,
m. Nov. 7, 1816, Betsey Maria Harrison b. July 11, 1797 (dau. of Pos-
well Harrison : an extensive tanner at Sherburne, N. Y., and EHzabeth
Guernsey) : a very superior Christian lady. He resides at Jamestown,
N. Y. 3. Harriet Dewey b. Nov. 11, 1791, m. Nathaniel Gray, of Silver
Creek, N. Y. : a business man, has been a member of the N. Y. legislature :
no issue. 4. Alanson Dewey b. Nov. 20j 1793. 5. ClaraDewey b. Jan. 16,
1798. 6. SethDewey,b.June9,1802. 7, Elijah Dewey b. Oct 13, 1805.
2. Harvey Dewey (son of Elijah Dewey and Hannah Slosson) b.
Jan. 1, 1789, had by his wife Betsey Maria Harrison, four children: 1.
Eliza Maria Dewey, b. at Lisle, N. Y. Aug. 27, 1817, m. Nov. 13, 1838,
Orlando H. Haven, a lawyer at Joliet, 111. She d. Aug. 10, 1843, oet.
26, leaving two chUdren : (1). Egbert Dewey Haven, b. Feb. 10, 1840 :
grad. at Ham. CoU. in 1865 : a lawyer in California. (2). Wealthy Jane
Haven b. Dec. 10, 1841, at Joliet, III., where she d. Sept 1, 1864, set. 22.
2. Darwin Harvey Dewey b. at Forestville, N. Y., d., July 1, 1841, whUe
a member of the graduating class at Middlebury Coll., Vt., and its valedic
torian, of consumption. He was preparing for the ministry and d. saying :
" God's wUl is my will." 3. Wealthy Jane Dewey, b. April 20, 1828,
wife of Rev. B. W. Dwight, d. Aug. 23, 1864. 4. Edson Dewey, b. at
ForestvUle, Dec. 15, 1825, d. Aug. 30, 1833.
II.
A Brief Sketch of Parish Ancestry.
I. Townsend Parish b. Feb. 21, 1792, a merchant at Oyster Bay, L. I.
whod. June 2, 1842, m. Anne Burroughs Norris of Norristown, N. J., b.
June28,1802, (dau. of Pet§r Norris and Fanny Burroughs) : she d. March
4,1840. They had eight chUdren: 1. Maria Louisa Parish b. Dec 26, 1820,
who m. Samuel Townsend of Greenport, L. I. 2. Ann Eliza Parish b. April
23, 1822, who m. John Jacques of Staten Island, N. Y., b, in Clifton,
Bristol, Eng. 3. Henrietta Parish b. March 26, 1824, who m. Edward
Ludlam of New York, a surveyor, residing at Brooklyn, N. Y., and at
Glen (/ove, L. I. : has had 13 children — twelve of them daughters — all
living but 3 (1871). 4. Chariotte Parish b. April 29, 1827, who ra. B. W.
Dwight. 5. Isaac Parish b. Feb. 14, 1823, who m- Catharine Ward of
Halifax N. S. : a daguerreotypist at Halifax : has one son. 6. Phebe
Parish b. March 2, 1831, d. Aug. 6, 1837. 7. Silas Latten Parishb. Jan.
21, 1833, m. Mary Catlin of Dartford, Wis., where he is a farmer. 8.
Joseph H. Parish b. July 3, 1837, who m. Sarah Boardman and lives.
now (1871) in Brooklyn, L. I.

Thomas Strong, Son of Elder John, of Northampton. 373
II. The parents of Townsend Parish were Isaac Parish of Oyster Bay,
a farmer (son of Townsend Parish, senior) and Anne Latten, dau. of Dea.
Richard Latten of Oyster Bay, a farmer b. in 1740, and Sarah Weeks
(dau. of Silas Weeks of Oyster Bay and Sarah Rogers) b. in 1732, who
had brothers Henry and Zechariah and a sister Rebecca. Anne Latten
Parish b. June 5, 1766, d. April 29, 1865, all but 100 years old. Their
children were: 1. Townsend Parish as above mentioned. 2. Anne
Parish d. unmarried, aged 50 or so. 3. Phebe Parish m. Peter Lawrence
of Hurlgate, N. Y. No issue. 4. Sarah Parish m. Elias Locke Smith, a
hardware merchant for some 30 years in New York : an alderman at one
time : had several children. 5. Richard Parish m. Sarah Smith : a mer
chant for several years at Oyster Bay, where he lives retired. No issue.
III. The parents of Isaac Parish were Townsend Parish, Senior, of Oyster
Bay : a farmer and a Quaker preacher whose fame abides with the sect to
this day as a " most conscientious man," and Freelove Dodge (dau. of Tris
tram Dodge) who had brothers, Daniel and Stephen : and three sisters :
Amy, Sarah and Ann who all d. unmarried. Their children were: 1,
Isaac Parish as above mentioned. 2. Ambrose Parish, a farmer at Oyster
Bay, m. Deborah Wheeler. 3. Judith Parish m. Richard Alsop, of New
town, L. I. 4. Sarah Parish ra. Silas Latting, a farmer at Oyster Bay.
5. Penn Parish, m. Elizabeth Mapes, a farmer at Oyster Bay. 6. Jacob
Parish, a merchant at Coeymans, N. Y. m. Freelove Powell.
IV. The parents of Townsend Parish, Senior, were Dr. Matthew Par
ish, a surgeon in the Royal Navy of Britain, who was stationed with his
vessel at Oyster Bay for a time, and Zeruiah Townsend (dau. of John
Townsend, a miller at Oyster Bay, son of Henry Townsend of Oyster Bay,
and Anne Coles, often called in town records, " John Townsend at mill.")
He d. May 9, 1705. His wife was Esther Smith who was of a short and
stout figure : she d. after 1749. He and his wife are both represented
as remarkable for energy and business talent. After her husband's death
she fitted out a sloop on a trading voyage to Ocracoke Inlet, N. C, on
which she went herself with her son Micajah and daughter Zeruiah
having on board as a passenger Dr. Matthew Parish who then and there
captivated the heart of the fair Zeruiah and she became his future
wife. Dr. Matthew Parish is described as having been a man of fine
bearing, and of superior skill in his profession. His wife Zeruiah is
spoken of in family traditions as remarkable for her piety and her great know
ledge of the scriptures. Their children were : 1. Esther Parishb March 11,
1719, m. Penn Townsend of Oyster Bay b. Nov. 11, 1706 (son of John
Townsend of Oyster Bay and Rebecca Almy of Rhode Island whom he,
b. Aug. 28, 1672, m. AprU 28, 1692). Both father and son were noted
for their personal energy, their capacity for business and their beauty of
face and carriage, 2. Elizabeth Parish who m. Richard Latting of

374 Descendants of Joseph Strongof Coventry, Ct, Sonof
Lattingtown, L. I., and in 1757, for a second husband, Augustine Weeks.
3. Daniel Parish, who m. Anne Townsend dau. of Absalom Townsend and
d. aged 90, and more, at Oyster Bay where he was afarmer : no issue. 4.
John Parish who d. as^ed 90, and more, at Oyster Bay, unmarried, 6.
Townsend Parish spoken of above, who m. Freelove Dodge.]
[8th Gen.J
6563-4. ii. Sophia Dwight (dau. of Benjamin Woolsey Dwight,
M.D., and Sophia Strong) b. at CatskUl, N. Y., Feb. 8, 1818, m. June
18, 1845, her cousin John William Dwight of New Haven, Ct., b. Dec-
31, 1817 (son of Timothy Dwight, merchant, eldest son of Prest Timothy
Dwight and Mary Woolsey of New Haven, and Clarissa Strong daughter
of Gov. Caleb Strong of Northampton, Mass,, and Sarah Hooker dau. of
Rev. John Hooker of Northampton, and Sarah Worthington). [The
genealogy of the family of Gov. Caleb Strong is given in full on subse
quent pages.] He has been engaged for many years in manufacturing
various articles and since 1860, in manufacturing saltpetre on a.large
scale at Morris Cove in New Haven: he resides in the city. Shed.
July 18, 1863, of consumption. She was, like her mother, a lady of
queenly characteristics in every way, when in her prime, and of most
attractive personal beauty, and deeply religious ; and while suffering
much in many ways she was full of serene and cheerful faith in God.
[9th Gen.J Children :
6588. i. Sophia Clarissa Dwight b. May 1, 1847, at New Haven,
d, at Clinton, N. Y., Aug. 21, 1847.
Mary Clarissa Dwight b. Jan. 7, 1849.
Henry Woolsey Dwight b. Oct. 3, 1851, d, Aug. 23, 1852.
Edward Strong Dwight b. Dec. 25, 1863, now in Yale.
Frederic Louis Dwight b, Nov. 5, 1855, d. July 10, 1858.
Emily Cecilia Dwight b May 1, 1859.
Louis Theodore Dwight b. July 10, 1860, d. AprU 16,
1862, at Clinton.
[8th Gen.J
6565-6. Ui. Prof. Theodore William Dwight, LL.D. (son of
Benjamin Woolsey Dwight, M.D., and Sophia Strong) b. at Catskill,
N. Y., July 18, 1822 ; grad. at Hamilton Coll., in 1840 ; studied law at
New Haven Law School ; tutor at Hamilton Coll., for 4 years (1842-6) ;
Prof there for 12 years of law, history, civil polity and political economy
(1846-58), since 1858 prof of municipal law, and warden of the Colum
bia Coll. Law School in New York city, now numbering (1871) two
hundred and forty-three pupils. Since July, 1868, he has given an
annual course of lectures on constitutional law in Cornell University,
Ithaca, N. Y. He i,s the author of " Dwight on Charities." He m. Aug.

6589.

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6590.

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6591.

iv.

6592.

V.

6593.

vi.

6594.

vii.

TJwmas Strong, Sonof Elder John, of Northampton. 375
24, 1847, Mary Bond Olmstead b. Feb. 26, 1823 (dau. of Asa Olmstead,
Esq., of Clinton, N. Y., previously of Northfield, Ct., and Mary Proctor
Bond). He is five feet 10 inches in height, of florid complexion, light
auburn hair, dark hazel eyes and of a sanguine temperament, and weighs
200 flbs.
[9th Gen.J Children :
6595. i. William Olmstead Dwight b. April 10, 1854, d. Aug.
18, 1859.
6596. ii. Gertrude Elizabeth Dwight b. Sept. 21, 1856.
6597. iU. Nelly Theodora Dwight b. March 2, 1861.
[Asa Olmstead, Esq., b. AprU 19, 1791, at Enfield, Ct , grad. at Nassau
Hall, Princeton, N. J., in 1814, aud now (1871) living, aet. 80, in Clinton,
N. Y., m. July 3, 1821, Mary Proctor Bond b. at Plainfield, Mass., Nov.
16, 1792, and still Uving (dau. of Dr. Solomon '^Bond of Enfield, and
Sarah Hinckley). He was the son of Asa Olmstead of Enfield, b. Deo.
27, 1745 (son of Joseph Olmstead of Bolton, Ct., and Martha White),
and Charlotte Dwight b. Nov. 21, 1762, whom he m. Nov. 24, 1785
(dau. of Seth Dwight of Somers, Ct., and Joanna KeUogg.)]
[8th Gen.J
6567- 8. iv. Mary Dwight (dau. of B. W. Dwight, M. D., and Sophia
Strong) b. at Catskill, Nov. 27, 1824, m. July 14, 1852, Elliot Anthony,
Esq., b. June 10, 1827, at Spafford, N. Y. (son of Isaac Anthony of
Portsmouth, R. I. and Pamelia Phelps, of Cambridge, N. Y.) : grad. at
Ham. Coll. in 1850 : a lawyer at Chicago, 111., author of " A Digest of the
Reports of Illinois" and of " The Law pertaining to the Consolidation of
Railroads." She d. suddenly Feb. 11, 1864. He m. at New York, Jan.
11, 1865, for 2d wife her younger sister Elizabeth Dwight, b. at Clinton,
N. Y., Aug. 5, 1831, who d. at Chicago without issue June 22, 1870, aet.
38. [fcth Gen.J Children : By fi/rst wife :
Elizabeth Dwight Anthony b. May 16, 1853.
Charles Anthony b. Sept 1, 1856.
Theodora Dwight Anthony b. July 12, 1857, d. Nov.
26, 1857.
Henry Giles Anthony b, Dec. 12, 1859.
George Donaldson Anthony b. Feb. 18, 1862.
A Son unnamed b. and d. Feb. 9, 1864.
[8th Gen.J
6679-80. V, Hon. Edward 'W^oolsey Dwight (son of Dr. Benjamin W.
Dwight and Sophia Strong) b. at Catskill, April 8, 1827, m. May 18,

6698.

6599.

u.

6600.

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6601.

iv.

6602.

V.

6603.

vi.

376 Descendants of Joseph Strong of Coventry, Ct, Son of
1847, Elizabeth Foote of CUnton, N. Y., b. March 31, 1828 (dau. of John
Foote, Jr., of Clinton, and Mary Lull, of Butternuts, N. Y. He is a pro
sperous farmer at Oregon, Dane Co., Wis. : a member of the Wisconsin
legislature a few years since.
[9th Gen.J Children :
6604. i. Mary Sophia Dwight b. at Spring Prairie, Wis., Jan. 7,
1853.
6606. u. Delia Elizabeth Dwight b. at Oregon, Wis , July 17, 1857.
6606. Ui. Edward Foote Dwight b. AprU 7, 1862.
6607. iv. Theodore WiUiam Dwight b. March 12, 1865.
[7th Gen.J
6521-2. iv. Woodbridge Strong, M.D. (son of Rev. Joseph Strong
of Heath, and Sophia Woodbridge) b. Aug. 24, 1794, grad. at Yale in
1815, m. June 27, 1826, Elizabeth F. Wheaton, b. April 13, 1796 (dau.
of Hon. Laban Wheatoii of Norton, Mass., who was b. in 1754, and d.
March 23, 1846, aged -92. He was grad. at Harvard in 1774 ; was
county judge and member of congress [1809-17]). She d. March 25,
1834, without [issue. He m^ for 2d wife. May 28,1840, Mrs. Harriet
Torry nie Atwop'd, widow of M. C. Torry. She was an amateur artist.
He practised medicine, at Boston, Mass., for more than 40 years. He
was a man of positive habits of thought, of extensive classical scholarship
and of a good deal of medical skill, especially in difficult' cases of chronic
disease. His style of practice in such cases was of what is called the
heroic kind. He was very' fond of philosophic and theological specula
tions. She d. Dec. 28, 1851. He d. March 29, 1861. They had one
child :
6608. 1. Harriet EHzabeth Strong b. March 2, 1849, who d. March
25, 1869.
6526-7. vii. Delia Strong (dau. of Rev. Joseph Strong of Heath,
and Sophia Woodbridge) b. at Heath, May 18, 1800, m. Oct 1, 1822,
Prof. Charles Avery, LL.D., b. July 29, 1795 (son of Gardner Avery of
Munson, Mass., and Amy Newell). He was principal of different acade
mies at Clinton, Homer, Fairfield, and Belleville, all in New York, and
for four years (1830-4) kept a boys' boarding school at CUnton. He was
grad. at Ham. College, N. Y., in 1820, and was from 1834 to 1869 pro
fessor of chemistry and liatural philosophy in that institution. In 1834-5
he raised the greater part of fifty thousand dollars for Hamilton College,
which he and Dr. Sereno Edwards Dwight, then Prest of the college, se
cured as a permanent fund for its maintenance. In 1854-6 he raised
seventy-two thousand dollars during two years of special effort for the pur
pose while at the same time giving in each year his regular course of

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Thomas Strong, Sonof Elder John, of NortJiampton. 377
chemical lectures in the college. Of this sum twenty thousand dollars
were devoted, half to the building of the Astronomical Observatory, and
half to the purchase of the fiue large telescope in the Observatory, having
an object glass of 13 inches in diameter, one of the finest in the country.
Two thousand more were expended in building a new chemical laboratory
which like the Observatory and telescope was a matter wholly of his own
origination and procurement As long as the Observatory lasts, now called
the Litchfield Observatory, from the generous contribution of thirty thou
sand dollars for its proper manageraent by Edwin C. Litchfield, Esq., of
Brooklyn, N. Y., the name of Prof. Charles Avery, its sole originator
and founder, should be gratefully remembered, and it doubtless will^be.
In 1859 he raised ten thousand dollars in Clinton, and in connection with
a newly appointed- college commissioner, fourteen thousand dollars more
in Utica for the purposes of a general college fund. He introduced into
his department of instruction, for the first time, chemical analysis and
agricultural chemistry, and made the chemical equipments of the college,
which at his entrance into his professorship amounted literally to nothing,
such as to compare favorably with those of the best endowed colleges of
the land. He procured also by direct personal effort a number of the
permanently endowed prizes of the college, as the Clark, Kellogg, and Un
derwood prizes ; and first originated the system of endowed prizes, which
are so numerous in that institution, and which are all offshoots of those
which he first secured. He is a member of the American Academy of
Arts and Sciences, and has just been elected (May, 1871) Professor of
Chemistry in the Homoeopathic College of New York.
[Gardner Avery father of Prof Charles Avery was b. in Preston, Ct,
in 1750. He and his two brothers were Revolutionary soldiers, and were
among the first who marched to Roxbury, Mass., in 1775 where he re
mained until the British left Boston, when he went to New York, where
he remained until the close of 1776. He m. Amy Newell b. in 1756 (dau.
of Dea. NeweU of Monson, Mass , and  Curtiss) a farmer in Monson,
whore all his chUdren were born : in 1810 he removed to Sauquoit,
Oneida Co., N. Y. (then called Paris), where he d. Dec. 28, 1831, aged
81, and where she d. 16 hours before him Dec. 27, 1831. They were
buried Dec. 29th in the same grave. They lived in wedlock 59 years.
They were warm hearted, happy Christians. They had 14 children :
L Gardner Avery b. Dec. 17, 1773, m. for 1st wife Huldah Russell and
for 2d Betsey Sage. He was a farmer at Sauquoit and manufacturer of
iron hollow-ware. He d. Deo. 27, 1831.
II Stephen Avery b. Dec. 17, 1776, a farmer at Longmeadow, Mass.,
d. Oct 1849.
III. Haimah Avery b. .Ian. 29, 1778,' m. Isaac Warner a lawyer at
Burlington, Vt, had a son Chas. Warner a banker there, d. Oct., 1855.
48

378 Descendants of Joseph Strong of Coventry, Ct, Son of
IV. Benjamin Avery b. March 19, 1780, d. Aug. 1855, a farmer at
Waterford, Pa.
V Betsey Avery b. Dec. 30, 1783, m. Solomon Howard of Sauquoit,
a moulder of hollow-ware in a furnace.
VI. Calvin Avery b. April 24, 1785, d. Sept 25, 1865, a bookkeeper
for Furnace Co., at Sauquoit, and afterwards at Lenox, N. Y.
VII. Anson Avery b. Oct. 17, 1786, a farmer at Sauquoit, and after
wards at Youngstown, 0., where he d. about 1859. He m. Betsey Beach
and for 2d wife a Miss Cobb.
VIII. John Avery b. Dec. 7, 1788, a machinist and superintendent of
factories at Monson, Sauquoit, Schenectady and Albion (near Troy), and
in the end a farmer at Lenox, N. Y. He was over 6 ft. high, weighed
some 220flbs., m. a Nichols.
IX. Lyman Avery b. April 30, 1793, d. unmarried at Sauquoit, March
23, 1809.
X. Prof. Charies Avery b. July 29, 1795.
XI. Sophia Avery b. Feb. 6, 1798, d. March 28, 1799, scalded by
steam of a tea-pot to which she put her mouth.
xn. Sophia (2d) b. March 22,1800, m. Jonathan Stickney of Paines
vUle, 0., a farmer.
XIII. Newell Avery b. Feb. 26, 1809, a clerk for Furnace Co., at
Sauquoit, and afterwards a farmer at Lenox, N. Y.
XIV. Amy Avery b. April 30, 1791, m. John Blygh, a clothier at
Sauquoit, and for 2d husband a brother of his Julius Blygh, a farmer at
Sauquoit.] [8th Gen.J Children :
6609-10. i. Delia Avery b. March 17,1824, m. Hon. 0. S. WiUiams
of Clinton.
6611-12. U. Joseph Strong Avery b. Aug. 7, 1826.
6613-14. Ui. Charles Dwight Avery b. March 26, 1830.
6615-16. iv. Theodorj? Avery b. Dec. 28, 1832.
6617. V. Sophia Woodbridge Avery b. May 25, 1835, d. April 26,
1836.
6618-19. vi. Henry Newell Avery, M.D. b. April 30, 1838.
6620. vii. Edward Woodbridge Avery, M.D., b.'Jan. 1, 1841.
6609-10. i. Delia Avery (dau. of Prof Charles Avery and Delia
Strong) b. March 17, 1824, m. Sept 6, 1843, Hon. Othniel Samuel Wil
liams b. Nov. 27, 1814 (son of Othniel Williams of Clinton, a lawyer and
treasurer of Hamilton College [1828-32] and Mary Eliot) : grad. at
Hamilton College, in 1831, and a practising lawyer at Clinton, N. Y. He
has been twice elected judge of probate (1847-56) : is now (since 1850)
Treasurer of Hamilton College ; and President (since 1868) of the Clin
ton and WaterviUe Rail Road.

TJwmas Strong, Son of Elder John, of NortJiampton. 379
[6 th Gen.] Children:
6621- 2. i. Eliot Strong Williams b. July 5, 1845, grad. at Ham. Coll.
in 1867, m. July 22, 1868, Rachel Wood Squiers b. at
Troy, N. Y., Aug. 2, 1846 (dau. of Gordon NeweU
Squiers of Geneva, N. Y., and Ruth Wood) : a farmer
at Clinton, and notary public, and supervisor of the town
(1870-2). They have one child :
6623. 1. Charles Eliot WUliams b. April 28, 1869.
6624- 6. H. Mary Delia Williams b. May 28, 1847, m. June 30, 1869,
Henry Everett Case Daniels b. at Cayuga Bridge, N. Y.,
June 15, 1846 (son of John Horton Daniels of Wilming
ton, III., and Frances Louisa Pomeroy), a banker at
Wilmington, III,
6626. iii. Sophia Louisa Williams b. April 18, 1852.
[8th Gen.]
6611-2. H. Hon. Joseph Strong Avery (son of Prof Charles Avery
and Delia Strong) b. at Fairfield, N. Y., Aug. 27, 1826, grad. at Ham.
Coll. in 1848 : a lawyer at CUnton, postmaster for 3 years (1867-60),
surrogate of Oneida Co., since 1864. He m. May 8, 1856, Jenny Maria
Wilcox b. Nov. 25, 1835 (dau. of Charies Wilcox- of Middle Settlement,
N. Y., and Louisa Benedict). They have one child :
6627. 1. IsabeHa Sumpter Avery b. AprU 11, 1861.
6813-4. iii. Charles Dwight Avery (son of Prof. Charles Avery
and Delia Strong) b. March 25, 1830, grad. at Ham. Coll. in 1860, m.
Oct 12, 1859, Elizabeth Crittenden Richey b. at Perth, C. W., May 8,
1837 (dau. of Josias S. Richey from Belfast, Ireland, and Anna Matheson
of Sussex, Eng.). He resides at Chicago, III.
[9th Gen.J Children :
6628. i. William Henry Avery b. Nov. 21, 1860,
6629. ii. Charles Herbert Avery b. March 26, 1862.
6630. iii. Edward Woodbridge Avery b. Oct. 29, 1863.
6631. iv. Delia Elizabeth Avery b. March 4, 1866.
[8th Gen.J
6616-6. iv. Theodore Avery (son of Prof. Charles Avery and Delia
Strong) b. at Clinton, N. Y,, Dec. 28, 1832, m. Jan. 8, 1858, Elmina
Melissa White b. Oct. 15, 1840 (dau. of EHas Gilmore White of CUnton
and Melissa Europa Moore) : grad. at Ham. Coll. in 1855, a lawyer and
business operator in Clinton.
[9th Gen.J Children :
6632. i. Alice Delia Avery b. Nov. 22, 1858.
6633. ii. Mary Lincoln Avery b. Oct 29, 1863.
6634. Hi. Grace Elizabeth Avery b. Jan. 11, 1867.

380 Descendants of Joseph Strong of Covent/ry, Ct, Son of
[8th Gen.J
6618-9. vi. Henry Newell Avery, M.D. (son of Prof Charles
Aiiery and Delia Strong) b. at Clinton, April 30, 1838 : grad. at Ham.
Coll. in 1868, and at the New York Homoeopathic College, in 1866. He
m. June 17, 1868, Catharine Sebring Fowler b. Dec 17, 1844 (dau. of
Jacob Van Benschoten Fowler, of Newburgh, N. Y., and Sarah Jane
Brinkerhoff). [Jacob V. B. Fowler, Esq., b. Jan. 17, 1817, d. May 13,
1861. He m. Aug. 29, 1843, Sarah J. Brinkerhoff, who was b. Sept 30,
1823, and d. June 6, 1853. His parents were Caleb Fowler and Catharine
Sebring. Her parents were Derick and Sarah Brinkerhoff.] He is a
homoeopathic physician, at Poughkeepsie (since 1870), and was pre
viously settled for a short time at Morristown, N. J. (1867), and New
York (1869), where he was also Prof, of Physiology in the N. Y.
Homoeopathic College. One child :
6635. i. Henry Brinkerhoff Avery b. June 30, 1869.
6620. vU. Edward Woodbridge Avery, M.D., b. Jan. 1, 1841,
grad. at Ham. Coll. in 1863, and at the Coll. of Physicians and Surgeons
of New York, in 1866, entered the U. S. N., in the late war, as Asst Sur
geon, was surgeon in U. S. A. at Fort Sanders, Dacotah Territory (1866-7
was a homoeopathic physician at Poughkeepsie, N. Y. (1868-70), and has
now (May, 1871), just returned from Europe, and is staying temporarily
at Clinton, N. Y., intending to practise law.
[7th Gen.J
6629-30. ix. Amanda Strong (dau. of Rev. .Joseph Strong, of Heath
and Sophia Woodbridge) b. Jan. 12, 1804, m. March 7, 1826, Stephen
Van Rensselaer Bogert, M.D., b. March 14, 1804 (son of John Bogert, of
Albany and Christiana Vought) : a physician at Geneva, N. Y., for several
years, and for some 30 years past, the physician of " The Sailors' Snug
Harbor," at Staten Island, N. Y.
[8th Gen.J Children :
6636. i. JoHNShanklandBogertb. Dec 7, 1826, d. Aug. 24, 1828.
6637- 8. U. Mary Christiana Bogert, m. Samual Day Flagg, M.D. (son
of Samuel D. Flagg, of Buffalo, N. Y.), a physician
at St Paul, Minn. No issue.
6639^0. Ui. Harriet Sophia Bogert m. Aug. 1869, William Minugh
Whittemore, a gold broker in New York (son of John
Whittemore and Mary Minugh). No issue.
6641. iv. Stephen Augustus Bogert d. Dec 1833.
6642. V. Edward Strong Bogert, M.D., a surgeon in the U. S.
Navy on board " The Congress " just ordered (May
1871) to Boston. He m. June 6, 1866, Helen Hart of
Brooklyn, N. Y. ; has two children :
6643. 1. Edward Strong Bogert b. AprU 30, 1867.
6644. 2. Rosalie Bates Bosert b, Jan. 10, 1870.

¦ Thomas Strong, Son of Elder John, of Northampton. 381
6645. vi. Grandin Augiistus Bogert d. Feb. 1838.
6646. vii. Henrietta Evelina Bof;ert.
6647- 8. viii. Catharine Eliza Bogert m. June 4, 1868, Capt. Thomas
MelviUe (son of AUan Melville a New York merchant,
and Maria Gansevoort of Albany, N. Y.) : governor of
" The Sailor's Snug Harbor," Staten Island.
6649. ix. Isabella Lee Bogert.
6650. X. Amanda Strong Bogert. No fuller dates were furnished of
' this family.
[6th Gen.J
6502-3. Hi. Gelston Strong (son of Rev. Joseph Strongof Williams
burgh, Mass, and Jane Gelston) b. Nov. 15, 1758, m. in 1782, Deborah
Rowe of Granby, Ct., b. April 8, 1754, in Granby (in Salmon Brook
Society) dau. of Abijah Rowe and Deborah Forward. He resided in
Granby, Ct About the year 1804, he went to Philadelphia with a drove of
horses to sell them, when he was seized with the pleurisy and died of it. It
was not until after several months that his family learned of his decease, and
they never heard anything further of him or of the property that he had
with him. He lived in the old homestead at Granby, and owned a farm
also at Williamsburgh, Mass. He was not, however, a farmer but a specu
lator, and was at times very prosperous, and at others quite unfortunate.
On one of his trading expeditions he went to the West Indies with
twenty-four horses, expecting more than he realized. His wife d. at
Windsor, Ct., Sept. 30, 1808.
[7th Gen.J Children:
6651- 2. i. Hugh Gelston Strong (the name is often wrongly written,
Gilson), b. Oct 16, 1783, in Granby, Ct
6653- 4. u. Sarah Strongb. in Granby, May 4, 1785, m. Willard Cleve
land.
6655- 6. iii. Nancy Strong b. in Granby, Feb. 4, 1787, m. Larmon
Hickox.
6657. iv. George Strong b. in Granby, d. early.
6658- 9. V. Cotton Strong b. in Heath, Mass., Aug. 8, 1792.
6660- 1. vi. Harriet Strong b. in Heath, Oct. 30, 1794, m. Justus
Hatfield.
6662- 3. vH. Patty Strong b, in Williamsburgh, .Mass., June 12, 1799,
m. Henry Baker.
6664- 5. viu. George Strong (2d) b. in Williamsburgh, Sept. 5, 1804.
6651-2. i. Hugh Gelston Strongb. Oct 16, 1783, m. in 1809, Orra
Cleveland, of Williamsburgh, a butcher at Williamsburgh, and after
wards a farmer at Manlius, N. Y.
[8th Gen.J Children :
6666. i. Dwight Cleveland Strong b. Aug. 10, 1811.
6667. ii. Charles Fitch Strong b. July 17, 1813.

382 Descendants of Joseph Strong of Coventry, Ct, Son of
6668. iu. Caroline Strongb- Sept 18, 1816.
6669. iv. Lucinda Strong b. Feb. 1818.
6670. V. Joseph WUHam Strong b. Jan. 1, 1826.
6671. vi. Arabella Jane Strong | . ^ ^^ ^ ^^^_
6672. VU. Isabella Strong j ' '
[7th Gen.J
6653-4. ii. Sarah Strong (dau. of Gelston Strong and Deborah
Rowe) b. May 4, 1785, m. March 4, 1803, Willard Cleveland of Williams
burgh, Mass., a resident in Plymouth, Indiana, where he d. in 1863,
and where she d. Aug. 7, 1857. [Pacts were souijht concerning this fa
mUy repeatedly, of Gelston Cleveland, Esq., of Plymouth, Ind., but could
not be obtained.]
[8th Gen.] Children :
6673- 4. i. Almira Cleveland b. in Williarasburgh, Mass., Jan. 16,
1804, m. Zimri Baker of Bloomfield, 0.
6675. ii. Harrison Cleveland b. Jan. 10, 1803 : resides unmarried
in Plymouth, Ind.
6676- 7. iu. Mary Ann Cleveland b. in Gorham, N. Y., in 1808, m a
Mr. Dudley of Lowell, Mass.
6678- 9. iv. Gelston Cleveland b. in Gorham, N. Y, in 1810 : a
merchant at Plymouth, Ind., m. Caroline Rose.
6680- 1. V. Wealthy Cleveland b. in Gorham, N. Y., in 1812 : m. a
Mr. Haney of Victor, N. Y.
6682- 3. vi. Naomi Cleveland b. in 1814, in Gorham, N. Y., m. Gad
Brown of Canandaigua, N. Y. She d. in 1842. They
had children :
6684. 1. Frederic Cleveland. 6680. 3. CaroHne Cleveland.
6685. 2, FrankHn Cleveland.
6687- 8. vii. Mary Cleveland b. in Gorham, N. Y., in 1816 : m. James
Woodrow of Warren, 0.
6689-90. viii.DELiA Cleveland b. in Gorham, in 1818, m. WiUiam
Works of Bloomfield, 0. : a farmer.
6691- 2. ix. Clarissa Cleveland b. in Gorham in 1820, m. Dyer
Kingsbury of Cleveland, 0. She d, in Cassopolis, Mich.
6693. X. John Clevefand b. in Gorham, N. Y., in 1822.
6694. xi. Amasa Cleveland b. in Gorham, 1824, d. in 1826.
6695. xii. Jane Cleveland b. in Canandaigua in 1828, d. in Aurora,
0,, in 1841.
6696. xiii. James Cleveland b. in Canandaigua, Jan. 1833: a resi
dent in Plymouth, Marshall Co., Ind.
6673-4. i. Almira Cleveland b. Jan. 16, 1804, m, in Gorham, N. Y.,
Zimri Baker. She d. in Bloomfield, 0., in 1846. Children :
6697- 1. Philo Baker- 6701. 6. Sarah Baker.
6698. 2. Hiram Baker. 6702. 6. Elizabeth Baker.
6699. 3. Mary Ann Baker. 6703. 7. Frank Baker.
6700. 4. Caroline Baker. 6708, 8. Eliza Baker.

Thomas Strong, Son of Elder JoJin, of NortJiampton. 383
[7th Gen.J
6655-6. iii. Nancy Strong (dau. of Gelston Strong and Deborah
Rowe) b. Feb. 4, 1787, m. Aug. 17, 1807, Larmon Hickox b. in Litch
field, Ct., April 12, 1782 (son of Ebenezer Hickox and Abigail Smith); '
a farmer in Aurora, Ohio (after May, 1831), where he d, Jan. 29, 1845.
His widow resides now (1869), in Newburgh, Ohio, a very industrious,
superior Christian lady.
[8th Gen.J Children :
6709-10. i. James Madison Hickox b, in Windsor, Ct., July 17, 1808.
Cornelia Dwight Hickox b. in Granby, Ct. Dec. 16,
1809, m. Timothy Brigden of Penn Yan, N. Y.
Caroline Abigail Hickox b. in Clinton, N. Y. May 18,
1812, m. Benjamin Tyler of Penn Yan, N. Y,
Nancy Strong Hickox b. in CUnton, N. Y., March 9, 1814,
m. Levi Stewart Treat.
Jane Gelston Hickox b. in Clinton, July 18, 1816, m.
Austin Blackman of Aurora, 0.
George Guy Hickox b. in Jerusalem, N. Y., April 15,
1818.
Charles Wait Hickox b. in Jerusalem, N. Y., March 11,
1820.
viii. Lester Larmon Hickox b. in Hopewell, N. Y., Feb. 6,
1824
Mary Adelaide Hickox b. in Aurora, O., April 21, 1833,
m. Charles Bristol Smith.
6709-10. i. James xMadison Hickox b. July 17, 1808, m. Sept 24,
1834, Roxa Granger b. Dec. 7, 1813 (dau. of Horace Granger of Aurora,
Ohio, and Charlotte Snow) : a large dairy farmer in Solon, Ohio (since
1836). [9th Gen.J Children :
6727- 8. i. Cornelia Hickox b. July 17, 1835, m, Edwin Martin of
Solon, 0.
6729. ii, George Hartley Hickox b. Nov. 19, 1837 : a farmer in
Solon, 0., unmarried (1869).
6730. iii. Sarah Jane Hickox b. Jan. 20,1812: a teacher in the
Union school at Newburgh, 0.
6731. iv. Charlotte Abigail Hickox b. Aug. 25, 1843.
6732. V. Horace Larmon Hickox b. July 26, 1845.
6733. vi. Rebecca Wadsworth Hickox b. March 27, 1848.
6734. vii. Myron Augustus Hickox b. Aug. 20, 1850.
6735. viii. Eva Clare Hickox b. May 16, 1853.
6727-8. i. Cornelia Hick ix b. July 17, 1836, ra. AprU 13, 1860,
Edwin Martin a farmer in Newbury, Geauga Co., Ohio.
[10th Gen.J Children :
6736 i. Robert .\uderson Martin b in Warsaw, 0., May, 1861,
d, Jan, 3, 1867,

6711-

2.

ii.

6713-

4.

iii.

6715-

6.

iv.

6717-

8.

V.

6719-

20.

vi.

6721-

2.

vii

6723-

4.

vii

6725-

6.

ix.

6737.

11.

6738.

iii.

6739.

iv.

6740.

V.

6741.

vi.

384 Descendants of Joseph Strong of Coventry, Ct., Son of
Ella Martin b. in Solon, 0., Aug. 1862.
Lillie May Martin b. in Solon, 0., Nov. 1864.
Bm.ma Martin b. in Solon, May, 1866.
Ernest AUyn Martin b. in Newbury, 0., AprU, 1867.
Jenny Martin b. in Newbury, 0., Dec. 1868.
[8th Gen.J
6711-2. ii. Cornelia Dwight Hickox (dau. of Larmon Hickox and
Nancy Strong) b. Dec. 16, 1809, m. May 30, 1842, Timothy Brigden of
Penn Yan, N. Y., b. Aug. 18, 1806, in Middletown, Ct (son of John
Brigdon and Sally Coan), a carriage and harness maker.
[9th Gen.J Children :
6742. i. John Larmon Brigden b. in Penn Yan, March, 1843, d.
Nov. 1843.
6743. U. Albert Brigden b. in Penn Yan, Aug. 19, 1844, in part
nership with his father in Penn Yan.
6744- 6. iU. Mary Agnes Brigden b. in Penn Yan Feb. 5, 1846, m.
May 26, 1868, James FiUmore Crank b. Nov. 7, 1842
(son of James Denison Crank of Salem, 0., and Eliza
Dake), Sec. of the Hahnemann Life Ins. Co., of Cleve
land, 0.
6746. iv. Carrie Jane Brigden b. in Penn Yan, Aug. 17, 1852.
6747. V. Ella Brigden b. in Penn Yan, June 6, 1853, d. March 1,
1867.
[8th Gen.J
6713-4. iii. Caroline Abigail Hickox (dau. of Larmon Hickox
and Nancy Strong), b. May 18, 1812, m. Feb. 7, 1833, Benjamin Tyler
of Penn Yan, a merchant, b. Jan. 1, 1806 (son of Caleb Tyler of Wood
huU, N. Y., and Deborah Silsbee). He d. March 29, 1847, set. 42, and
she m. June 6, 1850, for 2d husband, Delancey Martin b. in 1817, in New
port, N. Y. (son of John and Lydia Martin), a dealer in hats, caps and
furs, in Penn Yan.
[9th Gen.J Child: By first husband :
6748. i. George Benjamin Tyler b. in Penn Yan AprU 7, 1833,
m. May 6, 1856, Josie Phipps of Newburgh, 0,, b. in
1837 (dau. of Paris Phipps and Nancy Miles). He
was a merchant at Cold Water, Mich. He enlisted Oct.
15, 1861, as First Lieut, in Andrews Third Mich.
Battery, and was shot at night June 30, 1862, by a
guerrilla party in Henderson, Kentucky, while he was
reconnoitering to see that all was safe. His remains
were borne to Cleveland, 0. He left two children sur
viving hira. His widow afterwards m. Henry Ross of
Cleveland, 0., and resides now (1870) in Clayton,
Jefferson Co., N. Y.

TJwmas Strong, Son of Elder John, of Northampton. 385
[10th Gen.J Children:
6749. i. Nellie Abigail Tyler b. in Newburgh, 0., Nov. 1, 1867.
6750. ii. George Benjamin Tyler b. in Cold Water, Mich., Aug. 6,
1859.
[8th Gen.J
6716-6. iv. Nancy Strong Hickox (dau. of Larmon Hickox and
Nancy Strong) b. March 9, 1814, m. Feb. 27, 1834, Levi Stewart Treat,
b. in Glastenbury, Ct, 1812 (son of Amos Treat and Jane Stewart) : a
farmer in Atchison, Kansas. She d. March 23, 1843. .
[9th Gen.J Children :
6761. i. Amos Stewart Treat b. in Aurora, 0., Jan. 5, 1835, resides
in Atchison, Kansas, unmarried.
6752- 3. U. Carrie Ellen Treat b. in Aurora, 0., Oct. 22, 1837, m. in
Cleveland, 0., Sept. 24, 1856, Peter Samuel Meserole b.
July 2, 1830, in New York city (son of John Meserole
and Mary Eliza Simmons) : a dealer in agricultural im
plements and seeds in Chicago, III.
6754. iu. Nellie AHce Treat b. in Aurora, 0., Oct. 27, 1842 : she
was adopted at her mother's death by her uncle and
aunt Austin and Jane Blackman.
[8th Gen.J
6717-8. V. Jane Gelston Hickox (dau. of Larmon Hickox and
Nancy Strong) b. July 18, 1816, m. Feb. 22, 1838, Austin Blackman b.
in Aurora, 0., Aug. 7, 1814 (son of Elijah Blackman and Lucy^Austin)
a wool buyer in Newburgh, 0., and a buyer of cattle. They adopted,
March 29, 1843, NeUie AHce Treat (before mentioned) who d. in Solon,
0., March 25, 1862.
6719-20. vi. George Guy Hickox (son of Larmon Hickox and
Nancy Strong) b. AprU 15, 1818, m. Feb. 22, 1847, Susan Jeanette Jewett
of Aurora, O., b. Dec. 27, 1828, in Westhampton, Mass. (dau. of James
Marsh Jewett and Susan Weeks) a farmer in Newburgh, 0., and pre
viously in Solon, 0.
[9th Gen.J Children:
6755. i. Addie Jane Hickox b. in Solon, 0., Feb. 22, 1853.
6756. U. Harry SUmer Hickox b. in Solon, March 28, 1863.
[8th Gen.J
6721-2. vii. Charles Wait Hickox (son of Larmon Hickox and
Nancy Strong) b. in Jerusalem, N. Y., March 11, 1820, m. Sept 25,
1845, Cordelia Post of Bainbridge, 0., b. Sept 10, 1827, in St. Lawrence,
N. y. (dau. of Harlow Post and Calista Cushman) : a farmer in Mt
Vernon, Iowa. 49

386 Descendants of JosepJi Strong of Coventry, Ct, Son of
[9th Gen.J Children:
6757- 8. i. Calista Alice Hickox b. in. Solon, 0., July 1, 1850, m.,
Feb. 17, 1869, Charles Carman b. in Sabula, Iowa, Sept.
4, 1849 (son of Lewis Carman and Juliette Smith) a drug
gist in Mt. Vernon, Iowa.
6769. ii. James Madison Hickox b. AprU 17, 1859, in Warrens-
viUe, 0.
[8th Gen.J
6723—4. viii. Lester Larmon Hickox (son of Larmon Hickox and
Nancy Strong) b.' Feb. 6, 1824, m. July 15, 1849, Anna Maria Morse in
Burlington, Vt, b. Sept 18, 1830 (dau. of Seth Morse and Lamira Par
tridge of Burlington, Vt), a wholesale dry-goods merchant in Cleveland, 0.
[9th Gen.J Children:
6760. i. Lester Frederic Hickox b. May 5, 1856, in Cleveland, d.
Feb. 6, 1862.
6761. H. Albert Henry Hickox b. May 10, 1864.
[8th Gen.]
6726-6. ix. Mary Adelaide Hickox (dau. of Larmon Hickox and
Nancy Strong) b. AprU 21, 1833, m. in Solon, 0., Dec. 23, 1856, Charles
Bristol Smith of Rochester, N. Y., b. Jan. 8, 1833, in Clarkson, N. Y.
(son of Silas Smith of Medina, N. Y., and Mary Ann Bristol); a fruit
dealer in Cleveland, 0.
[9th Gen.J Children:
6762. i. William Windle Smith b. at Cleveland, 0., April 16,
1868.
6763. u. Hal. Sexton Blackman Smith b. Nov. 6, 1861, at Cleveland.
[7th Gen.J
6668-9. V. Cotton Strong (son of Gelston Strong of Granby, and
Deborah Rowe) b. Aug. 8, 1792, m. March 1, 1818, Phebe Russell b. in
1794 (dau. of John Russell, of Newburyport, Mass. and Elizabeth Per
kins) : afarmer for some years at Plymouth, Vt, afterwards a paper-hanger
at Boston, but since 1829, a farmer again at Plymouth, Cavendish, and
Chester, all in Windsor Co., Vt Since 1866, he has lived in Shelburne
Falls, Mass.
[8th Gen.J Children :
6764- 5. i. Sarah Grant Strong b. in Plymouth, Vt, Jan. 28, 1819,
m. Dr. Jesse A. Crowley, and for 2d husband, Dea. Sam
uel Sheldon Wright.
6766- 7. ii. Harriet Strong b. Dec 27, 1820, m. Calvin C. Haighton,
of Chester, Vt, in 1841, and d. June 21,1842, aged 21.
6768. iii. Kendall Strong d. in Plymouth, Vt, aged 9.

Thomas Strong, Son of Elder John, of NortJiampton. 387
6769-70. iv. Elizabeth Russell Strong b. in Boston, June 25, 1826, m.
Horace Leslie, of Plymouth, Vt.
6771- 2. V. George Strong b. in Plymouth, Vt, Dec. 5, 1830, m. aMiss
Smith of Chester, Vt. He resides in Plymouth, Vt. and
has one or two children. He was a soldier in the Union
army, in the late war.
6764-5. i. Sarah Grant Strong b. Jan. 28, 1819, m. April 25, 1838,
in Plymouth, Vt., Jesse Angler Crowley, M.D., b. in Mt. Holly, Vt., June
21, 1812, grad. at Castleton Med. Coll., Vt., in 1836 : a physician suc
cessively in Plymouth, and Danby, Vt, Sullivan, N. H.,and New Salem,
Mass., where he d. Oct. 23, 1849. She m. Oct 13, 1858, Dea. Samuel
Sheldon Wright b. in Bernardston, Mass. Jan. 28, 1816 : a mill-wright
in Bernardston, and since 1852, at Shelburne Falls, where he is now
master mechanic in a cutlery establishment
[9th Gen.J Children :
By fi/rst husband :
6773. i. Jesse Augustine Crowley b. in Sullivan, N. H., May 27,
1841, educated at Phillips' Academy at Andover, Mass. :
a druggist at Springfield, Mass, ; dropped dead in the
street; from heart disease. May 25, 1864, aged 23.
6774. ii. Rollin Winfield Crowley b, in New Salem, Mass., May 9,
1847, d, June 14, 1850, aged 3, of consumption.
[8th Gen.J
6769-70. iv. Elizabeth Russell Strong b. June 25, 1826, m. Horace
Leslie, a shoemaker at Plymouth, Vt.
[9th Gen.J Children :
6775. 1. Horace Russell Hyde Leslie.
6776. 2. Martin Leslie.
6777. 3. Harriet Leslie.
r7th Gen. ]
6660- 1. vi. Harriet Strong (dau. of Gelston and Deborah Strong,) b-
in Heath, Mass., Oct 30, 1794, m. in 1814, Justus Hatfield, of Gorham,
N. Y. He d. at Lenox; 0., Nov. 1844. She m. in 1848, for 2d hus
band a Mr. Hathaway, of Jefferson, 0., where she d. Feb. 26, 1866.
[8th Gen.J Children :
By fi/rst husband :
6778- 9. i. Lyman Hatfield b. May 8, 1816, in Gorham, N. Y.
6780- 1. ii. Betsey Hatfield b. in Jerusalem, N. Y., May, 1819, m. Nov.
1842, Gad Brown, a farmer.
6782. Hi. Mason Hatfield b. in Gorham, N. Y,, Dec. 1821, an Union
soldier in the late war : d. in Kentucky, in 1863.
6783- 4. iv. George Hatfield b. in Gorham, Jan. 6, 1824.

388 Detundanis of Joseph Strongof Coventry, Ct, Son of
6785. V. Charles Hatfield b. in Toronto, Canada, in 1829, d. in An-,
rora, O., April, 1837,
6786- 7. vi. Mary Hatfield b. in Toronto, Canada, in 1830, m. Jared
Fenkel.
6788- 9. vii. Susan Hatfield b. in Toronto, June, 1832, m. Alberi
Emerson, of Red Oak, Iowa.
6790. viU. Gelston Hatfield b. in Toronto, in 1834.
6778-9. i. Lyman Hatfield b. May 8, 1816, m. in 1840, Thankfut
Plum, of Aurora, 0., resides in Boston, Mass. (1869). ChUdren:
6791. 1. Edward Hatfield b. in Aurora, O., a lawyer in Ravenna, 0.
6792. 2. Charies Hatfield b. in Aurora, engaged in the oil trade in
Boston : unmarried (1869).
6793. 3. Sheridan Hatfield, b. in Aurora.
[8th Gen.J
6783-4. iv. George Hatfield b. Jan. 6, 1824, m. in 1850, Harriet
Fenkel, of Chagrin Falls, 0. He was employed in a paper mill, and fell
into a vat of boUing Kme water, and was scalded so that he died in two
days' time, after suffering terrible agony. Children :
6793. 1. Azora Hatfield. 6794. 2. Harriet Hatfield.
[8th Gen.J
6786-7. vi. Mary Hatfield b. in 1830, m. in 1851, Jared Fenkel,
a farmer at Waukegan, IU., previously of Chagrin Falls, 0. ChUdren :
6795. 1. Emma Fenkel b. Jan. 1853.
6796. 2. Ida Fenkel b. in 1855, in Chagrin Falls.
[7th Gen.J
6662-3. VU. Patty Strong dau. of Gelston Strong and Deborah
Rowe b. June 12, 1799, m. in 1820, Henry Baker of East Bloomfield,
N. Y. He d. in Bennington, N. Y., July, 1826, and she m. for 2d husband
a Mr. Cooper of Canandaigua, N. Y.
[8th Gen.J Children: By first husband :
6797. i. Melissa Baker b. atE. Bloomfield, N. Y., in 1821.
6798. u. James Baker b. at E. Bloomfield in 1826.
[7th Gen.J
6664-5. viU. GEorge Strong (son of Gelston Strong and Deborah
Rowe) b. Sept 5, 1804:, m. Louisa Parker of Lowell, Mass., lived in Bos
ton, Mass., d. of cholera in Kentucky, about 1834 : had one son.
6799. 1. George Strong, resides in Boston : answers no letters.

TJiomas Strong, Son of Elder JoJm, of Northampton. 389
[6th Gen.J
6504-5. iv. Elizabeth Strong (dau. of Rev. Joseph Strong of
Williamsburgh, Mass. and Jane Gelston) b. April 27, 1760, m. Dec. 1,
1793, Lothrop Mayhew of Williamsburgh, Mass., who d. and she m. for 2d
husband Sherebiah Butts, a farmer at S. Hadley, Mass. She d. in Goshen,
Mass., Feb. 13, 1849, aged 89.
[7th Gen.J Children :
6800- 1. i. Eliza Mayhew m. a Mr. Porter.
6802- 3 ii. Sally Mayhew m. Nathaniel Phelps.
6804- 6. iii. Ammiel Mayhew.
[6th Gen.]
6606-7. V. Mary Strong (dau. of Rev. .Joseph Strong of Williams
burgh, Mass. and Jane Gelston) b. May 24,1762, m. Oct. 11, 1781,
Perez Clapp of Southampton, Mass., b. June 14, 1767 (son of Roger
Clapp b. in 1708, and d. Jan. 3, 1773, and Anna his wife b. in 1712, and
d. July 7, 1766). He was a merchant and taverner at Southampton.
He d. AprU 4, 1818. She d. Oct 31, 1802. He m, a second time and
had dau. Mehitable who m. an Arnold, and son Joseph Strong Clapp,
grad. at Wms. Coll., a lawyer in Brooklyn, N. Y.
[7th Gen.J Children :
6806. i. Perez Munn Clapp b. Oct 9, 1783, d. Nov. 15, 1784.
6807- 8. ii. Polly Clapp b. Oct 22, 1785, m. Stephen Pomeroy, Dec. d.
24, 1852.
6809. iH. Perez Munn Clapp (2d) b. May 6, 1788, d. Oct. 11,
1815, unmarried.
6810- 1. iv. Fanny Clapp b. Nov. 23, 1790, m. Hon. Linus Bagg.
6812- 3. V. Betsey Clapp b. March 2, 1793, m. Thomas Lyman.
6814. vi. Jane Clapp b. March 28, 1795, m. Luther Colton of Mar-
cellus, N. Y.
6816-17. vii. Clarissa Clapp b. Jan. 7, 1798, m. Moses Lyman of Ches
ter, Mass.

6807-8. U. Polly Clapp b. Oct. 22, 1785, m. Jan. 20, 1805, Stephen
Pomeroy b. Aug. 6, 1775 (son of Ebenezer Pomeroy of Southampton and
Experience Clark), a farmer at Otisco, N. Y. He d. Dec. 24, 1863.
She d. Dec 24, 1852.
[8th Gen.J Children :
6818-19. i. Polly Pomeroy b. May 3, 1806, m. Jason C. French, d.
March 8, 1843.
6820- 1. ii. Fanny Pomeroy b. May 4, 1808, m. Harvey WUlson.
6822. iii. Stephen Dwight Pomeroy b. Dec, 28, 1810, d. Oct 1,
1820.
6823- 6. iv. Rev. Lemuel Strong Pomeroy b. Feb. 1, 1812.

390 Descendants of Joseph Strong of Coventry, Ct., Son of
6827- 8. V. James Clark Pomeroy b. July 21, 1814.
6829. vi. Theodore Pomeroy b. July 1, 1816, d. Jan. 15, 1817.
6830- 2. vii. Theodore Clapp Pomeroy, M.D., b. Nov. 6, 1817.
6833. viu. Clarissa Pomeroy b. May 9, 1820, m. Feb. 12, 1840,
James A. Polhemus a farmer at Marshall, Mich., has 3
children.
6834- 5. ix. Stephen Dwight Pomeroy b. Feb. 10, 1822, d. Sept 9,
1866.
6836. X. Louisa Ann Pomeroy b. Nov. 3, 1826, d, Aug. 17, 1830.
6818-9. i. Polly Pomeroy b. May 3, 1806, m. Jan. 3, 1827, Jason
Clapp French b. May 26, 1804 (son of Samuel French of Otisco, and
Caroline WUcox), a farmer in Otisco, N. Y. She d. March 8, 1843.
He resides now in Auburn, N. Y.
[9th Gen.J Children :
6837. i. Mary CaroHne French b. May 11, 1828, a teacher in Chi
cago, III.
6838- 9. U. Frances Louisa French b. Dec. 13, 1830, m. Carlos Gay
lord.
6840. iii. Emily Sylvina French b. Dec. 10, 1832, resides unmarried
at Bricksburgh, N. J.
6841. iv. Dwight Pomeroy French b. Oct 24, 1836, d. Sept. 6,
1842.
6842- 3. V. Clara Ann French b. July 10, 1838, m. Edmund Cole
Clark.
6844. vi. Minnie Pomeroy French b. March 8, 1843, a teacher in
Chicago.
6838-9. u. Frances Louisa French b. Dec 13, 1830, m. Sept.
10, 1860, Caries Gaylord, b. July 20, 1828 (son of Eber Gaylord of Otisco
and Nancy Heminway) : a farmer and cultivator of cranberries at Bricks
burgh, N. J. Their children :
6845. 1. Carrie Theresa Gaylord b. May 14, 1861.
6846. 2. Mary Angle Gaylord b. March 30, 1853.
6847. 3. Charies Eber Gaylord, b. July 14, 1862.
6842-3. V. Clara Ann French b. July 10, 1838, m. Dec. 30, 1869,
Edmund Cole Clark b. Feb. 27, 1836 (son of Luke Montague Clark of
Bricksburgh, N. J., and Ann Cole), a farmer at Wacousta, Mich. : their
children :
6848. 1. Mary Elizabeth Clark b. July 8, 1861.
6849. 2. Frances Louisa Clark b. Jan. 3, 1867.
6850. 3. Harlan Montague Clark b. Nov. 27, 1869.
[8th Gen.J
6820-1. ii. Fanny Pomekoy (dau. of Stephen Pomeroy and Polly
Clapp) b. May 4, 1808, m. May 4, 1841, Harvey Willson b. May 31,

TJiomas Strong, Son of Elder John, of Northampton. 391
1795 (son of Dr. Francis Willson and Temperance Giddings), a merchant
in Auburn, N. Y., where he d. March 2, 1870, and where his widow still
(1871) resides.
[9th Gen.J Children:
6861. i. Frances Pomeroy WUlson b. July 6, 1842, m. June 21i
1866, William Sedley Doggett, a merchant in Warrem
N. H. (son of Dr. Perez R. Doggett of Wareham, Mass.-
and Lucy Maria Fearing). 'I'hey have one child :
6852. 1. Lucy Fearing Doggett b. Aug. 7, 1867.
6853- 4. ii. Mary Louisa Willson b. Sept 14, 1843, m. May 4, 1870,
Rev. Thomas BeU, an Episcopal clergyman in Cuba, N Y.
6856. iu. Clara Willson b. Feb. 18, 1845, drowned Sept 2, 1853.
[8th Gen.J
6823-6. iv. Rev. Lemuel Strong Pomeroy b. Feb. 1, 1812, grad. at
Hamilton College iu 1835, and at Auburn Theol. Sem. in 1836. He
m. May 20, 1837, Marett AbigaU Elder b. June 17, 1817 (dau. of Wil
liam Elder of CourtlandviUe and Abigail Mack and granddaughter of
Col. David Mack of Middlefield, Mass., " the faithful steward.") She d.
at Otisco, July 18, 1852, and he m. for 2d wife Feb. 8, 1853, Sarah Hale
of CourtlandviUe b. in Deerfield, Mass., May 28, 1812. She d. at TuUy,
N. Y., March 9, 1868, and was dau. of Horace Hale and Sarah Bartlett
of Greenfield, Mass. He m. Dec. 16, 1868, for 3d wife at Bricksburgh,
N. J., Mary Armstrong b. Nov. 14, 1824 (dau. of Francis Armstrong of
Woodstown, N. J., and Jane Orr). He has been a teacher for seven years
and more at Homer, Elbridge and CourtlandviUe, N. Y. ; a farmer
and merchant at Otisco; and since 1868, has been preaching at Truxton,
N. Y., and Pompey Hill, N. Y., where he now (1871) resides, and is
also Principal of the Academy.
[9th Gen.J Children: By first vyife :
6856. i. William Elder Pomeroy b. May 24, 1838, d. Aug. 16,
1838.
6857. ii. Edward Payson Pomeroy b. Aug. 17, 1839.
6868. iii. Abigail Theresa Pomeroy b. July 19, 1841, d. June 28,
1843.
6859. iv. Mary Theresa Pomeroy b. Aug. 27, 1843.
6860. V. Willie Dwight Pomeroy b. Sept 12, 1845, d. Feb. 9, 1849.
6861. vi. Emma Corinth Pomeroy b. July 19, 1850.
6862. vU. Marett Abigail Pomeroy b. July 14, 1852, d. July 20,
1852.
[8th Gen.J
6827-8. V. James Clark Pomeroy b. July 21, 1814, m. March 29
1838, Olive Mills of Marcellus b. Jan. 12, 1818 (dau. of Myron Lawrence

392 Descendants of Joseph Strong of Coventry, Ct, Soft of
Mills and Christina Horton) : a large dealer in groceries and produce at
Cortland, N. Y., sheriff of Cortland Co. (1849-61), Deputy U. S. Marshal
of the Southern Dist of N. Y. (since 1860).
[9th Gen.J Children :
6862. i. Louisa Maria Pomeroy b. Feb. 8, 1839, m. July 2, 1868,
Robert Hill of Courtland, N. Y., a merchant.
6863. ii. James Mills Pomeroy b. April 24, 1843, a merchant "in
Courtland Village, N. Y.
6864. iu. Frederick Pomeroy b. Jan. 15, 1856.
[8th Gen.J
6830-2. vii. Theodore Clapp Pomeroy, M.D.,b. Nov. 6, 1817, grad. at
Ham. Coll. in 1841, and at Geneva Med. Coll. in 1845, m. May 21, 1845,
Theresa Mary Elder (dau. of William Elder of CourtlandviUe and Abigail
Mack), resides at Courtland, N. Y., a practising physician for some 20
years but now a druggist and pharmaceutist. His wife Theresa d. Aug. 3,
1854, and he m. for 2d wife Nov. 22, 1855, Jane Amelia Blodgett b.
March 28, 1831 (dau. of Dea. Benjamin Franklin Blodgett of Courtland).
[9th Gen.J Children : By fir.st loife :
Theodore Edgar Pomeroy b. Dec. 25, 1846.
Clara Theresa Pomeroy b. Oct. 23, 1848.
Anna Corinth Pomeroy b. Oet 4, 1850.
Willis Poraerov 1 . ¦ i, u/t ik ioco j
Carrol Pomeroy } *^'°^ ^' ^^^ ^^' ^^^^' ^- ^''°°'
Willie Dwight Pomeroy b. July 20, 1854, d. Nov. 30,
1857. By second wife :
vii. Mary Louisa Pomeroy b. July 14, 1857, d. Oct 5, 1857.
viii. Lewis Pomeroy ) twins b. June 8, 1861.
Willis Blodgett Pomeroy j d. April 19, 1862.
Harry Dwight Pomeroy b. May 6, 1866.
[8th Gen.J
6834-5. ix. Stephen Dwight Pomeroy b. Feb. 10, 1822, m. Jan. 21,
1846, Lucy Ann Lyon of Otisco, N. Y. (dau. of Daniel Lyon and Dorcas
Darrow) a farmer at Otisco. He d. Sept. 9, 1866. She d. Feb. 22,
1863. [9th Gen.J Children :
6875. i. Byron Lyon Pomeroy b. March 4, 1848, a farmer in Otisco
N.Y.
6876-7. u. Kate Pomeroy b. Dec 1, 1860, m. Dec 23, 1869, Andrew
Henderson a carpenter and joiner at Otisco, N. Y.

6865.

6866.

ii.

6867.

iii.

6868.

iv.

6869.

V.

6870.

vi.

6871.

vii.

6872.

viii

6873.

ix.

6874.

X.

Thomas Strong, Son of Elder John, of NortJiampton. 393
[7thGen.J •
6810-1. iv. Fanny Clapp (dau. of Perez Clapp of Southampton,
Mass., and Mary Strong) b. Nov. 23, 1790, m. Jan. 14, 1812, Hon. Li
nus Bagg b. in West Springfield, Mass., Sept 7, 1787 (son of Frederic
Bagg and Chloe Taylpr)j a resident in W. Springfield. He held several
town offices at different times and went to the General court six years in
succession. He d. Dec. 25, 1836. She still resides (1870) at W.
Springfield, aged 80, " waiting and expecting soon to go up higher."
[8th Gen.J Children :
6878- 9. i. Frederic Henry Bagg m. Eunice Avery of Montgomery,
Mass.; a farmer in Vandalia, III., d. Blarch 14, 1869:
had 4 children :
6880- 1. U. Perez Mann Bagg b. Nov. 23, 1815, m. Sarepta Gamwell
of Chester, Mass.; afarmer in Greenbush, N. Y.; has
had 6 children :
6882- 3. Ui. Joseph Strong Bagg b. Sept 13, 1818, m. Aurelia Brown
of Westfield, Mass, ; a merchant in Chicopee, Mass. ; he
d. June 9, 1859; had two children:
6884- 5. iy. Albert Dwight Bagg b. June 30, 1821, m. Harriet Sibley
of Batavia, N. Y.; a farmer in W. Springfield, Mass.,
on the old homestead ; has 3 children :
6686- 7. V. Fanny Clapp Bagg b. May 28, 1826, m. July 9, 1861,
Henry A. Pratt of Marlboro, Vt., a farmer in Holyoke,
Mass. To her the author is indebted for this account
of her father's family. No fuller statement could be
obtained.
[7th Gen.J
6812-3. V. Betsey Clapp b. March 2, 1793 (dau. of Perez Clapp
and Mary Strong), m. Dec. 1, 1813, Thomas Lyman, Jr. (son of Thomas
Lyman of Northampton, and Dorothy Clark) : a farmer at Southampton,
Mass., and Otisco, N. Y. (1820-36), and at Onondaga, N. Y. (1836-50),
where he d. Oct. 24, 1850, aged 65. She stUl resides (1870) at Marcel
lus, N. Y.
[8th Gen.J Children :
6888- 9. i. Eliza Jane Lyman b. March 4, 1815, at Southampton, m.
J. C. Kenyon.
6890- 1. ii. Francis Lyman b. at Southampton, Feb. 27, 1816.
6892- 3. iii. Julia Ann Lyman b. at Southampton, May 9, 1818, m.
William A. Graves.
6894- 5. iv. Mary Strong Lyman b. at Southampton Nov. 6, 1819.
6896- 7. V. John Clark Lyman b. at Westhampton, AprU 2, 1821.
6898- 9. vi. Perez Clapp Lyman b. at Otisco, N. Y., March 22, 1823.
6900- L vii. Dorothy Clark Lyman b. Jan. 9, 1825, m. Paul D. Howe
6902- 3. vHi. Helen Arnold Lyman b. Feb. 11, 1827, m. Theophilus
Hall (son of Oren Hall and Betsey Briggs) : a farmer at
Navarino, N. Y. No issue.
50

394 Descendants of Joseph Strongof Coventry, Ct, Son of
6904- 5. ix. Margaret Colton Lyman b. Nov. 16, 1828, m. Henry
Colton.
6906- 7. x. Thomas Jefferson Lyman b. Sept. 30, 1830.
6908- 9. xi. Frederic Alpheus Lyman b. Sept. 3, 1833.
6910-11. xii. Harriet AmeHa Lyman b. Dec. 1, 1836, in Onondaga,
m. April 9, 1866, Charles H. Forman, a dentist in Sy
racuse (son of Judge Charles Forman and Eliza Sisson) :
No issue.

6888-9. i. Eliza Jane Lyman b. March 4, 1815, m. AprU 27, 1836,
Joseph C. Kenyon, a carpenter in Onondaga. She d. June 20, 1843,
leaving a daughter :
6912. i. Theresa A. Kenyon b. in 1838, d. Feb. 1844, aged 6.
6890-1. ii. Francis Lyman b. Feb. 27, 1816, m. April 20, 1847,
Mrs. Betsey Taylor: engaged in a bakery at Syracuse, N. Y., d. Jan. 21,
1865. He had one child. She d. March 21, 1869.
6913. i. Francis N. Lyman b. 1852, that d. April 12, 1866, of
typhoid fever.
6892-3. iH. Julia Ann Lyman b. May 9, 1818, m. April 6, 1841,
William Augustus Graves b. Nov. 3, 1816 (son of Josiah Parsons Graves
of Northampton and Electa Breck, dau. of John Breck of Northampton) :
a farmer at Northampton. He d. Feb. 27, 1861. His widow lives
(1871), at Florence (Northampton), Mass. To her the author is indebted
for this account of the descendants of her parents.
[9th Gen.J Children:'
Mary Dorothy Graves b. June 9, 1842, d. Dec. 18, 1846.
Anna Eliza GraWs bv. May 15, 1844, d. Oct 15, 1847.
Charlotte EHzabeth Graves b. March 3, 1846, a teacher
in Northampton.
Susan Electa Graves b. Feb. 6, 1848, d, March 22, 1856.
William Augustus Graves b. Dec. 1, 1851.
Alpheus Lyman Graves b. Dec. 4, 1853, d. Aug. 15, 1855.
vii. Katie Lyman Graves b. July 26, 1856.
[8th Gen.J
6894-5. iv. Mary Strong Lyman b. Nov. 6, 1819, m. March 18,
1841, Davis Baker, a farmer at Marcellus, N. Y. She d. Nov. 23, 1841.
No issue.
6896-7. V. John Clark Lyman b. AprU 2, 1821, m. Aug. 9, 1853,,
Ruth Ann Abbott of Marcellus (dau. of David Abbott and Sarah Cook),
a wholesale dealer in drugs and medicines at Newcastle, Canada. She
d. in Auburn, N. Y., Jan. 13, 1857, and he m. for 2d wife, Nov. 26,

6914.

i.

6915.

ii.

6916.

iii.

6917.

iv.

6918.

V.

6919.

vi.

6920.

vii

TJwmas Strong, Son of Elder John, of Northampton. 395
1861, Viola Curtiss of MarceUus, afterwards of Skaneateles, N. Y. (dau.
of Rolsmond Curtiss and AdeHne Earl).
[9th Gen.J Children: By fi/rst wife:
6921. i. Willis J. Lyman b. Dec. 5, 1857, d. March 11, 1858.
By second wife :
6922. n. Mary Lyman b. April 22, 1865.
[8th Gen.J
6898-9. vi. PEREzCLAPpLYMANb. March 22, 1823,m. Oet 15, 1857,
at Greenville, Ala., Caroline F. Mudge b. Feb. 2, 1836 (dau. of William
Mudge and Mary B. Snow) ; a merchant at Greenville ; but now a
farmer at Topeka, Kansas.
[9th Gen.J Children : All horn in Greenville.
6923. i. William Frederic Lyman b. Aug. 17, 1858.
6924. ii. Thomas J. Lyman b. July 2, 1861.
6925. iii. Frank Lyman b. Sept 18, 1863.
6926. iv. Charles P. Lyraan b. Sept. 2, 1866.
[8th Gen.J
6900-1. VU. Dorothy Clark Lyman b. Jan. 9, 1825, m. as his 2d
wife Oct. 20, 1846, Paul Dean Howe (son of Pariey Eddy Howe and
Betsey Healey) a farmer at Marcellus, N. Y. One chUd :
6927. 1. Etna Howe b. June 18, 1848, a clerk in Phelps, N. Y.
[8th Gen.J
6904r-6. ix. Margaret Colton Lyman b. Nov. 16, 1828, m. Feb.
23, 1859, Henry Colton, a farmer atNewark, Wayne Co., N. Y.
[9th Gen.J Children :
6928. i. Nelly Colton b. Feb. 1, 1861.
6929. u. Cora Colton \ twins b. Feb. 17, 1866.
6930. in. Dora Colton j d. Feb. 9, 1868.
[8th Gen.J
6906-7. X. Thomas Jefferson Lyman b. Sept 30, 1830, m. Oct.
8, 1869, Aurelia Vaninwegen, of Sodus, N. Y., (dau. of CorneHus Van-
inwegen and Lucinda VanaUan), a merchant in Phelps, N. Y. One chUd :
6931. 1. Grant Lyman b. March 27, 1865.
[8th Gen.]
6908- 9. xi. Frederic Alpheus Lyman b. Sept 8, 1833, m. at
Jordan, N. Y., Dec 24, 1862, Jenny Phillips (dau. of Dr. Michael PhiUip,s
of Syracuse, N. Y., and Rachel Dyer). She d. Feb. 10, 1864, at Marcellus, of

396 Descendants of Joseph Strong of Coventry, Ct , Son of
consumption. He m. for 2d wife Oct. 3, 1865, widow Mary Jane Wood
ford ni'e Phillips (dau. of Joseph PhUHps and Electa Bridgman), a lawyer
at Syracuse, N. Y. One child :
6932. 1. Lewis P. Lyraan b. Feb. 23, 1867, d. Feb. 10, 1869.
[6th Gen.J
6816-7. vii. Clarissa Clapp (dau. of Perez Clapp, of Southampton,
and Mary Strong) b. Jan. 7, 1798, m. Oct 22, 1817, Moses Lyman b.
at Southampton, Oct. 26, 1792 (son of Joel Lyman b. in 1758, who d.
July 6, 1840, aged 82, and Achsah Parsons b. in 1765 who d.'Aug. 28,
1856, aged 91). She d. in the triumph of faith, March 2, 1836, aged 38.
He has been a farmer at Chester, Mass., where he still resides (1870) since
1817. He has married twice since his first wife's death. He m. Dec.
7, 1836, widow Sophronia Bell nie Lyman b. in 1807, who d. Dec 13,
1848, widow of Dr. John Lester Bell, of Chester, and dau. of Crispus Lyman
aged 41, and for 3d wife. Sept 19, 1849, Elizabeth Smith, of Chester.
By his second wife he had two daughters.
[8th Gen.J Children:
6933. i. Moses Dwight Lyman b. July 28, 1818. He went April
9, 1846, to South America, to take charge of the build
ing of locks on a canal from the river Magdalena to
Carthagenain New Granada, where he remained for three
years, and d. of dysentry when just about to start for
home. May 21, 1849, and was buried at Baranka.
6934. U. William Lyman b. June 16, 1820, m. June 14, 1855,
Sarah Frances Baxter : a dealer in stoves and in tin-ware,
in Kansas city, Mo., where he d. Sept. 2, 1856, aged
36. He had a son :
6935. 1. William Lyman b. July, 1867, that d. Sept. 18, 1858.
6936- 7. Hi. Clarissa Jane Lyman b. April 23, 1822, m. May 20, 1847,
Jonathan McBlwain, of Middlefield, Mass. : a farmer
(son of Jonathan McElwain, of Middlefield), she d. of
consumption, March 22, 1861, aged 28 : no children.
6938- 9. iv. David Brainerd Lyman b. Sept. 14, 1825.
6940. V. Mary Ann Lyman b. March 23, 1828, d. of consumption,
June 3, 1852, aged 24.
6941. vi. Achsah Parsons Lyman b. May 24, 1830: resides unmar
ried, at Hatfield, Mass.
6942- 3. vU. Elias Cornelius Lyman b. March 21, 1833, m. July 3,
1865, Susan Ruth Stevens b. Dec. 22, 1842 (dau. of Wil
liam Stevens of Chester, Mass. and Susan Kyle) : a
dealer in crackers and candies in Northampton, Mass.
No issue.
6938-9. iv. David Brainerd Lyman b. Sept 14, 1825, m. Sept. 10,
1857, Relief Rude b. at Chesterfield, Mass., July 22, 1829 (dau. of
Alvan Rude and Mary Bisbee), a farmer at Chester, Mass.

Thomas Strong, Son of Elder John, of Northampton. 397
[9th Gen.J Children :
6944. i. William Alvan Lyman b. Jan. 31, 1859.
6946. ii. Mary Amelia Lyman b. Nov. 18, 1860.
6946. iU. Ella Jane Lyman b. Feb. 25, 1863.
6947. iv. Abby Eliza Lyman b. Jan. 20, 1866.
6948. V. Dwight Morton Lyman b. Dec. 30, 1866.
[6th Gen.J
6507-8. vi. William Strong (son of Rev. Joseph Strong of WiUiams
burgh and Jane Gelston") b. Jan 11, 1766, m. Oct. 14, 1792, Rhoda
Skinner b. July 5, 1770 (dau. of John Skinner of Hartford and 
Hunt) : a farmer at Williamsburgh, Mass. He d. AprU 8, 1849. She
d. AprU 11, 1853.
[7th Gen.J Children :
6949. i. Maltby Gelston Strong b. Oct 14, 1793, d. Aug. 18, 1796.
6950- 1. ii. Mary Strong b. May 24, 1796, m. Jan. 13, 1813, Stephen
Hopkins, a tanner at Williamsburgh. She d. Jan. 1818,
aged 22. He d. Nov. 26, 1856. Children :
6952. 1. Mary Electa Hopkins b. Aug. 9, 1815.
6953- 4. 2. Charies Strong Hopkins b. July 2, 1817 ; entered U. S. A.
in the Mexican War, and was mortally wounded at the
battle of Chepultepec
6952. 1. Mary Electa Hopkins b. Aug. 9, 1815, m. Charles F.
Strong (son of Levi Strong of Northampton) a cooper at Northampton.
He d. in S. A. She resides, as is supposed, near Para, S. A., now. Her
children: 6955. (1). Lewis Hopkins Strong b. Dec 15, 1844.
6956. (2). Charies Strong b. Nov. 13, 1846.
6967- 8. iu. Maltby Strong b. May 24, 1799, m. Oct. 21, 1827, Maria
Buell.
6959. iv. Jane Strong b. Jan. 5, 1802, m. Benjamin Rodgers.
6961- 3. V. Maria Strong b. Feb. 18, 1804, m. Silas Rice.
6964. vi. Leonard Nathaniel Strong b. Sept. 4, 1807.
6957-8. Ui. Maltby STR0NG.(2d) b. May 24, 1799, m. Oct. 21, 1827,
Maria Buell of Westfield, Mass., b. 1807 (dau. of Samuel Buell and
Jerusha Wheeler) a farmer at Williamsburgh. He d. Aug. 4, 1833, aged
34. She afterwards m. a Mr. Graves.
[8th Gen.J Children :
6965. i. Eliza Jane Strong b. AprU 16, 1828, d. Dec. 12, 1829.
6966. ii. Hahrison Dwight Strong b. Dec. 2, 1829. He resides at
Niagara Falls, N.Y., d. Jan. 6, 1867. Hem. Jan. 19, 1853,
Sarah Almira Sanderson of East Whateley (dau. of John
Chapman Sanderson and Julia Ann Stockbridge. His
widow resides (1870) at East Whately, Mass. No
children.

398 Descendants of Joseph Strongof Coventry, Ct, Son of
6967. in. Eliza Jane Strong b. Dec. 10, 1830.
6968. • iv. Bassett Wright Strong b. July 20, 1832, d. Dec. 10, 1834.
[7th Gen.]
6959-60. iv. Jane Strong (dau. of WiUiam Strong and Rhoda Skin
ner) b. Jan. 5, 1802, m. April 3, 1825, Benjamin Rodgers (son of John
Rodgers of Williamsburgh, and Jerusha Clark) ; a mason at WiUiams
burgh. She d. Oct 1829. ChUdren :
6969. 1. Charles Rodgers b. Dec. 1825, a blacksmith at Northampton.
6970. 2. Jane Rodgers b. July 5, 1828, m. Sylvanus Waldron of
Homer, 0.
6971. 8. A twin chUd with Jane Rodgers b. July 6, 1828, that d.

[7th Gen.J
6961-2. V. Maria Strong (dau. of WUliam Strong and Rhoda
Skinner) b. Feb. 18, 1804, m. Sept 26, 1824, Silas Rice, a shoemaker
at Williamsburgh, Mass., where he d. June, 1868; she d. June 21, 1830,
3 children. [7th Gen.J
6964. vi. Leonard Nathaniel Strong (son of WiUiam Strong and
Rhoda Skinner) b. Sept. 4, 1807, m. May 21, 1833, Mary Sophia Wells
of Whateley, Mass., b. Feb. 8, 1812 (dau. of Thomas Wells of Whateley,
and Mary Wells of Rowe, Mass.). She d. July 3, 1836 ; and he m. AprU
27, 1837, for 2d wife Lucy Longley Patch of Hawley, Mass., b. Sept. 3,
1805 (dau. of OHver Patch and Polly Shattuck), a farmer at WiUiams
burgh, Mass., on the old homestead (now of 170 acres, once of 200).
He looks at his face in the same glass that his grandfather did, and
measures the hours by the same sound old family clock in the corner.
[8th Gen.J Children : By fi/rst wife :
6972. i. Eliza Jane Strong b. March 17, 1834, m. Rev. Elbridge
W. Merritt.
6973. U. Mary Sophia Wells Strong b. Nov. 4, 1835, m. James C.
Arms. By second wife :
6974. iU. Joseph WiUiam Strong b. Sept. 15, 1840, he enlisted Aug.
1862, in Co. C, 62d Mass; Regt, and was chosen corporal
at once, and on Dec. 5, 1862, sergt. His regt. was a
part of the Banks Expedition into La. He took part
in the battle of Springfield Landing in the Teche country
whither his troops were sent to procure cotton. Here
he contracted the disease, chronic diarrhoea, of which he
d. in New York Aug. 14, 1863. He went to the war
for God and his country : he carried his Testament in
his bosom and the love of it in his heart.

Thomas Strong, Son of Elder John, of Northampton. 399
6972. i. Eliza Jane Strong b. March 17, 1834, m. AprU 28,
1868, Rev. Elbridge Whitney Merritt b. Dec. 1, 1827 (son of Henry
Merritt of WiUiamsburgh and Vashti Hunt), grad. at East Windsor in
1862, having spent two years previously at Union Coll., N. Y., without
graduation. He has preached at Stafford, Ct., and N. Madison, Ct, and
Charleston, S. C. where he organized in 1867 the Plymouth Congrega
tional Church for colored people. He was also Superintendent of Freed-
man's Schools in Beaufort, S. C, iu 1868. He resides now (1870)
temporarily without charge at Williamsburgh. Mrs. EHza Jane Merritt,
was for some 14 years a teacher in different places, as Haydenville, N. Y. ;
Oxford, 0., and Farmington, Ct To her the author is largely indebted"
for the facts here stated of her father's house. Child :
6975. 1. Joseph Leonard MerrUt b. July 5, 1869.
[8th Gen.J
6973. ii. Mary Sophia Wells Strong (dau. of Leonard N. Strong
and Mary Sophia WeUs) b. Nov. 4, 1835, m. Sept 8, 1857, James Carle
ton Arms b. Sept. 13, 1825 (son of Dennis Arms of Deerfield and Polly
Phelps of Westfield, Mass.) : a manufacturer of pocket books and diaries
at Northampton, Mass.
[9th Gen.J Children :
6976. i. Annie Carleton Arms b. Nov. 26, 1860.
6977. H. James Dennis Arms b. Oct 21, 186.'J.
6978. iii. Edith Lucy Arms b. Feb. 16, 1868.
6979. iv. Mary Evelyn Arms b. Aug. 26, 1869.
[6th Gen.J
6509-10. vii. Hannah Strong (dau. of Rev. Joseph Strong of
Williamsburgh and Jane Gelston) b. March 19, 1768, m. Dec. 30, 1790,
Seth Dwight of Williamsburgh, Mass., b. Dec. 15, 1769 (son of Josiah
Dwight a farmer in Williamsburgh and Tabitha Bigelow), a merchant at
WiUiamsburgh and afterwards at Utica, N. Y., and Buffalo. He was a
man of handsome person and manners, and of gay social instincts rather
than thorough business habits,* and of a skeptical turn of mind. She
* The following list of articles cautiously " lent" to his bride by her parents as
her marriage-outfit, the author found in Nov. 1869, among the papers of Rev.
Joseph Strong at "WiUiamsburgh : " Articles of property lent by her parents to Han
nah, wife of Seth Dwight, consequent to her marriage Aug. 1791 : 1 white cow ;
3 feather beds, under-beds and covering (viz : 1 red bed-quilt ; 1 coverlet, red and
white ; 3 blankets, 1 striped, blue, red and white, the other yellow) ; with bolsters
and pillows, the same with beds, viz : striped with a logwood color, one of the beds
wide, the other a narrow stripe ; 1 brass kettle containing about 7 pails ; 1 iron
pot containing more than a pail, and iron kettle containing a pail ; 1 pair shovel
and tongs, 15s. 7 red common chairs, 1 armed ; 1 tea-kettle ; 1 toasting iron ; 1
pair small cast handirons ; 1 round gridiron ; 3 pewter platters ; 3 quart basins ;
1 quart skillett-iron ; 1 bureau, cherry ; 1 large square table do. ; 1 red chest with
one drawer. Crockery : 3 platters, cream color ; 3 red earthen tea-pots ; 1 doz.

400 Descendants of Joseph Strong of Coventry, Ct, Son of
was lovely, gentle and devotedly pious. She d. at Utica, AprU 15, 1813,
and he m. April 17, 1814, for 2d wife Mrs. Susan Hewson, (widow of
Caspar Hewson of Albany, N. Y., and dau. of Samuel Hooker and Rachel
Hind of Barry, Mass.). He d. April 3, 1825, at Buffalo, N. Y.
[7th Gen.J Children:
6980- 1. i. HARRiETDwiGHTb.Feb.21,1792,m.JamesDanaofUtica.
6982- 3. ii. Delia Jane Holcombe Dwight b. March 8, 1794, m. Rev.
John White, of Dedham.
6984. iii . Emily Olcott Dwight b. July, 1796 : d, in Conway, Mass.
Aug. 1803.
6985. iv. Mary Ann Dwight b. in Conway, in 1798 : d. in SterUng,
Mass., Aug. 1807.
6986- 7. v. Cornelia Strong Dwight, b. Dec. 8, 1801, m. William
Jiistus Buck.
6988- 90. vi. Rev. Harrison Gray Otis Dwight, D. D.,b. Nov. 22,1803,
d. Jan. 25, 1862.
6991. vH. Maria Matilda Dwight b. June 5, 1806 : d. July 1
1806.

6980-1. i. Harriet Dwight b. at Williamsburgh, Mass., Feb. 21,
1792, m. May 7, 1812, James Dana, b. at Ashburnham, Mass., May 29,
1780 (son of George Dana, and Elizabeth Park, his 2d wife). He d.
Jan. 7, 1860 : a hardware merchant at Utica, N. Y., originally a saddler
and harness maker there. He was for 32 years (1828-60), an elder in
the First Presbyterian Church, of Utica, a man of great simplicity, straight
forwardness and excellence of character and of precious memory, as a
Christian. She d. at Norwood, N. J,, Sept 13, 1870. [George Dana, d.
AprU 11, 1787, son of Caleb.]
[8th Gen.J Children :
6992- 3. i. Prof. James Dwight Dana, LL.D. b. Feb. 12, 1813.
6994- 5. u. George Strong Dana b. Feb. 13, 1815, d. May 30, 1859.
6996. iii. John White Dana, M.D., b. March 28, 1817, grad. at
at Columbia College, N. Y., in 1843, a physician in New
York where he d. of cholera Aug. 27, 1849. He was in
partnership with his father and brother George with fine
business prospects before him, when he became dissatisfied
with his want of a liberal education, and at once prepared
for college, and went through a thorough course of clas
sical and professional study, only to make a promising
entrance upon an active professional life and fall upon its
very threshold.
cream large plates ; i doz small do. ; 3 setts blue cups and saucers ; 1 quart blue
bowl ; 3 pint mugs ; 1 quart do. ; 3 iron candlesticks ; 3 pint tumblers ; 3 half
pint do. ; 3 wines."
N. B. " The property of the above mentioned articles is vested in the subscriber,
and whether sold or not, can not be transferred but with his consent." Jos. Strong.

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Thomas Strong, Son of Elder John, of NortJiampton. 401
6997- 8. iv. Harriet Dwight Dana b. April 8, 1819, m. J. Wyman
Jones.
6999. v. Harrison Dwight Dana b. May 29, 1822, drowned in the
Mohawk, June 15, 1833.
^nn?' ^^' ^^NRY Dana b. Sept 18, 1824, d. June 2, 1828.
7001. vii. Cornelia Elizabeth Dana b. March 23, 1827, d. Sept 7,
1854, aged 27.
7002- 3. viii. William Buck Dana b. Aug. 26. 1829, grad. at Yale in
1851, m. Sept. 18, 1853, Catharine Floyd (dau. of
John B. Floyd of Mastic, L. I.), for several years a lawyer
in Utica, but for some 10 years past the proprietor and
editor of The Merchant's Magazine) formerly Hunts'
Merchant's Magazine) in New York city. No issue.
7004- 5. ix. Delia White Danab. Dec. 9, 1832, m. Curtiss White.
7006. X. Elizabeth Dana b. July 7, 1836, d. Aug. 10, 1835.
6992- 3. i. Prof. James Dwight Dana, LLD. (,son of James Dana
and Harriet Dwight) b. Feb. 12, 1813, m. June 5, 1843, Henrietta
Frances SUliman b. April 30, 1823 (dau. of Prof Benjamin SUliman,
LL.D., of Yale College and Harriet Trumbull, dau. of Gov. Jonathan
TrumbuU of Connecticut). He was grad. at Yale in 1833. He was the
mineralogist and geologist of the United States exploring expedition
under Com. WUkes (1838-42), and published several large volumes of re
ports of the results obtained in his department, at the expense of the United
States Government. He has been for many years the active editor of The
American Journal of Science and Arts. He is the author of Dana's Minera
logy, and Dana's Manual of Geology, weU known as works of superior
merit. He has been since 1855, SUliman Professor of Natural History,
and Geology in Yale CoUege. He is undoubtedly in his department the
most eminent scientific man yet reared in America.
[9th Gen.J Children :
7007. i. Frances Henrietta Dana b. July 24, 1844.
7008. ii. Edward Salisbury Dana b. Nov. 16, 1849.
7009. iii. James SiUiman Danab. AprU 19, 1865, d. Aug. 16, 1861.
7010. iv. Harriet TrumbuU Dana b. Dec. 22, 1857, d. Aug. 27,
1861.
7011. V. Arnold Guyot Dana b. Aug. 29, 1862.
[8th Gen.J
6994-5. ii. George Strong Dana (son of James Dana of Utica and
Harriet Dwight) b. Feb. 13, 1815, m. Sept 18, 3838, Huldah Beach
Wright b. July 4, 1815 (dau. of Zenas Wright of Utica and Melinda
Beach). He was a hardware merchant in Utica and a manufacturer of
locks, and an active, prosperous man in his business; frank and generous
in his disposition, an active Christian and a warm, steadfast friend. He
d. at Piermont, N. Y., May 30, 1859. His widow still resides at Utica.
51

402 Descendants of Joseph Strong of Coventry, Ct, Son of
[9th Gen.J
7012. i. James Wright Dana b. Aug. 18, 1842, a hardware mer
chant in Utica.
7013. ii. George SUliman Dana b. March 7, 1844, educated at
U. S. Naval School in Annapolis, Md., now a clerk in
New York (1871).
7014. in. Mary Brantley Dana b. Nov. 30, 1847.
7015. iv. William Dwight Dana b. May 1, 1865, d. Aug. 8, 1855.
[8th Gen.J
6997-8. iv. Harriet Dwight Dana (dau. of James Dana of Utica,
and Harriet Dwight) b. April 8, 1819, m. Aug. 14, 1846, John Wyman
Jones b. at Enfield, Ct., May 2, 1822 (son of John Jones and Ruth Ar-
vin); grad. at Dartmouth Coll., in 1841; practised law in NewYork
some 5 years (July, 1844-May, 1849); practised law at Utica for a few
years, and engaged in agricultural pursuits there; and, in 1858, removed
to Englewood, N. J., where he has been engaged in rail road enterprises
and speculative operations, with much success.
[9th Gen.J Children :
7016. i. James Dana Jones b. at Utica, June 15, 1860.
7017. u. Dwight Arvin Jones b. Oct 25, 1854.
[8th Gen.J
7004-5. ix. Delia White Dana b. Dec 9, 1832, m. May 12, 1858,
Nathan Curtiss White a lawyer at Utica (son of Brainerd White, of
Winsted, Ct.).
[9th Gen.J Children :
7018. i. George Dana White b. April 24, 1859.
7019. U. Edward Harrison White b. May 5, 1861.
7020. iU. A daughter b. and d. Dec. 19, 1862.
7021. iv. Harriet Dwight White b. Sept. 27, 1864, d. of diphtheria
at Norwood, N. J., April 5, 1871.
[7th Gen.J
6982- 3. ii. Delia Jane Holcombe Dwight (dau. of Seth Dwight
of WiUiamsburgh, Mass., and Hannah Strong) who was adopted in her
childhood by Rev. Reuben Holcombe of Granby aud her aunt Jane
his wife b. March 8, 1794, m. Jan. 1, 1817, Rev. John White
of Dedham, Mass., b. Dec. 2, 1787 (son of Dea. John White of
Concord Mass.) grad., at Harvard in 1805; tutor at Bowdoin CoU.
(1808-9). He was an Unitarian clergyman settled at W. Dedham for
37 years (AprU 1814- Feb. 1852). " He was a man of great personal
excellence, calm in temperament, discreet in judgment, thorough in princi
ple and earnest in his purposes of life, frank in the expression of his feel-

TJwmas Strong, Son of Elder John, of NortJiampton. 403
ings and opinions, and generous in his interpretation of others and a man
of great consistency of character, whose great sermon was his life." He
d. Feb. 1, 1862. His widow m. May 26, 1859, Benjamin Dudley Emer
son b. AprU 20, 1781 (son of Col. Benjamin Emerson of Hampstead,
N. H. and Ruth Tucker) grad. at Dartmouth in 1805, Principal for many
years (from 1817 onwards) of the " Adams Grammar School" in Boston.
He is the author of several school books as " The Academical Speaker,"
" The 1st, 2d, 3d, and 4th class Readers," &c. He resides at Jamaica
Plain, W. Roxbury Mass.
[8thGen.J Children: By fi/rst husband :
7022- 3. i. Elizabeth Jane White b. Nov. 6, 1818, m. Oct. 21, 1840,
Benjamin Hodges Silsbee b. Oct. 23, 1811 (son of
William Silsbee of Salem, Mass., and Mary his wife), a
merchant in Salem, Mass. Children :
7024 1. Elizabeth White Silsbee b. Oct 11, 1841.
7025. 2. Margaret Silsbee b. March 2, 1850.
7026. 3. Francis Henry Silsbee b. April 7, 1852.
7027- 8. ii. Delia Dwight White (dau. of Rev. John White and Delia
Jane Holcombe Dwight) b. Oct 14, 1825, m. Nov. 19,
1857, John HUl Thorndike b. June 1, 1811 (son of John
Prince Thorndike and Sarah  ): an architect in
Boston ; no issue.
[7th Gen.J
6986-7. V. Cornelia Strong Dwight (dau. of Seth Dwight and
Hannah Strong) b. in Conway, Mass., Dec. 8, 1801, m. William Jus
tus Buck h. Dec. 8, 1802 (son of Justus Buck of Chester, Ct, and Mary
Higley Mills) : a hardware merchant at New York, where he d. April
7, 1866. She d. at New York, June 5, 1846. They had one chUd :
7029. 1. CorneUa Mills Buck b. Jan. 9, 1833, who resides unmarried
at Utica (1870).
6998-90. vi. Rev. Harrison Gray Otis Dwight, D.D. (son of Seth
Dwight and Hannah Strong), b. at Conway, Mass., Nov. 22, 1803, m.
Jan. 24, 1828, Elizabeth Barker of North Andover, Mass., b. Jan. 27,
1806 (dau. of Joshua and Ruth Barker). She d. of the plague, July 7,
1837, at St Stefano near Constantinople. She was a lady of clear, strong
habits of thought, of solid mental and moral culture and of beautiful
symmetry of character : remarkable for her self-forgetful patience and
thorough industriousness of life, as well as for her great maternal faithful
ness. He m. for a 2d wife AprU 16, 1839, Mary Lane of Sturbridge,
Mass. b. May 4, 1811 (dau. of Rev. Otis Lane and Elizabeth Paine).
She d. in Constantinople, Nov. 16, 1860, of a cancer, £et 49. She was
the mother of five children, and, beside faithfully discharging her duties

404 Descendants of Joseph Strong of Coventry, Ct, Son of
as a wife and mother, spent much time and strength in preparing books
for the natives.
Dr. H. G. 0. Dwight was grad. at Ham. Coll., N. Y. in 1825, and at
Andover Theol. Sem. in 1828, and sailed as a missionary of the A. B. C.
F. M. to the east Jan. 1830. After making for 15 months a tour with
Eli Smith through Asia Minor, Persia, Armenia, and Georgia he established
himself in Constantinople as his field of action, and was the first Frank to
gain a residence in old Stamboul. Here he engaged in abundant labors
with his tongue and pen in his Master's cause. He composed also books
and tracts in the native languages, translated portions of the scriptures,
and was the author of several volumes published in America and Eng
land, as '" Researches of Smith and Dwight in Armenia : " " Memoir of
Mrs. EHzabeth B. Dwight :" " Christianity Revived in the East." " A
Complete Catalogue of Literature in Armenia." His travels were very ex
tensive and frequent throughout all the lands of Western Asia, the differ
ent parts of Europe, and various portions of our own country. He was
among the most active and successful of all our American missionaries.
He revisited his native land in Nov. 1861, pleaded the holy cause of mis
sions in many pulpits, went in deep sympathy with his suffering country,
within the lines of her armies in Kentucky and Virginia, to which he
had committed two of his own sons previously, to participate in the con
flict; preached for the last time at the National Capital and started to at
tend some missionary anniversaries in Canada, and when on his way
thither on the Troy and Bennington Rail Road in Jan. 25, 1862, was
suddenly killed, and without a scar or bruise, or visible contortion of his
features in death. A whirlwind struck the train on which he was, as it
passed by an open gorge, and overturned the car in which he sat, hurling
it down an embankment. His remains were interred at Utica.
[8th Gen.J Children : By first wife :
7030- 2. i. Rev. James Harrison Dwight, A.M., b. at Malta, Oct 9,
1830 : grad. at Yale in 1852, and at the Union Theol.
Sem., N. Y., in 1856 : a Presbyterian clergyman at En
glewood, N. J. (1859-67). He m. Aug. 6, 1856, Susan
Eaton Schneider b. at Broosa, Asia Minor, April 5, 1836
(dau- of Rev. Dr. Benjamin Schneider and Eliza Abbott,
missionaries of the A. B. C. F. M,, in Turkey) : she d.
Feb. 13, 1860, and he m. for 2d wife Oct 18, 1866, Jo
sephine Christina Wilder b. Oct. 26, 1838 (dau. of Samp
son Vryling Stoddard Wilder of New York and Electa
Barrell). He had one child by his first wife :
7033. 1 Charies Abbott Schneider Dwight b. Feb. 7, 1860.
7034- 6. ii. Rev. William Buck Dwight, A. M., b. at Constantinople,
May 22, 1833 : giad. at Yale in 1864, and at Union
Theol. Sem., N. Y., in 1857, and at Yale Scientific School

Thomas Strong, Son of Elder John, of Northampton. 405
in 1869 : Prin. of Young Ladies' Institute at Englewood,
N. J. He m. Nov. 17, 1859, Eliza Howe Schneider b.
at Broosa, Asia Minor, Jan. 9, 1837 (dau. of Rev. Dr.
Benjamin Schneider and EUza Abbott). Children :
7037. 1. WiUiam Harrison Dwight b. at Kinderhook, N. Y., AprU
23, 1863.
7038. 2. Amv H. Dwight b. Feb. 1868, d. at West Point, N. Y.,
Aug. 24, 1869.
7039. in. John White Dwight (son of Dr. H. G. 0. Dwight) b. at
Constantinople, Dec. 4, 1834, d. of the plague June 29,
1837.
7040. iv. Charles Parmelee Dwight b. Feb. 25, 1837, d. Feb. 18,
1853. Children by second wife :
7041. V. Mary Tappan Dwight b. Aug. 19, 1840, d. July 5, 1847,
7042- 8. vi. Henry Otis Dwight b. June 3, 1843, at Constantinople
He left Delaware Coll., 0., during the late rebellion and
entered as a private in the 20th Regt Ohio Vols., and be
came an aid of Major Gen. Ford. He m. March, 1867
at Bliddleboro, Mass., Mary A. Bliss (dau. of Rev. B
E. Bliss of Constantinople).
7044. vii. Cornelia Porter Dwight b. Nov. 12, 1846, a teacher at
Westerly, R. I. ; she sailed Feb. 23, 1871, as a mission
ary of the A. B. C. F. BL, to Western Turkey.
7045- 6. vUi. Sarah Hinsdale Dwight b. July 17, 1848, a teacher of
music at White Plains, N. Y., and New Milford, Ct ;
she m. May 29, 1869, Rev. Edward Riggs of New York
(son of Dr. Elias Riggs, Miss, to Constantinople). He
was ordained missionary to Turkey, June 13, 1869.
7047. ix. Susan Elizabeth Dwight b. Feb. 6, 1851.
[6th Gen.J
6511-2. viii. Susannah Strong (dau. of Rev. Joseph Strong of WU
Uamsburgh, Mass., and Jane Gelston) b. March 18, 1770, m. May 5,
1793, Thomas Mayhew of WUUamsburgh, Mass., b. Nov. 12, 1767 (son
of Payne Mayhew of Charlemont, and Margaret Wass), a merchant in
Williamsburgh, Mass. He d. Blarch 26, 1843; she d. Sept 12, 1842.
[7th Gen.J Children :
7048- 9. i. Wealthy Mayhew b. Aug. 25, 1797, m. Erastus Hubbard.
7050- 1. u. Susan Mayhew b. April 11, 1800, m. Henry R. Sheldon
of Deerfield, Mass.
7062. iu. Adaline Mayhew b. July 17, 1805, d. Oct 9, 1806.
7053- 4. iv. Mary Ann Mayhew b. Feb. 6, 1807, m. Samuel Noyes.
7055- 6. V. Fidelia Mayhew b.Nov. 28, 1810 : m. Sylvanus Miller.
7048-9. 1. Wealthy Mayhew b. Aug. 25, 1797, m. April 3, 1818
Erastus Hubbard, a school teacher in Williamsburgh (son of Elisha

406 Descendants of Joseph Strong of Coventry, Ct.,Smof
Hubbard, and Hannah White, of Hatfield, Mass.). He d. AprU 16, 1852
she d. Feb. 3. 1849.
[8th Gen.J Children :

7057.

Diantha Maria Hubbard.

7058.

ii.

Octavia Bethura Hubbard.

7059.

iii.

Thomas Mayhew Hubbard, went to sea in 1852
been heard from since.

7060.

iv.

Daniel White Hubbard.

7061.

V.

A child unnamed.

has not

[7th Gen.]
7050-1. u. Susan Mayhew, b. April 11, 1800, m. Sept. 19, 1818,
Henry Remembrance Sheldon, b. Oct. 12, 1792 (son of Elisha Burke
Sheldon, of Bernardston, Mass., and Eunice Hale), a merchant in Deer
field, Mass., where she stUl (1870) resides and where he d. She is the
only survivor of all her family, and with her it will perish from the earth.
[8th Gen.J Children :
7062- 3. i. Maria Sheldon b. Jan. 3, 1821, m. Aug. 22, 1848, Henry
Wesley Williams (son of Henry and Lucy Williams),
a harness-maker in Chicopee, Mass. She d. May 4, 1 863 :
no children.
7064- 5. ii. Henry Mayhew Sheldon b. Jan. 6, 1829, m. Dec. 12,
1855, Martha Lucinda Williams, b. Oct. 12, 1833 (dau.
of Warren Willams, of Gill, Mass. and Mary Park), a
tailor in Greenfield, Mass. He d. April 13, 1865. One
child :
7066. 1. Frank Mayhew Sheldon b. Feb. 26, 1856.
[7th Gen.J
7053-4. iv. Mary Ann Mayhew b. Feb. 6, 1807, m. June 12, 1828,
Samuel Noyes : a farmer at Plainfield, Mass. She d. May 7, 1841 : he d.
in 184-. [8th Gen.J Children :
7067. i. Margaret Jane Noyes.
7068. ii. Henry Noyes.
7069. iH. Daniel Webster Noyes.
7070. iv. William Mayhew Noyes.
[7th Gen.J
7065-6. v. Fidelia Mayhew b. Nov. 28, 1810, m. May 4, 1834,
Sylvanus MiUer (son of John Miller) : a farmer in Williamsburgh, Mass.
She d. Sept 30, 1853, he d. Dec. 9, 1869. One chUd :
7071. 1. John WiUiams MiUer.
[5th Gen.J See page 331.
6127-8. iv. Tabitha Strong (dau. of Capt. Joseph and Elizabeth
Strong, of Coventry, Ct) b. April 3, 1731, m. June 17, 1762, Ebenezer

Thomas Strong, Son of Elder John, of Northampton. 407
Bishop, of Norwich, Ct. (afterwards of Lisbon) b. in 1725 (son of Samuel
and Sarah Bishop) : a farmer at Lisbon, Ct She d. Aug. 10, 1768, and
he m. again and had other children.
[6th Gen.J Children :
7072. i. Susannah Bishop b. May 9, 1763.
7073. u. Samuel Bishop b. Feb. 21, 1765.
7074. iU. Ebenezer Bishop b. June 3, 1767.
[5th Gen.J
6181-2. vi. Asa Strong (son of Capt. Joseph Strong and Elizabeth
(Strong) b. March 12, 1735 : m. June 9, 1763, Sarah Moody of Newbury,
Mass., b. in 1737. She d. Aug. 4, 1770, aet. 33 : a farmer in Coventry,
Ct., and afterwards in Greenfield, Mass., where he d. in 1798. His will
is dated May, 1798, and his property amounted at its settlement to $802,
viz : real estate, 1413.34 : and personal estate, $389.40.
[6th Gen.J Children:
7075. i. Hannah Tappen Strong b. AprU 25, 1765.
7076. ii. Elizabeth Strong b. AprU 17, 1766.
7077- 8. iii. Tabitha Strong b. Nov. 18, 1767, m. Julius Chapin of
Leyden, Mass.
7079. iv. Jane Strong b. March 24, 1769.
[5th Gen.]
6133-4. vii. Dea. Elnathan Strong (son of Capt. Joseph Strong
ofCoventry, Ct, and Elizabeth Strong dau. of Preserved Strong ofCov
entry), b. Sept. 23, 1736, m. in 176-, Rachel Warner of Middletown, Ct
Scotland), b. in 1744, a farmer at Granby, Ct. (Salmon Brook) a man of
sterling integrity and excellence, a deacon in the Congregational church
(1792-1805). He d. Dec 16, 1806, aged 70. She d. Oct 9, 1789, aged
45, andhe m. for 2d wife Mary Marsh of Hartford, Ct., who survived him
for many years.
[6th Gen.J Children : By ji/rst wife :
7080- 1. i. Rachel Strong b.in 1768, m. Elihu Hayes of Granby, Ct,
7082. H. Tabitha Strong b. in 1772, d. unmarried Nov. 25, 1843,
aged 71.
7083- 4. iU. Elnathan") d. Dec. 4, 1842.
\ twins b. AprU 11, 1775.
7085. iv. Betsey ) d. unmarried May 15, 1852, aged 77.
7086- 7. V. Asa Strong b. July 6, 1778, m. Elizabeth Meacham b. in
1774 : a farmer at Granby, Ct., where he d. of a scrofu
lous gangrene, Aug 14, 1848. She d. May 20, 1846.
No issue,
7088- 9. vL Nathan Strong b. May, 1780, m. Theodosia Higley b. in
1781 (dau. of Asa and Eunice Higley) : a farmer at

408 Descendants of Joseph Strong of Coventry, Ct, Sonof
Granby, no issue. He d. of pneumonia May 10, 1858,
aged 77. She d. Oct. 9, 1853, aged 72.
7090. vU, Joseph Strong b. Oct 24, 1781, d. of consumption March
6, 1836.

7080-1. i. Rachel Strong b. in 1768, m. in 179- Elihu Hayes b.
in 1763 (son of Andrew Hayes) : a farmer in Granby, Ct He d. Oct 9,
1821, aged 58. She d. Dec. 3, 1838, aged 70.
[7th Gen.J Children :
7091- 2. i. Justin Hayes b. Jan. 9, 1799.
7093- 4. H. Clarissa Hayes b. Aug., 1800, m. Sylvester Case of
Barkhamstead.
7095- 7. iU. Elihu Hayes b. Jan. 9, 1803.
7098- 9. iv. Silas Hayes b. Jan. 17, 1806.
7100. V. Orrin Hayes b. March 1811, d. unmarried while tra
velling in the south, at Connelsville, Pa., in 1838.
7091-2. i. Justin Hayes b. Jan. 9, 1799, m. Aug. 22, 1821, Lucretia
Case (dau. of George Case of Granby, Ct., and Lucy Hayes), a farmer at
Granby, Ct : he d. May 11, 1854, at Avon, Ct.
[8th Gen.J Children :
7101. i. Lamina Lucretia Hayes b. Nov. 25, 1822, at Granby, Ct,
m. Justus Marcns Case.
7102, ii. Lucius Justin Hayes b. at Granby, Aug. 22, 1827, d. Aug.
25, 1818, at Canton, Ct
7103. iii. Orrin Austin Hayes b. at Granby, Nov. 5, 1832, d. at Avon
Ct, Jan. 8, 1854.
7104. iv. Mary ^ d. June 18, 1836, at Granby.
[¦twins b. June 17, 1835.
7105. V. Martha ) d. Aug. 25, 1839, at Granby.
7106. vi. Mary Lucy Hayes b. Oct. 12, 1843, at Simsbury, Ct. : re
sides in New Britain, Ct.
7101. i. Lamina Lucretia Hayes b. Nov. 25, 1822, m. Feb. 19,
1844, Justus Marcus Case (son of Horatio J. Case and Hepzibah Cornish):
a resident in Simsbury, Ct He d. ; she resides in ^New Britain, Ct.
They had two children :
7107. 1. Martha Ann Case b. July 12, 1845, at Simsbury, Ct., d.
AprU 10, 1849.
7108. 2. Justin Lucius Case b. Oct 28, 1861, at Simsbury, Ct
[7th Gen.J
7093^. U. Clarissa Hayes (dau. of Elihu Hayes and Rachel Strong)
b. Aug. 1800, m. Feb. 27, 1826, Sylvester Case b. Jan. 17, 1805, a farmer
at Barkhamstead, Ct She d. May 27, 1861.

Thomas Strong, Son of Elder John, of NortJiampton. 409
[8th Gen.J Children :
7109. i. Emily Case b. May 6, 1828, m. John Green of Hartland,
Ct
7110- 1. u. Mary Case b. April 1, 1838, m. Lucien Frazier. They
have one child :
7112. 1. Minor Bentley Frazier b. Oct 1861.
[7th Gen.J
7095-7. iii. Elihu Hayes, Jr. (son of Elihu Hayes of Granby, Ct,
and Rachel Strong) m. May, 1829, Theodosia Wright (dau. of Jonathan
Wright of Tolland, Mass., and Margaret Homelton). She d. and he m.
April, 1841, for 2d wife Helen Lane (dau. of a Mr. Lane of Hartland,
Ct., and Amy Lane of Litchfield). She d. and he m. Oct 1845, Mabel
Bradley of Windsor, Ct , who was at the time a widow Olds. He was a
farmer. [8th Gen.J Children : By first wife :
7113- 4. i. Cornelius Wright Hayes b. May 3, 1830 ; a blacksmith
at Belchertown, Mass. He m. March 28, 1853, Mary
Pamelia Spaulding (dau. of Amos S. Spaulding of R. I.
and Ruhamah Cary of Brookline, Mass.). Their child
ren are :
Clara Isabel Hayes b. May 11, 1856.
Emma Diana Hayes b. Aug. 6, 1858, d. Jan. 7, 1859.
WiUiam Elihu Hayes b. May 3, 1860.
Charles David Hayes b. July 9, 1862, d. Jan. 16, 1863.
Mary Emma Hayes b. Aug. 22, 1865, d. July 27, 1866.
Nettie May Hayes b. June 25, 1867.
, Charles Bentley Hayes b. Jan. 26, 1832, m. May,
1858, Ellen Augusta Cowles b. June 16, 1847 (dau. of
Israel Cowles of Belchertown, and Polly Pearl of "V'ernon,
Ct.), a dealer in boots and shoes at Belchertown. His
children have been :
7123. 1. Charles Henry Hayes b. AprU 19, 1859, d. Sept. 30, 1859.
7124. 2. Addie Theodosia Hayes b. Feb. 27, 1862, d. Aug. 29, 1862.
By second wife :
7125. iii. Egbert Kendall Hayes (son of Elihu Hayes and Helen
Lane) b. May 14, 1842 : a shoe dealer in Belchertown :
unmarried (1870). By third wife:
7126. iv. Elihu Eugene Hayes (son of Elihu Hayes and Mabel
Bradley, his 3d wife) b. May 14, 1842, a farmer.
[7th Gen.J
7098-9. iv. Silas Hayes (sou of Elihu Hayes of Granby and Rachel
Strong) b. Jan. 17, 1806, m. Sept 16, 1829, Eliza Roby (dau. of Walter
52

7115.

1.

7116.

2.

7117.

• 3.

7118.

4.

7119.

5.

7120.

6.

7121-

2. ii.

410 Descendants of Joseph Strongof Coventry, Ct, Son of
Roby of Simsbury, Ct., and Martha Case) : a farmer in Bloomington, 111.
(since 1847).
[8th Gen.J Children :
7127- 8. i. Mary Elizabeth Hayes b. May 4, 1832, d. Sept. 27, 1854,
at Bloomington, aged 22, m. Myers J. Hill.
7129. u. Jane Ann Hayes b. April 28, 1834, d. Sept. 28, 1852, at
Bloomington.
7130- 1. iii. George Hayes b. March 8, 1836.
7132- 3. iv. Charles Hayes b. Aug. 8, 1838.
71,84^ 5. V. Silas Hayes b. Feb. 29, 1840.
7136- 7. vi. Josephine Nelson Hayes b. at Bloomington, Nov. 1, 1847,
m. John Brown.
7138. vU. Eliza BeU Hayes b. July 3, 1850.
7127-8. i. Mary Elizabeth Hayes b. May 4, 1832, m. in 1853,
Myers J. HiU of Ohio. She d. Sept. 27, 1854. One child :
7139. 1. Emma HiU b. Aug. 1854, d. Sept 1854.
7130-1. Hi. George Hayes b. March 8, 1836, m. Dec. 27, 1864,
Drusilla Sprague of L. I., New York, lives at Bloomington, 111. Their
children are :
7140. 1. George Hayes h. Nov. 7, 1865.
7141. 2. Grace Maude Hayes b. Oct 12, 1869.
7132-3. iv. Charles Hayes b. Aug. 8, 1838, m. Oct 6", 1863,
Nelly English (dau. of John and Martha English), lives at Bloomington,
111. Their children are :
7142. 1. Charles Roberts Hayes b. Nov. 19, 1866.
7143. 2. Addie Belle Hayes b. Dec. 1867.
7134-5. V. Silas Hayes b. Feb. 29, 1840, m. Nov. 14, 1861, .lenny
M. Cone (dau. of Henry Cone of Farmington, 111.) : resides at Odell, 111.
Their children are :
7144. 1. George Adelbert Hayes b. June 13, 1863.
7145. 2. SUas Grant Hayes b. Aug. 1865.
7146. 3. Henry Cone Hayes b. Oct 1868.
7186-7. vi. Josephine Nelson Hayes b. Nov. 1,1847, m. Jan. 1868.
John Brown, of Bloomington, 111. They have one child :
7147. 1. Wallace S. Brown b. AprU 1, 1869.
[6th Gen.J
7083-4. in. Elnathan Strong, Jr. (son of Dea. Elnathan Strong, of
Granby, Ct, and Rachel Warner) b. AprU 11, 1776, m. Jan. 6, 1806,

Thomas Strong, Son of Elder John, of NortJiampton. 411
Annis Higley b. Nov. 8, 1781 (dau. of Ozias Higley and Martha Gillett) :
a farmer at Granby, and a man of unusual energy and enterprise. He d.
of pneumonia, Dec. 4, 1842, aged 68, she d. Nov. 17, 1842.
[7th Gen.J Children :
7148- 9. i. Annis Elizabeth Strong b. Nov. 19, 1816, m. John Burwell.
7160. ii. Julia Strong b. AprU 10, 1821, d. Feb. 16, 1822.
7148-9. i. Annis Elizabeth Strong b. Nov. 19, 1816, m. May 8,
1845, John Burwell b. Jan. 6, 1813 (son of John W. BurweU, of Bark
hamstead, Ct, and Abigail Ellis) : a farmer at Granby, Ct.
[8th Gen.J Children:
7151. i. John Strong Burwell b. Feb. 1, 1847 : engaged in the Actu
ary Departmentof the ^tna Life Ins. Co., of Hartford, Ct.
7152. u. Alban Sherwood Burwell b. Feb. 12, 1851.
7153. Hi. Ella Jane BurweU b. Dec 17, 1853, d. Dec. 17, 1857.
7090. vii. Joseph Strong (son of Dea. Elnathan Strong and Rachel
Warner) h. Get 24, 1781, m. Sept 12, 1814, Rhoda Climena Gates b.
June 25, 1792 (dau. of Jesse Gates of Simsbury, and Rhoda Reed) : a
farmer at Granby, Ct He d. of consumption, March 6, 1836, aged 54,
she d. at Owatoma, Minn., Feb. 11, 1867. She m. June 3, 1849, for a
second husband, Thomas Smart (from England), of Tariffville, Ct He
d. Aug. 29, 1852.
[8th Gen.J Children: '
7154- 6. i. Elizabeth Rachel Strong b. April 17, 1816, m. Dea.
Erastus Graves.
7156- 7. U. Rev. John Cotton Strong b. May 12, 1818, in Granby, Ct
7158. iii. TABiTHABmilyStrongb. Sept 12, 1820, d.Nov. 8, 1825.
7159-60. iv. Rev. Joseph Dwight Strong b. in Granby, Ct, June 5,
1823.
7161- 2. V. Julia Adelia Strong b. in Granby, Aug. 14, 1825, m.
Oliver Nash.
7163- 4. vi. Minerva Lewis Strong b. in Granby, June 1, 1828, m.
Dr. Foster Bodle.
716.5- 6. vii Charles Asa Strong b. Dec. 31, 1831, in Granby.
7167- 8. viu. Emily Strong b. AprU 9, 1834, m. Hon. N. M. Donaldson.
7154-5. i. Elizabeth Rachel Strong b. April 17, 1816, m. Sept 18,
1844, Dea. Erastus Graves b Jan. 13, 1807 (son of John Graves of WU
Uamsburgh, Mass. [son of Seth and Mary Graves of Hatfield] and Eunice
Porter, dau. of Dea Jonathan Porter of Hatfield) : a farmer in WiUiams
burgh, Mass.
[9th Gen.] Children :
7169. i. John Edwin Graves b. Oct. 28, 1849, d. Feb, 12, 1860.
7170. u. Joseph Strong Graves b. Oct 6, 1853.
7172. Hi. Eunice Emily Graves b. Feb. 20, 1867.

7174.

ii.

7176.

iH.

7176.

iv.

412 Descendants of JosepJi Strong of Coventry, Ct, Sonof
[8th Gen.J
7156-7. ii. Rev. John Cotton Strong (son of Joseph Strong of
Granby and Rhoda C. Gates) b. May 12, 1818, graduated at Williams
College in 1843, and at the Theological Institute at Bast Windsor in
1846 : for three years (1846-49) a missionary of the A. B. C. F. M. to
the Choctaws at Mt Pleasant, afterwards pastor of various churches in
Illinois, Iowa and Minnesota, and since Feb. 1864, pastor of the Cong.
church at Chain Lake Centre, Minn., and engaged also in farming. He
m. Dec. 15, 1846, Celia Semantha Wright b. Jan. 29, 1827 (dau. of
Dr. Silas Wright of Blandford, Mass. and Semantha  ). She d. in Edg-
inton. III., March 2, 1850, and he m. for second wife, AprU 23, 1857,
Mrs. Cynthia Rosetta Hamlin b. Dec. 19, 1826, widow of Chapin Ham
lin of Lockport, N. Y., and dau. of Phineas Newton of Newport, N. H.,
and Sabra Buell.
[9th Gen.J Children :
7173. i. Sarah Hinsdale Strong b. in the Choctaw Nation, March
16, 1848. By second wife :
Charles Judson Strongb. Feb. 11, 1858.
Florence Minerva Strong b. Feb. 6, 1860.
Roberta Louisa Strong b. Jan. 21, 1861.
[8th Gen.J
7159-60. iv. Rev. Joseph Dwight Strong b. in Granby June 5,
1823; grad. at WUliams, in 1849, and at E. Windsor, in 1852 ; settled for
three years(1852-5) over the Cong. Cb.,at Westport,Ct ; for the next three
overa church of foreign residents at Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands (1855-58).
On the failure of his health there, he went to California, and preached for
4 years (1868-62), to the Presbyterian Church, in Oakland, and was after
wards pastor for five years (1862-67) of the Larkin street Presbyterian
Church in San Francisco, and was (1869) temporarily in Hyannis, Mass.
He was, when in California, Superintendent of Public Schools for Alameda
Co., and editor of " The Hesperian and Pacific Monthly," published in
San Francisco. He is the author of " The Children of many Lands "
and other works. He m. Sepyt. 7, 1852, Margaret Dewing Bixby, of
Williamstownj Mass., herself the author of several books. She d.
in San Francisco, July 24, 1866. He removed in 1870, to Oakland, Cal.
To hini the author is indebted for this account of the descendants of Dea.
Elnathan Strong and Rachel Warner.
[9th Gen.J Children:
7177. i. Joseph Dwight Strong b. in Westport, Ct Sept. 15, 1853.
7178. ii. Elizabeth Strong b. in Westport, Feb. 1, 1856.
7179. iii. Wallace Kealolia, b. in Honolulu, Oct. 25, 1857.
7180. iv. NiNOLE Strong b. in Oakland, Cal., Dec. 2, 1858.

7184.

7185.

ii.

7186.

iii.

7187.

iv.

7188.

V.

Thomas Strong, Son of Elder John, of NortJiampton. 413
7181. v. Nathan Bixby Strong b. in Oakland, June 10, 1860.
7182. vi. Mark Hopkins Strong b. in Oakland, March 10, 1862.
7183. vii. Dwight Strong b. in San Francisco, Dec. 21, 1864.
[8th Gen.J
7161-2. V. Julia Adelia Strong b. Aug. 14, 1825, m. May 27,
1846, Oliver Nash of WiUiamsburgh, Mass. b. Feb. 26, 1821 (son of
Elisha Nash, Jr., of Williamsburgh, and Experience Claghom, dau. of
James Claghorn of Cummington, Mass. : a farmer on the old homestead.
[9th Gen.J Children :
A son b. and d. July 21, 1847.
Alanson Nash b. Aug. 6, 1849.
Ellen 3Iinerva Nash b. Oct 3, 1853.
Charles Nash b. March 21, 1857, d. March 28, 1857.
Elizabeth Emily Nash b. May 8, 1861.
[8th Gen.J
7163-4. vi. BliNERVA Lewis Strong (dau. of Joseph Strong of
Granby, and Rhoda C. Gates) b. June 1, 1828, m. Feb. 9, 1867, Dr. Foster
Bodle b. in PortJervis, N. Y., Feb. 2, 1838 (son of  Bodle of Dart-
ford, Wis., since 1849, and Maria Rosecrantz), a physician at Owatoma,
Minn. He enlisted May 16, 1861, in Co. C, 7th 0. V. I., and was cap
tured in W. Virginia, Aug. 26, 186], and kept in prison for 8 months
(in Richmond, Va., New Orleans, and Salisbury, N. C); was paroled
May 26, 1862 ; studied medicine at Ann Harbor, Mich., and in the sum
mer of 1863, reentered the army as assistant surgeon of the 185th Regt.
0. V. I., where he remained until Oct 9, 1865. He has a child :
7189. 1. Fanny 3Iaria Bodle b. Oct., 1868.
7165-6. vii. Charles Asa Strong b Dec. 31, 1831, entered Williams'
College in 1853 but was compelled by poor health to leave it; taught
school at Lyons, Iowa, for a year (1856-6); a farmer at Owatoma, Minn.
(1856—67); went out as a soldier against the Indians in the outbreak of
1862; since 1867 has lived in Benton, Wis., engaged in farming and
working the lead mines. He m. in Benton, Feb. 20, 1867, Nancy Jane
Carr b in Edginton, 111., Dec. 31, 1842 (dau. of Col. Peter Carr and
Celicia Jameson. Col. Carr served as Lieut, in the Blacl? Hawk war).
[9th Gen.J Children:
7190. i. Joseph Petef Strong b. Nov. 23, 1868.
7191. u. Mary Climena Strong b Jan. 16, 1869.
[8th Gen.]
7167-8. viH. Emily Strong b. April 9, 1834, m. Jan. 19, 1866, Hon.
Nicholas Mills Donaldson b. Nov. 12, 1809 (son of James Donaldson of

414 Descendants of Joseph Strong of Coventry, Ct, Son of
Cambridge, N. Y., and Christie MiUs): a lawyer and circuit judge in
Minnesota (elected in 1867 and reelected in 1864); a member of the
Wis. legislature (4 separate sessions) : resides at Owatoma, Minn.
[9th Gen.J Children:
7192. i. Mary Donaldson b. May 6, 1866.

[5th Gen.J See page 331.
6137-9. ix. Dea. Benajah Strong (son of Capt Josepl> Strong of
Coventry, and Blizabetn Strong, dau. of Preserved Strong) b. Oct. 13,
1740, m. March 9, 1769, Lucy Bishop b. Dec. 21, 1747 (dau. of Caleb
Bishop of Lisbon, Ct, then Norwich, and Keziah Hebard) who d. Nov.
27, 1783, aged 36, and he m. for 2d wife, April 29, 1784, Sarah Cole-'
man b. March 4, 1749 (dau. of Ebenezer Coleman of Coventry, and Sarah
Brown); a farmer at Coventry; selectman; member of the general
assembly (1781); a justice of the peace and deacon of the first-Congrega
tional church at Coventry (1782-1809) : he d. Nov. 25, 1809, aged 69 ;
she d. Aug. 12, 1837, aged 88.
[6th Gen.J Children :
7193- 4. i. Joseph Strong, M.D., b. March 10, 1770, d. in Philadelphia
of yellow fever; grad. at Yale Coll.; Surgeon in Wayne's
Army.
7195- 6. u. Narcissa Strong b. Nov. 29, 1771, m. Benjamin Daven
port of Coventry.
7197. iU. Roger Strong b. Oet. 1, 1773, d. March 14, 1822.
7198. iv. Billy Strong b. Aug. 5, 1775, d. Nov. 10, 1776.
7199-01. V. Lucy Strong b. June 9, 1778, m. Rev. Joseph W. Cross-
man.
7202- 4. vi. Martha Strongb. AprU 25, 1780, m. J. Walter Rose and
for 2d husband Dea. EUphalet Whittlesey.
7205- 6. vU. Mary Strong b. April 25, 1780 (twin with Martha) m.
Daniel Fitch Cutler of Lisbon, Ct.
7207. viU. Billy Strong (2d) b. March 2, 1782, d. July 23, 1782.
7208. ix. Benajah Strong b. Jan. 26, 1783, d. unmarried Aug. 2,
1851, set 68.
By 2d wife (Sarah Oolman).
7209-10. X. Sarah Strong b. July 8, 1788, m. Amos Richardson of S.
Coventry, Ct
7193-4. i. Joseph Strong, M.D., b.Marc]ilO,1770,m.RebeccaYoung
of PhUadelphia, b. in 1780 : grad. at Yale in 1788. He was an army sur
geon in Gen. Wayne's Legion in 0. (1793-5), the commission being
signed by Washington March 19, 1793. He settled at Philadelphia as a
practitioner in 1795, and afterwards at Chilicothe, 0. He d. April, 1812,
set 42 ; she d. in Piqua, 0., June 2, 1862, set 82.

Thomas Strong, Son of Elder JoJm, of Northampton. 415
[7th Gen.J Children :
7211- 2. i. Lucy Strong m. Col. WUHam Key Bond (son of a Mr.
Bond of Philadelphia), a lawyer in Cincinnati, 0., where
she d. Aug. 27, 1860, and he d. Feb. 1864. Their
children were :
7213- 4. i. CecUia Bond m. Hon. Henry Stanberry of Cincinnati 0.,
Attorney Gen. of the U. S. A. under Pres. Andrew
Johnson, he resides near Newport, Ky.
7216- 6. 2. Ellen Bond m. in 1851, John A. Robinson of New York:
she d. in Jan. 1856. They had 3 children : Lucy, John
and Ellen Bond Robinson (b. Jan. 1856, and living in
1870) : the others d. in infancy.
7217- 8. 3. Lucy Bond m. June 2d, 1858, as his 2d, wife John A Robin
son previously husband of her sister Ellen. He is a
retired merchant in New York.
7219-20. 4. Josephine Bond m. Rev. Jared B. Flagg of New Haven
Ct, Jan. 1869.
7221- 2. 5. Susan Key Bond m. Dec. 1858, Nathaniel W. Emerson of
Cincinnatti, 0. They have three children. He resides
at Newport, Ky.
7223. (1.) WUHam Key Bond Emerson.
7224. (2.) H enry Emerson .
7225. (3.) John Robinson Emerson d. in 1867.
7226. U. Joseph Strong, Jr., educated at West Point; he d. at Balti
more, Md.
7228. iu. Peter Strong, an officer in the U. S. N.
7229-30. iv. Ellen Strong, m. John Wood of Chilicothe, 0. She d.
in New York, July, 1863. ChUdren (aU born in Chili
cothe) :
7231. 1. William Bond Wood b. in 1828, lives unmarried (1871),
near Wabash, Ind.
7232- 3. 2. John Wood, m. Jane Dunn, and d. at Wabash in 1865 :
Children :
7234 (1) EUen Wood. 7236. (2) John Wood. 7236. (3) Lucy Wood.
7237. 3. Thomas Wood.
7238- 9. 4. EUen Wood, m. in 1856, Frank Work, a banker in New
York : Children :
- 7240. (1) Fanny Work. 7241. (2) George Work. 7242. (3) Lucy Work.
7243- 4. 5. George Wood b. Dec. 17, 1832, m. June 27, 1860, Sarah
McDonald Gerard of New York, b. Aug. 31, 1840 : ChUd
ren :
7246. (1) George Edward Wood b. Aug. 24, 1861.
7246. (2) Alice Gerard Wood b. Jan. 24, 1863.
7247. 6. Charles Wood d. young.
7248- 9. V. William Young Strong b. at Philadelphia, June 26, 1806,
m. Feb. 1835, Annie Massie b. Aug. 10, 1809 (dau. of
Gen. Nathaniel Massie of Chilicothe, 0., and Susan
Meade). She d. at Piqua, 0., Aug. 17, 1860. He
d. at Terre Haute, Ind., March 23, 1866: they had
4 children :

416 Descendants of Joseph Strong of Coventry, Ct, Son of
7250. 1. William Everard Strong, a banker in New York, b. at Chili
cothe, 0., Aug. 11, 1836 : unmarried.
7251- 2. 2. Joseph Strong b. June 26, 1839, at Chilicothe, 0., m. Dec.
3, 1866, Mary Bourne Blake of Terre Haute, Ind. : a
wholesale grocer at Terre Haute : has one child : Anna
Massie Strong b. Oct 19, 1867.
7263. 3. Nathaniel Massie Strong b. at Chilicothe, Aug. 9, 1841, d.
at Piqua, 0., AprU, 1864.
7264. 4. Henry Massie Strong b. at Chilicothe, Sept 14, 1844, d.
at Piqua, 0., AprU 26, 1869.
7265- 6. vi. Rebecca Strong b. at Chilicothe, 0., m. Oliver H. P. An
derson of Frankfort, Ky, He d. about 1850. She re
sides at Memphis, Tenn. (1870). Their children were :
7257. 1. William Strong Anderson.
7268. 2. Charles Lockwood Anderson.
7259. 3. Oliver Hazard Perry Anderson, d. in the late war.
[6th Gen.J
7196-6. ii. Narcissa Strong (dau. of Dea. Benajah Strongand Lucy
Bishop) b. Nov. 29, 1771, m. Benjamin Davenport b. in 1763 : a scythe-
maker at Coventry, Ct He d. Jan. 20, 1824: she d. July 2, 1832, »t,
60. [7th Gen.J Children :
7260- 1. i. William Davenport
7262. ii. Chauncey Davenport, d. soon.
7263- 4. iii. Lucy Davenport, m. John Perkins of Andover, Ct, d. in
1821.
7265. iv. Chauncey Davenport : had two sons, one of them an Epis
copal clergyman.
7266- 7. V. Mary Davenport b. Sept 24, 1794, m. Martin Lyraan of
Coventry. He d. Oct 17, 1859. She is still living
(1871).
7268. vi. Walter Davenport b. Sept 16, 1798 : lived in N. C,
where he d. unmarried.
7269-70. VU. Bishop Davenport b. Nov. 6, 1800.
7271- 2. viii. Rufus Davenport
7273. ix. Joseph Davenport: a resident in Knoxville, Tenn., un
married.
7274- 5. X. Austin Davenport
7276- 7. xi. Eliza Davenport b, July 20, 1812, m. John Van Deventer.
7278. xH. Emmeline Davenport b. Feb. 20, 1814, d. unmarried Aug.
31, 1868.
7260-1. i. William Davenport (son of Benjamin and Narcissa
Davenport) lived in Crawford County, Pa , d. in Mich., Feb. 6, 1834.
[8th Gen.J Children :
7279. i. William Davenport b. March 9, 1816.
7280. ii. Samuel Davenport b. April 28, 1818.

Thomas Strong, Sonof Elder John, of NortJmmpton. 417
7281. iU. Sally Davenport b. May 21, 1820.
7282. iv. Homer Davenport b. May 17, 1822.
7283. V. Benjamin Davenport b. July 16, 1824.
7284. vi. Clara Davenport b. April 28, 1826.
7285. vU. Austin Davenport b. Feb. 25, 1828.
7286. viii. Lucy Davenport b. March 23, 1830.
7287. ix. Luther Davenport b. July 16, 1832.
[7th Gen.J
7263—4. iii. Lucy Davenport (dau. of Benjamin Davenport and
Narcissa Strong) m. John Perkins : a farmer in Andover, Ct. She d.
in 1821. [8th Gen.J Children :
7288. i. Andrew Perkins.
7289. ii. Lucy Perkins m. William Babcock of Andover, Ct
[7th Gen.J
7266-7. V. Mary ("Polly") Davenport (dau. of Benjamin Daven
port and Narcissa Strong) b. Sept 24, 1794, m. Nov. 3, 1816, Martin
Lyman b. in S. Coventry, Dec. 27, 1782 (son of Asa Lyman and Mary
Bowen) : a farmer in S. Coventry, Ct He d. Oct 17, 1859, aged 77.
She still resides at S. Coventry (1870), bed-ridden for 37 years.
[8th Gen.J Children :
7290- 1. i. Mary Frances Lyman b. Sept 15, 1817, m. Simon Mens.
7292- 8. u. Nathan Emmet Lyman, b. July 14, 1819.
7294- 5. iii. Henrietta Cutler Lyman b. Jan. 28, 1821, m. E. Dow.
7296. iv. Joseph Strong Lyman b. Jan. 9, 1828 : a farmer in Wa
terford, Ct., m. Oct 6, 1868, Augusta Peck (dau. of
Charles Peck, of Lyme, Ct.) : No children.
7290-1. i. Mary Frances Lyman b. Sept 15, 1817, m. June 19,
1838, Simon Mens b. April 4, 1808, in Hiam, Eng.: an accountant in
New York : d. in Jersey City Nov. 18, 1866. She is insane.
[9th Gen.J Children:
7297. i. Mary KHzabeth Mens b. Nov. 18, 1841, d. June, 1843.
7298. u. Sarah Frances Mens b. Dec. 19, 1844.
[8th Gen.J
7292-3. ii. Nathan Emmet Lyman b. July 14, 1819, m. Aug. 1,
1842, Ann Kellogg of E. Hartford, Ct, b. May 20, 1824 (dau. of William
Kellogg) : she d. and he m. for 2d wife Margaret Peck (dau. of John
Peck of Brooklyn, L. I., and Mary his wife). A farmer (400 acres) at
Staunton, Augusta Co., Va. 53

418 Descendants of Joseph Strongof Coventry, Ct.,Son of

[9th

Gen.J Children :

By first wife :

7299-00.

i. William Emmett Lyman m. Netty Dow of S. Coventry, a

clerk in Hartford, Ct. (for James L. Howard).

By second wife :

7301.

ii. John Lyman.

7302.

iii. Charles Lyman.

7303.

iv. Mary Lyman.

7304

V. Edward Lyman.

7305. '

vi. George Lyman.

7306.

vii. Helen Lyman.

[8th Gen.J
7294-5. iii. Henrietta Cutler Lyman b. Jan. 28, 1821, m. Nov.
18, 1844, Edward Dow of S. Coventry (son of Joseph Dow and Hannah
Richardson) : a farmer at Bunker Hill, Macoupin Co., 111. She d. Sept.
28, 1862, aged 41.
[9th Gen.J Children :
7307. i. Lyman Dow.
7308. ii. Theodore Dow.
7309. Hi. Josephine Dow.
7310. iv. James Dow.
7311. v. Gracie Dow, d. Sept. 18, 1862.
[7th Gen.J
7269-70. vii. Bishop Davenport (son of Benjamin Davenport, of
Coventry, Ct, and Narcissa Strong) b. Nov. 6, 1800, m. Aug. 11, 1825,
Eliza Dimmick b. May 24, 1798 (dau. of Roger Uimmick, of Coventry,
Ct., and Clarissa M. his wife). He was a publisher of books, and an author,
of moderate success in life. He resided at different times in Connecticut
New Jersey, Delaware, and Ohio. He d. Sept. 2, 1855 : she d. July 11,
1867. [8th Gen.J Children :
7312. i. Benjamin Franklin Davenport b. May 6, 1826 : a specu
lator, resides in Nevada.
7313- 5. u. Mary Ann Moody Davenport b. May 10, 1828, m. Wm.
Stout, and afterwards W. S. Mesick.
7316. iU. Louisa Maria Davenport b. Feb. 9, 1830, d. June 9, 1832.
7317- 8. iv. William Henry Davenport b. March 14, 1832.
7319-20. V. Caroline Desire Davenport b. Feb. 17, 1834, m. Parish
B. Ladd.
7321- 2. vi. Thomas Fitch Davenport b. March 15, 1836.
7323. vii. Timothy Dimmick Davenport b. May 26, 1838, d. July
20, 1838.
7324. vHi. Laura Booth Davenport b. May 30, 1839, d. Nov. 7, 1839.
7326. ix. Emma Louisa Davenport b. AprU 25, 1841, d. Dec 6, 1842.
7326. X. Charles Bishop Davenport b. Sept 8, 1843 : a merchant
in Reno, Nevada.

Thomas Strong, Son of Elder JoJin, of Northampton. 419
7313-5. ii. Mary Ann Moody Davenport b. May 10, 1828, m.
Dec. 23, 1841, William Stout He d., and she m. for 2d husband W.
S. Mesick : a resident of Sacramento, Cal.
[9th Gen.J Children :
7327- 8. i. Cora Annab. Sept 1862, m. May 19, 1869, Drnry Melone,
a resident of Sacramento, Cal.
7329. u. Mary Mesick b. July, 1867.
[8th Gen.J
7317-8. iv. William Henry Davenport (son of Bishop Davenport
and Eliza Dimmick) b. March 14, 1832, m. Mary (Molly) Spangler :
attorney at law in California. One child :
7330. 1. Charles Stiles Davenport b. in 1866.
[8th Gen.J
7319-20. V. Caroline Desire Davenport (dau. of Bishop Daven
port and Eliza Dimmick) b. Feb. 17, 1834, m. Dec. 1, 1856, Parish B.
Ladd, a resident of San Francisco, Cal. Have a son :
7331. 1. Frank Ladd.
[8th Gen.J
7321-2. vi. Thomas Fitch Davenport (son of Bishop Davenport
and Eliza Dimraick) b. March 15, 1836, m. Sept 27, 1866, Hannah
Elizabeth AUen b. Dec. 5, 1836 (dau. of Edward Philander Allen of
Wyoming, 0., and Sarah Sunderland): a dentist in Cincinnati, 0. One
child. 1. Mary Adelia Davenport b. Aug. 1, 1867.
[7th Gen.J
7271-2. viii. Rufus Davenport (son of Benjamin and Narcissa
Davenport) m. Catharine Adams of Sinking Springs, Berks Co., Pa.
Children :
7332- 3. 1. Amanda Davenport, m. Nathaniel Ferguson of Robesonia,
Pa.
7334- 5. 2. Rebecca Davenport, m. George B. Smith, of Marion, 0.
7336. 3. WUHam Davenport.
7337. 4. A daughter, name unknown.
[7th Gen. J
7286. vii. Austin Davenport b. Feb. 25, 1828 (son of Benjamin
and Narcissa Davenport m. Susan Gaylord. One child :
1. Chauncey B. Davenport, who lived in Clinton, Wayne
Co., Pa.

420 Descendants of Joseph Strong of Coventry, Ct, Son of
[7th Gen.J
7276-7. xi. Eliza Davenport (dau. of Benjamin Davenport and
Narcissa Strong) b. July 20, 1812, m. Feb. 15, 1837, John Van Deventer
b. Feb. 28, 1807, in Somersville, N. J. (son of CorneHus Van Deventer
and Susan Talmage) : a dealer in paints and oils in New York. His family
reside in Jersey City.
[8th Gen.J Children :
7338- 9. i. Mary Eliza Van Deventer b. in New York, Nov. 20, 1837,
m. Nov. 1, 1864, Rev. John Van Nest Talmage, D.D.,
b. at Somersville, N. J., Aug. 18, 1819 (son of Hon.
David T. Talmage and Catharine Van Nest) grad. at
Rutgers College, N. J., in 1842, and at the Theologioal
Seminary of same in 1845, a missionary of the Reformed
(Dutch) church at Amoy, China, since 1846. They
have one child :
7840. 1. George Edwin Talmage b. at Amoy, Aug. 16, 1865.
7341. ii. Emmeline Strong Van Deventer b. at New York, Nov. 20,
1837.
7342- 3. Hi. George Mather Van Deventer b. at New York, March 12,
1841, m. May 9, 1866, Virginia Van Kleeck (dau. of
Rev. R. D. Van Kleeck).
7344. iv. John Cornelius Van Deventer b. at New York, Nov. 11,
1847, grad. at N. Y. University in 1870, is preparing
for the ministry.
[6th Gen.J
7197. iU. Roger Strong (son of Dea. Benajah Strong and Lucy
Bishop) b. Oct. 1, 1773, m. Mary Fitch b. Feb. 23, 1777 (dau. of Jere
miah Fitch of Coventry, and Sibyl Dimmick) : a farmer at Coventry.
He d. March 14, 1822, aged 48. She d. March 23, 1864, aged 77.
[7th Gen.J Children :
7346. i. Jeremiah Fitch Strong b. July 2, 1798 : a teacher in
Canada, where he d. unmarried, Oct. 1822.
7346- 7. ii. Frederic Augustus Strong b. March 21, 1800, a black
smith in Springfield, Mass.
7348- 9. iu. Mary Ann Strong b. July 21, 1802, m. Elijah Babcock.
7360- 1. iv. Juliette Strong b. Nov. 24, 1806, m. March 22, 1827,
Leonard Babcock b. Feb. 10, 1804 (son of Gideon Bab
cock of Coventry and Tryphena BalDCOck) : a farmer in
Wisconsin.
7352- 3. V. Nancy Bishop Strong b. Jan. 31, 1812, m. Nov. 30, 1829,
Charles Huntington of Windham, Ct., d. Oct 6, 1866 :
a teamster in "Willimantic
7354- 5. vi. Christopher Columbus Strong b. June 15, 1819, m.
AprU 13, 1835, Henrietta Rider, who d. Nov. 13, 1860 ;
a blacksmith in the Springfield armory, Mass., and after
wards a machinist in Coventry, Ct.

Thomas Strong, Son of Elder John, of Northampton. 421
7346-7. U. Frederic Augustus Strong b. March 21, 1800, m. Oct
7, 1823, Juliette Simpson of WiUimantic, Ct. : a blacksmith in Spring
field Armory, Mass. He d. Sept 28, 1859.
[7th Gen.J
7347-8. iU. Mary Ann Strong (dau. of Roger Strong and Mary
Fitch) b. July 21, 1802, m. March 26, 1822, Elijah Babcock b. Dec. 14,
1789 (son of Gideon Babcock of Coventry and Tryphena Babcock, dau.
of Elisha Babcock ofCoventry) : a farmer at South Coventry, Ct
[8th Gen.J Children :
7356. i. Norman Leander Babcock b. AprU 27, 1823, m. Jan. 27,
1848, Sarah Spencer, of Mansfield, Ct She d. Dec 26,
1856, and he m. for second wife, June 27, 1868, Maria
Blivin of Willimantic, Ct. : a farmer in South Coven
try, Ct.
7357. ii. Charles Babcock b. March 13, 1826, m. Aug. 1853,
Eliza Lathrop of WiUimantic, Mass. : a farmer at Pike's
Peak, Colorado.
7358. in. Julia Sophronia Babcock b. Feb. 10, 1828, m. Nov. 1854,
Henry Crandall: a merchant in Providence, R. I.
7359. iv. AusTANiA Mary Babcock b. Oct 13, 1835, a teacher in
Providence, R, I., d, unmarried Aug 16, 1865.
7360. V. Alonzo Strong Babcock b. Feb. 20, 1838, m. Rosa Bast-
lake Cole : a farmer at Pike's Peak, Colorado.
7361. vi. Francis LeRoy Babcock b. July 29, 1845, a clerk in
Providence.
7356. i. Norman Leander Babcock b. April 27, 1823, m. Jan.
27, 1848, Sarah Spencer of Mansfield, Ct She d. Deo. 26, 1856; and
he m. June 27, 1858, Maria Blivin of WiUimantic, Ct, a farmer in
South Coventry.
[6th Gen.J
7199-01. V. Lucy Strong (dau. of Benajah Strong and Lucy Bishop)
b, June 19, 1778, m. Jan. 14, 1798, Rev. Joseph Warren Crossman b.
in Taunton, Mass., Aug. 7, 1775 (son of Col. Crossman of Taunton), grad.
at Brown University in 1795, installed pastor of Congregational Church
at Salisbury, Ct., June 18, 1797, where he d. Dec. 13, 1812; a man of
rare excellence of character, prudent, wise, affectionate, friendly, meek,
and winning in his manners. His widow m. Dec. 16, 1817, for a second
husband and as his second wife James Pierpont of Litchfield, Ct, b. July
27, 1761 (son of James Pierpont, Jr., of New Haven, Ct., and Anna
Sherman). He was a clothier. He d. April 23, 1840, set 78 ; she d.
Feb. 20, 1835, set 56. [The first wife of James Pierpont was Elizabeth
CoUins and the mother of Rev. John Pierpont, D.D., of Medford, Mass.,

422 Descendants of Joseph Strong of Coventry, Ct, Son of
the poet, and the earnest advocate of temperance, anti-slavery and other
reforms.] [7th Gen.J Children:

7362. i. Bishop Crossman b. about 1800, a teacher in Chestertown,
Kent Co., Md., where he d. in 1823.
7363. ii. John Newton Crossman b. AprU 13, 1803, a farmer at
Alpine Depot near Berkeley Springs, Morgan Co., West
Virginia, and a clothier (1867-69), where he d. March 2,
1869, set 65. He had two daughters :
7364. 1. Mary Elizabeth Crossman.
7366. 2. Lucy Warren Crossman.
7366. iii. Egbert Crossman b. about 1806, m. Nancy Rossiter (dau.
of Major Samuel Rossiter of Gr. Barrington, Mass., and
afterwards of Ithaca, N. Y., an extensive tanner there),
a merchant for many years (1837-68), in AUentown,
Wilcox Co , Alabama, where he d. May 22, 1868 : had
2 daughters : his family have lived for several years past
at the north.
7367. 1. Julia Crossman who ra. Charles Mousseau of Dixon, Lee
Co, IU.
7368- 9. 2. Cornelia Crossman, a teacher in Gr. Barrington a few years
since, residing there then with her mother, but has lately
m. (whom the author knows not).
7370- 2. iv. Lucy Warren Crossman b. July 17, 1809, m. Joseph
William Mason b. in Litchfield, Ct., May 6, 1801 (son
of Elisha Mason of Litchfield, who d. there June 1, 1858,
ast. 99, and Lucretia Webster who d. there Feb. 1863,
set. 87, dau. of Deacon Benjamin Webster). She d.
Sept 14, 1839, and he m. for 2d wife Sept. 1840, widow
Lucretia Partree of Watertown, Ct, by whom he has
had a daughter Eloise Mary Mason b. Aug. 8, 1841, a
teacher and unmarried (1871). He is a farmer at
Morris, Ct Children :
7373. 1. CorneUa Mason b. Jan 27, 1830, d. Dec. 16, 1832.
7374. 2. Joshua Mason b. Dec. 5, 1831, d. of yellow fever in
Charieston, S. C, Sept. 1, 1858, aged 27, a tailor.
7376. 3. Henrietta Cornelia Mason b. March 17, 1834, resides un
married at Morris.
7376. 4. Frederic James Mason b. March 25, 1836, d. Oct 30, 1838.
7377. 5. Edward Franklin Mason b. Aug. 5, 1838, d. Jan. 14, 1839.
7378- 9. V. Joseph Warren Crossman m. Harriet Sophronia Marsh of
Morris, Ct., a tanner and currier in Morris : d. Nov. 13,
1847. Children :
7380- 1. 1. Josephine Crossman m. Hon. Henry Peck of Bethlehem,
Ct. No issue.
7382. 2. Franklin Crossman, a mute, m. also a mute. They were
both educated at the Asylum for the Deaf and Dumb at
Hartford, Ct. : works in a clock factory at Plymouth,
Ct. No issue.

Thomas Strong, Son of Elder John, of Northampton. 423
By second marriage :
7383- 4. vi. Leonard Pierpont b. Oct 28, 1819, m. Jan. 28, 1841,
Cynthia Turner b. Sept 20, 1816 (dau. of Isaac Tur
ner of Northfield, Ct, and Cynthia Mason) : a farmer at
South Farms, Ct, atLacon, III, and now at Paxton, 111
(Ford Co.), where he is also County Treasurer.
[8th Gen.J Children:
7385. i. Leonard Pierpont, Jr.,b. May 1. 1842 : enUsted Aug. 14,
1862, in Co. K, 76th Regt. of 111. Vols., in which he be
came a corporal. He was in the department of the Mis
sissippi, and took part in the siege of Vicksburgh and in
the battles at Corinth and Jackson. He d. atGalveston,
Texas, July 17, 1865, in camp.
7386. U. Walter Pierpont b. Sept. 9, 1843, enlisted Dec. 10, 1863,
in Co. F, of the first brigade of the Third Division of
of the First Conn. Cavalry. He fought under Sheridan,
and fell shot through the head at Ashland Station, Va.
(near Richmond) in a cavalry skirmish, June 1, 1864,
and d. the next day. He resided at New Haven, Ct.
7387. iii. Edward Sherman Pierpont b. Nov. 22, 1844, enlisted
Oct 1864, in Co. B, 8th III. Regt and was shot at the
storming of Fort Blakeley at Mobile among the foremost
in the charge, April 9, 1865. Of these three sons thus of
fered in theiryouth as a sacrifice" to the honor and life of our
nation the father delights to remember that " they were
good boys and of true courage, having never shrunk
from any place of danger, as their fellows affirm."
7388. iv. Joseph Newton Pierpont b. Feb. 6, 1847, a clerk and
bookkeeper at Paxton until recently ; but now (1871)
resides at New Haven, Ct.
7389. V. Mary Hooker Pierpont b. March 30, 1849, a teacher in
Paxton .
7390. vi. Lucy Strong Pierpont b. Jan. 20, 1853.
Ifl- ™: -1°^^ ^i'.'^P°"* , I- twins b. Oct 22, 1855.
7392. VUI. James Pierpont) '

[6th Gen.J
7202-4. vi. Martha Strong (dau. of Dea. Benajah Strong and Lucy
Bishop) b. AprU 26, 1780, m. Sept 20, 1800, Walter Rose, a merchant
at Coventry, Ct He d. June 11, 1802. She m. AprU 12, 1804, for 2d
husband, Dea. Eliphalet Whittlesey b. at Washington, Ct., March 13,
1778 (son of .John Whittlesey afterwards of Salisbury, Ct, and Mary
Beale); a farmer at Salisbury ; a sterling man, of strongly marked cha
racteristics and prominent in civil and ecclesiastical affairs, unswerving in
his principles and purposes. He d. Dec. 11, 1859; she d. May 1, 1860.
[7th Gen.J Children :
By first husband :
7393. i. Walter Rose, Jr., d. an infant of a few months in age.

424 Descendants of Joseph Strong of Coventry, Ct, Son of
By second hysband :
7394. ii. Caroline Whittlesey b. March 24, 1805, d. soon.
7395- 6. in. Martha Whittlesey b. Sept 25, 1806, m. Hon. Lot Nor
ton, d. Oct. 29, 1867.
7397- 9. iv. Walter Rose Whittlesey b. Feb. 1, 1808, m. May 22,
1833, EmraeUne Harriet Norton b. Aug. 9, 1807 (dau.
of Lot Norton of Salisbury, and Mary Hikok). She d.
Dec. 6, 1859. He m. Nov. 27, 1860, Catharine Moore
of Salisbury b. Sept 1830 (dau. of Henry and Catha
rine Moore). She d. July 16, 1866. He m. for 3d
wife. May 2, 1866, widow Eliza Mulford, nie Fisher
She d. July 9, 1866. No children. He is a farmer and
treasurer of a Savings Bank at Salisbury.
7400- 1. V. Caroline Whittlesey (2d) b. Dec. 7, 1809, m. George
H. Fish.
7402-3. vi. Philander Whittlesey b. Dec. 1, 1811, m. Sept 29, 1834,
Clarissa Lucretia Ward of Sheffield, Mass., b. Nov. 2,
1809 (dau. of John Ward and  Rogers); afarmer
at Salisbury. He d. Oct. 1, 1835; no children; she
resides at Middletown, Ct, having married for a 2d hus--
band, David Northrup.
7404. vU. John Whittlesey b. July 12, 1813, d. May 9, 1815.
7405. viU. Eliphalet Whittlesey b. AprU 2, 1815, d. Sept. 10, 1815.
7406- 7. ix. Rev. Eliphalet Whittlesey b. July 13, 1816, m. at
Newark, N. J , Nov. 16, 1843, Elizabeth Keen Bald
win b. Aug. 29, 1821, at Frankfort, N. J. (dau. of Rev.
Burr Baldwin of Montrose, Pa., and Cornelia Keen) :
grad. at Williams College in 1840, and at the Union
'Theol. Seminary, 1843, a missionary of the A. B. C. F.
M., at the Sandwich Islands, 1843-54). He is engaged
in raising fruit at Elwood, N. J., where he has also
preached a year (1866-7). No children.
7408. X. John Whittlesey b. March 15, 1818, d. Oct 6,1820.
7409-10. xi. Hon. Charles Whittlesey b. Oct 1, 1819.
7411- 2. xH. Rev. Elisha Whittlesey b. Nov. 13, 1821.
7413-4. xiU. Lucy Bishop Whittlesey b. May 6, 1823, m. Dr. Wm.
Werden.
7415- 6. xiv. George Whittlesey b. Oct 9, 1825, m. Oct. 1860, Jane
Spurr, of Sheffield, Mass. (dau. of Derrick L. Spurr)
a farmer at Salisbury, Ct He d. May, 1852. No issue.
7395-6. in. Martha Whittlesey (dau. of Dea. Eliphalet Whittlesey
and Martha Strong) b. Sept. 25, 1806, m, Sept. 6, 1826, Hon. Lot Norton b.
Jan. 16, 1803 (son of Lot Norton of Salisbury, and Mary Hikok), grad.
at Yale, in 1822: afarmer atSalisbury, Ct. ; justice of the peace (1839-59),
and a member of the Conn. Legislature (lower house) in 1857 ; twice
selectman of Salisbury (1846 and 1854). She d. Oct 29, 1867.
[8th Gen.J Children :
7417- 8. i. Cornelia Dean Norton b. Nov. 17, 1827, m. Dr. John 0.
Niles.

Thomas Strong, Son of Elder John, of NortJiampton. 425
7419. U. Eliphalet Whittlesey Norton, b. Sept 18, 1830, d. Aug.
12, 1856, unmarried, a clerk.
7420. in. Arthur Norton b. May 19, 1832, d. Sept. 19, 1832.
7421. iv. Martha Strong Norton b. Jan. 12, 1836, d. May 1, 1855.
7422. V. Sarah Norton b. Feb. 10, 1840.
7423- 4. vi. Thomas Lot Norton b. Aug. 11, 1842.
7417-8. i. CoR^JELIA Dean Norton b. Nov. 17, 1827, m. Jan. 1,
1854, John Olmstead Niles, M.D., b. July 4, 1826 (son of Wm. Niles of
Spencertown, N. Y., and Sophia Goodrich) formerly of Salisbury, now
of Housatonic, Mass. He was grad. at the Albany Medical College.
[9th Gen.J Children :
7425. i. William Werden NUes b. April 13, 1858, d. June 17,
1860.
7426. u. Henry Norton NUes b. March 10, 1861.
7427. iii. Martha Whittlesey Niles b. AprU 4, 1863, d. Aug. 28,
1864
7428. iv. Harriet Sophia Nilesb. Oct 25, 1865, d. March 5, 1866.
[8th Gen.J
7423-4. vi. Thomas Lot Norton b. Aug. 11, 1842, m. Oct 16,
1866, Susan Duncan Reid b. March 16, 1845 (dau. of Rev. Adam Reid
of Salisbury and Wilhelraina Duncan) a cashier in the Salisbury Savings
Bank and postmaster at Lakeville, Ct. He enlisted in the U. S. A. Co.
G of the 7th Regt Conn. Yo\s., without bounty, Sept 7, 1861, Col. (after
wards Gen.) Alfred H. Terry commanding the regiment, and subsequently
Col. (since Gen.) Joseph R. Hawley, recently Gov. of Connecticut. He
took part in the battles of James Island, Fort Pulaski, Olustee, Fla.,
Drury's Bluff, Petersburgh, Va., etc He was mustered out Sept 7,
1864 One child :
7429. 1. Walter Whittlesey Norton b. Oct 26, 1867.
[7th Gen.J
7400-1. V. Caroline Whittlesey (dau. of Dea. Eliphalet Whit
tlesey and Martha Strong) b. Dec. 7, 1809, m. Feb. 21, 1831, George
Horton Fish b. at Hartford, Ct., Sept. 4, 1803 (son of Miller Fish and
Huldah Corning, dau. Dea. Ezra Corning of Hartford) : a druggist at
Saratoga, N. Y.
[8th Gen.J Children :
7430. i. Eliphalet Whittlesey Fish b. June 7, 1833, d. Jan. 19,
1852.
7431. U. Caroline Elizabeth Fish b. March 22, 1836; d. May 2,
1837.
7432- 3. iU. George Brewster Fish b. March 17, 1838, d. Oct 7, 1765.
54

426 Descendants of Joseph Strong of Coventry, Ct., Son of
7434- 5. iv. Mary Eliza Fish b. Aug. 17, 1840, m. Davis W. Andrus.
7436. V. Martha Fish b- Jan. 30, 1843, d. Dec 20, 1847.
7437. vi. Charles Frederick Fish b. Aug. 16, 1845, a druggist at
Saratoga, in partnership with his father.
7438. vU. Carolina Whittlesey Fish b. July 12, 1849.
7439. viU. Elizabeth Whittlesey Fish, b. July 6, 1812.
7432-3. in. George Brewster Fish b. March 17, 1838, m. AprU 2,
1862, Mary Potter of Waterbury, Ct., b. June 20, 1842, at Prospect, Ct.
(dau. of Ruel Potter and Clara Payne) a druggist at Saratoga, where his
widow still resides. He d. Oct. 7, 1865. One child :
7440. 1. Edward Lincoln Fish b. Blarch 14, 1863.
[8th Gen.J
7434-6. iv. Mary Eliza Fish b. Aug. 17, 1840, m. Sept. 27, 1864,
Davis Warren Andrus b. at Broadalban, N. Y. , Oct. 10, 1826 (son of Allen
T. Andrus and Robey Negus) a dealer in boots and shoes at Saratoga.
[9th Gen.J Children:
7441. i. Jessie Andrus b. Nov. 16, 1865.

[7th Gen.J
7409-10! xi. Hon. Charles Whittlesey (son of Dea. Eliphalet
Whittlesey and Martha Strong) b. Oct. 1, 1819, m. May 30, 1850, Helen
M. Noyes : grad. at Williams Coll. in 1840, a lawyer at Cheshire, Middle-
town and Hartford, Ct., and judge of the County Court ; and since 1869,
editor of the Virginia State Journal published at Richmond, Va. He
resides at Alexandria, Va., a republican candidate for congress in 1869,
but defeated, and appointed in Sept. 1869, Attorney General of Va., by
General Canby.
[8th Gen.J Children:
Mary Noyes Whittlesey b. Sept 25, 1856, d. April 27,
1860.
Martha Strong Whittlesey b, March 13, 1859, d. Dec.
30, 1859.
Walter Rose Whittlesey b. Jan. 5, 1861.
An infant son b. and d. Nov. 1, 1864.
[7th Gen.J
7411-2. XU. Rev. Elisha Whittlesey (son of Dea. Eliphalet Whittle
sey and Martha Strong) b. Nov. 13, 1821, grad. at WiUiams Coll. in 1846,
and at the Yale Theol. Sem. in 1850. He m. Sept. 16, 1851, Almira
Canning Cowles (dau. of Rev. Pitkin Cowles of North Canaan, Ct., and
Fanny Smith) settled at North Canaan (1850-3), preached at St. Thomas,

7442.

i.

7443.

ii.

7444.

iii.

7445.

iv.

Thomas Strong, Son of Elder John, of NortJiampton. 427
W. L, and at Kent, Ct., Leroy, N. Y. (1859-64), and at Waterbury, Ct
(since 1864-70) : has recently declared himself an Episcopalian in his
preferences. Children :
7446. 1. David Cowles Whittlesey b. July 23, 1853.
7447. 2. Francis Pitkin Whittlesey b. Jan. 24, 1856.
7448. 3. Catharine Cowles Whittlesey b. April 17, 1859.
7449. 4. Fanny Smith Whittlesey b. April 7, 1861.
[7th Gen.J
7413^. xUi. Lucy Bishop Whittlesey (dau. of Dea. Eliphalet
Whittlesey and Martha Strong) b. May 6, 1823, m. May 12, 1847,
WUHam Werden, M.D., b. Nov. 14, 1820 (son of Henry Werden of
Richmond, Mass., and Rebecca Collins), a physician at Salisbury. He
was grad. in his medical studies at Pittsfield, Mass., in 1844. He d. June
4, 1853 : his widow still resides at Salisbury.
[8th Gen.J Children :
7450. i. Helen Werden b. March 25, 1848.
7451. ii. Georgiana Werden b. Feb. 11, 1850.
7452. iu. Charles Whittlesey Werden b. Jan. 3, 1852.
[6th Gen.J
7205-6. vii. Mary Strong (dau. of Dea. Benajah Strong of Coventry
and Lucy Bishop) b. April 25, 1780, m. Daniel Fitch Cutler of Lisbon,
Ct, b. March 23, 1774 (son of Daniel Cutler and Betty Fitch) : a black
smith. He d. Nov. 24, 1860; she d. Aug. 13, 1864
[7th Gen.J Children :
7453- 4. i. Mary Strong Cutler b. June 23, 1800, m. David -Scoville
of Salisbury, Ct., and afterwards of Rochester, N. Y.,
where he d. ; she d. Jan. 16, 1844. No children.
7465- 6. ii. Henrietta Narcissa Cutler b. Dec. 11, 1803, m. Isaac
C. Mayer b. at Heilbrunn, Germany, resident of San
Francisco, Cal. Children :
7457. 1. Samuel D. Mayer. 7468. 2. James C. Mayer.
[6th Gen.J
7209-10. X. Sarah Strong (dau. of Dea. Benajah Strong and Sarah
Colman his second wife) b. July 3, 1788, m. Nov. 29, 1810, Amos Rich
ardson b. July 4, 1786 (son of Hezekiah Richardson of Coventry and Olive
Thompson) : a farmer at South Coventry, where he d. March 13, 1860 ;
and where she stiU (1871) resides.
[7th Gen.J Children :
7453. i. Hezekiah Richardson b. Feb. 7, 1812, d. aged 21, in South
Carolina.
7464. ii. Theodore Dwight Richardson b. Aug. 14, 1813, d in
1817.

7459.

1.

7460.

2.

7461.

3.

7462.

4.

7463.

5.

7464.

vi

428 Descendants of Joseph Strong of Coventry, Ct., Son of
7455. iii. Joseph Warren Richardson b. Aug. 14, 1815: a farmer
in Coventry, unmarried.
7456. iv. Charles Richardson b. July 23, 1817, unmarried: a
farmer at Coventry.
7457- 8. V. Lucy Strong Richardson b. Dec. 23, 1820, m. Nov. 1847,
Andrew Jackson Main (son of Bradley Main and Eliza
beth Talmadge) : a farmer in Coventry. Children :
Edward Talmadge Main.
Mary Inez Main.
George Richardson Main.
Isabella Isadora Main.
Frank Eugene Main.
Edward Richardson b. April 2, 1823, a hatter in Coventry.
d. June 10, 1863, unmarried.
7465. vii. Ruth Stiles Richardson b. April 2, 1825, resides unmar
ried at Coventry.
7466- 7. viu. Olive White Richardson b. June 18, 1827, m. WiUiam
Oliver Gardiner of Coventry (son of Jesse Gardiner and
Dorcas Arnold) : a farmer. Children :
Jesse Gardiner.
Louis Addison Gardiner.
James R. Gardiner.
Nelly Strong Gardiner.
James White Richardson b. July 2, 1830, m, Jan. 1858,
Nancy EHza Logan (dau. of William and Nancy Eliza
Logan) a carpenter at Hartford. Ct. Children :
Ida Richardson. 7477. 4. William Richardson.
Ella Richardson. 7478. 5. Joseph Howard Richard-
Olive Richardson. son.
7479-80. X. Amos Richardson b. June 20, 1832, m. Sarah Drindall, an
English woman, and has had 2 children. He is afarmer
at Coventry. She resides with the children at Hartford,
Ct
[5th Gen.J See page 331.
6140-1. X. Eunice Strong (dau. of Capt Joseph Strong of Coventry,
and Elizabeth Strong) b. April 11, 1743, m. June 12, 1768, Moses Stan
ley of Coventry, Ct, b. Aug. 4, 1738 (son of Caleb Stanley and Hannah
Olmstead) a farmer in Coventry, where he d. May 2, 1822, set 83 ; she
d. AprU 24, 1822, set 79.
[6th Gen.J Children:
7481. i. Ashbel Stanley b. Sept. 23, 1769.
7482- 3. U. Eunice Stanley b. April 26, 1773, m. Daniel White.
7481-2. i. Ashbel Stanley b. Sept 23, 1769, m. Oct 3, 1799,
Sarah Griggs of ToUand, Ct, b. Sept 23, 1777 (dau. of Joshua Griggs).
He lived in Windsor, Vt., Cairo, Greene Co., N. Y., and Coventry, Ct.,
where he d. Jan. 14, 1856, set. 86; she d. Aug. 24, 1851, set. 74.

7468.
7469.7470. 7471.

1.
2.3.
4.

7472-

3. ix

7474.7475. 7476.

1.
2.
3.

Thomas Strong, Son of Elder John, of Northampton. 429
[7th Gen.J Children :
7484. i. Maria Stanlev b. July 28, 1802, d. Sept. 10, 1803.
7485. u. William Stanley b. Dec. 19, 1804, d. Dec. 10, 1813.
7486- 7. iu. Egbert Stanley b. May 4, 1807, m. Mary Tibbitts of East
Greenwich, R. I.
7488. iv. George Stanley b. July 2, 1809, d. July 7, 1809.
7489-90. V. Eunice Stanley b. May 26, 1811. m. John W. Boynton, d.
AprU 14, 1850, set. 39.
7491- 2. vi. Eliza Stanley b. Feb. 23, 1815, m. Enoch Hovey of South
Coventry, Ct
7493- 4. vH. James Stanley b. Mai-ch 24, 1818, m. Almira C. White,
and for a 2d wife, widow Charlotte Rindge nie White.
[7th Gen.J
748&-90. V. BuniceStanley, dau. of Ashbel Stanley and Sarah Griggs
b. May 26, 1811, m. May 2, 1832, John Watson Boynton b. July 22, 1811
(dau. of Dea. John Boynton of Coventry and Lois Guild). He is an
agent for the sale on commission of new and second hand machinery of
aU kinds at Hartford, Ct She d. AprU 13, 1850.
[Dea. John Boynton b. South Coventry, March 4, 1783, was the son of
Oliver Boynton b. AprU 30, 1747, and Mary Browne b. Oct 6, 1742. He
d. Oct 3, 1806, and she Feb. 18, 1841. He was the son of Moses Boyn
ton b. April 18, 1714, and Abigail Goodrich. Moses Boynton was the
son of Jeremiah Boynton b. in 1679 and Mary his wife, whose parents
were Joshua Boynton, who d. Oct. 29, 1770, and Mary Browne, of Rowley,
Mass., whom he m. in April, 1678. The father of Joshua Boynton was
William Boynton the settler who came from Rowley, Yorkshire, Eng., in
1638. Dea. John Boynton was a man of large business operations and
successes, a man of great public spirit, and an earnest, devoted Christian,
and given to liberal benefactions. His name is held in high esteem in
Coventry as its greatest benefactor. He d. at East Hartford, Ct, Dec.
12 1863, where he lived the latter part of his life (1866-63).]
[8th Gen.J Children :
Mary Boynton b. AprU 3, 1833.
John Everill Boynton b. May 24, 1834, d. Dec 12, 1852.
James Henry Boynton b. June 19, 1836.
EdW-ARD Stanley Boynton b. July 22, 1838.
Eliza Boynton b. Feb. 28, 1840, d. Nov. 17, 1865.
Arthur Boynton b. Sept. 5, 1842.
vii. Alice Boynton b. Nov. 7, 1845.
viii. Grace Stanley Boynton b. May 3, 1848.
Eunice Stanley Boynton b. March 3, 1850.
[6th Gen.J
7482-3. ii. BuniceStanley (dau. of Moses Stanley and Eunice Strong)
b. AprU 26, 1773, m. Feb. 19, 1800, Hon. Daniel White b. in Andover,

7495.

7496.

ii.

7497.

iii.

7498.

iv.

7499.

V.

7500.

vi.

7501.

vii.

7502.

viu

7603.

ix.

430 Descendants of Joseph Strong of Coventry, Ct, Son of
Ct., July 14, 1773 (son of Capt. Daniel White) : a farmer in Andover,
Ct. untU 1844, and at RockvUle, Ct (1844-7), where he d. March 29,
1847, aged 73. He was, like his father, a military captain, and was a jus
tice of the peace, and member of the Conn. Legislature, and was much
esteemed for his integrity and sound judgment
[7th Gen.J Children :
7504- 5. i. Eliza White b. June 10, 1801, m. Dea. AUyn Kellogg.
7506- 8. u. Stanley White b. Sept. 18, 1802.
7609-11. iH. Norman White b. Aug. 8, 1805.
7512. iv. Fanny White b. April 3, 1810 : resided unmarried in
RockviUe, Ct, where she d. Oct. 17, 1862, aged 52.
7504-6. i. Eliza White b. June 10, 1801, m. Jan. 9, 1822, Dea.
AUyn Kellogg b. Aug. 17, 1794 (son of Ebenezer Kellogg, Jr., of Ver
non, Ct, and Abigail Olmstead, of E. Hartford, Ct) : a farmer at Vernon,
Ct and deacon in the Congregational Church.
[8th Gen.J Children :
7513- 4. i. Allyn Stanley Kellogg b. Oct 15, 1824.
7615- 6. ii. Prop. Martin Kellogg b. March 15, 1828.
7517. iU. A daughter b. June 7, 1832, d. July 4, 1832.
7513-4. i. Allyn Stanley Kellogg b. Oct 15, 1824 : grad. at
WUliams Coll. in 1846, and at the New Haven Theol. Sem., in 1850 :
preached under a licensure of limited date for a few years as at Haga-
man's MUls (1852-3), N. Y., and Chandlerville, El. (1867) being com
pelled by ill health to relinquish further labor in each case : has resided
of late in Vernon, is now (1869), in Europe. He m. May 12, 1864,
Maria Lauriana Avery of Auburn, N. Y., b. July 10, 1828 (dau. of Rev.
Charles Eldridge Avery and Asenath Chedel). To him the author is in
debted for the account here given of the descendants of Moses Stanley.
One child :
7618. 1. Charies Allyn Kellogg b. March 8, 1865.
[8th Gen.J
7516-6. u. Prof. Martin Kellogg b. March 15, 1828 : grad. at
Yale in 1850, and at The Union Theol. Sem., N. Y. in 1854, went to
California, as a missionary of the A. H. M. S. in 1855, and preached at
Shasta and Grass Valley, until 1859, where he was chosen Prof, of Latin,
in the University of California, at Oakland, Cal. : is now (1869), in Eng
land. He m. Sept. 3, 1863, Louisa Wells Brockway b. April 29, 1833
(dau. of Hon. John Hall Brockway, of Ellington, Ct., and Flavia Colton).
[9th Gen.J Children:
7519. i. Grace Hall Kellogg b. Aug. 26, 1865, d. Oct 17, 1865.
7620. U. Norman Brockway Kellogg b. Aug. 29, 1867, d. Nov. 26,
1867.

TJwmas Strong, Son of Elder John, of Northampton. 431
[7th Gen.J
7606-8. U. Hon. Stanley White (son of Daniel White and Eunice
Stanley) b. Sept. 18, 1802, m. Oct 17, 1838, Rosanna Reed of East Windsor,
Ct b. May 14, 1810 (dau. of Dr. Elijah F. Reed and Hannah McLean).
She d. May 20, 1839, and he m. Nov. 30, 1841, for second wife Mrs.
Anna Root Rose b. June 6, 1815 (dau. of Calvin Manning and Desire
Gurley), and widow of Levi P. Rose of Coventry, Ct. He was a farmer
at (Andover) Coventry, until 1844, when he removed to RockviUe, Ct,
where he engaged in mercantile business. He represented the towns of
Coventry and Vernon, in the Conn. Legislature. He d. Aug. 26, 1865,
aged 62.
[7th Gen.J
7609-11. iii. Norman White (son of Daniel White and Eunice
Stanley) b. Aug. 8, 1805 : a merchant for more than 40 years in New
York : an elder in the Mercer Street Presbyterian church, vice president
of the Am. Bib Soc, and one of the directors of Union Theological
Seminary. He m. Oct 16, 1828, Mary Abiah Dodge of New York, b.
in Hartford, Ct., Sept. 1, 1808 (dau. of David L. Dodge and Sarah
Cleveland). She d. Jan. 6, 1867, aged 48. She was remarkable for her
Christian maternal fidelity. He m. for second wife, Dec. 6, 1860, Anna
H. Barnard of Albany, N. Y.
[8thGen.J Children: By fi/rst wife:
7521- 2. i. Mary Stuart White b. Aug. 31, 1829, m. Rev. Matson
Meier Smith, D.D.
7623. H. Frances Stanley White b. May 23, 1831, d. Feb. 29, 1844.
7524- 5. in. Rev. Erskine Norman White b. May 31, 1833.
7526- 7. iv. Charles Trumbull White b. Jan. 20, 1835.
7528- 9. V. Emma Hale White b. Aug. 19, 1836, m. AprU 5, 1859,
Dr. Benjamin Lee of New York.
7530- 1. vi. Julia Cleveland White b. May 22, 1838, m.Nov. 4, 1863,
Charles C. Johnson of Norwich.
7532. vii. Norman White b. Feb. 26, 1840, d. May 15, 1840.
7533. viU. William Stuart White b. March 8, 1841, d. June 26, 1842.
7534- 5. ix, Helen Clement White b. July26, 1843, m. April 4,1866,
Arthur W. Parsons of New York.
7536- 7. X. Grace Stanley White b. April 4, 1845, m. Oct. 17, 1866,
Henry G. Starin of Auburn, N. Y.
By second vyife:
7538. xi. Frederic Barnard White b. Feb. 11, 1862.
7521-2. i. Mary Stuart White (dau, of Norman White and Mary A.
Dodge) b. Aug. 31, 1829, m. Nov. 14, 1849, Rev. Matson Meier "Smith,
D.D., grad. at Columbia Coll., in 1843 and at Union Theol, Sera., in 1847,

432 Descendants of Joseph Strong of Coventry, Ct, Son of
pastor at Ovid, N. Y. (1849-61), of the Congregational Church at Brook-
Hue, Mass. (1851-8), at Bridgeport, Ct. (1859) and for several years
past, Rector of Trinity Church at Newark, N. J.
[9th Gen.J Children :
7539. i. Norman White Smith b. Oct. 29, 1850.
7540. u. Emily Stuart Smith b. Dee. 9, 1852.
[8th Gen.J
7524-5. iu. Rev. Erskine Norman White (son of Norman White
and Mary Abiah Dodge) b. May 31, 1833, m. May 24, 1859, Eliza
Tracy Nelson b. Oct 5, 1836 (dau. of John G. Nelson and Eunice Ripley) :
grad. at Yale in 1854: and at Union Theol. Sem., N. Y., 1857 : pastor
of R. D. Church at Richmond, Staten Island (1859-62), and at New Ro
chelle, N. Y., of Presbyterian Church (1862-186-), and since of the
Westminster Presbyterian Church at Buffalo, N. Y. 4 children.
[8th Gen.J
7526-7. iv. Charles Trumbull White b. Jan. 20, 1835, m. Sept
30, 1857, Georgiana Starin b. Sept 25, 1837 (dau. of Josiah N. Starin
and Andalusia Henry), a merchant in New York. One child :
1. Norman White b. July 10, 1858.
[4th Gen.J See page 310.
5740. vi. Keziah Strong (dau. of Justice Joseph Strong and Sarah
Allen) b. Dec. 1, 1709, m. Nov. 2, 1727, Noah Rust b. July 24, 1708
(son of Nathaniel Rust and Mary Atchinson), a farmer in Coventry, Ct.
He d. Dec 11, 1746.
[5th Gen.J Children :
DiLLE Rust (a daughter) b. July 11, 1729.
Noah Rust b. June 28, 1731.
Amaziah Rust b. June 4, 1733.
Keziah Rust b. Aug. 16, 1735.
Chloe Rust b. Dec. 19, 1737, d. soon.
Chloe Rust (2d) b. Sept. 4, 1739, d. soon.
Elijah Rust b. AprU 10, 1740, d. Nov. 19, 1763.
viu. Chloe Rust (3d) b. June 23, and d. July 28, 1747.
[4th Gen.J See page 310.
5743-4. ix. Dea. Phinehas Strong (son of Justice Joseph Strong
ofCoventry, Ct, and Sarah Allen) b. about 1704, m. Nov. 6,1724, Mary i
Parker (dau. of Dea. Thomas Parker of Coventry). She d. April 13, 1767. '
He was a farmer at Coventry; a member for fifty-three sessions, including
extra ones of the General assembly, having been thirty-eight times elected

7641.

7542.

7543.

iii.

7644.

iv.

7646.

V.

7546.

vi.

7547.

vii.

7548.

viii

Thomas Strong, Son of Elder John, of Ncrrthampton. 433
to the legislature : a selectman for six years, justice of the peace for
many years, and for a long period a deacon of the church.
[5th Gen.J Children :
7549-60. i. Phinehas Strong, Jr., b. Nov. 9, 1726.
7551. ii. Mary Strong b. March 11, 1727.
7552. iu. Sarah Strong b. April 2, 1729 : of her history and of that
of her sister Mary the author knows nothing.
7553- 4. iv. Azubah Strong b. Oct 11, 1731, m. Thomas Page of
Coventry.
7566- 6. V. OziAH Strong b. Sept. 3, 1734.
7557- 8. vi. Jerusha Strong b. Feb. 21, 1737-8, m. James Pinneo.
7559. vH. Iranah Strong b. Jan. 27, 1741-2, d. March 11, 1773.
7560- 1. viii. Elijah Strong ) , ... ic i-r-to
7562- 3. ix. ELiSHAStronil*^^"^^' ^"S' 1^' l^^'^'
7564. X. Beulah Strong b. March 7, 1746, d. Aug. 22, 1750.
7565. xi. Hannah Strong b. March 16, 1748, d. April 24, 1767.
7549-50. i. Phinehas Strong, Jr., b. Nov. 9, 1725, m. Jan. 25,
1748-9, Tabitha Brewster (dau. of Peter Brewster) a farmer at Coven
try and a justice of the peace for many years.
[6th Gen.J Children :
7566. i. Phinehas Strong b. June 30, 1750, settled (the author
believes) at Hartford, Vt, where a Phineas Strong lived
and was, in 1778, a surveyor and " sealer of leather."
7567-8. u. Abel Strong b. Jan. 9, 1761-2.
7569. iH. Tabitha Strong b. Dec. 17, 1763.
7570. iv. Daniel Strong b. Dec 14, 1755.
7571. V. Israel Strong b. Jan 14, 1758.
7672. vi. Mary Strong b. March 5, 1760.
[6th Gen.J
7567-8. ii. Abel Strong (son of Phinehas Strong of Coventry and
Tabitha Brewster) b. Jan. 9, 1752, m. March 2, 1775, Elizabeth Wake
man, a farmer at East Windsor. [The author may be mistaken in thus
identifying the Coventry and E. Windsor Abel Strong as one and the
same person, but he thinks not.]
[7th Gen.J Children :
7673. i. Elizabeth Strong b. Feb. 6, 1776, d. July 11, 1791.
7574- 5. u. Daniel Strong b. June 28, 1778, m. July 3, 1799, Weal
thy Loomis.
7676. iii. Elijah Strong b. Nov. 28, 1780.
7577- 8. iv. Nathan Strong b. Oct 30, 1783, m. Oct 31, 1804, Dia-
demia Soper.
7579. V. Hannah Strong b. Dec 18, 1785.
7680. vi. Eunice Strong'b. Feb. 21, 1790.
7681. vU. Abel Strong bp. March 17, 1793.
55

434 Descendants of JosepJi Strong of Coventry, Ct, Son of
[5th Gen.J
7555-6. V. Ozias Strong (son of Phineas Strong of Coventry, Ct., and
Mary Parker) b. Sept. 3, 1734, m. Aug. 9, 1757, Susannah West of Tol
land, Ct, b. March 8, 1737 (dau. of Pelatiah West of Tolland, Ct., and
afterwards of Lee, Mass., of which he was the first settler, and Elizabeth
Lathrop) ; a farmer at Lenox, Mass. (1757-70), at Lee, Mass. (1770-87),
and at Great Bend, Pa. (1787-95), and at Homer (1796-1807). He d.
in Homer, N. Y. (South Courtland), Nov. 21, 1807; she d. June, 1827.
[6th Gen.J Children :
7582- 3. i. Judge Horatio Strong b. May 16, 1758, in Lenox, Mass.
7684- 6. ii. Beulah Strong b. July 24, 1769, m. Timothy Treat of
Homer, N. Y.
7586- 7. iii. Roxalana Strong b. June 9, 1761, m. Thomas Benedict
of Homer, N. Y.
7588- 9. iv. Susannah Strong b. Oct. 6, 1762, m. John Baker of
Homer.
7590- 1. V. Hannah Strong m. Jireh Gates of Hartford, N. Y.
7592- 3. vi. Major Joseph Strong b. March 13, 1765, in Lenox,
Mass.
7594- 5. vii. Polly Strong m. David Jones of Homer, N. Y.
7596- 8. viu. Dea. Francis Strong b. Oct. 24, 1770, at Lee, Mass.
7599-00. ix Capt. Zadoc Strong b. Feb, 4, 1775, m. 1813-14, widow
Dinah Russell nie Sperry b. in Middlebury, Vt (whose
previous husband Barzillai Russell b. also in Middlebury,
she m. about 1790. They had had one child, Stephen
RusseU b. in 1796. They removed to Homer, N. Y.,
about 1800, where he soon died). He d. in Lyme, 0.,
Aug. 3, 1835, aged 60; a farmer at Homer, and after
1814 at Lyme, 0. ; no issue.
7601- 2. X. LuRANA Strong b. Dec. 4, 1777, m. Amos Todd, a farmer
in Homer, N. Y., where be d, Oct. 1831, and of which
with his brother-in-law, Joseph Bebee, he was the first
settler (1791). He was a member of the Presbyterian
church, and a man of great respectability.
7603. xi. Pelatiah Strong drowned at Great Bend in the Susque
hanna, about 1793, aged 21, unmarried.
7604- 5. xii. Abner Strong b. in Lee, Mass., AprU 7, 1780, d. at
Lyme, 0.
[6th Gen.J
7582-3. i. Judge Horatio Strong (called insomerecords" Orasha")
b. May 16, 1758, m. Patience Stevens b. Aug. 17, 1755 (dau. of John
Stevens and Lydia Barnum), a Revolutionary soldier from the beginning
to the end of the war. He was a farmer and tavern-keeper at the Great
Bend, Pa. (1787-97), and at Athens, 0. (where he drew 100 acres of
land from the Ohio Company, as a donation to settlers), for two years
(1797-99), and moved in Dec. 1799, to the Scioto Salt Works in Jackson
Co., 0. (then Ross Co.), where he established works of his own, salt then

7608- 9.

ii.

7610- 1.

iii.

7612- 3.

iv.

7614- 5.

V.

7616- 8.

vi.

7619-21.

vii.

7622- 3.

viii

7624- 5.

ix.

7626- 8.

X.

, ' TJwmas Strong, Son of Elder John, of NortJwAnpton. 435
being readily sold at four dollars per bushel. In May, 1803, he moved
to a farm of 640 acres, a mile square, in Salem, Gallia Co., 0., now Meigs
Co., for which he had exchanged his salt works, where he lived until his
death, July 14, 1831, set 73. He was, while in Ross Co., a justice of
the peace and a judge of the Court of Quarter Sessions (1800-1803) ; and
was while in Gallia Co., a justice of the peace for many years, and a
county commissioner and a judge of the Court of Common Pleas. She
d. June 2, 1819, at 63.
[7th Gen.J Children:
7606- 7. i. Stephen Strong b. May 16, 1779.
Hon. Daniel Strong b. Sept 6, 1780.
John Strong b. June 2, 1782.
Hon. Jared Strong b. April 30, 1784.
Ozias Strong b. April 18, 1786.
EnJAii Strong b. AprU 22, 1788.
Lydia Strong b. AprU 23, 1790, m. William White, and
for 2d husband Sarauel A. Hall.
viii. Polly Strong b. Nov. 5, 1791, m. Robert Patrick.
Sally Strong b. AprU 22, 1793, m. Benjamin Shaw.
Silas Strong b. Aug. 22, 1795.
7606-7. i. Stephen Strong b. May 16, 1779, m. March 9, 1808,
Nancy Parker of Salera, 0., b. in 1785. He was a farraer at Salem, 0.
He taught school during the winter. He was also county surveyor.
He had no children . He d. April 28, 1834, set. 66; she d. AprU 4,
1864, set. 79. He gave his farm of 186 acres with the brick house upon
it to the town of Salem, to be used for the purposes of a manual labor
school for the poor and needy.
7608-9. u. Hon. Daniel Strong b. Sept 6, 1780, m, AprU 1, 1809,
Prudence Wells (dau. of Rufus Wells of  GaUia Co., 0., and Pru
dence his wife), a farmer in Salem, O. He d. May, 1866 : she d. in
1868 : a member of the Ohio Legislature once.
[8th Gen.J Children:
7629-30. i. Polly Strong b. June 12, 1810, m. David H. Booth of
Wilkesville, 0.
7681- 3. u. Harriet Strong b. Oct 4, 1812, m. Benjamin Croy and
for 2d husband Zerah Blackley.
7634. iU. Rufus Strong b. April 20, 1816, d. Sept 1836, aged
21, on his return homeward from New Orleans, and was
buried on Island No. 21, in the Mississippi.
763.5- 6. iv. Prudence Strong b. Feb. 24, 1817, m. John H. Cagwood,
a farmer : no issue.
7637- 8. V. Daniel Strong b. June 24, 1819, d. in 1854, aged 35.
7639-40. vi. John Strong b. June 11, 1821.
7641- 2. vU. Newton Strong b. Feb. 16, 1823, d. AprU, 1853, aged 29
7643- 4. viu. Augustus Strong b. Feb. 26, 1826, d. Jan. 13, 1870, aged
44.

436 Descendants of Joseph Strong of Coventry, Ct, Son of
7629-30. i. Polly Strong b. June 12, 1810, m. David H. Booth
(son of David Booth and Elizabeth  ), a farmer in Salem, 0. Hed. and
she m. for 2d husband, whom the author can not learn. Children :
By first marriage :
7645, 1. Elizabeth HaU Booth. 7647. 3. Benjamin Booth.
7646. 2. Jefferson Booth. 7648. 4. Rufus Booth.
[8th Gen.J
7631-3. ii. Harriet Strong (dau. of Hon. Daniel and Prudence
Strong) b. Oct. 4, 1812, m. Benjamin Croy. He d. in«1841, and she m.
for 2d husband Zerah Blackley. They resided in Batesville, Arkansas,
where they underwent great privations during the late war. She for
example had to go 60 miles for salt, and give ten dollars per bushel for it
which she did with another woman, and they alone, crossing swamps and
quagmires often, and often even prying out their horse and wagon from
the mud in which they were mired. He d. in 1864; she still resides in
Batesville. [8th Gen.J
7637-8. V. Daniel Strong, Jr. (son of Daniel Strong of Salem, 0.,
and Prudence WelLs) b. June 24, 1819, m. Sept. 20, 1840, MaryEdmis-
ton (dau. of James Edraiston and Emily Lewis), a carpenter in Salem,
0. He d. July 6, 1854, aged 36, in Fairfield, Iowa, where he had re
sided since 1849.
[9th Gen.J Children:
7649-50. i. Rufus Wells Strong b. Aug. 15, 1842 : a carpenter in
Ind. He m. Sept. 28, 1865, Amanda Hawke (dau. of
Jacob and Melissa Hawke).
Arthur Marion Strong b. Dec. 17, 1844, d. July 3, 1845.
Emily Strong b. May 19, 1846, d. Sept 20, 1846.
James Augustus Strong b. Oct 16, 1848, in Salem, 0.
John Rush Strongb. Oct. 10, 1850, in Fairfield, Iowa : a
farmer.
William Clarence Strong b. Oct 22, 1852.
Elizabeth EUen Strong b. Dec. 7, 1854.
7653-4. iv. James Augustus Strong b. Oct. 16, 1848, m. Sept 4,
1869, Carrie L. Bussard (dau. of Jonathan and Polly Bussard): a shoe
maker in WilkesvUle, 0. He has one child :
7658. 1. Charles Daniel Strong b. June 24, 1870.
James A. Strong was a private in Co, G, 116th 0. Vols. (April, 1864-
June, 1865), and his brother Rufus Wells was a private in Co. I, 53d 0.
Vols. Oct, 1861-June, 1865).

7651.

ii.

7662.

iii.

7653-

4. iv.

7655.

V.

7656.

vi.

7657.

vii,

Thomas Strong, Son of Elder John, of Northampton. 437
[8th Gen.J
7639^0. vi. John Strong b. June 11, 1821, m. Sept 18, 1846,
Ellen Edmiston b. March 14, 1825 (dau. of James Edmiston and Emily
Lewis) : a lawyer at WUkesvUle, 0. (1847-67), and since 1857, a mer
chant at that place.
[9th Gen. J Children :
7659. i. Finney Strong b. June 3, 1848 : a druggist in McAr-
thur, 0.
7660- 1. U. Ellen Florence Strong b. June 12, 1849, m. Nov. 20,
1866, William A. Pierce (son of John Pierce of Bain
bridge, 0., and Jane, his wife), resides in Wilkesville,
0., and is a travelling agent for a wholesale drug store
in Cincinnati.
[8th Gen.J
7641-2. vU. Newton Strong b, Feb. 16, 1823, m. Aug. 17, 1846,
Nancy Dawson : a carpenter at Bank Lick, Ky. He d. AprU, 1853, aged
35. Children :
7662. 1. Sutton W. Strong. 7664. 3. WiUiam Strong.
7663. 2. Daniel Strong. 7665. 4. Ella Strong.
[8th Gen.J
7643^. viu. Augustus Strong b. Feb. 26, 1825, m. Dec. 25, 1848,
Lucina French (dau. of Daniel French and Olive  ) : a merchant at
Union City, Ind. He d. Jan. 13, 1870, aged 44.
[9th Gen.J Children :
7666. i. Habriet Strong.
7667. H. Delia Strong.
7668. iH. Carrie Strong.
7669. iv. Margaret Beecher Strong.
[7th Gen.J
7610-11. Hi. John Strong (son of Judge Horatio Strong and Pa
tience Stevens) b. June 2, 1782, m. Sept 13, 1804, Sadia Kasson b. May
12, 1786, in New Marlboro, Mass. : a farmer in New Marlboro.
[8th Gen.J Children :
7670. i. John S. Strong b, Aug. 1, 1805.
7671- 2. ii. A. Kasson Strong b. in New Marlboro.
7673- 4. iU. Salmon Strong b. March 22, 1810.
7675- 6. iv. James M, Strong b. in New Marlboro.
7670. i. John S. Strong b. Aug. 1, 1806, m. Rhoda Phetteplace
b. Oct 24, 1802 (dau. of a Mr. Phetteplace of New Marlboro, Mass ) : a
farmer at Salem, Meigs Co., 0.
[9th Gen.J Children :
7677- 8. i. John S. Strong b. April 29, 1827.
7679-80. U. George W. Strong b. Feb. 21, 1830.

438 Descendants of JosepJi Strong of Ccmentry, pt. Son of
7681- 2. iii. Job P. Strong b. Aug. 24, 1836, m. Feb. 17, 1870, Em
meline Halliday.
7683. iv. Taylor F. Strong b. in Salem, March 29, 1849, d. Jan.
21, 1870.
7677-8. i. John S.. Strong b. April 29, 1827, m. May 14, 1851,
Sophronia Nelson. Child :
7684. 1. Elizabeth Strong b. Jan. 6, 1863.
7679-80. ii. George W. Strong b. Feb. 21, 1830, m. Sept 28, 1851 ,
Caroline Shaw. Children :
7685. 1. Horace Strong b. June 24, 1863.
7686. 2. Rufus Strong b. June 15, 1855.
[8th Gen.J
7671-2. ii. A. Kasson Strong m. Sept 24, 1829, Betsey Shaw b.
in Salem, 0., AprU 29, 1810.
[9th Gen.J Children :
7687. i. Gushing S. Strong b. in Salem, 0., Oct 21, 1830, and
d. Dec. 9, 1860.
7688- 9. ii. William H. Strong b. in Salem, Sept. 5, 1840, m. Levina
Wood b. Aug. 24, 1836. They have had two children.
7690. 1. Lizzie Strong b. July 1, 1863, d. Jan. 21, 1864.
7691. 2. Jared C. Strong b. Jan. 1, 1865.
[8th Gen.J
7673-4. iu. Salmon Strong (son of John Strong and Sadia Kasson)
b. March 22, 1810, m. Rebecca Murphy.
[9th Gen.J Children :
7692. 1. Sophia Strong. 7696. 5. Louisiana Strong.
7693. 2. Sadia Strong. 7697. 6. Nancy Ann Strong.
7694. 3. Annis Strong. 7698. 7. Mary Strong.
7696. 4. Almira Strong. 7699. 8. Curtis Strong.
[8th Gen.J
7675-6. iv. James M. Strong (son of John Strong and Sadia
Kasson) m. Melissa Barker; resides in Iowa,
[9th Gen.J Children :
7700. 1. Laura Strong. 7704. 5. Egbert E. Strong.
7701. 2. Cook Strong. 7706. 6. Mary Strong.
7702. 3. Russell Strong. 7706. 7. Elizabeth Strong.
7703. 4. Zechariah Strong. 7707. 8. Lucinda Strong.
[7th Gen.J
7612-3. iv. Hon. Jared Strong (son of Judge Horatio Strong of
Salem, 0., and Patience Stevens) b. AprU 30, 1784, m. March 6, 1809,

Thomas Strong, son of Elder John, of NortJiampton. 439
Betsey Gregory b. in 1790 (dau. of Col. Jehiel Gregory) a farmer at
Jackson, 0. (320 acres of land). He had also a saw-miU and grist-miU
on his farm of his own erection, and was a man of energy and prosperity.
He was a Brigadier General of Militia and was for several times a member
of the Ohio Legislature. He d. of apoplexy Dec. 20, 1827, aged 43.
She d. Jan. 10, 1840, aged 50, having married a second time.
[8th Gen.J Children :
7708-10. iii. Two sons and a daughter that d. early and were unmarried.
7711. iv. Jared Strong.
7712. V. Stephen Strong.
7713. vi. Elizabeth Strong m. John Davis. She d. early and he
m. a 2d time. She had 3 sons and 1 daughter.
[7th Gen.J
7614-5. V. Ozias Strong b. AprU 18, 1786, ra. Jan. 27, 1811, Annis
Gregory b. Aug. 12, 1790 (dau. of Col. Jehiel Gregory of Athens, 0.,
and Elizabeth Andrews); a farmer in Salem, Meigs Co., 0., where he
still (1870) lives. He was justice of the peace for 24 years. From him
most of these facts concerning his father's family history were obtained.
[8th Gen.J Children :
7714- 5. i. Sophia Strong b. May 3, 1812, m. Nov. 10, 1830, Geo.
W. Thomson of Wilkesville ; d. Sept 10, 1831, aged
19. He was a cabinet maker.
7716- 7. U. Elizabeth Strong b. Jan. 5, 1814, m. William Hicks of
Wilkesville, 0.
7718- 9. iii. Annis Strong b. Sept 2, 1816, m. WilUam F. Pelton of
Wilkesville.
7720- 1. iv. Dr. Ozias Gregory Strong b. Aug. 12, 1818.
7722- 3. V. Sally Strong b. Feb. 27, 1821, m. T. S. Chapman of
Salem, 0.
7724- 5. vi. Adley Andrews Strong b. March 12, 1823.
7726- 7. VU. Jared Stephens Strong, M.D., b. Oct 6, 1824.
7728. viu. Horatio P. Strongb. Jan. 1, 1827, d. at Hannibal, Mo.,
Nov. 3, 1847, aged 20.
7729-30. ix. Joseph J. Strong b. July 7, 1828.
7716-7. U. Elizabeth Strong b. Jan, 5, 1814, m. Aug. 4, 1831,
William Hicks b. Nov. 26, 1808 (son of John Hicks of Greenbriar Co.,
Va., and Drusilla  ), afarmer and mason at Jackson, 0. She d.
of consumption, Dec. 18, 1844,
[9th Gen.J Children :
7731- 2 i. Annis Drusilla Hicks b. Feb. 13, 1836, m. George Rhoades
of W. Virginia.
7733- 4. ii. George Wa.shington Hicks b. Nov. 12, 1838, a captain in
the late war; a house-builder in Osceola, Iowa. He m.
Jan. 1, 1861, Emily Kerr. Their children are :

7737.

7738.

ii.

7739.

iii.

7740.

iv.

7741.

V.

7742.

vi.

440 Descendants of Joseph Strong of Coventry, Ct, Son of
7735. 1. Annis Rhoades Hicks b. Nov. 9, 1862.
7736. 2. Otho Hicks b. Nov. 18, 1865.

7731-2. i. Annis Drusilla Hicks b. Feb. 13, 1836, m. AprU 25,
1864, George Rhoades, a farmer and mill owner at CottageviUe, Jackson
Co., West Virginia.
[10th Gen.J Children:
Mary Luella Rhoades b. Aug. 5, 1855.
Garrett Douw Rhoades b. Jan. 3, 1858, d. Oct 2, 1859.
William Irara Rhoades b. Nov. 1, 1859.
George Hicks Rhoades b. Nov. 6, 1862.
Elizabeth Marr Rhoades b. Sept. 6, 1864.
Cora Annis Rhoades b. April 8, 1866
[8th Gen.J
7718-9. iU. Annis Strongb. Sept. 2, 1815, m. WUliam Flagg Pelton,
a merchant in WUkesviUe. She d. Feb. 27, 1868, aged 52. ChUdren :
7743. 1. WUHam Pelton d. aged 1 year.
7744. 2. Elizabeth Pelton d. aged 18.
7745. 3. Jehiel Felton, a merchant in McArthur, Vinton Co., 0.
7746. 4. Joseph Felton, a merchant in McArthur, 0.
[8th Gen.J
7720-1. iv. Ozias Gregory Strong, M.D. (son of Ozias Strong and
Annis Gregory) b. Aug. 12, 1818, grad. in Feb., 1859, in the Homoeo
pathic Medical College of Mo., in St Louis, m. in Hannibal, Mc, Feb. 26,
1844, Bethinia Elgin Pavey b. Sept 12, 1829, in Columbia, Mo. (dau.
of Jesse H. Pavey of Danville, Mo., and Catharine Withers). She d.
Dec. 16, 1869, in Canton, III., where he is a practising physician (since
1869). He was in early life a cooper.
[9th Gen.J Children :
7747. i. George Warden Strong b. in Hannibal, Mc, June 28,
1849, a printer in Canton, 111., and corresponding editor
of the Peoria Democrat.
7748. ii. Charles Howard Strong b. Dec. 21, 1850, in Hannibal,
a student of medicine.
7749. iU. Jesse Woodford Strong b. AprU 9, 1859, in Canton, III.
7750. iv. Lizzie Lee Strong b. July 13, 1862, in Canton.
[8th Gen.J
7722-3. V. Sally Strong (dau. of Ozias Strong and Annis Gregory),
b. Feb. 27, 1821, m. Sept. 16, 1838, Truman Sanford Chapman b. in
Berkshire, Mass., Jan. 23, 1816 (son of John and Clarissa Chapman) : a
farmer in Salem, Meigs Co., 0., since 1837.

7753.

ii.

7754

iH.

7755.

iv.

Thomas Strong, Son of Elder John, of Northampton. 441
[9th Gen.J Children:
7751- 2. i. Horatio Peffer Chapman b. July 26, 1848, m. Jan. 18,
1870, Hopy Ann Thompson b. Oct. 4, 1850 (dau. of
TheophUus Gates Thompson and Eliza Jane his wife) :
a farmer in Salem, 0.
Semantha Bathena Chapman b. Sept 6, 1851.
Clarissa Annis Chapman b. Sept 1, 1854.
Jared Sanford Chapman b. May 8, 1856.
[8th Gen.J
7724-5. vi. Adley Andrews Strong (son of Ozias Strong and Annis
Gregory) h. March 12, 1823, m. April 26, 1847, Drusilla Curry of Wilkes
ville, 0., b. April 30, 1827 (dau. of John and Mary Curry) : a f^irmer in
Wilkesville, and a justice of the peace.
[9th Gen.J Children :
7756. i. Annis Strong b. April 14, 1848, d. May 14, 1848.
7757. ii. Ozias Strong b. May 19, 1849, d. July 8, 1856.
7758. iU. Semantha Ellen Strong b. Jan. 1, 1854.
7759. iv. George Stephen Strong b. May 4, 1856.
7760. V. William Warren Strong b. May 24, 1858.
7761. vi. Mary Annis Strong b. Aug. 10, 1860.
7762. vH. Samuel Strong b. Jan. 11, 1864.
7763. vUi. Carley Ellsworth Strong b. Dec 7, 1866.
7764. ix. Laura Ann Strong b. June 23, 1870.
[8th Gen.J
7726-7. vU. Jared Stevens Strong, M.D., b. Oct 6, 1824, m. Lu
cretia Moore : a physician and druggist at McArthur, 0. where he d. of
a lung complaint March 3, 1867, and where his widow now (1870) re
sides. Children :
7765. 1. A child unnamed.
7766. 2. Mary A. Strong b. in 1852.
7767. 3. Charies Strong b. in 1860.
[8th Gen.J
7729-30. ix. Joseph .Jehiel Strong b. July 7, 1828, m. Aug. 12,
1849, EHzabeth Bwing b. Dec 14, 1828 (dau. of WiUiam Bwing of
Huntington, 0. and Sarah Mannering) : a farmer at Salera, O., and
school teacher (in the winter), and land appraiser and justice of the
peace. [9th Gen.J Children :
7768- 9. i. Sophia Strong b. Aug. 17, 1850, m. Jan. 23, 1868, Anson
Phetteplace of Salem, 0. b. AprU 26, 1846 (son of Job
and Martha (Nelson) Phetteplace of Salem, 0.). She
has one child :
7770. 1. George Phetteplace b. May 14, 1869.
56

442 Descendants of Joseph Strong of Coventry, Ct, Sonof
7771. U. Horatio Benton Strong b. Nov. 13, 1851.
7772. iii. Sarah Annis Strong b. Jan. 14, 1853.
7773. iv. Ozias Gregory Strongb. Jan. 27, 1855.
[7th Gen.J
7616-8. vi. Elijah Strong (son of Judge Horatio Strong and Pa
tience Stevens) b. AprU 22, 1788, m. Jan. 31, 1811, Betsey Thompson
b. Oct. 20, 1795 (dau. of John and Abigail Thompson of Lee, Athens
Co., 0.). She d. of consumption Nov. 4, 1822, and he m. about 1823,
for 2d wife Electa Stowell (dau. of Elisha and Isabel Stowell of WUkes
viUe, 0.) : a farmer at Salem, 0. He d. Aiig. 3, 1841 : she d. Nov. 4,
1822. [8th Gen.J Children : By first wife:
7774- 5. i. Lydia Strong b. May 19, 1812, m. Thomas Salisbury of
Armington, III.
7776- 7. u. Eliza Strong b. Sept. 26, 1813, m. Hon. Joseph Bradbury
of Kyger, 0.
7778. iii. John Strong b. May 9, 1815, d. March 31, 1817.
7779-80. iv. Sadia Strong b. Jan. 16, 1817, m. Joshua Curry of Er-
vington, Gallia Co., 0.
7781. V. Elijah Strong b. July 26, 1818, d. in 1824
7782- 3. vi. Betsey Strong b. Sept. 3, 1820, m. John Stevens of
Salem, 0. By second vnfe :
7784- 5. vii. Mary Ann Strong b. Jan. 23, 1824, ra. Herman Lawrence
of Missouri.
7786- 7. viH. Willard Reed Strong b. Jan, 5, 1826, m. Rebecca Susan
Davis, resides at Wilkesville, 0.
7788- 9. ix. Sally Maria Strong b. Aug. 2, 1828, m. James Hampton
of Rutland, Meigs Co., 0.
7790. X. Luther Strong b. Sept 6, 1830, d. March 25, 1831.
7791- 2. xi, Levi Strong b. March 11, 1832, Uves at WUkesvUle, 0.,
m. Ann Eliza Davis.
7793. xH. Christopher Columbus Strong b. June 30, 1834.
7794- 5. xHi. Isabel Strong b. Dec. 2, 1836, m. Robert Davis of Salem,
.Centre, 0.
7796. xiv. Electa PameUa Strong b. Jan. 15, 1838, d. Sept 14, 1840.
[8th Gen.J
7776-7. H. Eliza Strong b. Sept 26, 1813, m. Jan. 11, 1829, Hon.
Joseph Bradbury b. Sept 12, 1807 (son of Joseph Bradbury of Exeter,
Me., and Elizabeth Stevens) : a lawyer at Kyger, 0., since 1836 : a mem
ber (1870-1), of the Ohio Legislature. He was also a member by suc
cessive elections from 1862 to 1865, of the house and of the senate in 1866
and 7. He was also a commissioner for drafting soldiers in Gallia county,
in the late war.

Thomas Strong, Son of Elder John, of Northampton. 443
[9th Gen.J Children:
7797. i. Elizabeth Bradbury b. June 4, 1829, d. May 1, 1830.
7798. u. Alonzo Russell Bradbury b. Dec. 14, 1830.
7799-00. iii. Mary Bradbury b. Feb. 16, 1832, m. Sylvanus PoweU.
7801. iv. Amanda Bradbury b. Oct. 6, 1833, m. James M. Johnson.
7802. V. Louisa Bradbury b. Feb. 24, 1835, d. Sept 23, 1866.
7803. vi. Lucinda Bradbury b. Feb. 28, 1837 : a teacher.
7804. vii. Elijah Strong Bradbury b. April 9, 1840.
7805. vUi. Alida P. Bradbury b. April 29, 1841 : a teacher.
7806. ix. Oliver Loud Bradbury b. Aug. 10, 1845 : a lawyer at
Gallipolis, 0.
7807. X. Juliet Eliza Bradbury b. April 29, 1847.
7808. xi. Joseph Stevens Bradbury b. March 14, 1849, m. March
14, 1870, Mary Electa Higley b. Jan. 1, 1850 (dau. of
Joel Phelps Higley) : a farmer at Rutland, 0., teaches
school in winter.
7798. ii. Alonzo Russell Bradbury b. Dec. 14, 1830, m. Nov. 27,
1853, Elizabeth Lane b. April 10, 1836 (dau. of James Lane and Sarah
Coleman) : a farmer in Kyger, GaUia Co., 0. They have two children :
7809. 1. Mary Louisa Bradbury b. Jan. 28, 1865.
7810. 2. Cora Lane Bradbury b. Sept 7, 1856.
7799-800. iU. Mary Bradbury b. Feb. 16, 1832, m. AprU 13, 1852,
Sylvanus Powell b. Jan. 1, 1824 (son of David Powell, of Steubenville,
0., and Lydia Newport) : a farmer at Rutland, Meigs Co., 0.
[10th Gen.J Children:
7811. i. Emma Eliza PoweU b. at Steubenville, 0., Jan. 24, 1863.
7812. ii. Lydia Newport Powell b. at same place, Aug. 7, 1854.
7813. iH. Alonzo Powell b. there March 7, 1857.
7814. iv. Joseph Bradbury Powell b. at Rutland, 0., Nov. 5, 1858.
7815. V. Mary Louisa Powell h. Jan. 18, 1861.
7816. vi. Addie Lucinda Powell b. July 7, 1863.
7817. vU. Anna Julia PoweU b. Oct. 13, 1868.
[9th Gen.J
7800-1. iv. Amanda Bradbury b. Oct 6, 1833, m. May 3, 1853,
James Miratta Johnson b. Nov. 27, 1830 (son of WiUiam Johnson and
Rachel Shields) : a farmer and tanner at Kyger, 0.
[10th Gen.J Children :
Margaret Eliza Johnson b. Nov. 27, 1853, d. Sept 1854.
William Blger .lohnson b- Feb. 1, 1856.
Homer Sylvanus Johnson b. Nov. 24, 1856.
James Howard Johnson b. July 4, 1858.
Joseph Bradbury Johnson b. Jan. 23, 1860.
Frederic Strong Johnson b. Nov. 8, 1862.
vii. Helen Electa Johnson b. Sept. 17, 1865, twin.
viu. Horace Oliver Johnson b. Sept. 17, 1866.

7818.

7819.

ii.

7820.

iii.

7821.

iv.

7822.

V.

7823.

vi.

7824.

vii

7826.

vii

444 Descendants of Joseph Strong of Coventry, Ct., Son of
[9th Gen.J
7804. vU. Elijah Strong Bradbury b. April 9, 1840, m. Sept. 11,
1867, Adeline Harding, b. July 20, 1837 (dau. of Alvan Harding and Sally
Paine), a farmer at Kyger, 0. She d. Aug. 23, 1870. They had one
child :
7826. 1. Jessie Bradbury b. June 6, 1868.
[8th Gen.J
7782-3. vi. Betsey Strong b. Sept. 3, 1820, m. Oct 28, 1847, John
Stevens b. Dec. 28, 1816 (son of Benjamin Stevens of Avon, 0., and
Lovisa Foote) : a farmer in Salem. 0.
[9th Gen.J Children:
7827. i. Benjamin FrankHn Stevens b. Dec 31, 1848, d. Nov. 20,
1858.
7828- 9. H. Sarah Lovisa Stevens b. Feb. 28, 1851, m. AprU 25,
1869, John Hascall Derry, b. Aug. 31, 1841 (son of
Benjamin Blandin Derry of WilkesvUle, 0., and Emily
Lewis) : a farmer in Salem, 0.
7830. iii. Chauncey Barnum Stevens b. Aug. 20, 1854, d. Nov. 9,
1868.
[7th Gen.J
7619-21. vU. Lydia Strong (dau. of Judge Horatio Strong of Salem,
0.), b. AprU 23, 1790, m. March 1, 1810, William White of Jackson
Co., 0., sheriff of the Co. He d. and she m. for 2d husband Samuel
A. Hall. She resides in Knightstown, Henry Co., Ind., with her son
Festus. 7622-3. viii- Polly Strong (dau. of Judge Horatio Strong of Salem,
0.), b. Nov. 5, 1791, m. May 31, 1808, Robert Patrick a salt manufacturer
at Scioto Salt Works, Jackson Co., 0. He d. near Council Bluffs about
1830. She d. in 1810, set 19. They had one child :
7831. 1. Samuel Patrick b. Oct 3, 1809, supposed to be in Califor-

7624-6. ix. Sally Strong (dau. of Judge Horatio Strong) b. AprU 22,
1793, m. in 1812, Benjamin Shaw of Salem. He d. some years since ; she
resides in Mishawaka, Ind. (St Joseph's Co.), and has three children :
their names could not be ascertained.
7626-8. X. Silas Strong (son of Judge Horatio Strong of Salem, 0.).
b. Aug. 22, 1795, at Big Bend, Pa., a farmer and stock dealer in Rutland,

TJwmas Strong, Son of Elder John, of NortJiampton. 445
Meigs Co., 0., since 1865, and previously at Salem, 0. He m. Feb. 22,
1818, Clarissa Cook b. Sept. 26, 1799 (dau. of Richard Cook of Rutland,
0., and Irena Hodge). She d. Sept 21, 1854, and he m. Feb. 3, 1856,
for 2d wife Augusta MerrUl b. in Boston, Mass., May 19, 1819 (dau. of
Robert Merrill and Margery Somerby).
[8th Gen.J Children :

7832. i. Silas Cook Strong b. Feb. 6, 1819, d. July 29, 1837, set. 18.
7833- 4. H. William White Strong b. Feb. 22, 1825.
7835- 6. Hi. Francis Stephen Strong b. Aug. 7, 1828.
7837- 8. iv. Waldo Richard Strong b. June 27, 1830, d. July 27, 1869.
By second vnfe :
7839. V. A son that d. unnamed b. Jan. 22, 1858.
7840. vi. Clarabel ClotUda MerriU Strong b, Aug. 12, 1861.
7833-4 ii. William White Strong b. Feb. 22, 1825, m. in 1844,
Silisteen Stickleman b. Aug. 21, 1823 (dau. of George and Nancy Stick-
leman of Salem, 0.), a farmer in Kansas.
[9th Gen.J Children :
7843. i. Clarissa Strong b. April 12, 1845.
7844. U. Virginia Strong b. May 11, 1847.
7845. iU. Lucetta Strong b. Jan. 1, 1850, d. Aug. 1854.
[8th Gen.J
7835-6. iii. Francis Stephen Strong b. Aug. 7, 1828, a farmer
and stock dealer in McArthur, Vinton Co., 0. He m. March 20, 1851,
EveHne Temple (dau. of Joseph and Harriet Temple of Newport, Ky.).
[9th Gen.J Children :
7846. i. A child unnamed b. Oct 16, 1852, d. Dec 30, 1852.
7847. H. Cora Strong b. Dec. 6, 1853.
7848. Ui. Edward Strong b. April 19, 1856.
[8th Gen.J
7837-8. iv. Waldo Richard Strong (son of Silas Strongof Rutland,
0.), b. June 27, 1830, a farmer and stock-dealer at Salem, 0. He was
interested also in " The Clifton Nail Co." of W. Virginia and " The
Woolen Co., of Middleport, 0.," and was a stockholder and director of
the First National Bank of Pomeroy, 0. He m. Oct. 24, 1861, Fanny
Britt b. Nov. 14, 1828 (dau. of Clark and SaUy Britt of Cincinnati, 0.).
He d. July 27, 1869, aged 39. She resides at Rutland, 0.
[9th Gen.J Children :
7849. i. Belle Strong b. Aug. 7, 1852, d. Nov. 9, 1854
7850. H. MiTTiE Strong b. Nov. 28, 1854.

7858.

ii.

7854

iii.

7855- 6.

iv.

7857.

V.

7858.

vi.

7869-60.

vii.

446 Descendants of Joseph Strong of Coventry, Ct., Son of
[6th Gen.]
7584-5. ii. Beulah Strong (dau. of Ozias Strong of Lenox, Mass.,
and Susannah West) b. July 24, 1759, m. March 30, 1779, Timothy
Treat of W. Stockbridge, Mass. He removed to Homer, N. Y., in 1799.
[7th Gen.J Children :
7861- 2. i. Amanda Treat b. March 30, 1780, in Lenox, Mass,, m.
James King June 8, 1800.
Seymour Treat b. Dec 30, 1782.
Abigail Treat b. AprU 16, 1784.
Susannah Treat b. April 25, 1786, m. Zelek Walter.
Francis Treat b. May 25, 1788.
Calvin Treat b. July 10, 1790, had two children : Eliza
and Jane.
Lucia Treat b. Dee, 29, 1795, m. Mr. Baylis; had three
children : Harriet, Josephine, aud Lucia.
7861-2. viu. Eliza Treat b. March 24, 1799, in W. Stockbridge, Mass.,
m. a Mr. Prosser, had two children : Treat and Eda.
7863- 4. ix. Laura Treat b. Feb. 23, 1801, m. Milton Robinson.

[7th Gen.J
7855-6. iv. Susannah Treat b. AprU 25, 1786, m. May 28, 1807,
Zelek Walter. He d. June 19, 1813, and she m. Feb. 1814, Joseph
Phelps. She resides (1870) in Sandwich, IU.
[8th Gen.J Children. By first husband:
7865- 6. i. Sophia Walter b. June 13, 1808, m. Jacob Crawford of
Romeo, Mich.
7867- 8. ii. Maria Walter b. June 5, 1811, m. Dr. Philo Tilson.
By second husband :
7869-70. Ui. Lydia Phelps b. Dec. 3, 1814, ra. Augustus Adams, Oct.
1833.
7871- 2. iv. Mercy Phelps b. Nov. 18, 1819, m. Carmi Wells of Sand
wich, 111., Sept 22, 1843.
7873- 4. V. Joseph Phelps b. Oct 16, 1824, a resident of Sandwich,
III., m. Harriet Stiles Sept 1849.
7875- 6. vi. Cornelia Phelps b. Sept 26, 1827, m. CorneHus Stiles of
Kankakee, III., Sept 1846.
[7th Gen.J
7863-4. ix. Laura Treat (dau. of Timothy Treat of Homer, N. Y.,
and Beulah Strong, b. Feb. 23, 1801, m. Milton Robinson.
[8th Gen.J Children :
7877. i. Stoughton Robinson : a resident in Kankakee, IU.
7878. ii. Sophronia Robinson.
7879. Ui. Marcus Robinson.
7880. iv. Lorinda Robinson.

TJwmas Strong, Son of Elder John, of Northampton. 447
[6th Gen.J
7686-7. iu. Roxalana Strong (dau. of Ozias Strong of Lenox,
Mass., and Susanna West) b. June 9, 1761, m. Thomas Benedict of
West Stockbridge, Mass., and after 1799, of Homer, N. Y.
[7th Gen.J Children :
7881. 1. Joel Benedict. 7882. 2. Esther Benedict.
7883. 8. Aaron Benedict, a farmer in OU Creek, Pa.
7884. 4. John Benedict, has a son living in McLean, N. Y.
7885. 5. Olive Benedict 7886. 6. Jerry Benedict
[6th Gen.J
7590-1. iv. Hannah Strong (dau. of Ozias Strong and Susannah
West) m. Jireh Gates (son of Ephraim Gates and Lydia Crocker), a
farmer in Hartford, Washington Co., N. Y. They were Baptists and
their descendants have usually been. He was an antimasonic Whig : she
d. Sept 1830 ; he d. July, 1836, from having been thrown from a car
riage. [7th Gen.J Children :
7887- 8. i. Levi Gates d. aged 70.
Merinda Gates m. Alanson Cummings and A. Wood.
Salmon Gates.
William Gates d. in Hartford, N. Y.
Alvin Gates d. Feb. 1848.
Ancy B. Gates m. Aaron Bowen and for 2d husband Hugh
Bradley.
7897- 8. vii. Lydia Crocker Gates m Henry Shepard : no issue.
7899-01. viu. Susannah S. Gates b. Jan. 2, 1811, m. Parley BIdred and
for 2d husband Phinehas Hathaway.
7887-8. i. Levi Gates m. Lydia Luther : a farmer at South Danville,
Steuben Co., N. Y.
[8th Gen.J Children :
7902. 1. Luther Gates. 7905. 4. Ozias Gates.
7903. 2. Semantha Gates. 7906. 5. Washington Gates.
7904 3. William Gates. 7907. 6. Merissa Gates.
[7th Gen.J
7890-1. iU. Salmon Gates m. Lucy Fosdick (dau. of Wm. Fosdick
and Rena  ), a farmer at South Danville, N. Y. He became a
preacher in the Free Will Baptist denomination.
[8th Gen.J Children :
7908. 1. Almeda Gates. 7914. 7. Alvira Gates.
7909. 2.- Hannah Gates. 7915. 8. Alcesta Gates.
7910. 3. Jireh Gates. 7916. 9. Melissa Gates.
7911. 4. Orena Gates 7917. 10. Cyphoras Gates,
7912. 5. Alvin Gates. 7918, 11. Cordelia Gates.
7913. 6. WilUam Gates. 7919. 12. Levina Gates.

7889.

ii.

7890-

1.

iii.

7892-

3.

iv.

7894.

V.

7895-

6.

vi.

448 Descendants of Joseph Strong of Coventry, Ct, Son of
[7th Gen.J
7892-3. iv. William Gates m. Lydia Martin (dau. of Daniel Martin
and Lydia  ), a farmer in Hartford, Washington Co., N. Y.
ChUdren :
7920. 1. Hannah Ann Gates. 7923. 4. Phebe Gates.
7921. 2. Evelyn Gates. 7924 5. Cordelia Gates.
7922. 3. Daniel J. Gates.
[7th Gen.J
7899-01. viU. Susannah Strong Gates b. Jan. 2, 1811, m. May
19, 1831, Parley Eldred b. Sept 29, 1809 (son of Joseph Eldred of Gran
ville, N. Y., and Hannah EUthorpe) a carpenter in Rochester, N. Y.
He d. Nov. 9, 1832, and she m. July 18, 1835, for a 2d husband. Rev.
Phinehas Hathaway b. June 7, 1803 (son of Abner Hathaway of Fort
Ann, N. Y., and Abigail Stone) an Universalist preacher at Saratoga, and
Amsterdam, N. Y., and also at Lafayette, Ind. He is now (1871), a
farmer at Eldorado, Butler Co., Kansas, having for several years been in
poor health.
[8th Gen.J Children :
By first marriage:
7925- 6. i. Hannah Strong Eldred b. AprU 17, 1833, m. Sept. 2,
1855, George Whiting, a clerk in West Winsted, Ct
She d. July 6, 1856.
By second marriage :
7927-8. U. Sarah Barber Hathaway b. Sept. 11, 1836, m. April 22,
1866, Dr. Henry Alford b. Oct 18, 1828 (son of Field
ing Alford and Mary Hemphill), a physician in Walton,
Cass Co., Ind. His children are:
7929. 1. Wyllis Alford b. April 23, 1857.
7930. 2. Marvin Clarence Parley Alford b. Nov. 9, 1869.
7931- 2. iU. Marvin Phinehas Hathaway b. April 15, 1841, a lawyer
in Decorah, Iowa. He m. May 2, 1868, Emma Clark
b. Dec. 21, 1845 (dau. of John T. Clark of Decorah, a
lawyer and Elizabeth Blakesley). He has two children :
7933. 1. Harry Clark Hathaway b. April 22, 1869.
7934. 2. John Phinehas Hathaway b. June 24, 1870.
[7th Gen.J
7894. V. Alvin Gates (son of Jireh Gates and Hannah Strong, m.
Sarah Eldred (dau. of Joseph Eldred and Hannah  ) : a farmer at
Burr Oak Station. He d. Feb. 1848 : she resides at Burr Oak Station,
Mich. : ChUdren :
' 7935. 1. Lorenzo Gates resides at Gatesville, Clay Co., Kansas.
7936. 2. Melvin Gates : a farmer at Burr Oak Station, Mich.
7937. 3. Salome Gates. 7939. 6. Adelaide Gates.
7938. 4. Merinda Gates. 7940. 6. AdeUne Gates.

TJwmas Strong, Son of Elder John, of NortJiampton. 449
[7th Gen.J
7895-6. vi. Ancy Bassett Gates (dau. of Jireh Gates and Han
nah Strong), m. Aaron Bowen, a farmer in South DanvUle; and for 2d
husband, Hugh Bradley of Kasson, Minnesota, a farmer.
Children :
7941. 1. Smith Bowen. 7944. 4. Samuel Bowen.
7942. 2. William Henry Bowen- 7945. 5. Lucius Bowen.
7943. 3. Francis Bowen.
[6th Gen.J
7692-3. V. Major Joseph Strong (son of Ozias Strong of Lenox,
Mass., and Susannah West) b. March 13, 1765, m. Feb. 13, 1792, Chloe
Cogswell of Lanesboro, Mass. She d. at Fabius, N. Y., July 24, 1799,
and he m. Oct. 24, 1799, Lucy Elderkin of ManHus, N. Y., b. Nov. 27,
1778 (dau. of Vine Elderkin of Manlius, N. Y., and previously of Wind
ham, Ct., and Lydia White dau. of Rev. Stephen White of Windham,
Ct., and Mary Dyer). He was a sergeant in the Revolutionary army.
He was a farmer at Great Bend, Pa. (1787-97); at Fabius, N. Y.
(1797-99) ; at Manlius, N. Y. (1799-1813), and at Lyme, 0., of which
he was one of the first settlers, and where he was also a Judge of the
Court of Common Pleas. She d. Jan. 1819 : he d. March 31, 1835, in
Groton, 0., aged 70.
[7th Gen.J Children :
By first vyife:
7946- 7. i. Nathan Strongb. March 5, 1798, d. at Nauvoo,IU., in 1861:
a farmer.
7948. H, Lester Strong b. Feb. 13, 1795, d. May 15, 1845, at Ox
ford, 0-, a farmer.
7949-50. Hi. Sarah Strong b. July 2, 1797, m. Dr. James Strong of
Albany. He d. in W. Cleveland, O,, Dec 1826 : she d.
in BloomingvUle, O., Oct 21, 1S22. No issue.
7951. iv. Joseph Strong b. June 21, 1799, a farraer in Lyme, 0.,
where he d. July 4, 1827. He m. Sarah Henderson.
By second wife :
7952. V. William Strong b. Sept. 22, 1800, d. Sept 1818, in
Lyme, 0.
7953- 4. vi. Lyman Elderkin Strong b. June 19, 1802, a resident at
Plymouth, 0.
7955. vU. David Jones Strong b. June 1, 1804, a farmer in Bliss-
field, Mich.
7956- 7. vIH.Ann Maria Strong b. Feb. 20, 1806, m. EUhu Nims of
Fort Dodge, Iowa.
7958. ix. James Strong b. Feb. 21, 1808, a farmer in Racine, Wis.,
d. Nov. 1837.
7959. X. George Strong b. Jan. 21, 1810, a farmer in Groton, 0.,
d. March, 1840. 57

450 Descendants of Joseph Strong of Coventry, Ct., Sonof
7960. xi. Andrew Strong b. April 20, 1812, a farmer in Blissfield,
Mich., where he d. Nov. 27, 1870.
7961. xii. Horatio Strong b. Dec. 17, 1816, a farmer in California.
7946-7. i. Nathan Sirong b. March 5, 1793, m. wife Harriet: a
farmer. He d. at Nauvoo, III., 1861. His widow resides in Norwalk, 0.
They had eight children, only one of whom survives.
7962- 8. 1. Henry Lester Strong b. April 19, 1837, m. Oct 80, 1859,
Arathusa Putnam dau. of Manning and Sarah Putnam,
a descendant of General Israel Putnam of Revolutionary
meraory) ; one child :
7964. (1). David Putnam b. Sept 11, 1860, d. Sept 19, 1861. .
No further facts, although sought, proved to be obtainable.
[7th Gen.J
7953-4. vi. Lyman Elderkin Strong (son of Major Joseph Strong
of Lyme, 0., and Lucy Elderkin) b. June 19, 1802, m. May 1, 1831,
Calista Lucinda Nims b. April 3, 1812 (dau. of Elihu Nims whod. Aug.
14, 1827, in Lyme, O., and Zilpha Long now Uving in Plymouth, 0.) :
a horticulturist in Plymouth, 0.
[8th Gen.J Children :
7966- 6. i. Lucy Ann Strong b. in Milan, 0., April 6, 1832, m. June
13, 1864, Dr. Erasmus Darwin Lord a physician in
BeUevue, 0. (since 1867), b. at Owasco, N. Y., Nov.
21, 1824 (son of Henry Richard Lord and Mary Reed).
His children have been :
A child unnamed b. Aug. 8, 1866, d. soon.
Ella Lord b. Jan. 21, 1857.
Mary Lord b. Sept. 22, 1867, d. May 22, 1858.
Dottie Lord b. Nov. 26, 1859.
Harry Lord b. April 10, 1861, d. July 10, 1861.
Harry Lord 2d b. Oct. 20, 1863, d. Aug. 19, 1864.
A daughter b. June 10, 1865, d. soon.
Lilly Lord b. April 22, 1869.
William Augustus Strong b. July 29, 1834, in Groton,
0., m. March 1, 1857, Dorcas Ann Tyler from whom he
was divorced in 1864, and in Dec. 1864, m. for 2d wife
Delia Waite b. AprU 20, 1835 (dau. of Addison Doyle
Tyler and Parnia Goldthwaite). He is a ticket agent on
the L. S , and S. M. RaU Road at Chicago, IU. He has
had by his first wife two children :
7976. 1. Harry Strong b. June 4, 1860.
7977. 2. A child b. June, 1869, that d. soon.
7978. iU. Ozias Long Strong b. Nov. 23, 1836, a dentist at Ply
mouth, 0. He d. March 7, 1864.
7979-80. iv. Henry Clay Strong b.in Groton, 0,, Oct 4, 1841, m.
Sept. 21, 1865, Mary Harper b. May 13, 1845 (dau. of
Rice Harper and Susannah). He resides in Sandusky,
0., and is a traveUing agent for a business firm there.

7967.

1.

7968.

2.

7969.

3.

7970.

4.

7971.

5.

7972.

6.

7973.

7.

7974.

8.

7975.

ii.

TJiomas Strong, Son of Elder JoJin, of NortJmmpton. 451
7981-2. V. Sarah King Strong b. June 1, 1849, m. May 28, 1868,
Dr. George Byron Spencer : a physician in Weston, 0.,
since Dec. 1870, and previously in Shiloh, 0. ; b. in
Owasco, N. Y., Dec. 16, 1844 (son of Nathan Holly
Spencer and Louisa Barhite). He was grad. in 1867, at
the Wes. Reserve Med. Coll., in Cleveland, 0. They
have one child :
7983. 1. WUliam Henry Spencer b. July 10, 1869.
[7th Gen.J
7956-7. viH. Ann Maria Strong b. Feb. 20, 1806, in Manlius,
N. Y., m, Dec. 14, 1831, Elihu Nims b. in Shelburne, Mass., Oct 14,
1805 (son of Elihu Nims and Zilpha Long), a farmer at Fort Dodge,
Iowa (1864-9), where he d. Jan. 17, 1869.
[8th Gen.J Children :
7984- 5. i. Harriet Maria Nims b. Feb. 21, 1833, in Monroeville,
0., m. Oct 1, 1863, Reuben H. Higgins of Altona, III.
They have 2 children :
7986. 1. Carrie Amanda Higgins b. in Altona, in 1864.
7987. "2. Leeds Eugene Higgins b. at Fort Dodge in 1865.
7988. H. Elihu Strong Nims b. Aug. 12, 1834, in MonroevUle, a
farmer, d. at Ontario, III., April 13, 1859.
7989. iu. Mary Lucinda Nims b. Oct 11, 1836, in Oxford, 0.
7990- 1. iv. Herbert Adonijah Nims b. in Milan, 0., Nov. 17, 1838,
m. at Fort Dodge, Oct. 7, 1866, Mary Elizabeth Abbey :
a farmer at Council Bluffs, Iowa, and an Union soldier
in the late war. They have 2 children :
7992. 1. Charies Barnard Nims b. at Fort Dodge, Dec. 29, 1867.
7993. 2. Genevra Nims b. at Council Bluffs, Nov. 5, 1869.
7994. V. Ozias Long Nims b. in MUan, 0., Dec 17, 1840, a farmer
at Fort Dodge and an Union soldier in the late war ; took
part in 80 battles and skirmishes.
[6th Gen.J
7588-9. vi. Susannah Strong (dau. of Ozias Strong of Lenox, Mass.,
and Susannah West) b. Oct. 6, 1762, m. 178-, Dea. John Baker b. in
Hatfield, Mass , March 10, 1762 : a farmer at Homer, N. Y., and after
1815, at Lyme, 0. He d. Dec 26, 1817. She d. Aug. 26, 1826.
[7th Gen.J Children :
7995. i. Deborah Baker b. June 8, 1790. d. Dec. 6, 1806.
7996- 7. ii. Thirza Baker b. June 28, 1792, m. George . Sheffield of
Norwalk, 0. She d. Aug. 21, 1834.
7998- 9. iH. Aylsworth Baker b. Jan. 12, 1794.
8000- 1. iv. David Jones Baker b. March 3, 1795.
S002- 4 V. Hiram Baker b. Oct 16, 1798.
8005. vi. Ozias Strong Baker b. May 15, 1803, d. unmarried Oct.
15, 1846. He was an engineer and machinist, and builder
of steam engines in Franklin, Louisiana.

452 Descendants of Joseph Strong of Coventry, Ct., Sonof
7996-7. u. Thirza Baker b. June 28, 1792, m. April 4, 1818,
George Sheffield 3d, b. in New London, Ct., AprU 4, 1786 (son of George
Sheffield, Jr., and  Browning): afarmer in Norwalk, 0. They
both d. of cholera. She d. Aug. 21, 1834. Their children were :
8006- 7. 1. Betsey Sheffield b. Aug. 28, 1822, m. Aug. 4, 1846, John
Keyes Campbell b. Nov. 11, 1797 (son of Benjamin
Smith Campbell and Sally Keyes) : a farmer in Lyme,
0. Their children are :
8008. (1) Alice CampbeU b. June 11, 1847.
8009. (2) George CampbeU b. May 13, 1849.
8010. (3) Mary Campbell b. Feb. 22, 1864.
8011. (4) Jesse Campbell b. June 26, 1856.
8012- 3. 2. Sarah Theresa Sheffield b. May 6, 1828, m. Aug. 14, 1862,
Turner Prentice b. Aug. 2, 1800, in Chesterfield, Ct.
(son of Samuel Prentice and Grace  ) : a farmer in
Lyme, 0. He d. in MonroevUle, 0., May 8, 1867.
They had one son :
8014. (1) Edward Sheffield Prentice b. Oct 3, 1867.
8015. 3. James Frederick Sheffield b. Aug. 25, 1825, a farmer in
Oregon, unmarried.
8016. 4. Edward Sheffield b. Aug. 22, 1830 : a lawyer in Montana,
unmarried.
7998-9. iU. Aylsworth Baker b. Jan. 12, 1794 : a tailor at Canton,
Fulton Cc, 0., m a Miss Coffin (dau. of Judge Coffin of Watertown, N. Y.),
about 1814 : she d. about 1845, and he m. for 2d wife Julia Stuart.
[8th Gen.J Children:

8017.

i.

8018.

ii.

8019.

iU.

8020.

iv.

Henry Baker "a farmer in the far west"
Mab,y Jane Baker.
William Baker, a blacksmith in Fremont, 0. where he d.
Ozias Strong Baker a farraer in Banner, Fulton Co. 111.
[7th Gen.J
8000-1. iv. David Jones Baker b. March 3, 1795, a saddle and har
ness maker at Dryden, Tompkins Co., N. Y., m. Nov. 10, 1823, Semantha
Ballard b. May 9, 1804, in Homer, N. Y. (dau. of Hooker Ballard and
AbigaU (" Nabby ") Thompson).
[8th Gen.J Children:
8021. i. Caroline Amanda Baker b. April 26, 1824, d. Aug. 12,
1825.
8022- 3. U. Albert John Baker b. in Dryden, March 16, 1826, m.
Oct 1847, Helen T. Murdock b. June 3, 1826 (dau. of
Otis Murdock and Harriet Dutton) : a harness maker in
Dryden. They have children :
8024. 1. Mary Baker b. May 9, 1860.
3025. 2. Kate Baker b. Jan. 26, 1852.

TJiomas Strong, Sonof Elde) JoJm, of NortJiampton. 453
8026. 3. Hiram W. Baker b. Jan. 14, 1856.
8027. 4. Albert Baker b. Jan 5, 1868.
8028. iU. A daughter unnamed b. April 18, and d. April 19, 1828.
8029. iv. Fla VILLA Amanda Baker b. Dec. 27, 1829, d. March 11,
1831.
8030- 1. V. Helen Adelia Baker b. Feb. 8, 1832, m. Nov. 9, 1854,
Jared Augustus Frost of Medina, N. Y., b. Nov. 9, 1832
(son of Azotus M. Frost and Sophronia Healey) a
druggist at Wheatland, Clinton Co., Iowa. They have
2 children :
8032. 1. Mary Frost b. at Medina, April 9, 1856.
8033. 2. David Baker Frost b. at Dryden, N. Y., May 11, 1862.
8034- 6. vi. Semantha Baker b. June 3, 1835, m. Dec. 4, 1856, Au
gustus Taber of Dryden, a clerk in a dry goods store.
He was b. Aug. 14, 1833 (son of Pardon Taber and
Eliza Serepta Blakesley). They have 2 children:
8036. 1. Ada Taber b. at Decatur, III , July 4, 1866.
8037. 2. Helen Levering Taber b. at Decatur, Nov. 25, 1858.
8038- 9. VU. Mary Ann Baker b. Feb. 22, 1838, m. May 3, 1856,
Henry Thomas, a merchant at Groton, Tompkins Co.,
N. Y.,b. Sept 15, 1829 (son of John Thomas and Anna
Smith). They have
8040. 1. Walter Baker Thomas b. July 11, 1858.
8041. 2. Georgia Thomas b. Feb. 26, 1862.
8042. vUi. Caroline Amanda Baker b. Jan. 19, 1840, m. Feb. 9,
1860, Freeman Smith Howe b. Dec. 22, 1836 (son of
Barzillai Howe and Hannah Arvilla White), a dentist
at Dryden, N. Y. They have two children :
8043. 1. John Baker Howe b. Aug. 15, 1861.
8044 2. Frederic Barzillai Howe b. Aug. 4, 1859.

[7th Gen.J
8002-4. V. Hiram Baker (son of John Baker and Susanna Strong)
b. Oct 16, 1798, m. March 19, 1826, Mary Ann Forbes b. Feb. 2, 1807,
in Wethersfield, Ct (dau. of Dr. Jotham Forbes and Nancy Olmstead), a
farmer at BeUevue, 0. (since 1829), She d. Aug. 28, 1835. and he m.
for 2d wife. Aug 23, 1836, Catharine Eliza Hagaman b. Aug. 26, 1807
(dau. of John Hagaman of Walworth, N. Y., and previously of Pleasant
Valley, Duchess Co., N. Y., and Hester Rugar).
[8th Gen.J Children : By first wife :
8045. i. Arabella Baker b. July 14, 1828, d. Sept 21, 1828.
8046. ii. Henry Baker b. Oct 9, 1829, d. Sept 14, 1831.
8047- 9. iU. Hiram Forbes Baker, M.D., b. Oct. 12, 1834 : attended
lectures at Medical College of Cleveland, 0., in 1855,
and in 1866 at Buffalo, N. Y. : practised medicine at
Ridgeville, 0. (1856-9), at Wauscon, 0. (1859-63), at
Fremont, 0. (1863-8), and since 1868, has been at Belle-

454 Descendants of Joseph Strong of Coventry, Gt., Son of
vue, 0. He m. Oct. 21, 1856, Emily Melissa Brown
b. March 17, 1837 (dau. of Henry Harrington Brown).
She d. Sept 17, 1865, and he m. for 2d wife July 8,
1868, Mary" Isabella MiUer (dau. of Samuel MUler).
His children have been :
By first wife :
8050. 1. Herbert Leon Baker b. Oet. 8, 1858.
8051. 2. Levina Baker b. June 12, 1860.
8052. 3. Hiram Carlton Baker b. Jan. 2, 1868.
By second wife :
8063. 4 Tessora BeU Baker b. June 8, 1869.
By second marriage :
8054- 5. iv. John Hagaman Baker b. Oct. 6, 1887, m. Nov. 23, 1864,
Mary Ann Metcalf b. July, 1846, in Groton, 0. (dau. of
James and Jane Metcalf), a farmer in BeUevue, 0. No
children.
8066. V. David Aylsworth Baker b. Nov. 18, 1840 : unmarried : a
farmer at BeUevue, 0. He enlisted at Laporte, Ind., in
Co. F, of the 9th Ind. Vol. Infantry for 3 months, and
then re-enlisted in Co. A, of the 55th Ohio Regt, and
at the end of 10 months was honorably discharged on
account of deafness (brought on by the exposures of
camp life). In March, 1864, he re-enlisted a third time
in Go. A, of the 13 th O. Cavalry. His regiment was
dismounted and placed in the 9th Army Corps in the de
partment of Virginia, under Genl. Grant. They were
ordered to take a fort before Petersburgh, Va., which had
been undermined and blown up, in the attempt to do
which he was kUled July 30, 1864. He was present in
the battles of Phillippi, Carrie's Ford, and Laurel HUl,
in the period of his first enlistment.
[6th Gen.J
7596-8. vHi. Deacon Francis Strong (son of Ozias Strong and Sus
annah West) b. in Lee, Mass., Oct 24, 1770, m. in 1794, at Great Bend,
Pa., Susannah Cogswell b. Dec. 11, 1771 (dau. of Nathan Cogswell of
WilUamstown, Mass., and Sarah Cole), a farmer at Homer, N. Y., and
after 1815, at Lyme, Huron Co., 0. She d. Nov. 13, 1811 ; and he m.
April, 1812, for 2d wife Mary Curtiss of Homer, N. Y. (dau. of a Mr.
Curtiss of Dudley, Mass.). He d. at Lyme, Jan. 8, 1845 ; she d. there.
[7th Gen.J Children : By first wife :
8057- 8. i. Hannah Strong b. Jan. 9, 1796, m. Deacon Eli Webster
of Fabius, N. Y.
8059. ii. Solomon Strong b. Jan. 16, 1797, a farmer at Lyme, 0.,
d. unmarried, Oct 19, 1820.
8060- 1. iU. Chloe Strong b. Feb. 1, 1799, m. John Sowers of Ridge
field, 0.

Thomas Strong, Son of Elder John, of Northampton. 455
8062- 5. iv. Asahel Strong b. Dec. 7, 1800.
8066- 7. V. Lyman Strong b. Oct 18, 1802.
8068- 9. vi. Selina Strong b. May 6, 1806, m. Deacon Joseph Pierce
of Lyme, 0.
8070- 1. vH. Dea. Zadoc Strong b. July 28, 1808, d. Nov. 2, 1870.
By second wife :
8072- 3. viH. Susannah Cogswell Strong b. Oct. 8, 1813, m. William
Holton of Lyme, 0.
8074. ix. Francis Curtiss Strong b. Dec. 6, 1814, a resident at
Lyme, 0., unmarried, where he d. suddenly of disease
of the heart, Dec. 19, 1870.
8075- 6. X. Mary Ann Strong b. Aug. 30, 1817, m. April 6, 1840,
as his first wife James Dolphus Collins b. in Hampton,
Washington Co., N. Y., Oct 27, 1816 (son of Joel
Thoraas Collins and Thirza Collins). She d. Nov. 7,
1840. He is a farmer in Lyme, 0. No issue.
8057-8. i. Hannah Strong b. Jan. 9, 1795, m. Jan. 1814,
Deacon Eli Webster b. Dec. 10, 1789 (son of Samuel Webster of Fabius,
N. Y., and Margaret Kinne), a farmer at (Kinne's settlement) Fabius,
N. Y., a Baptist She d. July 12, 1832 ; he d. Oct. 23, 1869.
[8th Gen.J Children :
8077- 8. i. Maria Hannah Webster b. March 14, 1817, m. Nov. 16,
1841, James Dolphus Collins b. Oct. 27, 1815 (son of
Joel T. Collins and Thirza Collins), a farmer in Lyme,
0. She d. July 17, 1843. She had a daughter :
8079. 1. Maria CoUins b. July 16, 1843, that d. the next day and
was buried with its mother.
8080- 1. U. Joseph Jones Webster b. March 1, 1819, m. Roxa Hills
(dau. of Joseph Hills of Fabius and Polly  ) a farmer
at Fabius. He d. Oct. 1, 1848. His chUdren :
8082. 1. Francis Wayland Webster b. Dec. 29, 1845.
8083. 2. Lucy Maria Webster b. April 17, 1848.
8084- 6. iu. Francis Strong Webster b. Oct 15, 1821, m. Feb. 3, 1841,
AbigaU Hannah Vailb. Feb. 9, 1829 (dau. of Harry Vail
of Pompey, N. Y., and Salome Olcott). She d. Jan. 5,
1862, and he m. for 2d wife Sept. 11, 1862, Maria
Stafford b. Sept. 29, 1832, in Clay, N. Y. (dau. of Jacob
Stafford and Sally Doubleday) a farmer and dairyman at
Fabius. His chUdren have been :
By first wife :
8087. 1. Page Francis Webster b. Sept. 16, 1848, enlisted Dec. 20,
1863, in Co. I, N. Y. Reg. of Heavy Artillery and d. in
hospital at Washington, D. C, March 25, 1864.
8088- 9. 2. WUlis Joseph Webster b.-Nov. 26, 1849 ; a farraer in
Fabius at N. Y. He m. Sept 16, 1868, Mary Aurelia
Pierce b. in De Ruyter, N. Y. Sept., 22, 1861 (dau. of
Lyman Pierce of Fabius and Merinda Fox). She d.
April 16, 1869, in Rochester, N. Y., leaving a daughter
Mary Ellen b. AprU 6, 1869.

8090. 8091. 8092.8093.

8.
4. 5.
6.

8094.8095.

7. 8.

8096-

7. iv.

8099.

2.

8100.

3.

8101.

4.

8102.

5.

8103.

6.

8104- 5.

V.

8106.

1.

8107.

2.

8108.

3.

8109-10.

vi

456 Descendants of Joseph Strong of Coventry, Ct, Son of
Eugene Webster b. Dec. 29, 1862, d. Jan. 8, 1853.
Daniel VaU Webster b. Aug. 22, 1864, d. Aug. 1, 1865.
Jessie Bleonora Webster b. May 10, 1859.
Abigail Hannah Webster b. Dec. 1, 1861.
By second vyife :
George Sprague Webster b. April 21, 1864.
Maggie Estilla Webster b. March 17, 1866.
Mary Ann Webster b. April 7, 1828, m. as his 8d wife
James Dolphus Collins of Lyme, 0. as above, Aug. 10,
1843. Their children were :
8098. 1. Albert Collins b. Dec. 31, 1847 : killed by lightning July
4, 1867.
Webster CoUins b. June 9, 1851, d. Oct. 8, 1854.
Maria Collins b. Jan. 21, 1853.
WUUam Collins b. July 19, and d. Aug. 21, 1855.
Jane CoUins b. Sept 25, 1867.
James CoUins b. Sept 19, and d. Sept 22, 1863.
Susan Amanda Webster b. May 4, 1825, m. Jabez Dawson
of Garden Grove, Iowa. Their chUdren :
Maria Dawson.
Emma Jane Dawson b. Nov. 28, 1854.
Helen Dawson b. Feb. 17, 1858.
Jane EHza Webster b. Sept. 13, 1827, m. July 20, 1846,
John Adams a carpenter at Groton, N. Y. Their
children :
8111. 1. Susan Antoinette Adams b. Jan. 28, 1850, d. Feb. 29,
1864
8112. 2. Frances Caroline Adams b. June 23, 1863.
8113. 8. EH Webster Adams b. July 7, 1856, d. Aug. 10, 1855.
8114-5. vii. John Wallace Webster b.Feb. 18,1830, m. Maria Eugene
Blanchard (dau. of Jesse and Sally Blanchard of Court-
land, N. Y.), afarmer at Dryden, N. Y. Their children :
8116. 1. Cara Eugenia "Webster b. June 8, 1859.
8117. 2. Frederic Lincoln Webster b. Sept. 18, 1860.
8118. 3. Harry Taylor Webster b. Dec. 26, 1861.
8119. 4. Guy Blanchard Webster b. June 18, 1867.
[7th Gen.J
8060-1. iii. Chloe Strong b. Feb. 1, 1799, m. Oct 19, 1817, John
Sowers (son of John Sowers of Ridgefield, 0., and Catharine) a farmer at
Ridgefield, 0. He d. June, 1868. She d. Aug. 1830. [The promise
was made but not realized of a full account of this family.]
[8th Gen.J Children :
8120- 1. i. Catharine Sowers m. (whom the author has not ascer
tained). No children.
8122- 8. ii. John Sowers a R. R. conductor (Sandusky and Mansfield
0. R. R), killed (how, or where not stated).
8124. iu. Francis Strong Sowers a quarter-master in the Third Ohio
Cavalry in the late war. He resides now at Shelby, Rich
land Co., 0., and has been employed since the close of

Thomas Strong, Son of Elder JoJm, of Northampton. 457
the war in purchasing government claims in Ohio and
Tennessee.
8125- 6. iv. Dorcas Sowers m. John Keyes, a carpenter and bridge
builder at Sandersville, Ga. She is a teacher there.
No issue.
[7th Gen.J
8062-5. iv. Asahel Strong (son of Dea. Francis Strong and Susannah
Cogswell) b. Dec 7, 1800, an insurance agent in Cleveland, 0., and an
elder in the Presbyterian Church. He m. Jan. 16, 1825, Polly Beraiss
b. June 22, 1801 (dau. of Sarauel Bemiss of Lyme, 0., and Nancy Searle).
She d. Oct. 23, 1843, and he m. May 21, 1844, for 2d wife Mary Whit
man b. June 25, 1811 (dau. of Freedom Whitman and Sarah Ford). She
d. AprU 6, 1852, and he m. Oct 20, 1852, for 3d wife Polly Maria Poole
b. Aug. 13, 1822 (dau. of Amos Whitmarsh Poole of Plainfield, Mass.,
and Sarah Abell of Goshen, Mass.).
[8th Gen.J Children :
By second wife :
8127. i. Mary Selina Strong b. Feb. 9, 1852.
By third vAfe :
Francis Amos Strong b. May 12, 1854.
Asahel Whitman Strong b. May 23, 1856.
AiKiN Goodrich Strong b. July 5, 1858.
[7th Gen.J
8066-7. V. Lyman Strong (son of Dea. Francis Strong of Lyme, 0.)
b. Oct 18, 1802 ; a wholesale dealer in marble in Cleveland, 0. (since
1846), where he has a steam marble saw-mill. He was previously a
farmer at Lyme, 0. To his zeal the author is largely indebted for the
account here given of the descendants of Ozias Strong and Susannah
West his grandparents. He m. AprU 19, 1827, Anna Bemiss b. June
4, 1806 (dau. of Samuel Bemiss of Lyme, 0., and Nancy Searle).
[8th Gen.J Children:
8131- 2. i. Lucy Ann Strong b. Sept 15, 1828, at Lyme, 0 , m. Sept.
15, 1853, Treat Tibbals of Cleveland, 0., b. April 30,
1822 (son of EHsha Tibbals of Milford, Ct, and Maria 
a marble dealer in Cleveland, 0. He d. March 26,
1858. Their children are :
8133. 1. Anna Maria Tibbals b. Aug. 23, 1865.
8134. 2. Martha Elmina Tibbals b. May 8, 1859.
8135- 6. ii. Corydon Henry Strong b. Feb- 9, 1834, d. March 14,
1861, a salesman and bookkeeper at Cleveland, 0. He
m. July, 1856, Hannah Minerva BiUson (dau. of Caleb
BUlson of Cleveland, 0., and Susannah Delphina Pre-
hair). She resides in Cleveland. Their chUdren are :
8137. 1. Charles Lyman Strong b. March, 1857.
8138. 2. Clara Augustus Strong b. Jan. 26, 1859.
58

8128.

ii.

8129.

Hi.

8130.

iv.

458 Descendants of Joseph Strongof Coventry, Ct, Son of
[7th Gen.J
8068-9. vi. Selina Strong (dau. of Dea. Francis Strong and Susannah
Cogswell) b. May 6, 1806, m. AprU 29, 1828, Dea. Joseph Pierce of
Lyme, 0., a farmer. She d. Sept 25, 1839. They had a child:
8139. 1. Sarah Selina Pierce, ra  Browning: a farmer in
Garden Grove, Iowa.
[7th Gen.]
8070-1. vii. Dea. Zadoc Strong (son of Dea. Francis Strong of
Lyme, 0., and Susannah Cogswell) b. July 28, 1808 : a carpenter at Sand
wich, III. He m. March 6, 1836, Mary Louisa Adams, b. Sept 20, 1812
(dau. of John T. Adams, of Metropolis city, HI., and  Adams). She
d. Dec 31, 1864. Hem. for 2d wife Oct 16,1864, Johanna Mosher, b.Nov.
22, 1806 (dau. of Stephen Mosher, and Naomi Huntley, of MontvUle,
Ct.), He d. Nov. 2, 1870, of inflammation of the liver.
[8th Gen.J Children : By first wife :
8140- 2. i. Francis Marion Strong b. Nov. 17, 1836, m. Feb. 13,
1859, Laura Josephine Guile (dau. of Elijah Henry
GuUe, of Medina, 0.) a printer at Ann Arbor, Mich.
They have two children :
8143. 1. Leclair Adams Strong b. May 26, 1860.
8144. 2. Francis Strong b. July 20, 1862.
8145- 6. ii. Wesley Adams Strongb. Sept 9, 1843, m. Feb. 1, 1870,
Mary Elizabeth Smith, b. July 7, 1844 (dau. of WiUiam
and Sarah Smith, a farmer in Sandwich, III.
8147- 8. iU. Florence Ann Strong b. Nov. 30, 1846, m. March 17,
1868, Eugene Van OHnda, b. June 5, 1846 (son of
Charles Houghton Van Olinda, of Somonauk, III. and
Martha Ann) : a farmer in Sandwich, 111. They have
one child.
8149. 1. Oliver Van Olinda b. Dec. 25, 1868.
[7th Gen.J
8072-3. viU. Susannah Cogswell Strong (dau. of Dea. Francis
Strong and Mary Curtiss, his 2d wile) b. Oct 8, 1813, m. Sept 14, 1834,
WUliam Holton b. Sept. 17, 1806 (son of Prancis Holton of Gorham,
N. Y., and Mary Ann Latham) : a farmer at BeUevue, 0.
[8th Gen.J Children:
8150. i. Mary Selina Holton b. Aug. 12, 1841, d. Oct 18, 1842.
8151. ii. Francis Holton b. Aug. 6, 1843, a farmer at BeUevue.
8152-3. iu. Mary Susan Holton b. Sept. 26, 1848, m. Oct 5, 1868, Dr.
Benjamin Franklin Leete b. March 17, 1837, in Beaver,
Pa, (son of Jonathan L, Leete and Mary Haymaker of
Greenville, Pa.) : a physician at BeUevue, 0.

8154- 5.

i.

8156- 7.

ii.

8158- 9.

iii.

8160- 1.

iv.

TJiomas Strong, Son of Elder John, of Northampton. 459
[6th Gen.J
7601-2. X. Lurana Strong (dau. of Ozias Strong and Susannah
West) b. in Lee, Mass., Dec. 4, 1777, m. AprU, 1794, at Great Bend, Pa.,
Amos Todd b. in New Haven, Ct., Nov. 16, 1770 (son of a Mr. Todd and
Lydia Peck), a farmer in Homer, N. Y., where he settled when it was
almost an unbroken wUderness. He d. there Oct. 1831 : she d. in San
dusky, 0., Feb. 1851. [Mrs Lydia (Peck) Todd m. for a 2d husband
David Hotchkiss of Windsor, Broome Co., N. Y.]
[7th Gen.J Children:
'" ' ¦ Roxa Ann Todd b. March 12, 1796, m. Chester Boies of
Blandford, Mass.
Mary Jones Todd b. Aug. 15, 1796, m. David Campbell
of Sandusky City, 0.
Susan Strong Todd b. March 13, 1798, m. WiUiam Rollo.
Lydia Todd b. Oct 7, 1800, m. in 1821,, Adonijah Cham-
plain, a merchant in Locke, Cayuga Co., N. "Y. She d.
July, 1823.
8162. V. Eleanor, IngersoU Todd h. May 6, 1803, d. unmarried in
Sandusky City, 1852.
8163. vi. Jason Todd b. June 24, 1806,
8164 vii. Horatio Strong Todd b. July 29, 1808, d. Feb. 1862.
8165- 6. viii. Lavinia Williams Todd b. June 7, 1810, m. Hiram Ste
wart of Milan, 0.
8167- 8. ix. Julia Ann Jones Todd b. Sept 1, 1816, m. Henry Ben
son of PainesvUle, 0.
8169. X. Alvahado Todd b. Oct 18, 1818, d. in 1836.
8170- 1. xi. Lydia Mahala Todd b. July 15, 1824, m. WUliam Thomp
son West of Sandusky City.
8164-5. i. Roxa Ann Todd b. March 12, 1795, m. AprU 21, 1813,
Chester Boies b. Oct 2, 1789, in Blandford, Mass., a farmer in Homer,
N. Y., and at Oxford, 0. (1824-37), and at Medina, 0. (1837- ), and
Lyme, 0., where he d. Aug. 5, 1856. She has lived at Medina, 0., since
1858. From her this account of her parents and their descendants was
obtained. [8th Gen.J Children :
8172- 3. i. William Phelps Boies b. Aug. 8, 1815.
8174 U. Ann Maria Boies b. Nov. 1, 1816, d. Oct 5, 1826.
8175- 6. iii. Caroline Eliza Boies b June 6, 1818, m. Ten Byck Wells,
M.D. (son of Dea. Wells), a physician in Litchfield, 0.
She d. Oct 19, 1848. They had a son b. 1844, d. 1845.
8177- 8. iv. Samuel Boies b. Feb. 2, 1820.
8179-80. V. Joseph Strong Boies b. Feb. 8,1824
8181- 2. vi. Mary CampbeU Boies b. March 23, 1826, m. Benjamin
L. Bullard of Wadsworth, 0.
8183- 4. vii. Chester Leroy Boies b. May 5, 1828.
8185- 6. viH. Amos Todd Boies b. June 5, 1832.
8187- 8. ix. Charlotte Maria Boies b. Deo. 25. 1834, m. Carios Ozias
Scott, M.D., of BarryvUle, Mich.' She d. Feb. 17, 1863.

819L

i.

8192-

8. U.

8194-

5. iU.

8196.

iv.

8197.

V.

8198.8199.
8200.

vi.
vii,
viii

460 Descendants of Joseph Strong of Coventry, Ct., Son of
8189-90. X. Harriet Lucretia Boies b. Nov. 17, 1836, m. Elbridge
Gerry Hard, M.D., of Medina, 0., Oct. 4, 1865 (son of
Cyrus Hard of Middlebury, 0., and Lydia Hart). No
children.
8172-3. i. William Phelps Boies b. Aug. 8, 1815, m. Nov. 12, 1840,
Lydia Savercool b. June 16, 1822 (dau. of Joseph Savercool of Batavia,
N. Y., and Arethusa Loring) : afarmer in Penfield, Loraine Co., 0., and
previously at Chatham, 0., and Litchfield, 0.
[9th Gen.J Children :
George Coon Boies b. in York, 0., Feb. 2, 1842, a farmer
in Duplain, Mich.
James Christy Boies b. Oet. 2, 1843, m. Sept. 16, 1866,
Lorinda Jane Wideman : a farmer in Lafayette, 0.
Charles Bertrand Boies b. Nov. 4, 1845, in Litchfield, 0.,
m. Feb. 22, 1869, Mary Jane Long : a harness-maker in
West Salem, 0.
Loring Savercool Boies b. Dec. 2, 1847, in Litchfield, 0, :
a farmer in Penfield, 0.
ALVARADoTodd Boies b. Jan. 25, 1850, in Litchfield, 0.,
a waggon maker in Litchfield.
Benjamin Elwyn Boies b. July 2, 1853, in Chatham, 0.
. Frances Jane Boies b. Dec. 11, 1855, in Chatham, 0.
viii. William Boies b. in Chatham, Feb. 13, 1860.
[8th Gen.J
8177-8. iv. Samuel Boies b. Feb. 2, 1820, m. Sept 1847, Levina T.
Fletcher (dau. of Robert Fletcher and Clarissa Beebe) : a farmer in Mar-
garetta, Erie Co., 0.
[9th Gen.J Children :
Clarissa Fletcher b. in 1843.
Emma Fletcher b. in 1850.
Chester Fletcher b. in 1852.
Roxa Ella Fletcher b. in 1854.
Chauncey Fletcher b. in 1856.
Arthur Fletcher b. in 1859.
[8th Gen.J
8179-80. V. Joseph Strong Boies b. Feb. 8, 1824, afarmer in West-
field, Medina Co., 0. He m. Oct. 14, 1860, Belvidere McGee b. in San
dusky, 0., in 1830, and d. April 3, 1858 (dau. of Thomas and Anna
McGee), He m, Sept. 13, 1858, for 2d wife, Ellen PhiUips b in West-
field, 0., in 1839 (dau. of Calvin S. PhiUips and Lydia Austin). She d.
AprU 1, 1865, and he m. Sept 15, 1865, for 3d wife, widow Ellen E.
Phillips (dau. of Jerry Doty and Susan Parker).
[9th Gen.J Children: By fi/rst wife :
8207. i Franklin Chester Boies b. Sept 22, 1851.
8208. ii. Freeland Thomas Boies, b. Dec. 3, 1852.

8201.

i.

8202.

ii.

8203.

iii.

8204.

iv.

8205.

'v.

8206.

vi.

8209.

Hi.

8210.

iv.

8211.

V.

8212.

vi.

8213.

vH

8214.

viii

Thomas Strong, Son of Elder JoJm, of NortJiampton. 461
Joseph Strong Boies b. Nov. 25, 1854.
Ellen Ann Boies b. May 13, 1857.
By second wife :
Lydia Belvia Boies b. July 8, 1859.
Maude Mary Boies b. March 23, 1861.
Calvin Seymour Boies b. Aug. 5, 1862.
viU. Andalusia Boies b. April 7, 1864.
[8th Gen.J
8181-2. vi. Mary Campbell Boies b. March 23, 1826, m. Jan. 15,
1852, Benjamin L. Bullard b. Aug. 1, 1823, at Ascott, Canada East (son
of Calvin Bullard b. in Boston in 1795, and Hannah Griffin, b. in Deer
field N. H. Nov. 1792, who were m. in Compton, C. B., May, 1819 : he
d. in Richfield, 0., Aug. 20, 1829, and she in Brunswick, 0., Jan. 25,
1863). Their children have been :
8215. 1. Elwyn Le Roy BuUard b. June 15, 1853, d. in Medina,
0., Oct 30, 1860.
8216. 2. Edward Bullard b. March 25, 1869.
8217. 3. Donna Maria BuUard b. March, 1867, d. Jan. 14, 1871.
[8th Gen.J
8183^. vH. Chester Le Roy Boies b. May 6, 1828, m. in 1859,
Helen Towle (dau. of Josiah Towle and Amy Lewis) : a general insurance
agent at Battle Creek, Mich.
[9th Gen.] Children:
8218. i. Elroy Boies b. in 1861.
8219. H. Leroy Boies b. in 1863.
8220. iH. Ralph Boies b. in 1866.
8221. iv. A son unnamed b. in 1869.
[8th Gen.J
8185-6. viH. Amos Todd- Boies (son of Chester Boies and Roxa Ann
Todd) b. June 5, 1832 : a house painter at Medina, O. He m. July 13,
1858, Amanda Rice (dau. of Allen Rice and Rhoda EUsworth).
[9th Gen.J Children :
8222. i. Martin Stewart Boies b. June 1869.
8223. H. Anna Lucinda Boies b. in 1861.
8224 iU. Mary Boies b. in 1863.
8225. iv. Epfib Boies b. in 1865.
8226. V. Allen Leroy Boies b. in 1870.
[8th Gen.J
8187-8. ix. Charlotte Maria Boies b. Dec 25, 1834, m. March
3, 1853, Dr. Carlos Ozias Scott, a physician in BarryviUe, Mich, (son of
Ozias Scott and Lucinda Riggs). She d. Feb. 17, 1863.

462 Descendants of Joseph Strong of Coventry, Ct, Son of
[9th Gen.J Children :
8227. i. Ferdinand Scott b. and d. in 1864.
8228. ii. Ida May Scott b. in 1865.
8229. iU. Helen Harriet Scott b. in 1857, d. in 1860.
8230. iv. Jessie Scott b. in 1858.
8231. V. Ellsworth Scott b. in 1860.
[7th Gen.J
8165-6. viU. Lavinia Williams Todd b. June 7, 1810, m. in 1831,
Hiram Stewart b. March 28, 1808 (son of Solomon Stewart and Nancy
Haven) a farmer in BloomingvUle, 0. (1835-61) and since 1861 in
MUan, 0.
[8th Gen.J Children :
8232. i. Nancy Lurana Stewart b. in New York, July 26, 1833, d.
April 6, 1852, at BloomingvUle, 0.
8233- 4. ii. Mary Campbell Stewart b. Nov. 15, 1836, m. May 2, 1867,
Dr. Bernard Augustus Storchb. in Rudolstadt, Germanyj
a physician at Milan, 0. Their children are :
8236. 1. Carrie Lavinia Storch b. in Richmond, Iowa, Nov. 17, 1868.
8236. 2. Charies Milton Storch b. in MUan, 0., March 27, 1870.
8237- 8. Ui. Martin Van Buren Stewart b. Aug. 16, 1838, m. Sept.
20, 1861, Lucy Ann HaU b. in 1839, at Norwalk, 0., a
farmer at Milan, 0. Their children are:
8239. 1. MabelLaviniaStewartb.atBIoomingville,0., July 10,186?.
8240. 2. Hiram Stewart b. Sept. 16, 1864.
8241. 3. Bernard Augustus Stewart b. May 16, 1868.
8242- 3. iv. Ellen Todd Stewart b. July 21, 1841, m. May 2, 1867,
John Albro Bradley, b. at Medina, 0., Feb. 10, 1842,
a hardware merchant at Medina, 0. Their children are :
8244. 1. Fanny Marr Bradley b. March 24, 1868.
8245. 2. Samuel Stewart Bradley b. June 27, 1869.
8246- 7. V. Charles Adams Stewart, M.D., b. June 23, 1848, m Feb.
24, 1870, Josephine Newell b. in 1860 ; a physician at
Wakeman, 0.
8248. vi. Milton Sheldon Stewart b. June 10, 1850 ; a student of
law in Michigan University (1871).
[7th Gen.J
8167-8. ix. Julia Ann Jones Todd (dau. of Amos Todd and
Lurana Strong) b. Sept 1, 1816, m. Lt. Henry John Benson, 1st Lieut
in the Revenue Service of the United States. He resides at Waldoboro,
Me., where she d. He m. for 2d wife, Amanda Webb.
[8th Gen.J Children :
8249-60. i. Henry Clay Benson ; a farmer in Upper Alton, III. He
m. Julia Harriet Stewart. Their children are :
8251. 1. Mary Clara Benson.
8252. 2. Julia Stewart Benson.
8253. 3. Henry John Benson.

TJiomas Strong, Son of Elder John, of Northampton. 463
8254- 5. ii. Eleanor Todd Benson m. Hon. James Augustus Bates,
of Chippewa Falls, Wis. : secretary of an Union Lumber
Co. ; a member now (1871) of the Wisconsin Legislature.
8256- 7. iH. Henrietta Maria Benson m. Alphonso M. Griswold of
Cincinnatti, local editor of the Cincinnatti Times.
8258- 9. iv. Alvarado Todd Benson ra. Jeanie M. Wright, an ad
vertising agent at St Louis, Mo.
8260. V. George Washington Benson, an advertising agent at St.
Louis.
8261. vi. Rose Benson, at school at Spa, Belgium.
8262. vii. John Benson, a farmer at RoUa, Mo.
8263. viii. Charles Benson, a machinist at Providence, R. I.

[7th Gen.J
8170-1. xi. Lydia Mahala Todd b. July 15, 1824, m. Jan 23,1844,
"WUliam Thompson West b. in Washington, .Mass., June 15, 1815 (son
of Abel and MatUda West of Pittsfield, Mass.), a dry-goods merchant in
Sandusky City (since 1840).
[8th Gen.J Children :
8264. i. Mary Campbell Westb. March 5, 1847, d. Jan. 27, 1862.
8265. ii. William GUbert West b. AprU 26, 1850.
8266. iii. King David West b. June 7, 1853.
8267. iv. Jeanie MatUda West b. Nov. 30, 1855.
8268. V. Carrie Antoinette West b. Oct. 28, 1859.
8269. vi. George CampbeU West b. Sept. 12, 1861.
[6th Gen.J
7604-5. XU. Abner Strong (son of Ozias Strong and Susannah
West) b. in Lee, Mass., April 7, 1780, m. in Homer, N. Y., Oct 15,
1801, Sally Bassett b. in Mansfield, Ct, AprU 7, 1784: a farmer in
Homer, N. Y., and after 1816, at Lyme, Huron Co , 0. He d. at BeUe
vue, 0., Feb. 3, 1869, where she also d. aged 80, Jan. 20, 1865. He was
a man of a remarkably genial and sweet disposition, and a devoted
Christian. [7th Gen.J Children :
8270- 1. i, Cynthia Strong b. Oct 10, 1802, m John N. Sloane.
8272- 3. H. Eunice Strong b. March 14, 1804, m. Winthrop BaUard.
8274- 5. in. Pelatiah Strong b. Dec. 22, 1806, in Homer.'
8276- 7. iv. Alonzo Strong b. Sept 29, 1809, at Homer, N. Y.
8278- 9. V. Benjamin Franklin Strong b. July 14, 1822, at Lyme, O.
8270-1. i. Cynthia Strong b. Oct 10, 1802, m. Aug, 13, 1818,
John Nelson Sloane b. at Bridgewater, Oneida Cc, N. Y., Dec. 6. 1796
(son of William Sloane of Lyme, N. H., aud afterwards of Bridgewater,
N. Y., aud Sarah Nelson whom he m. in Hanover, N. H., about 1778) :

464 Descendants of Joseph Strong of Coventry, Ct, Sonof
a lawyer and business operator in Sandusky, 0. (1822-70), and now
(1871) a resident of Waterloo, De Kalb Co., Ind. To him the author
is chiefly indebted for this account of the descendants of Abner Strong.
[8th Gen. J Children :
8280- 1. i. Edward Wallace Sloane b. at Delaware, 0., March 9,
1821, m. Nov. 23, 1843, Eleanor D. Graff, b. Oct 5, 1820
(dau. of Marcus Young Graff of Tiffin, 0., and Maria
Herstus Johnson) : a merchant in New York, but since
1866, a superintendent of the business of the American
Express Co., in Indiana, residing in Indianapolis. He
has had one child :
8282. 1. Maria Cynthia Sloane b. at Tiffin, 0., Aug. 21, 1849, who
m. Nov. 23, 1869, Col. Ely Liley, a druggist at Paris,
Edgar Co., III.
8283- 4. ii. Sarah Celestia Sloane b. at Sandusky, July 25, 1824, m.
Feb. 11, im7, Joshua Upham Winslow, M.D., b. Oet
2, 1818 (soir-of John Hathaway Winslow, of Pittsford,
Monroe Co., N;, Y., and Elizabeth MUls) : grad. at Ge
neva Med. CoU., N. Y., in 1844 : a physician a
Sandusky (1845-8), and in Monroe, Mich. (1849-64) :
/ a druggist at Fort Wayne, Ind. (1864-9), and since
/ 1859, at Waterloo, Ind. [John H. Winslow, is a lineal de
scendant of Gov. Edward Winslow, of the Mayflower.]
Children :
8285. 1. Nelson Fitz Clarence Winslow b. at Fort Wayne, Ind.,
June 25, 1857, d. at Waterloo. Ind., Jan. 29, 1864.
8286. 2. Elizabeth Jean Winslow b. Sept 16, 1866, d. Feb. 22, 1867.
8287. iii. Vi/"illiam Henry Sloane b. Dec 8, 1826, d. Aug. 6, 1827.
8288- 9. iv. Hon. Rush R. Sloane b. Sept 18, 1828, at Sandusky, 0.,
m. Sept 29, 1853, Sarah Elizabeth Morrison b. Feb.
23, 1829 (dau. of Hamilton Morrison, of Rochester,
N. Y., and Maria Miller) : a lawyer at Sandusky (1849-
58): Probate Judge (1858-61), agent at large of the
Post office Department, of the United States (1861-6),
appointed by Prest Lincoln : Prest and Superintendent
of the Cincinnatti, Sandusky and Cleveland R.R. Co.
since 1866, residing at Sandusky. Mrs. Sloane d. Aug.
23, 1870. In 1852, five fugitives from bondage were
seized at Sandusky without color of law, when he ap
pearing as their legal counsel, they were discharged and
fled to Canada. He was sued in an U. S. court, by their
Southern master, and compelled to pay in costs and da
mages, over five thousand dollars, for thus doing his
simple professional duty to these poor strangers in dis
tress, and was the first victim of the infamous " Fugitive
Slave Law," passed in 1850. The great injustice thus
done him, did not fail to bear good fruit to the cause of
universal freedom in the land. Children :
8290. 1. Thomas Morrison Sloane b. July 28, 1854.
8291. 2. Frank Gilkcson Sloane b. Sept 6, 1857.

Thomas Strong, Son of Elder John,of Northampton. 465
8292- 3. V. Louisa Maria Sloane b. Sept. 30, 1880, m. April 25, 1850,
Levi Hezekiah KUbourne (son of Hezekiah KUbourne
and  Hayes) : grad. at Kenyon Coll., 0. They have
had one child :
8294. 1. Edward Warren KUbourne b. at Sandusky, 1832 : a civU
engineer, in New York.
8295- 6. vi. Helen Mary Sloane b. Feb. 24, 1841, m. March 26, 1867,
NeweU Wheeler Kittle (son of Simon D. Kittle and
Lucy  ) b. May 18, 1835 : lives at Cleveland, 0.
Children :
8297. 1. Edward Dow Kittle b. at Castalia,0., March 1, 1858.
8298. 2. John Sloane Kittle b. at Peru, Ind., Nov. 11, 1859.
8299. 3. Rush Richard Kittle b. at Peru, Oct. 7, 1861.
[7th Gen.J
8272-8. H. Eunice Strong (dau. of Abner Strong and Sally Bassett)
b. March 14, 1804, m. March 29, 1826, Winthrop Ballard b. in Brim-
field, Mass., Feb. 20, 1797 (son of Jonathan Ballard, afterwards of
Homer, N. Y., and Sally Lyon), a farmer in Clyde, Sandusky Co., 0.
where she still (1871) resides. He d. some years since. Children :
8300- 2. Beside three children, names not given, there were :
8303. 4. Helen Marr Ballard. 8306. 7. Joshua Ballard.
8304. 6. Jonathan Ballard. 8307. 8. Sarah BaUard.
8305. 6. Jerome Ballard. 8308. 9. Orville Ballard.
[7th Gen.J
8274-5. iii. Pelatiah Strong (son of Abner Strong and Sally Bas
sett) b. Dec 22, 1806, m. AprU 5, 1829, lanthe Boatt b. in Norwalk,
Ct, May 16, 1808 (dau. of John Boatt and Ruth Lockwood) : a farmer
at BloomingvUle, Erie Co., 0.
[8th Gen.J Children:
Mary Susan Strong b. at Lyme, 0., Jan. 22, 1830.
Julia lanthe Strong b. at Lyme, Feb. 28, 1833.
Charles Winthrop Strong b. June 1, 1837, at Lyme.
Amanda Flavia Strong b. May 28, 1839, d. at lUyria,
Iowa, May 30, 1866.
8313. V. John Abner Strong b. at Lyme, Dec. 4, 1847.
[7th Gen.J
8276-7. iv. Alonzo Strong (son of Abner and Sally Bassett Strong)
b. Sept. 29, 1809, m. Sept 22, 1834, Loretta L., Merriman of BeUevue,
0. She d. and he m. (whom the author knows not) : resides now in
Oberlin, 0. : declined to give information concerning his family history.
[8th Gen.J Children :
8314. i Cynthia Strong.
8315- 6. ii. Martha Strong, m. Dow S. Kittle, a merchant in New
York.
8317. iU. Merriman Strong, an Union soldier in the late war.
59

8309.

8310.

ii.

8311.

iii.

8312.

iv.

466 DescendanU of Joseph Strong of Coventry, Ct,Son of
[7th Gen.J
8278-9. V. Benjamin Franklin Strong (son of Abner Strong and
Sally Bassett) b. July 14, 1822, m. Nov. 15, 1843, at Lyme, 0., Nancy
Semantha Russell (dau. of Stephen Russell and Polly Boise). She d.
Nov. 23, 1867, and he m. for 2d wife Mary Ann Washburne b. Feb. 23,
1837 : a clerk in the P. 0., at Sandusky, 0., for some years and now
(1870-1) assistant revenue collector. Children :
By fi/rst vyife :
8318. 1. Nancy Semantha Strong.

[5th Gen.J See page 48^. t.
Ibbl-S. vi. Jerusha Strong (dau. of Dea. Phinehas Strong ofCoven
try and Mary Parker) b. Feb. 21, 1737-8, was married by her father, as a
justice, Jan. 19, 1769, to James Pinneo b. April 5, 1734 (son of Dea.
James Pinneo of Lebanon and Priscilla Newcomb, hiu Qd mifu") a farmer
at Lebanon (Crank) Ct., where Rev. Eleazer Wheelock, afterwards
president of Dartmouth College, was pastor. He d. in 1824, aged 90.
" He was one of nature's noblemen in aspect and character." [The
children of Bga. James Pinneo oy his iMt wife Dorothy, Were :"1. Sub
mit b. Oct 19, 1717. 2. Joseph b. June 14, 1720. 3. Peter b. May
4, 1723. 4. Dorothy b. Dec. 6, 1725.^ Bjtiis^dzSD^^meiUa,. wJwwi
he m. Jaine^-16, 1-731, heiiad : 6. Anna b. May 15, 1732. 6. James, Jr.,
b. AprU 5, 1734. 7. Joyce b. April 3, 1736. 8. Elizabeth b. Oct 7,
1738. 9. Lydia b. June 30, 1740. 10. Joseph b. March 15, 1743.
Lydia (No. 9,) m. March 27, 1760, Eliphalet Gillett of Colchester, and
had children : (1.) Mary (2) Caleb, and (3) Joyce.]

[6th Gen.J Children :
8319. i. Joseph Pinneo b. Nov. 1, 1769; a farmer in Hanover,
N. H.
8320- 1. u. Jerusha Pinneo b. Jan. 29, 1761, m. G. Wells of GUead
(Hebron) Ct, without issue.
8322. iii. Dr. Zenas Pinneo, a physician in Sharon, N. Y.
8323. iv. James Pinneo a farmer in Columbia, Ct.
8324- 6. V. Rev. Bezaleel Pinneo b. July 28, 1769.
8327- 8. vi. Amy Pinneo m. a Mr. Clark of Cooperstown, N. Y., who
had a daughter Mrs. Worthington of New York city.
8329-30. vU. Mary ("Polly") Pinneo m. Jan. 25, 1792, Rev. Salmon
Cone of Colchester, Ct., pastor of the Cong. Church
there, for thirty-eight years. He d. May 24, 1834,
aged 68. She d. March 2, 1802, and he m. Dec 29,
1802, Anna Breed. Their children were :
8331. 1. Polly Cone b. Feb. 27, 1793, who m. Richard Hubbard of
Middletown, Ct

Thomas Strong, Son of Elder John, of Northampton. 467
8332. 2. Salmon Edward Cone, M.D., a physician at Middletown,
b. March 30, 1796; grad. at Middlebury, Vt, in 1815,
d. in 1831.
8333. 3. Albert Cone b. April 5, 1799, a merchant at Ashtabula,
0., unmarried.
8324-6. V. Rev. Bezaleel Pinneo b. July 28, 1769; grad. at
Dartmouth in 1791 ; taught school at Colchester, Ct, and Wethersfield,
studied theology with Rev. Dr. Smalley of Berlin, Ct., and was an active
pastor, for more than 40 years (1796-1839,) at Milford, Ct., retaining
the relation undissolved untU his death Sept. 16, 1849, aged 80. Seven
revivals occurred during his ministry, and six hundred were added to
the church by profession of their faith. He fitted thirty young men for
College, and several studied divinity with him, among whom was the
celebrated revival preacher Rev. Asahel Nettleton. He was modest,
grave, prudent, earnest and remarkable for his fidelity to his work. He
m. Sept 4, 1800, Mary Stone b. May 26, 1780, only daughter of the Rev.
Timothy Stone of (Goshen) Lebanon, Ct, and Eunice WiUiams, dau. of
Rev. Solomon WUliams of Lebanon. She d. Nov. 5, 1816, aged 36, aud
he ra. AprU 6, 1823, for 2d wife Leah Hill b. April 2, 1784, (dau. of
Henry Hill of Guilford, Ct and Leah Stone dau. of Daniel Stone and
Leah Norton). She d. Nov. 4, 1863, aged 83.
[The distinguished William Williams, the signer of the Declaration of
Independence, was the brother of Eunice Williams.]
[7th Gen.J Children : By first wife:
8334. i. Eunice WiUiams Pinneo bp. March 21, 1802, resides un
married at Chambersburgh, Pa., where with her two sisters
she has conducted for many years a seminary for young
ladies.
8336- 6. ii. Timothy Stone Pinneo, M.D., b. Feb. 18, 1804 (and bp.
AprU 16, 1804).
8337- 8. iii. James Beza Pinneo b. AprU 14, 1806 (and bp. June 8,
1806).
8339-40. iv. William WiUiams Pinneo bp. June 26, 1808.
8341. V. Mary Jerusha Pinneo bp. Feb. 26, 1810, a teacher at
Chambersburgh, Pa.
8342. vi. Elizabeth Scott Pinneo bp. April 4, 1813, a teacher at
Chambersburgh, Pa.
8343- 4. VU. Henry Ormond Pinneo bp. May 14, 1816.
By second wife :
8345. viu. Joseph Otis Pinneo d. of dysentery while at college, aged
18.

8335-6. U. Timothy Stone Pinneo b. Feb. 18, 1804, grad. at Yale
College in 1824, and at the Med. CoU. of Ohio in Cincinnati, in 1834.

468 Descendants of Joseph Strongof Coventry, Ct., Son of
He practised medicine for a few years in Maryland, and was Prof, of
Mathematics and Natural Philosophy at Marietta College, Ohio. He has
spent his life chiefly in preparing school books for the press, and is the
author of " Pinneo's Series of English Grammars " (six in number) pub
lished at Cincinnatti, and of the " Eclectic Readers " called " McGuffy's"
(called by his name because he prepared the first four of them, some fifty
in number). He m. June 1, 1848, Jeanette Linsley b. Nov. 15, 1822,
at Middlebury, Vt. (dau. of Rev. Joel Harvey Linsley, president after
wards of Marietta College, Ohio, and pastor of the Congregational Church
at Greenwich, Ct, where he d. in March, 1868, and Phebe Henderson, b.
in Bennington, Vt). He resides now at Greenwich, Ct, and Hved pre
viously at Cincinnatti, 0.
[8th Gen.J Children:
8346. i. Alice Pinneo b. Aug. 8, 1849, d. soon.
8347. ii. Jeanette Linsley Pinneo b. May 12, 1852.
8348. iU. Joel Linsley Pinneo b. June 24, 1853, d. May 22, 1859.
8349. iv. Mary Stone Pinneo b. Jan. 23, 1856.
8350. V. James Arthur Pinneo b. June 2, 1861.
[7th Gen.]
8337-8. iii. James Beza Pinneo (son of Rev. Bezaleel Pinneo and
Mary Stone) b. AprU 14, 1806, m. Nov. 7, 1832, EHza Lyman b. Oct 1,
1800 (dau. of Samuel Lyman of Goshen, Ct, and Sarah Webster) : a banker
at Newark, N. .!., and an elder in the Presbyterian Church (Rev. Dr.
Poor's). [8th Gen.J Children :
8351- 2. i. Samuel Lyman Pinneo b. Sept 21, 1835.
8363. u. Mary Elizabeth Pinneo b. Aug. 6, 1837.
8364- 6. Hi. James Cleveland Pinneo b. July 17, 1839, a farmer in
Greenville, III., m. June 9, 1870, Mary M. Gray (dau.
of William B. Gray of Upper Alton, IU.).
8356. iv. William Mead Pinneo b. May 31, 1842, d. Aug. 3, 1843.
8351-2. i. Samuel Lyman Pinneo b. Sept. 21, 1835, m. Nov. 27,
1861, Mary .JuHette WUcox b Oct. 27, 1837 (dau. of Rev. Chauncey
Wilcox of Ridgefield, Ct, and Sarah A, Cook) a farmer in Greenville,
Bond Co., IU. He was grad. at Yale College in 1856.
[9th Gen.J Children :
8357. i. Eliza Lyman Pinneo b. Aug. 7, 1863.
8358. u. Frank WUcox Pinneo b. Feb. 7, 1866.
8359. Ui. James Beza Pinneo b. March 6, 1868.
[7th Gen.J
8339-40. iv. William Williams Pinneo bp. June 26, 1808, m.
Sophia MiUer (dau. of Dr. Miller of Hudson, N. Y.) : a dry goods mer-

Thomas Strong, Son of Elder John, of Northampton. 469
chant for many years in New York : resides now (1871) in Elizabeth,
N. J. He is an elder in the Presbyterian Church. Further information
was sought but not obtained concerning this family.
[8thGen.J Children:
8360- 1. i. William Walter Pinneo b. in 1836, a merchant in New
York, afterwards a large farmer in Danville, Pa., and
now (1870) the owner of a sugar plantation in Louisiana.
He m. Margaret Montgomery of Elizabeth, N. J. He
d. in New Iberia, La., April 4, 1871, set 35. His child
ren :
8362. (1) Helen Montgomery Pinneo.
8363. (2) William Williams Pinnec
8364. (3) Sophie Charlotte Pinneo.
8365- 6. ii. Dr. Joseph Otis Pinneo : a physician at Elizabeth, N. J.
He m. Hetty Halsey of New York.
8367. iH. Edward Fisk Pinneo.
8368. iv. James Beza Pinneo.
8369. V. Frederick Stedman Pinneo.
8370. vi. Russell Leeds Pinneo.
8871. vii. Mary Sophia Pinneo.
8372. viii. Sarah Lyman Pinneo.
8373. ix. Susan Sophia Pinneo.
8374. X. Caroline Norton Pinneo.

[7th Gen.J
8343-4. vii. Henry Ormond Pinneo (son of Rev. Bezaleel Pinneo
and Mary Stone) bp. May 14, 1815, m. Nov. 23, 1847, Catharine Stans-
hury Curtis (dau. of Paul Allen Curtis of New York and Cecilia Stans-
bury) : a manufacturer of straw goods at Milford, Ct (since Oct. 1862),
and previously to the late war an importer of French goods for the South :
has resided atNew Haven, Ct., since May, 1869, and previously from year
1867, at MUford, Ct
[8th Gen.J Children:
8375. i. Gertrude Maude Pinneo b. in New York.
8376. ii. Louis Ormond Pinneo b. in New York : a clerk in Phila
delphia.
8377. iii. Albert Henry Pinneo b. in New York, a clerk in New
York.
8378, iv. Clarence Curtis Pinneo b. in New York.
8379. V. Alfred Walker Pinneo b. in Milford, Ct.

[5th Gen.J See page 433.
7560-1. viH. Elijah Strong (twin with EHsha), son of Dea. Phinehas
Strong of Coventry,-Ct., b. Aug. 15, 1743, m. in 176- Lydia RockweU
of Coventry, Ct, b. in 1741 : a farmer at Coventry, Ct, and after about

470 Descendants of Joseph Strongof Coventry, Ct, Son of
1784, at East Windsor, Ct, and New Hartford, Ct. (1800-1812). He d.
at New Hartford, Ct, Nov. 22, 1812, aged 70 : shed. Oct 7, 1811,
aged 70.
[6th Gen.J Children:
8380-1. i. HANNAHStrongb. March 28, 1768, m. Ashbel Woodbridge.
8382- 3. U. Noah Rockwell Strong b. in 1773, d. Aug. 1847.
8384- 6. in. Elijah Strong b. at Coventry, April 14, 1776, d. Sept 1,
1850.
8387- 8. iv. Irene Strong b. in 1779, m. Noah Sadd of S. Windsor,
Ct, where she d. Feb. 11, 1856, aged 76.
8389-90. V. Elisha Strong b. Dec 28, 1786, d. Jan. 18, 1861, aged 76.
8391- 2. vi. Lucina Strong m. Isaac Merrill of Utica.
8380-1. i. Hannah Strong b. March 28, 1768, m. Nov. 11, 1790,
Ashbel Woodbridge b. Dec 31, 1765 (son of Samuel Woodbridge of
E. Hartford, Ct, and Martha Goodwin), afarmer at Windsor and Chatham,
Ct, and after 1805, at Trenton, Oneida Co., N. Y., where he d. Dec. 9,
1841, aged 76 : she d. Jan. 17, 1856, aged 81.
[Samuel and Martha Woodbridge had 4 sons and 2 daughters : 1.
Samuel, Jr., a deaf mute. 2. George, a Revolutionary soldier. 8.
Martha who m. a Mr. House ofHebron, Ct,, and had 7 chUdren : Wood-
bridge, Hezekiah, Leonard, Susan, Chauncey, Horace, and Benjamin. 4.
Contentment, d. unmarried of consumption in 1807. 5. Ashbel. 6. John
who m. Lydia Griswold of Wethersfield, Ct. He went to Trenton, N. Y.,
in 1804, to live with his wife, two sons and two daughters, and soon after
wards was killed by the falling of a tree. , These 4 brothers, Samuel,
George, Ashbel, and John, aU lie buried in Trenton.]
[7th Gen.J Children :
8393- 4. i. Nancy Woodbridge b. Aug. 28, 1791, at Windsor, Ct, m.
Grove Post.
8395- 6. u. Fanny Woodbridge b. in Chatham, Ct, Aug. 8, 1795, m.
Nov. 1869, Daniel Griswold, a farmer. He d. Jan. 11,
1870. No issue. She resides (1870) at Centre Brook
(near Essex), Ct.
8397. iii. Harlow Woodbridge b. in Chatham, Nov. 30, 1802, d.
March, 1809.
8393-4. i. Nancy Woodbridge b. Aug. 28, 1791, m. Feb. 1811,
Grove Post b. in Rutland, Vt, Nov. 13, 1783 (son of Joel Post and Ke
turah Jones), a farmer at Trenton, Oneida Co., N. Y. They live now
(1871) at Washington, D. C, with their daughter Mrs. Hiram Pitts.
[8th Gen.J Children :
8398- 9. i. Harlow Jones Post b. May 20, 1812, m. Nov. 29, 1841,
Mary Ann Griffin, who d. June 15, 1848, and he m.
for second wife in 1852, Juliet Brooks. His family
resides in Fulton, Oswego Co., N. Y. He is a mill-

Thomas Strong, Son of Elder John, of Northampton. 471
Wright, and is now (1870) in Nevada. They have two
children : By first vyife :
8400. 1. Mary CorneUa Post b. Aug. 31, 1844.
By second wife :
8401. 2. Sarah Post b. Dec. 1, 1866.
8402. ii. Harvey Grove Post b. May 20, 1816, d. Dec. 13 1821
8403- 4. m. Amelia Ann Post b. May 10, 1820, m. May 12, 1844,
Dan. Chapman Spencer b. Oct 13, 1813 ; formerly a
manufacturer of carriage wheels, resides now, out of
business, at New Britain, Ct No children.
8406. iv. Lucy Louisa Post b. Oct. 13, 1822 : a teacher, has taught
school in New York, Georgia, Connecticut and Illinois ;
resides now, unmarried, at Washington.
8406- 7. V. Emily Frances Post b. Dec. 28, 1824, m. Dec. 9, 1856,
Hiram Pitts, b. Sept. 9, 1802 (son of Hon. Gideon
Pitts of Honeoye, N. Y., and Lorinda Holbird) : en
gaged in the Treasury Departmental Washington, D.C,
since 1863 : was previously owner in company with his
brothers of the water-power at Moline, 111., and a large
farmer. No children.
8408-9. vi. Hannah Keturah Post b. June 15, 1827, m. Sept 14,
1849, David Ferdinand Griffin b. in 1822 : a teacher
at Augusta, Ga., brother to Mary Ann Griffin, wife of her
brother Harlow Jones Post of Fulton. He d. Dec. 16,
1869, suddenly, from the bursting of an artery in Moline,
111. He was graduated at Hamilton College, N. Y., in
1846, She is now (1870) a teacher in the High School
at Geneseo, 111. Their children :
Charles David Griffin b. Nov. 20, 1862.
Luta Louisa Griffin b. Nov. 21, 1857.
Nelly Amanda Griffin b. Nov. 30, 1869.
Nancy Amanda Post b. Jan. 29, 1830, m. Oct. 6, 1861,
Minos Wellington Woodruff of Augusta, Ga. : a mer
chant. He d. Oct. 1, 1865, of consumption. They had
one child :
WUHs Lallerstadt Woodruff b. Feb. 8, 1861.
viii. Harvey Grove Post b. March 19, 1832, m. Oct. 12, 1853,
Julia Hall b. Sept., 1832. His family reside in Meri
den, Ct. He is engaged in Pittsburgh, Pa. : a conductor
on a rail road, previously a teacher and a book-keeper.
They have two children :
8418. 1. Georgia Augusta Post b. Oct 14, 1854.
8419. 2. Herbert Grove Post b. April 4, 1861.
[7th Gen.J
8395-6. ii. Fanny Woodbridge (dau. of Ashbel Woodbridge and
Hannah Strong) b. Aug. 8, 1795, m. Nov., 1859, Daniel Griswold : a
farmer. He d. Jan. 11, 1870. No issue. She resides at Center Brook
(near Essex), Ct.

8410.
8411.
8412.

1.
2.
3.

8413-

4. vii.

8415.

1.

8416-

7. viu

472 Descendants of Joseph Strong of Coventry, Ct, Son of
[6th Gen.J
8382-3. ii. Noah Rockwell Strong (son of Elijah Strong, of Co
ventry, and Lydia Rockwell) b. in 1773, ra. in 179-, Sylvia Strong, his
cousin b. in 1779 (dau. of Elisha Strong and Anna Pinneo) : a farmer
in Windham, N. Y., and Harpersfield, Delaware Co., N. Y. He d. in
Claridon, 0., Aug. 1847 ; she d. in Harpersfield, N. Y., Sept 6, 1840.
The first two children were b. in Coventry.
[7th Gen.J Children :
8420. i. Marilla Strong b. Aug. 19, 1799, d. unmarried, Dec 9,
1869, in EarlviUe, Iowa.
8421. ii. Azubah Strong b. in 1802, d. unmarried, at Claridon, 0.
8422- 3. iu. Betsey Strong b. April 27, 1805, in Windham, m. John
Reynolds, of Cuba, N. Y.
8424r- 5. iv. Miriam Strong b. in Windham, N. Y., Feb. 7, 1808, m.
Hiram Pierce, of Blenheim, N. Y.
8426- 7. V. John Flavel Strong b. May 27, 1810.
8428- 9. vi. Noah Rockwell Strong b. July, 1817, d. in Greene, N. Y.,
1848.
8430- 1. vii. Lucina Strong b. Sept. 17, 1820, in Harpersfield, m. Jehiel
Wasson, of Friendship, N. Y.
8432- 3. viii. Elijah Pinneo Strong b. in Harpersfield, Jan. 1824.
8422-3. iU. Betsey Strong b. AprU 27, 1805, m. Jan. 1, 1832, John
Reynolds b. Feb. 26, 1801, in Wayne, Steuben Co., N. Y. : a farmer in
Cuba, Allegany Co., N. Y., and previously in Belfast, N. Y.
[8th Gen.J Children :
8434. i. Louisa Reynolds b. Oct 1, 1832, in Belfast, N. Y.
8435. U. Margaret Reynolds b. Nov. 19, 1834, in Belfast, d. May
1, 1836.
8436- 7. iii. Lucina Reynolds b. Oct. 4, 1836, m. June 15, 1856, Ezra
S. Durham : a farmer in Bath, N. Y. They have one
child :
8438. 1. Francis S. Durham b. in 1863.
8439-40. iv. Anna Reynolds b. May 7, 1839, m. May 21, 1867, Henry
Wright : a merchant in PortviUe, N. Y. No children.
8441- 3. V. Hiram Pierce Reynolds b. AprU 10, 1842, ra. March 3,
1867, Sarah Fawcett of Bath, N. Y. : a farmer in Cuba,
N. Y. Has one chUd :
8444. 1. Rose Anna Reynolds.
8445. vi. JoAB Hughes Reynolds b. July 12, 1846, in Belfast, N.Y. ,
d. in Cuba, N. Y., Sept 19, 1865.
[7th Gen.J
8424-5. iv. Miriam Strong (dau. of Noah Rockwell Strong) b. Feb.
7, 1808, m. Nov 25, 1830, Hiram Pierce b. in Durham, Greene Cc, N. Y.,
Jan. 22, 1806 : a merchant in EarlviUe, Delhi Co., Iowa, where he was
for several years a farmer, as also previously in the earlier part of his life,
for sorae 20 years, at Blenheim, Scoharie Co., N. Y.

TJwmas Sirong, Son of Elder John, of Northampton. 473
[8th Gen.J Children:
8446. i. Philo Porter Pierce b. Aug. 13, 1831, at Blenheim, N. Y,,
d. Oct 1, 1833.
8447- 9. U. Philander Pitkin Pierce b. at Blenheim, Oct 24, 1832 : a
merchant in Belvidere. He m. Justina Gaboon of Bel
videre, and had a son b. April, 1854 : went, south in
1858, and has never been heard from since.
8450- 1. iU. Benoni Pierce b. at Blenheim, March 31, 1834.
8452- 3. iv. Philo Porter Pierce b. March 21, 1836, a farmer in Earl-
vUle, Iowa. He m. Feb. 14, 1857, Sarah Gibbs b. Aug.
18, 1850 (dau. of John Gibbs of Oneida, N. Y. and
Elizabeth his wife). He d. Aug. 17, 1859.
8454- 6. V. Calvin Wright Pierce b. April 30, 1838, m. Nov. 1, 1862,
Mary Martha Fear b. April 7, 1844 (dau. of John Terry
Fear and Electa his wife) : a grain buyer in Jessup,
Iowa. Their children are :
8456. 1 A son unnamed b. Sept 11, and d. Sept 27, 1863.
8457. 2. Elmer Perry Pierce b. Oct. 4, 1864.
8558. 3. Lottie Pierce b. Deo. 20, 1866, d. AprU 19, 1867.
8459. 4. Willie Delos Pierce b. Feb. 2, 1868.
8460- 1. vi. Martha Amelia Pierce b. March 30, 1840, ra. Jan. 3,
1864, Franklin Eugene Wheeler b. Feb. 1, 1886 (son of
Asa and Mary Wheeler of EarlviUe, Iowa) : a grain
dealer in EarlviUe, Iowa. They have had one child :
8462. 1. Etna Pierce b. Jan. 8, 1867, d. Aug. 6, 1869.
8463- 4. VU. Squire WiUiam Pierce b. April 12, 1842, m. Sept 18,
1863, Mary Jane Wheeler b. Aug. 9, 1844 (dau. of Asa
and Mary Wheeler of EarlviUe, Iowa) : a grain dealer in
Jessup, Buchanan Co., Iowa. Their children are :
8465. 1. Ettie Pierce b. Dec. 1864.
8466. 2. Fanny Pierce b. AprU 18, 1868, d. Aug. 27, 1869.
8467- 8. viu. Laura CorneUa Pierce b. Jan. 13, 1847, m. Dec. 25,
1866, James Seymour Reader b. Nov. 11, 1841 (son of
WUliam and Jane Reader of North Fork, Iowa) : a
farmer at EarlviUe, Iowa. They had a child :
8469. 1. A son unnamed b. Feb. 10, 1869, and d. March, 1869.
8470- 1. ix. Alth^a Ophelia Pierce b. June 28, 1848, m. May 17,
1868, Robert Healey b. July 17, 1847 (son of John and
Betsey Healey) : a merchant in EarlvUle, Iowa.
8472. X. Leander Llewellyn Pierce b. May 3, 1863.
8460-1. iU. Benoni Pierce b. March 31, 1834, m. AprU, 1859,
Thankful Theresa Bixby b. March 12, 1842 (dau. of Dr. Moses Bixby
of Lena, HI., and Abigail Bixby) : a resident of EarivUle, Iowa.
[9th Gen.J Children :
8473. i. A son unnamed b. March 16, 1861.
8474. U. Herman Lorenzo Pierce b. Deo. 23, 1862 .,-,0^7
8476. iii. Almer Eugene "Pierce b. Aug. 10, 1864, d. April, 18b7.
8476. iv. Mary Angle Pierce b. March 31, 1868.
60

474 Descendants of Joseph Strongof Coventry, Ct,Son of
[7th Gen.J
8426-7. V. John Flavel Strong (son of Noah Rockwell Strong,
and Sylvia Strong) b. May 27, 1810, m. June, 1837, Laura Cornelia Kel
logg b. Oct, 1816, (dau. of Aranda KeUogg and  Cowles (dau. of
Judge Asa Cowles and Sibyl  ) : a farmer in Claridon, 0., where his
widow still (1870) resides. He d. of pleurisy Feb. 19, 1862, set. 51.
[8th Gen.J Children :
8477. i. Herman R. Strong b. March 29, 1838. He m. Aug. 17,
1861, Sarah Spencer : a teacher of music in Michigan.
8478- 9. U. Dwight F. Strong, b. May 17, 1840, m. Nov. 29, 1864,
Lily Alexander : a resident of Claridon, 0.
8480. iU. Laura C. Strong b. Oct. 6, 1842, d. Feb. 10, 1843.
8481. iv. Lorin Aranda Strong b. Oct 11, 1844, d. Nov. 17, 1868.
8482. V. Edward C. Strong b in 1846, d. Aug. 15, 1849.
8483- 5. vi. Julia C. Strong b. AprU 11, 1850, m. Deo. 21, 1869,
Theodore Ensign, a dentist in Michigan.
8486. VU. John Newton Strong b. March 10, 1853.
8487. viu. Edward C. Strong b. Aug. 28, 1855.
8488. ix. Laura B. Strong b. May 23, 1862.
[7th Gen.J
8428-9. vi. Noah Rockwell Strong b. July, 1817, m. Ruth Ann
Haight : a farmer in Greene, Chenango Co., N. Y. : he d. in 1848, she re
sides there still (1870), having m. for 2d husband Japhet Thompson of
that place.
[8th Gen.J Children:
8489. i. John Rockwell Strong b. in 1842, a R. R. engineer at
Elmira, N. Y.
8490. u. Phebe Ann Strong b. in 1844.
8491- 2. Hi. Noah Rockwell Strong b. Jan. 16, 1846, m. Oct. 6,
1868, Mary Jane Ketcham b. Aug. 18, 1849 (dau. of
BUiot and Harriet Ketcham of Greene, N. Y.), a farmer
at Chenango Forks, N. Y. They have a son :
8493. 1. Sebert Homer Strong b. July 8, 1869.
[7th Gen.J
8430-1. vii. Lucina Strong (dau. of Noah RockweU Strong) b. Sept
17, 1820, m. Nov. 12, 1845, Jehiel Wasson b. June 21, 1820, in Norwich,
N. Y. (son of Robert and Wealthy Wasson of Cuba, N. Y.), ablacksmith
in Friendship, Alleghany Co., N. Y. They have had one chUd :
8494. 1. Charles Willard Wasson b. in Cuba, N. Y., Oct 24, 1846,
a student in Cornell University (1870) preparing to be
a civil engineer.
[7th Gen.J
8432-3. vUi. Elijah Pinneo Strong b. Jan. 1824, m, Jan. 7, 1844,
Laura Durphy b. Sept 17, 1824 (dau. of Joseph and Rachel Durphy of

8496.

ii.

8497.

iii.

8498.

iv.

Thomas Strong, Son of Elder John, of Northampton. 475
Stamford, N. Y.), a cabinet maker in Akron, 0. His family resides in
Friendship, N. Y. His children were all born in Harpersfield.
[8thGen.J Children:
8495. i. Herbert Loraine Strong ") a farmer in Friendship.
[ twins b. March 10, 1847.
Sarah Roseltha Strong ) d. Jan. 9, 1850.
Nelly Melissa Strong b. Nov. 17, 1850.
Edgar White Strong b. Sept 21, 1852.
[6th Gen.J
8384-6. iii. Elijah Strong (son of Elijah Strong of Coventry,
and Lydia Rockwell) b. April 14, 1776, m. Jan. 7, 1798, Betsey Sadd, b.
in 1779 (dau. of Dea. Noah Sadd of South Windsor, Ct, and Delight
Warner): she d. March 14, 1821, aged 42, and he m. July 18, 1821, for
2d wife Lavinia Barber b. Sept. 25, 1787. She d. in Hudson, 0., April
2, 1865, aged 67. He was a carpenter and farmer at New Hartford, Ct.,
and music-teacher. He d. Sept. 1, 1850, aged 74.
[7th Gen.J Children : By first mfe:
8499-00. i. Irene Strong b. March 25, 1799, m. Sept 1820, Ira Hub
bell of Rocky Hill, Ct. : a cabinet maker, now of Mid-
dletown, Ct She d. at Hartford, Ct., Feb. 10, 1841.
They had one daughter who m. Thomas S. Sprague of
Detroit, Mich.
8501. u. Ebenezer Warner Strong b. Jan. 10, 1802, d. Aug. 31,
1802.
8502. ui. Edward Warner Strong b. May 18, 1804, m. Sally Shep
ard : a farmer at Highgate, Vt. : made no reply to letters
of inquiry.
8503- 4. iv. Thomas Parker Strong b. Sept. 11, 1806, m. (whom not
ascertained). Has two sons :
8606. 1. Edwin Strong of New Haven, Ct.
8506. 2. WiUiam Henry Strong of Winsted, Ct.
8507- 9. V. Elizabeth Woodbridge Strong b. AprU 11, 1809, m.
Nathan Strong (son of Ephraim Strong of Ogden, N. Y.,
and Clarissa Hale) : a hatter in Hudson, 0. See for
account of her family subsequent page.
8510-11. vi. Mary Lyman Strong b. April 20, 1811, m. AprU 6, 1836,
Samuel Eleazer Judd (son of Col. Eleazer Judd of
Watertown, Ct, and Lydia Bronson) : an insurance
agent in Hudson, 0., where they have residedsince 1851.
They have one child :
8612- 3. 1. Jeanie Judd b. June 1, 1842, m. Sept 5, 1860, Dr. Frank
Hodge of Buffalo, N. Y. : a practising physician at
Hudson, 0. (since 1860), son of William Hodge of
Buffalo : grad. at Yale in 1856, and studied medicine at
Buffalo. They have had two children :
8514 (1). Faith Hodge b. June, 28, 1862, d. Dec. 15, 1864.
8515. (2). Kari Hodge b. May 16, 1865.

476 Descendants of Joseph Strong of Coventry, Ct, Son of
8616- 7. vii. Julia Strong b. June 5, 1814, m. Jehiel Hart of Hartford,
Ct., afterwards of Dyer Station, Indiana, a printer.
She d. at Hartford, Ct, April 9, 1849. They had one
son :
8518. 1. John Calvin Hart : a station agent at St. Mary's U. P. R. R.
8619. viU. Mabtin Luther Hart, ") d. June 29, 1818.
f twins b. May 29, 1817.
8520. ix. John Calvin Hart, j d. Jan. 20, 1818.
8521- 2. X. Jane RockweU Strong b. March 9, 1819, m. George F. Sadd
of Geneva, 0. : an insurance agent.
By second wife :
8523. xi. Helen Marshall Strong b. May 7, 1822, d. July 4, 1835.
[6th Gen.J
8387-8. iv. Irene Strong b. in 1779, m. Noah Sadd of S. Windsor,
Ct, b. June 10, 1774. He d. April 11, 1825. She d. Feb. 11, 1865, set
76. [7th Gen.J Children :
8524- 5. 1. Betsey Sadd, m. George Foster.
8526- 7. 2. Lucina Sadd, m. Benoni 0. King : had 3 daughters and a
son, Frederick King, living in South Windsor, Ct.
8628. 3. Lyman Sadd.
8529. 4. Eunice Sadd b. May 1800, d. Oct 1, 1807.
8530. 6. Frederick Sadd b. Aug., 1808, d. Sept 1, 1810.
8531. 6. Mary Sadd. 8634. 9. Amanda Sadd.
8632. 7. Joseph L. Sadd. 8535. 10. WUliam Sadd.
8633. 8. Henry Sadd. 8536. 11. Harriet Sadd.
[6th Gen.J
8389-90. V. Elisha Strong (son of Elijah Strong and Lydia Rock
well) b. Dec. 28, 1786, a gunsmith at Claridon, Geauga Co., 0. He m.
Nov. 31, 1808, Sally Kellogg b. Feb. 21, 1788 : she d. March 3, 1860,
aged 72 : he d. Jan. 18, 1861, aged 75.
[7th Gen.J Children:
8537. i. William Kellogg Strong b. Oct. 4, 1809, a gunsmith at
La Grange, Noble Co., Ind. : has his 5th wife : did not
answer letters.
8538. U. Lucy Cornelia Strong b. March 16, 1812, d. Oct 2, 1812.
8539-40. iu. Sally Almira Strong b. Dec 8, 1813, m. James S. Weaver,
M.D., d. May 19, 1849.
8541- 2. iv. Lydia Lorinda Strong b. Jan. 27, 1816.
8643. V. Elisha Austin Strong b. Aug. 14, 1819, a farmer in Mil
ford, Ind.
8544. vi. James Ashbel Strong b. Nov. 3, 1821, a gunsmith at
Brady, Kalamazoo Co., Mich.
8646. vii. Elijah RockweU Strong b. April 9, 1827.
8546. viu. Julia Irena Strong b. May 6,1829, lives unmarried at
Chardon, Geauga Co., 0.

Thomas Strong, Son of Elder John, of Northampton. 477
[7th Gen.J
8641-2. iv. Lydia Lorinda Strong b. Jan. 27, 1816, m. Feb. 6,
1839, Norman Chauncey KeUogg (adopted son of Colton Kellogg and
Sarah KeUogg), a carpenter and joiner in Morgan, Ashtabula Co., 0.
[8th Gen.J Children :
8547- 8. i. Edward Asa KeUogg b. Aug. 18, 1843, m. Feb. 1870,
Thalia Ann Foote b. Dec. 5, 1846 (dau. of Nathaniel
Gibbs Foote of Morgan, 0., and Minerva Foot), a resi
dent at Morgan, 0.
8549-50. U. Sarah Almira Kellogg b. June 11, 1850, m. July 2, 1869,
RoUin De Villo St. John b. Oct. 8, 1846 (son of James
T. and Maria E. St John), a carpenter and joiner.
[6th Gen.J
8391-2. vi. Lucina Strong (dau. of Elijah Strong and Lydia Rock
well), m. in 1808, Isaac Merrill of Utica, N. Y. He was sexton for many
years of the First Pres. Ch.
[7th Gen. J Children:
8561- 2. i. Lydia Strong MerriU, m. a Mr. Damoth of Utica. She
became insane and spent many years in the asylum. She
d. in 1866-7. They had a daughter :
Mary Damoth.
Lucy W. Merrill.
Emily W. MerrUl.
Irene Merrill, m.  Chapman of Troy, N. Y., d. soon.
[5th Gen.] See p. 433.
7562-3. ix, Elisha Strong, twin with Elijah (son of Dea. Phineas
Strong ofCoventry, and Mary Parker), b. Aug. 15, 1743, m. Anna Pin
neo, b. in 1746 (dau., as the author supposes, of Dea. James Pinneo of
Lebanon, Ct., and Priscilla Newcomb) : a farmer in Coventry and Sha
ron, Ct, and finally in Ashland, Greene Co. (1785-1805), where he
owned a large tract of land. He d. April 13, 1805, killed by the kick
of. a horse. She d. Nov. 18, 1818, aged 72, at Ashland, New York.
The town of Windham was organized in 1798, and in 1848, the town of
Ashland was set off from the west part of it It was in that part of
Windham, which is now Ashland, that he settled and where many of his
descendants now live.
[James Pinneo, grandfather of Mrs. Anna (Pinneo) Strong, was a Hugue
not refugee from France. The name was originally Pino. He came to this
country at the time of the revocation of the edict of Nantes, with Joseph
Sulard, each of the age of about twenty. They purchased adjacent farms
in Lebanon, Ct Their two families maintained for several generations
a warm mutual interest in each other. He d. aged 40 and had two sons

8553.

1.

8554.

ii.

8555.

iii.

8556.

iv.

478 Descendants of Joseph Strong of Coventry, Ct, Son of
and two daughters. One of his sons was Dea. James Pinneo. His son
James, Jr. , m. Jerusha Strong. The family was distinguished for its piety in
successive generations.]
[6th Gen.J Children:
8558- 9. i. Azubah Strong b. in 1769, m. Dea. Argulas White of
Ashland. She d. March 9, 1838, aged 69.
8560. ii. James Strong b. in 1772, d. at Detroit, Mich., March 16,
1865, aged 93 : a farmer in Cuba, N. Y.
8561- 2. iU. Hon. Jairus Strong b. in Sharon, Ct, May 4, 1774, d.
June 12, 1838, aged 64. ^^^
8563- 4. iv. Dea. Elijah Strong b. May 12, 1776, d. Oct. 3, 1826.
8565- 6. V. Silvia Strong b. in 1779, m. Noah RockweU Strong (her
cousin). She d. in Harpersfield, Del. Co., N. Y., Sept
6, 1840, aged 61. ._-
8567- 8. vi. Elisha Strong b. in 1782, d. at Friendship, Alleghany
Co., N. Y., Jan., 1841, aged 59 : a farmer and merchant
8569-70. vH. Anna Strong b. in 1784, m. James Chase of Ashland,
N. Y., d. Dec. 24, 1848, aged 64. He d. Feb. 27, 1863,
had eleven children; lived and d. in Bainbridge, N. Y.
8571- 2. viii. Betsey Strong b. Oct 19, 1787, m. Jacob Reynolds of
Windham., and afterwards of Allen, Alleghany Co.,
N. Y., where she d. March 7, 1832, aged 44.
[6th Gen.J
8568-9. i. Azubah Strong (dau. of Elisha Strong of Windham and
Ann Pinneo) b. in 1769, m. in 1790, Dea. Argulas White b. 1768, a
farmer at Ashland where he d. March 9, 1861, aged 93. She d. March
9, 1838, aged 69.
[7th Gen.J Children:
8573- 4. i. Beulah White b. AprU 25, 1791, m. John WUliams.
8575- 6. U. Buell White b. May 2, 1796.
8577- 8. in. Lavinia White b. AprU 22, 1800, m. in 1822, Dr. Daniel
Nash of Harpersfield. She d. Dec. 28, 1868.
8579-80. iv. George White b. June 21, 1803.
8581- 3. V. Elisha Strong White b. March 18, 1806.
8584- 5. vi. Almira White b. April 10, 1809, m. Peter Morris.
8573-4. i. Beulah White b. April 25, 1791, m. John iViUiams,
He was a soldier in the war of 1812.
[8th Gen.J Children:
8586. i. Bernard A. Williams resides in Keokuk, Iowa.
8587. H. Clarinda WiUiams. 8589. iv. Lys ander WiUiams.
Ui. Ruth Williams. 8590. v. Martin WUUams.

[7th Gen.J
8576-6. ii. Buell White (son of Argulas White and Azubah Strong)
b. May 2, 1796, m. in 1820, Lydia Woodbury. He d. Feb. 21, 1833,
aged 37.

Thomas Strong, Son of Elder John, of Northampton. 479
[8th GenJ. Children :
8691- 2. i. Abigail WhUe m. Brastus Cowley in 1836.
8693. ii. Austin White.
8694- 5. in. Clarinda White m.Rev. Henry J. Fox of New York East
Conference (Methodist).
[7th Gen.J
8579-80. iv. George White, Esq. (son of Argulas White and Azubah
Strong) b. June 21, 1803, grad. at Union College, N. Y., in 1823, a
lawyer in New York city. He m. in 1823, Joanna Wilson.
[8th Gen.J Children :
8596. i. Martha White. 8599. iv. Charles White.
8597. U. Mary White. 8600. v. Frederick White.
8598. iU. George White a den-, 8601. vi. Henrietta White.
tist in New York.

[7th Gen.J
8581-8. V. Elisha Strong White (son of Argulas White and Azu
bah Strong) b. March 18, 1806, m. Oct. 19, 1827, Jane Ann Jarvis.
She d. Aug. 6, 1832, and he m. for 2d wife MarchlS, 1833, Jane Doane :
a farmer at Ashland, N. Y., on the paternal homestead.
[8th Gen.J Children : By first wife:
8602. i. Helen Emmalissa White b. Aug. 24, 1828.
8603. U. Adeline Tuttle White b. May 2, 1830.
8604. iU. Jane Ann Jarvis White b. March 26, 1832, d. Jan. 10,
1838. By second vnfe :
8605. iv. Julia Ann White b. March 6, 1834.
8606- 7. V. Susan Brace White b. Aug. 26, 1837, m. May 10, 1856,
Romaine Parsons of Hensonville, Greene Co., N. Y.
8608-10. vi. Augustus Buell White b. Sept, 16, 1840.
8611. vii. George Everett White b. Nov. 10, 1843 : an Union sol
dier in the late war. He was taken prisoner and con
fined 14 months in Richraond and Andersonville. He
is now a resident of WilUamstown, Greene Co., N. Y.
8612. viii. Henry Argulas White b. Feb. 23, 1843 : a merchant in
WUliamstown, N. Y.
8613. ix. Irving Elisha White b. Sept 5, 1849. To him the author
is indebted for this quite incomplete account of the de
scendants of Argulas White and Azubah Strong.
8614 X. Jeanie Doane White b. Feb. 23, 1852.
[8th Gen.J
8608-10. vi. Augustus Buell White b. Sept. 15, 1840, m. July 8,
1861, Mary Clark : she d. and he m. Nov. 26, 1866, Sarah Mansfield of

480 Descendants of Joseph Strong of Coventry, Ct, Son of
Windham, a farmer at Ashland on the old family homestead. He en
tered for the war, in the U. S. A. of Vols, in the 4th N. Y. Cavalry, and
was discharged June 19, 1866.
[7th Gen.J
8584-5. vi. Almira White (dau. of Argulas White and Azubah
Strong) b. AprU IQ, 1809, m. in 1826, Peter Morris. Children :
8616. 1. George Morris d. early.
8616. 2. Wallace Morris, a lawyer.
[6th Gen.J
8561-2. iii. Hon. Jairus Strong (son of EUsha Strong and Anna
Pinneo) b. May 4, 1774, m. Jan. 9, 1799, Dosha BisseU b. in East Wind
sor, Ct, April 26, 1777, (dau. of Daniel Bissell and Beulah RockweU) :
a merchant for a short time, but afterwards until his death a tanner, at
Ashland, Greene Co., N. Y., where he d. June 12, 1838, aged 64 : she d.
June 6, 1865, aged 88. He was a member of the N. Y. Legislature in 1818.
[7th Gen.J Children :
8617- 8. i. Austin Strong b. Dec 14, 1799.
8619-20. u. Olivia Strong b. Nov. 3, 1801, m. Hon. Henry Kinsley of
Ashland, N. Y. : d. Oct 22, 1850, aged 48.
8621- 2. iii. Clarinda Strong b. Jan. 7, 1804, m. Loring Andrews.
8623- 4. iv. Aurelia Strong b. May 4, 1806, m. Albert Tuttle as his
2d wife. .^
8625- 6. V. Maria Strong ) m. Col. George Robertson. "
Y twins b. March 7, 1808.
8627- 8. vi. Minerva Strong) m. Albert Tuttle.
8629-30. VU. Elvira Strong b. Feb. 10, 1810, m. Dr. Josiah H. Stedman.
8631- 2. viH. Col. Daniel Bissell Strong b. July 4, 1812.
8633. ix. Louisa Strong b. Dec 1, 1814, resides unmarried in Ash-
land, N. Y.
8634- 5. X. Major Elisha Pinneo Strong b. Aug. 4, 1818.
8617-8. i. Austin Strong b. Dec. 14, 1799, m. Oct 24, 1827, Eliza
beth Bigelow Morss b. July 14, 1805 (dau. of Foster Morss of Ashland,
and Lois Gilbert) : a farmer at Woodbourne, SuUivan Co., N. Y. (since
Feb. 1833).
[8th Gen.J Children :
Clarinda Strong b. Sept 17, 1828.
Evelina Strongb. Dec 21, 1830, d. Sept. 23, 1881.
FosTEu, Morss Strong b. July 2, 1832, drowned May 19,
1836.
Jairus Bissell Strong b. Sept. 13, 1834.
Lois Morss Strong b. Sept 2, 1836, m. Levi H. Alden.
Harriet Elizabeth Strong b. Oct 19, 1839.
, Dosha Bissell Strong b. May 25, 1842, d. July 3, 1842.

8636.

8637.

ii.

8638.

iii.

8639^0.

iv.

8641- 2.

V.

8643.

vi.

8644.

vii.

Thomas Strong, Sonof Elder John, of Northampton. 481
8645. viu. Dosha Bissell Strong (2d) b. July 25, 1843, d. July 24
1860. .¦ ' ! J 1
8646. ix. Austin Foster Morss Strong b. Oct 17, 1845 : a farmer
at Baxter Springs, Kansas.
8647. X. Isabella Strong b. Aug. 27, 1848.
8639-40. iv. Jairus Bissell Strong b. Sept. 13, 1834, m. May 31,
1859, Helen G. Howard : a tanner at Alleghany, Cattaraugus Co., N. Y.
[9th Gen.J Children :
8648. i. Gideon Howard Strong b. Dec. 9, 1860.
8649. U. Lois Gilbert Strong b. May 31, 1863.
8660. ni. Grace Strong b. Aug. 19, 1865, d. Dec, 1865.
8651. iv. Bertha Strong b. Oct 12, 1866.
[8th Gen.J
8641-2. V. Lois Morss Strong b. Sept 2, 1836, m. May 27, 1857,
Levi H. Alden : a tanner in Passaic, N. J.
[9th Gen.J Children :
8652. i. Elizabeth Alden b. May 4, 1860.
8653. u. James Strong Alden ,b. Feb. 1, 1863.
[7th Gen.J
8619-20. ii. Olivia Strong b. Nov. 3, 1801, m, Nov. 1, 1824, Hon.
Henry Kinsley b. in 1798 (son of Benjamin Kinsley of WaUingford, Ct.
and Eunice Hudson) : a farmer in Ashland, member of the New York
Legislature in 1860, a man held in high honor. She d. Oct 22, 1850,
he d. in Ashland, May 3, 1859, aged 61.
[8th Gen.J Children :
8654- 6. i. Sarah Maria Kinsley b. Feb 6, 1826, m. Horatio R.
Wilcox of Ashland.
8656. ii. Henry Kinsley b. Sept 17, 1827.
8667. iu. Emmalissa Kinsley b. Nov. 1830, d. May 9, 1833, aged
2J years.
8668. iv. Theodosia Strong Kinsley b. Oct., 1833, resides unmarried
in Middletown, Orange Co., N. Y.
8654-5. i, Sarah Maria Kinsley b. Feb. 5, 1826, m. Aug., 1846,
Horatio Root Wilcox a manufacturer of hats at Ashland until 1864, when
he removed to Middletown, N. Y., where he now resides. ChUdren :
8659. 1. GrenviUe Wilcox b. Jan. 1847, d. in 1848.
8660. 2, Kinsley WUcox b. July 20, 1849.
8661. 3. Olivia G. Wilcox b. Feb, 1852.
61

4 82 Descendants of Joseph Strong of Coventry, Ct., Son of
[7th Gen.J
8621-2. in. Clarinda Strong (dau. of Jairus Strong and Dosha
Bissell) b. Jan. 7, 1804, m. May 31, 1827, Loring Andrews : a leather
merchant in New York. She d. April 9, 1828. One child.
8662. 1. An infant that d. with its mother.
8626-6. V. Maria Strong (twin) b. March 7, 1808, m. Oct. 24,
1827, Col. George Robertson b. March 16, 1805 (son of Col. James Rob
ertson, of Windham and Elizabeth Rogers): a tanner in Windham Cen
tre, Greene Co., N. Y.
[8th Gen.J Children :
8663. i. Loring Andrews Robertson b. Nov. 12, 1828 : a tanner
in Middle Valley, Wayne Co., Pa., unmarried.
8664. H. James Henry Robertson b. March 6, 1833, d. July 29,
1858.
8665. iU. Minerva Strong Robertson b. Sept 20, 1835 : lives un
married at Windham Centre, N. Y.
[7th Gen.J
8627-8. vi. Minerva Strong (twin) b. March 7, 1808, m. Oct. 24,
1827, Hon. Albert Tuttle b. April 23, 1806 (son of John Tuttle of
Windham and PoUy Stone), a farmer in Ashland. She d. June 23, 1833 ;
and he m. July 16, 1834, for 2d wife Aurelia Strong b. May 4, 1806,
dau. of Hon. Jairus Strong and Dosha Bissell). He was for twenty-five
years a merchant. In 1849, he was a member of the New York Legis
lature; he has been for four years Supervisor of the town.
[Mr. John Tuttle was b. in WaUingford, Ct, in 1782, and came when
seven years old with his father to Windham, where he d. Feb. 26, 1861,
aged 79.]
[8th Gen.J Children : By fi/rst vnfe :
8666. i. John Tuttle b. Jan 26, 1829, lives unmarried at Ashland.
8667. U. Jairus Strong Tuttle b. June 9, 1831, d. March 1, 1859.
8668- 9. iii. Minerva Strong Tuttle b. June 22, 1833.
By second wife :
8670. iv. Emmalissa Tuttle b. Nov. 30, 1835, d, June 20, 1836.
8671. V. George Stone Tuttle b. May 3, 1837, d. May 18, 1842.
8672- 3. vi. Frances Aurelia Tuttle b. Jan. 3, 1839.
8674. vii. Ellen Lucina Tuttle b. June 10, 1846.
8668- 9. iii. Minerva Strong Tuttle b. June 22, 1833, m. June
16, 1852, Edward W. Butler, of Cherry VaUey, N. Y., a farmer, has
resided since 1868 at Cascade Valley, Broome Co., N. Y.

Thomas Strong, Son of Elder John, of Northampton. 483
[9th Gen.J Children :
8675. i. Albert Tuttle Butler b. July 6, 1853.
8676. u. Frances Aurelia Butler b, March 24, 1860.
8677. iii. Minnie Butler b. May 26, 1862.
8678. iv. Thomas Wilbur Butler b. Feb. 9, 1865.
[8th Gen.J '
8672- 3. vi. Frances Aurelia Tuttle b. Jan. 3, 1839, m. Sept.
12, 1860, Thomas WUbur Jerrolds : a merchant in WaUingford, Ct
(Yalesville). [9th Gen.J Children :
8679. i. Herbert W. Jerrolds b. June 28, 1862.
8680. ii. Caroline Strong Jerrolds b. May 28, 1864.
8681. lii. Harriet AureHa Jerrolds b. April 5, 1866.
[7th Gen.J
8629-30. vii. Elvira Strong (dau. of Hon. Jairus Strong of Ash
land, and Dosha Bissell) b. Feb. 10, 1810, m. April 9, 1833, Dr. Jo
siah Hotchkiss Stedman b. April 9, 1809 (son of Salmon Stedman of
Durham, N. Y., and Lucina Hotchkiss, dau. of Josiah Hotchkiss of
Farmington, Ct.), grad. at the Berkshire Med. Coll., at Pittsfield, Mass.,
in 1831; a physician at Durham, N. Y., and Ashland, N. Y., and since
1859 at W. Brattleboro, Vt
[8th Gen.J Children :
8682- 3. i. Lucina Hotchkiss Stedman b. Feb. 17, 1834, m. June 21,
1859, Luther Edward Bartlett b. Feb. 13, 1833 (son of
Ephraim Bartlett of Cummington, Mass., and Betsey
MarshaU), a farmer at Cummington, Mass. He entered
the U. S. A., of Vols, as a private in the 51st Mass.
Regt Co. L, Oct 11, 1862 (Col. HalbertS. Greenleaf)
which was in Gen. Grover's division of Banks' Com
mand ; took part in the siege of Port Hudson ; fell sick
with malarial fever ending in chronic diarrhoea; re
turned home, his terra of enlistment being ended (9
months), and d. at W. Brattleboro, Aug. 11, 1863.
He had one child :
8684. 1. Nettie Elvira Bartlett b. March 29, 1860:> His widow re
sides at W. Brattleboro.
8685- 6. H. Willard Parker Stedman b. Nov. 17, 1836.
8687- 8. iu. Daniel Bissell Stedman b. July 13,. 1840: a practical
printer, and one of the proprietors and editors of "The
Vermont Phoenix " published at Brattleboro, Vt. He
m. Jan. 27, 1866, Mary Frances Browne of Guilford,
Vt., b. Oct 20, 1840 (dau. of Winslow and EmmeUne
Browne). He enlisted Oct 23, 1862, in Co. B, 16th
Vt. Regt. (Col. W. G. Veazy), and was severely wounded
in the battle at Gettysburgh, July 2, 1863 : mustered
out Oct 10, 1863.

484 Descendants of Joseph Strong of Coventry, Ct, Son of
8689. iv. Marie Louisa Stedman b. July 3, 1844 : a teacher of
drawing and painting in Granville Female CoUege, Ohio.
8690. V. Frances Olivia Stedman b. April 28, 1846 : a teacher of
drawing and painting in Young Ladies Seminary in
West Lebanon, N. H.
8691. vi. Mary Clarinda Stedman b. Sept 3, 1852.
8685-6. U. Willard Parker Stedman b. Nov. 17, 1836, m. Oct 1,
1862, NeUie Hamlin b. Feb. 22, 1845, at Farmington, Ct (dau. of
Noah and Almira Hamlin, and adopted daughter of Henry Gridley of
Bristol, Ct, and Harriet his wife) : a machinist at Bristol, Ct
[9thGen.J Children:
8692. i. Harriet Gridley Stedman b. July 13, 1863.
8693. U. Irving Bissell Stedman b. Aug. 28, 1865.
[7th Gen.J
8631-2. viii. Col. Daniel Bissell Strong (son of Hon. Jairus Strong
and Dosha Bissell) b. July 4, 1812, m. Oct 26, 1835, Mary Anna Peck,
of Sharon, Ct, b. Sept 30, 1812 (dau. of Henry Peck, and Juliana Chap
man) : a merchant and tanner at Ashland and for some years (his tan
nery having been burned) a manufacturer of hats, and since 1860, a
farmer there. He has been twice elected supervisor of Windham and once
of Ashland, and was a member of the N. Y. Legislature in 1857. He was
colonel (1834-8, when he resigned the office), of the 116th Regt. of the
N. Y. State Militia. No children. To him the author is largely in
debted for the account here given of the descendants of his father.
8634-6. X. Major Elisha Pinneo Strong b. Aug. 4, 1818, m. July
6, 1846, Caroline Peck of Sharon, Ct, b. March 17, 1824 (dau. of Henry
Peck and .Juliana Chapman) : a tanner (since Oct. 1862), at Starucca,
Wayne Co., Pa., where he owns also several thousand acres of land. He
was previously for some years a tanner at Woodbourne, N. Y. He was in
1852, a member of the N. Y. Legislature. His wife d. Oct 14, 1863, set
39. ^
[8th Gen.J Children :
8694. i. Henry Peck Strong b. at Woodbourne, SuUivan Co., N. Y.
June 10, 1847, pursuing now (1870), his studies at
Dresden, Saxony,
8695. ii. Daniel Bissell Strong b. July 23, 1849, at Woodbourne,
pursuing his studies now at Paris, France.
[6th Gen.J
8563-4. iv. Dea. Elijah Strong (son of Elisha Strong and Anna
Pinneo) b. in Ashland, N. Y., May 12,. 1776, m. Mary Robertson b. April

Thomas Strong, Son of Elder John, of Northampton. 485
5, 1778 (dau. of George Robertson b. in 1757, in Glasgow, Scotland,
who came to America when 17 years of age and at 18 entered the Revo
lutionary army. He m. Lydia Garrett, an English lady, at Troy, N. Y.,
where he settled and owned what is now a large part of the city. He had
3 children ; James, Mary, and Rev. Samuel Robertson. He m. for 2d
wife without issue Esther Judson of Ashland, N. Y., and d. there in
1824). Dea. Elijah Strong was farmer and hotel-keeper and a deacon in
the Presbyterian church at Ashland (then Windham), N. Y., where he
d. Oct 8, 1826. She d. at Elyria, 0-, March 31, 1850.
[7th Gen.J Children :
8696- 7. i. Dea. James R. Strong b. April 13, 1800, d. March 22, 1856.
8698- 9. u. Ann EHza Strong b. Nov. 12, 1801, m. Thomas Parker.,
8700- 1. iU. Lydia Strong b. AprU 9, 1805, m. A. C. Lovejoy.
8702- 3. iv. Samuel Strong, M.D., b. Nov. 10, 1806, d. March 25, 1850.
8704. V. Zenas Pinneo Strong b. Aug. 3, 1809, d. soon.
8705. vi. Schuyler Strong b. AprU 25, 1811, d. Nov. 10, 1867.
He m. Jan. 3, 1844, Philinda Richmond b. Sept. 14,
1816 (dau. of Freeman Richmond and Nancy Arnold) :
she d. Nov. 4, 1844. He was a sheep-grower near Sa
cramento, Cal., where he died. No issue.
8706- 7. vii. Rev. Sylvester San dford Strong, M.D., b. Sept 14, 1813.
8708- 9. vUi. Esther Dorcas Strong b. Oct 10, 1815, m. at Elyria, 0.,
AprU 22, 1837, George Evelyn Merwin b. in Durham,
Greene Cc, N. Y., Jan. 22, 1806 (son of David Merwin
and Anna Bicknell), a merchant at Elyria, 0., until
1869, when he removed to California where he d. Oct.
27, 1869. He was a sheep-grower. His widow resides
now (1871) at Saratoga Springs, N. Y.
When five years of ageshe wandered offafter her brother
up the Catskill mountains, who had gone for the cattle,
and was not observed by him until too fardistant from her
home for him to return with her then. Putting her in a
safe place and bidding her await his return, he went on
in pursuit of his estrays and found them in the end, but
not his little sister, when he returned to the spot where
he left her. She had become wearied with waiting and
started for home in the wrong direction. The whole
neighborhood was aroused at once to the search for the
wandering child. The mountain side was the haunt of
wolves, and guns were fired and torches kept blazing all
night in various directions to scare them away. The
next day she was found with her clothing nearly torn off
from her by the brambles, through which she had passed,
and told her parents that when night came she lay down
by a mossy rock and called for each one of the family,
and then for the dog, and cried herself to sleep. Prayer
and praise were offered at her home by hearts bursting
with" gratitude to God for his sheltering care of their
little darUng in the lone woods through the dark night.

486 Descendants of Joseph Strong of Coventry, Ct, Son of
8696-7. i. Dea. James Robertson Strong (son of Dea. EUjah
Strong and Mary Robertson), b. AprU 13, 1800, m. AprU 18, 1821, Lucy
Brainerd Prout b. in 1802 (dau. of Capt. Harris Prout of Lenox, N. Y.,
and Lois  ). She d. Aug. 24, 1847, and he m. Sept 18, 1848, for
second wife his first wife's sister, Maria L. Prout. He was a farmer at
Canastota, N. Y., where he had also a saw-mill, and was engaged in
lumbering. He was a deacon in the Presb. Ch. He d., killed by the fall
of a tree, March 22,1856. His widow m. July 13, 1859, for second
husband, a Mr. Barnes of Sauquoit, N. Y., where she now resides (1870).
[8th Gen.J Children : By fi/rst wife :
87i0-ll. i. Lydia Lovejoy Strong b. Jan. 18, 1824, m. WiUiam
Woodford.
8712- 3. ii. Mary Prout Strong b. Aug. 9, 1826, m. Henry S. Nor
throp of Newcastle, Canada.
Esther Dorcas Strong b. Dec. 15, 1829, d. Aug. 28, 1831.
Celia Maria Strong b. April 16, 1833, resides unmarried
at Newcastle, Canada.
Lucy Ann Strong b. in 1835.
James Ward Strong b. AprU 13, 1837.
vU. Elijah Strong b. Sept 17, 1839, d. Sept. 17, 1841.
vUi. Zenas Pinneo Strong b. Jan. 18, 1844, d. Sept 25, 1844.
By second wife :
Harris Strong b. June 11, 1850, d. July 12, 1857.
Josephine Strong b. March 29, 1853, d. July 14, 1857.
8710-11. i. Lydia Lovejoy Strong b. Jan. 18, 1824, m. May 8,
1842, WUHam Woodford b. in Beltchington, Oxfordshire, Bug., Dec. 6,
1817 : a farmer in Rio, Wis., and previously in Lenox, N. Y.
[9th Gen.J Children :
Sidney Woodford b. July 23, 1843, and d. Aug. 27,
1847, in Lenox, N. Y.
Lucy B. Woodford b. Aug. 27, 1845, and d. Feb. 28,
1847, in Lenox.
Charles A. Woodford b. in Lenox, N. Y., Dec. 15, 1846.
Celia M. Woodford b. in MarceUon, Wis., Dec. 20, 1857.
[8th Gen.J
8712-3. u. Mary Prout Strong b. Aug. 9, 1826, m. Jan. 2, 1851,
Henry S, Northrop, b. Dec. 7, 1820, in Decatur, Otsego Co., N. Y. (son
of Abner Northrop b. at Litchfield, Ct, Nov. 29, 1777, and now living
(1870) hale and hearty, at Westford, N. Y., and Jerusha Gibbs b. at
Salisbury, Ct., Sept. 8, 1781, who d. AprU 6, 1847) : a large wholesale
dealer of patent medicines at Newcastle, Ontario, Canada (in company
with John Lyman, Esq., grandson of Mary (Strong) Clapp of Southamp-

8714. 8715.

iii.
iv.

8716.8717.8718.8719.

V.
vi.
vU, viii

8720.
8721.

ix.X.

8722.

i.

8723.

ii.

8724.
8725.

iii.
iv.

Thomas Strong, son of Elder John, of Northampton. 487
ton. Mass , whose father was Rev. Joseph Strong of WiUiamsburgh,
Mass.). He has been thus engaged since 1862, He is a warden in the
Episcopal church (since 1867). One child :
8726. 1. Cora Maude Northrop, b. iVov. 17, 1865.
[7th Gen.J
8698-9. ii. Ann Eliza Strong (dau. of Dea. Elijah Strong and
Mary Robertson) b. Nov. 12, 1801, m. Thomas Parker, of Oberiin, 0.
He d. June, 1864 ; his widow still resides at Oberlin.
[8thGen.J Children:
8727- 8. i. Mary Parker, m. James HaU, of Oberiin.
8729-30. ii. Leonard Kinsley Parker b. July 14, 1822.
8731- 3. iii. Elijah Parker m. Margaret Keyser, she d. in 1865, and
he m. for 2d wife Sarah Pitcher : a merchant in New
York.
8734. iv. Harriet Blanchard Parker.
8735- 6. V. Sylvester Sandford Strong Parker b. Nov. 28, 1825, at
Ashland, N. Y.
8737. vi. Esther. Dorcas Parker, d. aged 11.
8738^0. VU. Ann EHza Parker b. May 28, 1837, m. J. Orlando John
son, of Sullivan, 0.
[8th Gen.J
8729-30. u. Leonard Kinsley Parker b. July 14, 1822, m. Aug.
30, 1849, Hester Maria Martin b. Nov. 16, 1828 (dau. of Samuel Martin
of N. Y.) : a merchant in New York City. Children :
8741. 1. Edwin Clark Parker b. Oct 16, 1860.
8742. 2. Harriet (" Hattie ") Blanchard Parker b. June 1, 1864.
[8th Gen.J
8734-5. V. S YLVESTER Sandford Strong Parker b. at Ashland, Nov.
28, 1835 : a hardware merchant in WeUington, Loraine Co., 0. He m.
Dec. 31, 1867, Sarah J. Battan b. in New Lexington, 0., Jan. 2, 1839
(dau. of John Battan and Rebecca McPherson). She d. Dec 17, 1860,
and he m. for 2d wife Oct 20, 1868, OHve Chapman b. Feb. 17, 1842
(dau. of WUHam Martin Chapman and Almira Smith, of Huntington, 0.,
and afterwards of Wellington, O. One child :
8748. 1. Howard Strong Parker b. March 26, 1860, at Ashland, 0.
[8th Gen.J
8737-8. vU. Ann Eliza Parker b. May 28, 1837, m. March 3, 1861,
Joseph Oriando Johnson b. April 9, 1836 : a stock dealer in Sullivan, 0.

488 Descendants of Joseph Strong of Coventry, Ct, Sonof
[9th Gen.J Children :
8744. i. Frederic Ellsworth Johnson b. April 80, 1862.
8745. U. Hattie Blanche Johnson b. March 8, 1866.
[7th Gen.J .
8700-1. iu. Lydia Strong (dau. of Dea. EUjah Strong and Mary
Robertson) b. April 9, 1805, m. A. C. Lovejoy : a mechanic in Ashland,
N. Y. [8th Gen.J Children :
8746- 7. i. Lucy Strong Lovejoy, m. Aug. 23, 1848, Rev. Orrin
Washington White b. April 6, 1821 (son of Oliver
White, Jr., of Winsted, Ct. "and Pamelia Bacon, of Bark
hamstead, Ct.). He was grad. at Oberlin : had two'
chUdren ; d. Sept 25, 1856.
8748. ii. William "WaUace Lovejoy : an Union soldier in the late
war.
8749. iii. George Robertson Lovejoy : a teacher of music in Ro
chester, Minn.
8750. iv. James Evelyn Lovejoy, d. aged 13.
[7th Gen.] " .
8702-3. iv Hon. Samuel Strong, M.D. (son of Dea. Elijah Strong of
Ashland, and Mary Robertson) b. Nov. 19, 1806, grad. at Fairfield Med.
Acad., Herkiraer Co., N. Y., in 1826, m. Nov. 19, 1828, CaroHne Amelia
Merwin b. in Durham, Greene Co., N. Y., Nov. 1, 1808 (dau. of David
Merwin and Anna BickneU and sister to George E. Merwin, Esq., who m.
his sister Esther Dorcas Strong) a practising physician at Amherst, 0.,
and afterwards at Elyria, Q., where he d. of bilious pneumonia, March 26,
1850. She m. for 2d husband, Otis Briggs, Esq., of RidgevUle, 0. Dr.
Samuel Strong was twice a member of the Ohio Legislature, and a member
of the Methodist church.
[8th Gen.J Children :
8761- 8. i. Caroline Amelia Strong b. in Amherst, 0., Oct 28,
1830, m. Edwin B. Mussey of Amherst.
8764- 5. ii. Samuel Merwin Strong b. in Amherst, Aug. 5, 1832.
[David Merwin b. in 1764, d. at Penfield, 0., July 24, 1828, aged 64,
a member of the Methodist church, from early youth. He m. Feb. 11,
1789, Anna Bicknell (dau. of Benjamin Bicknell of Chatham, Ct.).
She was an active member of the Presbyterian church, and a strong Cal-
vinist She d. in Charleston, 0., July 1, 1843, aged 72. They removed
to Penfield, 0., in 1825.]
8752-3. i. Caroline Amelia Strong b. Oct. 28, 1830, m. Jan. 14,
1856, Edwin E. Mussey b. in Elyria, 0., Sept. 4, 1830 (son of Reuben
Mussey, Esq., and Mary Crocker) a merchant in Amherst, 0.

Thomas Strong, Son of Elder John, of Northampton. 489
[Reuben Mussey, Esq., b. at Amherst, N. H., was grad. at Amherst
CoUege, Mass. : a lawyer. He d. at Kishwaukie, IU., Oct. 14, 1848, set.
63. His wife, Mary Crocker, was b. at Fort Edward, N. Y., and d. aged
75, at Elyria, 0., Oct. 14, 1865.] One chUd :
8756. i. Norman Strong Mussey b. Aug. 21, 1865, in Amherst, 0.
[8th Gen.]
8754-5. U. Samuel Mervin Strong b. Aug. 5, 1832, m. in Medina,
0., March 1, 1855, Dora IngersoU b. in Elyria, 0., March 15, 1836 : a
wholesale 'druggist in Cleveland, 0.
[9th Gen.J Children :
8767. i. Edwin Lee Strong b. in Cleveland, 0 , April 15, 1860.
8758. ii. Samuel Erwin Strong b. Nov. 2, 1866.
[7th Gen.J
8706-7. vH. Rev. Sylvester Sanford Strong, M.D. (son of Dea.
Elijah Strong and Mary Robertson), b. Sept 14,1813, m. Oct. 24, 1836,
Emma Louisa Ireland b. Jan. 24, 1818 (dau. of Rev. Thomas Ireland of
W. Albany, N. Y., and Content Noxon). He was for 17 years a member
of the N. Y. and N. Y. B. Methodist Episcopal Conferences, and on the
failure of his health in 1851, while pastor of the Allen St. M. E. church
in New York city, he turned his attention to the medical profession.
He was grad, at the N. Y. Med. Coll. in New York city in 1855, and
the same year established " the Saratoga Springs Remedial Institute for
the treatment of lung, female and chronic diseases,'' where he is now in
full practice. He has had but one child :
[8th Gen.J Child :
8769-60. i. Sylvester Emory Strong, M.D., b. Dec 2, 1837, in
Palensville, Ulster Co., N. Y. He was grad. at "Wes
leyan University in 1860, and at the Med. Coll. of the
University of New York, in 1862. He m. March 3,
1863, Anna Axtell Ray b. Sept. 9, 1842 (dau. of James
Mitchell Ray of Indianapolis, Ind., and Margaret Riggs).
He is associated with his father in " Strong's Remedial
Institute." ChUdren :
8761. ' 1. Sylvester Ray Strong b. April 8, 1865, d. Dec. 18, 1866.
8762. 2. Anna Louise Strong b. .lune 3, 1867.
[6th Gen.J
8571-2. vUi. Betsey Strong (dau. of Elisha Strong and Anna Pin
neo) b. Oct 19, 1787, m. in 1805, Jacob Reynolds b. in Duchess Co.
N. Y., Dec. 25, 1783 : a farmer in Windham, N. Y., and after 1820, in
Allen, AUeghany Co,, N. Y., where he d. Aug. 1, 1859. She d. March
7, 1832, aged 44. He m. for 2d wife widow Bethiah Jones, in 1833.

490 Descendants of Joseph Strong of Woodbury, Ct, Son of
[7th Gen.J Children :
8763. i. Orlando Parsons Reynolds b. June 19, 1806, d. Oct. 19,
1860.
8764- 6. U. Darius Reynolds b. AprU 28, 1809.
8766- 7. iU. Anna Sabrina Reynolds b. May 4, 1812, m. Stephen D.
Wisner, of Edgewood, 111. (son of Jesse Wisner, of Je
rusalem, N. Y. and Sarah Drake).
8768- 9. iv. Elizabeth Strong Reynolds b. Jan. 25, 1825, m. William
McBride, of Belvidere, IU., d. Aug. 29, 1848.
8770. V. DeWitt Clinton Reynolds b. March 24, 1827, resides in
Bonus, Boone Co., IU.
8763. i. Orlando Parsons Reynolds b. June 19, 1806 : a
teacher at Granger, Alleghany Co., N. Y., and a farmer also. He m.
Philomela Young b. Aug. 7, 1818. She d, Aug. 7, 1868, and he m.
AprU 27, 1859, for 2d wife Helen M  b. Aug. 12, 1829. He d.
Oct 19, 1860 ; she stUl resides (1870) at Granger.
[8th Gen.J Children :

8771. i. Van Olinda Sheffield Reynolds b. Oct. 28, 1848.
8772. u. Mary Sabrina Reynolds b. Jan 25, 1854.
8773. Ui. Sarah Elizabeth Reynolds b. Dec. 6, 1856.
By second vyife :
8774. iv. Edward Reynolds b. April 4, 1860.
8775. V. Louis C. Reynolds b. June 5, 1861.
[7th Gen.J
8764-6. U. Darius Reynolds b. AprU 28, 1809, m. Feb. 16, 1838,
in Penn Yan, N. Y., Sarah Wisner b. AprU 3, 1803 (dau. of Jesse Wisner
of Jerusalem, Yates Co., N. Y., and Sarah Drake): afarmer in Belvidere,
III. He had one child :
8776. 1. DeWitt Clinton b. Sept. 'l3, 1839, d. Aug. 9, 1843.
[7th Gen.J
8768-9. iv. Elizabeth Strong Reynolds b. Jan. 25, 1825, m. Wil
liam McBride, a resident of Belvidere, III. She d. Aug. 29, 1848.
[8th Gen.J Children:
8777- 8 i. Louisa EHzabeth McBride b. in 1846, m. Edward J.
Kinzie, a resident of GuUford, Mo.
8779. u. Edwin McBride b. in 1848.

8783- 4.

ii.

8785- 6.

iii.

8787.

1.

8788- 9.

iv.

8790- 1.

V.

<^^^^ 8792- 3.

vi.

8794

vii.

8796- 6.

vii'

8797.

ix.

Thomas Strong, Son of Elder John, of Northampton. 491
[3d Gen.J See page 229.
4086-6. viu. Hon. Adino Strong (son of Thomas Strong of North
ampton, and Rachel Holton his second wife, and grandson of Elder John
Strong the settler), b. Jan. 25, 1676, removed to Woodbury, Ct, about
1700, m. his wife Eunice, about 1702; she was b. Aug. 25, 1679 (?) and
d. Dec. 24, 1763. He d. Dec. 31, 1749. He was a representative to the
General Court in 1726^
[4th Gen.] Children-:
8780- 2. i. Ebenezer Strongb. Sept 21, 1704, in Woodbury, andd. in
1786.
Adino Strong, Jr., b. AprU 17, 1708, d. in 1787.
Benjamin Strong b. June 10, 1710, m. a wife Rachel,
and had a son :
Benjamin Strong, Jr., bapt. Feb. 20, 1732.
Preserved Strong b. Sept. 8, 1712, d. Sept 13, 1810.
Hannah Strong-b. Jan. 23, 1716, m. Henry Castle of
Woodbury, Ct. -
Sergt. Return Strong b. Aug. 1, 1717, d. AprU 6, 1794.
Ann Strong b. and d. in 1721.
viU. Timothy Strong b.'Feb. 14, 1720, d. in 1801.
Charles Strong b. June 29, 1722, d. Feb. 16, 1725.
8781-2. i. Ebenezer Strong b. Sept 21, 1704, m. his wife BUza
beth, who d. Dec. 1, 1728, and he m. for second wife July 1, 1730, Mary
Smith b. Feb, 12, 1707, lived at Woodbury, Ct. She d. AprU 29, 1775,
he d. in 1786.
[5th Gen.J Children, all but first one by second wife :
8798. i. Elizabeth Strong b. Nov. 21, 1728. Her history not
ascertained. ,
8793-00. U. Eunice Strong b. Aug. 14, 1731, m. David Pierce.
8800- 2. iU. Dorcas Strong b. Oct. 13, and bapt Oct. 14, 1733, ra.
Amos Bronson.
8803- 6. iv. Charles Strong bapt. July 6, 1735.
8807- 8. V. Josiah Strong b Jan. 5, 1738, d. Feb. 25, 1817, m. wife
Mary, had chUdren : David, and Mercy who m. Frederic
Perry; he d. Feb. 25, 1817, she d. May 26, 1826.
8809. vi. Molly Strong b. Oct 14, 1740, d. unmarried, Dec 10,
1808.
8810- 1. vU. Ebenezer Strong b. June 8, 1743, d. March 29, 1821.
8812. viU. Mary Strong bapt. Sept 15, 1745 : history not ascertained.
8799-00. ii. Eunice Strong b. Aug. 14, 1731, m. July 18, 1751,
David Pierce of Woodbury, b. Dec. 20, 1727 (son of Sergt. John Pierce
of Woodbury, and Comfort Jenners). He d. Jan. 6, 1786.
[6th Gen.J Children :
8813- 4. i. Eunice Pierce b. June 1, 1752, m. AprU 8, 1776, Phineas
Barnes.

8815-

6.

ii.

8817.

iH.

8818.

iv.

8819.

V.

8820-

1.

vi.

492 Descendants of Adino Strong of Woodbury, Ct, Son of
Comport Pierce b. Oct 5, 1763, m. John Edmonds.
CuRRENOE Pierce b. March 22, 1765.
Mercy Pierce bp. Nov. 18, 1756.
Betty Pierce bp. July 23, 1758, d. young.
Patience Pierce b. Jan. 28, 1762, m. Samuel Botsford in
1784.
8822- 3. vU. Mary Pierce bp. AprU 16, 1770, d. in 1778.
8816-6. ii. Comfort Pierce b.Oct 5, 1753, m.Dec 7, 1776, John Ed
monds son of Robert Edmonds of Dublin, Ireland, and afterwards of Ridge
field, Ct, and Mary Marks of Cork, Ireland) : resided in Woodbury, Ct
[7th Gen.J Children :
8824. i. Eunice Edmonds b. Sept 27, 1776, d. March 10, 1781.
8825- 6. ii. David P. Edmonds b. July 13, 1781, m. Clara Pierce and
had two children : Charles and Harriet Edmonds.
Charles Edmonds married and had Helen, Margaret and
Augusta.
8827- 8. iii. John Edmonds b. June 4, 1783, m. Lucy Park of Salis
bury, Ct., and had children, Mary and William : Mary
Edmonds, m. Dunning Babbitt, Esq.; William Edmonds,
m. Sarah Hall and had John, Mary and Webster.
8829. iv. Molly Edmonds b. March 16, 1787, d. Nov. 1, 1791.
[5th Gen.J
8801-2. iii. Dorcas Strong (dau. of Ebenezer Strong of Woodbury and
Mary Smith) b. Oct 13, 1733, m. Dec. 14, 1757, Amos Bronson b. June
9, 1732 (s(jn of Timothy Bronson of Woodbury and Abigail Jenners) :
lived in Woodbury.
[6th Gen.J Children:
8830- 1. i. Abigail Bronson b. Nov. 20, 1758, m. Isaac Merwin, Dec.
22, 1796.
8832. H. Bethuna Bronson b. Aug. 10, 1760.
8833. in. Joel Bronson b. May 12, 1762.
[5th Gen.J
8803-6. iv. Charles Strong bp. July 6, 1735, m. Jan. 9, 1760,
Betsey (caUed also "Betty") Hinman b. 1729. (bp. Sept 8, 1735) (dau.
of Hon. Andrew Hinman, Jr., of Southbury, Ct., and Mabel Stiles).
She d. Aug. 18, 1777, set. 48. He m. a 2d wife, name unknown, from
whom he was divorced, without issue, and for 3d wife Eunice Hawley
about 1790. He d. in 1812, set. 77. He was a miller and a farmer at
Woodbury, Ct.
[6th Gen.J Children : By fi/rst wife :
8834- 5. i. Benjamin Strong b. Nov. 27, 1760, d. Feb. 13, 1823.
8836- 7. U. Lucretia Strong b. AprU 22, 1762, m. Aug. 8, 1782,
Oliver Chatfield. Cyrus Chatfield, their son, was for
some years steward of the Insane Asylum, at Utica, N.Y.

Thomas Strong, Son of Elder John, of Northampton. 493
8838- 9. iU. Anna Strong b. Oct 17, 1763, m. Dec 25, 1791, Simeon
MitcheU. No issue.
8840- 1. iv. Betsey Strong b. Oct 1, 1764, m. Thomas Ames : a far-
mer in Coos Co., N. H.
8842- 3. V. Mary Strong '\ m. Dea. Perry, of Woodbury, Ct
> twins
8844- 5. vi. Olive Strong ) m. Abner Clark, of N. H.
8846. vU. Hon. Andrew Strong b. Jan. 10, 1768 : a farmer in Pe
nobscot, Me. No issue. He was one of the framers of
the first state constitution of Maine, and surveyor general
of the state. He d. about 1845, in East Corinth, Me.
By third wife :
8847. viU. Charles Strong, Jr., b. in 1792, d. unmarried about 1843,
aged 51, in MUwaukie, Wisconsin : a mason and plasterer,
and read medicine, which he practised extensively in
his later years.
8848. ix. Herman Strong b. Nov. 7, 1796, d. July 10, 1863.
8834-5. i. Benjamin Strong b. Nov. 27, 1760, m. Jan. 16, 1794,
Lydia Johnson b. March 22, 1767 (dau. of a Mr. .lohnson, of Stratford,
Ct). : a Revolutionary soldier. He was a farmer in Stratford, Coos Co.,
N. H., and (1813-21) at Paris, Oneida Co., N. Y., and at Theresa, Jeffer
son Co., N. Y. (1821-3), where he d. Feb. 18, 1823, aged 62, having had
a constant struggle with physical and pecuniary trials. He was a justice
of the peace when at Stratford. She d. Dec. 29, 1840.
[7th Gen.J Children :
8849. i. Polly Strong b. Dec 6, 1795, d. Sept 1807.
8850- 1. ii. Harriet Strong b. Nov. 17, 1795, m. Asher Wilmot, of
Paris HiU, d. AprU 10, 1848, aged 52.
8852. iii. Ebenezer Strong, twin, b. Aug. 22, 1798, m. wife Catharina :
a turner at Gossfield, where he d. Aug. 12, 1850. No
issue that lived beyond infancy.
8853- 4. iv. Lydia Strong, twin, b. Aug. 22, 1798, ra. Samuel Haven :
still Uving (1870) in Chicago, 111.
8856- 6. V. Anna Strong b. March 26, 1800, m. Alanson PooUttle, of
Theresa, N. Y.
8857- 8. vi. Josiah Strong b. March 9, 1801.
8869-60. vU. Lucretia Strong b. Oct. 27, 1802, m. Cyrus Boutwell, of
Theresa, N. Y.
8861- 2. viii. Samuel Johnson Strong b, June 7, 1805.
8863. ix. Elihu Strong b. March 11, 1806, d. June 5, 1809.
8864. X. David Andrew Strong b. Jan. 28, 1809.
8865- 6. xi. Elihu Hinman Strongb. Aug. 16, 1812.
[7th Gen.J
8850-1. ii. Harriet Strong (dau. of Benjamin and Lydia Strong)
b. at Stratford, N. H., Nov. 17, 1796, m. Dec 8, 1819, Asher Wilmot b.
July 6, 1797 (son of Tracy WUmot and Rhoda Saxton) : she d. April 10,

494 Descendants of Adino Strong of Woodhwry, Ct., Son of
1848, and he m. Sept. 17, 1849, for 2d wife widow Sarah Case, nie Dutton
(dau. of Jesse Dutton of Hartford, Vt, and Lydia UdaU and widow of
Abel Case of Penfield, Monroe Co., N. Y.). No children by the 2d
marriage. He was a prosperous farmer at Paris Hill, Oneida Co., N. Y.,
until 1848, when he removed to New Hartford, N. Y., retiring from busi
ness, where he lived untU Oct 16, 1864, when he was killed instantly by
falling from an apple-tree. His wife Harriet was a member of the Metho
dist Church, and after his 2d marriage he became religious and joined the
Baptist church.
[8th Gen.J Children :
8867- 8. i. Melvina Wilmot b. Dec. 18, 1827, m. Alonzo AUen.
8869-70. U. Zerviah (also written " Saviah") WUmot b. March 5,
1829, m. Norman Best
8867-8. i. Melvina Wilmot b. Dec. 18, 1827,. m. Feb. 7, 1849,
Alonzo Allen (son of Dea. Charles Allen of Paris Hill
and Elizabeth Webber) : a farmer at Paris Hill : she d.
Feb 15, 1860, and he m. for 2d wife Henrietta Wickes
dau. of John "Wickes of Paris Hill. Children :
8871. 1. Harriet Allen b. Sept: 1, 1853, d. Sept. 19, 1857.
8872. 2. Jenny Allen b. Aug. 1, 1868.
[8th Gen.J
8869-70. U. Zerviah Wilmot b. March 6, 1829, m. Jan. 17, 1860,
Norman Best b. March 15, 1824 (son of George G. Best of New Hartford,
Oneida Co., N. Y., and Mary Neville), originally a machinist at New
Hartford, but since Feb. 1857, a hardware merchant in Oswego, N. Y.
One child :
8873. 1. George Wilmot Best b. Feb. 3, 1855.
[7th Gen.J
8853—4. iv. Lydia Strong (dau. of Benjamin Strong and Lydia
Johnson) b. Aug. 22, 1798, at Stratford, N. H., m. Dec. 29, 1816, Samuel
Haven b. in Newtown, Mass., Jan. 30, 1791 (son of Samuel Haven and
Desire Cloise) a machinist at BUisburgh, N. Y. and Carthage, N. Y.
He d. Feb. 23, 1857, at Johnstown, Mich. She resides at Chicago,
(1870). [8th Gen.J Children:
8874- 5. i. Lydia Ann Haven b. in Paris, N. Y. July 26, 1818, m.
Robert Knowles of Battle Creek, Mich.
8876. u. Daniel Nelson Haven b. in BUisburgh, N. Y. July 31,
1819 ; a farmer in Barrington, IU.
8877- 8. iii. Harriet Jeanette Haven b. Aug. 29, 1821, m. Ge,orge C.
Gardner.

TJwmas Strong, Son of Elder John, of NortJiampton. 495
8879. iv. Horace Jerome Haven b. May 9, 1823, in Carthage, N. Y.,
d. Dec. 15, 1823.
8880- 1. V. Frances Eliza Haven b. March 25, 1827, in Carthage,
N. Y., m. Harvey Seymour of Barrington, III., afarmer.
8882- 3. vi. Mary Zerviah Haven b. iMarch 28, 1831, in Carthage,
m. Joseph Seymour of Aurora, III., a farmer until re
cently at Barrington, IU.
8884- 5. viii. Martha Melvina Haven b. July 9, 1830, m. Samuel B.
Vernon.

8874-5. i. Lydia Ann Haven b. July 25, 1818, m. Aug. 31, 1840,
Robert Knowles in Paris, N. Y., b. March 17, 1817 (son of Isaac Knowles
of Paris, and Margaret Wing): a farmer and miller in New London,
Minnesota (P. 0. Wilmar).
[9th GenJ Children :
8886- 7. 1. George Harwood Knowles b. in Paris, N. Y., IMarch 9, 1842.
8888. ii. Hannah Eliza Knowles ") Uwinsb. Oct 18, 1848.
8889. iii. Harriet Louisa Knowles ) d. in Battle Creek, Sept 29,
1863, aged 15.
8890. iv. Mary Bell Knowles b. in Battle Creek, Blich., May 23,
1858.

-7. i. George Harwood Knowles b. March 9, 1842, m. Oct.
29, 1866, Cornelia Philura Crossman, b. June 30, 1847, in BurUngton,
Vt (dau. of Stephen H. Crossman of YpsUanti, Mich., and Charlotte E.
Howe), a farmer at Green Lake, Minn. He enlisted in 1861, for three
years in the 36th III. Regt. and in 1864, in a Mich. E2gt. They have
one child :
8891. 1. Thomas Louis Arthur Knowles b. at Green Lake, Minn.,
Nov. 4, 1867.
[8th Gen.J
8877-8. iU. Harriet Jeanette Haven b. in EUisburg, N. Y., Aug.
29, 1821, m. Oct. 10, 1847, George Coleman Gardner b. in Chatham, N. Y.,
Jan. 25, 1819 (son of Solomon Gardner and Ruth  ) : a farmer in
Barrington, III.
[9th Gen.J Children :
8892. i. Horace Huntington Gardner b. July 16, 1848, d. Aug. 21,
1866.
8893. ii. Solomon Josiah Gardner b. Jan. 14, 1851, in Barrington.
8894. iii. George Coleman Gardner b. July 10, 1853.
8895. iv. Frances Cora Gardner b. Sept 29, 1857.
8896. V. Herbert Jerome Gardner b.in Barrington, IU., Sept 21,
1860.

496 Descendants of Adino Strong of Woodbury, Ct, Sonof
[8th Gen.J
8884-6. vii. Martha Melvina Haven b. July 9, 1836, in Carthage,
N. Y., m. June 12, 1861, Samuel Brown Vernon b. in New York city,
Oct 4, 1826 (son of William Vernon and Elizabeth Bryan b. in Charles
ton, S. C), a lawyer in Chicago, III., where he has resided since 1862, and
has been a Justice of the Peace, and been engaged in the Post Office for
several years.
[9th Gen.J Children :
8397. i. Arthur Bryan Vernon b. in Chicago, March 16, 1862.
8898. ii. William White Vernon b. July 12, 1864.
8899. in, Robert Clarkson Vernon b. Sept 14, 1867, d. Jan. 18,1870.
8900. iv. Horace Thayer Vernon b. Sept 27, 1869.
To Mrs. Martha M. Vernon, the author is indebted for valuable aid in
tracing the record of the descendants of Benjamin and Lydia Strong her
grandparents. [7th Gen.J
8866-6. iv. Anna Strong (dau. of Benjamin Strong, and Lydia
Johnson), b. March 26, 1800, m. Jan. 16, 1826, Alanson DooUttle, b.
AprU 3, 1796, in Litchfield, Herkimer Co., N. Y. (son of Jesse Doolittle,
and Rachel Swayles), a farmer in Theresa, Jefferson Co., N. Y. He d.
April 19, 1850 : she d. May, 10, 1862, insane for 25 years preceding her
death. [8th Gen.J Children :
8901- 2. i. Marcus B. Doolittle b. April 21, 1828, at Theresa.
8903- 4. ii. Cordelia Ellen Doolittle b. Fob. 8, 1830, m. Enoch S.
Simonds.
8901-2. i. Marcus Benjamin Doolittle b. AprU 21, 1828, m.
in Aurora, III., July 3, 1856, Mary Emily Bullard b. Sept 27, 1836 (dau.
of Derrick A. Bullard and Malona E. Hough), a mason at Aurora, III.
He entered the U. S. A., of Vols., in the spring of 1861, Co. B, 13th Regt
III. Infantry (Gen. Wyman). He d. of pneumonia at St Louis, Mo.
AprU 7, 1863. His widow resides (1870) at Shabbona, HI.
[9th Gen.J Children :
8905. i. Genevieve Cordelia DooUttle b. Dec. 1, 1859, d. March
30, 1870.
8906. ii. George Alanson Doolittle b. Feb. 20, 1860.
[8th Gen.J
8903-4. ii. Cordelia Ellen Doolittle b. Feb. 8, 1830, m. Au"'.
6, 1856, Enoch Sanborn Simonds b. about 1825 (son of Jonathan Simonds
of Bath, N. H.. and Priscilla Sanborn), a merchant at Joliet, IU. She d.
at Joliet, Sept 7, 1857. He d. at Gold HiU, Nevada, Dec. 31, 1868.
One child ;

Thomas Strong, Son of Elder John, of Northampton. 497
8907. 1. Mary Isabel Simonds, b. April 6, 1857, at JoUet : lives at
Theresa, N. Y.

[7th Gen.J
8857-8. V. Josiah Strong (son of Benjamin Strong and Lydia
Johnson) b. at Stratford, Coos Co., N. H., March 9, 1801 : a merchant
at Gosfield, Essex Co., C. W., for several years (1833-47) and since 1851,
has lived at Windsor, Province of Ontario, C. W., where he is a banker
(firm of Strong & Noble, brokers). He m. July 4, 1835, Chloe L.
Rogers of Watertown, Jefferson Co., N. Y., b. Sept 16, 1809 : she d.
June 8, 1869, and he m. in 1870, a 2d wife (name unknown). A fuller
statement of facts was repeatedly sought, but in vain.
[8th Gen.J Children :
8908. i. Adelia Strong b. Oct 20, 1837, d. Dec 30, 1856, set 19.
8909-10. ii. Amelia Strong b. June 22, 1839, ra. June, 1858, Daniel
Webster Howard (son of Col. Joshua Howard of Detroit,
Mich.) : a civil engineer. He is a farmer now at Utica,
Livingston Co., Mo. Has 3 sons and one daughter.
8911. iu. Andrew Josiah Strong b. Jan. 9, 1842, d. June 23, 1854.
'8912- 3. iv. Harriet Esther Strong b. Nov. 29, 1846, m. June, 1867,
Charles S. Witbeck, one of the proprietors of the Russell
House in Detroit, Mich. Has one son :
[7th Gen.J
8869-60. vi. Lucretia Strong (dau. of Benjamin Strongof Stratford,
N. H., and Lydia Johnson) b, Oct 27, 1802, m. June 20, 1830, Cyrus
Boutwell b. Oct. 18, 1805 (son of KendaU Boutwell and Betsey Heild) :
a mason, formerly at Theresa, Jefferson Co., N. Y., but now and for
several years past, a farmer at New York, Caldwell Co., Mo. She d.
Oct 2, 1861.
[8th Gen.J Children :
8914r- 5. i. Mary Savina Boutwell b. June 6, 1832, m. Justus M.
Boutwell.
8916- 7. u. Susan Lucretia Boutwell b. March 20, 1834, m. Charles
E. Miller.
8918. iU. Harriet Wilmot Boutwell b. Nov. 12, 1835.
8919-20. iv. Elihu Johnson Boutwell b. Nov. 2, 1836.
8911-5. i. Mary Savina Boutwell b. June 6, 1832, m. Jan. 30,
1853, Justus Marvin Boutwell b. Jan. 10, 1833 (son of Martin Boutwell
and Betsy Adams) : a farmer in New York, Mo. ChUdren :
8921. 1. Walter Irvin Boutwell b. Sept 11, 1853.
8922. 2. Reuben Wheeler Boutwell b. May 16, 1859.
63

498 Descendants of Adino Strong of Woodbury, Ct, Son of
[8th Gen.J
8916-7. ii. Susan Lucretia Boutwell b. March 20, 1834, m. Sept
12, 1852, Charles Emerson Miller b. Jan. 15, 1831 (son of John and Mary
MiUer) : a mechanic at Grand Rapids, Mich. She d. June 12, 1861.
[9th Gen.J Children :
8923. i. Mary Lucretia Miller b. May 27, 1864, d. Sept 25, 1854.
8924. U. Harriet Elma Miller b. July 5, 1856, d. Jan. 11, 1860.
8925. iU. Mahlon MiUer b, Dec 2, 1858, d. Feb. 17, 1859.
[8th Gen.J
8919-20. iv. Elihu Johnson Boutwell b. Nov. 2, 1836, m. Dec.
31, 1865, Ruth Elizabeth Swan (dau, of Chester aud Elizabeth Swan of
Theresa, N. Y,), a farmer at New York, Mo. They have one child :
8926. 1. Roland LoveU BoutweU b. Nov. 29, 1866.
[7th Gen.J
8861-2. viii. Samuel Johnson Strong b. June 7, 1806, m. Feb. 19,
1836, Irene Goodell b. July 9, 1801 (dau. of Thomas Goodell of Caze
novia, N. Y., and Miriam Merrick) : a farmer in South Wales, Erie Co.,
N. Y., since 1836 : childless for his country's sake (1863).
[8th Gen.J Children :
8927. i. Charles Strong b. April 11, 1839: enlisted Aug. 15,
1862, in the 116th Regt N. Y. Vols. : was wounded at
Port Hudson, Miss., and d. in a hospital at New Orleans
June 10, 1863, set. 24.
8928. ii. David Strong b. Feb. 24. 1843 : enlisted in the 21st Regt.
N. Y. Vols., AprU 16, 1861, d. in the hospital at City
Point, Va., March, 1864, set 21.
[7th Gen.J
8865-6. X. Elihu Hinman Strong (son of Benjamin Strong and
Lydia Johnson) b. in Stratford, N. H. Aug. 16, 1812, m. Sept 13, 1842,
Eliza Sweeney, b. Nov. 8, 1816, in Ovid, N. Y. (dau. of Judge Samuel
Sweeney, afterwards of Raisonville, Mich., and Jennette  ) : a cop
per, tin, and iron manufacturer at Janesville, Wis., where he has resided
for many years.
[8th Gen.J Children :
8929. i. Edgar Junius Strong b. in RaisonvUIe, Mich., July 3, 1843,
employed (1870), on the C. and N. W. R. R.
8930. U. William Victor Strong b. in Janesville, June 23, 1857, d.
Feb. 3, 1861.
8931. iU. Albert .Marshall Strong b. Jan. 14, 1852.
8932. iv. Irene Strong, ^ d. April 18, 1856.
Uwinsb. AprU 14,1856.
8933. V. Frederick Elihu Strong, J d. Sept 6, 1856.

TJwmas Strong, Son of Elder JoJm, of NortJiampton. 499
[6th Gen.J See page 493.
8848. ix. Herman Strong (son ofCharles Strong and Eunice Hawley)
b. Nov. 7, 1796, at Oxbow Bend, Coos Co., N. H., m. Sept 26, 1826,
Hannah Dolph b. AprU 7, 1800 (dau. of Stephen Ellis Dolph of Thom
son, Me., and Catharine Welch) : afarmer successively at Corinth, Maxfield
and Springfield, all of Maine and (1839-69) at Keating, Pa,, where he d.
suddenly from heart disease, July 10, 1863. He was a Free Will Bap
tist and earnest in his religious views. His integrity was beyond re
proach, his maxim being that " he much preferred suffering wrong to doing
wrong." His widow still lives (1870) at Keating, McKean Co , Pa. He
was a man of great strength, agility and energy, full of nerve, fertile in
resources when in danger, and quick in action.
[7th Gen.J Children :
8934- 5. i. Rev. Charles Strong b. in Maxfield, Me., March 17,
1828.
8936- 7. u. Dr. Isaac Strong b. in Springfield, Mc, Jan. 4, 1830.
8938- 9. iU. Salome Strong b. in Springfield, Me., Aug. 17, 1832, m.
Henry Plummer.
8940- 1. iv. Sarah Strong b. in Springfield, Me., Nov. 21, 1834, m.
James R. Proctor of Port, Alleghany, Pa.
8942- 3. V. John Gott Strong b, in Springfield, Me., April 6, 1837.

8934-5. i. Rev. Charles Strong b. March 17, 1828, m. Sept 20,
1854, Lydia Ann Yale b. in Oxford, N. Y., AprU 22, 1829 (dau. of
Ozias Yale of WUling, N. Y., and Sarah Lydia  ). He was ordained
at Perry, N. Y., Oct 10, 1858, a minister in the M. E. church, and
served as such until Oct, 1861 when he was appointed chaplain in the
46th Reg. of Penn. Vols. In 1863, he went as a missionary to New
Orleans, La., and after two years' time returned to his labors in New
York as a M. E- minister, lecturing for some time in behalf of the Freed-
man's Aid Society, and preaching at West Carlton, N. Y. Since Oct. 1,
1867, he has been acting and actual pastor of the Cong. Ch. at Angola,
N. Y., over which he was installed July 7, 1869. Children :
8944. 1. EUen Ardelia Strong b. in Boston, Erie Co., N. Y., July .
12, 1855.
8945. 2. Charles Strong b. in Coudersport, Pa., March 6, 1861, d.
Feb. 15, 1862.
[7th Gen.]
8936-7. ii. Isaac Strong, M.D., b. Jan. 4, 1830, m. Sept 19, 1858,
Phebe Elizabeth Peet b. June 27, 1832, at Palermo, N. Y. (dau. of
Charies Peet, now of Port AUeghany, Pa., and Sarah Allen) : n physician
at Beech Creek, Pa., and manufacturer of family medicines.

500 Descendants of Adino Strong of Woodbury, Ct, Sort of
[8th Gen.J Children:
8946. i. Mary Elizabeth Strong b. July 2, 1859, at Port Alle
ghany, Pa.
8947. ii. Sarah Evelyn Strong b. July 6, 1861, at Greene, Clinton
Co., Pa.
8948. iii. Charles Herman Strong b. July 12, 1863, at Miles-
burgh, Pa.
8949. iv. HarrW Isabel Strong b. July 10, 1865, at Milesburgh.
8950. V. Nellie May Strong b. Nov 16, 1867. d. March 18, 1870.
8951. vi. John Eber Peet Strong b. April 9, 1870, at Beech Creek.
[7th Gen.J
8938-9. iu. Salome Strong b. Aug. 17, 1832, m. Nov. 4, 1857,
Henry Plummer of Thetford, Norfolk, Eng., b. in Fakenham, Eng., March
27, 1831 (son of William and Harriet Plummer) : a farmer at Sartwell,
McKean Co., Pa. (P. 0. address is Keating).
[8th Gen.J Children :
8952. i. Herman Strong Plummer b. Aug. 17, 1858.
8953. ii. Henry Plummer b. June 10, 1861.
8954. iii. Hannah Rosetta Plummer b. Nov. 19, 1869.
[7th Gen.J
8940-1. iv. Sarah Strong (dau. of Herman and Hannah Strong) b.
Nov. 21, 1834, m. March 25, 1862, James Riley Proctor b. Sept. 20,
1822 : a whetstone manufacturer at Port AUeghany, McKean Co., Pa.
He d. Feb. 15, 1870.
[8th Gen.J Children :
8965. i. Lydia Strong Proctor b. Feb. 5, 1863.
8956 H. Edward Howe Proctor b. May 21, 1864.
8957. iii. Hannah Isabel Proctor ) , . , . ., „„ -iof.fr
8958. iv. Herman Charies Proctor } '^^^"^ ^' ^P'^'* ^2, 1867.
8959. V. (A son) Proctor b. in 1870.
[7th Gen.J
8942-3. V. John Gott Strong (son of Herman and Hannah Strong)
b. April 6, 1837. He was a civil engineer by profession, and published a
map of one of the counties of Maryland, and plans and charts of several
towns. In the Autumn of 1862, he enlisted in the army of U. S. Vols.,
and by repeated re-enlistments continued in the army until the close of
the war. He was wounded in the Shenandoah Valley under command of
Gen. Sheridan, taken prisoner carried to Richmond and, while unable to
walk all that time, was kept there in prison for eight -months nearly
starved to death, but afterwards exchanged and entered anew into the
great conflict He m. March 13, 1869, Susan Rosetta Yale b. in Wills-

Thomas Strong, Son of Elder John, of Northampton. 501
vUle, N. Y., March 18, 1846 (dau. of Ozias Yale and Roxa Mehitable
 ). He resides at PortvUle, Cattaraugus Co., N. Y., and is a manu
facturer of blinds and sashes.
[5th Gen.J See page 491.
8810-11. vU. Ebenezer Strong, Jr., b. June 8, 1743, m. Jan. 23,
1771,in Southbury, Ct,Patie'nce Hinman b. Jan. 7, 1763 (dau. of Ephraim
Hinman and Rebecca Lee) : a farmer in Woodbury, Ct., and afterwards
in Vt He d. in Waveriey, N. Y., March 29, 1821; she d. at Ogden,
N. Y., Jan. 20, 1829.
[6th Gen.J Children :
8960- 1. i. Ephraim Strong b. at Woodbury, Dec. 20, 1771, d. Jan.,
25, 1860.
8962- 3. ii. Rebecca Strong b. at Woodbury, Oct 7, 1774, m. Na
thaniel Bacon, d. at New Haven, Sept 16, 1837.
8960-1. i. Ephraim Strong b. Dec. 20, 1771 : grad. at Yale, Sept
12, 1792, studied law, but on account of poor health abandoned it for
mercantile business in Greensboro, Vt., which was broken up by the war
of 1812, and in 1814, he removed to Silver Lake, Pa., where he " cleared
up " a farm ; as also afterwards at Chemung, N. Y. (1819) ; and Ogden,
N. Y. (1825). In 1836, he removed to Hudson, 0., where he d. Jan.
20, 1860, aged 88. He was a man of vigorous intellect, ardent piety,
and much prayerfulness : a radical abolitionist, and ever ready to open
his mouth for the dumb. He was in his old age a man of very venerable
aspect He m. June 6, 1798, Clarissa Hale b. Sept 12, 1776 (dau. of
Josiah Hale, of Glastenbury, Ct. and Anna Wells). She d. April 12,
1864. They were a married pair for nearly 60 years, and united with
Christ nearly all that time as with -each other. He was much addicted to
quoting scripture and quaint old proverbs in ordinary conversation.
[7th Gen.J Children :
8964- 5. i. Mortimer Strong b. at Glastenbury, Ct., March 29, 1799.
d. March 12, 1861.
8966- 8. u. Josiah Strong b. at Greensboro, Vt, Nov. 12, 1801.
8969. Ui. Annie Strong b. at Greensboro, Jan. 13, 1804, d. unmar
ried at Hudson, 0., of consumption, March 18, 1849.
8970- 1. iv. Robert Strong b. at Greensboro, April 28, 1806.
8972- 3. V. Rev. Ephraim Strong b. at Greensboro, June 8, 1808, d.
Nov. 6, 1843.
8974- 5. vi. Dea. Nathan Strong b. at Greensboro, May 3, 1811, d.
AprU 28, 1852.
8976. vU. William Wells Strong b. at Greensboro, Dec. 14, 1813 :
a merchant in Cleveland, 0., and Hudson 0. He d. of
consumption, AprU 12, 1838, unmarried at Fulton, Mo.

502 Descendants of Adino Strong of Woodbury, Ct, Son of
8977. vui. Mary Strong b. at Silver Lake Pa., May 13, 1816, d. un
married June 26, 1854, set. 88, of consumption. She
taught school for several years at Honeoye Falls, N. Y.,
and for 11 years (1843-54), at Hudson, 0., where in
1845 she built " the Hudson Female Seminary " which
she owned and conducted with great energy and success.
A hundred of her pupils and more ascribed their con
version to her Christian faithfulness.
8978. ix. Henry Strong b. June 6, 1818, at Silver Lake, Pa., d.
Aug. 24, 1818.
8964-6. i. Mortimer Strong b. March 29, 1799, m. April 16,1828,
Mary Wilcox b June 22, 1802 (dau. of Nathan Wilcox of Leroy, N. Y., and
Elizabeth Elliot). He was agent of the American Tract Society for several
years, residing in Rochester, N, Y. He was an agent for sotne New York
merchants in Brazil, S. A., and Texas, He was afterwards a broker in New
York. He d. March 12,1861. His widow d. Oct 8, 1869. [EHzabeth
Elliot, wife of Nathan WUcox of Leroy, whom he m. Oct 15, 1787, was
b. Aug. 24, 1768, and d. Jan. 15, 1840. She was dau. of Jared Elliot,
Jr., and Elizabeth Lord his 2d wife. He was the son of Jared Elliot,
D.D. , M.D., of Killingworth, Ct., one of the most noted men of his day for
his talents and acquirements, and Elizabeth Smieton. He was the son
of Rev. Joseph Elliot of Guilford, Ct , and Mary Wyllys his 2d wife whom
he m. about 1686, and who was the daughter of Hon. Samuel Wyllys of
Hartford, and Ruth Haynes dau. of Gov. John Haynes. Rev. Joseph
Elliot was the son of Rev. John Elliot "the Apostle to the Indians" and
Ann Mountfort Nathan Wilcox of Leroy, b. Nov. 5. 1758, d. May 23,
1813.] The children of Mortimer Strong were all b. in Rochester, N. Y.
[8th Gen.J Children :
8979. i. Harriet Strong b. May 8, 1832, resides in Brooklyn
' (E. D.), unmarried.
8980- 1. ii. Charle,s Strong b. AprU 22, 1834, m. Oct 9, 1867, Nellie
Cook b. July 12, 1838 (dau. of Agur Cook), resides in
Brooklyn (E. D.), N. Y.
8982- 8. iU. Henry Mortimer Strong b. Jan. 13, 1887, m. June 30,
1862 Agnes Scott Patterson b. April 23, 1839 (dau. of
David William Patterson), resides in Brooklyn (E. D.),
N. Y., an insurance agent in New York. His children
are :
8984. 1. Annie Moore Strong b. Sept 15, 1863.
8985. 2. Mary WUcox Strong b. Jan. 30, 1865.
8986. 3. Agnes Elliot Strong b. Sept 16, 1866.
8987. 4. Henrietta Strong b. Oct 17, 1868.
8988- 9, iv. Sarah Elizabeth Strong b. June 20, 1839, m. June 10,
1863, John A. Walker b. Sept 22, 1837, a resident of
Jersey City, N. J.
8990. V. Julia Strong b. Aug. 9, 1842.

Thomas Strong, Son of Elder JoJm, of Northampton. 503
[7th Gen.J
8966-8. ii. Josiah Strong (son of Ephraim Strong and Clarissa
Hale) b. Nov. 12, 1801, m. Sept 29, 1829, Eunice Cowles b. Nov. 30, 1801
(dau. of David and Eunice Cowles of Durham, N. Y.) : a farmer at Og
den, N. Y., until 1836, at Naperville, HI. (1836-1852), and since 1852,
at Hudson, O. His wife d. at NaperviUe, Sept. 29, 1840, and he m. for
second wife, Dec 19, 1841, BUzabeth Clough Webster, b. Aug. 18,1803,
(dau. of Eliphalet Webster of Holderness, N. H., and Sarah MuUiken). '
[8th Gen.J Children : By first vyife :
8991- 2. i. Charles Henry Strong b. in Ogden, N. Y., Sept. 26
1831.
8993. U. Sarah Jane Strong b. at Naperville, Oct. 8, 1837.
By second wife :
8994. iii. Mary Ann Strong b. at Naperville, May 8, 1843.
8995- 6. iv. William Ephraim Strong b. Oct. 24, 1844, at NapervUle.
8997. V. Josiah Strong, Jr., b. at Naperville, Jan. 19, 1847.
8991-2. i. Charles Henry Strong b, Sept. 26, 1831, m. May 7,
1857, Elizabeth J. Gibson b. Oct. 8, 1834, at Gallipolis, 0. (dau. of John
Aikin Gibson and Susan Wray) : a blacksmith at Dale City, Iowa. He
enlisted in Oct. 1861, in the U. S. A., as a private in the 45th Regt IU.
Vol. Infantry and served for a portion of the time as brigade blacksmith :
he was honorably discharged at Chicago in May, 1865. He was with
Sherman in his Southern campaign. Children :
8998. 1. Robert MUton Strong twin b. Sept 24, 1868.
8999. 2. CaroHne Rosetta Strong (twin) b. Sept. 24, 1868.
9000. 3. Charies Henry Strong b. Jan. 23, 1861.
[8th Gen.J
8995-6. iv. William Ephraim Strong b. Oct. 24, 1846. grad. at
Western Reserve Coll. 0., in 1865. On May 28, 1862, he, with the rest
of the students of W. R. Coll. and the professors, volunteered to act as
state guard at Camp Chase at Columbus, 0 , and was one of the number
detailed as a guard to some rebel prisoners sent for exchange to Vicks
burgh, Miss. He was at this time in the U. S. Service for four months.
He enlisted again April 27, 1864, among " the 100 days men," then
called for by the Govt, in the 171st Eegt 0. N. G. Vols., and was in ac
tive service at the time of Morgan's last raid into Kentucky. On June
11th he was wounded in an engagement with Morgan at Cynthiana, Ky.,
and was honorably discharged at Johnson's Island Aug. 20, 1864. He
is a civil engineer and engaged at present as such in Missouri (1868-9).

9001- 3.

i.

9004.

ii.

9005.

iii.

9006- 8.

iv.

9009.

V.

9010-11.

vi.

9012.

vii.

9013.

viii

9014.

ix.

9015.

X.

9016.

xi.

504 Descendants of Adino Strong of Woodbury, Ct., Son of
[7th Gen.J
8970-1. iv. Robert Strong (son of Ephraim Strong and Clarissa
Hale) b. April 28, 1806, m. in Ogden, N. Y., AprU 21, 1831, Caroline
WUley b. in Westmoreland, N. Y., May 12, 1811 (dau. of Alfred WUley
of Ogden, N. Y., and Olive Cone). He is a farmer in Du Page, III. (since
1831) : a ruling elder in the Presbyterian Church. To him I am in
debted for this account of the descendants of Ebenezer Strong of Wood
bury, Ct
[8th Gen. J Children :
Alfred Willey Strong b. Oct. 26, 1832.
Olive Strong b. Aug. 20,- 1834, d. Dec 13, 1854.
William Strong b. Oct 13, 1836 : d. July 18, 1837.
Mary Ann Strong b. Aug. 26, 1838.
Caroline Clarissa Strong b. Aug. 30, 1840, d. Feb. 9,
1843.
Robert Hale Strong b. Dec. 8, 1842.
Charles Ashbel Strong b. Jan. 9, 1845, d. AprU 26,
1845.
vIU.Bmma VenUia Strong b. May 31, 1849, d. May 23, 1863.
Albert Mortimer Strong b. July 18, 1848.
Frances Jane Strong b. July 15, 1850.
Harriet Rebecca Strong b. July 12, 1852, d. Sept 2,
1857.

9001- 3. i. Alfred Willey Strong b. Oct 26, 1832, m. Oct 4, 1859,
Orvilla Crawford b. April 30, 1838 (dau. of Cadwallader Crawford of
Streetsboro, and Almira Taylor), a farmer at Naperville, 111. She d. Jan.
22, 1865, and he m. in 1866, for 2d wife widow Louisa Dalrymple
(former wife of John Dalrymple and dau. of Daniel George of Naperville).
[9th Gen.J Children : By fi/rst wife:
Carrie Almira Strong b. Deo. 20, 1860.
Charles Crawford Strong b. Oct. 10, 1862.
Malcolm Emmet Strong (twin) b. Dec. 4, 1864.
Mabel Emma Strong (twin) b. Dec. 4, 1864.
By second wife :
9021. V. Arthur Strong b. Oct 13, 1867.
[8th Gen.J
9006-7. iv. Mary Ann Strong (dau. of Robert Strong and Caroline
WUley) b. Aug. 26, 1838, m. Aug. 10, 1862, James Nelson George, b.
Aug. 27, 1837 (son of Danl. George of Naperville, III)., a farmer at
Du Page, IU. He enlisted in the U. S. A,, Aug. 6, 1862, in Cc E,
72d III. Regt., became 2d Sergt, served under Genl's Grant and Thomas,
was in battles of Champion Hill, Black River, Vicksburgh and Franklin,

9017.

i.

9018.

ii.

9019.

iii.

9020.

iv.

Thomas Strong, Son of Elder John, of Northampton. 505
Tenn.; at which last place he received a "severe wound in his right arm.
He was discharged June, 1866. Children :
9022. 1, OHve C. George b April 17, 1865.
9028. 2. Robert Lovey George b. March 14, 1867.
[8th Gen.J
9010-11. vi. Robert Hale Strong (son of Robert Strong and Caro
Une Willey) b. Dec 8, 1842, m. March 8, 1866, Peninah Lavinia Pax-
son of Du Page, IU. (dau, of Amos C. Paxson of NapervUle, 111., and
Sabra Boardman) a farmer at NapervUle. He enlisted Aug. 1, 1862, in
the U. S. A., as a private in Co. B, 105th IU. Regt, was in the 20th Array
Corps, and with Genl. Sherman in his march to the sea. One child :
9024. 1. Charles Albert Strong b. June 3, 1867.
[7th Gen.J
8972-3. V. Rev. Ephraim Strong (son of Ephraim Strong of Hud
son, 0., and Clarissa Hale) b. June 8, 1808 ; graduated at Williams
College in 1833, and at the Princeton Theological Seminary in 1836 :
an agent of the Ara. Tract Society in Missouri for some two years, after
which he was settled as pastor at Honeoye Falls, N. Y. In 1843 he
went as Home Missionary to Joliet, 111., where, after but a few weeks of
ministerial labor, he died Nov. 6, 1843. The author was present by acci
dent at his funeral and took part in the exercises, and staid in Joliet for
a year and a half afterwards, in which he established there the First
Presb. Ch. of Joliet, doing the work which Mr. Strong came to do, in his-
Stead. He m. in Mendon, N. Y., Aug. 21, 1836, Julia HUls Barnard b.
Jan. 6, 1817 (dau. of Timothy Barnard and Julia Hills). She ra. after
wards for second husband, Alfied Edwards, a merchant in Dundee, 111.
[8th Gen.J Children:
9025. i. Harriet Barnard Strong, b. Nov. 28, 1837, d. Jan. 14,
1839, at St Charles, Mo.
9026- 7. H. Helen Hills Strong, b. at East Mendon, N. Y. Jan. 20,
1840, m. Henry C. Thompson.
9028. iU. Clara Hale Strong b. at East Mendon, Oct 4, 1841, m.
April 13, 1865, Rev. Edward Topping Doane, missionary
on the Micronesian islands. South Pacific Ocean, on the
island of Ponape, under the A. B. C. F. M.
9029. iv. Sophia Demmond Strong b. at NaperviUe, 111., Aug. 29,
1843, d. Nov. 9, 1861.
9026-7. u. Helen Hills Strong b. Jan. 20, 1840, m. May 13, 1868,
Henry Clay Thompson of Dundee, HI., b. July 17, 1836 (son of Thomas
Hinckley Thompson and Sarah Hoyt) : a farmer. Children :
64

506 Descendants of Adino Strong ^of Woodbury, Ct, Sonof
9030. 1. Alice Clara Thompson b. March 13, 1860.
9031. 2. Percy Barrett Thompson, b. April 8, 1863, d. Oct 8, 1863.
[7th Gen.J
8974-5. vi. Dea. Nathan Strong (son of Ephraim Strongof Hudson,
O., and Clarissa Hale) b. May 3, 1811, m. July 15, 1833,inNew Hartford,
Ct, Elizabeth Woodbridge Strong b. AprU 11,1809 (dau. of Elijah Strong
and Betsey Sadd). He resided at Ogden, N. Y. (1833-9) and in Hudson,
0. (1839-52), wasa hatter; and deacon of the Congregational Church in
Hudson for ten years (1842-52). He d. AprU 12, 1852. His widow
resides still (1870), in Hudson.
[8th Gen.J Children :
9032. i. Helen Elizabeth Strong b. Sept. 4, 1842, d. Feb. 14, 1863".
9033. U. Julia Welles Strong b. May 6, 1846, d. Nov. 9, 1861.
[6th Gen.J
8962-3. ii. Rebecca Strong (dau. of Ebenezer Strong of Woodbury,
Ct, and Patience Hinman) b. Oct. 7, 1774, m. Jan. 10, 1796, Nathaniel
Bacon b. Nov. 16, 1768 (son of Jabez Bacon of Woodbury, Ct, and
Lydia Hungerford) ; she d. at New Haven, Ct., Sept 16,1837. He
was a resident of New Haven, Ct., where he d. leaving a large estate.
He m. AprU 11, 1838, for 2d wife Mrs. Sophia Hull of Derhj, Ct., b. at
Eden, Mc, July 22, 1793.
[7th Gen.J Children:
9034- 6. i. Albert Strong Bacon b. Feb. 12, 1797, at Woodbury, Ct.
9036- 7. u. Xy^THANiEL Almoran Bacon b. Aug. 27, 1798.
9038- 9. iu, Harriet Bacon b. March 8, 1804, m. Nov. 6, 1825, John
J. Barnard d. Dec 18, 1828.
9034-5. i. Albert Strong Bacon b. Feb. 12, 1797, m. March 31,
1819, Sarah Mallory b. March 5, 1797 (dau. of Walker MaUory and
Martha Minor). He d. May 6, 1828. ChUdren :
9040- 1. 1. Harriet Martha Bacon b. July 9, 1821, m. Sept 10, 1844,
Russell Smith.
9042- 3. 2. Sarah Rebecca Bacon b. Feb. 5, 1824, ra. Dec, 5, 1844,
Charles P. Marks, She d. March 29, 1847.
g044- 6. 3. Elizabeth Strong Bacon b. April 24, 1826 : m. June 5,
1849, Edward Chauncey Graham (son of Nathan B. Gra
ham and Jean Lorrimer) : a merchant in New York
City.
[7th Gen.J
9036-7. ii. Nathaniel Almoran Bacon b. Aug. 27, 1798, m. May
28, 1826, Almira Selden b. Sept. 20, 1803 (dau. of Calvin Selden of Lyme
Ct, and Phebe -^^^ — ) : a merchant at New Haven, Ct.

9046.

i.

9047.

ii.

9048.

iii.

§049.

iv.

Thomas Strong, Son of Elder JoJin, of NortJiampton. 507
[8th Gen.J Children :
Ellen Bacon b. Sept 8, 1827.
Mary Bacon b. March 16, 1831, d. July 16, 1835.
Rebecca Bacon b. Aug. 21, 1833.
Susan Bacon b. Aug. 11, 1835, m. Rev. Leonard Woolsey
Bacon b. Jan, 1, 1830 (son of Rev. Dr. Leonard Bacon
of New Haven, Ct, and Lucy Johnson) grad. at Yale,
in 1850, and at Andover Theol. Sem., in 1854 ; settled
at Baltimore, Md., and previously at Brooklyn, E. D.,
L. I. (1865-70), at Stamford, Ct. (1862-5), and at
Litchfield, Ct (1856-60).
9050. V. Alice Bacon b. Sept 5, 1838, d. Sept. 18, 1839.
9061. vi. Harriet Bacon b. March 8, 1804, m. John J. Barnard.
She d. Dec 18, 1828.
[4th Gen.J See page 491.
8783-4. ii. Adino Strong, Jr. (son of Adino Strong of Woodbury and
Eunice Strong, and grandson of Thomas Strong of Northampton, Mass.),
b. AprU 17, 1708, m. Dec. 20, 1733, Deborah Prime (believed to
have been the dau. of John Prime of W^oodbury, previously of Milford,
Ct) : a farmer at Woodbury, where he d. in 1787.
[5th Gen.J Children :
9052- 3. i. Selah Strong b. Sept. 1734, d. March 7, 1807.
9054- 5. U. Hannah Strong b. Dec. 1737, m. in 1770, David Tuttle,
(prob. son of Sergt. Isaac Tuttle of Woodbury, and Mary
"Warner his second wife).
9056- 8. iU. Capt. Benajah Strong b. Feb. 22, 1740, d. May 22, 1836.
9059-60. iv. Ann Strong bapt, April 24, 1743, m. Dec. 23, 1786, Joseph
Sanford.
9061. V. Sarah Strong b. Dec. 24, 1744. Her history not traced.
9062. vi. Mabel Strong b. Jan. 8, 1748, d. March 16, 1752.
9063- 4. vU. Adino Strong b. April 5, 1760 : a farmer in Southbury,
Ct, where he d.
9052-3. i. Selah Strong b. Sept 1734, m. Nov. 26, 1760, Esther
Weed, b. Nov. 1733 : a farmer in Southbury, Ct He d. March 7,
1807, aged 72. She d. in Clinton, N. Y., Jan. 1837, aged 96.
[6th Gen.J Children :
9065- 6. i. Olive Strong b. Aug.-27, 1763 (bap. Sept 11, 1763), m.
Wait Curtiss.
9067- 8. H. Phebe Strong b. Jan. 29, 1766, m. Sept 20, 1798, John
Scott a farmer at Middlebury. Conn.
9069-71. Hi. Nathan Strong b. Jan. 30, 1768 (bapt Feb. 9th).
9072- 3. iv. Noah Strong bapt Jan. 28, 1770 : a farmer in South
bury, Ct., and afterwards at Bethany, Ct, where he d.
July 1847, aged 77.
9074- fj. V. Mabel Strong m. as bis 2d wife Solomon Johnson of
Southbury, Ct, and after 1806, of CUnton, N. Y. : a
farmer. No issue. She d. aged 84.

508 Descendants of Adino Strongof Woodbury, Ct., Son, of
9065-6. i. Olive Strong b. Aug. 27, 1763, m. June 8, 1789, Wait
Curtiss a farmer of Southbury, Ct, bapt Jan. 18, 1756 (son of Agur
Curtiss of Woodbury and Mercy Hinman). He. d. Oct 17, 1798 ; and
she m. for 2d husband Dec. 1799, Adonijah St John, a farmer in
Norwalk, Ct. She d. at Southbury, Aug. 1847.
[7th Gen.J Children:
9076- 7. i. Fanny Curtiss b. Nov. 1, 1790, m. Alanson Beecher of
Southbury, Ct. : a farmer : no issue : she d. June, 1851.
9078- 9.. U. Phebe Curtiss b. Dec. 27, 1792, m. WUliam Stebbins.
9080. iii. William Curtiss b. Sept. 13, 1794, d. July 4, 1801.
9081- 2. iv. Cyrus Curtiss b. Dec. 8, 1797.
9078-9. u. Phebe Curtiss b. Dec 27, 1792, m. June 6, 1819,
WUUam Stebbins b. Jan. 2, 1792, in Clinton, N. Y. (son of Wm. Steb
bins and Lydia Branch) : a tanner and shoemaker in Clinton, N. Y. He
d. Aug. 8, 1861. His widow resides in Clinton.
[8th Gen.J Children:
9083. i. Jeanette Stebbins b. March 23, 1820, d. Aug. 4, 1827.
9084. U. Caroline May Stebbins b. March 15, 1828, lives un
married at Clinton.
9085. iH. Wayne Stebbins b. March 6, 1826, d. Aug, 5, 1827.
9086- 7. iv. Susan Stebbins b. Nov. 9, 1828, m. July 27, 1859, Rufus
Putnam King b. June, 1817 (son of John King of
Warren, Pa., and Betsey Gilson), cashier for several
years of the Northwestern Bank of Warren, and now
clerk in a mercantile establishment there : no chUdren.
[7th Gen.J
9081-2. iv. Cyrus Curtiss (son of Wait Curtiss of Southbury, Ct,
and Olive Strong) b. Dec. 8, 1797, at Southbury, m. March 12, 1828,'
Lydia Vanderburgh b. in Hudson, N. Y., Dec. 4, 1797 (dau. of Richard
and Rachel Vanderburgh of Hudson), resided from 1817 to 1846, in Hud
son, engaged until 1830, in the dry-goods trade and for 16 years afterwards
in importing and manufacturing sperm oil, whale oil and bone. In 1846,'
he removed to New York where for 12 years more he carried on the
same business (importing excepted). In 1858, he was appointed by
the Supreme Court, Receiver of the second half million trust of the
N. A. Trust Co. In 1860, he organized the "Washington Life Ins. Co.,
of N. Y., and was elected its first President, which office he stiU retains.
[8th Gen.J Children :
9088. i. William La Fayette Curtiss b. Dec 26, 1823, d. Dec 7,
1824.
9089. ii. Henry Hobart Curtiss b. May 29, 1826. He was deputy
health officer of New York and contracted ship fever in
inspecting emigrants arriving at quarantine, of which he
died AprU 24,1l85l.

Thomas Strong, Son of Elder John, of NortJiampton. 509
9090- 1. in. Cyrus Stebbins Curtiss b. Sept 16, 1827, m. Oct. 15,
1860, Mary Helena Peck (dau. of Hon. Henry E. Peck-
of New Haven, Ct.). He d. Oct. 8, 1853; was in part
nership with his father.
9092. iv. Edward Middleton Curtiss b. April 30, 1832.
[6.th Gen.J
9067-8. ii. Phebe Strong (dau. of Selah Strong and Esther Weed)
b. Jan. 29, 1766, m. Sept 20, 1798, John Scott : a farmer at Watertown,
Ct. (1798-1804), and after 1804, untU his death at Bridgewater, Oneida
Co., N. Y. : she d. March 5, 1865, at Parma, Miss., aged 89, a lady of
great physical vigor and of thorough piety.
[7th Gen.J Children:
9093. i. Sarah Scott b. in 1799, m. Daniel Pangborn a farmer in
Cleveland, 0., for many years and afterwards at Laporte,
Ind.
9094- 6. ii. Horace Scott b. in 1801, m. twice : resided in Alexander,
N. Y. (1828-35), and afterwards in Chicago, IU., and
now somewhere in Wisconsin.
9097- 8. iii. Curtis Scott b. June 20, 1803.
9099-01. iv. Anor Scott b. March 6, 1806, in Bridgewater, N. Y.
9102. V. John Scott, d. early.
[7th Gen.]
9097-8. in. Curtis Scott b. June 20, 1803, m. Oct. 29, 1827, Sarah
Hurd of Augusta, N. Y. b. Feb. 7, 1807 (dau. of Reuben and Eliza Ann
Hurd of Augusta, N. Y.) : a farmer at Parma, Mich., where he has re
sided since 1838.
[8th Gen.J Children :
9109. i. Amelia Jane Scott b. May 11, 1830, d. Aug. 10, 1830.
9111- 2. H. Cordelia Adelaide Scott b. Oct 22, 1831, m. Dr. Peter
D. McArthur.
9113- 4. iu. Mary Jane Scott b. Aug. 2, 1833, m. Hiram W. Reals.
9115- 6. iv. Eliza Ann Scott b. March 17, 1835, m. Edward R, Potter.
9117- 8. V. Reuben Elliott Scott b. AprU 10, 1840.
9119-20. vi. Harriet Amelia Scott b. June 8, 1842, m. Dr. Lindley
J. Ford.
9121- 2. vU. Frances Augusta Scott b. Sept. 28, 1845.
9111-2. u. Cordelia Adelaide Scott b. Oct 22, 1831, m. Dec. 19,
1855, Dr. Peter Duncan McArthur, b. Dec. 1, 1816 (son of Duncan and
Margaret McArthur of Jamestown, N. Y., originally from Scotland) : a
physician at Marshall, Mich, where he d. April, 1867, and where his
widow stUl resides. ChUdren :

510 Descendants of Adino Strong of Woodbury, Ct, Son of
9123. 1. Harriet lone Duncan b. AprU 8, 1861.
9124. 2. Leone Duncan b. Feb. 2, 1864.
[8th Gen.]
9113^. iii. Mary Jane Scott b. Aug. 2, 1833", m. Dec. 19, 1855,
Hiram WiUard Beals b. July 12, 1828 (son of Comfort Milton Beals of
Alleghany Cc, N. Y., and Cynthia  ) : a carpenter at MarshaU,
Mich. Child:
9125. 1. Claude WiUard Beals b. Nov. 11, 1861.
[8th Gen.J
9115-6. iv. Eliza Ann Scott b. March 17, 1835, m. Nov. 21, 1859,
Edward Richard Potter of Hillsdale, Mich., b. March 11, 1834, a mer
chant at Hillsdale, until recently, but now (1870) a real estate broker at
Grinnell, Iowa. Children :
9126. 1. Ralph George Potter b. March 18, 1863, d. Sept 5, 1866.
9127. 2. Edward Richard Potter b. Nov. 8, 1867.
[8th Gen.J
9117-8. V. Reuben Elliott Scott b. AprU 10, 1840, m. Jan. 18,
1865, Adelaide Louise Baker (dau. of Sarauel" Prentice Baker, of Elba,
N. Y., and Mary Jane, his wife). One child :
9128. 1. Willjam Prentice Scott b. April 8, 1868.
[8th Gen.J
9119-20. vi. Harriet Amelia Scott b. June 8, 1842, m. June 8,
1866, Lindley James Ford, M.D., b. April 21, 1840 (son of James Gould
Ford, of Benton, Mich , and Priscilla  ) : a physician at Lawton,
Mich. ChUd :
9129. 1. Ina May Ford b. July 12, 1868, d. Jan. 21, 1869.
[8th Gen.J
9121-2. vU. Frances Augusta Scott b. Sept 28, 1845, m. June
15, 1864, Samuel Prentice Baker, Jr., b. Dec, 9, 1838 (son of Samuel
Prentice Baker, of Elba, N. Y., and Mary -lane  ) : a farmer at Par
ma, Mich. Children :
9130. 1. Mary Eliza Baker b. Aug. 26, 1866.
9131. 2. Cora May Baker b. March 11, 1868.
[7th Gen.J
9107. iv. Anor Scott (son of John Scott and Phebe Strong) b.
March 6, 1805 : a dry goods merchant at Grinnell, Iowa, sines 1864,
and previously for many years engaged in the fur and hat business at

Ihomas Strong, Son of Elder John, of Northampton. 511
Elyria, 0. He m. Oct 24, 1832, Almira Bames b. April 18, 1810
(dau. of Joseph Eames of Verona, N. Y., and Rebecca, his wife). She
d- June 16, 1834, and he m. Oct 29, 1837, for second wife Harriet
Brainerd b. March 28, 1812 (dau. of Rev. Israel Brainerd of Verona,
N. Y., and Mary Huntington of Woodbridge, Ct., whom he m. Dec. 30,
1800). No issue by the second marriage. Child :
9132. 1. John Eames Scott b. in Elyria, 0., Oct. 13, 1833, where
he d. July 13, 1834.
[6th Gen.J
9069-71. iU. Nathan Strong (son of Selah Strong of Southbury,
Ct, and Esther Weed) b. Jan. 80, 1768 (bapt. Feb. 9, 1768), m. Feb.
10, 1790, Phebe Wakeley b. Aug. 19, 1767 (bapt. Sept 27, 1767), dau.
of Abner Wakeley of Woodbury, Ct, and Sarah his wife) : a farmer; he
removed to Clinton, N. Y., in 1805. She d. June 2, 1804, and he m.
for second wife, Dec. 10, 1804, Nancy Beardsley b. Dec. 24, 1778 (dau.
of Benjarain Beardsley of Stratford, Ct.), She d. Oct 22, 1845. He d.
Feb. 9, 1862, aged 94.
[7th Gen.J Children : By first wife :
9133- 4. i. Sally Strong b. Sept 26, 1791, m. Parker Cooper.
9135- 6. ii. Anna Strong b. June 28, 1794, m. James Haight; she d.
Dec. 30, 1833.
9137- 8. Hi. Mabel Strong b. Sept 17, 1796, m. Joseph L. Griffin : a
farraer at Pontiac, Mich. He d. about 1862. No child
ren ; his widow resides at Pontiac
9139-40. iv. Hepzibah Strong (Hepsy), b. March 30, 1800, m. Va
lentine Goodenow.
9141. V. Amos Strong b. June 7, 1803 : a farmer at Toledo, 0.,
where he d. unmarried, Jan. 29, 1842.
By second wife :
9142. vi. Nathan Strong, Jr., b. July, 14, 1806, d. soon.
9143- 4. vU. Thankful Strong b. Nov. 23, 1807, m. Dr. Orlando
Wakeley.
9145- 6. viU. Emmeline Strong b. Dec. 15, 1809, m. George B. Pea
body, she d. Nov. 19, 1836.
9147- 8. ix. Selah Strong b. Aug. 27, 1812.
9149-50. X. Mary Beach Strong b. AprU 30, 1814, m. as his second
wife. Sept 20, 1866, Dr.- David P. Daniels of Chicago,
III. ; no issue.
9133-4 i, Sally Strong, b. Sept. 26, 1791, m. Oct 22, 1811, Parker
Cooper : a farmer in West View, 0. He d. Aug. 7, 1868.
[8th Gen.J Children :
9151. i. Louisa Cooper b. Sept 20, 1812.
9152. ii. Pamelia Cooper b. March 8, 1813.

9163.

iii.

9154

iv.

9155.

V.

9156.

vi.

9157.

vii.

9158.

vii:

9169.

ix.

9160.

1,

9161.

2.

9162.

3.

9163,

4.

512 Descendants of Adino Strong of Woodbury, Ct., Son of
Jane Cooper b. June 26, 1817.
Artemas Cooper b. Nov. 7, 1819.
Curtiss Cooper b. Sept 30, 1821.
John Cooper b. Dec. 8, 1823.
Charles Cooper b. Oct 9, 1826.
viii. Nancy Cooper b. Jan. 12, 1829.
Eri Cooper b. July 20, 1836.
[7th Gen.J
9136-6. ii. Anna Strong (dau. of Nathan Strong and Phebe Wake
ley) b. June 28, 1794, m. James Haight of Clinton : a farmer, he d. in
Vienna, N. Y.: she d. in 1834. Children :
Artemas Leroy Haight, a blacksmith at Volga city, Iowa.
William Leander Haight, a blacksmith at Augusta, Iowa.
Carlos Haight, M.D., at Oskaloosa, Iowa.
Ann Haight m. William Adams of Oskaloosa, a farmer.
9139-40. iv. Hepzibah STRONGb.MarchSO, 1800, m. Valentine Good
enow, a farmer at West View, 0., and afterwards at Eaton Rapids, Mich.,
where he d. and she m. for a 2d husband and as his 2d wife Jared Hitch
cock of West View, O. : a farmer. No children.
[7th Gen.J
9143-4. vii. Thankful Strong b. Nov. 23, 1807, m. June 11, 1838,
Dr. Orlando Wakeley b. in 1800 (son of Platt Wakeley of Augusta, N. Y.
and Mary Minor) : practised medicine for 30 years in Clarence, N. Y. :
lives in Wheaton, IU., and raises small fruits for market Children :
9164. 1. Emmeline Wakeley. 9166. 3. Lucy Wakeley.
9165. 2. WUliam Wakeley.
[7th Gen.J
9145-6. vHi. Emmeline Strong b. Dec 15, 1809, m. Nov. 1830,
George Bennet Peabody a farmer and taverner at Lairdsville, N. Y., and
since about 1845, at Cleveland, N. Y. She d. Nov. 1835. He m. a second
time. Children :
9167. 1. Charles Peabody, drowned at Fulton, N. Y.
9168. 2. EUenPeabodym. Julyll 1853, Samuel Dickinson of Cleve
land, Oswego Co., N. Y. : a farmer.
[7th Gen.]
9147-8. ix. Selah Strong (son of Nathan Strong, of Clinton, N. Y.
and Nancy Beardsley, his 2d wife) b. Aug. 27, 1812, m. Sept 5, 1839,
Luminda Wakeley, of New Hartford, N. Y., b. June 17, 1820 (dau. of
Elihu Wakeley and Esther Abbott) : a farmer in Clinton.

Thomas Strong, &)n of Elder John, of Northampton. 513
[8th Gen.J Children:
9169-70. i. Emmeline Maria Strong b. Oct. 30, 1843, m. Feb. 3,
1870, Wm. Esler Grossman (son of Wm. Crossman, of
Clinton, and Lucinda Caroline Cady) : a farmer in Au
gusta, N. Y.
9171- 2. u. George William Strong b. Sept. 15, 1845, m. Nov. 5,
1868, Rachel Baker, b. in 1848 (dau. of Jasper G. Baker
and Persis H. his wife : a farmer in Miller's Corners,
Ontario, N. Y. They have a son: 1. George WilUam
Strong b. Sept. 17, 1869.
9173. iU. Florence Amelia Strong b. March 3, 1847, d. Sept. 10,
1847.
9174. iv. Charles Augustus Strong b. Oct. 29, 1848 : enlisted as a
private in the 115th Regt., N. Y. Vols., Nov. 1863, was
in the battle of Olustee, Fla. and at Fort Fisher, and in
that of Richmond, Va. ; enlisted after his discharge in
the Regular U. S. A., but since Aug. 1868, has been en
gaged in farming in Clinton. .
9176. V. Edward Lawrence Strong b. May 19, 1850, d. Jan. 2, 1862.
9176- 7. vi. Adelaide Ellen Strongb. Feb. 2, 1852, m. Aug. 26, 1868,
Milton Taft b. Aug. 20, 1848 (son of Proctor Taft, of
Clinton and Azubah Warner) : a farmer at Clinton.
9178. vU. Lucy Strong b. Aug. 12, 1853.
9179. viii. Charlotte Mary Strong b. AprU 4, 1866.
9180. ix. Alfred Taylor Strong b. June 26, 1858.
[6th Gen.J
9072-3. iv. Noah Strong (son of Selah Strong, of Southbury, and
Esther Weed) bapt. Jan. 28, 1770, m. Sarah La Voy (dau. of James La
Voy and Clarissa Foote). He had children, one of whom was :
9181- 2. 1. Amos E. Strong b. at Southbury, Ct, March 22, 1811.
He m. Jan. 17, 1836, Eliza Maria Thomas of West Ha
ven, Ct b. Jan. 26, 1816 (dau. of Thaddeus Thomas
and Louise Clinton) : a brass founder formerly at New
Britain, Ct., but now a farmer at Muscatine, Iowa.
Their children are :
9183. 1. Louise Maria Strong. 9184. 2. Edwin Burr, Strong.
[5th Gen.J
9056-8. iH. Capt. Benajah Strong (son of Adino Strong, Jr., and
Deborah Prime) b. Feb. 22, 1740, m. Feb. 3, 1761, Jane Cochrane b. in
1742 (dau. of Samuel Cochrane of Woodbury, Ct). He was 6 ft. 2 in.
in height, enlisted in the French war, was a captain of a volunteer com
pany of soldiers in the Revolutionary war, and was present at the burning
of Danbury, Ct He removed about 1782, to Athens, Greene Co., N. Y.,
where he bought the confiscated farm of a tory officer, and the rights
and privileges of the ferry between Athens and Hudson. He removed
65

514 Descendants of Adino Strong of Woodbury, Ct., Sonof
afterwards to the Great Bend in the Susquehannah, near Binghamton,
N. Y., and after three years residence there to Ithaca, N. Y., whence
(on account of the sickliness of the place) he removed after two years
to Lansing, Tompkins Co., N. Y. (then Milton) where for a dollar per
acre he bought two thousand acres of land, now worth one hundred
dollars per acre. He was entitled to a pension as a Revolutionary soldier
but would never apply for it, or allow any of his family to do so, as he said
that he gave his services freely to- his country. He was a member of the
Baptist church. Mrs. Jane Strong d. July 11, 1816, set. 74, and he m.
in 1818, for 2d wife Mrs, Abigail Powers, n^e Newland widow of Elder
Lemuel Powers, a Bapt. clergyman at Stillwater, N. Y. She was
the mother of the first wife of Prest Millard Fillmore and was born Feb.
22, 1758. He d. May 22, 1836, «t 96, she Feb. 21, 1850, 9&t. 80, in
Irving, Chautauqua Co., N. Y. [Saml. Cochrane, father of Mrs. Jane
(Cochrane) Strong was a man of quite literary tastes, having a library of
more than 400 volumes, a very large collection for a private library in a
contry town in those days.]
[6th Gen.J Children:
9195. i. Truman Strong b. in 1762, a Revolutionary soldier under
his father, d. in the service, of disease.
9196- 7. U. Dea. Benajah Strongb. in 1763, d. Dec. 1851, 'set 88.
gig8-00. iU. Thankful Strong b- March 22, 1765, m. Oliver Castle
and for 2d husband Joel Bacon (brother of Danl. who
m. her sister Anna.
9201. iv. Almorena Strong b in 1769: her history not ascertained.
9203. V. Amos Strong b. in 1770, d. soon.
9204- 6. vi. Amos (2d) b. in 1771, m. Polly Goodwin (dau. of Wm.
and Ruth Goodwin.
9206- 7. vii. Salmon Strong b. Oct 1772, d. AprU, 1837.
9208. viu. Jane Strong b. in 1774, d. Sept 17, 1787, set 13.
9209-10. ix. Anna Strong m. Daniel Bacon.
9211. X. Simeon Prime Strong b. in 1774.
9212- 3. ix. Sally Strong m.a Mr. Silcox from whomshe soon separated
and returned to her father's house.
[6th Gen.J
9196-7. H. Dea. Benajah Strong, Jr., b.in 1763, m. in 1784, Abigail
(" Nabby ") Hurlburt b. in 1764 (dau. of Capt JuHus Huriburt of Great
Bend, Pa., and Occurrence Hinman) : a farmer (owning 300 acres of very
valuable land) : a deacon in the Baptist church at Lansing, N. Y. She
d. aged 86. He d. Dec. 1851, aged 88. In 1813, he took a Severe cold
and became speechless, a great affliction to himself, his family and the
church. [7th Gen.J Children :
9214- 5. i. Capt, Benajah Strong b. Jan, 3, 1786,
9216- 7. ii. Occurrence Strong m. Philemon Barger of Lansing, N. Y..

Thomas Strong, Son of Elder John, of NortJiampton. 515
9218- 9. iu. Samuel Strong b. Nov. 12, 1788.
9220. iv. Prudence Strong m. John Jefferson of Lansing, N. Y.
9221. V. Truman Strong d. unmarried in Lansing.
9222. vi. Col. Hinman D. Strong b. AprU 26, 1794, d. unmarried at
LansingvUle, N. Y., July 9, 1839.
9223, vii. Abiram Strong.
9214-5. i. Capt. Benajah Strong b. Jan. 3, 1786, at Newburgh,
N. Y., ra. about 1811, Elizabeth Fulkerson b, in 1791 (dau. of Valcard
Fulkerson of L. I., and Sarah Jennings) : a farmer at Dryden, N. Y., and
previously at Lansing, N. Y., and for a few years (1819-25), at New
Haven, 0. He d. at Dryden, May 20, 1840, a zealous Baptist : a Capt.
in the war of 1812, of a company of infantry. She d. Jan. 21, 1859, aged
68; a member of the Presbyterian church of Lansiugville, N. Y., devoted
to her chUdren and deeds of public usefulness.
[8th Gen.J Children : '
9224- 5. i. Andrew Bryant Strong b, in Lansing, Sept. 22, 1812.
9226- 7. ii. Benajah John Strong b. in Lansing, Aug. 26, 1814.
9228- 9. iii. Abigail Strong (" Nabby") b. in Lansing, June 20, 1816,
m. Rev. Thomas Theall.
9230- 1. iv. Prudence Strong b. in New Haven, 0., May 31, 1820, m.
Isaac L. Keeler.
9232. V. Occurrence Strong b. in New Haven, 0., Oct. 8, 1821,
d. unmarried in LudlowviUe, N. Y., Feb. 19, 1858,
aged 36.
9233- 4. vi. Hinman Truman Strong b. AprU 4, 1823, at New Haven,
0.
9236- 6. vii. Chapman Lerauel Strong b. in Lansing, N. Y., March 31,
1825.
9237- 8. viu. Francis Marion Strong b. in Lansing, Aug. 9, 1827.
9239-40, ix. Philemon Barger Strong b. at Dryden, Oct 20, 1830,
m. in 1859, Elmira Cropsey of Dryden, N. Y., where he
resided ; he d. in the Union army in the late war : had
two children.
9241- 2. X. Esther Strong b. at Dryden, Sept 3, 1831, m. Allen R.
Wyman of GalesvUle, Wis.
9243. xi. Julius Hurlburt Strong b. at Dryden Aug. 31, 1833, m.
in 1856, Christina Hendricks of Syracuse, N.Y. He
enlisted in Co. E, 64th N. Y. Regt. of Vols., and served
for 3 years in the late war and d. shortly after returning
horae.
g244- 5. xii. Sarah Strong b. at Dryden Aug. 20, 1835, m. William
Trapp of Elmira.
9246. xiu. Mary Elizabeth Strong b. at Dryden, May 31, 1840, re
sides unmarried (1870) in GalesvUle, Wis.
9224-5, i. Andrew Bryant Strong b. Sept. 22, 1812, m. Jane Reed
of Rochester N. Y., a mason, at what place is unknown to the author.
Children :

516 Descendants of Adino Strong of Woodbury, Ct, Sonof

9247.

1.

Estella Strong.

9250.

4.

Andrew Strong.

9248.

2.

Cassandra Strong.

9261.

6.

John Strong.

9249.

•3.

CaroHne Strong.

[8th Gen.J
9226-7. U. Benajah John Strong b. Aug. 26, 1814, m. Rebecca
Genung of Dryden : a farmer in Speedsville, N. Y. Children :
9251. 1. William Alonzo Strong, resides at Binghamton.
9252. 2. George Benajah Strong, a telegraph operator at Saratoga,
N. Y.
9253. 3. John Harrison Strong.
9264. 4. Martin Duane Strong.
9256. 5. Susan Occurrence Strong. [Different members of this
family were addressed, but letters fell dead ¦ into their
hands.]
[8th Gen.J
9228-9. iii. Abigail Strong b. June 20, 1816, m. Jan. 22,1850,
Rev. Thomas Theall b. Sept 28, 1816, in Nassau, Rensselaer Co., N. Y.
(son of Gilbert Theall and Mary Phelps) grad. at Madison University,
N. Y., about 1845, ordained to the ministry (Baptist), Aug. 19, 1846, at
Clarence, Erie Co., N. Y., preached in various places in Western New
York, especially Elbridge, N. Y. Since 1856, he has been in the West
and is now at Lincoln, Wis. (1870).
[9th Gen.J Children :
9266. i. RiCHABD Strong Theall b. in Howard, Steuben Co., N. Y ,
March 2, 1851, d. soon.
9257. ii. Richard Hinman Theall b. Dec. 31, 1853, in Mexico
N.Y.
9258. iU. Abby Jane Theall b. Sept. 13, 1856, at Caroline, Tompkins
Co., N. Y.
9259. iv. Charles Franklin Theall b. June 3, 1861, in Marshall
Wis.
[8th Gen.J
9230- 1. iv.. Prudence Strong b. May 31, 1820, m. Isaac L. Keeler,
(son of John Keeler of Hartford, Ct.) : a taUor in Locke, N. Y. She d.
in 1866, aged 45. ChUdren :
9260. 1. Frances Lydia Keeler, a teacher of elocution in the Female
College of Elmira.
9261. 2. Abby Elizabeth Keeler a teacher.
9262. 3. WUliam Hinman Keeler a harness maker in Locke.
[8th Gen.J
9233-4. vi. Hinman Truman Strong (son of Capt Benajah Strong
and Elizabeth Fulkerson) b. April 4, 1823, m. in 1849, Fanny De Pue

Thomas Strong, Son of Elder John, of NortJiampton. 517
of Buffalc He d. in Buffalo, Oct. 1857 ; she m. for 2d husband, Henry
Sheaver of Buffalo. Children :
9263. 1. Henry Strong. 9264. 2, Hinman Strong.
[8th Gen.J
9235-6. vU. Chapman Lemuel Strong b. March 31, 1825, m. in
1846, Maria Trapp of Dryden, N. Y., a farmer at McLean, Tompkins Co.
N. Y. Had two chUdren both dead: They have also an adopted son,
Charles Strong. Further facts were sought in vain.
[8th Gen.J
9237-8. viU. Francis Marion Strong b. Aug. 9, 1827, m. July 4,
1853, Lucy C. Barr b. Aug. 16, 1831 (dau. of John Barr of Dryden,
N. Y., and Lydia Gray) ; a farmer in Arcadia, Trempealeau Co., Wis.
[9th Gen.J Children:
9265. i. Hiram Francis Strong ) \ twins, b. Nov. 3, 1854.
9266. ii. Byron FrankHn Strong ) d. at birth.
9267. Hi. Charles Chapman Strong b. Dec. 5, 1857, in Courtland
Jo Davis Co., III., d. in Gratiot, Wis., April 27, 1859.
9268. iv. Marion WiUey Strong, b. May 24, 1860, in South Nor
walk, Ct.
9269. V. Earnest Noah Wyman Strong b. Sept 4, 1861, in South
Norwalk, Ct
[8th Gen.J
9241-2. X. Esther Strong b. at Dryden, Sept, 3, 1831, m. Nov. 28,
1850, Allen Rogers Wyman, b. Blarch 9, 1825, in Kingfield, Me. (son
of William Wyman and Isabella Dickey Luce) : a farmer in Groton,
N. Y., and in Argyle, Wis., (1853-56), and since 1866, in GalesvUle,
Trempealeau Co., Wis. To him the account here given of the descend
ants of Capt. Benajah Strong and Elizabeth Fulkerson is due in the
main. [9th Gen.J Children :
9270. i. William Allen Wyman b. in Groton, Tompkins Co.,
N. Y., Sept 3, 1852.
9272. ii. Abby Baker Wyman b. in Groton, Aug. 20, .1853, d. in
Argyle, Wis., May 16, 1854.
[8th Gen.J
9244-5. xii. Sarah Strong (dau. of Capt. Benajah and EHzabeth
Strong), b. Aug. 20, 1835, m. in LudlowviUe, N. Y., Jan. 1, 1859, Wil
liam Trapp of Elmira, N. Y. (son of William Trapp). He d. July 8,
1868 ; she stUl (1870), resides there. They have one child :
9273. 1. Anna May Trapp b. Aug. 20, 1867.

9275.

2.

9276.

3.

9277.

4.

9278.

5.

9279.

6.

9280.

7.

9281.

8.

518 Descendants of Adino Strongof Woodbury, Ct, Sem of
[7th Gen.J
9216-7. ii. Occurrence Strong (dau. of Dea. Benajah Strong and
Abigail Hurlburt), m. Philemon Barger (son of Paul Barger of Lansing
and Hannah Smith) : a farmer at Lansing, N. Y. No replies to letters
could be obtained from this family. She d. in 1867. Children :
9274. 1. Samuel Barger, ) d. set. 1 year.
y twins.
Marilla Barger, j m. Leonard Smith of Lansing, N. Y.
Samuel Barger (2d). 9282. 9. Harriet Barger.
Elias Barger. 9283. 10. Jane Barger.
Lucy Barger. 9284. 11. Edwin Barger.
Benajah Barger. 9285. 12. Alanson Barger.
Prudence Barger. 9286. 13. Charles Barger.
Lewis Barger.
[7th Gen.J
9218-9. iii. Samuel Strong (son of Benajah Strong, Jr., and Abi
gaU Huriburt) b. Nov. 12, 1788, m. May 4, 1813, Hannah Smith b.
March 26, 1791 (dau. of Capt John Smith, of Danbury, Ct.,. and Tamar
Wilson) : a farmer at Lansing, Tompkins Co., N Y. He d. Jan. 15,
1852; shed. Nov. 15, 1867.
[8th Gen. J Children:
9287- 8. i. Smith Strong b. May 6, 1814.
9289-90. u. Laura Strong b. .July 6, 1816.
9291- 2. iH. Lewis Strong b. AprU 6, 1817.
9287-8. i. Smith Strong b. May 6, 1814, m.Sept 9, 1842, Mary
Jane Aber b. Oct. 5, 1819 (dau. of Dea. Elias Aber, of Lansingj Tomp
kins Co., N. Y. and Ruth Hamilton) : a hardware merchant at Belfast,
AUeghaiiy Co., N, Y. (since 1853), and eight years of the time justice
of the peace.
[9th Gen.J Children :
9293- 4. i. Frank Strong b. Jan. 14, -1844 : he enlisted in the U. S.
A. of Vols. Co. I, 27th N. Y. Regt, Sept 1861. He
d. April 5, 1862, of typhoid fever : it was his grief that
he had no chance to go into battle.
9295. ii. Henry Strong b. Dec. 5, 1846, d. March 12, 1848.
9296. iii. Oren Strong b June 8, 1848 : resident now (1870), in
Vineland, N. J.
9297. iv. Edwin Strong b. AprU 5, 1852, d. June 15, 1854.
9298. V. Ada Strong b. Nov. 28, 1854, d. Aug. 10, 1866.
9299. vi. Elva Strong b. Nov. 6, 1856.
[8th Gen.J
9289-90. ii. Laura Strong (dau. of Samuel and Hannah Strong)
b. July 6, 1815, m. Jan. 25, 1845, Allen Fletcher b. Aug. 26, 1814 (son

Thomas Strong, Son of Elder John, of Northampton. 519
of Benj. Fletcher, of LansingvUle, N. Y. and Mary Copeland) : a leading
farmer in LansingviUe, Tompkins Co., N. Y. and (1836-58), also a tanner.
To her the author is indebted for this account of the descendants of Sam
uel Strong. Children :
9300. 1. George Fletcher b. Jan. 5, 1846, d. Jan. 6, 1850.
9301. 2. Harriet Fletcher b. March 21, 1852.
[8th Gen.J
9291-2. iU. Lewis Strong (son of Samuel and Hannah Strong) b.
AprU 6, 1817, m. Dec. 3, 1846, Mary Covert b. .June 4, 1820 (dau. of
Dea. George Covert, oflthaca, N. Y., and Hester Bassett): a wool-dealer
in Owego, N. Y., and speculator in hides and pelts.
[9th Gen.J Children :
9302. i. James Strong b. Dec. 13, 1848.
9303. ii. Ella Strong b. June 5, 1852.
9304. iii. Lewis Strong b. Aug. 7, 1855.
[7th Gen.J
9220. iv. Prudence Strong (dau. of Dea. Benajah Strong and
Abigail Hurlburt,) m. March 31, 1825, John Jefferson of Lansing, N. Y.
They had three pairs of twins all of whom d. young. There were also
two children that lived.
9306. 1. Mary Jefferson.
9306. 2. Charles Jefferson. (All efforts to get more facts were
unavailing).
[7th Gen.J
9223. vii. Abiram ("Byram") Strong (son of Dea. Benajah Strong
and Abigail Hurlburt) m. Gertrude Fulkerson (dau. of Valcard Fulkerson,
of L. I., and Sarah Jennings). Children :
9307. 1. Rensselaer Strong. 9308. 2. Chapman Strong.
[6th Gen.J
9198-00. iU. Thankful Strong (dau. of Capt. Benajah Strong and
Jane Cochrane) b. March 22, 1765, m. Dec. 17, 1783, Oliver Castle b.
June 18, 1763 (son of a Mr. Castle of Roxbury, Ct.), afarmer. He d. May
27, 1785. She m. Sept. 11, 1788, for 2d husbandJoel Bacon b. July 17,
1766 (son of Beriah Bacon of Middletown, Ct , and Sarah Smith) a farmer
at LansingviUe, N. Y. He d. Oct 7, 1830, aged 64. She d. Nov. 26,
1836, aged 70.
[7th Gen.J Children :
By fi/rst husband:
9309-10. i. Rev. Amos Castle b. Sept, 24, 1784
9311- 2. ii. Rev, Oliver Castle b. Jan. 1, 1785.

520 Descendants of Adino Strong of Woodbwry, Ot, Son of
By second husband :
9313. iu. Sarah Bacon b. Sept 13, 1790, d. Dec 1798.
9314- 5. iv. Lucy Bacon b. Sept 19, 1794, m. Elihu Avery Lester.
9316- 7. V. Cynthia Bacon b. July 16, 1797, m. Job Potter.
9318- 9. vi. Rev. Joel Smith Bacon, D.D., b. Sept. 3, 1802.
9309-10. i. Rev. Amos Castle b. Sept 24, 1784, m. Sept 20, 1806,
Lydia Niles (dau. of Elder Robert Niles of Sempronius, N. Y., and Lydia
Barber) : a Baptist clergyman settled at Genoa, N. Y. He d. Aug. 24,
1819, aged 34 She d. July 20, 1826.
[8th Gen.J Children :
9320. i. Thankful Castle b. Sept 28, 1807.
9321. ii. Oliver Castle b. Oct 10, 1809.
9322- 3. iu. Aurora Castle b. AprU 12, 1811, m. Horace Dodge of
Jordan, N. Y.
9324. iv. Harriet Castle b. June 15, 1813.
9325. V. Aurelia Castle b. Sept 25, 1815.
9326. vi. Julia Castle b. Oct. 18, 1817.
[7th Gen.J
9311-2. ii. Rev. Oliver Castle (son of Oliver Castle and Thankful
Strong) b. June 1, 1786, m. June 10, 1805, Charity Barnum (dau. of
Dea. Abel Barnum of Genoa, N. Y.) : a Baptist clergyman in Niagara Co.,
N. Y. Had son :
9327. 1. Amos Castle
[7th Gen.J
9314-5. iv. Lucy Bacon b. Sept 19, 1794 (dau. of Joel Bacon and
Thankful Strong), m. April 14, 1824, Elihu Avery Lester b. Aug.'21,
1798 (son of Ebenezer Lester of Venice, N. Y., and Cynthia Avery) : a
farmer in Lansing, N. Y., and previously in Genoa, N. Y.
[8th Gen.J Children :
9328- 9. i. Matilda Lester b. Sept. 16, 1824, m. Daniel M. Bacon.
9330- 1. U. Nancy Lester b. June 10, 1826, m. Orloff Bourne : she d.
Nov. 27, 1852.
9332. iU. Wellington Pierce Lester b. June 20, 1828.
9333- 4 iv. Sarah Jane Lester b. Dec. 4, 1832 : a teacher at Lansing,
N. Y.
9335- 6. V. Lt. Solon Lester b. March 22, 1824.
9337- 8. vi. Elias Lester, M.D. b. May 23, 1836.
9339. VU. Harriet Eliza Lester b. June 18, 1839 : a teacher at Lan
sing, N. Y.
9328-9. i. Matilda Lester b. Sept 16, 1824, m. AprU 20, 1848,
Daniel Mark Bacon b. May 13, 1821 (son of George Bacon, of Genoa,
N. Y., and Margaret Hargin) : a farmer at Five Corners, Cayuga Co.,

Thomas Strong, Son of Elder John, of Northampton. 521
N. Y. He is also justice of the peace in the town of Genoa, N. Y. To
him the author is indebted for much of the account here given of the de
scendants of Benajah Strong and Jane Cochrane.
[9th Gen.J Children :
9340. i. George Elihu Bacon b. Oct. 10, 1848 : a cadet at West
Point, (1867- ).
9341. U. Margaret Bacon b. Aug. 7, 1853.
9342. iii. Solon Elias Bacon b. March 21, 1866.
[8th Gen.J
9330-1. ii. Nancy Lester (dau. of Elihu A. Lester and Lucy Bacon)
b. June 10, 1826, m. April 10, 1849, Orloff Bourne b. April 7, 1820
(son of Ezra Bourne and Jane Toan, of Genoa) : a carriage maker at
San Jose, Cal. (1850- ) where she d. of typhoid fever, Nov. 27, 1852.
He resides now at Genoa, N. Y. No children.
9332. iii. Wellington Pierce Lester b. June 20, 1828, m. April
27, 1853, Martha Lester b. March 10, 1835 (dau. of Erastus Lester of
Genoa, N. Y., and Philena Pierce) : a farmer at Genoa, N. Y. : One child :
9343. 1. Garry Prince Lester b. Aug. 29, 1864.
[8th Gen.J
9335-6. V. Lt. Solon Lester (son of Elihu A. Lester and Lucy Bacon)
b. March 22, 1824, m. Dec. 27, 1859, Harriet Jane Ferris : a farmer.
He was commissioned April 15, 1864, First Lieut, in Co. D, Third
Engineer Corps, was in the battle of Pleasant HUl, and d. after only 28
days of service at New Orleans, La., of malarial typhus fever May 12,
1864 She d. July 6, 1863. One child :
9344. 1. Lucy Jane Lester b. Aug. 28, 1861.
[8th Gen.J
9337-8. vi. Elias Lester, M.D. (son of Elihu A. Lester and Lucy
Bacon) b. May 23, 1836, m. Dec. 2-3, 1864, Caroline (" Carrie") Foote
b. Aug. 5, 1841 (dau. of Jared Foote, Jr., M.D., of Venice, N. Y., and
Eliza A. Clark) : a physician at Seneca Falls, N. Y. He was appointed
Sept. 1861, medical cadet in the Union army, and assigned to the General
Hospital at Alexandria, Va. (1861-2), and was then appointed 1st Asst
Surgeon to the First Metropolitan Cavalry of the 14th N. Y. Regt. :
took his medical degree at the New York CoUege of Physicians and
Surgeons March 12, 1863, where he had previously pursued his studies in
part In Jan. 1864, he was promoted to surgeon, and sent to Banes
Landing, La., and spent the winter at Benick City. In the Red River
66

522 Descendants of Adino Strong of Woodbury, Ct., Son of
campaign, in which his brigade built the great Red River Dam at Alex
andria, La., he served as medical director of the Engineer Brigade, on
the staff of Gen. George D. Robinson. He resigned his commission Aug.
4, 1864, and returned home, and is now a practising physician at Seneca
Falls, N. Y. ChUd :
9345. 1. CaroHne Foote Lester b. Dec. 22, 1868.
[7th Gen.J
9316-7. V. Cynthia Bacon (dau. of Joel Bacon and Thankful Strong)
b. July 16, 1797, m. Sept 20, 1819, Job Potter b. Jan. 17, 1794 (sonof
Ezekiel (" Ezek") Potter of Genoa, N. Y., and Lucina Curtis): a
farmer at Lansing, N. Y. : whether he is living now (1870) and if so
where, is unknown to his family. She d. AprU 13, 1864.
[8th Gen.J Children :
9346. i. Charles Bingley Potter b. Aug. 7, 1820, d. May 29, 1822.
9347- 8. ii. Benjamin Franklin Potter b. Feb. 22, 1822, d. Dec. 28,
1850.
9349. iu. Sidney Potter b. Aug. 13, 1823, d. March 31, 1846, of
consumption.
9350. iv. Cynthia Jane Potter b. Oct 13, 1825, d. Oct 19, 1842.
9351. V. Hallet Potter b. May 24. 1827, d. July 6, 1827.
9352- 3. vi. Fanny Fidelia Potter b. May 20, 1828.
9354. vii. Joel Bacon Potter b. March 21, 1830, went from home in
1849, and has not since been heard from.
9355. viii. William Hallet Potter b. Feb. 5, 1832, d. Oct 3 , 1861.
9356- 7. ix. John Wesley Potter b. May 21, 1835, m. Oct 15, 1856,
Harriet N. Farren, resided in Wilmington, N. C.
9358. X. Milton Mantlebert Potter b. Jan. 29, 1838 : with Sherman
in his campaign as a musician, lives at Mendota, 111.
9359. xi. Ezekiel (" Ezek") Almond Potter b. Oct. 6, 1840, d.
March 10, 1844.
9347-8. U. Benjamin Franklin Potter b. Feb. 22, 1822, m. April,
1844, Mary Jane Young. He d. Dec. 28, 1860 ; and she m. for 2d
husband a Mr. Loomis of Coldwater, Mich. Children :
9360. 1. Byron Potter entered U. S. A. of Vols.
9361. 2. Albert Potter.
[8th Gen.J
9362-3. vi. Fanny Fidelia Potter b. May 20, 1828, m. Sept 15,
1849, Simon Parks b. July 21, 1820 (son of Ebenezer Parks of Venice,
N. Y., and Jeanette Irish) a farmer in Venice, N. Y.
[9th Gen.J Children :
9362. i. Jay Sidney Parks b. June 11, 1850, d. July 14, 1856.
9363. U. Milton Day Parks b. Aug, 10, 1858, d. AprU 3, 1861.
9364 iu. Theron Parks b. Jan. 24, 1861, d. April 15, 1864.
9365. iv. Seymour Hallet Parks b. Aug. 9, 1862.

Thomas Strong, Sonof Elder John, of Northampton. ,523
[8th Gen.J
9356. viii. William Hallet Potter b. Feb. 6, 1832, m. March,
1852, Margaret Kerr ; resides in Illinois. He d. Oct 3, 1861. Children :
9366. 1. Franklin Potter. 9369, 4. Ida Potter.
9367. 2. Emma Jane Potter. 9370, 5. William Potter.
9368. 3. Jay Potter.
[7th Gen.J
9318-9. vi. Rev. Dr. Joel Smith Bacon (son of Joel Bacon and
Thankful Strong) b. Sept 3, 1802, m. Nov. 31, 1831, Hannah Eliza
Porterb.Feb. 17,1813(dau. of Capt. LemuelPorter of Charlestown, Mass.
and Hannah Cholles) : grad. at Hamilton Coll. in 1826 and at Newton
Bapt Theol. Sem., Mass., in 1830: President of Georgetown Coll., Ky.,
(1831-2): preached in Boston, Mass,; Prof, in Madison University,
N. Y. (1834-7) : Pastor of Baptist Church in Lynn, Mass. (1838-9) :
agent of the American Board of Foreign Missions (Bapt.") for a few years :
President of Columbian College, Washington, D. C, (1843-54): principal
of female colleges (1854-8) in Alabama (Tuscaloosa) and Louisiana, and
at Warrenton, Va. (1858-66) except a year (1859-60) spent in such a
way in Tuscaloosa, Ala, ; from 1866, to his death, Nov. 9, 1869, he was
employed in the service of the Baptist Home Missionary Society, in
Virginia, in behalf especially of the churches of the freedmen. He resided
in Richmond where he d. of pneumonia. Mrs. Eliza P. Bacon d. at War
renton, Va., Dec. 3, 1858.
[8th Gen.J Children :
9371- 2. i. Ida Bacon b. July 10, 1834, m, PhUip R. Latham.
Josephine Bacon b. Feb. 28, 1837, ni. Luther R. Spilman.
Gertrude Bacon b. Sept, 18, 1840, d. Nov. 16, 1840.
Lemuel Porter Bacon b. May 24, 1839, d. May 20, 1861.
Joel Albert Bacon b. Nov. 1, 1842, d. July 17, 1851.
Gertrude Ruggles Bacon b. Aug. 8, 1848.
vii. Alice Preston Bacon b. May 15, 1851.
9371-2. i. Ida Bacon b. July 10, 1834, m. Dec 26, 1854. PhiUp
Richard Latham of Culpepper, Va., son of John Phillison Latham, and
Kitty his wife, of Culpepper): grad. at the University of Va. in 1850:
Prof of Mathematics, Columbian Coll., D. C. ( -1855) : Prof, in
Richraond Female CoU. (1855-7) : V. Prest. Female Coll., Tuscaloosa,
Ala (1858-60) : Asst. Prin. Fauquier Female Institute at Warrenton,
Va; (1860-2). He d. in 1862. She m. in 186- Rev. Henry William
Dodge pastor of Baptist church in Lynchburgh, Va. Since 1867, they
have resided at UppervUle, Fauquier Co., Va.

9373-

4. U,

9376.

iii.

9376.

iv.

9377.

V.

9378.

vi.

9379.

VU,

524 Descendants of Adino Strong of Woodbury, Ct, Son of
[9th Gen.J Children :
By first husband :
g380. i. Florence Latham b. Oct 8, 1856.
0381. ii. Josephine Bacon Latham b. July 29, 1868.
9382. iii. Richard Philip Latham b. Nov. 24, 1861, d. AprU, 1862.
By second husband :
9388. iv. Clarence Porter Dodge b. March, 1867.

[8th Gen.J
9373-4. u. Josephine Bacon b. Feb. 28, 1837, m. Dec. 24, 1866,
Luther Rice Spilman b. Feb. 18, 1824 (son of Conway and Nancy Spil
man of Culpepper Co., Va.), a lawyer in Richmond, Va. Children :
9384. 1. Ida Spilman b. Oct 6, 1867.
9385. 2. Arthur Ruggles Spilman b. Aug. 21, 1869.

[6th Gen.J
9206-7. vU. Salmon Strong (son of Capt. Benajah Strong and Jane
Cochrane) b. Oct. 1772, m. 1796, Elizabeth Jagger b. May 31, 1778 : a
farmer at Lansing, Tompkins Co., N. Y. He d. AprU 16, 1837 : she d.
June 10, 1842. He was a freemason.
[7th Gen.J Children :
9386. i. Vincent Strong b. March 3, 1797, d. Nov. 30, 1836.
9387. u. Jane Strong b. Feb. 13, 1798, m. Origen Atwood of Ithaca,
N. Y., owner of a large foundry there : she d. Oct. 31,
1829.
9388. iU. Dea. William Jagger Strong b. Nov. 18, 1800.
9389. iv. Mehitable Strong b. Jan. 13,1803, d. soon.
9390. V. Hulbert Strong b. March 24, 1804.
9391. vi. Mehitable Strong (2d)b. Nov. 16, 1805, m Dr. David W.
Roberts, a physician at Morgantown, Va. : she d. Aug.
1846. ChUdren :
9392. 1. Jane Roberts m. Lynn Herbert, a teacher at New Salem,
Pa., and afterwards a merchant there.
9393. 2. Quincy Roberts. > 9394. 3. Caroline Roberts.
93g5- 6. vii. Harriet Strong b. Dec. 10, 1807, m. Fox Holden.
9397. viii. Salmon Strong b. Feb. 10, 1810: a farraer at Beech
Creek, Pa. : unmarried.
9398- 9. ix. Eliza Strong b. April 26, 1813, m. Stillman Keyes, a
merchant at Beech Creek, Pa.
9400- 1. X. Lafanny Strong b. April 17, 1815, m. Judge WiUiam
Parsons of Lock Haven, Pa.
9402- 3. xi. Almira Strong b. Sept. 28, 1817, m. William Egbert of
Elmira, N. Y.
9404- 5. xii. Dr. Erwin Hildreth Strong b. March 10, 1819.

Thomas Strong, Son of Elder John, of Northampton. 525
9384-5. i. Vincent Strong b. March 3, 1797, m. Dirarais Ayres : a
farmer at Lansing, and afterwards at Lock Haven, Pa. They had one
child :
9406. 1. Warren Ayres : has a planing mill at Lock Haven, Pa.
[7th Gen.J
9386-7. u. Jane Strong b. Feb. 13, 1798, m. Origen Atwood of Ith
aca, N. Y. Owned a large foundry at Ithaca, N.Y. She d. Oct 31, 1829.
Children :
9407. 1. A son that d. soon.
9408- 9. 2. Jane Eliza Atwood, m. Rev. Orvis, a CampbelUte preacher
in Pa. She d. in 1870.
[7th Gen.J
9388-9. iu. Dea. William Jagger Strong b. Nov. 18,1800, m. Dec
4, 1826, Caroline Blodget b. Feb. 4, 1806 (dau. of Giles Blodget of Pitts
ford, Monroe Co , N. Y., and Bethiah Rich), a farraer at Aurora, III.,
since 1857, and previously at NapervUle, Du Page Co., III. (1834-67).
[8th Gen.J Children :
9410- 1. i. Giles Bramet Strong b. Oct. 26, 1827, in Lansing, Tomp
kins Co , N. Y.
9412. H. Betsey Ann Strong b. April 23, 1830, in Andover, Alle
ghany Cc, N- Y., d. Oct 12, 1858, whUe attending the
State Normal School at Bloomington, 111., aged 28-
9413- 4. iii. Sabra Caroline Strongb. Jan, 31,1832, in Andover, N.Y. ,
m. Mervin Tabor.
9415- 6. iv. Schuyler William Strong b. at Naperville, Oct. 22,1834,
m. Nov. 19, 1867, Annette Isbel (dau. of Chauncey and
Jane Isbel of Lenox, Mass.), a farmer in Fairfax, Iowa
(since 1866) : no children.
9417- 8, V. Charles Finney Strong b. Jan. 24, 1837, m. May 17,
1868, Lizzie Ballard of San Jose, Cal. : a dentist in his
earlier life, now an assayer in Virginia city, Nevada.
• They have one child :
Lula Maude Strong.
Marian Jane Strong b. Nov. 18, 1843, d. May 24, 1845.
Mary Ida Strong b. Aug. 1, 1849, d. Sept. 8, 1850.
9410-11. i. Giles Emmet Strong b. Oct 26, 1827, m. Oct 1, 1855,
Frances Maria Crane (dau. of David Crane of Naperville and Catharine
Stolp), a farmer in NapervUle, Du Page Co., Hi., on the old homestead
(since 1855). He spent 6 years in California (1849-55), going thither
with an ox-team, being 6 months on the way. Children :
9422. 1. Edward Strong b. Oct 20, 1856.
9423. 2. Wilbur Strong b. Dec. 1, 1859, d. Nov. 6, 1869.
9424. 3. Jeanette Strong b. Jan. 6, 1863.

9419.

1.

9420.

vi.

9421.

vii,

526 Descendants of Adino Strong of Woodbury, Ct, Son of
[8th Gen.J
9413-4. iii. SABRACAROLiNESTRONGb. Jan. 31, 1832, m.Nov. 1,1853,
Mervin Tabor b. April 30, 1827 (son of Isaac Manchester Tabor and
Mandana Howe of BUisburgh, N. Y.), " manager for the Pacific Coast of
the Globe Mutual Life Ins. Co., of New York, Branch office in San
Francisco." His family resides at Aurora, III. (since 1850). He was a
teacher for many years. Children :
9425. 1. Ida Jane Tabor b. in Aurora, June 4, 1855.
9426. 2. Frederic Strong Tabor b. March 20, 1858.

[7th Gen.J
9391-2. V. Hulbert Strong (son of Salmon Strong and Betsey Jag
ger) b. March 24, 1804, m. Oct 12, 1827, Hannah Salmon b. Sept 23,
1808, in Phelps, Cayuga Co., N, Y. (dau. of George Salmon, of Goshen,
Mass., and Jerusha Lyman) : a farmer in Fulton, Oswego Co., N. Y.
[A fuller statement of facts was sought here in vain.]
[8th Gen.J Children :
9427- 8, i. CoRiNTHEA Strong b. Aug. 6, 1829. m. Nathan Lewis, and
for 2d husband Lucian Bradley.
9429-30. ii. Augusta Strong b. Sept. 25, 1831, m. Lucian Bradford
Smith, Sept 1855.
9431. iii. Payson Strong b. Dec. 26, 1833.
9432. iv. Ann Strong b. Aug. 29, 1835, d. July 31, 1840.
9433- 4. V. Jane Strong b. Jan. 10, 1838, m. in 1858, James W.
Seymour.
9435. vi. BiRNEY Strong b. Oct. 3, 1841, d. Sept 13, 1847.
9436. vU. Mary Love Strong b. Dec. 10, 1843.
9437- 8. viU.CHEEVER P. Strong b. May 7, 1846, m. June 24, 1868,
Stella A. Streeter, of Quincy, III., where he resides.
g4.39^0. ix. Chalmers Birney Strong b. Feb. 12, 1848, m. in 1866,
Harriet Beecher, of Durant, Iowa.
9441. X. A.NNA Hannah Strong b. Aug. 26, 1850.
[7th Gen.J
9395-6. vii. Harriet Strong (dau. of Salmon Strong of Lansing,
N. Y., and Elizabeth Jagger) b. Dec 10, 1807, m. Jan. 10, 1828, Fox
Holden (son of John Holden of Lansing, N. Y.), a farmer at Greenwood,
Steuben Co , N. Y., and at Reading in same Co., and afterwards amerchant
for 26 years at Elmira, N.' Y. For some years past he has resided at
Watkins, Schuyler Co., N. Y.
[8th Gen.J Children :
9442- 3. i. Lavinia Almira Holden b. March 25, 1829, at Greenwood,
m. William Ranney Sturges of Cleveland, 0.
9444- 5. U. Omar Strong Holden b. Oct 19, 1831, at Greenwood.

Thomas Strong, Son of Elder John, of Northampton. 527
9446- 7. Ui. Hiram Leavenworth Holden b. May 21, 1833, at Starkey,
Yates Co., N. Y.
9448- 9. iv. Louisa Amelia Holden b. AprU 1, 1835, in St Catharine's,
Upper Canada, m. April 24, 1860, MarshaU Mortimer
Dent (son of Dr. Marmaduke Dent of Morgantown, W.
Va.), Editor of The Weekly Star, in Morgantown, and
county clerk there for several years. She resides with her
father at Watkins, N. Y. She was for two years Lady
Principal of the " Clinton Female Liberal Institute," at
CUnton, Oneida Co., N. Y. (1868-70). To her the
author is indebted for this account of the descendants of
Salmon Strong of Lansing. They have had one child :
.9450. 1. Alfred Barbour Dent
9451- 2. V. Isabella Holden b. Nov. 17, 1838, at Reading, N. Y., m.
Theophilus Lyman Griswold, of Greenfield, Mass.
9453- 4. vi. Delos Heman Holden b. April 6, 1840, at Reading. [Letters,
seeking for fuller details were unanswered.]
9442-3. i. Lavinia Almira Holden b. March 25, 1829, m. Jan. 1,
1844, William Ranney Sturges, a merchant at Cleveland, 0., and pre
viously at Elmira, N. Y. Children.
9455. 1. Frank Sturges 9467. 3. Thomas Beecher Sturges.
9456. 2. Dan Gleason Sturges. 9458. 4. Harriet Sturges
9459-60. 6. Ranney Julius Sturges and two others, names not given.

[8th Gen.J
9444-5. H. Omar Strong Holden b. Oct 19, 1831, m. Jan. 25,
1859, Mary E. Reed (dau. of James Reed, Esq., of Savannah, Ga.) a mer.
chant at Watkins, N. Y., and previously at Lock Haven, Pa,, and Quincy
III. He is a freemason. Children.
9461. 1. Hiram Holden. 9462. 2. Stanley Holden.
[8th Gen.J
9446-7. Hi. Hiram Leavenworth Holden b. May 21, 1833, m.
Sally Armstrong (dau. of Judge William Armstrong of Williamsport, Pa.) :
a banker in Williamsport, Pa., and formerly a wholesale grocer there. He
volunteered as an Union soldier in the first call for troops for 3 months
service. He owns a large oil refinery. Has had one child :
9463. 1. William Armstrong Holden.
[8th Gen.J
9451-2. V. Isabella Holden b. Nov. 17, 1838, m. Aug. 18, 1859,
Theophilus Lyman Griswold, grad. at Amherst Coll., in 1853 ; Prof, of
Mathematics in the University of Tennessee : Principal for several years
of the Union School at Danville, III., and Editor of a Republican paper

528 Descendants of Adino Strong of Woodbwry, Ct, Son of
there. He is now Principal of the Academy at Forestville, Chautauqua
Co., N. Y. Children :
9464. 1. Carl Griswold. 9467. 4. Delos Griswold d. in
9465. 2. Hiram Griswold. infancy.
9466. 3. WUliam Griswold.
[8th Gen.J
9453^. vi. Delos Heman Holden b. April 6, 1840, m. Oct 1865,
Anna Knight Beecher, step-daughter of Rev. James Beecher of Elmira,
nie Morse (dau. of a Mr. Morse and  Goodwin). He is a whole
sale grocer in Elmira, He was a Lt. Colonel in the 50th Engineer Corps
of New York in the late war. Children :
9468. 1. Leonard Thuriow 9469. 2. Harriet Holden.
Holden. 9470. 3. Delos Holden.
[7th Gen.J
9398-9. ix. Eliza Strong (dau. of Salraon Strong and Elizabeth
Jagger) b. April 26, 1813, m. Stillman Keyes : a merchant at Beech
Creek, Pa. Children :
9471. 1. Frances Keyes. 9474. 4. WUHam Keyes.
9472. 2. Charles Keyes. 9475. 6. Orlando Keyes.
9473. 3. Erwin Keyes. 9476. 6. Clara Keyes.
[7th Gen.J
9402-3. xi. Almira Strong (dau. of Salmon Strong and Elizabeth
Jagger) b. Sept. 28, 1817, ra. Sept 10, 1835, WUliam Mattison Egbert:
an architect in Elmira, N. Y., and for several years previously in Lansing,
N. Y. [8thGen.J Children:
A child that d. early.
Adelia Egbert who d. early.
Lt. Eugene Egbert b. in Lansing, AprU 17,1843. He
took a commission as Sergt Aug., 1862, in Co. K, 141st
N- Y. Regt. During the first year of his service he was
made First Lieut., and acted most of the time afterwards
as Capt. In the second year he was placed on General
Sherman's Staff, to which he belonged when he died, at
NashvUle, Tenn., Dec. 18, 1864
9480. ^ iv. Adel Egbert. [The facts stated here are all which could
be gathered after repeated efforts.]
[7th Gen.J
9404-5. xii. Erwin Hildreth Strong, M D. (son of Salmon Strong
and Betsey Jagger) b. March 10, 1819 : pursued his classical studies at
Alleghany Coll., Meadville, Pa,, and his medical at Philadelphia, Pa. : a

9477.

9478.

ii.

9479.

iii.

Thomas Strong, Son of Elder John, of Northampton. 529
practising physician at Wilmington, III. (since 1846). He m. Sept 11,
1844, Lucy Warner of Caledonia, Pa. Children :
9481. 1. Warner Strong b. Nov. 30, 1845.
9482. 2. CaroHne Strong b. Feb. 16, 1848.
9483. 3. Sarah Strong b. July 10, 1849.
9484. 4. Mary Strong b. March 14, 1851.
[6th Gen.J See page 514.
9209-10. ix. Anna Strong (dau. of Capt. Benajah Strong and Jane
Cochrane) b. April 12, 1778, m. Feb. 19, 1795, Daniel Bacon b. AprU
12, 1772 (son of Beriah Bacon of Norwich Landing, Ct., and Sarah Smith) :
a farmer at Lansing, Tompkins Co., N. Y. He d. Aug. 7, 1817 : she d.
March 4, 1843.
[7th Gen.J Children :
9485- 6. i. Jane Strong Bacon b. Nov. 19, 1795, m. Dr. Lemuel
Powers.
9487- 8. ii. Sarah Smith Bacon b. Sept. 17, 1797, m. Dr. Daniel
Johnson d. Aug. 12, 1866.
9489-90. in. George Bacon b. Dec 18, 1798.
9491- 2. iv. Phebe Bacon b. July 10, 1808, ra. Joshua Davis.
9493- 4. V. Daniel Lucius Bacon b. Jan. 17, 1815.
9485-6. i. Jane Strong Bacon b. Nov. 19, 1795, m. May 23, 1813,
Dr. Lemuel Powers b. July 10, 1789 (son of Rev. Lemuel Powers, Baptist
clergyman at Stillwater, N. Y., b. Aug. 1756, and d. June, 1800, and
Abigail Newland b. Feb. 1758, whom he ra. in 1776), a physician.
[8th Gen.J Children:
9495- 6. i. Volney Powers b. June 12, 1814.
9497- 8. H. Louisa Powers b. Sept. 15, 1815, m. Oct. 4, 1844, John
H. Fry, d. Jan. 1, 1859.
9499-00. iU. Julia Powers b. July 3, 1817, m. Jan. 1836, George F.
Dubois d. Sept. 26, 1843.
9501- 2. iv. Alonzo Powers b. Oct 17, 1820, a merchant, m. May 20,
1849, Mary Jane Hackathorne, d. Aug. 19, 1860.
9603. V. Abigail Ann Powers b. March 10, 1823, d. Aug. 29,
1835.
9504- 6. vi. Phebe Ann Powers b. Feb. 14, 1826, m. Feb. 1, 1844,
Philip Connell.
9506- 7. vU. Jane Powers b. Jan. 25, 1827, m. May 15, 1856, Emory
Fuller.
9508. viH.RoLLA Powers b. Jan. 28, 1829.
9509-10. ix. Mary Powers b. June 20, 1831, m. Dec. 30, 1859, William
L. Arnold d. July 27, 1864
9495-6. i. Volney Powers b. June 12, 1814, m. June 15, 1837,
Mary Ann Reems b. in Harrisburgh, Pa., Feb. 25, 1819 (dau. of Samuel
67

530 Descendants of Adino Strongof Woodbury, Ct., Son of
Reems b. in 1782, and d. in 1843, and Elizabeth Haines b. in 1800) : a
farmer in Plymouth, 0 , and since 1844, in New Washington, 0.,
[9th Gen.J Children :
9511- 2. i. Lemuel Frank Powers b. May 6, 1838, in Plymouth, 0.,
m. April 7, 1859, wife Lucinda Ellen b. AprU 27, 1841,
a farmer. He d. Nov. 8, 1867. They had 2 children :
9513. 1. Delia Powers b. Nov. 1, 1859.
9514. 2. Frank Powers b. May 13, 1861.
9615. U. Samuel Powers b. in Plymouth, Nov. 9, 1839, d. May 8,
9516- 7. iii. Elizabeth Powers b. March 30, 1842, in Plymouth, m.
Aug. 20, 1861, Benjamin Bloom b. 1830. He entered
the U. S. Army, He d. AprU 7, 1863, in Tennessee
9618. iv. Allen Powfers b. Oct 15, 1843, d. Dec. 14, 1843.
9619-20. V. Jeanie Adine Powers b. Dec. 19, 1844, in New Washington,
0., m. Dec. 27, 1869, Joseph Blackwood Hopkins b.
April 3, 1844, in Buffalo, a leather merchant in Buffalo.
9521- 2. vi. James Powers b. Sept. 7; 1846, m. June 11, 1868, Calista
Curtis b. Aug. 17, 1850, a farmer. They have one child :
9623. 1. Nelly Powers b. April 28, 1869.
9624. vii. Emmeline Powers b. Sept. 23, 1848, d. Oct. 3, 1848.
9526. viu. Amanda Powers b. Dec. 18, 1852,
9526. ix. George Powers b. Feb. 14, 1854, d. Aug. 6, 1854,
9527. X. Charles Powers b. June 1, 1856, d. July 20, 1856.
9628. xi. Almira Powers ") d. Oct. 5, 1856.
[ twins b. July 22, 1866.
9529. xU. Almeda Powers ) d. Oct 26, 1866.
9630. xiii. Joseph Powers b. Sept 7, 1867, d. March 10, 1863.
9531. xiv.RoLLA Powers b. Feb. 7, 1862. [The materials for amore
full detail of facts here were diligently sought, but in
vain.]
[7th Gen.]
9487-8. U. Sarah Smith Bacon (dau. of Daniel Bacon and Anna
Strong) b. Sept 17, 1797, m. AprU 23, 1820, Daniel Johnson," M.D., b.
Oct 1, 1795 (son of Dr. Rufus Johnson, of Canterbury, Ct and Hannah
Brayton) : a practising physician at Lansing, Mich. He d. Dec. 2, 1866 ;
she d. Aug. 12, 1866.
[8th Gen.J Children :
9632- 3. i. Daniel Bacon Johnson b. Feb. 15, 1821.
9534- 6. ii. Frances Phebe Johnson b. Sept. 20, 1823.
9532-3. i. Daniel Bacon Johnson b. Feb. 15, 1821, m. May 31,
1848, Cynthia Elmira Topping b. Dec. 1, 1825 (dau. of Danl. Topping, of
Montezuma, N. Y., and Betsey Atwood) : a farmer in Lansing, Mich.
[9th Gen.J Children :
9536. i. Sarah Helen Johnson b. Aug. 11, 1849.
9537. ii. Frank Brayton Johnson b. April 21, 1852.

Thomas Strong, Son of Elder John, of Northampton. 531
9538. iU. Charles Topping Johnson b. April 3, 1854.
9539. iv. Lucius Daniel Johnson b. Dec. 14, 1866.
9540. V. Herbert Ernest Johnson b. Aug. 27, 1858.

[8th Gen.J
9534-5. ii. Frances Phebe Johnson b. Sept 20, 1823, ra. Dec. 22,
1847, Hurlburt B. Shank, M.D., b. Nov. 31, 1820 (son of Isaac Shank,
of Springport, N. Y., farmer, and Rachel Rogers) : grad. at Geneva
Med. CoU., N. Y., in 1846, and since 1848, has been a practising physician
in Lansing, Mich. : Prest. of Board ofControl of the Reform School of Mich.
(1858-60) : member of the Mich. Legislature (1861-2) : Surgeon of the
8th Mich. Vol. Infantry (1863) ; and Surgeon of the Board of Enrolment
of Third Dist, Mich. (1863-66).
[9th Gen.J Children :
9541. i. Rush Jesse Shank b. Dec 15, 1848.
9542. U. Charles Bacon Shank b. Aug. 29, 1850, d. Feb. 26, 1855.
9543. iii. Ann Shank b. Jan. 10, 1854
9544. iv. Robert B. Shank b. June 4, 1856.
9646. V. Edward Shank b. Nov. 24, 1860.
[7th Gen.J
9489-90. iii. George Bacon (son of Daniel Bacon and Anna Strong),
h. Dec 18, 1798, m June 25, 1820, Margaret Hargin b. Dec 17, 1801
(dau. of Mark Hargin and Mary Simpson) : farmer in Genoa, Cayuga Co.,
N. Y., where he still (1870) resides. She d. Oct 13, 1825.
[8th Gen.J Children :
9546- 7. i. Daniel Mark Bacon b. May 13, 1821, m. Matilda Lester,
as on previous page, where see account of his family.
9548. H. William S. Hargin Bacon b. Nov. 10, 1823, d. Aug. 5,
1824.
9549-50." iii. George Smith Bacon b. Sept. 8, 1824.
9549-50. iii. George Smith Bacon b. Sept 8, 1824, m. May 24, 1860,
Mrs. CaroUne Murphy. He was grad. at Columbian Coll., Washington,
D. C. : a lawyer at Magnolia, Iowa. He entered the U. S. Army with
the commission of Lieut, in the 29th Iowa Regt of Vols. ; was made
captain. He had his left eye shot out in battle and was taken prisoner
April, 1864, during Gen. Banks Red River expedition and remained
such until May, 1865. He has been twice elected treasurer of Harrison
Co., Iowa. Has had 4 chUdren.
[6th Gen.J
9491-2. iv. Phebe Bacon b. July 10, 1808 (dau. of Daniel Bacon
and Anna Strong), m. Feb. 5, 1829, Joshua Davis b. Nov. 16, 1805 (son

532 Descendants of Adino Strong of Woodbury, Ct, Son of
of Samuel Davis of Lansing, N. Y., and Margaret Brown), a farmer at
Lansing, N. Y. He d. June 2, 1868.
[7th Gen.J Children:
9551. i. Anna Davis b. Feb. 2, 1830, d. Dec 15, 1831.
9552- 3. U. Margaret Davis b. Dec. 10, 1831, m. Jan. 6, 1858, Nich
olas Allen b. March 20, 1823 (son of Ebenezer Allen
and Jemima Townley) : a farmer at Lansing : one child :
9554. 1. Effa AdeU Allen b. Nov. 11, 1858.
9565- 6. iU. Joshua Bacon Davis b. Nov. 4, 1833, m. Nov. 28, 1865,
Anna Margaret King (dau. of Edward King of Genoa,
N. Y., and Chary Sammis) : a farmer at Lansing, N. Y.
No children.
9657. iv. Sarah Davis b. Sept. 24, 1837.

[7th Gen.J
9493^. V. Daniel Lucius Bacon (son of Daniel Bacon and Anna
Strong) b. Jan. 17, 1815, m. Jan. 17, 1837, Mariette Bowne b. May 2,
1816 (dau. of George Bowne and Elizabeth Townley) : a farmer at Lan
sing, Tompkins Co., N. Y. She d. June 14, 1868.
[8th Gen.J Children:
9568- 9. i. Charles Henry Bacon b. Oct 5, 1841, m. June 25, 1863,
Ella Brown b. Feb. 15, 1841 (dau. of Benoni Brown of
Groton, N. Y., and Hannah Townley) : a farmer at Lan
sing, N. Y. One child :
9660. 1. Glenn Lucius Bacon b. Dec 6, 1864.
9561. ii. George Daniel Bacon b. July 22, 1843, d. while a mem
ber of Union Coll. at Schenectady, N. Y., Dec 16, 1868,
of consumption.

[6th Gen.J See page 514.
9210-11. X. Simeon Prime Strong (son of Benajah Strong and Jane
Cochrane) b. in 1774, m. March 7, 1799, Phebe Goodwin (dau. of WUHam
Goodwin of L. I., and Kuth  his wife) : a farmer in Lansing,
Cayuga Co.,N. Y., where he d. Oct. 14, 1841.
[7th Gen.J Children :
9562. i. Jane Strong b. Aug. 1, 1800, m. Rev. Dana Fox, d. Aug.
12, 1861.
9563- 4 H. Simeon Goodwin Strong b. July 8, 1807, d. Nov. 4, 1857.
9565- 6. Ui. William Edward Strong b. March 18, 1809.
9567- 8. iv. Phebe Strong b. Aug. 9, 1811, m. in 1830, Charles Crook
Egan, an attorney in New York. She d. March 9, 1838.
9569- 70. V. Marvin Strong b. Dec. 20, 1813, m. Dec 28, 1840, Char
lotte Gregory (dau. of Sherman Gregory of WUton, Ct) :
lives in Detroit.

Thomas Strong, Son of Elder John, of Northampton. 533
9671- 2. vi. Caroline Strong b. May 15, 1817, m. Dec. 31, 1840, Rev.
John Wesley Pratt (son of John and Sarah Pratt of
Macedon, N. Y.), a Methodist minister at -LansingviUe,
N. Y. No chUdren.
9561-2. i. Jane Strong b. Aug. 1, 1800, m. in 1824, Rev. Dana Fox
(son of Moses Fox) : a Methodist minister at Highlands, Kansas. She
d. in Highlands, Kansas, Aug. 12, 1861.
[8th Gen.J Children:
9573- 4. i. Sophronia Foxm. A. C. Nichols, aphotographer at Leaven
worth, Kansas.
9676. ii. Dana Fox, a merchant at LansingviUe, and, after 1859, a
farmer at Highlands, Kansas : killed when sick and
alone in his cabin by some unknown assassin.
9676. iii. George Fox, a farmer at Highland's, Kansas.
9577. iv. Charles Egan Fox, a farmer at Highlands, Kansas.
9578. V. Simeon M. Fox, a bookseller at Manhattan, Kansas.
[7th Gen.J
9663-4. U. Simeon Goodwin Strong b. July 8, 1807, m. 1827,
Frances Baker (dau. of Palmer Baker of Lansing and Susan, his wife) : a
merchant in Parma, Mich. He d. Nov. 4, 1857. Children :
9579. 1. Rasselas O. Strong.
9580. 2. Jay Strong keeps a carpet store at St Paul, Minn.
[7th Gen.J
9565-6. iii. William Edward Strong (son of Simeon and Phebe
Strong) b. March 18, 1809, m. Harriet Egan (dau. of WUliam Egan of
Johnstown, N. Y., and SteUa, his wife) : a farmer at Parma, Mich., and
local preacher. Children :
9581- 2. 1. A dau. (name unknown), who m. Daniel Upton, an insu
rance broker at Jackson, Mich.
9583- 4. 2. A dau. (name unknown), whom. WUliam Davoux : a farmer
at Highlands, Kansas.
[5th Gen.J See page 507.
9063-4. vii. Adino Strong- (son of Adino Strong, Jr., and Deborah
Prime) b. April 5, 1750, m. May 17, 1779, Anna Scott : a Revolutionary
soldier. [6th Gen.J Children.:
Nehemiah Strong b. Feb. 27, 1780.
Annis Strong b. Aug. 19, 1782.
Betsey Strong b. July 7, 1784.
Truman Strong b. May 20, 1786.
Nancy Strong bp. Oct 7, 1788.
Agnes Strong b. Aug. 19, 1790.

9585.

i.

9586.

ii.

9587.

iii.

9688.

iv.

9589.

V.

9590.

vi.

534 Descendants of Adino Strong of Woodbury, Ct, Sonof
9691. vU. Sheldon Strong b. March 23, 1794, d. in 1796.
9592. viU. Harriet Strong b. Oct. 21, 1796.
9693. ix. 'Cynthia Strong b. March 7, 1799.
9594. X. Sheldon Strong bp. Oct 24, 1802.
[4th Gen.] See page 491.
8788-9. iv. Preserved Strong (son of Adino, Sr., of Woodbury) b.
Sept. 8, 1712, m. July 26, 1749, Esther Stoddard b. Oct 11, 1716 (dau.
of Rev. Anthony Stoddard of Woodbury, Ct., and Mary Sherman).
[Rev. Anthony Stoddard was b. Aug. 9, 1678, and was the son of Rev.
Solomon Stoddard of Northampton (b. Oct 4, 1643, in Boston and d. Feb.
11, 1729, set 86), one of the greatest men ever produced in New England,
and Mrs. Esther Mather, widow of Rev. Eleazar Mather, his predecessor at
Northampton and originally Esther Warham daughter of Rev. John War
ham of Windsor, Ct Rev. Solomon Stoddard and Esther Warham had 12
children, one of whom Esther (b. June 2, 1672 and d. Jan. 19, 1771), m.
Nov. 6, 1694, Rev. Timothy Edwards of East Windsor, who were the pa
rents of 11 children one of whom, the only son among them all, was the dis
tinguished Jonathan Edwards. Col. John Stoddard (b. Feb. 17, 1682, d.
June 19, 1748), a lawyer and Chief Justice of the Court of Common
Pleas, at Northampton, was one of the children of Rev. Solomon Stoddard,
and a man of very superior talents. Rebecca Stoddard, daughter of Rev.
Solomon Stoddard (b. in 1686, and d. Jan. 1766), m. Major Joseph Haw
ley, also very distinguished in his day. Rev. Anthony Stoddard was grad.
at Harvard in 1697, and settled at Woodbury, Ct. (May 27, 1702) where
he preached for 58 years until his death Sept. 6, 1760. He m. Oct. 20,
1700, Prudence Wells of Wethersfield, Ct., dau. of Capt Robert Wells,
and Elizabeth Goodrich, who d. May, 1714, and he m. for 2d wife, Jan.
31, 1716, Mary Sherman, who d. Jan. 12, 1720. The parents of Rev.
Solomon Stoddard, of Northampton, the father of Rev. Anthony Stoddard
of Woodbury, Ct, were Anthony Stoddard, who emigrated from England
to Boston about 1639, and who was a representative to the General court
for 20 successive years (1666-1684), and Mary Downing daughter of
Hon. Emanuel Downing of Salem, Mass., and sister of Lord George Down
ing.] Preserved Strong was a farmer in Woodbury, Ct. For account of
the Sherman Family, see Cothren's WoodjDury, pp. 679 and 88.
[5th Gen.J Children :
9595. i. Solomon Strong b. April 13, 1751, d. unmarried Dec. 4,
1831, at Woodbury, leaving his property to his nephew
Seth Strong.
9596- 7. ii- Lieut. John Strong b. Nov. 10, 1752, d. April 19, 1843.
9698- 9. iH. Uriel Strong b. Sept 10, 1754, d. Jan. 15, 1819.
9600- 1. iv. Anthony Strong b. Dec 9, 1757, d. Jan. 28, 1829.
9602- 3. V. Esther Strong b. April 16, 1761, m. John 'Trowbridge of
Roxbury, Ct.

Thomas Strong, Son of Elder John, of Northampton: 535
9596-7. ii. Lieut. John Strong b. Nov. 10, 1752, m. May 29,
1783, Sarah Walker (a descendant of Rev. Zechariah Walker of Wood
bury where he d. Jan. 20, 1699-1700, aged 73, son of Robert Walker of
Boston) : a farmer at Woodbury. He was a Revolutionary soldier.
Going out one day to view the position of the enemy he found La Fayette
on the same errand there before him. When wishing to retire, they found
themselves cut off by some British soldiers from their camp, and they
could escape only by fording a creek. Lt. Strong being larger and
stronger than his companion, took La Fayette on his shoulders across the
stream. He was several times a member of the Conn. Legislature (1803-
8-9-12). He d. April 19, 1843 : she d. March 31, 1818.
[6th Gen.J Children:
9604- 5. i. Fanny Strong b. Nov. 11, 1784, m. Elijah Sherman, Jr.
9606- 7. ii. Hon. John Strong, Jr., b. Dec. 31, 1786, d. Nov. 1, 1834.
9604r-5. i. Fanny Strong b. Nov. 11, 1784, m. Oct 14, 1806, Elijah
Sherman, Jr., b. April 23, 1783 (son of Elijah Sherman of Woodbury
and Nanny Northrop), a resident of Woodbury, Ct. : she d. Aug. 19,
1848, and he m. for 2d wife Polly Beard Camp Jan. 1, 1850.
[7th Gen.J Children :
9608- 9. i. Catharine Sherraan b. May 24, 1807, m. Sept. 5, 1838,
William C. Cogswell, and had 2 children :
9610. 1. Mary A. Cogswell. 9611. 2. F. IsabeUa CogsweU.
9611. ii. Margaret S. Sherman b. April 28, 1816, m. May 24,
1837, John McKenney b. Sept. 8, 1812 (son of a Mr.
McKenney, of Manchester, Ct.). He d. at Woodbury,
Feb. 5, 1845. Children :
9612. 1. Amelia W. McKenney. 9613. 2. Henry S. McKenney.
[6th Gen.J
9606-7. u. Hon. John Strong (son of Lieut. John Strong and Sarah
Walker) b. Dec 31, 1786, m. June, 1810, Flora Preston b. July 17, 1786
(dau. of Jehiel Preston, of Woodbury and Anna TerriU) : grad. at Yale
in 1806, admitted to the Litchfield Co. bar in 1808 : a lawyer in Wood
bury, Ct, judge of probate (1816, 17, 34), and member of the legislature
(1813, 25, and 26). He d. Nov. 1, 1834. His widow resides stiU at
Woodbury (1869). He was a man of superior attributes and attainments
mentally and morally.
[7th Gen.J Children :
9614- 5. i. Julia Fanny Strong b. Feb. 1812.
9616- 7. ii. Charles Preston Strong b. April 16, 1814.
9618. iU. Horace Walker Strong b. in 1817, d. April 17, 1841,
unmarried.

536 Descendants of Adino Strong of Woodbury, Ct, Son of
9619-20. iv. Emily Maria Strong b. Oct 1, 1819, m. Bennett A. Sher
man.
9621- 2. V. John Edward Strong b. in 1822.
9623. vi. William Strong b. Aug. 1826 : a farmer in Woodbury,
unmarried.
9624. vii. Walter Strong b. Aug. 1833, d. April 14, 1834.
9614-5. i. Julia Fanny Strong b. Feb. 1812, m. Jan. 27, 1835,
Daniel Curtiss b. Nov. 1801 (son of David Stiles Curtiss, of Woodbury,
and Sibylla Huntington), resides at Woodbury : a woolen manufacturer.
[8th Gen.J Children :
9626- 6. i. Walter Strong Curtiss b. April, 1836 : a woolen manu
facturer at Woodbury.
9627. ii. Emily Amelia Curtiss b. 1838 : resides unmarried at
Woodbury.
.9628. iu. Ellen Curtiss b. in 1840.
9629-30. iv. Horace Daniel Curtiss b. July, 1841 : a woolen manufac
turer at Woodbury.
9631- 2. V. Cordelia Curtiss b. March, 1843, m. George White.
9633. vi. Edward John Curtiss b. Jan. 1845, a woolen manufac
turer at Woodbury.
9644. vU. Francis Curtiss b. iu 1848. .
9645. vHi. Elizabeth Curtiss b. in 1850.
9625-6. i. Walter Strong Curtiss b. AprU, 1836, m. Dec. 1866,
Eunice Eliza Barnes b. Sept. 1840 (dau. of Phineas Barnes and Eliza
Averill of South Britain, Ct) a woolen manufacturer at Woodbury, Ct.,
A child. 1. Daniel AveriU Curtiss b. Aug. 1867.
9629-30. iv. Horace Daniel Curtiss b. July 1841, m. Oct. 6, 1868,
Harriet Atwater b. in 1832 (dau. of Ira B. Atwater of New Haven Ct.):
a woolen manufacturer at Woodbury, Ct
/
9631-2. V. Cordelia Curtiss b. March, 1843, m. Sept. 1867, George
White (son of George White of Brooklyn) a resident in Brooklyn. A
child :
9646. 1. Flora Cordelia White b. Aug. 1868.
[7th Gen.J
9616-7. U. Charles Preston Strong (son of Hon. John Strong and
Flora Preston), b. April 16, 1814, m. May 4, 1842, Elizabeth Ann Pres
ton b. Nov. 9, 1821 (dau. of James Preston of Woodbury and Eliza Beers
dau. of Lewis Beers), a resident of Woodbury. ChUdren :
9647. 1. Charies Edward Strong b. April 3, 1843, a farmer in
Woodbury, unmarried.

Thomas Strong, Son of Elder JoJm, of Northampton. 537
9648. 2. James Preston Strong b. Feb. 3, 1846, a salesman in New
Haven, Ct To him I am indebted for most of the facts
here stated concerning his father's family.
[7th Gen.J
9619-20. iv. Emily Maria Strong (dau. of Hon. John Strong and
Flora Preston) b. Oct. 1, 1819, m. June 7, 1852, Bennett Aaron Sherman
b. Sept. 8, 1817 (son of Aaron Sherman of Woodbury and Anna Curtiss)
a resident of Woodbury.
[8th Gen.J Children :
9649. i. Flora Sherman b. in 1853, d. in 1867.
9650. U. John Strong Sherman b. April, 1855.
9651. iU. Roger Sherman b. in 1857.
[7th Gen.J
9621-2. V. John Edward Strong (son of Hon. John Strong of
Woodbury and Flora Preston), b. in 1822, m. June 8, 1862, Sarah Olcott,
b. July 22, 1827) dau. of Thomas Olcott, Jr., of Woodbury, and Olive
Minor), a resident of Cleveland, 0. (1864-66). He d. in 1866. His
widow resides in Flint, Mich. Child :
9662. 1. Margaret Olcott b. in 1864. [Jehiel Preston, father of
Mrs. Flora (Preston) Strongb. Feb. 15, 1761, and d.
Oct. 29, 1847, was son of Jehiel Preston of Woodbury
and Betterus Mitchell. For a full account of the line
age of the family see Cothren's Woodbury, pp. 662-6.]
[5th Gen.J
9698-9. iii. Uriel Strong (son of Preserved Strong and Esther
Stoddard) b. Sept 10, 1754, ra. in 179- Phebe Minor b. Dec. 25, 1767
(dau. of Seth Minor of Woodbury and Eunice Root) : afarmer in Wood
bury. She d. of consuraption, Dec 30, 1826, of which he also died
Jan. 15, 1819. She was noted for her piety, and they both died rejoic
ing in their faith in Christ He was a Revolutionary soldier.
[6th Gen.J Children :
9653- 4. i. Stoddard Strong b. May 10, 1792.
9655- 6. ii. Asahel Strong b. AprU 4, 1794.
9657- 8. iH. Cyrus Strong b. Nov. 18, 1796.
aaan' \ twin sons, b. and d. Sept 24, 1798.
9661- 2. vi. Esther Strong b. Nov. 15, 1799, m. Leverett HUl.
9663- 4. vU. Hon. Solomon Strong b. AprU 4, 1802, m. April 14,
1830, Eliza Summers b. May 1801 (dau. of William
Summers of Woodbury, ancf" Joanna Baird) : a farmer
in Woodbury: no issue: a member of the Conn, legis
lature, ill 1853. 68

538 Descendants of Adino Strong of Woodbury, Ct, Son of
9665- 6. viu. Eunice Strong b. Dec 1, 1804, m. Abel Benedict.
9667. ix. Isaac Strong b. Nov. 20, 1806, m. May 22, 1865, widow
Maria Summers, Ti^e Upson, b. Nov. 19, 1813 (dau. of
Dea. Daniel Upson of Waterbury, and widow of David
Summers of Woodbury) : a farraer at Woodbury.
9668- 9. X. Seth Strong b. July 31, 1809.
9653-4. i. Stoddard Strong b. May 10, 1792, m. Nov. 1817, Jean
ette MaUory b. April 10, 1795 (dau. of Walker Mallory of Woodbury,
and Martha Minor) : a farmer in Woodbury. She d. Nov. 8, 1860.
[7th Gen.J Children:
9670-1. i. Bennett Uriel Strongb. AprU 21, 1819, m. May 19, 1847,
Mary Hawkins Green b. Oct. 22, 1818 (dan. of James
Green of Woodbury, and Althaea Hawkins); keeps a
hotel at Spring Green, Wis. : no chUdren : has adopted two:
9672. 1. Ella Cornell Strong.
9673. 2. William ("Willie") Strong.
9674- 6. ii. Martha Jeanette Strong b. Nov. 13, 1821, m. Jan. 25,
1850, Benjamin Stiles Curtiss b. July 23, 1822 (son of
Charles Ransom Curtiss of Southbury, Ct, and Jeanette
Stiles) : a machinist at Woodbury. Children :
9676. 1. Charies Strong Curtiss b. March 23, 1856.
9677. 2. Jeanie Waterbury Curtiss, b. Aug. 12, 1861.
9678. 3. Benjamin Lincoln Curtiss b. March 8, 1867.
[6th Gen.J
9655-6. ii. Asahel Strong (son of Uriel Strong and Phebe Minor)
b. April 4, 1794, m. AprU 15, 1818, Elizabeth ("Betsey") Mallory b.
Oct. 28, 1792 (dau. of Walker Mallory of Woodbury and Martha Minor) ;
a teacher in Woodbury. He began a collegiate course of study at Mid
dlebury College, which on account of ill health he had to abandon. He
d- Sept 18, 1831, in N. J. She d. Oct 26, 1825. Child:
9679. i. Sophia B. Strong b. AprU 27, 1819, m. Oct 8, 1839, Rev.
Austin Isham of Hartford, Ct., b. Oct. 25, 1813 : grad.
. at Yale in 1836, and at the Yale Theol. Sem., in 1839,
settled at Roxbury, Ct,, for twenty -five years (June,
1839-1864). He resides stUl at Roxbury.
[8th Gen.J Children:
9680. 1. Chester A. Ishara b. Nov. 4, 1840, m. May 13, 1869,
Austin Hickox of Washington, Ct, a farmer at Koxburv.
9682. 2. Elizabeth Bacon Isham b. May 16, 1842, m. Nov. 6,
1860, Sherman Hartwell, a resident at Washington, Ct,
They have two children :
9684. (1.) Walter Isham Hartwell b. Sept 7, 1862.
9685. (2.) Daniel Sherman Hartwell b. March 23, 1865
9686. 3. Charles Perry Marks Isham b. July 11, 1844, *d. of
croup March 3, 1846.

Thomas Strong, Son of Elder John, of Northampton. 539
9687- 8. 4. Sarah Bacon Isham b. Dec. 10, 1849, m. July 20, 1869
Joseph S. G. Coit (son of Samuel Coit of Hartford) a
resident of Bethlehem, Ct., in the old homestead of Rev.
Dr. Bellamy.
9689. 5. Catharine (" Kate") Marks Isham b. Aug. 28, 1866.
[6th Gen.J
9657-8. iii. (-yrus Strong (son of Uriel Strong and Phebe Minor)
b. Nov. 18, 1796, m. Nov. 17, 1819, Mary Ann BurrUl b. Sept. 11,
1799 (dau. of a Mr. Burrill of New Haven, Ct., and Sarah Harrison) : she
d. AprU 27, 1820, and he m. July 28, 1823, Susan Ann Curtiss b. June
20, 1802 (dau. of Thomas Curtiss of Woodbury and Lorena Hinman) : a
farmer in Southbury, Ct (1823-7), and since 1827, at Wakeman, 0.
No issue by the first marriage.
[7th Gen.J Children:
9690- 1. i. Mary Ann Strong b. Feb. 24, 1824, m. Nicholas J. West-
fall.
9692- 3. H. Susan Jane Strong b. May 29, 1825, m. Timothy L.
Harrison.
9694. iH. Esther Maria Strong b. Sept, 6, 1826, d. Feb. 21, 1828.
9695- 6. iv. Frederic Cyrus Strong b. April 14, 1828.
9697- 8. V. Thomas Jerome Strong b. Jan. 1, 1830.
9699-00. vi. Sarah Frances Strong b. Sept. 22, 1832, m. Rev. Horace
H. Hinman.
9701- 2. vU. Harriet Curtiss Strong b. Aug. 25, 1833, m. Watson H.
^ Cunningham.
9703- 4. viii. John Owen Strong b. Jan. 28, 1835.
9705- 6. ix. Martha Elizabeth Strong b. Aug. 11, 1836, m. Seth H.
Todd.
9707. X. Henry CorneHus Strong b. Aug. 29, 1838, d. Dec. 14,
1858.
9708. xi. Cornelia Adelaide Strong b. May 24, 1841.
9709-10. XU. Benjamin Talmadge Strongb. April 10, 1848.
9711. xiii. Lorena Strong b. July 21, 1845, d. Aug. 25, 1845.
9690-1. i. Mary Ann Strong b. Feb. 24, 1824, m. Jan. 1, 1845,
Nicholas John Westfall b. Feb. 5, 1817 (son of Henry Christian West-
fall of Townsend, 0., and Tamar Milliman) : a carpenter in Wakeman, 0.
[8th Gen.J Children:
9712. i. Emily Maria Westfall b. July 25, 1847.
9713. U. George WaUace Westfall b. Aug. 22, 1849.
9714 iii. Cora Ann WestfaU b. Aug. 13, 1855.
9716. iv. Frank Lincoln Westfall b. Nov. 1, 1857.
[7th Gen.J
9692-3. u. Susan Jane Strong (dau. of Cyrus Strong and Susan
Ann Curtiss) b. May 29, 1825, m. Jan, 25, 1865, Timothy Skeels Harri-

540 Descendants of Adino Strongof Woodbury, Ct, Son of
son b. Dec. 10, 1815 (son of a Mr. Harrison, of Benson, Vt and Polly
Skeels) : a mechanic in Fort Wayne, Ind. She d. March 2, 1858, in
Norwalk, 0. Children :
9716. 1. Jarvy Curtiss Harrison b. July 13, 1856.
9717. 2. AHda Jane Harrison b. Feb. 21, 1858, d. March 27, 1858.
[7th Gen.J
9695-6. iv. Frederic Cyrus Strong b. AprU 14, 1828, m. April
20, 1867, Marian Freeman, of Toledo, 0. (dau. of Jarvis Freeman and
Lavinia Percy : a farmer. Children :
9718. 1. Charies Frederic Strong b. April 10, 1858.
9719. 2. Harriet Lavinia Strong b. Aug. 20, 1862.
[7th Gen.J
9697-8. V. Thomas Jerome Strong b. Jan. 1, 1830, m. Nov. 22,
1855, Sarah Jane Kenyon b. April 15, 1836 (dau. of Elijah Kenyon, of
Camden, 0., and Mary Maria  his wife): a farmer at Monterey,
Mich., no children :

9699-00. vi. Sarah Frances Strong b. Sept. 22, 1832, m. Oct. 24,
1860, Rev. Horace Hannibal Hinman, M.D., b. May 2, 1822, in Bethany,
Ct. (son of Jesse Hinman, of Oxford, Ct. and Susan Warren). She was
a missionary for 3yearsatRed Lake, Minn. Hereceived his medical de
gree from WiUoughby Med. Coll., Ohio, in 1846 : a missionary to Africa
(from Nov. 30, 1860, to Jan. 1, 1866). He returned to this country,
and preached in Baraboo, Wis., from Dec. 8, 1867, to March 15, 1869,
since which time he has been at Ironton, Wis. ChUdren :
9720. 1. Susan Fidelity Hinman b. Nov. 12, 1867.
9721. 2. George Warren Hinman b. Feb. 22, 1869.
[7th Gen.J
9701-2. vii. Harriet Curtiss Strong b. Aug. 26, 1833, m. Aug.
30, 1863, Watson Henry Cunningham b. July 14, 1832 (son of Alvah
Cunningham, of Delafield, Wis. and Nerissa Johnson) : a mechanic at
Galesburgh, HI. Child :
9722. 1. Charies Cunningham b. Sept. 10, 1854, in Wakeman, 0.,
and d. in Norwalk, 0., Feb. 10, 1858.
[7th Gen.J
9703-4. vUi. John Owen Strong b. Jan. 28, 1835, m. Dec 7, 1866,
Mary Isabella Norman b. Sept 27, 1844 (son of Chester Norman of Fond

Thomas Strong, Son of Elder John, of Northampton. 541
du Lac, Wis., and Mary Thompson) : a farmer at Wakeman, 0. ChUd
ren :
9723. 1. Frances Isabella Strong b. Jan. 21, 1867.
9724. 2. Lola Elizabeth Strong b. Dec. 5, 1868.
[7th Gen.J
9705-6. ix. Martha Elizabeth Strong b. Aug. 11, 1836, m. March
18, 1860, Seth Henry Todd b; Nov. 22, 1833 (son of Isaac Todd of Wake
man, 0., and Fanny Booth) : a farmer in Wakeman, 0.
[8th Gen.J Children :
9725. i. Elva Lorena Todd b. Feb. 21, 1861.
9726. ii- Jenny Delight Todd b. July 18, 1864.
9727. Hi. Charles Henry Todd b. April 13, 1866.
9728. iv. ALBERTBennett Todd b. AprU 11, 1868.
[7th Gen.J
9709-10. xU. Benjamin Talmadge Strong b. AprU 10, 1843, m.
Sept. 24, 1867, Mary Ann Camp b. June 21, 1846 (dau. of Garwood
Camp of Wakeman, 0., and Lydia Carey) : a farmer in Wakeman, 0.
They had an infant daughter b. Sept. 24, 1868, d. Sept. 29, 1868.
[6th Gen.J
9661-2. vi. Esther Strong (dau. of Uriel and Phebe Strong) b. Nov.
15, 1799, m. March 25, 1829, Dea. Leverett Hill b. in Southbury,
Ct, March 16, 1798 (son of Isaac Hill and Elizabeth Ann Bunnell) : a
farmer at Wakeman, 0. (1829-1851), where he d. Oct i, 1851, of dys-
sentery. He was a deacon in the Cong. Ch. His widow has resided
since 1856, at Tabor, Iowa. She had 4 sons in the Union army. Their
names and the facts of their history could not be obtained.
[6th Gen.J
9665-6. viii. Eunice Strong (dau. of Uriel Strong and Phebe Minor)
b. Dec 1, 1804, m. June 6, 1826, Abel Benedict b. Dec 14, 1800 (son
of John Benedict of Danbury and Lydia Peck, dau. of Dr. Chas. Peck) :
a farmer at Woodbury, Ct., since 1824, except 6 years (1830-6) spent in
Danbury. [From No. 9690 to No. 9728, below, a repetition of previous numbers occurs by
mistake.] [7th Gen.J Children :
*9690-l. i. Henry Strong Benedict b. Oct 7, 1828.
*9692-3. u. Charles Peck Benedict b. in Danbury, Jan. 27, 1832.
*9694. iU. Esther Sophie Benedict b. Aug. 7, 1835, resides un
married at Woodbury, Ct.
*9695. iv, Edward Harrison Benedict b. Jan. 20, 1840 : a produce
dealer in Woodbury.
*9696. V. Julia Eliza Benedict b. Sept. 28, 1844 : resides unmarried
at Woodbury.

542 Descendants of Adino Strong of Woodbury, Ct, Son qf
*9690-l. i. Henry Strong Benedict b.Oct 7, 1828, m.Oct 7, 1856,
Elvira Lines b. Feb. 10, 1832 (dau. of Sherman Lines of Plymouth, Ct.,
and Harriet French) : a machinist at Bridgeport Children :
*9697. 1. Charies Lines Benedict b. Feb. 24, 1856, d. Oet 6, 1858,
aged 2.
*9698. 2. Harriet Eunice Benedict b. Nov. 29, 1862.

[7th Gen.J
9692-3. ii. Charles Peck Benedict b. Jan. 27, 1832, m. Dec. 31,
1867, Sarah Jane IngersoU b. Jan. 31, 1837 (dau. of Henry IngersoU of
New York city and Hannah Paulding, dau. of Major John Paulding of •
Peekskill, a captor of Andr6) : a machinist at Hoboken, N. J. Children :
*9699. 1. Henry Abel Benedict b. Oct. 19, 1858.
*9700. 2. Alice Benedict b. AprU 29, 1861.
9668-9. X. Seth Strong (son of Uriel Strong and Phebe Minor) b.
July 31, 1809, m. March 28, 1832, Harriet Amanda Lambert b. Oct 5,
1810 (dau. of Jesse Peck Lambert of Woodbury and Amy Clark) : a.
farmer at Woodbury, living on the old family homestead owned by his
grandfather. [7th Gen.J Children :
*9701-2. i. MARYStrongb. May 27, 1834, m. WiUiam Curtiss Beecher.
*9703-4, ii. Margaret Lambert Strong b. Feb. 1, 1843, m. June 13,
1864, David Wood Mead b. in 1820 (son of a Mr. Mead
of Greenwich, Ct) : a merchant in Mt Vernon, 0.
*9706. iU. Harriet Emma Strong b. March 18, 1845: unmarried:
a teacher (since 1863) in the Conn. School for Imbeciles
at Lakeville, a parish in Salisbury, Ct.
. *9701-2. i. Mary Strong b.May 27, 1834, m. AprU 4, 1856, William
C. Beecher b. May 28, 1828 (son of Nathaniel Beecher and Hannah
Peck); resides at Southbury, Ct., superintends construction of rail road
there (1809).
[8th Gen.J Children:
*9706. i. William Strong Beecher b. June 19, 1856.
*9707. U. Mary EHzabeth Beecher b. Dec. 28, 1860.
*9708. iU. Henry Ward Beecher b. July 1, 1862.
*g709. iv. Harriet Peck Beecher b, July 18, 1866.
*9710. V. Seth Nathaniel Beecher b. Nov. 25, 1867.
[5th Gen.J See page 584.
9600-1. iv. Anthony Strong (son of Preserved Strong and Esther
Stoddard) b. Dec 9, 1757, m. Nov. 13, 1791, Phebe Curtiss, b. Feb. 14,

Thomas Strong, Son of Elder John, of Northampton. 543
1765 (dau. of David Curtiss of Woodbury, and Sarah Minor) a farmer at
Woodbury. He d. Jan. 28, 1829. She d. March 25, 1836. He was a
Revolutionary soldier.
[6th Gen.J Children :
*9711. i. Phebe Strong b. in 1792, d. young.
*9712-3. u. Anthony Curtiss Strong b. Sept. 7, 1792.
*9714. in. Nathaniel Strong b. in 1794, d. in 1811, aged 17.
*9712-3. U. Anthony Curtiss Strong b. Sept 7, 1792, m. April
19, 1820, Julia Lambert b. Dec. 30, 1798 (dau. of Jesse Peck Lambert
of Woodbury, and Amy Clark dau. of Thomas Clark of MUford, Ct.) : a
farmer in Woodbury.
[7th Gen.J Children :
*9715-6. i. Nathaniel Lambert Strong b. March 23, 1821.
*9717-8. u. Dea. Henry Peck Strong b. July 1, 1822.
*9719. in. Willis Anthony Strong b. Feb. 21, 1827 : a merchant in
Woodbury, unmarried.
*9720. iv. Frederic Treat Strongb. Nov. 9, 1833 : afarmer in Wood
bury, unmarried.
*9716-6. i. NATHANiELL.STRONGb. March 23, 1821, m.Nov. 4, 1846,
Mary Root Minor b. March 25, 1826 (dau. of Dea. Nathaniel Minor of
Woodbury, and Althaea Martin). She d. Feb. 2, 1860, and he m. Jan.
1, 1862, for 2d wife Mary Bryan of Watertown, Ct, b. Nov. 4, 1831
(dau. of Alfred Bryan and Betsey Hungerford) a farmer at Woodbury.
Child :
*9721. 1. Nathaniel Minor Strong b. April 3, 1849.
[7th Gen.J
*9717- 8. ii. Dea. Henry Peck Strong b. July 22, 1822, m. Sept
8, 1847, Sarah AdeHne Bacon b. Sept. 17, 1825 (dau. of David Clark
Bacon and Sarah Wheeler) a lumber and coal dealer at New Britain, Ct.
Children :
*9722. 1. Sarah Martha Strong b. March 28, 1850.
*9723. 2. Anna Peck Strong b. Sept 2, 1868, d. Dec 11, 1868.
[Jesse Peck Lambert b. Sept 5, 1769, and d, Oct 21, 1836, was a
farmer at Woodbury, Ct. He was the son of Jesse Lambert, Jr., of North
Milford, Ct., and Anne Peck, dau. of Capt Henry Peck whom he m.
Oct 28, 1745. Jesse Lambert, Jr., b. Oct 28, 1719, was the son of
Jesse Lambert, Jr., also, and Mary Gillett and grandson of Jesse Lambert
the settler, an officer in the British navy, who came to this country about
1680. For early lineage of this family back to the days of WUliam the
Conqueror, see Cothren's Hist. Ancient Woodbury, pp. 607-9.]

544 Descendants of Adino Strong of Woodbwry, Ct, Son of
[5th Gen.J
9602-3. V. Esther Strong (dau. of Preserved Strong and Esther
Stoddard) b. April 16, 1761, m. in 178-, John Trowbridge b. in 1752
(son of Samuel Trowbridge of Bedford, M. Y., and Eells), a farmer
in Woodbury (1779-93) and afterwards in Roxbury, Ct. She d. Sept.
13, 1807, and he m. for 2d wife widow Elizabeth Logan of Washington,
Ct He d. May 5, 1826, she d. in 1848.
[6th Gen.J Children :
*9724-5. i. James Trowbridge b. in 1784. He ra. Sarah Wakeley :
was killed instantly by a fall Oct 9, 1838: no issue : she
d. in Murraysville, 0., June 9, 1840 :
*9726-7. ii. Edmund Trowbridge b. Dec. 4, 1786.
*9728-9. Hi. John Trowbridge b. Nov. 1788.
9730. iv. Anna Trowbridge b. in 1792, d. Sept. 20, 1810.
9731- 2. V. Fanny Trowbridge b. in 1790, m. Rev. Fosdic Harrison,
of Bethlehem, Ct.
9733- 4 vi. Mary Trowbridge b. Nov. 14, 1796, m. Samuel W.
Baldwin.
9735- 6. vH. Charles Strong Trowbridge b. in 1798.
9737- 8. vHi. Caroline Trowbridge b. AprU, 1802, ra. iu Deo. 1820,
Harmon Baldwin of Washington, Ct. Child :
9739. 1. George R. T. Baldwin b. in 1822, who m. in 1848, Sarah
Smith of Northfield.
9726-7. U. Edmund Trowbridge b. Dec. 4, 1786, m. May 4, 1809,
Esther L. Mallory b. Sept 13, 1809 (dau. of Adna Mallory of Woodbury
and Hauntal Ward).
[7th Gen.J Children :
9740- 1. i. Philo Mallory Trowbridge b. Aug. 4, 1810, m. Sept. 18,
1837, Sarah Earl Akin (dau. of Lemuel Akin of Norwalk,
Ct.) : a resident of Woodbury.
9742- 4. U. Charles Samuel Trowbridge b. May 4, 1812, m. July 30,
1834, Ann Jennet Hurlbut, b. in 1812 (dau. of John
Huribut of Woodbury). She d. Oct. 15, 1836, aged
23, and he m. for second wife Sept. 6, 1836, Julia Ann
Mills of Auburn, N. Y. (dau. of Dea. David Mills of
Auburn), a resident of Auburn. Children :
Helen Mills Trowbridge b. Jan. 27, 1840.
Charles Augustus Trowbridge b. Jan. 30, 1843.
Julia Frances Trowbridge b. Oct. 24, 1844.
David Henry Trowbridge b. Aug. 29, 1851. He was born
at Auburn, N. Y., and the preceding children were born
at Tecumseh, Mich".
9749, iii. Fanny Caroline Trowbridge (dau. of Edmund Trowbridge
and Esther L. Mallory) b. June 18, 1817.
9750. iv. Francis Finch Trowbridge b. Aug. 14, 1830, d. Oet 5,
1836.

9745.

1.

9746.

2.

9747.

3.

9748.

4.

Thomas Strong, Son of Elder JoJin,of Northampton. 545
[6th Gen.J
9728-9. Ui. John Trowbridge, Jr. (son of John Trowbridge and
Esther Strong) b. Nov., 1788, m. Mahalah Thompson, a resident of Rox
bury, Ct
[7th Gen.J Children:
9751- 2. i. Mary Ann Trowbridge b. AprU 9, 1817, m. Enoch Ford
of Bridgewater, Ct. Has had five children:
9752- 3. ii. John Trowbridge b. Dec, 26., 1819, m. in 1846, Louisa
J. Treat of Milford, Ct. ; had son :
1. Henry Treat Trowbridge b. March 8, 1852.
9754- 5. in. Eliza Trowbridge b. Feb. 6, 1823, m. Jay Gregory of
Salem, Westchester Co. N. Y.
9766. iv. George Trowbridge b. Nov. 18, 1824.
9757- 8. V. Caroline Trowbridge b. Jan. 13, 1828, m. Samuel
Thomas of Roxbury, Ct
9759. vi. William Trowbridge b. 1830.
[6th Gen.J
7931-2. V. Fanny Trowbridge b. in 1790, m. in 1817, as his 3d
wife Rev. Fosdic Harrison of Bethlehem, Ct, his first wife having been
Elizabeth Bunnell of Ji^orth Branford, Ct., and his second 
Strong. He preached in Roxbury, Ct. (1813-35), Bethlehem, (1835-50),
Bethany (1850-1), N. GuUford (1851-4), and Bridgewater, Ct (1854-8).
He d. of apoplexy Feb. 9, 1858.
[7th Gen.J Children :
Harriet C. Harrison, a successful teacher.
Fanny S. Harrison.
Dea. Wm. Robinson Harrison m. March 25, 1846, Susan
L. Kasson (dau. of Dea. Adam C. Kasson) a farmer in
Bethlehem.
9764-5. iv. B. Eliza Harrison b. April 13, 1824, m. Oct. 9, 1849,
Dea. Theodore Bird b. June 8, 1825 (sonof Dea. .Joshua
Bird and Caroline M. Jackson) a woolen manufacturer
at Bethlehem. See, for his children, subsequent page.
9766-7. V. Caroline Fosdic Harrison b. June 2, 1820, m. Oct. 9,
1851, Samuel Bird b. Aug. 1, 1828 (son of Dea. Joshua
Bird of Bethlehem, Ct.. and Caroline Mary Jackson).
See subsequent page. He d. Nov. 6, 1856. No issue :
he was a woolen manufacturer at Norfolk, Ct [Rev.
Fosdic Harrison had by his first marriage a daughter
Mary b. Sept 21, 1814, who m, June 1, 1835, Rev. R.
Manning Chipman late of E. Granby, Ct, and a dau.
Elizabeth who m. in 1836, Robert Townsend and d. Feb.
16, 1867.] 69

9760.

9761.

11.

9762-3.

iii.

546 Descendants of Adino Strong of Woodbury, Ct, Son of
[6th Gen.J
9733- 4. vi. Mary Trowbridge (dau. of John Trowbridge of Wood
bury, and Esther Strong) b. Nov. 14, 1796, m. Nov. 13, 1816, Samuel
W. Baldwin (son of Samuel Baldwin of Washington, Ct). Children:
[7th Gen.J
9768- 9. 1. Samuel T. Baldwin b. April, 1821, who m. in 1841, Emme
line L. Castle.
9770. 2. Charies Baldwin b. Oct. 4, 1830, d. soon.
9771. 8. Charies W. Baldwin b. April, 1834.
[6th Gen.]
9735-6. vii. Charles Strong Trowbridge (son of John Trowbridge
of Woodbury and Esther Strong) b. 1798, m. Eliza Clark (dau. of David
Clark of New Milford, Ct.).
[7th Gen.J Children :
9772. i. Charles Edwin Trowbridge b. May 8, 1885.
9773. u. Mary Marinda Trowbridge b. Nov. 20, 1836.
9774. iu. Esther E. Trowbridge b. Oct 1838, d. July 6, 1842.
9775. iv. James E. Trowbridge b. Oct. 18, 1840, d. Feb. 15, 1841.
9776. V. Henry C. Trowbridge b. Dec 14, 1841, d. in 1852.
9777. vi. Job A. Trowbridge b. Aug. 14, 1843.
9778. vU. Esther E. Trowbridge b. July 12, 1845.
9779. vin. William F. Trowbridge b. March 22, 1848.
9780. ix. Sarah H. Trowbridge b. June 25, 1850, d. Oct. 6, 1851.
9781. X. Sarah Trowbridge (2d) b. Feb. 10, 1853.
[4th Gen.J See page 491.
8790-1. V. Hannah Strong (dau. of Adino Strongof Woodbury, Ct,
and Eunice his wife, and granddaughter of Thomas Strong of Northamp
ton, who was the son of Elder John Strong) b. Jan. 23, 1715, m Sept.
18, 1736, Henry Castle of Woodbury b. Feb. 2, 1700 (son of Henry
Castle, Jr., of Woodbury and Hannah Squire) : a farmer at Woodbury.
He d. in 1777 : she d. in 1783. "
[5th Gen.J Children:
9782. i. Ann" Castle b. Oct. 1736, d. Sept. 16, 1787.
9783- 4. H. Rachel Castle b. Nov. 10, 1737, m. Nathan Leavenworth.
9785. Ui. Ann Castle (2d) b. April 30, 1739.
9783-4. ii. Rachel Castle b. Nov. 10, 1737, m. Dec. 12, 1759,
Nathan Leavenworth of Woodbury, Ct. (son of David Leavenworth of
Woodbury, and Sarah Hurd). Children :
9786. 1. Henry Leavenworth b. Sept. 9, 1760, d. young.
9787. 2. ¦ Henry Leavenworth (2d) bp. May 8, 1763.
9788. 3. Nathan Leavenworth b. Aug. 20, 1764.

Thomas Strong, Son of Elder John, of Northampton. 547
[4th Gen.] See page 491.
-' 8792-8. vi. Sergt. Return Strong (son of Adino Strong and
Eunice  of Woodbury and great-grandson of Elder John Strong) b.
Aug. 1, 1717, m. Jan. 8, 1740, Elizabeth Andrus: a farmer in Woodbury.
He d. April 5, 1794. She d. March, 1797.
[5th Gen.] Children :
9789-90. i. Thomas Strong b. Nov. 5, 1740.
9791- 2. ii. Martha Strong b. Aug. 14, 1742, m. Jan. 28, 1767, Noah
Candee.
9793- 4. Hi. David Strong b. May 1, 1744.
9795. iv. Henry Strong b. AprU 18, 1746.
9796. V. Achsah Strong b. Aug. 23, 1748, d. 1749.
9777. vi. Achsah Strong (2d) b. Sept 19. 1760, d. 1762.
9798- 9. vii. Benjamin Strong b. March 4, 1753, d. Jan. 2, 1843.
9800- 1. viii. Elizabeth Strong b. March 20, 1756, m. Feb. 1, 1786,
John J?iffe.
9789-90. i. Thomas Strong b. Nov. 5, 1740, m. Dec. 16, 1767,
Sarah Curtiss b. April 3, 1749 (dau. of Israel Curtiss of Woodbury and
Martha Towner) a farmer in Woodbury. Children :
9802. 1. Achsah Strong bapt. Dec. 4, 1768.
9803. 2. Asa Strong bapt Sept 2, 1770.
9804. 3. Sylva Strong bapt. July, 1780.
[5th Gen.J
9793-4. iu. David Strong (son of Return Strong of Woodbury, and
EHzabeth Andrus) b. May 1, 1744, m. whom not discovered : a farmer
in Woodbury. Children :
Return Strong bapt Oct. 29, 1769.
David Strong bapt Oct. 13, 1771.
Cynthia Strong bapt. Jan. 21, 1776.
Electa Strong bapt Dec 14, 1777.
Leverett Strong bapt. Oct 1780.
Wyllys Strong bapt Oct. 1, 1783.
[5th Gen.J
9798-9. vU. Benjamin Strong (son of Return Strong and Elizabeth
Andrus) b. March 4, 1763, m. Jan. 1, 1777, Mary Beecher: she d. and
he m. for 2d wife Martha (name not ascertained). He was a farmer at
Southbury. He d. Jan. 2, 1843.
[6th Gen.J Children:
9811. i. Susannah Strong b. Dec. 20, 1777, d. unmarried.
9812- 8. u. Polly Strong b. July 27, 1779, m. SUas Porter.
9814. iu. Patty Strong b. July 3, 1781, d. unmarried.
9815- 6. iv. Lucy Strong b. March 27, 1783, m. Japhet Curtiss.

9806.

1.

9806.

2.

9807.

3.

9808.

4.

9809.

5.

9810.

6.

548 Descendants of Adino Strong of Woodbury, Ct, Son of
9817. V. Sally Strong b. Jan. 12, 1786, d. in 1821.
9818. vi. Anna Strong b. Nov. 4, 1786, m. a Mr. MaUory.
9819-20. vii. Abigail Strong b. Oct 11, 1788, m. Dea. Marcus D. Mal
lory.
9821. viii. Asa Strong b. June 4, 1790, d. in 1818. .
9822- 3. ix. Ira Strong b. Aug. 28, 1792, m. June 26, 1826, Susan
De Forest.
9824- 5. X. Eli Strong b. March 5, 1794, m. Oct 11, 1820, Mary
Buckingham : no issue.
9826- 7. xi. Julia Strong b. March 11, 1796, m. Cyrus Curtiss.
9828- 9. xii. Uri Strong b. Sept 14, 1798, m. Betsey J. Lake.
9812-8. U. Polly Strong b. July 27, 1779, m. Dec. 21, 1802, SUas
Porter b. Oct. 21, 1776 (son of David Porter of Waterbury and Esther
Hopkins, dau. of Dea. Timothy Hopkins). They had 2 chUdren :
9830. 1. Edward Porter b. Feb. 26, 1804.
9831. 2. Esther Porter b. June 8, 1806.

9816-6. iv. Lucy Strong b. March 27, 1783, m. June 5, 1805,
Japhet Curtiss b. Dec. 12, 1779 (son of Benjamin Curtiss of Woodbury,
and Esther Benham) : a farmer in Woodbury. Children :

9832.

1.

Lucy Curtiss.

9837.

6.

Julia Curtiss, 2d.

9833.

2.

Louisa Curtiss.

9838.

7.

Japhet Curtiss.

9834.

3.

Maria Curtiss.

9839.

8.

'Theron B. Curtiss,

9835.

4.

Benjamin Curtiss.

9840.

9.

Carlos B. Curtiss.

9836.

5.

JuHa Curtiss.

[6th Gen.J
9819-20. vU. Abigail Strong (dau. of Benjamin Strong of Wood
bury, and Mary Beecher) b. Oct 11, 1788, m. Dea. Marcus D. MaUory
b. Jan. 10, 1788 (son of Walker Mallory and Martha Minor), a resident
at Woodbury; he d. Nov. 2, 1841,
[7th Gen.] Children :
9841- 2. i. William S. Mallory, m. Laura Burwellof Barkhamstead.
9843- 4. ii. George B. MaUory, m. Olive Hoadley of Hartford.
9845- 6. in. Sarah S. Mallory, m. A. T. Wood of New Orleans, La.
She d. Jan. 7, 185L
9847. iv. Anna J. Mallory.
9848. V. Betsey S. MaUory.
9849. vi. Fanny A. MaUory.
. [4th Gen.J
8795-6. viii. Timothy Strong (son of Adino and Eunice Strong of
Woodbury, Ct), b. Feb. 14, 1720, m. widow Ann Rogers, and for second
wife Olive Atwood b. Jan. 15, 1738 (dau. of Lt. Jonathan Atwood of

Thomas Strong, Son of Elder JoJin, of Northampton. 549
Woodbury and Hannah Sherman) and for third wife Lucy Leete. He
was a farmer at Woodbury. He d. in 1801. '
[5th Gen.J Children :
9850- 1. i. Lucy Strong b. .July 6, 1752, m. Nov. 28, 1771, Ebenezer
Bird.
9852- 3. ii. Daniel Strong b. March 19, 1764, had a wife Esther who
d. and he m. for second wife Mehitable Sanford. He was
a farmer at Woodbury, where he d. in 1830. Children :
9854. 1. Lucy Strong m. Levi Jackson.
9856- 6. 2. Abner Strong m. Abby Tolles.
9857. 3. Major Strong d. unmarried, Oct. 24, 1841.
.9858- 9. 4. Daniel Strong m. Olive Jackson.
9860. 5. Lines Strong d. unmarried.
9861- 2. 6. Chauncey Strong m. Ann Kasson.
9863. in. Eunice Strong b. Aug. 1, 1756.
9864- 5. iv. Avis Strong b. Sept 14, 1759, d. March, 1760.
9866- 7. V. Avis Strong (2d) b. Nov. 12, 1761, m. a Mr. Youngs.
9868. vi. Capt. Timothy Strong b. Jan. 16, 1764, went in 1810 to
Pawlet, Vt, where he is spoken of as " an enterprising
citizen and noted for his exertions to improve the breed
of sheep." In 1816, he removed elsewhere in Vermont,
and d. in 1842, had a family.
vii. Abner Strong b. June 28, 1766, d. young.

[3d Gen.J See page 229.
4087- 9. ix. Waitstill Strong b. in 1677-8 (son of Thomas Strong
of Northampton and Rachel Holton), m. Dec. 19, 1701, Sarah Janes
(dau. of Abel Janes of Lebanon, Ct., and Mary Judd of Farmington).
She d. in 1705, and he m. for 2d wife Blarch 7, 1708, Blindwell Bartlett
b..Jan. 30, 1682 (dau. of Samuel Bartlett of Northampton, and Sarah
Baldi^in of Hadley), a farmer at Northampton, and large landholder.
He is recorded as having sold his 300 acres at Cold Spring (Belchertown),
in 1727-8, for £48 (= 3i shillings per acre). He d. Nov. 13, 1762.
ged 85. She d. June 26, 1741, aged 59.
[4th Gen.J Children : By first vyife :
,9870- 2. i. Dea. Waitstill Strong b. Jan. 18, 1703-4, d. Oct. 9,
1792, aged 89. By second wife :
^9873- 4 ii. John Strong b; Dec. 2, 1709.
9875- 7. iU. BIiNDWELL Strong b. Oct 30, 1711, m. Samuel Clapp, Jr.
9878- 9. iv. Submit Strong b. D-jc 23, 1712, m. Jonathan Clapp.

550 Descendants of Waitstill Strong of Northampton, Son of
9880- 1. V. Phebe Strong b. Dec. 3, 1714, m. John Wright b. Nov.
^ 2, 1713 (son of John Wright of Northampton, and
Sarah Clark whom he m. Sept, 13, 1711, and who d. in
1765). He d. March 25, 1795. She d. Nov. 13, 1753,
aged 39.
9882- 3. vi. Benajah Strong b. June 30, 1717.
9884. vii. Eleazer Strong d. early. ")
9885- 6. vHi.lTHAMAR Strong d. June Uwins, b. April 1, 1721.
28, 1805, aged 84 )

9870-2. i. Dea. Waitstill Strong b. Jan. 18, 1703- 4, m. Nov.
23, 1786, Esther Root b. Blarch 10, 1713-4 (dau. of Hope Root and
Sarah Wright). She d. Feb. 22, 1750, aged 35, and he m. Feb. 23,
1752, Mary Wright b. May 8, 1713 (dau. of Ebenezer Wright and Mary
Judd). She d. Oct 29, 1770, aged 67, he d. Oct 9, 1792, aged 89.
He was a farmer at Northampton (where he was made deacon in 1743),
and in his later life (after 1762), at Southampton, where he became a pro
prietor as early as 1730, his name occurring there (June 8, 1730), as a
proprietor with also Jerijah Strong (or Nehemiah, in his place), Noah,
Jonathan, and Jonathan, Jr. [Ebenezer Wright of Northampton b.
Sept 1679, m. July 26, 1710, Blary Judd. He d. Feb. 22, 1767, aged
88. She d. AprU 15, 1748, aged 65.J
[5th Gen.J Children : By first wife :
9887- 8. i. Sarah Strong b. Nov. 17, 1737, m. Jehiel Clark b. Aug.
17, 1736 (son of John Clark and Submit Searle).
9889-90. ii. Esther Strong b. Oct 24, 1739, m. Ebenezer Sheldon.
9891- 2. iu. Dorcas Strong b. Jan. 8, 1742, m. Job Searle.
9893- 4. iv. Elihu Strong b. Aug. 12, 1744.
9895- 6. V. Waitstill Strong b. Oct. 24, 1746.
9897- 8. vi. Selah Strong b. in 1749.
[5th Gen.]
9889-90, ii. Esther Strong (dau. of Dea. Waitskill Strongand Es
ther Root) b. Oct 24, 1739, m. in 1763, Capt. Ebenezer Sheldon b. Dec.
10, 1738 (son of Stephen Sheldon of Southampton, and Thankful King) :
a farmer at Southampton. She d. and he m. May, 1794, widow Sarah
Strong. [6th Gen.J Children :
9899. i. Aretas Sheldon b. in 1764, lived at Southampton.
9900- 1. ii. Sabrina Sheldon b. in 1766, m. G. Wright of MeadviUe,
Pa.
9902. iU. Ebenezer Sheldon, Jr.
9903- 4. iv. Esther Sheldon m. Zophar Searle of Southampton. See
under account of Aaron Strong of Southampton, I'w/ra,
9905. V. Joseph Sheldon b. in 1773 : .lived at Antwerp, N. Y.

9910.

1.

9911.

2.

9912.

3.

9913.

4.

9914

5.

Thomas Strong, Son of Elder John, of Northampton. 551
9906. vi. Horatio Sheldon b. in 1775.
9907. vU. Sophia Sheldon b. in 1777, m. Joel Searle of Norwich,
Blass.
9908- 9. vUi. Sally Sheldon b. in 1779, m. Rensford Root of South
ampton, Mass., b. about 1776 (son of Stephen Root of
Westfield, Blass., and Prudence Avery of Southampton) :
a farmer in Southampton, Their children were :
Dorus Root who d. young.
Naomi Root. 9915. 6. Dorris Root.
Blather Root. 9916. 7. Dorus Root (2d). ¦
Rensford Root. 9917. 8. Amelia Root.
Sarah Root.
[5th Gen.J
9893-4. iv. Elihu Strong (son of Dea. WaitstUl Strong and Esther
Root) b. Aug. 12, 1744, m. in 1768, Thankful Sheldon b. in 1748 (dau.
of Stephen Sheldon of Southampton and Thankful King) : a farmer at
Southampton. She d., and he m. in 1777 for 2d wife Blrs. Sarah Torry,
nee Kellogg, widow of Joseph Torry, Jr. : he d. and she m. Roger Clapp.
[6th Gen.J Children :
9918- 9. i. Elihu Strong, Jr., b. AprU 22, 1769, d. July 19, 1808,
set. 39.
9920- 1. u. Bohan Strong b. April 7, 1771.
9922- 3. Ui. Thankful Strong b. April 16, 1773, m. Sept. 24, 1801,
EHsha Barker.
9924- 6. iv. Capt. Stephen Strong b. Nov. 20, 1775, d. Sept. 5, 1854,
set. 78. By second wife:
9927-8. V. Joseph Strong b. Oct 11, 1773.
9918-9. i. Elihu Strong, Jr., b. AprU 22, 1769, m. 1778 (pub.
Nov. 2, "by public outcry"), Abigail Pond : afarmer at Southampton, d.
July 19, 1808, set. 39 ; she d. in 1837, set 69.
[7th Gen.J Children :
9929-30. i. Russell Strong b. in 1789, m. Almira Loomis : he d. in
1837, set 48.
Simeon Strong.
Elihu Strong.
Grove Strong.
DoTUS Strong ra. Achsah Lyman (dau. of Joel and Achsah
Lyman), had dau. Caroline, who m. George Bloore of
Southampton, Mass., and had 2 children.
9936- 7. vi. Sarah Strong m. William Fenno Pratt, a contractor and
house builder in Northampton, Blass.
[6th Gen.J
9920-1. ii. Bohan Strong (son of Elihu Strong and Thankful
Sheldon), m. (pub. March 26), 1797 Esther Searle : a farmer in South
ampton, d. in 1818.

9931.

ii.

9932.

iii.

9433.

iv.

9934- 5.

v.

552 Descendants of Waitstill Strong of Northampton, Son of
[7th Gen.J Children:
9938- 9. i. Bohan Sheldon Strong b. April 22, 1799, in Huntingtoft,'
Mass.
9940. U. Herman Strong b. Sept 28, 1801, d. Oct 2, 1802. ,
9941- 2. iii. Esther Strong b. Sept. 8, 1803, m. a BIr. Dariing of
South Amherst, Mass.
9943. iv. Almima Strong b. Aug. 30, 1805, d. unmarried Sept
1827.
9938-9. i. Bohan Sheldon Strong b. AprU 22, 1799, m. Feb. 12,
1828, Diana Coleman of Coventry, Ct., b. Feb. 23, 1801 (dau. of Levi
Coleman and Marcia Frary) : a farmer at Coventry (since 1827). She d.
Blay 7, 1867.
[7th Gen.J Children :
9944- 6. i. BIercy Almira Strong b. Blay 12, 1831, m. David Spencer
ofHartford, Ct
9946- 7. ii. Francis Herman Strong b. Blay 19, 1834, m. June 7,
1859, Ellen A. Clapp of Williamsburgh, Mass. (dau. of
William H. Clapp) : afarmer at Coventry. No issue.
9944-6. i. Mercy Almira Strong b. May 12, 1831, m. Sept 27,
1849, David Spencer : a workman in a car shop at Hartford, Ct. Their
children are :
9948. 1. Mary Spencer. 9960. 3. Frank Spencer.
9949. 2. Ella Spencer.
[6th Gen.J
9924-6. iv. Capt: Stephen Strong b. Nov. 20, 1775 (son of Elihu
Strong and Thankful Sheldon) m. Oct, 11, 1799, Anne Searie b. in 1777
dau. of Abijah Searle of Southampton and Betty Clapp) : she d. June
23, 1804, and he m. Aug. 13, 1806, for 2d wife Rebecca Hatch : a farmer
and cooper at Southampton, where he d. Sept. 5, 1854, aged 78.
[7th Gen.J Children: By first wife:
9961- 2. i. Thankful Strong b Dec. 31, 1800, m. Theodore Bascom
of Southampton, Blass.
9963. ii. Theodore Strong b. April 12, 1804 : a farmer and cooper'
at Southampton, unmarried.
By second wife :
9954- 5. iH. Stephen Strong b. June 6, 1807, d. April 29, 1863, set 55.
9956- 7. iv. Anna Hatch Strong b. Sept. 24, 1809, m. Gad Clark Ly
man (son of Gaius Lyman of Southampton, Blass.) : a
merchant at Southampton ; and afterwards kept a re
fectory at Boston. She d. Feb. 23, 1863. No issue.
9958. V. Rebecca Chittenden Strongb. Sept 14, 1825, d. unmarried
Aug. 9, 1846, aged 31.

Thomas Strong, Son of Elder John, of Northampton. 553
9951-2. i. Thankful Strong b. Dec. 31, 1800, m. Sept 29, 1819,
Theodore Bascom b. March 14, 1798 (son of Elisha Bascom and Abigail
Kay Hulbert) : a blacksmith at Southampton. He d. May 1, 1863.
[8th Gen.J Children :
9959-60. i. Ann Maria Bascom b. Dec. 29, 1820, m. George G. Wilder,
d. April 13, 1861.
9961- 2. U. Theodore Dwight Bascom b. Nov. 24, 1822, d. April 19,
1857.
9963- 4. in. Cordelia Thankful Bascom b. April 17, 1825, m. Mar
quis D. Moore d. Sept. 1, 1850, aged 25.
9959-60. i. Ann Maria Bascom b. Dec 29, 1820, m. Nov. 28, 1839,
George Gould Wilder of Southampton, Mass. : a merchant in Spring
Valley, Minn. She d. at Southampton, AprU 13, 1861. Child :
9965. 1. George Dwight WUder b. at Belchertown, July 25, 1844 :
a mason at Spring Valley, Minn., unmarried.
[8th Gen.J
9961-2. ii. Theodore Dwight Bascom b. Nov. 24, 1822, m. Noy. 28,
1854, Mary Niokerson (dau. of Hugh and Sarah Nickerson of Charlestown,
Mass.), kept, a refectory in Boston, Mass., and lived at Chelsea, where he
d. April 19, 1857, aet 34, " a man respected " says one, not of the family,
" for his upright Christian character." His widow resides at Janesville,
Wis. One child :
9966. 1. Mary Cordelia Bascom b. in Charlestown, Mass., Sept 12,
1855, d. AprU 19, 1868, set. 12. " Feeble from infancy
she had " says Miss Eunice Strong of Southampton, of
her, " not only endeared herself in a remarkable degree
to her family friends by her sweet disposition, mature
judgment and Christian simplicity of character, but left
also an unusual influence, for a girl of her years, upon
society."
9963-4. iii. CoRDELiATnANkKULBASCOMb. AprU17,1825,m. Jan.3,
1849, Marquis D. Moore (son of Warham Moore of Montgomery, Mass.) :
a farmer in Southampton, but now a lumber dealer in Fond du Lac, Wis.
She d. Sept 1, 1850, set 25. Child :
9969. i. Henry Hudson Moore b. Aug. 17, 1850, d. in Southamp
ton, AprU 7, 1858.
[7th Gen.J .
9954-5. in. Stephen Strong, Jr. b. June 5, 1807, m. Rebecca Bart
lett of Ware, Mass. : a shoemaker at Southampton, where his widow
StiU (1870) lives. He d. AprU 29, 1863, set 55. Two children:
70

554 Descendants of Waitstill Strong of Northampton, Son of
9970. 1. A child, name not given, d. soon.
9971. 2. Albert Hatch Strong b. in 1841, enlisted in the Union
Army in the late war and d. April 16, 1863, near New
Orleans.
[6th Gen.]
9927-8. V. Joseph Strong (son qf Elihu Strong and Sarah KeUogg)
b. Oct 11, 1773, m. in 1799 Phebe Pomeroy removed from Southampton
to the neighborhood of New York city about 1820, it is believed. He d.
April 17, 1842 : she d. May 4, 1838. ChUdren :
9972. 1. Joseph Strong. 9974. 3. Julia Strong.
9973. 2. Phebe Strong.
[5th Gen.J
9896-6. V. WaitstiIl Strong (son of Dea. WaitstUl Strongof South
ampton, and Esther Root) b. Oct 24, 1746, m. March 20, 1774, Rhoda
Clark b. at Northampton, Nov. 9, 1749 [dau. of Selah Clark afterwards
of Southampton, and Eunice Wright who were m. Sept 22, 1737. He
was b. March 30, 1716, and was son of Nathaniel Clark of Northampton,
and widoy Hannah Catlin, nie Sheldon, b. Aug. 9, 1684, dau. of John
Sheldon of Northampton. Eunice Wright was b. Aug. 17, 1716, dau. of
Ebenezer Wright of Northampton and Mary Judd,] a farmer at South
ampton until 1803, when he removed to Huntington, Mass. (then
" Norwich ") where he d. Sept. 13, 1835, aged 88. . His life abounded in
hardships and in blessings ; the family was a religious one throughout.
He was very found of hunting and " spent many a night in hunting rac
coons." She d. in 1829, aged 80.
[6th Gen.J Children :
9975- 6. i. Rhoda Strong b. Feb. 2, 1776, m. Thaddeus Clapp.
9977- 8. U. Mary Strong b. AprU 16, 1779, m. Clark Searie of South
ampton.
9979-80. Ui. Esther Strong b. Sept 23, 1781, m. Elisha Pomeroy of
Southampton.
9981- 2. iv. Ruth Strong ") m. Dea. John B. Lyman.
[ twins b. April 29, 1783.
9983. V. Naomi Strong ) m. Jairus Joy (son of Jesse Joy of Hun
tington), she d. Jan. 28, 1859.
gg84. vi. Horatio Strong b. March 19, 1785.
9986. vH. Waitstill Root Strong b. June 5, 1788.
9986. viU. Hophni Strong ") [ twins b. Nov. 14, 1793.
9987. ix. Phinehas Strong J d. in infancy.
9976-6. i". Rhoda Strong b. Feb. 2, 1776, m. in 1798, Thaddeus
Clapp of Southampton b. May 6, 1773 (son of Timothy Clapp and Rachel

TJwmas Strong, Son of Elder John, of Northampton. 555
Bascom), a farmer for some few years at Orange, Vt., but afterwards
at Southampton. [7th Gen.J Children ;
9988. i. Laura Clapp b. AprU 13, 1799, in Southampton, m.
Nathan Foster.
9989. ii. Naomi Clapp b. Aug. 19, 1802, in Orange, Vt., m. Simeon
Sheldon of Southampton.
9990. iii. Ruth Clapp b, in Orange in 1806, m. Daniel Sanford.
9991. iv. Rachel Clapp b. May 30, 1807, m. Joseph C. Adams of
Huntington, Mass.
9992. V. Rhoda Laurinda Clapp b. Blay 30, 1818, m. as his 2d wife
Daniel Sanford of Huntington.
9988. i. Laura Clapp b. AprU 13, 1799, m. Dec 3, 1815, Nathan
Foster b. Feb. 13, 1797.
[8th Gen.J Children :
Lorenzo C. Foster b. Nov. 24, 1816.
Elmina Foster b. Oct. 8, 1818.
Lysander Walker Foster b. April 10, 1821.
Rosanna Foster b. Sept. 19, 1825.
Clara Foster b. June 22, 1828.
Leander P. Foster b. Sept. 11, 1830.
vU. Mariette C. Foster b. July 8, 1836.
viii. Jeanette Foster b. July 30, 1837.
9993- 4. Lorenzo C. Foster b. Nov. 24, 1816, m. May 28, 1838,
Lucy W. Moody (dau. of Wm. and Prudence Moody). He d. Oct 16,
1838. They had a daughter :
10003. 1. Lorency C. Foster b. AprU 12, 1839, who m. Chauncey
Main (son of Thomas and Rhoda Main). Their child
ren are :
10004 • (1) Jessie S. Main b. June 29, 1861.
10006. (2) Frederic F. Main b. July 7, 1863.
10006. (3) Lucy E. Main b. Nov. 14, 1865.
[8th Gen.J
9996-7. iU. Lysander Walker Foster b. AprU 10, 1821, m. Dec. 15,
1844, Lucinda Aurora Barnes (dau. of Thomas and AbigaU Barnes). He
d. June 22, 1862 : she d. April 8, 1867.
[9th Gen.J Children :
Clara Elvira Foster b. AprU 5, 1846.
Charles Foster b. June 3, 1847, d. Dec. 5, 1848.
Franklin Foster b. Dec. 9, 1848, d. Oct. 7, 1852.
Carroll Foster b. July 26, 1860, d. Sept 16, 1852.
Lucinda Barnes Foster b. Blarch 27, 1852, m. Josiah G.
White.

¦9993- 4.

9995.

ii.

9996- 7.

iii.

9998.

iv.

9999.

V.

10000.

vi.

10001.

vii,

10002.

vii:

10007-

8. i.

10009.

ii.

10010.

iii.

10011.

iv.

10012-

3. V.

556 Descendants of Waitstill Strong of NortJiampton, Son of
10014. vi. Ellen Eaton Foster b. Jan. 14, 1864.
10015. vii. Leander Powers Foster b. April 19, 1856.
10016. viu. Edson Lysander Foster b. AprU 17, 1868.
10017. ix. Susan Alice Foster b. Aug. 8, 1861, d. Sept 30, 1861.

10007-8. i. Clara Elvira Foster b. April 5, 1846, m. Aug. 29,
1865, Edward M. Savage (son of Matthew and Catharine Savage). They
reside in Nebraska. Children :
10018- 9. 1. Egbert Foster Savage b. May 17, 1867.
10020. 2. Edward Lee Savage b. Nov. 11, 1868.
10012-3. V. Lucinda Barnes Foster b. March 27, 1862, m. Dec.
10, 1868, Josiah G. White (son of Ira V. White and Emily J  ) :
one child:
100021. 1. Cariotta Aurora White b. March 22, 1870.
[7th Gen.J
9989. ii. Naomi Clapp (dau. of Thaddeus Clapp and Rhoda Strong)
b. Aug. 19, 1802, m- Dec 24, 1823, Simeon Sheldon b. May 28, 1800
(son of Ebenezer Sheldon of Southampton, and Asenath Searle) a farmer
in Southampton, and " one of the pillars of the Methodist church."
[8th Gen.J Children :
10022- 3. i. Joseph Ebenezer Sheldon b. Feb. 16, 1826.
10024- 5. U. James Thaddeus Sheldon b. Feb. 8, 1827.
10026- 7. iu. Henry Simeon Sheldon b. Dec. 24, 1828.
10028- 9. iv. SAMUEL Sheldon b. March 6, 1836.
10030- 1. V. Mahlon Chapman Sheldon b. March 30, 1837.
10032. vi. Ransom Dwight Sheldon b. in 1844.
10022-3. i. Joseph Ebenezer Sheldon b. Feb. 16, 1825, m. in
1849 Delsena M. Sanders, a resident in Southampton : he d. Oct. 10,
1859; his widow m. again. They had one child :
10033. 1. Jairus Edwin Sheldon b. March 28, 1849, and d. Nov. 8,
1863.
10024-5. U. James Thaddeus Sheldon b. Feb. 3, 1827, m. Nov.
1849, Sophia Moody (dau. of Elizur Moody of S. Hadley) , a farmer in
Southampton previously, but now an agent for selling patent rights.
[9th Gen.J Children:
10034. i. Julia Ann Sheldon b. in Southampton June 6, 1851.
10035. ii. Emma Jane Sheldon b. in Southampton, June, 1856.
"10036. iU. Mary Josephine Sheldon b. in IU., June, 1858.
10037. iv. James Alfred Sheldon b. in Chicopee, Blass., June 24,
1868.

Thomas Strong, Son of Elder John, of Northampton. 557
[8th Gen.J
10026-7. in. Henry Simeon Sheldon b. Dec. 24, 1828, m. June,
1854, Antoinette E. Searle (dau. of Job Searle of Southampton, and Laura
Tulles) : a farmer in Southampton. Children :
10038. 1. LUla Elvira Sheldon b. Feb. 16, 1860, d. March 4, 1863.
10039. 2. Frank Hubert Sheldon b. Feb. 11, 1863.
10040. 3. Robert Henry Sheldon b. Feb. 9, 1866.
[8th Gen.J
10028- 9. iv. Samuel Sheldon b. March 6, 1835, m. AprU, 1861,
Julia Knight (dau. of Whitman Knight of Huntington, Mass., and Harriet
Parks) : a farmer in Southampton. He d. Nov. 13, 1863 : she d. in
1868. One child :
10041. 1. Frank Hubert Sheldon b. Feb. 11, 1863, d. Aug. 1865.
10030-1. V. Mahlon Chapman Sheldon b. March 30, 1837, m. Oct.
18, 1860, Evelyn F. Morse (dau. of Nathan Morse of Holyoke, Mass.,
and Sarah Strong) : a resident of Westhampton. ChUdren :
10042. 1. EUa Maria Sheldon "I twins b. July 29, 1861,
10043. 2. Etta Naomi Sheldon j in Southampton.
10044. 8. Cora Evelyn Sheldon b. Sept. 11, 1868, in Westhampton.
10045. 4. George Walter Sheldon b. Sept 2, 1 865, in Westhampton.
[7th Gen.J
9990. iH. Ruth Clapp (dau. of Thaddeus Clapp and Rhoda Strong),
b. Dec. 13, 1805, m. in 1834, Daniel Sanford of Huntington, Mass., a
farmer (son of Halsey and Lydia (Dimraock) Sanford). She d. July 7,
1834. He m. June, 1838, Rhoda Laurinda Clapp, sister of Ruth.
9991. iv. Rachel Clapp b. May 30, 1807, m. Dec. 7, 1830, Joseph
Clark Adams b. Oct 28, 1802 (son of Joseph Adams of Otis, Mass.) : a
farmer in Huntington, Mass.
[8th Gen.J Children :
Anson Lyman Adams b. April 27, 1835, d. July 2, 1837.
Mary L. Adams b. May 18, 1837, d. Nov. 17, 1847.
Annette Adams b. Sept 4, 1840.
Emily Adams b. Feb. 27, 1842, m. June 6, 1866, Edwin
Hall Coit (son of BiUings and Harriet Coit) : a farmer
in Huntington.
[7th Gen.J
9992. V. Rhoda 'Laurinda Clapp b. May 30, 1818, m. as his 2d
wife June, 1838, Daniel Sanford of Huntington ; see above.

10046.

i.

10047.

ii.

10048.

iii.

10049.

iv.

558 Descendants of Waitstill Strong of Northampton, Son of
[8th Gen.J Children :
10050- 1. i. OsRO Waltz Sanford b. Nov. 25, 1839.
10052- 3. u. Ellen Ruth Sanford b. Jan. 18, 1841, m. Dec 14, 1867,
Charles Augustus Stebbins of Westfield : an organ
builder.
10054. iU. Edgar Hubert Sanford b. Sept. 23, 1844, drowned in
the Hudson River, April, 1862.
10055. iv. Sarah Emily Sanford b. Sept 23, 1854.
10050-1. i. OsRO Waltz Sanford b. Nov. 25, 1839, m. Dec. 1861,
Sarah Adeline Hitchcock (dau. of Bli and Sarah Hitchcock of Southwick,
Mass.) : a farmer in Westfield, Mass. Children :
10056. 1. Edgar Hubert Sanford b. Sept. 14, 1862, in Southwick,
d. Sept 1863.
10057. 2. Herbert Osro Sanford b. in Westfield, Sept 1864.
10068. 3. Addie Louise Sanford b. Jan. 1867, in Westfield.
[6th Gen.J
9977-8. ii. BIary Strong (dau. of Waitstill Strong and Rhoda
Clark) b. April 16, 1779, m. in 1800 Clark Searle : a farmer in South
ampton. [7th Gen.J Children :
10069-60. i. Russell Searle b. in 1809.
10061- 2. ii. Mary Ann Searle b. in 1811, m. Orra Pierce, of Colum
bia, N. H.
10063- 4. iU. Rhoda Searle b. May 21, 1812, m. Samuel P. Bartlett.
10066. iv. Philissa Searle.
10059-60. i. Russell Searle b. in 1809, m. Aurelja Gorham, of
Montgomery, Mass. : a farmer. Children :
10066- 7. 1. Calvin Searle, m. Mercy Crane, of Montgomery : afarmer.
10068- 9. 2. Maria Searie, m. George Burdick, of Enfield, Ct : a
farmer. They have two children :
10070. (1.) George Burdick.
10071. (2.) Harriet Maria Burdick.
10072- 4. 3. Albert Searle, m. Jannette Green, of Bernardston, Mass. :
a farmer. They have had :
10076. (1.) Charies Searle b. in 1866, d. in 1868.
10076. (2.) William Searle b. in 1868.
[7th Gen.J
10061-2. ii. BIary Ann Searle b. in 1811, m. in 1836, Orra Pierce,
of Columbia, N. H.
[8th Gen.J Children:
10077- 8. i. Edna Susan Pierce b. in Columbia, in 1836, m. iu 1858,
Henry Pierce, of Hartland, N. H. : a carpenter.

Thomas Strong, Son of Elder John, of Northampton. 559
Loren Pierce b . Jan. 1837.
Russell Pierce b. in 1840, and d. in 1856.
Michael Pierce b. in 1842 and d. in 1856.
Harriet Ellen Pierce b. Dec. 19, 1846, m. Jan. 8, 1864,
Frank B. Morey of Northampton, a paper-maker : They
have had 2 children :
Evelyn Morey b. in 1866, and d. Oct 20, 1868.
Vivian Morey b. Oct. 29, 1867.
Franklin Burt Pierce b. in 1848, m. Anna Leonard of
Holyoke, Mass. They have had two chUdren :
Edward b. in 18 B6 and d. in 1869.
LiHan b. in 1868 and d. in 1869.
Luella Pierce b. in 1850 and d. in 1866.
. Lizzie A. Pierce b. in 1852.
William Edward Pierce b. in 1854 and d, in Feb. 1869.

10079.

ii.

10080.

iii.

10081.

iv.

10082-

8.

V.

10084.

1.
10086.
2.
10086-
7.
vi.
10088.
1.
10089.
2.
10090.
vii.
10091.
viii.
10092.
ix.
[7th Gen.J
1006S-4. iH. Rhoda Searle (dau. of Clark Searle and Mary Strong)
b. May 21, 1812, m. Dec. 28, 1834, Samuel Pease Bartlett b. Feb. 28,
1814 (son of Samuel Bartlett of Southampton) : resided at Easthamp
ton, Mass., and after 1844, at Southampton. He d. in the insane hospi
tal at Northampton, Dec. 11, 1869 : she d. in East Cummington, Mass.,
Nov. 11, 1869.
[8th Gen.J Children :
10093. i. Lydia Ann Bartlett b. Dec. 18, 1835, d. March 16, 1836.
10094. U. Dwight Strong Bartlett b. Jan. 29, 1837, d. Dec 29,
1861.
10096- 6. iH. Anna Elizabeth Bartlett b. March 9, 1839, m. Newton
Brett Whitman.
iv. Lydia Jane Bartlett b. May 10, 1841.
V. Seth Clark Bartlett b. May 5, 1843, in Basthampton.
vi. Albert Harvey Bartlett b. Feb. 8, 1845, in Southampton.
vii. Edson PhUetus Bartlett, ") d. May 26, 1848.
viii. Edmund Miletus Bartlett Uwins b. Jan. 5, 1847.
ix. Mary Esther Bartlett b. Feb. 1, 1849, at Easthampton.
X. Emerson Eugene Bartlett b. in Southampton April 3,
1861.
Elmina Franklin Bartlett b. March 6, 1853.
Samuel Lewis Bartlett b. Feb. 20, 1865, d. Sept. 7, 1855.
10097.
10098. 10099.10100. 10101.10102.10103.
10104.10105. 10106.
XI.xii.
10107.
xiii. Arthur Lucius
xiv. Austin Luther
d. Sept. 6, 1857.
twins b. Dec. 16, 1856.
d. Feb. 28, 1859.
[6th Gen.J
9979-80. iu. Esther Strong (dau. of WaitstiU Strongof Huntington,
Mass., and Rhoda Clark) b. Sept 23, 1781, m. Nov. 26, 1801, Elisha
Pomeroy b. in 1780 (son of Jacob Pomeroy of Southampton and Thank-
560 Descendants of Waitstill Strongof NorthampUm, Son of '
ful  ): a farmer in Southampton. He d. AprU 14, 1843, aged 63.
She d. June 18, 1847, aged 66.
[7th Gen.J phildren :
10109-10. i. Elisha Pomeroy b. Aug. 28, 1802.
10111. ii. Linus Pomeroy b. in 1803.
10112. iU. Esther Maria Pomeroy b. in 1806, d. AprU 17, 1814.
10113. . iv. Peninah Pomeroy d. in infancy.
10114- 6. V. Theodore Pomeroy b. in 1810, m. Ann Morey, d. Feb.
4, 1839.
10116- 7. vi. Apphia Pomeroy b. in 1812, m. Alexander H. Edwards
of Northampton.
10118- 9. vii. Waitstill Strong Pomeroy b. Sept 11, 1814.
10120- 1. viu. Esther Maria Pomeroy (2d) b. Oct 5, 1816, m. Jonathan
C. Slack of Northampton.
10108-9. i. Elisha Pomeroy, Jr., b. Aug. 28, 1802, m. May 7,1835,
Mary Brown b. July 12, 1798 (dau. of Roswell and Ruth Brown of
Westfield, Mass. : a farmer. He d. Sept. 3, 1860. They had one chUd :
10122. 1. Watson Pomeroy b. Feb. 16, 1837, d. AprU 3, 1842. .
10110-1. ii. LiNusPoMEROYb. in 1803, m.Oct 1842, Rhoda Brooks:
a sawyer at W. Randolph, N. Y. (1856-65), where he d. May 15, 1865.
He. lived previously to 1866, at Southampton. She resides at Java, N. Y.
[8th Gen.J Children :
10123- 4. i. Mary Jane Pomeroy m. James Barker of Jamestown,
N. Y.
10126- 6. ii. Esther Pomeroy m. Orrin Dougherty : a farmer in Ken-
nedyville, N. Y. She d. about 1866.
10127. iii. Adah Almira Pomeroy b. in 1854, and d. in 1856.
10128. iv. Austin Linus Pomeroy.
10129. v. Edwin Clark Pomeroy b. in 1858.
10130. vi. Ida Almira Pomeroy b. in 1860, in Kennedyville, N. Y.
10123—4. i. Mary Jane Pomeroy m. James Barker of Jamestown,
N. Y. : a rail road contractor. Children :
10131. 1. Clinton Barker b. in Louisville, Ky.
10132. 2. Margaret Barker b. in Kennedyville, N. Y.
[7th Gen.J
10116-7. vi. Apphia Pomeroy (dau. .of Elisha Pomeroy and Esther
Strong) b. in 1812, m. Nov. 1834, Alexander Hamilton Edwards of North
ampton. She d. Aug. 3, 1868.
[8th Gen.J Children:
10138- 4. i. Hannah Maria Edwards b. Oct 21, 1835, m. Edward B.
Partridge.

Thomas Strong, Son of Elder John, of Northampton. 561
10135- 6. u. Charles Strong Edwards b. Aug. 27, 1837.
10137. iii. William Pomeroy Edwards b. June 16, 1848.
10138. iv. Susan Jane Edwards b. May 5, 1851.
10133-^. i. Hannah Maria Edwards b. Oct 21, 1835, m. Dec 9,
1856, Edward Brooks Partridge b. April 2, 1826 (son of WUHam Wood-
ham Partridge and Louisa  ) a mechanic at Northampton.
[9th Gen.J Children :
10139. i. Ella Maria Partridge b. Jan. 18, 1867, d. Oct. 14, 1858.
10140. ii. George Edwards Partridge b. Jan. 8, 1859.
10141. iU. Nellie Taylor Partridge b. Nov. 11, 1861. •
10142. iv. Lottie Maria Partridge b. June 1, 1866.
10143. V. William Alexander Partridge b. March 29, 1870.
[8th Gen.J
10136-6. ii. Charles Strong Edwards b. Aug. 27, 1837, m. Aug.
1865, Lydia Mylintha Giles of Randolph, N. Y., employed in the cutlery
factory at Northampton. They have one child :
10143a. 1. Belle Maria Edwards b. Aug. 1, 1866.
[7th Gen.J
10118-9. vii. Waitstill Strong Pomeroy (son of Elisha Pomeroy
and Esther Strong) b. Sept. 11, 1814, m. Jan. 26, 1843, Almira Betham
Searle b. March 23, 1815 (dau. of Robert Betham of Albany, and Susan
 ) : a farmer in Southampton. He d. Sept 6, 1868.
[8th Gen.J Children :
10144. i. Orlando Watson Pomeroy b. Dec. 24, 1843, d. Jan. 12,
1846.
10145- 6. ii. Lizzie Jane Pomeroy b. Dec. 24, 1845, m. Oct 8, 1868,
Nelson Howard Kingsley b. Jan. 6, 1839 (son of
Zenas Kingsley of South Columbia, N. H., and Susan
Elwell) : a farmer and mechanic at Southampton. See
under account of descendants of Joseph Kingsley and
Abigail C. Strong, infra.
10147. iU. Orlando Waitstill Pomeroy b. Dec. 8, 1848, a farmer at
Southampton.
10148. iv. Theodore Messervy Pomeroy b. Sept. 2, 1851, d. May
26, 1864.
10149. V. Arthur Chapman Pomeroy b. Jan. 17, 1855.
[7th Gen.J
10120-1. vUi. Esther Maria Pomeroy (dau. of EHsha Pomeroy
and Esther Strong) b. Oct. 5, 1816, m. June 11, 1834, Jonathan Caswell
Slack b. Jan. 1811 (son of William Slack, a carpenter at Northampton).
71

562 Descendants of Waitstill Strong of Northampton, Son of
He d. Aug. 14, 1868, and she m. March 22, 1860, Josiah D. Clark of
Southampton, and previously of Westhampton. She d. Sept. 24, 1866. '
No issue. [6th Gen.J
9981-2. iv. Ruth Strong (dau. of WaitstiU Strong, 3d, of South
ampton, and Rhoda Clark) twin with Naomi b. April 29, 1783, m. Feb.
2, 1814, Dea. John Burt Lyman b. April 4, 1792 (son of Rufus Lyman,
of Westhampton and Martha Burt) : a farmer in Huntington, Mass. She
d. Dec. 5, 1856.
[7th Gen.J Children :
10150- 1. i. Mary Strong Lyman b. July 27, 1818, m. Wharton D.
Searle.
10162- 3. ii. Dexter Lyman b. Sept 10, 1821.
10164- 5. Hi. Jairus Joy Lyman b. Aug. 24, 1823.
10156- 7. iv. John Burt Lyman b. Dec. 30, 1825.
10150-1. i. Mary Strong Lyman b. July 27, 1818, m. Sept 8,
1844, Wharton D. Searle (son of Israel Searle, of Southampton and Cla
rissa  ) : a farmer in Southampton.
[8th Gen.J Children :
10158. i. Lyman W. Searle b. June 17, 1846 : a farmer at South
ampton.
10159-60. u. Josephine E. Searie b. May 10, 1849, m. Oct. 30, 1867,
Edward H. Bell (adopted son of Dr. Artemas Bell, of
Southampton) : a merchant at Southampton.
Mary L. Searie b. Aug. 10, 1861.
Ella Naomi Searle b. April 30, 1867, d. May 7, 1858.
Ida D. Searie b. AprU 29, 1860.
[7th Gen.J
10152-3. ii. Dexter Lyman (son of Dea. John B. Lyman and Ruth
Strong) b. Sept. 10, 1821, m. Nov. 22, 1848, Mary Stearns Clark (dau.
of Elisha Clark of Southampton and Minerva  ) : a farmer in Hunting
ton, Mass.
[8th Gen.J Children :
10164. i. George Dexter Lyman b. March 6, 1850.
10165. u. Myra EUen Lyman b. Oct 21, 1855, kUled by being
thrown from a wagon July 8, 1857.
10166. Hi. Myron Clark Lyman b. Oct. 2, 1858.
10167. iv. James Burt Lyman b. Feb. 3, 1861.
[7th Gen.J
10154-5. iii. Jairus Joy Lyman b. Aug. 24, 1828, m. in 1847,
Syrene C. Moore b. Nov. 26, 1823 (dau. of Flavins Moore of Montgomery,

10161.

iii.

10162.

iv.

10163.

V.

Thomas Strong, Son of Elder John, of Northampton. 563
Mass., and Susan  ) : a farmer in Huntington, and since 1869, in
Granby, Mass,
[8th Gen.J Children :
10168. i. Rosella C. Lyman b. March 18, 1848.
10169. ii. Ruth S. Lyman b. Oct 1, 1851.
10170. iU. Emma R. Lyman b. Nov. 17, 1854.
10171. iv. Arabella S. Lyman b. Feb. 1, 1857.
10172. V. John Wilson Lyman b. Aug. 26, 1864.
[7th Gen.J
10156-7. iv. John Burt Lyman, Jr. (sonof Dea. John B. Lyman and
Ruth Strong) b. Dec. 30, 1825, m. May 15, 1850, Luthera BUzabeth Ellis
b. Oct 22, 1826 (dau. of Samuel Ellis of Huntington and Betsey  ) :
a farmer in Huntington. She d. Aug. 26, 1861. He enlisted Dec. 15,
1863, for the war as a private in Co. K, First Mass. Heavy Artil
lery. He was mortally wounded May 18, 1864, in the first battle in
which he took part and d. May 21, 1864. Children :
10173. 1. Elbert Lyman b. March 16, 1851, d. Oct. 7, 1861.
10174. 2. Asahel Hubert Lyman b. April 17, 1853.
10175. 3. Catharine Elizabeth Lyman b. June 8, 1859.
[6th Gen.] See p. 554.
9985. vi. Horatio Strong (son of WaitstiU Strong of Southamp
ton, and Rhoda Clark) b. March 19, 1786, m. Jan. 31, 1815, Sarah Elwell
b.Dec 23, 1788 (dau. of Thomas ElweU of Westhampton, andMary  ) :
a farmer at Huntington on the old homestead until about 1831, when he
removed to Hatfield, Mass., where he d. Aug. 5, 1857, aged 72. He
was fond of music, and was drum major in the war of 1812, in Boston.
[7th Gen.J Children :
10176- 7. i. Parmenas Lysander Strong b. Nov. 12, 1815.
10178- 9. U. Amariah Elwell Strong b. June 11, 1818.
10180. iU. Horatio Strong b. June 9, 1820.
10181- 2. iv. Sarah Ann Strong b. Dec 12, 1823, m. Ebenezer
Dwight.
10183- 5. V. Rowena M. Strong b. AprU 14, 1826, m. Edward P.
BiUings and for 2d husband 0. W. Cleveland.
10176-7. i. Parmenas Lysander Strong b. Nov. 12, 1815, m. Sept.
16, 1840, Miranda Frary b. Dec. 14, 1813 (dau. of Thomas Frary of
Hatfield and Sarah Morton) : a»farmer at Hatfield.
[8th Gen.J Children :
10186- 7. i. Alvin Lyman Strong b. AprU 30, 1843.
10188. U. John Marshall Strong b. May 24, 1848.
10189. iU. Sarah Jane Strong b. Oct. 28, 1851.
10190. iv. Harriet Maria Strong b. May 23, 1858.

564 Descendantsof Waitstill Strong of Northampton, Son of
10186-7. i. Alvin Lyman Strong b. AprU 30, 1843, a farmer in
Hatfield, Mass. He enUsted Sept 8, 1862, in Co. K, 52d Mass. Vols.,
for 9 months. His regiment saw much hard service in the swamps of
Louisiana, and were at the front for three weeks in succession at the siege
of Port Hudson, but he was never absent from his post His regiment
was the first to go up the Mississippi after the opening of the river to
navigation again. To him the author is indebted for the account here
given of the descendants of Waitstill Strong and Rhoda Clark. He m.
Nov. 1, 1866, Anna Betsey Searle b. Sept 21, 1843 (dau. of Joel Strong
Searle of Huntington, b. May 22, 1811, and Maria Fairman b. March 19,
1816). ChUdren :
10191. 1. Gertrude AHce Strong b. Aug. 26, 1867.
10192. 2. Edson Winthrop Strong b. Dec 5, 1869.
[7th Gen.J
10178-9. ii. Amariah Elwell Strong (son of Horatio Strong of
Hatfield, and Sarah Elwell) b. June 11, 1818, m. Sept 9, 1840, Lucy
Stebbins b. May 7, 1816 (dau. of Brastus Stebbins of Granby, Mass., and
Ruth  ) a farmer in Hatfield, Mass.
[8th Gen.J Children:
10193- 4. i. Dwight Stebbins Strong b. Aug. 31, 1842.
10195. u. George Eckerson Strong b. Oct 20, 1847, a telegraph
operator at Athol, Blass.
10196. iii. Emily Ceressa Strongb. May 11, 1849, d. March 30,
1860.
10197. iv. Erastus Seymour Strong b. Dec. 28, 1850.
10198. V. Lucy Ann Strong b. AprU 7, 1853.
10193-4. i. Dwight Stebbins Strong b. Aug. 31, 1842 : a farmer
in Hatfield, Mass. He enlisted, Oct 10, 1861, in the regimental brass
band, of the 27th Mass. Regt Vols. (1861, — Aug. 30, 1862), and reenlisted
July 17, 1863, as musician in the regt. of Heavy Artillery (Co. A, 2d
Regt, Mass. Vols.). He was in the battles of Roanoke Island, and New
born. He was discharged Sept 3, 1865, at SmithvUle, N. C. He m.
Nov. 6, 1867, Lucy Almira Lombard (dau. of Joel Lombard and Esther
 , of Coleraine, Mass.). Child :
10199. i. Minnie Maria Strong b. Aug. 21, 1869.
[7th Gen.J
10181-2. iv. Sarah Ann Strong (dau. of Horatio Strong and Sa
rah ElweU) b. Dec. 12, 1823, m. Jan. 4, 1844, Ebenezer Dwight b. June
20 1820 (son of WUliam Dwight, a farraer in Hatfield, and Rebecca
Sadler) : a farmer in Hatfield.

Thomas Strong, Son of Elder John, of Northampton. 565
[8th Gen.J Children :
10200. i. Mariette Jane Dwight b. AprU 18, 1849.
10201. u. Annie Maria Dwight b. Feb. 3, 1855.
1P202. iU. LiLLA Bell Dwight b. Oct. 12, 1864, d. Jan. 22, 1870.
[7th Gen.J
10183-5. V. RowENA M. Strong (dau. of Horatio Strong and Sarah
Elwell) b. AprU 14, 1826, m. Dec 16, 1846, Edward Phelps BiUings b.
in 1823 (son of Abram Billings, of Hatfield) : a farmer in Hatfield, where
he d. having accidentally shot himself through the breast, Nov. 6, 1848.
She m. May 28, 1850, Osborn W. Cleveland b. May 20, 1817 (son of
Waldo Cleveland a hotel keeper at Williamsburgh, Mass., and Almira
his wife), a farmer at WiUiamsburgh for a few years, and afterwards at
Oxford, 0., where he d. Dec. 26, 1866.
[8thGen.J Children:
10203. i. Edward Warner Cleveland b. Jan. 23, 1851.
10204. u. Waldo Strong Cleveland b. Oct 7, 1853,
10206. iu. Harry Osborn Cleveland b. July 30, 1861.
10206. iv. Charles Elmer Cleveland b. April 14, 1865.
[6th Gen.J
9985. VU. Waitstill Root Strong (son of Waitstill Strong and
Rhoda Clark) b. June 5, 1788, m. Dec 14, 1823, Achsah Strong b. Oct
23, 1802 (dau. of Dea. Noah Strong of Westhampton, Mass., and Achsah
Hulbert) a farmer in Huntington, Mass., and StrongsvUle, 0., and Brigh
ton, 0. He d. in Brighton, 0., Oct. 7, 1856. She m. Sept. 2, 1867,
Chester Manvel of Wakeman, 0.: a cooper and farmer there, b. in
Woodbury, Ct, AprU 27, 1796 (son of John and Ruth Ann Blanvel).
[7th Gen.J Children :
10208-10. i. Capt. Waitstill Wright Strong b. Oct. 17, 1824.
10211- 3. U. Achsah Hulbert Strong b. Jan. 16, 1826, m. Feb. 16,
1848, Wm. M. Battle of Brighton, 0. : a farmer.
10214. iii. Juliette Strong b. Aug. 2, 1829, d. Oct 7, 1841, in
Brighton.
10216. iv. Emily Sophronia Strong b. July 1, 1831, d. May 9,
1832, in Huntington.
10216. V. Emily PameHa Strong b. in StrongsviUe, 0., March 4,
1833, d. July 7, 1844, in Brighton.
10217- 8. vi. Sophronia Eliza Strong b. Feb. 12, 1835.
10219. VU. James Ellsworth Strongb. in Brighton, 0. May 17, 1837,
d. at Washington, D. C, July 6, 1864.
10220- 1. viu. Frances Elizabeth Strong b. May 12, 1839, m. J. H.
Manvel.
10222. ix. Laurissa Azelia Strong b. June 6, 1841, d. Dec 18,
1842, in Brighton.

566 Descendantsof Waitstill Strong of 'Northampton, Sonof
10223. X. Lyman Emory Strong b. April 17, 1844, a farmer in
Richfield, 0. : unmarried.
[7th Gen.]
10208-10. i. Capt. Waitstill Wright Strong (son of Waitstill
Root Strong and Achsah Strong) b. Oct. 17, 1824, m. Oct 12, 1853, in
Westfield, Mass., Elizabeth Geary, where she d. Jan. 19, 1855. He m.
for 2d wife in Winchester, 111., Aug. 25, 1863, Martha Story. He is a
farmer in Montana. He enlisted April 11, 1861, at Winchester, IU., in
Co. K, of the 14th 111. Regt. of Vol. Infantry, for 3 years. In Jan.
1862, he was made Orderly Sergeant, and in April, 1862, Capt. of his
company. He was in the battles at Fort Donaldson and at Pittsburgh
Landing, and at the siege of Vicksburgh, and in general was with Genl.
U. S. Grant during his campaign in the south-eastern part of the country
and in the valley of the Mississippi. He was mustered out of service at
Springfield, IU., a soldier of many hard fought battles, June 24, 1864.
[8th Gen.J Children : By first vnfe :
10224. i. Lizzie Eva Strong b. Dec. 30, 1854.
By second wife :
10226. u. Albert Wright Strong b. Feb. 2, 1866.
[7th Gen.J
10217-8. vi. Sophronia Eliza Strong (dau. of WaitstiU Root
Strong and Achsah Strong) b. Feb. 12, 1835, m. AprU 29, 1857, Luther
Clark Gibbs b. Aug. 30, 1829 (son of Luther Scott Gibbs of Brighton, 0.) :
a farmer in R.ichfield, Lucas Co., 0. She d. Oct. 11, 1870.
[8th Gen.J Children :
10226. i. Ella Ada Gibbs b. April 10, 1858, d. May 10, 1863.
10227. u. Joseph Bacon Gibbs b. Sept. 7, 1859, d. Sept. 15, 1860.
10228. iU. George Lee Gibbs b. AprU 4, 1862.
10229. iv. Scott Gibbs b. Oct 24, 1864.
10230. V. Carrie Gibbs b. Jan. 25, 1870.
[7th Gen.J
10219. vU. James Ellsworth Strong b. May 17, 1837, a farmer.
He m. Aug. 28, 1861, Elizabeth Bonney (dau. of Lyman Bonney of
WeUington, 0.). He enlisted March, 1864, in Co. H, 2d Ohio
Veteran Cavalry, and d. in Carver Hospital, Washington, D. C, July 6,
1864, under the influence of chloroform, when having a bone extracted
from his hand, broken by an accidental discharge of his carbine at White-
house Landing. They had a son :
10231. 1. Burtie Strong b. Feb. 7, 1863.

Thomas Strong, Son of Elder John, of Northampton. 567
[7th Gen.J
10220-1. viu. Frances Elizabeth Strong b. Blay 12, 1839, m.
Feb. 14, 1865, James Henry Manvel (son of Chester Manvel and
Dotha  his wife) : a farmer in Wakeman, 0. They have a son :
10232. 1. John Samuel Manvel b. June 2, 1870.
[6th Gen.J
9986. viu. Hophni Strong (son of WaitstiU Strong and Rhoda
Clark) b. at Southampton Nov. 14, 1793, twin with Phinehas, m. in 1823
Jemima Searle of Southampton. She d. July 28, 1849, set 44, and he
m. for 2d wife in 1851, Roxana Day of Chicopee Falls) : a farmer at
Huntington, Mass. He d. Aug. 29, 1860, set 66. She stUl resides
(1870) at Huntington.
[7th Gen.J Children : By first wife :
10233- 4. i. Elizabeth Strong b. in 1824, m. EHsha K. Miller b. in
1817 (son of Nathaniel Miller) : a farmer in Hunting
ton. She d. Aug. 23, 1847, and he d. Nov. 5, 1849.
10235. u. Hophni Dwight Strong b. in 1826, a cooper at Hunting
ton and unmarried (1870).
10236. iii. Loomis Searle Strong b. in 1828, m. Nancy Barton of
Chicopee, where he was a farmer and d. in 1863.
10237- 8. iv. Philena Strong b. in 1830, m. Amasa W. Thayer of
Worthington, Mass.
By second vnfe :
10239. V. Charles Edward Strong b. Oct 6, 1863.
10240. vi. Samuel Laurence Strong b. Dec. 8, 1864.
[4th Gen.J See pag e 549.
9873-4. ii. John Strong (son of Waitstill Strong of Northampton,
and MindweU Bartlett, his 2d wife) b. Dec 2, 1709, m. Hannah Root b.
Feb, 6, 1707 (dau. of Hope Root and Sarah Wright). She d. March.
1750, and he m. for 2d wife, Nov. 11, 1762, Eunice Brown b. Dec. 17,
1730 (dau. of John Brown of Northfield, Ct). She d. April 18, 1786.
He d. Oct 19, 1779, aged 69.
[5th Gen.J Children: By first wife:
10241- 2. i. John Strong b. Aug. 11, 1743.
10243- 4. ii. Hannah Strong b. Sept 8, 1745, m. in 1768, Abijah
Wait.
10245. iii. Timothy Strong b. Dec. 8, 1747. His history not traced.
By second wife :
10246- 7. iv. Eunice Strong b. Dec. 22, 1763, m. Nov. 29, 1787,
Elijah Scott of Goshen.
10248- 9. V. Silas Strong b. May 20, 1765.

568 Descendants of Waitstill Strong of Northampton, Son of
10250 -1. vi. Justin Strong b. Oct 12, 1772.
10252- 3. VU. Achsah Strong b. in 1773, m. Nov. 29, 1792, Nathaniel
Day.
10241-2. i. John Strong, jR.,b. Aug. 11, 1743, m. in 1768, Ann
Rust (dau. of Daniel Rust of Coventry, and  WUson), d. May 8,
1822, at Northampton, aged 78 years.
[6th Gen.J Children :
10254- 5. i. Arunah Strong bap. Dec. 25, 1768, m. Sept. 13, 1796,
Olive Thayer. He d. Dec 20, 1811. One child :
10256. 1. James Strong b. May 8, 1797.
10257- 8. U. John Strong b. Jan. 28, 1772 (bap. Feb. 2, 1772), d. at
Northampton, May 11, 1859, aged 87.
10259-60. iU. Ann Strong bap. March 9, 1777, m. Elisha Babcock.
10261. iv. Martha Strong bap. Dec 24, 1780.
10262- 3. V. Elihu Strong bap. June 6, 1784, m. Dec 9, 1806, Cla.
rissa Day b. Oct. 12, 1788 (dau. of Nathaniel Day, Jr.,
of Northampton, and Ada Blarshall, whom he m. Nov.
25, 1761) : d. Sept 27, 1823.
10264. vi. Erastus Strong b. in 1776, d. Feb. 29, 1828, aged 52.
[6th Gen.J
10257-8. ii. John Strong (son of John Strong, Jr., and Ann Rust)
b. Jan. 28, 1772, m. Aug. 1795, Patience Eaton b. at Middlebury, Mass.,
Blarch 27, 1777 (dau. of John Eaton) : a cabinet maker and painter.
He d. at Northampton, May 11, 1859, aged 87. She d. at Limerick, Me.,
Aug. 22, 1848, aged 71.
[7th Gen.J Children :
10265. i. A son unnamed b. and d. July 30, 1796.
10266. u. Marcena Strong b. at Worthington, Mass., Oct. 7, 1797,
d. at Sheldon, Vt. She m. No children.
10267- 8. iii. Almira Strong b. at Northampton, Aug. 4, 1799, m.
Cornelius Granger.
10269-71. iv. Dr. Jairus Eaton Strong b. at MarceUus, N. Y., Feb.
18, 1802.
10272- 3. V. Caroline Strong b. at MarceUus, Aug. 20, 1804, m. Levi
Brown, of Troy, N. H.
10274- 6. vi. Rev. Harrison Worthington Strong b. at Onondaga,
N. Y., Oct. 9, 1807, d. at Norway, Me., July 13, 1855.
10277- 8. vU. Martha Strongb. at Onondaga, Oct. 31, 1809, m. George
Linton b. at Troy, Vt and d. at Newport, Vt.
10279. viu. John Strong, Jr., b. at Pompey, N. Y., Oct 9, 1812, d.
Jan. 14, 1813.
10280- 1. ix. Dr. Justin Edwards Strong b. in Pompey, N. Y., March
10, 1814
10282- 4. X. Lydia Eaton Strong b- at Pompey. N. Y., May 21, 1817,
m. AprU 28, 1851, Edward John Robinson b. at Exeter,
N. H., Aug. 1816 (son of Josiah Robinson). He d.

10287.

ii.

10288.

iii.

10289.

iv.

10290.

V.

10291.

vi.

10292.

vii

10293.

vii;

10294

ix.

10295.

X.

Thomxxs Strong, Son of Elder John, of Northampton. 569
there May 29, 1854 She m. for 2d husband. May 26,
1869, Isaac Farwell b. at Fitchburgh, Mass., April 7
1794) : a farmer at Waltham, Mass.
By first husband :
10285. 1. A chUd that d. early.
10267-8. iii. Almira Strong b. Aug. 4, 1799, m. in 1817, Cornelius
Granger b. at Pompey, N. Y. in 1797) : a resident at Onondaga and after
1830, at Hastings, N. Y.
[8th.Gen.J Children:
10286. i. Francis Strong Granger b. in 1818, d. at Glenn's Palls
N. Y., in 1858.
John Eaton Granger b. in 1821.
Caroline Granger b. in 1824, resides unmarried at
Cohoes, N. Y.
Charles Granger b. in 1826.
Ann Maria Granger b. in 1829, d. at Cohoes, in 1867.
Dr. Isaac M. Granger b. in 1831.
vii. Elvira Harris Granger b. in 1834.
viii. Lucy Pratt Granger b. in 1837.
Harrison Granger b. in 1840.
Martha Stewart Granger b. in 1844.
[7th Gen.J
10269-71. iv. Jairus Eaton Strong, M.D., b. Feb. 18, 1802, m.
at Guilford, N. H., May 2, 1833, Mehitable Jewett b. at Guilford, AprU
12, 1805 (dau. of Benjamin Jewett and Rebecca Boynton), she d. at
Woodstock, N. H., Sept 28, 1858, aged 53, and he m. for 2d wife at
Pittsfield, N. H., July 4, 1859, Blary Roberts Robie b. at New Hampton,
N. H., Sept 8, 1824 (dau. of Samuel Robie and Eunice Roberts). He
has resided for several years previously at Manchester, N. H., but resides
now (1870) at Portsmouth, N. H. It is to him, through the kindness of
Roswell H. Hassam, Esq., of Manchester, in gathering and preparing the
facts furnished by him, that the account here given of the descendants of
his father is chiefly due.
[8thGen.J Children: By second wife :
10296. i. Mary Susan Strong b. at Pittsfield, N. H., May 5, 1860.
10297. ii. Martha EUa Strong b. at Pittsfield, March 10, 1863.
10298. in. Jairus Eaton Strong b. at Derry, N. .H., Aug. 28, 1866.
[7th Gen.J
10272-3. V. Caroline Strong b. Aug. 20, 1804, m. at Enosburgh,
Vt, Aug. 8, 1825, Levi Brown b. at Troy, Vt., March 31, 1799 (son of
Stephen Brown and Elizabeth  ) : a farmer at Brownsville, Iowa.
72

570 Descendants of Waitstill Strong of Northampton, Son of
[8th Gen.J Children :
10299. i. Chauncey Brown b. AprU 20, 1826, d. at Wilbraham,
Mass., Oct 19, 1857.
10300. u. Amanda Brown b. Aug. 31, 1827 : unmarried.
10301. iU. Addison Brown b. Aug. 18, 1829.
10302- 4. iv. Almira CordeUa Brown b. Nov. 11, 1831, m. Aug. 5,
1854, Langdon Bradstreet Mott b. at Enosburgh, Vt.,
May 7, 1828, resident at Bedford, N. H. Three
children.
10305. v. Stephen W. Brown b. AprU 26, 1834 : a resident at
Merrimac, N. H. Has three children.
10306. vi. Olive Brown b. Oct 13, 1837, resides in Iowa.
10307. vH. Horace W. Brown b. May 24, 1841, resides in Iowa.
10308. viU. Marietta Brown b. Oct. 8, 1846, resides in Iowa.
[7th Gen.]
10274-6. vi. Rev. Harrison Worthington Strong b. Oct 9,
1807, m. at Wilton, N. H., Serena Winn. She d. and he m. for 2d wife
at Nashua, N. H., Mary Ann Parker. He was a Baptist clergyman, and
was grad. at Newton Theol. Sem. Mass. He d. at Norway, Me., July
13, 1855, aged 47 : his widow resides at Nashua, N. H.
[8th Gen.J Children: By fi/rst wife:
10309. i. Augustine Strong b. at Canaan, N. H., d. aged 21.
10310. ii. A daughter that d. at Norway, Me., aged 7.
By second wife :
10311. iii. Mary Ann Strong b. at Norway, Me., d. at Merrimac,
N. H.
[7th Gen.J
10277- 8. vH. Martha Strong b. Oct 31, 1809, m. at Newport,
Vt, George Linton. She d. at Newport, Dec. 31, 1847. ChUdren :
10312. 1. EUza Linton b. Aug. 22, 1844.
10313. 2. Anna Linton.
[7th Gen.J
10280-1. ix. Dr. Justin Edwards Strong b. March 10, 1814, m.
Jan. 5, 1837, at Boston, Margaret Louisa Fitzgerald b. at Boston, Dec
15, 1813 (dau. of Martin Fitzgerald and Eleanor Hennessey): an electri
cian at Salem, Oregon; engaged in erecting telegraph lines : resided for
several years at Springfield, Mass.
[8th Gen.J Children :
10314. i. A son unnamed b. at Boston, June 3, 1838, and d. June
18, 1838.
10315. H. Edward Worthington Strong b. at Boston, Nov. 19,
1839, d. at Springfield, Mass., April 24, 1845, set 6.

Thomas Strong, Son of Elder JoJm, of NortJiampton. 571
10316. Hi. George Ashley Strong b. at Springfield, Mass., July 19
1842, and d. there May 1, 1845. ' J >
10317. iv. A son b. and d. Sept 25, 1844.
10318. V. Dr. Alfred Stanley Strong b. at Springfield, Mass., Aug.
1, 1846 : an electrician at Virginia City, Nevada.
10319. vi. Francis Dwight Strong b. at Springfield Feb. 1, 1849, a
pianist at Mayfield, Cal.
10320. vii. George Edward Strong b. at Springfield, March 31,
1851. ~ 1- o ,
[5th Gen.J
10243-4. ii. Hannah Strong (dau. of John Strong and Hannah
Root) b. Sept 8, 1745, m. Sept. 8, 1768, Abijah Wait b. AprU 24, 1746,
(son of Ebenezer Wait b. March 10, 1710, who d. Oct 1753, jet. 43, and
AbigaU Janes). She d. Jan. 2, 1806, set 60.
[6th Gen.J Children:
10321. i. Ebenezer Wait bp. in 1769.
10322. ii. Seth Wait bp. Oct. 6, 1771.
10323. iii. A child bp. May 15, 1774, that d. soon.
10324- 5. iv. Lucy Wait bp. Feb. 1777, m. March 7, 1799, Jonathan
White.
10326. V. Levi Wait bp. Oct 1, 1780.
10327. vi. Timothy Wait bp. March 23, 1783.
10328. vU. Justin Wait bp. March 20, 1786.
10329. viU. Hannah Wait bp. July 5, 1792.
10330. ix. Asahel Wait
[5th Gen.J
10248-9. V. Silas Strong (son of John Strong of Northampton, and
Eunice Brown his 2d wife) b. Blay 20, 1766, m. Nov. 28, 1793, Sabra
Thayer dau. of Silas Thayer) : a farmer in Northampton. He d. Feb. 21,
1848, aged 82.
[6th Gen. J Children:
10331. i. Asenath Strong b. in 1801, ra. Jesse Coats of North
ampton.
10332. U. William Strong b. April 2, 1796.
10333. . iH. Quartus Strong b. Dec. 2, 1798.
10334. iv. Charles Strong.
10335- 6. V. Harriet Strong m. Lathrop E. Knight
10337. vi. There was also a son Christopher Strong b. in 1800, who
d. Aug. 26, 1813, aged 13.
[5th Gen.J
10250-1. vi. Justin Strong (son of John Strongof Northampton and
Eunice Brown) b. Oct. 12, 1772, m. June 2, 1827, Dorothy Clark b.
Oct 22, 1786 (dau. of Solomon Clark b. Sept. 2, 1744, who d. Nov. 4,

572 Descendantsof Waitstill Strong of NortJiampton, Son of
1821, aged 77, and Eleanor Wright whom he m. Nov. 9, 1769, and who
d. Nov. 22, 1812, aged 65). She seems to have been widow Phelps at
the time of her marriage from one record that calls her Dorothy Phelps.
He d. Nov. 16, 1838, aged 66, a resident at Northampton.
10262-3. vii. Achsah Strong (dau. of John Strong and Eunice
Brown b. in 1773, m. Nov. 29, 1792, Nathaniel Day b. July 30, 1769
(son of Nathaniel Day, Jr., and Ada Blarshall). He resided at North
ampton. She d. July 31, 1847, aged 74.
[6th Gen.J Children :
10338- 9. i. Eunice Day b. Jan. 11, 1795, m. in 1820, Phineas Owens,
of Westfield, Mass.
10340- 1. U. HuRAM Day b. AprU 11, 1796.
10342. Ui. Hiram Day b. Oct 1797, d. May 11, 1819, aged 22.
10343. iv. Eliza Day b. May 11, 1804, m. WiUiam Smith.
10345- 6. V. Wealthy Day b. Jan. 1806, m. in 1826, Levi Pond of
Hatfield.
10347- 8. vi. Almira Day m. William Leonard of Ashfield.
10349-50. VU. Samuel Day b. March, 1810.
10351- 2. viu. Deborah Day b. Nov. 1813, m. WiUiam Wolcott of
Williamsburgh, Mass.
10340.-1. U. HuRAM Day b. AprU 11, 1796, m. in 182- Lucinda
Owen of Westfield, Blass., a resident at Northampton.
[7th Gen.J Children :
10363. i. Charles Day b. Sept 16, 1822.
10364. U. William Day b. Sept 17, 1824.
10366. Hi. Nathaniel Day b. Nov. 18, 1825.
10356. iv. Leonard Day b. Dec 12, 1827.
10367. V. Sarah Day b. Aug. 14, 1829.
10358. vi. Julia Day b. July 2, 1832, d. Sept 13, 1833.
[6th Gen.]
10349-50. vui. Samuel Day b. March, 1810, m. Feb. 12, 1833, Lu
cinda Mann : a resident at Northampton.
[7th Gen.J Children:
10359. i. George Day b. Feb. 9, 1834, d. July 21, 1840.
10360. u. Lewis Day b. H'eb. 12, 1836.
10361- 2. iU. Samuel Clesson Dayb. April 1, 1838.
10363. iv. Luke Day b. Blarch 22, 1840.
10364. V. Julia Day b. Blarch 14, 1842.
10365. vi. George Day b. Dec 17, 1845.
[4th Gen.J See page 549.
9875-7. iii. Mind well Strong (dau. of WaitstUl Strong and MindweU
Bartlett) b. Oct. 30, 1711, m. Nov. 23, 1732, Samuel Clapp, Jr., b. Nov.

Thomas Strong, Son of Elder JoJm, of Northampton. 573
13, 1711 (son of Samuel Clapp and Mary Sheldon, who m. for a second
husband in 1762, Jonathan Strong) : a farmer at Southampton, Mass.
(1764-75) where he d. Aug. 28, 1775.
[5th Gen.J Children :
10366. i. Elijah Clapp b. Nov. 1, 1733, d. Nov. 13, 1733.
10367- 8. ii. Elijah Clapp (2d) b. May 3, 1736, m. in 1760, Submit
Clark, and had children : 1. Elijah. 2. Bela. 3. Luther.
4. Esther.
10369-70. iU. Jehiel Clapp b. Aug. 25, 1738, m. in 1761, Mary Shel
don (dau. of Noah and Mary Sheldon), aud for second
wife in 1770, EHzabeth Clark. By first wife he had
son Eleazer.
10371- 2. iv. Timothy Clapp, b. Aug. 16, 1740.
10378- 4. V. Samuel Clapp b. Nov. 8, 1742, m. Sarah Parsons, b.
Blay 7, 1744 (dau. of Moses Parsons of Northampton and
Sarah Janes). They had a son, Martin Clapp.
10875- 6. vi. Selah Clapp b. May 16, 1744, m. in 1767, AbigaU
Clark.
10377- 8. vii. Phinehas Clapp b. Deo. 19, 1745, m. in 1768, Princess
King.
10379-80. viU. Mindwell Clapp b. Oct 10, 1747, m. Solomon Strong.
10381- 2. ix. Mary Clapp b. in 1749, m. Belah Parsons b. Dec. 9,
1741 (son of Bloses Parsons and Sarah Janes). He d.
at Westhampton, Blass., July 9, 1815, aged 73.
10383. X. BIosES Clapp b. in 1751.
10371-2. iv. Timothy Clapp b. Aug. 16, 1740, m. Dec. 3, 1761,
Rachel Bascom (dau. of Jonathan Bascom of Southampton and Mindwell
King) : a farmer at Southampton.
[6th Gen.J Children :
Pliny Clapp m. BeHnda Wait.
Timothy Clapp m. Sally Stone, d. Sept., 1843.
Elisha Bascora Clapp b. Feb. 1777. See for fuUer ac
count page 339.
Thaddeus Clapp m. Rhoda Strong.
Silas Clapp m. Eunice Ranger.
Mindwell Clapp m. Simeon Eggleston.
Paul Clapp U ' s
viU. Apollos Clapp J ^'° '
Rachel Clapp m. Jacob Knox.
Simeon Clapp lived in Cambridge, N. Y.
Philemon Clapp, his history unknown.
xii. Philetus Clapp, d. young.
[5th Gen.J
10375-6. vi. Selah Clapp (son of Samuel Clapp, Jr., and Blindwell
Strong, dau. of Waitstill Strong) b. Blay 16, 1744, m. in 1767, Abigail
Clark. One account represents him also to have married Diana

10384.

i.

10385.

ii.

10386.

iii.

10387.

iv.

10388.

V.

10389.

vi.

10390.

vii,

10391.

viii

10392.

ix.

10393.

X.

10394

xi.

10395.

xii,

574 Descendantsof Waitstill Strongof Northampton, Son of
Sheldon, dau. of PUny Sheldon. She may have been his first wife.
He was a resident of Franklin, 0.
[6th Gen.J Children:
10396. i. Erastus Clapp b. in 1768.
10397. ii. BIary Clapp b. in 1771.
10398- 9. in. Naomi Clapp b. in 1773, m. Jesse Searle.
10400. iv. Selah Clapp b. in 1775.
10401. V. Cyrus Clapp b. in 1777 d. young.
10402. vi. Abigail Clapp b. in 1781.
10403. vii. Achsah Clapp b. in 1784.
10404- 5. viii. Mary Clapp b. in 1787, m. Zeno Coleman.

[4th Gen.J See page 649.
9878-9. iv. Submit Strong (dau. of WaitstiU Strong and MindweU
Bartlett) b. Deo. 23, 1712, m. Jan. 23, 1735, Jonathan Clapp of North
ampton b. Sept. 2, 1713 (son of Roger Clapp and Elizabeth Bartlett, and
brother to Elizabeth Clapp who m. in 1730, Jonathan Strong).
[Roger Clapp b. Blarch 24, 1684, who d. Jan. 9, 1762, aged 77, m.
Nov. 28, 1706, Elizabeth Bartlett b. Oct 27, 1687, dau. of Samuel Bart
lett and Sarah Baldwin. He was the son of Preserved Clapp of Dor
chester and Sarah Newberry of Windsor.] Jonathan Clapp d. May 10,
1782 : she d. April 24, 1788, aged 76.
[5th Gen.J Children :
10406. i. Jonathan Clapp, Jr., b. Oct 8, 1736.
10407. ii. .Joseph Clapp b. Nov. 3, 1736.
10408. iii. Benjamin Clapp b, Deo. 16, 1738.
10409-10. iv. Submit Clapp b. Oct 14, 1741, m. Oct 31, 1761, Asahel
Clark b. Feb. 6, 1737 (son of Eliakim Clark and
Esther Wright).
10411. V. Hannah Clapp b. June 15, 1742, m. in 1764, Elias
Lyman, Jr.
10412- 3. vi. Lucy Clapp b. Aug. 1744, m. in 1784, Samuel Kellogg of
WilUamstown, Mass.
10414- 5. vii. Rhoda Clapp b. Dec. 19, 1746, in. in 1789, Col. Daniel
Whittemore of Sunderland, Blass.
10416- 8. viU.Lois Clapp b. Oct 1748, m. in 1773, Jonathan Lyman
and for 2d husband in 1789, Capt Joseph Day' of W.
Springfield, Mass.
10419-20. ix. Phebe Clapp b. in 1749, m. Dec. 7, 1791, Joseph White
of W. Springfield who removed to Camillus, N. Y.
10421- 2. X. Beulah Clapp bp. Dec. 30, 1750, m. Solomon Allen b.
Nov. 8, 1750 (son of Joseph Allen and Elizabeth Par
sons).
10423- 5. xi. BIerab Clapp bp. Oct. 19, 1756, m. Elisha AUen b. about
1752 (son of Joseph Allen and Elizabeth Parsons) and
for 2d husband in 1805, Oliver Root of Conway.

Thomas Strong, Son of Elder JoJin, of NortJiampton.. 575
[4th Gen.J See page 550.
9882-3. vi. Benajah Strong (son of Waitstill Strong and MindweU
Bartlett) b. June 30, 1717, m. in 174-, Mabel Bartlett b. Nov. 7, 1721
(dau. of William Bartlett, of Northampton and AbigaU Lyman). He
was a shoemaker at Westhampton. He d. Jan. 12, 1783, aged 63 ; she d.
July 16, 1795, aged 74. [Wm. Bartlett b. Sept 11, 1693, was the son of
Samuel Bartlett and Sarah Baldwin. He m. Dec. 22, 1720, AbigaU Ly
man. He d. Jan. 3, 1762 ; she d. Blarch 24, 1755, aged 58.]
[5th Gen.J Children :
10426. i. BIabel Strong b. Blarch 27, 1746 : deaf and dumb : d.
at Westhampton, Oct. 16, 1817, aged 71, unmarried.
10427- 8. ii. Benajah Strong b. Nov. 7, 1748, m. Oct. 31, 1786, Sa
rah Brown.
10429-30. iU. Mindwell Strong b. Blay 8, 1750, m. a BIr. Gibbs.
10431- 2. iv. Lucy Strong m. in 1776 Eleazer")
Patterson of Hinsdale. Uwins b. Aug. 3, 1851.
10433- 4. V. Benjamin Strong )
10435- 6. vi. BIartha Strong b. May 8, 1753, m. Jo.siah Wait.
10437- 8. vii. Nathan Strong bapt July 13, 1755.
10439. viu. Seth Strong bapt. Jan, 2, 1757 : deaf and dumb; d. at
Prattsburgh, N. Y.
10440- 1. ix. Abigail Strong bapt. Jan. 28, 1759, m. Dec 26, 1793,
Timothy Strong.
10442. X. Asahel Strong, bapt. Oct. 18, 1761 : deaf and dumb,
drowned.
10443. xi. Rachel Strong, bapt, and d. Oct 1764.
10433^. V. Benjamin Strong b. Aug. 3, 1761, m. about 1778,
Jemima Alvord b. Jan. 11, 1761 (dau. of John Alvord, Jr., b. Jan. 16,
1728, son of John Alvord and Prudence Baker; who d. Sept 14, 1802,
and Jemima Banks b. Dec 12, 1731 : dau. of Samuel Danks, of South
hampton, and Jemima Wait). He d. Blarch 6, 1833, aged 82, at East
hampton, Mass., where he was a farmer. Nothing further could be
discovered of him.

[5th Gen.J
10427-8. U. Benajah Strong, Jr. (son of Benajah Strongof West
hampton and BIabel Bartlett) b. Nov. 7, 1748, m. Oct 31, 1786, Sarah
Brown : a shoemaker and farmer at Westhampton. Children:
10444- 6. i. Benajah Strong m. a Bliss Henry of Chester, Blass.:
a shoemaker, and farmer at Huntington, Blass. (then
Norwich),
10447. ii. Sarah Strong, her history not ascertained.
10448. iU- Theodore Strong, a cabinet maker, d. early.

5 76 Descendants of Waitstill Strong of Northampton, Son of
[5th Gen.J
10437-8. vii. Nathan Strong (son of Benajah Strong and Mabel
Bartlett, bapt July 13, 1765, m. Naomi (" Amy") Lee of Windsor, Vt,
a farmer at Northampton. He d. at Prattsburgh, Steuben Co., N. Y.,
Feb. 7, 1848, aged 92.
[6th Gen.J Children :
10449. i. Asahel Strong b. Jan. 3, 1785, a blacksmith in Pratts
burgh, N. Y., d. in 1827, had sons Daniel, Ezra, Asahel
and Julius.
10460- 1. ii. Rhoda Strong b. Feb. 26, 1786, m. in 1804, Lett
WUcott
10452- 3. iii. Nathan Strong, Jr. : a mason in Prattsburgh, d. in 1867,
had two daughters.
10464- 5. iv. Seth Strong b. June 18, 1789, still living (1869), in
Northampton.
10466- 7. V. Rachel Strong m. a Mr. Park of Erie Co., N. Y.
10458- 9. vi. Jared Strong a farmer in Arcade, Mich.
10460- 2. vii. Nehemiah Strong b. Aug. 2, 1797 : a farmer in Pratts
burgh, d. in 1840.
10463- 4. viii. Truman Strong, a farmer in Prattsburgh.
10465. ix. Theodosia Strongb. 1791, d. Aug. 10, 1796.
10466. X. A child b. July, 1796, d. Sept 27, 1796.
10467. xi. A child b. Nov. 1799, d. Blarch 24, 1800.
10450-1. U. Rhoda Strong b. Feb. 25, 1786, m. Lett WUcott b. in
Cohassett, Mass., where he was a blacksmith : had 12 children, among
whom were :
10468. 1. Daniel WUcott, a mason in Northampton. See infra.
10469. 2. John WUcott, a carpenter in Northampton, N. H.
10470 -1. 3. George WUcott, a mason in Northampton, Mass.
[6th Gen.J
10464-6. iv. Seth Strong (son of Nathan Strong of Northampton,
and Amy Lee) b. June 18, 1789, m. May 1, 1816, Phebe Strong b. Nov.
27, 1789 (dau. of Titus Strong of Northampton, son of Ithamar Strong
and Polly Burrill). She d. June 27, 1768, aged 79. He has been a
mason at Northampton, where he still resides (1869), aged 80.
[7th Gen.J Children :
10472. i. Mary Strong b. March, 1816, d. in 1826.
10474- 5. ii. Harriet Strong b. Aug. 12, 1818, m. Joseph C. Knee-
land.
10476- 7. iu. Frances Maria Strong b. Feb. 4, 1821, m. Isaac N.
Kneeland.
10478. iv. Mary BurriU Strong b. in 1831, d. Jan. 29, 1835.
10474-5. U. Harriet Strong b. Aug. 12, 1818, m. June 14, 1837,
Joseph Champion Kneeland b. Jan. 19, 1816 (son of Joseph Kneeland

Thomas Strong, Son of Elder John, of Northampton. 577
of W. Springfield, and Lydia Champion) : a printer, at different times, in
Worcester, Mass., New York city, and Troy, N. Y. They reside now at
Northampton. [8th Gen.J Children :
10479. i. Edward Strong Kneeland b. Oct. 20, 1839, a teamster in
Springfield.
10480. ii. Henry Newton Kneeland b. July 18, 1841, d. Dec.
1854, aged 13.
10481. in. Ellen Eliza Kneeland b. Dec. 22, 1843.
10482. iv. GEORGEKneelandb.March, 1848, in Troy, N.Y.,d. June,
1855.
10483. V. Joseph Kneeland b. July 1853, d. July, 1854.
[7th Gen.J
10476-7. iU. Frances Maria Strong (dau. of Seth Strong and
Phebe  ) b. Feb. 4, 1821, m. Aug. 19, 1841, Isaac Newton Knee
land b. April 1, 1820 (son of Joseph Kneeland and Lydia Champion) a
merchant tailor in Northampton, d. April 4, 1860. His widow residesin
Northampton. [8th Gen.J Children :
10484- 5. i. Mary Louisa Kneeland b. Sept 26, 1842, ra. Sept. 28,
1865, George Wesley Hariow b. Sept 5, 1824 (son of
Charles and Orissa Harlow of Cummington, Mass.), a car
penter in Northampton. They have one child :
10486. 1. Sarah Gertrude Hariow b. March 9, 1867.
10487. ii. Emily Jane Kneeland b. July 31, 1845, d. July 23, 1847.
10488. iU. Charles Strong Kneeland b. Nov. 18,' 1847, d. July 23,
1849.
10489. iv. Frederic Newton Kneeland b. Sept. 8, 1850, clerk in
First National Bank of Northampton.
10490. V. Harriet (" Hattie") Josephine Kneeland b. Aug. 1, 1862.
10491. vi. Lilian Frances Kneeland b. AprU 18, 1857, d. Feb.
1859".
10492. VU. Annie Isabel Kneeland b. Oct 4, 1859, d. June 23, 1863.

[6th Gen.J
10460-2. vii. Nehemiah Strong (son of Nathan Strong of Northamp
ton and Amy Lee) b. Aug. 2, 1797, m. Dec. 21, 1824, Laura Parsons.
She d. May 10, 1835, and he m. July 23, 1836, widow Betsey Harwood
(dau. of a Mr. Vermilyea) : a farmer in Prattsburgh, Steuben Co., N. Y.
He d. AprU 16, 1840 : she d. Aug. 28, 1847.
[7th Gen.J Children: By first vnfe :
10493. i. Sophronia Strong b. Dec. 29, 1831.
73

578 Descendants of Waitstill Strong of Northampton, Son of
10494- 5. H. Nathan Strong b. April 6, 1835, m. Sept 15, 1860,
Mary P. Ferguson. She d. March 12, 1868, and he
m. for 2d wife March 18, 1869, Mary J. BUlingham :
a resident at Clifton Springs, N. Y.
By second wife :
10496- 7. iu. David Strong b. April 26, 1836.
10498- 9. iv. Laura Strong b. Nov. 30, 1837, m. Sterne H. Lyon.
10500. V. Levi Strong- b. June 7, 1839 : a farmer in Prattsburgh,
N.Y.

[7th Gen.J
10496-7. iii. David Strong b. April 25, 1836, m. June 24, 1860,
Jeanie Cleland b. Oct 8, 1838 : a farmer in Prattsburgh, N. Y. ChUd
ren :
10501. 1. Harriet Strong. 10503. 3. Wyman Strong.
10502. 2. Mark Strong.
[7th Gen.]
10498-9. Laura Strong b. Nov. 30, 1887, m. Dec. 26, 1860, Sterne
n. Lyon. Children :
10504. 1. Edward J. Lyon. 10506. 8. Jeanie Lyon.
10605. 2. Helen E. Lyon.
[7th Gen.]
10500. V. Levi Strong b. June 7, 1839, m. March 15, 1864, Catha
rine Parker : a farmer in Prattsburgh, N. Y. Children :
10607. 1. Reese Strong. 10508. 2. Nellie Strong.
[4th Gen.J See page 550.
9885-6. vui. Ithamar Strong (son of Waitstill Strong and Mindwell
Bartlett) b. AprU 1, 1721, m. Experience King b. in 1726 (dau. of Samuel
King, Jr., and Hannah Stebbins) : a farmer and a boatman at Northamp
ton. [Samuel King, Jr., was grandson of John King and Sarah Holton, and
was b. in Northampton, Nov. 19, 1693. He m. Jan. 10, 1717, Hannah
Stebbins b. in 1694, who d. Feb. 13, 1733, set. 39. He d. Dec. 31, 1737,
set 44.] He d. July 28, 1805, set. 84. She d. Jan. 18, 1796.
[5th Gen.J Children :
10509. i. Ithamar Strong b. May 8, 1751, d. July 30, 1806, set
55: a Revolutionary soldier : unmarried; a farmerat
Northampton.
10510- 1. u. Medad Strong b. Nov. 1, 1752.
10512- 3. iU. Eleazer Strong b. Dec. 18, 1754.

Thomas Strong, Son of Elder John, of Northampton. 579
10614- 5. iv. Titus Strong b. May 15, 1756.
10516- 7. V. Capt. David Strongb. Nov. 25, 1758.
10518- 9. vi. Phebe Strong b. AprU 9, 1761, m. in 1791, George
Blackman.
10520- 1. vii. Hewitt Strong bp. Feb. 27, 1763, d. Feb. 14, 1827, set
64.
10522- 3. viH. Waitstill Strong b, Dec 15, 1764, d. Dec 20, 1822.
[5th Gen.J
10510-11. ii. Medad Strong (son of Ithamar Strong of Northampton,
and Experience King) b. Nov. 1, 1752, m. Oct 18, 1781, Eunice Par
sons b. March 24, 1759 (dau. of Moses Parsons, Jr., and Mehitable
Bridgeman). She d. Sept 23, 1782, set 23 ; and he m. June 2, 1784,
widow Rachel Clapp (widow of Elisha Clapp) nSe Brown b. Nov. 22,
1757 (dau. of John Brown of Northampton and Mary  ) He was a
farmer at Northampton where he d. AprU 14, 1826, aet. 73. She d. Dec,
1833, set 76.
[6th Gen.J Children : By first wife:
10524 i. Eunice Strong b. Sept 15, 1782, d. June 29, 1783.
By second vyife :
10525- 6. U. Eunice Strong (2d) b. July 6, 1785, m. Justus White of
S. Hadley, Mass.
10527. iii. Esther Strong b. Nov. 7, 1786, d. March 25, 1796.
10628- 9. iv. BIedad Strong, Jr., b. March 22, 1788 : a farmer in
Hinckley, 0. He m. Eleanor Gooch, dau. of Moses
Gooch of Easthampton and Eleanor Judd. No child
ren. He d. Oct 17, 1864, a;t 66.
10530- 1. V. Rachel Strong b. April 3, 1791, m. Joshua Pomeroy of
Southampton,
10532- 3. vi. Elisha Clapp Strong b. June 14, 1796.
10534. vii. Asa Strong b. May 8, 1799 : a farmer at Northampton :
unmarried.
[5th Gen.]
10525-6. ii. Eunice Strong (dau. of Medad Strong of Northampton
and Eunice Parsons) b. July 6, 1785, m. as his 2d wife, July 7, 1830,
Justus White b. Feb. 26, 1789 (son of Aaron White and Thankful White
dau. of Jonathan White) : a farmer at S. Hadley, Mass. No children :
10530-1. V. Rachel Strong (dau. of Medad Strong and Rachel
Brown) b. AprU 3, 1791, m. Dec. 30, 1813, Joshua Pomeroy : a farmer at
Southampton. She d. March 1, 1831, set 39.
[7th Gen.J Children :
10535- 6. i. Addison Strong Pomeroy b. Sept. 12, 1817, a mechanic
at Paris, Ky., m. Mary HuU of Westfield, Mass.

580 Descendants of Waitstill Strong of Northampton, Son of
10537- 8. ii. Medad Luman Pomeroy b. June 21, 1819, m. Jeanie
Rhodes of Chesterfield, Mass. : a farmer.
10539-40. iu. Elvira Pomeroy, m. Ezekiel Eldridge, a basket maker.
10641- 2. iv. Eunice Pomeroy, m. Elisha Crossman of Amherst, Mass.
a wheelwright.
10643. V. A child, name not known.
10544. vi. A child, name not given.
[6th Gen.J
10532-3. vi. Elisha Clapp Strong (son of Medad Strong of North
ampton, and Rachel Brown) b. June 14, 1796, m. Dec. 20, 1827, Sarah
Adams, b. Sept 20, 1 806 (dau. of Peter Adams and AbigaU Clark) : a
farmer in Northampton.
[7th Gen.J Children :
10545- 6. i. Harriet Eliza Strong, b. Jan. 26, 1829, m. Theron
Poineroy.
10547- 8. U. Medad Strong b. Aug. 10, 1830.
10549-50. iii. Rachel Strong b. June 4, 1832, m. Augustus H. Dim-
mock.
10551- 2. iv. Sarah Strong b. June 6, 1884, m. Edwin S. Janes.
10553. V. Martha Ann Strong b. July 21, 1846 : a teacher.

10545-6. i. Harriet Eliza Strong b. Jan. 26, 1829, m. May 10,
1865, Theron Pomeroy, b. Aug. 23, 1836 (son of Calvin Pomeroy of
Montgomery, Mass. and Zipporah Moore) : a farmer in Basthampton.
[8th Gen.J Children :
10554. i. Rachel Louisa Pomeroy b. Sept 11, 1860.
10555. H. Edwin Janes Pomeroy b. March 27, 1864.
10556. iii. Frederic Clapp Pomeroy b. Jan. 13, 1867.
10557. iv. Harriet BeU Pomeroy b. July 5, 1868.
[7th Gen.J
10547-8. u. Medad Strong (son of Elisha C. Strong and Sarah
Adams) b. Aug. 10, 1830, m. April 3, 1861, Sarah Henrietta Walcott,
b. Sept 9, 1846 (dau. of Rev. Luther Walcott of N. H., and Susan Wash
burn) : a farmer at Northampton. He enlisted in the U. S. A. of Vols.,
Cc K, Fifth N. H. Regt, Jan. 1862, and did hospital service for two ,
years ; re-enlisted in 1864, was wounded in the abdomen, and Uved but
twenty hours, in the battle at Cold Harbor, Va., June 4, 1864. He had
no children. His widow afterwards iQ!h'pied;^gain.
[7th Gen.J
10549-50. iH. Rachel Strong (dau. of Elisha Clapp Strong and
Sarah Adams) b. June 4, 1832, m. June 7, 1860, Augustus Hervey

Thomas Strong, Son of Elder John, of Northampton. 581
Dimraock b. Oct 8, 1834 (son of Hervey Dimmock and Caroline Elder) :
a farmer in Northampton. One child :
10558. 1. Anna Strong Dimmock b. Sept 17, 1868.
[7th Gen.J
10561-2. iv. Sarah Strong (dau. of Elisha Clapp Strong and Sarah
Adams) b. June 6, 1834, ra. May 10, 1855, Edwin Spencer Janes b.
Nov. 29, 1832 (son of Spencer Janes of Easthampton and Jeanette
Avery) : a farmer in Easthampton.
[8th Gen.J Children :
10569. i. Jeanette Casendana Janes b. March 6, 1866.
10560. ii. Lewis Strong Janes b. March 15, 1857.
10561. iU. Charles Edwin Janes b. Nov. 17, 1860.
[5th Gen.J
10512-3. iU. Eleazer Strong (son of Ithamar Strong and Expe
rience King) b. Dec. 18, 1754, m. May 21, 1780, Mindwell Parsons b.
May 28, 1768 (dau. of Noah Parsons, Jr., and Phebe Bartlett) : a car
penter and farmer at Northampton. He d. July 28, 1831, aged 76 : she
d. Dec. 26, 1847, aged 89.
[6th Gen.] Children :
10562. i. Eleazer Strong, Jr., b. Oct 26, 1781 : a carpenter and
farmer, at Northampton, where he d. unmarried, aged
41, July 12, 1823.
10563. H. Thomas Strong b. Sept 14, 1783 : a farmer at North
ampton, where he d. unmarried, July 12, 1825, aged
41, suddenly, " from drinking cold water."
10564- 5. iU. Joseph Strong b. Dec. 10, 1785, m. Dec 14, 1811,
Sally Hoxie : an architect and house-builder, at North
ampton. He d. Oct 25, 1822.
10566. iv. Mindwell Strong b. Sept. 9, 1787, d. April 9, 1815, aged
27 : had epilepsy for 24 years.
10567- 8. V. Experience Strong b. May 31, 1789, m. Nov. 24, 1811,
Samuel Howe Clark, of Norwich, Vt, d. Sept. 4, 1853.
10569-70. vi. Fidelia Strong b. March 18, 1791, m. Alanson Clark,
d. April 8, 1845.
10571- 2. vii. George Strong b. Oct. 25, 1792, d. Aug. 19, 1833.
10573- 4. viU. Lucinda Strong b. May 14, 1795, m. John W. Cloud, of
Norwich, Vt.
10675- 6. ix. Roxana Strong b. July 2, 1797, m. Francis Pratt, d. Feb.
6, 1846.

[6th Gen.]
; 10569-70. vi. Fidelia Strong (dau. of Eleazer Strong and MindweU
Parsons) b. March 18, 1791, m. Dec. 6, 1821, Alanson Clark b. Feb. 29,

582 Descendants of Waitstill Strong of NortJiampton, Son of
1792 (son of Benjamin Clark and Sibyl Bartlett) a farmer at Northamp
ton. She d. April 8, 1844, aged 53, he d. May 10, 1869.
[7th Gen.J Children:

10577.

10578.

10579.

1.

Pamelia Clark b. Oct. 27, 1832, m. Jan. 17, 1849,
Calvin W. Phelps b. Feb. 27, 1826 (son of Lewis
Phelps and Asenath Wilder) a f^arraer at Northampton.
See subsequent page.
Caroline (" Carrie ") Clark b. Feb. 7, 1836, m. Albert
Ingram Dec. 1, 1868. She d. Aug. 15, 1868. They
had a child :
Persis Fidelia Ingram b. June 17, 1860, in Rutland, Vt.

[6th Gen.J
10571-2. vii. George Strong (son of Eleazer Strong and Mindwell
Parsons) b. Oct 25, 1792, ra. Dec. 27, 1820, Lydia Bartlett b. at West
hampton, July 13, 1792 (dau. of Phineas Bartlett and Lydia Higgins) a
carpenter and builder at Northampton, where he d. Aug. 19, 1833, aged
40. She still resides (1870) at Northampton. [Phineas Bartlett was
son of William Bartlett, one of the first settlers of Westhampton. Lydia
Higgins was a daughter of Capt. Cornelius Higgins of Haddam, Ct, and
Sarah Hawes. She d. at Northampton, aged 93, May 10, 1857, for 40
years a widow there. Her brother Rev. David Higgins grad. at Yale in
1785, was pastor at N. Lyme, Ct., Onondaga, N. Y., Aurelius, N. Y.
(now Auburn), and Bath, N. Y., and d. at Norwalk, 0., aged 81, June
19, 1842. Capt. Cornelius Higgins was taken prisoner in the battle of
Long Island in the Revolutionary war, and confined on board one of the
" prison ships." He d. Oct 1803, aged 96, His wife d. April' 7, 1788.]
[7th Gen.J Children :

10580.

10581.
10582.

II.iii.

Lydia Maria Strong b. Oct. 28, 1822, m. Sept 22, 1852,
Newton Platt Merwin b. in Brookfield, Ct, Dec 23,
1818 [son of David Harvey Merwin b. in West Haven,
Ct., July 20, 1796, son of Joseph Merwin and Gratia
Candee, a druggist at Westfield, Mass., and sheriff,
and Mary Louisa Chamberlain, dau. of Colby and
Hannah Chamberlain of Brookfield] : a druggist at
Westfield and after his marriage a resident at .North
ampton, where he was overseer in the N. H., and
Northampton R, Road. He d. aged 37, Sept. 8, 1855,
at Northampton, where his widow still resides (1870),
from whom this account of her father's family was de
rived. No issue.
G. Washington Strong b. Feb. 9,1825, d. Feb. 10, 1825.
William Lyman Strong b. Blarch 24, 1826 : a farmer at
Northampton. He enlisted June 14, 1861, in Co. C,
Tenth Regt Mass. Vols., for 3 years and was dis
charged July 1, 1864, having taken part in many
battles, his regiment belonging to the army of the
Potomac.

Thomas Strong, Son of Elder John, of Northampton. 583
10583- 4. iv. George Hunt Strong b. Jan. 23, 1829.
10585. V. Edward Moseley Strong b. June 11, 1831.
10586- 7. vi. Henry Higgins Strong b. Dec 11, 1833, m. Jan. 1, 1856,
Susan Warner Johnson b. in 1836 (dau. of Lyman
Johnson of Westfield, and Roxana Morton). She d.
March 6, 1860, and he m. May 6, 1862, Sarah Hay
ward b. Sept. 6, 1839 (dau. of George Hayward of
Brattleboro, Vt, and Lydia Evans). He was clerk and
book-keeper at Northampton. He joined the 52d Mass.
Regt., Co. C, Aug. 1, 1862, and w^s Orderly Sergeant
of the Co., saw 9 months service : was in the siege
of Port Hudson. He is now station agent at East
hampton, Mass., of the Canal R. Road. One child :
By first wife :
10588. 1. Susan Marietta Strong b. March 6, and d. Aug. 4, 1860,
aged 5 months. He has adopted a daughter of his
wife's sister, whom he calls Mvrtie Wells Strong, b. in
1862.
10583-4. iv. George Hunt Strong b. Jan 23, 1829, m. Oct 1,
1851, Marietta .Johnson (dau of Lyman Johnson of Westfield, and Rox
ana Morton). She d. Sept 25, 1854, aged 27, and he m. June 5, 1860,
widow Mary Elizabeth Wilson, nie Hayden, b. Jan, 24, 1822 (dau. of
Alexander Hayden of Northampton, and Mary R. Squires, and widow of
Ephraim M. Wilson of Northampton, who d. AprU 17, 1852). He
served as a private in the 62d Mass. Reg. U. S. Vols, in the late war,
enlisting Aug., 1862, for nine months. He kept a variety store at
Northampton, where he dropped dead in the street from hemorrhage of the
lungs May 24, 1870. He had two children that d. soon, unnamed.
10585. V. Edward Moseley Strong b. June 11, 1831, m. July
8, 1866, Catharine McPherson, b. June 24, 1840, in Cape George, Nova
Scotia (dau. of Augustine McPherson and Ann  ) ; a sailor at Gloucester,
Mass., and a fisherman. He entered the U. S. Navy in the late war,
serving for one year (1862) in the U. S. ship. Fear Not, gulf blockading
squadron under Farragut, at New Orleans. ChUdren :
10689. 1. WUliam Henry Strong b. at Gloucester, Mass., March
27. 1867.
10690. 2. George Edward Strong b. there June 9, 1869.
[6th Gen.J
10578-4. viii. Lucinda Strong (dau. of Eleazer Strong and Mind
weU Parsons), b. May 14, 1795, m. Dec 24, 1821, John Wright- Cloud,
b. Nov. 9, 1799 (son of Norman Cloud, b. Oct 22, 1766, in Brookline,
Ct., and d. May 25, 1847, and Ruby Wright, b. in Norwich, Vt., Dec
24, 1778, and d. Feb. 2, 1837) : a farmer at Norwich, Vt

584 Descendants of Waitstill Strong of NortJiampton, Son of
[7th Geii.J Children:
10591- 2. i. Roxana Maria Cloud b. July 11, 1825, m. March 13,
1849, David Smith Lyman, b. in Washington, Vt, Jan.
18, 1827 (son of Orange Lyman, b. in Norwich, Vt.,
April 6, 1793, and d. Dec. 5, 1866, and Mary Lyman
b. in Norwich, May 20, 1796, and d. Feb. 18, 1861) :
a farmer at Royalton, Vt. He has one child :
10593. 1. Mary Lucinda Lyman b. March 11, 1859.
10594- 5. ii. Joseph Bailey Cloud b. Feb. 10, 1833, m. Nov. 22,
1864, Emerette Lyman b.in Washington, Vt, June 23,
1830 (dau. of Harry Lyman b. in Norwich, Vt., April
6, 1797, a farmer in Norwich and Betsey King, b. in
Chelsea, Vt, June 26, 1798): a farmer at Norwich,
Vt. His childreti are :
10596. 1. John Lyman Cloud b. Feb. 15, 1858. ¦
10597. 2. Jeanie Elizabeth Cloud b. May 20, 1862.
10698. 3. Joseph Herbert Cloud b. Jan. 31, 1865.
[6th Gen.J
10575-6. ix. Roxana Strong b. July 2, 1797, m. March, 1826,
Francis Pratt b. Jan. 1, 1798, in Hartford, Ct : a resident at Norwich,
Vt She d. at Norwich, Feb. 6, 1846, aged 48, and he m. Nov. 4, 1846,
for 2d wife Mary Benton Palmer, without issue :
[7th Gen.J Children :
10599-600. i. Hon. Joseph Henry Pratt b. Feb. 15, 1827, at Northamp
ton.
10601.- 2. ii. Laura Elizabeth Pratt b. Feb. 15, 1830, m. March, 1847,
Caleb West b. April 3, 1822 (son of Darius West of
Norwich, Vt., and Sarah Hazen of Hartford, Vt) : a
farmer in Norwich, Vt. •

10699-600. i. Hon. Joseph Henry Pratt b. Feb. 16, 1827, m. in
1847, Ann Hazen b, in 1823 (dau. of John Hazen and Phinetta Shep
ard) : a farmer in Porafret, Vt., a member three times of the Vt. Legis
lature.

[8th Gen.J
10603.

Children ;

John T. Pratt b. June 18, 1848 : a member of Dartmouth
CoU., class of 1871.
10604. ii. William H. Pratt b. Oct. 23, 1852.
10605. iU. Arthur E. Pratt b. Sept 27, 1854.
10606. iv. George H. Pratt b. March 1, 1858.
10607. V. Elizabeth R. Pratt b. Dec. 15, 1862.

[5th Gen.J
10514-5. iv. Titus Strong (son of Ithamar Strong and Experience
King) b. May 15, 1756, m. Mary Burrill of Weymouth, Blass. : a butcher

• Thomas Strong, Son of Elder JoJm, of Northampton. 585
in Boston. He was drowned in Boston Harbor when saiUng for pleasure,
June, 1789. His widow m. Oct 24, 1805, John Stewart of Williams
burgh, Mass.
[6th Gen.] Children:
10608- 9. i. Rev. Dr. Titus Strong b. Jan. 26, 1787, d. June 11,
1865.
10610-11. u. Mary Strong b. in 1788, ra. Oct. 21, 1813, Joseph Lewis
Jr., of Pittsfield, Mass., and afterwards of Middle-
town, Ct, a gunsmith.
10612- 3. iii. Phebe Strong b. Nov. 28, 1789, ra. Blay 1, 1815, Seth
Strong of Northarapton, see page 576.
10608-9. i. Rev. Titus Strong, D.D., b. Jan. 26, 1787, m. wife
Hannah. He was settled at Greenfield, Mass., for 41 years (1814-55),
as rector of St James (Episcopal) church, which he founded. He was
ordained deacon April 7, 1814, and priest, when he was also instituted
rector. May 26, 1815. He d. June 11,1856, aged 68. She d. Jan. 1861,
aged 74.
[7th Gen.J Children :
10614. i. BIary Strong b. Aug. 8, 1817, d. Sept. 10, 1824.
10615- 6. ii. Jane Strong b. Oct 14, 1820, m. Lewis Ashmun of
Boston.
10617. iu. George Strong b. AprU 8, 1824, d. Aug. 9, 1824
10618. iv. Edward Strong b. May 24, 1822, d. Aug. 1, 1827.
10619. V. George Edward Strong b. May 16, 1829, a member of
" the Whiting Manufacturing Company," of New
York.
10620- 1. vi. William Henry Strong b. Nov. 14, 1859.
10615-6. U. Jane Strong b. Oct. 14, 1820, m. Aug. 20, 1846,
Lewis Ashmun of Boston (son of Eli P. Ashmun of Northampton, and
Lucy his wife). He d. March 2, 1852, and she m. May 14, 1856, for
2d husband Jonathan Bird of New York, a resident at BeUevUle, N. J.
Children :
10622. 1. Lewis Ashmun b. June 14, 1847.
10623. 2. George Ashmun b. AprU 4, 1849.
[7th Gen.J
10620-1. vi. WilliamHenry Strong (son of Rev. Dr. Titus Strong)
m. wife Catherine B. (full name not ascertained). Shed. Jan. 23, 1825.
He d. Nov. 14, 1851. His residence and occupation not found. Children.
10624. 1. WUliam Henry Strong b. Feb. 3, 1845.
10625. 2. Catharine Strong b. March 25, 1850.
[A fuU detail of facts concerning the descendants of Rev. Dr. Titus
Strong was diligently sought from his surviving children but in vain.]
74

586 Descendants of Waitstill Strong of Northampton, Son of
[5th Gen.]
10616-7. V. Capt. David Strong (son of Ithamar Strong and Ex^
perience King) b. Nov. 25, 1758, m. Feb. 12, 1787, Esther Thayer b. May
8, 1767 (dau. of Timothy Thayer of Braintree, Mass.) : a farmer at
Northampton and a boatman on the Conn, river. He. d. Oct. 18, 1838.
She d. Jan. 7, 1833, aged 65.
[6th Gen.J Children :
10626. i. Chester Strong b. April 7, 1789, a farmer at North
ampton, d. unmarried March 17, 1846, aged 66.
10627- 8. ii. Sophia Strong b. June 22, 1791, m. Capt. Isaac Damon.
10629. iii. Caroline Strongb. Oct 27, 1794, d. Feb. 20, 1796.
10630- 1. iv. David Strong b. Oct. 25, 1796.
10632. V. Samuel Strong b. Oct 24, 1798, a blacksmith at
Huron, 0.
10633- 4. vi. Caroline Strong (2d) b. June 20, 1801, m. Lyman
Kingsley.
10635- 6. VU. Capt. Harry Strongb. Aug. 18, 1803.
10637- 8. viU. Morris Strong b. Feb. 2, 1806.
10639. ix. Clarissa Strong b. Aug. 14, 1809, d. unmarried Des.
15, 1858.

10627-8. ii. Sophia Strong b. June 22, 1791, m. March 20, 1813,
Capt. Isaac Damon b. July 16, 1782 (son of Jonathan Damon of Wey
mouth, Blass., and Rachel French) : an architect in Northampton, d. Dec
4, 1862. She still resides at Northampton.
[7th Gen.J Children :
10640- 1. i. Isaac Damon, Jr., b. Jan. 21, 1814 : a carpenter at
Northampton. He m. Oct. 6, 1847, Lavinia Colton of
Chicopee. No children :
10642- 3. H. Jane Sophia Damon b. Feb. 22, 1816, m. Josiah White
Smith.
10644r- 5. iii. David Strong Damon b. Oct 26, 1819 : a store keeper
in the U. S. Navy. He d. of yellow fever, Aug. 16,
1862, at Key West, Fla. He m. Oet 4, 1843, Har
riet Paulina NeweU of Wilbraham, Mass. : no chUdren.
10646- 7, iv. Jonathan Damon b. April 4, 1821 : a carpenter in
Northampton. He m. Mary Jones of Poultney, Vt. :
no children.
10648. V. Joseph Holbrook Damon b. Nov. 4, 1823 : a hardware
merchant in Springfield; unmarried.
10649. vi. Mary Towne Damon b. April 10, 1826, d. Nov. 1, 1831.
10660. vii. Martha Strong Damon b. Jan. 27, 1829 : a teacher in
a public school in Boston.
10651- 2. viH. Samuel Strong Damon b. Aug. 10, 1831 : a mechanic
in the armory at Springfield. He m. July 12, 1860,
Lydia StockweU of Northampton (dau. of Francis
StockweU).

Thomas Strong, Son of Elder JoJm, of Northampton. 587
10642-3. U. Jane Sophia Damon (dau. of Capt Isaac Damon and
Sophia Strong) b. Feb. 22, 1816, ra. May 27, 1841, Josiah White Smith,
b. June 8, 1819 (son of Col. Horace Smith of South Hadley, and Rebecca
Moody) : a printer at Northampton ; he d. May 1, 1864. ChUdren :
10653- 4. 1. Isaac Damon Smith b. April 6, 1845 : an insurance agent
at Northampton. He m. Aug. 21, 1867, Kate Louise
Hand, b. Aug. 21, 1843 (dau. of George Hand of
Brooklyn, N. Y., and Eliza Knighton). One child:
10656. (1). Grace Damon Smith b. in Brooklyn, Sept 24, 1868.
10656. 2. Jane Sraith b. AprU 13, 1863.
[6th Gen.J
10630-1. iv. David Strong (son of David Strong •and Esther
Thayer), b. Oct 26, 1796, m. Oct. 17, 1837, Electa Shattuck Patch of
Hawley, Mass., b. July 23, 1810, (dau. of OHver Patch of Hawley, Mass.,
and Polly Shattuck) : a farmer in Northampton. Children :
10657- 8. 1. George Henry Strongb. March 3,1839.
10669-60. 2. Melvin Holbrook Strong b. June 19, 1841.
10661. 3. Carrie Eliza Strong b. AprU 26, 1847.

10657-8. i. George Henry Strong (son of David Strong and Electa
Patch), b. March 3, 1839 ; graduated at Dartmouth in 1859, has resided
since 1860, in San Francisco, Cal : is one of the firm of Dewey & Co.,
publishers of The Scientific Press, and patent solicitors. He m. Sept 8,
1869, Lillie Frances Townsend b. in Westbrook, Me., April 15, 1849
(dau. of Elisha Baker Townsend and Rachel Hodgkins ; for several
years past residents of California).
10669-60. H. Melvin Holbrook Strong b. June 19, 1841 : has
resided since Oct. 1860, at Fort Wayne, Ind. : an engineer on the Wa
bash and Toledo RaU Road. He m. Oct 30, 1866, Mary Allen Graham,
b. Sept. 18, 1845, in Mattapoisett, Mass. (dau. of WiUiam Henry Gra
ham, of Chicopee, Blass., formerly, and now, of Fort Wayne, and Rebecca
Jane Goodspeed). One child :
10662. 1. Gertrude Blossom Strong b. Aug. 9, 1868.

[6th Gen.J
10633-4. vi. Caroline Strong (dau. of David Strong and Esther
Thayer) b. June 20, 1801, m. Aug. 27, 1822, Lyman Kingsley b. Aug.
26, 1800 (son of Ebenezer Kingsley of Northampton and Sarah Phelps) :
a carpenter in Northampton : he d. April 29, 1862. His widow still re
sides there.

588 Descendants of Waitstill Strong of Northampton, Sonof
[7th Gen.J Children :
10663- 4. i. Henry Kingsley b. Oct 28, 1823 : a conductor on the
Wabash and Toledo R. R. He m. Maria Clark of North
ampton (dau. of Thaddeus Clark and AbigaU Earle).
He resides at Fort Wayne, Indiana. They have one
child :
10665. 1. EHzabeth Lyman Kingsley b. June, 1863.
10666- 7. H. Edward Kingsley b. Aug. 23, 1825 : an engineer on the
Hartford and New Haven R. R. He m. Rachel Lang
don (dau. of Charies Langdon of Northampton and
Rachel Parsons). They have one child :
10668. 1. Sarah Caroline Kingsley b. June, 1851.
10699-70. iU. William Fowler Kingsley b. Dec. 26, 1827 : a farmer
in Northampton. He m. April, 1867, Elizabeth Hunt
Clark (dau. of Thaddeus Clark of Northampton, and
Abigail Earle). No children.
10671- 2. iv. George Lyman Kingsley b. Feb. 27, 1829.
10673. V. David Francis Kingsley b. May 13, 1831 : an engineer :
resides unmarried at Northampton.
10674- 6. vi. Robert Morris Kingsley b. Oct 27, 1833 : a manufac
turer of wooden ware at Fort Wayne, la. He m. Julia
Fletcher of Fort Wayne. They have one child :
10676. 1. Calvin Lyman Kingsley.
10677. vii. Albert Huntington Kingsley b. Jan. 12, 1836 : a work
man in aportmonnaie factory at Northampton : unmarried.
10678. viii. Calvin BurneU Kingsley b. Aug. 18, 1839 : a farmer in
Northampton.
10671-2. iv. George Lyman Kingsley b. Feb. 27, 1829, m. EHza
beth Jones of Greenfield, Mass., a lumberman at St. Anthony's Falls.
Children :
10679. 1. Ida Kingsley b. in 1855.
10680. 2. Wallace Kingsley b. in 1857.
[6th Gen.J
10635-6. vii. Henry (Capt. Harry) Strong (son of David Strong,
and Esther Thayer) b. Aug. 18, 1803, m. Jan. 21, 1830, Mary Ann
Clapp b Nov. 27, 1804 (dau. of Seth Clapp of Northampton, and Thank
ful Starr) : a farmer at Northampton.
10681. 1. They had a son b. and d. Sept. 1832, unnamed.

10637-8 viii. Morris .Strong (son of David and Esther Strong) b.
Feb. 2, 1806, m. AprU 15, 1834, Eliza C. Strong b. Sept. 24,1811 (dau.
of Luther Strong, son of Elijah, and Susan Clark) : a farmer in North
ampton. One child :
10682. 1. Mary Strong b. Jan. 22, 1835 : a teacher in Hatfield,
unmarried.

Thomas Strong, Son of Elder John, of Northampton. 589
[5th Gen.J See page 579".
10618-9. vi. Phebe Strong (dau. of Ithamar Strong and Experience
King) b. AprU 9, 1761, m. AprU 7, 1791, George Blackman b. in Canton,
Mass. (then Stoughton), in 1761. He was the first baker in Northampton.
He d. March 20, 1807, aged 46 : she d. Jan. 11, 1858, aged 96.
[6th Gen.J Children :
10683- 4. i. Nancy Blackman bp. 1792, m. Nov. 17, 1813, James
Hayden, d. in S. C.
10686- 6. u. Phebe Blackman bp. Sept 30, 1792, m. in 1811, Thomas
Clapp.
10687. iU. Sally Blackman b. Jan. 16, 1794, d. July 8, 1796.
10688- 9. iv. Experience Blackman bp. Nov. 15, 1795, m. in 1817,
Austin Hayden.
10690. V. Sally Blackman (2d) b. July 16, 1797, d. Sept 4, 1802.
10691- 2. vi. Elizabeth Blackman bp. Feb. 3, 1799, m. James Hay
den, d. in Mississippi in 1837.
10693. VU. Ammi Blackman bp. Nov. 16, 1800, d. Sept 17, 1802.
10694- 5. vUi. Mary Blackman b. June 3, and bp. June 4, 1803, m.
Nov. 1832, King Strong of Pittsfield, Mass,, Jan. 13,
1805 (son of Noble Strongof Pittsfield and Anna King).
See under account of descendants of Ezra Strong, son
of Samuel Strong, infra.
[5th Gen.J
10520-1. vii. Hewett (also spelled " Huit " ) Strong (son of Ith
amar Strong and Experience King) bp. Feb. 27, 1763, m. Dec. 17, 1789,
Eunice Clark b. March 20, 1763 (dau. of David Clark and Eunice Bart
lett) : a farmer at Northampton. He d. Feb. 14, 1827 : she d. Nov. 28,
1851. [6th Gen. J Children :
10696. i. Jerusha Strong b. Nov. 6, 1790, d. Nov. 30, 1794
10697. U. Eunice Strong b. Oct 28, 1792.
10698. iu. Hewett (Huit) Strong b. June 27, 1794, insane.
10699. iv. Jerusha Strong (2d) b. Blay 6, 1799.
10700. V. Sereno Strong b. Aug. 27, 1802, d. Aug. 6, 1828.
10701- 2. vi. Esther Strong b. May 26, 1804, m. Daniel WUcott (son
of Lett WUcott and Rhoda Strong). She d. Sept. 20,
1863. Their chUdren :
10703. 1. Charies WUcott. 10705. 3. Mary Jane WUcott
10704 2. Elizabeth WUcott
[5th Gen.J See page 579.
10522-8. viU. Waitstill Strong (son of Ithamar Strong and Ex
perience King) b. Dec. 16, 1764, m. Nov. 6, 1794, Sarah PhUHps b. Feb.
27, 1777 (dau. of Jonathan PhUlips of Worcester, Mass., and afterwards
of Northampton, and  Parker) a carpenter at Northampton. He
d. Dec 20, 1822, aged 58. She d. at Savannah, N. Y., June 4, 1844.

590 Descendants of Waitstill Strong of NortJiampton, Son of
[6th Gen.J Children :
10706- 7. i. Jonathan PhUlips Strong b. Oct 17, 1797.
10708- 9. n. Sally Strong b. Dec. 2, 1799, m. Morris Bosworth.
10710-11. Ui. Fanny Strong b. Jan. 2, 1802, m. May 1, 1839, James
Wallace b. in Ireland, a paper-maker at first but after
his marriage a confectioner at Springfield, Mass. She
had two children that died soon. She d. Nov. 7, 1842,
at Springfield. He removed from there after her death-
to Victory, N. Y., and married again.

10706-7. i. Capt. Jonathan Phillips Strong b. Oct 17, 1797, m.
in 1849, widow Miriam Pomeroy, nie Wright, b. Nov. 1789 (dau.
of Ephraim Wright of Westhampton and Abigail Lyraan, and widow of
Elihu Pomeroy) she d. July 10, 1864, and he m. for 2d wife widow Sarah
Wright, nie Parsons, b. Nov. 24, 1795 (dau. of Josiah Parsons of North
ampton, and Sarah Strong and widow of Martin Wright of Westhamp
ton). No children. He is a resident at Northampton.

10708-9. ii. Sally Strong b. Dec 2, 1799, m. March 29, 1820,
Morris Bosworth b. in Whitestown, Oneida Co., N. Y., June 14, 1796
(son of Mather Bosworth and Bathsheba Dcmming) a farmer at Lowville,
N. Y., and afterwards at Rutland, N. Y., and after 1833, at Solon, 0.,
where he d. March 13, 1843, aged 47. She stUl lives (1870) at Solon,
0. [Dea. Mather Bosworth b. in Sandisfield, Mass., Feb. 11, 1768, ra.
Oct. 1793, Bathsheba Demming b. in Whitestown, N. Y., Jan. 2, 1777,
a farmer at Lowville, N. Y., frora 1802, to his death about 1867, aged
nearly 90. She d. aged 80, in 1857.]
[7th Gen.J Children :
10712. i. A child unnaraed b. Dec. 20, d. soon.
10713-4. ii. Caroline Bosworth, ") m. George Philips.
[¦ twins, b. Oct 17, 1822.
10715- 7. iii. Emmeline Bosworth,) m. Hiram Hart and for 2d hus
band John Cavanagh.
10718- 9. iv. Fenner Bosworth b. June 3, 1825, in Rutland, N. Y.
10720. V. Newton Elihu Bosworth b. July 26, 1828, d. July 23,
1834, set. 6.
10721- 2. vi. Jane Elizabeth Bosworth b. Nov. 7, 1830, m, Henry
Glazier of Bedford, 0., now of SextonvUle, Wis.
10723. vU. Charles Morris Bosworth b. June 25, 1833, d. July 1,
1834
10724- 5. viU. Martha Amanda Bosworth b. June 23, 1836, m. Edward
Lane of Twinsburgh, 0.
10726. ix. Horace Knight Bosworth b. Sept. 2, 1838, d. March 29,
1842.
10727- 8. X. Helen Frances Bosworth b. Sept. 11, 1841, m. James
William Dawson, of Bedford, 0.

Thomas Strong, Sonof Elder John, of Northampton. 591
¦ 10714-5. ii. Caroline Bosworth b. Oct. 17, 1822, m. Jan. 20, 1846,
George Washington Phelps b. March 23, 1822 (son of Arva Phelps and
Betsey Goodhue Bartlett) : a farmer in Woodstock, IU., and a mechanic:
no children. [7th Gen.J
10716-7. iu. Emmeline Bosworth b Oct 17, 1822, m. May 14,
1838, Hiram Carter Hart b. Aug. 22, 1810 (son of John Hart of Brandon,
Vermont, and Prudence White) : a tailor in Twinsburgh, 0. He d. Dec.
10, 1868, and she m. Oct 17, 1861 for 2d husband John Cavanagh b.
May 18, 1811 (son of Wm. Cavanagh of Belfast, Ireland, and Harriet
Wright) : a farmer in Dunnville, Wis. (since 1855). He came to Ame
rica from Ireland, in 1846.
[8th Gen.J Children :
By fiflrst husband :
10729. i. Charles Dana Hart b. in Solon, 0., March 7, 1848, d.
in Twinsburgh, 0., Oct 11, 1860.
10730. u. Caroline Elizabeth Hart b. in Twinsburgh, 0., Aug.
24, 1851.
10781. iU. Emmeline Louisa Hart b. in Twinsburgh, Feb. 5, 1854.
10782. iv. Charles Hiram Hart b. in McHenry, III, Aug. 18, 1856.
By second husband ;
10733. V. Mary Cavanagh b. July 14, 1862.
10734. vi. Edith Cavanagh b. Aug. 2, 1864, d. June 2, 1866.
10735. vii. William Arthur Cavanagh b. April 8, 1867."
10736. viU. Ray Cavanagh b. Oct. 16, 1869.
[7th Gen.J
10718-19. iv. Fenner Bosworth b. June 3, 1825, m. May 20, 1849,
Martha Jane Hanaford b- Nov- 18, 1830 (dau. of Reuben M. Hanaford
of Solon 0., and Nancy Foster) : a farmer in Solon, 0. Children :
10737. 1. Newton Cassius Bosworth b. July 11, 1850.
10738. 2. Archer Bosworth b. Jan. 22, 1853.
10739. 3. Mary Bosworth b. Nov. 20, 1857, d. Oct 2, 1864.
[7th Gen.J
10721-2. vi. Jane Elizabeth Bosworth b. Nov. 7, 1830, m. April
27, 1862, Henry Warren Glasier b. May 26, 1828 (son of Johnson Gla-
sierof Manchester, Vt., and Mary Ann Bishop) : a teacher in SextonvUle,
Wis. [8th Gen.J Children :
10740. i. Willis Glasier b. in Solon, 0., Jan. 21, 1854.
10741. u. Fanny Elizabeth Glasier b. in Bedford, 0., AprU 11,
1856.

592 Descendants of Bachel {Strong) Dudley, Daughter of
10742. Hi. Charles Glasier b. in Bedford June 18, 1858.
10743. iv. Cora Althaea Glasier b. in Richland, Wis., Aug. 13, 1860.
10744. V. Edwin Stanton Glasier b. in SextonviUe, June 1, 1862.
10745. vi. Johnson Glasier b. in SextonvUle, Wis., March 5, 1866.
10746. vii. Arthur Bosworth Glasier b. in SextonvUle, May 12, 1867.
[7th Gen.J
10724-5. viH. Martha Amanda Bosworth b. June 23, 1836, m.
Sept 18, 1855, Edward Lane b. April 10, 1831 (son of Luman Lane of
Twinsburgh, 0., and Irene Thomas) : a blacksmith in Charaton, Iowa
(Lucas Co.), since 1869. Children :
10747. 1. Jeanie Lane b. in Dunnville, March 10, 1857.
10748. 2. Edward Luman Lane b. in W. Bau Clair, Wis., July 20,
1866, where he d. Sept, 25, 1867.
[7th Gen.J
10727-8. X. Helen Frances Bosworth b. Sept. 11, 1841, m. Dec.
11, 1862, James William Dawson b. in Canada, April 30, 1828 (son of
Robert Dawson of Kirby, Eng., and Jane Ward) : a farmer and nursery
man at Bedford, 0. Children :
10749. 1. WUHe Bosworth Dawson b. March 7, 1864.
10760. 2. Carrie Blanche Dawson b. Blarch 6, 1866.
10751. 3. Emma Grace Dawson b. Feb. 2, 1868.

[3d Gen.J See page 229.
4090-1. X. Rachel Strong (dau. of Thomas Strong of Northampton,
Mass., and Rachel Holton) b. July 15, 1679, m. Jan. 23, 1705-6, Miles
Dudley b. Dec. 17, 1676 (son of Joseph Dudley of North GuUford, Ct.,
a cooper, and Ann Robinson). He was brother to Dea. William Dudley
who m. Ruth Strong, her sister. He was a farmer at Guilford, Ct,
where he d. Aug. 10, 1753, aged 78 : she d. Jan. 4, 1769, aged 90.
[4th Gen.J Children :
10752. i. Miles Dudley b. Nov. 6, .1706. His history not as
certained.
Timothy Dudley b. Jan. 6, 1708, d. Aug. 16, 1708,
Timothy Dudley (2d) b. Oct. 16, 1709, d. Nov. 8, 1717.
Stephen Dudley b. May 10, 1711.
Dea. Selah Dudley b. AprU 1713.
Beriah Dudley b. Feb. 1716, settled at Woodbury, Ct.,
and afterwards at Bethlehem.

10753.

ii.

10754.

iU.

10755-

6.

iv.

10767-

9.

V.

10760.

vi.

Thomas Strong, Sonof Elder John, of NortJiampton. 593
10761. vii. Rachel Dudley b. Nov. 27, 1717, d. unmarried.
10762-3. viu. Mercy Dudley b. April 3, 1719, m. Dec 29, 1738, Roland
Leete b. Aug. 6, 1708 (son of William and Hannah
Leete). She d. Nov. 7, 1767;
10764. ix. John Dudley b. Oct. 16, 1721 : a farmer in Richmond,
Mass.
10756-6. iv. STEPHENDuDLEYb. May 10, 1711, m.Nov. 15, 1736, Ann
Graves b. Feb. 8, 1714 (dau. of Nathaniel Graves of GuUford, and EHza
beth Barnes of Groton, Ct) : a farmer in GuUford. He d. Oct 3, 1798 :
she d. July 7, 1782.
[5th Gen.J Children:
10765. i. Miles Dudley b. Nov. 3, 1737, d. unmarried March 17,
1814.
10766. ii. Nathaniel Dudley b. Sept 20, 1746, d. July 3, 1756.
10767. iU. Stephen Dudley b. June 6, 1751, d. unmarried Jan. 21,
1820.
[4th Gen.J
10757-9. V. Dea. Selah Dudley b. AprU, 1713, m. June 21, 1743,
Rachel Stone b. July 29, 1724 (dau. of Timothy Stone of Guilford, and
Rachel Norton). She d. Feb. 13, 1768, and he m. for 2d wife Jan. 28,
1778, Ruth Coan : b. Oct 21, 1736 (dau. of George and Jane Coan) :
a farmer at Guilford. She d. July 7, 1787, and he d. Oct 14, 1797.
[5th Gen.J Children :
10768- 9. i. Dea. Selah Dudley b. May 10, 1745.
10770- 1. ii. Sarah Dudley b. Dec 3, 1746, m. Simeon Chittenden
of GuUford.

10768-9. i. Dea. Selah Dudley, Jr., b. May 10, 1745, m. Feb.
16, 1774, Asenath Chidsey b. July 15, 1746 (dau. of Joseph Chidsey of
Guilford and Bathsheba Baldwin) : a farmer in Guilford. He d. Aug.
10, 1804 : she d. Aug. 18, 1782.
[6th Gen.J Children :
10772. i. Rachel Dudley b. Dec. 6, 1774, d. unmarried July 13,
1799.
10773- 4. u. Timothy Dudley b. Oct 9, 1777.
10775- 6. iU. Elizur Dudley b. Jan. 27, 1780.
10773-4. U. Timothy Dudley b. Oct 9, 1777, m. Dec 15, 1799,
Irene Rose b. Dec. 8, 1773 (dau. of Joel and Phebe Rose of Guilford) :
a farmer in Guilford. He d. May 10, 1814 : she d. in lUinois in 184-.
[7th Gen.J Children :
10777- 8. i. Rachel Dudley b. Nov. 9, 1802, m. May 4, 1820, Marcus
Dickerman of Benton, 0.
75

694 Descendants of Eachel {Strong) Dudley, Daughter of
10779-80. ii. Lucinda Dudley b. Nov. 17, 1805, m. Jan. 1, 1829,
Stephen J. Cooke.
10781. iu. Timothy Dudley b. June 26, 1808, resides in IlHnois.
10782- 3. iv. Olive Dudley b. in 1810, m. a Mr. Johnson.
10784- 5. V. Irene B1. Dudley b. June 18, 1825, m. Marvin Dibble
of Bergen, N. J.
[6th Gen.J
10775-6. iU. Elizur Dudley (son of Dea. Selah Dudley and Ase
nath Chidsey) b. Jan. 27, 1780, m. Sept 29, 1801, Asenath Spencer dau.
of Abner Spencer of Haddam, Ct He d. July 22, 1854 : she d. Aug.
7, 1863. [7th Gen.J Children :
10786. i. Asenath Dudley b. Nov. 16, 1802, d. April 26, 1853.
10787. U. Flobilla Spencer Dudley b. June 16, 1805, d. July 8,
1838.
10788. iH. Selah Lucius Dudley b. Feb. 11, 1807.
10789. iv. Julia Clark Dudley b. Feb. 22, 1809, d. May 15, 1868.

[6th Gen.J
10770-1. U. Sarah Dudley (dau. of Dea. Selah Dudley and Rachel
Stone) b. Dec 3, 1746, m. Dec. 15, 1773, Simeon Chittenden b. AprU 13,
1742 (son of Dea. Simeon Chittenden of Guilford, and Submit Scranton) :
a farmer in Guilford. He d. (killed by a bull) Sept 22, 1812. She d.
March 12, 1841, aged 93.
[6th Gen.J Children :
10790. i. Josiah Chittenden b. Oct 14, 1774, d. Sept 23, 1781.
10791. ii. Sally Chittenden b. Jan. 9, 1776, d. unmarried Oct
24, 1823.
10792- 3. iH. David Chittenden b. Sept 23, 1777, d. July 28, 1861.
10794- 5. iv. Abel Chittenden b. Aug 81, 1779.
10796. V. Simeon Chittenden b. in 1781, d. March 4, 1782.
10797- 8. vi. Lucy Chittenden b. March 19, 1783, m. Nov. 15, 1804,
Daniel Fowler b. March 26, 1780 (son of TheophUus
Fowler and Sarah Rossiter).
10799. vH. Ruth Chittenden b. Jan. 19, 1785, 'd. Jan. 15, 1786.
10800- 1. viii.RACHEL Chittenden b. AprU 28, 1787, m. AprU 13,
1815, John Fowler.
10802- 3. ix. Simeon Chittenden (2d), b. Jan. 3, 1791.

10792-3. iii. David Chittenden b. Sept 28, 1777, m.Dec 26,1802,
Lucy Fowler b. Sept. 18, 1772 (dau. of Melzar Fowler of Guilford, and
Lucy Chittenden) a farmer in Guilford. He d. July 28, 1861, aged 83.
She d. Jan. 4, 1858, aged 85.

Thomas Strong, Son of Elder JoJm, of Northampton. 595
[7th Gen.] Children :

10804. 10805- 6.

David Chittenden b. Jan. 10, 1804, d. Aug. 17, 1808.
Lucy Ann Chittenden b. Feb. 14, 1806, m. Jan. 2,
1833, Hon. Samuel WiUiam Dudley of North GuUford,
Ct., b. July 16, 1800 (son of Ambrose Dudley and
Elizabeth Russell) a farmer and state senator (repub
lican). See account of him, infra.
10807- 8. iu. Blary Chittenden b. May 11, 1808, m. Nov. 1, 1835,
WiUiam MUes Dudley b. Sept. 27,1804 (son of Medad
Dudley and Phebe ConkUng) a farmer at North Guil
ford.
10809. iv. Susannah Chittenden b. May 28, 1810.
10810. V. Ruth Chittenden b. Sept 8, 1812, d. Feb. 25, 1838.
10811-12. vi. Sarah Dudley Chittenden b. Feb. 1, 1814, m. Aug. 31,
1837, Abraham Benton of Mendon, III.
10813. vii. David Dwight Chittenden b. June 25, 1817.
10814. viii. George Mortiraer Chittenden b. Feb. 12, 1820, d. Dec.
16, 1841.

[6th Gen.]
10794-5. iv. Abel Chittenden (son of Simeon Chittenden and
Sarah Dudley) b. Aug. 31, 1779, m. June 19, 1804, Anna Hart Baldwin
b. Feb. 8, 1784 (dau. of Timothy Baldwin and OHve Norton) : a farmer in
Guilford, Ct He d. Dec. 6, 1816, and she m. for 2d husband "Dea.
Ebenezer Stillman. She d. June 4, 1845.
[7th Gen.J Children:

10815. i.
10816- 7. U.

10818. 1.
10819. 2.

10820.
10821. 10822.
10823- 10826.

8.

IV.
V. vi.

Henry Baldwin Chittenden b. Nov. 9, 1806, d. June
27, 1806.
Olive Norton Chittenden b. April 21, 1807, m. March
7, 1831, Dr. Alvan Talcott of Guilford b. Aug. 17,
1804 (son of Alvan Talcott of North Bolton, Ct., and
Philomela Root). For the use of a classified copy of
the GuUford records prepared by him, the author is
indebted for the facts here stated concerning the de
scendants of Miles Dudley and Rachel Strong, and
also chiefly for those furnished concerning the descend
ants of Dea. WUliam Dudley and Ruth Strong. He
was graduated at Yale in 1824, and has been a physi
cian in Guilford since 1841. Children:
WUliam Henry Talcott b. May 14, 1832, d. at sea, March,
1856.
Mary Elizabeth Talcott b. Dec 12, 1836, d. May 27,
1837.
¦Sarah Talcott b. Oct 2, 1841, d. March 11, 1866.
Sarah Dudley Chittenden b. Dec. 21, 1809, d. Nov. 11,
1814
Anna Hart Chittenden b. April 14, 1812.
Simeon Baldwin Chittenden b. March 29, 1814.
Henry Abel Chittenden b. April 29, 1816 : a merchant
in New York.

596 Descendants of RacJiel {Strong) Dudley, Daughtei of

10828-6. v. Simeon Baldwin Chittenden b. March 29, 1814, m.
May 10, 1837, Mary Elizabeth HartweU. She d. Sept 8, 1852, and he.
m. Oct 11, 1854, for second wife, Cornelia Colton of Warren, Ct, nie
Colton, b. in 1815 (widow of Walter Colton of Philadelphia) : a large
wholesale merchant in New York, residing in Brooklyn : a man of large
means and public spirit.
[8th Gen.J Children : By first wife:
Mart Hartwell Chittenden b. Aug. 18, 1840, m. Feb.
15, 1866, Dr. WiUiam T. Lusk, b. May, 1838; a phy
sician in New York. They have four children :
Graham Lusk b. Feb. 16, 1866.
Mary Elizabeth Lusk b. May 22, 1867.
A child (name not obtained) b. July 23, 1868.
Anna Hartwell Lusk b. Jan. 1870.
Simeon Baldwin Chittenden b. June 6, 1845, m. May
21, 1868, Mary Warner HiU (dau. of John J. Hill of
Brooklyn), fie was graduated at Yale in 1865.
Charles Sherman Crittenden b. Aug. 11, 1850, d. June
16, 1852.

10827- 8. i.

10829.
10830.
10881. 10832.

1.
2.
3. 4.

10883- 4. n.

10835.

[6th Gen.J
10802-3. ix. Simeon Chittenden, Jr. (son of Simeon Chittenden
and Sarah Dudley) b. Jan. 3, 1791, m. Dec. 17, 1815, Jerusha FUer, b.
Aug. 24, 1793 (dau. of. John Filer of GuUford and Ruth Dudley, who
were m. March 6, 1783) : a farmer at Guilford. He d. AprU 19, 1868 ;
shed. May 25, 1866.
[7th Gen.] Children :
10836. i. Henry W. Chittenden b. Oct 14, 1817.
Parnel Filer Chittenden b. AprU 10, 1819, m. Jan. 6,
1842, E. FrankHn Dudley, of North Guilford.
William VaU Chittenden b. Nov. 28, 1822.
Jerusha Chittenden b. June 12, 1826, d. June 18, 1826.
John Chittenden b. April 15, 1830.
Martin Luther Chittenden b. Jan 29, 1833.

10837-

8.

ii.

10889.

Hi.

10840.

iv.

10841.

V.

10842-

3.

vi.

[3d Gen.J See page 229.
4092-3. xi. Selah Strong (son of Thomas Strong of Northampton,
and Rachel Holton, and grandson of Elder John Strong), b. Wednesday,

TJwmas Strong, Son of Elder John, of Northarhpton. 597
Dec 23, 1680, m. June 23, 1702, AbigaU Terry of Southold, L. I., b.
Saturday, June 10, 1680 (dau., it is believed, of Thomas Terry, Jr., of
Southold, whose father, Thomas Terry, aged 28, embarked from England
for America with his brothers Robert, aged 25, and Richard, aged 17, on
July 13, 1635, in the James) : a farmer and tradesman at Setauket,
L. I., and justice of the peace, and trustee of the town of Brookhaven
(to which Setauket belongs). He d. April 8, 1732, aged 61, she d. Feb.
2, 1761, aged 80.
[4th Gen.J Children :
10844- 5. i. Rachel Strong b. Sunday, May 7, 1704, m. Capt. Sam
uel D'Honneur of Setauket.
10846- 7. u. Abigail Strong b. Wednesday, May 8, 1706, m. Timo
thy Carie of Huntington, L. I., d. Feb. 18, 1737, aged
31. Had sons : Selah and Gilbert
10848- 9. Ui. Thomas Strong b. Saturday, June 5, 1708, d. Jan. 14,
1760.
10860- 1. iv. Hannah Strong b. Monday, Nov. 6, 1711, m. Richard
WiUis of Islip, L. I.
10852- 8. V. Selah Strong b. Tuesday, Feb. 23, 1713-14.
10854- 5. vi. Benajah Strong b. Wednesday, March 7, 1715-16.
10856- 7. VU. Joseph Strong b. Thursday, March 13, 1717-18, d. Sept
22, 1741.
10858- 9. viU. Mary Strong b. Thursday, Sept. 17, 1719, m. Merriby
Bostwick of Stamford, Ct., d. Feb. 8, 1754, aged 34.
10860- 1. ix. Benjamin Strong b. Saturday, May 12, 1722, d. Nov. 10,
1760, aged 38.
10862- 3. X. Anna Strong b. Friday, July 2, 1725, m. Rev. Jacob
Green of Hanover, N. J., d. Nov. 25, 1766.
[In preparing the history of the descendants of Selah Strong of Setau
ket the author had the aid of extended notes left by Thornpson, the his
torian of Long Island, which were however only of an outline sort, with a
few added hints from simUar notes prepared by Rev. Paschal N. Strong
of New York, the one being almost wholly a copy of the other. But
here, as everywhere else, it was only by widely extended and persevering
correspondence followed up persistently to the very end, that any full and
satisfactory results were obtained.]
[4th Gen.]
10844-6. i. RA.CHEL Strong (dau. of Selah Strong and Abigail
Terry), b. May 7, 1704, m. Capt Samuel D'Honneur of Setauket, L. I.
He was drowned in crossing L. I. sound.
[5th Gen.] Children :
10864. i. John D'Honneur, d. without issue.
10865- 6. U. Joanna D'Honneur b. in 1731, m. about 1751, WiUiarm
NicoU, 3d, b. Oct. 7, 1715 (son of Benjamin NicoU and
Charity Floyd, his cousin, dau. of Richard Floyd, Jr.,
and Margaret NicoU). He was bred a lawyer, ap
pointed clerk of Suffolk Co., N. Y., in 1750, and held

598 Descendantsof SelaJi Strong of SetauJcet, L. I, Son of
the office until his death, March 1, 1780. He was
called " clerk NicoU." He was a member of the as
sembly (1769-75). She d. Dec. 3, 1772. He d. March
1, 1780, aged 65. He lived at Islip.
[6th Gen.J Children :
10867- 8. i. Charity NicoU b. March 27, 1753. m. Garret Ketteltas
ofNewYork. She d. in 1816. '
10869-70. u. Capt. William NicoU b. May 20, 1756, d. April 21,
1799, aged 42.
10871- 2. Hi. Gloriana Margaretta NicoU b. Sept. 13, 1769, m. John
L. McAdam ; she d. in 1820. ,
10873- 4. iv. Joanna Rachel NicoU b. in 1760, m. Clerk Kilby Mc
Adam.
10875- 6. V. Samuel Benjamin NicoU b. Sept 4, 1764, d. Sept 29,"
1828.
10869-70. ii. Capt. William Nicoll b. May 20, 1756, m. Frances
Smith b. in 1743 (dau. of Col. Henry Smith of Setauket, and Margaret"
Biggs) : a large farmer and landholder at Islip, an entailed estate. He
d. AprU 22, 1795, aged 39. [Col. Henry Smith b. 1679, was the son of
" Tangier " Wm. Smith and BIartha Tunstall. He d. in 1767. Marga
ret Biggs was his 3d wife and d. in 1764.]
[7th Gen.J Children :
10877- 8. i. William NicoU b. about 1776.
10879-80. U. Henry NicoU b. at Islip, June 13, 1778.
10877-8. i. William Nicoll (son of Capt William Nicoll and
Frances Smith) b. in 1776, m. Deborah Seaman (dau. of Obadiah Sea
man and Sarah Carman) : a large farmer at Islip, L. I., on the old en
tailed estate. He d. AprU 21, 1799. She d. about 1802.
[8th Gen.J Children :
10881- 2. i. Frances NicoU b. May 3, 1798, m. Wickham ConkHn.
10883- 4. H. William Nicoll b. Oct. 26, 1799.
10881-2. i. Frances Nicoll b. May 3, 1798, m. Feb. 7, 1816, Wick
ham Conklin b. Feb. 2, 1794 (son of Nathaniel Conklin and Mary
Wickham) : a farraer at " Oak Neck " Islip, L. I., on a large inherited
estate. He d. Sept 4, 1841. His widow resides now (1870), at Baby
lon, L. I.
[9th Gen.J Children :
10885. i. Nathaniel Conklin b. Oct 12, 1816.
10886. U. William Nicoll ConkHn b. May 3, 1818.
10887. iH. Thomas Wickhara Conklin b. April 26, 1822.
10888. iv. Erasmus Conklin b. Feb. 6, 1825.
10889-90. V. Mary Ann Conklin b. June 29, 1828, m. Edwin Under
bill of Babylon, L. I.

Thomas Strong, Son of Elder John, of NortJiampton. 599
[8th Gen.J
10883-4. ii. William Nicoll, Jr. (son of WUliam Nicoll and De
borah Seaman) b. Oct. 26, 1799, m. June 9, 1819, Sarah Greenly b.
Sept. 2, 1798 (dau. of Thomas Greenly, M.D., of Hamilton, Madison Co.,
N. Y., and Electa Hunt). He was grad. at Nassau HaU, Princeton, N. J. :
studied law at Hamilton, Madison Co., N. Y., with Thomas H. Hubbard,
Esq. He lived at Islip, on his large inherited estate, where he d. Nov.
20, 1823, aged 24. His widow stiU resides at Islip (1870), a widow for
46 years. [9th Gen.J Children :
10891- 2. i. William Nicoll b. May 13, 1820.
10893- 4. U. Frances Louisa NicoU b. Jan. 29, 1822, m. WUliam H.
Ludlow.
10895. Hi. Sarah Greenly Nicoll b. Jan. 2, 1824, d. June 27, 1830.
10891-2. i. William Nicoll b. May 13, 1820 : grad. at Columbia
Coll. in  ^ lives on his inherited estate, at IsHp, m. April 20, 1843,
Sarah Augusta Nicoll b. March 6, 1823 (dau. of Edward Augustus Ni
coll and Frances B. Shelton).
' [10th Gen.J Children :
10896. i. William Nicoll b. March 27, and d. May 2, 1844.
10897. H. William Greenly Nicoll b. Aug. 29, 1845, : grad. at
Yale, in 1866, and at Columbia Coll. Law School in
1868 : is now (1870), in a law office in New York.
10898. iU. Sarah Nicoll b. Sept. 2, 1847.
10899. iv. Frances Augusta Nicoll b. Aug. 30, 1849.
10900. V. Edward NicoU b. Nov. 20, 1861 : a student (1870), at
Cornell University.
10901. vi. Mary Shelton Nicoll b. Jan. 22, 1853 : a member of
Vassar College (1870), at Poughkeepsie, N. Y.
10902. vii. Henry Nicoll b. June 12, 1854.
[9th Gen.J
19893-4. ii. Frances Louisa Nicoll b. Jan. 29, 1822, m. Dec 9,
1841, Gen. WUliam Handy Ludlow b. at Yonkers, N. Y., April 3, 1821
(son of Ezra Ludlow and Rachel Seguine). He was comraissioned Major
in the late war, Sept. 1861, and served on Gen. Dix's staff: was for one
year (1862-3), commissioner for the exchange of prisoners, made Lt.
Col., Nov. 1862, Col. AprU, 1863, and Brevet Brig, and Major Genl.,
March, 1864. He is now (since Jan. 1868), Prest of the Tontme Life
Ins. Co., of New York. He was at one time speaker also in the N. Y.
State Assembly. To Mrs. Frances L. Ludlow, the author owes much of
the account here given of the descendants of Rachel Strong and Samuel
D'Honneur. Their family reside in the summer, at Oakdale, Suffolk
Co., L. I., on his landed estate, to which place he devoted his attention
before the war.

600 Descendantsof Selah Strong of SetauJcet, L. I., Son of

[10th Gen.J Children:
10903. i. Nicoll Ludlow b. Sept 11, 1842 : grad. at the U. S.
Naval Academy, at Annapolis, Md., in 1862. He was
during the late war on The Wachusett, as master —
while in pursuit of The Florida, which they took out
of Bahia, and brought to Norfolk. He then went as
navigator on the Monadnoek, a Monitor sent by the
Govt., around Cape Horn, to California, and arrived
with it there in safety. He returned home across the
continent on horseback, with Com. Rodgers, and party^
In Feb. 1867, he sailed for Japan, in " The Iroquois,"
and is now (1870), the executive officer of that ship
with the rank of Lt Commander.
Col. William Ludlow b. Nov. 27, 1843.
Newton Perkins Ludlow b. May 21, 1846, d. Nov. 1,
1858.
Francis Lewis Ludlow b. June 1, 1850 : in U. S. Naval
Academy (class of 1870).
Edwin Ludlow b. March 12, 1858.
LocrisE NicoU Ludlow b. Jan. 23, 1866.

10904- 5.
10906.
10907. 10908.
10909.

V.vi.

10904-6. U. Col. William Ludlow b. Nov. 27, 1843 : graduated
at West Point in 1863, as first lieutenant, corps of engineers ; was chief
engineer of the left wing of Sherman's array during his march to the
sea ; was three times brevetted during the march as captain, major and
lieutenant colonel, is now (1870) stationed at Charleston, S. C, as assist
ant to Gen. Gilmore in charge of the Southern forts. He m. Jan. 28,
1866, at St. Louis, Mo. (" Longwood "), Genevieve Almira Sprigg, b.
Sept 11, 1842 (dau. of James Rolfe Sprigg and Josephine DuBois).
[llthGen.J Child:
10910. i. Genevieve Sprigg Ludlow b. July 27, 1868.
[7th Gen.J
10879-80. ii. Henry Nicoll (son of Capt. William Nicoll of Islip,
and Frances Smith) b. June 13, 1778, m. 1795, Sally Squire b. at Hunt
ington, L. I., June 6, 1777 (dau. of John Squire and Lucinda Fitch). He
d. April 1827, she d. Aug. 1859.
[8th Gen.J Children :"
11911. i. William Henry Nicoll b. AprU 21, 1796, went to Phila
delphia to live.
10912-13. ii. Nancy NicoU b. Dec 10, 1798, m. Oliver Smith of Islip,
had 7 children, resides now (1870) at Hackensack, N. J.
10914-16. iii. Rensselaer Nicoll b, June 13, 1800, m. in 1830, Har
riet Lester of New London, no issue, he d. in 1831, his
widow resides in Williamsburgh (Brooklyn) (1870).
10916. iv. John Nicoll b. Aug. 16, 1802, went to sea and was never
heard from afterwards.

Thomas Strong, Son of Elder John, of Northampton. 601
10917-18. V. Benjamin Nicoll b. Jan. 15, 1806, m. Azubah Loper of
Sagharbor, L. I. d. in 1839, left one son Benjamin.
10919. vi. Elbert Nicoll b. AprU 24, 1809, d. in New York, un
married in 1841.
10920- 1. vii. Lucinda Nicoll b. Aug. 30, 1812, m. in 1834, George
Scofield of Stamford, Ct, d. Sept 1867.
10922- 3. viii. Squire Nicoll b. March 17, 1814: a blacksmith at
Sagharbor, L. I., m. June 7, 1837, Henrietta Winters,
of Sagharbor. She d. Aug. 1852, and he m. for 2d
wife, Oct 1853, widow Emma Lester, of Darien, Ct
He has had but one child.
10924- 5. ix. Sally Nicoll b. Aug. 28, 1818, m. in 1839, Silas Loper,
of Sagharbor. She d. July, 1849 : had two children :
[6th Gen.J
10871-2. Ui. Gloriana Margaretta Nicoll (dau. of WiUiam Nic
oll and Johanna D'Honneur) b. Sept 13, 1759, m. John Loudon McAdam,
the inventor of the celebrated macadamized mode of building stone roads.
He resided at Bristol, Eng., where she d. in 1820. He was b. in
Scotland, and was of the proscribed family of McGregor. He came to
this country, in 1766, and remained here for 17 years (1766-83).
[7th Gen.J Children :
10926. i. William Nicoll McAdam.
10927. ii. James Loudon BIcAdam — now " Sir" James, &c. : the
honor of knighthood being offered to the father, he re
quested, as it could not be transmitted, when acquired
in such a way, by inheritance, that it might be bestowed
upon his son.
[6th Gen.J
10873-4. iv. Joanna Rachel Nicoll b. in 1760, m. Clerk Kilby
McAdam. Shed, at IsHp, L. L, Jan. 8, 1795. Children:
10928. 1. GUbert McAdam. 10929. 2. James McAdam.
[6th Gen.J
10875-6. V. Samuel Benjamin Nicoll (son of " Clerk " WUliam
NicoU and Joanna D'Honneur) b. Sept 4, 1764, m. Dec. 6, 1784, Anne
Floyd b. Aug. 17, 1767 (dau. of Col. Richard Floyd of Mastic and
Arabella Jones, dau. of Judge David Jones). In 1787 he removed to
the estate formerly occupied by his great uncle, " Speaker " NicoU, on
Shelter Island, Suffolk Co., where he spent the rest of his life as an exten
sive and enterprising farmer. He was a man of strong domestic and
rural tastes. She d. June 8, 1813, aud he d. Sept. 19, 1828.
[7th Qen.J Children :
10930- 1. i. Rev. Richard Floyd Nicoll b. Sept 15, 1785, d. Feb. 28,
1857, aged 71.
76

602 Descendants of SelaJi Strong of SetauJcet, L. I., Son of

10932.

U.

10933- 4.

iii.

10986.

iv.

10936- 7.

V.

10938.

vi.

10939-40.

vii.

10941.

viii

10942.

ix.

10943- 4.

X.

Lt. William Nicoll b. Dec. 6, 1787, d. March 22, 1822.
Elizabeth Floyd Nicoll b. Feb. 9, 1790, m. Charies T.
Dering.
Anna Willett Nicoll b. Feb. 14, 1792, resides unmarried
at Sag Harbor, L. I.
Samuel Benjamin Nicoll b. March 26, 1794.
Capt. Thomas Elbert Ellison NicoU b. Jan. 2, 1796 ;
a sea captain, d. unmarried at sea Aug. 1827.
Maria Courtland NicoU b. Nov. 2, 1798 m. Rev. Ezra
Youngs of Cutchogue, L. I.
vHi. John Courtland Nicoll, M.D., b. AprU 17, 1800, d. at
Santiago de Cuba, June 22, 1826.
Gloriana Margaretta Nicoll b. May 24, 1803, resides
unmarried at Sag Harbor, L. I. (1870).
Arabella Jones Floyd Nicoll b. Jan. 22, 1807, m.
Charles Johnson of Madison, N. Y.
10930-1. i. Rev. Richard Floyd Nicoll b. Sept 16, 1786, m. Jan.
5, 1809, Margaret Sylvester Dering b. Sept. 11, 1789, (dau. of Gen.
Sylvester Dering and Esther Sarah Havens) : a farmer at Shelter
Island, L. I., and for some years a merchant at Utica, N. Y. He
afterwards studied theology and preached as a Presbyterian clergy
man for five years (1824-9") at Smithtown, L. I., but, in 1829, returned
to his farm on Shelter Island where he spent the rest of his days, and d.
Feb. 28, 1857, aged 71. She d. Aug. 25, 1847, aged 57.
[8th Gen.J
10945. i. BIargaret Sylvester Nicoll b. Aug. 26, 1810, d. July
4, 1856.
10946. U. Richard Floyd Nicoll b. June 25, 1812, d. Aug. 28, 1843.
10947. iii. Sarah Ann NicoU b. Nov. 18, 1813, d. Dec. 26, 1846.
10948. iv. Mary Catharine Nicoll b. March 1, 1816, resides un
married at Peekskill, N. Y.
10949-50. V. Elizabeth Gardiner NicoU b. June 21, 1818, m. Samuel
Gardiner.
10951. vi. Capt. Sylvester Dering NicoU b. Jan. 28, 1821, a sea
captain for several years. In the late war he com
manded the U. S. N. gun boat Picket, and was kUled
by an explosion of the magazine iu his boat. Sept 6,
1862, in. Washington, N. C.
10952. vii. Hester Rennelche NicoU b. Oct. 26, 1823, d. Dec. 7,
1856.
10963. viu. Charles Henry Nicoll b. March 20,1826, d. Oct 18, 1858,
He was a farmer at Shelter Island, living on the old
homestead.
10954- 6. ix. Charity Antoinette Nicoll b. Jan. 30, 1828, m. Nov. 27,
1865, Joseph Franklin Gavitt of R. I. They have
had one child :
10956. 1. Courtland NicoU Gavitt b. Aug. 27, 1866.
10957. X. Joanna Rachel NicoU b. Blay 1, 1832, lives unmarried
at Newport, R. I.

10958.

10959.

ii.

10960.

iii.

10961.

iv.

10962.

V.

10963.

vi.

Thomas Strong, Son of Elder John, of NortJiampton. 603
10949-50. V. ELiz.^BETHGARDiNERNicoLLb. June21,1818,m.Oct
23, 1838, Samuel Gardiner b. Nov. 10, 1812 (son of Abraham Smith
Gardiner of New Hartford, Oneida Co., N- Y., and Abby Lee of Lyme,
Ct) : a farmer in New Jersey (town hot named).
[9th Gen.J Children :
Abraham Smith Gardiner b. AprU 14, 1840.
Richard Floyd Nicoll Gardiner b. Nov. 6, 1842.
Elizabeth Nicoll Gardiner b. Dec. 15, 184 L
Mary Catharine Gardiner b. AprU 25, 1850.
Clarence Lyon Gardiner b. Oct 15, 1852.
Margaret Sylvester Dering Nicoll Gardiner b. Aug. 21,
1866.
10964. vii. BIuRRAY Stewart Gardiner b. June 12, 1860.
[7th Gen.J
10932. ii. Lt. William Nicoll (son of Samuel B. Nicoll and Anne
Floyd) b. Dec. 6, 1787: a lieutenant of marines: d. on board frigate.
Congress, at Rio Janeiro, March 22, 1822.
10933-4. iii. Elizabeth Floyd Nicoll b. Feb. 9. 1790, m. Aug 14,
1816, Charles Thomas Dering b. Nov. 17, 1790 (son of Gen. Sylvester De-
ring and Esther Sarah Havens) : a merchant at Sag Harbor, interested
in the whaling business. He d. withoui issue, June 7, 1859. His widow
is still (1870), living at Sag Harbor.
[Esther Sarah Havens b. at Shelter Island, Jan. 31, 1763, was dau.
of Nicoll Havens and Sarah Fosdick. She m. Gen. Sylvester Dering,
Nov. 27, 1787, and d. July 31, 1839. Nicoll Havens ra. Nov. 1755, Sarah
Fosdick. She d. Sept 1765, and he m. for 2d wife Blarch, 1770, Desire
Brown. His children were by his first wife : 1. Hon. Jonathan Nicoll
Havens b. June 18, 1757 : a member of Congress (1796-99). He d. un
married Oct 25, 1799. 2. Esther Sarah Havens b. Jan. 31, 1763, m.
Gen. Sylvester Dering. 3. Mary Catharine Havens b. Sept 1765, m.
June 1803, Ezra L'Hommedieu, and d. in 1811. By 2d wife : 4. Catha
rine BIary Havens b. at Shelter Island, AprU 20, 1771, m. Hon. Henry
Huntington of Rome, N. Y. She d. March 11, 1839.]
[7th Gen.J
10936-7. V. Samuel Benjamin Nicoll, Jr., b. March 25, 1794 :
m. July 1, 1824, Sarah Brown Payne b. Feb. 20, 1799 (dau. of Dr.
Benjamin Payne of Flushing, L. I., and Charlotte Brown) : a lawyer
and large farmer on Shelter Island : a representative in the N. Y. Assem
bly (1843). He d. Jan. 22, 1866. His widow is stUl (1870), living.
[8th Gen.J Children:
10965. i. Samuel Benjamin NicoU, M.D., resides at Shelter Island.
10966. ii. Charlotte Ann Nicoll.
10967. in. William Courtland Nicoll.

604 Descendantsof Selah Strong of SetauJcet, L. I., Son of
10968. iv. Sarah Payne NicoU.
10969. V. Gloriana Margaretta NicoU.
10970. vi. Matthias NicoU.
[Dr. Benjamin Payne d. March 8,. 1801, aged 53 : Charlotte, his wife
d. AprU 5, 1799.] I.
The Nicolls.
[Matthias Nicoll, colonial secretary, mayor of the city of New York,
in 1672, member of the council, justice of the Assizes, and judge of the
colony, d. Dec. 1687, and was buried at Cowneck. He had a dau. Mar
garet Nicoll, who m. Col. Richard Floyd, Jr., b. May 12, 1666 (son of
Richard and Susanna Floyd, who oame from Wales to this country in
1654, and settled at Brookhaven, L. I. He was a magistrate, and Col. of
militia). He had also a son Col. William Nicoll, who came to this country
with his father, in 1664. He was b. in 1657, and was a lawyer, and the
first clerk of Queens Co. (until 1688) : a member of the council for 6 years,
and of the Assembly for 21 years during 16 of which he was its speaker
(1702-23). He m. Anna Van Rensselaer, dau. of Jeremias Van Rens
selaer, and widow of Kilian Van Rensselaer, the heir of the estate of
Rensselaerwyck. He d. May, 1723, and she in 1715. The children of
Col. WilUam NicoU, and Anna, his wife were : 1. Benjamin Nicoll b. in
1694, and d. in 1724, aged 30. ^e m. Charity Floyd his cousin, dau.
of Col. Richard Floyd and Margaret NicoU, and lived at Islip, L. I. 2.
William Nicoll, who d. a bachelor in 1768 : a member of the Assembly,
for 29 years, and speaker, 9. 3. Van Rensselaer NicoU, d. at Albany.
4. Mary Nicoll, m. John Watts; she was b. in 1689, and d. at Shelter
Island, in 1768, aged 79. 5. Catharine Nicoll, who m. Jonathan Havens,
of Shelter Island, and d. in 1779, aged 79. 6. Frances Nicoll, who m. a
Holland. 1. Benjamin Nicoll (eldest son of Col. William Nicoll and
Anna Van Rensselaer) b. in 1694, who m. Charity Floyd, his cousin,
had the following chUdren. (1). William Nicoll called " Clerk NieoU "
b. Oct 7, 1715, who m. Joanna D'Honneur. (2.). Benjamin NicoU, Jr.,
b. in 1718, a counsellor at New York. (3.) Gloriana Margaretta Nicoll
b. in 1722, m. a Mavrick, and had one son. Matthias Nicoll (or Nicolls),
the progenitor of the Nicolls enumerated above, was of an ancient and
honorable family in Islip, Oxfordshire, Bug., and came to this country, in
1664, with Sir Richard Nicolls, commander of the expedition sent to take
New York from the Dutch, and first Gov. of the colony under the Duke
of York. He is believed to have been a nephew of Sir Richard Nicolls.
He was appointed at once on his arrival secretary of the colony.
II.
Th£ Floyds:
Richard Floyd came to this country from Wales in 1654, and d.
in 1706, set. 80. His son Richard Floyd, Jr., b. May 12, 1665, m. Mag-

Thomas Strong, Son of Elder John, of Northampton. 605
garet Nicoll, dau. of Matthias NicoU the settler. They had four sons and
five daughters:
i. Susannah Floyd b. May 25, 1688, and d. AprU 12, 1729; she m.
Edward B. Smith and had a son, Floyd Smith.
U. BIargaret Floyd b. April 25, 1690, m. Col. Thomas Dongon, Gov. of
the province.
iii. Charity Floyd b. April 6, 1692, and d. June 1,1758, m. Benjarain
Nicoll and for 2d husband Rev. Dr. Samuel Johnson of Stratford, Ct,
the parents of Rev. Dr. WUHam Samuel Johnson.
iv. Eunice Floyd b. May 16, 1694, m. William Stephens of Throgg's
Neck. V. Richard Floyd b. Nov. 14, 1696, d. early.
vi. Ruth Floyd b. Aug. 6, 1699, d. soon.
vU. Richard Floyd (2d) b. May 5, 1701, d. in childhood.
viU. Col. Richard Floyd (3d) b. Dec. 29, 1703.
-ix. Nicoll Floyd b. Aug. 27, 1706.
viii. Col. Richard Floyd b. Dec 29, 1703, m. a dau. of Col.,
Hutchinson of Southold, L. I. He was a man of wealth and honor, a
Col., of militia and judge of the court of common pleas. He d. April
21, 1771. His children were : 1. Richard Floyd who m. Arabella dau.
of Judge David Jones of Footneck, L. I., and settled upon a farm at
Mastic, L. I., forfeited afterwards on account of his toryism in the Revo
lution. He d. at St. John's, N. B. His children were : (1) Elizabeth
Floyd who m John De Lancey of Westchester Co., and was the mother
of Mrs. James Fennimore Cooper. (2) Anna Floyd who m. Benjamin S.
Nicoll of Shelter Island. (3) David Richard Floyd who had his name
changed by the legislature to Jones and was the father of Thoraas Floyd
Jones and Hon. Henry Floyd Jones, State Senator of New York, for
several years. His wife was a daughter of Hendrick Onderkonk, father
of Bishop Onderdonk. He d. Feb. 10, 1826.
ix. Nicoll Floyd (son of Richard Floyd and Margaret Nicoll) b. Aug.
• 27, 1705, m. Tabitha Smith dau. of Jonathan Sraith of Smithtown, L. I.
He d. March 8, 1755, set 49 : she d. Jan. 17, 1755, set 50. Their
children were: 1. Ruth Floyd b. Feb. 2, 1731, m. General Nathaniel
WoodhuU of Mastic, L. I. They had one chUd : Elizabeth WoodhuU b.
in 1762, and d. Sept 14, 1839, set 77, who m. Henry Nicoll and for 2d
husband General John Smith of St George's Manor. 2. General William
Floyd of Mastic, L. I., b. Dec. 17, 1734, who m. for 1st wife Hannah dau.
of William Jones of Southampton, L. I., and for 2d wife Joanna Strong,
dau. of Benajah Strong of Setauket, L. I. His chUdren by Hannah
Jones were : (1). Nicoll Floyd of Mastic, who m. Phebe Gelston, dau.
of David Gelston of N. Y. (2). Mary Floyd who ra. Col. Benjamin Tall
madge of Litchfield, Ct. (3). Catharine Floyd who m. Dr. Samuel Clark
son of PhUadelphia. By his second wife Joanna Strong he had : (4).

606 Descendantsof Selah Strong of SetauJcet, L. I., Son of
Ann Floyd who m. George W. Clinton, and for 2d husband Abraham
Varick. (5). Eliza Floyd who m. James Platt. 3. Tabitha Floyd
(dau. of Nicoll Floyd and Tabitha Smith), b. Jan. 12, 1735-6, m. Judge
Daniel Smith and for 2d husband Daniel Reeve. 4. Charles Floyd b.
Feb. 4, 1738-9, m. Gloriana Thomas dau. of Judge Thomas Thomas.
Their chUdren were : (1). Gloriana Floyd who m. William Hopson. (2).
General John Floydwho m. Sarah WoodhuU (dau. of Judge Jesse Wood-
hull of Goshen, N. Y.), and had son Jesse and dau. Sarah, and m. for 2d
wife Elizabeth Bladenburgh. (3). Thomas Floyd who m. Miss Jones of
Setauket, L. I. (4). AbigaU Floyd who m. William Post. 5. Mary
Floyd (dau. of Nicoll Floyd and Tabitha Smith), who m. Edward
Smith and had daughter Tabitha who m. a Sackett of- Westchester. 6.
Anna Floyd b. Aug. 1, 1748, m. Hugh Smith son of Col. Josiah Sraith
of Cetuck. They had 5 sons : (1). Nicoll of N. J. (2). Josiah of Ce-
tuck. (3). Charles. (4). WUliara of Moriches, L. I. (5). Nathaniel
of Blue Point 7. Charity Floyd b. Jan. 20, 1739, m. Dec. 24, 1756,
Hon. Ezra L'Hommedieu, M.C. (1779-83). Shed. July 31, 1805. They
had a daughter Catharine who m. in 1823, Samuel Smith. 8. Catharine
Floyd b. May 9, 1746, m. General Thomas Thoraas.
The English Book of Heraldry states that the names Floyd and Lloyd,
both Welsh, are indentical. Their coats of arms also are the same, the
crest, a ducal coronet.
For these memoranda concerning the Nicoll and Floyd families, the
author is indebted to the genealogical notes of William Floyd Platt, Esq.,
of Oswego, prepared by him in 1842-3, when too feeble to attend to mer
cantile pursuits, and kindly put at the author's disposal by Mrs. Catha
rine A. Platt, his widow. Some dates and other items of value were ob
tained also from this source in various parts of the Record.
III.
The Brewsters.
Elder William Brewster b. in England in 1580 came in the May-
Flower to Plymouth in Dec, 1620, an d. at Duxbury, Mass., AprU
1664, aged 83. He had four sons: Love, Wrestling, Jonathan and Wil
liam ; and four daughters. Patience, who ra. iu 1624, Thomas Prince,
Gov. of Blass. ; Pear, who m. Isaac Allerton ; Lucretia, and Mary.
Jonathan came after his father with Mr. Prince and others in The For
tune, Nov. 29, 1621. In 1649, he removed to New London, Ct., where
he was admitted freeman. May 16, 1650, and d. at Norwich, Ct, in
1669. His daughter Hannah m. in 1656, John Thompson, and d. at
Setauket, L. I., Oct 4, 1687. Rev. Nathaniel Brewster, son of Jona
than, graduated at Harvard in 1642, went to England, and was settled
as a clergyman there at Norfolk for some years, but in 1662, returned to

Thomas Strong, Son of Elder JoJm, of Northampton. 607
America, and was settled at Brookhaven, L. I., as its first pastor, in 1665,
whither his sons John, Timothy, and Daniel had preceded him ; and
where he d. Dec. 18, 1690, aged 70. He m. Sarah Ludlow, dau. of Hon.
Roger Ludlow, Dep. Gov. of Mass., and also of Conn. Roger Ludlow
came in 1630, in The Mary and John, with John Strong, Rev. John
Warham, Wolcott and others, and in 1635, settled at Windsor where he
lived a few years (1636-40), and removed to Fairfield, Ct. (1641-64),
and afterwards to Virginia, where he d.
John Brewster of Blooming Grove, and previously of Setauket (grand
son, as the author imagines, of Rev. Nathaniel Brewster of Setauket —
and not probably his son John — ) had the following children : 1. Ann,
b. in 1730, who m. Jonathan TuthUl. 2. Mary, who m. John TuthiU.
3. John, who m. Sarah Chandler. 4. Edward, who m. Experience
Reeve. 6. Abigail, who m. Samuel Strong. 6. Francis, who m. Mary
Strong, dau. of Benjamin. 7. Isaac, who m. Martha Seely. 8. Amy,
who m. Major Nathaniel Strong of Blooming Grove. 9. Ruth, who ra.
Capt Nathan Strong. Thus three sisters Abigail, Amy, and Ruth, m.
three brothers Strong. IY.
The Livingston Family
Robert Livingston, the patentee of the Livingston Manor granted in
1686, and the founder of the Livingston family in America, was the son
of Rev. John Livingston b. June 21, 1603, in Monyabroach, Stirlingshire,
Scotland. The father and grandfather of Rev. John Livingston were
successively ministers of Monyabroach, and his great-great-grandfather
was Lord Livingston afterwards Earl of Linlithgow. He had with Lord
Erskine, in 1547, the care of Mary Queen of Scots in the castle (*P Dun-
barton, and his daughter Mary was one of the four 'Marys that accompa
nied the queen to France. Rev. John Livingston, was one of the com
missioners from Scotland to King Charles II while an exile at Breda.
He was a zealous opponent of episcopacy, and after the restoration went
to Holland, and took the pastoral charge of an Eng. Presb. Ch., at Rot
terdam. He d. Aug. 9, 1672, aged 69. His son Robert came here about
1673, and m., as is supposed, a daughter of Philip Peter Van Schuyler,
who came from Holland, Sept. 1651, and d. May 9, 1683, and Mar
garetta Van Frelinghuysen. He had three sons : Philip, Robert, and Gil
bert. I. Philip Livingtston inherited the Manor. He had 7 children-
1. Peter Van Brough. 2. John. 3. Gov. William. 4. Philip, Jr. 6.
AHda (Mrs. Martin Hoffman). 6. Catharine (Mrs. John Lawrence, of
New York), and 7. Mary. 3. Gov. William Livingston b. at Albany
in 1723, was for many years Gov. of New Jersey. He m. a Bliss Finch

608 Descendants of Selah Strong of SetauJcet, L. I., Smof
of PhUadelphia, and had 8 chUdren. One of them Judith m. Judge
John Cleve Symmes, of N. J., whose dau. Judith, was the wife of Genh
Wm. Henry Harrison, Prest U. S. Sarah, another dau. of Gov. Wm.;
m. John Jay. 4. PhUip Livingston, Jr., was b. at Albany, Jan. 15,
1716, and m. Christba Ten Broeck, dau. of Richard. Their children
were : 1. PhUip. 2. Richard. 3. Abraham. 4. Henry. 5. Catharine,
who m. Stephen Van Rensselaer, of Albany, the patroon. 6. Margaret,
who m. Thomas Jones, M.D., of New York, whose dau. Catharine Jones
was the wife of Gov. DeWitt Clinton, of New York. 7. Sarah who m.
Rev. Dr. John H. Livingston.
II. Robert Livingston, Jr., had but one son, Robert. This Robert
3d,m. Margaret dau. of Henry Beekman and was the the progenitor of the
Clermont Livingstons. Their chUdren were: 1. Robert R. Livingston;
ChanceUor of N. Y. 2. Henry B. Livingston. 3. John R. Livingston
m. Margaret Shief of Boston. 4. Edward Livingston mayor of N. Y.
and afterwards a resident of New Orleans, La. 6. Jane Livingston who
m. Gen. Richard Montgomery, who fell under the walls of Quebec. 6.
Margaret who m. Col. Tillotson, M.D., of Redhook. 7. Catharine
who m. Rev. Freeborn Garretson of Rhinebeck. 8. Hannah who m.
Livingston. 9. Alida who m. Gen. John Armstrong Secretary of War
under President Madison. 10. Gertrude who m. Hon. Morgan Lewis,
Gov. of New York.
III. Gilbert Livingston (son of Robert the settler), m. Cornelia
dau. of Henry Beekman of Ulster Co., N. Y. They had eleven children :
1. Henry b. at Esopus, N. Y. Sept, 8, 1714, m. Susan dau. of John
Conklin and Joanna Storm. He d. Feb. 10, 1799, aged 84. She d. May
22, 1723. One of their children was Rev. Dr. John Henry Livingston b.
at Poughkeepsie, May 30, 1746, " Prof of Divinity for the Reformed Dutch
Church in America" (1785-1810) and president of Rutgers Coll., N. J.,
(1810). He d. Jan. 26, 1825. He m. Oct 1776, his cousin Sarah, dau.
of Philip Livingston. They had but one child Col. Henry Alexander
Livingston, a senatorin NewYork. Another child, Gilbert Livingston, Jr.,
b. Dec 28, 1742, d. Sept 14, 1806, aged 63. He m. Catharine CrandaU
dau. of Bartholomew of Poughkeepsie. She d. in 1830, aged 86. They
had but one child Sarah, who m. Hon. Smith Thompson, judge of the
Supreme Court of the United States. Alida, a dau. of Henry and Susan
Livingston b. Blay 6, 1758, m. March 23, 1779, Col. Melanchthon
Woolsey. Helena Livingston her sister b. Oct. 16, 1767, m. in 1790,
Hon. Jonas Platt b. at Poughkeepsie June 30, 1769, judge of the Su
preme Court of New York, (1814-23) and previously State Senator (1809)
He. d. Feb, 22, 1834, aged 64. 2. Robert Livingston (son of Gilbert
Livingston and Cornelia Beekman) m. Catharine McFethers and had five
children. 3. Gilbert, Jr. 4. John 5. Samuel. 6. CorneHus. 7. James,

Thomas Strong, Son of Elder John, of NortJiampton. 609
8. Alida, who m. John Rutson of Rhinebeck, N. Y., and had children John
and Cornelia. John Rutson had two daughters, Catharine, and Sarah
who m. Philip, son of Gen. PhiHp Schuyler of Albany: Cornelia Rutson
m. Gen. Robert Van Rensselaer of Claverack. 9. Joanna Livingston m.
Gen. Pierre Van Cortland of Peekskill. 10. Catharine Livingston m.
Jonathan Thorne of Poughkeepsie. 11. Margaret Livingston m. Peter
Stuyvesant of New York.
The foregoing account of the Livingstons was condensed from a fuller
account of them in the records of Wm. Floyd Platt, Esq., of Oswego,
N. Y.J [4th Gen.]
10848-9. iii. THOMAsSTRONG(sonof Selah and Abigail StrongofSetau-
ket),b. June 6, 1708, m. aboutl730, Susannah Thompson b. in 1707 [dau.
of Sarauel Thompson of Setauket, and Hannah Brewster dau. of Rev.
Nathaniel Brewster of Setauket, and Sarah Ludlow, dau. of the celebrated
Roger Ludlow a lawyer and Dep. Gov., of Mass. See Stiles' s Hist. Wind
sor, pp. 687-90. She was previously wife of John Muncy of Brookhaven,
and was b. May 19, 1679, and d. Nov. 17, 1766, Samuel Thompson b.
March 4, 1668, d, July 14, 1749. He was the son of John Thompson
who settled in Setauket, in 1656, whose father was Rev. William 'Thompson
' of Braintree, Mass., b. in 1597, and grad. at Oxford University in 1619,
who came to this country in 1634. He was a farmer at Brookhaven,
and a member of the Presbyterian church. The wife of John Thompson
was Hannah Brewster daughter of Jonathan Brewster son of Elder
WUHam Brewster of Plymouth, Mass. Samuel Thompson therefore and
Hannah Brewster his wife were first cousins.] Thomas Strong was afarmer
in Brookhaven, and a justice of the peace and trustee of the town. He d.
aged 51, like his father, Jan. 14, 1760 ; she d. March 6, 1783, aged 76.
[5th Gen.J Children:
10971- 2. i. Abigail Strong m. Benjamin Havens of Moriches, L. I.
10973- 4. H. Submit Strong b. July 30, 1732, m. PhUHps Roe of Port
Jefferson, L. I.
10975- 6. iii. Ruth Strong b. in 1736, m. Enoch Wickes d. May 13,
1765.
10977- 8 iv. Judge Selah Strong b. Dec. 26, 1737, d. July 4, 1816.
10979. V. Mary Strong b. in 1741, d. AprU 8, 1760, aged 19.
10980- 1. vi. Susannah Strong] m. WiUiam Shelton.
Uwinsb. Feb. 1, 1743
10982- 8. vii. Zipporah Strong ) m. Rev. Benjamin Talmadge.
10984- 5. viU. Hannah Strong b. about 1746, m. James Smith d. AprU
20 1803
10986 ix. Keturah Strong b, in 1749, d. March 27, 1760, aged
11. 77

610 Descendants of Selah Strong of SetauJcet, L. I., Soft of
[5th Gen.J
10971- 2. i. Abigail Strong m. Benjamin Havens of Moriches,
il. I., a farmer at Bedford, N. Y., where he d.
[6th Gen.] Children : _
10987- 8. i. Selah Havens m. Sarah Strong b. Sept 29, 1753 (dau.
of Selah Strong of Blooming Grove, L. I., and Hannah
WoodhuU). No issue.
10989-90. ii. Susannah Havens" m. Daniel Voorhees. They had two
children :
10991. 1. Benjamin Voorhees.
10992. 2. Phebe Voorhees m. a Mr. Webster.

[5th Gen.J
10973-4. ii. Submit Strong (dau. of Thomas and Susannah Strong)
b. July 30, 1732, m. Feb. 11, 1765, Phillips Roe b. Oct. 26, 1729 (son
of Nathaniel Roe of Port Jefferson and EHzabeth Roe): a merchant and
farmer at Port Jefferson, L. I. (then Drowned Meadows). He d. Sept.
10, 1816, aged 85 : she d. AprU 6, 1774, and he m. for 2d wife without
issue, April 30, 1777, Martha Hawkins.
[Nathaniel Roe was b. Jan. 17, 1701, and d. AprU 16, 1789. His wife
Elizabeth Roe was b. Feb. 27, 1703, and d. Aug. 11, 1788. They had
10 children: 1.' Sarah b. July 3, 1725. 2." Hannah b. June 14,1727. 3.
'PhUlips b. Oct. 26, 1729. -4. Elizabeth b. Jan, 28,1732. v 5. Deborah
b. March 20, 1734. 6. Nathaniel b. Oct 14, 1737, d. April 6, 1789.
7. ' James b. March 29, 1739, d. Aug. 30, 1741. 8. Mary b. Jan. 10,
1741, d. Feb. 17, 1745. 9. James b. March 29, 1744. • 10. William b.
AprU 1, 1746.]
[6th Gen.J Children :
10993. i. Isaac Roe b. Dec. 11, 1755 : d. Sept 7, 1775, aged 19.
10994- 5. u. Thomas Strong Roe b. AprU 12, 1758, d. Feb. 14, 1820,
aged 61.
10996. in. Phillips Roe b. July 23, 1760, d. unmarried Aug. 15,
1810, aged 50.
10997- 8. iv. Benjamin Strong Roe b. Feb. 7, 1763, d. May 28, 1795,
aged 32.
10999-00. V. Mary Roeb. May 5, 1766, m. Col. James Davis, d. Oet
16,1820, aged 65.
11001- 3. vi. Elizabeth Roe b. Oct 23, 1767, m. WiUiam WoodhuU j
and for 2d husband, Joseph Phillips. She d. July 29,
1822, aged 58.
11004- 5. VU. James Roe b. July 10, 1771 : drowned off New Haven, Ct.,
in L. I. Sound, Oct 29, 1798, aged 27.
11006- 7. viii. Susannah Roe b. Aug. 24, 1773, m. John Taylor, d.
June 11, 1808, aged 34.

TJwmas Strong, Son of Elder Johi, of Northampton. 611

10994-5. U. Thomas Strong Roe b. AprU 12, 1758, m. Oct 29,
1783, Mary Smith b. Aug. 25, 1764 (dau, of a Mr. Smith of Huntington,
L. I.) : a merchant and farmer at Huntington, L. I. He d. Feb. 14,
1820 : she d. Dec 11, 1840. One child :
11008- 9. 1. Joseph Smith Roe b. Dec. 11, 1798, m. Sept 23, 1812,
Keturah Conklin of Huntington, L. I., b. Feb. 22,
1795 : a farmer at Huntington : he d. Oct 18, 1822.
[8thGen.J Children:

11010- 1. i.

11012- 3. ii.

11014. 11015.11016.11017.11018.11019-20.

11023.11024.

11027. 11028-
11030.11031. 11032.

11021- 2. iv.

1.
2.

11025- 6. V.

1.

1.
2.
3.

Martha Maria Roe b. Jan. 5, 1814, m. May 26, 1842,
Jesse Platt Scudder of Huntington, a farmer, b. Dec.
27,1810.
Eliza Helen Roeb. Sept 1, 1816, m Oct 30, 1889, Wil
liam Augustus Sammis of Huntington b. Aug. 9, 1816 :
a farmer. They have had 5 children :
Watts Roe Sammis b. Nov. 27, 1841.
Wm. Smith Sammis b. Aug. 16, 1847.
Caroline Kelsey Sammis b. April 24, 1850.
Helen Keturah Sammis b. Jan. 26, 1852.
Josephine Roe Sammis b. Aug. 3, 1856.
Susan Taylor Roe (twin) b. Sept 1, 1815, m. Nov. 14,
1838, Smith Rowland of Huntington : a farmer.
James PhiUips Roe b. July 4, 1817, m. Sept 30, 1841,
Clarissa H. Weeks : have 2 children :
Mary EHza Roe b. May 16, 1845.
Charles Wicks Roe b. Oct 26, 1848.
James P. Roe, Esq., is a farmer at Huntington.
Isaac Watts Roe b. Dec. 9, 1819, m. May 24, 1843, Sarah
Ann Lewis of Huntington, a farraer at Huntington :
has one child :
Winfield Clinton Roe b. Oct 17, 1866.
Thomas Smith Roe b. Dec. 24, 1821, ra. May 4, 1846,
Sarah Ann Ketcham : has 3 children :
Mary Kate Roe b. June 7, 1846.
Henrietta Smith Roe b. Feb. 28, 1849.
Frederic Russell Roe b. Aug. 23, 1860. Thomas S. Roe,
Esq., is a shoe manufacturer at Huntington, L. I.

[6th Gen.J
10997-8. iv. Benjamin Strong Roe (son of Phillips Roe and Sub
mit Strong) b. Feb. 7, 1763 : a merchant at New York. He was grad.
at Yale in 1784. He m. Sarah Hudson of Wading river. He d. May
28, 1795, at Port Jefferson, having committed suicide.
[7th Gen.J Child:
11033- 4. i. Cornelia Roe (brought up by her grandfather Phillips
Roe) m. her cousin James Roe (son of James Roe) : he
d. and she m. Nov. 1, 1826, for 2d husband Hiram
Davis, a mariner, who Hved at Mount Sinai, L. I. She
d. May 3, 1859.

612 Descendants of Selah Strong of SetauJcet, L. I., Son of
[8th Gen.J Children: By fi/rst husband:
11035- 6. i. Mary Catharine Roe b. Dec 14, 1817, m. George 0.
Raynor. By second husband :
11037- 8. u. Harriet M. Davis b. Jan. 10, 1826, m. Oscar A. Homan.
11039-40. iU. Capt. Sylvester Roe Davis b. May 20, 1827.
11041- 2. iv. Albert A. Davis b. Dec. 2, 1829.
11043- 4. V. Ruth S. Davis b. Oct. 24, 1836, m. George G. Carr.

[8th Gen.J
11035-6. i. Mary Catharine Roe b. Dec 14, 1817, m. Sept 20,
1836, George Clark Raynor b. Sept 14, 1810, a farmer at ManorviUe,
L. L She d. Aug. 15, 1856.
[9th Gen.J Children :
Clark Henry Raynor a resident of Greenport, L. I.
Gilbert Warren Raynor a merchant and P. M. at
ManorviUe.
Buell Hiram Raynor a merchant in Elizabethport,
N. J.
George Roe Raynor a mariner, resides at ManorviUe,
L. L
Mary Jane Raynor lives unmarried at ManorviUe, L. I.
Sylvester Adolphus Raynor b. Feb. 12, 1850, d. Aug;
18, 1869.
Alonzo Howard Raynor lives in ManorviUe.
viH. Harriet Catharine Raynor b. Aug. 29, 1854, d. May
3, 1855.

11046. 11046. 11047.
11048. 11049.11050.11051.11052.

VU.

[8th Gen.J
11037-8. U. Harriet Maria Davis b. Jan. 10, 1826, m. Oct 1,
1842, Oscar Alonzo Homan b. April 6, 1828 : a mariner residing
at Mt. Sinai, L. I.
[9th Gen.J Children :
11068. i. Sylvester Wellington Homan b. Nov. 2, 1844.
11064- 6. ii. Malvina Homan b. Aug. 7, 1846, m. Sidney Brown a
farmer. No children.
11057. iU. Mary Cornelia Homan b. Sept. 3, 1848, d. Aug. 25, 1849.
11068. ' iv. Howard Roe Homan b. Aug. 16, 1849, d. Oet 9, 1869.
11069. V. Ellen Frances Homan b. May 16, 1862, d. Sept. 20, 1862.
11060. vi. Joanna Homan b. March 30, 1866.

[8th Gen.J
11039-40. iii. Capt. Sylvester Roe Davis b. May 20, 1827, m.
May 4, 1859, Maria Grant TuthiU of Wading River (dau. of Capt Bart
lett TuthUl, a mariner) : resides at Mt Sinai, L. I.

Thomas Strong, Son of Elder John, of Northampton. 613
[9th Gen.] Children :
11061. i. Fanny Wheeler Davis b. March 6, 1862.
11062. u. Eveline Miller Davis b. Oct. 14, 1866.
11063. iU. Parshall Roe Davis b. June 26, 1869, d. Sept. 26, 1869.
[8th Gen.J
11041-2. iv. Albert Adolphus Davis b. Dec 2, 1829, m. Jan. 3,
1867, Sarah Leonora Bezons : a mariner at Mt Sinai.
[9th Gen.J Childreif :
11064. i. John Bezons Davis b. Sept 3, and d. Sept. 10, 1860.
11065. U. Catharine Cornelia Davis b. Sept 25, 1862.
11066. iU. Daniel Smith Davis b. Nov. 19, 1864.
11067. iv. Albert TuthiU Davis b. Nov. 28, 1867.
11068. V. Millie WeUington Davis b. Nov. 19, 1869.
[8th Gen.J
11043-4. V. Ruth Sophia Davis b. Oct. 24, 1836, m. Aug. 20, 1869,
George Gray Carr b. Nov. 25, 1836, in Yarmouth, Eng. : a machinist at
Mt. Sinai, L. I.
[9th Gen.J Children:
11069. i. Renelsia Sarah Carr b. June 9, 1860.
11070. u. Albertine Sophia Carr b. March 17, 1862.
11071. iU. Alonzo Wellington Carr b. Oct 2, 1864.
[6th Gen.J
10999-11000. V. Mary Roe (dau. of PhUlips Roe and Submit Strong)
b. May 5, 1765, m. May 5, 1793, Col James Davis b. Sept 18, 1764:
a farmer at Mt Sinai, L. I. She d. Oct 15, 1820, aged 55 : he d. Deo.
2, 1810, aged 46.
[7th Gen.J Children :
11072- 3. i. Isaac Davis b. Nov. 20, 1793, d. Dec. 20, 1848, aged 55.
11074. ii. Harriet Davis b. July 23, 1795, d. unmarried June 29,
1813.
11075- 6. iH. Maria Davis b. Oct 17, 1796, m. Dec. 1815, Robert
Stivers : a farmer in Port Jefferson, L. I. ; no children ;
she d. June 5, 1869.
11077- 8. iv. Rebecca Davis b. AprU 15, 1802, m. Wm. S. Taylor.
11079-80. V. James Roe Davis b. Aug. 31, 1807, d. June 3, 1868.

11072-3. i. Isaac Davis b. Nov. 20, 1793, m. Dec. 29, 1818, Ca
tharine WoodhuU, of Wading River, L. I., b. Oct. 8, 1800 (dau. of James
WoodhuU) : a farmer at Mt. Sinai, and kept pubHc house. He d. Dec.
20, 1848.

11095.

i.

11096.

ii.

11097.

iii.

11098.

iv.

11099.

V.

11100.

vi.

11101.

vii.

11102.

viii

614 Descendantsof Selah Strong of Setauhet, L. I., Son ^
[8th Gen.J Children :
11081-2. i. Lorenzo GUlette Davis b. Jan. 7, 1820.
11083- 4. u. James WoodhuU Davis b. Aug. 4, 1822.
11085- 6. iU. John Roe Davis b. Aug. 6, 1825.
11087- 8. iv. Mary Catharine Davis b. Oct, 14, 1827, m. Dec. 17,
1848, Benjamin Havens Jones, of Port Jefferson b.
July 21, 1826; no chUdren.
11089-90. V. Helen Maria Davis b, Oct 13, 1829, m. Victor P. Smith.
11091- 2. vi. Charles Alfred Davis b. Nov. 23, 1831.
11093- 4. vii. George Edwin Davis b. Oct. 7, 1834.
11081-2. i. Lorenzo Gillette Davis b. Jan. 7, 1820, m. Jan. 10,
1844, Ann Eliza Hulse b. Aug. 23, 1823) : a farmer at Mt Sinai, L. I.
[9th Gen.J Children:
Harriet EHza Davis b. Nov. 22, 1844.
Catharine WoodhuU Davis b. Feb. 29, 1848.
Isaac Lewis Davis b. AprU 19, 1850.
Jane Amelia Davis b; April 19, 1852.
James Buchanan Davis b. Nov. 1, 1866.
Havens J. Davis b. Nov. 8, 1858.
Minnie Lorene Davis b. June 24, 1862.
viii. Anqeline Hulse Davis b. Sept 12, 1864.
[8th Gen.J
11083-4. ii. James Woodhull Davis (son of Isaac Davis and
Catharine Woodhull) b. Aug. 4, 1822, m. March 29, 1861, Martha
Hutchinson b. June 8, 1832 : a farmer at Mt. Sinai.
[9th Gen.J Children :
11103. i. Eliza Woodrow Davis b. May 29, 1862.
11104. H. James WoodhuU Davis b. Nov. 11, 1863.
11105. iii. Leonella Davis b. June 22, 1867.
[8th Gen.l
11085-6. iii. John Roe Davis b. Aug. 6, 1825, ra. Jan., 1850, Mary
Brewster Mills b. Aug. 24, 1830 : a farmer in Setauket, L. I.
[9th Gen.J Children :
11106. i. Isaac MUls Davis.
11107. ii. Anna Catharine Davis.
11108. iii. Cornelia Strong Davis.
11109. iv. Mary Helen Davis.
[8th Gen.J
11089-90. V. Helen Maria Davis (dau. of Isaac Davis and Catha
rine Woodhull), b. Oct 13, 1829, m. Jan. 12, 1858, Victor Floyd Smith
b. Feb. 27, 1824 : a farmer at Smithtown, L. L

Thomas Strong, Son of Elder John, of NortJiampton. 615
[9th Gen.J Children :
11110. i. Richard Woodhull Smith b. Sept 29, 1861.
11112. u. Mary Jones Smith b. AprU 10, 1864.
11118. iu. Edward Everett Smith b. July 8, 1867.

[8th Gen.J
11091-2. vi. Charles Alfred Davis b. Nov. 23, 1831, m. Dec. 17,
1868, Sarah Adeline Tooker b. Sept. 10, 1846 : a farmer in Mt Sinai, jus
tice of the peace (since 1869). Children :
11114. 1. Mary Catharine Davis b. Sept 10, 1866.
11116. 2. Helen Augusta Davis b. Sept 5, 1869.
[8th Gen.J
11093-4. vU. George Edwin Davis b. Oct. 7, 1834, m. Nov., 1861,
Charity Ophelia Tooker b. July 27, 1841 : a carpenter in Mt. Sinai.
Children :
11116. 1. George Edwin Stanley Davis b. April 21, 1863.
11117. 2. Charles Havens Davis b. July 17, 186^.
11118. 3. William Thomas Davis b. May 27, 1867.

[7th Gen.J
11077-8. iv. Rebecca Davis (dau. of James Davis of Mt Sinai, and
Mary Roe) b. AprU 16, 1802, m. Dec. 6, 1819, her cousin WUliam Sell
Taylor b. Sept 16, 1797 (son of John Taylor of Port Jefferson and Susan
Roe) : a farmer in Port Jefferson, L. I. He d. Dec 6, 1866.
[8th Gen.J Children:
11119-20. i. John Phillips Taylor b. AprU 13, 1823.
11121- 2. ii. James Roe Taylor b. June 4, 1826.
11123- 4. iii. Mary Townsend Taylor b. Oct. 6, 1828, m. George B.
Buffet
11119-20. i. John Phillips Taylor b. AprU 13, 1823, m. Jan. 10,
1848, Alma Sophia Norton b. Sept 22, 1826 : a carpenter at Port Jeffer
son, L. I. He d. Feb. 14, 1863, set 39. One child :
11125. 1. Ella Floyd Taylor b. Oct 6, 1856.
[8th Gen.J
11121-2. ii. James Roe Taylor b. June 4. 1826, m. Dec. 6, 1849,
Harmony Corwin b. Jan. 15, 1829 : a carpenter at Port Jefferson, L. I.
He d. May 30, 1866, set 39.

616 Descendants of Selah Strong of SetauJcet, L. I., Sonof
[9th Gen.J Children :
11126. i. William Corwin Taylor b. Aug. 20, 1850.
11127. u. Ella Stewart Taylor b. Sept 9, 1851.
11128. Hi. George Frank Taylor b. March 10, 1856.
[8th Gen.J
11123-4. iU. Mary Townsend Taylor b. Oct 6, 1828, m. Jan. 8,
1857, George Edwin Buffet b. March 10, 1835 (son of a Mr. Buffet of
Huntington, L. I.) : a ship carpenter at Port Jefferson. Children :
11129. 1. Letitia Townsend Buffet b. Feb. 22, 1858.
11130. 2. Harriet Sophia Buffet b, Jan. 9, 1860.
[7th Gen.J
11079-80. v. James Roe Davis (son of James Davis of Mt. Sinai,
and Mary Roe) b. Aug. 31, 1807, m. Jan. 7, 1832, Harriet Adeline Jones
of Setauket, L. I., b. Oct 29, 1814) : a farmer at Port Jefferson. He d.
June 3, 1868, set 60.
[8thGen.J Children:
11131- 2. i. Charles Edward Davis b. March 4, 1837, m. Feb. 1867,
S^rah Emma Dougherty : a farmer at Port Jefferson,
L. I., has a son b. April 10, 1868.
11133. u. Harriet Eliza Davis b. Oct. 18, 1839, d. Oct. 18, 1844.
11134. Hi. William Henry Davis b. Oct. 7, 1844, a mariner, d. at
Philadelphia, Oct, 9, 1869.
11135. iv. Maria Louisa Davis b. Nov. 2, 1847, d. Sept 18, 1861.
[6th Gen.J
11001-3. vi. Elizabeth Roe (dau. of PhUlips Roe and Submit
Strong) b. Oct 23, 1767, m. March 21, 1787, William WoodhuU of
(Mattituck) Southold, L. I., a farmer (son of John Woodhull of Wadiag
River, and Frances Satterlee. He d. and she m. Dec. 12, 1799, for 2d
husband Joseph Phillips b. Jan. 10, 1750 (son of Joseph PhUHps of Mt.
Sinai and Martha Hulse from Wading River) : a ship carpenter at Mt.
Sinai, N. Y. He d. Sept. 20, 1822 : she d. July 29, 1822, aged 54.
[7th Gen.J Children :
By first hv/sba/nd :
James Woodhull b. July 31, 1788.
Sophia WoodhuU b. Oct 2, 1789, m. Frederic Halsey.
Charity Woodhull b. Sept 11, 1791, m. Lewis Green.
Eliza Woodhull b. Sept. 16, 1793, m. Daniel Hulse.
Submit Strong Woodhull b. Feb. 23, 1795, d. at Bit.
Sinai, March, 1867, unmarried.
By second husband :
Charles PhUlips b. April 28, 1801.
vH. John Nelson Phillips b. May 25, 1806.

11136-

7.

11138-

9.

ii.

11140-

1.

iii.

11142-

8.

iv.

11144.

V.

11146-

6.

vi.

11147-

8.

vii,

Thomas Strong, Son of Elder JoJm, of NortJiampton. 617
11136-7. i. James Woodhull b. July 31, 1788, m. Dec 10, 1810,
Mary Foote : a cabinet maker for some years at Setauket L. I, : kept
public house at Patchogue, L. I., for two or three years, and in 1816-17,
removed to New York, where his wife d. soon. He became here crier
of the court, and a policeman subsequently. He had children : William
and James (who both went to New Orleans), John and Mary.

11138-9. U. Sophia Woodhull b. Oct. 2, 1789, m. about 1808,'
Frederic Halsey, of Bridgeharapton, L. I. : a mason there, and afterwards
at Port Jefferson, and New York. His wife d. about 1822. He had
chUdren : Albert, William, Catharine and Eliza.
11140-1. iii. Charity Woodhull b. Sept. 11, 1791, m, about 1809,
Lewis Green (son of Rev. Zechariah Green of Setauket, L. I., Presbyte
rian minister) : a ship joiner at Port Jefferson, L. I., and afterwards at
New York, where he d. about 1818. He had children : Sophia, Samuel
William, Lewis, and a daughter (name unknown). She d. about 1867,
in New York.
11142-3. iv. Eliza Woodhull b. Sept 16, 1793 m. about 1813,
Daniel Hulse : a farmer at Coram, L. I. She d. about 1860 : had three
sons, all mariners : George, Simeon and James,
11145-6. vi. Charles Phillips b. April 28, 1801, m. Dec. 4, 1822,
Charity Harvey of New York b. Aug. 21, 1804 (dau, of David Harvey
of Southold, L, I.) : a farmer at Mt Sinai, L. I. ; a justice of the peace
of the town of Brookhaven, L. I., for twenty years (1837-57), and post
master since 1840. To him the author is indebted for this account of
the descendants of PhiUips Roe and Submit Strong, his grandparents.
She d. July 24, 1859, and he m. Jan. 18, 1863, Maria, his brother's
widow. [8th Gen.J Children:
11149. i. John Wallace Phillips b. Aug. 21, 1826: a farmer, un
married.
11150- 1. U. Catharine Maria Phillips b. Feb. 20, 1830, m. J. B.
Randall. a a 3
11152- 3. Ui. Adeline Louisa Phillips b. Jan. 31, 1836, m. Stafford
S. Rowland.
11150-1. ii. Catharine Maria Phillips b. Feb. 20, 1830, m. Dec.
29, 1847, Josiah Buell Randall, b. Nov. 10, 1821 : a merchant at Port
Jefferson, L. I. She d. Dec 3, 1856.
78

618 Descendants of SeHah Sttong of SetauJcet, L. I., Sonof
[9th Gen.J Children :
11154. i. Charles Phillips Randall- b. July 29, 1848: clerk at
Port Jefferson.
11155. n. Alice Reeve Randall b. Aug. 5, 1852 : a member of
Vassar Coll., Poughkeepsie. ,
11156. iu Catharine Albertine RandaU b. Sept. 14, 1855.

[8th Gen.J
11152-3. Adeline Louisa Phillips b. Jan. 31, 1835, m. Nov. 15,
1865, Stafford Smith Rowland b. Oct 7, 1822 : a farmer at Mt. Sinai,
L. I., and a mariner. One child:
11157. 1. Charity Rowland b. Sept. 4, 1866.

[7th Gen.J
11147-8. vii. John Nelson Phillips (son of Joseph Phillips and
Elizabeth Roe) b. May 25, 1806, m. Feb. 2, 1884, Maria Reeve of Wading
River, L. I., b. July 30, 1816 : a ship carpenter residing at Mt. Sinai.
He d. of consumption May 24, 1847, and she m. for 2d husband Jan. 18,
1863, Charles PhiUips, his brother.
[8th Gen.J Children :
111,58. i. Victoria EliSiabeth PhiUips b. Oct. 17, 1838, d. Jan. 31,
1867.
11159-60. U. Mary Adeline PhUHps b. May 6, 1843, m. James R.
. Darling.
11161. iH. Charles Nelson Phillips b. July 28, 1845, d. Aug. 5,
1849.
11162. iv. MARTHAMariaPhillipsb. Nov. 30, 1847, d. Aug. 6,1849

11169-60. u. Mary Adeline Phillips b. May 6, 1843, m. March
8, 1862, James Rosin Darling b. May 4, 1837 : a mariner residing at
Port Jefferson, L. I. Children :
11163. 1. LiUie Strong Darling b. Nov. 21, 1863.
11164. 2. John Phillips DarUng b. Jan. 24, 1866.
[6th Gen.J
11006-7. viii. Susannah Roe (dau. of Phillips Roe and Submit
Strong) b. Aug. 24, 1773, m. Jan. 8, 1795, John Taylor : a merphant at
Port Jefferson, L. L Shed. June 11, 1808. He d. June 14, 1809.
Children :
11165- 6. 1. WiUiam S. Taylor b. Sept 16, 1797, m. Dec. 6, 1819, his
cousin Rebecca Davis (dau. of Col. James Davis and
Mary Roe). See previous account.

Thomas Strong, S)n of Elder John, of Northampton. 619
11167- 8. 2. Mary S. Taylor b. Oct 12, 1799, m. Oct 20, 1819, Henry
K. Townsend of Huntington, L. I. No children : kept
the Townsend House, at Port Jefferson for many
years (a temperance house) : now a farmer.
[5th Gen.J See page 609.
10975-6. iii. Ruth Strong (dau. of Thomas Strong of Brookhaven,
and Susannah Thompson) b. in 1786, m. Enoch Wickes. She d. May
13, 1765. [6th Gen.J Children:
11169-70. i. Enoch Wickes, m. Ruth Baylis and had several chUdren.
11171- 2. ii. Ruth Wickes m. a Mr. TuthiU.

10977-8. iv. Judge Selah Strong (son of Thomas Strong and Su
sannah Thompson) b. Dec. 25, 1737, m. Nov. 9, 1760, Anna Smith, b.
April 14, 1740 (dau. of Wm. Henry Smith, Esq., and Margaret Lloyd).
[Wm. Henry Smith, Esq., was the son of Col. Henry Smith and Anna
Sheppard. Col. Henry Smith was the son of Col. William Smith often
called " Tangiers Smith." He was b. at Newton, Northamptonshire,
Bug., Feb. 2, 1656 ; appointed by Charles II, in 1676, Gov. of Tangiers,
Africa, which with Bombay was a part of the marriage portion given to
Catharine, wife of Charles, by the king of Portugal. He intended to
make it a place of trade and to establish a colony there for thepurpose ;
but as the project did not succeed, it was abandoned in 1683. Smith on
his return engaged in trade in London, but on Aug. 6, 1686, carae with
his family to New York and purchase'd, Oct. 22, 1687, land at Brook
haven. He afterwards bought a very large tract which with that of his
first purchase he erected into a manor called St. George's manor. He
was made associate judge of the Supreme Court of the Colony of New
York in May, 1691, and Chief Justice of the same, Nov. 11, 1692, and
held the office until Oct. 30, 1700, when on account of his loyalty he was
removed by the new Colonial Governor, Earl of Bellamont, who was of the
Leisler party. On June 9, 1702, he was re-appointed Chief Justice and
held the office until April, 1703. He m. at Tangiers, Nov. 6, 1676,
Martha Tunstall (dau. of Henry Tunstall of Putney, Surrey, Eng.). He
d. Feb. 18, 1706 ; she d. Sept 1, 1709.] Mrs. Anna (Smith) Strong, d.
Aug. 12, 1812, aged 72. He was a delegate to the Provincial Congress
in 1775; a captain in the Revolutionary war; state senator (1792-6);
and first Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Suffolk Co. (1783-93).
He d. at St. George's manor, Setauket, L. I., July 4, 1815, aged 77.
[Margaret Lloyd, mother of Mrs. Anna Smith Strong, was the daughter
of Henry Lloyd and Rebecca Nelson, daughter of John Nelson, who was
son of Robert Nelson and Mary Temple, who was the daughter of Sir

620 Descendants of Selah Strong of SetauJcet, L. I., Son' of
John Temple of Stantonbury, England. He was the grandson of Peter
Temple, who was the ancestor of the famous Sir William Temple, Lord
Palmerston, Lady Chatham and the Duke of Buckingham. Rev. Tho
mas Shepard, another of the ancestors of Mrs. Anna (Smith) Strong,
was an ancestor of John Quincy Adams.]
[6th Gen.] Children:
11173- 4. i. Keturah Strong b. Nov. 4, 1761, m. James WoodhuU,
d. Aug. 13, 1790.
11175- 6. u. Judge Thomas Shepard Strong b. May 26, 1765, d.
AprU 18, 1840. l " , .
11177- 8. in. Margaret Strong b. May 2, 1768, m. Joseph Strong.
11179-80. iv. Benjamin Strong b. April 14, 1770, d. Jan 28, 1851.
11181. V. Mary Strong b. Oct 23, 1773, d. Nov. 13, 1773.
11182. vi. WiLLiAMSmithStrongb.Jan. 24, 1775, d. Sept 26, 1794.
11183- 4. vii. Joseph Strong b. Dec 1, 1777, d. Sept 2, 1853.
11185- 7. viii. George Washington Strong b. Jan. 20, 1783, d. June
27, 1855.
11173-4. i. Keturah Strong (dau. of Judge Selah Strong and Anna
Smith) b. Nov. 4, 1761, m. Sept 10, 1782, James WoodhuU, b. Oct 3,
1752 (son of John WoodhuU b. Jan. 15, 1719, who d. Jan. 3, 1794, and
Elizabeth Smith b. Nov. 6, 1718, who d. Dec. 20, 1761, who were m.
Nov. 27, 1740). She d. Aug. 13, 1790, aged 30. He d.Sept 11, 1798,
aged 45. He was a merchant in New York. He m. for 2d wife Han
nah Helme dau. of Thomas Helme of Miller's Place, L. I.
[7th Gen.J Children :
11188. i. Selah Strong Woodhull b. in 1783, d. soon.
11189-90. u. Elizabeth WoodhuU b. Sept 2, 1784, m. George
Griswold.
11191- 2. iU. Rev. Selah Strong Woodhull, D.D. , b. Aug. 4, 1786, d.
Feb. 27, 1826.
11189-90. u, Elizabeth Woodhull b. Sept 2, 1784, m. May 2, 1800,
George Griswold (son of a Mr. Griswold of Lyme, Ct.) : a merchant in New
York. [8th Gen.J Children:
11193. i. Eliza Ann Griswold who d. young.
11194- 5. u. Maria Griswold b. April 23, 1804, m. George Gray, a
merchant of New York.
11196. iH. James Woodhull Griswold b. Jan. 31, 1806, and d.
young.
11197- 8. iv. Cornelia Griswold m. Woodward Havens.
11199. V. Richard SUl Griswold, a resident, at^DJdgepert. . '^^'^ '
[7th Gen.J
11191-2. iU. Rev. Selah Strong Woodhull, D.D.,b. Aug. 4, 1786,
grad. at Yale in 1802 : a pastor for 19 years (1807-26), of the Reformed

Thomas Strong, Son of Elder John, of Northampton. 621
Dutch Church in Brooklyn, N. Y. In Nov. 1825, he was made Prof, of
Mental Philosophy in Rutgers Coll., N. J., and Prof, also of Ecclesiastical
History in the Theol. Sem. He d. Feb. 27, 1826. He was for five years
the corresponding secretary of the Am. Bible Society. He m. April 8,
1807, Cornelia Van Cleve b. Nov. 15, 1787 (dau. of Aaron Van Cleve of
LawrenceviUe, N. J., and Hannah Carll), who d. Jan. 3, 1846, aged 54.
[8th Gen.] Children :
11200. i. George Griswold Woodhull b. Oct 15, 1808, d. Oct 20,
1809.
11201- 2. ii. Eliza Keturah WoodhuU b. June 30, 1811, m. Rev. Dr.
J. B. Condit
11203- 4. in. Matilda Griswold WoodhuU b. Jan. 11, 1814. m. James
G. Nuttman.
11205- 6. iv. Sarah Strong WoodhuU b. Jan. 15, 1815, m. as his 2d
wife Rev. Dr. J. B. Condit.
11207- 8. V. Jane Green Woodhull b. July 21, 1818, d. unmarried
Sept 6, 1840.
11209-10. vi. Cornelia Van Cleve WoodhuU b. July 12, 1824, m. Jo
siah L. Pickard.
11201-2. ii. Eliza Keturah Woodhull (dau. of Rev. Dr. Wood
huU, and Cornelia Van Cleve), b. June 30, 1811, m. July 20, 1831, Rev.
Jonathan Bailey Condit, D.D., b. Dec 16, 1808 (son of Aaron Condit of
Hanover, N. J., and Mary Day of EUzabethtown, N. J.), grad. at Prince
ton in 1827, and at Princeton Theol. Sera, in 1830 : pastor at Long
meadow Mass. (July, 1831-May, 1836) : Prof of Rhetoric and Oratory
in Amherst CoU. (May, 1835,-May, 1838) : pastor of the Second Congre
gational Church in Portland, Me. (May, 1838-Dec. 1845), and of the
Second Presbyterian Church in Newark, N. J. (1845-51) : Prof, of Sacred
Rhetoric in Lane Theol. Sera., Ohio (1851-4), and since June, 1855,
Prof, of Sacred Rhetoric and Pastoral Theology in Auburn Theol. Sem.,
N. Y. She d. Jan. 7, 1835, and he m. May 5, 1836, for 2d wife her
sister Sarah S. Woodhull b. Jan. 15, 1815.
[9th Gen.J His Children :
• By fi/rst vyife :
11211. i. Maria Louisa Condit b. Sept. 1, 1833, d. March 22,
1834
11212. ii. Selah Strong Woodhull Condit b. Dec 7, 1834, d. March
15, 1836. By second wife :
11213- 4. iu. Eliza Maria Condit b. July 28, 1837, m. Rev. Henry
Post Higley b. Feb. 1, 1839 (son of Rev. Owen Higley
of Castleton, Vt., and Sarah Gerrish Little), grad. at
Middlebury CoU. in 1860, and at Auburn Theol. Sem.,
in 1865 : pastor since June 4, 1867, of the Second
Cong. Ch., in Beloit, Wis.

11218.11219.
11220.

i.
ii.iii.

11221.

iv.

11222.
11223.

v. vi.

622 Descendants of Selah Strong of SetauJcet, L. I., Sem of
11215. iv. Anna Louisa Payson Condit b. March 4, 1839.
11216. V. Sarah Jane Condit b. July 27, 1841, d. Feb. 2, 1868.
11217. vi. Alice Mary Condit b. Dec 31, 1844.
[8th Gen.J
11203-4. iii. Matilda Griswold Woodhull (dau. of Rev. Selah S.
WoodhuU and Cornelia Van Cleve) b. Jan. 11, 1814, m. April 11, 1837,
James Gardiner Nuttman b. May 2, 1811, in EUzabethtown, N. J. (son of
Oliver Nuttman of EUzabethtown, and Abigail Woodruff of Dayton, 0.) :
grad. at Princeton in 1831 : a teacher of a Select Classical School for 25
years in EUzabethtown. He d. in 1870.
[9th Gen.J Children :
Cornelia Dayton Nuttman b. Feb. 4, 1'888.
Oliver Craig Nuttman b. Sept. 24, 1839, d. July 3, 1855.
Matilda Griswold Nuttman b. March 20, 1841, d. Sept.
23, 1841.
James Gardiner Nuttman b. AprU 15, 1842, d. May 12,
1858.
Matilda Woodhull Nuttman b. March 31, 1844.
Sarah Lavinia Strong Nuttman b. Nov. 11, 184b, d.
Feb. 10, 1848.
[8th Gen.J
11209-10. vi. Cornelia Van Cleve Woodhull (dau. of Rev. Dr.
Selah S. WoodhuU and Cornelia Van Cleve) b. July 12, 1824, m, Aug.
24, 1847, Josiah Little Pickard, LL.D., b. at Rowley, Mass., March 17,
1824 (son of Samuel Pickard of Auburn, Me., and Sarah Coffin) : grad. at
Bowdoin CoU., Me., in 1844 : teacher in Academy at N. Conway, N. H.
(1844-6), at Elizabeth, IU. (Jan. 1846,— Nov. 1846) : Principal of Aca
demy at Platteville, "Wis. (1846-59) : Supt. of Public Instruction in
Wisconsin (1860-4), and since 1864, Supt. of Public Instruction in Illi
nois f resides in Chicago. Children :
11224. 1. Alice Electa Pickard b. at Platteville, Wis., Dec. 25, 1849.
11225. 2. Frederic Wm. Pickard \. . i, a ^ „, ,oci
11226. 3. Fanny MatUda Pickard [ *^'°' ^- ^^P*' ^^^ ^^^}-
They have also an adopted daughter, Henrietta Eliza
Groth b. in Hanover, Germany, in 1840 — adopted by
them AprU, 1851, who m. March 12, 1862, Charles W.
Pickard, half brother of Mr. Josiah Little Pickard.
They had a son, George Henry Pickard b. Oct. 21, 1863,
that d. Jan. 27, 1868-
[6th Gen.J
11175-6. u. Judge Thomas Shepard Strong (son of Judge Selah
Strong, of Setauket and Anna Smith) b. May 26, 1765, m. Aug. 7, 1791,

Thomas Strong, Sonof Elder JoJm, of Northampton. 623
Hannah Brewster b. Nov. 11, 1770 (dau. of Joseph Brewster, of Setauket
and Rebecca Mills) : a superior farmer at Brookhaven, L. I. (" Oakwood"
then called Mt. Misery) : a justice of the peace, supervisor of the town,
and for 12 years (1810-28), first judge of the court of common pleas, for
Suffolk Co., N. Y. [Joseph Brewster was a justice of the peace. He was
descendant from Elder WiUiam Brewster by his son Jonathan, whose son
Rev. Nathl. Brewster m. Sarah Ludlow, dau. of Lt. Gov. Roger Ludlow,
of Fairfield, Ct] He d. AprU 18, 1840, aged 74; shed. Aug. 29, 1836.
He was a man of dark complexion, piercing black eyes, and very black
hair — "like," says his son. Judge Selah B. Strong, "most of the
Strongs whom I have seen" — about 5 feet 10 inches in height and
weighed about 160 pounds.
[7th Gen.] Children :
11227- 8. i. Judge Selah Brewster Strong b. May 1, f792.
11229-30. u. Eliza Strong b. March 5, 1794, m. Dr. J. L. Grifflng,
d. May 13, 1833.
11231- 2. iU. Joseph Brewster Strong b. Feb. 14, 1796, d. June 29,
1801.
11233. iv. Rebecca Mills Strong b. May 2, 1798, d. unmarried Aug.
15, 1865.
11234. V. Anna Maria Strong b. Aug. 25, 1800, d. unmarried July
9, 1842.
11235. vi. Caroline Augusta Smith Strong b. Dec. 1, 1803, d. un
married Nov. 21, 1840.
11236. vU. Angelina Lloyd Strong b. Feb. 19, 1807, d. Feb. 9,
1864.
11237. viii. Amelia Margaret Strongb. July 14,1809: resided at
"Oakwood" in Brookhaven, unmarried, d. Deo. 16,
1869, set 60.
11238. ix. William Smith Strong b. and d. Oct. 5, 1811.
11239. X. Mary Brewster Strong b. July 17, 1813 : resides unmar
ried at Oakwood, Brookhaven, L. I.
11227-8. i. Judge Selah Brewster Strong b. May 1, 1792 : grad.
at Yale in 1811 : a lawyer: district attorney of Suffolk Co., for 20 years
1821-41): member of Congress (1843-5) : justice of the Supreme Court
of New York (1847-55): delegate to the constitutional convention of
New York (1867-8). He resides at Setauket. He has kindly fur
nished the author many dates and facts concerning his own special line
age. He m. Aug. 14, 1823, Cornelia UdaU b. at Islip, L. I., March 20,
1806 (dau. of Dr. Richard UdaU and Prudence Carll, dau. of Silas Carll
of Huntington, L. I.). He is of Ught complexion, very light hair, and
blue eyes, like his Brewster parentage, 5 ft. 11 in. in height and of 174
ibs. in weight.
[8th Gen.J Children :
11240- 1. i. Cornelia Shepard Strong b. Feb, 14, 1826, m. Marcena
Munsoa.

624 Descendantsof Selah Strong of SetauJcet, L. I., Son of
11242. U. Mary Augusta Strong b. Oct 31, 1827, d. Sept 6, 1851.
11243. iu. Anne UdaU Strong b. Jan. 3, 1830, d. Sept. 1, 1833.
11244. iv. Caroline Amelia Strong b. June 6, 1832.
11246- 6. V. Thomas Shepard Strong b- Aug. 10, 1834 : grad. at Yale
in 1855 : a lawyer in New "Zork (in partnership with
his brother Selah B. Strong, Jr.), m. Sept 29, 1870, at
Scarboro, N. Y., Emily Boorman b. in New York, Dec.
3, 1842 (dau. of Robert Boorman b. in HolUngsborn,
Eng., June 15, 1790, and Sarah Ann Hodges b. in
Leursham, Eng., April 15," 1809).
11247. vi. Richard UdaU Strong b. Feb. 17., 1887, d. Aug. 19,
1840.
11248. VU. Benjamin Strong b. July 4, 1839, d. July 21, 1840.
11249-50. viii. Selah Brewster Strong b. July 1, 1841; graduated at
Yale in 1864, and at the Albany Law School in 1865;
a lawyer in New York. He m. at New Haven, Ot,
April 16, 1868, Julia Davenport Wheeler, b. Nov. 10,
1844 (dau of Russell C. Wheeler, late of New York,
and Theodosia Davenport, dau. of John A. Daven
port of New Haven). They have one child :
11251. 1. Cornelia Theodosia Strong b. Jan. 27, 1869, at New
Haven.
[John Alfred Davenport, Esq., of New Haven, b. Jan. 21, 1783, was
son of Major John Davenport of Stamford, Ct,M. C, and BIary Syl
vester WelleSjdau. of Rev. Noah Welles of Stamford, and Abigail Woolsey,
dau. of Rev. Benjamin Woolsey of Dosoris, L. I., and Abigail Taylor.]
11252 -3. ix. Rev. Charles Ruggles Strong b. Jan. 12, 1844 ; grad
uated at Yale in 1864, and at Princeton Theo. Sem. in
1869, m. July 6, 1870, at Sing Sing, N. Y., Esther
Boorman (dau. of Robt. Boorman and Sarah Ann
Hodges).
11254. X. Henry TunstaU Strong, M.D., b. April 24,1846: gradu
ated at Williams CoU. in 1865, and at the New York
Med. Coll. (22d St.), and completed his studies in
Paris and Vienna: a physician in New York.
11240-1. i. Cornelia Shepard Strong b. Feb. 14, 1826, m. Sept.
7, 1848, Marcena Monson (son of Marcena Monson and Eliza Castle) :
he d. Nov. 15, 1870, at Astoria, L. L, she d. April 15, 1858. ChUdren :
11255. 1. LiUian Morris Munson b. May 24, 1849.
11256. 2. CorneUa Strong Munson b. March 81, 1862.
[7th Gen.]
11229-80. u. Eliza Strong (dau. of Judge Thomas Shepard Strong),
b. March 6, 1794,'m. Nov. 182], Dr. Joel Lewis Griffing (son of Joel
Griffing of Guilford, Ct : a practising physician in Setauket, and after
1820, in Guilford, Ct, where he d. June, 1825, and she d. Blarch 13,
1833, aged 39.

BENJ. STRONG-.
18 48

TJwmas Strong, Son of Elder JoJm, of Northampton. 625
[8th Gen.J Children :
11257-8. i. Thomas Strong Griffing b. Aug. 1822, m. Jan. 14, 1868,
Mary Ludlow Thompson b. Jan. 14, 1844 (dau. of
Samuel Ludlow Thompson and Sophia Satterlee, former
wife of Wm. LeRoy Berrian) : a farmer at Setauket,
L. I. He was a lieutenant in the Mexican war in Col.
Robert E. Temple's regiment, and was assistant adju
tant general with the rank of captain under Gen. Mc
Clellan in the Peninsular campaign. They have a son.
11259. 1. Thoraas Strong Griffing b. Dec. 30, 1868.
11260. ii. Eliza Strong Griffing b. Aug. 1824, in Guilford, Ct., d.
June 8, 1844, aged 19, at " Oakwood."
[6th Gen.J
11177-8. iU. Margaret Strong (dau. of Judge Selah Strong and
Anna Smith), b. May 2, 1768, m. March 24, 1792, Joseph Strong of
New York city, b. Sept 23, 1766 (son of Samuel Strong and Abigail
Brewster), her cousin. See succeeding pages for account of descendants.
11179-80. iv. Benjamin Strong (sonof Judge Selah Strong and
Anna Smith), b. April. 14, ,1770, in- Feb. 4, 1792', Safah Weeks b- at
Oyster Bay, L. L, July'5, 1765 (dau. of Jotha'm "Weeks and Sally
Huggins). He was a clerk in the Treasury department at "Washington,
1789-91 (Alexander Hamilton being secretary of, the treasury and Oliver
Wolcott Auditor) : a merchant in New York (1791-1809); president
of the New York Sugar Refining Co. (1809-31) ; president of the Dry
Dock Co. (1833-7); president of the Seaman's Bank for Savings,
(1834-51). He was for thirty-one years engineer of the Fire Depart
ment He was also an Elder in both the Cedar St and Pearl St Presb.
churches and one of the executive comraittee of the American Bible So
ciety. He was six feet high, of erect figure, well-developed head, and
features full of mingled intelligence and love. He was an earnest patriot
and a fervent Christian ; " to be a good man was his highest ambition."
He d. Jan. 27, 1851, aged 80, she d. May 1, 1843.
[7th Gen.J Children :
11261- 3. i. Charles Lloyd Strong b. Aug. 15, 1794, d. in 1864.
11264- 5. ii. Sarah Huggins Strong b. March "8, 1796, m. as his 2d
wife, Oct 1, 1844, NicoU Havens Dering, M.D., b. Jan.
1, 1794 (son of Sylvester Dering of Shelter Island,
L. I., and Sarah Havens). He was graduated at Yale
in 1813, and at the College of Physicians and Surgeons
in New York in 1817 : a physician in New York until
1842, at Rome, N. Y., untU 1847, and at Utica until
his death, Dec. 19, 1867. No children. His widow
still resides (1871), at Utica. [He ra. for his first wife,
79

626 Descendants of Selah Strong of SetauJcet, L. I., Son of
June 6, 1826, Frances Huntington, b. Sept 16, 1799
(dau. of Hon. Henry Huntington of Rome, and Cathe
rine BI. Havens). She d. Feb. 2, 1841. By her he
had seven children (all b. in New York) :
1. Anne Huntington Dering b. Aug. 16, 1828.
2. Sarah Sylvester Dering b. May 13, 1831.
3. Catharine Mary Dering b. Feb. 21, 1833.
4. Frances Huntington Dering b. Nov. 18, 1834.
6. Lucy Dering b. Nov. 23, 1836, d. in infancy.
6. Sylvester Dering b. March 12, 1838.
7. Henrietta Wright Dering b. Dec 25, 1839, d. soon ]
11266. iii. OLivERSmithStrongb. Feb. 5, 1797, d. March 26, 1806.
11267- 8. iv. Anna Smith Strong b. Nov. 24, 1798, m. George Baxter.
11269-70. V. Harriet Thompson Strong b. Feb. 16, 1801, m. Robert
D. Weeks.
11271- 2. vi. Edward Augustus Strong b. June 16, 1803.
11273- 4. vU. Eliza Templeton Strong b. Dec. 7, 1804, m. Andrew S.
SneUing.
11276- 6. viu. Hon. Oliver Smith Strong (2d) b. Dec. 11, 1806.
11261-3. i. Charles Lloyd Strong (son of Benjamin Strong and
Sarah Weeks) b. Aug. 15, 1794, m. April 7, 1817, Jeannette Amy Brad
ley b. Oct 19, 1795 (dau. of Abraham Bradley of New Haven, Ct, and
Mary Ball) : a merchant in New York and Cincinnatti," 0., where he d.
in March or April, 1864. She perished at sea, Nov. 2, 1856, being on
board the French steamer Lyonnaise, which left New York Nov. 1, 1856,
and carae in collision the same night with another vessel. The last that
was seen of her, and of her daughter who was with her, together with
her husband, was at about noon on Sunday the 2d, when the passengers
abandoned the sinking vessel. Their small boat floated ashore, over
turned, on the coast of Long Island, a few days afterwards. He m. Nov.
12, 1857, for 2d wife Adeline Norton b. Feb 29, 1826 (dau. of OHver
Wright Norton and Chloe Ludden). His widow resides in Cincinnatti.
He d. of typhoid pneumonia March 24, 1864. Children :
11277- 8. i. Charles Edward Strong b. Feb. 7, 1824: grad. at Am
herst Coll. in 1843, studied law with his great uncle
George W. Strong, of New York a very distinguished
lawyer, and was admitted to the N. Y. bar, in 1846
— became a partner with him, as since his death he has
with his son George T. Strong, who have since con
tinued the business of his office. His family resides
now (1870-1), in England. He m. AprU 18, 1860,
Eleanor Burrill Fearing b. Jan. 9, 1831 (dau. of Wil
liam S. Fearing, of New York b. in Wareham, Mass.,
and Sarah S. Burrill, dau. of Hon. James Burrill, U. S.
Senator from Rhode Island, in 1816). They have one
child.
11279. 1. Kate Fearing Strong b. Feb. 28, 1861.

TJwmas Strong, Son of Elder John, of Northampton. 627
11280- 1. u. Julia Weeks Strong (dau. of Charles Lloyd Strong and
Jeanette A. Bradley) b. Dec 11, 1826, m. May, 1849,
Theodore Arrastrong Bailey b. Jan. 18, 1810 (son of
Hon. Thcodorus Bailey U. S. Senator from New York
and for many years postmaster of New York, from
1804, onwards — and Martha  ) : no issue; they
were both lost in the Lyonnaise with her mother, Nov.
2, 1856.
11282. iii. Temple Nelson Strong b. Dec 15, 1828, d. soon.
[7th Gen.J
11267-8. iv. Anna Smith Strong b. Nov. 24, 1798 (dau. of Ben
jamin Strong, of New York, and Sarah Weeks), m. Jan. 21, 1829, George
Baxter b. in Boston, Sept. 13, 1801 (son of John Baxter, ofBoston, b. in
Quincy, Mass., in 1766, and EHzabeth Marshall b. in Boston, in 1769) : a
merchant in New York.
[8th Gen.J Children :
11283- 4. i. Sarah Strong Baxter b. in New York, Jan. 19, 1833,
m. Frank Hampton.
11285. u. Anna Smith Baxter b. Aug. 15, 1834, d. March 20, 1835.
11286., Hi. Lucy Wainwright Baxter b. AprU 15, 1836.
11287. iv. George Baxter b. Sept 11, 1838, d- Jan. 24, 1841.
11288. V. Wyllys Pomeroy Baxter b. Nov. 3, 1839 : a lawyer in
New York.
11289. vi. Strong Baxter b. Jan. 26, 1842, d. Sept 15, 1842.
11290. vii. George Strong Baxter b. Nov. 21, 1845, grad. at Wil
liams Coll., in 1865 : studied mining in Columbia Coll.,
School of Mines, N. Y. ; now with Port Oram Iron Co.,
in New Jersey (1871).

11283-4. i. Sarah Strong Baxter b. Jan. 19, 1833, m. Dec. 12,
1856, Frank Hampton b. in Columbia S. C, June 16, 1829 (son of Wade
Hampton of Columbia, S. C. and  Fitz Simraons of Charleston). She
d. at AshevUle, N. C. Sept 10, 1862, and was interred at Columbia, S. C.
He was Lt. Col. in the Confederate States Army and was killed in a
cavalry fight at Beverly Ford, Va., June 9, 1863, and was buried at
Columbia. [9th Gen.J Children :
11291. i. Frank Hampton b. in New York Sept 12, 1866.
11292. ii. Georgiana Hampton b. in Columbia, S. C, May 17, 1868,
d. in New York June 14, 1865.
11293. iii. Lucy Hampton b. at AshevUle, N. C, Aug. 11, 1869.
11294. iv. Caroline Hampton b. at Woodlands (near Columbia)
Nov. 20, 1861. They reside at Columbia with the
sisters of Col. Hampton.

628 Descendants of Selah Strong of SetauJcet, L. I., Son of
[7th Gen.J
11269-70. V. HARRiETTHOMPSONSTRONG(dau. of Benjamin Strong
of New York and Sarah Weeks) b. Feb. 16, 1801, m. as his 2d wife
AprU 28, 1832, her cousin Robert Doughty Weeks b. July 8, 1795,
(son of James Weeks and Miriam Doughty), at first a dry goods mer
chant in New York, and after 1827, a banker and broker in firm of
Edward A. Strong & Co., (1827-35), and after 1836 of Weeks &
Co. He was a successful business man. For many years he was a Director
of " The House of Refuge " and of " The Institution for the Deaf and
Dumb." He d. June 16, 1854. She d. Feb. 26, 1864. His first wife
was JuHa HaU Brasher by whom he had 2 children, John Abel, and Julia
BIary Weeks.
[8th Gen.J Children :
11296- 6. i. Sarah Strong Weeks b. Feb. 2, 1833, m. Edwin 0.
Carnes.
11297. u. Benjamin Strong Weeks b. Oct 20, 1884.
11298- 9. iU. James Weeks b. Dec. 18, 1836.
11300- 1. iv. Rev. Robert Weeks b. Oct 26, 1838.
11302- 3. V. Francis Henry Weeks b. June 7, 1844.
11295-6. i. Sarah Strong Weeks b.Feb. 2, 1833, m. March 31, 1857,
Edwin Osgood Carnes b. April 15, 1831, son of Frances Carnes and
Emma E. Osgood), grad. at the Naval School in Annapolis, Md., and
was in early life in the U. S. Navy, but studied law before his marriage,
which however he lived to practise but little on account of failing health.
He d. at Pilatka, Florida, March 12, 1860 : a man of superior inteUect
and culture. She d. Nov. 21, 1863. ChUdren :
11304. 1. Harriet Carnes b. March 4, 1858.
11305. 2. Edwin Francis Carnes b. Oct 24, 1859, d. Feb. 10, 1861.
[8th Gen.J
11297. ii. Benjamin Strong Weeks b. Oct. 20, 1834, a saUor most
of his life. He served through the late war in the U. S. Navy as Master's
mate and afterwards as Acting Master. He was captured at Sabine Pass,
Sept. 8, 1863, and was held a prisoner by the Confederates for 11 months
in Texas. He is now engaged in the storage business in New York.
11298-9. iii. James Weeks b. Dec 18, 1836, grad. at Columbia Coll.
in 1866 : a stockbroker in New York. He m. April 22, 1862, Keziah
Seabury b. Dec 20, 1842 (dau. of Rev. Samuel Seabury, D.D., of New
York, and Hannah Amelia Jones). To him the author is indebted for
this account of his father's descendants. Children :
11306. 1. Edwin Carnes Weeks b. May 17, 1864.
11307. 2. William Seabury Weeks b. May 21, 1866, d. Aug. 18,
1868. J > , & ,

TJwmas Strong, Son of Elder John, of Northampton. 629
[8th Gen.J
11300-1. iv. Rev. Robert Weeks b. Oct. 26, 1888, grad. at WUliams
Coll., in 1859, and at the Genl. Theol. Sem. (Episcopal) at New York :
Rector of St. Luke's church at Catskill, and since then of St. John's
church at North Adams, Mass. He m. April 29, 1862, Helen Dudley
Carnes b. Oct 12, 1838 (dau. of Francis Carnes and Emma E. Osgood).
Children :
11308. 1. Anita Lydia Weeks b. July 29, 1863.
11309. 2. Henry Newton Weeks b. June 22, 1866.
[8th Gen.J
11302-3. V. Francis Henry Weeks b. June 7, 1844, grad. at
WiUiams College, in 1864, studied law and is now a practising lawyer in
New York. He m. Oct 15, 1868, Mary Louisa Blake b. March 20^
1847 (dau. of William Blake and Margaret Kupfer).
[7th Gen.J
11271-2. vi. Edward Augustus Strong (son of Benjamin Strong
of New York, and Sarah Weeks) b. June 16, 1803, grad. at Yale in 1822,
m. Oct 5, 1831, Mary Anne Clay b. Feb. 13, 1805, in Savannah, Ga.
(dau. of Ralph Clay, merchant there and Mary Jane Boisfeuillet, dau. of
the Marquis de Boisfeuillet who emigrated to Georgia at the period of the
Revolution) formerly a merchant in New York, but now secretary of" The
Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Co." at Newark, N. J.
[8th Gen.J Children :
11310- 1. i. Robert Weeks Sirong b. Sept, 10, 1832, m. March 14,
1865, Caroline Neville of Columbus, 0., she d, of cholera,
at Cincinnatti, 0., Oct 30, 1866. He has a child.
11312. ii. Josephine Clay Strong b. Oct. 12, 1834.
11313. iu. Melanie Strong b. Aug. 2, 1838.
[7th Gen.J
11273-4. vH. Eliza Templeton Strong (dau, of Benjamin Strong
of New York and Sarah Strong) b. Dec. 7, 1804, m. April 9, 1829,
Andrew Symmes SneUing b. in Boston, July 19, 1797 (son of Jonathan
SneUing of Boston, and Lydia Symmes, a descendant of John Alden of
the Mayflower). He began life as an importer in Boston, and in 1827,
removed to New York, where he was for many years an importing and
shipping merchant He still (1869), keeps an office in New York, al
though not for several years past engaged in active business. His family
has resided of late at New Rochelle, where she d. April 24, 1869. [To her
kindness the author owes the account here furnished of her family.]

630 Descendantsof &lah Strong of SetauJcet, L. I., Smof
[8th Gen.J Children :
11314- 5. i. Georgiana SneUing b. Jan. 28, 1830, m. Dr. John C.
Peters.
11316. U. Frederic Greenwood SneUing, M.D., b. July 26, 1831.
11317- 8. iU. Edward Templeton SneUing b. March 2, 1835.
11319-20. iv. Eliza Strong SneUing b. Feb. 14, 1838, m. Dr. M.
Clymer.
11321. V. Grenville Temple SneUing b. Nov. 5, 1841, d. at Chi
cago, Jan. 3, 1856, aged 14, whUe on a brief visit there
with his parents.
11314-6. i. Georgiana Snelling b. Jan. 28, 1830, in New York, m.
May 16, 1849, Dr. John Charles Peters of New York, b. July 6, 1819
(son of Joseph Godfrey Peters, merchant in New York, and Arabella
Butler). [His grandfather was Rev. Joseph Godfrey Peters a Moravian
clergyman of great reputation for learning and ability, who lived and died
in Bethlehem, Pa.] He was educated at Bethlehem, Pa., and studied
medicine atLeipsic, Vienna, and Berlin. Children :
11322. 1. Charles GrenviUe Peters b. July 21, 1850.
11323. 2. Fanny Peters b. March 5, 1852, d. June 4, 1852.
[8th Gen.J
11316. H. Frederic Greenwood Snelling, M.D., b. July 26, 1831,
grad. at N. Y. University, aud at the Medical College of the N. Y.
University in 1859 ; entered the U. S. A. of Vols., in the late war as
acting assistant surgeon in the First Regiment of Berdan's Sharp Shooters,
Jan. 7, 1862, and was promoted successively to Ihe offices of assistant sur
geon, brigade surgeon (on the staff of Gen. Martindale), division surgeon
(on the staff of Major Gen. John G. Foster in the First Division of the
Burnside Expedition) and Medical Director of the Department of North
Carolina, and of the 18th Army Corps. In these different positions of
great responsibiUty he organized many effective improvements in hospital
accommodations on a large scale. He had at one time under his direction
167 surgeons and assistant surgeons, some 60 hospital stewards and 1,000
or more non-commissioned officers, with 3,000 men sick under his care,
in the regimental, post and general hospitals. He was commissioned
Brigade Surgeon by President Lincoln AprU 4, 1862, and resigned June
16, 1864, with the rank of Blajor of Cavalry. In the spring of 1863,
when Washington on the Pamlico river, N. C, was surprised and in
vested by the enemy. Gen. Foster and several members of his staff beino-
there on a visit of inspection at the time, were shut up in the town. Thev
were short of ammunition, and Dr. SneUing and Capt Gouraud of his
staff being desirous of joining the General, ran by the batteries in a small
boat, foUowed by a little fiotUla with a limited supply of powder and shot
He is now a practising physician in New York.

Thomas Strong, Son of Elder John, of Northampton. 631
[8th Gen.J
11317-8. iu. Edward Templeton Snelling b. March 2, 1835, m.
Nov. 1, 1860, Gra«e Coles b. Dec. 15, 1835 (dau. of Isaac UnderhiU Coles
of New York and Martha Jones of Boston) : a commission merchant for
several years in New York, but not now engaged in active business, a resi
dent of the city. Children :
11324. 1. GrenvUle Temple Snelling b. Aug. 19, 1861.
11325. 2. Grace Coles Snelling b. Dec 25, 1868.
[8th Gen.J
11319-20. iv. Eliza Strong Snelling b. Feb. 14, 1838, m. Oct
21, 1856, Meredith Clymer, M.D., b. in London, Eng., while his parents
were traveling abroad (son of George Clymer of Philadelphia and Mary
O'Brien. His grandfather was a signer of the Declaration of Indepen
dence) : a practising physician in New York. Dr. Clymer was in 1864-6
Medical Director of the Department of the South, in the U. S. A., of
Vols., stationed at Hilton Head, S. C. Immediately upon the evacuation
of Fort Sumter he went to it with. General Gilmore and afterwards to
Charleston and was the first to land at both places, and was present at the
raising of the flag.
[Mr. Andrew S. Snelling is a lineal descendant of John Alden who was
the first civilized man that set foot on Plymouth Rock, Dec. 22, 1620.
His wife was Priscilla MuUins by whom he had eight children. His son
John Alden, m. in 1660, Elizabeth Scoville. Their son William Alden,
m. Mary Drivey in 1691, and settled in Boston. BIary Alden, their dau.
m. in 1736, Joseph Gale, whose daughter Lydia Gale, m. Oct 20,
1763, Col. Andrew Symmes. "Their daughter, Lydia Symmes, m. July
2, 1796, Jonathan SneUing, who were the parents of Andrew Symraes Snell
ing, Esq. " The Alden House " as it has been always called in the family,
was built by William Alden in 1691, on the corner of Sudbury and Alden
streets, Boston, and has been until 1861, in the possession of his descend
ants with never any lien or mortgage upon it. It has now become the
property of the Unitarian Association : the house having been pulled down
in 1861, as uninhabitable.
The Snelling lineage is as follows : John Snelling, son of Thomas Snelling
ownerofChattlewood, in Plympton, St. Mary's, Devon, Eng., died in Boston,
1672, having come thither as is supposed in 1657. His son Joseph b.
in 1667, who d. Aug. 15, 1726, had a son Capt Jonathan Snelling b.
Dec. 29, 1697, who d. Jan. 4, 1755. He commanded the Csesar, 20 guns,
the second in size and armament at the siege and taking of Louisburgh
frora the French in 1745. Joseph Snelling (son of Capt. Jonathan) was
a commissary in the Revolutionary war, appointed by Genl. Ward at Cam
bridge. On the morning of the battle of Bunker Hill, he started with a

632 Descendants of Selah Strongof SetauJcet, L. I., Son of
long train of wagons full of supplies for the army ; on their reaching
Charlestown Neck, a sloop of war ("The Lively" it is believed) opened
fire upon them and on the fall of one of the teamsters, the others threw
down their whips and ran away. He at once, with Col. Bradford, an as
sociate commissary, took charge of the train and drove it on under fire
from the enemy to its destination. He was distinguished for his intelli
gence, courage and genial disposition. He ra. Oct 13, 1762, Rachel
Mayer who bore him eleven children. He was born Dec. 5, 1741, and
d. Feb. 6, 1816, set 76. His wife Rachel b. April 19, 1743, d. June
9, 1837, set 94. Jonathan Snelling their son m. July 2, 1795.
Lydia Symmes a descendant of Rev. Zechariah Symmes b. in Canter
bury, Eng., April 6, 1599, who was grad. at Cambridge, Eng. and came
to this country in 1634, and was settled at Charlestown, Mass., for 40
years.] [7th Gen.J
11275-6. vui. Hon. Oliver Smith Strong (son of Benjamin Strong
and Sarah Weeks) b. Dec. 11, 1806, m- Jan. 2, 1834, Margaret Molntyre
b. July 8, 1811 (dau. of Archibald Mclntyre of Albany, once Comptroller
of the state of New York, and Eliza  ) : she d. Feb. 4, 1846, aged 33.
He was grad. at Columbia Coll. in 1825. He was for several years a
merchant in New York. Since 1856, he has been President of the Board
of Managers of the Society for the Reformation of JuvenUe Delinquents
in New York. He lived for some 12 years in Jersey City during which
time he was elected (1848) a member of the Legislature of New Jersey
(from Hudson Co., N. J.).
[8th Gen.J Children :
11326- 7. i. Benjamin Strong b. Nov. 1834.
11328- 9. ii. Elizabeth McDonald Strong b. July, 1836, ra. Frank
Jaudon.
11326-7. i. Benjamin Strong b. Nov. 1834, m. March, 1864, Ade
line Torrey Schenck b. Jan. 30, 1844 (dau. of Rev. Dr. William Edward
Schenck of the Presbyterian Board of PubHcation, Philadelphia, and
Jane Whittemore Torrey) : he resides at Fishkill Landing, N. Y., and is
Superintendent of the Duchess and Colurabia R. Road. He was grad.
at Colurabia Coll. in 1854.
[9th Gen.J Children:
11330. i. OLiVERSmithStrongb.Dec.30, 1864, at Red Bank, N.J.
11331. ii. Jeanie Schenck Strong b. Feb. 9, 1865, at Red Bank.
11332. iU. Wm. Edward Schenck Strong b. July 25, 1869, at Fish
kill,

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>li;0 W STRONG
1848

Thomas Strong, Sonof Elder John, of Northampton. 633
[8th Gen.J
11328-9. u. Elizabeth McDonald Strong b. July, 1836, m. Oct.
1857, Frank Jaudon of' New York (son of Samuel Jaudon, once cashier
of the Bank of the U. S.).
[9th Gen.J Children :
11333. i. Frank Duncan Jaudon b. March 17, 1859.
11334. ii. William Jaudon b. Oct 15, 1861.
11335. iu. Margaret Payton Jaudon b. Oct 26, 1863, d. May 29 ,
1865.
[6th Gen.J.
11183-4 vU. Joseph Strong (son of Judge Selah Strong of Setau
ket and Anna Smith)b. Dec. 1, 1777, m. Jan. 19, 1805, Hester (" Hetty ")
Jones b. April 14, 1784 (dau. of WiUiam Jones of New York), a mer
chant in New York, Sec Equitable Ins. Co., N. Y., and a commissioner
of deeds, in extensive practice. He d. Sept. 2, 1853.
[7th Gen.J Children :
11336- 7. i. Antoinette Amelia Strong b. Nov. 20, 1806, m. Dec.
18, 1843, as his 2d wife Frederic Diaper, educated
as an architect in England under SiiJlobert Smirke,
an architect for some years in New lork, and after
wards in San Francisco, Cal.
11338. ii. Elizabeth Griswold Strong b. April 11, 1810, d. un
married. May 26, 1838.
11339-40. iii. Anna Smith Strong b. Jan. 27, 1813, m. Feb. 4, 1839,
Frederic Diaper as his first wife, whose second wife
was her sister Antoinette. She d. April 5, 1842, set.
29 : an architect in New York formerly, but for a few
years past in San Francisco, Cal.
[8th Gen.J Children :
11341. i. Elizabeth Griswold Diaper b. March 6, 1841.
11342. u. Anna Smith Diaper b. March 30, 1842.
[6th Gen.J See page 620.
11185-7. viii. George Washington Strong (son of Judge Selah
Strong and Anna Smith) b. Jan. 20, 1783, grad. at Yale in 1803, m.
July 8, 1809, AngeHna Lloyd b. Sept 12, 1786 (dau. of John Nelson
Lloyd and Phebe Coles) she d. Sept. 20, 1814, and he m. May 22, 1819,
Eliza Catharine Terapleton b. in 1785 (dau. of Oliver Templeton, a mer
chant of N. Y., who d. in Nov. 1792 and Catharine Brownejohn whom he
m. May 10, 1774, and who d. Feb. 1828, dau. of WiUiam Brownejohn,
M. D. of New York). He was a lawyer in New York, and a man of quite
superior powers and attainments. His partners were successively John
Wells, George Griffin and Marshall S. BidweU Esqrs., all lawyers of emi
nence. While possessing a profound knowledge of legal principles he
80

634 Descendantsof Selah Strong of SetauJcet, L. I., Son of
was well acquainted with all the adjudged cases in England and this
country, and was master of legal practice in all the departments of law,
and in the diffierent courts of common law, equity admiralty and testa
mentary jurisdiction. He was ever a busy student of new works in his
profession, of the ancient classics and of standard works in English litera
ture. His tastes were all simple, and he had no love for office or ostentation.
His character was one of remarkable symmetry. He was a member of
the Presb. Ch., and is remembered by those who knew him best, as a wise
and upright man who feared God and regarded carefully the rights and
interests of his fellows.
He d. June 27, 1855, she d. Nov. 26, 1853.
[7th Gen.J Children: By first wife:
11343- 4. i. Eloise Lloyd Strong b. May 13, 1810, m. B. Hasket
Derby, Esq., of Boston.
11345. ii. BIary Amelia Strong b. Aug 25, 1813, resides unmarried
in New York. By second wife :
11346- 7. iii. George Templeton Strong, Esq., b. Feb. 26, 1820.
11348. iv. John Wells Strong b. Dec. 3, 1822, d. Dec. 14, 1824.
11348-4. i. Eloise Lloyd Strong b. May 13, 1810, m. Sept 14,
1834, Elias Hasket Derby, Esq., b. Sept. 24, 1803 (son of Gen. EUas
Hasket Derby, of Salem, Mass., and afterwards of Londonderry, N. H..
and Lucy Brown); grad. at Harvard Coll., in 1824; a lawyer at Boston,
and largely engaged in R. R. matters, and the discussion and promotion
of various social and economical questions of public interest.
[8th Gen.J Children:
11349-50. i. Hasket Derby, M.D., b. June 29, 1835: grad. at
Amherst Coll., in 1855 ; studied his profession at BerHn,
Germany: an oculist in Boston, m. Oct. 16, 1868,
Sarah Mason (dau. of Rev. Charles Mason of Boston,
son of the distinguished Jeremiah Mason, Esq., of
Boston, and Sarah Lawrence).
11361. H. George Strong Derby b. Jan. 29, 1837, d. Dec 17, 1837,
11362. iu. George Strong Derby b. Oct 17, 1838 : grad. at Harvard
Coll. Law School in 1861; a lawyer in Boston.
11363. iv. Nelson Lloyd Derby b. May 4, 1841, d. Nov. 27, 1844.
11354. V. Richard Henry Derby b. March 12, 1844: grad. at
Harvard Coll. in 1865, an oculist; residing now (1870),
in Berlin, Germany.
11356. vi. Nelson Lloyd Derby b. Sept 8, 1846 : grad. at Harvard
in 1867, and afterwards at the Lawrence Scientific
School ; now (1870) in the school for architecture in
Berlin, Germany.
11356. vii. Lucy Derby b. July 16, 1851.

^fTs^lZrH^ J^

Thrnnas Strong, Son of Elder John, of Northampton. 635
[7th Gen.J
11846-7. ui. George Templeton Strong b. Feb. 26, 1820 : grad. at
Columbia Coll., in 1838, m. May 15, 1848, Ellen Ruggles (dau. of Hon.
Samuel Bostwick Ruggles of New York, and Mary Rosalie Rathbone,
dau. of John Rathbone of New York) : a lawyer in New York. He was
treasurer in the late war of the U. S. Sanitary Commission and a member
of its Executive committee. He is a Warden of Trinity Church, N. Y. ;
a Trustee of Columbia College ; and President of the Philharmonic Society
of New York. To him the author is indebted for many of the facts here
stated concerning his father's family.
[8th Gen.J Children :
11357. i. John Ruggles Strong b. Oct. 20, 1861.
11358. u. George Templeton Strong b. Blay 26, 1856.
11369- iU. Lewis Barton Strong b. May 7, 1860.
[The following memoranda concerning the Lloyd, Templeton, Browne
john and Ruggles families will be of interest to those connected with
them: I.
The Lloyds.
I. James Lloyd of Newport, R. I., m. Griselda Sylvester and for a 2d
wife Rebecca Leverett b. Dec. 5, 1664, dau. of Gov. John Leverett of
Mass. Colony, and Sarah Sedgwick, his 2d wife.
II. Henry Lloyd (son of James Lloyd by his first wife Griselda), b.
Nov. 28, 1685, m. Nov. 23, 1708, Rebecca Nelson b. Nov. 16, 1688,
(dau. of John Nelson of Boston and Catherine Tailer, dau. of Lt. Gov.
Taller), proprietor of Lloyd's Neck (Queens Village, L. I.) Hed. March
18, 1763. She d. July 27, 1728.
III. Their chUdren were 10: 1. Henry Lloyd b. Aug. 6, 1709,
m. a Hutchinson of Boston and d. in England. He was a loyalist, and
his property suffered attainder. 2. John Lloyd b. Feb. 19, 1711, m. in
1742, Sarah Woolsey dau. of Rev. Benjamin Woolsey of Dosoris and
Abigail Taylor, dau. of John Taylor of Oyster Bay, L. I., and Mary
Whitehead. 3. Margaret Lloyd b. June 1, 1713, m-. Col. Wm. Henry
Smith of St. George's Manos, L. I., whose dau. Anna Smith b. April
14, 1740, m. Nov. 19, 1760, Judge Selah Strong of Setauket L. L
She d. Sept 26, 1756. 4. James Lloyd b. March 14, 1715, d. early.
5. Joseph Lloyd b. Dec 19, 1716, d. at Hartford, Ct, June 20, 1780. 6.
Rebectja Lloyd b- Oct 31, 1718, m. 1742, Col. Melancthon Taylor Woolsey
(son of Rev. Benj. Woolsey of Dosoris and Abigail Taylor, brother to Sarah
"Woolsey, whom, her brother John Lloyd). Hed. Sept 28, 1758. She d.
Sept 13, 1797. 7. Elizabeth Lloyd b. July 20, 1722, m. a Fitch of Eng
land. 8. WiUiam Lloyd b. Oct. 7, 1723, d. in Jamaica, W. I. Nov. 27, 1754.
9. Nathaniel Lloyd b. Nov. 11, 1725, drowned in Boston Harbor, Nov. 16,

636 Descendantsof Selah Strong of SetauJcet, L. I., Son of
1752, aged 27. 10. James Lloyd, M.D., b. March 24, 1728, a distin
guished physician in Boston who d. in March, 1810. He m. Sarah Corwin
and had two children, viz: (1). Hon. JamesLloyd, Jr.,b.in 1769, and grad.
at Harvard in 1787 ; twice a member of Congress (1808-13 and 1822-6).
He d. in New York, AprU 5, ,1831. (2). Sarah Lloyd b. in 1766, who d.
in 1839. She m. Leonard Vassal Boriand b. in 1769, who d. in 1801,
Their only son John Borland m. Rebecca Nelson Woolsey.
IV. John Lloyd (son of Henry Lloyd and Rebecca Nelson), who was
b. Feb. 9, 1711, and m. Sarah Woolsey (as above), had the following
children :
1. Henry Lloyd, d. unmarried. 2. John Lloyd, Jr.,b. in 1746, who m.
in 1783, Amelia White (dau. of Rev. Ebenezer White of Danbury, Ct.)^
d. in 1792. 3. Rebecca Lloyd, who m. Lt. Gov. John Broome, a wealthy
merchant in New York. 4. Theodosia Lloyd. 5. Abigail Lloyd who m.
Dr. James Cogswell of New York. 6. Sarah Lloyd who m. Hon. James
Hillhouse of New Haven. 7. Ann Lloyd. 8. Margaret Lloyd.
V. John Lloyd, Jr., b. in 1745 (son of John Lloyd and Sarah Wool
sey), who m. Amelia White, had the foUowing children : 1. John Nelson
Lloyd b. Dec. 30, 1783, grad. at Yale in 1802, m. in 1815, Phebe Coles,
dau. of General Nathaniel Coles. He Hved on his estate (1239 acres), at
Lloyd's Neck. He d. May 31, 1841, set 58 : his wife d. in 1822. His
children were : (1). John Nelson. (2). Henry. (3). Angelina, who m.
Joseph M. Higby of Quincy, III , in 1839, and d. about 1842, leaving chUd
Charlotte, who m. Oscar Schmidt (4). Phebe who m. Dr. Alexander
H. Stevens of New York, who d. recently leaving several children. 2.
Angelina Lloyd b. Sept 12, 1786, who m. George Washington Strong,
Esq., of New York. n.
The Nelsons.
Capt. John Nelson of Boston was the son of Robert Nelson, Esq., of
Grey's Inn, and Mary Temple second dau. of Sir Thomas Temple and
Hester Sands, dau. of Miles Sands, Esq., of Latmos in Buckinghamshire,
Eng. He was a member of " The Honorable the Artillery Company,"
in 1680, and was one of the council of safety at the imprisonment of Sir
Edmund Andros in 1689 and was the head of the party that made him
prisoner. In Hutchinson's Hist, of Mass., p. 378, there is a very inter
esting account of his patriotic services and his sufferings for them in
Quebec and France. in.
The Templetons.
I. Oliver Templeton came to America from the north of Ireland, was
in business as a merchant in New York in 1764 (firm Templeton &

Thomas Strong, Son of Elder John, of Northampton. 637
Stewart, an auction house, the partnership in which was dissolved by
mutual consent Sept. 1, 1783). He m. June 1774, Catharine Browne
john b. March 9, 1747-8 (dau. of Dr. William Brownejohn of New York
ni Massey and Mary Page).
II. His children were : 1. Gulielma Templeton d. young. 2. Jane
Templeton d. June, 1843, unmarried. 3. Olivia Templeton d. unmarried,
March 1868. 4. Maria m, William Johnson, reporter of the Supreme
Court of New York, and of the Court of Chancery under Chancellor
Kent. He d. in 1848, and she in July, 1854. Their children were : (1).
William Templeton Johnson who m. Laura Winthrop of NewHaven, and
d. Oct, 1868, leaving 3 children. (2). Eliza F. Johnson m. Horace
Binney, Jr., of Philadelphia. He d. Feb. 3, 1870, leaving several
children. (3). Mary C. Johnson d. unmarried Feb. 1869. (4). Julia
A. Johnson d. unmarried Nov. 1866. 5. Eliza Catharine Templeton
m. George Washington Strong, Esq. IV.
The Brownejohn Family [originally Massey).
I. Thomas Massey of Liverpool, Bug., d. there in 1756, leaving 3
chUdren. II. 1. Gilbert, who had 3 children, William, Edmund and Catharine.
2. Elizabeth who m. a Duxbery andhad 3 children, Catharine: Elizabeth,
and James. 3. William (" my son William, now called Dr. William
Brownejohn in New York," as he is described in a codicil to his father's
will June 29, 1752). His wife was Mary Page whose father was, accord
ing to tradition, a member of the House of Commons.
III. The children of Wm. (Massey) Brownejohn were : 1. Mary b. in
London, did not come here. 2. Elizabeth b. Sept. 7, 1737, m. Lt. Col.
Joseph Barton, a Royalist officer in the Revolution. He d. in Nova
Scotia, shortly after the end of the war ; she d. March, 1828. No issue.
3. William b. Sept 10, 1741. 4. Thomas b. June 17, 1743, had son
Thomas, and daughters Elizabeth, and Mary who m. Henry Lett 5.
Mary b. June 18, 1746, m. Timothy Hurst and had sons William and
Jonathan Harvey. 6. Catharine b. March 9, 1747-8, m. Oliver Temple
ton. 7. Rachel b. June 19, 1760, m. John Price. Their children were
William, and Elizabeth, who m. William Bradford of N. Y. 8. Samuel
b. Sept. 14, 1753, and had children: Samuel, Thomas, and Maria Ann, who
m. D. S. Stockholm. There was also a chUd Catharine b. Sept. 9, 1789
(between Elizabeth and William) that d. soon.
V.
The Buggies Family.
I. John Ruggles, native of Nasing, Essex, Eng., sailed for New
England in 1634, in the same ship with Rev. John Eliot, "the Indian

638 Descendants of Selah Strong of SetauJcet, L. L, Son of
Apostle." His wife's name was Barbara, and they had one child then
two years old : John Ruggles, Jr., b. in 1632. They settled at Roxbury,
Mass. II. John, Jr., m. wife Sarah  and had a son Rev. Benjamin
Ruggles b. Aug. 11, 1676.
III. Rev. Benjamin Ruggles b. Aug. 11, 1676, grad. at Harvard, in
1693, settled at Suffield, Ct, April 26, 1698, m. Nov. 19, 1696, Mercy
Woodbridge dau. of Rev. John Woodbridge of Killingworth, Ct., and
Abigail Leete, dau. of Gov. WUHam Leete of Ct He d. Sept 5, 1708.
He had a son Dea. Joseph Ruggles of Brookfield, Mass. She d. June
28, 1707, leaving seven children.
IV, Dea. Joseph Ruggles of Brookfield, Ct., m. and had 15 children :
1. Sarah who m. David Smith. 2. Lois m. Oliver Warner. 3. Rachel
m. John Bishop. 4. BIercy. m. Edmund Bostwick. 5. Mary m. Reuben
Bostwick. 6. Lucy m. Jonathan Starr. 7." Anna m. William Phelps.
8. Benjamin m. Sarah Seely. 9. Joseph m. Sarah Dunning, 10. La
zarus m. Hannah Bostwick. 11. Tiraothy m. Sibyl Worden. 12. Ashbel
m. Rebecca Bostwick. 13. Elizabeth m. EU Segur. 14. Mary m. Na
than Merwin. 15. Samuel m. Huldah Walker.
V. Lazarus Ruggles m. Hannah Bostwick. He was a Revolutionary
soldier, and was wounded in the battle of White Plains, N. Y. He lived
at New Milford, Ct,, where he d.
VI. He had seven sons and six daughters : 1. David who d. unmarried
about 1781, on " the Jersey Prison Ship" at New York. 2. Lazarus
who d. unmarried in 1860. 3. Ezra who d. unmarried in 1865. 4.
. Joseph m. a Warner, d. about 1840. His children were : (1). David
who m. in 1818, Sarah Colden of Coldenham, N. Y., and d. in 1837,
leaving 8 sons : § 1. David Colden Ruggles, Paymaster U. S. A., who d.
childless in prison at Andersonville, S. C, in 1864. § 2. Gen. George
David Ruggles, Brig. Genl. U. S. A. He m. in 1868, Miss L'Homme
dieu of Cincinnatti, 0., and has a son Colden L'Hommedieu Ruggles.
§ 3. Augustus Ruggles of Fond Du Lac, Wis. He had also a daughter :
§4. Anna Ruggles who ra. a Peck of California. She d. in 1870. (2).
Hon. Charles H. Ruggles (son of Joseph), was M. C, in 1820, Circuit
Judge, Vice Chancellor and Chief Justice of the Court of Appeals. He
m. Gertrude Beekman of Kingston, N. Y., and for 2d wife Mrs. BIary
Livingston, widow of Lt Gov. Edward P. Livingston and d. childless at
Poughkeepsie in 1866. (3). Lemuel Warner Ruggles, a lawyer at Wa
terloo, N. Y., and District Attorney in 1819, d. at Washington, D. C,
about 1850. 5. Oliver Ruggles (son of Lazarus Ruggles and Hannah
Bostwick), d. in 1860. He had two sons and a daughter : (1). Albert
A., d. chUdless in 1868. (2). Richard, d. unmarried. (3). Harriet,
m. Wra. Rogers of Philadelphia. They had three chUdren : § 1. Come-

TJwmas Strong, Son of Elder John, of Northampton. 639
Ua Rogers, m. E. Meigs of Philadelphia. § 2. Edward Rogers, m. Anna
Wadsworth, dau. of Maj. Gen. James S. Wadsworth, U. S. A. § 3. Wil
liam Rogers, m. Susan Fish, dau. of Hon. Hamilton Fish, secretary of
State, U. S. 6. Herman Ruggles (son of Lazarus and Hannah Rug
gles), d. at Jersey City in Sept 1857. He m. in 1813, Ellen BIcCoy of
Coldenham. She d. in 1866. Their children were : Thomas Colden,
Julia Flewwelling and Ellen Rosalie. 7. Hon. Philo Ruggles (son of
Lazarus Ruggles and Hannah Bostwick), b. Feb. 22, 1766, m. in 1798,
Ellen Bulkley (dau. of Capt Bulkley of Greenfield HUl, Ct), b. Oct 3,
1779 : a lawyer at New Milford (1790-1804), and twice a member of
the Conn, legislature; at Poughkeepsie, N. Y. (1804-24), and in New
York (1824-9), where he d. in 1829. He was surrogate of Duchess Co.
(1814-15), district attorney (1820-21), and member of the New York
legislature (1822). She d. Feb. 28, 1865. [They had four children :
(1). Hon. Samuel Bulkley Ruggles, LL.D., b. at New Milford, April 11,
1799. (2). Philo Taylor Ruggles b. there March 15, 1803 : a lawyer in
New York. (3). James Herman Ruggles, b. at Poughkeepsie April 10,
1808, d. in New York in 1828. (4). Henry Joseph Ruggles b. there Aug.
1, 1813. (1). Hon. Samuel B. Ruggles (above), grad. at Yale in 1814, a
lawyer in New York (1821-81), has been since, active in promoting
various great public improvements in the state, as previously to 1835, the
building of the N. Y. and Erie railroad, and in 1838, the enlargement of the
Erie canal by a loan of forty millions. In 1842, he was active, as a city com
missioner of the Croton aqueduct, and in 1849, and '50, a director of the
Panama R. R. Co. In 1863, he was sent by President Lincoln to Berlin,
as U. S. delegate to the 5th International Statistical Congress. In 1867,
he was sent as an U. S. Commissioner to the Universal Exposition in
Paris, and in 1869, by President Grant as U. S. delegate to the Seventh
International Statistical Congress, held at the Hague. He was also a
member of the New York legislature in 1838, and in 1839 was elected a
Canal commissioner of the state, and was president of the board most of
the time that he held the office (1840-42). In 1868, he was again ap
pointed Canal commissioner. He m. May 15, 1822, Mary Rosalie Rath
bone (dau. of John Rathbone of New York). Their children have been :
§ 1. John, who d. at sea. May 6, 1860. § 2. James Francis Ruggles : a
lawyer in New York. § 3. Ellen Ruggles, who m. George Templeton
Strong.] 8. Apphia Ruggles (dau. of Lazarus Ruggles of New Milford,
Gt, and Hannah Bostwick), m. Jared Lane of New Milford. 9. Mabel
Ruggles m. Judson Canfield of Sharon, Ct. 10. Polhymnia Ruggles m.
Samuel Bostwick of New Milford. 11. Thalia Ruggles m. Asher Can-
field of Sharon, Ct 12. Ann Ruggles m. Dr. Robert Noxon of Pough
keepsie, N. Y. 13. Hannah Ruggles m. Col. Samuel Hawkins of Kings
ton, N. Y.J

640 Descendants of Selah Strong of SetauJcet, L. I., Son of
[5th Gen.J
10980-1. vi. Susannah Strong (dau. of Thomas Strong of Brook
haven, L. I., and Susannah Thompson, and twin with Zipporah Strong)
b. Feb. 1, 1743, m. Oct. 1, 1764, WUliam Shelton b. July 26, 1739 (son
of Joseph Shelton and Mary Hollister) : a farmer at (" Longhill,")
Huntington, Ct. He d. Jan. 27, 1812, aged 72 : she d. AprU 13, 1816.
[I. Daniel Shelton, the settler, b. in 1670, came from Norfolk or Derby,
Bug., and settled in Stratford, now Huntington, Ct He m. April 4,
1692, EHzabeth Wells b.in 1671 (dau. of Hon. Samuel Wells of Wethers
field, Ct, and Elizabeth Hollister, dau. of John Hollister of Wethersfield,
and Sarah Goodrich). He was a merchant and d. in 1728 : she d. aged
76, April 1, 1747. They had 7 sons : Joseph, Daniel, Thaddeus, Samuel,
James, John, and Josiah.
II. Joseph Shelton (son of Daniel) b. June 24, 1698, m. Mary Hollis
ter, his 2d cousin, b. Aug. 25, 1704, dau. of Joseph and Ann Hollister of
Glastenbury, Ct. She d. May 26, 1782. They had one son : WUliam
Shelton b. July 26, 1739, and four daughters. Joseph d. Aug. 10, 1782.]
[6th Gen.J Children:
11360- 1. i. Joseph Shelton b. Aug. 27, 1765.
11362- 3. u. William Shelton b. March 3, 1767.
11364- 5. iu. Selah Shelton b. Jan. 4, 1770, had wife Phebe, lived in
Delaware, 0., d. Aug. 1831 : had 6 chUdren.
Nancy Shelton b. AprU 20, 1773, m. Calvin Bateman of
Southbury, Ct.
Elizabeth Shelton b. May 25, 1776, m. John White of
Hartford, Ct.
Philo Shelton b. May 25, 1778, d. unmarried Feb. 24,
1804.
Thomas Strong Shelton b. May 15, 1782, m. Polly
Beardsley of Huntington, d. without issue Jan. 13, 1860.
11373- 4. viU. George Shelton b. Nov. 6, 1785.
11360-1. i. Joseph Shelton b. Aug. 27, 1766, m. Nov. 24, 1791,
Charity (" Chary") Lewis b. March 27, 1769 (dau. of Stephen Lewis of
Stratford, and Jerusha Curtiss) : a farmer at Huntington. She d. May
27, 1847. He d. Sept 1, 1848.
[7th Gen.J Children:
11376. i. Delia Shelton b. Nov. 30, 1792, d. unmarried Nov 19
1824.
11376- 7. ii. Henry Shelton b. April 3, 1795, d. Jan. 9, 1843, drowned.
at sea.
11378. iU. Stephen Lewis Shelton b. Sept. 2, 1797, d. unmarried
Jan. 19, 1834.
11379-80. iv. Nancy Bateman Shelton b. Jan. 30, 1800, m. Hon. N. C.
Sanford.
11381. V. Joseph Augustus Shelton b. March 19, 1803, d. un
married April 18, 1835.

11366- 7.

iv.

11368- 9.

V.

11370.

vi.

11371- 2.

vii.

TJwmas Strong, Son of Elder John, of NortJiampton. 641
11382- 3. vi. Philo Strong Shelton b. Dec. 15, 1805.
11384. VU. Elizabeth "White Shelton b. Aug. 8, 1808, d. unmarried
Feb. 23, 1848.
11385- 6. viU. Edward Nelson Shelton b. Sept 4, 1812.
11376-7. u. Henry Shelton b. April 3, 1796, m. Jan. 15, 1835,
Helen Frederika King b. Jan. 17, 1817 (dau. of Elisha W. King of
Pelham, N. Y., U. S. Senator, and Margaret Vandervoort) : a W. I.
merchant and planter for some 15 years at St. lago, Cuba, and afterwards
a merchant at Boston. He d. Jan. 9, 1843. She ra. for 2d husband Dr.
Alexander T. Watson now (1870) residing in Dresden, Saxony.
[8th Gen.J Children:
11387- 8. i. Henry Wright Shelton m." Henrietta Edwards Hoyt of
Staten Island : a broker in New York : has 2 children.
11389-90. ii. Helen King Shelton b. June, 1842, m. Dec 31, 1868,
at the American Legation at Brussels, Belgium, Nicho
las Luqueer of Brooklyn, N. Y.
[7th Gen.J
11379-80. iv. Nancy Bateman Shelton b. Jan. 30, 1800, m. Sept
2, 1822, Hon. Nehemiah (Jurtiss Sanford of Woodbury, Ct, b. Oct 29,
1792, in Roxbury, Ct. (son of Stephen Sanford of Newtown, Ct., and
afterwards of Roxbury, Ct., and Sarah Curtiss) : a manufacturer and
merchant at Woodbury, Ct, and after 1836, at Derby, Ct. He was a
member of the State Senate at one time. He d. June 23, 1841. They
had one son :
11391- 2. 1. Henry Shelton Sanford b. June 15, 1823, m. Sept 21,
1864, Gertrude Ellen Du Puy of Philadelphia, He
was for 8 years Sec. of Legation and Charg^ d' Affaires
at Paris, and for eight years" minister at Belgium. His
children are :
11393. (1). Henry Shelton Sanford b. July 17, 1865.
11394. (2). Gertrude Ellen Sanford b. Nov. 16, 1869.
[7th Gen.J
11382-3. vi. Philo Strong Shelton (son of Joseph Shelton and
Chary Lewis) b. Dec. 15, 1805, m. June, 1833, Georgiana Albertina
Homer (dau. of Benjamin Parrott Homer of Boston) : a merchant in
Boston. Children :
Albertina Shelton. 12000. • 6. Robert G. Shelton.
Helen Shelton. 12001. 7. Henry Shelton.
Philo Strong Shelton. 12002. 8. Joseph Shelton.
Harriet Shelton. 12003 9. Charles Shelton.
Eugene Shelton. 12004. 10. Benjamin Shelton.
[Blore facts were sought here repeatedly but in vain.]
81

11395.

1.

11396.

2.

11397.

3.

11398.

4.

J^399.

5.

642 Descendants of Selah Sirong of SetauJcet, L. I., Son of
[7th Gen.J
11386-6. viu. Edward Nelson Shelton b. Sept. 4, 1812 (son of
Joseph Shelton)-, m. July 15, 1840, Mary Jane De Forest (dau. of Linson
De Forest and Jane Hawley, dau. of Cyrus Hawley) : a manufacturer at
Derby, Ct. To him the author owes this account of the Shelton Family.
He is a banker also.
[6thGen.J Children:
12006- 6. i. Elizabeth Eugenia Shelton b. July 31, 1841, m. Thomas
L. Cornell.
12007. ii. Jane De Forest Shelton b. Aug. 9, 1843.
12008. iU. Marianna Clark Shelton b. Sept 26, 1845.
12009. iv. Louisa Josephine Shelton b. Sept 30, 1848.
12010. V. Edward De Forest SheUon b. Feb. 12, 1853.
12011. vi. Adelia Stewart Shelton b. Sept 12, 1855.
12005-6. i. Elizabeth Eugenia Shelton b. July 31, 1841, m. Feb.
24, 1863, Thomas Lavender Cornell of New York. They have one child :
12012. 1. Edward Shelton Cornell b. Jan. 14, 1864.
[6th Gen.J
11362-3. ii. William Shelton, Jr. (son of WUliam Shelton and
Susannah Strong), b. March 3, 1767, m. in 1789, Catharine TomHnson of
Huntington. He d. Aug. 30, 1819. [That the account of this family is
no more complete, is not owing to any inaction on the author's part]
[7th Gen.J Children:
12013- 4. i. William Shelton.
12016. U. Caroline Shelton d. unmarried.
12016- 7. iii. Cornelia Shelton m. Rev. Dr. Barry of Jersey City
She d. Sept 1869. J i-
12018- 9. iv. Edwin Shelton.
12020- 1. V. Catharine Shelton m. Christopher N. Shelton
12022- 3. vi. James H. Shelton.
12013-4. i. William Shelton m. a Miss Thompson of Stratford,
Ct He d. in Stratford in 1869. Children :
WiUiam J. Shelton : resides in Bridgeport, Ct
Blalcolm Shelton : resides in Columbia, S.' C.
Edwin Shelton : resides in Bridgeport
Eliza Shelton, m. a Mr. Fairchild of Stratford.
Mary Shelton, m. a Mr. BUlings.
Jane Shelton, m. a Mr. Dunbar.
[7th Gen.J
12016-7. Hi. Cornelia Shelton, m. Rev. Dr. Barry of Jersey City.
She d. Sept 1869. Children :

12024.

1.

12025.

2.

12026.

3.

12027-

8. 4.

12029.

5.

12030.

6.

Thomas Strong, Son of Elder John, of Northampton. 643
12031. 1. Shelton Barry. 12035. 6. CorneUa Barry.
12032. 2. Henry Barry. 12036. 6. Caroline " (Carrie ")
12033. 3. Mary Barry. Barry.
12034. 4. Catharine Barry.
[7th Gen.J
12018-9. iv. Edwin Shelton (son of WUliam Shelton and Cath
arine Tomlinson), m. in 1830, Susan Curtiss (dau. of Silas Curtiss of
Stratford) : a resident of Lockport, N. Y. Children :
12037. 1. Ezra Shelton. 12039. 3. Josephine Shelton.
12038. 2. Cornelia Shelton.
[7th Gen.J
12020-1. V. Catharine Shelton (dau. of WiUiam Shelton and
Catharine Tomlinson) m. Christopher N. Shelton a residentof Huntington,
Ct Children :
12040. 1. Caroline Shelton. 12042. 3. Charies Shelton.
12041. 2. William Shelton.
[7th Gen.J
12022-3. vi. James H. Shelton m. Hannah Shelton of Huntington,
He d. in 1869. He had one child :
12043. 1. Henry Shelton.
[6th Gen.J
11366-7. iv. Nancy Shelton (dau. of William Shelton and Susannah
Strong) b. April 20, 1773, m. Dec. 26, 1798, Stephen Calvin Bateman
b. Dec. 11, 1770 (son of Stephen Bateman and Eunice Curtiss) : a farmer
at Southbury, Ct. She d. at WiUiamstown, N. J., Feb. 13, 1848, aged
74, and he Blarch 29, 1848, aged 77.
[7th Gen.J Children :
12044- 6. i. Stephen Bateman b. AprU 16, 1800.
12016. ii. Eunice Bateman b. Nov. 15, 1801, resides unmarried at
Blackweed, N. J.
12047- 8. iU. William Bateman b. Aug. 23, 1803.
12049-50. iv. Verren Dike Bateman b. Jan. 3, 1806.
12050- 1. V. Susan Bateman b. Sept 6, 1807, m. John D. Mars,
M.D., of Naugatuck, Ct.
12062- 3. vi. Ira Barnes Bateraan b. March 28, 1809.
12064- 6. vii. Zipporah Angeliue Bateman b. Jan. 25, 1811, m. Isaiah
Little of Meriden, Ct.
12056- 7. viii. Thomas Strong Shelton Bateman b. May 10, 1814.
12058- 9. ix. Ursula Ann Bateman b. Feb. 16, 1816, m. Joseph Keene
of Naugatuck.
12060- 1. X. Henry Burdett Bateman b. July 1, 1819.

644 Descendants of Selah Strong of SetauJcet, L. I., Son of
12044-5. i. Stephen Bateman b. AprU 16, 1800, a manufacturer of
agricultural implements at Blackweed, N. J. He m. Marie Benham of
Naugatuck, Ct. They have had 10 children, two of whom d. early. The
remaining ones are :
12062- 3. 1. Harriet Bateman who m. Joseph Coles, a farmer in Black-
weed. They have 6 children.
12064- 6. 2. Esther Bateman who m. Rev. James Wilson of Black-
weed, a Baptist clergyman now (1870), settled at Ran
dolph, Mass. They have had 7 children.
12066- 7. 3. Cynthia Bateman who m. Rev. Robert Burt, a Presbyterian
clergyman at Weedstown, N. J. They have had 6
children.
12068- 9. 4. Augusta Bateman who ra. WilHara Heritage, a raerchant
in Easton, Pa. They have one child.
12070- 1. 5. Helen Bateman who m. Rev. Benjamin S. Everett a Pres
byterian clergyman at Jamesburgh, N. J. They have
two children.
12072. 6. Edward Stephen Bateman, a manufacturer of agricultural
implements at Blackweed, N. J., where he resides un
married.
12073- 4. 7. Henry Bateman, a farmer at WiUiamstown, N. J., m. Sally
Wilkins : has one child.
12075. 8. Frank Bateman m. Alice Marshall, a manufacturer with
his brother of agricultural implements at Blackweed,
N. J., successors to their father.
12047-8. iii. William Bateman (son of Stephen Calvin Bateman
and Nancy Shelton), b. Aug. 23, 1803, m. Frances Dodd Stevens of
Naugatuck, Ct. They have had four children, two daughters and two
sons, which last died in childhood. He is a farmer in Blackweed, N. J.
Of his daughters, Eleanor, the eldest, m. Samuel Chase, a carriage-maker
in West Newbury, Mass. , but now residing in Blackweed. They have
had two children. The other daughter, Louisa, resides unmarried, at
Blackweed. 12049-50. iv. Verren Dike Bateman b. Jan. 3, 1806 : afarmer in
Somerset, Niagara Co., N. Y. , m. Nancy Anderson of Scipio, N. Y.
They had three children, two of whom died in infancy. The survivor,
Stephen Calvin Bateman, is a farmer in Somerset.
12050-1. V. Susan Bateman m. John Daggett Mars, M.D., of Nau
gatuck. They have had nine children, five of whom are dead. Of the
survivors, Cornelia Shelton Mars, m. Charles Baldwin, engaged in the
India-rubber shoe manufacture at Naugatuck. Susan Mars m. Andrew
K. WiUiams, a merchant in Ripley, 0. Ellen Little Mars, and Solomon
Edward Mars, reside unmarried in Naugatuck.

TJwmas Strong, Son of Elder John, of Northampton. 645
12052-3. vi. Ira Barnes Bateman b. March 28, 1809 : a farmer
in Cold Spring, Shelby Co., IU. He m. Ann Christy of Philadelphia,
Pa. He has had ten children, seven of them daughters ; two sons and
and a daughter dead. The survivors are Ruth, Ann, Eunice Elizabeth,
Mary, Harriet, Josephine, George Shelton, Robert Christy, Octavia.
12054-5. vH. Zipporah Angeline Bateman b. Jan. 25, 1811, m.
Isaiah Little of Meriden, Ct., a malleable iron manufacturer. He d. in
Prescott, Wis. She d. in New Haven, Ct, Dec 24, 1843, aged 33.
They had two chUdren, one of whom m. Elisha M. Trowbridge of New
Haven, a builder in Newark, N. J.
12056-7. viU. Thomas Strong Shelton Bateman b. May 10,
1814, m. Harriet Tomlinson of New Haven, Ct : a farmer in Williams-
town, N. J. They have had three children, one of whom, Mary Bateman,
m. Randall M. Stevenson, a farmer in Deptford, N. J. They have one
child.

12058-9. ix. Ursula Ann Bateman b. Feb. 16, 1816, m. Joseph
Keene of Naugatuck : a satinet finisher. They have had 7 children of
whom the three survivors are Elizabeth Alice, Angeline, and Wilson.
12060-1. X. Henry Burdett Bateman b. July 1, 1819, afarmer in
New Fane, Niagara Co., N. Y. He m. Hannah Blead of Somerset, N. Y.
They have had 12 children, Ezra, Verren, Henry, Franklin, EHzabeth,
Alice, Thomas, Adele, Jenny, Mary, Susan.
To Miss Eunice Bateman this account of the descendants of her parents
is due. [6th Gen.J
11368-9. V. Elizabeth Shelton (dau. of WilUam Shelton and Su
sannah Strong) b. May 26, 1776, m. July 20, 1794, John White of
Hartford, Ct., b. in Bast Hartford, April 28, 1771 : a teacher in Hart
ford for 20 years (" White's Writing Academy.") He was son of
Lemuel White of East Hartford. She d. Feb. 15, 1804. He d. in 1832,
of the cholera, while travelling.
[7th Gen.J Children:
12076. i. Charles Shelton White.
12077- 8. ii. Martha C, White m. Rev. Sturges Gilbert of Cherry
Valley, an Episcopal clergyman. He d. in Cherry
Valley, N. Y., Aug. 3, 1847. His widow stUl lives
(1870), there.

646 Descendants of Selah Strong of SetauJcet, L. I., Son of
[6th Gen.J
11373-4. vUi. George Shelton (son of William Shelton and Susan
nah Strong) b. Nov. 6, 1785, m. Nov. 6, 1809, Betsey Wooster of Hunt
ington b. Feb. 23, 1784 (dau. of Joseph Wooster and Charity Curtiss) :
a farmer at Huntington, Ct He d. Sept. 27, 1852.
[7th Gen.J Children :
12079-80. i. Augusta Ann Shelton b. May 26, 1811, m. Charles A.
Sterling.
12081- 4. U. George Wellington Shelton b. Sept 10, 1812.
12085. iii. Henrietta Shelton b. Sept. 8, 1817, resides unmarried
at Brattleboro, Vt.
10286- 7. iv. Charles Smith Shelton, M.D., b. Aug. 28, 1819.
12079-80. i. Augusta Ann Shelton b. May 26, 1811, m. Oct 19,
1842, Charles Ansel Sterling of Sharon b. Nov. 25, 1814 (son of Judge
Ansel SterUng and Isabella Canfield) : a manufacturer in Derby. Child
ren :
12088. 1. Charies Frederic SterUng b. Oct 3, 1846.
12089. 2. Isabella Canfield SterUng b. June 6,. 1850.
[7th Gen.J
12081-4. U. George Wellington Shelton b. Sept 10, 1812, m.
Oct 9, 1835, AbigaU Rudd b. Sept 4, 1813 (dau. of Hezekiah Rudd of
Huntington and BIaria De Forest). She d. March 1, 1838. He m. Jan.
6, 1840, for 2d wife Cornelia Curtiss b. Blay 15, 1815 (dau. of Levi Cur
tiss of Stratford, Ct, and Betsey Ufford). She d. March 23, 1849 ; and
he m. Oct. 80, 1850, for 3d wife Margaret Gray Atwood b. March 12,
1824 (dau. of Elijah Gregory Atwood of Salem, N. Y., and Jane Gray).
He is a manufacturer at Birmingham, Ct, of hoop skirts and also station
ery, tools, &c.
[8th Gen.J Children : By first wife :
12090. i. A child (name not given).
By second wife :
12091- 2. U. Mary Augusta Shelton b. Nov. 18, 1841, m. June 19,
1861, Horace Bowen, M.D. (son of Pelham and Mary
B. Bowen of Pawtucket, R. I.) : no chUdren.
12093- 4. Hi. Frederick Rudd Shelton b. July 4, 1843, m. June 6,
1865, MatUda Hart (dau. of James H. Hart of Phila
delphia and Catharine L. Badger). They have one
child, Frederick Hart Shelton b. Feb. 4, 1866: a
manufacturer at Philadelphia, Pa.
By third vyife :
12095. iv. Cornelia Gray Shelton b. Aug. 20, 1851.
12096. V. George Gregory Shelton b. Aug. 24, 1853.
12097. vi. William Atwood Shelton b. June 11, 1855.

TJwmas Strong, Son of Elder John, of Northampton. 647
12098. vU. Charles WeUington Shelton b. July 3, 1857.
12099. vHi. Margaret Isabel Shelton b. Sept 29, 1858.
12100. ix. Henry Clarence Shelton b. Aug. 19, 1860, d. May 19,
1862.

[7th Gen.J
12086-7. V. Charles Smith Shelton, M.D., b. Aug. 28, 1819, m.
July 6, 1848, Henrietta BIUls Hyde of Brooklyn, L. I., b. Nov. 20, 1826
(dau. of Zabdiel Hyde of Lebanon, Ct., and Julia Ely). He was for
some years (1848-56), a medical missionary at Madura, India, of the A.
B. C. F. M., and suffered much in health while there. He is now a prac
tising physician at Jersey City, N. J.
[8th Gen.J Children :
12101. i. Fanny ArabeUa Shelton b. Jan. 28, 1860, at Madura,
India.
12102. u. Julia Elizabeth Shelton b. Oct 26, 1851, at Madura.
12103. iU. Charles Henry Shelton b. May 14, 1854, at Madura.
12104. iv. Henrietta Hyde Shelton b. Dec. 30, 1858.

[5th Gen.j See page 609.
10982-3. vU. Zipporah Strong (dau. of Thomas and Susannah Strong
of Brookhaven, L. I.) b. Feb. 1, 1743, twin with Susannah, m. Jan. 3,
1770, Rev. Benjamin TaUmage of Setauket, L. I. He d. Feb. 5, 1786.
She m. April 23, 1787, for 2d husband Dea. Daniel Bennett of Derby,
Ct He d. June 11, 1794, and she m. for 3d husband, Blarch 25, 1797,
Rev. Nathaniel Taylor as his 2d wife. He was b. Aug. 27, 1722 (son of
Daniel Taylor of Danbury, Ct.) : grad. at Yale in 1745, and settled at
New BlUford, Ct, for 41 years (1748-90) : a superior man and preacher.
[His first wife was Tamar Boardman, dau. of Rev. Daniel Boardman first
minister of New Milford, whom hem. Feb. 1749, and who d. June, 1795.
He had by his first marriage 5 children, three of them sons, Nathaniel,
Jr., Augustus, and William. Nathaniel, Jr., was the father of the dis
tinguished Rev. Dr. Nathaniel W. Taylor, of New Haven.] She had no
issue by either marriage. She had three husbands and yet lived for 34
years a widow. He d. Dec 9, 1800, set 78. She d. June 18, 1835, set
93. [5th Gen.J
10984-6. viu. Hannah Strong b. about 1746 (dau. of Thomas
Strong of Brookhaven) m. 1770, James Smith b. June 28, 1747 (son of
Matthew Smith). He lived at IsHp, L. I., and afterwards at Jamaica, L. I.,
where he d. April 20, 1803.

648 Descendants of Selah Strong of SetauJcet, L. I., Son of
[6th Gen.J Children :
12105- 6. i. James Smith b. Sept. 2, 1772, d. Nov. 30, 1826.
12107. ii. Thomas Strong Smith b. Blarch 28, 1774, d. Oct 30,
1790.
12108- 9. iH. Selah Strong Sraith b. July 21, 1777, d. Sept 16, 1818.
He m. Nancy, dau. of Increase Carpenter.
12110. iv. Charity Smith d. unmarried.
12111- 2. V. Charles Smith b. Aug. 15, 1783, m. BIary Van Ostrand,
a carman in New York of considerable means. No
issue.
12113. vi. Matthew Henry Smith b. Sept 23, 1785, d. Oct 9,
1805.
12114- 6. vii. Elizabeth Smith b. March 3, 1790, m. Samuel Healey,
of New York. He d. in 1844
[I. Richard Smith of Gloucestershire, Bug., settled at Taunton, Mass.,
about 1640, and subsequently removed to Setauket, L. I. II. His son
Richard Smith, Jr., ra. in New England and became patentee of Smith-
town, L. I. by conveyance from Lyon Gardiner, and subsequently by
letters from Gov. Nicholl in 1666, and Gov. Andros in 1677. His
children were Jonathan; Obadiah, Richard 3d; Job; Adam; Samuel,
Daniel, and Elizabeth, and Deborah. III. Job (son of Richard Smith, Jr.)
m. Elizabeth Thompson and had children : Job, Jr. ; St. Richard ;
Timothy; Aaron; James; Joseph and Elizabeth. IV. James (sonof
Job Smith and Elizabeth Thompson) married Jerusha Topham and
had children: Matthew; Ezekiel; Austin; Nathaniel; Frances; Eunice;
Keturah ; Temperance, and Jerusha. V. Matthew Smith married twice,
the first wife's name unknown, the 2d was a Howell. His children were
(by the first wife) : James, and (by the 2d wife) Hannah ; Jerusha ;
Henry, and Theophilus. VI. James Smith ra. Hannah Strong.]
12106-6. i. James Smith b. Sept. 2, 1772, m. 1794, -Jane SeU (dau.
of James Wessell Sell, of Brookhaven L. I.), and for 2d wife her cousin
Elizabeth Sell. He was a merchant in New York. He d. Nov. 30, 1826.
[7th Gen.J Children :

James Sell Smith b. Oct. 3, 1795.
John C. Smith. By second vyife :
Wessell Sell Smith a lawyer iu New York.
Charles H. Smith.
George W. Smith.
Mary Augusta Sraith.
12116-7. i. James Sell Smith b. Oct 3, 1795, m. July 7, 1815-6,
Amanda Hoyt (dau. of Asa Hoyt and Clarissa Crane) : a grocer in New
York. His widow resides now in (1871), in Brooklyn, L. I.

12116-

7. i.

12118-

9. U.

12120.

iii.

12121.

iv.

12122.

V.

12123.

vi.

TJwmas Strong, Son of Elder John, of Northarripton. 649
[8th Gen.J
12124. i. Rev. James Hoyt Sraith b. July 22, 1822, an Episcopal
clergyman in Benicia, Cal., unmarried.
12125- 6. ii. John Cauchois Smith b. in New York, AprU 4, 1826, m.
Sept 11, 1850, Delia Crosby b. Jan. 24, 1832 (dau. of
Seth Crosby of Oxford, Ct., and Harriet Booth) : a
lawyer in Brooklyn (since 1846. He has had but one
child :
12127. 1. Herbert Crosby Smith b. Deo. 11, 1851, a clerk in a law
office in Brooklyn.
12128-30. Hi. Jane Amanda Smith b. Oct 11, 1827, m. about 1852,
John H. C. Remington, a lawyer in Brooklyn. He d.
very soon and she m. for 2d husband, Samuel Smithson
Cortis, engaged in the European passage business, in
New York. They have one child :
12181. 1. Grace Marina Cortis b. AprU 5, 1863.
[7th Gen.J
12118-9. ii. John C. Smith m. Lucy Ann Hoyt of Warren, 0. He
copied law papers for many years in New York, and was afterwards clerk
fo Qneens Co., N. Y. His children were :
12132. 1. Edward Smith a merchant in Warren, 0.
12133. 2. Jane Elizabeth Smith who lives unmarried with her
other sisters in Cleveland, 0.
12134. 3. Lucy Augusta Smith.
12135. 4. Annie Hoyt Smith.
[4th Gen.J See page 597.
10850-1. iv. Hannah Strong b. Nov. 5, 1711 (dau. of Selah Strong
of Setauket, and Abigail Terry), m. Richard WiUis of Islip, L. I.
[5th Gen.J Children :
12136- 7. 1. Anna Willis m. Samuel Underbill, and had a son Joseph,
and a dau. Anna, b. in 1785,*who m. Nov. 1811, Wil
liam Willis, and had son Edmund, b. April 8, 1812.
12138. 2. Deborah Willis. 12140. 4. Samuel Willis.
12139. 3. Isaac Willis. 12141. 5. Hannah Willis.
[4th Gen.J
10852-3. V. Selah Strong, Jr. (son of Selah Strong of Setauket,
and AbigaU Terry), b. Feb. 23, 1713-14, m. Hannah Woodhull dau. of
Nathaniel WoodhuU, a wealthy farmer in (Blastic), Brookhaven, L. I.,
and Sarah Smith, dau. of Richard Smith of Smithtown, L. I , and Tem
perance Fordham, dau. of Rev. Jonah Fordham). He was a farmer at
Blooming Grove, Orange Co., N. Y. [The children of Nathaniel Wood
huU and Sarah Sraith were : 1. Gen. Nathaniel WoodhuU of Mastic,
82

650 Descendants of Selah Strong of SetauJcet, L. L, Son of
L. I., who m. Ruth Floyd, b. Feb. 2, 1731 (dau. of NicoU Floyd and
Tabitha Smith). See previous page. He was killed at the battle of
L. I. 2. Richard WoodhuU. 3. Hannah Woodhull, who m. Selah Strong.
4. Temperance Woodhull, who m. a Mr. Smith. 5. Ruth Woodhull, who m.
 Smith. 6. Sarah, who m. Fletcher Mathews. 7. Dorothea Wood-
hull, who m. Richard Miller. 8. Jesse WoodhuU who m. Esther Dubois.]
[5th Gen.J Children :
12142- 3. i. Major Nathaniel Strong b. Nov. 18, 1737, d. Nov. 6,
1778.
12144- 5. H. Rachel Strong b. June 11, 1739, m. Birdseye Youngs.
12146. iU. Benjamin Strong b. Feb. 26, 1741, d. Aug. 24, 1767.
12147- 8. iv. Hannah Strong b. Oct 17, 1742, m. James Mathews.
12149-51. V. Major Samuel Strong b. July 14, 1744.
12152- 3. vi. Anna Strong b. Nov. 18, 1746, m. Daniel TuthUl.
12164. vii. Temperance Strong b. Feb. 16, 1748, d. Nov. 24, 1750.
12155. viU. Juliana Strong b. Jan. 16, 1750, m. Christopher Van
Deusen.
12156- 7. ix. Capt. Nathan Strong b. Nov. 1, 1751, Uved in New
York.
12158- 9. X. Sarah Strong b. Sept 29, 1753, m. Selah Havens.
12160- 1. xi. Temperance Strong (2d) b. Sept 11, 1755, m. Stephen
Halsey.
12162. xii. Abigail Strong b. Aug. 17, 1757, d. Aug. 9, 1767.
12163. xui. Selah Strong b. Oct 14, 1759, d. Jan. 24, 1762.
12164- 5. xiv. Catharine Strong b. Jan. 6, 1762, m. Joshua Hubbard.
She d. without issue Jan. 19, 1779.-

12142-3. i. Major Nathaniel Strong (son of Selah Strong, Jr.,
and Hannah Woodhull), b. Nov. 18, 1737, m. Amy Brewster b. about
1741 (dau. of John Brewster of Blooming Grove ; see previous page).
He had only the commission of a militia officer, but was exceedingly
active against the^tories in the Highlands, and especially in intercepting
parties on their way from« Albany to New York ; his regiment being
under the command of Col. Jesse Woodhull. Claudius Smith, with a
band of marauders from New York, waylaid him in the mountains and fired
at him without harm ; but on Nov. 6, 1778, they went to his house and
fired at him in his bed room, through the window, which, though with
out any shutter, was curtained, and fired without effect The major's
pistols, although loaded, were useless at the moment, from the fact that
their priming was covered with paper. Promising that his life should
be spared if no opposition was made to their ingress, they broke into his
house and through the locked door of his private room, and shot him
dead upon the spot The assassins fled to New York, but hearing ere
long that they were staying at a certain house on Long Island, a party of
the major's friends crossed the Sound at once, captured the villains and
brought them to Orange county for trial, where at a Court of Oyer and

TJwmas Strong, Sonof Elder John, of NortJiampton. 651
Terminer, Smith was tried and convicted, and soon afterwards executed.
The principal witness was a sister of Mrs. Matthews, who saw them do ¦
the deed. A son of Claudius Smith was executed with him for the same
offense, and either then or soon afterwards, another son. Major Nathan
iel Strong resided at Blooming Grove, N. Y.
[6th Gen.J Children:
12165- 7. i. Rachel Strong m. Charles HoweU. They had a son Selah
and a dau. Clarissa who m. William Strong of Blooming
Grove, N. Y.
12168- 9. ii. Selah Strong.
12170- 1. iH. Hannah Strongb. Dec. 26, 1764, m. Capt Joshua Brown.
12172- 3. iv. Mary Strong m. her cousin Selah Matthews of Newtown,
N. Y. (now Elmira) son of James Mathews and Hannah
Strong.
12174- 5. V. Nathaniel Strong m. Esther Howell of Blooming Grove,
and had children : Edmund, Hannah, James and Jonas.
12176- 7. vi. Juliana Strong m. in 1774, Gen. Vincent Mathews.
[6th Gen.J
12168-9. ii. Selah Strong (son of Major Nathaniel Strong and Amy
Brewster) m. Ruth WoodhuU (dau. of Capt. Ebenezer Woodhull).
[Requests for further information met with no response from this
family.] [7th Gen.J Children :
12178- 9. i. Henry Strong m. Mary McDowell of Oxford Depot,
N. Y. : had 7 chUdren.
12180- 1. ii. Vincent Strong.
12182. iii. Courtland Strong lives at Laporte, Ind.
12183- 4. iv. Rensselaer Strong m. Abby Seely (dau. of Henry
Seely of Oxford Depot, N. Y., and Ruth TuthUl dau.
of Daniel TuthiU of Blooming Grove, and Anna Strong).
No children.
12185- 6. V. Schuyler Strong m. Frances Cruger who resides now
(1871), a widow at Bath, Steuben Co., N. Y. He was
a lawyer at Syracuse, N. Y., and afterwards at Wheel
ing, "Va., where he d. Facts were sought carefully but
in vain.
12187. vi. Sarah Ann Strong.
12188. vii. Dewitt Strong.
12189. vui. Sarah Strong.
12190. ix. Elliott Strong.
12191. X. Ruth Strong.
12180-1. ii. Vincent Strong : a farmer at Blooming Grove, m.
Esther Rose.
[8th Gen.J Children :
12192. 1. Ellsworth Strong.
12193- 4. 2. Anna Rose Strong m. a Mr. Gregory.

652 Descendants of Selah Strong of SetauJcet, L. L, Son of

12196-

6. 3.

Ruth Strong m. Richard W. Woodhull_ (son of Nathaniel
Woodhull).

12197.

4.

Nathaniel Strong.

12198.

5.

Hamilton Strong.

12199.

6.

Cornelia Strong.

12200.

7.

Richard Woodhull Strong.

12201.

8.

Sarah Strong.

12202.

9.

A child that d. soon.

[6th Gen.J
12170-1. iii. Hannah Strong (dau. of Major Nathaniel Strong and
Amy Brewster) b. Deo. 25, 1764, m. June 15, 1794, Capt Joshua Brown
b. Aug. 14, 1749 (son of Joshua Brown and Experience ParshaU, who was
a widow Reeve at the time of his marriage to her), a farmer in Hampton
burgh, Orange Co., N. Y. He d. June 2, 1818, she d. Aug. 8, 1810.
[Joshua Brown, Sen., a farmer at Hamptonburgh, d. March 7, 1797, his
wife Experience d. June 2, 1793.]
[7th Gen.] Children :
12203. i. Temperance Ann Brown (called Tempy Ann) b. Aug.
10, 1801, m. Jonas Seely, Jr.
12204. u. Daniel Strong Brown b. May 1, 1804, d. Aug. 26, 1812.
12205. iU. Mary Caroline Brown b. June 3, 1806, d. Dec. 14, 1855.
She m. Peter T. Seely.
12203. i. Tempy Ann Brown b. Aug. 10, 1801, m. June 15, 1820,
Jonas Seely, Jr., b. Dec 12, 1797 (son of Jonas Seely of Sugar Loaf,
and Elizabeth Christina Townsend): afarmer at Sugar Loaf, Orange Co.,
N. Y. (town of Chester), and for many years used to send fat cattle to
New York.
[8th Gen.J Children :
12206. i. Jane Seely b. May 6, 1821, m. Nathaniel Dubois Houston.
12207- 8. H. Henry Brown Seely b. June 19, 1823, m. Aug. 13, 1846,
Mary Sethelia Gerard b. Aug. 15, 1822 (dau. of Na
thaniel Gerard of Newburgh, and Jerusha Corwin), a
merchant at Chester, N. Y. He d. March 13, 1847.
12209-10. iU. James Strong Seely b. Oct 21, 1826.
12211- 2. iv. Susan CaroHne Seely b. June 6, 1828, m. Frances Markoe
Cummins of Goshen, N. Y.
12213. V. Harriet Pray Seely b. Sept 80, 1830, resides unmarried
at Sugar Loaf, N. Y. To her the author owes the facts
here stated of her father's descendants.
12214. vi. Joanna Brown Seely b. June 7, 1836, d. March 4, 1837.
12216. vii. Joanna Seely, b. May 8, 1837, d. Feb. 18, 1842. [Josiah
Seely, father of Jonas Seely Senior, was a farmer at Ox
ford, Orange Co., N. Y. He was b. Sept. 22, 1736, and m.
175-, AbigaU Smith b. June 18, 1738. He d. Aug. 28,
1808 ; she d. AprU 15, 1824. Their chUdren were : 1.

TJiomas Strong, Son of Elder John, of Northampton. 653
Abigail Seely b. Aug. 4, 1758. 2. Joanna b. Jan. 1,1761.
3. Josiah b. Feb. 27, 1763, and d. Dec 30, 1832. 4.-
Bbenezer b. Feb. 2, 1767, and d. Jan. 15, 1829. 5.
Jonas Seely b. Oct. 8, 1769, and d. Oct. 26, 1836. 6.
Henry Seely b. Feb. 15, 1772, and d. Dec. 12, 1844.
7. Susan Seely b. Nov. 14, 1775. 8. Mercy Seely b.
Aug. 2, 1778, and d. July 3, 1858. She was the third
wife of Joshua Brown, Senior. 9. Elizabeth Seely b.
Dec. 8, 1779, m. Phinehas TuthiU. 10. BIartha Seely
b. July 19, 1781, and d. March 25, 1869. She m.
James Strong b. Feb. 28, 1779, son of Major Samuel
Strong and Experience Brewster.]
12206. i. Jane Seely b. Blay 5, 1821, m. Oct. 16, 1844, Na
thaniel Dubois Houston b. March 17, 1819 (son of John Houston of
Eden ville, N. Y., and Julia Ann Wheeler) : a farmer at Florida, Orange
Co., N.. Y.
[9th Gen.J Children :
12216. i. John Houston b. Aug, 6, 1845.
12217. ii. Helena Houston b. Blarch 2, 1848, d. AprU 28, 1848.
12218. in. Carrie Seely Houston b. June 20, 1849.
12219. iv. Sarah Wheeler Houston b. Nov. 27, 1851.
12220. V. Hattie Seely Houston b Oct. 6, 1863.
[8th Gen.J
12209-10. iu. James Strong Seely b. Oct. 21, 1826, m. Feb. 6,
1865, Helen Ann Sayre b. Sept._3, 1827 (dau. of Wm. Sayre of Goshen,
N. Y., and Martha Jackson), a grocer at Florida, Orange Co., N. Y.
Children :
12221. 1. Henry Brown Seely b. Nov. 25, 1855.
12222. 2. Walter Sayre Seely b. Aug. 19, 1856.
[8th Gen.J
12211-2. iv. Susan Caroline Seely b. June 6, 1828, m. June 16,
1852, Francis Markoe Cummins b. June 29, 1822 (son of Rev. Dr. Charles
Cummins of Florida, N. Y., and Sarah Anna Gambol) : a farmer at
Goshen, Orange Co., N. Y.
[9th Gen.J Children:
12223. i. John Lisle Cummins b. March 30, 1858.
12224. ii. Jonas Seely Cummins b. Feb. 3. 1866.
12225. iu. Frank Markoe Cumrains b. May 2, 1861.
12226. iv. Kate Cummins b. Oct 31, 1867.
12227. V. Mary Gambol Cummins b. June 28, 1869.
[7th Gen.J
12206. Hi. BIary Caroline Brown b. June 3, 180i, m. Nov. 12,
1829, Peter Townsend Seely b. Aug. 11, 1807 (son of Jonas Seely of

654 Descendants of Selah Strong of SetauJcet, L. L, Son of
Sugar Loaf, N. Y., and Elizabeth Christina Townsend) ; a farmer at
Florida, Orange Oo., N. Y. He d. June 2, 1861. She d. Dec. 14, 1865.
[8th Gen.J Children :
12228. i. Hannah Brown Seely b. Aug. 27, 1830, m. Jonathan
C. Carpenter.
12229-30. n. Jonas Seely b. July 10, 1822, m. Oct, 1866, Susan B.
Pennington : a livery stable keeper .at Aurora, 111. :
has one child :
12231. 1. Robert Pennington Seely b. July 15, 1867.
12232- 8. Ui. Absalom Townsend Seely b. July 6, 1834, m. Jan. 3,
1867, Anna Tarbox. He is a druggist at Bristol, III.,
and postmaster at Yorkville near by.
12234- 5. iv. Temperance (" Terapy ") Ann Seely b. June 1, 1836,
m. Francis A. Jessup of Norton, 111.
12236- 7. V. Helena CaroUne Seely b. June 7, 1840, m. March 8,
1866, Jesse Carpenter (sonof Edward and Harriet Car
penter of Elmira, N. Y.) : a farmer at Pilot, Kanka
kee Co., HI.
12228. i. Hannah Brown Seely b. Aug. 27,' 1830, m. May 24,
1863, Jonathan C. Carpenter (son of Jesse and Emma Carpenter) : a
farraer in Naansay, Kendall Co., IU.
[9th Gen.J Children :
12238. i. Theron Doremus Carpenter b. Sept. 28, 1855, d. Jan.
25, 1856.
12239. U. Mary Eraraa Carpenter b. AprU 22, 1867, d. July 28,
1862.
.Iessie Louise Carpenter b. March 2, 1859.
Helena Caroline Carpenter b. Nov. 13, 1860.
Hannah Seely Carpenter b. April 15, and d. Oct, 1862.
Townsend Seely Carpenter b. June 27, 1865.
[8th Gen.J
12334-5. iv. Tempy Ann Seely b. June 1, 1836, m. Oct 23, 1860,
Francis A. Jessup b. at Florida, N. Y., Jan. 24, 1835 (son of Daniel
Jessup and Martha Seeley) : a farmer at Norton, Kankakee Co., 111.
[9th Gen.J Children :
12246. i. Mary CaroHne Jessup b. May 25, 1862.
12247. u. Albert Seely Jessup b. July 9, 1864.
'12248. iU. Jane Van Duzer Jessup b. March 20, 1866.
12249. iv. Frederic Wm. Jessup b. Aug. 29, 1868.
[6th Gen.J
12176-7. vi. Juliana Strong (dau. of Major Nathl. Strong and
Amy Brewster) b. in 1774, m. Aug. 11, 1791, Gen. Vincent Mathews *
* This form of *e name is adopted instead of Matthews — as his descendants
so report it to the author as their preference.

12240.

Ill,

12241.

iv.

12242.

V.

12243.

vi.

•inCt

Thomas Strong, Son of Elder John, of Northampton. 655
LL.D., b. June 29, 1766, at Mathewsfield, Orange Co., N. Y. (son of
James Mathews and Hannah Strong — See subsequent page). [His
grandfather Vincent Mathews, bought a fine tract of 700 acres back of
New Windsor. N. Y. (near Newburgh), which was called for many years
" Mathewsfield." He was made by royal patent clerk of Orange county.
In 1702, he went to live on his land, in Orange Co. He d. at New York,
aged 84, when on a visit there — just after the evacuation of the city, by
the British. He had three sons and two daughters. His sons were :
Fletcher, an attorney, in Orange Co. ; David, a loyalist, and a mayor of
New York, before the Revolution, and who afterwards removed to Nova
Seotia ; and James who lived on the farm with his father. The wife of
Vincent Mathews was a Miss Abeel. The father of Vincent Mathews,
I Senior, was Peter Mathews, of L. I.]
Gen. Vincent Mathews, studied at the -Academy, at Goshen, N. Y.
under the care of Noah Webster, the subsequent lexicographer of his
country, then a Yankee " school-master abroad " (1781-4), for three years,
and then wentthree years more (1784-6) to a school at Hackensack, N. J.,
under the care of Peter Wilson — afterwards Prof, in Kings Coll. N. Y.
(now Columbia Coll.). In 1786, he went to New York, to study law with
Col. Robert Troup, and was admitted to the bar in 1790. He bought in
1793, a farm near Elmira (Newtown), to which he removed what remained
of his father's family at that time, and gave the farm to his eldest brother.
He was poor at this time, having to borrow money to meet his ordinary ex
penses, but full of faith in the future, and in the results of willing, earnest
work. He went on horseback with a friend, following an Indian path, to
Tioga (three miles below Elmira), where he settled. There were but
three or four log-houses then in Elmira, in one of which the court was
held; board for himself and horse was a dollar per week. He adopted
at the outset of his practice the rule which he always followed, that he
would never plead a case in court in which his client, as he found, was
making a false or unworthy issue — so that his pleas were always ac
cordant with his real convictions. His father and grandfather were
members of the Episcopal Church, as was he also ; but as the first, and
for some time only minister at Elmira, was a Presb. Home Blissionary, he
welcomed ' him to his field of pioneer labor, gave him his board in his
own family for two years, and at another time paid his salary himself, be
sides entertaining him without cost in his own house. He was elected
twice a member of the N. Y. Legislature (1793 and 1794), and twice
State Senator, first, for three years (1796-99), and next, for four years
(1799-1803). In 1798, while in the N. Y. Senate, he was appointed
by the Legislature in connection with Chief Justice Yates, and Judge
James Elliot to settle the titles to " The Blilitary Tract" in what is Onon
daga Co., N. Y. A bounty of 600 acres each had been given to the sol
diers of the Revolutionary war — the certificates being sold and re-sold by

656 Descendants of Selah Strong, SetauJcet, L. I., Son of
speculators with every kind of fraud. Things were in such confusion,
that a dozen claimants often were found to the same title. The commis
sion sat for five years, for four months or more each year at eight dollars
per diem, and settled thousands of titles. They generally held their ses
sions at Albany, but twice also at Aurora, N. Y. He was elected to con
gress (1809-11). In 1816, he removed to Bath, N. Y., and in 1821, to
Rochester, where he d. Aug. 23, 1846. From 1812 to 1817, he was
District Attorney for Tioga, Broome, Seneca, Steuben and Alleghany
counties, and was engaged in legal practice at Elmira, until 1816, and in
Bath, from 1816 to 1821. He was, while in Rochester, District Attorney
at different times for about ten years. In 1826, he took his seat in the
N. Y. Legislature once more. His removal to Bath was caused by his
loss of his large property at Elmira. His military title, by which he was
generally known, was obtained in this wise : he was appointed in 1794,
Lieut, of Cavalry, under Thomas Morris, as Major, and was successively
promoted to be Major, Colonel, and Brig. Genl. His brigade extended
to Otsego county, and included all the western counties. He d. at Ro
chester, Aug. 23, 1846, aged 80 ; she d. in 1849. [The author although
seeking earnestly to do so, could not find one of his descendants who
would prepare a good account of their family history.]
[7th Gen.J Children:
12250- 1. i. Rebecca Mathews m. Thomas Mathews. Where he lived
and in what occupation could not be found. Children :
Vincent Mathews. 12254. George Mathews.
Elizabeth Mathews.
James Mathews m. EUen Reynolds. His residence and
occupation could not be ascertained. Children :
James Mathews. 12260. 4. EUen Blathews.
Harvey Mathews. 12261. 5. Sarah Blathews.
BIary Mathews.
Hannah Blathews d. in 1813, aged about 16.
Elizabeth Mathews.
Julia Mathews b. in 1807, m. in 1828, Albert H. Por
ter : resides at Niagara Palls. From her, most of the
scanty facts here furnished were obtained. Children :
Vincent Mathews Porter b. in 1831, d. in 1837.
Julia Mathews Porter b. in 1835, m. in 1868, John H.
Osborne of Auburn, N. Y.
Albert Augustus Porter b. 1837, m. in 1862, Julia G.
.Jeffrey. Children :
Alexander J. Jeffrey. 12273. 3. Bessie R. Jeffrey.
Albert H. Jeffrey.
Vincent Mathews Porter b. in 1841.
Jane Howell Porter b. March 6, 1844, m. Oct 18, 1865,
Arthur Robinson of New Haven, Ot, b. Jan. 21, 1843
(son ofCharles Robinson and Nancy BIaria Mulford).
See previous page for their children.
12277. 6. Mary Porter b. in 1809, d. in 1842.

12252.12263.

1. 2.

12255- 6.

ii.

12257.
12258. 12259.

1.
2. 3.

12262.
12263.12264- 5,

iii. iv.
V.

12266.
12267- 8.

1.
2.

12269-70.

3.

1'2271.
12272.12274.12275- 6.

1.2.
4.6.

Thomas Strong, Son of Elder John, of Northampton. 657
[5th Gen.J
12144-5. U. Rachel Strong (dau. of Selah Strong and Hannah
Woodhull) b, June 11, 1739, m. Birdseye Youngs (son of Henry Youngs
of Orange Co., N. Y.) : a farmer at Goshen, N. Y. She d. Nov. 12,
1791, aged 52.
[6th Gen.J Children :
12278- 9. i. Isaac Youngs m. Anna Brooks, d. without issue.
12280- 1. U. Birdseye Youngs m. EHzabeth Hurd (dau. of Capt.
Phinehas Hurd). He d. in 1841 , leaving two daughters.
12282- 3. iii. Nathan Youngs lived in Bloomingburgh, N. Y.
12284- 5. iv. Julia Youngs m. a Mr. Duryea of Bloomingburgh,
Sullivan Co., N. Y. There were eight other children,
names not ascertained.
[6th Gen.J
12282-3. iU. Nathan Youngs (son of Birdseye Youngs and Rachel
Strong), m. a Miss Thompson : a resident at Bloomingburgh, Sullivan
Cc, N. Y.
[7th Gen.J Children :
12286- 7. i. Julia Youngs m. BIr. Cross.
12288. ii. Thompson Youngs.
12289. iii. Elizabeth Youngs.
12290. iv. Isaac Youngs, M.D.
12291. V. Birdseye Youngs.
[5th Gen.J
12147-8. iv. Hannah Strong (dau. of Selah Strong and Hannah
Woodhull) b. Oct 17, 1742, m. Feb. 18, 1762, Gen. James Mathews b.
in 1742 (son of Vincent Blathews of Mathewsfield, Goshen, Orange Co.,
N. Y., and  Abeel) : a farmer at Mathewsfield, and after 1791, at
Newtown (now Elmira), N. Y., then called " the Far West" During
the Revolutionary war he was a sub-contractor for the supply of troops at
West Point, and on the failure of the principal contractor he lost all his
property. He d. in Elmira in 1816, aged 74.
[6th Gen.J Children :
12292- 3. i. Selah Mathews m. his cousin, Mary Strong (dau. of
Major Nathaniel Strong; see previous page), and had
12 children.
12294- 6. ii. Gen. Vincent Mathews b. June 29, 1766: see for ac
count of his family previous page.
12296. iii. Peter Mathews removed to state of Mich., had sons, John;
and Peter, and dau. Hannah.
12297- 8. iv. Fletcher Mathews d. in 1814, at Romulus, N. Y.
12299- 0. V. James Mathews m. a Miss Hammond : a farmer near
Elmira : had 5 children.
83

658 Descendants of SelaJi Strong of SetauJcet, L. I., Son of
12301. vi. Nathaniel Strong Mathews d. aged 19. He was of fine
aspect, and manly and gentle in his bearing : a student
of law.
12302- 3. vii. Catharine Mathews m. Gen. Matthew Carpenter. They
had 12 children, one of whom, Julia, m. Rev. Dr. William
Wisner of Ithaca. He wrote in 1869, that '¦ he could
not give the history of the Mathews-Carpenters, and
did not know of any one who could."
12304- 5. viii. Hannah Mathews m. Lebbeus Tubbs and had 5 children.
12306- 7. ix. Elizabeth Mathews b. Oct 1, 1773, m. John G. Christo
pher.
12308- 9. X. JuLiANAStrongMathewsb. Feb. 14, 1775, m. Hon. Lazarus
Hammond of Hammondsport, N. Y.
12310- 1. xi. Sarah Mathews b. May 18, 1779, m. Gen. Samuel S.
Haight.
12312- 3. xii. Bridget Mathews m. WiUiam Lowe : a lawyer.-
/rpo ^is'sz ns-z - /^sz
[6th Gen.l Marn'e^ /^C2 ' ^•^^''^' ^''/li't^j (^afi&'rue^ at^J &<m^,'Leil
12297-8. iv. Fletcher Mathews (son of James Mathews and
Hannah Strong) m. in 1806, EHzabeth Sayre of Orange, Co., N. Y. (dau.
of James Sayre of Horse Heads); a merchant at Romulus, N. Y., where
he d. in 1814. She stUl resides (1870), at Horseheads. No better
account was obtainable of the family than that here furnished.
[7th Gen.J Children : '
12314- 5. i. Selah Mathews, b. at Romulus, N. Y., Feb. 17, 1807.
12316. U. James Mathews.
12317- 8. iU. Susan Mathews m. a Mr. Hayes.
12319. iv. Hannah Hathews.
12320. V. Fletcher Mat! ews: a residentof Elmira.
12314-5. i. Selah BIathews b. Feb. 17, 1807, m. Sept 21, 1829,
Mary Pitkin Hinsdale b. Jan. 10, 1806 (dau. of Bissell Hinsdale and
Temperance Pitkin dau. of Rev. Timothy Pitkin of Farmington), a lawyer
at Rochester, N. Y., eminent in his profession and a devoted Christian,
and was at one time City Recorder of Rochester. He d. at Rochester
in 1861, where his widow still (1870) resides.
[8th Gen.J Children :
12321. i. Sarah Ann Mathews b. at Rochester Aug. 26, 1833, m.
Feb. 1862, Joseph Harris (son of Henry Harris of
• Shropshire, Eng., and Ann Webb) a farmer in ChiU,
Monroe Co., N. Y. Children :
12322. 1. Mary Mathews Harris b. Feb. 24, 1866.
12323. 2. Selah Mathews Harris b. Nov. 8, 1867.
[6th Gen.J
12806-7. ix. Elizabeth Mathews (dau. of James Mathews of Go
shen, N. Y., and Hannah Strong) b. at (Mathews Field), Goshen, Oct 1,

~ TJiomas Strong, Son of Elder John, of Northampton. 659
1773, m. June 17, 1798, at Elmira, John Garrison Christopher b. on
Staten Island, Sept. 18, 1770 (son of Joseph Christopher and Hester
Garrison, " a woman of great piety and strength of character " she m.
after his death for a 2d husband Judge Joshua Mersereau of Staten
Island) engaged at Binghamton, (" Chenango Point," as then caUed) in
fajaning and the lumber business until 1817, when he removed to
Rochester, N. Y., where he d. Jan. 21, 1840. He was from early life a
professor of religion, and in his later years full of fervid love to Ghrist and
souls. She d. at St. Louis, Mo., July 20, 1864, aged 90, a lady of strong
good sense and rare energy of character.
[7th Gen.J Children :
12324- 5. i. Jambs Mathews Christopher b. AprU 26, 1799.
12326. u. Joshua Christopher b. Nov. 13, 1800, d. at Rochester,
July 17, 1832.
12327- 8. in. Joseph Christopher b. Feb. 14, 1808.
12329. iv. Nathaniel Strong Christopher b. May 21, 1805, d. in
Rochester, June 28, 1818.
12330. V. Julia Ann Christopher b. June 14, 1807, resides un
married at Yonkers, N. Y.
12331. vi. Elizabeth Christopher b. June 27, 1809, resides un
married at Yonkers, N. Y. To her the author is in
debted for this account of her family.
12332- 3. vU. Hester Christopher b. Oct 8, 1811, m. Jan. 24, 1839,
Charles Haight Lewis b. May 27, 1887, in Ovid, N. Y.
(son of Elisha Lewis and Anna Haight) a merchant in
Huntington, Indiana. No children.
12334. vui. Hannah Christopher b. Nov. 2, 1813, d. Jan. 10, 1814
12335- 6. ix. John Christopher b. Oct. 10, 1815, d. Dec 13, 1864, aet.
49. "
12824-5. i. James Mathews Christopher b. AprU 26, 1799, m.
May 22, 1821, at Hartland, Niagara Co., N. Y., Elizabeth Lewis b. Nov.
22, 1797 (dau. of Elisha Lewis b. Sept. 4, 1768, in Patterson, Duchess
Co., N. Y., and Anna Haight b. Jan. 15, 1770, in same place) : a mer
chant in St. Louis, Mo. He d. at Hartland.
[8thGen.J Children:
12337- 8. i. Anna Haight Christopher b. at at Hartland, N. Y., July
10, 1822, m. March 9, 1849, James RusseU BisseU b.
Sept. 12, 1808 (son of Gen. Daniel BisseU, U. S. A.,
and Deborah Seba) : a large landholder at St. Louis
(some five miles out of the city).
[General Daniel Bissell b. about 1768, built by govern
ment order the cantonment at Bellefontaine, and was for
some years commandant of that post and Military Gov.
of the territory embracing what are now the states of
Missouri and Illinois. He retired from the service
some years before his death (which, occurred in 1833),
to his farm near St- Louis.]

660 Descendants of Selah Strong of SetauJcet, L. L, Son of
[9th Gen.J Children :
12339. i. Daniel Bissell b. May 14, 1850.
12340. U. Elizabeth BisseU b. Aug. 14, 1852.
12341. iU. Sextus Shearer BisseU b. Nov. 16, 1856.
12342. iv. Cornelia Douglas BisseU b. Jan. 9, 1869.
12343. V. French Reyburn Bissell b. May 30, 1861.
12344 vi. Cora May Bissell b. May 10, 1863.
12346. vii. Eloise Morrison BisseU b. Aug. 21, 1865.
[7th Gen.J
12327-8. iH. Joseph Christopher b. Feb. 14, 1803, m. Oct 14,
1828, at Rochester Mary Ann Howell b. May 26, 1806 (dau. of Phinehas
HoweU of Goshen, N. Y., and Mary Doudle (dau. of Richard Doudle and
Anna Wisner) : a broker in New York, residing in Brooklyn, where she
d. July 10, 1861 ; and he m. Oct 21, 1868, Marian Smith McGregor b.
Sept 7, 1818 (dau. of Dr. John Booth McGregor of Newport, N. H., and
Mary Smith).
[The parents of Dr. J. B. McGregor b. March 27, 1787, were Lt. John
McGregor of Newport, N. H., a Revolutionary soldier, and Lucy Chapin.]
[8th Gen.J Children : By fi/rst wife :
12346- 7. i. James WaUace Christopher b. June 23, 1829, at Roch
ester.
12348- 9. U. Elizabeth Christopher b. June 80, 1831, m. Edward H.
Hawke.
12346-7. i. James Wallace Christopher b. June 23, 1829, m.
March, 1866, EHzabeth Stephens McKenzie b. March 24, 1841, in Paris,
France (dau. of William McKenzie b. in Dublin, Ireland, and Mary Ann
Stephens b. in London, Bug.) : grad. at Rochester University, resides
in Brooklyn : a lawyer : studied law with Daniel D. Dickinson of Bing
hamton. One child :
12350. 1. Albert Christopher b. Feb. 26, 1868.
[8th Gen.J
. 12348-9. u. Elizabeth Christopher b. June 80, 1831, m. in Buf
falo, June 4, 1867, Edward Henry Hawke b. June, 1824 (son of Anthony
Bawden Hawke, of Toronto, Canada, and Eliza Cond6 ) : a lawyer
in New York : resides in Brooklyn. He was educated at Upper Canada
College, and studied law with John Alexander McDonald — the present
minister of justice of the Dominion of Canada.
[9th Gen.J Children :
12351. i. Edward Henry Hawke b. July 18, 1858, at Binghamton,
N. Y.

TJwmas Strong, Son of Elder John, of Northampton. 661
12352. H. Elizabeth Mathews Hawke b. Aug. 21, 1861, in Brook
lyn, N. Y.
12353. iii. Evelyn Vandeveer Hawke b. Sept 3, 1865, in Brooklyn.
12354. iv. Julia Alice Hawke b. Feb. 5, 1868, in Brooklyn.
12355. V. Madison Genu Hawke b. Feb. 20, 1870, in Brooklyn.
[7th Gen.J
12335-6. ix. John Christopher b. Oct. 10, 1815, m. June 11, 1844,
at Rochester, Mary Elizabeth Haywood b. Jan. 13, 1831 (dau. of John
Haywood, a hat and fur merchant, of Rochester b. in Bristol, Eng., and
Prudence Sawyer, of Utica) : a merchant at St. Louis, Mo., where he d.
Dec. 13, 1864. He was engaged in the wholesale grocery and commis
sion business ; a man of high integrity and genial Christian characteris
tics. His widow and family reside in Yonkers, N. Y.
[8th Gen.J Children :
12356. i. Julia EHzabeth Christopher b. April 16, 1846.
12357. ii. Charles Lewis Christopher b. Aug. 22, 1852.
12358. iU. Mary Louisa Christopher b. Jan. 2, 1849, d. June 18,
1849.
12369. iv. John Garrison Christopher b. July 4, 1865.
12360. V. Rufus Lackland Christopher b. Oct 17, 1858.
12361. vi. William Haywood Christopher b. Jan. 21, 1863.
[Anthony B. Hawke, Esq., was for some 30 years her Majesty's chief
Agent of Emigration, and Colonization for Upper Canada. He was b. in
Scorrier, Cornwall, Eng., and his wife in Plymouth, Devonshire, Bug.]
[6th Gen.J
12308-9. X. Juliana Mathews (dau. of James Mathews and Han
nah Strong) b. Feb. 14, 1775, m. March 24, 1795, Hon. Lazarus Ham
mond b. in New Canaan, Ct., Nov. 3, 1777 (son of John Hammond) : a
farmer at DansviUe, N. Y., for 14 years (1794-1808), and afterwards at
Pleasant Valley, Crooked Lake, N. Y., where he cut up his farm into
village lots, and practically founded the village of Hammondsport, Steu
ben Co., N. Y. He was at one time sheriff of the county, and also Judge
of the Court of Common Pleas. He accumulated a large property, but
lost it in his old age by endorsing others acceptances. He d. in 1848.
[7th Gen.J Children :
12362- 3. i. Hannah Hammond b. Feb. 7, 1796, m. Capt James
Read.
12364. u. John Hammond b. Feb. 21, 1798, d. Sept 21, 1817.
12365- 6. iii. Catharine Hammond b. March 24, 1800, m. Samuel
Baker, Jr.
12367- 8. iv. Sarah Hammond b. Jan. 17, 1802, married Elias G.
HoUaday. She d.
12369. V. James Mathews Hammond b. Dec 19, 1804, d. AprU 22,
1824

662 Descendants of Selah Strong of SetauJcet, L I., Son of
12370- 1. vi. Amariah Hammond b. March 6, 1807 : a merchant at
Burlington, Iowa, m. Ann Cooke : has 2 children :
12372- 3. vii. Samuel Haight Hammond b. March 12, 1809.
12374 viu. Vincent Mathews Hammond b. Feb. 6, 1811, d. May 11,
1824.
12375- 7. ix. William Strong Hammond b. Aug. 31, 1812, d at Alle
gan, Mich., 1868.
12378- 9. X. Fletcher Mathews Hammond, M.D., b. March 1, 1815.
12362-3. i. Hannah Hammond b. Feb. 7, 1796, m. Capt. James
Read : a Capt. of a Co., in the war of 1812, at the close of which he be
came surveyor and clerk for " The Pultney Estate " (the whole of Steuben
Co., and part of Alleghany, owned by an English company), and conti
nued so to his death in 1853. He resided at Bath, where his widow still
lives (1870).
[8th Gen.J Children:
12380. i. Lazarus Hammond Read : a lawyer, Dist. Attorney of
Steuben Co. ; and afterwards Chief Justice of Utah
Territory, appointed by Prest. Fillmore.
12381. ii. William Read : a farmer at Bath, unmarried.
12382. iii. John H. Read, M.D. : a physician at Bath where he d.
12383. iv. James H. Read, M.D., a practising physician at San
Francisco, Cal., and d. there in 1856.
12384- 5. V. Catharine Hammond Read m. James Ferris : a lawyer
at Bath. He has had one child :
12386. 1. James Ferris.
12387- 8. vi. Elizabeth Read m. Henry Perrine : a merchant at Bath.
Children :
12889. 1. Henry Perrine. 12390. 2. Clarence Perrine.
[7th Gen.J
12365-6. iii. Catharine Hammond (dau. of Lazarus Hammond and
Juliana Mathews) b. March 24, 1800, m. Samuel Baker, Jr. (son of Judge
Samuel Baker of Pleasant Valley) : a farmer and miller at tlammonds-
port, and man of large property.
[8thGen.J. Children:
12391- 2. i. Juliana Baker m. Zenas Cobb.
12303. ii. Elizabeth Baker resides unmarried (1870), at Chicago.
12394- 5. iii. Sarah Baker m. Dr. Van Keuren.
12396- 7. iv. John Baker.
12398. V. Emily Baker m. Charles Champlin.
12399. vi. Catharine Baker.

12391-2. i. Juliana Baker m. Zenas Cobb, a grain and produce
dealer in Chicago, III. Children :
12400. 1. Samuel Cobb. 12401. 2. Catharine Cobb.

TJiomas Strong, Sem of Elder John, of NortJiampton. 663
[8th Gen.J
12394-5. iii. Sarah Baker m. Dr. Van Keuren, has a large vineyard
at Pleasant Valley, Steuben Co., N. Y. Children :
12402. 1. Nelley Van Keuren. 12403. 2. Frank Van Keuren.
[8th Gen.J
12396. iv. John Baker m. Roxana Kingsley (d%u. of Joseph Kingsley
of Hammondsport), Superintendent of a R. R. in 111. Children :
12404. 1. John Baker. 12405. 2. Fanny Baker.

[8th Gen.J
12898. V. Emily Baker (dau. of Samuel Baker, Jr., and Catharine
Hammond), m. Charles Champlin, a miller, farmer and manufacturer of
native wine at Pleasant Valley, N. Y. Children :
12406. 1. Juliana Champlin. 12408. 3. Harry Champlin.
12407. 2. CaroHne Champlin. 12409. 4. Charies ChampHn.
[7th Gen.J
12367-8. iv. Sarah Hammond (dau. of Lazarus Hammond and
Juliana Mathews) b. Jan. 17, 1802, m. Elias G. HoUaday : a merchant
at Indianapolis, Indy
[8th Gen.J Children :
12410. 1. Elias HoUaday. 12413. 4. Catharine HoUaday.
12411. 2. Mary HoUaday. 12414. 6. John HoUaday.
12412. 3. Martha HoUaday.
[7th Gen.J
12372-3. vii. Samuel Haight HammOnd (son of Lazarus and Juli
ana Hammond) b. March 12, 1809, m. Emmeline Humphrey : a lawyer
at Watertown, Jefferson Co., N. Y. Refused to communicate any facts.
[8th Gen.J Children :
12415- 6. i. Lazarus Hammond m. Elizabeth Starkey of Cape Vin
cent, N. Y., and has had children, Catharine and Laz
arus : a banker.
12417. ii. Reuben Hammond, M.D.
12418- 9. iii. Hannah Hammond m. Cuyler Van Vechten of Albany,
N. Y., andhas had four children. He is agentleman far
mer on the Hudson near New York city.
12420. iv. James Lawrence Hammond.
12421. V. Robert Campbell Hammond.
12422. vi. Catharine Hammond.

664 Descendants of Selah Strong of SetauJcet, L. I., Son of
[7th Gen.J
12375-7. ix. William Strong Hammond b. Aug. 31, 1812, m.
Eliza Bdsall (dau. of Edward Edsall and Blary his wife) : a farmer at
Vial, Mich. She d. in 1845, and he m. for 2d wife Catharine BaUey.
He d. in 1867.
[8th Gen.J Children : By first wife :
12423. i. Mary Hammond b. AprU 24, 1837, lives unmarried at
Hammondsport.
12424. ii. Fletcher Mathews Hammond b. Nov. 1839, d. in 1867.
12426. iU. Samuel Haight Hammond b. July 23, 1841 : a farmer
in Wis.
12426. iv. Stephen Smith Hammond b. Dec. 1844.
By second wife :
12427. V. Stanley Fairchild Hammond.
12428. vi. Harriet Hammond.
12429. vii. Julia Hammond.
12430. viii. Kate Hammond.
[7th Gen.J
12378-9. X. Fletcher Mathews Hammond, M.D., b. March 1,
1815, at Hammondsport, N. Y. : a farmer until 1840 : studied medicine,
and was grad. at the Albany Med. Acad, in 1845 : a practising physician
since 1846, in Penn Yan., N. Y. He m. May 18, 1847, Sarah Finley,
Smith b. July 21, 1818 (dau. of Rev. John Smith ibrmerly of Coopers-
town, N. Y., and Mary Lang). She d. March 10, 1869. He was for 3
years surgeon in the U. S. Army of Vols. He went out Sept., 1862,
with the 126th N. Y. Regt. : was captured at Harper's Ferry, Va., and held
as prisoner until Dec. 1862, when he was exchanged and assigned to duty
as surgeon in chief of Brigade, which office he held until the spring of
1864, when he was made surgeon in chief of the 1st Division, 2d Corps,
of the Army of the Pottomac He was present at the surrender of Lee.
He served to the end of the war.
[8th Gen.J Children :
12431. i. Mary Hammond b. AprU 27, 1849, m. Joseph T. Dumm.
12432. H. Samuel Haight Hammond b. Sept 23, 1860.
12433. iu. Juliana Hammond b. Sept 12, 1852.
12434. iv. Sarah Spencer Hammond b. Nov. 26, 1854.
12435. V. Maria Brown Hammond b. March 16, 1857.
12436. vi. JEANiESmithHammondb. Dec6,1858,d. Decl3, 1864
12431. i. Mary Hammond b. AprU 27, 1849, m. Nov. 26, 1867,
Joseph Taylor Dumm (son of Abram_ T. Dumm of Zanesville, 0., and
Mary Ford) : a jeweller at Logan, Hocking Co., 0. One child :
12437. 1. Louis Hammond Dumm b. May 18, 1869.

TJwmas Strong, Son of Elder John, of NortJiampton. 665
[6th Gen.J
12310-11. xi. Sarah Mathews (dau. of Gen. Jaraes Mathews and
Hannah Strong) b. May 18, 1779, m. Jan. 20, 179.4, Gen. Samuel S.
Haight b. Sept 17, 1778 (son of Stephen Haight of Athens, N. Y., and
Margaret Cooke) : a lawyer at Bath, N. Y., and afterwards at Angelica,
N. Y. In 1834, he removed to Rochester, N. Y., and in 1838, to Cuba,
Alleghany Co., N. Y., where he d. in 1864. He was a General of the
state militia : judge of the County Court ; and an Elder in the Presby
terian church, a man of genial and generous ideas and habits. His wife
Sarah d. at Angelica, Nov. 8, 1830, aged 52, a lady full of faith and good
works. He m. for 2d wife Maria W. Cheesman dau. of Rev. BIr. Chees-
man of Cuba, N. Y.
[Stephen Haight of Athens, was son of Jonathan Haight and Susannah
TheaU dau. of Ebenezer Theall of Rye (now Harrison), N. Y. He was
a descendant of Simon Hoyt from Bug., who d. in Stamford, Ct, in 1657,
the name being variously spelled Hoyt, Hoit, Halt, and Haight. See
Genealogy of Hoyt Family.]
[7th Gen.J Children :
12438-40. i. Judge Fletcher Mathews Haight b. at Elmira, Nov.
28, 1799.
12441- 2. ii. Margaret Haight b. Aug. 15, 1801, m. Judge Henry
WeUes.
12443. iU. Henry Haight b. at Bath, N. Y., Jan. 17, 1804, where
he d. Aug. 26, 1820.
12444- 5. iv. Hannah Mathews Haight b. June 2, 1805, m. Arthur
Herrick, Esq., of Angelica, N. Y., a lawyer.
12446- 7. V. Sarah Haight b. Jan. 28, 1808, m. Wm. Rufus BunneU
of Bridgeport, Ct See previous page (under account
of descendants of Abner Fitch, Jr.). To him the
author is indebted for most of the account here given
of the descendants of Gen. Samuel S. Haight.
12448- 9. vi. Robert Haight b. Jan. 17, 1815, at Bath.
12450- 1. vii. Juliana Mathews Haight b. Oct 12, 1818, at Bath, m.
George W. Hart. She d. in Chicago, III., AprU 16,
1845 : no children.
12452- 3. viii. Henry Haight (2d) b. Oct. 14, 1820, in Angelica, N. Y.
12454- 5. ix. Samuel W. Haight b. in AngeHca Sept 13, 1822, went
to California in 1847.
12438-40. i. Judge Fletcher BIathews Haight b.Nov. 28, 1799;
grad. at Hamilton College, N. Y. in 1818 (classmate of Hon. Gerrit
Smith), m. Oct. 3, 1822, Elizabeth Stewart McLachlan b. at Fort Wil
liam, Nevernesshire, Scotland, in 1799. He was a lawyer at Rochester,
N, Y. (1824-46) at St Louis, BIc, (1846-54), and in San Francisco
Cal. (1864-61). In 1861, he was appointed by President Lincoln, U. S.
84

9.

1.
ii. iii.

666 Descendants of Selah Strong of SetauJcet, L. I., Son of
Dist Judge for the Southern District of California, which office he held
untU his death Feb. 28, 1866, aged 66. He was a member of the Pres
byterian Church. His wife Elizabeth d. at Rochester, July 30, 1827, and
he m. Sept. 20, 1829, Mary Ann Brown (dau. of Dr. Matthew Brown of
Rochester, N. Y., and Lucy Huntington). She d. at St. Louis, Jan. 11,
1848. [Mrs. Lucy H. Brown b. Jan. 21, 1773, was dau. of Judge
Benjamin Huntington, M. C, of Norwich, Ct,. and was sister of Hon.
Henry Huntington of Rome, N. Y., and of Benjamin Huntington, also
of Rome, father of the distinguished painter Daniel Huntington, LL.D.,
of New York.]
[8th Gen.J Children : By fi/rst wife :
12466- 7. i. Jeanette Cameron Haight b. July 9, 1823, m. Jan.
23, 1844, George E. King of Rochester, a lawyer, and
d. Dec. 21, 1844. They had a son :
Cameron Haight King b. Dec. 21, 1844.
Gov. Henry Huntley Haight b. May 20, 1825.
DuGALD Cameron Haight b. May 7, 1827, grad. at Yale, in
1847 : a lawyer ; drowned at Chagres, C. A., when on
his way to California, Jan. 20, 1862, an amiable, reli
gious and talented young man.
By second wife :
Samuel Haight b. Sept. 4, 1830, a merchant, d. Dec. 31,
1853, on his return voyage from Honolulu for his health:
unmarried.
Fletcher Haight b. Oct. 23, 1832, d. Feb. 18, 1833.
Elizabeth Haight b. March 16, 1834, m. Samuel Knight
of San Francisco.
12465- 6. vU. Sarah Haight b. Nov. 26, 1835, m. Edward Tompkins
of Oakland, Cal.
viii. Fletcher Haight b. Sept 29, 1837, d. April 25, 1847.
ix. Anna Huntington Haight b. Feb. 14, 1841, d. Sept. 18,
1868.
Robert Haight b. Sept. 16, 1842, m. Sophia Phebe
Brannan (dau. of John Brannan of San Francisco)
and has: 1. Robert Haight b. May 31, 1870.
12471- 2. xi. Lucy Haight b. March 6, 1844, m. Charles Henry
Sawyer.
12473- 4. xH. Mary Anne Haight b. Aug. 26, 1846, m. Oct 21, 1869,
Edward Hackett (son of Walter Hackett of C. W.),
and has son Edward b. Oct 17, 1870. He resides at
Oakland, Cal.

12458- 12460.

12461.

12462
12463

12467.
12468.

12469-70. X.

V.vi.

12468-9. ii. Gov. Henry Huntley Haight b. May 20, 1825, gra
duated at Yale" in 1844: a lawyer at St. Louis, Mo. (1846-50), and at
San Francisco, since 1850. Heis now (1870), Governor of California
(Dec. 1867-71) : in politics, an Union democrat, and an elder in the
Presb. Ch. He m. Jan. 24, 1856, Anna EHzabeth Bissell b. Oct. 2,

/r/^/t^

Thomas Strong, Son of Elder John, of Northampton. 667
1832 (dau. of Capt Lewis Bissell of St. Louis, Mo., and Mary Wood-
bridge)., [9th Gen.J Children:
12475. i. Mary Morrison Haight b. AprU 20, 1866, d. April 25,
1856.
12476. H. Jeanette Haight b. July 2, 1858.
12477. iU. DuGALD Cameron Haight b. June 12, 1860, d. Sept. 8,
1866.
12478. iv. Henry Huntley Haight.
12479. V. Louis Montrose Haight b. Oct 7, 1868.

[8th Gen.J
12463-4. vi. Elizabeth Haight (dau. of Judge Fletcher M. Haight
and Mary Ann Brown) b. March 16, 1834, m. Feb. 9, 1860, Samuel
Knight of San Francisco, Cal, b. at Dudley, Mass., Oct. 4, 1820 (son of
EHsha Knight, and Elizabeth Davis Hancock). He was superintendent
of the Banking Department of Wells, Fargo & Co.'s Express, and was
killed by an explosion of nitro-glycerine in their office, which destroyed
their building and several lives April 16, 1866.
[9th Gen. J- Children:
12480. i. Elizabeth Knight b. Nov. 2, 1860, d. July 14, 1861.
12481. U. Fletcher Knight b. July 3, 1862.
12482. Ui. Samuel Knight b. Dec. 28, 1868.
12483. iv. Robert Stuart Knight b. Oct 28, 1866.

[8th Gen.J
vU. Sarah Haight b. Nov. 26, 1835 (dau. of Judge Fletcher M.
Haight and Mary Ann Brown) m. as his 2d wife Dec. 23, 1861, Hon .
Edward Tompkins b. at Paris, Oneida Co., N. Y., May 8, 1815, a lawyer
at Oakland, Cal, and meraber now (1871), of the State Senate.
[9th Gen.J Children :
12484. i. Gilbert Tompkins b. Aug. 10, 1863, at Oakland.
12485. u. Lucy Haight Tompkins j d. Jan. 2, 1866.
12486. iii. Elizabeth Knight Tompkins j twins, b. Oct. 8, 1865.
12487. iv. Sarah Haight Tompkins b. July 20, 1868.

[6th Gen.J
12471-2. xi. Lucy Haight (dau. of Judge Fletcher M. Haight) b.
March 6, 1844, m. Oct, 29, 1867, Charles Henry Sawyer of San Francisco,
Cal, b. June 24, 1841, in Portland, Me. (son of John Graham Sawyer and
Harriet Jane Edgecombe) : a lawyer. They have one ohUd :
12488. 1. Charles Edgecombe Sawyer b. Nov. 18, 1868.

668 Descendants of Selah Strong of SetauJcet, L. I., Son of
[7th Gen.J
12441-2. u. Margaret Haight (dau. of Gen. Samuel S. Haight
and Sarah Mathews) b. Aug. 16, 1801, m. Jan. 11, 1819, in Bath, N. Y.,
Hon. Henry Welles b. in Kinderhook, N. Y., Oct., 1794 (son of Dr.
Benjamin "Welles and Sarah Nelson) : a lawyer of great eminence at Penn
Yan for many years; and for more than the last 20 years of his
life a judg-j of the Supreme Court of New York (1847-68). He studied
law with Gen. Vincent Matthews in Bath, and spent the first ten years
of his legal practice there. Previous to his justiceship he was District
Attorney of Yates Co. He was also an elder in the Presbyterian church.
He d. fuU of years and honors March 7, 1868, aged 73. His widow re
sides still (1870), at Penn Yan. He was distinguished for his upright
ness, simplicity of character, genial disposition, clearness of mind and
strong good sense. While modest and unassuming he was fearless in acting
according lo his sense of right.
[8th Gen.J Children :
12489-90. i. Samuel Haight Welles b. Nov. 26, 1819, in Bath.
Emily Welles b. Sept 13, 1821, m. T. B. HamUton.
Sarah Haight WeUes b. Oct. 31, 1824, m. Ferdinand
F. Parker.
Julia Welles b. Feb. 6, 1827, m. Joseph B. Welch, of
Angelica, N. Y.
George McClure WeUes b. in Bath, Nov. 15, 1828,- d.
May 7, 1884.
Hannah Herrick WeUes b. in Penn Yan., March 3, 1830.
. Margaret Welles b. Feb. 2, 1832, d, June 11, 1861, aged
viU.MARY Ann Haight WeUes b. Oct. 2, 1836, m. Thos. B.
Robbins.
Jeanette Welles b. Feb. 22, 1839, d. Sept. 4, 1839.
12489-90. i. Samuel Haight Welles b. Nov. 26, 1819, m. Oct
31, 1854, Calista AdeU WUkie, at Brockport, N. Y., b. Sept 14, 1832
(dau. of Frederic Wilkie and Mary Ann Brockway). He was a lawyer
at Penn Yan. He was grad. &t Union CoU., N. Y., in 1839. His entire
family became early extinct. He d. Oct 18, 1867 ; she d. Sept 3, 1862.
[9th Gen.J Children :
12503. i. Henry Augustus Welles b. Aug. 22, 1866, d. of diphtheria
Aug. 30, 1862.
12604. U. Frederic Wilkie WeUes b. July 8, 1858, d. of diphtheria,
Sept 3, 1862.
12505. iii. A son unnamed b. Jan. 1867, d. in three weeks time.
[8th Gen.J
12491-2. ii. Emily Welles b. Sept. 13, 1821, m. Aug. 29, 1843,
Theodore Barnes Hamilton (son of Calvin HamUton b. Feb. 5, 1870,

12491-12493-

2.
4.

ii.
iii.

12495-

6.

iv.

12497.

V.

12498.12499.

vi. vU,

12500-

1.

viii

12602.

ix.

Thomas Strong, Son of Elder John,of NortJiampton. 669
and Lucinda HoUiday b. Oct. 4, 1784, who were m. AprU 1, 1808),
as his 2d wife. [His first wife was JuHa M. Gibbs, dau. of Dr. Owen E.
and Sophia Gibbs — whom he m. May 16, 1833, and who d. Sept 27,
1840.] He d. Dec 29, 1862.
[9th Gen.] Children:
12506. i. Henry Wells HamUton b. Jan. 4, 1844, d. Nov. 10, 1850.
12607. U. Robert Calvin HamUton b. Jan. 23, 1846, d. April 16,
1866.
12508. HI Ferdinand Parker Hamilton b. Jan. 6, 1849, d. Dec 11,
1852.
12509. iv. Theodore Frank Hamilton b. Jan. 23, 1851.
12510. V. Margaret (" Maggie") WeUes Hamilton b. Oct. 23, 1852.
[8th Gen.J
12493-4. Hi. Sarah Haight Welles (dau. of Hon. Henry Welles and
Margaret Haight) b. Oct. 31, 1824, m. Sept. 1, 1845, Ferdinand F. Parker.
He d. Sept 23, 186-, and she married for 2d husband Dee. 18, 1866,
Hon. Thomas Austin Johnson, Judge of the Supreme Court of New York.
He resides at Greene, N. Y.
[9th Gen.J Children :
By first husband :
12511. i. Ferdinand F. Parker.
12612. ii. Sarah Parker.
12513. iii. Bertha Parker d. aged 6.
By second husband :
12614. iv. Mary Welles Johnson b. Aug. 17, 1867.

[8th Gen.J
12496-6. iv. Julia Welles (dau. of Hon. Henry Welles and Marga
ret Haight) b. Feb. 6, 1827, m. as his 2d wife, Sept. 24, 1856, Joseph
B. Welch : a merchant at Angelica, N. Y.
[9th Gen.J Children :
12515. i. Samuel WeUes Welch b. Nov. 28, 1857.
12516. ii. Ferdinand Parker Welch b. Dec. 2, 1869.
12517. ni. Mary A. Robbins Welch b. Jan. 18, 1864
[8th Gen.J
12500-1. vin. Mary Ann Haight Welles (dau. of Hon. Henry
WeUes and Margaret Haight) b. Oct 2, 1836, m. Sept 17, 1861, as his
2d wife Thomas Burr Robbins of Norfolk, Ct. (son of Samuel Robbins
and Fanny Osborne), a resident of Penn Yan. He is part owner of a
coal mine at Walnut Grove near Pittsburgh, Pa. He had by his first
wife, two sons.

670 Descendants of Selah Strong of SetauJcet, L. I., Son of
[To W. R. BunneU, Esq., of Bridgeport, Ct., so helpful on several other
occasions and so generously appreciative of the author's effort to do all
possible justice to the record of all persons of Strong descent, much of the
account here given of the Hammond and Haight and Welles famUies is
due.] [7th Gen.J
12448-9. vi. Robert Haight (son of Gen. Samuel S. Haight and
Sarah Mathews) b. Jan. 17, 1815, grad. at Union College, N. Y., in 1830,
studied law at Rochester, N. Y., and practised it there until 1846, when
he removed to Cuba, N. Y., where he carried on the banking business
with the practice of law. He m. in 1859, CaroHne Maxon (dau. of Dr.
Maxon). One child :
12518. 1. Margaret Haight b. in 1860.
[7th Gen.J
12452-3. viii. Henry Haight (son of Gen. Samuel S. Haight and
Sarah Matthews) b. Oct 14, 1820, m. Oct 22, 1846, Wealthy Ann
Buell b. Jan. 22, 1825 (dau. of Eben Norton Buell of Rochester, and
Rebecca Root dau. of Jesse Root, Jr., and Rebecca Fish) a teller in the
bank of Monroe, Rochester, N. Y., and afterwards engaged in a bank in
St Louis, Mo., from which place he removed in 1851, to San Francisco,
Cal, and became the acting manager of the large banking house of Page,
Bacon & Co. He d. March 24, 1869.
[8th Gen.J Children :
12519. i. Minnie B. Haight b. Oct 23, 1849.
12520. ii. Flora May Haight b. May 1, 1854.
12521. iH. Franklin Henry Haight b. June 26, 1858.
12522. iv. Frederic BiUings Haight b. June 1, 1861.
[7th Gen.J
12464-6. ix. Samuel W. Haight (son of Gen. Samuel S. Haight and
Sarah Mathews) b. Sept 13, 1822, a hardware merchant in Rochester,
N. Y., and afterwards (1853-8), a resident of California, where he d. in
1858. He m. Jan. 14, 1852, Juliette Croswell dau. of Hon. Edwin Cros
well of New York, for a long time the editor and proprietor of the " Albany
Argus." He left one son :
12523. 1. Edwin Croswell Haight
[5th Gen.J See page 650.
12149-51. V. Major Samuel Strong (son of Selah Strong, Jr.,
and Hannah Woodhull) b. July 14, 1744, m. Dec. 19, 1765, Abigail

TJwmas Strong, Son of Elder John, of Northampton. 671
Brewster b. Jan 28, 1742 (dau. of John Brewster of Blooming Grove,
and earlier of Setauket). She d. Aug. 18, 1775, and he m. June 16,
, 1776, for second wife, Mrs. Experience Brewster, widow of Edward
Brewster, who was brother of his deceased wife, nie Reeve b. in 1744 (dau.
of Major Daniel Reeve and Rhoda Parshall, of Setauket, L. I.). He d.
Oct 20, 1806, aged 62 ; she d. Feb. 14, 1826, aged 82.
[6th Gen.J Children : By first wife :
12524- 6. i. Joseph Strong b. Sept. 23, 1766.
12627- 9. H. Charity Strong b. Aug. 4, 1768, m. Jason Hand, M.D.
12530- 1. iU. Benjamin Strong b. Jan. 9, 1770.
By second vyife :
12632- 3. iv. Major Samuel Strong, Jr., b. May 10, 1777, d. Sept.
6, 1840.
12534- 5. V. James Strong b. Feb. 28, 1779.
12636. vi. Thomas Strong b. Feb. 25, 1781, d. Sept. 5, 1798, of
yellow fever at New York.
12537- 8. VU. William Strong b. Jan. 6, 1783.
12539-40. viU. Elizabeth Strong b. Jan. 24, 1786, m. James TuthUl
12641- 2. ix. Edward Brewster Strong b. April 18, 1787.
12643- 4. X. Experience Strong b. Feb. 8, 1790, m. Brewster Helme.

12524-6. i. Joseph Strong (son of Major Samuel Strong and AbigaU
Brewster), b. in Blooming Grove Sept. 28, 1766, m. March 24, 1792, his
second cousin, Margaret Strong b. May 2, 1768 (dau. of Judge Selah
Strong of Setauket, L. I., and Anna Smith) ; graduated at Yale Coll, in
1798 : an attorney and counsellor at law in New York (after 1800). He d. at
Flatbush, L. I., Nov. 25, 1840, aged 74. She d. April 19, 1821.
[7thGen.J Children:
12545- 6. i. Rev. Paschal Neilson Strong b. Feb. 16, 1793.
12547. u. William Smith Strong b. July 20, 1794, d. Jan. 12,
1795.
12548. HI Anna Smith Strong b. Feb. 21, 1796, d. May 24, 1796.
[These two children were buried at Cooperstown, N. Y.]
12549-50. iv. Rev. Thomas Blorris Strong b. AprU 20, 1797, d. June,
186L
12561- 2. V. Abigail Anna Strong b. Nov. 17, 1798, m. WUliam A.
Cook.
12563- 4. vi. Catharine Mary Strong b. July 14, 1800, m. Henry
Scott.
12655. vii. Eliza Blargaretta Strong b. Aug. 23, 1802, d. March
26,1803.
12556. vui. Eliza Margaretta Strong (2d) b. Blarch 10, 1805, d. June
6, 1805.
12557- 8. ix. BIargaret Elizabeth Strong b. July 16, 1809, m. as his
2d wife Henry Scott of Cooperstown.

672 Descendants of Selah Strong of SetauJcet, L. I., Son of
12545-6. i. Rev. Paschal Neilson Strong (son of Joseph Strong and
and Margaret Strong) b. Feb. 16, 1793, grad. at Columbia College in 1810,
m. July, 1817, Cornelia Adelaide Kane (dau. of John Kane, Jr., amerchant
in New York, and Maria Codwise, dau. of George Codwise, a New York
merchant). [John Kane, Jr., was the son of John Kane and Sibyl Kent
who were the parents of 12 children : 1. John, 2. OUver, 8. Martha,
4. Elisha Kent, 5. Elias, 6. Abigail, 7. Adeline, 8. Sarah, 9. James,
10. Archibald, 11. Charles, 12. Maria. 4. EHsha Kent Kane b. Dee. 2,
1770, m. Alida Van Rensselaer dau. of Gen. Robert Van Rensselaer.
Their eldest son Judge John Kane b. May 16, 1795, and d. Feb. 21,
1858, was judge of the United States Dist. Court of Pa., and father of
Elisha Kent Kane, BI.D., U. S. N., the great Arctic explorer. Adeline
Kane m. Jeremiah Van Rensselaer, a merchant in Utica, N. Y., Archibald
Kane d. unmarried in St. Domingo, W. I. James Kane was a merchant
in Albany, and unmarried. 8. Sarah Kane m. Thomas Morris who was
U. S. Marshal for the Southern District of New York, and who was the son
of Robert Morris, the great financier. Abigail Kane m. Dr. John Lawrence
of Fort Edward, N. Y. ; Maria Kane m. Joseph C. Yates of Schenectady.]
He pursued his theological studies under Rev. Dr. John M. Mason of New
York, and was licensed to preach upon his certificate of qualifications by
the Presbytery of New York, and settled as one of the pastors of the Colle
giate Dutch Reformed church of New York city. He d. in St. Croix,
W.I,, whither he had gone in pursuit of health April 7, 1825, aged 32.
His widow m. as his 2d wife Oct. 14, 1829, for a 2d husband Charles
Smyth of Albany, a merchant, and had by him a daughter Mary, and a
son, John Kane Smyth. He had four sons by his first marriage. She d.
Oct 12, 1846. Her daughter Mary m. Lewis Rathbone of Albany.
[8th Gen.] Children:
12559-60. i. Cornelia Kane Strong m. Wm. W. Forsyth.
12561. u. Caroline Mills Strong.
12562- 3. iii. Paschal Neilson Strong b. June 30, 1820.
12564- 5. iv. Joseph Montgomery Strong b. Feb. 6, 1822.

12559-60. i. Cornelia Kane Strong, m. WiUiam Forsyth (son of
Russell Forsyth) : a merchant in Albany, N. Y.- Children :
' 12566. 1. Emily Hone Forsyth.
12567- 8. 2. Sarah Seymour Forsyth m. Matthevr EUis.
12569. 3. Russell Forsyth m. Nelly Craig of N. Y.
12570. 4. WiUiam W. Forsyth d. in 1863.
[8th Gen.J
12562-3. iii. Paschal Neilson Strong (son of Rev. Paschal Neilson
Strong and Cornelia A. Kane) b. June 20, 1820, m. Sept 28, 1845,

Thomas Strong, Son of Elder John, of Northampton. 673
Louisa Harriet Hall b. in Augusta, Ga., Sept. 28, 1822 (dau. of Charles
HoUand Hall, a merchant of Augusta, originally from Boston, Mass., and
Margaret Cecilia Catharine Reid) a commission cotton merchant in New
Orleans, La. (since 1847).
[9th Gen.J Children :
12571- 2. i. Cornelia Kane Strong b. Dec. 4, 1846, m. April 22,
1868, Amasa Junius Parker b. Blay 6, 1843 (son of
Amasa J. Pai;ker, Esq., of Albany, and Harriet Langdon
Roberts) : grad. at Union Coll., N. Y., in 1863, and
at the Law Department of the University of Albany in
1864 , a lawyer in Albany in partnership with his
father (since 1865).
12573. U. Margaret CeciHa Strong b. Oct. 20, 1848, in Augusta,
d. May 23, 1849.
12574. iU. Charles Hall Strongb. Dec, 29, 1850, in New Orieans,
La., grad. at Yale CoUege in 1870.
[8th Gen.J
12564-5. iv. Joseph BIontgomery Strong (son of Rev. Paschal N.
Strong and Cornelia A. Kane) b. Feb. 6, 1822, m. Elizabeth (Lizzie)
Livingston (dau. of Van Brugh Livingston of New York) : a merchant in
New York, and said to be of the Roman Catholic faith. Has seven
children.

[7th Gen.J
12649-60. iv. Rev. Thomas BIorris Strong, D.D. (son of Joseph
Strong and Margaret Strong) b. at Cooperstown, N. Y., AprU 20, 1797 :
grad. at Columbia Coll., in 1816, and at Princeton Theol. Sem. ; settled
as pastor of the Associate Ref Chs. of Chambersburgh and Shippen-
burgh, Pa. (previously to 1822), and over the Dutch Ref Ch., at Flat
bush, L. I., for 39 years (1822-61). He m. Sept. 5, 1821, Ellen Camp
bell b. at Blackburn, Eng., March 23, 1796 (dau. of William CampbeU,
of Baltimore, Md., and Ann Ditcbfield). He d. at Flatbush, June 14,
1861. She d. Aug. 14, 1882, and he m. for 2d wife Nov. 26, 1835,
Elizabeth Cooper Grier b. Sept 22, 1802 (dau. of Rev. Isaac Grier, of
NorthumBerland, Pa. and Elizabeth Cooper ¦^— sister of Judge Robert
C. Grier, of (1846-70) the U. S. Supreme Court).
[8th Gen.J Children: By first vnfe:
12575. i. William Campbell Strong b. June 24, 1822, d. Dec. 19,
1822.
12676- 7. U. Rev. Thomas Campbell Strong, D.D., b. May 23, 1824.
12578- 9. in. Rev. Joseph Paschal Strong, D.D., b. Nov. 12, 1826.
12580. iv. William Henry Strong b. April 19, 1828, d. June 2,
1828. 85

674 Descendants of Selah Strong of SetauJcet, L. I., Sonof
12581. V. John Lefferts Strong b. June 28, 1831 : a resident of
Mifflinburg, Pa., unmarried.
By second wife : Elizabeth Cooper (Orier) Strong.
12582- 3. vi. Rev. Robert Grier Strong b. March 8, 1837.
12684. VU. Mason Romeyn Strong b. Dec. 30, 1838: grad at the
University of New York, in 1855, d. while a member
of the Theol. Sem. at New Brunswick, N. J., Jan. 12,
1861.
12585. viU. Margaret Elizabeth Strongb. Oct 20, 1840, d. Sept
8, 1841.
12586. ix. Isaac Grier Strong b. March 16, 1843, d. Aug. 15, 1843.
12587- 8. X. Rev. Selah Woodhull Strong b. Sept 2, 1844.

12576-7. H. Rev. Thomas Campbell Strong, D.D. , b. May 23, 1824 :
grad. at Union Coll. in 1841, and at the Theol. Sem., at Rutgers Coll.
1845 : ordained pastor of the Reformed Dutch Chs. at Rosendale, and
Bloomingdale, Ulster Co., N. Y., Nov. 12, 1845, settled at Newtown, L. I.
Dec. 12, 1849 ; over the Ref Dutch Ch., Bleecker St, N. Y., Feb. 27,
1869, and since May, 1866, at Ithaca, N. Y. He m. Nov. 4, 1845,
Mary Watson Mann b. Dec. 1816 (dau. of William Mann, of New Bruns
wick, N. J., and Elizabeth McCalla) ; she d. June 28, 1868. He m.
Sept. 1, 1869, Mary Arabella Finch b. Dec. 18, 1830 (widow of Dr. Sam
uel Lewis Sibley and dau. of Miles Finch and Tryphena Farling).
[9th Gen.J Children:
12689. i. William Blann Strong b. Sept 6, 1846, d. Oct 3, 1846.
12590. H. Thomas Morris Strong b. June 12, 1848, at Rosendale :
grad. at Rutgers Coll. in 1868, now (1870) studying
medicine.
12591. iU. Ellen Elizabeth Strong b. June 15, 1851, at New
town, L. I.
[8th Gen.J
12578-9. iu. Rev. Joseph PaschalStrong,D.D., b.Nov. 12, 1826:
grad. at Rutgers Coll., N. J., in 1845, and at the Theological Seminary in
1850 : ordained pastor of the Reformed Dutch Church of Bast New York
(1850), where he remained for four years, settled at Jersey city for two
years (1854-6), and at Passaic (Aquackanock), N. J., over the old Dutch
Church (1857-69), and since June, 1869, over the new Dutch Church
(" The North Dutch Church.") He m. June 18, 1851, Cornelia Whitney
Heyer, b. March 4, 1826 (dau. of John Suydam Heyer of New York, and
Catharine Olcott).
[9th Gen.J Children :
12692. i. Catharine Hayer Strong b. Aug. 18, 1852.
12593. H. Elizabeth Grier Strong b. Sept 10, 1854.
12594. iU. Cornelia Whitney Strong b. Feb. 26, 1869.

Thomas Strong, Son of Elder John, of Northampton. 675
12696. iv. Chablotte Suydam Strong b. Sept 17, 1862, d. Sept
27,1862.
12596. V. Mason Romeyn Strong b. Blay 24, 1867.
[8th Gen.J
12682-3. vi. Rev. Robert Grier Strong b. Blarch 8, 1837, grad.
at the University of N. Y. in 1865, and at the Theological Seminary of
Rutgers Coll., N. J., in 1858. He m. Jan. 2, 1862, Harriet Lydia
Zabriskie b. July 29, 1841 (dau. of Dr. John B, Zabriskie of Flatbush,
L. I., and Abby Lefferts Lett) : settled at New Baltimore, Greene Co.,
N. Y., Feb. 1, 1861.
[9th Gen.J Children :
12597. i. Harriet Zabriskie Strong b. Nov. 7, 1862.
12598. U. Sarah Barrea Strong ), . , -r, -,„-,„„.
12699. iH. Elizabeth Cooper sfrong } *^'"^' ^' ^^"^ ^^' 1^64.
12600. iv. Lydia (" Lily ") Lloyd Strong b. Sept 16, 1867.
[8th Gen.J
12687-8. X. Rev. Selah Woodhull Strong b. Sept 2, 1844, grad. at
the N. Y. University in 1862, and the Theol. Sem'., of Rutgers CoU.,
N. J., in 1866 : settled at Accord (Rochester) Ulster Cc, N. Y., Sept
24, 1866, and at West Troy, N. Y., Feb. 2, 1870, and a member now of
the Classis of Saratoga, N. Y. He m. Jan. 17,1866, Eleanor Hendrickson
Van Deursen b. Jan. 14, 1844 (dau. of John H. Van Deursen, M.D., of
New Brunswick, N. J., and Ann McClelland).
[9th Gen.J Children :
12601. i. Selah Woodhull Strong b. Nov. 22, 1866.
12602. ii. William Van Deursen Strong b. AprU 28, 1868.
[7th Gen.J
12661-2. V. Abigail Anna (" Abby- Ann ") Strong (dau. of Joseph
Strong and Margaret Strong) b. Nov. 17, 1798, m. June 19, 1820, William
Augustus Cook b. March 18, 1797 (son of Dr. Wm. Cook of Durham,
Greene Co., N. Y., originally from WaUingford, Ct, with his wife Mary
Whittlesey, a Revolutionary soldier) a wholesale grocer in New York
(1820-27). This business involved then the traffic in liquors also, the
great frauds in the mixing and adulteration of which led him, much to
his pecuniary damage, to relinquish his lucrative position and remove to a
farm in Smithtown, L. I., where he d. May 14, 1833, aged 36. His
widow StiU resides (1869), in Detroit.
[8th Gen.J Children ;
12603- 4. i. Margaret Strong Cook b. AprU 23, 1821, m. Rev. John
Whitbeck of Waterford.

676 Descendantsof Selah Strong of SetauJcet, L. L, Son of
12606- 6. ii. John Summerfield Cook b. Blay 17, 1822.
12607- 8. iU. Mary Whittlesey Cook b. Aug. 15, 1823, m. Cutler Field
and for 2d husband Jerome A. Clark, d. May 10, 1869:
12609-10. iv. William Augustus Cook b. Aug. 16, 1825.
12611-12. V. Joseph Strong Cook b. March 7, 1827.
12613-14. vi. Georgiana Ellen Cook b. Aug. 23, 1828, m. George L.
Davis of Elmira.
12616. vii. Abby Ann Strong Cookb. June 2, 1830, resides unmarried
at Detroit, a teacher there formerly.
12616. viH. Thomas Morris Cook b. April 13, 1832.

12603-4. i. Margaret Strong Cook b. April 23, 1821, m. Sept. 26,
1844, Rev. John Whitbeck b. Nov. 12, 1812 (son of Leonard Whitbeck
of Athens, N. Y., and Rebecca his wife) a Dutch Reformed clergyman,
settled over the following churches of that order successively in Waterford,
N. Y., Warren, N. Y., Arcadia, N. Y., Caroline, Tompkins Co., N. Y.; and
now resides without any pastoral charge at Ithaca, N. Y.
[9th Gen.J Children :
Thomas Strong Whitbeck b. Aug. 2, 1845, abookkeeper.
Leonard Van Vechten Whitbeck b. Sept. 6, 1846.
Maria Lefferts Whitbeck b. Sept 30, 1848.
Mary B. Whitbeck b. Sept. 6, 1860.
Margaret Strong Whitbeck b. Sept. 10, 1852.
William Augustus Whitbeck b. June 9, 1854.
vii. John Summerfield Whitbeck b. Jan. 29, 1867.
viU. Henry Scott Whitbeck b. Dec. 12, 1859.
Adrian Vanderveer Whitbeck b. April 5, 1862, d. Feb.
9, 1863, at Caroline, N. Y.
George Cook Whitbeck b. Dec. 12, 1863. '
Robert 0. C. Whitbeck b. May 22, 1867. '
[8th Gen.J
12605-6. U. John Summerfield Cook (son of Wm. A. Cook and
Abby Ann Strong) b. May 17, 1822, m. March 3, 1846, Sarah Jane
Smith b. April 2, 1821 (son of Jacob Smith and Hannah his wife, of New
York city) : formerly a merchant in New York, but now a real estate broker
there. [9th Gen.J Children :
12628. i. William Augustus Cook b. Jan. 17, 1847, a" burnisher
for a Bank Note Engraving Co., N. Y.
12629. ii. Hannah Amelia Cookb. Oct 12, 1848, d. Feb. 20, 1854.
12630. UL BlARY Field Cook b. Jan. 8, 1853, d. May 7, 1855.
12631. iv. Millard FiUmore Cook b. Jan. 20, 1856.
12632. V. Mary Amelia Cook b. April 7, 1858, d. Jan. 9, 1861.
12633. vi. John Summerfield Cook b. Aug. 31, 1861.
12634. VU. Ella Aikman Cook b. Oct 3, 1864.

12617.

12618.

ii.

12619.

iii.

12620.

iv.

12621.

V.

12622.

vi.

12623.

vii

12624.

vii

12626.

ix.

12626.

X.

12627.

xl

Thomas Strong, Son of Elder JoJm, of Northampton. 677
[8th Gen.J
12607-8. in. Mary Whittlesey Cook (dau. of WUHam A. Cook and
Abby Ann Strong) b. Aug. 15, 1823, m. April, 1845, Cutler Field (son
of a Mr. Field of Springfield, N. Y.), a lawyer at Cooperstown, N. Y.,
and afterwards in New York. He d. Feb. 13, 1858. She m. for 2d
husband, Oct. 12, 1859, Jerome A. Clark (sonof Jerome Clark of Hart-
wick, N. Y.) : a jeweller and dealer in silverware in Batavia, N. Y. She
d. May 10, 1869, at Batavia; no issue by either marriage.
[8th Gen.J
12609-10. iv. William Augustus Cook (son of WiUiam Augustus
Cook and Abby Ann Strong) b. Aug. 16, 1826, a lawyer in New York,
since 1858, and previously from 1846, onwardsin Detroit, Mich. To him
the author is indebted for this account of his father's family. He m. at
Detroit, Dec. 21, 1848, Joanna Booth Baldwin (dau. of Lyman Baldwin
of Detroit (1834), b. at Western, Ct., March, 1802, and Mancy Booth b.
Dec. 22, 1804, at Trumbull, Ct, dau. of Eben and Sally Booth). He was,
whUe in Detroit, for one year City Attorney, and for another. City Re
corder. [9th Gen.] Children :
12686. i. Joanna Baldwin Cook b. Sept 13, 1849.
12636. U. Abby Ann Strong Cook b. Feb. 4, 1851, d. Sept 24,
1852.
12637. Ui. William Augustus Cook b. Deo. 21, 1852.
12638. iv. John Frederic Cook b. Jan 16, 1854.
12639. V. Celia Mancy Cook b. April 8, 1856.
12640. vi. Eugene Wesson Cook b. Feb. 16, 1869.
12641. VU. Samuel McCoskry Cook b. Nov. 26, 1861.
12642. viii. David Harries Cook b. Aug. 2, 1865, d. Oct. 1, 1866.
12643. ix. A daughter b. Sept, 14, 1869.
[8th Gen.J
12611-12. V. Joseph Strong Cook (son of Wm. A. Cook and Abby
Ann Strong) b. March 7, 1827, a salesman in dry-goods jobbing houses in
New York, and also in Boston. He joined the U. S. Army of Vols., in
the late rebeUion. He has been of late connected with the New York
Custom House. He m. Dec. 24, 1848, Anna Josephine McLaughlin of
Albany, N. Y. (dau. of James McLaui^hlin of Albany, originally of Bel
fast, Ireland, where he was b. in 1789, and d. at Albany in May, 1839,
set. 50, and Mary his wife b. also in Belfast in 1789, and d. at Saratoga,
May 21, 1866, set. 77).
[9th Gen.J Children :
12644. i. Anna Josephine Cook b. April 22, 1850.
12646. H. Joseph Strong Cook b. Oct 8, 1852, d. July 22, 1853.

678 Descendantsof Selah Strong of SetauJcet, L. I., Son of
12646. iU. Harriet Ida Cookb. Nov.' 9, 1854.
12647. iv. Joseph Field Cook b. Dec. 27, 1867.
12648. V. Charles Cook b. Sept 18, 1859, d. March 19, 1861.
12649. vi. Mary Cook b. June 11, 1861.
[8th Gen.J
12613-14. vi. Georgiana Ellen Cook (dau. of WiUiam A. Cook and
Abby Ann Strong) b. Aug. 23, 1828, m. Jan. 3, 1867, George L. Davis
of Elmira, N. Y. (son of a Mr. Davis of Mohawk, N. Y.) : a lawyer at
Elmira and now a judge (of what court not stated). No issue.
[8th Gen.J
12616. viU. Thomas Morris Cook (son of WiUiam A. Cook and Abby
Ann Strong) b. April 13, 1832, m. in 1861, Augusta Tuttle of Auburn,
N. Y. (dau. of Charles N. Tuttle). He is a writer for the daily papers.
During the late rebeUion he was an army correspondent for the N. Y.
Herald. His descriptions in it of Farragut's victory at Mobile, of the
bombardment of Fort Fisher by Admiral Porter, and of the battles of Chan
cellorsville and Gettysburgh, have been pronounced the finest of all the
narratives of those splendid engagements by sea and land that have ap
peared anywhere. One child :
12650. 1. Charies Tuttle Cook.
[7th Gen.J
12563-4. vi. Catharine Mary Strong (dau. of Joseph Strong and
Margaret Strong) b. July 14, 1800, m. Nov. 14, 1827, Henry Scott b.
in Milford, N. Y., Feb. 14, 1792 (son of Henry Scott and Mary Newman).
[Henry Scott and Mary Newman his wife were born in the town of Talli-
quUly, parish of Drumgath, county of Down, province of Ulster, Ireland,
where they were also married, Deo. 19, 1781. They saUed for America,
June 11, 1784, and arrived at PhUadelphia, Sept. 20, 1784, and after
wards settled at Milford, Otsego Co., N. Y. He was three different
times elected a member of the N. Y. Legislature and was also appointed
Judge of Otsego Co. He d. at Milford, Feb. 10, 1829 : she d. Nov. 20,
1833.] Henry Scott, Esq., is cashier of the First National Bank in Coop
erstown, N. Y., and has held the same position in the bank (under different
names), for 40 years (Oct 1830-70). She died Feb. 20, 1843, and he
m. for 2d wife Jan. 15, 1845, her sister Margaret Elizabeth Strong b.
July 15, 1809. His children were by the first marriage :
[8th Gen.J Children:
12651- 2. i. Catharine Mary Scott b. March 12, 1831, m. July 30,
1866, John Hone Anthon, Esq., b. Oct 25, 1831 (son
of John Anthon, Esq,, of New York and Judith Hone) :
a lawyer in New York. He was grad. at Columbia
CoU. in 1861. No children.

Thomas Strong, Son of Elder John, of Northampton. 679
12653- 4. U. Margaret Strong Scott b. Feb. 25, 1834, m. H. L.
Bartlett, M.D.
12655- 6. iU. Henry Augustus Scott b. March 5, 1836.
12653-4. ii. BIargaret Strong Scott b. Feb. 25, 1834, m. June 1,
1860, Dr. Homer Lyman Bartlett b. Oct. 17, 1830 (son of Elias Bartlett
and Elizabeth Wheelock of Vermont) : a physician at Flatbush, L. I.
He was grad. in 1855, at the N. Y. College of Physicians and Surgeons.
[9th Gen.J Children:
12657. i. Henry Scott Bartlett b. AprU 11, 1860.
12658. U. James Leland Bartlett b. June 16, 1861.
12659. Ui. Eliza Lefferts BarUett b. April 11, 1863.
12660. iv. Margaret Strong Bartlett b. June 11, 1866.
12661. V. * Frederic Wheelock Bartlett b. Jan. 9, 1870.
[8th Gen.J
12665-6. UL Henry Augustus Scott b. March 5, 1836, m. Oct. 15,
1868, Eliza Synnott (dau. of Stephen Synnott of St John, N. B. and Mar
garet Vietz) : cashier in the publishing house of Ivison, Phinney & Co ,
N. Y. One chUd :
12662. 1. Edith Scott b. Dec. 9, 1869.
[6th Gen.J
12528-9. ii. Charity Strong (dau. of Samuel Strong of Blooming
Grove, N. Y., and Abigail Brewster), b. Aug. 4, 1768, m. Dr. Jason
Hand. [7th Gen.J Children:
12663. i. George CuUen Hand b. Aug. 14, 1788, d. Sept. 8, 1811.
12664- 5. ii. Abigail Strong Hand b. Sept. 27, 1789, m. Benjamin
Atterbury.
12666. iU. Benjamin Franklin Hand b. Feb. 28, 1791, d. young.
12667- 8. iv. Elizabeth Hand b. March 24, 1792, m. WiUiam Atley,
and had dau. :
12669. 1. Charity Ann Atley b. Jan. 9, 1809, m. James Horner of
Albany, N. Y. : a merchant
12670- 1. V. Susan Strong Hand b. April 8, 1794, m. John HUdreth.
One child :
1. John Frederic Schroeder Hildreth b. Dec. 1, 1824.
12672- 3. vi. Temperance HiU Hand b. Sept 14, 1796, m. John P-.
Andrews.
12674. vii. Samuel Strong Hand b. Nov. 28, 1804, d. at Augusta,
Ga., without issue.
12664-6. H. Abigail Strong Hand b. Sept 27, 1789, m. Dec. 24,
1815, Benjamin Atterbury. Shed, in 1818. Children:

680 Descendants of Selah Strong of SetauJcet, L. I., Sonof
1. George Hand Atterbury b. Nov. 27, 1816.
" A son b. May 22, 1818, d. soon.
•], Temperance Hill Hand b. Sept 14, 1796, m. Oct. 27,
Andrews, a resident of Augusta, Ga.
J Children :
Caroline Augusta Andrews b. Aug. 20, 1 820, m. James
Wray of Augusta, Ga. He d. in 1839.
Anna Catharine Andrews b. June 28, 1823.
William Duane Andrews b. May 20, 1825, d. in 1858.
Susan Amelia Andrews b. April 20, 1828.
Francis Andrews.
James Wray Andrews, drowned. *

12675.

1.

12676.

2.

[7th

Gen,

12672-

3. vi.

1819, John P.

[8th

Gen.

12677- 8

1. i.

12679.

ii.

12680.

iii.

12681.

iv.

12682.

V.

12683.

yi.

[6th Gen.J
12530-1. iH. Benjamin Strong (son of Samuel Strong and Abigail
Brewster) b. Jan. 9, 1770, m. Susan Howell (dau. of Hezekiah Howell,
sheriff of Orange Co.) : a farmer at Goshen, Orange Co., N. Y. He. d.
May 11, 1826, She d. Dec 31, 1852.
[7th Gen.J Children :
12684- 5. i. Charity Strong b. July 12, 1791, m. Abraham Purdy.
Walter Brewster Strong b. Oct 31, 1792, d. early.
Stephen Howell Strong b. Sept 7, 1794 : a lawyer at
Liberty, Miss,, where he d. without issue, March 27,
1836 ; he amassed a large property.
Benjamin Strong b. Jan." 14, 1796.
Thomas Strong b. AprU 30, 1798,' d. early.
Hezekiah Howell Strong b. March 5, 1800, d. early.
vH. Jane Porter Strong b. Dec. 30, 1801, m.. Floyd Marvin.
viU. Egbert Strong b. Oct. 24, 1803, d. Jan. 31, 1831.
Eliza Margaret Strong, b. June 6, 1805, m. Oct. 1845,
WiUiam N. Denton.
X. James Strong b. March 31, 1807 ; resides unmarried in
Goshen, N. Y.
xi. William Augustus Strong b. Nov. 26, 1808, d. Feb. 22,
1814
xii. Susan Frances Strong b. AprU 29, 1811, d. unmarried.
xHl Joseph Strong b. Sept 22, 1812, d. Feb. 11, 1814.
12703- 4. xiv. Abigail Juliana Strong b. Nov. 11, 1813, m. Benjamin
Sherwood.
12705. xv. Sarah Schultz Strong b. Aug. 22, 1816 : resides unmar
ried at Goshen.

12686-

7.

ii.

12688-

9.

iii.

12690-

1.

iv.

12692.

V.

12693.

vi.

12694-

5.

vH.

12696.

viu

12697-

8.

ix.

12699.12700.12701.12702.

12684-6. i. Charity Strong b. July 12, 1791, m. Sept 10, 1818,
Abraham Purdy of Yorktown, N. Y., b. Sept. 30, 1786 (son of Alvan
Purdy and Lydia Hunt) : a fafmer at Goshen, N. Y. She d. May 11,

Thomas Strong, Son of Elder John, of Northampton. 681
1826, aged 66. [Alvan Purdy b. Jan. 11, 1757 (son of Abraham Purdy
and Phebe Strang), m. Nov. 17, 1784, Lydia Hunt, and d. Jan. 27, 1842.]
[8th Gen.J Children:
12706- 7. i. William Augustus Purdy b. Jan. 31, 1815.
12708- 9. u. Elizabeth Thompson Purdy b. May 16, 1816, m. March,
1845, James R. Greig.
12710- 1. iU. Lydia Hunt Purdy b. March 6, 1818, m. Jan. 1846,
Adrian Isaac Sipp.
12712- 3. iv. Alvan Purdy b. April 7, 1819, m. Clara Purdy.
12714- 5. V. Susan Strong Purdy b. June 13, 1820, m. CorneHus Sipp,
AprU 27, 1854.
12716. vi. Benjamin Strong Purdy b. March 5, 1822, resides un
married at Goshen, N. Y.
12717. vii. Hezekiah Howell Purdy b. June 10, 1823, d. unmarried,
Dec. 7, 1845.
12718- 9. viii Samuel Jones Purdy b. Oct 21, 1825 ; resides at Bing
hamton, m. Emma Jane Tyler of B.
12720- 1. ix. Jane Augusta Purdy b, April 22, 1827, m. Dec. 18,
1862, George Harrison TuthiU.
12722. X. Frances Eliza Purdy b. April 26, 1829, unmarried.
1272.3- 4. xi. Juliana Thompson Purdy b. Sept. 29, 1830, m. George
Tryon.
12725- 6. xU. Alsop Purdy b. Sept. 28, 1832, m. Anna Crawford.
12706-7. i. William Augustus Purdy b. J'an. 31, 1816, m. Eliza
beth A. Sanger : a resident of Lake town, Jjake Co., Ind. Children :
12727. 1. James Henry Purdy. 12728. 2. Howell Purdy.
[7th Gen.J
12686-7. ii. Walter Brewster Strong (son of Benjamin Strong
and Susan HoweU) b. Oct 31, 1792, m. Jan. 11, 1818, Frances Bradner
(dau. of Benjamin Bradner) : a farmer near Goshen, N. Y. Children :
12729. 1. Benjamin Bradner Strong, m. Frances Jane Denton.
12730. 2. Maria Louisa Strong.
[7th Gen.J
12690-1. iv. Benjamin Strong, Jr. (son of Benjamin Strong and
Susan HoweU) b. Jan. 14, 1796, m. April 11, 1820, Frances Smith : a
farmer at Goshen, Orange Co., New York.
[8th Gen.J Children:
12731. 1. Stephen Strong b. Aug. 29, 1823 : d. Oct. 28, 1862,
unmarried.
12732. U. William Smith Strong b. Nov. 29, 1826.
12733. r iU. Be.n'JAMIN Strong b. Sept 80, 1828, d. July 29, 1829.
\ (twins).
12734. (. iv. Susan Frances Strong b. Sept 30, 1828, d. Feb. 18, 1880.
86

682 Descendants of SelaJi Strongof SetauJcet, L. I., Son of

12735. V. Asa Smith Strong b. April 27, 1831.
12736. vi. Mary Thompson Strong b. Feb. 15, 1834.
12737. vii Sarah Smith Strong b. Oct 31, 1836.
12738. viU. Lavinia Frances Strong b. March 20, 1839.
12739. ix. Jane Strong b. July 20, 1841.
[7th Gen.J
12703-4. xiv. Abigail Juliana Strong b. Nov. 11, 1813, m. Ben
jamin Sherwood, a farmer at Mt Hope, Orange Co. N. Y. Children : •

12740. 1. Egbert Sherwood.
12741. 2. Thomas Strong Sher
wood.
12742. 3. Egbert Strong Sher
wood.
12743. 4. Susan Frances Sher
wood.

12744. 6. Susan Frances Sherwood
(2d).
12746.. 6. Hezekiah Strong Sher
wood.
12746. 7. WUliam Augustus Sher
wood.

[6th Gen.J
12632-3. iv. Major Samuel Strong, Jr. (son of Major Samuel
Strong and Experience Brewster) b. May 10, 1777, m. Dec. 12, 1799,
Eunice Helme b. June 14, 1780 (dau. of Capt Anselm Helme, of Bloom
ing Grove and Phebe White) : a farmer at Southport, Chemung Co.,
N. Y. He d. Sept. 6, 1839 ; she d. April 8, 1862.
[7th Gen.J Children :

12747- 8.
12749-60.12751- 2.
12753.

12754

V.

12766-

6.

vi.

12767.

vii.

12758-

9.

vii:

12760-

1.

ix.

12762-

3.

X.

12764-

5.

xi.

12766-

7.

xii,

i. Alfred Helme Strong b. Dec. 20, 1800.
U. Hector White Strong b. Oct 4, 1802.
iU. Sarah Strong b. Sept. 4, 1804, m. Hector Sayre, of
Horse Heads, N. Y.
iv. Samuel Reeves Strong b. Nov. 6, 1806 : a commission
merchant, in New York city, where he d. unmarried,
Bept 28, 1863.
Phebe Ann Strong b. Aug, 10, 1808.
James Tuttle Strong b. June 4, 1810.
vH. Charles Strong b. July 24, 1812, d. young.
viU, Caroline Amelia Strong b. Oct. 27, 1813, m. Lewis Roe.
Mary Halsey Strong b. Nov. 8, 1815, m. Daniel E.
Scarborough, of Payson, III.
Harriet Newell Strong b. Sept. 13, 1817, m. Edward
S. Carpenter.
Joseph Warren Strong b, March 1, 1820.
Ruth Dennison Strong b. July 13, 1824, m. Austin Carr
Roe, of Adams, Adams Co., 111. : a farmer.

12747-8. i. Alfred Helme Strong b. Dec. 20, 1800, m. Nov. 20,
1835, Jane Spaulding b. Oct 22, 1807 (dau. of Phineas Spaulding, of
Spencer, N. Y. and Jane English) : a farmer in Springfield, Pa. She
d. March 17, 1842 ; and he m. Oct 1842, Delphine Halsey. He d. Jan.
16, 1866.

TJiomas Strong, Son of Elder John, of Nen-thampton. 683
[8th Gen.J Children : By first wife:
12768- 9. i. William Halsey Strong b. Blay 23, 1837.
12770. H. Benjamin Spaulding Strong b. Nov. 4, 1838. d. Dec. 28,
1865.
12771- 2. iU. Edward Carpenter Strong b. Aug. 10, 1840.
12773- 4. iv. Mary Jane Strong b. Jan. 22, 1842, m. Dec. 31, 1866,
Oliver Gideon Dunbar (son of Alanson and Martha
Dunbar) : a farmer at Springfield, Pa.
By second, wife :
12775. V. Sally Sayre Strong b. Aug. 21, 1843, d. Aug. 1844.
12776. vi. Hector Strong h. March, 1845, d. March 10, 1846.
12777. vU. Norman Strong b. Aug. 1847, d. Blarch 13, 1866.
12778. viii Harriet Carpenter Strong b. Sept 1849, d. Jan. 15,
1866.
12768-9. i. William Halsey Strong b. May 23, 1837, m. May 28,
1866, Amy Tuttle b. AprU 13, 1845 (dau. of Orris and Mary Tuttle) : a
farmer at Swearsburgh, Iowa. They have one child :
12779. 1. Alfred Orris Strong b. July 7, 1868.
12771-2. iU. Edward Carpenter Strong b. Aug. 10, 1840, m. Nov.
21, 1867, Jenny Adams (dau. of Bela Adams and BIary Cooley) : a
farmer at Springfield, Pa. They have a child :
12780. 1. Mary Delphine Strong b. March 5, 1869.
[7th Gen.J
12749-60. ii. Hector White Strong b. Oct. 4, 1802 (son of Major
Samuel Strong, Jr., and Eunice Helme) m. Oct. 7, 1827, Julia MUler b.
July 29, 1801 (dau. of Jacob Miller and Mary Warren) : a farmer at
Southport N. Y. He d. Sept. 28, 1842.
[8th Gen.J Children:
12781- 2. i. Martha Strong b. Oct 4, 1828, m. J Smith Wisner.
12783. U. Edward Strong b. July 8, 1831, d. Blay 10, 1832.
12784. iii. James Strong b. Blay 17, 1834 : a teacher at Southport,
N. Y., unmarried.
12786. iv. Pamelia MUler Strong b. March 23, 1836 : a teacher,
resides at Southport, N. Y.
12786. V. Phebe Ann Strong b. June 29, 1888 : a teacher at South-
port, N. Y.
12787. vl Jonas Strong b. Dec. 1841, d. Aug. 9, 1842.
11781-2. i. Martha Strong b. Oct. 4, 1828, ra. Aug. 29, 1861, J.
Smith Wisner b. in 1830 (son of Henry Wisner and BIaria Smith) : a
lumberman at Southport, N. Y. She d. May 29, 1865 : he d. Oct 29,
1866. ChUdren :

684 Descendants of Selah Strong of SetauJcet, L. I., Son of
12788. 1. Hector Strong Wisner b. Blay 29, 1852.
12789. 2. Harry Wisner. b. Feb. 14, 1859, d. Sept 14, 1860.
12790. 3. Martha Wisner b. AprU 22, 1865.

[7th Gen.J
12751-2. iii. Sarah Strong (dau. of Blajor Samuel Strong Jr., and
Eunice Helme) b. Sept 4, 1804, m. Nov. 13, 1823, Hector Sayre b.
Feb. 26, 1798 (son of Ebenezer Sayre of Horse Heads, N. Y., and Eliza
beth Seely) a farmer at Horse Heads, N. Y. (Chemung Co.).
[8th Gen!j Children :
12791- 2. i. Harriet Sayre b. Jan. 19, 1825, m. Henry J Bentley.
12793- 4. U. Charles Sayre b. Aug. 31, 1827.
12796- 6. iU. Elizabeth Sayre b.Nov. 28, 1829, m.Dan'l B. Westlake
12797- 8. iv. Samuel Strong Sayre b. Deo. 31, 1831.
12799. y. Ebenezer Sayre b. June 15, 1834 : resides unmarried
(1870), in Guthrie, Iowa.
12800- 1. vi. Mary Scarborough Sayre b. March 18, 1837, m. James
McMillan.
12802. vH. Sylvina Pratt Sayre b. Sept 11, 1889.
12791-2. i. Harriet Sayre b. Jan. 19, 1826, m. Oct 23, 1844,
Henry Jay Bentley (son of Dr. Cyrus James Bentley of Veteran, Che
mung Co., N. Y., and Hannah Smith) : a farmer at Veteran, N. Y.
[9th Gen.J Children :
12803. i. Samuel Sayre Bentley b. April 30, 1846, d. Dec. 17,
1865.
12804. H. James Frederic Bentley b. March 14, 1852.
12806. iU. Francis Smith Bentley b. June 20, 1854.
12806. iv. An adopted child, Addie Salome Bentley b. Jan. 6, 1868.
[8th Gen.J
12793-4. U. Charles Sayre b. Aug. 31, 1827, m. Nov. 7, 1860,
Catharine Elofia Davis b. June 5, 1830 (dau. of Calvin Davis of Horse
Heads, N. Y., and Amelia Sanford) : a farmer at Chemung, N. Y.
[9th Gen.J Children:
12807. I Albert Henry Sayre b. Sept 3, 1851.
12808. ii. Hector Edson Sayre b. June 20, 1854.
12809. iU. Edward Carpenter Sayre b. Oct 9, 1856.
12810. iv. Mary Elizabeth Sayre b. July 7, 1863.
12811. V. Harriet Bentley Sayre b. Aug. 11, 1865.
[8th Gen.J
12795-6. i. Elizabeth Sayre (dau. of Hector Sayre and Sarah
Strong) b. Nov. 28, 1829, m. Feb. 28, 1857, Daniel Burrows Westlake

Thomas Strong, Son of Elder John, of Northampton. 685
b. Jan. 19, 1812 (son of Benjamin Westlake of Elmira, N. Y. : a farmer,
and Sarah Truesdale) : a dealer in lumber, grain, &c, in Guthrie, Iowa.
12812. 1. Harry Bentley Westlake b. Nov. 8, 1869.
12813. 2. WiUiam Westlake b.May 15, 1865.

[8th Gen.J
12797-8. iv. Samuel Strong Sayre b. Dec. 31, 1831, m. Dec. 24,
1863, Blelissa Capernia Fisk b. Feb. 28, 1835 (dau. of Abijah Fisk, a
farmer in Veteran, N. Y., and Henrietta Hughes) : a farmer in Guthrie,
Iowa. They have one child :
12814. 1. William Fisk Sayre b. Sept, 8, 1865.
12800-1. vi. Mary Scarborough Sayre b. March 18, 1837, m. May
29, 1856, James McMillan b. May 6, 1830 (son of Joseph McMillan of
Breeseport, Chemung Co., N. Y., a farmer, and Mary Lounsbury) : a
teacher iu Guthrie, Iowa. To Mrs. Mary S. BIcMillan, the author is in
debted for this account of the descendants of Major Samuel Strong, Jr.,
and Eunice Helme. Children :
12816. 1. Sarah Louise McMillan b. Dec 28, 1856.
12816. 2. Samuel Sayre McMillan b. Sept, 28, 1860.
[7th Gen.J
12755-6. vl James Tuttle Strong (son of Major Saml. Strong, Jr.,
and Eunice Helme) b. June 4, 1810, ra. Oct 29, 1831, Susan Spauld
ing b. Nov. 11, 1811 (dau. of Phineas Spaulding, of Spencer, N. Y., and
Jane English) : a farmer at Southport, Chemung Co., N. Y. He d. March
11, 1848. [8th Gen.J Children :
12817. i Phineas Spaulding Strong b. Dec. 2, 1839, d. May 17,
1840.
12818- 9. u. Elizabeth Sraith Strong b. July 1, 1841, ra. March 19,
1870, Harris Jenkins (son of Samuel and Cynthia
Jenkins) : a farmer at Elmira, N. Y.
[7th G«n.J
12758-9. vUi. Caroline Amelia Strong (dau. of Major Samuel
Strong, Jr., and Eunice Helme) b. Oct. 27, 1813, m. March 7, 1833,
Lewis Roeb. July 16, 1807 (son of Jonas Roe b.May 23,1778, and Peninah
Carr b. Feb. 16, 1782, who were m. June 10, 1801), a farmer in Chemung,
Co., N. Y. He d. Dec. 13, 1842 ; and she m. Sept 26, 1844, Josiah
Read b. Jan. 6, 1811 : a farmer in 111.

686 Descendants of Selah Strong of SetauJcet, L. I., Sonof
[8th Gen.J Children:
12820. i. Jonas Strong Roe b. Nov. 29, 1834, d. Aug. 81, 1839.
12821- 2. U. Edward Delavan Roe b. March 20, 1836.
12823- 4. Ui. Lewis Franklin. Roe b. Aug. 22, 1838.
By Second husband :
12826. iv. Warren Strong Read b. Sept 28, 1845.
12826. V. Charles Austin Read b. AprU 10, 1848.
12827. vi. Henry Ware Read b. Dec 30, 1849.
12828. vii. William Everett Read b. Aug. 18, 1857.

12821-3. u. Edward Delavan Roe b. March 20, 1836, m. Aug.
12, 1855, Naomi Hinckley b. Oct 23, 1837, a farmer in Adams Co., 111.
[9th Gen.J Children:
12829. i. Verbena Caroline Roe b. Sept. 19, 1856, d. Oct. 16,
1858.
12830. u. Adelaide Pike Roe b. Feb. 19, 1860.
12831. iii. Edward Franklin Roe b. Nov. 24, 1862.
12832. iv. Ernest Delavan Roe b. Feb. 10, 1864.
12833. V. Charles N. Roe b. Aug. 18. 1866.
12834. vi. Thaddeus Hinckley Roe b. April 12, 1867.
12835. vH. Julia E. Roe b. Oct. 18, 1868.
12836. viU. Louisa Lemon Roe b. March 12, 1870.
[8th Gen.J
12823-4. iii. Lewis Franklin Roe (son of Lewis Roe and Caroline
Amelia Strong) b. Aug. 22, 1838, m. Aug. 13, 1863, Louisa MeHnda
Smith b. Aug. 15, 1838 : a farmer in Livingston Co., Mo.
[9th Gen.J Children:
12837. i. Carrie May Roe b. May 13, 1864.
12838. H. Sarah Ella Roe b. June 1, 1866.
12839. iu. Minnie Florence Roe b. Jan. 21, 1868.
[7th Gen.J
12760-1. ix. Mary Halsey Strong (dau. of Major Samuel Strong,
Jr., and Eunice Helme) b, Nov. 8, 1815, ra. April 11, 1838, Daniel Ells
worth Scarborough : a farraer in Payson, Adams Co., Ill He d. July 18,
1863. [8th" Gen. J Children:
12840- 1. i. Luther Scarborough b. Jan. 15. 1839, m. Jan. 2, 1868,
Margaret D. Price : he d. Dec. 17, 1869.
12842- 3. ii. Harriet Strong Scarborough b. Feb. 1, 1841, m Oscar
M. Kay of Payson, III.
12844. iU. Samuel Scarborough b. July 29, 1843.
12845. iv. Emily Scarborough b. Jan. 29, 1846.
12846. v. William Scarborough b. Jan. 17, 1848.

Thomas Strong, Son of Elder John, of Northampton. 687
12847. vi. Mary Frances Scarborough b. July 3, 1850.
12848. vii. Sophia Ellsworth Scarborough b. Oct 1, 1863.
12749. viH. Edward Carpenter Scarborough b. Aug. 16, 1856.
12842-3. ii. Harriet Strong Scarborough b. Feb. 1, 1841, m.
March 4, 1862, Oscar M. Kay b. Deo. 17, 1838. They have two children :
12850. 1. Carrie Strong Kay b. Feb. 1, 1867.
12851. 2. Elmer Gabriel Kay b. June 20, 1869.

[7th Gen.l
12762-3. X. Harriet Newell Strong (dau. of Major Samuel and
Eunice Strong) b. Sept. 13, 1817, m. April 7, 1836, Edward Seely Car
penter b. Sept 19, 1811 (son of Jesse Carpenter and Emma Sayre).
[8th Gen.J Children :
12852- 4. i. Caroline Roe Carpenter b. April 22, 1837, m. Jacob
T. WUlsey.
12855- 6. U. Emma Carpenter b. Sept 16, 1839, m. Joseph Henry
Barney.
12857- 8. iU. Samuel Strong Carpenter b. Aug. 1, 1841.
12859-60. iv. Jesse Carpenter b. Aug. 14, 1843.
12861. V. Mary Miller Carpenter b. July 2, 1846, d. Feb. 9, 1849.
12862- 3. vi. Ency Jane Carpenter b.' Nov. 10, 1847.
12864. vii Julia Newman Carpenter b. March 14, 1850, d. Sept.
21, 1850.
12866. viii. Milton Newman Carpenter b. March 4, 1851.
12866. ix. George Carpenter b. Oct 1, 1853.
12867. X. Frederic Squire Carpenter b. Deo. 22, 1854, d. Nov. 19,
1865.
12868. xi. Elizabeth Warren Carpenter b. May 13, 1858.
12862-4. i. Caroline Roe Carpenter b. April 22, 1837, m. Dec 9,
1857, Jacob Thomas Willsey b. Nov. 15, 1835 (son of Warren Willsey
and Julia Ann Jennings) : a farmer at Candor, N. Y.
[9th Gen.J Children :
12869. l Edward Carpenter WUlsey (twin) b. March 9, 1860.
12870. U. Frederic Barney Willsey (twin) b. March 9, 1860, d.
Nov. 24, 1860.
12871. Hi. Emma Louise Willsey b. Oct 13, 1862.
[8th Gen.J
12866-6. u. Emma Carpenter b. Sept 16, 1839, m. Sept. 26, 1862,
Joseph Henry Barney b. Jan. 1, 1833 (son of Henry Barney and Olive
Taylor) : a merchant at" Elmira, N. Y. One child :
12872. 1. William Grant Barney b. Oct. 10, 1864.

688 Descendants of Selah Strong of Setavket, L. L, Son of
[8th Gen.J
12857-8. iu. Samuel Strong Carpenter b. Aug. 1, 1841, m. May
7, 1868, Rena Lyman Avery b. Oct. 6, 1839 (dau. of Thatcher Avery
and Julia Ann Lyman) : a farmer in Kankakee, 111.
12859-60. iv. Jesse Carpenter b. Aug. 14, 1843, m. March 8, 1866,
Helena Caroline Seely b. June 7, 1840 (dau. of Peter and Caroline
Seely) : a farmer at Kankakee, 111.
12862-8. vi. Ency Jane Carpenter b. Nov. 10, 1847, m. May 28,
1866, Napoleon Croffs Sloan b. Feb. 11, 1845 (son of WUliam and Rachel
Sloan) : a farmer at Bristol Station, Illinois. Children :
12873. 1. Edward WiUiam Sloan b. Oct 28, 1867.
12874. 2. Henry Barney Sloan b. AprU 19, 1870.
[7th Gen.J
12764-5. xi Joseph Warren Strong (son of Major Samuel Strong,
and Eunice Helme) b. March 1, 1820, m. Sept 17', 1844, Theodosia
MoCay : a farmer in Geneseo, Henry Co., 111.
[8th Gen.J Children :
12875. i. Caroline Eunice Strong b. July 18, 1845, a teacher in
Geneseo, III, unmarried.
12876. H. Mary Frances Strong b. March 1, 1847, d. young.
12877. iU. James Tuttle Strong b. July 18, 1848, a clerk in Gene
seo, 111
[7th Gen.J
12766-7. xii. Ruth Dennison Strong (dau. of Major SamuelStrong,
Jr., and Eunice Helme) b. July 13, 1824, m. March 1, 1847, Austin Carr
Roe b. Nov. 27, 1815 (son of Jonas Roe, b. May 23, 1778, and Peninah
Carr b. Feb. 16, 1782, who were m. June 10, 1801,) lived in Adams Cc,
IU. He d. June 11, 1864.
[8th Gen.J Children :
12878. i. Martin Luther Roe b. Dec. 14, 1847.
12879. ii. Mary Elizabeth Roe b. April 23. 1853.
12880. iU. Ettie Louisa Roe b. June 8, 1857.
12881. iv. Albert Austin Roe b. June 2, 1860, d. June 2, 1862.
12882. v. William Austin Roe b. July 31, 1863.
[6th Gen.J
12534-5. V. James Strong (son of Major Samuel Strong and Expe
rience Brewster) b. Feb. 28, 1779, m. Nov. 25, 1802, Martha Seely b.

Thomas Strong, Son of Elder John, of NortJiampton. 689
July 19, 1781 (dau. of Josiah Seely, Esq., of Oxford, and AbigaU Smith) :
a farmer at Hamptonburgh, near Goshen, N. Y. : no children. He d.
Deo. 1846 : she d. March 25, 1869, aged 88. They adopted four chUd
ren, to whom they gave the care of parental love.
12537-8. vii. William Strong (son of Samuel Strong and Expe
rience Brewster) b. Jan. 6, 1783, m. Nov. 23, 1809, Clarissa Howell b.
July 28, 1791 (dau. of Charles HoweU and Rachel Strong, dau. of Major
Nathaniel Strong and Amy Brewster) : a farmer in the old homestead at
Blooming Grove, Orange Co., N. Y. (which passed after his death into
the hands of strangers). She d. June 16, 1842. He d. Sept 30, 1860,
aged 67.
[7th Gen.J Children :
12883- 4. i. Eliza Nicholson Strong b. AprU 8, 1811, m. J. Wood
huU T. Howell
12886. u. William Rafferty Strong b. Dec. 14, 1814, d. Jan. 19,
1836.
12886. iU. Charles HoweU Strong b. June 2, 1816, d. May 4, 1829 :
killed by accident.
12887. iv. Juliana Strong b. June 6, 1819, d. AprU 26, 1836.
12888- 9. V. Samuel Reeve Strong b. AprU 11, 1821, m. Vashti Hurd.
12890. vi. Theodore Frelinghuysen Strong b. July 27, 1823, d.
Nov. 6, 1847.
12891- 2. vU. Ency Amelia Strong b. Aug. 11, 1825, m. Dr. Winter-
mute, of Whitewater, Wis. He d. Oct 1825. and she
d. July, 1857
12893. viii. Joseph Henry Strong b. Dec. 26, 1827.
12894. ix. Jesse WoodhuU Strong b. Oct 18, 1829.
12895. X. Emma Rachel Strong b. Dec 15, 1821, m. J. N. Moffatt,
and d. at Whitewater, Wis., Feb. 14, 1866: no
children.
12883-4. i. Eliza Nicholson Strong b. AprU 8, 1811, m. June,
1830, John Woodhull TuthiU Howell (son of Hezekiah Howell and
Fanny TuthiU) : a farmer in Blooming Grove. She d. Jan. 12, 1870.
[8th Gen.J Children :
12896. i. Juliana Howell b. Aug. 1, 1830, m. Feb. 1861, Daniel
Carpenter Moffatt b. in 1823 (son of Hezekiah Moffatt
and Sarah Carpenter) : a merchant in Blooming Grove.
One child :
12897. 1. Almet Skeele Moffatt b Aug. 1853.
12898. H. William Strong HoweU b. June 30, 1835, amerchant at
Washingtonville, Orange Co., N. Y. He m. Mary
Jane Greig.
12999. in. Selah HoweU b. May 24, 1840, Prof in Antioch Coll.,
Ohio, m. Nancy Applegate.
87

690 Descendants of Selah Strong of SetauJcet, L. L, Son of
12900. iv. Frances Howell b. Jan. 3, 1842, m. AprU 28, 1869,
Charles Gerow Cooper b. Nov. 30, 1841 (son of Wm.
Cooper of Bethlehem, Orange Co., N. Y., and Maria
Falls) : a merchant in Washingtonville, Orange Co.,
N. Y. She d. March 11, 1870.
12901. V. Theodore F. Howell b. Dec. 8, 1846, resides at Blooming
Grove.
[7th Gen.J
12888-9. V. Samuel Reeve Strong (son of WUHam Strong and
Clarissa Howell) b. April 11, 1821, m. Jan. 18, 1843, Vashti Decker
Heard, b. Nov. 13, 1818 (dau. of Joseph Heard of Blooming Grove, and
Ann Coleman, dau. of Abner and Ruth Coleman) : a farmer in Blooming
Grove. [8th Gen.J Children:.
12902. i. Charles Howell Strong b. Feb. 29, 1844 : a farmer in
Adel, Iowa, d. unmarried at Jefferson, Iowa, Sept. 2,
1869, set 26.
12903. ii. Joseph Heard Strong b. Sept 26, 1846 : a farmer in
Adel, Iowa.
12904. Hi. Isabella Strong b. Aug. 3, 1847.
12905. iv. Henry Clay Strong b. March 3, 1849.
12906. y. William James Strong b. Jan. 6, 1851.
12907. vi. Anna Strong b. June 6, 1853.
12908. vU. Daniel Webster Strong b. March 7, 1858.
12909. viii Bertha Strong b. Dec 16, 1862.
[7th Gen.J
12893. viU. Joseph Henry Strong (son of William Strong and Cla
rissa Howell) b. Dec. 25, 1827, m. March 30, 1854, Mary Elizabeth Mof
fatt b. April 20, 1829 (dau. of David HoUiday Moffatt of Blooming Grove,
and Catharine Gregg) : a farmer at Adel, Iowa.
[8th Gen.J Children :
12910. i. Frederic Moffatt Strong b. June 19, 1865.
12911. H. Jesse WoodhuU Strong b. Feb. 1, 1867.
12912. iU. Mary Strong b. May 23, 1862, d. May 23, 1862.
12913. iv. Hunter Moffatt Strong b. Dec 25, 1864 d Aue 3
1865. > • S- )
[7th Gen.J
12894. ix. Jesse Woodhull Strong b. Oct 18, 1829, m. Nov. 5,
1851, Ann Watson b. Feb. 15, 1833 (dau. of Elijah Watson and Tem
perance TuthiU) : a farmer at Washingtonville, Orange Co., N. Y.
[8th Gen.J Children :
12914. i. Clara Strong b. Sept 15, 1855.
12915. U. Emma Strong b. June 10, 1858.
12916. iii. Charles Howell Strong b. July 23, 1868.

Thomas Strong, Son of Elder JoJm, of Northampton. 691
[6th Gen.J See page 671.
12539-40. yiU. Elizabeth Strong (dau. of Major Samuel Strong
and AbigaU Brewster) b. Jan. 24, 1785, m. March 22, 1804, James
TuthUl b. Jan. 30, 1782 (son of Sarauel TuthiU of Blooming Grove, b.
June 3, 1751, and d. Oct 12, 1809, and EHzabeth Hudson b. June 5,
1761, and d. Aug. 11, 1823) : a farmer at Blooming Grove. He d. Oct.
12, 1809 ; she d. June 9, 1809.
[7th Gen.J Children :
12917- 8. i. Experience (Ency) TuthiU b. Nov. 28, 1805, m. Ed
ward McLaughlin.
12919. H. ELIZ.4.BETH TuthiU b. June 10, 1809, d, unmarried, Feb.
2, 1867, aged 57.

12917-8. I Ency Tuthill b. Nov. 28, 1805, m. March 22, 1826,
Edward McLaughlin b. Aug. 17, 1799 (son of Joseph- McLaughUn of
Blooming Grove, and Abigail Little) : afarmer at Blooraing Grove, N. Y.
He d. Oct 21, 1858. She resided at Blooming Grove untU April, 1870,
and now resides at Monroe, Orange Co., N. Y.
[8th Gen.J Children :
12920- 1. i. Elizabeth Tuthill McLaughUn b. Dec. 17, 1826, m.
Stewart Young, d. Dec, 21, 1859.
12922. u. Ann Nestle McLaughlin b. April 12, 1829.
12923. Ui. James TuthUl McLaughlin b. Feb. 13, 1832 : a farmer
(until April, 1870), at Blooming Grove, and lives now
at Monroe, N. Y.
12924. iv. Lavinia McLaughlin b. May 5, 1834, d. March 19,
1861.
12925. V. John Drury McLaughlin b. Nov. 18, 1836, d. Jan. 10,
1867.

12920-1. I Elizabeth Tuthill McLaughlin b. Dec 17, 1826, m.
Dec. 11, 1850, Stewart Young b. March 9, 1828 : has been engaged in
the milk business in New. York. She d. Dec. 21, 1859. ChUdren :
12926. i. Edward McLaughlin Young b. Oct. 30, 1851.
12927. il John Stewart Young b. Dec. 21, 1854.

[6th Gen.J
12541-2. ix. Edward Brewster Strong (son of Major Samuel
Strong and Experience Brewster) b. April 18, 1787, m. Eunice Horton,
resided at Blooming Grove, She d. and he m. for second wife, widow
Lydia Hildreth, nie Horton, sister to his first wife. He d, in 1849 ; she
is still living at Newburgh, Orange Co., N. Y.

[7th

Gen.J

12928-

9. i.

12930-

1. il

12932.

1.

12933.

2.

12935-

6. iU.

12937.

1.

12939.

iv.

12940.

V.

12941.

vi.

692 Descendantsof Selah Strong of SetauJcet, L. I., Son of
Children :
Nancy Strong m. James Madison Smith.
Nathan Strong m. Mary Marvin. Children :
Lavinia Strong. 12934. 3. Charles Henry Strong.
Seth Strong.
Edward Strong m. Frances Corwither. Children :
Anna Brewster Strong. 12938. 2. Mary Strong.
Sarah Jane Strong.
Benjamin Horton Strong resides at Blooming Grove.
Mary Bethiah Strong.

[6th Gen.J
12543-4. X. Experience Strong (dau. of Samuel Strong and Abigail
Brewster) h. Feb. 8, 1790, m. Nov. 12, 1807, Brewster Helme b. April
19, 1782 (son of Capt Anselm Helm of Blooming Grove, and Phebe
White), a farmer at Blooming Grove, he d. Feb. 11, 1861. She d. Sept
1, 1856. [Capt Anselm Helme was b. in Setauket, L. I., July 8, 1750;
and Sylvanus White father of Phebe White was also from Setauket.]
[7th Gen.J Children :
12942- 3. i. Elizabeth S. Helme b. Oct 7, 1808, m. WiUiam H.
Thompson.
12944- 5. ii. Anselm Helme b. Jan. 6, 1817.

12942-8. Elizabeth Strong Helme b. Oet. 7, 1808, m. WUliam H.
Thompson. He has been insane for some time. She d. June 26, 1836,
aged 27.
[8th Gen.J Children :
12946. i. Experience Amelia("Ency")Thompsonb.May7, 1829.
12947. U. BIary Augusta Thompson b. Jan. 24, 1832.
12948. iii. Brewster Helme Thompson b. Sept. 1, 1833.
12949. iv. Harriet Agnes Thompson b. Jan. 19, 1835, lives un
married at Washingtonville, N. Y.
12950- 1. y. Elizabeth Helme Thompson b. June 26, 1836, m. a Mr.
McLaughlin of Washingtonville, Orange Co., N. Y.
[Fuller details were sought, but in vain].

[7th Gen.J
12944-5. ii. Anselm Helme (son of Brewster Helme and Experience
Strong) b. Jan. 6, 1817, m. March 29, 1849, Jane B. (a mere initial)
Warner b. March 23, 1818 (dau. of Dr. Samuel Warner of Blooming
Grove and Sarah Roy) : a farmer at Blooming Grove, on the old home
stead.

12952.

i.

12953.

ii.

12954.

iii.

12956.

iv.

12966.

y.

Thomas Strong, Son of Elder John, of Northampton. 693
[8th Gen.J Children :
Arabella Helme b. May 13, 1860.
Anselm Winfield Helme b. AprU 4, 1852.
Mary Emraa Helme b. June 20, 1866, d. Sept 6, 1858.
Irving Helme b. Oct 2, 1858, d. May 16, 1861.
Mary Emma Helme b. July 21, 1860.
[The father of Brewster Helme, Capt. Anselm Helme, Jr., followed the
sea in early life, from which occupation he was driven by the Revolution
ary war. War was declared while he was at sea, and on arriving at his
native land he went into Newport, R. I., and disposed of his vessel and
cargo, and found his way to Blooming Grove, and became a farmer. He
was the son of Anselm Helme of Brookhaven, L. I.]
[5th Gen.J See page 650.
12152-3. vi. Anna Strong (dau. of Selah Strong of Blooming Grove,
and Hannah WoodhuU) b. Nov. 18, 1746, m. about 1768, Daniel Tut
hill : a farmer at Blooming Grove.
[6th Gen.J Children:
Mary Tuthill b. about 1769, m. James Brewster (son of
Francis Brewster.) Children :
Clarissa Brewster. 12962. 3. Mary Brewster.
Ann Brewster. 12963. 4. EHzabeth Brewster.
Selah Tuthill b. about 1771, m. Sarah Schoonmaker (dau.
of Cornelius Schoonmaker of Shawangunk, N. Y.).
ChUdren :
Rev. Cornelius Tuthill 12968. 3. Daniel Tuthill.
Selah TuthiU.
Phinehas TuthiU h. Aug. 10, 1773.
Ruth T«thiU b. in 1776, m. Henry Seely.
Daniel Tuthill b. about 1777.
[6th Gen.J
12969. iU. Phinehas Tuthill (son of Daniel TuthiU and Anna
Strong) b. Aug. 10, 1773, m Aug. 6, 1797, Elizabeth Seely b. Dec. 8,
1779 (dau. of Josiah Seely of Sugar Loaf, and Abigail Smith). She d.
Sept. 23, 1805, and he m. June 24, 1806, BIary Bradner b. Nov. 30,
1774 (dau. of Rev. Benoni Bradner of Blooming Grove, and Rebecca
Bridges), a farmer at Blooming Grove. She d. March 24, 1848. He d.
Oct 2, 1853.
[7th Gen.J Children : By first vnfe:
12972- 4. I George Washington TuthiU b. June 14, 1801.
12975. il Noah Crane TuthiU b. AprU 16, 1805, d. Sept 24, 1805.
By second wife :
12976- 7. ill Elizabeth Seely TuthiU b. March 30, 1807, m. Jesse
Jones.

12957- 9.

i.

12960.

1.

129M.

2.

12964- 5.

ii.

12966.

1.

12967.

2.

12969.

iii.

12970.

iv.

12971.

V.

694 Descendants of Selah Strong of SetauJcet, L. I., Son of
12978. iv. Noah Crane (2d) b. Feb. 8, 1809, d. July 6, 1823.
12979-80. V. Benoni Bradner TuthUl b. Feb. 15, 1811.
12981. vl Harriet TuthUl b. Jan. 8, 1813.
12982. VU. Malcolm TuthiU b. June 8, 1816.
12983- 4 viU. BIary Tuthill b. March 31, 1818, m. Feb. 1, 1843,
Thomas C. Howell a farmer in Blooming Grove, and
had six children.

12972-4. i. George Washington Tuthill (son of Phinehas and Eli
zabeth TuthUl) b. June 14, 1801, m. Dec. 4, 1821, Mary Cleves b. March
28, 1802, (dau. of David Cleves of Setauket, L. I. and Desire Hulse), a
farmer at Blooming Grove. She d. Feb. 1, 1834, and he m. Oct. 22,
1835, Rebecca Halsey b. June 6, 1800 (dau. of Zephaniah Halsey and
Rebecca Bradner, dau. of Rev. Benoni Bradner and Rebecca Bridges).
He d. Feb. 18, 1859.
[8th Gen.J Children: By first wife :
12985- 6. i. Mary Ann TuthUl b. Oct. 21, 1822, m. Rev. Anson
Dubois, D.D., d. July 22, 1854
12987- 8. u. William Jackson Tuthill b. Dec. 1, 1825.

12985-6. i. Mary Ann Tuthill b. Oct 21, 1822, m. May 1, 1851,
Rev. Anson Dubois b. at Catskill, N. Y., Aug. 29, 1821 (son of Isaac J.
Dubois and Catharine Hunter) : grad. at Rutgers College in 1847, and at
The Thelogical Seminary in 1850. She d. at Kingston, Ulster Co., N. Y.
July 22, 1854. He was a missionary at the Thousand, Isles St. Law
rence river (1850-4); settled at Kingston N. Y. (1864-9); Corre
sponding Secretary of the Board of Domestic Missions of Reformed Dutch
Church, atNew York (1869-62); settled at Schenectady, N. Y. (1862-9),
principal of Amelia Institute, at Amelia Court House, Va., since 1869.
They had :
12989. 1. TuthiU Dubois b. at Alexandria, N. Y., Nov. 15, 1852.
12990. 2. A chUd unnaraed b. July 21, and d. Aug. 4, 1854.

[8th Gen.J
12987-8. il William Jackson Tuthill b. Dec. 1, 1826, m. Nov.
6, 1850, Clarissa Adeline Thurber, of Islip, L. I. (dau. of Willets Thur-
ber and Sarah Cleves, of Islip, L. I.) : a farmer at Blooming Grove.
To him the author is indebted for this account of his grandfather's de
scendants. Children :
12991. 1. Sarah Desire TuthUl b. March 25, 1855, d. Jan. 20, 1863.
12992. 2. George Washington Tuthill b. March 14, 1869.

Thomas Strong, Son of Elder John, of NortJiampton. 695
[7th Gen.J
12976-7. iH. Elizabeth Seely Tuthill (dau. of Phinehas Tut
hUl and Mary Bradner) b. March 30, 1807, m. Sept. 30, 1834, Jesse
Jones b. Dec. 24, 1806 (son of Joshua Jones and Nancy Jones) : a far
mer at Blooming Grove. He d. June 26, 1839, she resides at Washing
tonville, Orange Co., N. Y.
[8th Gen.J Children :
12993. l Edward Malcolm Jones b. July 17, 1835, . d July 28,
1838.
12994. U. Henry Eugene Jones b. Feb. 7, 1837.
12995- 6. iU. Jesse Malcolm Jones b. May 3, 1839, m. AprU, 1866,
Elizabeth Esther Townsend (dau. of Sylvanus Town-
send, of New York and Cornelia Strong). Children :
12997. 1. Frances Elizabeth Jones b. Dec. 26, 1865.
12998. 2. Harriet TuthiU Jones b. Feb. 1, 1868.
[7th Gen.J
12979-80. v. Benoni Bradner Tuthill b. Feb. 15, 1811, m. Dec.
1, 1836, Hannah Gardner Barnes b. Aug. 29, 1817 (dau, of Jonathan and
Mary Barnes of Barton, N. Y.) : a farmer at Great Bend, Susquehannah
Co., Pa.
[8th Gen.J Children :
12999. i. Cornelia TuthiU b. Sept 22, 1837, m. Nov. 20, 1866,
George Washington Gray (son of Francis A. and Lucy
Gray of Great Bend, Pa., and since of Pilot Knob,
Wis.) : a merchant at Washington, D. C. They have
one child :
Ernest Gray b. Oct. 13, 1868.
Charles Henry TuthiU b. March 15, 1842.
Oscar Tuthill b. Nov. 27, 1849, d. May 7, 1863.
George Washington TuthiU b. Feb. 13, 1853.
Mary TuthUl b. Aug. 27, 1860.
[7th Gen.J
12982. VU. Malcolm Tuthill (son of Phinehas TuthUl and Mary
Bradner) b. June 8, 1815, m. Jan. 1, 1851, Catharine Jane Sraith of
Great Bend, Pa., b. March 28, 1831 (dau. of John Smith and Anna
Barley) : a farmer at Blooming Grove.
[8th Gen.J Children:
Mary Anna TuthUl b. Nov. 16, 1851.
Selah TuthiU b. Sept 28, 1853.
Hiram Preston Tuthill b. Aug. 30, 1855.
Thomas HoweU TuthUl b- Oct. 10, 1857.
George Washington Tuthill b. Jan. 23, 1860.
John Edward Tuthill b. March 19, 1862.

13000.

1.

13001.

il

13002.

iii.

13003.

iv.

13004.

v.

13005.

13006.

ii.

13007.

iii.

13008.

iv.

13009.

V.

13010.

vi.

696 Descendants of Selah Strong of SetauJcet, L. I., Son of
13011. vii Juliet TuthiU b. Jan. 16, 1864.
18012. viu. Benjamin Franklin TuthiU b. June 10, 1866.
13013. ix. Grant TuthiU b. Jan. 27, 1868.
13014. X. Jane TuthiU b. March 14, 1869.

[6th Gen.J
12970. iv. Ruth Tuthill (dau. of Daniel Tuthill and Anna Strong)
b. in 1776, m. in 1795, Henry Seely b. Feb. 13, 1772 (son of Josiah
Seely of Oxford, Orange Co., N. Y., and Abigail Smith) : a farmer at
Oxford Depot, Orange Cc, N. Y. He d. in 1844 : she d. in 1852.

[7th Gen
13016- 6. i.

13017. 1.
13018. 2.
13019-20. H.

13021. 1.
13022. 2.
13023. 3.
13024- 5. UI

13026- 7. iv.

13028. 1.
13029. 2.
13031- 2. V.

13033.13034.
13035.13036.
13037. 13038.
13039.13040.

1.
2.
3.4. 6.6.
7. vi.

13041. 1.
1304P. 2.

J Children:
Nancy Seely b. in 1797, m. in 1819, Thomas C. Brewster
(son of Daniel Brewster of Blooming Grove, N. Y., and
Esther Chatfield) : a farmer at Blooming Grove.
[Daniel Brewster was the son of Edward and grandson
of John Brewster, all of Blooming Grove.] Children :
Jane Brewster b. in 1821.
Henry Seely Brewster b. in 1828 : a farmer at Blooming
Grove, N. Y., on the old homestead (1870).
Albert Seely b. in 1799, m. in 1824, Deborah Roe (dau.
of David Roe of Chester, N. Y., and Clarissa Carpenter) :
a farmer. He d. in 1830. Their children were :
David Roe Seely b. in 1826.
Ruth Seely b. in 1828.
Clarissa Seely b. in 1831.
Abigail Seely b. in 1801, m. in 1828, Rensselaer Strong
(son of Selah Strong of Blooming Grove, and Ruth Wood-
hull) : a farmer. No issue. She d. in 1850.
Henry Seely b. in 1804, m. in 1832, Louisa Gerow (dau.
of Gilbert Gerow, of Hamptonburgh, Orange Co., N. Y.,
and Anna Cooley) : a farmer. He d. in 1838. Child
ren.
Albert Seely. 13030. 3, Mary Anna Seely.
Henry Seely.
BIartha Seely b. in 1806. m. in 1830, Daniel Jessup :
a farmer in Florida, Orange Co., N. Y. She d. in 1849.
Their children were :
Henry S. Jessup b. in 1831.
Samuel Jessup b. in 1833.
Francis A. Jessup b. in 1835.
Selah S. Jessup b. in 1837.
Thomas Jessup b. in 1839, d. in 1844.
Theodore F. Jessup b. in 1841.
George P. Jessup b. in 1845, d. in 1867.
Mary Ann Seely b. in 1809, m. in 1834, Timothy Sat
terlee : a merchant in Elmira, N. Y. She d. in 1846.
Their children were :
Albert S. Satterlee. 13042. 3. Ruth S. Satterlee.
EHas B. Satteriee. 13043. 4. Elizabeth Satterlee.

Thomas Strong, Son of Elder John, of Northampton. 697

18044- 5. VU. Selah T. Seely b. in 1812, m. in 1838, Susan TuthiU
(dau. of Jesse Tuthill, of Blooming Grove and Margariet
Heard) : a farmer. He d. in 1849. She resides now
(1870), at Chester, Orange Cc, N. Y. Their children

13046. 13047. 13048.
13049.13060.
13051. 13052.
13058.

13064 13055.

1. Margaret T. Seely b. in 1839.
2. Andrew H. Seely b. in 1841.
3. Selah T. Seely b. in 1843^
4. Addison Seely b. in 1845, d. in 1849.
5. Mary Ann Seely b. in 1846.
6. Ruth Seely b. in 1848.
7. Alice T. Seely b. in 1850.
viii. Ruth Lavinia Seely b. in 1820, m. in 1845, Jonathan C.
Duryea : a farmer in Bullville, Orange Co., N. Y. She
d. in 1861. Their children were :
1. Arrietta Duryea. 13056. 3. Jenny Duryea.
2. Wilmot Duryea.

[6th Gen.J
12971. v. Daniel Tuthill, Jr., b. about 1777 (son of Daniel Tuthill
and Anna Strong) m. Sarah Hasbrouck : a resident at Blooming Grove, and
removed afterwards to New York.

Mary TuthUl.
Catharine Tuthill.
James Monroe TuthiU.
Arrietta Tuthill.
Andrew Jackson Tuthill.

[7th Gen.J Children :

13057. 1. Cornelia Ann Tut- 18061.

5.

hUl. 13062.

6.

13058. 2. Hasbrouck TuthiU.13063.

7.

13059. 3. Samuel TuthUl. 13064.

8.

13060. 4. Jane Tuthill. 13065.

9.

[5th Gen.J See page 650.
12165. viu. Juliana Strong (dau. of Selah Strong and Hannah
WoodhuU) b. Jan. 16, 1750, m. Christopher Van Deusen. One chUd :
13066- 7. i . A daughter m. Jacob Mandeville.
13068-70. They had a daughter who m. Nathaniel Woodhull, and
had several children. He d. and she m. for 2d hus
band Joseph Youngs and had children.

[6th Gen.J See page 650.
12156-7. ix. Capt. Nathan Strong (son of Selah Strong of Bloom
ing Grove and Hannah Woodhull) b. Nov. 1, 1751, m. Jan. 13, 1777,
Ruth Brewster b. about 1765 (dau. of John Brewster of Blooming Grove,
N. Y., and sister of Amy and Abigail Brewster, wives of his brothers,
Nathaniel and Samuel : see previous page) : a captain in the Revolu
tionary war, and present at the surrender of Burgoyne, and wounded at

698 Descendants of Selah Strong of SetauJcet, L. I., Son of

the battle of White Plains. He d. at New York of yeUow fever, July
17, 1796, as did she also, Sept 17, 1796, and on the same day likewise,
their son Alfred. Their son John Brewster, died three days afterwards,
Sept. 20, 1796, of the same scourge.
[6th Gen.J Children:
13071. i. Experience Strong, d. unmarried, aged 27.
13072- 3. ii. Nathaniel Woodhull Strong b. July 12, 1779, d. March,
1841.
13074. Hi. John Brewster Strong b. July 10, 1781, d. Seft 20,
1796.
13076- 6. iv. Isaac Brewster Strong b. Aug. 25, 1784

13077. 13978.1307'0.

13080.

v. Nathan Strong b. May 31, 1786, d. Sept 2, 1786.
vi. Nathan Strong (2d) b. Aug. 7, 1788, d. without issue.
vii. Alfred Strong b. March 11, 1792, d. of yellow fever
Sept 17, 1796, and was buried with his mother in the
same coffin.
viU. Robert Strong b. Feb. 18, 1795.

13072-3. ii. Nathaniel Woodhull Strong b. July 12, 1779, m.
Oct. 28, 1807, Eliza Mason Dickson : a resident of New York. He d.
March, 1841 ; she d. March, 1846. One child :
13081- 2. 1. Lavinia Henrietta Strong b. Oct 24, 1808, m. March 12,
1833, Nathaniel B. Blunt : a lawyer in New York.
Children :
(1). EHza Strong Blunt b. Feb. 11, 1837.
(2). Sarah Helen Blunt b. Dec. 12, 1838.
iU. Nathaniel Woodhull Blunt b. Jan. 24, 1840, d. June,
1840.
iv. Edward Prescott Blunt b. May 27, 1841.
v. Nathaniel Woodhull Blunt b. Oct. 10, 1842.

13083.
13084. 13085. 18086.
13087.

[6th Gen.J
13075-6. iv. Isaac Brewster Strong (son of Capt. Nathan Strong
and Ruth Brewster) b. Aug. 25, 1784, m. Nov. 12, 1811, Mary Oakley.
He d. Sept 1832, of cholera.
[7th Gen.J Children :
13088- 9. i. Louisa Matilda Strong b. Oct 24, 1812, m". Edward
Torrey, and had children : Edward and Joseph.
13090- 1. U. Charles Alfred Strong b. Aug. 19, 1814, m. Oct 26,
1842, Frances A. Lord.
13092. iU. John Henry Strong b. March 30, 1817, resided in Ar
kansas.
13093- 4. iv. Mary Augusta Strong b. July 26, 1819, m. John S. H.
Bartlett Their chUdren are : Martha, Eugenie Au
gusta, Cornelia Townsend, Emma Caroline, and James
Robert.

TJiomas Strong, Son of Elder John, of NortJiampton. 699
[6th Gen.J
13080-1. viH. Robert Strong (son of Capt Nathan Strong and
Ruth Brewster) b, Feb. 18, 1796, m. Jan. 22, 1823, Sarah Holmes (dau.
of Stephen Holmes, cashier of the City Bank of New York) : a resident
of New York.
[7th Gen.J Children :
13096. l Anna Van Rensselaer Strong b. in 1823 : a teacher at
Kinderhook, N. Y., and more recently at Kingston,
Ulster Co., N. Y.
13096. ii. Theodore Robert Strong : a lawyer in New York.
13097. iii. Emily Woodhull Strong, a teacher at Kinderhook, and
more recently at Kingston, N. Y.
[Letters of inquiry for further information received no reply.]
[6th Gen.J See page 650.
12158-9. X. Sarah Strong (dau. of Selah Strong, of Blooming
Grove and Hannah Woodhull) b. Sept 29, 1753, m. Selah Havens (son
of Benj. Havens, of Moriches, L. I., and Abigail Strong). He d. and she
m. for 2d husband Rev. David Rose, of Brookhaven, L. I. (" Fireplace.")
No children by the first marriage.
[6th Gen.J By second husband :
13008- 9. l Sarah Rose, m. David Glover.
13100- 1. ii. Nancy Rose, m. David Overton, of Brookhaven.
18102- 3. iii. Esther Rose, m. Vincent M. Strong (son of Selah Strong,
Jr., of Blooming Grove).
13104- 6. iv. Nathaniel Strong Rose, m. Ann Day; no issue.
13106- 7. V. Elihu Rose, m. a Mr. Lynch.

[6th Gen.J
13102-3. Hi. Esther Rose (dau. of Rev. David Rose and Sarah
Strong) ra. Vincent Mathews Strong (son of Selah Strong, Jr. of Bloom
ing Grove) : a farmer at Blooming Grove. He d. sorae time since. She
is still living (1870) and resides variously with her different chUdren.
[Attempts to gain frora her or her chUdren any fuUer details were fruit
less in results.]
[7th Gen.J Children :
13108- 9. l Ellsworth Bakeraan Strong m. Lydia Wood : resides at
Laporte, Ind.
13110- 1. ii. Nancy Rose Strong m. John Gregory of Monroe, Orange
Co., N. Y.
13112- 3. iH. Ruth Strong m. Richard W. WoodhuU (son of Nathaniel
WoodhuU).
13114. iv. Alexander Hamilton Strong.

700 Descendants of Selah Strong of SetauJcet, L. I., Son of
13115- 6. V. Nathaniel Rose Strong m. Mary Gulick: resides at
Valparaiso, Ind.
13117- 8. vl Cornelia Strong b. June 14, 1823, m. Sept 1, 1841,
Sylvanus Smith Townsend of New York.
13119-20. vU. Selah Woodhull Strong b. July, m. Emily Pitts,
resided at Blooming Grove, where his widow still re
sides.
13121- 2. viii. Caroline Asenath Strong m. John Dougherty of Mid
dletown, Orange Co., -N. Y.
[5th Gen.J
12160-1. xi. Temperance Strong (dau. of Selah Strong and Han
nah Woodhull) b. Sept 11, 1755, m. Stephen Halsey of Blooming Grove :
a resident of New York. She d. at N. Y., Dec. 14, 1816.
[6th Gen.J Children :
18123- 4. i. Catharine Halsey, m. a Mr. Miller. They had a dau.
Catharine Miller.
13125- 6. ii. Lima Halsey m. a Mr. Day.
13127- 8. iu. Abigail Halsey, m. a Mr. Jacques.
13129-30. iv. Ann Halsey m. a Mr. Cox.
13131. V. Ruth Halsey.
[4th Gen.J See page 597.
10854-5. vi. Benajah Strong (son of Selah Strong and Abigail
Terry) b. at Setauket, March 7, 1715-6, m. Nov. 14, 1739, Martha Mills
b. Oct 5, 1716 (dau. of Timothy Mills, first settler at " MiU's Pond").
He d. Nov. 10, 1772 : she d. Oct 22, 1780, aged 64.
[5th Gen.J Children :
13132- 3. l Sarah Strong b. June 14, 1740, m. Ebenezer Miller.
13134- 6. u. Charity Strong b. May 13, 1742, m. Nathaniel Roe, d.
March 16, 1823.
13136- 7. iU. Abigail Strong b. May 19, 1745, m. Richard Concklin.
13138- 9. iv. Joanna Strong b. Jan. 4, 1747, ra. Gen. WUliam Floyd.
13140- 1. V. Col. Benajah Strong b. May 9, 1749.
13142. vi. Selah Strong b. AprU 21, 1751, d. soon.
13143- 4. vU. Selah Strong b. Oct. 2, 1753 : an alderman in New York.
13132-3. l SARAHSTRONGb. June 14, 1740, m. Hon. Ebenezer MUler:
a member of the Colonial Assembly from 1748 to 1769, and called
" Assemblyman Miller." She d. Feb. 18, 1836, aged 93.
[6th Gen.J Children :
13146. i. William Miller, kiUed in the Revolutionary war.
13146- 7. ii. Benajah Strong Miller m. Sarah Concklin (dau. of Rich
ard Concklin). He d. soon : had a son :
1. Ebenezer Miller who resides at MiUer Place, L. I.

Thomas Strong, Son of Elder John, of NortJiampton. 701

13148- 9. iH. Patty Miller m. Nathaniel Miller.
13160- 1. iv. Isaac MUler m. a Miss Cleeves.
13152- 3. V. Clara MUler m. Samuel Brown.
18154- 6. vi. & vii. Two children, names not given.

[5th Gen.J
13134-5. ii. Charity Strong (dau. of Benajah Strong and Martha
MiUs) b. May 13, 1742, m. Nathaniel Roe b. Oct. 14, 1737 (son of Na
thaniel Roe ofPort.Iefferson, and EHzabeth Roe) : she d. March 16, 1823.
[Nathaniel Roe, Jr., was brother of Phillips Roe, who m. Submit
Strong, dau. of Thomas and Susannah Strong, see p. 610. Children :
18156. L Sally Roe. 13169. 4. Charity Roc
13157. 2. Patty Roe. 13160. 5. Phillips Roe,]
13158. 8. Nancy Roe.
[5th Gen.J
13138-9. iv. Joanna Strong (dau. of Benajah Strong and Martha
MiUs) b. Jan.4, 1747, m. as his 2d wife Gen. WiUiam Floyd of Mastic, L. I.,
b. Deo. 17, 1734 (son of Nicolls Floyd and Tabitha Smith). He was a dele
gate to the Colonial Congress (1774-83), and signed in 1776, the Declara
tion of Independence. In 1778, he was elected a member of the first senate
of New York, Meraber of Congress. (1789-91) ; a Presidential Elector
(1800, 1804, 1820); and in 1801 a member of the State Constitutional
Convention. He removed to Western, Oneida Co., N. Y., in 1803, where
he d. Aug. 4, 1821, aged 86. She d. there also Nov. 24, 1826, aged 79.
[6th Gen.J Children : •
13161- 3. i. Ann Floyd, b. at Mastic, L. I., Jan. 4, 1786, m. Geo. W.
Clinton, and for 2d husband Abraham Varick.
18164- 5. u. Eliza Floyd b. March 2, 1789, m. James Platt.
13161-3. I Ann Floyd b. Jan. 4, 1786, m. Sept 19, 1808, George
Washington Clinton (son of Gov. George Clinton b. July 26, 1739, and
d. April 20, 1812, for eighteen years Gov. of N. Y., and also Vice
President of the United States) : he d. at his residence near Pough
keepsie, N. Y., March 27, 1813. His widow soon afterwards removed
to Utica where she m. Aug. 3, 1814, for a 2d husband Abraham Varick,
a lawyer at Utica untU 1832, when he removed to New York, where he
d. March 15, 1842.
[7th Gen.J Children :
By first husband :
13166. i George William Clinton b. at Poughkeepsie Oct. 31,
1809, d. May 12, 1842.

702 . Descendants of Selah Strong of SetauJcet, L. I., Sonof
By second husband :
13167. ii. Maria Antoinette Varick b. at Utica, May 18, 1816.
13168. iH. Richard Varick b, at Utica Jan. 30, 1817: a banker in
New York where he d. Dec. 4, 1858. He was grad.
at Union CoU., in 1837.
13169. iv. Julia Clinton Varick b. at Utica Jan. 11, 1822, resides
unmarried in New York.
[6th Gen.J
13164-5. U. Eliza Floyd (dau. of Geo. WUHam Floyd and Joanna
Strong) b. Blarch 2, 1789, at Mastic, m. May 25, 1812, at Western,
Oneida Co,, N. Y., James Platt b. Jan. 2, 1788 (son of Zephaniah Platt
of Poughkeepsie, and afterwards of Plattsburgh, N. Y., and Mary Van
Wyck). He studied law in the office of his brother. Judge Jonas Platt,
at Whitesboro, N. Y. He was a merchant for many years (1812-36), at
Utica, N. Y., and afterwards (1836-69) a banker at Oswego, N. Y.,
where he d. May 8, 1870, aged 82. His wife, Eliza, d. at Utica, Dec.
17, 1820, and he m. Feb. 27, 1831, for second wife, widow Susan Catha
rine Auchmuty, nee Woolsey, dau. of Melancthon Lloyd Woolsey. She
d. Oct 13, 1852, and be m. Jan. 1856, for 3d wife, Mrs. Sarah Breeze
Lansing, widow of B. B. Lansing of Utica.
[7thGen.J Children: By fi/rst vyife :
13170- 1. l William Floyd Platt b. June 23 1814, d. AprU 14, 1844.
13172- 3. ii. James Augustus Platt b. July 25, 1816.
13174. iii. Robert Platt b. Sept. 20, 1818, graduated at Union
Coll., in 1838 : a civil engineer at Oswego, where he
d. of pneumonia, unmarried, Feb. 27, 1869.
13175. iv. Elizabeth Platt b. Sept.' 3, 1820, d. March 25, 1821.
[Judge Zephaniah Platt, Jr., was b. at Huntington, L. I., May 27,
1735, and was son of Zephaniah Platt, only son of Jonas Platt of Hunt
ington. Jonas was b. April 24, 1684, and was son of Epenetus Platt of
Huntington, a large proprietor of land there, and justice of the peace for
several years. He was b. in England, and was, as is supposed, the son
of Richard Platt He oame to this country about 1 636. He was in
Huntington as a resident there, as early as 1672. Zephaniah Platt,
senior, b. in 1704, m. Hannah Saxton, of Sraithtown, L. I., by whom he
had Jonas, Zephaniah, Nathaniel, Charles, Hannah, and Elizabeth. He
m. for second wife, widow Anna Smith, widow of Ebenezer Smith, and
dau. of Job. Smith, and had by her Jeremiah, Daniel, Sarah, and Doro
thea. He was taken captive by the British in the Revolutionary war, and
d. in New York of small pox, Jan. 27, 1778, aged 74. She d. June 25,
1782. Judge Zephaniah Platt, Jr., m. Hannah Davis, and had two
chUdren by her : Zephaniah, and Hannah. Shed, and he m. for second
wife, Dec. 16, 1761, Mary Van Wyck b. June 20, 1743 (dau. of Theo-

Thomas Sirong, Son of Elder John, of Northampton. 703
dorus Van Wyck of FishkiU. N. Y., and Mary Creed). He was U. S.
senator (1786) member of the N. Y. State Convention in 1776, and
Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for Duchess Co., until 1795. He
settled in 1799, at Plattsburgh, where he owned previously a large tract
of land — the place being named after him — where he d. Sept. 12, 1807.]
13170-1. i. William Floyd Platt b. June 23, 1814, ra. Jan. 2,
1838, Catharine AmeUa Woolsey b.May 19, 1819, in Rutland, N. Y.
(dau. of Henry Livingston Woolsey and Eunice HubbeU) : a merchant
in New York (1837-9) ; a mode of life which continued poor health
soon compelled him to relinquish. He d. of consumption, AprU 14,
1844, at Oswego, where his widow has since continued to reside. He
was a man of liberal culture, refined tastes, and an ardent politician, and
a member of the Pres. Ch.
[8th Gen.] Children:
13176. l William Floyd Platt b. at Oswego, June 8, 1840, d
Nov. 27, 1841.
13177. ii. James Platt b. at Oswego Aug. 27, 1842; a merchant in
New York city.
[7th Gen.J
13172-3. ii. James Augustus Platt (son of James Platt and Eliza
Floyd) b. July 25, 1816 ; graduated at Hamilton College, N. Y., in 1835,
m. April 10, 1861, Elizabeth Sellers (dau. of James Sellers of Upper
Darby, Pa.) : a farmer and miner at Mineral Point, Wis. They have
had one child :
13178. 1. Isadora Elizabeth Platt b. Oct. 7, 1855, at Mineral Point
[5th Gen.J
18140-1. V. Col. Benajah Strong, Jr. (son of Benajah Strong and
Martha Mills) b. May 9, 1749, m. May 18, 1772, Hannah Thompson b.
Oct 5, 1747 (dau. of Jonathan Thompson of IsHp, L. I., and Mary Wood-
hull of Setauket). She d. Feb. 1, 1786, and he m. Feb. 24, 1789, for 2d
wife, EHzabeth Carie b. Feb. 16, 1764 (dau. of Silas Carie of Huntington,
L. I., and Mary Rogers) : she d. July 17, 1844, aged 80 : and he d. Dec.
29, 1795, aged 45. He resided at Islip, L. I., and was a farmer.
[Jonathan Thompson of Setauket, was b. Oct. 25, 1710, and Mary
WoodhuU, dau. of Richard WoodhuU 3d, was b. April 11, 1711.]
[6th Gen.J- J Children : By first vyife :
13179-80. i. Mary Strong b. April 2, 1773, m. John Dewick.
13181- 2. H. Col. Samuel Strong b. Oct. 1, 1774.

704 Descendants of Selah Strong of SetauJcet, L. I., Son of
13183. Hi. Anna Strong b. Feb. 3, 1777 : she d. unmarried, Jan. 9,
1860, aged 82, at Babylon, L. I.
13184- 5. iv. Benajah Strong b. June 11, 1779.
13186- 7. V. Elizabeth Strong b. May 29, 1782, m. Samuel Terry.
13188- 9. vi. William Strong b. June 11, 1784.
By second wife :
13190- 1. vii. Hannah Strong b. Jan. 18, 1789, M. Gilbert Fleet.
13192- 3. viU. Silas Carle Strong b. April 16, 1792.

13179-80. i. Mary Strong b. April 2, 1778, m. June 9, 1798, John
Dewick of Setauket, L. L, she d. Nov. 17, 1819.
[7th Gen.J Children :
13194. i. Samuel Dewick b. April 11, 1799.
13195. u. Benajah Dewick b. Nov. 3, 1804.
13496. iU. Hannah Dewick b. Aug. 26, 1807, m. Nov. 22, 1827,
Robert Dayton.
13197. iv. Margaret Dewick b. May 28, 1810.
13198. V. Nelson Dewick b. Oct 29, 1818.
[6th Gen.J
13181-2. ii. Col. Samuel Strong (son of Benajah Strong and Han
nah Thompson) b, Oct 1, 1774, m. Jan. 18, 1797, Ruth Carie b. March
20, 1772 (dau. of Silas Carle and Mary Rogers) : a farmer at Huntington,
L. I., and for several years previously at Islip, L. I. : -a member of the
N. Y. Assembly in .1823, '27 and '30 : a superior man, distinguished for
his good sense, integrity, and decision of character. He d. Jan. 20,
1854 : she d. July 13, 1849, a lady of great beauty and worth.
[7th Gen.J Children :
13199-00. l Ellis Strong b. Aug. 22, 1798.
13201. u. Prudence Strong b. Feb. 27, 1800, d. Nov. 81, 1801.
13202- 3. iu. Mary Ann Strong b. March 31, 1802, m. Timothy P.
Carle.

13199-200. i. Ellis Strong b. Aug. 22, 1798, m. May 3, 1822,
Mary Jackson (dau. of Micah Jackson and  Bradner) : a farmer at
Huntington, L. I., on the paternal homestead.
[8th Gen.J Children :
13204- 5. i. Julia Ann Strong m. James M. Stewart of Middletown,
Orange Co., N. Y. One chUd :
13206. 1. Ellis Strong Stewart
13207- 8. ii. Sarah Elizabeth Strong m. Dr. Abraham G. Thompson
of Islip, L. I. (son of Jonathan Thompson) : a member
of the N. Y., Legislature at one time. [Further inform
ation was sought in vain concerning these families.]

TJwmas Strong, Son of Elder John, of Northampton. 705
13209-10. ul Elbert Strong m. Louise MarshaU of New York: a
' farmer on the old homestead at Huntington, L. I. : had
two children.
13211- 2. iv. John BlUton Strong, a farmer at East Islip, L. I., m. a
dau. of Selah Strong of Comae, L. I., name not given.
13213- 4. V. Cornelia Strong m. Walter W. Robbins : a merchant at
Babylon, L. I., where she stUl (1870) resides, a widow.
[7th Gen.J
13202-3. iii. Mary Ann Strong (dau. of Col Samuel Strong and
Ruth Carle) b. March 31, 1802, m. Jan. 8, 1822, Timothy Platt Carle
b. Oct 31, 1797 (son of Phinehas Carie of Dix Hills, and Anne Carie,
dau. of Selah Carle and Elizabeth Heartt) : a wealthy farraer and mer
chant also in Babylon, L. I. ; a very enterprising, public-spirited man,
active in town and county affairs, genial and generous. He d. April 3,
1851, aet 54. His widow resides now (since Oct. 1869), at New York
city, having previously resided at Babylon.
[8th Gen.J Children :
13215- 6. I Marie Antoinette Carle b. Jan. 13, 1823, m. General
Richard A. UdaU.
13217- 8. ii. Julia Anna Carle m. James Clinton Norton, Jr.
13219-20. iH. Mary AUetta Carle, m. Sept 22, 1847, Pierre Norton
(son of James Clinton Norton of New York and Sarah
PearsaU). He d. about 1859 : she d. July 24, 1867.
One child :
13221. 1. Harry Norton b. in 1862.
13222- 3. iv. Samuel Strong Carle : a merchant in New Yorl^, m. Sarah
Ennis : answered no letters of inquiry.
13224. V. Augustus Platt Carle, d. unmarried Deo. 17, 1859.
13225. vi. Edward Henry Carle: a merchant in New York, un
married.
13226. vii. Ellen Louisa Carle : resides unmarried in New York.

13215-6. i. Marie Antoinette Carle b. Jan. 13, 1823, m. Feb.
5, 1845, General Richard A. UdaU b. May 11, 1811 (son of Dr. Richard
UdaU, of Islip, and Prudence Carle) : grad. at Yale in 1830 : studied law :
a member of the N. Y. Assembly, in 1842, '46, and '66 : a farmer at
Islip, L. L (P. 0. Babylon).
[9th Gen.J Children :
13227. i. Julien AthUl UdaU b. June 3, 1849 : a clerk in New
York.
13228. ii. Mary Strong UdaU b. Sept 3, 1864.
89

706 Descendants of Selah Strong of SetauJcet, L. I., Son of
[8th Gen.J
13217-8. H. Julia Anna Carle m. Oct 24, 1846, James Clinton
Norton (son of James Clinton Norton of New York and Sarah Pearsall).
He d. Jan. 1848. Clildren :
13229. 1. James Clinton Norton. 13280. 2. JuHe Clinton Norton.

[6th Gen.J
13184-6. iv. Benajah Strong (son of Benajah Strong and Hannah
Thompson) b. June 11, 1779, m. in 1808, Elizabeth Benedict b. March
14, 1783 (dau. of Jonah Benedict of South Salem, N. Y., and Elizabeth
Inglis) : settled near Yonkers, N. Y., d. Sept. 20, 1860 in New Rochelle,
where she still resides. [No information could be obtained from this
family.] [7th Gen.J Children :
13231. i. Eliza Strong.
13232. U. Hannah Strong.
13233. in. Edward Strong, a druggist in New York (Carle & Strong,
Maiden Lane).
13234. iv. Deborah Strong.. 13236. v. Alfred Strong.
13236. vi. DeWitt Clinton Strong b. 1830, d. Oct 6, 1844, aged 14.
[6th Gen.J
13186-7. V. Elizabeth Strong (dau. of Benajah Strong and Han
nah Thoippson) b. May 29, 1782, m. Dec. 19, 1801, Capt, Samuel Terry
b. Sept 27, 1773 (son of WUUam Terry who d. in Islip, L. L, March 18,
1824, aged 74, and Mary Carman who d. at Centre Moriches, L I., Feb.
15, 1838, aged 91) : a sea captain residing at Centre Moriches and in a
few years after his marriage a merchant there. He d. May 7, 1851, aged
77 ; she d. AprU 16, 1823, aged 40. He was a man of very fine 'social
qualities. [7th Gen.J Children :
13237- 8. i. Nelson Terry b. Sept 19, 1807.
13239. U. Strong Terry b. Feb. 20, 1809, d. Sept. 30 1811.
13240- 1. iii. Strong Terry b. Jan. 3, 1812.
13242. iv. George William Terry b. March 21, 1813, d. Oct 16,
1818.
13243- 4, V. Samuel Terry b. April 4, 1814.
13246. vi. Hannah Terry b. April 27, 1815, d. May 6, 1815.
13246- 7. vU. William Carman Terry b. Oct 4, 1817.
13237-8. i. Nelson Terry b. Sept. 19, 1807, m. March 16, 1831,
Eunice Smith b. Dec. 23, 1804 (dau. of WiUiam Smith of Moriches, L. I.,
and Abigail Smith) : a farmer at Centre Moriches, L. I.

Thomas Strong, Son of Elder John,of Northampton. 707

[8th
13248- 9,

13250
13251.13252.13253.13254-

13256. 13267.
13268- 9.

13260.
13261.
13262.13263.

Gen i.

1. 2.
3.4

1.

V. vi.

13264- 5. vU.

13266.
13267. 13268.
13269.

1.
2.
viiiix.

] Children ;
Elizabeth Terry b. June 26, 1832, m. Sept 26, 1849,
Alfred Gregory of Carmel, N. Y. They have 4 child
ren :
Alfred L Gregory b. in 1850.
Lucy Gregory b. in 1854.
Georgia Gregory b. in 1858.
Josephine Gregory b. in 1862.
Mary Ette Terry b. Dec. 2, 1833, m. Sept 30, 1856,
George Topping Osborne (son of Henry Parsons Os
borne and Jerusha Topping), resides in Moriches, L. I.
They have :
Blarcus Osborne b. Aug. 28, 1856.
Egbert Osborne b. Nov. 1, 1858.
Henry Smith Terry b. Nov. 3, 1835, m. Sept 15, 1868,
Lina Yates of Brooklyn, L. I. (dau. of John Yates).
He is with his brothers, a proprietor of the U. S. Hotel
in New York. He has a daughter ;
Henrietta Terry b. in 1869.
George Nelson Terry b. Feb. 6,1888, one of the proprie
tors of the U. S. Hotel in New York.
William Terry b, March 26, 1840, d. Dec. 20, 1841.
William Carman Terry b. March 26, 1842, one of the
proprietors of the U. S. Hotel in New York.
Emma R. Terry b. July 15, 1843, m. May 4, 1864, Ed
ward Hawkins of Moriches, L. I. (son of Elihu Hawkins
and widow Mary Tooker). They had 2 children :
Elihu Hawkins b. in 1865.
Seely M. Hawkins b. in 1866.
Amanda Terry b. Dec 27, 1845, d. Sept 26, 1849.
Gilbert Terry b. Jan. 26, 1850, a proprietor with his
brothers of the U. S. Hotel in New York.

[7th Gen.]
13240-1. iU. Strong Terry (sonof Capt. Samuel Terryand Elizabeth
Strong) b. Jan. 3, 1812, m. April 14, 1840, Harriet Topping b. AprU 2,
1816 (dau. of SUas Topping and Charity Maria Bishop) afarmer at Centre
Moriches, L. I. She d. June 1, 1868.
[8th Gen.J Children :
13270- 1. i. George WUHam Terry b. June 25, 1841, m. Aug. 6,
1865, Eliza Jane Phillips b. March 23, 1840 (dau. of
John M. PhUlips of Harpersfield, O., and Rebecca Weld)
a merchant at Centre Moriches, L. I. To him the
author is indebted for this account of the descendants
of Capt Samuel Terry and Elizabeth Strong. They
have had one child :
13272. 1. George Strong Terry b. Dec 25, 1867, d. Jan. 1, 1868.

708 Descendants of Selah Strong of SetauJcet, L. I., Son of
13273- 4. ii. Charity (" Charry ") Maria Terry b. AprU 14, 1845, m.
Sept 15, 1869, ElHott Ellsworth Wells (son of Gershom
0. Wells of Riverhead, L. I., and Temperance Ben
jamin) a farmer in Centre Bloriches, L. I.
13275. iU. Jasper Gilson Terry b. July 18, 1848, a carpenter in
Centre Moriches.
13276. iv. Julia Carman Terry b. Oct 22, 1854.
[7th Gen.J
13243- 4. V. Samuel Terry (son ofCapt Samuel Terry and Elizabeth
Strong) b. AprU 4, 1814, m. Jan. 28, 1836, Perilla Robinson b. Nov. 4,
1812 (dau. of Capt Gideon Robinson of ManorvUle, L. I., and Mehitable
Terry) a farmer at Centre Moriches, L. I.
[8th Gen.J Children:
13277. i. Francis Alonzo Terry b. Feb. 15, 1837 : a sailor.
13278. U. Gideon Hamilton Terry b. Dec. 2, 1839 : a farmer a
Centre Moriches, an Union soldier in the late war ;
killed at the battle of Cedar Mountain, Aug. 9, 1862.
13279-80. iU. Hetty Elizabeth Terry b. Dec. 17, 1841, m. Aug.
23, 1865, Selden Augustus Woodruff (son of Selden,
Augustus Woodruff of Montrose, Pa., and Jerusha Ann
Mosher) : a harness maker at Moriches, L. I. They
have had two children :
13281. 1. A child unnamed that d. soon.
13282. 2. Selden Augustus Woodruff b. July 4, 1870.
13283- 4. iv. BIary Louisa Terry b. Jan. 27, 1844, m. Feb. 22, 1865,
Isaac Howell (son of Daniel Howell and Mary Ann
Terry) : a farmer at Moriches. They have one child :
18286. 1. Mary HoweU b. Feb. 6, 1866.
18286. V. Emily Terry b. Aug. 28, 1846.
13287- 8. vi. Eliza Eleanor Terry b. Nov 12, 1848, m. Nov. 28, 1869,
Charles Willett Raynor, a farmer at Moriches (son of
Wm. Raynor of Westhampton, L. I., and SaUy Ann
Robinson). They have one child :
13289. 1. WUlard Raynor.
13290. vii Charles Carman Terry b. March 12, 1851.
18291. viU. Alice Amanda Terry b. July 12, 1863.
13292. ix. Ella Ette Terry b. Dec. 19, 1857.
[7th Gen.J
13246-7. vii. William Carman Terry b. Oct. 4, 1817, m. Mary-
Goodale b. March 30, 1826 (dau. of Oliver Goodale of Flanders, L. I.,
and more recently of Southold, L. I., and Mary Payne Osborne) : a farmer
at Southold, L. I. He has one child :
13293. 1. Mary Strong Terry b. Dec. 5, 1856.

Thomas Strong, Son of Elder John, of Northampton. 709
[6th Gen.J
13188-9. vi. William Strong (son of Benajah Strong and Hannah
Thompson) b. June 11, 1784, m. in 1806, Gloriana Terry b. Feb. 9, 1773
(dau. of WiUiam Terry of Islip and Mary  ), a farmer in Islip
(P. 0. SayviUe).
[7th Gen.J Children :
13294- 5. i. William Nelson Strong b. Oct. 30, 1807, m. Louisa
Gerard dan. of Jonas Gerard.
13296- 7. u. Edmund C. Strong b. Jan. 19, 1810, m. May, 1842,
BIargaret Covert dau. of Henry Covert.
13298- 9. Ul Charles T. Strong b. Oct 3, 1811, m. a Bliss Newton,
dau. of Jonas Newton : a justice of the peace, and ses
sions justice of the county of Suffolk, L. I., resides at
Islip (SayviUe).
13300. iv. Amanda Strong b. Jan. 7, 1814.
13301. V. Hannah Maria Strong b. Feb. 24, 1816.
[6th Gen.J
13190-1. vii. Hannah Strong (dau. of Benajah Strong and Eliza
beth Carle, his 2d wife) b. Jan. 18, 1789, m. April, 1806, Gilbert Fleet
b. Sept. 2, 1783 : a farmer at Huntington, L. I., where he d. Aug. 9,
1854 She d. at S. Huntington, Jan., 1870.
[7th Gen.J Children :
13302- 3. i. Angeline Fleet b. Jan. 18, 1807, m. Jonas Muncy : a
farmer of Islip, L. I. Their children are : Silas, Mary,
Cornelia, Albert and Hannah.
13304- 5. U. Eliza Fleet b. July 12, 1808, m. Timothy Carman : a
farmer at Sweet Hollow, L. I. Their children are :
Timothy, Clarence, George A. Carman.
13306. iH. David Fleet b. Sept 2, 1810.
13307. iv. Henry Fleet b. Oct 12, 1812.
13308. V. John Fleet b. May 17, 1814.
18309-10. vi. Cornelia Ann Fleet, m. Albert Smith.
13311- 2. vii. Mary Ann Fleet m. John Stebbins, d. in 1852.
13313. viii. Charlotte Fleet, d. unmarried.
13314. ix. Nancy Fleet, d. unraarried Oct 20, 1864.
13315- 6. X. Juliette Fleet, m. WilUam McFarlane, d. AprU 19,
1869.
13317. xi. A son George BIcFarlane.
13318. xii Gilbert Fleet, unmarried.
13319. xiii. Edgar Fleet, unmarried.
[Nothing further can be stated concerning the history of this family as
those addressed declined giving the desired information.]
[6th Gen.J
13192-3. viii. Silas Carle Strong (son of Col. Benajah Strong and
Elizabeth Carie), b. April 16, 1792, m. Abigail Scudder (dau. of Col.

710 Descendants of Selah Strong of SetauJcet, L. I., Son of
TreadweU Scudder of Islip, L. I., M. C. [1817-19]) : a farmer at Hunt
ington, L. L (Dix HUls).
[7th Gen.] Children :
18320- 1. l Selah Strong m. a Miss VaU (dau. of Col. Platt VaU of
Islip). Their daughter Hannah m. MUton Strong, her
cousin.
13322- 3. ii. Treadwell Strong m. Mary Ann Carle (dau. of John
Carle of Dix Hills). No children.
13324- 6. iU. George Strong m. a Miss Arthur of Smithtown, L.I.
Had three children.
13326- 7. iv. Elizabeth Strong m. John Carle of Dix HUls.
[5th Gen.J
13143-4. vii. Selah Strong (son of Benajah Strong and Martha
MUls) b. Oct. 2, 1763, grad. at Yale in 1774, m. April 17, 1775, Sarah
Woodhull b. Sept. 15, 1768 (dau. of Capt. Nathan Woodhull) a merchant
in New York, an alderman of the city, and comptroller of the city, a man
of vigorous health, much respected for his personal worth. His country
residence was near the present " Atlantic Docks " in Brooklyn. He d. Jan.
13, 1837, aged 83. She d. June 11, 1789, aged 30, and helived 61year8
a widower. [6th Gen.J Children :
13228- 9. l Julia Strong b. March 17, 1777, m. George Wattles and
after his decease Jotham Post, Jr., b. in N. Y., grad.
at Columbia College in 1792, member of N. Y. Assembly
for 4 years, and M. C, from New York (1813-15). No
issue by either marriage. She d. April 3, 1847, aged 70.
13330. H. Ann Strong b. Nov. 12, 1778, d. unmarried Oct. 1, 1819.
13331. in. Judge Benjamin WoodhuU Strong b. Jan. 14, 1781, d.
unmarried Sept 14, 1847. He was first Judge of
the Court of Common Pleas of Queens Co. He retired
in middle life to Spring Hill (near Flushing, L. I.),
where he raised flowers and fruits very successfully.
13332- 3. iv. James Strong b. Feb. 26, 1783, d. July 30, 1838, aged
56.
13334- 6. V. Charlotte Strongb. May 26, 1785, m. Wm. C. Mulligan,
d. Jan. 11, 1848.
13336. vi. Henry Strong b. June 6, 1787, d. Aug. 18, 1809, un
married.
13337. vii. Nathan Woodhull Strong b. June 11, 1789, d. Sept. 9,
1795.
13332-3. iv. James Strong b. Feb. 26, 1783, m. June 24, 1816,
AUetta Remsen b. Sept. 21, 1788 (dau. of Simon Remsen of Newtown,
L. I,, and AUetta Rapalje). He was a merchant in New Yotk at first in
company with his father, as the firm of Selah Strong & Son, and after-

TJwmas Strong, Son of Elder John, of Northampton. 711
wards in the firm of Peter Remsen & Co., a commission house of as high
rank for many years as any in the city. He d. July 30, 1838, aged 55,
being accidentally killed while in full health and vigor, having had his
skull fractured by a horse running against him in Broadway as he was
leaving an omnibus. His widow still resides (1869), at the homestead in
Newtown, L. I., which has been for more than a centuryand a half in the
possession of the family.
[7th Gen.J Children :
13338- 9. I Julia Strong b. Nov. 5, 1820, m. Rt. Rev. Gregory T.
Bedell.
13340- 1. U. Col. James Henry Strong b. Sept. 21, 1821.
13342- 3. iU. Peter Remsen Strong b. Feb. 21, 1823.
13344- 5. iv. Elizabeth Strong b. Nov. 11, 1824, ra. Edward L.
Lynch.
13846- 7. V. Major Edward Newton Strong, b. May 20, 1827.
13348- 9. vi. Benjamin Woodhull Strong b. Jan. 21, 1829.
13338-9. i. Julia Strong b. Nov. 5, 1820, m. in New York, Oct 7,
1845, Rt Rev. Gregory Thurston BedeU, D.D., b. at Hudson, N. Y.,
Aug. 27, 1817 (son of Rev. Gregory Townsend Bedell, D.D., of St. An
drew's Church, Philadelphia, and Penelope Thurston) : grad. at Bristol
Coll., Pa., in 1836, and in July, 1840, at the (Episcopal) Theol. Sem. of
Virginia at Alexandria: ordained Deacon July, 1840, in St. Andrew's
Church, Philadelphia : ordained Presbyter, Aug. 29, 1841, in the Church
of the Holy Trinity at Westchester, Pa. : consecrated Bishop, Oct 13,
1859, in St. Paul's Church, Bichmond, Va. : became Rector of the Church
of the Holy Trinity at Westchester, Pa., Nov. 5, 1840 : instituted Rector
of the Church of the Ascension in New York, March 19, 1843, and as
sistant Bishop of the Diocese of Ohio, Oct. 13, 1859. His residence is
at Gambler, Ohio. Children :
13350. 1. EHzabeth Bedell b. Feb. 16, 1851.
13351. 2. James T. BedeU b. Sept. 21, 1858.
13352. 3. J. Thurston Bedell b. Feb. 15, 1866. They all died in
fants.
[7th Gen.J
13340-1. il Col. James Henry Strong (son of James Strong of
New York, and AUetta Remsen) b. Sept. 21, 1821, m. June 15, 1868
Georgiana Louisa Berriman (dau. of Upshur Berriman of New York, an'
Maria Coster) : resides in New York. He joined the U. S. Army q
Vols., in July, 1862, as Aid, in the Burnside Expedition to North Car('
lina: commissioned Feb. 20, 1863, major in the 1st N. C. Union Vqf
Infantry, but continued on staff duty as Acting Assistant Inspector Gen^
ral, and was assigned by the president to duty as such, May 27, 1863, f

712 Descendants of Selah Strong of SetauJcet, L. I., Son of
the 18th Army Corps with the rank of Lt. Col. He was made Oet. 18,
1863, Lt. Col. in the First Regt. N. C. Union Vols. He was ordered
Dec. 1863, by the War Department to report to Major General John
Foster of the Department of the Ohio, and served as Acting Assistant In
spector General of that Department until April, 1864, and was then
transferred to the District of Beaufort, N. C. (Brig. Gen. Inness Palmer
commanding) to serve in the same capacity, which he did until the close
of the war. He was at Washington, N. C, during its siege. He re
signed May 12, 1865.
[8th Gen.J Children :
13353. i. Henrietta Taletta Strongb. Jan. 26, 1866.
13364. ii. Georgiana Louisa Heckscher Strong b. May 4, 1866, d.
AprU 23, 1867.
13356. iU. James Henry Strong b. Jan. 6, 1869.
[7th Gen.J
13342-3. iU. Peter Remsen Strong (son of James Strong of New
York, and AUetta Remsen) b. Feb. 21, 1823, m. May 18, 1863, Mary
Emmeline Stevens b in 1833 (dau. of John Austin Stevens of New York,
president for many years of The Bank of Commerce, and Abby Weld of
Boston, Mass.) : graduated at Columbia Coll. in 1840 : admitted to the
bar in New York, but has never practised law ; resides at Newtown, L. I.,
on the old homestead of the Remsen family.
[8th Gen.J Children :
13356. i. Mary Stevens Strong b. April 5, 1854.
13357. H. Alice Strong b. Aug. 4, 1859.
13368. HI Edith Strong b. Oct 20, 1860, d. Jan. 2, 1862.
[7th Gen.J
13344-5. iv. Elizabeth Jane Strong (dau. of James Strong of New
York, and AUetta Remsen) b. Nov. 11, 1824, m. Dec. 8, 1845, Edward
Livingston Lynch of New York, b. at Rome, N. Y., in 1822 (son of Hon.
JamesLynch and Janet Tillotson), a lawyer by profession, but not in recent
practice : resides in New York. Children :
13359. 1. Edward Lynch d. soon.
13360. 2. AUetta Remsen Lynch b. Sept. 1847..
13361. 3. Julia TUlotson Lynch b. April 28, 1856.
[7th Gen.J
13346-7. V. Major Edward Newton Strong (son of James Strong
of New York, and AUetta Remsen) b. May 20, 1827, m. Oct 12, 1852,
Susan W. Warren b. July 17, 1835 (dau. of John Warren of New York,

TJwmas Strong, Son of Elder John, of NortJiampton. 713
and Rachel Robinson) she d. July 3, 1867, andhe m. in New Brunswick,
N. J., for 2d wife Evelina W. Kearney b. Jan. 4, 1837 (dau. of PhUip S.
Kearney of New York, and Evelina Warren), resides at Sing Sing, N. Y.,
not employed in any specific occupation. He joined the U. S. Army of
Vols., Dec. 13, 1861, as aid-de-camp (Major Gen. John J. Foster) in the
Burnside Expedition, remaining in that position until tBe spring of 1865,
when he resigned, with the rank of Major in Genl. Foster's staff. The
General commanded during his time of service the departments of North
Carolina (head quarters at Newborn), of the James River (head quarters.
Fortress Monroe), of Eastern Tennessee (head quarters, Knoxville), and
the department of the South (head quarters, Hilton Head, S. C). There
was no issue by the first marriage ; by the second there was one child.
18362. 1. Evelina Kearney Strong b. July 29, 1867.
[7th Gen.J
13348-9. vi.. Benjamin Woodhull Strong (son of James and AUetta
Strong) b. Jan. 21, 1829, m. Oct. 16, 1860, Prances Hoffman b. May 9,
1832 (dau. of Hon. Murray Hoffman of New York, and Frances Burrall)
He resides at Newtown, L. I.
[8th Gen.J Children:
13363. i. James Remsen Strong b. Oct 28, 1861.
13364. ii. Francis Burrall Strong b. Jan. 13, 1863.
13366. iu. Charlotte Strong b. Nov. 3, 1864.
13366. iv. Murray Hoffman Strong b. April 3, 1867.
13367. V. Helen Strong b. and d. Feb. 18, 1869.
[6th Gen.J
13334-6. V. Charlotte Strong (dau. of Selah Strong and Sarah Wood-
hull) b. May 26, 1785, m. AprU 13, 1813, WUliam Cook MuUigan b. Dec
24, 1780 (son of Hercules Mulligan of New York, and Elizabeth San
ders) : not educated at college ; for 35 years (1802-37) a lawyer in New
York. He d. Nov. 19, 1837. She d. Jan. 11, 1848.
[7th Gen.J Children :
13368- 9. i. Henry Strong Mulligan b. March 5, 1815, d. May
26, 1856.
13370- 1. U. William Mulligan b. July 4, 1817.
13372. iH. Edward Mulligan b. March 31, 1819, d. Sept. 16, 1833.
13373- 4. iv. Alfred Mulligan b. Feb. 21, 1821.
13375- 7. V. Eugene Mulligan b. Sept. 21, 1823.
13378- 9. vi. Romeyn Mulligan b. Jan. 31, 1828.
13368-9. i. Henry Strong Mulligan b. March 6, 1815, m. Sept.
5, 1839, Sarah Chapin Howell b. March 9, 1816 (dau. of Hon. Nathaniel
90

714 Descendants of Selah Strong of SetauJcet, L. I., Son of
W. Howell of Canandaigua, N. Y. and Fanny Coleman) : a merchant in
New York and after 1850 in Buffalo, where he d. May 26, 1865. His
widow resides in Buffalo still (1869).
[8th Gen.J Children :
13380. l James Strong Mulligan b. July 6, 1840, Lieut 21st Regi
ment New York State Militia, entered U. S. A. Vols.,
as a private in Co. B, 21st Regt. N. Y. Vols., at the
beginning of the late war, and became in the end first
lieutenant in Co. I, of that regiment, engaged in many
skirmishes in Northern Virginia. At the second battle
of Bull Run, the command of his company early de
volved upon him, and while in a terrible cross-fire he
was struck by a bullet, which at the time he supposed
had only gone through his arm, and he continued on in
the fight until the enemy were driven back, and his
company recalled when he fell from loss of blood and
it was found that the ball had passed through his left
lung out under his shoulder. He was made prisoner
by the enemy, stripped and left on the field for several
days, attended only by a faithful soldier of his company
who would not desert him. On being recovered at last
by his friends he was removed to Washington, and in
November to his home in Buffalo, and tenderly cared
for, but unavailing ly, and d. June 9, 1863, "a brave
Christian soldier." His regiment returned to Buffalo
in the spring of 1863, and marched by his mother's
house out of their course in order to show their respect
for their old wounded and dying officer, and as he was
brought out upon the balcony to see them for the last
time greeted him with cheers, and uplifted hats.
13381. u. Greig Howell Mulligan b. Dec. 26, 1842, entered as pri
vate at the beginning of the war the 21st Regiment,
N. Y. Vols, with his brother James ; in the fall of
1861 he was appointed 2d lieutenant, Co. A, 90th
Regiment, N. Y. Vols., and ordered to Key West, Fla.,
and while there was Judge Advocate of Court Martial.
He d. at Key West of yellow fever, Aug. 22, 1862.
He was called " the most thorough officer in the regi
ment, very able and brilliant, and a warm hearted and
generous friend."
13382. iH. Charlotte Mulligan b. Sept 26, 1844.
13383. iv. Henry Strong MuUigan b. Aug. 10, 1848.
13384. V. Edward Augustus MuUigan b. Nov. 12, 1852.

[7th Gen.J
13370-1. ii. William Mulligan (son of Wm. C. Mulligan and
Charlotte Strong) b. July 4, 1817, m. Sept. 9, 1840, EUen Wikoff, b.
May 16, 1818 (dau. of Peter Wikoff of Philadelphia, and Ann Tharp).

She d. Dec 24, 1869.

He was graduated at

Columbia Coll., N. Y., in

Thomas Strong, Son of Elder John, of Northampton. 715
1835 : a merchant in New York from 1840, onwards ; was active in
1867, in the formation of the Humboldt Fire Insurance Co., N. Y., and
since 1862, has been its president. To him the author is indebted foi;
this account of his father's family.
[8th Gen.J Children :
13885- 6. l Annie Tharp Blulligan b. March 26, 1842, m. Dr. Samuel
B, Smallwood, d. April 18, 1868.
13387. ii. Julia Strong Blulligan b. May 2, 1845.
18388. iU. Caroline Park MuUigan b. Sept 13, 1846, d. Dec. 30
. 1867.
13389-90. iv. Ellen Wikoff Mulligan b. May 1, 1849, m. Oct 6, 1868,
Robert Stark Fanning b. April 23, 1836 (son of Pa
trick Fanning of Norwich, Ct., and Susan Alida Thurs
ton, sister to Penelope Thurston wife of Rev. Dr. George
T. BedeU of Philadelphia).
13391. V. Charlotte Wetherill Mulligan b. Oct 22, 1856.

13386-6. i. Annie Tharp Mulligan b. March 26, 1842, m. June 8,
1864, Samuel Blackwell Smallwood, M.D , of Newborn, N. C, b. May 8,
1841 (son of Eli Smallwood of Newborn and Anna E. Blackwell) : she
d. April 18, 1868. He resides now at Huntington, L. I.
[9th Gen.J Children :
13392. i. William Mulligan Smallwood b. Sept 13, 1866.
13393. ii. Annie MuUigan Smallwood b. Feb. 21, 1868.
[7th Gen.J
13373-4 iv. Alfred Mulligan (son of Wm. C. Mulligan and Char
lotte Strong) b. Feb. 21, 1821, m. June 13, 1845, Julia Grant Prince b.
July 20, 1826 (dau. of Isaac Prince and BIary Clarkson of PhUadelphia) :
a retired merchant living at Huntington, L. I., since 1866.
[8th Gen.J Children :
13394. l Mary Prince Mulligan b. Dec 20, 1846.
13395. il Virginia Mulligan b. March 10, 1848.
18396. iU. Frederick WiUiam MuUigan b. Oct 10, 1850.
13397. iv. Eugene Livingston MuUigan b. April 25, 1852.
13398. V, Frank Mulligan b. Dec. 5, 1855.
[7th Gen.J
13375-7. V. Eugene Mulligan (son of Wm. C. Mulligan and Char
lotte Strong) b. Sept 21, 1823, ra. Nov. 3, 1847, Harriet Rich b. Nov.
23, 1826 (dau. of Gaius Barrett Rich of Buffalo, and Apphia Salisbury) :
she d. May 16, 1864; and he ra. Oct 17, 1855, Sophia McCay of Bath,
N. Y., b. Aug. 6, 1834 (dau. of Wm. W. McCay and Sarah Newbold) :
a merchant.

716 Descendants of Selah Strong of SetauJcet, L. I., Son of
[8th Gen.J Children:
13399-00. i. Mary Evelyn MulUgan b. Aug. 26, 1848, m. Sept 29,
1868, Charies Townsend of New York b. July 1, 1844
(son of George Coit Townsend and Louise Catharine
Matthews).
13401. u. Florence Apphia Mulligan b. Aug. 9, 1851.
13402. iU. Jeanie McCay Mulligan b. Dec 26, 1856.

[7th Gen.J
13378-9. vi. Romeyn Mulligan (son of WiUiam C. Mulligan and
Charlotte Strong) b. Jan. 31, 1828, m. Oct 16, 1855, Mary Louisa Hol
den b. Aug. 9, 1828 (dau. of Samuel Cotton Holden of Batavia, N. Y.,
and Delia Towner) : a merchant in New York.
[8th Gen.J Children :
13403. i. Delia Mulligan b. June 1, 1857.
13404. u. Romeyn Mulligan b. Feb. 28, 1861.
[4th Gen.J See page 597.
10866- 7. vii. Joseph Strong (son of Selah Strong of Setauket and
Abigail Terry) b. March 13, 1717-18, m. in 1740, Charity Wells (dau.
of John Wells of Stratford, Ct, and Mary Judson). He d. Sept 22,
1741, aet 24, and his widow m. for a 2d husband William Burr, to whom
she bore three daughters. She was a descendant of Gov. Thomas WeUs,
one of the first settlers of Hartford, and of Wethersfield.
Joseph Strong left, as per inventory in the probate records at Fairfield,
a good estate, among the items of which are mentioned " a two masted
vessel, a sea-bed and a West India pilot book," by which it would appear
that he was a West India trader, as were the Princes and Gorhams with
whom he became connected by his marriage. Thompson, in his History
of L. I., says he was accidentally drowned in Stratford harbor.
[5th Gen.J Child :
13406-7. I Hon. Joseph Strongb. Nov. 6, 1741: a farmer in Stratfield
parish, Fairfield, Ct (now Bridgeport). He held
various offices, as town clerk, treasurer, selectman,
justice of the peace, and representative in the Conn.
legislature, and was an ardent patriot in the Revolutionary
war. He m. in 1704, Comfort Nichols b. in 1739
(dau. of Elijah Nichols of Stratford, and Huldah
Thompson). She d. Feb. 14, 1804, aged 65, and he m.
for 2d wife, Jan. 3, 1808, Comfort Burr. No children
by the second marriage. He was an active member of
the Cong. Ch., and brought up his family according to
his own denominational ideas and principles, while his
wife was of the Episcopal church.

Thomas Strong, Sonof Elder John, of NortJiampton. 717
[6th Gen.J Children :
13408. I Charity Strong b. Jan. 22, 1765, d. Aug. 5, 1766.
13409-10. U. Mary Strong b. Oct 19, 1766, m. Stephen Fowler.
13411- 2. iU. John Strong b. Nov. 22, 1768, m. Tryphena Wetmore.
13418- 4. iv. Charity Strong (2d) (twin), b. March 11, 1772, ra. Ira
Jones.
13416. V. Sarah Strong (twin) b. March 11, 1772, d. unmarried,
in 1804, aged 33.
13416- 7. vi. Deborah Strong b. Nov. 13, 1775, m. David Sterling.
13418. vH. Anna Strong b. Aug. 21, 1779, d. July 2, 1798, aged 19.
13419. viU. Comfort Strong b. Nov. 23, 1781, d. March 7, 1801,
aged 20.
13409-10. u. Mary Strong b. Oct. 19, 1766, m. Oct. 20, 1786,
Stephen Fowler from New Haven, Ct. : a teacher in Fairfield. He after
words removed to Newborn, N. C, where he d. March 29, 1829. She
d. June 13, 1826. [Prof Benj. SUliman, Sen., mentions Mr. Fowler as
one of his early teachers.]
[7th Gen.J Children :
13420- 1. i. BIary Fowler b. Oct. 12, 1786, m. as his second wife,
Moses Jarvis : a merchant in Newborn, Ct. His first
wife was her younger sister Hannah. They had one
child that d. young.
13422- 3. H. Hannah Fowler b. June 21, 1788, m. Moses Jarvis, a
merchant in Newborn, N. C, whose second wife was
her sister Mary.
13424- 5. iu. Joseph Strong Fowler b. Sept 15, 1790.
13426- 7. iv. Lewis Fowler b. AprU 15, 1796.
13428- 9. V. Capt. Stephen Fowler b. Sept 10, 1798.
18430- 1. vl William Henry Fowler b. Nov. 5, 1801.
13432- 3. VU. Sarah Ann Fowler b. July 22, 1806, m. Zalmon B.
Wakeman.
13422-8. H. Hannah Fowler b. June 21, 1788, m. Aug. 10, 1813,
Moses Jarvis, a merchant at Newbern, N. C. She d. Jan. 11, 1820.
[8th Gen.J Children :
13434- 6. i. Hannah Fowler Jarvis b. Jan. 12, 1816, m. WiUiam C.
Clark, cashier ofthe Merchant's Bank of Newbern. She
d. soon. Children :
A daughter that d. soon.
Charles Clark a lawyer in Newbern, N. C.
Elizabeth Jarvis b June 28, 1817.
[7th Gen.J
13424- 5. iii. Joseph Strong Fowler (son of Stephen Fowler and
Mary Strong) b. Sept. 15, 1790, m. Ann Tulford: a planter in Bay River
N. C. (now called Jackson). He d. Jan. 1867, aged 76.

13436.

1.

13437.

2.

13488.

ii.

13446.

1.

13447.

2.

13448.

3.

718 Descendants of Selah Strong, SetauJcet, L. I., Son of
[8th Gen.J Children :
13439-40. i Joseph Strong Fowler m. Sally Delmar of  Craven
Co., N. C, and had 2 children.
13441. ii. Charles Humbert Fowler a merchant at Bay River
Village, N. C. (now Jackson).
13442. iii. DeWitt Clinton Fowler, a merchant at Bay River Village,
N. C.
13443- 4. iv. Mary Francis Fowler m. Seth Muse.
13445. V. Hannah Fowler.

[8th Gen.J
13443-4. iv. Mary Francis Fowler (dau. of Joseph Strong Fowler
and Ann Tulford) m. Seth Muse : a planter on Bay River, Beaufort po.,
N. C. ChUdren :
John Charles Muse b. in 1849. 13449. 4. Hannah Muse.
Margaret Muse b. in 1851. 13450. 5. Seth Muse.
Mary Francis Muse b. in 1854. 13451. 6. Emma DeWitt
Muse.
[7th Gen.J
13426-7. iv. Lewis Fowler (son of Stephen Fowler and Mary Strong)
b. April 15, 1796, m. Chally Harris : a planter at Bay River, N. C.
[8th Gen.J Children :
13452- 3. i. Mary Hannah Fowler m. Charles Wharton.
13454- 5. il Sarah Ann Fowler m. Benjamin Caraway.
13456. iii. Stephen Henry Fowler. i
13457. iv. John Lewis Fowler.

[7th Gen.J
13428-9. V. Capt. Stephen Fowler (son of Stephen Fowler and
Mary Strong) b. Sept 10, 1798, m. AprU 12, 1837, as his 2d wife Ann
Tetterton b. Sept. 30, 1810 : foUowed the sea for 45 years : resides now
at Washington, Beaufort Co., N. C She d. May 13, 1862. He m. for
1st wife a Miss Benjamin who d. without issue.
[8th Gen.] Children:
13468- 9. i. Sarah Ann Fowler b. Sept 1, 1839, m. Richard Granger,
resides in Washington, N. C, clerk of the court of
Beaufort Co., N. C, and afterwards public registrar of
the county. Had one child :
Stephen Fowler Granger b. Oct and d. Nov. 1867.
BIary Strong Fowler b. Sept 13, 1841.
Hannah Elizabeth Fowler b. April 29, 1844.
BIosES Jarvis Fowler b. Dec. 18, 1846.
Augusta Rowena Fowler b. Feb. 20, 1849.

18460.

1.

13461.

ii.

13462.

iii.

13463.

iv.

13464

V.

Thomas Strong, Son of Elder John, of Northampton. 719
[7th Gen.J
13430-1. vi. William Henry Fowler (son of Stephen Fowler and
Mary Strong) b. Nov. 5, 1801, m. Aug. 17, 1829, Mary Ives (dau. of
Enoch Ives of New Haven, Ct.) : a farmerat Cold Brook, Herkimer Co.,
N.Y. [8th Gen.J Children :
13466- 6. i. William Henry Fowler b. June 13, 1830.
13467. H. Charles Fowler b. Aug. 1, 1832, d. Aug. 19, 1833.
13468- 9. iu. BIary Eliza Fowler b. Aug. 21, 1834"^ m. George W.
Trask.
1.3470. iv. Sarah Ives Fowler b. Jan. 20, 1836, d. March 4, 1844.
13471. V. John Strong Fowler b. Jan. 20, 1840 : local editor ofthe
Journal and Courier in New Haven, Ct.
13472. vi. Jeanette Ives Fowler b. Aug. 7, 1842, d. May 12, 1861.
13473. vU. Charles Ives Fowler b. Aug. 7, 1846.

13466-6. i. William Henry Fowler b. June 13, 1830, m. Dec. 25,
1857, a Bliss Storms (dau. of Sidney Storms) : a merchant at Trenton,
N. Y. ChUdren :
13474. 1. Frank Fowler b. Jan. 31, 1861.
13476. 2. Ruth Ives Fowler b. March 30, 1866.
[8th Gen.]
13468-9. iii. Mary Eliza Fowler (dau. of William and Henry
Fowler of Cold Brook, and BIary Ives) b. Aug. 1, 1834, m. Oct. 6, 1857,
George W. Trask : a resident of Russia, Herkimer Co., N. Y. He en
listed at Anna, Jackson Co., Ill, in the 81st 111. Regt. U. S. Vols., Aug.
14, 1862 : was under Grant at the siege of Vicksburgh : discharged Blarch
27, 1864, on account of sickness.
[9th Gen.J Children :
13476. i. Nelly Trask b. Oct 19, 1859.
13477. H. Francis Trask b. May 14, 1868, d. Aug. 22, 1868. •
[7th Gen.J
13432-8. vii. Sarah Ann Fowler (dau. of Stephen Fowler and
Mary Strong) b. July 22, 1806, m. March 3, 1829, Zalmon B. Wakeman,
a ship owner in Fairfield, Ct. (Southport), and extensively engaged in the
freighting business. He d. in 1866, leaving a large property.
[8th Gen.J Children :
13478. i. BIary Fowler Wakeman b. in 1835.
13479. ii. Francis Wakeman b. in 1839.
13480. iii. Sarah Wakeman, d. soon.

720 Descendants of Selah Strong of SetauJcet, L. L, Son of
[6th Gen.J
13413-4. iv. Charity Strono (dau. of Joseph Strong, of Stratfield,
and Comfort Nichols) b. March 11, 1772, m. Ira Jones. He was the
printer of the first newspaper in Bridgeport He removed afterwards to
Philadelphia where he became quite wealthy and where he d. in 1836.
His wife d. in 1845, aged 78. Children :
13481. 1. A child that d. early.
13482- 3. 2. Cordelia Jones, m. Israel Blackman, without issue.

[6th Gen.J
13416-7. vi. Deborah Strong (dau. of Joseph Strong and Comfort
Nichols) b. Nov. 13, 1776, m. David Sterling b. in 1770 (son of Abijah
Sterling and Eunice Sherwood) : a leading merchant in Bridgeport, Ct
He d. June 15, 1843, aged 78 ; she d. March 10, 1849, aged 78.
[Eunice Sherwood, mother of David Sterling, was the daughter of Na
thaniel Sherwood, and Mercy Sherman ; Abijah Sterling his father was
the son of Stephen Sterling and Eunice Summers. Stephen was the
son of Jacob Sterling b. in HaverhiU, Mass., in 1677 and Hannah Odell]
[7th Gen.J Children :
13484- 5. i. Capt. John WUliam Steriing b. Sept. 4, 1776.
13486- 7. ii. David Steriing b. July 9, 1799.
13488. iU. George Sterling b. March 3, 1801, d. March 5, 1802.
13589-90. iv. Dea. Sherwood SterUng b. May 23, 1803.
13491- 2. V. Ann Strong Steriing b. July 23, 1805, m. Mark Moore.
13493- 4. vi. Cornelia SterUng b. Aug. 13, 1813, m. Wm. R. Bunnell,
of Bridgeport, Ct. For account of him and his de
scendants, see previous page. To him the author is
indebted for this account of the descendants of Joeph
Strong and Charity Wells.
13495- 6. vii. Cordelia Sterling (twin with Cornelia) b. Aug. 13, 1813,
m. Capt Robert H. Waterman, of California.
13484-5. i. Capt. John William Sterling b. Sept. 4, 1776. For
25 years he followed the sea, sailing to all parts of the world, and often to
China and the East Indies, and was in great demand as a commander of
vessels by the first shipping houses in New York. He never met with
a serious disaster in his long and active life upon the sea. He resided at
Stratford, Ct, for 32 years from 1834, when he abandoned all further
marine employment, to the end of his life. He m. Jan. 18, 1832, Mary
Judson of Stratford (dau. of David Judson and Sarah Plant). She d. in
1837 ; and he m. Aug. 2, 1839, for 2d wife Catharine T. Plant (dau. of
Lt. Gov. David Plant of Stratford and Catharine Tomlinson). He d. Feb.
13, 1866.

Thomas Strong, Son of Elder JoJm, of Northampton. 721
[8th Gen.J Children :By first wife:
13497- 8. i. Sarah Sterling b.Oct 27, 1882, m. Robert W. Wetmore
of N. Y. By second wife :
13499. ii. Catharine Mary Steriing b. May 9, 1841.
13500. Ul John WiUiam Steriing b- May 12, 1844, grad. at Yale
in 1864, and at Columbia Coll. Law School in 1867, a
lawyer in New York.
13501. iv. Cordelia SterUng b. March 18, 1846.
13497- 8. i. SARAHSTERLiNGb.Oct27, 1832, m. in 1857, Robert H.
Wetmore, a merchant in New York, previously of Stratford, Ct. One
child :
13502. i. Sidney Wetmore b. March, 1859.
[7th Gen.J
13486-7. U. David Sterling (son of David Sterling and Deborah
Strong) b. July 9, 1799, m. March 6, 1822, Emma Waterman (dau. of
a Mr. Waterman and  Coffin) a printer and afterwards manufacturer
in Bridgeport, Ct. In 1848, he went to California, where he d. Aug. 31,
1849. [8th Gen.J Children:
13503- 4. i. Eliza Coffin Sterling b. Aug. 27, 1824, ra. William C.
Ellison.
13505- 6. u. Robert Henry Sterling b. Feb. 29, 1828, m. Jane
Wheaton.
13503-4. i. Eliza Coffin Sterling b. Aug. 27, 1824, m. May 8,
1843, William EUison, a printer at Bridgeport, Ct, and for some years
past resident in New York.
[9th Gen.J Children :
13507- 8. i. David Steriing EUison b. Aug. 12, 1844, a bank clerk
in New York, m. Dec. 26, 1864, Sarah Amelia Holmes
of Brooklyn, N. Y. He was drowned at Rye, N. Y.,
Aug. 14, 1866 while bathing when on a visit there.
He was bookkeeper in a bank in New York. One
child :
13509. 1. David Sterling Ellison b. Oct. 6, 1865, d. Dec. 14, 1865.
18510. ii. Robert Henry Ellison b. Sept 17, 1847; bookkeeper
in the Central National Bank in New York.
13611. iU. William Ellison b. June 14, 1851, d. Oct 4, 1852.
[8th Gen.J
13505-6. ii. Robert Henry Sterling (son of David Sterling and
Emma vVaterman) b. Feb. 29, 1828, m. in 1854, Jane Wheaton of
'91

722 Descendants of Selah Strong of SetauJcet, L. I., Sem of
Branford, Ct He followed the sea for some time, and became a mate of a
vessel; but in 1849, settled in California, and is now a lumber merchant in
Nappa, Cal. One child:
13512. 1. Jane Steriing b. Feb. 7, 1865.

[7th Gen.J
13489-90. iv. Dea. Sherwood Sterling (son of David SterUng and
Deborah Strong) b. May 23, 1808, m. Jane Elizabeth Hawley (dan. of
Capt. Aaron Hawley and Grizel Summers, dau. of Capt. Stephen Sum
mers) a merchant for many years at Bridgeport, made deacon in the
South Cong. Church, in 1833, in 1843 and at other times a Member of
the Legislature; Mayor of Bridgeport (1847-8) : President of the City
National Bank (1867-70), and of the Bridgeport Savings Bank 1864-70).
He resided on the home lot, of his grandfather Joseph Strong, a mile and
a half out of Bridgeport in Fairfield. He d. Oct 81, 1869, suddenly of
apoplexy, a man of sterling qualities, and of a commanding presence.
[8th Gen.J Children :
13613- 4. i. Capt. John William SterUng b. Sept. 16, 1826.
13516- 6. U. Cornelius Sterling b. Aug. 18, 1828, m. Susan A. HaU.
He d. in 1861 : no children.
13617- 8. iii. Frederick Sterling b. July 3, 1830.
13519-20. iv. Lt. Marcus SterUng b. Nov. 29, 1831.
13521. V. Thomas Waterman Sterling b. June 24, 1833, d. July
16, 1853, of bilious colic.
13522- 3. vi. Susan Hawley Steriing b. AprU 2, 1835, m. May, 1862
Lewis B. SiUiman. No children. ' '
13524- 5. vii. CAROLiNESterHngb. Jan. 15, 1837,m. Stephen Borroughs
13526- 7. viii Jane Elizabeth Steriing b. July 29, 1838, m. William E.
Seely.
13528- 9. ix. Sherwood SterUng b- April 4, 1840.
13530- 1. X. Henrietta Day SterUng b. Sept. 8, 1842, m. in 1868,
Julian Henry SterUng a 2d cousin (son of Hon. Dan
iel H. Sterling of Bridgeport and Maria Beck)
13632. xi. David SterUng b. July 20, 1844, entered the U. S. A.
of Vols,, in the late war. '
13533. xU. Henry Summers Sterling b. July 12, 1846, bookkeeper in
the Pequonnock National Bank at Bridgeport
13513-4. l Capt. John William Sterling (son of Sherwood Ster
Ung and Jane B. Hawley) b. Sept. 16, 1826 : a merchant at Bridgeport
He was Capt of the 2d Conn. Light Battery who offered themselves,
officers and company, to the government in the late war, and left home as
a Co., of U. S. Vols., Oct 15, 1862. They were in active service at
Gettysburgh and Wolfs Run Shoals, and were sent to New York to sup
press the draft riot in Aug., 1863, after whiph they returned to Wash-

Thomas Strong, Son of Elder John, of Northampton. 723
ington, in October following; and in Jan., 1864, went to New Orleans,
served as guard at Brazier City, took part in the bombardment of Fort
Gaines at Mobile, and cannonaded Fort Blorgan, for 4 days until it sur
rendered. In Oct., 1866, Capt. Sterlingafler 3 years of vigorous service as
a soldier resigned and returned to his business at Bridgeport. He m. April
19, 1864, Catharine Wade (dau. of George Wade of Bridgeport). Children:
13534. 1. Jane McLane Steriing b. July 29, 1859.
13535. 2. Elizabeth Wade SterUng b. Feb. 6, 1861.
[8th Gen.J
13517-8. iii. Frederic Sterling (son of Dea. Sherwood Sterling, and
Jane E- Hawley) b. July 3, 1830, m. AprU 6, 1863, Minerva L. Barnum
(dau. of Philo F. Barnum of Bridgeport) a merchant at Bridgeport, in
partnership with his brother John William.
[9th Gen.J Children :
13536. i. Caroline Augusta Sterling b. Aug. 2, 1856, d. Sept. 1,
1866.
13537. ii. Minnie Louisa Steriing b. Sept 15, 1859.
13538. iH. Josephine Coles Sterling b. April 4, 1867, d. July 21,
1868.
[8th Gen.J
13519-20. iv. Lt. Marcus Sterling (son of Dea. Sherwood Sterling
and Jane B. Hawley) b. Nov. 29, 1831, was clerk in his father's store,
enlisted Sept., 1861, in the First Conn. Cavalry as a private and became
lieutenant in it. He m. Dec 25, 1852, Rebecca H. Sherman of Bridge
port (dau. of Isaac Sherman).
[9th Gen.J Children :
13539. i. William Hamilton Steriing b. Nov. 24, 1853.
13540. H. Lillian Steriing b. Oct., 1854.
[8th Gen.J
13624-5. vii. Caroline Sterling (dau. of Dea. Sherwood Sterling
and Jane B. Hawley) b. Jan. 15, 1837, m. Nov. 12, 1866, Stephen Bur
roughs: amerchant in Bridgeport Hed. Feb. 14, 1866. One child,
beside twins that d. early.
13541. 1. CorneUus Burroughs b. Jan. 3, 1859.
[8th Gen.J
13526-7. viii. Jane Elizabeth Sterling (dau. of Dea. Sherwood
Steriing) b. July 29, 1838, m. Oct 16, 1861, WiUiam Elmer Seely,
cashier of the First National Bank in Bridgeport Children :
13542. 1. WUliam Elmer Seely b. Jan. 17, 1863.
13543. 2. Frederic Steriing Seely b. Aug. 13, 1864.

724 Descendants of Selah Strong of SetauJcet, L. L, Son of
[8th Gen.J
13628-9. ix. Sherwood Sterling (son of Dea. Sherwood Steriing)
b. April 4, 1840, engaged in the nursery commission business. He m.
Oct 24, 1861, Fanny White of Easton, Ct
[9th Gen^J Children :
13644. i. Ida SterUng b. Dec. 3, 1862.
13546. H. Clifford Sterling b. Dec. 3, 1864.
13546. ul Kate Wade Sterling b. Feb. 1867.
[7th Gen.J
13491-2. V. Ann Strong Sterling (dau. of David Steriing and
Deborah Strong) b. July 23, 1805, m. Oct 2, 1826, Mark Moore : a
lawyer at Bridgeport, and for many years judge of probate there. He d.
in 1861 ; she d. Aug. 9, 1869.
[8th Gen.J Children:
13547. i. Helen Moore b. Oct 3, 1830.
13548. ii. Mary Moore b. Oct 5, 1840.
13549-60. iU. Annette Moore b. Aug. 16, 1845, m. in 1867, John B.
Russell (son of Benjamin Russell and Sarah Curtiss) :
a grazing farmer in Woodbury, Ct.
[4th Gen.J See page 597.
10868-9. viii. Mary Strong (dau. of Selah Strong, of Setauket and
Abigail Terry) b. Sept. 17, 1719, m. Merriby Bostwick, of Stamford, Ct
She d. Feb. 8, 1754.
[5th Gen.J Children :
13661. l A son who removed to one of the Carolinas and d. there.
13652- 3. ii. Rachel Bostwick m. Barnabas Horton, of Oxford, Orange
Co., N. Y.
13654- 5. iii. Abigail Bostwick b. July 4, 1746, m. John Havens, of
Moriches, L. I., had 3 sons and 3 daughters — one of
them John S. Havens, now of Moriches.
13556- 8. iv. Elizabeth Bostwick, m. Daniel Havens, to whom she
bore 3 sons and 2 daughters. They removed to Spring
field, Otsego Co., N. Y. She m. for 2d husband John
Moore, and bore him a child that d. young.
[5th Gen.J
13554-5. iii. Abigail Bostwick (dau. of Merriby Bostwick of Stamford,
Ct, and Mary Strong) b. July 4, 1746, m. John Havens b. July 14, 1745 :
a farmer. He d. Nov. 5, 1797, aged 86 ; she d. Nov. 9, 1801.
[6th Gen.J Children:
13559. l Mary Havens b. May 5, 1770.
13560. U. Nathan Havens b. March 6, 1772, d. Feb. 27, 1797.

13561.

Ul.

13562.

iv.

13563.

V.

13564.

vi.

13665.

vU.

13566.

viii

13567.

ix.

TJwmas Strong, Son of Elder John, of Northampton. 725
Jeremiah Havens b. July 6, 1774, d. Feb. 1862.
Charity Havens b. Jan. 8, 1777.
Sarah Havens b. June 13, 1779, d. in infancy.
Abigail Havens b. April 23, 1782.
Charles H. Havens b. Dec 4, 1784.
John S. Havens b. Nov. 14, 1787, d. April 24, 1850.
ix. Sarah Havens b. Blay 6, 1790.
[4th Gen.J See page 597.
10860-1. ix. Benjamin Strong (son of Selah Strong of Setauket,
and Abigail Terry) b. May 12, 1722, a farmer at Blooming Grove, N. Y.
He d. Nov. 10, 1760, »t 38.
[5th Gen.J Children :
13568- 9. l Keturah Strong m. Selah Reeves of Newburgh, N. Y.
13570- 1. ii. Elizabeth Strong m. Abimael Youngs of Chester, N. Y.,
and had a son and daughter.
13572- 3. iii. Jerusha Strong m. David Gardiner and had 4 children.
13574- 6. iv. Mary Strong m. Francis Brewster of Newburgh. They
had 4 daughters, one of whom m. a BIr. Carpenter,
proprietor of the ferry from Newburgh to Fishkill.
13576- 7. V. Melisent Strong m. Bezaleel Seely.
13578- 9. 1. They had a daughter Melisent Seely who m. John Tut
hill.
18680- 1. (1). Their dau. b. April 1, 1792 (name not given) m. Town-
send Seely, M. D., b. Jan. 1, 1794, who resides in Ken
dall. 111. The above scanty summary of facts is all that
could be obtained from Dr. T. Seely of Kendall.
13568-9. i. Keturah Strong m. Selah Reeves of Newburgh, N. Y.
[A full statement of facts was sought diligently concerning this
family but only the fragmentary details here furnished were obtained and
those almostwholly fromdifferentbooks.J They had a son and adaughter
13582. I Selah Reeves, Jr., a distinguished merchant in New
burgh.
13583. ii. A daughter who m. a Mr. Hobbie. They were the parents
of Hon. Selah Reeves Hobbie b. at Newburgh, March
10, 1797. He m. May 13, 1826, Julianne Root b.
Aug. 26, 1807 (dau. of Genl. Erastus Root of Delhi,
N. Y., and Elizabeth Stockton). He practised law at
Delhi, N. Y., and was appointed while living there
District Attorney and" Brigade Major. He was M. C.
from New York (1827-9), and Asst, Postmaster Genl.
U. S. (1830-60) He d. March 23, 1854. Children :
13584. 1. Elizabeth Hobbie b. June 13, 1827.
13585. 2. Frances P. Hobbie b. Jan. 11, 1830.
13586- 7. 3. Mary Deborah Hobbie b. Jan. 22, 1832, m. Nathan
Reeve of Detroit, Blich.
13588. 4. Julianne Hobbie b. Jan. 1, 1834
13589. 5. Augustus Root Hobbie b. July 10, 1836.

726 Descendants of Selah Strong of SetauJcet, L. L, Son of
13690. 6. Erastus Root Hobbie b. Dec 25, 1838, d. Sept. 17, 1841.
13591. 7. Selah Hobbie b. May28, 1841, d.Sept 29, 1842.
13592. 8. Rev. Reeves Hobbie (Episcopal) b. March 26, 1844.
13593. 9. Ellen GUlett Hobbie b. July 6, 1846.
13594. 10. Ada Hobbie.
[4th Gen.J See page 597.
10862-3. X. Anna Strong (dau. of Selah Strong of Setauket and
AbigaU Terry) b. July 2, 1725, m. June 14, 1747, Rev. Jacob Green b.
at Maiden, Mass., Jan. 22, (0. S.), 1722 (son of Jacob Green and Dorothy '
Lynde) grad. at Harvard in 1744, taught school for a year at Sutton,
Mass , preached a year on probation at Hanover, N. J. (1745-6), and was
ordained and installed there Nov. 1746. To add to the slender support
that he received from his people he engaged in 1759, in the practice of
medicine* also among them which he continued for 80 years afterwards,
until his death. His pastorate at Hanover continued for 46 years (1745-
1790). He was a zealous opposer of African slavery, and an earnest advo
cate of American Independence. He was elected contrary to his strongly
expressed wishes a member of the Provincial Congress of New Jersey
which set aside the royal government of that province and formed the
present constitution ofthe state and was chairraan ofthe committee which
drafted the constitution. He was a man of simple manners, great industry,
varied attainments, fervent piety and much success in his work. His
preaching was instructive, searching and practical. He was elected in
1768, Vice President of Nassau Hall (Princeton), and was for a few
months at the head of that college. He published several sermons. His wife
Anna d. of consumption, Nov. 25, 1756; he m. for 2d wife Oct. 19, 1757,
Elizabeth Pierson (dau. of Rev. John Pierson of Woodbridge, N. J. pastor
there 1714-1762), and granddaughter of Rev. Abraham Pierson first Prest.
of Yale College and one of the founders of Newark, N. J., whose
first Presbyterian minister he was). She d. Aug. 1810. He d. May 24,
1790. For a full account of Rev. Jacob Green, see Spragiie's Annals Am.
Pulpit, vol. Ill, pp. 136-9 [Jacob Green of Maiden, Mass., was son of
Henry Green, who was the son of Thomas.]

* Says Rev. Dr. Josepb F. Tuttle of this matter in an Mstorlcal sketch of " The
Early Hist, of Presbyterianism in Morris Co., N. J." " Finding his salary insufficient"
he was led to " take more worldly care and business on Mm than he could have
chosen, in whch secularization of his time he was encouraged by his people who
told him that " country congregations could not have have ministers unless they
would help support their own families." Accordingly we find him joint-owner
in a grist mill and a distillery, the principal of a private school, the legal adviser
of his people, drawing their wills and settling their estates, and at the same time
practising medicine, so that it was not unusual for him to act at one bedside the
threefold part of physician, lawyer aud minister.

Thomas Strong, Son of Elder John, of NortJiampton. 727
[5th Gen.J Children :
13595- 6. l Ann Green b. Sept. 12, 1748, m. Rev. James Tuttle.
13597- 8. ii. Abigail Green b. March 27, 1750, m. Hezekiah Broad-
well.
13599-00. iH. Dorothy Green b. March 18, 1752, m. William Cocker.
13601. iv. Joseph Green b. Nov. 21, 1754, d. Aug. 18, 1757. [His
children by the 2d marriage were : 1. Elizabeth Green
who m. Rev. Ebenezer Bradford of Rowley, Mass. 2.
Benoni who d. in infancy. 3. Pierson Green. 4. Rev.
Ashbel Green, D.D., LL.D., President of Princeton
College (1812-22). 5. Calvin Green. 6. Keturah
Green. 7. John "Wickliffe Green.]
13595-6. i. Ann Green b. Sept 12, 1748, m. Feb. 2, 1767, Rev.
James Tuttle b. at Hanover, N. J., May 7, 1742 (son of Col. Joseph
Tuttle and Abigail Nutman, his second wife), graduated at Princeton in
1764. He became in 1768, the pastor of the Rockaway and Parsippany
churches in Morris Co., N. J., and d. Dec. 26, 1770, aged 28. He had
one chUd only, Benajah Tuttle, who d. a few weeks before him. She
returned to Hanover to her father's house and d. there of consumption,
in some three or four years afterwards.
13597-8. ii. Abigail Green b. March 27, 1760, m. May 2.9, 1769,
Hezekiah BroadweU. She d. in Hanover, N. J.
[6th Gen.J Children :
13602. i. James Broadwell. He removed to the South and his
family history is unknown.
13603- 4. U. Jacob Green BroadweU b. AprU 4, 1780, d. July 29,
1847, aged 67.
13605. iii. Abigail BroadweU d. of consumption, aged 18.
13603-4. H. Jacob Green Broadwell b. AprU 4, 1780 : a leather
dresser at Springfield, N. J. He m. Susan Beach (dau. of John Beach
of Springfield), b. May 16, 1785. He d. July 29, 1847 ; she d. Jan. 16,
1867, aged 81.
[7th Gen.J Children :
13606. l John Broadwell m. Eliza Fitzgerald, Uved in New York,
His ^vife teaches music in Pennsylvania.
13607. ii. Jerusha B. Broadwell.
13608. iii. Joanna H. Broadwell.
13609-10. iv. Eliza Jones Broadwell ra. her cousin William Beach, a
merchant in Kentucky. They had seven children, all
of whom d. before coming to maturity. She m. for 2d
husband a Mr. McGinnis of Indiana.
13611. V. James Broadwell, d. soon.

13614.

13616. 2.
13616. 3.
13617. 4.
13618- 9. vU

728 Descendants of Selah Strong of SetauJcet, L. I., Sonof
13612- 3. vi. Hannah Broadwell m. Samuel Parsons, and lived in
Mongomery, Ala. She d. about 1865, and he about
1860. They had eight chUdren of whom half died
early. The others were :
1. Hon. William Henry Broadwell, a lawyer in Texas and
State Senator.
2. Samuel Broadwell who is dead.
3. Hannah Broadwell, also deceased.
4. Frederic Broadwell, who lives in California.
Wickliffe Green Broadwell m. Joanna Sayre, of Eliza
beth, N. J. No children.
13620- 1. vUl William Beach Broadwell : a lawyer in Kentucky, m.
BIary Ann Miller of Newark ; has ten children.
13622- 3. ix. Jacob Green Broadwell, a merchant in Newark, N. J.
He m. EHza Anderson dau. of James Anderson. He
has had 5 children :
13624. 1. WiUiam Broadwell who d. set 21.
13625. 2. Louisa Broadwell who d. young.
18626. 3. James Anderson BroadweU.
13627. 4. BmmaBroadwell
13628. 5. Edward H. BroadweU.

[5th Gen.J Children :
13599-00. in. Dorothy Green b. March 18, 1752, m. May 81, 1770,
WilUam Cocker b. June, 1747 (son of Emmanuel Cocker of Newark). He
d. March 14, 1787, set. 39, as the result of having accidentally cut his
foot a few days previously. She d. Jan. 29, 1796, set 43.
[6th Gen.J Children :
13629-30. i. Anna Cocker b. AprU 17, 1776, at Hanover, N. J., m,
James Vanderpool
13631- 2. U. Margaret Cocker b. AprU 25, 1777, m. Charles Baker.
13633- 4. iH.. Elizabeth Green Cocker b. Oct 10, 1780, m. Capt Hus-
tis Dayton and Eliphalet Smith. She d. AprU 9, 1867.
13635. iv. John Buckingham Cocker b. March 2, 1786, went south
and was never heard from afterwards.

13629-30. i. Anna Cooker b. AprU 17, 1775, m. in 1793, James
Vanderpool (son of Thomas Vanderpool of Newark, N. Y., and Rachel  ).
He d. March 31, 1799. She d. Nov. 1, 1870, at Newark, where she had
lived for 71 years a widow, and a member of the Presbyterian Church
since 1803.
[7th Gen.J Children :
13636- 7. l Dorothy Ann Vanderpool m. John CaldweU, a buUder.
13638. ii. James Van Dyke Vanderpool b. June, 1796, d. Aug. 17,
1797.
13639. iii. Ashbel Green Vanderpool b. April, 1798, d. Aug. 29,
1799.

Thomas Strong, Son of Elder John, of Northampton. 729
13640. iv. Eliza Green Vanderpool b. Nov. 3, 1799, d. Deo. 16
1837.

13636-7. I Dorothy Ann Vanderpool m. John CaldweU b. in
1781 : a builder at Newark, N. J. He d. May 27, 1869, set 88. She
StUl (1870), resides in Newark.
[8th Gen.J Children :
13641. i. Catharine Parker CaldweU.
13642- 3. ii. Catharine Parker Caldwell 2d, m. John A. Delavergne,
of New York.
13644- iii. Andrew WiUiam. Caldwell.
13645- 6. iv. Harriet Margaret Caldwell, m. John H. Dobbs of
Poughkeepsie.
13647. V. Eliza Vanderpool Caldwell, d. aged 20.
13648. vi. Mary Ann Caldwell resides unmarried in Newark. To
her the author is indebted for this account of her
grandparents and their descendants.
13649. vU. Julia Anna Caldwell.
13650. viii. Caroline Augusta Caldwell.
13651. ix John Calvin Caldwell.
13653- 4. X. and xi. Two other children, names not given.
[6th Gen.J
13631-2. H. Margaret Cocker b. April 26, 1777, m. Charles Ba
ker. She d. in 1822.
[7th Gen.] Children :
13665. i. Charles Baker went south in the book business, and was
not heard from afterwards.
13656- 7. H. John Baker m. a Miss Condit, of Orange, N. J. They
had 2 sons Benjamin and Charles. Charles m.
Nancy, dau. of John Riker, of Newark. He was a
carriage maker. He had 6 children. His widow re
sides (1870), in Columbus, 0.
Wickliffe G. Baker, had two children.
William Baker — a sailor.
James Baker.
A son that d. soon.
Harriet Bake* d. aged 12.
[6th Gen.J
13633^. iU. Elizabeth Green Cocker b. Oct. 10, 1780, m. Capt.
Hustis Dayton, Captain of a steam boat on the Hudson River. He d. of
consumption in 1803, she m. in 1805, Eliphalet Smith, as his 2d wife.
He was a farmer in New Paltz, Ulster Co., N. Y., with 7 chUdren by his
first marriage — she having two. They had seven children. She d.
April 9, 1867, aged 86 ; he d. aged 83.
92

13658.

Ul

13659.

iv.

13660.

V.

13661.

vi.

13662.

vU,

730 Descendants of Selah Strong of SetauJcet, L. L, Son of
[7th Gen.J Children: By first marriage:
13663- 4. i. Keturah Dayton, m.Loami Adams: a farmer in Moravia,
Cayuga Co., N. Y. They have 11 children : Abel,
Jacob, William, Charles, Loami, George, Lewis, Julia,
Aristides, Liidowick, Eliza.
13665- 6. ii. Aristides Dayton, m. Lucinda Adams, and for a 2d
wife Sarah White, dau. of Hartshorne White, of L. I.
He has been a farmer in Dresserville, Cayuga Co., N. Y.,
but lives now (1870), in New York. He had by his
first wife one child that d. with its mother. By his
2d wife he has had 6 children : Charity, Eleanor,
EHzabeth CecUia, Sarah Ann, Harriet, Aristides, Harts^
home W.
By second marriage :
13667- 8. iU. Ellen Smith m. James Kent : a farmer. They had 7
children.
13669-70. iv. Calvin Smith ; a farmer in New Paltz, N. Y., where he
d., and where his widow still lives. He had 6 child
ren : Robert, Sarah, Guernsey, Laura, Mary, Lydia,
Calvina.
13671- 2. V. Belinda Smith m. a Mr. Merritt : a farmer in Henry,
111. : has had 2 daughters : Annjeanette and Juliette.
13673- 4. vi. Lewis Smith : a farmer at New Paltz, N. Y., on the old
homestead. He m. Rachel Dubois. They have 2
daughters : Jane ; EHzabeth, who m. William Covert of
New Paltz, and has had 10 children ; and Harriet, who
m. James Van Kearen of Poughkeepsie : they have 2
children, George, and Minnie.
13675. vii. Julia Smith d. unmarried.
13676. yiU. Margaret Smith ] . .
13677. ix. Name not ascertained )

[3d Gen.J See page 229.
4094-5. XU. Benajah Strong (son of Thomas Strong of Northamp
ton, and Rachel Holton) b. Sept. 24, 1682, m. Oct 18, 1713, Sarah
Sherman of Fairfield, Ct. (dau. of Capt. David Sherman of Stratfield
parish, now Bridgeport, Ct.), a farmer in Fairfield, where he d. in a few
months after his marriage as his estate was inventoried June 3, 1714.
He had one child born some months after his death.
13678. 1. Bethiah Strong bapt Oct 24, 1714.

Thomas Strong, Son of Elder John, of NortJiampton. 731
[3d Gen.J See page 229.
4096-7. xiii. Ephraim Strong (son of Thomas Strong of Northamp
ton and Rachel Holton) b. Jan. 4, 1685, went about 1705-6, to Milford,
Ct, where he was a blacksmith and probably also a farmer. He m. May
10, 1712, Mary Buckingham b. Aagr 27, -16&6 (dau. ofi/ Elier Daniel
Buckingham of MUford, and Hannah Fowler dau. of Lt. ^^lliam Fowler :
a very prominent man in Milford ^airs, as was also Elde^Bucpcingham).
[4th Gen.J Children: ' , L ^^
13679-80. l Hon. Ephraim Strong b. March 10, 1713-14. ^^: VV\ •
I368L u. John Strong b. Jan. 26, 1715, d. in 1719, aged 4. '
13679-80. I Hon. Ephraim Strong, Jr., b. Blarch 10, 1713-14:
grad. at Yale Coll., in 1737, m. in 1746, Mary Prudden (dau. of John
Prudden, of MUford and BIary Clark). — ^
[Rev. Peter Prudden, first minister of Milford, was her great grand
father. He was b. in 1601, and d. July, 1666, pastor for 16 years pre
viously at Milford. He was noted '= for his piety, gravity, and boiling
zeal against the growing evils of the times, and for a singular faculty to
sweeten, compose, and qualify exasperated spirits."]
Hon. Ephraim Strong, Jr., was a farmer at Milford. He was promi
nent in county and state affairs, and was repeatedly a member of the State
legislature. He d. May 12, 1802, aged 88.
[5th Gen.J Children :
13682- 3. l Sibyl Strong b. Jan. 13, 1747, m. Samuel Platt : she d.
in 1829, aged 82.
13684- 5. U. Mary Strong b. Aug. 6, 1749, m. John Prudden : she d.
in 1836, aged 87.
13686- 7. iu. Eunice Strong b. July 24, 1762, m. Rev. Nathan Fenn,
d. in 1807, aged 77.
13688- 9. iv. Ephraim Strong b. July 11, 1764, d. Sept 1843. .
13690. V. Ann Strong b. Sept. 26, 1757, m. Benjamin Gillett.
13691. vi. John Strong b. July 6, 1760, d. Sept. 20, 1768.
13692- 3. vU. John Prudden Strong b. Aug. 12, 1763.
13682-3. l Sibyl Strong b. Jan. 13, 1747, m. Samuel Platt (son of
Dea. Samuel Platt, Jr., of Milford, and Hannah Prudden who were m.
May 13, 1742) : a farmer in MUford. She d. in 1829, aged 82 : he d.
aged 82. Children :
13694. i. Samuel Platt d. unmarried.
13695. H. Enoch Platt resided in Waterbury, Ct
[5th Qen.J
13684-5. u. Mary Strong b. Aug. 6, 1749, m. John Prudden, a
farmer in Woodbury, Ct. Children.
13696. i. Mary Prudden d. unmarried.
13697. ii. Sarah Prudden d. unmarried.

732 Descendants of Ephraim Strong of Milford, Ct, Son of
[5th Gen.J
13686-7. iH. Eunice Strong b. July 24, 1752, m. about 1782, Rev.
Nathan Fenn b. in 1749 (son of a Mr. Fenn of Milford), grad. at Yale
in 1776, settled at Berlin, Ct, Blay 3, 1780, where he d. AprU 21, 1799,
He was the first pastor of the 3d now 2d Cong. Ch. of that place. He
received 100 members to the church during his ministry and was greatly
respected and beloved : she d. in 1807.
[6th Gen.J
13698- 9. i. Mary Fenn b. in 1784, d. unmarried June 14, 1851, set.
67, in New Lynn, 0.
13700- 1. H. Eunice Strong Fenn b. Oct 15, 1786, m. Wm. R. Deming.
18702- 3. iH. Sarah Prince Fenn b. April 7, 1791.
[6th Gen.J
13700- 1. H. Eunice Strong Fenn (dau. of Rev. Nathan Fenn and
Eunice Strong) b. Oct 16, 1786, m. Jan. 17, 1808, WilUam RUey Dem
ing b. Dec. 11, 1787 (son of Lardner Deming of Berlin, Ct., b. March
21, 1765, who d. Dec. 6, 1865, set 90, and Mary Dunham b. Oct 25,
1768, whom he m. April 6, 1787, and who d. Feb. 5, 1816) : a country
trader at Berlin, Ct, and afterwards a farmer there and (1831-8) at
Rome, 0., and (1838-43), at NapervUle, III, and after 1843 at New
Lyme, 0., where he d. May 23, 1851, set 64, and she d. May 24, 1862,
set. 75. [7th Gen.J Children :
18704- 5. i. Nathan Fenn Deming b. Dec 3, 1810, d. at Cincinnati,
0., June 10, 1833. He m. in 1832, Elizabeth Black
burn of Pittsburgh : a machinist at Cincinnati : no
children :
13706- 7. U. George Deming b. March 27, 1812.
13708- 9. iU. Hon. William Strong Deming b. Nov. 4, 1813, m. May
26, 1834, Mary Ann Brown b. Aug. 11, 1815 (dau. of
EUjah and Sarepta Brown of New Lyme, 0.) : a mer
chant and postmaster for many years at New Lyme, 0. :
associate judge of the County Court with Hon. Benja
min P. Wade : member of the Ohio Legislature
(1856-8). For several years past he has been con
nected with mercantile firms in Cincinnati and New
Orleans, whUe residing at New Lyme. No chUdren :
13710. iv. Martha Deming b. June 29, 1815, d. Nov. 9, 1842, at
Naperville.
13711- 2. V. John Deming b. Feb. 21, 1817.
13713- 4 vi. Laura Deming b. April 9, 1818, m. Sylvender M.
Wadley.
13715- 6. vii. Mary Jane Deming b. Nov. 7, 1820, m. Robert HUl, d.
Oct 3, 1841.
13717. viH. Emily Deming b. July 1, 1823, m. Richard H, Frazee.

TJiomas Strong, Son of Elder John, of Northampton. 733
18718. ix. Halsey Deming b. Oct 9, 1825, d. Dec 3, 1842, in
NaperviUe.
13719. X. Walter Williams Deming b. Sept 3, 1827, d. in 1828.
13720. xi. Eunice AdeHa Deming b. Aug. 22, 1830, d. Nov. 11,
1862, in New Lyme, 0.
13706-7. H. George Deming b. March 27, 1812, m. May 6, 1834,
Cornelia Rachel Gregory (dau. of Alfred Gregory of Cheshire, Ct.) : a
brass founder at New Britain and Southington, Ct., and afterwards
(1838-54), a farraer at Naperville, III, and since 1854, in Fulton, Mus
catine Co., Iowa (P. 0. address Durand, Cedar Co., Iowa).
[8th Gen.J Children :
13721- 2. l George Walter Deming b. April 1, 1836, in Southington,
Ct, m. Dec. 29, 1869, Caroline Hinley (dau. of Peter
Hinley, of Iowa). She d. Jan. 8, 1861, and he m. for 2d
wife Sept. 2, 1862, Laura Minerva Cole (dau. of James
W. Cole of Iowa): a farmer in Fulton, Iowa. Child
ren : By first wife :
13723. 1. Carrie Cornelia Deming b. Dec. 29, 1860.
By second wife :
13724. 2. Charies Strong Deming b. Oct. 27, 1867.
13725. ii. Mary Flavilla Deming b. Jan. 16, 1842, in NaperviUe,
III, m. Sept. 6, 1860, Alpheus Melvin Persons b. May
17, 1831 (son of Alpheus Persons of Windham, Vt.) :
a farmer in Fulton, Iowa. They have a dau :
13726. 1. Mary Leona Persons b. June 18, 1863.
13727- 8. iu. Ellen AdeHa Deming (twin) b. March 23, 1845, m.
Nov. 17, 1863, Henry Calvin Loomis b. May 7, 1834,
(son of Calvin Loomis of Onondaga Co., N. Y.) : a mer
chant in Durand, Cedar Co., Iowa. One child:
13729. 1. George Calvin Loomis b. Feb. 24, 1865, d. Sept. 14, 1865.
13730- 1. iv. Emily Cornelia Deming (twin) b. March 23, 1846, m.
Nov. 30, 1866, Darius Pingreyb. AprU 6, 1836 (son of
Jacob Pingrey of Mt. Holly, Vt.) : a merchant in
Durand, Iowa. Children :
13732. 1. BIary Olive Pingrey b. Oct. 3, 1866.
13733. 2. Frank Deming Pingrey b. Blay 13, 1869.
13734r- 5. V. Josephine Marion Deming b. June 24, 1849, m. Nov.
28, 1867, Henry Kettel b. in Buckinghamshire, Eng.,
Aug. 21, 1840, (son of Joseph Kettel) : a plasterer at
Grand Junction, Iowa. Children :
13735*. 1. Nelly E. Kettell b. Blay 24, 1869, d. July 16, 1870.

[7th Gen.J
13711-2. V. John Deming (son of WiUiam R. Deming and Eunice
Fenn) b. Feb. 21, 1817, m. Oct 15, 1849, Angeline Sarah Bown b. Aug.

13736.

13737.

ii.

13788.

iii.

13739.

iv.

13740.

V.

13741.

vi.

13742.

vii.

734 Descendants of Ephraim Strong of Milford, Ct, Son of
21, 1827, in Martinsburgh Pa. (adopted dau. of Benjamin and Sarah
Bown of Pittsburgh, Pa., who came from Cheltham, Eng.) a carpenter at
Naperville, III, 1837-43), and at New Lyme, 0. (1843-6), where he after
wards engaged in merchandise, and at Salem, 0. (1860-9) and in Cin
cinnati (1859-63), as a dealer in foreign fruit and confectionery. He
has been since 1865 a manufacturer at Salem, 0., " of hub-boxing, spoke
tenoning and other machines, especially wagon maker's tools, and meat
choppers for butchers." To him is due this account of the descendants
of his parents.
[8th Gen.J Children :
Sarah Ellen Deraing b. Aug. 26, 1850.
William Lloyd Deraing b. AprU 15, 1852.
Walter Fenn Deraing b. Aug. 26, 1853.
Frank Benjamin Deming b. March 18, 1856.
Caroline Eunice Deming b. Jan. 22, 1860.
Angeline May Deming b. Dec. 8, 1864.
Eva Bell Deming b. Aug. 24, 1867.
[7th Gen.]
13713-4 vl Laura Deming b. AprU 9, 1818 (dau. of Wm, R.
Deming and Eunice Fenn), m. July 18, 1868, Sylvender MiUer Wadley,
b. April 29, 1810 : a cabinet maker at Toledo, Iowa ; no chUdren.
13715-6. vii. Mary Jane Deming b. Nov. 7, 1820, m. Jan. 1, 1840,
Robert Hill, Jr. (son of Robert HUl of Woodstock, Vt, and afterwards
of Naperville, III) : a farmer at NapervUle formerly, but since 1853, has
lived at Aurora, III, and buUt fanning mills. She d. Oct. 3, 1841 ¦ one
child :
13743. 1. Walter Robert HUl b. Jan. 17, 1841 : a carpenter at
Aurora, III, m.  Hill
13717. viii. Emily Deming b. July 1, 1823, m, Oct 22, 1868, Rich
ard Henry Frazee, b. Jan. 23, 1828 ; a jeweller in Toledo^ Tama Co.,
Iowa, no issue.
[6th Gen.]
13702-3. iii. Sarah Prince Fenn (dau. of Rev. Nathan Fenn of
BerHn, Ct, and Eunice Strong), b. AprU 7, 1791, m. Blay 6, 1811, Nor
man A. Wilcox, b. April 21, 1787, in Beriin, Ct (son of Jacob WUcox
of BerHn and Rachel Porter of East Hartford, Ct) : a farmer in Berlin,
Ct He d. Oct 29, 1832; she d. July 6, 1864 [Jacob WUcox b. in
Berhn, Ct, June 21, 1758, d. Nov. 3, 1841. He m. Rachel Porter in
1781, who was b. July 5, 1758, and d. March 15, 1847.].

Thomas Strong, Son of Elder John, of NortJiampton. 735
[7th Gen.J Children :
13744- 5. i. Eunice Strong WUcox b. March 24, 1813, m. Enos
Allen Prescott, Jr.
13746- 7. U. Abby Wilcox b. July 17, 1819, m. Elias Parmelee Mer
riman.
13748- 9. iU. Emmeline Sarah WUcox b. Aug. 24, 1819, m. James
Edward Merriman.
13750- 2. iv. Penn Wilcox b. Sept 10, 1821.
13753. V. Norman Porter WUcox b. Blarch 24, 1825 ; a jeweller
in Blemphis, Tenn. , where he d. unmarried, Oct. 23, 1856.
13754- 5. vi. Jacob White Wilcox b. July 21, 1827, m. Nov. l8,
1852, Charlotte Eliza Hurlburt of Waterbury, Ct., b.
May 20, 1833 : a printer in Chicago, 111. ; resides in
Hinsdale, III. Children :
13756. 1. Mary Goodrich Wilcoxb. in Waterbury, Ct, Nov. 4,1853.
13757. 2. Everett Hurlburt Wilcox b. in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and
d. the same day.
13768. vU. Sarah Francis WUcox b. Sept 21, 1830, d. in BerHn,
March, 1831.
13759-60. viH. Robert Francis Wilcox b. Feb. 10, 1833, m. July,
1863, Virginia Deborah Wallace (dau. of Robert Wal
lace of Memphis, Tenn.) : formerly a jeweller in Mem
phis (firm of J. B. Merriman and Co.) ; now a seller of
sewing machines. He has one child :
13761. 1. Frank Wallace WUcox b. Sept. 6, 1867, in Memphis.
13744-5. i. Eunice Strong Wilcox b. March 24, 1813, m. in New
Haven, Ct, June 17, 1889, Enos AUen Prescott b. Dec. 17, 1817 (son
of Enos Allen Prescott of New Haven and Mary Carrington) : a lumber
merchant in New Haven, Ct., where he d. May 27, 1857. She resides
(1870), at Newark, N. J.
[8th Gen.J Children :
13762- 3. i. George Henry Prescott h. in New Haven, March 6,
1840, m. April 6, 1870, Harriet A. Whipple b. May
23, 1846, in Westfield, Mass. (dau. of James P. Whip
ple, a whip manufacturer in Westfield, b. there Dec. 1,
1813, aiid BIary English). He entered the U. S.
Navy, Aug. 9, 1864, as an officer on the steam ship
Juniata of the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron,
which made two cruises in pursuit of the Confederate
privateers Florida and Shenandoah. The Juniata was
afterwards attached to the South Blockading Squadron
and the Brazil Squadron. He resigned his commission
Aug. 11, 1866. He took part in the storming of Port
Fisher in both attacks, and was one of the assaulting
party at the time of its capture, Jan. 16, 1865. He is
now chief officer of a ship belonging to the Old Do
minion Steam Ship Co., in New York, and resides in
Newark, N. J.
13764. H. Sarah Frances Prescott b. and d. Oct. 24, 1847.

736 Descendantsof Ephraim Strong of Milfoid, Ct, Smof
[7th Gen.J
13746-7. U. Abby Wilcox b. July 17, 1819, m. in New Haven,
Nov. 27, 1845, Elias Parmelee Merriman b. in New Haven May 1, 1819
(son of Marcus Merriman, Jr., and Mary Hotchkiss) : a manufacturer of
hardware (blind hinges and fasteners) at Westville, Ct She d. in West-
vUle, Ct, Dec. 21, 1864. [Marcus Merriman, Jr., b. at New Haven
Feb.' 24, 1792, m. Sept. 12, 1813, Mary Hotchkiss b. March 18, 1793 :
a crockery merchant and afterwards a silversmith at New Haven, and
then a manufacturer of hardware. J
[8th Gen.J Children :
13765. l Mary Elizabeth Merriman b. in New Haven Jan. 14,
1847.
13766. U. Edward DeWitt Merriman b. Aug. 4, 1848 : a student
in Yale Coll, class of 1871.
13767. iU. Charles Parmelee Merriman b. April 21, 1860, in New
Haven.
13768. iv. Ellen Louisa Merriman b. in Westville, Ct, March 3,
1852.
13769. V. A son unnamed ) twins b. March 28, and d. March
13770. vi. A daughter unnamed j 29, 1855.
13771. vii. Norman Wilcox Merriman b. in Westville, June 24,
1856, d. April 16, 1857.
18772. vUi. Norman Wilcox Merriman 2d b. June 24, 1858, in West
ville d. Feb. 16, 1866.
[7th Gen.]
13748-9. iU. Emmeline Sarah Wilcox b. Aug. 24, 1819, m. Oct 4,
1843, James Edward Merriman b. in New Haven, Jan. 27, 1815 (son of
Marcus Merriraan and Mary Hotchkiss) : a jeweller in Memphis, Tenn.,
where she d. Blay 17, 1857.
[8th Gen.J Children :
13778. i. Edward Howard Merriman b. in Meraphis, July 9, 1844,
d. May 9, 1845.
13774. u. Mary Frances Merriman b. Nov. 28, 1845, d. in Mem
phis Jan. 10, 1846.
13775. iU. Walter Nesbitt Merriman b. in Memphis, March 24,
1847 : a bookkeeper there (1870).
13776. iv. BIarcus Byrd Merriman b. March 7, 1849 : a bookkeeper
in Hannibal, Mo.
13777. V. Arthur Wilcox Merriman b. Dec. 5, 1850 : a book
keeper in Memphis.
13778. vi. Grace Florence Merriman b. in Memphis, April 4, 1867.
[7th Gen.J
13750-2. iv. Fenn Wilcox b. in Berlin, Ct, Sept. 10, 1821, m. in
Bridgeport, Ct, April 5, 1846, Emmarilla Raymond b. March 23, 1825

Thomas Strong, Sonof Elder John, of NortJiampton. 737
(dau. of Gershom and Delia Raymond, of Norwalk). She d. in New Ha
ven, July 21, 1849, and he m. for 2d wife, Sept. 2, 1851, Mary Vienna
Dodge, of New York, b. Dec. 28, 1814 (dau. of Daniel Moody Dodge and
Vienna Clark Paul) : a resident at Newark, N. J. [Daniel M. Dodge b.
in Newburyport, Mass., June 10, 1812, m. June 22, 1829, Vienna Clark
Paul b. at Bangor, Me., Dec. 22, 1814.]
[8th Gen.] Children : By first wife:
13779. i. Byron Fenn Wilcoxb. in Bridgeport, Feb. 17, 1847
a teacher. By second wife :
13780- ii. Sarah Vienna WUcox b. in Newark, N. J., Nov. 4, 1854.
13781. iU. Earnest Clive Wilcox b. July 16, 1866, in Newark.
13782. iv. Allen Prescott WUcox b. in Waterbury, Ct., Feb. 14,
1863, d. in New Haven, Aug. 6, 1864.
[5th Gen.J
13688-9. iv. Ephraim Strong (son of Hon. Ephraim Strong, Jr., and
Mary Prudden) b. July 11, 1754, m. Hannah Platt b. in 1758 (dau. of
Dea. Joseph Platt of BlUford) : a farmer at Milford. He d. Sept. 1843,
aged 89. She d. Oct. 1812, aged 54.
[6th Gen.J Children :
13783- 4. i. Hon. William Strong b. Jan. 16, 1781.
13785- 6. ii. Sarah Strong m. Adam Pond.
13787- 8. iu. Eunice Strong b. June 2, 1787, m. Eastman Minor of
Woodbury.

13783^. i. Hon. William Strong b. Jan. 16, 1781, m. about 1800,
Mary Hubbard Pond b. June 15, 1779 (dau. of Charies Pond of Milford)
a merchant at Milford, and prominent man in public affairs : a member of
the state legislature aud judgeof probate. She d. April 5, 1841, aged 62.
[7thGen.J Children:
13789. l Ephraim Strong b. Sept 4, 1801, d. unmarried.
13790. ii. Mary Prudden Strong b. April 9, 1803, resides unmar
ried (1871) at Milford.
13791- 3. iU. Charles Pond Strong b. March 24, 1805.
13794. iv. Martha MUes Strong b. Dec 29, 1806, d. unmarried.
13796. V. Hannah Platt Strong b. June 15, 1809, d. unmarried.
13796. vi. Catharine Pond Strong b. Sept. 17, 1811, d. unmarried.
13797. vii Sarah Strong b. July 17, 1813, lives unmarried at Mil
ford, Ct
13798- 9. viii William Strong b. July 9, 1815.
13800- 1. ix. Charlotte Strong b. Aug. 12, 1817, m. N. Martin. No
issue. 93

738 Descendants of Ephraim Strong of Milford, Ct, Son of
13802- 3. X. George Strong b. Feb. 12, 1819, m. Maria Merwin of
Milford (dau. of Nathan Merwin) works in a straw fac
tory. He has two children :
13804. 1. Chariotte Strong. 13806. 2. George Strong.
13806. xl John Carrington Strong b. Sept. 5, 1821, d. unmarried.

13791-3. ill Charles Pond Strong b. March 24, 1805, m. CaroHne
Merwin (dau. of Samuel Merwin of Milford). She d. and and he m. for
2d wife Clarissa L. Chatfield (dau. of Lewis Chatfield of Stratford) : a
miller in Logansport, Ind., where he d. March 21, 1870. His family re
sides now (1871), in Milford.
[8th Gen.J Children : By first wife :
Charles Strong, d. set. 4.
Charles William Strong b. March 12, 1833, d. in 1857.
Caroline Merwin Strong b. March 11, 1844, m. Henry
Clough : a merchant in New York.
By second wife :
Clarissa Strong, who d. an infant
John Lewis Strong b. March 20, 1845, d. Oct, 1861.
vi. Edward Henry Strong b. Feb. 1, 1847.
vii. Clarissa Chatfield Strong b. April 8, 1850.
vHl Sarah Martha Strong b. July 11, 1855.
¦ Anna Pond Strong b. Feb. 27, 1857.

18807.

I

13808.

ii.

13809-10.

iii.

13811.

iv.

13812.

V.

13813.

vi.

13814

vii.

13815.

vHi

13816.

ix.

[7th Gen.J
13798-9. vui. William Strong, Jr. (son of WiUiam Strong and
BIary Pond) b. July 9, 1815, m. Mary E. Chatfield (sister to his brother's
wife, Clarissa Chatfield) a merchant in New York city : his family re
sides at Stratford, Ct. Children :
13817. 1. William Strong. 13818. 2. Mary Strong.

[6th
18785-
Platt) m.
[7th
13819.

13820. 13821.13824.13825.

Gen.J
•6. H. Sarah Strong (dau. of Ephraim Strong and Hannah
Adara Pond of Milford.
Gen.J Children :
l Charles Hobby Pond a wholesale gun merchant in New
York. He m. Martha Gillett (dau. of Nathan Gillett of
Milford). His family resides in Milford. Children :
1. Nathan Gillett Pond. 13822. 3. Sarah Pond.
2. Charles Hobby Pond. 13823. 4. Martha Pond.
ii. William Strong Pond m. Anna Havens of New York.
He had one child :
WUHam Henry Pond.

1.

Thom%<i Strong, Son of Elder John, of NortJiampton. 739
13826- 7. Ul Mary Strong Pond ra. Horace Sill of Lyme, Ct They
had one child :
18828. 1. Richard Griswold Sill who was drowned in the Connecticut
river.
13829. iv. Nathan GUlett Pond a broker in New York, his family
resides in Milford.

[6th Gen.J
13787-8. iii. Eunice Strong (dau. of Ephraim Strong and Hannah
Platt) b. June 2, 1787, m. Jan. 5, 1806, Eastman Minor of Woodbury,
Ct, b. Jan. 3, 1783 (son of James Minor and Ann Judson) : a merchant
at Milford. He d. at Milford, Ct, AprU 27, 1825 : she d. at New Haven
June 5, 1819, where she resided after 1830.
[7th Gen.J Children:
13830- 1. i. Eunice Minor b. Nov. 24, 1806, m. Alfred Walker.
13832- 4. U. Eastman Strong Minor b. July 6, 1809.
13835- 6. iU. Abigail Minor (twin) b. Sept 1, 1815, m. Edward Chid
sey.
13837- 8. iv. James Minor (twin) b. Sept. 1, 1815, m. Sept 1, 1841,
Elizabeth Frances Leete. No children. He was an
Union Soldier in the late war and d. at Centerville,
Va., Oct. 17, 1863.

13830-1. I Eunice Minor b. Nov. 24, 1806, m. May 1, 1832, Alfred
Walker : a furniture dealer in New Haven, Ct.
[8th Gen.J Children :
13839. l Elizabeth Walker b. in New Haven Feb. 1, 1833, d.
Oct 14, 1833.
13840. ii. William Eastman Walker.
13841. iu. Edward Walker.
13842- 3. iv. & V. Two other children, names not given.

[7th Gen.J
13832-4. ii. Eastman Strong Minor (son of Eastman Minor and
Eunice Strong), b. July 6, 1809, m. Aug. 27, 1833, Lucy Bailey ofBos
ton, Mass. b. July 18, 1809 (dau. of Levi and EHzabeth BaUey of New
Ipswich, Mass.). She d. June 29, 1837, at Manepy, Ceylon, and he m. for
2d wife at Singapore, Bast Indies, Dec. 18, 1839, Judith Manchester
Taylor b. Nov. 2, 1814 (dau. of Isaac and Judith Taylor of Madison,
N. Y.). He d. of consumption June 16, 1867, at New Haven, Ct. He
went Oct. 1833, as a missionary to Ceylon, and was printer to the mis
sion ofthe A. B. C. F. M., established there, and returned to this country
in July, 1851.

740 Descendants of E(pJiraim Strong of Milford, Ct, Son of
[8th Gen.J Children : By first wife :
13844. l William Chester Blinor, M.D., b. in Ceylon, June 22,1834,
grad. at Yale Med. Sem. in 1863, Assistant Surgeon of
the U. S. A., near Washington, D. C.
13845. u. Lucy Bailey Minor b.in Ceylon, Oct 18, 1886, d. atNew
Haven, Sept 28, 1857.
By second vyife :
18846. Hi- George Strong Minor b. in Ceylon Nov. 10, 1840 : a
crockery merchant in New Haven.
13847. iv. Alfred Walker Minor b. in Ceylon Jan. 4, 1842 : a
crockery merchant in New Haven, in partnership with
his brother.
13848. V. Thomas Taylor Minor, M.D., b. in Ceylon, Feb. 20,
1844 : a practising physician at Port Townsend, Wash
ington Territory. He was grad. at Yale Med. Sem.
in 1867.
13849. vi. Ellen Blanchester Minor b. in Ceylon Dec 13, 1846, d.
March 10, 1869.
13860. VU. Charles Eastman Minor b. in Ceylon Oct. 23, 1847, d.
at New Haven Sept 9, 1852.
13851. viU. Jane Elizabeth Minor b. in Ceylpn June 8, 1849.
13852. ix. James Eckard Minor b. in Dalston, Eng., April 19, 1861,
d. at New Haven Aug. 21, 1852
13853. X. Mary Bayard Minor b. in New Haven, July 9, 1863, d.
Aug. 29, 1861.
[7th Gen.J
13836-6. iii. Abigail Minor (dau. of Eastman Minor and Eunice
Strong) b. in Milford, Sept. 1, 1816, m. June 4, 1832, Edward Chidsey.
She d. at Mobile, Ala., Oct 17, 1841.
[8th Gen.J Children :
13854. 1. Strong Minor Chidsey b. in New Haven April 7, 1833,
resides at Mobile.
13855- 6. 2 and 3. Two children, names not given.
[5th Gen.J
13690. V. Ann Strong (dau. of Hon. Ephraim Strong, Jr., and
Mary Prudden) b. Sept 26, 1767, ra. Benjarain Gillett: a farmer in
in Milford. Children :

13857.

1.

Joseph Gillett

12860. 4.

Martha Gillett.

13858.

2.

Sarauel Gillett.

13861. 5.

Nancy Gillett.

18859.

3.

Garrett Gillett.

13862. 6.

Benjamin Gillett,

13867. 1. Joseph Gillett m. Nancy Harris of Canaan, Ct
[7th Gen.J Children:
13863- 4. (1). CaroHne GUlett m. Lyman Judd.
13866. (2). Sylvia GUlett

Thomas Strong, Son of Elder John, of NortJiampton. 741
13866- 7. (3). MeHnda GiUett m. Edmund W. Graves.
13868- 9. (4). Phebe Gillett m. Lorenzo H. Hakes.
13870. (5). Susan Gillett.
13871. (6). Gibson H. GiUett m. Frances Abels.
13872. (7). George W. Gillett,
13873. (8). Elisha B. GUlett m. Sarah Abels.
[5th Gen.J
13692-3. vii John Prudden Strong (son of Hon. Ephraim Strong
Jr., of Milford, and Mary Prudden) b. Aug.- 12, 1763, m. Aug. 10. 1790,
Anna Peck b. March 12, 1768 (dau. of Capt. Benjamin Peck of MUford,
and Sarah Smith, dau. of Hezekiah Smith) a farmer in Milford. She d.
May 16, 1838, aged 70. He d. April 13, 1842, aged 78. He was six
feet high, of florid complexion, light hair and of a very mild and gentle
disposition, while firm and decided in all his conduct. He weighed about
180 lbs.
[6th Gen.J Children:
13874- 5. I Ann Strongb. Aug. 8, 1792, m. Joseph Jonathan Prudden
13876- 7. U. Hon. Selah Strong b. July 11, 1795.
13874-6. l Ann Strong b. Aug, 8, 1792, m. Joseph Jonathan
Prudden : a resident of Columbus, Ga.
[7th Gen.J Children :
13878. 1. John Prudden. 13881. 4. Mary Prudden.
13879. 2. Joseph Strong Prudden. 13882. 6. Martha Prudden.
13880. 3. Grace Prudden.
[6th Gen. J ~
13876-7. ii. Hon. Selah Strong (son of John P. Strong and Ann
Peck) b. July 11, 1795, m. Oct. 12, 1814, Julia Mary Treat b. Nov. 8,
1795 (dau. of Elisha Treat of MUford and Pamelia Francis and great-
grand-daughter of Gov. Treat of Conn.). She d. Jan. 23, 1823, set 27 ;
and he ra. for 2d wife April, 1825, Catharine Whiting b. Sept. 10, 1805
(dau. of Joseph Whiting of Milford and Nancy Gunn) : a farmer at Mil
ford : a member of the Conn. Legislature (1836, 38, 89, 40, 41, 44, 45 and
also 1863, 54 and 69), state senator (democratic), and in public life almost
continuously for 50 years past, as justice of the peace, director of the
Conn. State prison, associate justice of the New Haven County Court,
state commissioner of banks, judge of probate, town clerk, etc. To him
the author is indebted for much of the account here given of the descend
ants of Ephraim Strong and Mary Buckingham. Few men of his years
are as hale and "fresh as he. He has not lost a meal from sickness in 60
years, nor taken in that time a particle of medicine nor ever had rheuma-

742 Descendants of EpJiraim Strong of Milford, Ct, Sonof
tism nor the toothache. In answer to inquiries by the author he replies
" I have had almost constant out-of-door exercise all my life in which it
has been my rule to be moderate : I have been always careful to keep my
feet dry and warm, and without exception on retiring for the night : I
have never used tobacco in any form whatever, and do not know what the
taste is, and have abstained entirely from intoxicating liquors for
more than 40 years : I have always preferred walking to riding in moving
about the town, and if I rode at any time I went on horseback rather than
in a carriage." He is about 5ft. lOin. in height, of florid complexion, hair
dark brown, and weighs about 170 lbs.
[7th Gen.J Children: By first wife :
13883- 5. l Elisha Treat Strong b. Aug. 17, 1816, d. Aug. 7, 1864.
13886- 7. U. John Prudden Strong b. Nov. 27, 1817.
13888- 9. Hi. Julia Treat Strong b. Aug. 27, 1820, m. Benjamin W.
Peck. By second vnfe :
13890. iv. Selah Whiting Strong b. Oct. 2, 1826, d. Sept 18, 1830.
18891- 2. V. Ellen Grace Whiting Strongb. July 9, 1833, m. Samuel
A. MUes.

13883-6. l Elisha Treat Strong b. Aug. 17, 1815, m. May 3,
1841, Sarah Esther Mattoon of New Haven (dau. of Joel Mattoon and
Grace Northrop) : a joiner in New Haven. He d. Aug. 7, 1864, of lock
jaw. She m. for 2d husband George Gilbert of Waterbury, where she
now (1871) resides.
[8th Gen.J Children :
13893- 4. l Selah Whiting Strong b. Oct 22, 1842.
13895. U. Julia Treat Strong b. AprU 5, 1848, d. March 9, 1851.

13893-4. i. Selah Whiting Strong b. at Little Falls, N. Y., Oct.
22, 1842, m. June 26, 1866, Almira Richmond Foote b. Sept, 26, 1841
(dau. of Morgan Lewis Foote of Constantia, N. Y., and Harriet Jeanette
Moyer) : a clerk in New Haven, Ct. One child :
13896. 1. Selah Frederic Strong b. May 5, 1869.
[7th Gen.J
13886-7. U. John Prudden Strong, son of Hon. Selah Strong and
Julia Mary Treat) b. Nov. 27, 1817, m. Sept 3, 1840, Susan Hine of
Orange, Ct. (dau. of Samuel A. Hine of Woodbridge, Ct., and Mary P.
 ) : a farmer in Orange, Ct, and since 1870, in Milford.

Thomas Strong, Son of Elder John, of Northampton. 743
[8th Gen.J Children :
13897. l Julia CorneUa Strong b. Oct. 3, 1841, d. July 23, 1861.
13898. il John Treat Strong b. Sept. 5, 1843, d. Nov. 30, 1854
13899-00. iU. Mary Pond Strong b. Nov. 16, 1844, m. Alonzo G.
Scranton of New Haven, Ct. (son of David T. Scranton).
They have one child :
13901. 1. DavidT. Scranton b. Oct 15, 1868.
13902. iv. Charlotte Adriance Strong b. July 26, 1846, d. Aug.
18, 1848.
13903- 4. V. Charles Kent Strong b. May 1, 1848, m. May 20, 1870,
Sarah Haines of West Haven (dau. of John Haines).
13905. vi. Selah Treat Strong b. Jan. 23, 1850.
13906. vii. Susan BIaria Strong b. July 26, 1851.
13907. viH. George Prudden Strong b. Jan. 6, 1853.
13908. ix. John Strong b. April 4, 1855, d. Nov. 1, 1863.
13909. X. Wellington Hine Strong b. March 12, 1868.
13910. xi. Treat Strong b. Nov. 2, 1863, d. March 20, 1865.
[7th Gen.J
13888-9. iU. JcLiA Treat Strong (dau. of Hon. Selah Strong and
BIary Treat) b. Aug. 27, 1820, m. Sept. 20, 1840, Benjamin William
Peck of Milford b. in. New York (son of Benjamin Wm. Peck and Cor
nelia Hawley) : a machinist at Milford, and previously at New York.
rSth Gen.J Children :
13911. l William Henry Peck b. in New York, Nov. 4, 1843,
resides in New York : engaged in American Bank
Note Company.
13912. il Catharine WhitingPeckb. in New York, Dec, 15,1847.
13913. iii. Georgiana Hawley Peck b. at MUford, Dec. 23, 1861.
[7th Gen.J
13891-2. V. Ellen Grace Whiting Strong b. July 9, 1833, m.
Oct 1859, Samuel Adolphus Miles of Blilford, Ct, b. Nov. 11, 1819 (son
of Samuel A. Miles and Eunice Baldwin): a manufacturer of straw
goods. One child :
13914 1. Ernest Strong Miles b. May 19, 1869.

[3d Gen.J See page 229.
4098-9. xiv. Elnathan Strong (son of Thomas Strong of North
ampton, Mass., and Rachel Holton) b. Aug, 20, 1686 : afarmer at South
bury, Ct He m. April 17, 1712, Patience Jennerbapt. Aug. 1692 (dau.

13916.

ii.

13917-

8.

iii.

18919.

iv.

13920-

1.

V.

13922.

vi.

744 Descendants of Elnathan Strong of Southhwry, Ct, Son of
of Samuel and Hannah Jenner of Woodbury, Ct). He d. May 22, 1727,
and she m. for 2d husband, Jonathan Law of Killingworth, Ct.
[4th Gen.J ChUdren:
13915. l Rachel Strong b. June 20, 1713. Her history not
ascertained.
Patience Strong b. Jan. 4, 1716, d. Blay 26, 1716.
Rev. Nathan Strong of Coventry, Ct.,bapt. April, 1717.
Submit Strong b. May 14, 1719 ; probably d. early.
Dea. SAMUEL""Strong b. Oct 15, 1721, d. in 1809.
Elnathan Strong, Jr.. b. March 18, 1724, d. May 22,
1727.
18923. vii. Patience Strong b. April 30, 1727, probably d. early.

18917-8. iH. Rev. Nathan Strong (son of Elnathan Strong of
Woodbury, Ct,, and Patience Jenner) bapt. April, 1717 : grad. at Yale,
in 1742, studied divinity with Rev. John Graham of Southbury, Ct, ;
settled at Coventry, Ct., Oct. 9, 1745, pastor of the Second Congrega
tional Church. He m. Oct. 12, 1746, Esther Meacham b. July 19,
1726 (dau. of Rev. Joseph Bleachara ofCoventry, and Esther Williams).
[Esther Williams and her sister Eunice (daughters of Rev. John Wil
liams of Deerfield, Mass., b. Dec. 10, 1664, and Eunice Mather, dau, of
Rev. Eleazar Mather of Northampton), were carried off as captives by the
Indians to Canada, Feb. 28, 1704. Eunice was never redeemed but be
came attached to the Indian customs and embraced the Roman Catholic
religion and married an Indian chief, Roger Toroso, residing at St. John's,
20 miles from Montreal. Esther returned home with her father in Nov.
1706.] He d. Nov. 7, 1796, aged 78, having been for fifty years settled
as a minister at Coventry. He is described as " a man of acute penetra
tion of mind and of solid judgment, and a man of great prudence and
very successful in quieting disturbances in sister churches." He could
not bear the thought of being forgotten by his descendants, and had a
portrait of himself painted for each of his surviving children which
are now in good preservation among their descendants. For the same
reason he left a small legacy to each of his grandchildren living at his
death. His wife Esther d. Oct 19, 1793, aged 68.
[5th Gen.j Children:
13924. l Nathan Strong b. and d. July 26, 1747.
13925- 7. U. Rev. Nathan Strong, D.D., of Hartford, Ct., b, Oct. 5,
1748, d. Dec 25, 1816.
13928. iU. Esther Strong b. AprU 28, 1750, d. Feb. 23, 1773, aged
13929-30. iv. Rev. Joseph Strong, D.D., of Norwich, Ct, b. Sept. 21,
1753, d. Dec 18, 1834.
13931- 2. V. Anna Strong b. Sept 1, 1760, m. Dr. Ebenezer Hunt
13933. vi. Hannah Strong b. in 1763, d. March 6, 1773, aged 10.

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TJwmas Strong, Son of Elder John, of Northampton. 745
13925-7. ii. Rev. Nathan Strong, D.D. (son of Rev. Nathan Strong
of Coventry, Ct), b. Oct 6, 1748, 0. S,, grad. at Yale in 1769, ordained
pastor ofthe First church in Hartford, Ct., Jan. 6, 1774, chaplain in the
army of the Revolution. He was tutor at Yale (1772-3). He was settled
on a salary of but £130, which was so poorly paid- (as poor salaries
usually are), that in a few years his people were in debt to him to the
ainount of £600. He invested a portion of the estate left hira by his
father in 1795, in a mercantile establishment which came to a disastrous
end, and thus suffered much in a pecuniary way for many years. (See
Sprague's Annals American Pulpit, vol. II, pp. 34-42). He was an ear
nest revival preacher, and was several times blessed with large ingather
ings into his church. He published several sermons separately frora time
to time and two volumes of sermons (the first in 1798, and the second in
1800), designed to give aid and direction in revival efforts. He projected
and sustained " The Connecticut Evangelical Magazine" continued through
15 years, a work highly prized. He was the chief founder also of '' The
Conn. Miss. Society," and was its principal manager for several years
(1798-1806). In 1796, he published a theological work entitled " The
Doctrine of Eternal Misery consistent with the Infinite Benevolence of God."
He m. Nov. 20, 1777, Anne Smith b. in 1759 (dau. of Dr. Solomon Smith
ofHartford), She d. Oct 17, 1784, aged 25, leaving two children. He
m. for 2d wife Anna McCurdy of Lyme, Ct., b. in 1760 (dau. of John
McCurdy b. in Ireland, about 1724, and Anne Lord dau. of Richard Lord
of Lyme, Ct, and Elizabeth Lynde) b. June 20, 1787. Shed. March 22,
1789, aged 29. He remained for the rest of his life (27 years) a widower.
He was a man of very original powers of mind, great self-command, un
bounded industry, wide erudition and retentive memory, a man of the
first class in all respects. While a man of such superior intellect he was
also full of fervor both in his pulpit and in his pastoral work. His ser
mons were short, but clear and pithy, and he had great facility in extem
porizing. He was tall and straight, a man of dark complexion with an
impressive eye and striking features, and was full of humor and all but
uncontrollable wit at times. Work was but pastime to him. He d. Dec.
25, 1816, aged 68, in the 43d year of his ministry.
[6th Gen.J Children : By first wife :
13934- 5. i. Anne Smith Strong b. Sept 10, 1778, ra. Rev. David
L. Perry.
13936- 7. il Nathan Strong, M.D., b. in 1781, d. Aug. 2, 1837.
By second wife :
13938. iU. John BIcCurdy Strong b. Aug. 12, 1788, graduated at Yale
in 1806, a sTiperior scholar; studied law; was thrown
from his horse and drowned in an attempt to cross the
ferry of the Conn. River at Hartford, Ct., Sept. 16,
1806, aged 18.
94

746 Descendantsof Elnathan Strongof Southhwry, Gt, Sonof
13934-5. i. Anne Smith Strong h. Sept 10, 1778, m. May, 1805,
Rev. David Lord Perry, b. at Harwinton, Ct, June 21, 1777 (son of
Rev. David Perry of Richmond, Mass., and Jerusha Lord) ; graduated
at Yale in 1799, ordained at Sharon, Ct., June 6, 1804, where he d. of
apoplexy suddenly, Oct 25, 1836 ; shed. Oct, 1840, at Sharon. Rev.
David Perry of Richmond, Mass., was son of Joshua Perry.
[7th Gen.J Children :
13939-40. i. Rev. John BIcCurdy Strong Perry b. Sept 7, 1806, at
Sharon, Ct.
18941. ii. Anne F. Perry b. April 3, 1808, d. May, 1867, at Brattle
boro, Vt., unmarried.
13942- 6. iii. Rev. David Charles Perry b. Jan. 6, 1810.
13947. iv. Nathan Strong Perry, M.D., b. Oct 6, 1811, graduated
at Yale Med. School in 1839, d. unmarried May, 1855,
in Ohio.
13948- 9. V. Catharine Lord Perry b. June 17, 1813, m. Dr. R. B.
Merriman.
13960- 1. vi. Theodore Perry b. Jan. 28, 1815.
13962- 3. vH. Jerusha Lord Perry b. June 21, 1817, m. Rev. Dr. F.
J. Clerc
13954- 5. viU. Dr. Edward Perry b. May 25, 1820.
13956- 7. ix. Dr. Cornelius Perry b. July 17, 1822.
13958- 9. X. Dr. Frederic WUHam Perry b. Blay 7, 1824.
13939-40. i. Rev. John McC. S. Perry b. Sept. 7, 1806, graduated
at Yale in 1827, ordained at Mendon, Mass., in 1882, m. July, 1833,
Harriet J. Lathrop b. in 1817 (dau. of Charles Lathrop of Norwich and
Joanna  ) : went as a missionary to the Ceylon mission in 1835, and
d. in Batticotta, Ceylon, Blarch, 1838, of cholera, of which also his wife
d. at about the same time. They had one child :
13960. 1. Harriet Joanna Perry b. at Ceylon Oct 1835, resides un
married at New Haven, Ct
[7th Gen.J
13942-6. Hi. Rev. David Charles Perry b. Jan. 5, 1810 : grad.
at Yale in 1838, ordained at North Fairfield, Ct., Dec. 1838. From
1845 to 1857, he was settled at Barlow, 0., where he stUl resides, dis
abled from preaching by being thrown in a rail road car from a trestle
60 feet down into a ravine in 1857. He m. in 1838, Margaret Williams
(dau. of WUHam G. WUliams and Tryphena his wife, of North Hartford
Ct). She d. 1840, and he m. in 1841, for 2d wife Polly M. Ferry (dau.
of Ebenezer and Charity Ferry of Danbury, Ct. — Bethel). She d. in
1845; and he m. in 1847, Sarah Platt (5au. of Ebenezer and BIary Platt
of Danbury, Ct.). She d. in 1848, and he m. in 1860, for 4th wife Esther
C. Walton b. Jan. 24, 1819 (dau. of Nathan Walton and Ruth Way of
Cincinnati, 0.). He removed in 1870 to Columbus, 0.

Thomas Strong, Son of Elder John, of Northampton. 747
[8th Gen.J Children: By second vyife :
13961. i. George Howard Perry b. at Fairfield, Ct,Nov. 28, 1842,
d. at Bariow, 0. April 4, 1846.
13962. U. Charles Strong Perry b. at Fairfield April 7, 1844 :
grad. at Marietta CoU. in 1865 ; Prof, in Ohio Inst
for Deaf and Dumb, at Columbus, O.
By fourth vyife :
13963. iU. Sarah Frances Perry b. at Barlow, 0., Sept 25, 1856.
13948-9. V. Catharine Lord Perry b. June 17, 1813, m. in 1842,
Dr. Reuben B. Merriman (son of Dr. Merriman of Litchfield, Ct). He
was a physician at Niles, Mich. They separated from each other and
he went to parts unknown. She resides in Austin, Texas.
[8th Gen.J Children :
13964. I Alice Florence Merriman b. at Litchfield, Ct, July,
1848, m. Col. Benjamin R. Townsend of the Coast
Service during the late war, now of Austin, Texas, a
planter. One child :
13965. 1. Catharine Townsend b. at Austin, 1867.
13966. ii. Catharine Blerriman b. at Litchfield, Ct, in 1845, d. at
Lacon, III, in 1850.
[7th Gen.J
13950-1. vi. Theodore Perry b. Jan. 28, 1816 (son of Rev. David
L. Perry of Sharon, Ct., and Anne Smith Strong) ra. AprU 26, 1841,
Elizabeth Heath Cushing b. at GalUpoUs, 0., Sept. 19, 1820 (dau. of Gen.
Nathan Stone Cushing and Mary Lincoln, dau. of Gen. Lincoln of Revolu
tionary memory). She d. at Lacon, III, Sept. 6, 1848. He m. Oct. 31,
1849, Jane Emaransa Brown Stebbins b. Oct. 20, 1827 (dau. of Clark
Brown Stebbins of Springfield, Mass., and Mary Tobey). She d. at Law-
ton, Mich., Nov. 28, 1868. He has been a grain merchant in Lacon, III,
1838-64), and since 1864, in Chicago, residing in Evanston, III, with his
family. [8th Gen.J Children : •
By first wife :
18967. i. Edward Cushing Perry b. at Lacon, III, May 22, 1842
d. July 27, 1844.
13968. ii. Frances Lincoln Perry b. at Lacon, III, Aug. 9, 1844,
d. June 21, 1846.
13969. iH. Theodore Cushing Perry b. at Lacon, June 24, 1846, d.
June 25, 1847. By second wife :
13970. iv. Ida Strong Perry b. at Lacon, Dec. 14, 1860.
13971. V. Margaret Stebbins Perry b. at Lacon, Dec. 16, 1863.
13972. vl Theodore Clerc Perry b. at Lacon, July 13, 1855.
13973. vU. Jenny Clark Perry b. at Lacon, Dec 27, 1861.

748 Descendantsof Elnathan Strongof Southhury, Ct, Son of
13974. viii. Florence Mary Perry b. at Chicago, III, July 3, 1865.
13976. ix. Frederic WUUam Perry b. at Lawton, Mich., Nov. 26,
1868, d. Dec 1, 1868.
[7th Gen.J
13952-3. VU. JERUSiiALoRDPERRYb. June 21, 1817, m. in 1847, Rev.
Francis Joseph Clerc, D.D. (son of Laurent Clerc of Hartford). He re
sides in Philadelphia, and has charge of the " Burd Orphan Asylum "
there, has had 5 children, did not communicate facts requested.
13964-6. viU. Edward Perry, M.D., b. May 25, 1820 : grad. at Med,
College of NewYork in 1845, m. wife Emily  atPeapack, N. J., where
he is a physician : has had 2 chUdren : did not answer letters of inquiry.
13956-7. ix. Cornelius Perry, M.D., b. July 17, 1822: grad. at
Med. Coll., of New York, m. in 1848, Lucy M. Swayze b. in 1830 (dau.
of Edward H. Swayze of  N. J.), a physician at Chicago, 111.
Children :
13976. 1. Fanny Perry. 13977. 2. Eveline Perry.
[7th Gen.J
13958-9. X. Frederic William Perry, M.D., b. May 7, 1824:
grad. at Yale Med. Sem., in 1846 : m. in 1849, Caroline Blachley Latham
b. March 18, 1826; a physician at Mendham, N. J., where he d. Feb.
11, 1863 : a man of great energy of character and firmness of will : for
several years a coroner in New York. He stepped on a nail which
caused mortification and death two weeks afterwards. She resides at
Cold Water, Mich., and has married for a 2d husband, Thomas Hallock
Vance of that place. Children :
13978. 1. Mary Ann Perry b. at Mendham, N. J., Jan. 23, 1851.
13979. 2. Carrie Latham Perry b. at Blendham, July 2, 1852.
[6th Gen.J
13936-7. ii. Nathan Strong, M.D. (son of Rev. Dr. Nathan Strong
ofHartford, Ct, and Anne Smith) b. Aug. 12,1781 : grad. at Williams
in 1802 : m. Frances Butler b. July 8, 1790 : a physician at Hartford, Ct.
He d. Aug. 2, 1837 : she d. July 7, 1849. He studied theology at first,
and preached for a short time. He published in 1810, a dissertation on
spotted fever.
[7th Gen.J Children:
13980. i. Frances Ann Strong b. at Hartford Feb. 11, 1814, d.
there April 8, 1863, unmarried : principal of a Female
Seminary.

13985.

1.

13986.

2.

13987.

3.

13988.

4.

13989.

6.

13990.

iv.

Thomas Strong, Son of Elder John, of NortJiampton. 749
13981- 2. ii. Sarah Butler Strong m. Blay 4, 1836, James Cochran
Donnell b. Nov., 1802 (son of Nathaniel and Sarah
Donnell) ; cashier of the Bank of Commerce, Philadel
phia, Pa., from Dec 13, 1843, until his death which
occurred March 12, 1860. She d. Aug. 20, 1860. No
issue.
13983- 4. ui. Nathan Strong b. about 1822 (son of Nathan Strong,
M.D.) ; graduated at Trinity Coll., Ct. : m. wife Cynthia
M., a lady of the Roman Catholic faith, it is said. He
was a lawyer in Philadelphia. He d. in 1863 or '4.
His widow resides (1870), in Delaware City, Del.
Facts were sought from her in vain by repeated letters
Children :
Frances Butler Strong b. Feb. 4, 1856.
Sarah Donnell Strong b. March 4, 1867.
James Cochran Donnell Strong b. Nov. 16, 1859.
Jeanie McBIullen Strong b. Sept. 7, 1861.
George Nathan Strong b. April 21, 1864.
John McCurdy Strong (son of Nathan Strong, M.D., and
Frances Butler) bapt Aug. 4, 1822, unmarried, d. in
San Francisco, Cal, Jan. 27, 1869.
[5th Gen.J
13929-30. iv. Rev. Joseph Strong, D. D. (son of Rev. Nathan
Strong ofCoventry, Ct, and Esther Bleacham) b. Sept 21, 1753 ; grad.
at Yale in 1772 : settled March 18, 1778, at Norwich, Ct., as colleague
with Rev. Dr. Lord pastor of the First Church in Norwich. He m.
Oct. 18, 1780, Mary Huntington b. March 24, 1760 (dau. of Gen. Jabez
Huntington of Norwich, and Hannah Williams his second wife, dau. of Rev.
Ebenezer WUliams of Pomfret, Ct.). He d. Dec. 18, 1834, aged 81, having
been for 56 years pastor of the same church. He was distinguished for
his benevolent disposition and the fervency and solemnity of his prayers,
his rich stores of information, his dignified bearing and his winning
manners. He was a man of large figure and well formed. She d. May
14, 1840: a woman of rare excellence of character.
[6th Gen.J Children :
13991- 2. I Joseph H. Strong b, Nov. 27, 1781, d. Aug. 31, 1855.
13993- 4. u. Mary Huntington Strong b. Feb. 5, 1786, m. Aaron P.
Cleveland d. May, 1843.
13995- 6. iU. Henry Strong, LL D., b. Aug. 23, 1788, d. Nov. 12, 1852.
13991-2. l Joseph H. (a mere initial) Strong b. Nov. 27, 1781,
m. AprU 14, 1805, Lucretia Fanning b. May 5, 1783 (dau. of Thomas
Fanning of Norwich, Ct, and Lydia Tracy), a merchant in early life and
afterwards a manufacturer. He d. Aug. 31, 1855. She d. Blarch 2,
1865, aged 82.

750 Descendaritsof Elnathan Strong of Southhury, Ct, Sonof
[7th Gen.J Children :
13997- 8. i. Mary Ann Strong b. Nov. 26, 1806, d. Nov. 23, 1840.
She m. Oliver Ellsworth Huntington.
13999-00. il Charles Henry Strong b. Nov. 30, 1808, d. Sept. 16,
1839.
14000. iU. Cornelia Strong b. March 26, 1810, d. Jan. 26, 1869.
14001. iv. Harriet Lucretia Strong b. June 26, 1811, d. Jan. 23,
1820.
14002- 3. V. Elizabeth Strongb. May 25, 1813, d. June 5, 1852;
she ra. Charles J. Stedman.
14004. vi. George Augustus Strong b. Feb. 6, 1816, d. July 2,
1820.

13997-8. i. Mary Ann Strong b. Nov. 26, 1806, m. June 10, 1830,
Oliver Ellsworth Huntington b. Sept 3, 1802 (son of Joseph Hunting
ton of Norwich, and Eunice Carew) ; graduated at Yale in 1826 ; a mer
chant at Cleveland, 0. (since 1837). She d. Nov. 23, 1840.
[8th Gen.J Children :
14005. i. Harriet Lucretia Huntington b.Maroh 2, 1832, d. June
2, 1833.
14006. ii. Lydia Coit Huntington b. Nov. 27, 1834, d. Sept 7,
1835.
14007. iii. Rev. Henry Strong Huntington b. July 15, 1836, grad.
at Yale in 1857. and at Andover Theological Seminary
in 1862 ; settled at Warner, N. H., in 1866, where he
was a stated supply previously (1863-5).
14008. iv. Charles Ellsworth Huntington b. AprU 18, 1839, d.
May 9, 1841.

[7th Gen.J
13999-00. U. Charles Henry Strong (son of Joseph II. Strong
and Lucretia Fanning)' b. Nov. 30, 1808, m. March 14, 1831, Susan
Mansfield Huntington b. Sept 10, 1810 (dau. of Rev. Joshua Hunting
ton ofBoston, and Susan Mansfield of- Killingworth, Ct.) : a resident in
New York. He d. and she m. for 2d husband. Dr. Wolcott Richards of
Cincinnati, 0.
[8th Gen.J Children :
14009. I Rev. George Augustus Strong b. Jan. 21, 1832 ; gradu
ated at Kenyon CoU. Ohio, in 1860, and at The Epis
copal Sem. in Va. : assistant to Bishop Lee at Wilming
ton, Delaware, and afterwards settled at Bledford,
Mass., and Germantown, Pa., and now (1869) : Prof of
Belles Lettres and Bug. Lit. at Kenyon Coll.
14010. U. Mary Huntington Strong b. June 22, 1837, d. Jan. 13,
1851.

Thomas Strong, Son of Elder John, of NortJiampton. 751
[7th Gen.J
14002-3. V. Elizabeth Strong (dau. of Joseph H. Strong and Lu
cretia Fanning) b. May 25, 1813, m. Sept 19, 1838, Charies James
Stedman b. Jan. 20, 1812 (son of James Stedman of Norwich, Ct, and
Eunice Huntington Carew) a merchant for many years in New York and
resident then in Brooklyn. He d. Sept. 22, 1858. She d. June 5, 1852.
He m. for a 2d wife Miss Barnes of Bliddletown, Ct, and remove* to
Norwich, where he died. She after his decease m. Rev. Mr. Smith of
Middletown, Ct
[8th Gen.J Children :
14011. i. Elizabeth Strong Stedman (twin) b. Oct. 16, 1841, d.
Aug. 12,1843
14012. U. Mary Ann Stedman (twin) b. Oct 16, 1841, d. Aug. 15,
1843.
14018. HI James George Stedman b. Aug. 12, 1848, d. Oct 21,
1863.
14014. iv. Henry BuU Stedman b. Oct. 30. 1844, d. Sept 1, 1845.
14015. V. Ha&riet Strong Stedman b. July 10, 1846, d. June 17,
1861.
14016. vi. Charles Henry Stedman b. Oct 9, 1847, d. Dec. 16,
¦ 1852.
14017. vii William Peck Stedman b. April, 1849, resides at Middle-
town, Ct.
14018. viii. Frederic Joseph Stedman b. Feb. 21, 1851, d. July 26,
1868.
14019. ix. Edward Strong Stedman b. May 10, 1852, d. AprU 24,
1854.
' [6th Gen.J
13993-4. ii. Mary Huntington Strong (dau. of Rev. Dr. Joseph
Strong of Norwich, and Mary Huntington) b. Feb. 5, 1786, m. as his 3d
wife Nov. 20, 1820, Aaron Porter Cleveland, a large and wealthy merchant
ofBoston, Mass., b: Sept. 24, 1782 (son of Rev. Aaron Cleveland of Nor
wich, and Abial Hyde). No issue. She d. May, 1843. He d. in Boston,
July 24, 1843.
[6th Gen.J
13996-6. iii. Henry Strong, LL.D. (son of Rev. Dr. Joseph Strong
of Norwich, Ct., and Mary Huntington) b. Aug. 23, 1788, graduated at
Yale in 1806, and tutor there (1808-10); m. July 7, 1825, Eunice Ed
gerton Huntington of Norwich, b. Sept. 13, 1797 (dau. of Joseph Hunt
ington and Eunice Carew) : a lawyer at Norwich, having no superior in
the state in his profession. He was a man of fine native abilities, of un
tiring industry and of thorough integrity and honor. He was of a sanguine

752 Descendantsof Elnathan Strongof Southhury, Ct, Sonof
temperament, which was well balanced by a clear. Calm judgment and a
strong will. His perceptions were quick, his habits of reasoning clear
and logical, and his views comprehensive. As a public speaker he had
great command of language and force of manner. He was domestic and
studious in his habits, rather than social, and sought not the honor which
comes from men. With the exception of his reluctant acceptance of a
seat in two or three instances in the Connecticut legislature, he uniformly
declined all overtures of political preferment He was invited to a pro
fessorship of law in Yale College which he also refused. Self-suspicious,
and never making any profession of religion, he yet died in the hope of
the gospel Those were days in which few realized, even in the church,
that God is " plenteous in mercy," and that so much does he welcome
anything in the human heart that is right towards him that " he breaks
not the bruised reed nor quenches the smoking flax." He was liberal in
the use of his wealth for the good of others, and loved especially to con
tribute to the funds of the missionary and benevolent societies of the day
and to those most whose aims and efforts were most directly evangelical.
" He justly valued his ancestry; not with the vanity which attempts
to build a reputation upon distinguished names, with little admixture of
personal worth ; but for the real advantages which it afforded him for
the attainment of personal excellence." He d. Nov. 12, 1862.
[7th Gen.J Children:
14020- 1. I Mary Eunice Strongb. Oct, 27, 1827, m. Dr. Daniel F.
Gulliver.
14022. U. Henry Ellsworth Strongb. March 15, 1829, d. March
31, 1829.
14023. Hi. Henrietta Huntington Strong b. Sept. 13, 1833, d.
May 27, 1838.
14020-1. l Mary Eunice Strong b. Oct. 27, 1827, m. Sept. 16,
1852, Dr. Daniel Francis Gulliver b. May 29, 1826 (son of John Gulliver
of Boston, and Sarah Putnam) : grad. at Yale in 1848, and at the Jeffer
son Med. Coll., Philadelphia, Pa: a farmer and raiser of stock at Norwich,
Ct To Mrs. Mary B. Gulliver the author is indebted for most of the
facts here stated concerning the descendants of Rev. Nathan Strong of
Coventry. Children :
Henry Strong Gulliver b. Oct 31, 1863.
Arthur Huntington Gulliver b. Dec. 13, 1866.
Gertrude Putnam Gulliver b. Nov. 27, 1858, d. Jan.
1, 1862.
Charlotte Chester Gulliver b. Sept 11, 1860.
Frederic Putnam Gulliver b. Aug. 30, 1865.
Eunice Henrietta Gulliver b. Sept 13, 1867.
Benjamin Wolcott Gulliver b, July 2, 1869.

[8th

Gen.J

14024

14025.

il

14026.

iii.

14027.

iv.

14028.

V.

14029.

vi.

14030.

vii.

Thomas Strong, Son of Elder John, of Northampton. 753
[5th Gen.J
13931-2. V. Anna Strong (dau. of Rev. Nathan Strongof Coventry,
Ct, and Esther Meacham) b. Sept. 1, 1760, m. Sept. 11, 1793, Dr. Ebenezer
-Hunt of Coventry, Ct, b- July 2, 1766 (son of Capt Eliphaz Hunt of
Coventry, and Hannah Stiles).
[Capt Eliphaz Hunt h. Jan. 25, 1739, m. May 21, 1761, Hannah
StUes b. Sept 18, 1739 (dau. of Ebenezer Stiles and Sarah Pinney) and
d. Jan. 3, 1818, aged 79. He d. Jan. 12, 1820, aged 81. He was the son
of Simeon Hunt of Coventry, b. in Northampton, Nov. 13, 1713, who
came from Lebanon, Ct., to Coventry, and m. it is believed a Miss Lyman
of Lebanon. He was the son of Ebenezer Hunt b. Feb. 6, 1676, who m.
May 27, 1698, Hannah Clark b. May 5, 1681 (dau. of William Clark of
Northampton, and Hannah Strong, dau. of Elder John Strong and Abi
gail Ford). He removed to Lebanon about 1723, and d. Feb. 23,
1742-3. She d. Nov. 1833. Ebenezer Hunt was the son of Jonathan
Hunt b. in 1637, who went to Northampton about 1660, a deacon there
(1680-91) : a representative to the General Court in 1690. He m. Sept.
3, 1662, Clemence Hosmer dau. of Thomas Hosmer, of Hatfield. The
father of Jonathan Hunt was John Hunt of Hartford, Ct., the settler, who
m. BIary Webster dau. of Gov. Webster.]
Dr. Ebenezer Hunt of Coventry, Ct, d. April 23, 1808. She d. Nov.
14, 1833. He was grad. at Yale in 1787 : he was a superior man, and a
distinguished physician of large practice. He had a commanding pre
sence. He d. after a brief sickness in the midst of his great usefulness.
He was also a justice of the peace.
[6th Gen.J Children :
14031- 2. i. Ebenezer Hunt, Jr., b. June 14, 1794, ra. Hannah Por
ter.
14033- 4. U. Esther Hunt b. Jan. 23, 1796, m. Rev. Alpha MiUer as
his 2d wife.
14036- 6. Ui. Anna Hunt b. April 14, 1797, m. John Gilbert
14087- 8. iv. Hannah Hunt b. Jan. 1, 1799, m. as his 1st wife Rev.
Alpha Miller.
14039-40. V. Rev. Nathan Strong Hunt b. July, 1802.
14031-2. l Ebenezer Hunt, Jr. (son of Dr. Ebenezer Hunt and Anna
Strong) b. June 14, 1794, m. May 3, 1827, Hannah Porter of Coventry, Ct.
One child :
14041. 1. Frances Hunt b. Oct 18, 1829, d. Sept 23, 1852.
14083-4. ii. Esther Hunt (dau. of Dr. Ebenezer Hunt of Coventry,
and Anna Strong) b. Jan 23, 1796, m. AprU 9, 1849, as his second wife,
Rev. Alpha Bliller, b. Jan. 18, 1792 (only chUd of Josiah MUler of Tor-
96

754 Descendants of Elnathan Strongof Southhury, Ct, Sonof
rington, Ct., and Ruth Austin, dau. of Dea. David Austin of Torring
ton) ; graduated at Hamilton College, N. Y., in 1815, his parents having
early removed to Sangerfield, Oneida Co., N. Y. He was settled at
Bridgewater, N. Y., eight years (Oct 20, 1819- June 24, 1828), at An
dover, Ct, twenty-two years (June 24, 1829 -July 1, 1851), and at
Lyme, Ct (Grassy HUl), for seven years (May 1, . 1853-1860). He d.
at Sangerfield, March 29, 1867, aged 75. By this second marriage there
was no issue. By his marriage to her sister Hannah there were nine
children. His widow resides stiU (1869), at Andover, Ct
14085-6. iii. Anna Hunt (dau. of Dr. Ebenezer Hunt of Coventry)
b. AprU 14, 1797, m. Dec. 1, 1821, John Gilbert b. Sept 25, 1775 (son
of John Gilbert of Hebron, Ct, and Melisent Goodrich) : a merchant at
Mansfield, Ct He d. Feb. 14, 1837, she d. AprU 9, 1846.
[7th Gen.J Children:
14042- 4. i. Henry Ebenezer Hunt GUbert b. Dec. 17, 1822.
14045- 6. u. Nathan Strong Gilbert b. Dec. 19, 1824.
14042-4. l Henry Ebenezer Hunt Gilbert b. Dec 17, 1822, m.
Sept 24, 1861, Elizabeth Wright Kingsbury b. Dec. 31, 1824 (dau. of
Harvey Kingsbury of Coventry and Polly Wright) : a farmer at Coventry.
She d. Nov. 9, 1862, and he m. for second wife June 27, 1866, Mary
Jeffers Kingsbury (sister of his previous wife) b. Dec. 31, 1826.
[8th Gen.J Children : By first wife :
Mary Elizabeth Gilbert b. July 1, 1863, d. Aug. 1, 1861.
Anna Frances Gilbert b. Aug. 20, 1856.
Henry Kingsbury Gilbert b. Aug. 6, 1868, d. Dec. 30,
1859.
14060. iv. Harriet Elizabeth Gilbert b. Nov. 16, 1860.
[7th Gen.J
14045-6. u. Nathan Strong Gilbert (son of John Gilbert and
Anna Hunt) b. Dec. 19, 1824, m. Feb. 10, 1851, Sarah Ann Golden b.
Nov. 19, 1831 (dau. of George and Jane M. Golden, of Monroe, Wis.) :
a merchant at Junction City, Kansas.
[8th Gen.J Children:
14061. l Nathan Strong Gilbert b. Jan. 18, 1852.
14052. u. Lizzie Ann GUbert b. Jan. 28, 1864.
14063. Hi. Samuel Byron Gilbert b. April 6, 1855, d. March 1,
1864.
14054. iv. Jessie Florence Gilbert b. March 2, 1857.
14055. V. Charles Edward Gilbert b. Feb. 18, 1862.
14066. vi. Frederic Willis GUbert b. Oct. 6, 1868.

14047.

l

14048.

ii.

14049.

iii.

Thomas Strong, Son of Elder JoJm, of Northampton. 755"
[6th Gen.J
14037-8. iv. Hannah Hunt (dau. of Dr. Ebenezer Hunt, of Coven
try, and Anna Strong) b. Jan. 1, 1799, m. Sept 30, 1824, Rev. Alpha
MUler b. Jan. 18, 1792 (son of Josiah MUler and Ruth Austin, of Tor
rington, Ct). He was eminently conscientious and punctual in the dis
charge of all his pastoral duties — not forgetting that a large part of his
influence was to be exerted out of the pulpit. He was every where felt
to be truly " a man of God." She d. at Andover, Ct., Jan. 28, 1848, and
he m. for 2d wife, April 9, 1849, her elder sister Esther Hunt He d.
March 29, 1867 ; she stUl lives at Andover, Ct. (1869).
[7th Gen.J Children :
14057- 8. I Fanny Scoville MUler b. July 22, 1825, m. Edward
Reed, Sept. 27, 1849 : a merchant at St Louis, Mo.
No issue.
14069-60. ii. Josiah MUler b. March 31, 1827.
14061. iu. Nathan Strong Hunt Miller b. April 27, 1829, d. June
6, 1830.
14062- 3. iv. Rev. George Alpha Miller b. March 3, 1831.
14064. V. Ruth Anna Bliller b. March 18, 1833, d. Jan 8, 1857.
14065- 6. vl Mary Elizabeth Miller b. AprU 8, 1835, m. Jan. 29, 1863,
Theron Smith, of Brooklyn, N. Y. : she d. March 26,
1867.
14067. vH. David Austin Miller b. Feb. 19, 1838, d. March 17, 1838,
14068- 9. viU. Hannah Hunt MUler b. May 12, 1839, m. Judah S.
Hall.
14070. ix. Esther AngeUne MiUer b. Jan. 12, 1842.
14059-60. il Josiah BIiller b. March 31, 1827, m. March 31,1863,
Virginia Kirk Haywood, a resident at St Louis, Bio.
[8th Gen.J Children ;
14071. i. Alpha Kirk Miller b. April 14, 1864, d. Aug. 26, 1867.
14072. ii. Alexander Garnett MUler b. July 14, 1867, d. Aug.
10, 1867.
[7th Gen.J
14062-8. iv. Rev. George Alpha Miller (son of Rev. Alpha
Miller and Hannah Hunt) b. March 3, 1831, grad. at Williams College
in 1850, and at Andover 'Theological Seminary in 1853, ordained Nov. 30,
1869, m. Sept 29, 1859, Helen Sophia Wood of Syracuse, N. Y. Settled
at Port Leyden, N. Y.
[8th Gen.J Children :
14073. l LizANNiE Esther MUler b. July 28, 1860.
14074. u. Hannah Adele MUler b. Nov. 5, 1861.
14076. iU. Edward Alpha Miller b. AprU 18, 1863.
14076. iv. Helen Beach Miller b. July 10, 1865.

756 Descendantsof Elnathan Strong of Southhury, Ct., Son of
[7th Gen.J
10468-9. vUl Hannah Hunt Miller b. May 12, 1839, m. Nov. 27,
1862, Judah S. Hall of Lyme, Ct
[8th Gen.J Children :
14077. i. Edwin Hall b. July, 1866.
14078. H. Nathan Hunt Hall b. April 13, 1868.

[6th Gen.J
14039-40. V. Rev. Nathan Strong Hunt (son of Dr. Ebenezer
Hunt of Coventry, and Anna Strong) b. July, 1802, grad. at WUliams
Coll., in 1830, and at Andover Theol Sem., in 1833. The first two years
of his college course he spent at Hamilton College. He m. Oct 25, 1842,
Rhoda Louisa Mason b. at Lebanon, Ct, March 18, 1804 (dau. of Daniel
Mason and Eunice Huntington). He has been settled at Pomfret, Ct.
(Feb. 11, 1834 - May 1, 1845), Preston, Ct (Oct 20, 1847, AprUl, 1858),
and been stated supply at Bozrah, Ct. (since April 1st, 1858). No issue.
He has kindly furnished most of the facts here detailed concerning his
father's descendants.

[4th Gen.J
13920-1. V. Dea. Samuel Strong (son of Elnathan Strong and Pa
tience Jenner) b. Oct. 15, 1721, m. wife Eunice. He d. in 1809 : she d.
Aug. 1792, aged 67.
[5th Gen.J Children:
14079-80. l Elnathan Strong b. Blarch 17, 1748, m. Feb. 3, 1792,
Elizabeth Jackson. No issue.
14081. u. Elijah Strong bp. May 1, 1762, d. same month.
14082- 3. iu. Mary Strongb. Feb. 17, 1754, m. Jan. 4, 1770, Sylvester
Wooster.
14084. iv. Patience Strong bp. Aug. 6, 1758, d. young.
14085- 6. V. Eunice Strong bp. Aug. 6, 1758, m. Silas Hinman.
14087- 8. vi. Patience Strong (2d)bp. Dec 26,1762, m. Nov. 3,
1793, Hiram Botsford.
[5th Gen.J
14086-6. V. Eunice Strong (dau. of Samuel and Eunice Strong)
bapt. Aug. 6, 1768, m. June 8, 1783, Silas Hinraan,bapt. Jan. 1757 (son
of Jonas Hinman, of Southbury, Ct., and Sara Downs).
[6th Gen.J Children :
14089-90. i. Alth^a Hinman m. Col. Russell Hine, of Russia, N. Y.
14091- 2. H. Charity Hinman m. a Mr. Wakeley, of Southbury, Ct
14093- 4. iU. LAURAHinmanm. Jan. 26, 1811, Elijah Hine. No issue.

Thomas Strong, Son of Elder John, of NortJiampton. 757
[3d Gen.] See page 230.
4100-1. XV. Ruth Strong (dau. of Thomas Strong, of Northampton
and Rachel Holton) b. Feb. 4, 1688, m. in 1712, Dea. William Dudley
b, Oct 18, 1684 (son of Joseph Dudley, of Guilford, Ct. : a cooper, b.
AprU 24, 1643, — son of Wm. Dudley, the settler and Jane Lutman —
and Ann Robinson,- whom he m. Oct 6, 1670 ; she was dau. of Thomas
Robinson). He was a farmer at North Guilford. She d. Sept 18, 1743,
and he m. for 2d wife, Sept. 18, 1744, widow Rebecca Fisk, of New
Milford, Ct, b. in 1690, nie Elliot (dau. of Rev. Joseph EUiot, of Guil
ford and Mary Wyllys, his 2d wife). He d. Feb. 28, 1761 ; she d. Feb.
9, 1782, aged 92. He was a man of ability and captain of a military
company (1767).
[4th Gen.J Children :
14095. I Submit Dudley b. Oct. 1, 1713, d. AprU 16, 1733, aged
20.
14096. H. William Dudley b. Dec. 28, 1715, d. Oct. 23, 1717.
14097. HI William (2d) b. Dec 28, 1717, d. March 27, 1738.
14098- 9. iv. Asahel Dudley b. June 7, 1719.
14100- 1. v. Lucy Dudley b. March 29, 1721 , ra. Dec. 7, 1749, Mi
chael Baldwin, of North Guilford (son of Timothy
Baldwin and Bathsheba Stone) b. AprU -2, 1719. She
d. June 12, 1758, and he d. AprU 14, 1787.
14102. vi. Lois Dudley b. Feb. 14, 1723, d. Oct. 7, 1743.
14103- 4. vH. Medad Dudley b. Feb. 3, 1725.
14105- 6. viu. Jared Dudley b. Nov. 17, 1727.
14107. ix. Sarah Dudley") d. Oct 7, 1743.
[ twins, b. July 14, 1730.
14108- 9. X. Mabel Dudley] m. April 30, 1754, Ebenezer Russell.
14110. xi. Ruth Dudley b. June 9, 1733, d. June 20, 1745.
[I. William Dudley, the settler, came to Guilford, in the spring of 1639,
with Rev. Henry Whitfield, whose father, a lawyer, resided at Richmond
Surrey, England, which the Dudleys also claim to have been their early
home. They claim also relationship to the famous Earls of Leicester and
Warwick. William Dudley m. Aug. 24, 1636, Jane Lutman, of Ockley
(or Oakley), Surrey, Eng. They were married by Rev. Henry Whitfield,
then rector of that parish, afterwards their pastor at Guilford. He d.
March 16, 1684; she d. May 1,1674. Their children were : 1. Wil
liam Dudley, Jr., of Saybrook, b. Sept. 8, 1639. 2. Joseph Dudley, of
Guilford b. AprU 24, 1643. 3. Ruth Dudley b. April 20, 1645, m. June
20, 1664, John Whittlesey, of Saybrook. 4. Deborah Dudley b. Sept.
20, 1647, m. June, 1671, Ebenezer Thompson (son of Anthony, of New
Haven). He d. Aug. 1676, at Boston, and she m. in 1677, Thomas
Scranton (son of John Scranton, of Guilford), she d. Oct 1681.
II. Joseph Dudley (son of WilUam Dudley, the settler, and Jane Lut
man) b. April 24, 1643, m. Oct. 16, 1670, Ann Robinson, dau. of Tho-

758 Descendants of Buth {Strong) Dudley, Daughter of
mas Robinson, Jr. He d. June 3, 1712. Their chUdren were : 1. and 2.
Joseph and Benjamin (twins) b. June 11, 1671. 3. Caleb b. about
1673. 4. Joshua b. Dec 17, 1674. 6. Miles b. Dec. 17, 1676, who m.
Rachel Strong (sister of Ruth) who ra. his brother, Dea. WiUiam Dudley.
6. Mary Dudley b. in 1680, m. Joseph Wright of Colchester, Ct 7.
Dea. William Dudley h. Oct 18, 1684, who ra. Ruth Strong. 8. Mercy
Dudley b. in 1686, m. Joseph Bartlett of Northampton. 9. Anne Dudley
b. in 1687, who d. AprU 27, 1687.]

[4th Gen.J
14098-9. iv. Asahel Dudley (son of Dea. WiUiam Dudley and Ruth
Strong) b. June 7, 1719, m. Jan. 25, 1741-2, Elizabeth (Betty) Hatch,
of (Westfield parish), Middletown, Ct : afarmer. He d. aged 89 (no
tice of his death, without date, appearing in the The Conn. Courant, Jan.
18,1809). [5th Gen.J Children :
14111. l William Dudley b. April 23, 1743 : a farmer in Mid
dletown, and a Revolutionary soldier, d while in the
army in 1778. No issue.
14112. ii. Levi Dudley b. in 1744, d. soon.
14113- 4. iii. Levi Dudley (2d) b. March 30, 1746, see below.
14116- 6. iv. Asahel Dudley b. Aug. 4, 1748 : a farmer at Green's
Farms, Ct. He m. Hannah Woodhouse of Wethers
field, Ct- Had William, Joseph, Hannah and Asahel.
14117- 8. V. Ruth Dudley b. Sept. 22, 1761, m. Jeremiah Wilcox of
Westfield, Ot., and had children : Rust, Jeremiah, Mary,
Asahel, Thomas, Lorinda, Jesse, and Mabel.
14119-20. vi. Eben Dudley b. Aug. 28, 1763, m. Hannah Goodrich of
Middletown. No issue.
14121- 2. vH. Elizabeth Dudley b. AprU 10, 1756, m. Samuel Burn
ham. No issue.
14123- 4. viu. Lois Dudley b. May 9, 1769, m. Capt Eli Wilcox of
Westfield, Ct. Children : William, EU, Lois 1st and
2d, James Goodrich, and Enoch.
14125- 6. ix. Isaac Dudley b. AprU 8, 17.61, m. Jan. 25, 1785, Anna
Woodhouse; settled in Whitestown, N. Y. Children:
14127- 8. 1. Nancy Dudley b. March 25, 1786, m. Aug. 1808, Jesse
H. Couch, d. Feb. 3, 1848.
14129-30. 2. Asenath Dudley b. Nov. 28, 1787, m. Oct 1, 1808, Amos
Seward, d. Sept. 23, 1852.
14131- 2. 3. Julia Dudley b. Aug. 27, 1794, m. Dec 3, 1816, Henry
Spafford.
14133- 4. 4. Sophia Dudley b. Dec 9, 1796, m. Dec 10, 1816, Samuel
Tyler.
14135- 6. s. M-4BEL Dudley b. Dec 5, 1763, m. Samuel Howe of
Westfield, Ct.

Thomas Strong, Son of Elder John, of NortJiampton. 759

[5th Gen.J
14113-4. iii. LEViDuDLEY(sonof Asahel Dudley and Betty Hatch) b.
March 30, 1746, m. Elizabeth Atkins (dau. of Joel Atkins), a farmer in
Westfield Parish, Ct. He d. Dec 1780, and she m. for 2d husband in
1786, Jesse Atkins of Middletown. She d. about 1820.
[6th Gen.J One child :
14137- 8. i. Levi Dudley, Jr., b. AprU 6, 1780, m. Dec. 23, 1802,
Abigail Hitchcock (dau. of Caleb Hitchcock) b. in
Wintonbury, Ct. (now Bloomfield) March 21, 1783,
a farmer at "Westfield and Bloomfield, Ct (after 1807).

[7th Gen
14139-40. l

14141. 1.
14142. 2,
14143. 3.
14144- 6. 4.

14146.

14147.14148- !

u.
3. iii,

14150.
14161.

1.
2.

14162.

3.

14153.14154.

4. 5.

14156.

6.

14156;

iv

J Children :
Hon. George Dudley b. Sept. 17, 1803, m. AprU 28,
1831, Electa Camp b. at Winchester, Ct., Nov. 27,
1806 (dau. of Samuel Camp, and Mercy Sheldon) : a
shoemaker at first, afterwards a manufacturer of book
binders' leather at West Winsted, Ct. ; President of the
Winsted Bank for many years ; postmaster ; and State
Senator; and Presidential elector at Gen. Grant's elec
tion. Children :
Jane Mehitable Dudley b. June 28, 1833, d. Oct 6, 1851.
Emily Sheldon Dudley b. July 17, 1838.
Mary Beach Dudley b. May 21, 1840,
Alice Mercy Dudley b. April 6, 1842, ra. Theodore F.
Vaill b. at Litchfield, Ct (son of Rev. Herman L.
VaUl): editor of "The Winsted Herald," and Adjutant
of the Second Conn. Heavy Artillery. They have
one child. 'U(0^^%<^^<ii¦(^<l'l'^(? i . -t'' rt'O '•
George Dudley b.'^July 1, 1844, a resident of West
Winsted.
Caroline Dudley b. March 31, 1806, d. June 2, 1813.
Isaac Dudley b. at Bloomfield, Ct., June 13, 1807, m.
Oct 16, 1832, BIaria Cornwall, b. in Middletown Aug.
31 1809. He d. at New Haven, Ct, Jan. 1, 1856.
She d. at Granby, Ct., Sept. 29, 1852. ChUdren :
George E. Dudley b. at Middletown, AprU 24, 1834.
Lewis Dudley b. at Durham, Ct,, Feb. 11, 1838, d. there
March 28, 1838.
Henry W. Dudley b. Oct. 9, 1840, at Middletown, d. at
Bloomfield, Jan. 18, 1842.
Mary Dudley b. at Bloomfield. Dec. 7, 1842.
Henry L. Dudley b. at Bliddletown, Aug. 15, 1846, d. at
Windsor, Ct., Aug. 20, 1856, being run over by a
loaded cart.
Dennis Dudley b. at Bloomfield, Sept 7, 1851, d. at
Granby, Ct., Sept. 19, 1852.
Dennis Dudley b. June 17, 1809 (son of Levi Dudley,
and Abigail Hitcheock) : a resident of Winsted, Ct.

760 Descendants of Ruth [Strong) Dvdley, Daughter of

14168.
14159. 14160-

1.

1.
2. 3.

14162-

3.

vi.

14164.

vii.

14165-

6.

viii

14157. V. Morgan Dudley b. in Bloomfield, Aug. 7, 1810, m. at
Torrington, Ct., May 3, 1834, Almira WUson. ChUd
ren :
James Dudley b. at Sandisfield, Mass., Jan. 1841.
Henry Dudley b. at Winsted, Ct, Aug. 1843.
Julia A. Dudley b. at Winsted, Aug. 1845, m. Norman
Palmer. She d. at West Winsted, Oct. 31, 1870,
aged 25.
Orrin Hitchcock Dudley b. at Bloomfield, Aug. 2, 1812,
m. Janet Ludington, a resident of West Hartford.
Harris Dudley b. in Canaan, N. H., March 17, 1814, a
farmer in Bloomfield, Ct., unmarried.
.Everett Dudley b. in Canaan, N. H., Nov. 17, 1816,
m. in Avon, Ct, Sept 6, 1839, Achsah Woodruff b.
Sept. 21, 1815 (dau. of Ozem Woodruff and Achsah Mer
rill of Avon, Ct.), a resident at Bloomfield, Ct Children:
Ellen M. Dudley b. in Bloomfield, July 16, 1840, d. March
12, 1844.
Edward E. Dudley b. AprU 26, 1843.
Ellen P. Dudley b. Oct 80, 1845.
Emma J. Dudley b. March 16, 1848.
Jenny L. Dudley b. June 26, 1864.
Amelia A. Dudley b. in Bloomfield, Ct., May 3, 1819, m.
Oct 13, 1840, Linus S. Ludington, b. at W. Spring
field, Mass., Feb. 12, 1819, a resident of New Britain,
Ct ChUdren:
Luana A. Ludington b. at Chicopee, Dec. 14, 1841.
LuciUa M. Ludington b. at West Hartford, Ct, July 20,
1843, and d. there Feb. 12, 1844.
3. Nathan B. Ludington b. Nov. 24, 1844, d. Deo. 7, 1844.
4. William L. Ludington b. at Chicopee, July 6, 1846.
6. John D. Ludington b. at Chicopee, July 15, 1848, d.
June 16, 1850.
6. Charles F. Ludington b. at New York, Feb. 11, 1851.
7. Henry P. Ludington b at New Britain, Ct., Dec. 9, 1863.
X. Cornelia Dudley b. at Bloomfield, Ct, Feb. 11, 1821.
3. xi. Delia Dudley b. Sept. 27, 1822, at Bloomfield, m. Jan.
17, 1847, Milo Ates : is insane.
xii. Luana Dudley b. at Bloomfleld, May 17, 1827, and d.
there Dec 19, 1831.

14167.14168.
14169. 14170.14171.
14172-

14174.
14176.
14176.14177.
14178.
14179.14180.14181.
14182-14184.

2.
3.4. 5.
•3. ix.

1.
2.

[4th Gen.J
14100-1. V. Lucy Dudley (dau. of Dea. William Dudley and Ruth
Strong) b. March 29, 1721, m. Dec. 7, 1749, Michael Baldwin of North
Guilford (son of Timothy Baldwin and Bathsheba Stone) b. April 2,
1719 : a farmer. She d. June 12, 1768, and he m. for 2d wife Nov. 17,
1768, Theodore Wolcott. He removed to New Haven about 1775, and
d- there April 24, 1787.

Thomas Strong, Sonof Elder John, of NortJiampton. 761
[5th Gen.J Children:

14188.

14189.

1.

14185. l Ruth Baldwin b. March 4, 1761, d. March 16, 1756.
14186- 7. U. Dudley Baldwin b. AprU 17, 1753, grad. at Yale in
1777 : a lawyer and farmer at Greenfield Hill, Cf. He
m. Sally Bradley. He d. March 29, 1794 : she d. in
1800. They had one son :
Abraham Dudley Baldwin b. April 15, 1788, grad. at
Yale in 1807.
Hon. Abraham Baldwin b. Nov. 22, 1764, grad. at Yale
in 1772 : tutor there (1776-9) : a distinguished lawyer
at Savannah, Ga., Prest. of the University of Georgia
of which he was the originator, member of the Conti
nental Congress (1785-8), and of the convention which
formed the constitution of the United States of which
he was a signer, Blember of Congress (1789-99), and
U. S. Senator (1799-1807). He d. March 14, 1807,
aged 53, unraarried.
14190- 1. iv. Ruth Baldwin b. Sept 13, 1756, m. Jan. 26, 1781, Hon.
Joel Barlow b. in Reading, Ct, Blarch 24, 1754 (son
of Sarauel Barlow and Esther Hull), the poet, author
of The Columbiad, &o. He was grad. at Yale in 1778.
He was appointed by Prest Madison in 1811, minister
plenipotentiary to the court of Napoleon Bonaparte.
He followed him to WUna, Poland, and d. there Dec.
Dec. 22, 1812, without issue. He was reputed to be
worth at his death five million dollars. His widow
lived in great splendor at " Kalorama," Washington,
D. C, where she d. May 30, 1818. For other facts,
see Hinman's Puritan Settlers, p, 131.
14192. V. Lucy Baldwin b. May 22, 1768, d. May 2, 1760.
[Michael Baldwin had by his second wife, Theodora Wolcott (b. Nov.
4, 1746, whom he m. Nov. 17, 1768, and who was dau. of Josiah Wolcott
of Coventry, and widow Ruth French nie White dau. of Daniel White
of Windsor), 6 children : 1. Lucy b. in 1770, who d. March 24, 1798.
2. William b. March 3, 1772, m. Anna Perrin lived at New Haven, was
collector of the port, d. March 27, 1831, had 9 chUdren: 3. Michael h.
in 1776, grad. at Yale in 1795, a lawyer in Chilicothe, 0., d. March, 1810,
no children. 4. Hon. Henry b. Jan. 14, 1780, grad. at Yale in 1797, a
lawyer in Philodelphia, Judge of the U. S. Supreme Court, from Pa.
(1830), the predecessor of Hon. Robert C. Grier lately succeeded by Hon.
William Strong. He followed in office Hon. Bushrod Washington. He
d. in Philadelphia April 21, 1844. He m. Blarina Norton, and had one
child Henry. 5. Clarissa b. Nov. 1782, m. Col. George Bomford of
Washington, had 3 children. 6. Sally b. in 1787, m. Edward French,
had 2 children, Mrs. Theodora Baldwin, 2d wife of Michael Baldwin, d.
March 30, 1814]

[4th Gen.J
14103-4. vii. BIedad Dudley (son of Dea. WiUiam Dudley and Ruth
Strong) b. Feb. 3, 1725, ra. June 10, 1756, BIary Fowler b. Aug. 31,
96

762 Descendants of Buth [Strong) Dudley, Daughter of
1729 (dau. of Daniel Fowler of Guilford, and Grace Barrow of New Hav
en) : a farmer at North Guilford, on the old homestead. He d. Feb. 10,
1804; she d. July 14, 1810, set 81.
[5th Gen.J Children:
14193- 6. i. Ambrose Dudley b. AprU 1, 1757.
14196- 7. U. Lucy Dudley b. Jan. 15, 1759, m. March 3, 1790, Oliver
Fowler b. Dec. 2, 1762 (son of Ebenezer Fowler of Guil
ford and Desire Bristol).
14198- 9. iU. William Dudley b. Feb. 19, 1761.
14200. iv. Rebecca Dudley b. Deo. 8, 1762, d. unraarried Feb. 10,
1846.
14201- 2. V. BIedad Dudley b. Dec 16, 1764.
14203- 4. vi. Charles Dudley b. Dec 6, 1766.
14205- 6. vH. Submit Dudley b. Nov. 6, 1768, m. Jan. 2, 1797, Jon
athan Bishop b. Oct. 19, 1762 (son of David Bishop
and Andrea Fowler).
14207. viii Paul Dudley b. Oct 19, 1771.
14208. ix. Molly Dudley b. Feb. 20, 1774, d. unmarried Aug. 11,
1810.

14193-6. l Ambrose Dudley b. AprU 1, 1757, m. AprU 29, 1783,
Elizabeth RusseU b. Nov. 23, 1758 (dau. of Samuel Russell of Guilford,
who was a grandson of Rev. Samuel Russell of Branford, Ct., one of
the founders of Yale, and Deborah Baldwin) : a farmer at Guilford. He
d. Jan. 10, 1826 : she d. July 16, 1834, set 76. Says Samuel W. Dud
ley of Guilford, their son : " I used to hear my father and an aged maiden
aunt often speak in high terms of the talents and womanly graces of Ruth
Strong my great-grandmother and of the high standing of her father's
family in Northampton : they used to say, that she had high blood in her
and that her relatives and friends were none of them of a common sort"
" All of her children and grandchildren, with a single exception, Were
successful in life and esteemed by those who knew them, and went down
to honored graves.
[6th Gen.] Children :

14209.14210- 1.

14212.

1.

Russell Dudley b. Jan. 29, 1784, d. at sea, Dec. 1, 1806-
Nabby Dudley b. Oct 21, 1788, m. Oct 16, 1816, Dan
iel Fowler, a farmer (son of Theophilus and SaUy Fow
ler), who d. Oct.,. 1821. She m. Dec 2, 1827, Dea.
Benjamin Rossiter, a farmer, b. Aug. 20, 1784 (son of
Dea. Timothy Rossiter and Bl^ry Ruggles), who d. Nov.
1866, being in each of these marriages a second wife.
She had by lier first marriage, one child :
Lucy Chittenden Fowler b. July 17, 1817, a teacher who
d. unmarried July, 1847. Mr. Fowler left to her care
by his previous marriage two small children and Deacon
Rossiter by his, three. She is still living (1871), aged
82.

Thomas Strong, Son of Elder John, of Northampton. 763
14213- 4. iii. Hon. Samuel William Dudley b. July 16, 1800, m.
Jan. 2, 1833, Lucy Ann Chittenden b. Feb. 14, 1806
(dau of David Chittenden of Guilford, and Lucy Fowler
see a few pages supra) : a farmer at North Guilford. He
has been several times a member of the |Connecticut
Legislature (republican) as in 1841, '53, '57, '63, and
'65, and in 1869 was State Senator.
[7th Gen.J Children :
14215. i. Charles Samuel Dudley b. May 29, 1834, a teacher for
some years, a soldier in the Union army in the late war,
engaged in the insurance business in New Haven, Ct.
14216- 7. ii. Henry Chittenden Dudley b. Blay 9, 1836, m. Oct. 16,
1861, Annie Hart Parmelee (dau. of Dea. Eli Parmelee
of Guilford). He had a child b. and d. unnamed, June,
1863. He was an Union soldier in the late war, and was
with his brother Charles in the battles of Antietam and
Fredericksburgh. He d. Jan. 17, 1863, at Falmouth,
Va. His remains lie in the cemetery at Guilford.
14218. iii. Elizabeth Russel Dudley b. June 25, 1838, a teacher in
Guilford and unmarried.
14219-20. iv. Jambs Ambrose Dudley b. Aug. 21, 1840, m. Oct. 13,
1870, Emmeline Griswold (dau. of Henry B. Griswold
of Guilford) a farmer in Guilford.
14221. V. George Chittenden Dudley b. Sept 1, 1842, a farmer in
N. GuUford, unmarried.
14222. vi. William Russell Dudley b. March 1, 1849, a student now
(1871), in Cornell University, Ithaca.

[5th Gen.J
14198-9. Ui. William Dudley (son of Medad Dudley and Mary
Fowler) b. Feb. 19, 1761, m. May 18, 1786, Abigail Baldwin b. AprU 9,
1762 (dau. of Stephen Baldwin of GuUford and Freelove CoUins) : a
farmer at Litchfield. Children :
14223. 1. Abigail Dudley. 14224. 2, WUliam Dudley.
14225. 3. Augustus Dudley killed by the kick of a horse.
14226. 4. CoUins Dudley.

14201-2. V. Medad Dudley, Jr. (son of Medad Dudley and Mary
Fowler) b. Dec. 16, 1764, ra. in 1797, Phebe ConkUng of Basthampton,
Ct He d. Jan. 13, 1854 : a farmer at GuUford. She d. March 1, 1842,
aged 78.
[6th Gen.] Children:
14227. I Emily Dudley b. Feb. 5, 1799, d. Aug. 7, 1821.
H. Caroline Dudley b. Sept. 1, 1800, d. Sept 30, 1800.
Ul Eliz.\beth ConkUng Dudley b. Deo. 6, 1802, d. unmarried
Aug. 6, 1868.

14228.
14229

764 Descendantsof Buth {Strong) Dudley, DaugJiterof etc.
14230- 1. iv. William Miles Dudley b. Sept. 27, 1804, m. Nov. 1,
1835, Blary Chittenden b. May 11, 1808 ; see supra.
14232- 3. V. Mary Rebecca Dudley b. Jan. 5, 1808, m. Aug. 16, 1835,
Edmund Marvin Field b. May 10, 1808 (son of Ed
mund Field of Guilford) : she d. March 6, 1839.
[5th Gen.J
14203^. vi. CHARLEsDuDLEY(sonof Medad Dudley of Guilford, and
Mary Fowler) b. Dec. 6, 1766, m. Ruth Hunt and for 2d wife Rhoda
Baldwin of New Brunswick, N. J. : a farmer at Litchfield, Ct ChUdren :
14284. 1. Susan Dudley.
14235- 6. 2. Lois Dudley m. Daniel T. Mitchell of Woodbury.
14237. 8. Ruth Dudley.
14238. 4. Samuel Dudley.
14239. 5. Frederick Dudley.
14240. 6. Mary Ann Dudley m. Nov. 1, 1843, Eliada KUbourn.
14241. 7. Charies Dudley

[4th Gen.J
14105-6. viii. Jared Dudley (son of Dea. WUliam Dudley and Ruth
Strong) b. Nov. 17, 1727, m. Dec. 25, 1754, Mary Chittenden b. June
26, 1730 (dau. of Daniel Chittenden and Abigail Downs) : a farmer in
Guilford. He d. June 14, 1811 : she d. Nov. 18, 1821, aged 91.

[5th Gen,
14242. i.
14243. ii.
14244- 6. iU.

14246.

1.

14247.

2.

14248.

3.

14249.

4.

14260.

5.

14261.

6.

14252-

3. iv.

14254-

6. V.

J Children :
Luther Dudley b. Sept. 16, 1755.
Jared Dudley b. June 29, 1767.
Ruth Dudley b. Jan. 23, 1762, d. June 3, 1846. She-
m. March 6, 1783 John Filer of Guilford b. April 3,
1768 (son of Joseph Filer of Guilford and Lucy
Fosdic, who were m. Dec. 7, 1752), a farmer at Guil
ford. Children :
John Fosdic Filer b. Sept 6, 1783.
lared Dudley Filer b. May 24, 1787.
Mary Filer b. Dec. 30, 1789.
Jerusha Filer b. Aug. 24, 1798.
Parnel Filer b. AprU 27, 1796.
John Fosdic FUer (2d) b. AprU 21, 1798.
Eunice Dudley b. Sept. 8, 1764, m. Dec. 6, 1787, Jona
than Russell, Jr.
Mabel Dudley b. March 10, 1767, m. Davis Ford.

Descendants of Jedediah Strong of Coventry, Ct, etc. 765

rn.
DESCENDANTS OP JEDEDIAH STRONG OF COV
ENTRY, CT., SON OF ELDER JOHN STRONG,
OF NORTHAMPTON.
[2th Gen.J See page 19.
8-9. iv. Jedediah Strong (son of Elder John Strong, of Northamp
ton and Abigail Ford) b. May 7, 1637 (and bapt AprU 14, 1639), m.
Nov. 18, 1662, Freedom Woodward, bapt at Dorchester, Blass., in 1642
(dau. of Henry Woodward, afterwards of Northampton, and " one of the
pillars of the church" there, and Elizabeth his wife). He was a farmer
at Northampton until 1709, when at the age of 70 years and upwards he
removed with his family to Coventry, Ct, where 24 years afterwards he
d. May 22, 1733, aged 96 ; during the years 1677-8 & 9, he was paid 1^
shillings a year for blowing the trurapet on Sunday to summon the peo
ple to church. His wife Freedom d. May 17, 1681, and he m. Dec. 19,
1681, for 2d wife AbigaU Stebbins b. Sept 6, 1660 (dau. of John Steb
bins, of Northampton, and Abigail Bartlett — dau. of Robert and Anne
Bartlett, of Hartford, and afterwards of Northampton). She d. July 16,
1689, and he m. Jan. 5, 1691-2, for 3d wife Mrs. Mary (Hart) Lee
widow of John Lee, of Farmington, Ct., and dau. of Stephen Hart, of
Farmington. He lived with his first wife 19 years, with his second 7, and
with his third wife 9, and notwithstanding his three marriages spent 33
years as a widower, and 61 unmarried. His wife Mary d. Oct. 10, 1710,
from the injury which she received the day previous by the fall of the
horse on which she was riding (on a pillion behind her husband), when
just started well upon their way to Coventry, together, to visit their child
ren. The record reads thus at Northampton : " Oct 9, 1710, Jedediah
Strong, and wife set out early in the morning to visit their children, at
Coventry ; but when they came against the Falls (at S. Hadley) among
the broad smooth stones, the horse's feet slipped up and he fell flat on the
off-side and by the fall killed the woman ; though she was not quite dead
then, but had life in her until the next day — yet never spoke a word."
He was constable in 1683.
[3d Gen.J Children : By first wife:
14256- 7. I Elizabeth Strong b. June 9, 1664, m. Ebenezer Wright.
14268- 9. H. Abigail Strong b. July 9, 1666, m. Thomas King.
14260- 1. iU. Jedediah Strong b. Aug. 7, 1667, d. Oct. 12, 1709, aged
42.

766 Descendants of Jedediah Strong of Ccmentry, Ct.,
14262. iv. Ford Strong b. Sept. 2, 1668, d. Nov. 1, 1668.
14263. V. A child unnamed b. Oct 11, 1669, d. in 1669.
14264- 6. vi. Hannah Strong b. Feb. 3, 1671, m. Benjamin Carpenter
d. Blarch 20, 1762, aged 91. .
14266- 7. vU. Thankful Strong b. April 16, 1672, m. -Dea. Thomas
Root, Jr., d. AprU 16, 1742, aged 70.
14268. viu. John Strong b. Nov. 16, 1673, d. Nov. 1673.
14269-70. ix. Lydia Strong b. Nov. 9, 1675, ra. David Lee, d. July 16,
1718.
14271. X. Mary Strong b. May, 1677. d. soon.
14272. xi. Experience Strong b. Aug'. 19, 1678, d. Sept 16, 1678.
14273- 4. xH. Preserved Strong b. March 29, 1680.
14275. xiii. John Strong b. May 10, 1681, d. April 21, 1699, aged 18.
By second wife :
14276- 7. xiv. Mary Strong b. in 1683, m. AprU 18, 1711, Ebenezer
Pixley b. in Northampton, May 3, 1678 (son of Wm.
Pixley of Hadley, and afterwards of Northampton, and
Sarah Lawrence). He d. in Westfield, in 1716. They
had one child Elijah Pixley b. in 1714, that d. in 1716.
[A few facts gleaned concerning the early history of the Woodward,
Stebbins and Bartlett familieSj. connected with this branch of the Strong
family, are worth recording Jie^fi., - '-''
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Henry Woodward was a member of the Doiyshester'chjirch in 1639, and
removed to Northampton, in 1659; He came frdni Munh Worton,^'Lan-
"castirb, Eng., and was " killed by lightning at the upper corn mill,"
AprU 7, 1683. He had 4 chUdren : 1. Bxperieilce who m. Nov. 21, 1661,
Medad Pomeroy. 2. Freedoni (Mrs. Jedediah Strong). 8. Thankful
who m. Dec 18, 1662, John'Taylor. 4. John.
He was " licensed to keep ordinary and sell wines and liquers," as re
putable tien as, anyoth^gr bi^ine^s,eaich yearifor several-years successively
(1666-81), during which time he tegularly " entertained the court" which
sateach year in Northampton. , . ,
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' John Stebbingjwas the son of Rowland gl;ebbihs tl}^. settler, of Spring
field, the original home of aU the Stebbinse^ of America. The name was
originally Stebbing. Rowland Stebbins came to this country in 1636,
from the west of England, when 40 years old having been born in 1694.
He d. in Northampton, Dec. 4, 1671, aged 77. John Stebbins removed
to Northampton, about 1666, where he d. March 7, 1679. He m. his
wife, widow Ann Munden, at Springfield, March 14, 1646. Shed, about
1656, and he m. Dec. 17, 1657, as his 2d wife AbigaU Bartlett (dau. of
Robert and Anne Bartlett, of Hartford). After his death she m. Dec. 28,

Son of Elder John Strong, of Neyrthampton. 767
1681. Jedediah Strong John Stebbins had by his two wives 16 chUdren :
By his first wife : 1. John Stebbins b. Jan. 28, 1647. 2. Thomas, who d.
early. 3. Edward. 4. Anne who d. early. 5. Benoni b. June 23, 1666. By
second wife : 6. Samuel b. Jan. 21, 1658-9, m. Mary French. 7. Abi
gaU b. Sept. 24, 1660, m. May 30, 1678, William Phelps. 8. Thomas
(2d) b. May 6, 1662, m. Sept 26, 1684, Elizabeth Wright and for 2d
wife Dec 17, 1701, Sarah Strong. 9. Hannah b. July 8, 1664, m. Nov.
6, 1679, John Sheldon. 10. Mary b. Sept 10, 1666, m. Nov. 17, 1683,
Thomas Strong, Jr. 11. Sarah b. June 4, 1668, m. Feb. 24, 1687,
WUliam Southwell. 12. Joseph b. Jan. 17, 1670, d. June 3, 1681. 13.
Deborah b. March 6, 1672, m. about 1690, Benjamin Alvord. 14. Ben
jamin baptized May 3, 1674, m. Dec. 21, 1789, Mary Ashley of Westfield.
15. Rebecca b. Feb. 20, 1676, m. Nathaniel Strong. 16. Thankful b.
May 11, 1678, m. in 1700, Jerijah Strong; see subsequent page.
III.
Robert "Bartlett father of Abigail (Bartlctt) Stebbins was an early
settler at Hartford and removed to Northampton about 1655. He was
slain by the Indians March 14, 1676, when they broke through the pali
sades into the viUage. His widow Anne d. July 3, 1676. He was a
farmer, and his estate was appraised at £654.]
[3d Gen.]
14256-7. l Elizabeth Strong (dau. of Jedediah and Freedom
Strong) b. June 9, 1664, m. Sept. 16, 1684, Ebenezer Wright b. March
20, 1662-3 (son of Samuel Wright, Jr., slain at Northfield, Sept. 2, 1675,
and Elizabeth Burt of Springfield whom he m. Nov. 24, 1653, and who
m. for a 2d husband Nathaniel Dickinson of Hatfield). She d. Feb. 17,
1691-2. He m. for 2d wife Dec. 19, 1692, Hannah Hunt by whom he
had eight children. They had one child :
14278 1. Mary Wright that d. a few days before its mother, Feb.
12, 1691.
14258-9. U. Abigail Strong (dau. of Jedediah and Freedom Strong)
b. July 9, 1666, m. Nov. 17, 1688, Thomas King of Hatfield b. July 14,
1662 (son of John King of Northampton, and Sarah Holton). She d.
July 24, 1689, aged 23. He d. at Hartford, Ct, Dec. 26, 1711. He
m. for second wife in 1690, Mary Webster, dau. of Robert Vf^ebster of
Hartford. [4th Gen.J Children :
14279. l Thomas King, Jr., b. in Northarapton, \)ea. 3, 1684, d.
young.
14280. H. Abigail King b. in Hatfield Jan. 31, 1687.

768 Descendants of JedediaJi Strong of Lebanon, Ct, son of
¦ [3d Gen.J
14260-1. iii. Jedediah Strong, Jr., b. Aug. 7, 1667, m. Nov. 8,
1688, Abiah (also called Abijah) IngersoU b. Aug 24, 1663 (dau. of
John IngersoU first of Hartford then of Northampton, and afterwards of
Westfield, Blass., and Abigail Bascom, his second wife). He was a
farmer at Northampton until Aug. 24, 1696, when he removed to Leba
non, Ct,, when there were but four white families in it. He was killed
by Indians at Wood Creek, N. Y., Oct 12, 1709, aged 42. She d. Nov.
20, 1732, aged 69. No one's name appears oftener on the early records
of Lebanon, as a committee-man on various matters of public interest.
The following letter, written to his son Stephen (then aged 19), a few
months previous to his death, will interest his descendants :
" Son Stephen :
" Hearty love to you, hoping you are well; as I am, blessed be
God for it. I have nothing of news to write to you. I wrote a letter to
your mother yesterday, and therein all the news I have; but yet I gladly
take the opportunity to write a word to you, as a testification of my love
to you. I hope you will be mindful of the advice I left you. Be tender
of, and obedient to your mother. I hope you take care of affairs at
home ; they are but little in my thoughts ; but I daily mind you, and
God forbid that I should cease to pray for you daily. I want such op
portunity for it as I had at home. Dear son, pray for yourself and for
me also. Give my respects to your mother. What I here say to you,
I herein say to the rest of my dear ones. Also my affectionate love to
my dear daughter. Naught else.
I remain your affectionate father,
Jedediah Strong."
July 19, 1709.
[This letter written in a clear fair hand, was in Jan. 1871, in the pos
session of Learned Hebard, Esq., of Lebanon, Ct, where the author read it.]

[4th Gen.] Children :
14281. i. AzARiAH Strong b. Oct 7, 1689, d. Oct. 30, 1689.
14282- 3. ii. Stephen Strong b. Nov. 24, 1690, d. at Lebanon, Ct
Feb. 2, 1785, aged 94
14284. iii. David Strong b. June 19, 1693, d. May 2, 1712.
14285- 6. iv. Eleazer Strong b. Sept 7, 1695, d. 1779-80.
14287- 8. V. Supply Strong b. Oct 10, 1697, in Lebanon, Ct, d. in
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