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• FamilySearch ID: 94YK-M69
• FindaGrave Memorial ID: 15146461
• Group: Head of Line - Elder John Strong
• Alt. Birth: 1737, Hingham, Plymouth Colony

Notes:

From FindaGrave:

NOTE: He was born in the Colonies. The latest his parents arrived was 1635, but possibly as early as 1630.

His first wife was Mary Hewett Strong, married Dec 5,1660 at Windsor,CT. She was the daughter of Rev. Ephraim Hewett and Isabel ____ Hewett of Windsor.

His second wife was Rachel Holton Strong, married Oct 10,1671 at Northampton,MA.

Children (by first marriage): Thomas Strong Jr, Maria Strong Judd, John Strong, Hewitt Strong, and Asahel Strong.

Children (by second marriage): Joseph Strong, Benjamin Strong, Adino Strong, Waitstill Strong, Rachel Strong Dudley, Selah Strong, Benajah Strong, Ephraim Strong, Elnathan Strong, Ruth Strong Dudley, and Submit Strong. (KRW)

If Thomas is Jedidiah's twin, they were born in Windsor, CT…
Contributor: Dassi (50551339)

Gravesite Details

"While it's likely that Thomas Strong was buried in Bridge Street Cemetery, there is no gravestone to confirm it." (KRW)

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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/15146461

Group:
Descendants of Elder John Stong

Alt. Birth:
From FindaGrave

Thomas married Rachel Holton on 10 Nov 1671 in Northampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts. Rachel was born in 1640 in Hartford, Connecticut Colony, New England; died in 1714 in New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut Colony, New England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch ID: LH5N-VB2
• FindaGrave Memorial ID: 11465756
• Group: Head of Line - Elder John Strong

Notes:

From FindaGrave:

Joseph Strong and his family moved from Northampton to Coventry, in March, 1716, seven years after its first settlement; he was a prosperous farmer. His town offices included: town treasurer in 1716; selectman for six years; and Justice of the Peace for many years beginning in 1723. In 1721, the first year that Coventry was represented in the Colonial Legislature, he was sent as the representative of the town. At the time there were two annual sessions of the Legislature, in May and October. Justice Strong was elected 52 times to the Legislature and served 65 sessions in the Connecticut General Assembly. He was moderator of the first Coventry town-meeting on April 23, 1718, and often afterwards, holding the office until April 11, 1763, at aged 90. He served in the Colonial Legislature until May 1762, at aged 89; his son Phinehas was the other representative with him from Coventry.

Justice Joseph Strong was the 6th great-grandfather of Diana Frances Spencer, Princess of Wales, and the 7th Great grandfather of Prince William of Wales, heir to the British throne. Ref: p. 93 of "The Ancestry of Diana, Princess of Wales for Twelve Generations" by Richard K. Evans, New England Historical and Genealogical Society, 2007.


Inscription

    In Memory of
    Joseph Strong
    Esq. who died
    Dec ye 23 1763


Gravesite Details

age 91 years, 21 days

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Group:
Descendants of Elder John Stong

Joseph married Sarah Allen in 1694 in Northampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts. Sarah was born on 22 Aug 1672 in Northampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts; died on 15 Sep 1724. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch ID: LHD1-PBX
• FindaGrave Memorial ID: 48122525
• Group: Head of Line - Elder John Strong

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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/48122525

Group:
Descendants of Elder John Stong

Adino married Eunice Johnson in 1700 in Derby, New Haven County, Connecticut. Eunice was born on 23 Aug 1678 in Derby, New Haven County, Connecticut; died on 24 Dec 1763 in Woodbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut; was buried after 24 Dec 1763 in South Cemetery, Woodbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch ID: LK9V-75M
• FindaGrave Memorial ID: 11465761
• Group: Head of Line - Elder John Strong

Notes:

From FindaGrave:

Married Elizabeth Strong.

Bio by: Memento Mori


Inscription

    In Memory of
    Deacon Joseph
    Strong 2d
    Who died April
    ye 9 1773 in ye 72d
    Year of his Age.


Gravesite Details

age 71 years, 8 months, 15 days

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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/11465761

Group:
Descendants of Elder John Stong

Joseph married Elizabeth Strong on 12 May 1724 in Tolland, Tolland County, Connecticut. Elizabeth (daughter of Preserved Strong and Tabitha Lee) was born on 27 Sep 1704 in Northampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts; died on 4 May 1792 in Coventry, Tolland County, Connecticut; was buried after 4 May 1792 in Nathan Hale Cemetery, Coventry, Tolland County, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch ID: LH66-5K2
• FindaGrave Memorial ID: 10386155
• Group: Head of Line - Elder John Strong
• Group: Veteran or Patriot of Revolutionary War

Notes:

From FindaGrave:

I found this record of the birth of Adino Strong in the history and descendants of Elder John Strong of Norhampton, MA by Benjamin D. Dwight on microfilm at the Genealogical Society of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints - roll 1 camera # SLC 19 Catalogue No. 940030.


Inscription

    Age 78 Yrs


Gravesite Details

Revolutionary War Marker

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Group:
Descendants of Elder John Stong

Group:
Revolutionary War Patriot or Soldier.

Adino married Deborah Prime on 20 Dec 1733 in Woodbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut. Deborah was born on 4 Sep 1709 in Milford, New Haven County, Connecticut; died in 1750 in Woodbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch ID: L6QQ-MJG
• FindaGrave Memorial ID: 11464508
• Group: Head of Line - Elder John Strong

Notes:

From FindaGrave:

Inscription


    In Memory of
    Mrs Elisabeth
    Hale Conrt to
    Deacon Richard
    Hale Dauer to
    Esq Joseph and
    Elrs Elisabeth
    Strong who died
    April ye 21st
    1767 in ye 40th
    year of her Age


Gravesite Details

Mother of Nathan Hale, wife of Richard and daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth Stong, age 40 years, 2 months, 19 days

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Group:
Descendants of Elder John Stong

Elizabeth married Deacon Richard Hale in 1746. Richard was born on 22 Feb 1717/18 in Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts; died on 1 Jun 1802 in Coventry, Tolland County, Connecticut; was buried after 1 Jun 1802 in Nathan Hale Cemetery, Coventry, Tolland County, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch ID: L5GP-CBX
• FindaGrave Memorial ID: 53648752
• Group: Descendant of Revolutionary War Veteran
• Group: Head of Line - Elder John Strong
• Newspaper Article: 23 Apr 2023, Washington, District of Columbia, District of Colombia; Washington Post

Notes:

From FindaGrave:

* Uncle of Nathan Hale (6 Jun 1755 - 22 September 1776), B.A. Yale College 1773, hanged by the British for espionage in NYC, and best known for his purported last words, "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country."

* 5th great-grandfather of Diana Frances Spencer (1 July 1961 - 31 August 1997), HRH Princess of Wales

* 6th great-grandfather of William Arthur Philip Louis Mountbatten-Windsor (21 June 1982 - ), HRH Prince William, The Duke of Cambridge, 2nd heir apparent to the British throne


Inscription

    BENAJAH STRONG
    Esq
    who died Nov 25th
    1809, lies here
    food for worms
    Aged 69
    Years.

    An angel's arm can't snatch me
    from this tomb,
    Nor can a host of angels keep me here.


Gravesite Details

Seemingly identical epitaph appears on the tomb of the Rev. John Usher Jr. (1723-1804), Bristol, Bristol Co., RI

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FindaGrave Memorial ID:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/53648752

Group:
DAR or SAR Eligible Descendant of a Revolutionary War Veteran

Group:
Descendants of Elder John Stong

Newspaper Article:
He was an ancestor of Princess Diana Spencer:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2023/04/24/prince-william-american-revolution-princess-diana

Benejah married Lucy Bishop on 9 Mar 1769 in Coventry, Tolland County, Connecticut. Lucy was born on 21 Dec 1747 in Norwich, New London County, Connecticut; died on 27 Nov 1783 in Coventry, Tolland County, Connecticut; was buried after 27 Nov 1783 in Nathan Hale Cemetery, Coventry, Tolland County, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch ID: MF5V-FL7
• FindaGrave Memorial ID: 18756252
• Group: Head of Line - Elder John Strong
• Group: Veteran or Patriot of Revolutionary War

Notes:

From FindaGrave:

Florence Fox Harrop wrote: "Benajah was born in the year 1740 and at the time of the breaking out of the Revolution was in the prime of life, of fine physique, standing six feet two inches in his stockings, a stalwart, resolute, bold spirited man. He took an active part in the war, and was promoted to the rank of captain in his regiment. He was a cousin of the martyr patriot Nathan Hale, with whom he served.

"After the war, Banajah Strong moved from Haddam, CT to New York and settled on the Hudson River, having received from the government the right to operate a ferry across the river from the present site of Athens which was his farm. A few years later, he sold out his land, and started westward. He stopped for a while at the present site of Ithaca, then in the wilderness, but finding the location to be unhealthy, he moved around the head of the lake to higher ground and bought a large tract of land from the government in what was afterward the township of Lansing. Here he made his home until death called him home at the age of ninety six."

Following the death of his wife Jane Cochrane, he moved westward, briefly settling at Great Bend, Pennsylvania. He appears on the census of 1810 in Cayuga County, New York, where he met and married in 1818, Abigail Newland Powers, widow of Lemuel Powers. (Abigail Newland b. Feb 22 1758 in Mass,d. Feb 21 1838 in Lansing,NY.) They moved to, Lansing, Tompkins County, New York, appearing on the 1820 census. Abigail and Lemuel's daughter Abigail was the first wife of Millard Filmore.

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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/18756252

Group:
Descendants of Elder John Stong

Group:
Revolutionary War Patriot or Soldier.

Benajah married Abigail Newland in 1818. Abigail was born on 22 Feb 1758 in Massachusetts; died on 21 Feb 1838 in Lansing, Tompkins County, New York; was buried after 21 Feb 1838 in Forest Lawn, Buffalo, Erie County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]