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• FamilySearch ID: M5S3-Y2Z
• FindaGrave Memorial ID: 36163752
• Group: Head of Line - Elder John Strong

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Jedediah Strong was born May 7, 1637 at Hingham, Suffolk County, Massachusetts to John and Abigail Ford Strong. The family didn't live very long in Hingham, moving around to several settlements, and by 1646, they lived in Windsor, Connecticut and by 1659, they had settled in Northampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts. Jedediah, a farmer, married Freedom Woodward in Northampton December 18, 1662 and their children were: Abigail, Jedediah Jr., Ford (a son), a daughter, Hannah, Thankful, John, Sarah, Lydia, Mary, Experience, Preserved and John (again). After the death of Freedom, Jedediah married Abigail Bartlett, widow of John Stebbins, December 28, 1681 at Northampton. They had a daughter, Mary, in addition to the children Abigail had with John Stebbins. From 1677 - 1679, Jedediah was paid 18 shillings a year to blow a trumpet he owned to notify the townspeople of meetings. In 1683, he was a constable in Northampton. After the death of Abigail in 1689, Jedediah married Mary Hart, widow of John Lee, January 5, 1692. She had several children by John Lee, some who eventually married his children. Jedediah was father or step-father to 32 children. On October 10, 1710, Jedediah and Mary started out on a horseback trip from Northampton to Coventry, Connecticut to visit some of their children. Near South Hadley, Massachusetts, the horse they were riding slipped on some smooth stones "near the falls", injuring Mary. She died the next morning. In 1710, Jedediah moved to Coventry, moving in with his son Preserved. He died May 22, 1733 at Coventry, Tolland County, Connecticut and is possibly buried in the Nathan Hale Cemetery there, aged 96.
Contributor: Sherman-Thomas (47749330) (1/27/2018)

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Descendants of Elder John Stong

Jedediah married Freedom Woodward on 18 Dec 1662 in Northampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts. Freedom was born in Jul 1641 in Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; died on 17 May 1681 in Northampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch ID: KNC6-1N8
• FindaGrave Memorial ID: 6967689
• Group: Head of Line - Elder John Strong

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aged 42


Inscription

    In Memory of Jedediah Strong, Queen Ann's War, Killed by Indians at Wood Creek 12, Oct. 1709 AE 42, Abijah Ingersoll his wife


Gravesite Details

This is a Memorial Stone erected 1949

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Descendants of Elder John Stong

Family/Spouse: Abijah "Abiah" Ingersoll. Abijah (daughter of John Ingersoll and Abigail Bascom) was born on 24 Aug 1663 in Northampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts; died on 20 Nov 1732 in Lebanon, New London County, Connecticut; was buried after 20 Nov 1732 in Exeter Cemetery, Exeter, New London County, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch ID: LZ4L-9M5
• FindaGrave Memorial ID: 36164159
• Group: Head of Line - Elder John Strong

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Preserved married his first wife Tabitha Lee on October 23, 1701. Tabitha was a step-daughter to Jedediah Strong, Preserved's father.

Preserved supposedly got his name because he was born in a "great snow storm, and preserved, 'notwithstanding its severity, and the extreme cold weather following.'" (from the book John Lee, by Sarah Marsh Lee, Norwich, 1878, p. 135)

They migrated to Lebanon, Connecticut about 1709; after 1730 they lived in Coventry, where Preserved served on the board of selectmen in 1730, '31, '34, and '35. Tabitha preceded him in death.

Preserved and Tabitha produced eight children:

Noah Strong (1702 - 1771)
Elizabeth Strong (1704 - 1792)
Moses and Aaron Strong, twins (b. 1708)
Tabitha Strong Parker (b. 1710)
Mary Strong Ritter (1714 - 1754)
John Strong (b. 1715)
Enoch Strong (b. 1720)

Some time after his first wife Tabitha died in 1750, Preserved married Abigail Stebbins. They had one child:

Mary Strong Pixley

After the death of his second wife, Preserved married a widow, Mary Hart Lee. They did not have any children.

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Descendants of Elder John Stong

Preserved married Tabitha Lee on 23 Oct 1701 in Northampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts. Tabitha was born on 11 Nov 1677 in Farmington, Hartford County, Connecticut; died on 23 Jun 1750 in Coventry, Tolland County, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch ID: LCJR-HKJ
• FindaGrave Memorial ID: 89485333
• Group: Head of Line - Elder John Strong

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Ezra was one of 9 children of Jedediah Strong Jr. and Abijah Ingersoll Strong.

Ezra married Abigail Caverley on January 12, 1731 in Lebanon, New London, Connecticut.

They had 13 known children, born between 1733 and 1757, all born in Connecticut:
Ezra Strong, Jr., Memorial 28252423
Jabin Strong
Philip Strong
Eben Strong
Hannah Strong Kellogg Munn
Abigail Strong Hill
John Strong
Freedom Strong Carter
Lucy Strong Hosford
David Strong
Hannah Strong
Ruby Strong Bolles
Lydia Strong Murray McCall

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Descendants of Elder John Stong

Ezra married Abigail Caverley on 12 Jan 1730/31 in Lebanon, New London County, Connecticut. Abigail was born on 5 Oct 1714 in Lebanon, New London County, Connecticut; died on 3 Jul 1788 in Colchester, New London County, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch ID: LJ1C-MD6
• FindaGrave Memorial ID: 11465750
• Group: Head of Line - Elder John Strong

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From FindaGrave:

Married Capt. Joseph Strong.

Bio by: Memento Mori


Inscription

    In Memory of
    Mrs. Elisabeth
    Strong Relict of
    Joseph Strong Jun.
    Esq who died
    May ye 1, 1792
    In ye 88- Year
    of her Age


Gravesite Details

Wife of Joseph Strong; age 87 years, 7 months, 4 days [conflicts with age on headstone]

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Descendants of Elder John Stong

Elizabeth married Captain Joseph Strong on 12 May 1724 in Tolland, Tolland County, Connecticut. Joseph (son of Justice Joseph Strong and Sarah Allen) was born on 25 Jul 1701 in Northampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts; died on 9 Apr 1773 in Coventry, Tolland County, Connecticut; was buried after 9 Apr 1773 in Nathan Hale Cemetery, Coventry, Tolland County, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch ID: LHKW-NP3
• FindaGrave Memorial ID: 69354573
• Group: Head of Line - Elder John Strong

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Descendants of Elder John Stong

David married Hannah Ackley in 1773 in East Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut. Hannah (daughter of Major Benjamin Ackley, Jr. and Hannah Higgins) was born in Nov 1756 in Middle Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut; died on 24 Jan 1808; was buried after 24 Jan 1808 in Lakeview Cemetery, East Hampton, Middlesex 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

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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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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

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* 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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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]