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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Ammi Doubleday was born on 17 Apr 1759 in Lebanon, New London, Connecticut (son of Elisha Doubleday and Hannah Bayley); died on 31 Jan 1839.

    Notes:

    "[E]nlisted in the Army of the Revolution at the age of sixteen. He spent the night of March 4, 1776, on Dorchester Hill, while it was being fortified, and was also with General Washington during that dreary winter at Valley Forge and continued in service during the war, attaining to the rank of major." ["Mrs. Julia Waters Johnstone," citation details below.]

    "[S]erved as a private, corporal, and sergeant in the Revolutionary War in the First Connecticut Regiment." [Abner Doubleday: His Life and Times, citation details below.]

    Family/Spouse: Lois Tilden. Lois (daughter of John Tilden and Bathsheba Janes) was born on 20 Apr 1763; died on 8 Sep 1840; was buried in Green Lawn Cemetery, New Hartford, Oneida, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Col. John Tilden Doubleday was born on 17 Aug 1795 in New Lebanon, Columbia, New York; died on 25 Jun 1857 in Brooklyn, Kings, New York; was buried on 27 Jun 1857 in Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings, New York.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Elisha Doubleday was born in of Lebanon, New London, Connecticut (son of Elisha Doubleday and Mary Woodhead); died on 9 Jan 1806 in Lebanon, New London, Connecticut.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Alternate birth: 30 Jan 1714

    Notes:

    Called in A History of the Cutter Family (citation details below) "Elisha Doubledee." Served in the colonial militia, 1735-39.

    His three wives were, in order, Margaret Adams (a relative of President John Adams), Hannah Bayley, and Mary Law; he was, overall, the father of 25 children.

    Elisha married Hannah Bayley on 2 Oct 1749. Hannah (daughter of Saxton Bayley and Hannah Hunt) was born on 30 Aug 1732. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Hannah Bayley was born on 30 Aug 1732 (daughter of Saxton Bayley and Hannah Hunt).
    Children:
    1. Abner Doubleday was born on 3 Feb 1757 in Lebanon, New London, Connecticut; died on 28 Dec 1812 in Cooperstown, Otsego, New York.
    2. 1. Ammi Doubleday was born on 17 Apr 1759 in Lebanon, New London, Connecticut; died on 31 Jan 1839.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Elisha Doubleday was born on 6 Apr 1672 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts (son of Roger Doubleday and Ann); died before 28 Dec 1715.

    Elisha married Mary Woodhead between 1690 and 1692. Mary (daughter of William Woodhead and Mary Browne) died after 28 Dec 1715. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Mary Woodhead (daughter of William Woodhead and Mary Browne); died after 28 Dec 1715.
    Children:
    1. 2. Elisha Doubleday was born in of Lebanon, New London, Connecticut; died on 9 Jan 1806 in Lebanon, New London, Connecticut.

  3. 6.  Saxton Bayley was born on 11 Oct 1710 in Lebanon, New London, Connecticut (son of Isaac Bayley and Mercy Saxton); died on 21 Mar 1743 in Columbia, Tolland, Connecticut.

    Saxton married Hannah Hunt on 24 Jun 1731 in Lebanon, New London, Connecticut. Hannah (daughter of Ebenezer Hunt and Hannah Clark) was born on 12 Oct 1699 in Lebanon, New London, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  Hannah Hunt was born on 12 Oct 1699 in Lebanon, New London, Connecticut (daughter of Ebenezer Hunt and Hannah Clark).
    Children:
    1. 3. Hannah Bayley was born on 30 Aug 1732.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Roger Doubleday was born in of London, England; died on 22 Nov 1690 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts.

    Notes:

    He was a currier.

    Roger married Ann. Ann was born before 1631; died before 20 Dec 1711 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Ann was born before 1631; died before 20 Dec 1711 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts.
    Children:
    1. 4. Elisha Doubleday was born on 6 Apr 1672 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts; died before 28 Dec 1715.

  3. 10.  William Woodhead died on 21 Apr 1676 in Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts.

    Notes:

    Sometimes called William Woodward.

    The 1902 "Additions and Corrections" to Charles Henry Pope's The Pioneers of Massachusetts says that Thomas Browne's "[d]au. Mary m. first William Woodhead, of Chelmsford, whose conduct made it necessary for Mr. Browne to write two letters to the governor in Dec. 1670".

    William married Mary Browne on 21 Jun 1669. Mary (daughter of Thomas Browne and Bridget) was born on 26 Mar 1646; died on 11 Sep 1700. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 11.  Mary Browne was born on 26 Mar 1646 (daughter of Thomas Browne and Bridget); died on 11 Sep 1700.
    Children:
    1. 5. Mary Woodhead died after 28 Dec 1715.

  5. 12.  Isaac Bayley was born on 2 Oct 1681 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts (son of Rev. James Bayley and Mary Carr); died on 23 Aug 1711 in Lebanon, New London, Connecticut; was buried in Old Cemetery, Lebanon, New London, Connecticut.

    Notes:

    His gravestone inscription in Lebanon, Connecticut:

    Here lies ye body of that most
    Ingenious & worthy gentleman
    Mr. Isaac Bayley - ye husband
    of Mrs. Mercy Bayley - He was a
    Member of ye University in
    Cambridge in New England
    & slept in Jesus - Aug. 23
    A. Domini, 1711 in ye 30 year of his age.

    Isaac married Mercy Saxton on 4 Jun 1702 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut. Mercy (daughter of Joseph Saxton and Hannah Denison) was born on 30 May 1686 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  6. 13.  Mercy Saxton was born on 30 May 1686 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut (daughter of Joseph Saxton and Hannah Denison).

    Notes:

    Said by some to have died 4 Dec 1791 at Lebanon, Connecticut, aged 105. We doubt it.

    Mercy Saxton (b. 1686) = William Dewey (1692-1759)
    Elijah Dewey (b. 1728) = Abigail Martin
    Martin Dewey (1757-1849) = Hannah Waterman (d. 1823)
    Granville Dewey (1787-1840) = Harriet B. Freeman (1799-1872)
    George Martin Dewey (1832-1897) = Emma Bingham (1837-1910)
    George Martin Dewey (1869-1927) = Annie Thomas
    Thomas Edmund Dewey (1902-1971) -- governor of New York 1943-54; Republican nominee for President in 1944 and 1948

    Mercy Saxton (b. 1686) = William Dewey (1692-1759)
    Simeon Dewey (1718-1751) = Anna Phelps (1719-1807)
    William Dewey (1746-1813) = Rebecca Carrier (1747-1837)
    Simeon Dewey (1770-1863) = Prudence Yeomans (1772-1844)
    Julius Yemans Dewey (1801-1877) = Mary Polly Perrin (1799-1843)
    Admiral George A. Dewey (1837-1917)

    Notes:

    Married by the Rev. James Noyes.

    Children:
    1. Mary Bailey was born in 1705; died on 4 Dec 1791 in Lebanon, New London, Connecticut.
    2. 6. Saxton Bayley was born on 11 Oct 1710 in Lebanon, New London, Connecticut; died on 21 Mar 1743 in Columbia, Tolland, Connecticut.

  7. 14.  Ebenezer Hunt was born in Feb 1676 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts (son of Deacon Jonathan Hunt and Clemence Hosmer); died on 23 Feb 1743 in Lebanon, New London, Connecticut.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Alternate birth: 5 Feb 1675, Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts

    Ebenezer married Hannah Clark on 27 May 1698 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts. Hannah (daughter of William Clark and Hannah Strong) was born on 5 May 1682 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts; died on 10 Jun 1758 in Lebanon, New London, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  8. 15.  Hannah Clark was born on 5 May 1682 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts (daughter of William Clark and Hannah Strong); died on 10 Jun 1758 in Lebanon, New London, Connecticut.
    Children:
    1. 7. Hannah Hunt was born on 12 Oct 1699 in Lebanon, New London, Connecticut.


Generation: 5

  1. 22.  Thomas Browne was born in of Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts; died between 23 Nov 1690 and Jan 1691 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Alternate death: Aft 23 Nov 1690

    Thomas married Bridget. Bridget died before 1658. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 23.  Bridget died before 1658.
    Children:
    1. 11. Mary Browne was born on 26 Mar 1646; died on 11 Sep 1700.

  3. 24.  Rev. James Bayley was born on 12 Sep 1650 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts (son of John Bayley and Eleanor Emery); died on 20 Jan 1707 in Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts.

    Notes:

    "Graduating from Harvard College in 1669 he became the first minister of the parish of Salem Village in 1671. His wife's sister married into the Putnam family as did two of his own brothers, and he had the support of that powerful clan, but there was much opposition to 'settling' him, the parish controversy finally reaching the General Court. That body, overreaching itself, ordered that the church settle Mr. Bailey and pay him £60 a year, but this decision was ignored and Bailey retired in 1679. From 1682 to about 1691 he preached at Killingworth, Conn., going to Roxbury in the latter year and practising as a physician. He died after a very distressing illness Jan. 20, 1706/7. His brothers Isaac and Joshua came from Newbury for his funeral.

    James married Mary Carr on 17 Sep 1672 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts. Mary (daughter of George Carr and Elizabeth) was born before 29 Feb 1652 in Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts; was christened on 29 Feb 1652 in Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts; died on 28 Oct 1688 in Killingworth, Middlesex, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 25.  Mary Carr was born before 29 Feb 1652 in Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts; was christened on 29 Feb 1652 in Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts (daughter of George Carr and Elizabeth); died on 28 Oct 1688 in Killingworth, Middlesex, Connecticut.
    Children:
    1. 12. Isaac Bayley was born on 2 Oct 1681 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts; died on 23 Aug 1711 in Lebanon, New London, Connecticut; was buried in Old Cemetery, Lebanon, New London, Connecticut.

  5. 26.  Joseph Saxton was born on 9 May 1656 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts; was christened on 11 May 1656 (son of Thomas Saxton and Ann Copp); died after 8 Jul 1715; was buried in Old Taugwonk Cemetery, Stonington, New London, Connecticut.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Alternate death: 18 Jul 1715, Stonington, New London, Connecticut

    Notes:

    From Ancestry of Robert Harry McIntire and of Helen Annette McIntire (citation details below):

    Joseph lived west of Anguilla Brook, Stonington, where he kept an ordiinary, "which was considered by travelers better than any other tavern for miles along the road." He is said to have engaged in the West Indies trade, "by which he was very wealthy."

    His will dated July 8 1715, was admitted to probate in New London, Conn. His widow withheld the will for a time, and what is described as "an interesting controversy" took place before it was probated. She objected because whe was given only her dower, one-third of the estate. The other two-thirds went to her grandsons, Saxton Palmer and Saxton Bailey.

    Joseph married Hannah Denison on 15 Jul 1680 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut. Hannah (daughter of Capt. George Denison and Bridget Thompson) was born on 20 May 1643 in Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts; was christened on 21 May 1643 in Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts; died on 18 Aug 1715 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  6. 27.  Hannah Denison was born on 20 May 1643 in Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts; was christened on 21 May 1643 in Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts (daughter of Capt. George Denison and Bridget Thompson); died on 18 Aug 1715 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut.

    Notes:

    Said in some sources to have died 30 Sep 1677 in Roxbury, but her will was dated 8 Oct 1715 in Stonington.

    Children:
    1. 13. Mercy Saxton was born on 30 May 1686 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut.

  7. 28.  Deacon Jonathan Hunt was born about 1637 (son of Thomas Hunt and Margaret Webster); died on 29 Sep 1691 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts; was buried in Bridge Street Cemetery, Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts.

    Deacon married Clemence Hosmer on 3 Sep 1662 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts. Clemence (daughter of Thomas Hosmer and Frances) was born about 1642; died about 1698. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  8. 29.  Clemence Hosmer was born about 1642 (daughter of Thomas Hosmer and Frances); died about 1698.

    Notes:

    "Clemence was admitted to the First Church, Milford, 13 Oct. 1695, from the church in Northampton; her gravestone, or the reading of it, must therefore be in error in the statement that she died 20 Sept. 1695; perhaps the year should be 1698." [Jacobus, citation details below.]

    Children:
    1. 14. Ebenezer Hunt was born in Feb 1676 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts; died on 23 Feb 1743 in Lebanon, New London, Connecticut.

  9. 30.  William Clark

    William married Hannah Strong on 15 Jul 1680 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts. Hannah (daughter of John Strong and Abigail Ford) was born on 30 May 1659 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  10. 31.  Hannah Strong was born on 30 May 1659 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut (daughter of John Strong and Abigail Ford).
    Children:
    1. 15. Hannah Clark was born on 5 May 1682 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts; died on 10 Jun 1758 in Lebanon, New London, Connecticut.


Generation: 6

  1. 48.  John Bayley was born before 19 Dec 1613 in Bromham, Wiltshire, England; was christened on 19 Dec 1613 in Bromham, Wiltshire, England (son of John Bayly and Ann Bayly); died before 5 Mar 1691 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts.

    John married Eleanor Emery before 1641. Eleanor (daughter of John Emery and Alice Grantham) was born before 7 Nov 1624 in Romsey, Hampshire, England; was christened on 7 Nov 1624 in Romsey, Hampshire, England; died in 1700. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 49.  Eleanor Emery was born before 7 Nov 1624 in Romsey, Hampshire, England; was christened on 7 Nov 1624 in Romsey, Hampshire, England (daughter of John Emery and Alice Grantham); died in 1700.
    Children:
    1. Joseph Bailey was born on 4 Apr 1648 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts; died in Oct 1723 in Kennebunk, York, Maine.
    2. 24. Rev. James Bayley was born on 12 Sep 1650 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts; died on 20 Jan 1707 in Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts.

  3. 50.  George Carr was born before 1613; died on 4 Apr 1682 in Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts.

    George married Elizabeth. Elizabeth died about 6 May 1691 in Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 51.  Elizabeth died about 6 May 1691 in Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts.

    Notes:

    Possibly Elizabeth Dexter, bapt. Great Bowden, Leicestershire, 31 Aug 1623, daughter of Thomas Dexter (~1588-1676) and his wife Mary.

    Children:
    1. 25. Mary Carr was born before 29 Feb 1652 in Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts; was christened on 29 Feb 1652 in Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts; died on 28 Oct 1688 in Killingworth, Middlesex, Connecticut.

  5. 52.  Thomas Saxton died about 1686.

    Notes:

    A miller and innkeeper.

    Thomas married Ann Copp on 10 Mar 1651. Ann (daughter of William Copp and Goodeth) was born about 1632; died on 23 Jun 1661. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  6. 53.  Ann Copp was born about 1632 (daughter of William Copp and Goodeth); died on 23 Jun 1661.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Alternate birth: Abt 1631

    Children:
    1. 26. Joseph Saxton was born on 9 May 1656 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts; was christened on 11 May 1656; died after 8 Jul 1715; was buried in Old Taugwonk Cemetery, Stonington, New London, Connecticut.

  7. 54.  Capt. George Denison was born before 10 Dec 1620; was christened on 10 Dec 1620 in St. Michael, Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, England (son of William Denison and Margaret Chandler); died on 23 Oct 1694 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut; was buried in Ancient Burying Ground, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut.

    Notes:

    Emigrated in 1631 with his parents and brothers. Settled at Roxbury, Massachusetts. Married Bridget Thompson, 1641. She died two years later, whereupon he returned to England to take up arms for Parliament. Was injured and (possibly) captured and escaped, a sequence of events that somehow resulted in him returning to Massachusetts in 1645 with a second wife, Ann Borodell. Removed to New London, 1651; served on the New London war committees in 1653 and 1654, when the Dutch threatened war. Removed to Stonington, 1654. Two decades later, we find him as captain of the New London County forces in King Philip's War, where he fought in and survived the Great Swamp Fight in Rhode Island, 19 Dec 1675. In 1676 he is "Provo-Marshall" of New London, pursuing remnants of the Narragansett and Wampanaug. He captured Chief Canonchet and worked with Pequot chiefs to "control the remnant of their tribe."

    "We would premise, that William Denison, came to Roxbury, Mass., in company with Rev. John Eliot, in 1631, bringing with him his wife and three sons, Daniel, Edward and George. The last named married in 1640, Bridget Thompson, supposed to have been a sister of Rev. William Thompson, of Braintree. His wife died in 1643. Mr. Denison visited his native country the same year, 'and engaged in the civil conflict with which the kingdom was convulsed.' On his return to this country, about two years afterwards, he brought with him his second wife, Ann, daughter of John Borrowdale, or Borrodel, of Cork, Ireland. Mr. D. emigrated to Connecticut as early as 1651, and in 1654 settled in what is now Stonington, to which the name of Southerton was given in 1658, when the territory was annexed to the County of Suffolk, Mass. He filled acceptably many offices of public trust, and was particularly distinguished as a leader in King Philip's war. He died at Hartford, Oct. 23d, 1694, during the session of the General Court, and was there buried. His age, according to the inscription on his grave stone, was 76." [Introduction to "Will of George Denison,--1693", New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Volume 13, 1859, p. 73.]

    "My Brother George buried his first Wife in the year 1643, went to England, was a soldier there about a year, was at the Battle of York or Marston Moor where he did good service, was afterward taken prisoner, but got free, and having married a second Wife, he returned to New England the year before our Mother died, and not long afterward removed himself to New London, near whereunto at Stonington he now liveth." ["Autobiography of Major-General Daniel Denison." The New England Historical and Genealogical Register 46:127, April 1892.]

    Along with TNH ancestors William Chesebrough, Walter Palmer, and Thomas Stanton, he was one of the founders of Stonington, Connecticut.

    George married Bridget Thompson in Mar 1640 in Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts. Bridget (daughter of John Tompson and Alice Freeman) was born before 10 Sep 1622 in Preston Capes, Northamptonshire, England; was christened on 10 Sep 1622 in Preston Capes, Northamptonshire, England; died in Aug 1643 in Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts; was buried in Aug 1643 in Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  8. 55.  Bridget Thompson was born before 10 Sep 1622 in Preston Capes, Northamptonshire, England; was christened on 10 Sep 1622 in Preston Capes, Northamptonshire, England (daughter of John Tompson and Alice Freeman); died in Aug 1643 in Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts; was buried in Aug 1643 in Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Baptised: 11 Sep 1622, Preston Capes, Northamptonshire, England

    Notes:

    "The wife of George Denison & a godly young woman dyed of a feaver & consumption." [The Great Migration Begins]

    Children:
    1. 27. Hannah Denison was born on 20 May 1643 in Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts; was christened on 21 May 1643 in Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts; died on 18 Aug 1715 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut.

  9. 56.  Thomas Hunt was born about 1604 in Leicester, Leicestershire, England (son of Thomas Hunt); died before 3 Aug 1642; was buried on 3 Aug 1642 in St. Nicholas, Leicester, Leicestershire, England.

    Thomas married Margaret Webster on 5 Jun 1632 in Cossington, Leicestershire, England. Margaret (daughter of John Webster, Governor of Connecticut and Agnes Smith) was born before 21 Feb 1612; was christened on 21 Feb 1612; died before 1662. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  10. 57.  Margaret Webster was born before 21 Feb 1612; was christened on 21 Feb 1612 (daughter of John Webster, Governor of Connecticut and Agnes Smith); died before 1662.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Alternate death: Jun 1656, Leicester, Leicestershire, England

    Children:
    1. 28. Deacon Jonathan Hunt was born about 1637; died on 29 Sep 1691 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts; was buried in Bridge Street Cemetery, Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts.

  11. 58.  Thomas Hosmer was born before 2 Jan 1603; was christened on 2 Jan 1603 in Hawkhurst, Kent, England (son of Stephen Hosmer and Dorothy Selden); died on 12 Apr 1687 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts.

    Notes:

    Emigrated to New England in 1633; first at Cambridge. At Hartford by 6 Jun 1637. His name is on the Founders Monument in downtown Hartford. He removed to Farmington at an undetermined time; he appears on a list of freemen there on 12 Oct 1669. He later returned to Hartford. He died in Northampton, possibly while visiting the family of his eldest daughter Clemence.

    Thomas married Frances before 1636. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  12. 59.  Frances

    Notes:

    "She is said to have died on 15 February 1675." [Robert Charles Anderson, citation details below.]

    Children:
    1. 29. Clemence Hosmer was born about 1642; died about 1698.

  13. 62.  John Strong was born before 1606 in Chard, Somerset, England (son of John Strong); died before 14 Apr 1699 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Alternate birth: Abt 1609, Chard, Somerset, England
    • Alternate birth: Abt 1610, Chard, Somerset, England
    • Alternate death: 14 Apr 1699, Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts

    Notes:

    Emigrated 1635 on the Hopewell. First at Hingham, then Taunton 1638, Windsor 1647, Northampton 1661.

    From the Wikipedia article about John Strong:

    John Strong (1610-1699) was an English-born New England colonist, politician, Puritan church leader, tanner and one of the founders of Windsor, Connecticut and Northampton, Massachusetts as well as the progenitor of nearly all the Strong families in what is now the United States. Often referred to as Elder John Strong to help tell him apart from his son, John Strong Jr., also present in New England in this same period.

    John Strong was born in England in about 1610 in Chard, Somerset, England and emigrated to Massachusetts with his pregnant wife and a one year old child in 1635 aboard the sailing ship Hopewell. During the 70-day sea voyage, his wife, Marjory Deane (md. 1632) had a baby while they were still at sea. She and their infant child died within two months of their arrival. With a one year old son to take care of, John Strong Jr., in December of 1635 John Sr. married sixteen year old Mary & John (1630) passenger Abigail Ford, daughter of Thomas Ford and Elizabeth Charde. They settled originally in Hingham, Massachusetts, in 1635. In 1638 he was made a "Freeman" (eligible to vote in town and colony elections and serve in the church), and went to Taunton, Massachusetts. While in Taunton, Strong represented the town in the General Court of Plymouth Colony for four years, from 1641 to 1644.

    He later moved to Windsor, Connecticut, on the Connecticut River where he was a leading figure in the new Connecticut colony. In 1659 he moved 40 miles further up the river to the Connecticut River town of Northampton, Massachusetts--then a frontier town surrounded by Indians about 100 miles (160 km) inland from Boston. One of the early settlers of the town, he operated a tannery for many years, helped defend the town against Indian attacks during King Philip's War (1675-1676) and also played an important role in town and church affairs.

    In 1661, John Strong was one of the eight men who founded the First Church of Northampton. Of their number, Eleazer Mather, the older brother of Boston minister Increase Mather, was chosen as the first pastor. Two years later, 1663, Strong was ordained an elder of the church. The Puritan pastor Mather died in 1669, and Strong was tasked with finding a suitable minister to replace him. The following year, he and several other church leaders extended a call to Solomon Stoddard, who formally accepted in 1672, and was ordained by John Strong. Stoddard served as pastor for many years, until his death in 1729, and was succeeded by his grandson, Jonathan Edwards, whose subsequent ministry in Northampton would play a major role in the Great Awakening.

    John Strong died on April 14, 1699, at Northampton and is buried at the Bridge Street Cemetery, Northampton, Massachusetts.

    John Strong (1610-1699) = Abigail Ford (1619-1688)
    Ebenezer Strong (1643-1729) = Hannah Clapp (b. 1646)
    Ebenezer Strong (1671-1729) = Mary Holton (1680-1705)
    Mary Strong (1701-~1770) = Benjamin Sheldon (1697-1773)
    Mary Sheldon (1731-1805) = Joseph Lyman, Jr. (1731-1804)
    Joseph Lyman III (1767-1847) = Anne Jean Robbins (1789-1867)
    Catherine Robbins Lyman (1825-1896) = Warren Delano, Jr. (1809-1898)
    Sara Delano (1854-1941) = James Roosevelt (1828-1900)
    Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945)

    John Strong (1610-1699) = Abigail Ford (1619-1688)
    Thomas Strong (1637-1689) = Rachel Holton (1650-?)
    Joseph Strong (1672-1763) = Sarah Allen (1672-1724)
    Joseph Strong (1701-1773) = Elizabeth Strong (1704-1792)
    Benejah Strong (1740-1809) = Lucy Bishop (1747-1783)
    Joseph Strong (1770-1812) = Rebecca Young (1779-1862)
    Eleanor Strong (1805-1863) = John Wood (1785-1848)
    Ellen Wood (1831-1877) = Franklin H. Work (1819-1911)
    Frances Eleanor Work (1857-1947) = James Boothby Burke Roche (1851-1920)
    Edmund Maurice Burke Roche (1885-1955) = Ruth Sylvia Gill (1908-1993)
    Frances Ruth Burke Roche (1936-2004) = Edward John Spencer (1924-1992)
    Diana Frances Spencer (1961-1997) = Charles, Prince of Wales (1948- )
    William Arthur Philip Louis, Duke of Cambridge (1982- )

    John Strong (1610-1699) = Abigail Ford (1619-1688)
    Jedediah Strong (1637-1733) = Freedom Woodward (1642-1681)
    Preserved Strong (1680-1765) = Tabitha Lee (~1677-1750)
    Elizabeth Strong (1704-1792) Joseph Strong (1701-1773)
    Benejah Strong (1740-1809) = Lucy Bishop (1747-1783)
    Joseph Strong (1770-1812) = Rebecca Young (1779-1862)
    Eleanor Strong (1805-1863) = John Wood (1785-1848)
    Ellen Wood (1831-1877) = Franklin H. Work (1819-1911)
    Frances Eleanor Work (1857-1947) = James Boothby Burke Roche (1851-1920)
    Edmund Maurice Burke Roche (1885-1955) = Ruth Sylvia Gill (1908-1993)
    Frances Ruth Burke Roche (1936-2004) = Edward John Spencer (1924-1992)
    Diana Frances Spencer (1961-1997) = Charles, Prince of Wales (1948- )
    William Arthur Philip Louis, Duke of Cambridge (1982- )

    John married Abigail Ford before 1637 in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts. Abigail (daughter of Thomas Ford and Elizabeth Chard) was born before 8 Oct 1619 in Bridport, Dorset, England; was christened on 8 Oct 1619 in Bridport, Dorset, England; died on 6 Jul 1688 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  14. 63.  Abigail Ford was born before 8 Oct 1619 in Bridport, Dorset, England; was christened on 8 Oct 1619 in Bridport, Dorset, England (daughter of Thomas Ford and Elizabeth Chard); died on 6 Jul 1688 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts.
    Children:
    1. Thomas Strong was born in 1637 in Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts; died on 3 Oct 1689 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts.
    2. Jedediah Strong was born on 7 May 1637 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts; was christened on 14 Apr 1639 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts; died on 22 May 1733 in Coventry, Tolland, Connecticut.
    3. Abigail Strong was born about 1645 in Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts; died on 15 Apr 1704 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts.
    4. Elizabeth Strong was born on 24 Feb 1648 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut; died on 11 May 1736 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts; was buried in Bridge Street Cemetery, Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts.
    5. Mary Strong was born on 26 Oct 1654 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut; died on 8 Dec 1738 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts; was buried in Bridge Street Cemetery, Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts.
    6. 31. Hannah Strong was born on 30 May 1659 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut.


 

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