Jedediah Strong

Notes:

A farmer at Northampton until 1709, when at age 70 he and his family removed to Coventry, Connecticut.

Jedediah married Freedom Woodward on 18 Nov 1662. Freedom (daughter of Henry Woodward and Elizabeth) was born before Jul 1642; was christened in Jul 1642 in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts; died on 17 May 1681 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Preserved Strong was born on 29 Mar 1680 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts; died on 26 Sep 1765 in Coventry, Tolland, Connecticut.
2. Jedediah Strong was born on 7 Aug 1667 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts; died on 12 Oct 1709 in Wood Creek, Oneida, New York.

Jedediah married Abigail Bartlett on 28 Dec 1681 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts. Abigail (daughter of Robert Bartlett and Anne) was born about 1637; died after 10 Oct 1710 in South Hadley Falls, Hampshire, Massachuetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Jedediah married Mary Hart on 5 Jan 1692 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts. Mary (daughter of Stephen Hart and (Unknown first wife of Stephen Hart)) was born about 1638; died on 10 Oct 1710 in Coventry, Tolland, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: Abt 1589, Dorset, England
• Alternate birth: Abt 1590, England
• Alternate death: 9 Nov 1676, Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts

Notes:

Emigrated 1630 on the Mary and John. First at Dorchester, then Windsor 1637, Northampton 1672. Deputy to Connecticut General Court twice in 1638, and in 1639, 1640, 1641 (marked absent), 1644, 1654.

"According to [Mormon Pioneer Genealogy Library] projections, the largest family in America today is the posterity of Robert White (b. ca. 1560) & Bridget Allgar, with a Mormon posterity of 430,000 and an American posterity of 29 million. The next five families are Edward Griswold and Margaret, Joseph Loomis and Mary White (daughter of Robert and Bridget above), Gerard Spencer and Alice Whitbread, Thomas Ford and Elizabeth Charde, and Thomas Bliss and Margaret Hulins, each with a Mormon posterity of 270,000 and an American posterity of 18 million." [Michel L. Call and Gary Boyd Roberts, "Mormon Pioneer Genealogy Library Acquired by NEHGS," 1985.]

"It is possible [Thomas Ford] was the son of John FORD III and Joan BECK (m. Feb. 3, 1583, Piddlehinton, Dorset, England), and nephew of Thomas FORD, merchant of Dorchester who died Jan. 20, 1610/11. The latter's will, proved May 8, 1611 names, among others, his brother John, and "Thomas, son of my brother, John FORDE." [Freeman Family Lines, from the files of Stephen M. Lawson (via the Internet Archive Wayback Machine)]

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Thomas Ford (1591-1676) = Elizabeth Chard (1587-1643)
Abigail Ford (1619-1688) = John Strong (1610-1699)
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- )

Thomas married Elizabeth Chard on 19 Jun 1616 in Bridport, Dorset, England. Elizabeth was born in Dorset, England; died on 18 Apr 1643 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate death: Aft 1627
• Alternate death: Abt 1635, Chard, Somerset, England

Notes:

Recorded as a manufacturer of serge in 1556-57. His will, written 26 Nov 1627 but not proved until 16 Feb 1636, mentions "my grandson John Strong."