Thomas Strong

Thomas married Mary Hewett on 5 Dec 1660. Mary (daughter of Rev. Ephraim Huit and Isabel Overton) died on 20 Feb 1671. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Thomas married Rachel Holton on 10 Oct 1671. Rachel (daughter of Deacon William Holton and Mary) was born about 1650 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Maria married Samuel Judd before 1682. Samuel (son of Deacon Thomas Judd and Elizabeth) was born about 1651; died on 10 Jan 1721 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: of Coventry, Tolland, Connecticut
• Alternate birth: 2 Oct 1672, Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts

Notes:

"In 1721 he represented Coventry in the colonial legislature, which until 1819 held two sessions yearly. Justice Strong was elected fifty-two times a member, and including extra sessions was a member for sixty-five sessions of the Connecticut general assembly, elected the last time in May, 1762, when eighty-nine years old, his son Phinehas being the other member from Coventry at that time." [Genealogical and Family History of Western New York, citation details below.]

Justice married Sarah Allen in 1694. Sarah (daughter of Nehemiah Allen and Sarah Woodford) was born on 22 Aug 1672 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts; died before 15 Sep 1724. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She petitioned for a divorce from Ebenezer Southwell in 1750, but no records survive of any deposition or decree.

Elizabeth married Ebenezer Southwell on 12 Jun 1721. Ebenezer (son of William Southwell and Sarah Stebbins) was born on 17 Jan 1694 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Rachel married Aaron Strong on 6 Jan 1731. Aaron (son of Preserved Strong and Tabitha Lee) was born on 14 May 1708. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Rachel married Daniel Gillette on 17 Jan 1745 in Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut. Daniel (son of Benjamin Gillette and Elizabeth Austin) was born on 19 Sep 1715 in Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut; died on 13 Sep 1791 in Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut; was buried in West Suffield Cemetery, Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: 24 Mar 1734
• Alternate birth: 4 Apr 1735

Family/Spouse: Abigail Bissell. Abigail died on 15 Jan 1790 in Southampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Daniel married Huldah Sheldon on 24 Nov 1791 in Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut. Huldah (daughter of Simeon Sheldon and Grace Phelps) was born on 27 Nov 1767 in Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut; died on 21 Aug 1853 in Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut; was buried in West Suffield Cemetery, Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

"A farmer at Southampton, 'a godly man,' and deacon for 40 years in the Congregational Church." [The History of the Descendants of Elder John Strong, citation details below.]

Deacon married Nancy Pomeroy in Jan 1785. Nancy (daughter of Samuel Pomeroy and Chloe Kingsley) was born on 3 Jun 1766 in Southampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts; died on 13 Oct 1830 in Southampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Lucinda married Albert Kent on 21 Sep 1825 in Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut. Albert (son of Benajah Kent and Hannah Hanchett) was born on 20 Jun 1800 in Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut; died on 10 Mar 1853; was buried in West Suffield Cemetery, Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Louisa married Russell Clapp in Oct 1811. Russell (son of Roger Clapp and Sarah Kellogg) was born on 7 Mar 1786; died in Dec 1854 in Liberty, Montgomery, Ohio. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Described in his son's Yale obituary as a "merchant, banker, and founder of the packing industry in Chicago." Yale B.A., 1853.

From Obituary Record of Graduates of Yale University Deceased from June, 1900, to June, 1910. (citation details below):

Albert Emmett Kent, son of Albert and Lucinda (Gillette) Kent, was born on September 1, 1830, in Suffield, Conn.

After graduation he engaged in the grain and produce business with his brother in Chicago with success, but his health at length became so seriously impaired that he sought restoration in the climate of California. In 1871 he purchased a large estate at San Rafael, where he made his home, but business interests called him back to Chicago for part of the time.

In 1885 he presented to the University funds for the erection of the Kent Chemical Laboratory, and by his will left a generous bequest for the enlargement of that building.

He died at t,he home of his sister in Genoa, Nebr., on January 8 1901, at the age of 70 years.

He married on July 28, 1857, Miss Adaline E. Dutton, of Springville, N.Y. She survives him with one son, a graduate of Yale in the class of 1887. A son and daughter died in early life.

Two 1901 Nance County, Nebraska newspaper clippings posted to Albert Emmet Kent's Find a Grave page:

First clipping: Albert E. Kent died at Genoa last Wednesday at the home of his niece, Mrs. E. L. Burk, where he was visiting. Mr. Kent was the senior member of the Kent Cattle company. He was 70 years of age and was called the pioneer packer of the west. His remains were taken to Chicago for interment.

Second clipping: Tuesday at Genoa occurred the sudden death from heart failure of Mr. Wm. Kent, principal stock holder in the Kent cattle company. The deceased was 76 years old and his death was not unexpected as he has been a sufferer for years from heart disease.

His home was in California, and he was in this county visiting relatives. His remains were taken to Chicago for interment.

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[Both clippings contributed and transcribed by Linda Berney.]

Albert married Adaline Elizabeth Dutton on 28 Jul 1857 in Springville, Erie, New York. Adaline (daughter of Alva Dutton and Elizabeth Holt) was born on 3 Mar 1834 in Colden, Erie, New York; died on 16 Mar 1914 in Ogden, Weber, Utah; was buried in Graceland Cemetery, Chicago, Cook, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Graduated from Western Reserve College in 1844; at Monroeville, Ohio 1850-55; Cheshire, Connecticut 1855-57; Rockville, Connecticut 1857-64, and from October 1864 to 1871, Professor of Rhetoric and English Literature at Grinnell College, Grinnell, Iowa.

According letter from John Dyer-Bennet to his sister Miriam, 3 Dec 1975, “Grinnell” (whether this means the college’s administration or its alumni association is unclear) was able to confirm that Charles W. Clapp “was professor of rhetoric in 1870-71,” and that he was “summarily fired by the president of the college on commencement day” in 1871. “It isn’t known for certain why, but in a speech on the history of Grinnell given some years later the president said Prof. Clapp ‘hardly agreed with the college on the joint education of men and women.’”

The president of the college would have been George Frederic Magoun, who (according to Grinnell’s web site) served in that capacity from 1865 to 1884. Also according to the site, in 1865 Joanna Harris Haines was the first woman to graduate from Grinnell, so presumably what Magoun was saying was that the Rev. Charles Wells Clapp was opposed to “the joint education of men and women.”

Charles married Jane Pray Bassett on 16 Aug 1849. Jane (daughter of John Bassett and Nancy Atwater Lee) was born on 21 Nov 1822 in Derby, New Haven, Connecticut; died in 1924; was buried in Godfrey Cemetery, Godfrey, Madison, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The person for whom Kentfield, California was named.

Rep. married Elizabeth Thacher on 26 Feb 1890 in Nordhoff, California. Elizabeth (daughter of Thomas Anthony Thacher and Elizabeth Baldwin Sherman) was born on 22 Sep 1868 in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut; died on 14 Aug 1952 in Marin, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: of Berkeley, Alameda, California
• Alternate birth: Abt 1857
• Alternate death: 7 Feb 1919, Alameda, Alameda, California
• Alternate death: 9 Feb 1919

Notes:

Ph.D, Yale, 1886.

"Clapp arrived at Berkeley when it was a small school of some 400 students. By his efforts the department began the first major graduate program on the West Coast, but Greek was also widely taught throughout the state high schools as well. A genial and robust figure until ill health befell him at the age of fifty, his teaching was generally at the graduate level and centered around Pindar and Plato and his, many articles covered a range of subjects. He was a founder of the Philological Association of the Pacific States and served as president for two terms. At the time of his death he was at work on an edition of Pindar that was to be the summary of his life's work on that author." [Rutgers Database of Classical Scholars]

Edward married Mary Mattoon Wolcott on 22 Dec 1886 in Morgan, Illinois. Mary (daughter of Elizur Wolcott and Martha Lyman Dwight) was born on 14 May 1863 in Jacksonville, Morgan, Illinois; died on 22 Aug 1949 in Alameda, Alameda, California; was buried in Diamond Grove Cemetery, Jacksonville, Morgan, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]