(Elder) John Strong

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  • Elder John Strong     9th great grand father
    b. circa 1605, d. 14 April 1699, #28735
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    Father           John Strong Sr b. circa 1582, d. 13 June 1613
    Mother
    
    Birth     circa 1605     It is thought that John was born circa 1605 at Tauton, Somerset, England.2
    Birth     circa 1610     Also, information indicates that John was born circa 1610 at Chard,Somerset, Canterbury, England.
    
    Birth     between 1605 and 1610     The concensus of opinion is that John was born between 1605 and 1610 at Somerset, England.
    
    Marriage     5 December 1629     Elder John Strong married Margery Deane 5 December 1629/30 in England. She died crossing the Atlantic to the colonies in about 1630. It is believed that she had at least one child in England, John jr. who is said to have been born in 1626. Therefore we are assuming that she was at least 18 when he was born and therefore bca 1608.3
    
    Immigration     20 May 1630     Elder John Strong and Margery Deane immigrated on 20 May 1630 from Plymouth, England.    Having strong Puritan sympathies he sailed from Plymouth for the new world, March 20, 1630, in company with 140 persons, and among them Rev. Messrs. John Warham and John Maverick and Messrs. John Mason and Roger Clapp, in the ship Mary and John (Capt. Squeb) and arrived at Nantasket, Mass. (Hull), about twelve milies southeast from Boston, after a passage of more than seventy days in length, on Sunday, May 30, 1630. His wife, Margery, young son John Jr. were on this trip also. A baby was born and died at sea as did Margery.
    
    The original destination of the vessel was Charles river; but an unfortunate misunderstanding which arose between the captain and the passengers, resulted in their being put summarily ashore by him at Nantasket. After searching for a few days, for a good place in which to settle and make homes for themselves, they decided upon the spot, which they called Dorchester, in memory of the endeared home in England which many of them had left, and especially of its revered pastor, Rev. John White, "the great patron of New England emigration," who had especially encouraged them to come hither. .4
    
    1635     In 1635, after having assisted in founding and developing the town of Dorchester, John Strong removed to Hingham, Mass., and on March 9, 1636, took the freeman's oath at Boston. His stay at Hingham was short, as on Dec 4, 1638, he is found to have been an inhabitant and proprietor of  Taunton, Mass., and to have been made in that year a freeman of Plymouth Colony. He remained at Taunton, as late at any rate as 1645, as he was a deputy thence to the General court in Plymouth, in 1641, 1643, and 1644. From Taunton he removed to Windsor, CT, where he was appointed with four others, Capt. John Mason, Roger Ludlow, Israel Stoughton, and Henry Wolcott, all very leading men in the infant colony, "to superintend and bring forward the settlement of that place," which had been settled a few years before (1636) by a portion of the same colony that with him had founded Dorchester. Windsor was in fact called at first, and for several years (1636-1650), Dorchester.4
    
    Some say that Marjorie Deane his first wife and infant son died in the colonies and not board ship.
    
    He was a tanner by trade.
    
    Marriage #2     30 December 1635     Elder John Strong married Abigail Ford, who was 16 years old, daughter of Thomas Ford and Elizabeth Charde, 30 December 1635or 1636 in Dorchester, Suffolk county, Massachusetts. There is evidence that they had at least the following children:
    John STRONG (Shafer list only)
    Return STRONG
    Ebenezer STRONG
    Thomas STRONG
    Jedediah STRONG
    Josiah STRONG b. 1639 Windsor, Ct; d. 9 April 1726 Tauton, Bristol, MA
    Ebenezer STRONG
    Abigail STRONG
    Elizabeth STRONG
    Experience STRONG
    Samuel STRONG
    Joseph STRONG b. 5 Aug 1652 Windsor, Hartford, CT d. 23 Dec 1672
    Mary STRONG
    Sarah STRONG
    Hannah STRONG
    Hester or Ester STRONG
    Serijah (Jerijah) STRONG
    Thankful Strong (www.crosswinds.net/~tracks/ford/idxs.htm#strong list only)
    
    The list of children as given on http://www.uftree.com/UFT/WebPages/jholcomb/SPENCER/d0/i0009218.htm#i9218 is
    ii. Thomas Strong was born circa 1637.
    iii. Jedediah Strong was born May 07, 1637.
    iv. Josiah Strong was born about 1639. Josiah died young.
    v. Return Strong was born about 1641.
    vi. Elder Ebenezer Strong was born 1643.
    vii. Abigail Strong was born about 1645.
    viii. Elizabeth Strong was born February 24, 1647
    ix. Experience Strong was born August 04, 1650.
    x. Samuel Strong was born August 05, 1652
    xi. Joseph Strong was born August 05, 1652. Joseph died young.
    xii. Mary Strong was born October 26, 1654.
    xiii. Sarah Strong was born 1656.
    xiv. Hannah Strong was born May 30, 1659.
    xv. Hester Strong was born June 07, 1661.
    xvi. Thankful Strong was born July 25, 1663.
    xvii. Jerijah Strong was born December 12, 1665.1,5,3
    
    The first list has 18 children and this one has 17.
    
    1659     In 1659 he removed from Windsor to Northampton, Mass. of which he was one of the first and most active founders, as he had been previoiusly of Dorchester, Hingham, Taunton, and Windsor. In Northampton he lived for forty years, and was a leading man in the affairs of the town and of the church. He was a tanner and very prosperous in his business. His tannery was located on what is now the southwest corner of Market and Main streets near the rail road depot. He owned at different times, as appears by records in the county clerk's office, some two hundred acres of land in and around Northampton.4
    
    Death     14 April 1699     John died on 14 April 1699 at Northampton,  Hampshire county,  Massachusetts.2
    
    c         Continuing research in the Strong Family is being coordinated by the Strong Family Association of America, Inc. that can be contacted through the Corresponding Secretary, Dianne Strong Runser 256 Maple Dr. Trafford, PA 15085-1435 tel. 412-372-2313. The association has published 5 additional books of about 1000 pages each on additional descendants.4
    
    Family 1     Margery Deane       b. 1610, d. between March 1630 and May 1630
    Children      1.     John Strong b. c 16266
    2.     Infant Strong b. 1630, d. bt Mar 1630 - May 16303
    
    Family 2     Abigail Ford       b. 8 October 1619, d. 16 July 1688
    Children      1.     Thomas Strong b. c 1636, d. 3 Oct 16897
    2.     Elizabeth Strong+ b. 24 Feb 1647/48, d. 11 May 1737
    3.     Sarah Strong b. 1656, d. 10 Feb 17337
    
    John STRONG - b. about 1609, probably at Chard, Somerset, England; d. Apr. 14, 1699, Northampton, MA; bur. Bridge Street Cemetery, Northampton, MA [memorial - inscription]. Son of John STRONG of Chard, Somerset, England. Possibly embarked Plymouth, England Mar. 20, 1630 in 'Mary & John', and arrived at Nantasket, May 30, 1630. If so, he returned to England, married, and had two children, before sailing again for New England on May 8, 1635 from Weymouth aboard the 'Hopewell.' The early residences in MA of John STRONG are unclear, but records seem to support his being in Hingham in 1635, Taunton in 1638, Windsor, Hartford Co., CT in 1645, and Northampton by 1659 where he was the first Ruling Elder. He had 17 children and 145 grandchildren. Married first about 1632 in England, Margery DEANE (d. about 1635, Dorchester, Suffolk Co., MA), the mother of son John and a child who died in infancy, and daughter of William DEANE. Elder John STRONG married second about 1635, Dorchester, MA