Mary Strong

Mary was born in May 1677 in Northampton,dHampshire,Massachusetts.  Mary's father was Jedediah Strong and her mother was Freedom Woodward.  Her paternal grandparents were John Strong and Abigail Ford; her maternal grandparents were Henry Woodward and Elizabeth. She had six brothers and seven sisters, named Jedediah, Ford, Child, John, Preserved, John, Elizabeth, Abigail, Hannah, Thankful, Sarah, Lydia and Experience.  She was the fourth youngest of the fourteen children.