Strong, Josiah

Birth Name Strong, Josiah
Gramps ID I0335
Gender male
Age at Death 83 years, 4 months, 27 days

Events

Event Date Place Description Notes Sources
Birth [E0453] 1758-06-17 Sharon, Litchfield, CT  
 
Death [E0454] 1841-11-14 Rose Hill, Onandaga, NY  
 

Relation to the center person (Strong, Living) : fourth great grandnephew

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father Strong, Josiah [I0312]1729-09-18BET. 1780 - 1821
Mother White, Eleanor [I0323]1733-10-26
         Strong, Josiah [I0335] 1758-06-17 1841-11-14
    Sister     Strong, Sarah [I0346] 1761-04-14
    Brother     Strong, Solomon [I0357] 1766-05-25 1829-09-26
    Brother     Strong, Joel [I0257] 1764-03-26 1857-02-09
    Sister     Strong, Elizabeth [I0368] 1769-10-27
    Sister     Strong, Lydia [I0390] 1776-02-23
    Brother     Strong, Oliver Fowler [I0588] 1779-03-21 1871-01-21
    Sister     Strong, Hannah [I35128] 1772-05-28

Families

    Family of Strong, Josiah and Green, Martha [F0134]
Married Wife Green, Martha [I0348] ( * 1773 + 1839-05-29 )
   
Event Date Place Description Notes Sources
Marriage [E52316] about 1793    
 
  Children
Name Birth Date Death Date
Strong, Horace [I0349]1794-08-111879-06-30
Strong, David [I0350]1796-06-261849-02-25
Strong, Joel C [I0351]1798-12-011881-12-24
Strong, Oliver P [I0352]1800-12-18
Strong, Mahala [I0353]1802-07-061840-09-16
Strong, William Kerley [I0354]1805-04-301868-03-15
Strong, Joseph F [I0355]1808-02-271857-08-17
Strong, Mary Green [I0356]1810-01-261857-08-17
Strong, Irene Berry [I0358]1812-07-241847-04-06
Strong, Seymour Jairus [I0359]1815-06-15

Narrative

Joined the army at 17 in 1776, taken prisoner in Canada. He was released during Gen. Arnold's retreat from the blockade of Quebec. In the battle of White Plains, Oct. 28, 1776, he was with the troops that crossed the Delaware on Dec. 8 and he recrossed it on the 25, in the terrible snow and sleet storm to make the successful suprise attack on Trenton, NJ. He was in the battles of Princeton, Brandywine and Germantown, PA, where he was wounded and had a leg amputated. He was a farmer in Burtonville, Montgomery, NY until 1838 and Geneva, NY 1839- 1841.

Pedigree

  1. Strong, Josiah [I0312]
    1. White, Eleanor [I0323]
      1. Strong, Josiah
        1. Green, Martha [I0348]
          1. Strong, Horace [I0349]
          2. Strong, David [I0350]
          3. Strong, Joel C [I0351]
          4. Strong, Oliver P [I0352]
          5. Strong, Mahala [I0353]
          6. Strong, William Kerley [I0354]
          7. Strong, Joseph F [I0355]
          8. Strong, Mary Green [I0356]
          9. Strong, Irene Berry [I0358]
          10. Strong, Seymour Jairus [I0359]
      2. Strong, Sarah [I0346]
      3. Strong, Solomon [I0357]
      4. Strong, Joel [I0257]
      5. Strong, Elizabeth [I0368]
      6. Strong, Lydia [I0390]
      7. Strong, Oliver Fowler [I0588]
      8. Strong, Hannah [I35128]

Ancestors