Lois Strong

Lois married Seth Strong in 1740. Seth (son of Jerijah Strong and Thankful Stebbins) was born on 4 Apr 1716; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alt. Birth: 1683, Northampton, Hampshire, MA; Alt. Birth
• Alt. Death: 1766, Northampton, Hampshire, MA; Alt. Death

Notes:

New England Families Genealogical and Memorial: Volume IV

Jonathan, son of Elder Ebenezer and Hannah (Clapp) Strong, was born at Northampton, May 1, 1683, died December 9, 1766. He married (first) November 21, 1704. Mehitable Stebbins, born 1683, died March 3, 1761; married (second) August 5, 1762, Mary (Sheldon) Clapp, who died in September, 1763. He and his second wife were sweethearts in youth, but she was captured by Indians and given up for lost. Returning from captivity after three years she found him married and she afterward married. When both were widowed they married, he at the age of seventy-nine, she aged seventy-five. Children of first wife: Mehitable, born August 19, 1706; Noah, February 23, 1708; Jonathan; Lieutenant Caleb, March 2, 1710; Ichabod, October 17, 1711; Elias, February 21, 1713; Experience, April 10, 1714; Rev. Thomas, of whom further; Joseph, October 31, 1717; Elisha, December 22, 1718; Lois, March 13, 1720; Lois, April 16, 1721; Lucia, died 1726; Sarah; Hannah; Child, died young.

Jonathan married Mehitable Stebbins on 21 Nov 1704. Mehitable (daughter of Joseph Stebbins and Sarah Dorchester) was born in 1683 in Springfield, Hampden, MA; died in 1761 in Northampton, Hampshire, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

New England Families Genealogical and Memorial: Volume IV

Elder Ebenezer Strong, son of Elder John Strong (q. v.), was born in 1643, died at Northampton, February 11, 1729. He was a tanner by trade. He was elder of the church; served as selectman between the years 1682 and 1728, and as sergeant, deacon and constable. He married, October 14, 1668, Hannah, daughter of Nicholas Clapp. Children: Hannah, born October 7, 1669; Ebenezer, August 2, 1671; Lieutenant Nathaniel, September 25, 1673; Sarah, September 29, 1675; Preserved, September, 1679; Sarah, September 29, 1681; Jonathan, of whom further; Noah, October 18, 1684; twins, born and died 1689.
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Ebenezer married Hannah Clapp on 14 Oct 1668 in Northampton, Hampshire, MA. Hannah (daughter of Nicholas Clapp and Sarah Clapp) was born in 1681 in Northampton, Hampshire, MA; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alt. Birth: 1646, Dorcester, MA; Alt. Birth
• Alt. Birth: 1681; Alt. Birth

Joseph married Sarah Dorchester in 1673 in Springfield, Hampden, MA. Sarah was born in 1652 in Springfield, Hampden, MA; died in 1746 in Springfield, Hampden, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Fact 1: Tanner; Fact 1
• Emigration: 30 May 1630, On Mary And John
• Fact 2: 8 May 1635, Returned To America On Hopewell; Fact 2

Notes:

MARY AND JOHN - 1630

Master Thomas Squeb.

Sailed from Plymouth, 20 March 1630.

The day of the sailing was the Saturday before Palm Sunday.

Landed Nantasket, Massachusetts, 30 May, 1630.

400 tons.

140 passengers

40 - 50 crewmen

Ship owned by Roger Ludlow

The ship was suppose to land at the Charles river but Capt. Squeb refused to navigate the Boston Harbor, probably because of it's islands, sandbars and shoals. He had the passengers disembark at Nantasket Point.

June 1630 - John Winthrop sent for Capt. Squeb at Nantasket, where the "Mary and John" lay. He did not record what was said. "[John] Winthrop seemed to think he had 'ended [the] difference between him [Capt. Squeb] and the passengers', in token of which Captain Squeb gave the order for a salute of five guns in the govenor's honour and it was said that Squeb later paid compensation to [Roger] Ludlow." [Dorset Pilgrims, Frank Thistlethwaite, p.76]

There is no official passenger list of the Mary & John.
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HINGHAM, MASSACHUSETTS:

Land granted, 18 September, 1635, for five acres of land on North Street near Ship Street, Hingham, Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts.

Freeman on 9 March 1636/37

TAUNTON, MASSACHUSETTS:

House lot on Dean Street west of John Dean house.

Freeman of Plymouth Colony 4 December 1638

First Constable, 1638 and 1639, juror 1645.

WINDSOR, CONNECTICUT:

4 February 1647 - "Thomas Thorton al his land formerly recorded in figures is sold to Thomas Ford and John Strong where the particulars fully apperarÖ."

This included a house, out house, yards, orchards and gardens containing about two acres, more or less, bounded north and west by the land of Walter Fyler, south by the rivulet, on the east by the highways, and adjoining at the foot of the hill, in the great meadow, one acre and three quarters more or less bounded north by the land of John Mason and east by the land of William Hill [Windsor Register of Deeds]

Freeman 15 May 1654 of Connecticut.

NORTHAMPTON, MASSACHUSETTS:

John Strong was ordained and Elder of the church in 1663.

Lands -

14 October 1660 - John Strong bought from John Webb, a parcel of land lying in the Third square and bounded by land of Richard Lyman on the north and the highway on the south and on the sides bordering the land of David Wilton on the east by Samuel Allyn on the west - Seven acres .

John Strong bought another parcel from John Webb, a home lot bounded on the highway east and north and the mill trench on the west containing two acres. Part of this was given to his son Samuel.

John Strong bought another parcel from John Webb, which lies on the south side of Mill River and bounded by the highway east and west, the sides bordering the highway south and Mill River north containing - two acres.

15 October 1660 - Northampton granted to him several parcels of land including a tan yard which was bounded on the east and west by the highway, north by Ralph Hutchinson's land and the common land, and the meeting house hill on the south. John gave this to his son Ebenezer, on 15 December 1688.

The original tan yard contained one quarter acre. It was on King Street Brook a little north of Hampshire Marble Works. The town by vote directed all hides be taken to him to be tanned at his own price because of his reputation for honesty.

15 October 1660 - Northampton granted to him his home lot which was bounded on the highway north and Mill River on the south and bounded on the sides by the land of Capt. Aaron Cooke on the east and Alexander Edwards on the west. John Strong conveyed these parcels to John Webb 18 October 1660.

The home lot granted to him by Northampton on West Street was nearly opposite the Parson's Homestead. He sold it to John Webb, and purchased John Webb's home lot at the corner of Main and South Streets. The property remained in the family for 103 years.

Northampton granted John Strong another parcel of land in Manham Meadow which butts up on the Great River on the east and Mill River on the west containing four Six acres plus. John gave half of this lot to Ebenezer, 15 December 1688.

[Land records from "Strong Men and Strong Women" by Jeanne Waters Strong]
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John STRONG - b. about 1609, probably at Chard, Somerset, England; d. Apr. 14, 1699, Northampton, MA; bur. Bridge Street Cemetery, Northampton, MA. Son of John STRONG of Chard, Somerset, England. Probably embarked Plymouth, England Mar. 20, 1630 in 'Mary & John', and arrived at Nantasket, May 30, 1630. John apparently returned to England, married, and had two children, before sailing again for New England on May 8, 1635 from Weymouth aboard the 'Hopewell.' Settled first at Dorchester, MA, removed to Windsor, CT about 1636, to Taunton by 1638, and to Northampton in 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, 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.

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Genealogical Register of the First Settlers of New England

STRONG, JOHN, Hingham 1635, removed to Taunton, and from thence to Northampton as early as 1659. [Lincoln, Hist. Hingham.] He had 17 children. His son Thomas had 15, son Jedidiah 12, son Samuel 12, and his grandson Jonathan 17. Sixty-one of the name, 17 of them clergymen, had grad. at the N. E. colleges in 1828. RETURN, Windsor 1640. 1 Coll. Mass. Hist. Soc. v. 168.

John married Abigail Ford in 1635 in Dorchester, Suffolk, MA. Abigail (daughter of Thomas Ford and Elizabeth Charde) was born about 8 Oct 1619 in Bridport, Dorset, England; died on 16 Jul 1688 in Northampton, Hampshire, MA; was buried in Bridge Street Cemetery, Northampton, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Fact 1: 8 Oct 1619, Baptized Bridport, Dorset, England; Fact 1
• Emigration: May 1630, On Mary And John

Notes:

WFT-Vol. 18, No. 1312 says d. Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts

Nicholas married Sarah Clapp in 1636 in Dorcester, MA. Sarah (daughter of William Clapp and Johan Channon) was born about 18 Aug 1611 in Salcombe Regis, Devon, England; died in 1665 in Dorcester, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alt. Birth: 18 Aug 1611, England; Alt. Birth
• Emigration: 1635, On Hopewell