THE STRONG FAMILY




1. Elder John, s. of Richard Strong, was b. in Taunton, Somersetshire, Eng., in 1605, whence he rem. to London and afterward to Plymouth. Having strong Puritan sympathies, he sailed from Plymouth to the new world Mar. 20, 1630, and sett. at Dorchester. In 1635 he rem. to Hingham, and Mar. 9, 1634, he took the freeman's oath at Boston. Rem. shortly to Taunton, where he remained as late as 1645, as he was deputy to the General Court in Plymouth in 1641, 1643 and 1644. From Taunton he rem. to Windsor, Conn., and in 1659 to Nhn. (Northampton), where he lived for forty years. He had a tannery in that place, and June 13, 1663, was ordained elder of the church. He m. Dec., 1630, for his second wife, Abigail Ford, who d. June 6, 1688, a. abt. 80. He d. Apr. 14, 1699, a. 94.

Children:
Thomas, b. abt. 1631; and fifteen others.


2. Thomas, s. of John (1), was b. abt. 1631; d. Oct. 3, 1689, a. 58; m. for his second wife, Oct. 10, 1671. Racel, dau. of Dea. William Holton of Nhn. (Northampton).

Children:
Waitstill, b. 1677-8; and others.


3. Waitstill, s. of Thomas (2), was b. 1677/8; d. Nov. 13, 1762, a. 85; m. Dec. 19, 1701, Sarah Janes.

4. Dea. Waitstill, s. of Waitstill (3), was b. Jan. 18, 1703; d. Feb. 22, 1767; m. Nov. 23, 1736, Esther Root. He was a farmer at Nhn., where he was made deacon in 1743, and later lived in Southampton.

5. Waitstill, s. of Dea. Waitstill (4), was b. Oct. 24, 1746; d. Sept. 13, 1835, a. 88; m. Mar. 20, 1774, Rhoda Clark, who was b. at Nhn. He was a farmer at Southampton, and rem. in 1803 to Huntington.

6. Horatio, s. of Waitstill (5), was b. Mar. 19, 1785, in Southampton; d. in Hat., Aug. 5, 1857; m. Jan. 31, 1815, Sarah Elwell of Westhampton. She d. Aug. 13, 1874. He was a drum major in the War of 1812 at Boston. He sett. in Hat. after the war.

Children:
Parmenas Lysander, b. Nov. 12, 1815.
Amariah Elwell, b. June 11, 1818.
Horatio, b. June 9, 1820; d. Nov. 19, 1892.
Sarah Ann, b. Dec. 12, 1823; m. Jan. 4, 1844, Ebenezer Dwight; d. June 5, 1897.
Rowena, b. Apr. 14, 1826; m. (1) Dec. 16, 1846, Edward Phelps Billings, who d. Nov. 6, 1848; m. (2) May 28, 1850, Osborne W. Cleveland of Williamsburg.


7. Parmenas Lysander, s. of Horatio (6), was b. Nov. 12, 1815; d. Jan. 24, 1901; m. Sept. 16, 1840, Miranda, dau. of Thomas Frary of Hat. She was b. Dec. 14, 1813, and d. Feb. 99, 1890.

Children:
Alvin Lyman, b. Apr. 30, 1843.
John Marshall, b. May 24, 1848.
Sarah Jane, b. Oct. 28, 1851; m. Dec. 28, 1881, Geo. E. Searle of Easthampton.
Harriet Maria, b. May 23, 1858.


8. Amariah Elwell, s. of Horatio (6), was b. June 11, 1818; d. Oct. 22, 1884; m. Sept. 9, 1840, Lucy Stebbins of Granby. She d. May 28, 1891, a. 75.

Children:
Dwight Stebbins, b. Aug. 31, 1842; m. Nov. 6, 1867, Lucy L. Lombard of Colrain; musician in 27th Regiment, M.V.M., and in the 2d Heavy Artillery; rem. to Riverside, California in 1873.
George Edison, b. Oct. 20, 1847; m. Nov. 23, 1870, Cora A. Norton; d. at South Royalston, Oct. 18, 1887.
Emily Ceressa, b. May 11, 1849; d. Mar. 30, 1860.
Erastus Seymore, b. Dec. 23, 1850; m. Dec. 23, 1875, Nellie Ardell Moore; d. Apr. 24, 1902.


9. Dea. Alvin Lyman, s. Parmenas L. (7), was b. Apr. 30, 1843; m. Nov. 1, 1866, Anna B. Searle of Huntington, who was b. Sept. 23, 1843. He was a member of Co. K, 52d Regiment, M.V.M., in the Civil war.

Children:
Gertrude Alice, b. Aug. 26, 1867; m. Jan. 1, 1891, Frank E. Melendy; d. Apr. 13, 1897. Ch.: Roland A., b. Aug. 5, 1894; d. may 23, 1899.
Edson Winthrop, b. Dec. 5, 1869.
Eugene Searle, b. Sept. 10, 1873.
Mabel Maria, b. Aug. 9, 1877.


10. John Marshall, s. of Parmenas L. (7), was b. May 24, 1848; m. (1) Jan. 5, 1876, Olive Maria Bardwell of What. (Whatley), who d. Sept. 30, 1878; (2) Oct. 26, 1881, Eliza A. Cleveland of Ashfield, who was b. June 26, 1856.

Child (by Olive Bardwell):
Edith Estelle, b. Aug. 8, 1876; d. Dec. 14, 1892.

Children (by Eliza A. Cleveland):
Howard Ashley, b. Dec. 27, 1882.
Arthur Holmes, b. Nov. 26, 1886.


11. Edson Winthrop, s. of Dea. Alvin L. (9), was b. Dec. 5, 1869; m. Mar. 31, 1898, Hattie Maria, dau. of Henry W. Bardwell of What. She d. Jan. 29, 1903.

Child:
Ralph Bardwell, b. Feb. 19, 1901.


12. Eugene Searle, s. of Dea. Alvin L. (9), was b. Sept. 10, 1873; m. Dec. 11, 1901, Anna Lillian Knight of Pelham.

Child:
Royce Knight, b. June 15, 1905.


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