Josiah Strong was born January 11, 1677/78 in Windsor, Connecticut. He married Joanna Gillett on January 5, 1697/98. Their children were: Hannah, John, Damaris, Elizabeth, Mary, Josiah, Eunice, Caleb, Rachel, Dorothy, Joshua, Irene and Asahel.
Name
Josiah Strong [1][2] about 1794, judgin from birth reords of children.
↑ Matthew Grant, Some early records and documents of and relating to the town of Windsor, Connecticut, 1639-1703, (Hartford, 1930), viewed on archive.org 9-17-2017, p. 64: " John Strong jun(io)r - his Sonn Josia was born January 11 at night and baptised ye 12 day 1678"
S271: The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 158 vols., 1847-2004, Publication: The New England Historical and Genealogical Society, Boston, MA
Find A Grave: Memorial #34375965 Imported only 11 JAN 1677 from Birth Date and marked as uncertain.
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He was born,11 Jan 1678, when his mother, Elizabeth (Warriner) Strong, was 52 yo which is not impossible but seems questionable. And even more so if we give crediblity to "Josiah Strong [1][2] about 1794, judgin from birth reords of children. " from the comments under Name.
Strong-2901 and Strong-684 appear to represent the same person because: My records indicate that the Josiah Strong and Josiah Strong Sr are the same person. I would like to edit merge the profile or just accept the profile of Strong-684 and discard the profile of Stong-2901.