John Strong Jr. (1724 - 1795)

Born 8 Feb 1724 in Colchester, New London County, Connecticut Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Lucretia (Crouch) Strong — married 26 Dec 1744 in Hebron, Hartford, Connecticut Colony

Husband of Thankful Bascom — married 13 Mar 1764 in Tolland, Connecticut Colony

Descendants

Died 17 Nov 1795 at age 71 in Thetford, Orange, Vermont, United States

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Biography

Descendant of John Strong (1605-1699)..

Descendant of Thomas Ford (1590-1676)..

Captain John Strong Jr. served with Vermont Republic Militia during the American Revolution.

John Strong Jr. is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A088237.

Soldier in the Revolutionary War

Record ID Number: MH:IF241

Type: Military Enlistment

Date: 6 AUG 1776

Place: Vermont

Record ID Number: MH:IF242

Type: Military Promotion

Date: 10 OCT 1776

Commissioned as a Captain

Marriages

John Strong married Lucretia Crouch in Hebron on 26 Dec 1744.^[1][2]

Lucretia Couch, wife of John, died in Hebron 12 Aug 1763.^[2]

Children

John and Lucretia had, in Hebron: ^[3][1]

• Abijah 5 June 1745-Deceased
• Joel 7 May 1747 – 11 February 1830
• Solomon 13 June 1753 – 19 July 1838
• Ezekiel 31 July 1759 – 24 August 1846

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Dwight, Benjamin Woodbridge, The History of the Descendants of Elder John Strong , Volume 1, p. 168, viewed on HathiTrust
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Records, Hebron, p. 131 in transcription , citing Vol. 1, p. 58 and Vol. 2, p. 350 in the original: "------- Couch"
3. ↑ Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Records, Hebron, pp. 130-132 in transcription , citing Vol. 1, p. 58, and Vol. 2, pp. 240, 242 in original

• 6/17/2017 Marriage references - Crouch, Eleanor M. The Crouch's 1627-2014 pages 3

http://strongfamilyofamerica.org/genealogy/getperson.php?personID=I3286&tree=strong#cite2

• Family genealogy Record ID Number: MH:I87

"Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F747-BNY : 7 January 2020), John Strong, 1724.

"North America, Family Histories, 1500." 2000 for Daniel Bascom https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/61157/images/46155_b290135-00077?indiv=try&h&db. Accessed 22 Oct. 2021.

"Connecticut, Deaths, 1640-1955", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7LW-RXN : 11 June 2020), John Strong, 1744. (marriage to Lucretia Crouch)

"Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F74W-MBX : 7 January 2020), John Strong in entry for Abijah Strong, 1745.

"Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F74W-992 : 7 January 2020), John Strong in entry for Joel Strong, 1747.

"Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F74W-97H : 7 January 2020), John Strong in entry for Solomon Strong, 1753.

"Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F74W-92J : 7 January 2020), Jno. Strong in entry for Ezekiel Strong, 1759.

"Connecticut, Deaths, 1640-1955", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7KK-4XT : 11 June 2020), John Strong in entry for Lucretia Strong, 1763.

"Connecticut, Deaths, 1640-1955", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7LW-B2V : 11 June 2020), John Strong, 1764 (marriage to Thankful Bascomb)

"John Strong Jr in the U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889." Ancestry https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/979945:2204?indiv=try&h&_phsrc=WVF370&db. Accessed 22 Oct. 2021.

"Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V893-LHJ : 19 February 2021), John Strong, 1795.

Acknowledgments

• Strong-2222 was created by David Lamb through the import of lambHodge.GED on Sep 14, 2014.