Tabitha (Lee) Strong (abt. 1677 - 1750)

Born about 1677 in Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut

Ancestors

Wife of Preserved Strong — married 23 Oct 1701 in Northampton, Hampshire County, MA

Descendants

Died 23 Jun 1750 at about age 73 in Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut

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Biography

Tabitha was the youngest daughter of John Lee and Mary (Hart) Lee-Strong.

She married her step-brother, Preserved Stong. They had eight children.

She passed away June 3, 1750.

• Tabitha Lee b. 1677 m. 23 Oct 1701 Preserved Strong, son of her step-father Jedediah Strong and Freedom Woodward, she d. 23 Jun 1750 Coventry, Conn. aged 85...Their children were Noah, Elizabeth, Moses and Aaron (twins), Tabitha, Mary and Enoch. ^[1]

[Tabitha Lee and Preserved Strong are known to be ancestors of Lady Diana Spencer, through the following line:

Preserved Strong & Tabitha Lee, b. 1677, m. October 23, 1701 Joseph Strong & Elizabeth Strong (2nd Cousins) Benjamin Strong & Lucy Bishop Dr. Joseph Strong, b. Coventry, CT. March 10, 1770. Married Rebecca Young Sept. 8, 1796. Eleanor Strong b. 1802 married John Wood March 13, 1823. Ellen Wood, b. July 18, 1831; married Frank Work (A millionaire speculator, broker, banker, horseowner & protege of Comodore Vanderbilt). Francis Eleanor Work, b. October 27, 1857; married Burke Roche of Twyford Abby, Middlesex, England. Edmund Maurice Burke Roche, b. Chelsea, England May 15, 1885; married Ruth Sylvia Gill Sept. 17, 1931. The Honorable Francis Ruth Burke Roche, b. Jan. 20, 1936 married Edward John Spencer June 1, 1954. Lady Diana Francis Spencer, b. July 1, 1961

Sources

1. ↑ Book Title: Genealogy of the descendants of John Lee North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000, Ancestry.com 2016 [1]

• The History of the Descendants of Elder John Strong, of Northampton, Massachusetts, Volume 2, by Benjamine Woodbridge Dwight, page 770

John Lee of Farmington, Hartford Co, Conn and His Descendants

• John Lee, of Farmington, Hartford County, Connecticut, and his Descendants, by Sarah Marsh Lee, page 135

STEPHEN HART AND HIS DESCENDANTS 1632-1875

• Source: S271 Title: The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 158 vols., 1847-2004, Url: NewEnglandAncestors.org Abbreviation: NEHGS Register Publication: The New England Historical and Genealogical Society, Boston, MA

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