Phineas Strong Sr. (abt. 1704 - 1788)

Born about 1704 in Coventry, Tolland County, Connecticut

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Parker) Strong — married 5 Nov 1724 in Coventry, Tolland, CT

Descendants

Died 1 Mar 1788 at about age 84 in Coventry, Tolland County, Connecticut [uncertain]

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Biography

According to Dwight:^[1]

Dea. Phinehas Strong (son of Justice Joseph Strong of Coventry, Ct., and Sarah Allen) b. about 1704, m. Mary Parker (dau. of Dea. Thomas Parker of Coventry). She d. April 13, 1767. He was a farmer at Coventry : a member for fifty-three sessions, including extra ones of the General assembly, having been thirty-eight times elected to the legislature : a selectman for six years, justice of the peace for many years, and for a long period a deacon of the church.

He married Mary Parker (daughter of Capt. Samuel and Mary Parker)^[2] in Coventry, Connecticut, on November 5, 1724.^[3]

They had 11 children:^[4]

• Phinehas, Jr., b. Nov. 9, 1725.
• Mary, b. March 11, 1727.
• Sarah, b. April 2, 1729.
• Azubah, b. Oct. 11, 1731.
• Oziah, b. Sept. 30, 1734.^[5]
• Jerusha, b. Feb. 21, 1737/8.
• Iranah, b. Jan. 27, 1741/2.
• Elijah and Elisha (twins), b. Aug. 15, 1743.
• Beulah, b. March 7, 1746, d. Aug. 22, 1750.
• Hannah, b. March 16, 1748, d. April 24, 1767.

A Phineas Strong is buried in the South Street Cemetery in Coventry, Tolland County, Connecticut.^[6] The inscription describes him as "consort of Joanna Strong, died Mar. 1, 1788 age 82".^[2] Presumably, Joanna was either the name of his second wife, or a different Phinehas Strong was buried there.

Sources

1. ↑ Dwight, Benjamin: The History of the Descendants of Elder John Strong of Northampton, Mass., Albany, N. Y.: Joel Munsell 1871. Vol 1, pp. 432-433.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Connecticut, Hale Cemetery Inscriptions and Newspaper Notices, 1629-1934. Available online at Ancestry.com. This document describes the cemetery as "Silver St. Cemetery". The following Strong inscriptions appear:

   Strong, Mary, wife of Phinehas Strong, Esq. & daughter of Capt. Samuel & Mary Parker, died Apr. 13, 1757 age 50 yrs.

   Strong, Beulah, daughter of Capt. Phinehas & Mary, died Aug. 22, 1750 age 4 yrs.

   Strong, Phinehas Esq. consort of Joanna Strong, died Mar. 1, 1788 age 82.

3. ↑ Vital Records of Coventry, Conn., 1711-1844 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2007), (Births, Marriages, Baptisms and Deaths from the Records of The Town And Churches In Coventry, Connecticut 1711-1844. Copied from the Records by Susan W. Dimock, The Baker and Taylor Co., 5 and 7 East Sixteenth St., New York, New York, 1897.) p. 164.
4. ↑ Dimock, Susan Whitney. Births, marriages, baptisms and deaths, from the records of the town and churches in Coventry, Connecticut, 1711-1844, The Baker and Taylor Company, New York, 1897, p. 110.
5. ↑ Dwight lists this as Sept. 3, 1734, presumably a mistranscription.
6. ↑ Find a Grave Memorial #11467976.

• Source: Dimock, Susan Whitney, Births, Marriages, Baptisms and Deaths from the records of the Town and Churches in Coventry, Connecticut 1711-1844, New York: The Baker & Taylor Company, 1897