Strong-Chauncey
Elder John Strong (1605) and Abigail Ford
to Sarah Chauncey Whittlesey (1683)
1 Elder John Strong b 1610 in Chard, Somerset, England; d 14 Apr 1699 at Northampton, MA. Emigrated to Dorchester, MA, 1630 on the Hopewell with his wife, Margery DEANE, dau of William DEANE, d abt 1635 in England;
m 2nd Dec 1630, Abigail FORD, of Dorchester, MA, who d 16 Jul 1688, Northampton, MA. Dau of Thomas FORD and Elizabeth Chard COOKE. She emigrated with her family on The Mary and John in 1630. They are bur in Bridge Street Cemetary, Northampton, MA.
Children of John and Margery:
2 John STRONG Jr. b 1626, in Chard, England; d 20 Feb 1698, in Windsor, CT.
3 Infant child d at 2 months old, 1635, Hingham/Dorchester, MA.
Children of John and Abigail:
4 Thomas STRONG b 1636 in Hingham, MA; d 3 Oct 1689
5 Jedediah STRONG b 7 May 1637, Hingham, MA; d 22 May 1733
m Freedom WOODWARD
m Abigail STEBBINS
m Mary HART-LEE
6 Josiah STRONG b abt 1639; d young
7 Return STRONG b abt 1641, Taunton, MA; d 9 Apr 1726
8 Ebenezer STRONG b 1643, Taunton, MA; d 11 Feb 1729 (Elder)
9 Abigail STRONG b abt 1645, Taunton, MA
10 Elizabeth STRONG b 24 Feb 1647, Windsor, CT; d 12 May 1736
11 Experience STRONG bap 4 Aug 1650, Windsor, CT
12 Samuel STRONG twin b 5 Aug 1652, Windsor, CT; d 29 Oct 1732
13 Joseph STRONG twin b 5 Aug 1652, Windsor, CT; d young
14 Mary STRONG b 26 Oct 1654, Windsor, CT; d 8 Dec 1738
15 Sarah STRONG b 1655, Windsor, CT; d 10 Feb 1733
16 Hannah STRONG b 20 May 1657, Windsor, CT; d 31 Jan 1693/94
17 Hester STRONG b 1 Jun 1661, Northampton, MA; d 4 Mar 1726
18 Thankful STRONG b 25 July 1663, Northampton, MA
19 Jerijah STRONG b 12 Dec 1665, Northampton, MA; d 24 Apr 1754
1635-Hingham, MA: Land granted, 18 Sept 1635, for five acres of land on North Street near Ship Street, Hingham, Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts; Freeman on 9 Mar 1636/37
1638-Taunton, MA: House lot on Dean Street West of John Dean house. Freeman of Plymouth Colony 4 Dec 1638. First Constable, 1638 and 1639, juror 1645.
1641, 1643, 1644-John Strong was Deputy from Taunton to the General Court in Plymouth.
1647-Windsor, CT: 4 Feb 1647 "Thomas Thornton al his land formerly recorded in figures sold to Thomas Ford and John Strong where the particulars fully apperar..."
Included were a house, out house, yards, orchards and gardens containing about two acres (Windsor Register of Deeds)
1654-Freeman 15 May 1654 of Connecticut
1660-Northampton, MA: 14 Oct 1660 John Strong bought from John Webb, a parcel of land lying in the Third square and bounded by land of Richard Lyman on the north and the highway on the south and on the sides bordering the land of David Wilton on the east by Samuel Allyn on the west - seven acres
1663-John Strong was ordained an Elder of the church.
9 Abigail STRONG (John1) b abt 1645; d 15 Apr 1704; m 1st 12 Nov 1673 Rev Nathaniel CHAUNCEY son of Rev Charles Chauncey and Catherine EYRE b 1639 Plymouth, MA; d 4 Nov 1685 Hatfield, MA. Nathaniel was a 1661 graduate of Harvard and preached at Windsor, CT from 1666-1678 and then at Hatfield 1679-1685. Abigail's tombstone
20 Issac CHAUNCEY b 6 Sep 1674; d 23 Jul 1748 Durham, CT
+21 Catherine CHAUNCEY b 12 Jan 1676; d 15 May 1754
22 Abigail CHAUNCEY b 14 Oct 1677; m 1st Dr HUDSON; m 2nd Edward BURROUGHS
23 Charles CHAUNCEY b 3 Sep 1679; d 31 Oct 1679
+24 Nathaniel CHAUNCEY b 1681
+25 Sarah CHAUNCEY b 15 Sep 1683, Hatfield, MA
Abigail m 2nd Deacon Medad POMEROY of Northampton, (son of Eltweed POMEROY) bap 19 Aug 1638; d 30 Dec 1716. Meadad was a teacher, selectman, town clerk, rep to the General court and considered a man of influence and wealth.
+26 Rev Samuel POMEROY b 16 Sep 1687; d 30 Jun 1744 Newton, NY
21 Catherine CHAUNCEY (Abigail9, John1) b 12 Jan 1676; d 15 May 1754; m 29 Aug 1699 Rev Daniel BREWER III, son of Daniel BREWER Jr. and Hannah MORRILL; b 7 Feb 1668; d 5 Nov 1733. Daniel was a 1687 graduate of Harvard and settled in Springfield, MA.
27 Catherine BREWER (Catherine21, Abigail9, John1) b 25 Oct 1700; d 10 Apr 1747 (struck by lightening). She m 15 May 1721 Col William PYNCHON son of Col. John PYNCHON and Margaret HUBBARD of Springfield, MA. William b 1689; d 1 Jan 1741/2; was judge of the Court of Common Pleas in Springfield.
Sarah PYNCHON b 14 Aug 1721; d 4 Aug 1755; m Col Josiah DWIGHT, son of Capt Henry DWIGHT and Lydia HAWLEY of Hatfield, MA; b 23 Oct 1715. No children.
+William PYNCHON b 11 Dec 1723; d 11 Jan 1788; m Catharine CABOT SEWELL, dau Mitchell and Mary CABOT. Salem lawyer
Margaret PYNCHON b 24 Nov 1727; d Apr 1772; m 11 Jan 1750 Major Elijah WILLIAMS of Deerfield, MA, b 1712; c 1772, son of John WILLIAMS and Abigail ALLEN; m Lydia DWIGHT.
Daniel John PYNCHON b 7 Oct 1733; d 22 Apr 1754 while attending Yale
Joseph PYNCHON b 30 Oct 1737; m Sarah RUGGLES, dau of Rev Thomas RIGGLES of Guilford, CT. He was a merchant at Guilford and later at New York.
Charles PYNCHON d 19 Aug 1783
28 Daniel BREWER (Catherine21, Abigail9, John1) b 3 Oct 1702; d 5 May 1704
29 Abigail BREWER (Catherine21, Abigail9, John1) b 20 Apr 1705; m 23 Jul 1724 Thomas MERRICK, JR. of Northampton, MA who d 13 Sep 1733
m 2nd John MUNN
John MUNN JR. d 4 Dec 1774
30 Eunice BREWER (Catherine21, Abigail9, John1) b 20 My 1707; d 12 Aug 1767; m 28 Apr 1736 Rev Robert BRECK JR., son of Rev Robert BRECK and Elizabeth WAINRIGHT of Marlborough, MA, b 25 Jul 1713; d 23 Apr 1784. Rev Breck m 2nd 16 Nov 1773 Helena DORR, widow of Edward DORR of Hartford, CT
Robert BRECK III
John BRECK m Clarissa ALLEN
31 Daniel BREWER (Catherine21, Abigail9, John1) b 13 May 1709; d 7 Oct 1733
32 Dea Nathaniel BREWER (Catherine21, Abigail9, John1) b 25 Jul 1711; d 11 Mar 1796; m Aug 1740 Eunice STRONG, dau of Jerijah and Thankful STEBBINS of Northampton, MA; b 10 Sep 1707. Deacon of the first church of Springfield and active in town affairs.
Eunice BREWER m Dea WILLISTON
Dr. Chauncey BREWER b 21 Apr 1743; m Amy WHITE; d 21 May 1821. He was a 1762 graduate of Yale and studied medicine with Dr. Charles Pynchon, in Springfield, MA.
Thankful BREWER d 30 Jan 1744
Soloman BREWER b 5 Jun 1746; d 18 Mar 1824; m 1st Martha SMITH
m 2nd Rene BENTON and they had 17 children
33 Issac BREWER (Catherine21, Abigail9, John1) b 25 Nov 1713; d 19 May 1788; m 1st Mary BLESS b 1716; d 1759; dau Ebenezer BLISS and Mary GAYLORD, b 14 Mar 1716; d 29 May 1759
m 2nd widow _______ STEBBINS, resided Wilbraham, MA
34 Charles BREWER (Catherine21, Abigail9, John1) b 14 Dec 1717; d 12 Mar 1793; m 1740 Anna BRECK dau Rev Robert BRECK and Elizabeth WAINRIGHT of Marlborough, MA. He was a farmer and cabinet maker at Springfield, MA.
24 Rev. Nathaniel CHAUNCEY, Jr. (Abigail9, John1) b 26 Sep 1681; d 8 Feb 1756; m 12 Oct 1708 Sarah JUDSON, dau Capt James JUDSON and Rebecca WELLES; b 16 Feb 1683; d 31 May 1745. Nathaniel was a 1702 graduate of Yale.
35 Elihu CHAUNCEY (Nathaniel24, Abigail9, John1) b 24 Mar 1710; d 10 Apr 1791; m 28 Mar 1739 Mary GRISWOLD, dau Samuel GRISWOLD of Killingworth, CT; d 1 Mar 1801. Elihu was a farmer and merchant.
Charles CHAUNCEY b 28 Dec 1739; d 13 Jan 1740
Catherine CHAUNCEY b 11 apr 1741; d 8 Apr 1830; m Dr. Elizur GOODRICH b 1755; d 1797. He grad from Yale 1752. Pastor at Durham, CT 1756-1797.
Sarah CHAUNCEY b 8 May 1745; d 19 May 1823; m 1st Lemuel GUERNSEY; m 2nd 19 Feb 1795 Simeon PARSONS b 1732 son of Simeon PARSONS and Rhoda TAYLOR.
Charles CHAUNCEY b 30 May 1747; m Abigail DARLING b 1746, dau of Thomas and Abigail DARLING of New Haven, CT.
36 Sarah CHAUNCEY (Nathaniel24, Abigail9, John1) b 24 Feb 1711; m Deacon Israel BURRITT of Durham, CT
Israel BURRITT
charles BURRITT
William BURRITT
37 Catherine CHAUNCEY (Nathaniel24, Abigail9, John1) b 22 Sep 1714; d 12 Jan 1736; m 1732 Benjamin STILLMAN of Wethersfield, CT; b 1704 son of George STILLMAN and Rebecca SMITH. No children.
38 Abigail CHAUNCEY (Nathaniel, Abigail9, John1) b 2 Oct 1717; d 3 Nov 1768; m 5 Apr 1749 Hon. Jabez HAMLIN son of John HAMLIN and Mary COLLINS of Middletown, CT; b 28 Jul 1709; d 25 Apr 1791. Hamlin m 2nd Susannah Newton WHITTLESEY, widow of Rev Samuel WHITTLESEY of Milford, CT.
Jabez HAMLIN b 11 Dec 1752; d 20 Sep 1759
Margaret HAMLIN b 22 Jun 1756
Abigail HAMLIN b 4 May 1758; d 10 Sep 1759
39 Nathaniel CHAUNCEY III (Nathaniel24, Abigail9, John1) b 21 Jan 1720; d 3 Dec 1798; m 1st Mary STOCKING of Middletown, CT; m 2nd Susannah GILBERT of Hebron, CT. He was a 1740 grad of Yale and a justice of the peace.
Nathaniel CHAUNCEY IV b 12 May 1758
40 Rev Elnathan CHAUNCEY (Nathaniel24, Abigail9, John1) b 10 Sep 1724; d 4 May 1796; m 6 Feb 1760 Elizabeth WORTHINGTON, dau of William WORTHINGTON and Temperance GALLUP. He was a 1743 Yale grad and a farmer at Durham; preached in earlier and later years of his life.
Nathaniel William CHAUNCEY b 12 Sep 1761
Catherine CHAUNCEY b 6 Aug 1765
Elnathan Elihu CHAUNCEY b 15 Mar 1767
Worthington Gallup CHAUNCEY b 9 Mar 1772
25 Sarah CHAUNCEY (Abigail9, John1) b 15 Sep 1683, Hatfield, MA; m Rev Samuel WHITTLESEY b 1686
41 Samuel WHITTLESEY b 10 Jul 1713; m Susannah NEWTON
42 Lois WHITTLESEY b 28 Nov I714; m Col Elihu HALL
43 Chauncey WHITTLESEY b 8 Oct 1717; m 1st Elizabeth WHITING, m 2nd Martha NEWTON
44 Sarah WHITTLESEY b 19 Jan 1720; d 23 Aug 1725
45 Elisha WHITTLESEY b 19 Oct 1721; m Susannah HALL
46 Charles WHITTLESEY b 16 Jan 1723; d 25 Feb 1808, was an attorney; m 13 Jun 1751, Lucy HALL b 29 Nov 1735; d 19 Oct 1768
47 Sarah WHITTLESEY b 20 Oct 1726; d 2 Nov 1741
48 Katherine WHITTLESEY b 26 Dec 1728; m Rev James DANA, D.D.
26 Rev Samuel POMEROY (Abigail9, John1) b 16 Sep 1687; d 30 Jun 1744 Newton, NY; m 1st Lydia TAYLOR of Northampton, MA; d 1722
m 2nd Elizabeth WEBB, dau Rev Joseph WEBB of Fairfield, CT.
Rev Pomeroy graduated 1705 from Yale; 1708 went to Newton, Queens County, New York. Served in Congregational and then Presbyterian Church.
Catherine POMEROY (Samuel26, Abigail9, John1) b 4 May 1708; d 1778, New York, NY; m Jacob RIKER
Lydia RIKER b 1732; m Capt Isaac SHELDON
Abraham RIKER b 1734; m 29 Oct 1757 Sarah ROUSBY dau of Henry ROUSBY
Margaret RIKER b 1740; m 2 Sep 1766 Capt Abraham RIKER
Catherine RIKER b 1742; m 1st Capt Dennis CANDY; m 2nd Cornelius BRADFORD
Elizabeth RIKER; m Capt George COLLINS
Abigail POMEROY (Samuel26, Abigail9, John1) b 8 Jul 1710 m Jonathan HAZARD
Noah POMEROY (Samuel26, Abigail9, John1) b 20 Nov 1712, d 1712
Lemuel POMEROY (Samuel26, Abigail9, John1) b 23 May 1716; d 11 Oct 1737, island of Curacoa
Elizabeth POMEROY (Samuel26, Abigail9, John1) b 16 Nov 1717; m 11 Dec 1734 Philip EDSALL
Samuel EDSALL b abt 1744; d 11 Oct 1806
Elizabeth EDSALL m Judge Benjamin COE
References
1 Colonial Families of the United States; ed George N. Mackenzie; Vol V, p 539-543. 973.2 M199. LDS Family History Center, Los Angeles.
2 Strong Family History
3 Land records from "Strong Men and Strong Women", Jeanne Waters Strong, courtesy of Martha F.B. Strong's website at www.geocities.com/Heartland/Prairie/4715.
