David Lee and Lydia Strong

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Husband David Lee ¹

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           Born: 1674
     Christened: 
           Died: 1759 - Coventry, Tolland Co., Ct 2
         Buried: 

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         Father: John Lee (1621-      ) 2
         Mother: Mary Hart (      -1700) 3

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       Marriage: 5 Sep 1695 - Northampton, Hampshire Co., Ma 4

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Wife Lydia Strong

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           Born: 9 Nov 1675 - Northampton, Hampshire Co., Ma 5
     Christened: 
           Died: 16 Jul 1718 - Coventry, Tolland Co., Ct 6
         Buried: 

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         Father: Jedediah Strong (1637-1733)
         Mother: Freedom Woodward (1642-1681) 7

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Children

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General Notes: Husband - David Lee

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See notes under his wife Lydia Strong.

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General Notes: Wife - Lydia Strong

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[3d Gen.] See page 770.
14269-70. ix. Lydia Strong (dau. of Jedediah Strong, of Coventry, and Freedom Woodward) b. Nov. 9, 1675, m. Sept. 5, 1695, David Lee b. in 1674 (son of John Lee the settler, and Mary Hart dau. of Dea. Stephen Hart) a weaver at Coventry (1709-29) where his wife d. July 16, 1718. He m. May 27, 1719, for 2d wife, Elizabeth ...... (the family name is illegible in the record) and removed to Lebanon, Ct., where he lived for 30 years (1729-59) and d. in 1759, aged 85. Previously to 1709 he lived at Northampton.

John Lee b. in 1621, came to this country from Ipswich, Eng., in Ship Francis, the last of April, 1634, when but 13 years of age, under the care of Mr. William Westwood. This gentleman settled at Newtown (Cambridge) Mass., whence he soon went to Hartford, Ct., in the company that settled that place, and was a prominent man there in the early years of that town. He and Dea. Stephen Hart lived side by side. Next we find Stephen Hart among the first settlers of Farmington, and soon afterwards, John Lee, also made freeman in it. In 1658, John Lee married Mary Hart, daughter of Dea. Stephen Hart. They united with the church July 15, 1660, under the care of Rev. Roger Newton. At his death in 1689, his estate was appraised at £359, lawful money. He was 68 years old. His children were:
i. John Lee b. June 11, 1659.
ii. Mary Lee b. Aug. 14, 1664, m. Dec. 28, 1682 Stephen Upson.
iii. Stephen Lee b. April 2, 1669.
iv. Thomas Lee b. in 1670.
v. David Lee b. in 1674.
vi. Tabitha Lee d. in 1677, m. Oct. 23, 1701 Preserved Strong (son of Jedediah and Freedom Strong) and d. June 23, 1750.

Mrs. Mary (Hart) Lee, widow of John Lee, the settler, m. Jan. 5, 1692, Jedediah Strong of Northampton as his 3d wife, by which marriage Preserved Strong became both her step-son and son-in-law. In removing to Northampton, in consequence of this marriage, she took her two youngest children, David and Tabitha to that place with her. She d. Oct. 10, 1700, by the fall off a horse (as already described under account of the family of Jedediah Strong, p. 770), aged 70. As to the family of Dea. Stephen Hart (deacon in the church of Rev. Thomas Hooker of Hartford) the author has not been able to gather very specific details. The records at Farmington back of 1682, are very imperfect and some of the earlier records were destroyed by fire. Dea. Stephen Hart d. in 1683. His son Stephen, Jr., d. about 1689.

[4th Gen.] Children of David Lee and Lydia Strong:

17868-9. i. Jedediah Lee b. Feb. 1, 1697.
17870. ii. Lydia Lee b. April 21, 1699, d May 5, 1699.
17871. iii. Lydia Lee (2) b. Jan. 23, 1702.
17872-3. iv. David Lee b. June 26, 1705.
17874. v. Josiah Lee b. Oct. 6, 1707.
17875. vi. Abigail Lee b. in 1713, at Coventry, Ct.
17886-7. vii. Rev. Jonathan Lee b. July 10, 1718, at Coventry.

1 Benjamin W. Dwight, History of the Descendants of Elder John Strong of Northampton, Mass, 1871, pgs 770, 957. Repository: http://books.google.com.

2 Benjamin W. Dwight, History of the Descendants of Elder John Strong of Northampton, Mass, 1871, pg 957. Repository: http://books.google.com.

3 Benjamin W. Dwight, History of the Descendants of Elder John Strong of Northampton, Mass, 1871, pgs 769, 957. Repository: http://books.google.com.

4 Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910, Repository: http://www.familysearch.org.

5 "Massachusetts Births and Christenings 1639-1915," Repository: http://www.familysearch.org.

6 Benjamin W. Dwight, History of the Descendants of Elder John Strong of Northampton, Mass, 1871, pg 956. Repository: http://books.google.com.

7 Benjamin W. Dwight, History of the Descendants of Elder John Strong of Northampton, Mass, 1871, pg 769. Repository: http://books.google.com.