Abigail Strong 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
     Birth Date: Abt 1645 - (Taunton, Bristol Co., Ma)
    Christening: 
          Death: 15 Apr 1704
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:
Parents 
         Father: John Strong (1605-1699) 2
         Mother: Abigail Ford (Abt 1608-1688) 3
Spouses and Children 
1. *Nathaniel Chauncey (1639 - 4 Nov 1685) 1 
       Marriage: 12 Nov 1673 1

2. Medad Pomeroy (19 Aug 1638 - 30 Dec 1716) 1 
       Marriage: 8 Sep 1686 1
Notes
General:
HISTORY OF THE DESCENDANTS OF ELDER JOHN STRONG OF NORTHAMPTON, MASS. (Benjamin W. Dwight, 1871), Vol II, pgs 1279-80:

[2d Gen.] See page 19.
15-17. viii. Abigail Strong (dau. of Elder John Strong and Abigail Ford) b. about 1645, m. Nov. 12, 1673, Rev. Nathaniel Chauncey of Hatfield, Mass., b. in Plymouth, Mass., in 1639 (son of Rev. Charles Chauncey Prest. of Harvard Coll., and Catharine Eyre (dau. of Robert Eyre of Sarum, Eng., and Agnes dau. of the celebrated John Still, Bishop of Bath and Wells, Eng.) He was grad. at Harvard, in 1661. He preached at Windsor, Ct. (1666-78), and at Hatfield, Mass. (1679-85), where he d. Nov. 4, 1685, aged 48. His effects were inventoried as follows: Estate, £429; house barn, &c., £100; and Library (which was exceedingly valuable for those times) £85. He was assistant and successor to Rev. John Warham of Windsor, while preaching there, and was a strong advocate of his views of the half-way covenant. An earnest minority in the church dissenting from such views withdrew and formed a second church, inviting Rev. Benjamin Woodbridge in 1669-70, to become their pastor just before the death of Mr. Warham. Mrs. Abigail Chauncey m. Sept. 8, 1686, for a 2d husband Dea. Medad Pomeroy of Northampton, bapt. Aug. 19, 1638 (son of Eltweed Pomeroy of Dorchester, Mass.) He was a teacher, selectman, town-clerk, representive to the General court, and a man of large wealth for the times and of much influence. He was one of the very few men that had the title, so uncommon in those days, of Esq. He d. Dec. 30, 1716. Their son, Rev. Samuel Pomeroy b. in 1687, grad. at Yale, in 1705, settled at Newtown, L. I., in 1709, where he d. suddenly in 1744. She d. April 15, 1704, aged 59.

[3d Gen.] Children:

23849. i. Isaac Chauncey b. Sept. 6, 1674 : d. unmarried in Durham, Ct., July 23, 1748, aged 68.
23850-1. ii. Catharine Chauncey b. Jan. 12, 1676, m. Rev. Daniel Brewer of Springfield, Mass. She d. May 15, 1754.
23852-3. iii. Abigail Chauncey b. Oct. 14, 1677, m. Dr. Hudson and for 2d husband Edward Burroughs.
23854. iv. Charles Chauncey b. Sept. 3, 1679, d. Oct. 31, 1679.
23855-6. v. Rev. Nathaniel Chauncey b. Sept. 26, 1681, d. Feb. 8, 1756, aged 74.
23857-8. vi. Sarah Chauncey b. Sept. 15, 1683, m. Rev. Samuel Whittlesey of Wallingford, Ct.
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Sources

1 Benjamin W. Dwight, History of the Descendants of Elder John Strong of Northampton, Mass, 1871, pgs 1279-80. Repository: http://books.google.com.

2 Benjamin W. Dwight, History of the Descendants of Elder John Strong of Northampton, Mass, 1871, pgs 15-17. Repository: http://books.google.com.

3 Benjamin W. Dwight, History of the Descendants of Elder John Strong of Northampton, Mass, 1871, pg 17. Repository: http://books.google.com.

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