Jedediah Strong 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
     Birth Date: 7 May 1637 - Hingham, New Plymouth Colony, Ma 1 2
    Christening: 14 Apr 1639 1
          Death: 22 May 1733 - Coventry, Tolland Co., Ct 1
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:
Parents 
         Father: John Strong (1605-1699) 3
         Mother: Abigail Ford (Abt 1608-1688) 4
Spouses and Children 
1. *Freedom Woodward (1642 - 17 May 1681) 1 
       Marriage: 18 Nov 1662 1
       Children:
                1. Elizabeth Strong (1664-1692)
                2. Abigail Strong (1666-1689)
                3. Jedediah Strong (1667-1709)
                4. Ford Strong (1668-1668)
                5. child Strong (1669-1669)
                6. Hannah Strong (1671-1762)
                7. Thankful Strong (1672-1742)
                8. John Strong (1673-1673)
                9. Lydia Strong (1675-1718)
                10. Mary Strong (1677-      )
                11. Experience Strong (1678-1678)
                12. Preserved Strong (1680-      )
                13. John Strong (1681-1699)

2. Abigail Stebbins (6 Sep 1660 - 15 Jul 1689) 1 
       Marriage: 28 Dec 1681 - Northampton, Hampshire Co., Ma 6
       Children:
                1. Mary Strong (1683-      )

3. Mary Hart (       - 10 Oct 1700) 8 
       Marriage: 5 Jan 1692 - Northampton, Hampshire Co., Ma 6
Notes
General:
HISTORY OF THE DESCENDANTS OF ELDER JOHN STRONG OF NORTHAMPTON, MASS. (Benjamin W. Dwight, 1871), Vol II, pgs 769-770:

[2d Gen.] See page 19.
8-9. iv. Jedediah Strong (son of Elder John Strong of Northampton and Abigail Ford) b. May 7, 1637, (and bapt. April 14, 1639), m. Nov. 18, 1662, Freedom Woodward, bapt. at Dorchester, Mass., in 1642 (dau. of Henry Woodward, afterwards of Northampton, and "one of the pillars of the church," there, and Elizabeth his wife). He was a farmer at Northampton until 1709, when at the age of 70 years and upwards he removed with his family to Coventry, Ct., where 24 years afterwards he d. May 22, 1733, aged 96; during the years 1677-8 & 9, he was paid 18 shillings a year for blowing the trumpet on Sunday to summon the people to church. His wife Freedom d. May 17, 1681, and he m. Dec. 19, 1681, for 2d wife Abigail Stebbins b. Sept. 6, 1660 (dau. of John Stebbins, of Northampton, and Abigail Bartlett \emdash dau. of Robert and Anne Bartlett, of Hartford, and afterwards of Northampton). She d. July 15, 1689, and he m. Jan. 5, 1691-2, for 3d wife Mrs. Mary (Hart) Lee widow of John Lee, of Farmington, Ct., and dau. of Stephen Hart, of Farmington. He lived with his first wife 19 years, with his second 7, and with his third wife 9, and notwithstanding his three marriages spent 33 years as a widower, and 61 unmarried. His wife Mary d. Oct. 10,1710, from the injury which she received the day previous, by the fall of the horse on which she was riding (on a pillion behind her husband), when just started well upon their way to Coventry, together, to visit their children. The record reads thus at Northampton: "Oct. 9, 1710, Jedediah Strong, and wife set out early in the morning to visit their children, at Coventry; but when they came against the Falls (at S. Hadley) among the broad smooth stones, the horse's feet slipped up and he fell flat on the off side and by the fall killed the woman: though she was not quite dead then, but had life in her until the next day \emdash - yet never spoke a word." He was constable in 1683.

[3d Gen.] Children:

By first wife:
14256-7. i. Elizabeth Strong b. June 9, 1664, m. Ebenezer Wright.
14258-9. ii. Abigail Strong b. July 9, 1666, m. Thomas King.
14260-1. iii. Jedediah Strong b. Aug. 7, 1667, d. Oct. 12, 1709, aged 42.
14262. iv. Ford Strong b. Sept. 2, 1668, d. Nov. 1, 1668.
14263. v. A child unnamed b. Oct. 11, 1669, d. in 1669.
14264-5. vi. Hannah Strong b. Feb. 3, 1671, m. Benjamin Carpenter d. March 20, 1762, aged 91.
14266-7. vii. Thankful Strong b. April 15, 1672, m. Dea. Thomas Root, Jr., d. April 16, 1742, aged 70.
14268. viii. John Strong b. Nov. 15, 1673, d. Nov. 1673.
14269-70. ix. Lydia Strong b. Nov. 9, 1675, m. David Lee, d. July 16, 1718.
14271. x. Mary Strong b. May, 1677, d. soon.
14272. xi. Experience Strong b. Aug. 19, 1678, d. Sept. 16, 1678.
14273-4. xii. Preserved Strong b. March 29, 1680.
14275. xiii. John Strong b. May 10,1681, d. April 21,1699, aged 18.

By second wife:
14176-7. xiv. Mary Strong b. in 1683, m. April 18, 1711, Ebenezer Pixley b. in Northampton, May 3, 1678 (son of Wm. Pixley of Hadley, and afterwards of Northampton, and Sarah Lawrence). He d. in Westfield, in 1716. They had one child Elijah Pixley b. in 1714, that d. in 1716.

SISTERS:

Jedediah and his brother Jerijah married sisters: Abigail Stebbins and Thankful Stebbins, respectively. Hannah Strong and Mary Strong married brothers.

WILL:

A facsimile copy of the following will is between pages 4 and 5 of STRONG FAMILY HISTORY UPDATES, VOLUME II, JEDEDIAH AND HIS DESCENDANTS (1989). It was exhibited to a Court of Probate in Wendham on June 21, 1733 by the executor, and it was proved before a Justice of the Peace in Lebanon, Connecticut by the oaths of John Woodward, Esq. and Mr. Ebenezar Tisdale, both of Lebanon.

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The seventh day of January 1726/7: In ye Name of God amen. I Jedediah Strong of Lebanon In ye County of wendham and Colony of Connectticut In New England being weak In body but of perfect mind and memory thanks be Given to God thare for Caling to mind the mortality of my body and knowing that it is apointed for all men once to dye do make and ordain this to be my last will and Testament that is to say princeaply and first of all I give and recomend my soul Into ye hands of God that gave it and my body I Recomd To the Earth to be Buried In deacent Christian buriall at ye discretion of my Executor heare after mentioned and Named --- Nothing doubting but at ye General Resurrection I Shall Receve the same again by the mighty power of God -- and as touching such worldly Estate wherewith It hath pleased God to bles me In This life I Give demise and dispose of ye same In manor following
Imp I give and bequeath of my Estate to my son Preserved Strong ye summe of 18-0-0
I Give and bequeath unto my daughter Hanah Carpenter - - - - - - - 15-0-0
I Give and bequeath unto my daughter Thankfull Root - - - - - - - - 14-0-0
I Give and bequeath unto my daughter Mary Saxton - - - - - - - - - 14-0-0
I Give and bequeath unto my Grand Child Stephen Strong - - - - - - - 02-0-0
I Give and bequeath unto my Grand Child Eliezar Strong - - - - - - - 01-10-0
I Give and bequeath unto my Grand Child Suply Strong - - - - - - - 01-10-0
I Give and bequeath unto my Grand Child Jedediah Strong - - - - - - 00-10-0
I Give and bequeath unto my Grand Child Ezra Strong - - - - - - - - 01-10-0
I Give and bequeath unto my Grand Child Freedom Buell - - - - - - - 01-10-0
I Give and bequeath unto Thomas King my Grand son - - - - - - - - 01-00-0
I Give and bequeath unto ye heirs of my Grand Child Abigall
Saxtone deceased ye summe of - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 01-10-0
To be Equaly divided between them
I Give and bequeath unto my Grand Child Jedediah Lee - - - - - - - 01-10-0
I Give and bequeath unto my Grand Child Lidiah Robson - - - - - - - 01-10-0
I Give and bequeath unto my Grand Child David Lee - - - - - - - - 01-10-0
I Give and bequeath unto my Grand Child Mary Lee - - - - - - - - - 01-10-0
I Give and bequeath unto my Grand Child Abigall Lee - - - - - - - - 01-10-0
I Give and bequeath unto my Grand Son Jonathan Lee - - - - - - - - 01-10-0
all ye above mentioned legaces to be paide to Each of them by my Executor heare after Named with In Six years after my deceas --- and I do heare by make and ordain my son Preserved Strong my Sole Executor of this my last will and Testament and do heare by also give and bequeath unto him my sd Executor all ye Remainder of my Estate that Is more thean the above sd legasies be It In what way soever It becoms my Estate at my decease and I do heare by make voide and Null all former wills and Testaments whatsoever by These presents heare by Ratiefieing and Confirming this to be my last Will and Testement and In witnes heare of I have heare unto set my hand and afixed my seall ye day and year above mentioned
Signed Sealed Red Pronounced and decleared
By sd Jedediah Strong as his last will and Testement
In Presents of
Jedediah Strong (seal)
Ebenezar Tisdale
Josiah Wheler
John Woodward
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Sources

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

2 Strong Family Association website, http://strongfamilyofamerica.org/genealogy/getperson.php?personID=I2476&tree=strong.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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