Preserved Strong 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
     Birth Date: 29 Mar 1680 - Northampton, Hampshire Co., Ma 1
    Christening: 
          Death: 
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:
Parents 
         Father: Jedediah Strong (1637-1733)
         Mother: Freedom Woodward (1642-1681) 2
Spouses and Children 
1. *Tabitha Lee (1677 - 23 Jun 1750) 3 
       Marriage: 23 Oct 1701 - Northampton, Hampshire Co., Ma 4
       Children:
                1. Noah Strong (1702-      )
                2. Elisabeth Strong (1704-      )
                3. Moses Strong (1708-      )
                4. Aaron Strong (1708-      )
                5. Tabitha Strong (1710-1730)
                6. Mary Strong (1714-      )
                7. John Strong (1716-      )
                8. Enoch Strong (1720-      )
Notes
General:
HISTORY OF THE DESCENDANTS OF ELDER JOHN STRONG OF NORTHAMPTON, MASS. (Benjamin W. Dwight, 1871), Vol II, pg 986:

[3d Gen.] See page 770.
14273-4. xii. Preserved Strong (son of Jedediah Strong and Freedom Woodward) b. March 29, 1680, m. Oct. 23, 1701, Tabitha Lee b. in 1677-8 (dau. of John Lee of Farmington, Ct., and Mary Hart dau. of Stephen Hart). It was the widow of this John Lee (Mrs. Mary Lee), that his father Jedediah Strong m. Jan. 5, 1692, as his third wife. He removed from Northampton to Lebanon, Ct., in 1714, and after 1720 to Coventry, Ct., and was one of the selectmen of Coventry, in 1730, '31, '34, and '35. He d. Sept. 26, 1765, æt. 85: she d. June 23, 1750, æt. 72. He is said to have received his name from the fact that he was born in a great snow storm and preserved alive notwithstanding its severity.

[4th Gen.] Children:

18341-2. i. Noah Strong b. at Northampton, Sept. 20, 1702, d. June 23, 1771.
18343-4. ii. Elizabeth Strong b. at Northampton, Sept. 27, 1704, m.
May 12,1724, Joseph Strong, Jr., of Coventry, b. July 25, 1701 (son of Joseph Strong of Coventry and Sarah Allen). For account of her descendants, who have been very numerous, see under Joseph Strong, Jr., pp. 320-428. She d. May 1, 1792, æt. 87.
18345-6. iii. Moses Strong b. May 14, 1708, at Northampton.
18347-8. iv. Aaron Strong (twin with Moses) b. May 14, 1708.
18349-50. v. Tabitha Strong b. at Northampton, Aug. 13, 1710, m. James Parker of Coventry, Ct.
18351-2. vi. Mary Strong b. at Northampton, June 10, 1714. Believed by the author (but not certainly known) to have been the Mary Strong who m. March 3, 1743, Thomas Ritter b. July, 1715 (son of Daniel Ritter and Lydia Bailey, of Newburyport). She d. July 9, 1754, at E. Hartford, Ct., æt. 40. He was a farmer, glazier and stone cutter in Rowley, Mass. Their children were: Elizabeth, Moses, Lydia, Ezra, and Ann, if not others also. Mr. Thomas Ritter the grandfather, came from Germany.
18353-4. vii. Gen. John Strong b. in Lebanon, Ct, Feb. 25, 1715-16.
18355-6. viii. Enoch Strong b. in Lebanon, July 16, 1720.
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Sources

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

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

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

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

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