Hi all, I want to wish you all a Happy Thanksgiving. Martha

======================================================== Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1998 00:12:20 -0800 From: Pam Thomson <[email protected]> Organization: N. W. S. S. / Town Square Network To: [email protected] Subject: My earlier submission I've just found a new relative and she informs me that Mary Strong's parents (William Strong and Anne Ramsay) whose information I have already submitted [to the Strong Quest Web Site, and forwarded to the Strong Mail List] were from Ireland but more likely from Antrim than from Cork. -- Pam Thomson http://www3.bc.sympatico.ca/ Town Square Network ======================================================== FORWARDED BY: Robert T. Strong, Jr. 119 Mystic Way Madison, AL 35757-8801 =========================================================

====================================================== GUEST REGISTER SUBMISSION STRONG QUEST WEB SITE http://ro.com/~rts2/quest This submission will be archived on page /g09.html/. ======================================================= Georgia Ann (KELTNER) FIELDS ("Georgia Ann") Route 2, Box 118 De Leon, TX U.S.A. 76444 County:  Comanche County E-mail address: [email protected]    PERSONAL INFORMATION: First time visitor?:  No First time signed Guest Register?:  Yes Strong Genealogy Mail List subscriber?:   No Age range?:  50-59 Highest level of formal education?:  Community College Degree Employed?:  Employed full time Occupation or career?:  Assistant City Secretary How did you learn about The Strong Quest website?:  Internet Search [Not specified.] Preferred genealogy database program?:  Family Tree Maker EARLIEST STRONG ANCESTOR: Name:  Samuel David STRONG (Of TX) Year of birth:  1866 Place of birth:  Unknown Year of death:  1943 Place of death:  Comanche Co., TX Other places of residence?:  Randolph Co., AL > Gordon Co., GA > TX Spouse (direct ancestor):  Mary McDora KIKER Their year of marriage?:  1897 Their place of marriage?:  Erath Co., TX Other spouses, with marriage order?:  Number of children?:  7 Occupation or trade?:  Farmer DESCENT FROM EARLIEST STRONG ANCESTOR: Generation 02:  Willie Serena (STRONG) CARAWAY b. 12/15/1898 d. 07/31/1989 m. George Alvin CARAWAY b. 12/19/1898 , in De Leon, TX 01/09/1918 Generation 03:  Mamie Ruth (CARAWAY) KELTNER b. 01/23/1919 m. Garland Clyde KELTNER b. 11/29/1911, in Putnam, TX 02/06/1941 Generation 04:  Georgia Ann (KELTNER) FIELDS b. 11/21/1944 m. Jimmy Keith FIELDS b. 01/01/1944, in Lubbock, TX 11/26/1963 EVALUATION of this web site?:  One of the best I have seen. COMMENTS and/or SUGGESTIONS: [No comment.] Originating Internet Provider's Server Address: 208.6.233.70 Submittor's Browser: Mozilla/2.0 (compatible; MSIE 3.0; SK; Windows 95); Date and Time of submission:  22-Nov-98 03:12 PM =========================================================== COMMENTS BY SITE MANAGER: Samuel D. Strong is probably a descendant of Mastin Strong, who died in Randolph Co., AL, in 1866. Following is the ancestry of Mastin Strong and the probable ancestry of Samuel D. Strong. 1. John Strong of St. Peter's Parish, probably New Kent Co., VA, was probably the headright claimed by Robert Hughes of New Kent Co., VA, in a 1682 grant. No records of John Strong have been found after the 1703 christening (infant baptism) of his son, George Strong. His wife has not been identified. They likely died in St. Paul's Parish, New Kent or Hanover County, VA. 2. John Strong, Jr., born 1698, St. Peter's Parish, VA; died St. Martin's Parish, Hanover Co., VA, by 1751. His widow was probably the Mary Strong whose last record was in 1787 in Goochland Co., VA, when she appeared to be residing with he son, John Strong, III. 3. Martin Strong, born about 1725-1730, probably St. Paul's Parish, Hanover County, VA, was the most probable husband of Ann Stanley, daughter of John Stanley, "the eldest", of St. Martin's Parish, Hanover County, VA. Ann married a Mr. Strong, a non-Quaker, about 1753 or 1754, and was excommunicated from the Cedar Creek Friends Meeting for doing so. Martin appears to have died in Hanover County about 1780, as in 1781 Ann Strong was residing in Goochland Co., VA, near several Strong in-laws, and was the apparent head of her household. Her last record was in 1803, but she possibly relocated to Buckingham Co., VA, and was the elderly woman residing with her son, John Strong, there in 1810. About 1797, Ann Strong with her son, Mastin Strong, entered into a seven year "share-cropper" lease in Goochland Co., VA. 4. Mastin Strong was born about 1774 when his parents were then apparently residents of St. Martin's Parish, Hanover County, VA. After 1781 he resided in Goochland Co., VA, with his mother and siblings. He married in 1799 to Nancy East in Goochland Co., VA, but she apparently died soon after. About 1805 or 1806 he married, second, Rebecca, whose surname was apparently McCormack, of Buckingham Co., VA. They relocated to Roane Co., TN, where they were residing at the time of the War of 1812, in which Mastin served. Many years later Mastin Strong applied for and received military land bounty grants and after Mastin's death, Rebecca filed for a Widow's Pension based on Mastin's service. These records provide valuable information about the Mastin Strong family. Mastin resided in Roane Co., Jefferson Co., and Bradley Counties, TN, where he was in 1850. One of his sons, Samuel C. Strong, settled in Randolph County, AL, and Mastin took his military land grants there, also. Mastin relocated to the part of Randolph County, AL, that is now Cleburne County. The coordinates of Mastin's land show he was residing just north of the current line between Randolph and Cleburne Counties. Mastin died on 31 JAN 1866 and in 1870 his widow, Rebecca, was found in the home of an apparent daughter, Mrs. S. F. Horn, in Calhoun Co., AL, but Rebecca still listed her mailing address as Randolph County in her pension application. At the time of the 1830 census, Mastin and Rebecca Strong had 10 persons under the age of 30 in their household. Most of Mastin's and Rebecca's children have not been identified. 5. Samuel C. Strong was probably born about 1810 in Roane Co., TN. He said he had three sisters who were older than he (who have not been identified). His census reports in Randolph Co., AL, indicated eleven children, two of whom were reported to have relocated to Erath County, Texas, in the 1890s. The wife of Samuel C. Strong was Sarah Morrison. 6. Thomas Jeffeson Strong and George Washington Strong reportedly relocated to Erath Co., TX, in the 1890s, so one of them is the likely father of Samuel David Strong. George W. Strong, born about NOV 1857 was enumerated on the 1880 census in Tallapoosa Co., AL, and the 1900 census of Shelby Co., AL, thus he could not have been in Erath Co., TX, in 1900, as alleged. No one named Samuel David Strong or S. D. Strong was found on the 1870 census of Randolph Co. or Cleburne Co., AL. A review of Strongs found on the 1880 soundex residing in Cleburne, Tallapoosa, and Shelby Counties, Alabama, did not locate a Samuel Strong or male named S. D. Strong. All Strong households in Alabama in 1880 were not checked. The 1900, 1910, and 1920 census records of Strongs residing in Erath County, Texas, should be abstracted in a search for the parents and grandparents of Samuel David Strong. A person named "Sam David Strong" died in Falls Co., TX, on 1 MAR 1943, according to Texas Death Certificate # 12028. The death certificate should state the parents of the deceased. I recommend that a copy of this death certificate be obtained from the Bureau of Vital Statistics, Texas Department of Health, 1100 West 49th Street, Austin, Texas 78756. Contact that address of call 512-458-7111 and request an order form, which will state the required fee. Robert T. Strong, Jr. 119 Mystic Way Madison, AL 35757-8801 Comments (c) 1998. All rights reserved. ========================================================= Robert T. Strong, Jr. 119 Mystic Way Madison, Al 35757-8801

Dave, I write to you with much joy and great excitement!! I have, at long last, tied my lonely seafaring James Strang into the family of the above referenced Jean D'Estreng!! Here's how the direct lineage goes... [Note: Most of the following information comes from "The Strangs of Westchester" written by Charles Alfred Strange - an amazingly detailed and thorough work which may prove useful to others researching these lines.] 1. Jean D'Estreng b. abt 1598 2. Henry D'Estreng b. abt 1620 d. aft 1680 m. Marie BABAULT 3. Daniel Streing b. between 1654-1656 d. 1707, Rye,Weschester,New York m. Charlotte Le MAISTRE abt 03 Aug 1680 These are the immigrant ancestors having feld France for London and the New York as Huguenots. A NOTE ABOUT SURNAME SPELLINGS: It has been remarked that "the variations that certain Frenchmen of the seventeenth century enjoyed in teh spelling of their surnames. In the Paris documents concerning them, Daniel and his brother Jacques indulged in this caprice, the name being signed or appearing variously as String, Streng, Streing, Straing, Strain, and even Estrain and Estrang. In America however, Daniel's numerous surviving signatures are all written Streing, Although his wife's signature on her will is clearly Strieng. Daniel's sons spelled the name as both Streing and Straing. The thrid generation, as of the 1740s, agreed upon Strang, and, with few exceptions - such as that of the writer's (Charles Alfred Strange) family - it has been Strang ever since." 4. Daniel Streing b. abt 1692 prob. in New Rochelle, New York d. 1741 in either White Plains or Cortlandt, NY m. Phebe PURDY 5. Daniel Strang b. abt 1715 in Rye, Westchester Co., New York d. 25 Sep 1792 in Rye m. Elizabeth GALPIN prob in the early 1740s 6. Gabriel Strang b. 1754-55 at the family farm on the Connecticut line at Port Chester, New York or in Cortlandt. d. Bef 25 May 1826 (the date of the funeral) in Portland Parish, St. John Co., New Brunswick, Canada m. Siscely DAVIDSON 7. James Strang b. 09 Sep 1804 in St. John, St. John, New Brunswick, Canada d. 29 Nov 1870 in Charlotte Co., New Brunswick This is my 4x grt grandfather who I have been searching for since October 1996. I still have some further work to putting together the full story on his family. He appears to have had two wives, m. 1st Jane Connick d/o Samuel There were children from this union that I still need to uncover. m. 2nd Margaret < > abt 1835-36 >From census information, it appears that John Fielden (my 3x grt grandpa) and his sister Sarah were the only two children of this union. So, there you have it... I now have a STRANG past!! -- Tracy Vickers Maple Ridge, BC, Canada email: [email protected] Genealogy Home Port: http://tor-pw1.netcom.ca/~vickerst/family.html Behold the turtle. He makes progress only when he sticks his neck out. James B. Conant

On my way to other things: There is a reference to Moses M. Strong in "Wisconsin, A Story Progress", by William Francis Raney, Ph.D., 100: "es M. Strong, the Democratic candidate [in the Wisconsin elections of 1847], had a reputation for drinking that is said to have lost him the vote of the striNew England elements and there was also a third-party movement that may have thrown the election to the Whigs." There is also a long reference James J. Strang [lawyer-Mormon] in 1843 in Wisconsin on page 118. Gerald O. Breithaupt

Hi All, For the NY searchers a web site of interest! http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Plains/9514/index3.html burial of Watertown, Jefferson Co., NY Jim

Does anyone know of a Benjamin STRANGE who lived in Fairfield Co, SC ca 1810? I'm trying to find out if he was married to Elizabeth BELL. Any leads would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!!

Martha and All, Isn't that something! To think of being a double Strong. How many Double Strongs are there out there. When I visited with my Aunt Katherine Strong Collins last month she was remembering how "My Father know all of his relatives". She went on to said, they as children were made to go outside while the adults talked. Let this be a lesson to us, she now does not remember her ancestors, because children were to be seen not heard! Martha, Your effort on the Four Generations has been such a large success. It is a work you can be proud of for years to come. We the descendants of John Sronge, Chard, Somerset England, later Northampton, MA THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Keep up the beautiful work! After much checking I find only one error on the whole web site. I find the last photograph was taken by my eldest daughter Elizabeth Ann Gilbert Foreman (Lisa). She did excellent, to have been cloudy and overcast that day. Jim [email protected]

Clint, Hi there! It looks like you have a little more information that Martha and I had. I did not know about Emma and your message indicates you have more info about William. Please post that to the list and/or send it on to me so we can all include it in our records. Basically, everything I have is posted at the website now so I don't think I can add much but I'll give it some thought. Lindsey

========================================================= GUEST REGISTER SUBMISSIONS STRONG-GOSSAGE ANCESTRAL DATABASE http://members.tripod.com/~RTStrong/Ancestry ========================================================== Name: Mark W. Strong E-Mail: [email protected] Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Thomaston, Maine Time: 1998-11-17 12:19:54 Comments: I am a descendant of Jonathan Strong from England. I am always looking for additional information. My great Grandfather was Capt. James Littleton Strong. He was Captain of the 3 masted schooner, "Carrie Strong". I would appreciate hearing from anyone with more family history. I can be reached by calling 1-800-286-9822 nationwide. ========================================================== Name: Antony Strong E-Mail: [email protected] Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Caversham, Reading, Berkshire, England Time: 1998-11-17 11:47:03 Comments: I have seven generations of Strong,s all from the Berkshire and Hamshire counties. I am stuck on the birth of James Strong of Swallowfeild, Berkshire. Also I have found a possible link to the Webbs of Burfield, Berkshire. Can you please offer any help in this area. Thank You, A. Strong =========================================================== The automated acknowledgement sent to Antony Strong was returned as undeliverable. The E-Mail address appears to be incorrect. Using the Canada 411 directory, I found this address and phone number: A. Strong 3155 Turner St. Vancouver, BC 604-253-5119 If you have information to share, please reply to the person who posted the query, with a copy to the Strong Mail List and a copy to me. Bob T. Strong Robert T. Strong, Jr. 119 Mystic Way Madison, AL 35757-8801 P.S. to Mark and Tony: You are invited to visit my other web site, below, and complete the Guest Register, providing details of your descent from your earliest Strong ancestor. THE STRONG QUEST Web Site http://ro.com/~rts2/quest ==========================================================

Hi all, All the children for Elder John are up. I am in the process of correcting and putting new information up. There is new information up at the John Jr. Line, Mary Line Thomas Line. In fact almost every line has some new information. For those of you who are not Elder John I am going to put up Rev. James Family and Emma Strong Meigs family. Martha

Dear Jim and all, Those typos last night yuh, If the girls were 20 is what I was trying to say the were all married around the same time. I had some Loyalis records here at my house and I looked for David Scranton but didn't find anything. I wonder if Beaton Institute in Nova Scotia could help with the Scrantons. Martha

>Reply-To: <[email protected]> >From: "Ed Scott" <[email protected]> >To: "James E. Gilbert" <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: David Scranton 1790 >Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1998 09:50:30 -0500 >X-MSMail-Priority: Normal >X-Mailer: Microsoft Internet Mail 4.70.1161 > >Hello Jim: >If David Scranton came to Canada in 1790 it is not likely that he was a >United Empire Loyalist as defined by our Association, since to qualify he >would have had to "join the Royal Standard" before 1783. >Regrettably we do not have staff to do genealogical research, so I am >afraid that we cannot help you. I would suggest that you try and contact a >Nova scotia Geneagolical Society. > >Loyally yours >Edward Scott UE >---------- >> From: James E. Gilbert <[email protected]> >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: David Scranton 1790 >> Date: Sunday, November 15, 1998 8:20 PM >> >> Sirs, >> >> Can you tell me if David Scranton Manchester Nova Scotia migrated 1790 >was >> a United Empire Loyalist. He was married to one of my ancestor. The >records >> in Durham, CT state. David Scranton, m. ______Strong before 1790 and goes >> to Manchester Nova Scotia. I would like the first name of Strong lady >> Scranton married. >> >> Jim >> >> [email protected] >> >> >> >> > >

Dear Jim, I will do some checking I had some Nova Scotia addresses. I think David Scranton went to Nova Scotia way before 1790C.If you figure that the girls married aroung the age of 10 They would all have m. in the 1770's The way the letter is written Thomas had tried sending other letters but didn't think they had gotten through. I think the Scrantons were aroung when Eunice got m. 1774. Lois Strong Eunice Strong b. Aug. 16, 1752, m. 1774, d. Oct. 22, 1828, Dea. Simeon Coe, b. Feb. 12, 1775, d. Oct. 25, 1838, s/o Simeon Coe and Anna, a farmer at Durham, CT., after 1790 Whitestown, NY. He m2 Sarah Coe of Litchfield, NY. Loraine Strong b, Mar. 18, 1759 Catharine Strong, b. Apr. 14, 1759 Lucy Strong, b. Mar. 4, 1764 I'll see what I can find. Martha.

---------- > From: Lindsey DiCosola <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: Walter VT > Date: Monday, November 16, 1998 10:46 AM > > Martha; > > It's great! I want everyone to see the website! I am amazed at how fast > you got that done. > 2 really minor changes that were most likely typos in my originals > (sorry!) - > Ezra Brewster married Eleanor Jane LANE (not lamb) dau of Mathias with an > s LANE who was also a Rev War veteran. > > I hope that all of this information will catch the eye of some other > searchers out there. > > Thanks again. > > Lindsey DiCosola > [email protected] > > > ==== STRONG Mailing List ==== > ======================================================== > Ship Captains and other Mariners named STRANG(E) or STRONG(E) > http://tor-pw1.netcom.ca/~vickerst/ships.html > > Immigrants named STRANG(E) or STRONG(E) from passenger lists > http://tor-pw1.netcom.ca/~vickerst/passlist.html > ========================================================== > Dear Lindsey, My name is Barb Strong and my husband Jim is your first cousin once removed. Doug Strong had your letter at the reunion and shared it with us. Seeing that your grandparents are my dh's aunt and uncle and that your Dad is his first cousin I thought I would write to you to say hello. Jim says he remembers you and your sister as small little girls of about 4 or 5 with blond hair. We have alot of information on the Strong family and our genealogy is quite extensive. I would be willing to share info with you if you would like. We are looking forward to the 125th reunion in the year 2000. I am going to compile recipes from as many family members as I can and make a booklet that would be for sale(just to cover my expenses) It would contain stories and recipes that relate to the family. One of your relatives,Christina Chichester, is going to put in recipes of a dinner that her grandparents had every Friday. If you ate dinner at their house on Friday you knew in advance what was going to be on the table. In this way I hope to make our large circle of family a little closer. Please let me know if you would like to corespond some more information. Barb Strong [email protected] > > > > > > > > > > > > > >

Martha; It's great! I want everyone to see the website! I am amazed at how fast you got that done. 2 really minor changes that were most likely typos in my originals (sorry!) - Ezra Brewster married Eleanor Jane LANE (not lamb) dau of Mathias with an s LANE who was also a Rev War veteran. I hope that all of this information will catch the eye of some other searchers out there. Thanks again. Lindsey DiCosola [email protected]

All, Sorry, The Eunice I was referring to Eunice Strong d/o Thomas & Phebe Seward who married Simeon Coe and removed to Whitestown, Oneida Co., NY 1790 Dwight vol 1 Page 255. Nathan and Eunice(wife) where not the only part of the family to move to NY. Jim

Hello All, I am writing this to Martha and cc STRONG-L for one reason , hoping someone will reply with more information on the subject. The date of marriage of Nathan Strong and Eunice Chalker is 1790 Durham, CT. I remember seeing it in a book somewhere, but did not write it down for reference. The letter written by Thomas, Jr. in 1792 has Eunice and child in Durham, CT. and Dewight write in his book Vol. 1 page 257 of Nathan "removed about 1794-5, to Whitestown, Oneida Co., N.Y.," Henry C. 4/20/1791 (the child of the letter), Phebe 7/10/1792 and Charles born 4/6/1793 in Durham, CT. The letter was written 4/8/1792, Phebe was born 7/10/1792. Thomas said Nathan departed February last on April 8, 1792, that would mean he left for NY in February 1792. It this not correct? After Charles was old enough to travel they left to settle on Oneida Co., NY. It is my understanding most moves where made in the early Spring, so the planting of crops could be done and crops grown before winter. I did not read that Thomas did not know of the N & E's wedding. Just that "he (Nathan) married Eunice". I may have missed something I should have read. The Brother Coe he write of is Simeon Coe husband of Eunice Strong sister of Thomas and Nathan. I think Thomas was implying that David Scranton was part of the Strong in his sentence, "The rest of our family and friends sends their regrades to you" I still believe he married one of the Daughters of Thomas and Phebe Strong. I am sending the letter so it can be read with this note. Jim THE LETTER "To Capt. David Scrantom at Manchester in Novascotia with Care and Speed Dear Brother and Sister my regards to you and ures. I inform you that I am in good health and hope this will find you in joying the same blessing through Divine goodness. Father and sisters are well and the rest of our family and friends sends their regards to you and tis a (nelth?) time among us Brother. Nathan has gone to the Great Sea if this is a place unnone to you tis about two hundred thirty or forty miles west ward of Albany he went from home the first of February last and dont expect to be back till next winter. Telch Crane Elam Crane with there wives & Reubon Bishob are gone to the same place but Nathans wife and child is not gone he married Eunisse Chalder. Brother Coe is gone with his family to "Whites Town" about one hundred miles west of Albany up the Mohawk River so that our Family is Scattering up and down the World so that I think it not very likely that we shall ever meet to gether again in this World may we be have so as to Meet in that world above to sing anthimes of praise through a never ending Etirnity the winter was pretty Severe here for about two months but the first of March it began to thaw. Since thats it is been as fine a seeson as I ever new we have not received Nor west blasts of wind since nature is puting on her Smiling countenance. We have a prospect of a forward Spring. I have wrote a number of times to you but most of the letters have failed (letter torn here) of them have returned but that must not discourage from writing there being no other way of conversing with our loved ones at distance & wish to you to rite as often as opportunity presents. I wish you to make a visit here to see us and consider whether it is not better to return to this part of the world than stay in that cold country how ever that must be left to your Judgement our folks have sent you two brown woolen gowns & a peese of worsted cloth with few (illegible) things their is but little news here there is troops raising to go against the Indians on the western fronttears Page Two of Letter To subscribe my self your affectionate Friend and Brother Thomas Strong Jun. Dated at Durham Connecticut April 8, 1792"

Dear Jim and all, Nathan and Eunice m. 1790 Henry b. Apr./ 1791 Nathan goes departs Feb. 1792 Thomas writes letter to the Scrantons Apr. 1792 and informs them of how the family is and informs them of the marriage of Nathan and birth of Henry, calling them brother and sister. Phebe b. Jul. 1792 Charles born Apr. 1793. Dwight writes Nathan and family remove 1794- 1795 >From these dates Nathan may have come and gone and gotten the place ready for his family before bringing them. That was not an uncommon occurence. It may have taken him awhile to find what he was looking for. David Scranton, m. ______Strong bef. 1790 and goes to Manchester Nova Scotia before the marriage of Nathan and Eunice. Thomas doesn't mention marriage of Eunice Strong to Simeon Coe, he just calls Simeon brother Coe which makes it sound like the Scantons know who he is, Eunice and Simeon were m. 1774. So the Scrantons left after 1774 and bef. 1790. Jim have you checked to see if David Scranton could have been a Loyalist in the Revolution. Revolution 1775 - 1783 treaty was signed. As I remember it Loyalist left into the 1790's. I think the United Empire Loyalist have a websight and you might find something there or Bill might be able to help. Martha

Hello All, I recently posted an example of the STRONG coat of arms at my web site at < http://home.earthlink.net/~lkstrong/ >. Of course it's only an "artistic representation" from one of those "heraldry" stores at the mall. But, it's still interesting to see. It is very similar to the copy found at the SFAA web site < http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Prairie/4715/ >. Charles "Chaz" Strong [email protected] (home) [email protected] (work)