Hi Rene', I had hoped to get back to you sooner, but I was on my way to my weekly hair appt. You know how it is, you would not want to miss or even be late for that! Then this evening, my hubby has had to be online, and had jobs for me to do online - we share an Internet connection. Everything conspires to keep me from writing to you today! How thrilled I am to find someone, anyone, especially one interested in genealogy, who is working on this family! Now let me say first, I am not descended from THIS Strong family, but from his widow, Elizabeth. Her name is in a Pumphrey family Bible, along with her birth date, but not place or parents' names. In the records in Washington Co., PA, her 2nd husband, Nicholas Ridgely Pumphrey, becomes guardian for her three Strong sons. Her son Samuel is a witness to Nicholas' father's will in 1812 in Brooke Co., now WV, then VA. It is quite obvious and recorded in the Bible who she is. Elizabeth outlived her husband by almost two years, and they both died in Fayette Co., IN. I have seen will book indexes, and they are shown in more than one place! but Nicholas' will says he is of Fayette Co., IN. In his will he names a couple of orphan children who lived with his family, one of whom was Rebecca Strang, which I believe is a variation the Strong list includes. Hm. I am a Strong descendant on a completely different family! And, no one in my family is named Strong, so no possibility of DNA. They want male descendants. I daughtered out of Strong in the early 1700s! I am an only child, my father was the only son in his family, his father an orphan. DNA just does not seem to be appropriate in my family. Worse luck! I wrote to my Strong Family Association some years ago, asking abt this Samuel, and they know nothing abt him. I know nothing of other Strong families, in this or any other area, except Puritan Massachusetts! Nathaniel was not one of Elizabeth's sons, according to the records I have seen. I suppose he could have been an older son, who would not have needed a guardian in 1792 when Elizabeth and Nicholas married? Yes, the land could have been sold under the Pumphrey name. That is something we should look into. Having said that, just Monday, I received a letter from Larry Pumphrey who has researched that family for more than 25 years. His long-awaited book has been published! It is he who saw Elizabeth's name in a family Bible and recorded it. He knows nothing more, sad to say. But his book may have something abt the land? I can write to him and find out if he knows anything more abt that. I am list administrator of the Pumphrey mail list and have put queries out on that list as well. So far, nothing. Well, is there anything more different from Alaska than Louisiana? Probably not! We will have to keep in touch on this. Joyce > > I have been researching in the line you described for several years now, > thinking that my great grandfather was descended from the Washington Co., PA > Strongs. > > Have you had anyone in your family (male Strong) submitted for the DNA data > base? It would be wonderful to find a link there. > > How do you know Elizabeth was a Frazier, and that she married Samuel Strong? > Are you familiar with the other Strong families from that area? There was > several Strong families who ended up in Fayette or Union Counties Indiana, > and I have considerable information on these lines. > > Just now, I am preparing for a move to Alaska. I had lived there for over > 30 years but moved to Louisiana to live and work on a farm for just over a > year. All my data is packed into boxes, but I would love to share it with > you when I am unpacked. > > Do you know any information on the Nathaniel Strong who was in PA and also > ended up in IN? > > This is wonderful that you have signed up..... you are the first person > I've met who appears to be in the same line as I am, but I had hit a brick > wall with the widow Elizabeth. She had a great deal of land (over 300 > acres). I saw where she had it, but never how it was sold..... perhaps it > was under the Pumphrey name! > > Look forward to hearing from you. I'll be at this email address until AUG > 10th, then I'll be at reneb@gci.net until I find out if the latter can be > transferred from Anchorage to Fairbanks. > > Rene' > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Joyce Franke" <rjfranke@worldnet.att.net> > To: <STRONG-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2003 7:55 AM > Subject: [STRONG] Samuel Strong, d bef 1790 > > > > I am new to this list, having just joined. The welcome letter suggests I > > give my Strong ancestors. Before I do that, I have a query. > > > > I am looking for the parents of this Elizabeth Frazier (or variation), b > > 1759, don't know where, m Samuel Strong, don't know where or when. She was > > shown as a widow in the 1790 census of Washington Co., PA. > > > > She was in Washington Co., PA when she m 2nd Nicholas Ridgely Pumphrey in > > 1792. She had 3 sons by Samuel Strong, Benjamin, William, and Samuel. She > > had 4 more sons by Nicholas, first Nicholas, died young, Nicholas again, > > Lott and Amos. She died 1827 in Fayette Co., IN. > > > > Who was this Samuel? I belong the Strong Family Association, for > descendants > > of Elder John Strong. I have asked them abt this Samuel Strong, and they > do > > not know anything abt him. > > > > Thanks for any help. I will give my descent from Elder John in my next > msg. > > > > Joyce > > > > > > > > ==== STRONG Mailing List ==== > > ======================================================== > > Book I: RESEARCHING STRONG(E) AND STRANG(E) > > IN GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND: > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~donegalstrongs/contents.htm > > Database and manuscript. See especially Chap. 13, > > entitled "Lineages"; and Chapt. 15, "DNA Study" > > & > > Book II: THE DONEGAL STRONG PUZZLE: > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~donegalstrongs/indxdrft.htm > > Research and study of Counties Donegal and Fermanagh Strongs and > > related families. > > ========================================================== > > > > > ==== STRONG Mailing List ==== > ======================================================== > Address for online searchers of STRONG MAIL LIST ARCHIVES: > (Links to Search and Browse utilities) > > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/surname/s/strong.html > >

Oops, sorry listers, though I was replying only to Rene'! No matter, there is nothing personal in my msg, you can all listen in! I will get back to the list with my own Strong descent later. Joyce