It is in the book "Search for the Passengers of the Mary & John 1630", volume 1. Famous Descendants of Elder John Strong *Following are some of the notable descendants of Elder John Strong (1610-1699), throuhg his great-great-great grandson, Dr. Joseph Strong (1770-1812), who is also the ancestor of Lady Diana, Princess of Wales. All of these people are cousins to every descendant of John Strong. 1. Dean Acheson (1893-1897) U.S. Secretary of State under Truman 2. John Adams Jr. (1735-1826) Second U.S. President 3. John Quince Adams (1787-1848) Sixth U.S. President. 4. Louisa May Olcatt (1832-1888) Novelist 5. Horatio Alger Jr. (1834-1899) Novelist 6. Ethan Allen (1738-1789) Revolutionary soldier 7. Susan Brownell Anthony (1820-1906) Reformer & suffragette 8. Lyman Frank Baum (1856-1919) Author of The Wonderful Wizard of OZ 9. Henry Ward Beecher (1775-1863) Preacher and abolitionist 10. Grover Cleveland (1837-1908) Twice U.S. President (22nd & 24th) 11. Humphrey Bogart (1899-1957) Actor 12. Schuyler Colfax Jr. (1823-1885) U.S. Vice-President under Grant 13. Samuel Colt (1814-1862) Firearms manufacturer. Inventor of the "Colt 45" 14. Charles Gates Dawes (1872-1933) U.S. Vice-President under Coolidge 15. Calvin Coolidge, Jr. (1872-1933) The 30th. U.S. President 16. George Dewey (1873-1917) Admiral who captured Manila 17. Thomas Dewey (1902-1971) Governo of New York & Presidential candidate 18. Emily Dickinson (1830-1886) Poetess 19. John Foster Dulles (1888-1959) U.S. Secretary of State under Eisenhower 20. Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) Philosopher, Essayist, & poet 21. Millard Fillmore (1800-1874) Thirteenth U.S. President 22. George Gallop (1901- )Pollster 23. Erle Stanley Gardner (1889-1897) Detective novelist 24. Dorothy Gish (1898-1968) Actress 25. Lillian Gish (1896- ) Actress 26. Edward Everett Hale (1822-1909) Author of "Man Without A Country" 27. Nathan Hale (1755-1776) Revolutionary Hero 28. Rutherford B. Hayes (1822-1893) Ninteenth U.S. President 29. Christian Herter (1895-1967) U.S. Secretary of State under Eisenhower 30. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr (1841-1967) Jurist 31. Lamar Hunt (1932- ) Oilman & billionaire 32. Donald L. Jacobus (1887-1970) Genealogist 33. Spencer Woolley Kimball (1895- ) President of Morman Church sine 1973 34. Henry Cabot Lodge II (1902- ) Vice-President candidate 35. Clare Boothe Luce (1903- ) Playwright & Congresswoman 36. Archibald MacLeish (1892-1982) Poet &Playwright 37. John Phillips Marquand II (1893-1960) Novelist 38. George McCleeland (1826-1885) Union General. Presidential Candidate. 39. Margaret Mead (1901-1978) Anthropolgist 40. Dwight Lyman Moody (1837-1899) Founder of the Moody Bible Institute 41. John Pierpont Morgan (1867-1943) Banker 42. Levi Parsons Morton (1824-1920) U.S. Vice-President under Harrison. 43. Frederick Olmsted (1822-1920) Designer of Central Park, New York City 44. Anthony Perkins (1932- ) Actor 45. William Sydney Porter (O. Henry) (1862-1910) Short Story Writer 46. Lee Remick (1935- )Actress 47. John D. Rockefeller (1839-1937) Oil tycoon & philanthropist 48. Nelson Rockefeller (1908-1978) U.S. Vice-President under Gerald Ford 49. David Rockefeller (1915- )Financier 50. George Romney (1907- ) President of American Motors & Governor of Michigan 51. Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945) Thirty-second U.S. President 52. Harriett Beecher Stowe (1811-1896) Abolitionist & Authoress of "Uncle Tom's Cabin 53. Lowell Thomas (1892-1981) Radio-TV Commentator & Travel Author 54. Bess Wallace ( -1982) Wife of President Harry Truman 55. Gloria Vanderbuilt ( ) Socialite 56. Noah Webster, Jr (1758-1843) Writer of Webster's Dictionary 57. Orson Welles (1915- ) Actor & Producer 58. Paul Dudley White (1886-1973) Physician & Heart Specialist 59. Wilbur Wright (1867-1912) Co-inventor of the airplane 60. Orville Wright (1871-1948) Co-inventor of the airplane ----- Original Message ----- From: C M Strong <cmstrong@mindspring.com> To: <STRONG-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, July 15, 2001 10:59 AM Subject: Descendents of JEDEDIAH STRONG > Hello list! > > Someone once kindly sent me a list os the "famous" descendents of > Jedediah Strong, 2nd son of Elder John. I believe it included > Harry Truman, the Roosevelts, Nathan Hale, and others. I kept > the direct line to Lady Diana Spencer, but I seem to have lost > the rest. Does anyone have it? > > Also, here is what I was given for the Lady Diana direct line -- > can anyone confirm or deny? > > Thanks! > Marsha > > ------------------------------------------- > 4. JEDEDIAH STRONG > [spouse: FREEDOM WOODWARD] > 5. PRESERVED STRONG > [spouse: TABITHA LEE] > 6 ELIZABETH STRONG > [spouse: CAPT. JOSEPH STRONG] > 7 BENJAMIN [BENAJAH] STRONG > [spouse: LUCY BISHOP] > 8 DR. JOSEPH STRONG > [spouse: REBECCA YOUNG] > 9 ELEANOR "ELLEN" STRONG > [spouse: JOHN WOOD] > 10 ELLEN WOOD > [spouse: FRANK WORK] > 11 FRANCES ELLEN WORK > [spouse: JAMES BOOTHBY BURKE ROCHE (3rd Lord Fermoy)] > 12 EDMUND MAURICE BURKE ROCHE > [spouse: RUTH SYLVIA GILL] > 13 FRANCES RUTH BURKE ROCHE > [spouse: EDWARD JOHN SPENCER] > 14 DIANE FRANCES SPENCER > [spouse: CHARLES, PRINCE OF WALES] > > > > ==== STRONG Mailing List ==== > ======================================================== > Address for online searchers of STRONG MAIL LIST ARCHIVES: > http://newsearches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > > MAISER ARCHIVES (1996-1997): Messages Cross Indexed: > http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Ranch/9881 > > MAISER ARCHIVES (1996-1997): Messages not indexed: > http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Ranch/9853 > ========================================================== > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >