Wilma- I really don't have an answer for you, but I have a Lydia Strong as a 4greats grandmother. She married Samuel Benton, they migrated from Salisbury CT to Addison, VT, then their children went on to NY. I am going to send you a listing of Lydia's family of origin and some of the descendents. It is clear that many migrated to VT, and as in my own line, then migrated to NY. Descendants of Noah Strong Generation No. 1 1. NOAH6 STRONG (PRESERVED5, JEDEDIAH4, JOHN3, JOHN2, GEORGE1 STRONGE) was born 20 September, 1702 in Northampton, MA, and died 03 January, 1771 in Addison, Addison Co., VT. He married (1) DEBORAH 1726. He married (2) LYDIA DART 19 January, 1740/41, daughter of DANIELL DART and ELIZABETH DOUGLAS. Children of NOAH STRONG and DEBORAH are: i. ELISHA7 STRONG, b. 30 May, 1727. ii. ESTHER STRONG, b. 17 November, 1729; d. 17 November, 1729. iii. SIMEON STRONG, b. 04 March, 1730/31. iv. DEBORAH STRONG, b. 25 March, 1737; m. BETHUEL CHITTENDEN. 2. v. JOHN STRONG, b. 16 August, 1738, Salisbury, Connecticut; d. 16 June, 1816, Addison, Vermont. Children of NOAH STRONG and LYDIA DART are: 3. vi. LYDIA7 STRONG, b. 20 March, 1741/42, Salisbury, Litchfield, Connecticut; d. Abt. 23 March, 1813, Weybridge, Vermont. 4. vii. ADONIJAH STRONG, b. 05 July, 1743, Salisbury, Connecticut; d. 12 February, 1813, Salisbury, CT. viii. ANN STRONG, b. 02 April, 1745, Salisbury, Connecticut; d. Weybridge, Addison Co., VT; m. (1) ROE; m. (2) BENJAMIN BENTON. Generation No. 2 2. JOHN7 STRONG (NOAH6, PRESERVED5, JEDEDIAH4, JOHN3, JOHN2, GEORGE1 STRONGE) was born 16 August, 1738 in Salisbury, Connecticut, and died 16 June, 1816 in Addison, Vermont. He married AGNES MCCLURE 02 September, 1759. Children of JOHN STRONG and AGNES MCCLURE are: i. ASA8 STRONG, b. 11 August, 1760; d. 26 January, 1833. ii. SAMUEL STRONG, b. 17 July, 1762; d. 05 December, 1832. iii. POLLY STRONG, b. 26 July, 1764; d. February 1830; m. EZELIEL PAYNE. iv. JOHN STRONG, b. 14 June, 1766; d. 30 April, 1807. v. LUKE STRONG, b. 06 August, 1768; d. 05 April, 1807. vi. ELECTA STRONG, b. 05 November, 1770; d. 15 March, 1842; m. SETH STORRS. vii. MOSES STRONG, b. 06 July, 1772; d. 29 September, 1842. viii. CHLOE STRONG, b. 08 July, 1774; m. JOHN HERRIMAN. ix. CYRUS STRONG, b. 16 May, 1777; d. April 1844. x. NOAH STRONG, b. 08 March, 1785; d. 28 March, 1785. xi. MABEL STRONG, b. 19 May, 1785; m. MOSES SEYMOUR. xii. SIDNEY STRONG, b. 26 May, 1793, adopted; d. 25 November, 1855. 3. LYDIA7 STRONG (NOAH6, PRESERVED5, JEDEDIAH4, JOHN3, JOHN2, GEORGE1 STRONGE) was born 20 March, 1741/42 in Salisbury, Litchfield, Connecticut, and died Abt. 23 March, 1813 in Weybridge, Vermont. She married SAMUEL BENTON 17 December, 1760 in Litchfield, Salisbury, Connecticut, son of JOHN BENTON and ABIGAIL EGGLESTON. Children of LYDIA STRONG and SAMUEL BENTON are: i. ADAH8 BENTON, b. 18 October, 1761, Litchfield, Salisbury, Connecticut. 5. ii. SARAH BENTON, b. 04 March, 1764, Salisbury, Litchfield, Connecticut; d. 16 September, 1839, Bangor, Franklin County, NY. iii. DIDAMIA BENTON, b. 03 November, 1765, Litchfield, Salisbury, Connecticut. 4. ADONIJAH7 STRONG (NOAH6, PRESERVED5, JEDEDIAH4, JOHN3, JOHN2, GEORGE1 STRONGE) was born 05 July, 1743 in Salisbury, Connecticut, and died 12 February, 1813 in Salisbury, CT. He married (1) ABIGAIL BATES. He married (2) MARY. Children of ADONIJAH STRONG and ABIGAIL BATES are: i. JOSIAH8 STRONG, b. 1771, Salisbury, CT; d. 09 January, 1772, Salisbury, CT. ii. MARTIN STRONG, b. 07 December, 1778, Salisbury, CT. iii. WILLIAM LIGHTBOURN STRONG, b. 18 October, 1782, Salisbury, CT. iv. SARAH PARDEE STRONG, b. 15 March, 1791, Salisbury, CT. Child of ADONIJAH STRONG and MARY is: v. JOSIAH HALE8 STRONG, b. 01 March, 1775, Salisbury, CT; d. 12 March, 1775, Salisbury, CT. Generation No. 3 5. SARAH8 BENTON (LYDIA7 STRONG, NOAH6, PRESERVED5, JEDEDIAH4, JOHN3, JOHN2, GEORGE1 STRONGE) was born 04 March, 1764 in Salisbury, Litchfield, Connecticut, and died 16 September, 1839 in Bangor, Franklin County, NY. She married ANDREW POTTER 11 September, 1780 in Clarendon, Rutland, VT, son of OLIVER POTTER and MARY COLVIN. Children of SARAH BENTON and ANDREW POTTER are: i. EDWARD9 POTTER, b. 29 September, 1781, VT; d. 22 March, 1811. ii. SUSANNA POTTER, b. 26 November, 1783, VT; d. 19 March, 1847. 6. iii. SYLVESTER POTTER, b. 18 April, 1785, Clarendon, Rutland, VT; d. 05 August, 1866, Brushton, Franklyn, County, NY. iv. LEVI POTTER, b. 29 December, 1788, VT; d. 03 January, 1861, Franklin Co., NY. 7. v. IRA POTTER, b. 28 May, 1791, VT; d. 27 September, 1839, Franklin Co., NY. 8. vi. SARAH POTTER, b. 25 December, 1793, St. Albans, VT; d. 07 March, 1871, Moira, Franklin County, VT. vii. ANSON POTTER, b. 16 May, 1796, VT; d. 15 October, 1865. viii. CYRUS POTTER, b. 19 September, 1798, VT; d. 23 May, 1821. ix. POTTER, b. 24 April, 1801; d. 24 April, 1801. 9. x. COLVIN POTTER, b. 15 February, 1803, VT; d. 12 April, 1881. 10. xi. ORSON POTTER, b. 24 October, 1805, VT; d. 02 October, 1880, Worth Co., MN. Good luck and hope something fits. Rebecca Frank [email protected] ---------- From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Subject: LYDIA M STRONG 1787 - 1812 Date: Monday, September 21, 1998 2:44 PM Hi everyone...my name is Wilma Fleming Haynes..I live in Brookings, Oregon...I seem to live in frustration...frustration of not finding my 3rd gr grandmother Lydia M STRONG. I have been a member of the STRONG FAMILY ASSOCIATION..I have checked the Dwights History of the STRONG family...written letters to every one and every place I can think of..all of this with no results. My great grandaunt told me that she was the 4th Lydia M...heck, I can't even find her let alone 3 more! Lydia M STRONG b 7 Jan 1787 Vermont d 23 Feb 1867 Milford, Jefferson, Wisconsin md 2 July 1812 Granville, Washington, NY TO Salma 7) CHAPIN, Darius, Soloman, John, Seth, Josiah, Samuel D CHAPIN They were parents of 5 ch..I come thru their 4th child Lydia M CHAPIN (found her name as Lydisette in her marrige notice.) Thanks for your help, Wilma Fleming Haynes [email protected] ==== STRONG Mailing List ==== ======================================================== Address to subscribe or cancel subscription for MAIL-MODE: <[email protected]> Address to subscribe or cancel subscription for DIGEST-MODE: <[email protected]> ========================================================== To subscribe, send 1 word message: subscribe To cancel subscription, send 1 word: unsubscribe ==========================================================