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Jonathan Strong

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Jonathan Strong

Birth
Northampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA
Death
9 Dec 1766 (aged 83)
Northampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA
Burial
Northampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA
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"Sacred to ye memory of Mr. Jonathan Strong who died December 9 1766 in ye 84 year of his age"

Jonathan Strong was born May 1, 1683 at Northampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts to Ebenezer and Hannah Clapp Strong. He had a childhood sweetheart, Mary Sheldon, who was captured by the Indians and presumed dead. Jonathan married Mehitable Stebbins after Mary was gone and they had the following children: Mehitable, Noah, Jonathan Jr., Caleb, Ichabod, Elias, Experience, Thomas, Joseph, Elisha, Lois, Lois (again), Lucia, Sarah, Hannah and a stillborn son that wasn't named. After the death of his wife Mehitable in 1761, Jonathan married his childhood sweetheart, Mary Sheldon, August 5, 1762. She had been ransomed and returned 3 years after her capture by the Indians - however, believing Mary to be dead, Jonathan was already married to Mehitable. Jonathan died December 9, 1766 at Northampton and is buried in the Bridge Street Cemetery in Northampton.


Parents: Ebenezer Strong & Hannah Clapp
Wife: Mehitable Stebbins
"Sacred to ye memory of Mr. Jonathan Strong who died December 9 1766 in ye 84 year of his age"

Jonathan Strong was born May 1, 1683 at Northampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts to Ebenezer and Hannah Clapp Strong. He had a childhood sweetheart, Mary Sheldon, who was captured by the Indians and presumed dead. Jonathan married Mehitable Stebbins after Mary was gone and they had the following children: Mehitable, Noah, Jonathan Jr., Caleb, Ichabod, Elias, Experience, Thomas, Joseph, Elisha, Lois, Lois (again), Lucia, Sarah, Hannah and a stillborn son that wasn't named. After the death of his wife Mehitable in 1761, Jonathan married his childhood sweetheart, Mary Sheldon, August 5, 1762. She had been ransomed and returned 3 years after her capture by the Indians - however, believing Mary to be dead, Jonathan was already married to Mehitable. Jonathan died December 9, 1766 at Northampton and is buried in the Bridge Street Cemetery in Northampton.


Parents: Ebenezer Strong & Hannah Clapp
Wife: Mehitable Stebbins

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  • Created by: the moo
  • Added: May 6, 2006
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/14193630/jonathan-strong: accessed ), memorial page for Jonathan Strong (1 May 1683–9 Dec 1766), Find a Grave Memorial ID 14193630, citing Bridge Street Cemetery, Northampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by the moo (contributor 46834101).