M, #418, b. 17 January 1734, d. March 1815
Father*Lt. Jedediah Strong1 b. 15 Jan 1699/0
Mother*Elizabeth Webster b. 26 Feb 1699/0
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     Benajah Strong was born on 17 January 1734 in Lebanon, New London County, Connecticut.2 He was the son of Lt. Jedediah Strong and Elizabeth Webster.1 He served in the militia in 1756 and 1757, during the French and Indian War.3 He married Mary Bacon, daughter of Ebenezer Bacon and Lydia Lothrop, on 13 April 1758 in Lebanon.4,5 He and Mary Bacon moved to Hartford, Windsor County, Vermont in 1764, where they were some of the first settlers, along with Strong brothers Solomon and Elijah.1 He was a farmer and a surveyor, and from 1765-1768 he was the Hartford town clerk. In 1774 he was the Constable and Commissioner of Highways. He served in October 1780 during the Revolutionary War in Capt. Joshua Hazen's Company of Col. Wood's Regiment "that marched to Brookfield in the Alarm."6,7 He married Elizabeth Wilson sometime after 1798 in Bethel, Vermont.1 He died in March 1815 in Bethel, Vermont, at age 81.7,8,9

Family 1: Mary Bacon b. 12 Apr 1738, d. 8 Aug 1790

Family 2: Elizabeth Wilson

Citations

  1. [S76] William Howard Tucker, History of Hartford, Vermont, July 4, 1761 - April 4, 1889: The First Town on the New Hampshire Grants Chartered After the Close of the French War (Burlington, VT: The Free Press Association, 1889). Hereinafter cited as History of Hartford, Vermont.
  2. [S139] Barbour Collection of Vital Records: Benajah Strong birth entry, Connecticut State Library, Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA. Hereinafter cited as Barbour Collection.
  3. [S390] Connecticut Historical Society, Rolls of Connecticut Soldiers in the French and Indian War, 1755-1762 (Hartford, Connecticut: Publsihed by the Society, 1903), Benajah Strong entries. Hereinafter cited as Rolls of CT Soldiers in the French and Indian War.
  4. [S146] Frederic W. Bailey, compiler, Early Connecticut Marriages as Found on Ancient Church Records Prior to 1800 (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1968), Benajah Strong/Mary Bacon entry. Hereinafter cited as Early Connecticut Marriages.
  5. [S360] Connecticut Church Records Index (Hartford, Connecticut: Connecticut State Library, 1942), Mary Bacon/Benajah Strong marriage entry (Lebanon, CT). Hereinafter cited as Connecticut Church Records Index.
  6. [S396] Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783, payroll records, Provo, Utah, USA, Benajah Strong entry; Ancestry.com, Microfilm Publication M246. Hereinafter cited as Revolutionary War Rolls.
  7. [S397] Applications for Headstones for U.S. Military Veterans, 1925-1941, applications, Provo, Utah, USA, Benajah Strong application; Ancestry.com, Microfilm Publication M1916. Hereinafter cited as Applications for Headstones for U.S. Military Veterans.
  8. [S398] Benajah Strong Cemetery record, Find A Grave, http://www.findagrave.com
  9. [S399] Benajah Strong Headstone, Ancestry.com, Provo, Utah, USA.