Catharine Alvord

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Catharine Alvord (Strong)

Also Known As: "Katharine", "Katherine", "Catharine"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Northampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, United States
Death: September 11, 1773 (44)
Northampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Nathaniel Strong, II and Miriam Strong
Wife of Ebenezer Alvord and Ebenezer Alvord, Jr.
Mother of Eliab Alvord and Catharine Beals
Sister of Eliab Strong; Rebecca Clark; Simeon Strong; Penelope Cook; Simeon Strong and 6 others

Managed by: Michael Critz
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About Catharine Alvord

Biography

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Strong-1386

Katharine (alternatively spelled Catherine) Strong was baptized 18 Jul 1729 at Northampton, Massachusetts. She was a daughter of Nathaniel Strong & Miriam Sheldon [1]. In context, her siblings were:

  • Elias Strong
  • Rebecca Strong; married Simeon Clark
  • Simeon Strong
  • Penelope Strong; married Aaron Cook
  • Rachel Strong; married Simeon Smith
  • Simeon Strong; married 1) Hannah Clark; 2) Chloe Pomeroy
  • Joel Strong; married 1) Peggy Loomis; 2) Eunice Hanchet
  • Miriam Strong; married Elijah Rust
  • Hannah Strong
  • Rhoda Strong; married Ebenezer Newell
  • Nathaniel Strong

She married 19 Dec 1754 @ Northampton, Massachusetts, Ebenezer Alvord. They had 8 children, all born at Northampton [2]:

  1. Eliab Alvord (1755-1841), b. 4 Sep 1755; married 1) 10 May 1794 Naomi Ingram; 2) 12 Jun 1806 Mrs. Dorothy (Clark) Parsons; 3 children
  2. Elizabeth (Alvord) Clark (1757-1825), b. 15 Feb 1757; married 1) 9 Feb 1808 Caleb Cushman (his 2nd wife); 2) 26 Dec 1812 (intent) Jedediah Clark (his 2nd wife)
  3. Thomas Alvord, b. 25 Mar 1759; a weaver; unmarried; d. 6 Feb 1846 @ Westhampton, Massachusetts
  4. Jerusha (Alvord) Rogers (1761-1837), b. 27 Dec 1761; married John Rogers; 8 children, only one (Benjamin) who survived
  5. Dorcas (Alvord) Wright, baptized 9 Jul 1764; married 12 Mar 1789 Reuben Wright [he married 2nd Eunice Smith of Hadley]
  6. Catharine (Alvord) Beals, baptized 24 Apr 1768; married 12 Feb 1794 Peter Bates Beals of Plainfield, Massachusetts; 5 children
  7. Rhoda Alvord, baptized 14 Jul 1771; married ___ Warren
  8. (Infant) Alvord, baptized 1773; d. 12 Sep 1773

Catharine (Strong) Alvord died 11 Sep 1773 at Northampton, Massachusetts. Her tombstone is in the old Northampton cemetery.

Sources

  1. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCS5-DX7 : 14 January 2020), Katherine Strong, 1729.
  2. ↑ A Genealogy of the Descendants of Alexander an Early Settler of Windsor, Conn. And Northampton, Mass. Alvord, Samuel Morgan. Published 1908; no. 40: https://archive.org/details/genealogyofdesce00alvo/page/53/mode/1up
  3. Volume II - The Hosmer Heritage: Ancestors and Descendants of the Emigrant Thomas Hosmer Author: Ronald Longaker Roberts Publication: Self published, South Lake Tahoe, CA: 1984
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Catharine Alvord's Timeline

1729
July 18, 1729
Northampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, United States
1755
September 4, 1755
Northampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, British Colonial America
1768
April 24, 1768
Northampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, United States
1773
September 11, 1773
Age 44
Northampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, United States