Ezra Phelps Strong, Deacon

Ezra Strong (1763 - 1833), son of Ezra Strong (1733 - 1804) and Temperance Phelps Strong (1739 - 1810), was born 4 August 1763 at Colchester, New London County, Connecticut; he died at the age of 69 on 28 February 1833 while visiting at Oxford, Ontario, Canada; the site of his burial is unknown. He married Nancy Gates (1766 - 1819) on 19 October 1785 at Goshen, Hampshire County, Massachusetts; they had eleven known children.

Children

1. John Strong (born 1786 Williamsburg, Hampshire County, Massachusetts)
2. Ezra Strong (born 26 June 1788 Philipstown, Putnam County, New York)
3. Nancy Strong (born 1797)
4. Abigail Strong (1806 - 1868), married 1830 Eli Sheldon (1808 - 1843)
5. William Strong
6. Solomon Strong
7. Silas Gates Strong
8. Temperance Mary Strong
9. Eri Strong
10. Horatio Nelson Strong

Notes

• Deacon and founder of Congregational Church
• Farmer
• One of the first settlers of Hanover, Oneida, New York

Sources

• The History of the Descendants of Elder John Strong, of Northampton Volume 1 By Benjamin Woodbridge Dwight
• Connecticut Town Birth Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection). Name: Ezra Strong; Gender: Male; Birth Date: 4 Aug 1763; Birth Location: Colchester; Parent Name: Ezra; Parent Name: Temperance. Source Information: Ancestry.com. Connecticut Town Birth Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection) [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. Original data: White, Lorraine Cook, ed. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records. Vol. 1-55. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1994-2002.
• Find A Grave Memorial# 89489711
• Millennium File. Name: Ezra Strong; Gender: Male; Birth Date: 4 Aug 1763; Birth Place: Colchester, N-ldn, Connecticut, USA; Death Date: 28 Feb 1833; Marriage Date: 19 Oct 1785; Father: Ezra Strong; Mother: Temperance Phelps; Spouse: Nancy Gates; Children: Ezra Strong; Spouse Father: Silas Gates; Spouse Mother: Mary White. Source Information: Heritage Consulting. Millennium File [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2003. Original data: Heritage Consulting. The Millennium File. Salt Lake City, UT, USA: Heritage Consulting.