Miriam Strong

Biography

Miriam Sheldon, daughter of Ebenezer Sheldon and Mary Hunt, was born 6 March 1704 in Northampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, and died there on 13 October 1796. She was buried in the Bridge Street Cemetery.

Miriam Sheldon married Nathaniel Strong Jr. on 29 November 1721 at Northampton. Born May 1698 and died 13 July 1781, he was the son of Nathaniel Strong and Rebecca Stebbins.

The children of Nathaniel Strong Miriam Sheldon were:

1. Elias Strong[2]
2. Rebecca Strong[1][2]
3. Simeon Strong[2]
4. Katherine Strong[2]
5. Penelope Strong[2]
6. Rachel Strong[2]
7. Simeon Strong[2]
8. Joel Strong[2]
9. Miriam Strong[2]
10. Hannah Strong[2]
11. Rhoda Strong[2]
12. Nathaniel Strong[2]

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References

1. Source: "Elder John Strong and His Descendants," The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 1869, vol. 23, pp. 294-296; "The New England Historical and Genealogical Register," online database, New England Historic Genealogical Society (NewEnglandAncestors.org), 2001.
2. "Cemetery Transcriptions from the NEHGS Manuscript Collections," Transcribed and compiled by Francis F. Spies in 1952. Original mss. is part of R. Stanton Avery Collections, call # MSS VT WEY 20; "The New England Historical and Genealogical Register," online database, New England Historic Genealogical Society (NewEnglandAncestors.org), 2001.
3. The Hosmer Heritage: Ancestors and Descendants of the Emigrant Thomas Hosmer Author: Ronald Longaker Roberts Publication: South Lake Tahoe, CA: 1984
4. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/109582713/miriam-strong
5. "Massachusetts, Deaths and Burials, 1795-1910," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FC9P-12N : accessed 27 Apr 2013), Miriam Strong, 12 Oct 1796.
6. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Strong-460