Ruth (Loomis) Strong (1729 - aft. 1776)

Born 14 Jun 1729 in Lebanon, New London, Colony of Connecticut

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Descendants

Died after 13 Jul 1776 after age 47 in Hartford, Windsor, Vermont [uncertain]

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Biography

Ruth, child of John Loomis and Joanna (Abel) Loomis, was born in Lebanon, Connecticut, 14 June 1729.^[1]

Ruth was baptized 22 June 1729 in Lebanon, Connecticut.^[2]

Ruth married 18 March 1756, at the First Congregational Church, where she was baptized, Elijah Strong,^[2][3] son of Lt. Jedediah Strong and Elizabeth (Webster). He was of Lebanon, Connecticut and Hartford, Vermont (1764-75)^[3]

Ruth and Elijah, went to Hartford, Vermont, in 1764 as part of the original settlers. He died there in 1775. During the next year, many meetings were held at the home of Widow Ruth Clark, the last one being 13 July 1776.^[4]

Children

1. Olive Strong was born 7 January 1758.^[3]
2. Elizabeth Strong was born 10 June 1759.^[3]
3. Elijah Strong was born July 4, 1760^[3]
4. Ruth Strong was born 19 August 1762^[3]
5. Submit Strong was born in 19 October 1763^[3]
6. Joanna Strong^[3]
7. John Strong lived and died in Bridgewater, Vermont^[3]
8. Ebenezer Strong was born 13 February 1770^[3]
9. Ann Strong^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ Lebanon. Connecticut Vital Records to 1870 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011.) From original typescripts, Lucius Barnes Barbour Collection, 1928. death, marriage p 108.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Connecticut. Church Records Index. Connecticut State Library, Hartford, Connecticut. volume 057 Lebanon p. 126
3. ↑ ^{3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10} Dwight, Benjamin Woodbridge. The History of the Descendants of Elder John Strong, of Northampton, Mass, Volume 2. J. Munsell, 1871. p. 848 Google Books
4. ↑ Tucker, William Howard. 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. p. 51 link at Archive

• Tucker, William Howard. History of Hartford, Vermont (Free Press Association, Burlington, Vermont, 1889) Page 463.