Ancestry of
Oliver Platt

Movie Actor

Joseph Strong

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• • 5th Great-grandfather of Oliver Platt — 8th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 254 
  • Father:
  • Benajah Strong 
  • Mother:
  • Lucy Bishop   
  • Birth Date:
  • 10 Mar 1770 
  • Birth Location:
  • South Coventry, Tolland, Connecticut 
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  • Death Date:
  • 24 Apr 1812 
  • Death Location:
  • Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., Pennsylvania 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Rebecca Young
  • Marriage Date:
  • 8 Sep 1796 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., Pennsylvania 
  • Child:

  Eleanor Strong (Ahnentafel No:127 )

• Sources for Joseph Strong

  • ¹ New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 1982, Vol. 136, pp. 92, 98.
  • ² Pennsylvania, Marriage Records, 1700-1821, Marriage record for Dr. John Strong and Rebecca Young.
  • ³ U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, SAR #96038, Membership application for Edward Wallace Barr, Jr..
  • ⁴ Dexter, Franklin Bowditch, Biographical Sketches of the Graduates of Yale College with Annals of the College History, Volume 4, July 1778-June 1792, New York: Henry Holt and Company (1907), 620.
  • ⁵ Evans, Richard K., The Ancestry of Diana, Princess of Wales, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2007), 28.
  • ⁶ Kidd, Charles, Debrett Goes to Hollywood, New York: St. Martin's Press (1986), 122.
  • ⁷ Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Royal Descents of 600 Immigrants to the American Colonies or the United States (2 vols.), Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co. (2008), 578.
  • ⁸ Roberts, Gary Boyd and William Addams Reitwiesner, American Ancestors and Cousins of The Princess of Wales, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. (1984), 21.

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