Ancestry of
Oliver Platt

Movie Actor

Benajah Strong

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• • 6th Great-grandfather of Oliver Platt — 9th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 508 
  • Father:
  • Joseph Strong 
  • Mother:
  • Elizabeth Strong   
  • Birth Date:
  • 13 Oct 1740 
  • Birth Location:
  • Coventry, Tolland, Connecticut 
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  • Death Date:
  • 25 Nov 1809 
  • Death Location:
  • Coventry, Tolland, Connecticut 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Lucy Bishop
  • Marriage Date:
  • 9 Mar 1769 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Coventry, Tolland, Connecticut 
  • Child:

  Joseph Strong (Ahnentafel No:254 )

• Sources for Benajah Strong

  • ¹ New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 1982, Vol. 136, p. 98.
  • ² U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, SAR #96038, Membership application for Edward Wallace Barr, Jr..
  • ³ 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.
  • ⁴ Evans, Richard K., The Ancestry of Diana, Princess of Wales, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2007), 41.
  • ⁵ Kidd, Charles, Debrett Goes to Hollywood, New York: St. Martin's Press (1986), 122.
  • ⁶ 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.

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