Princess Diana, John Strong and Me

People are still interested in Princess Diana, and some people want to know something about her ancestry, especially those who are curious about her American line. I receive quite a number of queries about her, maybe because I've written several posts about her. The most popular one is See Here. I have known of our shared ancestor for over 12 years, thanks to Gary Boyd Roberts who told me, and I share it below. Diana and I are 9th cousins to Thomas Strong (bolded).

For additional photo of Diana, please see: http://lifefromtheroots.blogspot.com/2009/11/prince-and-princess-on-veterans-day_12.html

Princess Diana's line

1 JOHN STRONG b: ABT 1610 d: 14 APR 1699

  + ABIGAIL FORD b: ABT 8 OCT 1619 d: 6 JUL 1688

2 THOMAS STRONG b: 1636 d: 3 OCT 1689

  + MARY HEWETT b: ABT 2 AUG 1640 d: 20 FEB 1670 (THIS IS MY LINE.)

  + Rachel HOLTON b: 1645

3 Joseph STRONG b: 2 DEC 1672 d: 23 DEC 1763

  + Sarah ALLEN

4 Joseph STRONG b: 25 JUL 1701

  + Elizabeth STRONG

5 Benajah STRONG b: 13 OCT 1740 d: 25 NOV 1809

  + Lucy BISHOP

6 Joseph STRONG b: 10 MAR 1770 d: 24 APR 1812

  + Rebecca YOUNG b: 5 MAY 1779

7 Eleanor STRONG b: 1802 d: 9 JUL 1863

  + John WOOD b: 29 JUL 1785 d: 29 JAN 1848

8 Ellen WOOD b: 18 JUL 1831 d: 22 FEB 1877 (died New York city)

  + Franklin H. WORK b: 10 FEB 1819 d: 16 MAR 1911 (died new york city)

9 Frances Eleanor WORK b: 27 OCT 1857 d: 26 JAN 1947 (born and died new york city)

   + James Boothby Burke ROCHE b: 28 JUL 1851 (born england) Note: Others below born Great britain.

10 Edmund Maurice Burke ROCHE b: 15 MAY 1885 d: 8 JUL 1955

   + Ruth Sylvia GILL b: 2 OCT 1908

11 Frances Ruth Burke ROCHE b: 20 JAN 1936

   + John Edward SPENCER  b: 24 JAN 1924

12 Diana Frances SPENCER b: 1 JUL 1961  d: AUG 30, 1997

  + Charles Philip Arthur George WINDSOR b: 14 NOV 1948

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My Line

1 JOHN STRONG b: ABT 1610 d: 14 APR 1699

  + ABIGAIL FORD b: ABT 8 OCT 1619 d: 6 JUL 1688

2 THOMAS STRONG b: 1636 d: 3 OCT 1689

  + MARY HEWETT b: ABT 2 AUG 1640 d: 20 FEB 1670

3 THOMAS STRONG b: 16 NOV 1661 d: 30 SEP 1735

  + MARY STEBBINS b: 10 SEP 1666 d: 8 AUG 1735

4 ELIAKIM STRONG b: 26 SEP 1688 d: 24 JAN 1745

  + MEHITABLE KING b: 13 MAR 1690

5 ELIAKIM STRONG b: 7 MAR 1720 d: 14 MAY 1800

  + HANNAH SEWARD b: 21 FEB 1730 d: 1815

6 BEULAH STRONG b: 12 MAR 1757 d: AFT 1836

  + ASHER WRIGHT b: 9 MAY 1755 d: 12 MAR 1833

7 JESSE WRIGHT b: 7 FEB 1786 d: 7 FEB 1878

  + NANCY HULL b: 1790 d: 7 FEB 1878

8 JULIA LOUISA WRIGHT b: 3 JUN 1807 d: 30 JUL 1886

  + ALVIN DAVIS b: 16 DEC 1807 d: 14 DEC 1860

9 SOPHIA POLLY DAVIS b: 11 JAN 1831 d: 3 MAY 1928

  + GEORGE FRANKLIN KILBORN b: 30 OCT 1832 d: 16 DEC 1910

10 MIRA JULIA KILBORN b: 7 OCT 1861 d: 1 SEP 1929

   + EVERETT RUSSELL BISHOP b: 7 FEB 1860 d: 20 AUG 1926

11 EARLE KILBORN BISHOP b: 22 DEC 1891 d: 23 AUG 1981

   + SARAH DUMONT TENEYCK b: 30 JUN 1890 d: 20 APR 1953

12 JANE T. BISHOP b: 27 SEP 1919 d: 16 APR 1990

   + JOHN ADAMS POOLE b: 12 DEC 1919 d: 16 MAR 1989

13 BARBARA POOLE

Sources:

Roberts, Gary Boyd, American Ancestors and Cousins of the Princess of Wales, 
(Baltimore : Genealogical Pub. Co., 1984). Pg. 25.

Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Royal Descents of 500 Immigrants to the American 
Colonies, (Baltimore, Maryland : Genealogical Pub. Co., c1993). Pg. 469.

First row: Prince William, George, The Duchess of Cambridge, daughter Charlotte and Queen Elizabeth.

Second row: Michael Middleton, Pippa Middleton, James Middleton, Carole Middleton, Prince Charles, the Duchess of Cornwall and the Duke of Edinburg.

Surname Saturday -- STEBBINS

Stebbins is one of my oldest New England lines. My direct lines are in green. This is the first time I've included a memorial photo for a Surname Saturday post. Thanks to Bonnie MacDonald for allowing me to copy her photos, taken in April 2011.

1.	ROWLAND STEBBINS (THOMAS STEBBINS1) was born ABT 5 NOV 1592 in St. Marys, Bocking, County Essex, England, and died 14 DEC 1671 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts. He married SARAH WHITING 30 NOV 1618 in Bocking, County Essex, England. She was born 1591 in Boston, So. Lincolnshire, England, and died 4 OCT 1649 in Springfield, Hampden Co., Massachusetts. Although I have been to the Bridge Street Cemetery in Northampton, Massachusetts, these photos were taken by fellow blogger, and cousin, Bonnie of Massachusetts Meanderings and More blog.
	Children of ROWLAND STEBBINS and SARAH WHITING were: + 2   i. Thomas STEBBINS was born 1620 in (Prob.) Bocking, England, and died 15 SEP 1683 in Springfield, Hampden Co., Massachusetts. 3   ii. Sarah STEBBINS was born 1623 in (Prob.) Bocking, England, and died 1649. She married Thomas MERRICK 14 SEP 1639 in Springfield, Hampden Co., Massachusetts. 4   iii. Elizabeth STEBBINS was born BEF 1625 in (Prob.) Bocking, England, and died 15 JUN 1625. + 5   iv. JOHN STEBBINS was born 1626 in (Prob.) Bocking, England, and died 7 MAR 1678 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts. 6   v. Elizabeth STEBBINS was born ABT 1628 in (Prob.) Bocking, England, and died 28 OCT 1700 in Springfield, Hampden Co., Massachusetts. She married John CLARK 2 MAR 1647.

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Generation No. 2

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2.	Thomas STEBBINS (ROWLAND STEBBINS2, THOMAS STEBBINS1) was born 1620 in (Prob.) Bocking, England, and died 15 SEP 1683 in Springfield, Hampden Co., Massachusetts. He married Hannah WRIGHT, daughter of Samuel WRIGHT. He married Abigail BURT (BALL-MUNN) 14 DEC 1670 in Springfield, Hampden, MA.
	Child of Thomas STEBBINS and Hannah WRIGHT was: 7   i. Thomas STEBBINS was born 1648, and died 1695. He married Mary DAY 12 APR 1694 in Springfield, Hampden Co., Massachusetts, daughter of Robert DAY and Editha STEBBINS. She was born ABT 1640, and died 1721.

5.	JOHN STEBBINS (ROWLAND STEBBINS2, THOMAS STEBBINS1) was born 1626 in (Prob.) Bocking, England, and died 7 MAR 1678 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts. He was buried in Bridge St. Cemetery. He married ABIGAIL BARTLETT 17 DEC 1657 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts, daughter of ROBERT BARTLETT and ANN. She was born ABT 1630 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts, and died 15 JUL 1689 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts. He married Ann MUNSON 14 MAR 1646 in Springfield, Hampden Co., Massachusetts. She died 1656 in Springfield, Hampden Co., Massachusetts.
	Children of JOHN STEBBINS and ABIGAIL BARTLETT were: 8   i. Samuel STEBBINS was born 21 JAN 1658 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts, and died 3 SEP 1732 in Coldspring (now Belchertown) Hampshire Co., Massachusetts. He married Mary FRENCH 14 MAR 1677 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts. He married Sarah WILLIAMS 14 MAR 1692 in Rhode Island. + 9   ii. ABIGAIL STEBBINS was born 24 SEP 1660 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts, and died DEC 1748 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts. 10   iii. Thomas STEBBINS was born 6 MAY 1662 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts, and died 28 APR 1712 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts. He married Sarah STRONG. He married Elizabeth WRIGHT 26 SEP 1684 in Deerfield, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts. 11   iv. Hannah STEBBINS was born 8 JUL 1664 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts, and died 29 FEB 1704 in French & Indian War, Deerfield, Massachusetts. She married John SHELDON 5 NOV 1679 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts. He was born 1658, and died 1733. + 12   v. MARY STEBBINS was born 10 SEP 1666 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts, and died 8 AUG 1735 in Durham, Middlesex Co., Connecticut. 13   vi. Sarah STEBBINS was born 4 JUN 1668 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts. She married William SOUTHWELL 24 FEB 1686 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts. 14   vii. Joseph STEBBINS was born 17 JAN 1670 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts, and died 23 JUN 1681. + 15   viii. Deborah STEBBINS was born 5 MAR 1672 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts, and died ABT 9 MAR 1715 in Springfield, Hampden Co., Massachusetts. 16   ix. Benjamin STEBBINS was born BEF 3 MAR 1674. He married Mary ASHLEY. + 17   x. Rebecca STEBBINS was born 20 FEB 1676 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts, and died 8 MAY 1712 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts. 18   xi. Thankful STEBBINS was born 11 MAY 1678 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts, and died 24 MAY 1744 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts. She married Jerijah STRONG. Children of JOHN STEBBINS and Ann MUNSON were: 19   i. John STEBBINS was born 28 JAN 1647. He married Dorothy ALEXANDER. 20   ii. Thomas STEBBINS was born 24 FEB 1648, and died 24 APR 1650. 21   iii. Anna STEBBINS was born 10 APR 1651, and died 6 MAY 1652. 22   iv. Edward STEBBINS was born 12 JUL 1653, and died 14 OCT 1653. 23   v. Benoni STEBBINS was born 23 JUN 1655. He married Mary BENNETT. He married Hannah EDWARDS. He married Mary BENNETT.

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Generation No. 3

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9.	ABIGAIL STEBBINS (JOHN STEBBINS3, ROWLAND STEBBINS2, THOMAS STEBBINS1) was born 24 SEP 1660 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts, and died DEC 1748 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts. She married WILLIAM PHELPS 30 MAY 1678 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts, son of NATHANIEL PHELPS and ELIZABETH COPLEY. He was born 22 JUN 1657 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts, and died 1 JAN 1745 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts.
	Children of ABIGAIL STEBBINS and WILLIAM PHELPS were: 24   i. Abigail PHELPS was born 3 AUG 1679 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts. She married Joseph PARSONS 15 SEP 1697 in Springfield, Hampden Co., Massachusetts. 25   ii. Elizabeth PHELPS was born 4 FEB 1682 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts. She married Benjamin KNOWLTON 27 MAY 1708. He was born in of Springfield, Massachusetts. + 26   iii. WILLIAM PHELPS was born 16 APR 1684 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts, and died 20 JUN 1755 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts. 27   iv. Mary PHELPS was born 3 JAN 1688 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts. She married Ebenezer BURT 30 NOV 1721. 28   v. Nathaniel PHELPS was born 5 OCT 1690 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts, and died 25 FEB 1774 in East Granby, Hartford Co., Connecticut. He married Catherine KING 25 MAY 1730, daughter of JOHN KING and MEHITABLE POMEROY. She was born 17 AUG 1701 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts. 29   vi. Deborah PHELPS was born 17 MAR 1694 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts. She married Jonathan BURT 1722. 30   vii. Ebenezer PHELPS was born OCT 1697 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts, and died 8 MAR 1769 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts. He married Maria AUSTIN. He married Sarah LANGDON 1740, daughter of Joseph LANGDON and Susannah ROOT. She was born 29 APR 1685 in Farmington, Hartford Co., Connecticut, and died 21 MAY 1751. 31   viii. Joseph Austin PHELPS was born 5 DEC 1699 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts, and died 1779. He married Hannah 1730. She was born ABT 1717, and died NOV 1773. 32   ix. Mercy PHELPS was born 4 MAR 1703 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts. She married Thomas BURT 10 DEC 1730.

12.	MARY STEBBINS (JOHN STEBBINS3, ROWLAND STEBBINS2, THOMAS STEBBINS1) was born 10 SEP 1666 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts, and died 8 AUG 1735 in Durham, Middlesex Co., Connecticut. She was buried in Old Burying Ground, Durham, Middlesex Co., Connecticut. She married THOMAS STRONG 17 NOV 1683 in Northampton / Durham, son of THOMAS STRONG and MARY HEWETT. He was born 16 NOV 1661 in Durham, CT or Northampton, MA, and died 30 SEP 1735 in Durham, Middlesex Co., Connecticut. He was buried in Old Burying Ground, Durham, Middlesex Co., Connecticut.
	Children of MARY STEBBINS and THOMAS STRONG were: 33   i. Mary STRONG was born 7 AUG 1684 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts, and died 31 AUG 1684 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts. 34   ii. Thomas STRONG was born 27 AUG 1686 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts, and died 8 FEB 1772. He married Mary OSBORN. + 35   iii. ELIAKIM STRONG was born 26 SEP 1688 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts, and died 24 JAN 1745 in Durham, Middlesex Co., Connecticut. + 36   iv. MARY STRONG was born 29 DEC 1690 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts, and died in Durham, Middlesex Co., Connecticut. 37   v. Hewett STRONG was born 27 JAN 1693 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts, and died 25 MAR 1694. + 38   vi. Hewett STRONG was born MAY 1696 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts, and died in Durham, Greene Co., New York. 39   vii. John STRONG was born 25 APR 1698 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts. 40   viii. Rachel STRONG was born 15 APR 1700 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts, and died 17 APR 1725 in Guilford, New Haven Co., Connecticut. She married Samuel ROBINSON 19 MAR 1723. 41   ix. Tamar STRONG was born 1702 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts. 42   x. Hannah STRONG was born 29 JUL 1704 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts, and died 21 OCT 1776 in Windsor, Hartford Co., Connecticut. She married Benoni HILLS 19 DEC 1723 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts. 43   xi. Mercy STRONG was born 16 NOV 1707 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts.

15.	Deborah STEBBINS (JOHN STEBBINS3, ROWLAND STEBBINS2, THOMAS STEBBINS1) was born 5 MAR 1672 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts, and died ABT 9 MAR 1715 in Springfield, Hampden Co., Massachusetts. She married Benjamin ALVORD 4 FEB 1690 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts, son of ALEXANDER ALVORD and MARY VORE. He was born 11 FEB 1658 in Windsor, Hartford Co., Connecticut, and died 1715 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts. She married Henry BURT 1716. She married Benjamin BURT.
	Children of Deborah STEBBINS and Benjamin ALVORD were: 44   i. Abigail ALVORD was born 1691. She married Samuel JUDD 1714. 45   ii. Elizabeth ALVORD was born SEP 1693. She married Preserved BARTLETT 1712. + 46   iii. Benjamin ALVORD was born SEP 1695, and died 21 OCT 1772. 47   iv. Deoborah ALVORD was born MAY 1698. She married Abel GUN 1727. 48   v. Experience ALVORD was born 5 OCT 1700. She married Samuel CLARY. 49   vi. Josiah ALVORD was born 13 APR 1704. 50   vii. Sarah ALVORD was born 28 MAY 1707, and died AFT 1735.

17.	Rebecca STEBBINS (JOHN STEBBINS3, ROWLAND STEBBINS2, THOMAS STEBBINS1) was born 20 FEB 1676 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts, and died 8 MAY 1712 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts. She married Nathaniel STRONG 1697 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts, son of Ebenezer STRONG and Hannah CLAP. He was born 25 SEP 1673.
	Child of Rebecca STEBBINS and Nathaniel STRONG was: + 51   i. Rebecca STRONG was born 7 DEC 1701.

Founders of Hartford, Connecticut

The monument is located in the Ancient Burying Ground in Hartford, Connecticut. I took the photo a week ago. My direct ancestors, they are in green, shown below. Quite possibly I have a few more, but without the death dates, I can't be certain. Names in alphabetical order cover all four sides. Does anybody else share any of these names?

In Memory of the First Settlers of Hartford

Jeremy Adams
Matthew Allyn
Francis Andrews
William Andrews
John Arnold
Andrew Bacon
John Barnard
Thomas Barnes
Robert Bartlet
John Baysey
Thomas Beal
Nathaniel Bearding
Mary Betts
John Bidwell
Richard Billing
Thomas Birchwood
William Bloomfield
Peter Blanchford
Thomas Buckley
Thomas Bliss, Sr.
Thomas Bliss, Jr.
William Blumfield
James Bridgeman
John Bronson
Richard Bronson
Thomas Bull
Thomas Bunce
Benjamin Burr
Richard Butler
William Butler
Clement Chaplin
Richard Church
John Clarke
Nicholas Clarke
William Clarke
James Cole
William Cornwell
John Crow
John Cullick
Philip Davis
Fulke Davy
Robert Day
Nicholas Desborough
Joseph Easton
Edward Elmer
Nathaniel Ely
James Ensign
Zachariah Field
Thomas Fisher
John Friend
Samuel Gardiner
Daniel Garret
William Gibbons
Richard Goodman
Ozias Goodwin
William Goodwin
Seth Grant 
George Grave
Bartholomew Greene
Samuel Greenhill
Thomas Gridley
Samuel Hale
Thomas Hale
Stephen Hart
William Hayden
John Haynes
John Higginson
William Hills
William Holton
Thomas Hooker
Edward Hopkins
John Hopkins
Thomas Hosmer
George Hubbard
Thomas Hungerford
William Hyde
Jonathan Ince
Thomas Judd
Nathaniel Kellogg
Ralph Keeler
Edward Lay
William Kelsey
William Lewis, Sr.
Richard Lord
Thomas Lord
Richard Lyman
John Marsh
Matthew Marvin
Reinold Marvin
John Maynard
John Moody
John Morris
Benjamin Munn
Thomas Munson
Joseph Mygatt
Thomas Olcott
James Olmsted
Richard Olmsted
William Pantry
William Parker
Paul Peck
William Phillips
John Pierce
Thomas Porter
Stephen Post
John Pratt
William Pratt
John Purchas (Purchase)
Nathaniel Richards
Richard Risley
Thomas Root
Nathaniel Ruscoe
William Rusco
John Sable
Thomas Scott
Thomas Selden
Richard Seymour
John Skinner
Arthur Smith
Giles Smith
Thomas Spencer
William Spencer
John Stanley
Thomas Stanley
Timothy Stanley
Thomas Stanton
Edward Stebbins
George Steele
John Steele
George Stocking
John Stone
Samuel Stone
John Talcott
Thomas Thompson
Thomas Upson
Robert Wade
William Wadsworth
Henry Wakeley
James Wakeley
Samuel Wakeman
Samuel Wakeman
Nathaniel Ward
Andrew Warner
Richard Watts
Richard Webb
John Webster
Thomas Welles
William Westley
William Westwood
John White
Samuel Whitehead
William Whiting
John Wilcock (Wilcox)
Gregory Wolterton
Thomas Woolford
George Wyllys