Newsletter for the interchange of genealogical data and history of the Strong families who came mainly from England, especially from Chardstock, a small village between Chard (Somerset) and Axminster (Devon). Some focus is on (but not limited to) descendants of John Strong, who came to Massachusetts in 1630. He and his wife, Abigail Ford settled in Long Island, New York. Other early Strong ancestors also lived in Connecticut, Massachusetts, and...

Newsletter for the interchange of genealogical data and history of the Dout (and variant spellings) families who were mainly English, French, and German Huguenot immigrants in Holland. Some immigrated to Massachusetts, New York, and Pennsylvania in the 1700s. During the 1800s, some moved to California, Georgia, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Tennessee, Utah, Virginia, Washington,...

John Strong was born in Taunton, England in 1605. He moved to London, to Plymouth, and arrived at Nantasket, Massachusetts, May 30, 1630. His first wife, name unknown, died enroute to American or shortly after landing. She left 2 children, the younger of whom died in infancy at Dorchester, Massachusetts in 1630. John married Abigail Ford of Dorchester. Eight of their sixteen children lived to be over 77 years of age, with 7 of them being past 80....

Alice Strong Egbert was born in Utah in 1893. About 1915 she went to Tetonia, Idaho to help her sister and met Robert Egbert who she married in 1917. Later they lived in the Teton Basin, Lincoln, and Idaho Falls, Idaho. They had six children, four of whom reached adulthood. Alice died in 1972, leaving many descendants in many western states.

Maurine Strong was born 31 October 1915 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Her parents were Mark Fields Strong (1886-1957) and Alice Delilah Thorne (1887-1944). She married James Emmett Healey (1914-2000), son of James William Healey (1891-1952) and Minnie Vilate Whitby (1889-1984), in 1936. They had four children.