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and Sarah (Caulkins) Hough, granddaughter
of Edward Hough, of Cheshire,
England. The latter's widow, Elizabeth,
came with her son to this country and
died in Gloucester, Massachusetts, in
1672, aged eighty-five years. Her son,
William Hough, a housewright by trade,
born in Cheshire, England, settled at
Gloucester, was a town officer in 1650,
and married there, October 28, 1645,
Sarah, daughter of Hugh and Ann Caulkins,
later of New London. He moved
to Saybrook and settled at New London,
where he died August 10, 1683. His second
daughter was Abiah, above named,
wife of Deacon William Douglas. They
were the parents of Ann Douglas, wife
of Thomas Spencer. Their second and
first surviving son was Thomas Spencer,
born February 23, 1708, died 1764. His
first wife's name was Deborah, and he
married (second) Submit Hull, born February
23, 1690, in Northampton, Massachusetts,
daughter of Thomas and Rachel
(Holton) Strong, granddaughter of Elder
John Strong, who was the ancestor of a
very large American family. He was
born in 1605, in Taunton, England, son
of Richard Strong. The family was originally
located in Shropshire, England, and
one of its members married an heiress of
Griffith, in Wales, whither he went in
1545. Richard Strong, of the Welsh
branch, born in 1561, moved to Taunton,
England, where he died in 1613. His son,
Elder John Strong, lived at London and
Plymouth, England, sailing from the lat-
ter port, March 20, 1630, in the ship
"Mary and John," and settled in Dorches-
ter, Massachusetts. In 1635 ne moved to
Hingham, where he was made freeman,
March g, 1636, and before December 4,
1638, settled at Taunton, where he was
on the list of inhabitants and proprietors
at that date. He represented Taunton
three terms in the General Court, and
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moved, about 1645, to Windsor, Connecti-
cut, where he was a prominent citizen.
For forty years he was active and influen-
tial in Northampton, Massachusetts, in
whose settlement he shared, and was a
prosperous tanner and husbandman, or-
dained May 13, 1663, ruling elder of the
church. He married, in December, 1630,
as second wife, Abigail, daughter of
Thomas Ford, of Dorchester. She died
July 6, 1698, aged about eighty, and he
died April 14, 1699, aged ninety-four.
The eldest child of the second wife was
Thomas Strong, born about 1635, in
Windsor, where he was a trooper in
1658 under Major Munson. In 1659 ne
removed to Northampton with the Connecticut
colonists, and died there October
3, 1689. He married (second) October
10, 1671, Rachel, daughter of Deacon William
Holton, of Northampton. Deacon
Holton was one of the first settlers of
Hartford, whence he removed to Northampton,
and was deacon of the church
there, ordained June 13, 1663, was repre-
sentative to the General Court in 1667
and 1669, died August 12, 1691, aged
about eighty years. His widow Mary
died November 16, 1691. Her youngest
child was Submit Strong, born February
23, 1690, after the death of her father.
She became the wife of Thomas Spencer.
The eldest child of this marriage was
Stephen Spencer, who lived in Durham,
Connecticut, and was the father of Eliza-
beth Spencer, who became the wife of
Elias Camp.
Their youngest child was John Spencer
Camp, born July 17, 1797. He married, Ocber
15, 1822, Parnel Camp, who was born
October 6, 1799, and died in May, 1888,
daughter of Israel and Rhoda (Smithson)
Camp, a descendant of Nicholas Camp,
through his grandson John Camp, son of
Samuel Camp. John Camp, born September
14, 1662, married Mary, daughter