A Little piece of Paradise… College Hill, Ohio - SELFCRAFT

* Information sent from Ruth S. Cummins, included a letter from the First Congregational Church inThetford, Vermont which indicates that Deliverance Cary may have married John Strong after the birthsof their sons. John Strong was married four times: 1) Lucretia Crouch in 1744, 4 sons: Abijah, Joel,Solomon, Ezekial 2) Thankful Bascombe in 1764, no children 3) Jael (Jane) Chamberlin, widow, in 1781,no children 4) Deliverance Cary, widow of Dr. Samuel Cary.From the letter dated 6-6-1988: In 1784, John Strong was complained of (to the church) forabsenting himself from public worship, for rash, and unchristian expression to his wife, for shutting herup and confining her, for turning her out of doors and causing her to go away and live from him. There isno record of a divorce, as it was frowned upon.There is also no record of any marriage to Deliverance in 1786 in either the church or town records.Two sons were born to John and Deliverance: John, Jr., March 25, 1787 and Zebulon, September 7, 1788.A listing of the church records reads: A son born to John Strong of a Concubine March 25, 1787.On January 1, 1787, John Strong deeds 20 acres in Thetford to Deliverance Cary of Lyme, N. H. Justbefore he died in Thetford in 1795, (born 1724), John Strong deeds to: Deliverance Strong, the Wife ofthe aforesaid John, and also unto John and Zebulon Strong, sons of the aforesaid Deliverance, all rightand interest in a certain parcel of land.CHACEI. Ernest CHACE lived on Belmont Ave.A. Howard CHACE m 1)? m 2) Iola FLANNIGANB. Mildred CHACE m Robert McKINLEYC. Margaret CHACE m Paul MENARDD. Allen CHACE m Adeline McCREA, built a house on Connecticut Ave. upon land that wasonce the McCrea orchard. See McCREA.1. Robert CHACE m Lynn MOORE2. Laura L. CHACEE. Charles CHACEF. Elizabeth CHACE m Dr. A. HOLMESII. Norman CHACE, brother of Ernest, lived on Belmont Ave. across from Grace EpiscopalChurch.A. Norman CHACE, Jr.B. Eleanor CHACECOMPTONI. Jacob Richard COMPTON b 21 May 1760 Hopewell, Hunterdoon Co., NJ. d Oct. 1, 1821, buried inOld Compton Cemetery beside his wife. His parents were thought to be Isselstyne COMPTON & AaltjueBLAAU (Orchie Blue). Jacob married Oramina (or Erminia) HYDE 15 June 1780 Hunterdoon Co., NJ.Oramina was born 16 July 1760 Hopewell, Hunterdoon Co.., NJ. She died 30 June 1833. Her parentswere John HYDE of Mercer Co., N.J., born 7 Oct. 1708 England, d Hopewell NJ 16 April 1796. Hemarried Ann Elizabeth RUNYON (1718-1808) in 1734. Another daughter, Elizabeth, married BenijahSTOUT. At the time of the Revolutionary War, there were more than 100 Compton families in NewJersey and most moved west.Issue: A. Sarah COMPTON b 4 Feb. 1781 Hunterdoon Co., NJ.,died 8 Oct. 1853 m WilliamHANKINS b 21 April 1777, d 18 Sept. 1853, son of Richard HANKINS & RachelLETTS. The Hankins’ were related to Mary Lyons who came in the caravan from NJ toA-10