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Addison, Vt. (Vermont, United States) (search for this): entry strong-john
, Conn., Aug. 16, 1738; built the first house owned by an English settler north of Massachusetts, on the east side of Lake Champlain. He was driven from his home by the invasion of Burgoyne in 1777; lived in Dorset, Vt., in 1777-83; represented that town in the legislature in 1779-82; returned to his old home in Addison, Vt., in 1783; was judge of the county court in 1785-1801; and member of the convention that ratified the national Constitution in 1791. He died in Addison, Vt., June 16, 1816., Conn., Aug. 16, 1738; built the first house owned by an English settler north of Massachusetts, on the east side of Lake Champlain. He was driven from his home by the invasion of Burgoyne in 1777; lived in Dorset, Vt., in 1777-83; represented that town in the legislature in 1779-82; returned to his old home in Addison, Vt., in 1783; was judge of the county court in 1785-1801; and member of the convention that ratified the national Constitution in 1791. He died in Addison, Vt., June 16, 1816.
Coventry (Connecticut, United States) (search for this): entry strong-john
Strong, John 1738-1816 Pioneer; born in Coventry, Conn., Aug. 16, 1738; built the first house owned by an English settler north of Massachusetts, on the east side of Lake Champlain. He was driven from his home by the invasion of Burgoyne in 1777; lived in Dorset, Vt., in 1777-83; represented that town in the legislature in 1779-82; returned to his old home in Addison, Vt., in 1783; was judge of the county court in 1785-1801; and member of the convention that ratified the national Constitution in 1791. He died in Addison, Vt., June 16, 1816.
Massachusetts (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): entry strong-john
Strong, John 1738-1816 Pioneer; born in Coventry, Conn., Aug. 16, 1738; built the first house owned by an English settler north of Massachusetts, on the east side of Lake Champlain. He was driven from his home by the invasion of Burgoyne in 1777; lived in Dorset, Vt., in 1777-83; represented that town in the legislature in 1779-82; returned to his old home in Addison, Vt., in 1783; was judge of the county court in 1785-1801; and member of the convention that ratified the national Constitution in 1791. He died in Addison, Vt., June 16, 1816.
Dorset, Vt. (Vermont, United States) (search for this): entry strong-john
Strong, John 1738-1816 Pioneer; born in Coventry, Conn., Aug. 16, 1738; built the first house owned by an English settler north of Massachusetts, on the east side of Lake Champlain. He was driven from his home by the invasion of Burgoyne in 1777; lived in Dorset, Vt., in 1777-83; represented that town in the legislature in 1779-82; returned to his old home in Addison, Vt., in 1783; was judge of the county court in 1785-1801; and member of the convention that ratified the national Constitution in 1791. He died in Addison, Vt., June 16, 1816.
John Burgoyne (search for this): entry strong-john
Strong, John 1738-1816 Pioneer; born in Coventry, Conn., Aug. 16, 1738; built the first house owned by an English settler north of Massachusetts, on the east side of Lake Champlain. He was driven from his home by the invasion of Burgoyne in 1777; lived in Dorset, Vt., in 1777-83; represented that town in the legislature in 1779-82; returned to his old home in Addison, Vt., in 1783; was judge of the county court in 1785-1801; and member of the convention that ratified the national Constitution in 1791. He died in Addison, Vt., June 16, 1816.
John Strong (search for this): entry strong-john
Strong, John 1738-1816 Pioneer; born in Coventry, Conn., Aug. 16, 1738; built the first house owned by an English settler north of Massachusetts, on the east side of Lake Champlain. He was driven from his home by the invasion of Burgoyne in 1777; lived in Dorset, Vt., in 1777-83; represented that town in the legislature in 1779-82; returned to his old home in Addison, Vt., in 1783; was judge of the county court in 1785-1801; and member of the convention that ratified the national Constitution in 1791. He died in Addison, Vt., June 16, 1816.
1791 AD (search for this): entry strong-john
Strong, John 1738-1816 Pioneer; born in Coventry, Conn., Aug. 16, 1738; built the first house owned by an English settler north of Massachusetts, on the east side of Lake Champlain. He was driven from his home by the invasion of Burgoyne in 1777; lived in Dorset, Vt., in 1777-83; represented that town in the legislature in 1779-82; returned to his old home in Addison, Vt., in 1783; was judge of the county court in 1785-1801; and member of the convention that ratified the national Constitution in 1791. He died in Addison, Vt., June 16, 1816.
1777 AD (search for this): entry strong-john
Strong, John 1738-1816 Pioneer; born in Coventry, Conn., Aug. 16, 1738; built the first house owned by an English settler north of Massachusetts, on the east side of Lake Champlain. He was driven from his home by the invasion of Burgoyne in 1777; lived in Dorset, Vt., in 1777-83; represented that town in the legislature in 1779-82; returned to his old home in Addison, Vt., in 1783; was judge of the county court in 1785-1801; and member of the convention that ratified the national Constitut, Conn., Aug. 16, 1738; built the first house owned by an English settler north of Massachusetts, on the east side of Lake Champlain. He was driven from his home by the invasion of Burgoyne in 1777; lived in Dorset, Vt., in 1777-83; represented that town in the legislature in 1779-82; returned to his old home in Addison, Vt., in 1783; was judge of the county court in 1785-1801; and member of the convention that ratified the national Constitution in 1791. He died in Addison, Vt., June 16, 1816.
1816 AD (search for this): entry strong-john
Strong, John 1738-1816 Pioneer; born in Coventry, Conn., Aug. 16, 1738; built the first house owned by an English settler north of Massachusetts, on the east side of Lake Champlain. He was driven from his home by the invasion of Burgoyne in 1777; lived in Dorset, Vt., in 1777-83; represented that town in the legislature in 1779-82; returned to his old home in Addison, Vt., in 1783; was judge of the county court in 1785-1801; and member of the convention that ratified the national Constitution in 1791. He died in Addison, Vt., June 16, 1816.
1783 AD (search for this): entry strong-john
r; born in Coventry, Conn., Aug. 16, 1738; built the first house owned by an English settler north of Massachusetts, on the east side of Lake Champlain. He was driven from his home by the invasion of Burgoyne in 1777; lived in Dorset, Vt., in 1777-83; represented that town in the legislature in 1779-82; returned to his old home in Addison, Vt., in 1783; was judge of the county court in 1785-1801; and member of the convention that ratified the national Constitution in 1791. He died in Addison, , Conn., Aug. 16, 1738; built the first house owned by an English settler north of Massachusetts, on the east side of Lake Champlain. He was driven from his home by the invasion of Burgoyne in 1777; lived in Dorset, Vt., in 1777-83; represented that town in the legislature in 1779-82; returned to his old home in Addison, Vt., in 1783; was judge of the county court in 1785-1801; and member of the convention that ratified the national Constitution in 1791. He died in Addison, Vt., June 16, 1816.
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