It began with the Elder John Strong, son of John Richard Strong and Eleanor Deane, sailed the Mary and John in 1630. John Strong (1610–1699) was an English born New England colonist, politician, Puritan church leader, tanner and one of the founders of Windsor, Connecticut and Northampton, Massachusetts as well as the progenitor of nearly all the Strong families in what is now the United States. He was referred to as Elder John Strong because he was an Elder in the church. This volume covers ten generations of Strong ancestors down to Mary “Polly” Strong, mother of Emily Porter.