Selah Brewster Strong III
| Selah Brewster Strong III | |
|---|---|
| Born | 25 December 1737 Setauket, NY |
| 💀Died | 4 July 1815 Setauket, NY4 July 1815 |
| 💼 Occupation | lawyer, judge, tavern owner, military officer |
| 👩 Spouse(s) | Anna Strong |
| 👶 Children | 10 |
Selah Brewster Strong III was born in Setauket, New York on 25 December 1737.
Biography
Selah Strong was related to General Nathaniel Woodhull and spy Abraham Woodhull through his mother.
Strong owned a tavern in Setauket and was a delegate to the New York provincial congresses on 22 May and 6 December 1775 and in May 1776, supporting the Patriots during the American Revolution.
Strong became a captain in the New York militia in 1776, and he was imprisoned for getting into a scuffle with a British Army officer, Captain Charles Joyce.
Strong was sent to HMS Jersey, a prison ship, in Brooklyn Harbor, but his wife Anna Strong was able to secure his release due to her connections with some Tories.
Following the war's end, he served as a state senator from 1792 to 1800 and held several posts, including Judge of Suffolk County, county treasurer, President of the Board of Trustees of Brookhaven, and a member of the Council of Appointment. Later, Selah moved to Connecticut with his children, while Anna stayed on their land in Long Island.
He was a delegate to the first three provincial congresses in colonial New York. He also was a captain in the New York militia in 1776. He was imprisoned in the sugar house at New York City as a presumed spy, according to Rivington's Gazette of January 3, 1778. Family knowledge has him later imprisoned on the prison ship HMS Jersey. Other works only mention his imprisonment on the prison ship, and previously mentioned family knowledge claims that Anna brought him food. Author Ryan Ann Hunter states that Anna eventually got Selah paroled through the influence of Tory relatives. Upon his release, he spent the rest of the war in Connecticut with the family's younger children while Anna stayed on Long Island.
Early life
Marriage and children
Strong married Anna (nee) Brewster Strong
The Strongs' children were:
- Keturah S. (married James W. Woodhull),
- Thomas Shepherd (married Hanna Brewster),
- Margaret
- Benjamin
- Mary (died young)
- William Smith
- Joseph the 1st (died young)
- George Washington
- Joseph the 2nd
Their son Thomas became a judge. Thomas' son was Selah B Strong IV, a congressman from New York's 1st District from 1843 – 1845.
Death and afterward
Selah died on 4 July 1815, in Setauket, three years after his wife.
Recognition
Bibliography
See also
- Anna Strong
- Culper Ring
Sources
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