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     Phebe Lyman was born on 22 August 1717. She was the daughter of Capt. Moses Lyman Jr. and Mindwell Sheldon. Phebe Lyman married Lt. Caleb Strong, son of Jonathan Strong and Mehitable Stebbins, on 5 November 1736. Phebe Lyman died on 5 January 1802 at age 84.

     Phebe Strong was born on 22 December 1738. She was the daughter of Lt. Caleb Strong and Phebe Lyman.

     Jarvis Alderman was born in 1803.¹ He was the son of Joseph Alderman III and Rosina Alderman.¹ Jarvis Alderman married Charlotte Grant, daughter of Wareham Grant and Mabel Hurlburt.¹ Jarvis Alderman married Rua (?).² Jarvis Alderman died in 1857.¹

Jarvis and Zaruah were enumerated in the 1850 Windsor, Ashtabula Co., OH, federal census, dwelling 1576, household 1628. He was a farmer age 47, born in CT; she was 47 born in VT. Children in the household, all born in Ohio, were Alexander age 21, Salon S. 15, Backus G. 13, Lucilia 10, Robert W. Williams 7, Lucinda Alderman 7, and Zeruah R. 1.

     Mehitable Strong was born on 16 February 1743. She was the daughter of Lt. Caleb Strong and Phebe Lyman.

     Gov. Caleb Strong was born on 9 January 1745. He was the son of Lt. Caleb Strong and Phebe Lyman. Gov. Caleb Strong was graduated in 1764 at Harvard, Cambridge, MA. He married Sarah Hooker in November 1777. Gov. Caleb Strong died in November 1819 at angina pectoris at age 74. He studied law with Major Joseph Hawley of Northampton and was very assiduous in the pursuit of his profession: county attorney 24 years (1776-1800); member of the convention for forming the state constitution of Massachusetts, and one of the committee that drew up that instrument which remained for forty years the fundamental law of the stae, and was then but slightly modified by the vconvention elected to revise and improve it where it seemed desirable after so long a period. In 1780, he was chosen state senator and every year afterwards chosen anew until 1789. In 1787, he was elected a delegate to the convention which formed the present Constitution of the United States. He was US Senator in the First Congress (1788-94), and again (1794-1800), but resigned his seat before the expiration of the second term of office. He was one of the committee that drew the Judiciary Act. He semed to be more fond of quiet private life thanof public life, to which however, he was continualy recalled by his trusting and admiring fellow citizens. In 1800, he was chosen Governor of Massachusetts. Although party feeling then ran high, and "federal" and "democrat" were words of a very positive sense, so much was he revered where he was best known, that not a single vote was cast against him in seven or eight towns of which Northampton was the centre. In 1810, he was nominated to the same office, and refused the nomination until after it was persistently and earnestly urges upon his acceptance, as he did not relish the excitement and tumult of stormy political life. he was a man of a gentle spirit, simple in his tastes and manners, frugal, modest, prudent, discreet, contented and altogether domestic in his habits. He was never charded with ambitious views. As early as 1772, he was a professing Christian, and acted plainly under the sense of religious obligation, and sought the praise of God rather than that of men. He was a pillar in the church at Northampton, and for many ears Prest. of the Hampshire Co. Missionary Society and of the Hampshire Bible Society. In the later years of his life he was much given to the study of the Scriptures and of theological works. Time grew less and eternity ever more in his thoughts. In private life he was affable and attractive. He had those magnetic qualities of character which with his integrity, simplicity and dignity drew all eyes and hearts to him. As a counsellor and an advocate alike he was a man of power.

He was a moderate Calvinist in his religioius views, and was liberal in his sympathies towards those who did not see divine truth in all its andles and apoects exactly as he himself did.

Gov. Strong was of medium height, erect, of a compact frame and graceful carriage. His wife, with whom he lived in wedlock for 40 years was a lady of pleasing aspect, strong good sense, fervent piety and remarkable sweetness of disposition. Their home was full of sunshine and of the peace and presence of God.

     Eleanor Strong was born on 8 January 1747. She was the daughter of Lt. Caleb Strong and Phebe Lyman.

     Martha Strong was born on 11 March 1749. She was the daughter of Lt. Caleb Strong and Phebe Lyman.

     Dorothy Strong was born on 19 April 1751. She was the daughter of Lt. Caleb Strong and Phebe Lyman.

     Abigail Parsons was born in January 1689. She was the daughter of Joseph Parsons Jr. and Elizabeth Strong. Abigail Parsons married Ebenezer Clark, son of Deacon John Clark and Mary Strong, on 10 December 1712.² Abigail Parsons died on 17 August 1763 at age 74.²

     Ebenezer Clark was born on 18 October 1682.¹ He was the son of Deacon John Clark and Mary Strong. Ebenezer Clark married Abigail Parsons, daughter of Joseph Parsons Jr. and Elizabeth Strong, on 10 December 1712.¹ Ebenezer Clark died on 27 February 1781 at age 98.¹

     Ebenezer Clark Jr. was born on 16 August 1714.¹ He was the son of Ebenezer Clark and Abigail Parsons. Ebenezer Clark Jr. died on 21 November 1782 at age 68.¹

     Ebenezer Clark III was the son of Ebenezer Clark Jr. and Jerusha Russell. Ebenezer Clark III married Eunice Pomeroy, daughter of Ebenezer Pomeroy III and Mindwell Lyman.

     John Lyman III was the son of John Lyman Jr. and Mindwell Sheldon.

     Mindwell Lyman was the daughter of John Lyman III and Abigail Moseley. Mindwell Lyman married Ebenezer Pomeroy III, son of Ebenezer Pomeroy Jr. and Elizabeth Hunt.

     Henry Woodward died on 7 April 1683 at Lightning, Northampton, MA.

     Experience Woodward was the daughter of Henry Woodward and Elizabeth (?). Experience Woodward married Deacon Medad Pomeroy, son of Eltweed Pomeroy and Margery Rockett, on 21 November 1661.

     Deacon Medad Pomeroy was born in 1638. He was the son of Eltweed Pomeroy and Margery Rockett. Deacon Medad Pomeroy was baptized on 19 August 1638 at Windsor, Hartford Co., CT. He married Experience Woodward, daughter of Henry Woodward and Elizabeth (?), on 21 November 1661. Deacon Medad Pomeroy married Abigail Strong, daughter of Elder John Strong and Abigail Ford, on 8 September 1686. Deacon Medad Pomeroy married Hannah Warriner on 24 January 1705.⁴ Deacon Medad Pomeroy died on 30 December 1716.

     Hon. Major Ebenezer Pomeroy was born on 30 May 1669 at Northampton, MA. He was the son of Deacon Medad Pomeroy and Experience Woodward. Hon. Major Ebenezer Pomeroy married Hannah Strong, daughter of Elder Ebenezer Strong and Hannah Clapp, on 4 May 1691. Hon. Major Ebenezer Pomeroy married Sarah King, daughter of John King and Sarah Holton, on 26 December 1692. Hon. Major Ebenezer Pomeroy died on 27 January 1754 at age 84.

Ebenezer was one of the leading citizens of Northampton. He was a gunsmith and a man of energy and ability.

He was prominent in civil and military affairs, as Captain, Major, Commissioner to meet with the Indians at Albany in 1724, member of Her Majesty's council of the Province (Anne, dau. of James II.), etc; and his duties as High Sheriff were manifold. He was an active and steadfast Christian and a deacon in the church.

During Queen Anne's war with Canada, in 1711, among the eighteen companies furnished by Massachusetts, one company was from Hampshire county, of which Ebenezer Pomeroy was in command, with a commission as Captain. This company wa under pay from June 2, to Oct 26, 1711. The pay roll amounted to £367.2.10, but the muster roll of the company has not been preserved. The several expeditions against Canada during this war cost Massachusetts in the aggregate about £80,000. He engaged also in King William's war at times between 1688 and 1698.

     William Holton married Mary (?).

     Mary (?) married William Holton.

     Sarah Holton was the daughter of William Holton and Mary (?).

     Sarah King was the daughter of John King and Sarah Holton. Sarah King married Hon. Major Ebenezer Pomeroy, son of Deacon Medad Pomeroy and Experience Woodward, on 26 December 1692.

     Ebenezer Pomeroy Jr. married Elizabeth Hunt, daughter of Jonathan Hunt Jr. and Martha Williams. Ebenezer Pomeroy Jr. was born on 18 September 1697. He was the son of Hon. Major Ebenezer Pomeroy and Sarah King.

     Elizabeth Hunt was the daughter of Jonathan Hunt Jr. and Martha Williams. Elizabeth Hunt married Ebenezer Pomeroy Jr., son of Hon. Major Ebenezer Pomeroy and Sarah King.

     Ebenezer Pomeroy III was the son of Ebenezer Pomeroy Jr. and Elizabeth Hunt. Ebenezer Pomeroy III married Mindwell Lyman, daughter of John Lyman III and Abigail Moseley.

     Eunice Pomeroy was the daughter of Ebenezer Pomeroy III and Mindwell Lyman. Eunice Pomeroy married Ebenezer Clark III, son of Ebenezer Clark Jr. and Jerusha Russell.

     Jerusha Clark was the daughter of Ebenezer Clark III and Eunice Pomeroy.

     George Williams Gates was the son of Samuel Gates Jr. and Jerusha Clark.

     George Porterfield Gates was the son of George Williams Gates and Sarah D. Todd.

     Margaret Gates was the daughter of George Porterfield Gates and Elizabeth Emery.

     Elizabeth Virginia Wallace was the daughter of David Willock Wallace and Margaret Gates. Elizabeth Virginia Wallace married President Harry S Truman, son of John Anderson Truman and Martha Ellen Young, on 28 June 1919.

     President Harry S Truman was born on 8 May 1884 at Lamar, MO.² He was the son of John Anderson Truman and Martha Ellen Young. President Harry S Truman married Elizabeth Virginia Wallace, daughter of David Willock Wallace and Margaret Gates, on 28 June 1919. President Harry S Truman died on 26 December 1972 at Kansas City, Jackson Co., MO, at age 88.² He was buried at Truman Library, Independence, MO.

33rd president of the United States (1945-1953). Truman initiated the foreign policy of containing Communism, a policy that was the hallmark of the Cold War. He continued the welfare policies established under his predecessor, President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Truman helped to centralize power in the executive branch, a trend begun under Roosevelt. Truman's willingness to accept responsibility for difficult decisions made him one of the most controversial of presidents. Throughout his administration, Truman failed to rally congressional support for most of his program of domestic legislation, called the Fair Deal. However, he did secure sufficient legislative backing to produce an outstanding record in foreign affairs, especially in meeting what most Americans felt was the challenge posed by the rising power of the Communist bloc. During Truman's administration the United States became a charter member of the United Nations (UN) and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO); sponsored important foreign policy initiatives known as the Truman Doctrine, the Marshall Plan, and Point Four Program; and assumed a leading role in the fighting in the Korean War (1950-1953).

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President Truman and Vice President Richard Cheney are related through their common ancestors Robert and Margaret Tyler.

     John Anderson Truman was born on 5 December 1851 at Jackson Co., MO.¹ He was the son of Anderson Shipp Truman and Mary Jane Holmes.¹

     Nathaniel Chauncey Jr. was born on 3 September 1679. He was the son of Rev. Nathaniel Chauncey and Abigail Strong. Nathaniel Chauncey Jr. died on 8 February 1756 at age 76.

     Elihu Chauncey was the son of Nathaniel Chauncey Jr. and Sarah Judson. Elihu Chauncey married Mary Griswold, daughter of Samuel Griswold and Sarah (?), on 28 March 1739 at Durham, Middlesex Co., CT.

     Mary Griswold was born on 28 June 1718 at Killingworth, CT. She was the daughter of Samuel Griswold and Sarah (?). Mary Griswold married Elihu Chauncey, son of Nathaniel Chauncey Jr. and Sarah Judson, on 28 March 1739 at Durham, Middlesex Co., CT. Mary Griswold died on 1 March 1801 at age 82.

     Catherine Chauncey was born on 11 April 1741. She was the daughter of Elihu Chauncey and Mary Griswold. Catherine Chauncey married Rev. Elizur Goodrich, son of David Goodrich and Hepzibah Boardman, on 1 February 1759. Catherine Chauncey died on 8 April 1830 at age 88.

     Rev. Elizur Goodrich was born on 18 October 1734. He was the son of David Goodrich and Hepzibah Boardman. Rev. Elizur Goodrich married Catherine Chauncey, daughter of Elihu Chauncey and Mary Griswold, on 1 February 1759. Rev. Elizur Goodrich died on 21 November 1797 at age 63.

     Samuel Goodrich was born on 12 January 1763. He was the son of Rev. Elizur Goodrich and Catherine Chauncey. Samuel Goodrich married Elizabeth Ely, daughter of Col. John Ely and Sarah Worthington, on 29 July 1784.

     Elizabeth Ely was the daughter of Col. John Ely and Sarah Worthington. Elizabeth Ely married Samuel Goodrich, son of Rev. Elizur Goodrich and Catherine Chauncey, on 29 July 1784. Elizabeth Ely died on 3 March 1837.