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Selah Strong

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Selah Strong Veteran

Birth
New York, USA
Death
4 Jul 1815 (aged 77)
Setauket, Suffolk County, New York, USA
Burial
Setauket, Suffolk County, New York, USA GPS-Latitude: 40.9537278, Longitude: -73.1089333
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Selah was married to Anna (Smith) Strong, the member of the Culper Spy Ring of Setauket, Long Island. He was imprisoned in the Provost in New York City during the American Revolution and was one of the lucky survivors. He was released within seven months and returned to his estate on Mount Misery (modern day Belle Terre and Port Jefferson's Harbor Hills). There he and his wife, Anna "Nancy" Strong, actively assisted in Washington's Culper Spy Ring by hiding Caleb Brewster and his whaleboat crew on their property when they came over from Connecticut to obtain intelligence from the ring. Selah and Anna would move to modern day Strong's Neck after the war when the Loyalist Andrew Seton abandoned the property.
Selah was married to Anna (Smith) Strong, the member of the Culper Spy Ring of Setauket, Long Island. He was imprisoned in the Provost in New York City during the American Revolution and was one of the lucky survivors. He was released within seven months and returned to his estate on Mount Misery (modern day Belle Terre and Port Jefferson's Harbor Hills). There he and his wife, Anna "Nancy" Strong, actively assisted in Washington's Culper Spy Ring by hiding Caleb Brewster and his whaleboat crew on their property when they came over from Connecticut to obtain intelligence from the ring. Selah and Anna would move to modern day Strong's Neck after the war when the Loyalist Andrew Seton abandoned the property.


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  • Created by: Arleen Koello
  • Added: May 23, 2011
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/70275032/selah-strong: accessed ), memorial page for Selah Strong (25 Dec 1737–4 Jul 1815), Find a Grave Memorial ID 70275032, citing Saint Georges Manor Cemetery, Setauket, Suffolk County, New York, USA; Maintained by Arleen Koello (contributor 47001400).