Simeon Strong was a justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

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Simeon Strong was the son of Nehemiah Strong and Hannah French. He was born in Amherst, Massachusetts

Amherst, Massachusetts

Amherst is a town in Hampshire County, Massachusetts, United States in the Connecticut River valley. As of the 2010 census, the population was 37,819, making it the largest community in Hampshire County . The town is home to Amherst College, Hampshire College, and the University of Massachusetts...

 on March 6, 1735-6, and graduated from Yale College

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 in 1756. He studied Christian

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theology and preached in various locations in Massachusetts. Strong then studied law was sworn as an attorney in 1761. Strong became a well-known attorney and practiced in Amherst. He was selected as a representative to the General Court (1767-9), State Senator (1793) and Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of Mass. (1800-05).He married Sarah Wright on January 12, 1763 (1739/40-1783). Strong died on December 14, 1805, aged 69.