"Col. Adonijah Strong (son of Noah Strong and Lydia Dart his second wife, and grandson of Preserved Strong and Tabitha Lee) … m. for 3d wife July 28, 1777, Abigail Bates of Hanover, Morris Co., N. J., …"
"Strong, … Adonijah, of Salisbury, m. Abigail Bates,of Hanover, Morris Cty., N. J., July 28, 1777, by Rev. Joseph Grover [2:47]"NOTE: At the time of this marriage, Rev. Joseph Grover (Dartmouth, 1773), was the settled pastor of the Presbyterian church at Parsippany.