1714 The town records of Colchester recorded, "Josiah Strong is cr. October 1714 by giting go rails & carting one load 00 11 0." [1]
1729 The town and vital records of Colchester recorded, "December ye 18th: 1729 was a Legall Town Meeting. … Tithing men chosen Samuel Fuller Josiah Strong." [2]
Research Notes:
Savage states, "Josiah [Strong], 11 Jan. 1679, bapt. next day." [3]
[1] Colchester, New London County, Connecticut, Vital Records, v. 1-4 1712-1878 (Microfilm of original records in the Town Hall, Colchester, Connecticut, Vols. 1-2 include also records of strays, town accounts, minutes of town meetings, earmarks, some land records. Vol. 3 includes some records of military discharges, 1865.), FHL film 1312155, DGS 7730347, vol. 1, p. 12, [FHLCatalog], [FamilySearchImage].
[2] Colchester, New London County, Connecticut, Vital Records, v. 1-4 1712-1878 (Microfilm of original records in the Town Hall, Colchester, Connecticut, Vols. 1-2 include also records of strays, town accounts, minutes of town meetings, earmarks, some land records. Vol. 3 includes some records of military discharges, 1865.), FHL film 1312155, DGS 7730347, vol. 1, p. 100d, [FHLCatalog], [FamilySearchImage].
[3] James Savage, John Farmer, Orrando Perry, A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, Showing three generations, Vol. 4 (Boston: Little Brown & Co, 1861), 227, [GoogleBooks], [HathiTrust], [InternetArchive].