Longfellow's from Maryland/Delaware Special Forum
For those of us who believe we are descended from THE Joseph Longfellow b. 1703? who showed up in the pre-Mason/Dixon Maryland/Delaware during the early 1700’s, I propose this forum to share information to help each other clearly define our ancestry as best as possible.
Much has been posted to help but it’s all fragmented and contained in various forum posts and applicable information is often posted as a side note to the main subject matter… very frustrating.
I’ll get things started now.
I believe I am probably descended from William b. 1712 or 1713 in Talbot County, Maryland (see note below), first son of THE Joseph and brother of second son Jonathan b. 1715, and third son Thomas b. abt 1724.
I know I’m descended from John b. 1767 in Queen Anne, Maryland who I believe is probably the fourth son of William b. 1712 or 1713.
I have good land purchase/sale information about the sons of Jonathan b. 1715 after their migration to western Ohio and eastern Indiana - Elijah b. 1767 (Hamilton, Butler, Ohio), Joseph b. 1768 (Concord, Champaign, Ohio), William b.1770 (Henry County, Indiana by way of Kentucky and Butler, Ohio where Elijah stopped and remained), Nathan b. abt 1772 (who followed his brother William Longfellow into Rush County, Indiana), and Jonathan Jr. b. abt 1775 (Hamilton, Butler, Ohio with his brother Elijah).
I’ve seen it speculated that my John b. 1767 and Jonathan, Jr. b. abt 1775 might be the same person. There are not as both were buying and selling land at the same time in Wayne County, Indiana and Butler County, Ohio respectively. Also, John’s wife was Mary (deeds marked with sign… my John was not literate I suppose) while Jonathan Junior’s wife was Elizabeth (deeds with signatures… literate). Note that I found no Longfellow’s currently residing in any of the Ohio places mentioned above (where did they go?).
Linage for both sides of the families (mentioned immediately above) are or can be easily defined, I believe. It’s the connection with the earlier William b. 1712 or 1713, his brothers, and his supposed father Joseph b. 1703? that needs attention.
If anyone has any documentation relative to the early Longfellow’s from Maryland/Delaware, please share it here.
For all of you Longfellow’s still in Maryland and Delaware, please participate. You probably know more or could more easily learn more than you know. Let’s trade email addresses and start communicating. Perhaps we can even find volunteers to aid in research?
David Uhrey and George Longfellow, please join in. You know more than I do.
All of you Longfellow’s remaining in Ohio and Indiana join in. Some of you are probably descended from the immigrant William (as apposed to THE Joseph) but, you might know something that would help.
Russell Farnham has suggested (since no one knows from where THE Joseph originated) that a search in The U.K. is in order. If anyone can provide a contact in England that does that kind of research, I’ll pay for it.
Note - Between 1662 and 1707, Talbot County, Maryland encompassed all of present day Talbot, plus Queen Anne County to the northern boundary of the Chester River, and western section of present Caroline County lying in the Fork of Tuckahoe Creek and Choptank River (land records can be abstracted from colonial deed books at Talbot Co. Courthouse, Clerk of Court's Office). And, the boundary between Maryland and Delaware was not established until the Mason-Dixon Line was drawn in 1767.References to “Murderkill” (formerly Motherkill) Delaware refer to the “hundred” (a taxing jurisdiction comprised of a number of property owners) that is in the mix of confusion among the various counties of Maryland and Delaware pre- Mason/Dixon.
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Re: Longfellow's from Maryland/Delaware Special Forum
Mary DeHority Beaulieu 4/19/11