Joanna Crispe

Joanna Goffe Longley Crisp Birth: 1619 Death: Apr. 18, 1698

She was born about 1618 or 1619 as she was aged 78 at her death. She was possibly the sister of Deputy Governor Thomas Goffe of Massachusetts.

Her first husband was William Longley. Her second husband, married after Nov 29,1680, was Benjamin Crisp. She was his second wife.

Children(by first marriage):

1. William Longley Jr,
2. Hannah Longley Tarbell,
3. John Longley,
4. Ann Longley,
5. Mary Longley Leman,
6. Elizabeth Longley Blood,
7. Lydia Longley Nutting, and
8. Sarah Longley Rand Watts.

Source: Find-A-Grave

Biography

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Goffe-4

From “Who Begot Thee? Some Genealogical and Historical Notes Made in an effort to trace the American progenitors of one individual living in America in 1903” By Gilbert O. Bent, 1903:

Joanna Goffe was born about 1619 (age 78 at death in 1698) in Firsby, Lincolnshire, England, daughter of Thomas Goffe, a merchant and ship-owner of London and a member of the company which " floated " the Pilgrims. He was probably the owner of the " Mayflower " on her memorable voyage of 1620 as well as on her later voyages to America of 1629 and '30. He was also the first Deputy-Governor of the Massachusetts company. He died when on a voyage to America to look after his commercial interests in New England. He lost heavily by his "adventures" with the Pilgrims.
Some have erroneously used Frisby as her birthplace; however, http://gazetteer.org.uk/ clearly identifies Firsby as a place in Lincolnshire and Frisby as a place in Leicestershire. The name of her mother is not known; some say Cutter, some say Young, some say Holney. [3]
Joanna was married twice - first to William Longley about 1640 in Lynn, Essex County, Massachusetts, and second, to Benjamin Crispe (as his second wife) after the death of William, November 29, 1680. William was the son of John Longley and Ann Pearson Longley. [1] [2] [4]
Joanna Goffe died in Charlestown, Suffolk County, Massachusetts April 18, 1698. She is buried in the Phipps Street Burying Ground, in Charlestown. [2] [3] [5]

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From https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2012/12/surname-saturday-cri...

Benjamin Crisp married first to Bridget, maiden name unknown, with whom he had eight children. He married second to Joanna Goffe, widow of William Longley. Her son William Longley, Jr. married Benjamin Crisp’s daughter, Deliverance Crisp. William and Deliverance were killed in an attack on Groton, Massachusetts in 1694. Five of their children were also killed and three taken captive. There is a monument to the Longley family off Longley Road in Groton. In her will Joanna Crisp remembered these missing grandchildren: “I give and bequeath unto my three Grand-Children that are in Captivity if they returne, these books one of them a bible, another a Sermon booke treating of faith and the other a psalms book” One child returned, one became a nun in Canada, and the last one's fate is unknown.

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married several times

benjamin crispe: child anna lawrence

william longley child wm longley, lydia longley and elizabeth longley

male leman

male rand

male nutting child sarah nutting

children mary and elizabeth shaddock

Additional source cited

• http://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2012/12/surname-saturday-cris...
• Great Migration Begins, Vol 1, A-F (2005). “Benjamin Crisp.“ Page 493 - 496. AncestryImage
• https://mathcs.clarku.edu/~djoyce/gen/report/rr02/rr02_193.html#P18056
• Davis, W. Goodwin. (1958). The ancestry of Sarah Hildreth, 1773-1857: wife of Annis Spear of Litchfield, Maine. Portland, Me.: Anthoensen Press. “Crispe.” Page 55 - 58 Hathitrust
• https://minerdescent.com/2010/06/22/benjamin-crispe/ (has some errors)
• The American Genealogist, January 1987. “Benjamin Crispe (1607-1683)” AncestryImage full article at
• The American Genealogist. New Haven, CT: D. L. Jacobus, 1937-. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009 - .) Whole Number 245, Volune 62, No. 1. January 1987. “Benjamin Crisp.” AmericanAncestors
• “Genealogies of the Families and Descendants of the Early Settlers of Watertown, Massachusetts, Including Waltham and Weston: To which is Appended the Early History of the Town.” Henry Bond. Page 188. GoogleBooks CRISPE-BENJ. CRISPE, b. about 1611; servant of Maj. Gibbons, 1630, or '31, and probably came over with him, 1629; proprietor of Wat., 1636–7; admitted freeman, May 6, 1646; by wife BRIDGET, had, 1. ELIZABETH, b. Jan. 8, 1636–7; m., Sept. 27, 1657, GEORGE LAWRENCE. [Lawrence, 1.] 2. MARY, b. May 20, 1638. 3. JONATHAN, b. Jan. 29, 1639-40, an early proprietor of Groton; his estate admin. by his father Benjamin, Oct. 25, 1680. 4. ELEAZER, b. Jan. 14, 1641–2. 5. MEHITABEL, b. Jan. 21, 1645-6. 6. ZACHARIAH, impressed as a soldier by Capt. Mosely, of Boston, about 1673. (See Court File, 1674.] Sept. 21, 1666, Benjamin Crispe, of Wat., a mason, and wife Bridget, sold to Thomas Boyden, of Groton, a dwelling-house, &c., with 7 acres, and several other parcels of land, amounting to 92 acres. He probably moved to Groton about that time. The Will of Joanna Crispe, of Groton (? wid. of Jonathan), mentions her daughters Mary Lemon, Sarah Rand, and Lydia Nutting, gr. dr. Sarah Nutting, gr. chil. Lydia, Elizabeth and William Longley, gr. dr. Anna Lawrence, gr. drs. Mary and Elizabeth Shaddock, and three gr. chil. in captivity.