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About William Longfellow
Came from England, and was ancestor of the poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. He is William Longfellow II.
William was baptized at Guiseley (the parish church of Horsforth), on October 20, 1650.
See also
"Ould Newbury"
By John James Currier
http://books.google.com/books?id=vws1AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA247&lpg=PA247&dq...
William the immigrant and progenitor of those families in America, was baptized at Guiseley, West Yorkshire, England 10/20/1650. William enlisted in the expedition to Quebec under Sir William Phips, and was drowned at Cape Breton on Friday night the last of October, 1690.
He married a Mrs. Anne Sewall born 09/03/1662 on 11/10/1678 while her parents were on their second voyage across the Atlantic. She was the daughter of Henry Sewall and Jane Drummer and sister of one of Massachusetts' most distinguished Jurists of the Colonial period. Anne died 12/18/1706 at Newbury Mass. Her father, Henry Sewall Jr. and grandfather, Sr. were among the chief men in founding Newbury Mass., being very wealthy and staunch Puritans. Anne Sewall's Great Grandfather, Henry Sewall, was mayor of Coventry, England, 1589-1606, being a very wealthy linen draper, whose ancestry dates back to before the conquest, to a Saxon Thane who spelled his name "Saswald" and owned a church. Mayor Sewall died in 1628.
In his will dated 08/17/1678 Henry Sewall bequeathed to his son in law William Longfellow and his daughter Anne a tract of land with the house on it commonly known by the name of the high field, with a parcel of meadow, containing about seven or eight acres.
In a sale of 11/16/1686, William purchased the legacies of John Wallingford, James Wallingford, and Joseph Poore, the children of Nicholas Wallingford of Newbury for 40 pounds each that was left them by there great-uncle, William Gore, by his will of 01/22/1656.
It was likely that William returned to England in 1687 in connection with his brothers death (or to obtain his patrimony) According to the law of distribution William would get no share whatever of his brother' estate, since there father administered to the intestate, and would take the whole of his estate, real and personal, as his heir at-law and next of kin. It was assumed that Nathan must have had real or personal estate, or both, from some other source than his father. Supposing any copyhold land descended to him from his mother, or grandfather, and that he had a younger brother of the whole blood, that brother would succeed to the copyhold estate, and would have to be admitted tenant of the same.
William was back in Newbury in 1688 when he was taxed for (2-houses; 1-heads;6- plow lands meadow; 1-horse; 1 cow; 2-3 year old, 1-1 year old, 10 sheep and 2-hoggs.)
The first century of Dummer Academy
By Nehemiah Cleaveland
pg iv
http://books.google.com/books?id=WpQWAAAAIAAJ&pg=RA1-PR29&dq=byfiel...
The Emigrant to the Colonies.
Drowned at Anticosti Island
From Genealogical History of the Duncan Stuart Family in America: "... who came from Yorkshire, Eng. to Newbury in 1651, was a merchant at Byfield, was Ensign in the Newbury company in the expedition against Quebec in 1690, was wrecked and drowned at Anti Costi ..."
Ensign William Longfellow, American Progenitor of our line and son of William and Elizabeth (Thornton) Longfellow, was born in Horsforth, near Leeds, in Yorkshire, England about 1650 and was baptized at Guisely, October 20, 1650. He died at Anticosti, Cape Breton, Canada in a shipwreck, October 31, 1690. While still a youth, about age 26, he came to America and settled in Newbury, Massachusetts, where he is spoken of as a man of education and ability, but of rather easy going and improvident ways, preferring pleasure to work. In 1678 he was living at Newbury Falls, and in a list of those who took the oath of allegiance in Newbury, in the same year, is the name William Longfellow. Among the tithingmen appointed May 7, 1687 was "Mr. Will. Longfellow". The honorary appellation of "Mr" shows his social standing. In 1687 William Longfellow returned to England to receive what was due him apparently from the estate of his brother, at which time his father is stated to be "alive and well". After his return to Newbury, William enlisted in the Newbury Company of Captain Stephen Greenleaf with the commission of Ensign. Sir William Phipps, Governor of Massachussetts, organized an expedition of several ships in an attempt to capture Quebec. The expedition was a failure and William perished by shipwreck on his way home, along with Capt. Greenleaf. In 1739 a township of land on the westerly side of the Merrimac River and northerly and adjoining to Contoocook was granted and laid out to the "soldiers in the expedition to Canada, anno 1690" and the heirs of Ensign William Longfellow received a share of it.
findagrave = worth reading
Came from England, and was ancestor of the poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
William was baptized at Guiseley (the parish church of Horsforth), on October 20, 1650.
See also "Ould Newbury"
By John James Currier http://books.google.com/books?id=vws1AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA247&lpg=PA247&dq...
William the immigrant and progenitor of those families in America, was baptized at Guiseley, West Yorkshire, England 10/20/1650. William enlisted in the expedition to Quebec under Sir William Phips, and was drowned at Cape Breton on Friday night the last of October, 1690.
He married a Mrs. Anne Sewall born 09/03/1662 on 11/10/1678 while her parents were on their second voyage across the Atlantic. She was the daughter of Henry Sewall and Jane Drummer and sister of one of Massachusetts' most distinguished Jurists of the Colonial period. Anne died 12/18/1706 at Newbury Mass. Her father, Henry Sewall Jr. and grandfather, Sr. were among the chief men in founding Newbury Mass., being very wealthy and staunch Puritans. Anne Sewall's Great Grandfather, Henry Sewall, was mayor of Coventry, England, 1589-1606, being a very wealthy linen draper, whose ancestry dates back to before the conquest, to a Saxon Thane who spelled his name "Saswald" and owned a church. Mayor Sewall died in 1628.
In his will dated 08/17/1678 Henry Sewall bequeathed to his son in law William Longfellow and his daughter Anne a tract of land with the house on it commonly known by the name of the high field, with a parcel of meadow, containing about seven or eight acres.
In a sale of 11/16/1686, William purchased the legacies of John Wallingford, James Wallingford, and Joseph Poore, the children of Nicholas Wallingford of Newbury for 40 pounds each that was left them by there great-uncle, William Gore, by his will of 01/22/1656.
It was likely that William returned to England in 1687 in connection with his brothers death (or to obtain his patrimony) According to the law of distribution William would get no share whatever of his brother' estate, since there father administered to the intestate, and would take the whole of his estate, real and personal, as his heir at-law and next of kin. It was assumed that Nathan must have had real or personal estate, or both, from some other source than his father. Supposing any copyhold land descended to him from his mother, or grandfather, and that he had a younger brother of the whole blood, that brother would succeed to the copyhold estate, and would have to be admitted tenant of the same.
William was back in Newbury in 1688 when he was taxed for (2-houses; 1-heads;6- plow lands meadow; 1-horse; 1 cow; 2-3 year old, 1-1 year old, 10 sheep and 2-hoggs.)
The first century of Dummer Academy
By Nehemiah Cleaveland pg iv
http://books.google.com/books?id=WpQWAAAAIAAJ&pg=RA1-PR29&dq=byfiel...
The Emigrant to the Colonies. Drowned at Anticosti Island From Genealogical History of the Duncan Stuart Family in America: "... who came from Yorkshire, Eng. to Newbury in 1651, was a merchant at Byfield, was Ensign in the Newbury company in the expedition against Quebec in 1690, was wrecked and drowned at Anti Costi ..."
Ensign William Longfellow, American Progenitor of our line and son of William and Elizabeth (Thornton) Longfellow, was born in Horsforth, near Leeds, in Yorkshire, England about 1650 and was baptized at Guisely, October 20, 1650. He died at Anticosti, Cape Breton, Canada in a shipwreck, October 31, 1690. While still a youth, about age 26, he came to America and settled in Newbury, Massachusetts, where he is spoken of as a man of education and ability, but of rather easy going and improvident ways, preferring pleasure to work. In 1678 he was living at Newbury Falls, and in a list of those who took the oath of allegiance in Newbury, in the same year, is the name William Longfellow. Among the tithingmen appointed May 7, 1687 was "Mr. Will. Longfellow". The honorary appellation of "Mr" shows his social standing. In 1687 William Longfellow returned to England to receive what was due him apparently from the estate of his brother, at which time his father is stated to be "alive and well". After his return to Newbury, William enlisted in the Newbury Company of Captain Stephen Greenleaf with the commission of Ensign. Sir William Phipps, Governor of Massachussetts, organized an expedition of several ships in an attempt to capture Quebec. The expedition was a failure and William perished by shipwreck on his way home, along with Capt. Greenleaf. In 1739 a township of land on the westerly side of the Merrimac River and northerly and adjoining to Contoocook was granted and laid out to the "soldiers in the expedition to Canada, anno 1690" and the heirs of Ensign William Longfellow received a share of it. findagrave = worth reading
GEDCOM Note
William enlisted in the expedition to Quebec under Sir William Phips, and was drowned at Cape Breton on Friday night the last of October, 1690. "Captain John March, Captain Stephen Greenleaf, Lieutenant James Smith, Ensign William Longfellow, and Ensign Lawrence Hart, of Newbury, Captain Philip Nelson, of Rowley, and Captain Daniel King, of Salem, were among the officers commissioned for service in the expedition to Canada under the command of Sir William Phips." (History of Newbury, MA)
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William Longfellow's Timeline
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October 20, 1650
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Horsforth, Leeds, Yorkshire, England
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October 20, 1650
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the parish church =, Guiseley, Horsforth, West Yorkshire, England
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October 20, 1650
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Guiseley, Horsforth, Yorkshire, England
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Guiseley, Horsforth, Yorkshire, England
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November 25, 1679
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Newbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony
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November 25, 1679
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Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
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January 10, 1680
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Newbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
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October 3, 1683
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Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
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October 3, 1683
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Newbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony
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