Robert Long, Sr.

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Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s
Name: Robert Long
Year: 1635
Age: 45
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1590
Place: Boston, Massachusetts
Source Publication Code: 263
Primary Immigrant: Long, Robert

Source Bibliography: BANKS, CHARLES EDWARD. The Planters of the Commonwealth; a Study of the Emigrants and Emigration in Colonial Times: To Which Are Added Lists of Passengers to Boston and to the Bay Colony; the Ships which Brought Them; Their English Homes, and the Places of Their Settlement in Massachusetts, 1620-1640. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1930. 231p. Reprinted by Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1961. Repr. 1984. Page: 167

Source: Directory of the Ancestral Heads of New England Families, 1620-1700, compiled by Frank R. Holmes, Genealogical Publishing Co. Inc., p. clii (152)

Long, Robert came to Charlestown, Mass. from Dunstable, County Beford England.

Robert Long was born about b. abt. 1590 in St. Albans, Herfordshire, England; and died 9 Jan 1663/4, age 73 in Charlestown, MA; Occupation: innkeeper; He appears to belong to the London family of innholders, and left London 7 July 1635 on the ship Defence, bringing with him a certificate signed by the minister and justice of the peace at Dunstable, Bedfordshire, listing the names and ages of his second wife, his ten children, and his servants.

In 1636 he started the "Three Cranes Inn" or "Grand Ordinary" at Charlestown, which remained in his family for nearly a century. The building had been built in 1629 at the foot of town hill. It was occupied by the First Church of Charlestown and later was called the "Great House" and used as the Town Hall. It was burned down 17 June 1777, when Charlestown was set afire by British troops evacuating the city.

The Long family on Nantucket, and probably other parts of the New England coast, trace back to him. Robert Long married (1) 3/5 Oct 1614 in St. Albans, Hertfordshire ENG to Sarah Elizabeth Taylor, daughter of John and Margaret (Willmote) Taylor. She was born 29 May 1595 St. Albans, England and died 12 Dec 1631 in Dunstable, Bedfordshire, England. He married (2) abt.1630/33 Elizabeth Robert born abt.1603/5 in England and died May 29 1687 age 84 in Charlestown, MA

NOTES: From Long Genealogy by Hallock P. Long; and The Pioneers of Massachusetts, by Charles Henry Pope: Robert Long emigrated on 7 Jul 1635 from London, England, Robert ae.45, with wife Elizabeth, ae.30 and children Michael, ae.20, Sarah, ae.18, Robert ae. 16, Eliza ae.12, Anne ae.10, mary ag.9, Rebecca and John ae. 8, Zachary ae. 4 and Joshua 9 mos. with servant Luce Mercer, cert. from Dunstable, England . [NEHGR 14:315]. He owned the "Grand House" at the foot of Town Hill in 1636 in Charlestown, Suffolk, Mass. The British during the Revolutionary War burned it 17 Jun 1777. He was admitted to the church in Charlestown with wife Elizabeth on 17 Apr 1636. His will dated 10 Jul 1658, and bequeaths to wife and children: Joshua, John, Michael, Zechariah, daughters: Kempthorne, Ruth, Deborah, Hannah, Rebecca (Rooe), Sarah (Hill), Elizabeth (Parker), Anna (Converse). His estate probated on 6 Feb. 1663.

From Directory of the Ancestral Heads of New England Families 1620-1700 by Holmes: ROBERT, came to Charlestown, Mass., 1635, from Dunstable, County Bedford, Eng.

Robert married Sarah Taylor 03 Oct 1614, St Albans, Hertfordshire, , England. Sarah (daughter of John Taylor and Margaret Willmote) was born 20 May 1595, St Albans, Hertfordshire, England; died 12 Dec 1631, Dunstable, Bedfordshire, England. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s
Name: Robert Long
Year: 1635
Age: 16
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1619
Place: Boston, Massachusetts
Source: BANKS, CHARLES EDWARD. The Planters of the Commonwealth; a Study of the Emigrants and Emigration in Colonial Times: To Which Are Added Lists of Passengers to Boston and to the Bay Colony; the Ships which Brought Them; Their English Homes, and the Places of Their Settlement in Massachusetts, 1620-1640. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1930. 231p. Reprinted by Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1961. Repr. 1984. Page: 167


Birth:
Possibly born in St Albans, Hertfordshire, England where his parents were from or Dunstable, Bedfordshire, England where his mother died.

Died:
Family Data Collection - Individual Records
Name: Robert Long
Spouse: Alice Short
Birth Date: 1621
Marriage Place: Newbury, Essex, MA
Marriage Date: 1647
Death Place: Newbury, Essex, MA
Death Date: 27 Dec 1690

Robert married Alice Short May 1647, Newbury, Essex Co. MA. Alice (daughter of John Short and Elizabeth) was born 1626, Coventry, Wiltshire, England; died 17 Jan 1691, Salisbury, Essex Co. MA. [Group Sheet]

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Birth:
Massachusetts, Town Vital Collections, 1620-1988
Name: Mary Long
Birth Date: 24 Feb 1647
Event Type: Birth
Event City: Newbury
Father Name: Robert Long
Image: 504

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Birth:
Massachusetts, Town Vital Collections, 1620-1988
Name: Abiel Long
Birth Date: 19 Feb 1648
Event Type: Birth
Event City: Newbury
Father Name: Robert Long
Image: 504

Other Events:

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of Salisbury, MA

Ancestral File Number: K6LB-Q1

Richard Long signed petition of 1680; both he and wife signed Bradbury petition 1692. The following year he bought the Sheldon farm in Scarborough (Black Point) from the widow Rebecca Sheldon; the farm was sold by his heirs in 1720. He was killed by Indians in Amesbury on his way to Haverhill, 4 September 1694 with Joseph Pike.[He and Deputy Sheriff Joseph-3 Pike (1638-1694) "were slain by Indians as they traveled the head of the further end of Pond Plain..the enemy lay in a deserted house by the way, or in a clump of bushes or both."]. (Journal of Rev. John Pike, Essex. Collections); Inventory of his estate on 24 September 1794. James Brown of Salisbury was appointed guardian for three minor children.

Source: http://www.nh.searchroots.com/Long/richardsalis.htm

Settlers Surnamed Long to New England before 1700 NEGSR vol 104 page 40 Richard Long, house carpenter of Salisbury, was killed by Indians 4 Sept 1694, and is first recorded in Salisbury 1671. He married 21 July 1680, Ann, 1659-1731 daughter of Joseph and Susan (Stacy) French, and they had issue Elizabeth who married John Clough; William who married Ruth Eastman 2nd Sarah Shepare/Shepard, 3rd Deborah Tongue; Richard who married Sarah Coker; Susannah may have married an Eaton; Joseph never married; Sarah died infancy; Elinor who married Nathaniel Mason; and Sarah who married Wm. Russell, all born between 1680-1693. His widow married second Thomas Mudgett and third Alexander Magoon of Kingston, NH. He was recognized as a kinsman by Robert Long of Newbury and may have been born in New England but parents are unknown. Descendants have been traced in eastern MA, NH and Maine.

Richard married Anna FRENCH 21 Jul 1680, Salisbury, Essex Co. MA. Anna (daughter of Joseph French and Susanna Stacy) was born 10 Mar 1659, Salisbury, Essex Co., MA; died 31 Mar 1738, Salisbury, Essex Co. MA. [Group Sheet]

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By deed, 12 Mar 1764, John Clough of Brentwood, Elisha Clough of Kingston, Joseph Russell of Exeter, and Samuel and Eleanor Welch of Suncook, all of the province of New Hampshire, conveyed to Jonathon Moulton of Hampton, Esq., all their rights in land in Exeter that they had inherited from their uncle Richard Long of Salisbury, deceased.

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Eleanor married Nathaniel Mason 12 Jan 1716, Hampton, Rockingham Co. NH. Nathaniel was born 1695, Hampton, Rockingham Co. NH; died 1764, Hampton Falls, Rockingham Co. NH. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

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In 1763, Joseph and Abigail Russell, now of Epping, New Hampshire, conveyed their rights to the estate of Richard Long of Salisbury, which fell to "my honored mother, Sarah Russell, wife of William Russell." The deed further states that both Joseph's parents were deceased, that Joseph's mother Sarah was a sister to Richard Long, and that her share was one-quarter of the estate.

Sarah married William RUSSELL 28 Nov 1715, Newbury, Essex Co. MA. William (son of Jonathan RUSSELL) was born Abt 1699, Newbury, Essex Co.MA; died Bef 6 Nov 1761, Hampton Falls, Rockingham Co., NH. [Group Sheet]