Zachariah Long (bef. 1630 - 1688)

Born before 20 Oct 1630 in Dunstable, Bedfordshire, England

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah (Tidd) Long — married 29 Sep 1656 (to 3 Jul 1674) in Charlestown, Middlesex, Massachusetts

Husband of Mary (Burr) Long — married 1675 (to 2 Aug 1681) in Massachusetts

Husband of Sarah (Foster) Stanley — married 9 Aug 1682 (to 28 Mar 1688) in Charlestown, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 28 Mar 1688 after age 57 in Charlestown, Middlesex, Massachusetts

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Biography

Zachariah Long immigrated to New England as a child during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640).

Zachariah was born about 1630. He is the son of Robert Long and Sarah Taylor. He was baptized 20 OCT 1630, Dunstable, Bedfordshire, England.^[1][2] He immigrated to Charlestown with his family in 1635. The following year, his father founded The Three Cranes, a tavern in Charlestown, and operated it until his death. The tavern would remain in the family for nearly a century.^[3]

Zach. Long & Sarah Tid, m. by Mr. Ri. Russell, Commr., Sept. 24, [16]56, in Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts.^[4][5]

Zechariah (1630-1688) & 2/wf Mary [BURR] (1639-1681); by 1676; Charlestown {Charlestown 627; Long 7; Sv. 1:307; Crapo 601; Burr (1891) 399; Warner-Harrington 416}^[4]

Zechariah Long & Sarah Moor, widow, m. by James Russell, Esq. & Asst., Aug. 9, 1682, in Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts^[5][6]

He was a successful sea captain.^[7]

Mr. Zech. Long, about 56, d. Mar. 28, 1688. Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts^[5] Conflicting from merge: Death Date 1683-07-20.

Sources

1. ↑ The Parish Register of Dunstable 1558-1812. Bedfordshire County Record Office 1951. https://archive.org/details/bedfordshirepari42bedf/page/12
2. ↑ "Robert Long." Great Migration 1634-1635, I-L. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume IV, I-L, by Robert Charles Anderson. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2005.
3. ↑ For more about "The Three Cranes", see the WikiTree profile for Zechariah's father Robert Long.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} New England Marriages Prior to 1700, Clarence Almon Torrey, Elizabeth Petty Bentley, 1985, pg. 471.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2} Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 Charlestown - V1, Page(s): 20(m), 115(m), 139(d) at AmericanAncestors
6. ↑ Massachusetts, Marriages, 1633-1850, Family History Library, Salt Lake City, UT, Film # 0740994-0740995.
7. ↑ From Deference to Defiance, Charlestown, Massachusetts, 1629-1692 by Roger Thompson, published by the New England Historical Genealogical Society, Boston, 2012, pg. 176, cited in Gopher Genealogy by Susan LeBlanc.

• The pioneers of Massachusetts, Charles Henry Pope, Boston, 1900, pg. 290.
• New England Marriages Prior to 1700, Clarence Almon Torrey, Elizabeth Petty Bentley, 1985, pg. 471.
• "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FH4C-L21 : 6 November 2017), Zechariah Long and Sarah Moor, (Widow), 09 Aug 1682; citing Marriage, Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009468.
• "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCWB-ZQS : 9 February 2018), Zechariah Long and Sarah Moor, (Widow), 09 Aug 1682; citing reference ; FHL microfilm 740,995.