Martha (Thomas) Longman (abt. 1652 - bef. 1688)

Born about 1652 in Ann Arundel County, Maryland [uncertain]

Ancestors

Wife of Richard Arnold — married 1672 in Anne Arundel County, Province of Maryland

Wife of Daniel Longman — married 1684 in Anne Arundel County, Maryland

Descendants

Died before 1688 before about age 36 in Ann Arundel County, Maryland [uncertain]

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Biography

Martha Thomas was born about 1652 in Maryland, the daughter of Philip Thomas and Sarah Harrison.^[1][2][3][4]

She married Richard Arnold after 1672.^[1] Together they had three children.^[3]

1. Samuel Arnold was born about 1673.
2. Sarah Arnold was born about 1678 in Anne Arundel County, Maryland; married Samuel Waters in 1697.
3. Elizabeth Arnold was born December 24, 1682 in Anne Arundel County, Maryland; married Jacob Giles on January 8, 1702; married Thomas Hawkins on July 30, 1704.^[5][6]

Her husband Richard Arnold died in about 1684.

Martha married Daniel Longman in about 1684.

Martha died before 1688.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Colonial Families of the United States, page 519, Thomas, https://www.familysearch.org/photos/artifacts/77005017?p=48372540&returnLabel=Richard%20Arnold%20(LHT9-DF7)&returnUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.familysearch.org%2Ftree%2Fperson%2Fmemories%2FLHT9-DF7, Martha Thomas, daughter of Philip Thomas and Sarah Harrison, married after 1672 Richard Arnell or Arnold.
2. ↑ Maryland State Archives, Annapolis, Maryland, WILLS, Thomas, Philip 1674/75 Anne Arundel Liber 2, folio 350, http://msa.maryland.gov/megafile/msa/stagser/s500/s538/000000/000002/pdf/msa_s538_000002.pdf, Names: son Philip Thomas, son Samuel Thomas, wife Sarah Thomas, daughter Martha Thomas, grandchild Mary the daughter of John Mears, two grandchildren Phillip and Elizabeth son and daughter of William Coale. Wife bequeathed rent and rents of two houses I have in Bristol. "my five children" viz. Phillip, Samuel, Sarah, Elizabeth and Martha. Wife Sarah named sole executrix. Signed September 9, 1764, Witnesses: John Ricke & Marmaduke Noble, Probated July 10. 1675.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} The Thomas Book: Giving the Genealogies of Sir Rhys Ap Thomas, K. G., the Thomas Family Descended from Him, and of Some Allied Families, Lawrence Buckley Thomas, H. T. Thomas Company, 1896 - 627 pages, https://books.google.com/books?id=pi9WAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA27#v=onepage&q&f=false, pages 33-34, Martha born in Maryland after 1651, daughter of Philip Thomas, the emigrant, and Sarah Harrison, married after 1672 Richard Arnell/Arnold, who died in 1684. Martha died before 1688. They had three children: Samuel, Sarah, Elizabeth (born December 24, 1682).
4. ↑ Pedigrees of Thomas, Chew, and Lawrence : the West River register, and genealogical notes by Thomas, Lawrence Buckley, 1848-1914, Published 1883, "A regester of the birthes and burialls of ffriends and their children that belongs to the men and weomens meeting at West River in Ann Arundell county in the province of Maryland, 1874": xix p, Publisher New York : T. Whittaker, starts on page 73, https://archive.org/details/pedigreesofthoma00byuthom/page/n89/mode/2up?view=theater&q=Thomas, Phiip Thomas, married Sarah Harrison, children: Phillip, Sarah, Elizabeth, Martha, Samuel.
5. ↑ Wright, F. Edward. Anne Arundel County Church Records of the 17th and 18th Centuries. Westminster, Md.: Willow Bend, 2002. Print.
6. ↑ Maryland Genealogical Society Bulletin, page 5, The Giles Family of Harford County, https://www.familysearch.org/photos/artifacts/159179127, Jacob Giles... on 5 December 1701 married Elizabeth Arnold, daughter of Richard and Martha Thomas Arnold... Elizabeth Arnold Giles later marrie Thomas Hawkins.

• Early Colonial Settlers of Southern Maryland and Virginia's Northern Neck Counties, https://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/getperson.php?personID=I40806&tree=Tree1, Martha Thomas, born about 1656 in West River MM, Anne Arundel County, Maryland. Parents Philip Thomas and Sarah Harrison. Married #1 Richard Arnold about 1672. Two children: 1-Sarah Arnold born about 1678, 2-Elizabeth Arnold born 1682. Married #2 Daniel Longman in about 1684. Martha died before 1688 in West River MM, Anne Arundel County, Maryland. Martha is listed as one of five children in her fathers will. Will also lists her mother, siblings, and other relatives.

• Peden, Henry C., Jr. Quaker Records of Northern Maryland: Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Abstracts from the Minutes 1716-1800. Westminster, Maryland: Willow Bend Books, 2006. Page 169

• Thomas, Lawrence Buckley. The Thomas Book Giving the Genealogies of Sir Rhys ap Thomas, K.G., the Thomas Family Descended from Him, and of Some Allied Families. New York City: Imprinted by the Henry T. Thomas Company, 1896. Page 34.

Acknowledgements

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