John Jan Longstreet (abt. 1744 - 1788)

Born about 24 Jun 1744 in Monmouth, Morris, New Jersey

Ancestors

Husband of Lucy Topscott — married 28 Jan 1769 in Monmouth, New Jersey

Descendants

Died 20 Aug 1788 at about age 44 in Parrsboro, Cumberland, Nova Scotia

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Biography

John was born in 1744. He was a Loyalist Captain in Roger's Rangers.^[1][2]

He married Helena Couvenhoven. She returned to Freehold, Monmouth Co., New Jersey after her husband died. She died there 20 Oct 1820.

John Longstreet of Parrsborough wrote his Last Will and Testament 29 Dec 1786, leaving bequests to his wife Helena, sons Richard and John, and daughters Hannah and Lydia. Hannah was not yet 16 at the time the will was written. The will was probated 28 Oct 1788. ^[3]

He passed away in 1788^[4] and is buried in Saint George's Anglican Cemetery, Parrsboro, Cumberland Co, NS.^[5]

Children (All born Parrsboro, Kings Co., Nova Scotia):

1. Betty, b. ca 1770, Monmouth, New Jersey, m. Sharper Moffet.
2. Richard, b. ca 1787, chr. 29 Oct 1787
3. John
4. Lydia Hankinson, b. ca 1788, chr. 10 Feb 1788.
5. Hannah, b. 23 Sep 1784, m. __, d. 22 Jan 1835.

Research Notes

The following transcriptions were extracted from two .zip files that I downloaded in 2000.

Don Lewis. Township transcriptions for Cumberland and Colchester, Aug 1998.

Parrsboro Township Marriages

Date LastName FirstName SecondName FatherFirstName MotherFirstName SpouseLastName SpouseFirstName SpouseMiddleName SpouseFatherFirstName SpouseMotherFirstName TREES IDENT CODE

1785-09-04 Moffet Sharper Anthony Anna Cole Longstreet Betty 676

Parrsboro Township Births

LastName FirstName MiddleName ThirdName FatherFirstName MotherFirstName MotherLastName TREE ID CODE ChristenDate Comments

Longstreet Lydia Hankinson 1788-02-10 Infant
Longstreet Richard 1787-10-29 Child

Sources

1. ↑ http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=wolphert&id=I2504
2. ↑ http://www.genealogy.com/forum/regional/countries/topics/englandcountry/156250/
3. ↑ see Images
4. ↑ http://www.heritageregistry.net/html.pages/grpf240027.html
5. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #194871485

• "New Jersey, County Marriages, 1682-1956," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VKMZ-HY9 : 4 April 2020), John Longstreet and Lucey Tapscot, 28 Jan 1769; citing Monmouth, New Jersey, United States, New Jersey State Archives, Trenton; FHL microfilm 802,939.
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