John Morton Longstreet (1804 - 1869)

Born Apr 1804 in Howell Township, Monmouth, New Jersey, United States

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Died 12 Jan 1869 at age 64 in Howell Township, Monmouth, New Jersey, United States

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Biography

John was born in 1804. John Longstreet ... ^[1] He passed away about 1869. ^[2]

John Morton Longstreet i(age 45) s listed in the 1850 US Federal Census for Wall, Monmouth New Jersey, Post Office - Squan Village, Dwelling Number 89, Family Number 68, Spouse, Mary (age 39)

• six children inferred
  • Lydia (21)
  • Sarah (18)
  • Rachael (15)
  • James (13)
  • Nancy (10)
  • Charles(6)

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John Morton Longstreet is listed in the 1860 US Federal Census for Wall, Monmouth New Jersey, Post Office - Squan Village, Dwelling Number 89, Family Number 68, Spouse, Mary (age 49) ^[4]

John M Longstreet, Squaw Villiage, New Jersey, age 65, Occupation - Farmer, father - Richard

• Died 12 Jan 1869

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Sources

• J Longstreet, firsthand knowledge. Click the Changes tab for the details of edits by J and others.

Additional Infromation (rootsweb)

• Rupert Longstreet collaboration with Grandfather of site manager.

( In the possession of R.J.Longstreet, DeLand Florida are a London-made stem-winding watch and two Masonic emblems once owned by Cornelius Longstret. He was a member of Onondaga Chapter R.A.M. in 1807.) http://sites.rootsweb.com/~longstrt/history.html ^[6]

• PRIMARY

** County Court House Records ** Family Bibles ** Tombstone Inscriptions ** Church Registers ** National Archives ** Bureaus of Vital Statistics ** Documents in State Capitols ** Personal Interviews ** Correspondence

• SECONDARY
  • I. - LOCAL HISTORIES

1. Bicentennial of the Reformed Church of the Navesink, NJ 2. Biographical Encyclopedia of New Jersey in the 19th Century 3. Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia of Middlesex, Monmouth and **Somerset Counties, NJ, by S. T. Wiley 4. Early Dutch Settlers of Monmouth County, NJ, by G.C. Beekman 5. Early Landmarks of Syracuse, N.Y., by G. S. Strong 6. Encyclopedia of New Jersey Biography, by Mary B. Ogden 7. Families of the Wyoming Valley, Penna. 8. First Settlers of Piscataway and Woodbridge, NJ, by M.J. Monnette 9. Genealogical and Memorial History of Mercer County, NJ, by F.B. Lee 10. History of Burlington County, NJ, by Woodhead 11. History of Middlesex County, NJ, by Wall and Pickersgill 12. History of Monmouth County, NJ, by Ellis 13. History of Onondaga County, New York, by G.S. Strong 14. History of Old Tennent Church, by F. R. Symmes 15. History of Sussex and Warren Counties, N.J., By Jas. Snell 16. New Brunswick in History, By W.H. Benedict 17. New Jersey Coast in Three Centuries, By Wm. Nelson 18. Pioneer Times in Onondaga County, N.Y., By C.E. Smith 19. Princeton and Its Institutions, By Hageman 20. Register of Early Settlers in Kings County, Long Island, New York, By T.G. Bergen 21. This Old Monmouth of Ours, By Horner 22. History and Biographical Cyclopedia of Butler County, Ohio

• • II. - FAMILY HISTORIES

1. Daniel Perrine and His Descendants, by H.D. Perrine 2. Genealogy of the Family of Longstreet and Related Families (Southern Branch), By Edw. Mayes 3. Descendants of Allen Breed (Breed Family Record), By J.H. Breed 4. Distinguished Families in America Descended from W. Beekman and Jan T. Van Dyke, By Wm. S. Aitkin 5. The Eddy Family in America 6. Field Genealogy 7. History of the Van Sickle Family, By J.W. Van Sickle 8. Register of the Ancestors of Dorr Eugene Felt, By A.L. Holman 9. The Rev. William Schenck: His Ancestors and His Descendants, By A.D. Schenck 10. The Sayre Family, By T. M. Banta 11. Stillwell Genealogy, By J.E. Stillwell 12. Tyler Genealogy, By W. I. Tyler Brigham 13. Strycker Family Genealogy, By W. S. Strycker 14. The Wykoff Family in America, By W. F. Wykoff and M. B. Streeter 15. Richard Higgins and His Descendants

• • III. - PERIODICAL HISTORICAL PUBLICATIONS

1. Genealogical Magazine of New Jersey 2. New York Genealogical and Biographical Record 3. Genealogy and History 4. Detroit Society for Genealogical Research Magazine 5. New Jersey Historical Quarterly 6. Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography 7. Proceedings of the New Jersey Historical Society 8. Somerset County Historical Quarterly 9. The Jerseyman 10. American Ancestry

• • IV. - MISCELLANEOUS

1. AUGUSTUS BALDWIN LONGSTREET, By J. D. Wade 2. JAMES LONGSTREET: LEE'S WAR HORSE, By Eckenrode and Conrad 3. JAMES LONGSTREET: The Soldier and the Politician, By D. B. Sanger and T. R. Hayes 4. Collections of the New Jersey Historical Society 5. Collections of the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society 6. D.A.R. Lineage Books 7. Documentary History of New York 8. Documents Relating to the Colonial History of N.Y. 9. Documents of the State Assembly of New York 10. Historical Collections of the State of New Jersey, By Barker and Howe 11. Kings County, New York, Genealogical Club Collections 12. New Jersey Archives 13. Pennsylvania Archives 14. Official Register of Officers and Men of New Jersey in the Revolution. 15. S.A.R. Application Papers 16. Historical and Genealogical Miscellany, By J. E. Stillwell

• • References in this MS are included in the text rather than as footnotes, and are quoted by code or abbreviation, thus:

(L-1) means Local History, Reference #1 (F-1) means Family History, Reference #1 (P-1) means Periodical Historical Publications, Reference #1 (M-1) means Miscellaneous, Reference #1

1. ↑ Entered by J Longstreet, Jan 5, 2012
2. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/11108343/john-m-longstreet
3. ↑ 1850 Federal Census
4. ↑ 1860 Federal Census
5. ↑ New Jersey, U.S., Deaths and Burials Index, 1798-1971 FHL Film Number: 584589
6. ↑ sites.rootsweb.com

• This is the John of Wall Tp in Monmouth Couty, NJ whose will (Bk I,p. 362, dated 12-21-1868) refers to wife Mary and to the following children (married names of daughters in parenthesis):

Children:

• • Charles P. b. 9-14-1844 (if cem. inscr. in Brielle Cem., NJ is his)
  • James J.
  • Lydia m. (Shem Pearce)
  • Rachel m. (Lewis Curtis)
  • Sarah m. (William Matthews)
  • Mary Eliza m. (George Brown) See also will #14831M of wife Mary who d. 1887, and (LA-A, p. 438)