Derrick Richard Longstreet (1745 - 1827)

Born 13 Dec 1745 in Shrewsbury Township, Monmouth County, New Jersey

Ancestors

Husband of Prudence (Parker) Longstreet — married 27 Jul 1763 in Monmouth, New Jersey

Descendants

Died 20 Jun 1827 at age 81 in Manasquan, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA

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Biography

Any (supported) information to verify or refute the details presented here is most welcome.

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Birth

Richard was born in 1745. Richard Longstreet ... ^[1] There is no definite pedigree to the Langstraat line but the inherited property in Mansquan would indicate a link to the various family pedigrees of members of that family.

Richard's birth is listed as a grandson of Dirck (1696) and with Stoffel (1713) as the possible father. Very likely Richard was from a second marriage of Stoffel or likely Richard (1745) was born without a known father from the Langstraat line.

British Army

Stoffel's brother Awrey is listed as the landowner whose property was burned by the British later. Awrey was married to the Osborn child, Catherine, (daughter of Katherine Pullion and Samuel Osborn of Shrewsbury.

The war with the British plays into this scenario with Awrey, and given this branch of Langstraats stuck to Shrewsbury, there is evidence that may reinforce the land from Manasquan that went to Richard, may have come from the Osborn or possibly the Morton family or even more likely from the Chamberlain family ^[2]. Catherine's lineage refers to Jan Longstreet who is listed as John Esq. Later this line left the country and moved to Canada during the American Revolution. Currently the tie from this Richard (1745) or to Derrick (1696) does not trace directly back to the Langstraat who came over into Brooklyn in the mid 1600's (1657). There were other Longstreet's who came over at the time. There is a court case where a Langstraat enlisted a cobbler to make a pair of shoes and failed to pay for them and likely is a brother or cousin of the Dirck (1696) Stoffels Langstraat. At this time it is unknown how this Richard came to own the Manasquan properties.

Marriage

Conjecture: Possibly the marriage was to an Osborn or Richard was a bastard son and his mother had property she willed to Richard in Manasquan. The Prudence Parker is one accepted tie back to Richard (1745) as his spouse but this Richard is from Shrewbury and would not be the Richard from Manasquan. There is a note that Mayke (1716), mother of Stoffel (1713) and Dirck (1696) listed herself in her will in the register at the "Old Brick Church" of Marlboro and her father would be Gysbrecht Tuysz Laanen Van Pelt. If so, the will of Mayke may show some transaction or lack thereof regarding the Manasquan property and if not hers, possibly a transaction from the Mortons (which became a family name later) in the line. By the time Richard (1745) passed, he had nine children and this is where the story of the British landing and leaving all but Richard's (1745- Dirck) land burned to the ground. John Little, a judge from Monmouth County courts is mentioned frequently in many of the wills ^[3]. Generally this information seems to track maternal rather than paternal lineage information. As Richard (1745 - Manasquan) information comes mostly from the maternal records, the likelihood is that he gained possession of the property through a maternal rather than paternal line.

The strongest possibility would be Catherine, married to William Chamberlain (1746) indicates a baptism of Richard (possibly Richard -1745 - Manasquan) on 18 May 1748 ^[4]

Richard (1696) speaks of his wife Alice who is not the first wife (Jonica was his first wife and she had passed by the time the will was written in 1739). ^[5] What is most notable about what is stated by Bergen is the ===plantation at Manasquan which his "father (Stoffel Dirksen 1666) bought of John West and by his will, gave to me"=== ^[6] The meaning of this ownership indicates the lineage of Dirck (1696) was likely provided to an offspring. In this instance Catherine is the elder daughter of Dirck (1696). Again, we see the adoption by Catherine of a child Richard baptized, 18 May 1748. ^[7]

Death

Richard (1745) Notation: "His inventory (Bk H, 416) is dated 7-10-1827. <snip> His will was protested on the charge that he was not sober when he signed it "after a visit to Clayton's tavern"; ^[8] the order of the nine children found in the file of this protest does not agree with the order by which eight children are named in the will, nor with the order reported in (LH 6). However, we do have cem. inscr. for the birth of Richard and William, 1767 and 1788 respectively, and we know the dates of marriage of three of the other sons. On such basis we present the following order:"

Richard b. 1767 Samuel David William John Theophilus Mary Elizabeth Alice

Sources

In the original document from Rootsweb, ^[9] Rubert and James were uncertain about the spouse of Richard. The records indicate that the property in Manasquan "His will was protested on the charge that he was not sober when he signed it "after a visit to Clayton's tavern"; the order of the nine children found in the file of this protest does not agree with the order by which eight children are named in the will, nor with the order reported in (LH 6). " The will contested shows Richard (1767) and lawyer, Tabor Chadwick executed the will. There is information on the enemy (the British) landing in April of 1778 who burned the entire property at Manasquan but somehow left the property of Richard (aka Derrick) untouched. It isn't clear how this affected the information leaving the wife out of the will. Conjecture would put it that the wife may have originally owned the property and it was willed to Richard who was known to drink.

A link at Ancestry claims the spouse is Prudence Parker. Regardless of the tie to the original Langstraat line, Richard (1767) , son of Richard (1745) who has a broken pedigree, has a clearly traceable line through Manasquan.

His will ^[10] dated 11 July 1826 does not name his wife. It refers to a grandson of his deceased son David and to children of his deceased daughter Mary Morton, and to Deborah, a grand-daughter by his son Richard's first wife Lydia Morton; he also mentions sons William and Samuel, and Samuel's son who was "disinherited" and daughters Elizabeth and Alice and son John deceased. His inventory (Bk H, 416) is dated 10 July 1827.

Children

The order of birth of his children cannot be determined from any known records. His will was protested on the charge that he was not sober when he signed it "after a visit to Clayton's tavern". The order of the nine children found in the file of this protest does not agree with the order by which eight children are named in the will, nor with the order reported in (LH 6). However, we do have cemetery inscriptions for the births of Richard and William, 1767 and 1788 respectively, and we know the dates of marriage of three of the other sons. On such basis we present the following order:

1. Richard b. 1767
2. Samuel
3. David
4. William
5. John
6. Theophilus
7. Mary
8. Elizabeth
9. Alice

The executors of the will of Richard (DERRICK)
bp. 12-13-1745 Richard were Tabor Chadwick and Richard Longstreet (b 1767).
Richard's residence was Manasquan, Monmouth County, NJ (Howell Tp. created out of Shrewsbury Tp)
A contemporary news item states that: "About 135 of the enemy landed Sunday last (April, 1778) on the south side of 'Squan Inlet....then crossed the river and burnt all except Dirrick Longstreet's;
after this mischief they embarked".

Research Notes

Richard (b. 1696) also refers to a plantation at Manasquan which his father "bought of John West and by his will gave to me. This may refer to a farm that is owned by another Richard, born 1745. There was a protest of the will (see above).

Richard passed away in 1776 and the raid from the British occurred in 1778. It seems odd to this editor that the British did not burn the one estate in Manasquan.

If the children of Richard (b.1696) were living on the farm and it was managed by Richard (1745) who inherited the 16 children and had 7 more of his own, it is likely there would be a challenge to the will by the previous 16 children.

Nothing is evidence stating Osborn-1628 is his wife. This is a guess from the editor.^[11]

There is a story about a Longstreet from this generation having been a Tory and a subsequent move to Canada.

Sources

1. ↑ Entered by J Longstreet, Jan 5, 2012
2. ↑ H&GM 3:164
3. ↑ Historical and Genealogical Miscellany, By J. E. Stillwell
4. ↑ NJ Archives 22:253
5. ↑ (M-11,I,79). Bergen (L-20)
6. ↑ Will #1001M
7. ↑ H&GM 3:164
8. ↑ H&GM I, 164; GM of NJ, XV 51
9. ↑ http://sites.rootsweb.com/~longstrt/history.html
10. ↑ Mon Co Bk B, p 62
11. ↑ Who is "the editor"? In a wiki, we need to identify ourselves, because anyone could revise this page.