John
Jan
Longstreet
Born about in Monmouth, Morris, New Jersey
Ancestors 
Brother of
Petrus Langstreet and James Longstreet
Husband of
Helena (Covenhoven) Longstreet
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Husband of
Lucy Topscott
— married
28 Jan 1769 in Monmouth, New Jersey
Descendants 
Father of
Betty (Longstreet) Moffatt, Hanna (Longstreet) Riddle, Richard Longstreet and John Henry Longstreet
Died
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):
- Betty, b. ca 1770, Monmouth, New Jersey, m. Sharper Moffet.
- Richard, b. ca 1787, chr. 29 Oct 1787
- John
- Lydia Hankinson, b. ca 1788, chr. 10 Feb 1788.
- 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
- ↑ http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=wolphert&id=I2504
- ↑ http://www.genealogy.com/forum/regional/countries/topics/englandcountry/156250/
- ↑ see Images
- ↑ http://www.heritageregistry.net/html.pages/grpf240027.html
- ↑ 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.
- FamilySearch
- Rootsweb
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with John:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with John:
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~1.56%
Laurie (Mueller) Gillespie
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23andMe
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch MZ5977726 [compare], Ancestry member dilligaf_2
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~1.56%
Charles Richardson :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch S8835804 [compare], Ancestry member CL_Rick_Richardson
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Living DNA, GEDmatch TP8505633 [compare]
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