Thomas Langdon (abt. 1625 - abt. 1664)

Born about 1625 in Yorkshire, England

Descendants

Died about 1664 at about age 39 in Nassau, Livingston, New York

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Thomas Langdon

Thomas Langdon was born about 1625 in Yorkshire England, He married Isabelle about 1645.Their son Joseph was born in 1649 in New Haven, Connecticut.

"While at New Haven, Thomas Langdon was a tavern keeper (SAVAGE) and on 7 Jan 1650/1 was tried and convicted of providing disorderly entertainment. He was accused of singing "filthy, corrupting songs with his guests, and serving wine, tobacco, and liquor not in accordance with regulations. Thomas refused to admit his guilt and stated that one could sing and be merry in Old England and did not see why he couldn't behave in the same fashion in New Haven. Nevertheless, he was fined 20 shillings.

On 2 Mar 1651/2 Thomas's wife, presumably Isabelle, his wife in 1657, was judged innocent in regards to her having been accused of the terrible crime of trying to foster a marriage between an indentured female servant and another colonist.

Some time before 6 Apr 1652, Thomas and his family removed to Milford, Connecticut, then under the jurisdiction of the New Haven colony, whither he had removed without the permission of the authorities.

In March 1652/3, Goodman Langdon was again in court. In the course of the trial it was brought out that he had stolen a pig, which he denied. His wife was accused as an accessory after the fact but as a witness testified that once Thomas had beaten her for refusing to do some work in the fields, it was adjudged that she acted through fear of her husband. He was also convicted of trading powder with the Indians. For these errors, he was sentenced to be fined and whipped.

In 1654 or the following year, Thomas removed to Derby, Connecticut but did not remain there very long. According to Bunker's "Long Island Genealogies", p. 233, Gilbert Opdyke deeded to Alexander Brian 3 "hollows on the run at East Meadow" in Hempstead, Long Island, which were to be delivered to Thomas Langdon. The deed was dated 16 Sept. 1655. However, the notices in "Records of the Colony and Plantation of New Haven", Vol. 2, pp. 179 & 209, seem to show that Thomas was in Conn. in 1656 and as late as 25 Mar. 1657.

Sometime during the year 1657, Thomas became a resident of Hempstead where he remained the rest of his short and occasionally turbulent life.

In Hempstead, he pursued the occupations of farmer and wolf hunter. He served as a townsman in 1660.

Thomas evidently dwelt on the south side of the town during 1660 and probably before. In 1662, he purchased a dwelling on "Stickling's Hook" but soon moved, probably, to "Raynor's Neck".

Thomas died in the year 1663 or 1664. He was not quite forty when he died

He may have left only one descendant - his son, Joseph. His wife, Isabelle, whose maiden name is unknown, possibly survived him and married as her second husband, ____ Osborne, father of William Osborne of Hempstead, Long Island."

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• https://longislandsurnames.com/search.php?mylastname=Langdon&lnqualify=&mybool=AND&nr=100&showspouse=&showdeath=&offset=1500&tree=&tngpage=16

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