In 1760, Jonathan and his family moved from Nottingham, New Hampshire to Cornwallis, Nova Scotia.[1] The Township Book of Cornwallis lists Jonathan Longfellow, wife Marcy and two of their children: Nathan and Hannah.[2]
Jonathan Longfellow received Lot 8 (66 acres), Div. 9, on the Cornwallis Township Grant 1761.[3] His name appears in the Assessment roll for proprietors of Cornwallis Township 1765, assessed 6 shillings 6 pence.[4] However, he remained in Cornwallis for only five years. In 1765 he sold his land to his son, Nathan and moved to Machias, Maine, where he remained until his death.[1]
Jonathan Longfellow and Mercy Clark had 12 children.[1]
Stephen, b. Jul 19, 1733
Mary, b. Jun 15, 1735
Jacob, b. Nov 6, 1737
Sarah, b. Nov 17, 1739
Elizabeth, b. Jul 17, 1741; m. John Whidden
Nathan, b. Dec 30, 1744; m. Margaret, dau. of Isaac and Abigail (Skinner) Bigelow, b. Aug 2, 1747, and had children: Jacob, b. Jun 29, 1766; Daniel, b. Nov 14, 1768; Jonathan, b. Sep 5, 1770; Isaac, b. Sep 28, 1772. In 1782, Nathan Longfellow also removed to Machias, Me., and his property in Cornwallis was sold to Thomas Ratchford. The Longfellow name thus early disappeared from the county. The Allison Genealogy has the following note: "Mrs. Whidden (Elizabeth Longfellow) and her sister, Maria Longfellow, lie buried at Horton, N. S., in the very centre of the village of the historic Grand Pre.” Unless Maria was Mary we have no record of her birth.
Anna, b. Oct 15, 1745
Hannah, b. Dec 11 ,1747; m. Jun 19, 1766, to John English
↑ Smith, Leonard H. Jr. and Smith, Norma. Nova Scotia Immigrants to 1867, Volume I. Genealogical Publishing Co. Baltimore, Maryland. 2007. : Longfellow, Jonathan, p 404.
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George W. Drisko, Narrative of the Town of Machias, The Old and the New, The Early and the Late (Press of The Republican, Machias, Maine, 1904, 575 pages), p. 19, "Jonathan Longfellow was this year [1768] appointed a Justice of the Peace, being the first civil officer commissioned East of the Penobscot River."
Wright, Dr. Esther Clark. Planters and Pioneers : Nova Scotia, 1749 to 1775. Beaver bank, Nova Scotia. 1982. : Longfellow, Jonathan; Cornwallis, 1764, p 172
Jonathan Longfellow of Machias, and Family, The Bangor Historical Magazine, Volume VII, July, 1891-June, 1892. Bangor, 1892 pp. 101-105
American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI) Jonathan Longfellow
Birth Date 1714
Birthplace New Hampshire
Volume 106
Page number 44
Maine Court Records, 1696-1854//Plaintiff/Defendant PLT
Residence Hampton, NH
Court York Court of Common Pleas
Date April 1738
Cause DEBT
Location 72-10
VolumeandPage 11-145-5114-YORK
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Maine, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1800-1890
Township Maine Colony
Year 1768
Page 432
Maine, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1800-1890// ::Township Machias
Year 1767
Page 041
Millennium File//Spouse Marcy Clark
New Hampshire, Birth Records, 1659-1900// Birth Date 23 May 1714
Birth Place New Hampshire, USA
Father Nathan Longfellow
Mother Mary
New Hampshire, Births and Christenings Index, 1714-1904//FHL Film Number 1001015
U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900// Marriage Year 1731
U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970. Volume: 82; SAR Membership Number: 16241
U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970. SAR Membership 10102
U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970. Volume: 42; SAR Membership Number: 8273
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