Family:Henry Langstaff and Abt Unknown (1)

HENRY, Dover, ± 70 in 1682, ± 90 in 1699, ± 97 in 1702, by his own depos. arrived at the port of Piscataqua about the yr. 1635 in the service of Capt. Mason and liv. two yrs. with Mr. Walter Neale at Little Harbor, then called Rendezvous. Dover prop. Mr. Henry Langstar, ab. 100 yrs. old, hale, strong and hearty, d. from effects of a fall down the 4 steps of his leanto. (Pike, 18 July 1705) citing NHGR 3:104

Born about 1610 (deposed aged 70, 15 February 1682[/3]; aged "ninety years or thereabouts" on 9 May 1699; and "aged about ninety years" on 13 August 1700. Came to Massachusetts Bay in 1631 & settled in Piscataqua NH. Died in in Dover July 1705 ("July 18, 1705. Mr. Henry Langstar of Bloody-point deceased after ten days sickness, occasioned by a fall into his leanto, four stairs high, whereby being grievously bruised, it brought an inflammation upon him. He was about 100 years old, hale, strong, hearty man, & might have lived many years longer, if &c."). (Unlike many other early claims of extreme longevity, Henry Langstaff must have been very close to one hundred when he died, as he would have been about twenty when he first came to New England. He was certainly well into his nineties at his death.) Married by about 1640 _____ _____. She may have been related in some way to the Sheafe family. She was certainly deceased by 1704 when Henry divided the homestead between two of the children

On 27 Oct 1704 Henry Langstaff gave livestock to "My daughter Sarah Nutter"

ANTHONY² {Hatevil¹), b. England ca 1630, son of Hatcvi] and Ann (Ayers) Nutter, d. Dover, NH 19 Feb 1685-6 of small pox (Rev. John Pike's Diary, NHG Record, 3:79); m. ca 1662 SARAH LANGSTAFF, daughter of Henry Langstaff, still living 14 July 1712.