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After Sarah's death, Robert remarried and sailed with his children and new wife to America: on 7 July 1635, "Robert Longe," aged 45, innholder, "Eliza[beth] his wife," aged 30. "x children, Micell," aged 20, "Sarra," aged 18, "Robert," aged 16, "Eliza[beth]," aged 12, "Anne," aged 10, "Mary," aged 9, "Rebecca," aged 8, "Jon," aged 6, "Zachery," aged 4, and "Joshua," aged "3 quarters," and "Luce Mercer," aged 18, a servant, with a certificate of conformity from two justices of the peace and the minister of Dunstable, Bedfordshire, were enrolled as passengers for New England on the Defence.[3]
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- ↑ Robert Long, in Anderson, Robert Charles; George F. Sanborn; and Melinde Lutz Sanborn. The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635. (Boston, Massachusetts: NEHGS, 1999-2011)
IV;318. - Hotten, John Camden. The Original Lists of Persons of Quality (1874): Emigrants; Religious Exiles; Political Rebels; Serving Men Sold for a Term of years; Apprentices; Children Stolen; Maidens Pressed; and others who went from Great Britain to the American Plantations 1600- 1700. with their ages, the localities where they formerly lived in the mother country, the names of the ships in which they embarked, and other interesting particulars. (London, England: Chatto and Windus, 1874)
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7th Jully 1635 IN the defence de Lond. mr EDWARD [footnote: Or EDMOND.. The word is blotted in the original.] PEARCE BOSTOCKE [footnote: So in the original. There would seem to have been more than one ship call the Defence, since we find the names of four different commanders to ships so named: EDWARD BOSTOCKE (as here); -- PEARCE (June 20); EDWARD BOSWELL (June 22; THOMAS BOSTOCK (July 2).] vrs New Engld p Cert frō ij Justices of peace & ministr frō Dunstable in Comt. Bedfordsher: ROBERT LONGE ... 45 yers Inholder ELIZA: his wife ... 30 x Children { MICHELL ... 20 SARRA ... 18 ROBERT ... 16 ELIZA ... 12 ANNE ... 10 MARY ... 9 REBECCA ... 8 JON ... 6 ZACHERY ... 4 JJOSHUA ... 3 qrtrs old } LUCE MERCER ... 18. a seruant
- ↑ Great Migration, citing Hotten 89-90
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