Family:Robert Longshore Esquire and Margaret Cock (1)

Robert Longshore ESQ, b abt 1640 Lancashire, England, immigrated to America and was a Deputy Surveyor for William Penn under Thomas Holme, Surveyor General. Robert Longshore came in an advance party with William Markham, whom William Penn had appointed as deputy governor, in 1681, on the ship 'Welcome' to negotiate with and purchase land from the Indians, and survey the land for William Penn's colony in PN...Robert Longshore was Deputy-Surveyor for the Colony of Pennsylvania, and a man of education. Robert Longshore 'Esquire' or "Gentleman," a distinctive British title of social rank, which meant he was of the "English Gentry" social class, either descended from a family that had the rights to a coat-of-arms, or he had himself been granted that right. Robert was likely descended from the "Longshaw" family of Wigan, Lancashire, England. The original surname spelling was "Longshaw," but usually spelled "Longshore" in America. (ref: "A Friendly Heritage Along the Delaware," by Arthur E. Bye, 1959; "Wilson and Allied Families," by Alfred R. Justice, 1929. Some genealogies credit "Thomas & Christian Longshaw" of Wigan, Lancashire, England as parents of Robert Longshore, progenitor of the American Longshore family).... Robert Longshore became a member of the Swedish community when he married Margaret Persdotter Cock, daughter of Peter Larsson Cock and Margaret Mansdotter Lom Cock. Robert Longshore married Margaret Cock in 1687 in Philadelphia, PA. He was buried 1694 at the Gloria Dei Church Burial Ground in Philadelphia, so apparently was not himself a Quaker.