Person:Christopher Longstroth (1)

For Christopher to be son of Thomas (William Forester version) he couldbe born in 1635 (Father born in 1599, son born in 1679). For Christopherto be son of Isaac (AE Longstreth version) he would probably be bornbetween 1650 and 1660 (Father born in 1629, son born in 1679). TheWilliam Forester version has Christopher being the only male in a familywith 8 female daughters - possible but less probable.

From: The Longstreth Family Records, page 12 Tradition says that when Joshua Longstreth (3-63) was in England in 1835,he visited the Heralds' College, and found the record of the Longstrethcoat-of-arms. The line of family having become extinct in England, theright to its use was granted by the College of Arms to the line of thefamily in America; a seal bearing the coat-of-arms which he had cut inLondon has served as the copy for subsequent dies. No record is yet known which tells to whom the coat-of-arms was granted,nor proves the American Longstreths to be descended from those who wereentitled to bear the escutcheon. Nor is it certainly known that Sir JohnLongstrother was of the same ancestry as the Yorkshire Longstreths; theonly authority on which this belief rests is the statement of Whitaker,that Longstroth Dale probably gave birth to Sir John Longstrother, andthat the Longstroths of that Dale were probably his immediate relatives.But the gap between the medieval Longstroths and the present family hasnot been spanned by any bridge of records. The American Longstreths may be collateral descendants in this samefamily, but whatever right they have to armorial bearings rests solely onthe permission granted, according to tradition, to Joshua Longstreth, asthey have not, according to the requirement of heraldry, established apedigree at the College of Arms.

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} GEDCOM file submitted by James Longstreth, 450 N. Lake Shore Dr, Mundelein, Il 60060. Created on 28 APR 2005. Imported on 13 Nov 2005..
2. ↑ ^2.0 2.1 Dale A Clarkston, Clarkston/Luman Family Research Page (Updated May 2002).
3.   William C. Forester, Descendants of William Langstroth Oct 18, 2000 (Updated)
   Item #8.
4.   Alvin E. Longstreth (from the archives of, and paraphrased by), Our Longstreth Lineage from 1188 to Present (c 1983)
   paragraphs 13, 14.