Person:Martin Longstreth (3)

Martin immigrated to America from England approximately 1700. He isnoted in the Annals of Daniel Longstreth.

From: The Longstreth Family Records, page 31ff The Longstreth family of Philadelphia trace their descent from oneancestor, Bartholomew Longstreth, who emigrated from Yorkshire in 1699.There is no doubt, however, that collateral relatives of the same nameare living, who are the descendants of Martin Longstreth, a brother orcousin of Bartholomew, who came to America and died about 1727. ThisMartin was by trade a brazier, and occasionally traveled about thecountry in pursuit of trade; he was familiarly known as "the long tinker," being "said to have been seven feet two and a half inches in height."

He had a daughter Elizabeth who married Francis Littlejohn, and died near Philadelphia in 1753, leaving eight children; he had also a son who signed himself Bartholomew Longstreth, Junr., who in 1769 lived a hundred and fifty miles west of Philadelphia, and had five children.

Some of Martin Longstreth's descendants moved to Virginia. Daniel Longstreth (4-48) great-grandson of Bartholomew, from whose extensive memoranda much of the material for this Record is gleaned, writes: "UncleIsaac (3-10) told me that as the Virginia troops passed through here on their way to New York, two of them of the name of Longstreth called at Grandfather's, and that again about 1780 one of them on his return towards his home spent several days with the family. His brother, as Uncle understood, married and settled in the upper part of New Jersey."

Besides this Martin, there may have been one other of the Longstreth name who came to America, as Daniel Longstreth mentions that he had "oftenheard that Bartholomew Longstreth had a brother Philip."

Probable descendants of Martin Longstreth are living in Ohio and farther west. In the search for members of the family, correspondence was opened with Philip W. Longstreth, Gratiot, Ohio; W. C. Longstreth, Lancaster, Ohio,and Mrs. Mary Rannells, New Plymouth, Ohio, daughter of G. W. Longstreth. From these it was learned that a Philip Longstreth was born in Cambria Co, Pa., in 1779, and a Michael Longstreth born in Pennsylvania in 1789; these moved to Ohio early in the nineteenth century, and no names of their ancestry were known. The name Bartholomew occurs more than once among their family records, which would suggest the probability of their descent from Bartholomew, Jr., son of Martin. In the publication, "Heads of Families, First Census, 1790," are given the names of two Marton Longstrechs, John, James, and Philip Longstrech, in Bedford Co. It is not unlikely that these were sons or grand-sons of Bartholomew, Jr., but as no records have been found to establish this point, the idea, once entertained, of collecting the records of this branch of Longstreth name, has been abandoned. (etc.)

1. ↑ Dale A Clarkston, Clarkston/Luman Family Research Page (Updated May 2002).
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3} GEDCOM file submitted by James Longstreth, 450 N. Lake Shore Dr, Mundelein, Il 60060. Created on 28 APR 2005. Imported on 13 Nov 2005..
3. ↑ Linda M. Cochran (lmc-lee@@atlanticbb.net), My Interconnected Families with roots Blair County, Pa Area (Updated Jan 30, 2005).
4.   William C. Forester, Descendants of William Langstroth Oct 18, 2000 (Updated)
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5.   Alvin E. Longstreth (from the archives of, and paraphrased by), Our Longstreth Lineage from 1188 to Present (c 1983).
6. ↑ ^6.0 6.1 Date in error?