Person:Thomas Longley (2)

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Thomas Longley
b.Abt 1787 Edenbridge, Kent, England
d.1 Apr 1872 Horne, Surrey, England
Parents and Siblings
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m. 18 Aug 1785
  1. Thomas LongleyAbt 1787 - 1872
  2. Thomas Longley1788 -
  3. Anne Elizabeth Longley1790 -
  4. John Longley1792 - 1792
  5. Susannah Longley1794 - 1808
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Thomas LongleyAbt 1787 - 1872
  • W.  Sarah JewellAbt 1787 - 1853
m. 23 Mar 1807
  1. Sarah LongleyAbt 1807 - 1874
  2. Thomas LongleyAbt 1809 -
  3. James LongleyAbt 1811 - 1839
  4. Hannah LongleyAbt 1813 -
  5. Mary Ann LongleyAbt 1815 - 1892
  6. Elizabeth LongleyAbt 1817 - 1878
  7. George LongleyAbt 1819 -
  8. Ellen LongleyAbt 1822 - 1898
  9. Joseph LongleyAbt 1824 - 1915
  10. William LongleyAbt 1827 - 1848
  11. Emma LongleyAbt 1831 - 1897
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Facts and Events
Name[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][10][11][14][15][16][17][18][19] Thomas Longley
Gender Male
Birth[3][4] Abt 1787 Edenbridge, Kent, England
Alt Birth[5] Abt 1787
Alt Birth[2] Abt 1788 Edenbridge, Kent, England
Alt Birth[1] Abt 1796
Residence[19] 1807 Shoreditch, London, England
Marriage 23 Mar 1807 St. Leonard-Shoreditch, London, EnglandSt. Leonard's Church
to Sarah Jewell
Occupation[15] 1813 "labourer but now become schoolmaster"
Residence[14][15] From 1813 to 1815 Edenbridge, Kent, EnglandDen Cross
Residence[13] 1817 Edenbridge, Kent, EnglandEdenbridge St
Residence[6] 1824 Lingfield, Surrey, England
Occupation[1][2][3][6][14] From 1824 to 1861 Parish Clerk & Schoolmaster
Census[1] 1841 Horne, Surrey, EnglandHouse near church
Census[2] 1851 Horne, Surrey, EnglandChurch Lane - House near Church
Census[3] 1861 Horne, Surrey, EnglandOld Workhouse
Census[4] 1871 Horne, Surrey, EnglandOld Workhouse
Occupation[4] 1871 annuitant
Occupation[10] 1872 formerly a Cordswain (Master) and Parish Clerk
Death[11] 1 Apr 1872 Horne, Surrey, England
Burial[10][12] 5 Apr 1872 St. Mary the Virgin Church Cemetery, Horne, Surrey, England

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1821 was witness to marriage of John Flint and Hannah Strip - it's not known how they were related. 1828 witness to marriage of John Young and Maria Wood - it's not known how they were related.

Thomas Longley was born about 1788 in Edenbridge, Kent, England. He married Sarah (surname unknown) before 1807 when their first known child, Sarah, was baptised in Edenbridge. The following children were also baptised in Edenbridge: Thomas bap. 1809, James bap. 1811, Hannah bap. 1813, Mary Ann bap. 1815, and Elizabeth bap. 1817.

By December 1819 the family had moved to the nearby Lingfield parish, where more of Thomas and Sarah's children were baptised: George in 1819, Ellen in 1822, Joseph in 1824, and William in 1827. A last daughter, Emma, was born in Lingfield around 1831 but her baptism record hasn't been found yet.

On the Lingfield baptism records Thomas's occupation is given as "schoolmaster". A report into charities in the county of SurreyS8 mentions a school house owned by the Lingfield parish, leased by the churchwardens, with the rent of 2l. 10s. going to Thomas. "This sum is received by Thomas Longley, a schoolmaster, who in respect of it, instructs in reading, writing and arithmetic, four poor children of the parish, who are appointed by the minister and churchwardens; he also received 5l. out of the money collected as alms at the celebration of the sacrament, and educates eight more poor children on that account."

The first of Thomas and Sarah's children to marry was Elizabeth, who at the age of 21 was wed to labourer (and later miller) George Gorringe, at the parish church in Horne, Surrey. Although Elizabeth's marriage record states Thomas Longley was a shoemaker, we can be fairly confident that Elizabeth was Thomas' daughter because in the 1841 census Elizabeth, her husband George, and infant son were living with Thomas, Sarah, and several of the other Longley children at a house near the church in Horne. Thomas and Sarah's sons Joseph and William were working as shoemakers so perhaps Thomas supplemented his schoolmaster's income with work as a shoemaker. Sarah is listed as a schoolmistress on the 1841 census so she may have helped in the school as a teacher.

Thomas and Sarah stayed in Horne for the rest of their lives, most likely in the same house, variously described as "House near Church" and the "Old Workhouse". Thomas continued to work as schoolmaster and Parish Clerk for the rest of his life.

Three of Thomas and Sarah's children (Thomas, James, and Hannah) are unaccounted for except for their baptism records. It may be that they died young, or they just haven't yet been identified in census and marriage records etc. In 1848 Thomas and Sarah's youngest son William died of consumption aged just 21 and was buried at St. Mary the Virgin's Church Cemetery in Horne. Thomas and Sarah's eldest daughter Sarah never married and lived with them her whole life, passing away just a few years after Thomas.

Thomas and Sarah's other children married and provided Thomas and Sarah with many grandchildren:

  • Mary Ann married greengrocer Stephen Warner in 1841, they had two sons and lived in Worth and Southwark.
  • George remained in Horne for the rest of his life, working as a boot and shoemaker and later farmer. He married Sophia King in Croydon in 1844 and had six children.
  • In 1847 Joseph married Elizabeth Wallis. They had thirteen children, who Joseph supported by working as a boot and shoemaker. While Thomas was still alive they lived in Horne, but later moved to Burstow and Outwood.
  • The Wallis and Longley families must have been close because in 1854 Elizabeth Wallis' brother John Belton Wallis was married to Ellen Longley in Croydon. At the time of their marriage John Wallis worked as a bricklayer but by 1871 Ellen and John were living at and running the "Jolly Farmer" pub in Horne.

Thomas's wife Sarah died from consumption in 1853 aged about 65, and was buried with their son William in Horne. Thomas lived to the age of 84, dying on 1 April 1872 from apoplexy and chronic bronchitis. He was buried with his wife and son in Horne. His will was proved at London on 15 April 1872 by his son Joseph, one of the executors. The will leaves his estate to his lawful children, but does not name them.


NB do not confuse with Thomas Longley, a farm labourer of Lingfield who died at the East Grinstead Union Workhouse in 1883.


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References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Surrey, England. 1841 Census of England
    Horne, folio 10, page 14; citing PRO HO 107/1077/5.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Surrey, England. 1851 Census of England
    Horne, folio 11, page 14; citing PRO HO 107/1600.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Surrey, England. 1861 Census of England
    Horne, folio 53, page 9; citing PRO RG 9/446.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Surrey, England. 1871 Census of England
    Horne, folio 57, page 11; citing PRO RG 10/837.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration Death Index. (London, United Kingdom: General Register Office, 1837-Present)
    entry for Thomas Longley, volume 2a, page 93, Apr-May-Jun quarter 1872, Godstone district.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Surrey, England. Church of England Baptisms, 1813-1917
    St. Peter and St. Paul Church, Lingfield, Joseph Longley, bap. 27 Jun 1824.
  7. ↑ Surrey, England. Church of England Baptisms, 1813-1917
    St. Peter and St. Paul Church, Lingfield, William Longley, bap. 1 Apr 1827, pg 109.
  8.   Reports of the Commissioners Appointed in Pursuance of Acts of Parliament ... to Inquire Concerning Charities and Education of the Poor in England and Wales: Arranged in Counties, with Indexes, Great Britain. Commissioners to Inquire Concerning Charities and Education of the Poor in England and Wales
    p. 547.
  9.   Will of Thomas Longley, proved at London, 15 April 1872 by Joseph Longley, son and one of the executors.

    Leaves his estate to be divided amongst his his lawful children. Son Joseph Longley and a John Edgar Wood were the executors.

  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 Surrey, England. Burials, 1813-1987
    Burials in the Parish of Horne, Thomas Longley of Horne aged 85, bur. 5 Apr 1872, pg 84.
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 General Register Office. England and Wales. Civil Registration Certificates. (London, United Kingdom: General Register Office)
    death certificate for Thomas Longley, died 1 Apr 1872; citing 2A/93/475, Apr-Jun quarter 1872, Godstone registration district, Godstone sub-district.
    Death certificate
  12. ↑ Gravestone Photographic Resource
    St. Mary the Virgin Church Cem., Horne, SRY, ENG, Thomas Longley bur. 1872 aged 85 (grave 149992).

    photo

  13. ↑ Kent, England. Baptisms. (Findmypast)
    St. Peter and St. Paul (Edenbridge, Kent, England), Parish Registers, Baptisms, Elizabeth Longley bap. 11 Aug 1817.
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 Kent, England. Baptisms. (Findmypast)
    St. Peter and St. Paul (Edenbridge, Kent, England), Parish Registers, Baptisms, 1815 pg 16, Mary Ann Longley bap. 23 Apr 1815.
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 Kent, England. Baptisms. (Findmypast)
    St. Peter and St. Paul (Edenbridge, Kent, England), Parish Registers, Baptisms, 1813 pg 2, Hannah Longley bap. 9 Mar 1813.
  16. ↑ Kent, England. Baptisms. (Findmypast)
    St. Peter and St. Paul (Edenbridge, Kent, England), Parish Registers, Baptisms, 1811, Longley, James, son of Thomas & Sarah, March 10th.
  17. ↑ Kent, England. Baptisms. (Findmypast)
    St. Peter and St. Paul (Edenbridge, Kent, England), Parish Registers, Baptisms, 1807, Longley, Sarah, daughter of Thomas & Sarah, Nov 6th.
  18. ↑ Horne, Surrey, England. St. Mary the Virgin, Parish Registers
    Marriages, 1847 pg 19, Joseph Longley m. Elizabeth Wallis, 9 Oct 1847.
  19. ↑ 19.0 19.1 Church of England. St. Leonard's Church (Shoreditch, Middlesex). Shoreditch St Leonard Parish Registers, 1558-1901. (London: London Metropolitan Archives)
    Marriages, 1807 pg 269, Thomas Longley m. Sarah Jewell, 23 Mar 1807.
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