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RICHARD LONGHORNE (d. 1669)
MARY CROSBY (bp. 1629–1667), daughter of Robert Crosby and Constance Brigham
It is recorded that Richard Longhorne of Rowley died on 13 February 1668/9 in Haverhill and was buried that day in Rowley, both in Essex County, Massachusetts. [1][2] He married Mary Crosby on 16 January 1647/8 in Rowley. [2]
Mary Crosby was baptized on 4 December 1629 in Holme, Cambridgeshire, [3] She was buried on 29 November 1667 in Rowley. [2]
Richard was made a freeman at the March 1650 court in Ipswich. [4, 1: 186] He was on the trial jury at the September 1650 court in Ipswich. [1: 197]
Richard was an innkeeper. He was licensed to keep an ordinary for the forthcoming year and draw wine and liquor in March 1663. His licensed was renewed in March 1664, March 1665, March 1666, and March 1668. [4, 3: 47, 135, 241, 308; 4: 9]
On 24 September 1695 Abraham Haseltine and Elizabeth, his wife, Widow Constance More, Benjamin Muzzey and Sarah, his wife, Amos Marrett and Bethiah, his wife—daughters and co-heirs of Richard Longhorne, late of Rowley, sued Thomas Stickney of Bradford, Daniel Black of Boxford, Thomas Palmer of Rowley, and Samuel Cooper of Rowley for withholding possession of about 100 acres in Boxford. The defendants did not appear and the plaintiffs recovered possession. [5]
Richard Longhorne of Rowley made his will on 10 February 1668. He named his daughter Elizabeth an executrix, along with his brother Thomas Longhorn, and left her a double portion. He mentioned his three other daughters, his servant Samuel Wood, son of Obadiah Wood, and his brother John Johnson of Rowley. Thomas refused to be an executor, saying he lived too far away. Inventory on his estate was taken on 24 March 1668/9 and attested to on 30 March 1669; it amounted to about 732 pounds. [6]
Children of Richard Longhorne and Mary Crosby:
i. Elizabeth Longhorne was born in September 1649 in Rowley. She died on 27 or 29 March 1704. She married Abraham Haseltine.
ii. Constance Longhorne was born in 1652 in Rowley. [2] She married Jonathan Moores about 10 May 1670 in Newbury. [7] He died by 24 September 1695.
Constance chose Richard Thorley to be her guardian on 30 March 1669. [6]
iii. Thomas Longhorne was buried on 2 February 1653/4 in Rowley. [2]
iv. Samuel Longhorne was born on 4 February 1654/5 in Rowley. [2] He died there on 6 July 1660. [2]
v. Thomas Longhorne was born on 30 June 1657. [2] He was buried there on 26 August 1660. [2]
vi. Sarah Longhorne was born on 26 April 1660 in Rowley. [2] She died on 28 January 1711. [8] She married Benjamin Muzzey. He died on 5 May 1732. [8]
Benjamin and Sarah are buried in the Old Burial Ground in Lexington, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. The inscription on her gravestone says: [8]
HERE LYES ye BODY OF SARAH MUZZY WIFE TO BENJAMEN MUZZY AGED 50 YEARS 9 Mo & 12 DAYES WHO DIED JANUARY THE 28th 1710/11.
The orphan Sarah Longhorne chose Daniel Wicom as her guardian at the May 1674 court in Ipswich. Her grandmother Constance Crosby did not approve, saying that Sarah needed someone with more experience. She asked it not be granted until her uncle Thomas Longhorne of Cambridge approved. [4, 5: 307–8]
vii. Bethiah Longhorne was born on 9 June 1662 in Rowley. [2] She died on 20 November 1730. She married Amos Marrett He died on 17 November 1739. [8] Amos and Bethiah are buried in the Old Burial Ground in Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. [8] The inscription on his gravestone says: [8]
Here lyes buried ye body of Lieut. Amos Marrett; who departed this life Novbr. 17th, Anno Domni. 1739 Aged 81 years & 9 M°.
Bethiah chose her uncle Thomas Longhorne as her guardian on 26 September 1676. [6]
viii. Richard Longhorne was born on 20 May 1665 in Rowley. [2] He was buried there on 2 June 1668. [2]
ix. Thomas Longhorne was born on 27 November 1667 in Rowley. [2] He was baptized there on 29 March 1667. [9, 104] He was buried there on 11 July 1668. [2]
Endnotes:
1. Vital Records of Haverhill, Massachusetts: To the End of the Year 1849, 2 vols. (Topsfield: Topsfield Historical Society, 1910, 1911), vol. 1, vol. 2. LONGHORN 2: 438 Rich[ard], of Rowley, 13 : 12 m : 1668. CT. R.
2. Vital Records of Rowley, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849, vol. 1, vol. 2 (Salem: Essex Institute, 1928, 1931).
LONGHORNE 1: 130 Beththiah (Longhorn), d. Richard, 9:4m:1662. |
1: 342 Elizabeth, and Abraham Hezeltine, Oct. 7, 1669. 1: 490 Mary, w. Richard, bur. Nov. 29, [1667. T.C.] |
3. Patricia Law Hatcher, "Ezekiel Rogers' Company," Great Migration Newsletter 18 (2009): 19–22, 27–30.
4. George Francis Dow, ed., and Harriet S. Tapley, trans., Records and Files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County, 9 vols., digitized books, Salem Witch Trials: Documentary Archive and Transcription Project (http://salem.lib.virginia.edu).
5. Matthew Adams Stickney, The Stickney Family (Salem: Essex Institute, 1869), 32.
6. George Francis Dow, The Probate Records of Essex County, Massachusetts, vol. 1, vol. 2, vol. 3 (Salem: Essex Institute, 1916, 1917, 1920), 2: 147–51; 3: 83.
7. Vital Records of Newbury, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849, vol. 1, vol. 2 (Salem: Essex Institute, 1911).
LONGHORNE 2: 297 Constance, and Jonathan Moores, abt. May 10, 1670.
8. Find a Grave, database and images (24 November 2023), memorial pages for
Benjamin Muzzy (16 Feb 1657–5 May 1732), Memorial ID 38472116 and Sarah Longhorne Muzzy (16 May 1660–28 Jan 1711), Memorial ID 16639633, citing Old Burying Ground, Lexington, Middlesex County, MA; Maintained by Denise (contributor 46820671).
Amos Marrett (25 Feb 1658–17 Nov 1739), Memorial ID 38473125, citing Old Burying Ground, Cambridge, Middlesex County, MA; Maintained by Denise.
Bethiah Longhorne Marrett (9 Jun 1662–20 Nov 1730), Memorial ID 39430709, citing Old Burying Ground, Cambridge; Maintained by the moo (contributor 46834101).
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