Brief Life History of James
When James Langdon was born in 1760, in Chiselborough, Somerset, England, United Kingdom, his father, Roger Langdon, was 42 and his mother, Grace Gaylend, was 37. He married Mary Grayham on 26 August 1782, in West Chinnock, Somerset, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. In 1794, at the age of 34, his occupation is listed as parish clerk in Chiselborough, Somerset, England. He died in February 1822, in his hometown, at the age of 62, and was buried in Chiselborough, Somerset, England, United Kingdom.
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- James Langdon, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- James Langdon, "England Marriages, 1538–1973 "
- James Langdon Clark in entry for Uriah Clark, "England, Somerset, Church Records, 1501-1999"
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1770 · Boston Tea Party
Thousands of British troops were sent to Boston to enforce Britain's tax laws. Taxes were repealed on all imports to the American Colonies except tea. Americans, disguised as Native Americans, dumped chests of tea imported by the East India Company into the Boston Harbor in protest. This escalated tensions between the American Colonies and the British government.
1775 · The Shot Heard Around the World
On April 18, 1775, a shot known as the "shot heard around the world" was fired between American colonists and British troops in Lexington, Massachusetts. This began the American War for Independence. Fifteen months later, Thomas Jefferson penned the Declaration of Independence. The Treaty of Paris was signed in September 1783 which ended the war. The colonies were no longer under British rule. Many who fought for the British fled to Canada, the West Indies, and some to England.
1787 · English Convicts Sail to Australia
The first fleet of convicts sailed from England to Australia on May 13, 1787. By 1868, over 150,000 felons had been exiled to New South Wales, Van Diemen's Land, and Western Australia.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of various places, for example in Devon, Dorset, Essex, Kent, and Warwickshire, so named from Old English lang, long ‘long’ + dūn ‘hill’. See also Longden .
History: Samuel Langdon, Harvard College president in 1774–80, was born in Boston, MA, in 1723 but lived out his years in Hampton Falls, NH. Three of his children left descendants. His grandfather Philip (born 1646) had came from Braunton in Devon, England, and was married in Andover, Essex County, MA, in 1684. Another early Langdon immigrant was Tobias Langdon, who came to North America before 1660 and settled in Portsmouth, NH. His great-grandson John was a revolutionary war leader, US senator, and NH governor.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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