When Mariazabella Langdon was christened on 27 July 1679, in Hemington, Somerset, England, United Kingdom, her father, Thomas Langdon, was 43 and her mother, Mary Paine, was 38. She died in Hemington, Somerset, England, United Kingdom, and was buried in Hemington, Somerset, England, United Kingdom.
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.
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