Samuel Langdon

Brief Life History of Samuel

When Samuel Langdon was born on 12 January 1722, in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, his father, Samuel Langdon, was 34 and his mother, Esther Osgood, was 37. He married Elizabeth Brown on 25 October 1746, in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States in 1722. He died on 29 November 1797, in Rye, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Hampton Falls, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States.

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Samuel Langdon
1722–1797
Elizabeth Brown
1726–1802
Marriage: 25 October 1746
Samuel Langdon
1748–1773
Elizabeth Langdon
1750–1756
Paul Langdon
1752–1834
Richard Langdon
1753–1810
Ann Langdon
1755–
Elizabeth Langdon
1756–1838
Thomas Langdon
1757–
Rev Joseph Langdon
1758–1824
Benjamin Langdon
1759–1759
Mary Langdon
1760–1808
Benjamin Langdon
1762–1838

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  • Samuel Langdon, "Massachusetts, Births, 1636-1924"
  • Samuel Langdon, "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910"
  • Samuel Langdon, "New Hampshire Deaths and Burials, 1784-1949"

World Events (4)

1776

Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.

1776

New Hampshire is 9th state.

1781 · The First Constitution

Serving the newly created United States of America as the first constitution, the Articles of Confederation were an agreement among the 13 original states preserving the independence and sovereignty of the states. But with a limited central government, the Constitutional Convention came together to replace the Articles of Confederation with a more established Constitution and central government on where the states can be represented and voice their concerns and comments to build up the nation.

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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