Israel Longley

• Preferred Name: Israel Longley^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22] [23] [24] [25] [26]}
  
• Alternate Name: Israel Langley
  
• Alternate Name: Israel
  
• Alternate Name: Israel Langly
  
• Alternate Name: Israel Longly
  
• Alternate Name: Isreal Longley
  
• Gender: M
  
• Burial: in Longley Cemetery, Upper Granville, Anna. Co., Nova Scotia at LATI: N4.8265 LONG: E65.343
  
• Probate+Records+-+Israel+LONGLEY,+late+of+Annapolis: with note: Description: Annapolis County Probate Will Books, Vol. 2 Page 92, Recorded: 18 Jan 1828: Letters of Administration to Isaac LONGLEY for the estate of Israel LONGLEY, late of Annapolis. Estate Folio L27 (1828): widow Mary Ann LONGLEY. Estate Folio L23 (1824): Last Will and Testament of Israel LONGLEY of Granville dated 22 Jan 1819 and filed for probate 28 Oct 1824. Wife: Anna. Children: Anna, Isaac, William, Asaph, Israel, Amaryear?, "daughters".
  
• FSID: L44K-NCX
  
• Death: 16 SEP 1824 in Upper Granville, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada with note: standardized date and place of death
  
• Birth: 12 OCT 1745 in Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America at LATI: N2.6116 LONG: E71.5746
  
• Marriage Records - 1770: with note: Married 30 Sep 1770, Israel LONGLEY, AND, Anna RENT. On page 366 of Granville Township book it gives KENT as her maiden name. See source for children. (“Old” Granville Township Book, handwritten copy on microfilm at PAC, pages 17, 346, 354, 359, 366; not in other Granville Township Book, at Halifax) (IGI: extracted 1989 as Granville Township) Married 30 Sep 1770 in Mass., and in Eaton, Middlesex, Mass. (IGI: 1996 member submissions)
  
• Calnek's+Record+for+Family:: with note: W.A. Calnek (1822-1892), in his original hand written notes (History of the County of Annapolis) prepared the following for this family: Israel LONGLEY, b. 1745, md. 1770 Anna KENT daughter of Isaac KENT; ch.: (1) Isaac, b. 1771, md. (1st) 1794 Dorcas BENT, (2nd) Freelove DODGE; (2) Anna, b. 1773, md. Joseph BENT; (3) William, b. 1775, md. Esther DODGE; (4) Asaph, b. 1776, md. (1st) Grace MORSE, (2nd) Dorcas POOLE; (5) Susan, b. 1778, md. Jonathan C. MORSE; (6) Israel, b. 1780, md. (1st) Mary BATH, (2nd) Minetta WILLOUGHBY; (7) Christina, b. 1788, md. john CHESLEY; (8) Diadama, b. 1782, md. John McNEIL; (9) Elizabeth, b. 1787, md. John TUPPER; (10) Lucy, b. 1789, d. unmd.; (11) Wesley, b. 1794, d. at sea, unmd.;
  
• Notes:

  === Life Sketch ===
  Israel Longley, the fifth child of William and Mary (Parker) Longley, was born on 12 October 1745 in Groton, Middlesex Co., Mass. He and his parents were among the New England Planters who came to Nova Scotia in the early 1760s. They settled on a lot in the Belisle district of Granville Township, Annapolis County. After Israel had attained the age of majority, his father relinquished his farm to Israel and returned to Massachusetts.
  Israel, married Anna, daughter of Isaac and Rachel (Beal) Kent, on 30 Sept 1770. They had the following children: Isaac (b. 1771), Anna (b. 1773), William (b. 1775), Asaph (b. 1776), Israel (b. 1780), Diadama (b. 1782), Christina (b. 1785), Elizabeth (b. 1787), Lucy (b. 1789), and Wesley (b. 1794).
  Israel was one of the grantees of Wilmot Township, when that section of Annapolis County was opened up in 1777. He and his family settled at a place in the new township called Paradise.
  Israel Longley died in Annapolis County, N.S. on 16 September 1824, ‘suddenly' according to a history of the Longley family.
  Information from "Find a grave" website.
  
  "The following account is from his grandson, Isaac, who resided in Paradise, Nova Scotia in 1879; "In or about the year 1759 or 1760 there came from Shirley, Massachusetts a man (William) by the name of Longley, bringing with him a son names Israel, who was my Grandfather.His father, after stopping one or two seasons, and liking the country, returned home to Shirley with the intention of removing his family to Nova Scotia and making that place his permanent home but he did not live to effect his purpose."
  The readers of history have learned something of the quaintness of the words anyways of William Longley, by allusions that have been made to him and will be prepared to recognize as characteristic of him, the following anecdote that occurred while he was abroad. In crossing the Annapolis river, on a boat loaded with brick, the crew and cargo went down and it required considerable effort to save the passengers from drowning. Sometime after the question was asked, "Mr. Longley, what were your thoughts while under water?" His answer was, "A living man has no right to complain."
  He left his son, Israel, behind when her returned to the States, whom he apprenticed to a man by the name of Parker to learn the carpenter's trade. The boy was then sixteen years of age, and he made Nova Scotia the place of his life-residence.
  Israel married Ann Kent and had fourteen children.
  There is a well-founded tradition in relation to Israel Longley that deserves a place here. Soon after his marriage he decided to make his Shirley kindred a visit and again look on the home of his childhood from which he had been long absent. From his home in Nova Scotia he had some twenty-five miles to travel before he came to water transport. He there cut up a sapling willow for a cane and traveled to the bay, having crossed which, he landed in Maine, and proceeded overland to Shirley. He planted his cane in the ground when he had come to town, a few rods east of Mr. Davis' saw-mill, in Shirley Village. It took on roots and grew to be a great tree, and is the supposed progenitor of all the trees of its species within the town. At this writing (1879) the trunk of this huge willow lies upon the ground in a state of remarkable preservation, having been felled about twenty years. A few feet from where this gigantic tree grew stands another, a progeny of the original, of large dimensions, at the base of which is a water-spring of excellent quality."
  
  "Chandler's History of Shirley" published 1884
  
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  === !SOURCE: History of the County of Annapo ===
  !SOURCE: History of the County of Annapolis FHL book 971.633/H2c Descendants of William Longley FHL film # 0178181 History of the Town of Groton pp. 416-417. FHL book SOURCE: Nova Scotia Immigrants to 1867 FHL book 971.6/W2s "Longley, Israel. From Groton, Mass., to Bellisle." "Longley, Israel. S. of Israel; from Groton, Mass., to Granville." "Longley, Asaph. S. of Israel; from Groton, Mass." SOURCE: History of the Town of Shirley, Mass. FHL book 974.44/S4/H2c SOURCE: The Longley Families of Annapolis County by J.F. Doig - 1995. SOURCE: Longley Family By Robert Dalton Longley pub. 1952. "Buried on the farm near the bank of the Annapolis River."
  
  === From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 J ===
  From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 January 1996. From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 January 1996.
  
  === (1745) ===
  (1745)

• m. 30 SEP 1770 in Granville Township, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada

1. Amariah L. Longley, b. 16 JUL 1784 in Belleisle, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada     d. 28 AUG 1862 in McHenry Co., Illinois

1. Title: Israel Longley in entry for Israel Longley, "Canada Deaths and Burials, 1664-1955"
   Author: "Canada, Nova Scotia Deaths, 1864-1877", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F2P5-KMV : 6 November 2020), Israel Longley in entry for Israel Longley, 1871.
   Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F2P5-KMV;
   Page: pertinent details match
   
2. Title: Canada, Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current
   Publication: Name: https://search.ancestry.com/collections/60527/records/2003717;
   
3. Title: Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s
   Author: Place: Nova Scotia, Canada; Year: 1598-1867; Page Number: 404
   Publication: Name: https://search.ancestry.com/collections/7486/records/2636827;
   
4. Title: Isreal Longley in entry for Lucy Longley, "Canada, Nova Scotia Births and Baptisms, 1702-1896"
   Author: "Canada, Nova Scotia Births and Baptisms, 1702-1896", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FLR9-V81 : 7 February 2020), Isreal Longley in entry for Lucy Longley, 1789.
   Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FLR9-V81;
   
5. Title: Isreal Longley in entry for William Longley, "Canada Births and Baptisms, 1661-1959"
   Author: "Canada, Nova Scotia Births and Baptisms, 1702-1896", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FLGC-C97 : 7 February 2020), Isreal Longley in entry for William Longley, 1775.
   Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FLGC-C97;
   Page: pertinent details match
   
6. Title: Israel Longley, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
   Author: "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHZ4-26G : 20 May 2022), Israel Longley, 5 May 1799; citing Marriage, Shirley, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004274841.
   Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHZ4-26G;
   Page: pertinent details match
   
7. Title: Isreal Longley in entry for Elizabeth Longley, "Canada, Nova Scotia Births and Baptisms, 1702-1896"
   Author: "Canada, Nova Scotia Births and Baptisms, 1702-1896", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XL5T-L46 : 7 February 2020), Isreal Longley in entry for Elizabeth Longley, 1787.
   Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XL5T-L46;
   Note: This extracted record was used to create this person in Family Tree.
   
8. Title: Isreal Longley in entry for Lucy Longley, "Canada, Nova Scotia Births and Baptisms, 1702-1896"
   Author: "Canada, Nova Scotia Births and Baptisms, 1702-1896", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XL5T-G27 : 7 February 2020), Isreal Longley in entry for Lucy Longley, 1789.
   Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XL5T-G27;
   Note: This extracted record was used to create this person in Family Tree.
   
9. Title: Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988
   Publication: Name: https://search.ancestry.com/collections/2495/records/80188068;
   
10. Title: Longley, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
    Author: "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG1K-C31R : 18 October 2022), Longley, 12 Oct 1745; citing Birth, , Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007011182.
    Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG1K-C31R;
    
11. Title: Isreal Longley in entry for Amariah Westley Longley, "Canada Births and Baptisms, 1661-1959"
    Author: "Canada, Nova Scotia Births and Baptisms, 1702-1896", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FLGC-C9X : 7 February 2020), Isreal Longley in entry for Amariah Westley Longley, 1794.
    Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FLGC-C9X;
    
12. Title: Israel Longley in entry for Israel Longley, "Canada, Nova Scotia Deaths, 1864-1877"
    Author: "Canada, Nova Scotia Deaths, 1864-1877", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Z5H7-LKZM : 22 July 2021), Israel Longley in entry for Israel Longley, 1871.
    Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Z5H7-LKZM;
    
13. Title: Isreal Longley in entry for Amariah Westley Longley, "Canada, Nova Scotia Births and Baptisms, 1702-1896"
    Author: "Canada, Nova Scotia Births and Baptisms, 1702-1896", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XL5T-TY4 : 7 February 2020), Isreal Longley in entry for Amariah Westley Longley, 1794.
    Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XL5T-TY4;
    Note: This extracted record was used to create this person in Family Tree.
    
14. Title: Isreal Longley in entry for Diedamy Longley, "Canada Births and Baptisms, 1661-1959"
    Author: "Canada, Nova Scotia Births and Baptisms, 1702-1896", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FLR9-NH7 : 7 February 2020), Isreal Longley in entry for Diedamy Longley, 1782.
    Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FLR9-NH7;
    
15. Title: Isreal Longley in entry for Diedamy Longley, "Canada, Nova Scotia Births and Baptisms, 1702-1896"
    Author: "Canada, Nova Scotia Births and Baptisms, 1702-1896", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XL5T-F2J : 7 February 2020), Isreal Longley in entry for Diedamy Longley, 1782.
    Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XL5T-F2J;
    Note: This extracted record was used to create this person in Family Tree.
    
16. Title: Isreal Longley in entry for Christiana Longley, "Canada, Nova Scotia Births and Baptisms, 1702-1896"
    Author: "Canada, Nova Scotia Births and Baptisms, 1702-1896", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XL5T-F7W : 7 February 2020), Isreal Longley in entry for Christiana Longley, 1785.
    Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XL5T-F7W;
    Note: This extracted record was used to create this person in Family Tree.
    
17. Title: Canadian Genealogy Index, 1600s-1900s
    Publication: Name: https://search.ancestry.com/collections/7920/records/43095;
    
18. Title: Isreal Longley in entry for Anna Longley, "Canada Births and Baptisms, 1661-1959"
    Author: "Canada, Nova Scotia Births and Baptisms, 1702-1896", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FLR9-NHS : 7 February 2020), Isreal Longley in entry for Anna Longley, 1773.
    Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FLR9-NHS;
    Page: pertinent details match
    
19. Title: Isreal Longley in entry for Christiana Longley, "Canada, Nova Scotia Births and Baptisms, 1702-1896"
    Author: "Canada, Nova Scotia Births and Baptisms, 1702-1896", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FLGC-C98 : 7 February 2020), Isreal Longley in entry for Christiana Longley, 1785.
    Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FLGC-C98;
    Page: data agreement
    
20. Title: Isreal Longley, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
    Author: "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG1K-W1PS : 18 October 2022), Isreal Longley, 12 Oct 1745; citing Birth, , Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007011182.
    Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG1K-W1PS;
    Page: record of birth
    
21. Title: Israel Longley, "Find A Grave Index"
    Author: "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVGM-J364 : 16 December 2020), Israel Longley, ; Burial, Upper Granville, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada, Longley Cemetery; citing record ID 109976834, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
    Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVGM-J364;
    
22. Title: Isreal Longley, "Canada, Nova Scotia Marriages, 1711-1909"
    Author: "Canada, Nova Scotia Marriages, 1711-1909", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XL5H-TQM : 13 February 2020), Isreal Longley, 1770.
    Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XL5H-TQM;
    Note: This extracted record was used to create this person in Family Tree.
    
23. Title: Isreal Longley in entry for Isaac Longley, "Canada, Nova Scotia Births and Baptisms, 1702-1896"
    Author: "Canada, Nova Scotia Births and Baptisms, 1702-1896", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FLRJ-JS8 : 7 February 2020), Isreal Longley in entry for Isaac Longley, 1771.
    Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FLRJ-JS8;
    
24. Title: Isreal Longley in entry for Isreal Longley, "Canada Births and Baptisms, 1661-1959"
    Author: "Canada, Nova Scotia Births and Baptisms, 1702-1896", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FLGC-C9H : 7 February 2020), Isreal Longley in entry for Isreal Longley, 1780.
    Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FLGC-C9H;
    
25. Title: Isreal Longley in entry for Anna Longley, "Canada, Nova Scotia Births and Baptisms, 1702-1896"
    Author: "Canada, Nova Scotia Births and Baptisms, 1702-1896", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XL5T-G2S : 7 February 2020), Isreal Longley in entry for Anna Longley, 1773.
    Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XL5T-G2S;
    Note: This extracted record was used to create this person in Family Tree.
    
26. Title: Isreal Longley in entry for Elizabeth Longley, "Canada Births and Baptisms, 1661-1959"
    Author: "Canada, Nova Scotia Births and Baptisms, 1702-1896", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FLR2-RD6 : 7 February 2020), Isreal Longley in entry for Elizabeth Longley, 1787.
    Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FLR2-RD6;