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Joseph Langdon

Also Known As: "Landon"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Farmington, Connecticut Colony
Death: March 31, 1736
Farmington, Hartford County, Connecticut Colony
Immediate Family:

Son of Deacon John Langton and Mary Langdon
Husband of Susannah Landon and Mary Langdon
Father of Sarah Langdon; Joseph Langdon; John Langdon; Samuel Langdon; Susannah Langdon and 3 others
Brother of John Langton; Samuel Landon; Cpl. Daniel Landon; Nathan Landon, of Southold; James Langdon and 3 others
Half brother of Samuel Gridley; Thomas Gridley, III and Mary Root

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About Joseph Langdon

Biography

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Langdon-2497

Joseph Langdon was born in 1659. He died in 1736 at the age of 77.

Parents: John Langdon 1624 - 1689 and Mary (Seymour) Langdon 1635 - 1689.

Joseph was Christened 3/18/1659 in Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut.

Joseph was married two times.

Spouse #1: Susanna (Root) Langdon abt. 1654 - 1712. They were married 10/1/1683 in Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut. Per U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560 - 1900.

Children:

  • 1. Sarah Langdon 1685 - 1751 Married Jonathan Woodruff 1688 - 1712
  • 2. Joseph Langdon II 1688 - 1749 Married Rachel Cowles 1690 - 1750 Findagrave #155843680
  • 3. Sarah Langdon 1689 - 1751
  • 4. John Lankton 1691 - 1749 Married Sarah Lee 1696 - 1760 Findagrave #44650140 (Headstone spelling "Lankton" - he chose/used that spelling)
  • 5. Lieut. Samuel Langdon 1694 - 1778 Married Elizabeth Lee 1700 - 1750 Findagrave #62170938
  • 6. Susanna Langdon 1696 - 1775 Married Ebenezer Bronson 1688 - 1768 Findagrave #199452627
  • 7. Ebenezer Langdon 1701 - 1756 Married Jemima Cowles 1707 - 1793 Findagrave #76021167
  • 8. Mary Langdon 1704 - 1704 (twin to Mercy)
  • 9. Mercy Langdon 1704 - 1704 (twin to Mary)
  • 10. Thomas Langdon 1707 - 1707

Spouse #2: Mary (Porter) Langdon 1663 - 1739. They were married 10/18/1714 in Farmington, Connecticut. Per U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560 - 1900. She was previously married to Joseph Royce I 1& they had 4 children.


Children of Mary Kilbourne and John Root:

Susannah Root b. 1654, d. December 5, 1712 at Farmington; m. October 1, 1683 at Farmington to Joseph son of John and Mary (Seymour) Langdon. #S7 New England Marriages, pg. 451


Last Will and Testament: (https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Langdon-103#_note-8)

  • Joseph Langton, Sen. Location: FarmingtonInvt. s711-01-03. Taken 9 April, 1736, by Isaac Cowles, Sen., Nathaniel Wadsworth and Thos. Wadsworth. *Will dated 3 September, 1733.
  • I, Joseph Langton, Sen., of the Town of Farmingtown, do make this my last will and testament:
  • Unto my wife Mary Langton (provided she survive me) I give to her the use, improvement and profit of 1-3 part of my house and lott where I now live, so long as she shall see cause there to live, reside and personally to dwell a widow bearing my name, and no longer; and also the use and profit of 1-3 part of all other of my real estate during her natural life.
  • Also unto her my wife I give, to be at her own dispose, all the estate she brought with her and became mine by virtue of my marriage with her, and an addition of s8 of my personal estate.
  • Unto my son Joseph Langton, besides what I have formerly given him, I give to him 1 suit of my wearing clothes, he to choose.
  • And to my grandson Thomas Langton, son to the sd. Joseph Langton, to him and his heirs and assigns forever, I give and bequeath the 16th lot of land lying in the division of land in Farmingtown between Southington and Waterbury bounds, laid out on the right of my father Deacon John Langton decd., containing by estimation 148 acres.
  • Unto my son John Langton, besides what I have already given him, I give to him and his heirs and assigns forever the 25th lott in the division of land in sd. Farmingtown on the range of Blew Mountain, laid out on the right of my aforesd. father, containing by estimation about 107 acres.
  • Unto my son Samuel Langton, besides what I have already given him, I give to him the 67th lott of land in the division of land in sd. Farmingtown, lying north of the reserved land and on the west side of the river, laid out on my sd. father's right, containing 98 acres.
  • Unto my three sons, viz., John Langton, Samuel Langton and Ebenezer Langton, I give and bequeath all the remainder of my wearing clothes in equal proportion.
  • Unto my daughter Sarah Woodruff, besides what I have already given her, I give to her the sum of s40 in money.
  • Also my will further is, that my sd. daughter shall have the liberty of living in my now dwelling house and have room for her comfort therein so long as she liveth unmarried.
  • Unto my daughter Susannah Langton I give the sum of s60 in money.
  • Unto my son Ebenezer Langton, now living with me, and on whose help the comfort of my present life much depends, besides what I have already given him, I give to him the residue and remainder of my estate, both real and personal, with the reversion thereof, not before in this instrument disposed of, wheresoever it is or may be found or whatsoever it be, he paying my debts and legacies aforesd.
  • And I do hereby ordain my son Ebenezer Langton sole executor.
  • Witness: John Hooker, Sen., Gershom Lewis, Stephen Bissell.Joseph X Langton, ls.
  • A codicil, dated 31 January, 1735, made the legacies to Sarah Woodruff and Susannah Langton to each s60 as money.
  • Witness: John Hooker, Sen., Joseph Rootes, Samuell Nash.Joseph X Langton, ls.Court Record, Page 43--13 April, 1736: Will proven.
  • Abbreviation: age 383 Name: Joseph Langton, Sen. Location: F

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Joseph Langdon's Timeline

1659
March 18, 1659
Farmington, Connecticut Colony
March 18, 1659
Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut
March 18, 1659
Farmington, Hartford County, CT
March 18, 1659
Farmington, Hartford County, CT
1685
April 29, 1685
Farmington, Hartford County, Connecticut Colony
1688
March 1688
Farmington, Hartford County, Connecticut Colony
1691
April 3, 1691
Farmington, Hartford County, Connecticut Colony
1694
April 3, 1694
Farmington, Hartford County, Connecticut Colony
1696
October 1696
Farmington, Hartford County, Connecticut Colony