Genealogy of Patty Rose
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| Notes for Pierse LONG | ||||||||||
| - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Pierse Long, Esq., a prominent merchant of Portsmouth, mouth, who was born in Ireland and came to America in 1730. He built up a large trade with the West Indies and acquired great wealth. Mr. Long d. in 1746, and his widow was appointed administratrix of his estate on Sept. 24 of that year, John Cutt, gentleman, and Daniel Jackson, shopkeeper, being her sureties. An inventory, showing an estate of �4666, made by William King and Henry Sherburne, Jr., was filed Aug. 26, 1747. Children aft 1739: Pierse, Abigail, Mary. [ref 42:90] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - By 1708 Governor Dudley reported to the British Board of Trade and Foreign Plantations that there were 70 Negro slaves in New Hampshire (the cluster of towns on the coast and around Great Bay). He also said there was no New Hampshire involvement in the slave trade at that date. Through the next several decades Portsmouth ships carried many slaves between Africa, Portsmouth, Virginia, and the West Indies. Between 1728 and 1745 Samuel Morse, Dickerson, John Major, Joseph Bayley and John Odiorne were captains of ships owned by Pierce Long, Joshua Pierce, John Rindge, J & S Wentworth, bound for Africa, Guinea, Virginia, and Barbados, carrying cargoes which included from one to a dozen slaves. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | ||||||||||
| Notes for Abigail WALTON | ||||||||||
| - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Abigail, m. Pierse Long, Esq., wealthy merchant of Irish birth, delegate to Continental Congress and Constitutional Convention; parents of Mary, w. of Col. Tobias Lear. [ref 22] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ABIGAIL. She m. Pierse Long. [ref 42:90] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | ||||||||||
| Last Modified 1 Nov 2004 | Created 4 Jan 2005 |