1George Thomas Little, Henry Sweetser Burrage, and Albert Roscoe Stubbs, Genealogical and Family History of the State of Maine, Vol. 1, p. 240 (1909).
"(V) Hon. Stephen (4), eldest son of Stephen (3) and Patience (Young) Longfellow, was born in Gorham, March 23, 1776, and died in Portland, August 23, 1849, aged seventy-three years. He entered Harvard College at eighteen years of age, and graduated in the class of 1798. He was admitted to the bar in 1801, practiced law in Portland for many years and attained eminence in his profession. He was distinguished not only for his large acquirementsm but for his probity and uprightness, and was often called upon to exercise important trusts. He was a member of the Hartford Concention in 1814, and later was elected to congress and served one term. By overtasking his powers in the practice of his profession he was prostrated by disease. In 1828 he received the degree of LL.D. from Bowdoin College, of which he was a trustee for nineteen years. In 1834 he was elected president of the Maine Historical Society. He died highly respected for his integrity, public spirit, hospitality and generosity. He married, January 1, 1804, Zilpah Wadsworth, a daughter of General Peleg and Elizabeth (Bartlett) Wadsworth, of Portland. She was born at Duxbury, Massachusetts, January 6, 1778, and died in Portland, March 12, 1851, aged seventy-three years. General Wadsworth was a descendant of Christopher Wadsworth, the emigrant, of Duxbury, through John, John Jr., and Deacon Peleg, his father. He was a major-general in the revolution, and a member of congress fourteen years, being a much respected and honored citizen of his state. He died at Hiram, Maine, November 12, 1829, aged eighty-one years.
The children of Stephen and Zilpah (Wadsworth) Longfellow were: Stephen Henry W., Elizabeth, Anne, Alexander W., Mary, Ellen and Samuel.".
1William Downing Bruce, Pedigree of the Adams Family, Originally Located at Braintree, Mass., NEHGR Vol. 7, p. 42 (Jan. 1853).
"JOSEPH ADAMS,18 the second child of VIII JOSEPH17 of Brantree. "at the head of the last paragraph, was the grandfather of JOHN ADAMS, Second President of the United States. He had by his first wife, Mary Chapin, 1. Mary,19 b. 1683, m. Ephraim Jones of Braintree; 2. Abigail,19 b. 1684, n. Set Chapin of Mendon; and by his 2d wife Hannah Bass, he had, 3. Joseph,19 of Newington, b. June 1688, H. C. 1710, d. 20 May, 1784;* 4. John,19 father of President John,20 1691, m. Susanna, dau. of Peter Boyston of Brookline, d. 25 May, 1761; 5. Samuel,19 b. 1694, m. Sarah, dau. of Moses Paine; 6. Josiah,19 b. 1696, m. Hannah Thompson; 7. Hannah,19 b. 1698, m. Benjamin Owen of Braintree; 8. Ruth,19 b. 1700, m. Nathan Webb of Uxbridge; 9. Bethia,19 b. 1702, m. Ebenezer Hunt of Weymouth; 10. Ebenezer,19 b. 1704.".
1William Downing Bruce, Pedigree of the Adams Family, Originally Located at Braintree, Mass., NEHGR Vol. 7, p. 42 (Jan. 1853).
"JOSEPH ADAMS,18 the second child of VIII JOSEPH17 of Brantree. "at the head of the last paragraph, was the grandfather of JOHN ADAMS, Second President of the United States. He had by his first wife, Mary Chapin, 1. Mary,19 b. 1683, m. Ephraim Jones of Braintree; 2. Abigail,19 b. 1684, n. Set Chapin of Mendon; and by his 2d wife Hannah Bass, he had, 3. Joseph,19 of Newington, b. June 1688, H. C. 1710, d. 20 May, 1784;* 4. John,19 father of President John,20 1691, m. Susanna, dau. of Peter Boyston of Brookline, d. 25 May, 1761; 5. Samuel,19 b. 1694, m. Sarah, dau. of Moses Paine; 6. Josiah,19 b. 1696, m. Hannah Thompson; 7. Hannah,19 b. 1698, m. Benjamin Owen of Braintree; 8. Ruth,19 b. 1700, m. Nathan Webb of Uxbridge; 9. Bethia,19 b. 1702, m. Ebenezer Hunt of Weymouth; 10. Ebenezer,19 b. 1704.".