A mason by trade. Revolutionary War soldier, Capt. Gregg's Co., NAtt 1780 (ref: Penn. Archives, Series 3, Vol. 6, p. 122). This Euclydus appears on the Tax Digest (over 21) of Newtown Twp: 1778, 1779, 1781 with no acreage, one horse, two cows and no servants. By 1784 he was in Middletown Twp, with no acreage, two horses and 9 white persons in his dwelling place, including himself, and no black persons. In Middletown Twp, 1785-1787 with no acreage, two horses, two cows and no servants (1785 as "Euclidus Jr." since his uncle had the same given name). On 26 Sep. 1785 Euclydus Longshore and his wife Jane sold the real estate inherited from his father, Thomas Longshore, Sr. for £65 to David Marple (ref: Bucks Co. Deed Bk 22, p. 33, recorded 27 Sep. 1785, marked "X" by both Euclydus and his wife Jane). After his 2nd marriage to the widow Jemima (Staats) Shaw in 1792, Euclydus is shown in the Middletown Twp. Tax List of 1793, 1794, 1796, and 1797 with 4 acres and one cow, with his occupation as "mason" often written in the margin by his name. In 1798, 1799, and 1800 he is shown with 4 acres, one horse and one cow. By spring 1804, he is shown with 4 acres and one cow. He died before 23 August 1804 per his estate administration papers (ref: Bucks Co. Estate Adm. File #3258, Adm. Book B, p.92). His widow, Jemima Longshore, and Lambert Longshore [apparently his principle heir, after his widow] are the only Longshores mentioned in his estate papers. [note: Lambert Longshore's 1807 estate admin. papers link Lambert to Susanna (Longshore) Haworth and Charity (Longshore) Tomlinson]. Bucks Co. Orphans Court Records do not mention Euclydus' younger children having a guardian assigned after their father's death in 1804. In 1805, 1806, and [Feb.] 1808 his widow Jemima or "Mime" (2nd wife) is shown with 4 acres and no horses or cattle. On 29 Nov. 1808, Jemima Longshore "of Bensalem Township" sold her four acres of land in Middletown Township for £80 to Jonathan Carlile, Jr., which she had purchased as "Jemima Shaw" on 10 Aug. 1791 (Bucks Co. Deed Bk 29, pp. 508-509, recorded 2 Apr. 1811). Jemima Longshore is not listed in the Middletown tax list of [Feb.] 1809 or thereafter, after she quit-claimed interest in her remaining estate in Nov. 1808 to her seven children by her 1st husband, Ezekiel Shaw (ref: Bucks Co. Deed Bk. 38, pp. 443-444).
Euclydus is shown in the census of 1790 as the nextdoor neighbor of his mother, Joanna Longshore of Middletown Twp. This Euclydus is listed with one male under 16 (son) and three females (wife and two daughters). It's possible that his eldest son may have left home by then to become an apprentice [Lambert learned the tailor trade]. The census of 1800 contains two Euclides Longshores in Middletown Twp., his uncle of the same name and "Euclides Longshore, Junr". Neither appears in the census of 1810.
Explicit contemporary documentation remains to be located showing all the children of this Euclydus Longshore. The Will for Euclydus Longshore "the mason" was located in 1805 after his estate was administrated in 1804, and is mentioned in his estate administration papers but not transcribed. A note in the Adm. papers states: "an instrument of wrighting [sic] purporting to be the last will and Testament of Euclydas Longshore Mason as an application by one of the heirs is made to us to appear at this Registers office October 22 1805 ..." [Note: confirms multiple hiers, thus children survived him as well as his widow]. If this will was recorded elsewhere, it likely contains explicit statements of kinships.
Marriage Notes for EUCLYDUS LONGSHORE and HANNAH CLARK:
On 20 June 1767 Euclydus Longshore was convicted of fathering a child with Hannah Clark, also convicted. Hannah was fined £10, and Euclydus was fined £10 and was required to pay expenses weekly of 2s/6d until the child was 5 years old, commencing 14 September 1767 [six months after the child's birth]. Presumably, this child died in infancy, no further record.
Middletown Friends Monthly Meeting minutes for Jan 1769 states, "Euclides, son of Thomas Longshore, convicted of fathering a child [out of wedlock]." Unknown if this child used the Longshore or Clark surname.
Marriage Notes for EUCLYDUS LONGSHORE and JEMIMA STAATS:
Married most likely in 1792, sometime between 10 August 1791 when the widow "Jemima Shaw" purchased property (ref: Bucks Co. Deed Bk 39, pp. 508-509), and February 1793 when Euclydus Longshore "Mason" was assessed taxes based upon Jemima's real estate holdings (ref: Buck Co. taxlist, 1793).
Euclydus is shown in the census of 1790 as the nextdoor neighbor of his mother, Joanna Longshore of Middletown Twp. This Euclydus is listed with one male under 16 (son) and three females (wife and two daughters). It's possible that his eldest son may have left home by then to become an apprentice [Lambert learned the tailor trade]. The census of 1800 contains two Euclides Longshores in Middletown Twp., his uncle of the same name and "Euclides Longshore, Junr". Neither appears in the census of 1810.
Explicit contemporary documentation remains to be located showing all the children of this Euclydus Longshore. The Will for Euclydus Longshore "the mason" was located in 1805 after his estate was administrated in 1804, and is mentioned in his estate administration papers but not transcribed. A note in the Adm. papers states: "an instrument of wrighting [sic] purporting to be the last will and Testament of Euclydas Longshore Mason as an application by one of the heirs is made to us to appear at this Registers office October 22 1805 ..." [Note: confirms multiple hiers, thus children survived him as well as his widow]. If this will was recorded elsewhere, it likely contains explicit statements of kinships.
Marriage Notes for EUCLYDUS LONGSHORE and HANNAH CLARK:
On 20 June 1767 Euclydus Longshore was convicted of fathering a child with Hannah Clark, also convicted. Hannah was fined £10, and Euclydus was fined £10 and was required to pay expenses weekly of 2s/6d until the child was 5 years old, commencing 14 September 1767 [six months after the child's birth]. Presumably, this child died in infancy, no further record.
Middletown Friends Monthly Meeting minutes for Jan 1769 states, "Euclides, son of Thomas Longshore, convicted of fathering a child [out of wedlock]." Unknown if this child used the Longshore or Clark surname.
Marriage Notes for EUCLYDUS LONGSHORE and JEMIMA STAATS:
Married most likely in 1792, sometime between 10 August 1791 when the widow "Jemima Shaw" purchased property (ref: Bucks Co. Deed Bk 39, pp. 508-509), and February 1793 when Euclydus Longshore "Mason" was assessed taxes based upon Jemima's real estate holdings (ref: Buck Co. taxlist, 1793).
A mason by trade. Revolutionary War soldier, Capt. Gregg's Co., NAtt 1780 (ref: Penn. Archives, Series 3, Vol. 6, p. 122). This Euclydus appears on the Tax Digest (over 21) of Newtown Twp: 1778, 1779, 1781 with no acreage, one horse, two cows and no servants. By 1784 he was in Middletown Twp, with no acreage, two horses and 9 white persons in his dwelling place, including himself, and no black persons. In Middletown Twp, 1785-1787 with no acreage, two horses, two cows and no servants (1785 as "Euclidus Jr." since his uncle had the same given name). On 26 Sep. 1785 Euclydus Longshore and his wife Jane sold the real estate inherited from his father, Thomas Longshore, Sr. for £65 to David Marple (ref: Bucks Co. Deed Bk 22, p. 33, recorded 27 Sep. 1785, marked "X" by both Euclydus and his wife Jane). After his 2nd marriage to the widow Jemima (Staats) Shaw in 1792, Euclydus is shown in the Middletown Twp. Tax List of 1793, 1794, 1796, and 1797 with 4 acres and one cow, with his occupation as "mason" often written in the margin by his name. In 1798, 1799, and 1800 he is shown with 4 acres, one horse and one cow. By spring 1804, he is shown with 4 acres and one cow. He died before 23 August 1804 per his estate administration papers (ref: Bucks Co. Estate Adm. File #3258, Adm. Book B, p.92). His widow, Jemima Longshore, and Lambert Longshore [apparently his principle heir, after his widow] are the only Longshores mentioned in his estate papers. [note: Lambert Longshore's 1807 estate admin. papers link Lambert to Susanna (Longshore) Haworth and Charity (Longshore) Tomlinson]. Bucks Co. Orphans Court Records do not mention Euclydus' younger children having a guardian assigned after their father's death in 1804. In 1805, 1806, and [Feb.] 1808 his widow Jemima or "Mime" (2nd wife) is shown with 4 acres and no horses or cattle. On 29 Nov. 1808, Jemima Longshore "of Bensalem Township" sold her four acres of land in Middletown Township for £80 to Jonathan Carlile, Jr., which she had purchased as "Jemima Shaw" on 10 Aug. 1791 (Bucks Co. Deed Bk 29, pp. 508-509, recorded 2 Apr. 1811). Jemima Longshore is not listed in the Middletown tax list of [Feb.] 1809 or thereafter, after she quit-claimed interest in her remaining estate in Nov. 1808 to her seven children by her 1st husband, Ezekiel Shaw (ref: Bucks Co. Deed Bk. 38, pp. 443-444).
Euclydus is shown in the census of 1790 as the nextdoor neighbor of his mother, Joanna Longshore of Middletown Twp. This Euclydus is listed with one male under 16 (son) and three females (wife and two daughters). It's possible that his eldest son may have left home by then to become an apprentice [Lambert learned the tailor trade]. The census of 1800 contains two Euclides Longshores in Middletown Twp., his uncle of the same name and "Euclides Longshore, Junr". Neither appears in the census of 1810.
Explicit contemporary documentation remains to be located showing all the children of this Euclydus Longshore. The Will for Euclydus Longshore "the mason" was located in 1805 after his estate was administrated in 1804, and is mentioned in his estate administration papers but not transcribed. A note in the Adm. papers states: "an instrument of wrighting [sic] purporting to be the last will and Testament of Euclydas Longshore Mason as an application by one of the heirs is made to us to appear at this Registers office October 22 1805 ..." [Note: confirms multiple hiers, thus children survived him as well as his widow]. If this will was recorded elsewhere, it likely contains explicit statements of kinships.
Marriage Notes for EUCLYDUS LONGSHORE and HANNAH CLARK:
On 20 June 1767 Euclydus Longshore was convicted of fathering a child with Hannah Clark, also convicted. Hannah was fined £10, and Euclydus was fined £10 and was required to pay expenses weekly of 2s/6d until the child was 5 years old, commencing 14 September 1767 [six months after the child's birth]. Presumably, this child died in infancy, no further record.
Middletown Friends Monthly Meeting minutes for Jan 1769 states, "Euclides, son of Thomas Longshore, convicted of fathering a child [out of wedlock]." Unknown if this child used the Longshore or Clark surname.
Marriage Notes for EUCLYDUS LONGSHORE and JEMIMA STAATS:
Married most likely in 1792, sometime between 10 August 1791 when the widow "Jemima Shaw" purchased property (ref: Bucks Co. Deed Bk 39, pp. 508-509), and February 1793 when Euclydus Longshore "Mason" was assessed taxes based upon Jemima's real estate holdings (ref: Buck Co. taxlist, 1793).
Euclydus is shown in the census of 1790 as the nextdoor neighbor of his mother, Joanna Longshore of Middletown Twp. This Euclydus is listed with one male under 16 (son) and three females (wife and two daughters). It's possible that his eldest son may have left home by then to become an apprentice [Lambert learned the tailor trade]. The census of 1800 contains two Euclides Longshores in Middletown Twp., his uncle of the same name and "Euclides Longshore, Junr". Neither appears in the census of 1810.
Explicit contemporary documentation remains to be located showing all the children of this Euclydus Longshore. The Will for Euclydus Longshore "the mason" was located in 1805 after his estate was administrated in 1804, and is mentioned in his estate administration papers but not transcribed. A note in the Adm. papers states: "an instrument of wrighting [sic] purporting to be the last will and Testament of Euclydas Longshore Mason as an application by one of the heirs is made to us to appear at this Registers office October 22 1805 ..." [Note: confirms multiple hiers, thus children survived him as well as his widow]. If this will was recorded elsewhere, it likely contains explicit statements of kinships.
Marriage Notes for EUCLYDUS LONGSHORE and HANNAH CLARK:
On 20 June 1767 Euclydus Longshore was convicted of fathering a child with Hannah Clark, also convicted. Hannah was fined £10, and Euclydus was fined £10 and was required to pay expenses weekly of 2s/6d until the child was 5 years old, commencing 14 September 1767 [six months after the child's birth]. Presumably, this child died in infancy, no further record.
Middletown Friends Monthly Meeting minutes for Jan 1769 states, "Euclides, son of Thomas Longshore, convicted of fathering a child [out of wedlock]." Unknown if this child used the Longshore or Clark surname.
Marriage Notes for EUCLYDUS LONGSHORE and JEMIMA STAATS:
Married most likely in 1792, sometime between 10 August 1791 when the widow "Jemima Shaw" purchased property (ref: Bucks Co. Deed Bk 39, pp. 508-509), and February 1793 when Euclydus Longshore "Mason" was assessed taxes based upon Jemima's real estate holdings (ref: Buck Co. taxlist, 1793).
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