Ancestry of
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

American “Fireside” Poet

Stephen Longfellow Jr.

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• • Great-grandfather of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow — 4th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 8 
  • Father:
  • Stephen Longfellow 
  • Mother:
  • Abigail Tompson   
  • Birth Date:
  • 7 Feb 1722/1723 
  • Birth Location:
  • Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts 
  • Christening Date:
  • 10 Feb 1722/1723 
  • Christening Location:
  • Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts 
  • Death Date:
  • 1 May 1790 
  • Death Location:
  • Gorham, Cumberland, Maine 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Tabitha Bragdon
  • Marriage Date:
  • 19 Oct 1749 
  • Marriage Location:
  • York, York Co., Maine 
  • Child:

  Stephen Longfellow (Ahnentafel No:4 )

• Sources for Stephen Longfellow Jr.

  • ¹ Daughters of the American Revolution Genealogical Research System, Ancestor #A071359.
  • ² Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850, Newbury, Vol. 1, p. 288, Baptism record for Stephen Longfellow.
  • ³ New England Historical and Genealogical Register, April 1934, Vol. 88, p. 200.
  • ⁴ New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 1960, Vol. 114, p. 293, Marriage record for Stephen Longfellow and Tabitha Bragdon.
  • ⁵ Currier, John J., "Ould Newbury": Historical and Biographical Sketches, Boston: Damrell and Upham (1896), 310.
  • ⁶ Emery, William M., Newell Ancestry: The Story of the Antecedents of William Stark Newell, Boston: Thomas Todd (1944), 205.
  • ⁷ Pitman, H. Minot and Katharine Patterson Boyd Hunt, Boyd-Patterson Ancestry, Tucson, Arizona: Unknown (1967), 34.
  • ⁸ Roberts, Gary Boyd, Notable Kin, Volume 1, Santa Clarita, California: Carl Boyer, 3rd (1998), 182.