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Husband: William LONGLEY, , Jr. [I12021]
Born: about 1638 in Probably Lynn, Essex Co., Massachusetts
Married: before 1683 in Massachusetts
Died: 27 JUL 1694 in Groton, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts 1
Father: William LONGLEY
Mother: Joanna GOFFE
Spouses: Lydia UNKNOWN
Wife: Deliverance PEASE [I13674]
Born: 06 DEC 1664 in Salem, Essex Co., Massachusetts 2 3
Died: 27 JUL 1694 in Groton, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts 4
Father: Robert PEASE, , Jr.
Mother: Sarah 'Sara' UNKNOWN
Spouses:
Children
01 (M): John 'Deacon' LONGLEY [I03791]
Born: about 1683 in Massachusetts
Died: 25 MAY 1750 in Groton, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts 5
Spouses: Sarah 'Sarey' PRESCOTT; Deborah 'Wilder ?' HOUGHTON
02 (M): Joseph LONGLEY [I13673]
Born: 06 JAN 1687 in Groton, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts 6
Died: 27 JUL 1694 in Groton, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts 7
Spouses:
03 (M): Richard LONGLEY [I13687]
Born: about 1690 in Massachusetts
Died: 27 JUL 1694 in Groton, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts 8
Spouses:
04 (F): Betty LONGLEY [I13688]
Born: about 1691 in Massachusetts
Died: JUL 1694 in Massachusetts
Spouses:
05 (M): Nathaniel LONGLEY [I13689]
Born: 1693 in Massachusetts
Died: 27 JUL 1694 in Groton, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts 9
Spouses:
Additional Information

William LONGLEY, , Jr.:

Notes:

Groton, Massachusetts Vital Records, ancestry.com
1672, May 15. William Longley, Lydia---
Groton Historical Series, Samuel A. Green, 1887
Willm Longley & Lidea his wife were maryed May. 15. 1672
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Records of Littleton, Massachusetts, Printed by order of the town, Littleton, Mass., 1900, Ancestry.com
LONGLEY, page 452
William Longley, Sr., d. Nov 29, 1680
William Longley, Jr.,m. May 15, 1672 Lydia, m. 2d Deliverance Pease
John Longley b. 1683, m. 1705 Sarah Prescott who d. 1716, m. 2d 1718 Deborah Houghton.
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Groton, Massachusetts Vital Records, Ancestry.com
WILLIAM LONGLEY and LYDIA, DELIVERANCE PEASE. (Married, May 15, 1672)
Lydia, born 1d. 1m. 1673-4. William, " 17 d. 12 m. 1675. Joseph, " Jan. 6, 1686-7.
(my Note: He married Lydia 15 May 1672)
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Some descendants of William Longley, born England 1614, a land grantee of Lynn, Mass. 1638, died at Groton, Mass., 1680: containing a complete list of the descendants of Isaac7 Longely 1823-1914, up to Jan. 17, 1952. Longley, Robert Dalton, North Anson, Me., Press of Ideal Print Shop, page 7


From -"Who Begot Thee" by Gilbert O. Bent 1903, page 31, Google Books.
"William (2) Longley. d. 1694. Son of William (1). Probably born at Lynn and removed with his father to Groton in 1663. He married (1) at Groton, May 15, 1672, Lydia. He married (2) previous to 1686, Deliverance Crispe, probably the widow of Jonathan Crispe, who died at Groton in 1680. Was a large owner of lands in Groton. He was town clerk of Groton in 1687 and from 1692 until his death July 27, 1694, when he and his family, with the exception of three of the children, were slain by Indians. On Feb. 20, 1880, a monument at the place in Groton where stood William Longley's house, and where the first William Longley had also lived, was dedicated.
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WILLIAM & DELIVERANCE LONGLEY AND THEIR EIGHT CHILDREN, AMBUSHED BY INDIANS & MURDERED IN THEIR OWN HOME:
The expedition against Groton was planned in part by the Indians at a fort called Amsaquonte above Norridgewock, in Maine. It was arranged also in the plan of operations that Oyster River - now Durham, New Hampshire - should be attacked on the way; and the assault on that town was made July 18, 1694, nine days before the one on Groton. At Oyster River more than 90 persons were either killed or captured; the prisoners from the two towns appear to have been taken to Maine, where they were brought frequently together during their captivity.
The story of William and Deliverance Longley's family is a sad one. They were living, with their 8 children, on a small farm, perhaps a mile and a quarter from the village, on the east side of the Hollis Road. Their house was built of hewn logs, and was standing at the beginning of the 19th century. The old cellar, with its well-laid walls, was distinctly visible, and traces of it could be seen to modern times. The site of this house has been marked by a monument bearing the following inscription:

Here Dwelt
WILLIAM AND DELIVERANCE LONGLEY
On the 27th of July 1694
The Indians Killed The Father and Mother
And Five of the Children
And Carried into Captivity
The Other Three.

Deliverance PEASE:

Notes:

Deliverance Pease found in:
Massachusetts Vital Records, 1600s-1800s
Event Type: Birth, Event Date: 6-OCT-1664, Town of Record: Salem
County of Record: Essex
Comment: /DR ROBERT AND SARA /N CT. R.
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In Vital Records of Groton, Massachusetts she is identified as 'Deliverence Pease' in the records of William Longley, Jr.: wives and children's births.
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Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-33
BENJAMIN CRISP
viii DELIVERANCE, b. about 1650 (deposed in 1670 aged twenty [TAG 62:27]); m. by 1674 William Longley Jr. of Groton [TAG meaning: The American Genealogist, Volume 9 to present (1932+)TAG 62:27, and sources cited there].
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This is the only record of birth I have found for Deliverance Crispe, daughter of Benjamin Crispe. The majority of Benjamin's other children have birth dates verified by Watertown Vital Records. After the death of Benjamin Crispe's first wife, Bridgett, he married, Joanna (Goffe) Longley, the widow of William Longley, Sr. Thus, making Benjamin Crispe the step-father of William Longley, Jr. Benjamin Crispe died by 1683 making Joanna Goffe Longley Crispe the 'Widow Crispe'.
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Lydia Longley, daughter of William Longley, Jr. and his first wife Lydia, as well as her siblings, John, Betty and Jemima were captured by the Indians in 1694. Lydia was about 21 years old at the time and was sold to the French and later became a nun.
In 'Lydia Longley, First American Nun' a reference is made to William Longley's new wife as being "the widow Crispe." The author may be in error. The information supposedly came from Lydia's correspondence and reminiscences. This would indicate that Deliverance was the widow of Jonathan Crispe, or another male Crispe, rather than the daughter of Benjamin Crispe. A record of a marriage of Deliverance Pease to Jonathan Crispe has not been found. Jonathan Crispe, son of Benjamin Crispe, was born 29 Jan 1639/40 and died Before 25 Oct 1680. If he did marry Deliverance Pease, daughter of Robert, she would have been only 16 at the time of Jonathan Crispe's death.

(04) Betty LONGLEY:

Notes:

Betty, along with siblings Lydia and John, was carried off by the Indians, and taken to Canada. Betty, supposedly, died soon after her capture from hunger and exposure.

Footnotes
  1. Killed by the Indians [1626].
  2. Rev. David Pease and Austin Pease, A Genealogical and Historical Record of Descendants of John Pease [2052] (Samuel Bowles and Co., Springfield, MA, 1869).
  3. Massachusetts Vital Records, 1600s - 1800s [1712].
  4. Killed by the Indians [1626].
  5. (Original Data) Caleb Butler, Groton, Massachusetts Vital Records [5] (Boston, MA; T. R. Marvin, 1848).
  6. Ibid.
  7. Killed by the Indians [1626].
  8. Ibid.
  9. Ibid.
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