LONG, Peter ^{1 2}

  General Notes:

Peter Long arrived in America as one of eleven indentured servants of Joseph Fisher. Peter was a carpenter and was to be given 50 acres of land and his freedom after serving two years. He became a very prosperous man in New Jersey, as indicated by the records of land ownership. In 1702, a Peter Long was Justice in Gloucester County, New Jersey. This early judge was either immigrant Peter or his son.

6 Aug 1685 Burlington - Ear Marks - Peter Long: the Right Eare two slitts ye Left a Cropp & a slitt thus.

31 Oct 1695 - Witness to wedding in Cohansey, Salem County, New Jersey: Peter Long and Eathener Long.

21 Nov 1699 - Peter & wife Eleanor sold 757 a. to Edward Kelley of So. Hampton, LI

16 Jun 1702 - Anthony Sturgis will: to son-in-law Peter Long, twenty shillings and to each of his children five shillings.

9 Jan 1728 - Will of Samuel Dayton of Greenwich & Stow Creek m. 22 Oct 1717 to Dorothy, daughter of Peter Long. Inventory done by Peter Long.

[Thanks to Hope Peterson]

Peter married Eleanor STURGIS, daughter of Anthony STURGIS and Ann UNKNOWN, about 1697 in New Jersey. (Eleanor STURGIS was born about 1685 and died in 1752 in Greenwich, Gloucester County, New Jersey.)