Benjamin Longstreth was the son of Bartholomew Longstreth and Deborah Ann Dawson. In 1773, Benjamin married Sarah Fussell. The couple had twelve children.
The family lived in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, of which place Benjamin was the founder. He built the first iron-works there. [A Collection of Family Records by Charles C. Dawson, page 426, GoogleBooks.]
Birth date note: 1746 vs. 1749. The Longstreth Family Records, 1909, (a 968 page pdf online), Revised and Enlarged by Agnes Longstreth Taylor, concludes that the birth year was 1746. The family bible originally recorded 1746. That year was crossed out and "1/49" written. The referenced treatise states: The authority followed is that of the Bible, where the date, in the handwriting of Bartholomew Longstreth, is 1746.
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The family lived in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, of which place Benjamin was the founder. He built the first iron-works there. [A Collection of Family Records by Charles C. Dawson, page 426, GoogleBooks.]
Birth date note: 1746 vs. 1749. The Longstreth Family Records, 1909, (a 968 page pdf online), Revised and Enlarged by Agnes Longstreth Taylor, concludes that the birth year was 1746. The family bible originally recorded 1746. That year was crossed out and "1/49" written. The referenced treatise states: The authority followed is that of the Bible, where the date, in the handwriting of Bartholomew Longstreth, is 1746.
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Benjamin Longstreth was the son of Bartholomew Longstreth and Deborah Ann Dawson. In 1773, Benjamin married Sarah Fussell. The couple had twelve children.
The family lived in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, of which place Benjamin was the founder. He built the first iron-works there. [A Collection of Family Records by Charles C. Dawson, page 426, GoogleBooks.]
Birth date note: 1746 vs. 1749. The Longstreth Family Records, 1909, (a 968 page pdf online), Revised and Enlarged by Agnes Longstreth Taylor, concludes that the birth year was 1746. The family bible originally recorded 1746. That year was crossed out and "1/49" written. The referenced treatise states: The authority followed is that of the Bible, where the date, in the handwriting of Bartholomew Longstreth, is 1746.
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The family lived in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, of which place Benjamin was the founder. He built the first iron-works there. [A Collection of Family Records by Charles C. Dawson, page 426, GoogleBooks.]
Birth date note: 1746 vs. 1749. The Longstreth Family Records, 1909, (a 968 page pdf online), Revised and Enlarged by Agnes Longstreth Taylor, concludes that the birth year was 1746. The family bible originally recorded 1746. That year was crossed out and "1/49" written. The referenced treatise states: The authority followed is that of the Bible, where the date, in the handwriting of Bartholomew Longstreth, is 1746.
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