==================================== Name = William Longstreet (0052) Born = 6 Oct 1759 At = Allentown, NJ (probably) Died = 1 Sep 1814 At = Augusta, GA Buried = St. Paul's Cemetery, Augusta, GA Father = Stoffel Langestraet Mother = Abigail Wooley ----------------------------------- Married = Hannah FitzRandolph Date = 1783 At = NJ Born = 23 Mar 1761 At = NJ Died = 1837 At = Augusta, Ga Buried = Father = James FitzRandolph Mother = Deliverance Coward ----------------------------------- Children = James 1785-1830 0026 Gilbert -1851 1014 Rebecca 1786-1876 1247 Rachel 1653 Augustus Baldwin1790-1870 1163 William 1792-1835 1015 ----------------------------------- Comment = William changed the Dutch spelling of his name to English. He invented a steam boat in 1787, before Fulton, applied steam to cotton gin. In War of 1812 the British burned his mills at St. Mary's, Georgia. They also lived in Edgefield District, SC, where he had a water mill for grinding corn. ----------------------------------- Source = 01D23 |