William Longley (6), William (5), John (4), William (3), William (2), John (1).

The son of William and Mary (Parker) Longley, was born at Groton, Massachusetts, May 23, 1734. He died at Shirley, Mass. Jan. 9, 1813, with burial in the Shirley Centre cemetery. On Aug. 8, 1763, at Lancaster, Mass. he married, Lydia Warrensford (in some records Wallingford), daughter of Ezekiel and Lydia (Brown), born Jan. 15, 1738/39 at Lancaster; death date unknown.

William and Lydia had nine children:

1. Ezekiel, b. March, 1763, Shirley, Mass. (Shirley VR), or Aug. 4, 1756 (RW Papers); d. April 8, 1845, Pittsford, Vermont; m. 1. Mary Swan, 2. Lucy Ellis.

2. Abigail, b. 1764, Shirley; d. June 2, 1817; a member of the Shaker community at Shirley.

3. Isreal, b. Nov. 2, 1766, Shirley; d. Aug. 24, 1819, Shirley; m. 1. Lucy Conant, 2. Mrs. Sally Tarbell.

4. Lydia, b. 1768, Shirley; m. Sept. 29, 1800, Asa Gale.

5. Sarah, b. 1773, Shirley; d. Sept. 14, 1818; a member of the Shaker community.

6. Ivory, b. 1775, Shirley; d. Jan. 14, 1808, Shirley; m. Apr. 5, 1797, Lucy Munroe.

7. William, b. Shirley; d. 1836, Pittsford, Vermont; m. Sept. 20, 1794, Rebecca Munjoy.

8. Elijah, b. July 15, 1778, Shirley; d. Aug. 18, 1821, Shirley; m. Apr. 17, 1805, Betsy Stone.

9. Luther, b. Shirley; d. June 25, Shirley; m. pub. Nov. 6, 1807, Mary Bartlett.

History books have recorded few facts pertaining to William Longley. " He lived in a house at the north-east corner of the door-yard of the present residence of the late Thomas Hazen. (1873) He followed in the footsteps of his father, both as a miller and agriculturaligist, and wore the dusty coat of his craft unto an old age." History of Shirley.

William died at Shirley in 1813 and was buried in the cemetery at Shirley Centre. Next to his tombstone is the grave of his daughter-in-law, Rebecca. The grave of his wife, Lydia, has not been located. The inscription on his tombstone reads: