Oddly enough, it’s a good thing that after young William was caught absconding with Mr Warren’s hat near the Inns of Court area of London that he did not receive “benefit of clergy”. For those not familiar with the term it refers to a little known facet of […]
While traipsing about the land of historical narrative I have stumbled upon a most unlikely hero. A hat thief from London who defied not only the odds of surviving a harrowing ordeal in prison and at sea but also the gaze upon his life in retrospect. And everything […]
I will preface that this post is part 2 of my previous article titled “What If …? “ Did he or didn’t he? That’s the question. Did William Longmire draw and/or write anything on the so-called 1728 “Plan of the Town of Fredericksburg” survey map below? And what […]
Who doesn’t like a good underdog story? One in which history gets turned upside down and sideways? You know, the kind of story where a young man loses his parents, not even 15 years old, and is left to the vagaries of life in London. And then you, […]
Well, here it is, July 4th. The 250th anniversary of the founding of the greatest country in the world. This year also marks 300 years of the arrival of our intrepid friend from London, William Longmire, to the shores of Virginia. And so, I find it fitting to […]
Was recently corresponding with a Longmire cousin who was inquiring about the grave site of William Longmire. I offered that he was probably buried at what was then called Strother’s Church but that you will not find his grave as it is long past gone. Swept away by […]
The above guardian account concerns the daughter, Elizabeth, of Nicholas Smith, former Justice and Burgess of King George County and wealthy merchant who died in 1734. From my research it appears that her mother, also named Elizabeth, was her actual guardian following her husband’s death. However, Thomas Turner, […]
Well, it has been a while since last I posted on this blog. And I have been busy researching when I can. Recently I found occasion to visit Christ Church in Middlesex County and it’s parent church, Christ Church in Lancaster County, Va. The latter of which was […]
Well, it’s been a while since I posted some documents. And since I have probably close to a thousand in my own little USB archival world besides hundreds of hard copies I thought maybe it’s time I shared. Afterall, how is anybody going to believe my outlandish claims […]
Major update: Included below is a grant to John Warner dated Feb 1728/9. As mentioned in some of my latest posts it appears that Wm Longmire had already been working for the Proprietary under the auspices of Robert “King” Carter well before meeting with and later working for […]
The Life and Times of William Longmire of London and Virginia 