Rambles about Portsmouth. Sketches of persons, localities, and incidents of two centuries: principally from tradition and unpublished documents. By Charles W. Brewster.

LANGDON FARM. 59
erected as a family memorial by the present owner of the
premises.
The plinth of the monument rests on a granite base.
The die, which is surmounted by a frieze and cap, is a
square block of marble presenting four sides of about 21
inches in width by 42 in height. Two of the sides are
plain; on the other two are the following inscriptions, which
give a very full genealogical history of the family. The
monument is from Mr. Philbrick's establishment -the lettering deep and clear, in Mlr. Borthwick's best style.
I. Tobias Langdon, from England, died 1664; married
1656 Elizabeth, daughter of Henry Sherburne, (she afterwards m. Tobias Lear,) and had Tobias L., born 1660, died
Feb. 20, 1725; m. in 1686 Mary Hubbard. Elizabeth, m.
William Fernald. Oner, m. 1686 John Laighton. Margaret m. Nicholas Morrel.
II. Capt. Tobias and Mary Langdon had Mary, born Nov.
17, 1687, m. George Pierce. Tobias, born Oct. 11, 1689,
m. 1714 Sarah Winkley. Martha, b. Mch. 7, 1693, m. July
7, 1715, Nicholas Shapley. Richard, born Apr. 14, 1694,
m. Thankful —, and died at Newton, Long Island. Joseph, born Feb. 28, 1696, died Aug. 10, 1767, m. Mary,
daughter of Capt. Sam'l Banfield. She died Aug. 10, 1753,
aged 49. AMark, born Sept. 15, 1698, died 1776; m. 1st
Mehitable, who died Oct. 7, 1764, aged 63. Samuel, born
Sept. 6, 1700, died Dec. 2, 1725; m. Hannah Jenness.
William, born Oct. 30, 1702, died 1766. John, born May
28, 1707, died Feb. 27, 1780; m. Mary Hall, who died April
11, 1789, aged 72 yrs.
III. Capt. Joseph and Mary L. had Samuel, born 1721, died
1779; m. Sept. 29, 1748, Hannah, daughter of John Storer,
Esq. Wells, 3Me., who died Sept. 8, 1796, aged 73. Mary,
born 1725, died Feb. 23, 1807; m. Amos Seavey, who died
Feb. 19, 1807, aged 89. Hannah, m. James Whidden.
Elizabeth, died July 14, 1804; m. James Seavey.