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Tobias Langdon

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Tobias Langdon was born in Cornwall, England. He died 27 JUL 1664 in Portsmouth, NH.

Tobias Langdon's wife was Elizabeth Sherburne (1638-?). They were married 10 JUN 1656 in Portsmouth, NH. They had one known child named Elizabeth Langdon (?-1740).

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Tobias Langdon was the grandfather of Hon. Woodbury Langdon,delegate to the Continental Congress, 1779, 1780; Counsellor, 1781 to1784; President of New Hampshire Senate, 1784; Judge of the SupremeCourt, 1782, 1783 and 1786 to 1791, and also of Governor JohnLangdon, who was delegate to the General Congress, 1775 and 1776;Judge 1776 and 1777; Speaker of the New Hampshire House, 1776 to1782 and 1804 and 1805; Delegate to Continental Congress, 1783;Member of New Hampshire Senate, 1784, 1785; Delegate to theConvention which framed the Constitution of the United States, 1787;Speaker of New Hampshire House, 1788, but resigned because chosenGovernor. He was President or Governor of New Hampshire, 1785-1788and 1805 to 1808 and 1810-1811; United States Senator, 1789 to1801, and was the first President pro tem, of the Senate. He died 20thSeptember, 1819.