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Long, Samuel
The following data is extracted from Long Family Records.
(1638-1683), speaker of the House of Assembly at Jamaica: s. Timothy L (1610-1691); he served as lieutenant in Colonel Edward D'Oyley's regiment, in the expedition, under Penn and Venables, which conquered Jamaica in 1655 and was appointed secretary to Cromwell's commissioners; he received large grants of land in Jamaica and by 1661 was clerk of the House of Assembly; in 1671 he was acting as judge for the parishes of Clarendon and St. Elizabeth; he was elected to the Assembly as member for Clarendon, 1672, having then acquired the rank of captain, and was chosen speaker; in 1674 he was returned member for St. Katherine and reappointed speaker; on Aug. 14, 1674, being then colonel, he was sworn of the council and appointed chief justice; he was buried in the cathedral in St. Katherine's parish.
Source: Long Family Records
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