In 1716 John Phillips, his wife Ruth, and Joseph Crandall all testified that Samuel was the oldest son of Andrew Langworthy, that he had lived in Newport and died at Pettaquamscutt. (Land and Notarial Records of Rhode Island, Book 3, p.251)

This shows not only that Samuel was Andrew’s son, but that there were other sons as well.

Other than the above statements, we know very little about Samuel. William Franklin Langworthy (WFL) cites a family tradition that Samuel was a mariner, and this might account for the lack of records, which often derived from real estate.

Here’s what we know - or guess - about Samuel:

* Because Samuel was the oldest son of Andrew and Rachel, a birth date of ca 1662 seems reasonable - but it’s a guess.

* Austin, Torrey and several genealogies all say that Samuel married Rachel X on July 21, 1680. I don’t know of a primary source for this information.

* There are no records which show that Samuel had children. Austin (Genealogical Dictionary of RI) and Cutter (New England Families) say that his children were Ann, John , Thomas, Joseph, Samuel, Robert and Mary, but William Franklin Langworthy’s book, The Langworthy Family (1940), states that only Ann, Samuel and Rachel were his children. Most works written after 1940 - including this web site - have accepted WFL’s account as reasonable, but it’s important to realize that there’s no proof, one way or the other. It may turn out that WFL was right, or that there were other children, or that there were none!

* Samuel died before Nov 28, 1711 when another Samuel Langworthy, of Westerly, bought land as the grandson and heir of Andrew Langworthy of Newport.