Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
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John Long and Mary Helm


Husband John Long 1 

           Born: 1726 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 1 Sep 1783 - Drumore Twp, Lancaster Co, PA 2
         Buried:  - Chestnut Level Presbyterian Church, Drumore Twp, Lancaster Co, PA


         Father: Hugh Long (      -      ) 3 4
         Mother: 


       Marriage: Abt 1762

Wife Mary Helm 5 

           Born: Abt 1735
     Christened: 
           Died: 16 Nov 1832 2
         Buried:

Children
1 M Hugh Long 6 

           Born: 1762 7
     Christened: 
           Died: 1832 7
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Ann Irwin (Abt 1768-1838) 8

2 M Henry [1] Long 7 

           Born: 1763 7
     Christened: 
           Died: 13 Aug 1776 7
         Buried:  - Chestnut Level, Drumore Twp, Lancaster Co, PA

         Spouse: Did Not Marry

3 M John Long 9 

           Born:  - Drumore Twp, Lancaster Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

         Spouse: [Unk] McCoy (      -      ) 7

         Spouse: [Unk] Whitford (      -      ) 7

4 F Rebecca Long 9 

           Born:  - Drumore Twp, Lancaster Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

         Spouse: John Porter (      -      ) 7

5 M James Long 10 

           Born: 15 Feb 1768 - Drumore Twp, Lancaster Co, PA 11
     Christened: 
           Died: 15 May 1827 - Drumore Twp, Lancaster Co, PA 11
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Margaret Buchanan (      -      ) 12
           Marr: 1800 13

6 F Martha Long 7 

           Born: 1770 7
     Christened: 
           Died: 3 Oct 1832 7
         Buried: 

         Spouse: John Buchanan, Esq. (1766-1851) 7

7 F Mary Long 7 

           Born: 21 Mar 1772 7
     Christened: 
           Died: 27 Dec 1852 7
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Arthur Buchanan (1774-1806) 7

8 M Capt. Robert Long 14 15 

           Born: 16 Aug 1774 - Drumore Twp, Lancaster Co, PA 15
     Christened: 
           Died: 18 Mar 1848 7
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Jean Harah (1782-      ) 16
           Marr: 29 Dec 1802 or Jan 1803 16

9 M Henry [2] Long 17 

           Born: 1 Sep 1776 - Drumore Twp, Lancaster Co, PA 17
     Christened: 
           Died: 30 Jul 1843 - Fermanagh Twp, Juniata Co, PA 17
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Jane Bigham (1784-1841) 17
           Marr: 1802 18

10 M George Long, M.D. 7 

           Born: 28 Oct 1778 - Drumore Twp, Lancaster Co, PA 7
     Christened: 
           Died: 13 May 1847 - Drumore Twp, Lancaster Co, PA 7
         Buried:  - Chestnut Level Presbyterian Church, Drumore Twp, Lancaster Co, PA

         Spouse: Did Not Marry

11 F Elizabeth Long 19 

           Born: 13 Jan 1782 - Drumore Twp, Lancaster Co, PA 19
     Christened: 
           Died: 5 Jan 1860 - Drumore Twp, Lancaster Co, PA 20
         Buried: 

         Spouse: James MacPherson (      -      ) 7

General Notes: Husband - John Long


He was the eldest of three brothers said to have been the sons of Hugh Long, and grandsons of Robert Long, was born in the year 1726, as shown by his tomstone on the old graveyard at Chestnut Level Presbyterian Church, in the township in which he lived and of which he was many years an elder.
On June 14, 1755, he purchased of Joseph Irwin a tract of 173 acres in Drumore township, which Irwin had purchased of William Craig by deed dated May 4, 1743, and which had been granted to Craig by John, Thomas and Richard Penn. John Long also received a patent from the Penns for 137 acres and allowance, in Martick township, dated September 8, 1769, adjoining lands of Hugh Long, and others, which he likewise owned until his death. On his Drumore homestead he erected a sickle-making factory which he conducted until his death and the business was continued by his sons and grandsons, there and in several other localities.
John Long evidently took an active part in public affairs in his township. At the outbreak of the Revolutionary War he was one of the foremost patriots of his section, and was selected as the representative of his township in the Lancaster County Committee of Safety in 1775. He also saw active military service, being enrolled as a member of Captain Well's Company, Colonel Thomas Porter's Battalion, which, when the enrollment of the battallion was made August 13, 1776, was, "On the March for the Jerseys" to support General Washington in his attack on Howe on Long Island. Evans in his History of Lancaster County, says he was a Captain in the Revolutionary War, but of this no other record can be found. He was however a member of Captain John Caldwell's Company from Drumore, in 1780, "in the Bounds of the Eastran Company of Drumoro Township, in the Sixth Lancaster Battallion" enrolled May 25, 1780. See Pennsylvania Archives, Fifth Series, Volume VII, page 653. Being the only Long in the list, which purports to be "a full list of those fit for Military duty in the said District between the ages of 15 and 53 years."
Evans in his History of Lancaster County also states that John Long was a member of the state Legislature.
John Long, Sr. of Drumore township was appointed guardian for Martha and Patrick Long, minor children of John Long, in 1778.

General Notes: Wife - Mary Helm


She is supposed to have been a daughter of Henry and Rebecca Helm, for some years residents of Drumore township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, but later of the town of Lancaster.

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Sources

1 Warren S. Ely, Long Family of Drumore Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (Self-published, 1909), Pg 11.

2 Warren S. Ely, Long Family of Drumore Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (Self-published, 1909), Pg 12.

3 —, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 703.

4 Warren S. Ely, Long Family of Drumore Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (Self-published, 1909), Pg 3.

5 Warren S. Ely, Long Family of Drumore Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (Self-published, 1909), Pg 12, 31.

6 Warren S. Ely, Long Family of Drumore Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (Self-published, 1909), Pg 13, 22.

7 Warren S. Ely, Long Family of Drumore Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (Self-published, 1909), Pg 13.

8 Warren S. Ely, Long Family of Drumore Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (Self-published, 1909), Pg 13, 23.

9 Warren S. Ely, Long Family of Drumore Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (Self-published, 1909), Pg 13, 25.

10 Warren S. Ely, Long Family of Drumore Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (Self-published, 1909), Pg 13, 26.

11 Warren S. Ely, Long Family of Drumore Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (Self-published, 1909), Pg 26.

12 Warren S. Ely, Long Family of Drumore Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (Self-published, 1909), Pg 13, 28.

13 Warren S. Ely, Long Family of Drumore Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (Self-published, 1909), Pg 28.

14 Franklin Ellis, History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 347.

15 Warren S. Ely, Long Family of Drumore Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (Self-published, 1909), Pg 13, 31.

16 Warren S. Ely, Long Family of Drumore Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (Self-published, 1909), Pg 13, 32.

17 Warren S. Ely, Long Family of Drumore Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (Self-published, 1909), Pg 13, 37.

18 Warren S. Ely, Long Family of Drumore Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (Self-published, 1909), Pg 37.

19 Warren S. Ely, Long Family of Drumore Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (Self-published, 1909), Pg 13, 37a.

20 Warren S. Ely, Long Family of Drumore Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (Self-published, 1909), Pg 37a.

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