Matthew Long

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Husband Matthew Long ^{1 2}

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           Born:  - England
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1 M John Long ^{1 3}

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           Born:  - Penn Twp, Allegheny Co, PA
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         Spouse: Rebecca Brown (      -      ) 1 3

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General Notes: Husband - Matthew Long

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This name undoubtedly originated with a person tall of stature. An account of its origin in England, which may be regarded as more or less authentic, asserts that one of the family of Preux, who was an attendant on the lord treasurer of Hungerford, acquired the soubriquet of Long Henry, on account of his great height. Having married a lady of quality, he adopted the prefix as a surname, changing the appellation to Henry Long, and thus becoming the founder of the Longs of Wiltshire. The name is also to be found in Cambridgeshire, Oxfordshire, Norfolk and Suffolk, and is known to have existed in the reign of Edward I.

He was born in England, and came to America prior to the Revolutionary War. He was a young man at that time, and fought in the ranks of the Continental army. He was a member of Beulah Church (Allegheny County, Pennsylvania?), and is buried in the old churchyard.

Matthew and John Long, at an early age, left England before the Revolutionary War. Sold for passage to America, they landed in Baltimore, where they parted never to see one another again. Matthew fought in the Continental Army and was honored for his bravery. After the Revolutionary War he went west to the wilderness and settled in what is now Penn Township, Allegheny County.

1 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 1126.

2 Elizabeth M. Davison and Ellen B. McKee, Annals of Old Wilkinsburg and Vicinity (Wilkinsburg, PA: The Group for Historical Research, 1940), Pg 78.

3 Elizabeth M. Davison and Ellen B. McKee, Annals of Old Wilkinsburg and Vicinity (Wilkinsburg, PA: The Group for Historical Research, 1940), Pg 79.