Reuben Long

14 September 1769–28 August 1824 (Age 54)
Upton, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America

The Life Summary of Reuben

When Reuben Long was born on 14 September 1769, in Upton, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, his father, John Long Jr, was 49 and his mother, Mary Sarah Taft, was 44. He had at least 1 son and 2 daughters with Ginney Wilson. He died on 28 August 1824, in Seneca Falls, Seneca, New York, United States, at the age of 54.

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Family Time Line

Reuben Long
1769–1824
Ginney Wilson
1769–1859
Franklin Long
1797–1874
Harriet Long
–
Nancy Long
–

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World Events (8)

1776
Age 7
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1776
Age 7
New York is the 11th state.
1786 · Shays' Rebellion
Age 17
Caused by war veteran Daniel Shays, Shays' Rebellion was to protest economic and civil rights injustices that he and other farmers were seeing after the Revolutionary War. Because of the Rebellion it opened the eyes of the governing officials that the Articles of Confederation needed a reform. The Rebellion served as a guardrail when helping reform the United States Constitution.

Name Meaning

English and French: nickname for a tall person, from Old English lang, long, Old French long ‘long, tall’ (equivalent to Latin longus). Compare Dulong and Lelong .Irish (Ulster and Munster): shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Longáin (see Langan ).German: variant of Lang ‘long’ and, in North America, also an altered form (translation into English) of this.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

Possible Related Names

Dulong
Longs
Lung
Lelong
Tall
Liang

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  • Ancestry Family Trees
  • Geneanet Community Trees Index
  • Added via a Record Match

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