Elias (Lang) Long Sr. (1691 - bef. 1764)

Born 19 Jun 1691 in Oberneuss, Württemberg, Heiliges Römisches Reich

Ancestors

Husband of Anna Margaretha (Dörr) Long — married 6 Aug 1715 in Großgartach, Württemberg, Heiliges Römisches Reich

Descendants

Died before 15 Aug 1764 before age 73 in Marlborough Twp., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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Biography

Elias Lang (surname appears as both "Long" and "Lang") ^[1] He was born Lang in 1691 in Germany of Michael Lang and Anna Unknown. He married Anna Margaretha Deer(sic)/Dörr in in Großgartach on 06 Aug 1715.^[2][3]

His daughter Eva Barbara is born in 1716 in Großgartach. After that no further baptism records of children can be found in the church book of Großgartach.

He arrived in Pennsylvania: 1726-1734 with "Wife Margaretha Dorr(sic)." ^[4] The 1734 date is likely based on a land warrant by Elias Long on 6 Nov 1734 in Goshenhoppen, Philadelphia ^{[5] [6]}

He was naturalized 30 Aug 1741^[7]

Elias Long. Warrant Date 12 Jul 1749 for 50 acres in Marlboro, Philadelphia would likely be part of the Estate of his will. ^[8]

Elias Long died in 1764 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania between the writing of his will on 12 March 1764 and its probate on 15 Aug. 1764. ^[9]

Will

"In the name of God Amen Whereas I Elias Long of Marlborough Township in the County of Philadelphia and Province of Pennsylvania Yeoman do find myself sick and weak in body but of sound mind understanding and memory Thanks be to God therefore calling to mind the mortality of my body and knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die do on this twelfth day of March in the year of our Lord One thousand seven hundred and sixty four make public and ordain this my last will and testament and first of all I recommend my soul into the hands of Almighty God that gave it and do order that after my death my body be buried in a Christian like and decent manner and as touching to such worldly estate wherewith it hath pleased God to bless me in the life I do hereby dispose of the same in the following manner that is to say Imprimis.

it is my will and I do hereby give devise and bequeath unto my beloved wife Anna Margareth Long all my moveable and immovable real and personal estate whatsoever to be and remain and in her direction and for her only use and Behoof during all the time of her temporal life

that is to say that all my Land and Plantation situate in the said Township of Marlborough and County of Philadelphia containing about Two hundred and thirty Acres of Proprietary Land be the same more or less with all the cattle, household goods and tools whatsoever shall be and remain for the only use and under the Care and Direction of my said Wife Anna Margareth during her lifetime But further it is my Will that after her Death all my above said Real and Personal Estate is to be divided among all my children in the following Manner as first I give and bequeath unto my eldest Son John Michael Long and to his Heirs and Assigns the full Sum of Ten Pounds of lawful money of Pennsylvania before out and then

I give and bequeath all the Remainder of my said Estate unto my nine children as to my six sons, namely John Michael Long, Elias Long, Ludwig Long, George Philip Long and John Jacob Long and to my three Daughters as Anna Mary, now the wife of John Martin Reyer, and Mary Magdalena, now the wife of Jacob Shneider and Anna Sarah, now the wife of John Adam Shneider and to their Heirs and Assigns forever as to each of them the equal Ninth part thereof to be then equally divided between and among them

that is to say all my said Estate that I now have in Marlborough Township consisting in my Plantation which consists in Four Tracts of Land that were surveyed unto me by four different Warrants granted unto me by the Honourable Proprietaries of this Province but as yet have no Patent got out for the same together with all land every other Chattels Moveables Household Goods whatsoever and further do I hereby give devise and bequeath unto my above named Six Sons and Three Daughters and to their Heirs and Assigns forever a certain Messuage Plantation and improvements situate in Tinickam Township in the County of Bucks containing about One hundred and seventy five acres of land be the same more or less which is part of a tract commonly called Strepers Tract it being the same that I purchased of George Creisman by virtue of an Agreement dated the tenth Day of January annoque Domini One thousand seven hundred and fifty nine which said Tract was formerly taken up by David Wiley who also had paid the Sum of Five Pounds of lawful money aforesaid unto Richard Peters Esquire then Secretary for this Province as in part of the Consideration for the same As by the Receipt thereof dated the 25th day of November Anno 1742 may appear with all and singular the Appurtenances whatsoever as to each of my said Children the equal Ninth part thereof with full Power and Authority to divide or to sell the same at their own Discretion and to divide the whole said Estate among themselves at any Time after my Decease as Share and Share alike according to the true Intent and Meaning of this my Last Will and Testament and further it is my Will that any such Sum or Sums of Money as I already have lent unto any of my above named Children shall be added to my Estate before Division be made and then be accounted as part of their Hereditary Share and Portion of all my above mentioned Estate And I do hereby nominate constitute and appoint my beloved Son Elias Long and my Son in Law Martin Reyer to be the sole Executors of this my Last Will and Testament and do hereby desire that all may be done and performed according to the True Intent and Meaning of this my Last Will and Testament In Witness whereof and Confirmation whereof, I the said Elias Long Senior have hereunto set my Hand and Seal on the Day and Year as first above written Elias Long [Seal] Signed Sealed Published and Declared by the said Elias Long as his Last Will and Testament in the presence of us the Subscribers Henry Heist, Nicholas Wolffard.

Philadelphia August 15, 1764 then personally appeared Henry Heist and Nicholas Wolfard the witnesses to the foregoing Will and on Oath did declare they saw and heard Elias Long the Testator therein mentioned sign seal publish and declare the same Will for and as his Last Will and Testament and that at the doing thereto he was of sound Mind Memory and Understanding to the best of their knowledge. Coram Wm. Plumstead Registrar General.

Be it remembered on the 15th day of August 1764 the Last Will and Testament of Elias Long, deceased, in due Form of Law was proved and probate & Letters Testamentary were granted to Elias Long and Martin Reyer, Executors in the said Will named, being duly sworn well and truly to administer the said deceased estate and bring an inventory thereof into the Register General's Office in Philad. On or before the 15th day of September next and render a true and just accompt when thereunto legally required Given under the seal of said office. Coram Wm. Plumstead, Registrar General."

Sources

1. ↑ Historical Society of Pennsylvania. Request by Patricia Snider Armstrong, 2007.
2. ↑ Yates Publishing. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 [database on-line] Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.
3. ↑ Church book Großgartach, Württemberg: Landeskirchliches Archiv Stuttgart > Dekanat Heilbronn > Großgartach > Mischbuch 1711-1766 Band 2 Archion
4. ↑ Some Early Colonial German Immigrants. Myerstown, PA: AKB Publications, 1999. p49. Online at Ancestry.
5. ↑ Pennsylvania, Land Warrants and Applications, 1733-1952. Online at Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.,2012.
6. ↑ Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s, p102, Publisher Gale Research. [database on-line] Ancestry.com Operations, Inc, 2010.
7. ↑ Pennsylvania Naturalizations, 1740-73 [database on-line] Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000. Original data: Pennsylvania Supreme Court. Persons Naturalized in the Province of Pennsylvania [1740-1773]. Harrisburg, PA, USA: 1876.
8. ↑ Pennsylvania, Land Warrants and Applications, 1733-1952 [database on-line Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012. Original data: Warrant Applications, 1733-1952. Harrisburg, PA: Pennsylvania State Archives. Land Warrants. Pennsylvania State Archives, Harrisburg, PA.
9. ↑ Lineages, Inc., comp. Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, Will Index, 1682-1819 [database on-line] Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2000. Original data: Philadelphia County Wills, 1682-1819. Historical Society of Pennsylvania, 1900.

• "Pennsylvania, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Births and Baptisms, 1520-1999", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6CTR-PC3D : 11 January 2021), Elias Lang in entry for Maria Magdalena Lang, 1732.
• "Deutschland, ausgewählte evangelische Kirchenbücher 1500-1971," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP5V-TC8Y : 21 October 2019), Elias Lang in entry for Eva Barbara Lang, 5 Nov 1716; images digitized and records extracted by Ancestry; citing Burial, Großgartach, Großgartach, Heilbronn, Württemberg, Deutschland, Großgartach, German Lutheran Collection, various parishes, Germany.

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