Pyeter Delangh (1707 - 1760)

Born 1707 in Friesenheim, Ludwigshafen, Mannheim, Pfalz, Bayern, Heiliges Römisches Reich

Ancestors

Husband of Eva Elizabeth (Weber) Delangh — married 5 Aug 1724 in Ulster, New York

Descendants

Died 17 May 1760 at about age 53 in Maxatawny, Berks, Pennsylvania

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Biography

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=38719948

Peter aka Pyeter/Pieter DeLang/DeLangh/DeLanghe/DeLong was almost certainly the second son named Peter born to Abraham and Marie in Friesenheim and baptized in the Oggersheim church on April 25, 1707. The father is called “Abraham le lonn, Gemeinsman at Friesenheim” in this entry. ^[1]

In More Palatine Families, Henry Z. Jones says this about him:

John D. Baldwin of Cleveland Heights, Ohio brings up an interesting idea regarding this family [the family of Abraham Langer alas le Long (Hunter Lists #432)]. He suggests the possibility that Peter b. 1707, s/o Abraham Langer/Le Long, might be the Peter De Lang who with wife Eva Elisabaetha Weber had ch. Neeltje b. 1725, Catherina b. 1727, and Johannes b. 1730, all bpt. At the N.Y. City Luth. Church. The first record of this Peter known to Mr. Baldwin is a 1737 land warrant in what is now Lancaster Co., Pa., then Bowers, Berks Co. in 1738; he may have gone to Pa. after 1730 and they may have been the Peter and Elizabeth Long who sp. Abraham Long in 1731 (Stoever Chbk.). This Abraham Long (was he the man of that name who d. in Lynn Twp., present Lehigh Co., in 1755/56?) could well be yet another s/o Abraham Langer/Le Long.^[2]

Peter settled first in Ulster Co., NY by 1724 but was likely unrelated to the much earlier Dutch family there. Must be the Peter Delon who had 100 acres land warranted 16 Jan 1737 in what was then Lancaster Co., PA (PA Archives III:24:391). His patent for 187 acres in then Philadelphia Co., and what is now Bowers Station, Berks Co., PA (Maxatawny Twp.) is dated 27 Jun 1738. Berks Co. was formed in 1752. He bought an additional 30 acres in Berks Co. on 30 Jan 1755 (as Peter Delangh; PA Archives); this is further referred to in a land purchase of son, Henry, in 1761. Peter gave land on 8 Oct 1759 for the Evangelical Reformed Church, known as the Bowers, or DeLong, Church. Peter's will of 1 Dec 1756 was proved in Berks Co. on 17 May 1760. (Z:32) 185 acre farm. children: John, Henrich, Jacob over 14; Michael, Barbara, Abraham, Fredrick under 14.

Pyeter has long been considered a 1/2 brother of Abraham DeLong.

Peter married in 1723 or 24 (but not as early as the 1722 often given) Eva Elizabeth Weber b. 1706-7. That they were married by 5 Aug 1724 is confirmed in the sale of Ulster Co. land by her parents, Jacob and Anna Elizabeth, to Zachariah Offmann. The parents had left Germany by 1708.

.....The Will

Translated from the German Original of the last Will and Testament of Peter DeLangh (5-1).

..In the name of the Lord, Amen - I, Peter De Lang, of Maxatawny, in Berks Co., as it pleases God to lay me down in sickness, and not knowing how soon God shall call me out of this world, and am yet, God be thanked, in good understanding and memory, I hereby will thus order my goods and movables, and that in the presence of two witnesses, as follows:

..First, my three sons, to wit, John and Heinrich and Jacob, shall have my right in the land which I bought of the Secretary and shall pay for the same in my name and shall divide it regularly among them and Johnshall give Jacob one acre of his meadow.

..Secondly, this is my will that my two sons, to wit, Michael and Abraham, shall have my right in the dwelling place, but all my estate, as well the improvements as the movables, shall come into an appraisement and my wife, Eva Elisabita, shall, as Executrix, keep all in her hands, as there are yet four children, to wit, Michael, Barbara, and Abraham, and Frederich, in their minority. But my son, Jacob, shall have before the appraisement, one cow, two swine, two sheep, but after the death of my aforesaid wife, my four children, to wit, Michael, and Barbara, and Abraham, and Frederich, each have four pounds of money before hand, and the remainder shall be equally divided between all my children. But if the aforesaid wife shall marry again she shall have no more than her third part, to require which I herewith conclude and seal and subscribe with my own hand and declare this to be my last Will and Testament. Done 1st December, 1756.

Witness: Pyeter DeLangh. Christian Heinrich. Justaus Urban. ............... Pieter and Eva's children were: 1. Neeltje b. 1725, likely d.y. 2. Catherina b. 1727, likely d.y. 3. Johannes b. 1730, d. 1813. 4. Heinrich b. 1732, d. 1810. 5. Jacob b. abt 1736, d. 1788. 6. Michael b. 1739, d. 1819. 7. Barbara b. 1743-44, md. Jacob Bush. 8. Abraham b. 1747, d. 1778. 9. Frederick b. 1750, d. 1828.

Much of the original farm worked by Pieter is still being farmed by DeLong descendants at Bowers, Pennsylvania. The original farmhouse still stands (as of 1972) and is a part of the present house. A grandfathers clock stands in the den/library. It is dated 1797. (I could not find a Bowers on a recent road map, but believe it is near Topton, between Reading and Allentown.)

Pieter died in May of 1760. He is buried near DeLong's church. Eva died sometime after April of 1770.

Note: 5-1, no stone exists

[Delong.FTW]

Last name also written (De Langh, Delang)

Migrated from Ulster County NY to PA and settled in Maxatawny township, Berks Cty Pa (then Phila County) in 1738. On Oct 8 1759 this pious Huguenot gave two acres of his 186 for an Evangelical Reformed church and School house. He is today still known as the founder of the church which stands in this land.

From: History Of Lehigh County, Vol 1,2,& 3.

One of the most interesting strains among the Palatinate emigration to the new world, and especially to eastern PA, is that of the Huguenots. These French Protestants (Reformed) after the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes, fled to Switzerland, to the Palatinate and to Holland, whence many of them finally came to PA, and quite a few settled in Lehigh county. Dr. W. H. Egle says of them: "The Huguenot emigrants as a class have furnished a larger number of men of eminence in proportion to their number, than any other nationality. So strongly marked where their characteristics that neither time nor amalgamation with other races has as yet extinguished the traces of their high moral sentiments and love of liberty from the character of their descendants. Among the many Huguenot families of eastern PA the DeLong and allied families stand out prominently. The exact date of their arrival is uncertain. According to the New England Genealogical Register, there lived in Ulster county, NY, in 1711, a certain Francis DeLong, the father of four sons. He is said to have been a native of Ulster county.

Peter DeLong, the ancestor of the DeLong's of Berks county, migrated form Ulster county, NY, to PA, and settled in Maxatawny township, Berks county, (then Philadelphia county), in 1738. A patent for 186 acres was granted to him 6/27/1738. He was married in 1722 to Eva Elisabeth Weber, a daughter of Jacob and his wife, Anna Elisabeth Weber. Mr. Weber was a member of the famous Rev. Joshua Kocherthal Colony, which settled in Duchess county, NY, in the spring of 1709. In a record of the colony made 4/20/1710, we find the following mention of him and his family: "Jacob Weber, aged 30, husbandman and wine-dresser; his wife Anna Elisabeth, 25, their children Anna Maria, 5; and Eva Elisabeth 1." The land selected by Peter DeLong was a level tract of land, well timbered, a few acres of the original forest are still standing, and well watered, is rich and productive. He, the pioneer, toiled and struggled clearing the land and building a house and rearing a God-fearing family. Near the close of his life, 10/8/1759, this pious Reformed Huguenot gave two acres of land for an Evangelical Reformed Church and school house, not only for a short period, but as long as the sun and moon shall shine in the heavens and the rivers run down to the sea. It is therefore, not without reason that from the loins of this plain but God-fearing settler have sprung a long list of staunch Protestant heralds of the cross. he died about 1760 and his remains and that of his wife no doubt repose in the cemetery of the church of which he is regarded as the founder.

From the different records of will, church books, tombstone inscriptions, family Bibles, and baptismal certificates, the following genealogical table has been constructed: Peter DeLong, and his wife, Eva Elisabeth Weber DeLong, had the following children: John, Henry, Jacob, Michael, Abraham, Barbara, and Frederick.

Name

PYETER /DELANGH/ *^{[3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12]}

Peter /DELONG/^[13]

Found multiple versions of NAME. Using PYETER /DELANGH/ *.

Birth

02 AUG 1703

Rhein, Oberbergischer Kreis, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany

02 AUG 1703

Friesenheim, Ludwigshafen Am Rhein, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany

02 AUG 1703

Friesenheim, Ludwigshafen Am Rhein, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany

1700

in Friesenheim, Ludwigshafen Am Rhein, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany^[14]

Found multiple copies of BIRT DATE. Using 02 AUG 1703

Death

17 MAY 1760

Maxatawny, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA

17 MAY 1770

Maxatawny, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA

17 MAY 1760

in Bowers, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA^[15]

Found multiple copies of DEAT DATE. Using 17 MAY 1760Array

Property

27 JUN 1738

A patent for 186 acres was granted to him. It was a level tract, well timbered and watetered. Patent Book P. no 4 page 143)/Lancaster Co. (now Berks Co.), Pa

Event

Migration

1738

Migrated from Ulster county, NY, to PA, and settled in Maxatawny TWP, Berks Co/

Arrival

1743

Pennsylvania, USA^[16]

Arrival

BET 1730 AND 1738

Sometime between 16 Jun 1730 and 27 Jun 1738 he came from the Hudsn Valley NY to PA./Pennsylvania, USA^[17]

Arrival

The First Period; 1683-1710.--Like the Pilgrims, the Pennsylvania Germans had their own "ship," for in the year 1683 the "Concord" landed at Philadelphia with a small number of German and Dutch Mennonites, who came from Crefeld and Kriegsheim. It is with t/Pennsylvania, USA^[18]

Burial

19 MAY 1760

Berks County, PA^[19]

Residence

USA^[20]

BET 1600 AND 1925

Berks, Pennsylvania, USA^[21]

BET 1740 AND 1909

Berks, Pennsylvania, USA^[22]

BET 1727 AND 1952

Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA^[23]

Sources

1. ↑ Jones, Henry Z., Jr. The Palatine Families of New York: A Study of the German Immigrants Who Arrived in Colonial New York in 1710 (Universal City, California, 1985). p. 519.
2. ↑ Jones, Henry Z. More Palatine Families: Some Immigrants to the Middle Colonies 1717-1776 and Their European Origins, Plus New Discoveries On German Families Who Arrived in Colonial New York in 1710. Universal City, Calif. 1991. p. 352-353.
3. ↑ Source: #S41 Object: @M6196@
4. ↑ Source: #S42 Object: @M6197@
5. ↑ Source: #S43 Object: @M6198@
6. ↑ Source: #S60 Page: Place: Pennsylvania; Year: 1623-1723; Page Number: .
7. ↑ Source: #S60 Page: Place: Pennsylvania; Year: ; Page Number: .
8. ↑ Source: #S88 Page: Ancestry Family Trees
9. ↑ Source: #S318 Object: @M6199@
10. ↑ Source: #S308 Object: @M6200@
11. ↑ Source: #S60 Page: Place: Pennsylvania; Year: 1743; Page Number: .
12. ↑ Source: #S131 Object: @M6201@
13. ↑ Source: #S88 Page: Database online.
14. ↑ Source: #S88 Page: Database online.
15. ↑ Source: #S88 Page: Database online.
16. ↑ Source: #S60 Page: Place: Pennsylvania; Year: 1743; Page Number: .
17. ↑ Source: #S60 Page: Place: Pennsylvania; Year: 1623-1723; Page Number: .
18. ↑ Source: #S60 Page: Place: Pennsylvania; Year: ; Page Number: .
19. ↑ Source: #S88 Page: Database online.
20. ↑ Source: #S308 Object: @M6200@
21. ↑ Source: #S41 Object: @M6196@
22. ↑ Source: #S42 Object: @M6197@
23. ↑ Source: #S43 Object: @M6198@

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• Source: S2 UPD 19 OCT 2012 20:09:42 GMT -0500 Title: Vandine Web Site Text:

  MyHeritage.com family tree

  Family site: Vandine Web Site

  Family tree: 129469661-2 Type: Smart Matching Media: 129469661-2 Page: Pieter DELONG Quality or Certainty of Data: 3 Data: Date: 19 OCT 2012 Text: Added by confirming a Smart Match Event: Smart Matching Role: 2009272

Acknowledgments

• Thank you to Sandy Minder for creating WikiTree profile Delangh-5 through the import of Delong gedcom.ged on Apr 27, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by Sandy and others.
• Thank you to Deidre Sanford for creating WikiTree profile Delong-375 through the import of j2uq5s_76235512vgvpa63556f885.ged on Mar 30, 2013.