Benjamin
Long
Jr.
Born in Orange Co., North Carolina Colony
[uncertain]
Ancestors [uncertain]
Son of Benjamin Long Sr
and Mary (Bond) Long
Husband of
Rachel (Moore) Long
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
William Gabriel Long, Alexander Moore Long, John Long and Elizabeth Gaines (Long) Van Hook
Died about
at about age 73
in Caswell Co., North Carolina, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 28 Jan 2014
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Biography
Private Benjamin Long Jr. served with Caswell County Regiment, North Carolina Militia during the American Revolution.
Benjamin Long Jr. is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A071242.
Benjamin Long, Jr was born in North Carolina on 8 Oct 1759, son of Benjamin Long Mary Bond. He married in 1780 between two tours of duty in the Revolutionary war. He received a share of his father's land on Storey's Creek when he married.
Benjamin took part in what became known as "The memorable battle of Gen. Gates defeat". He wrote in his pension application: "Though most of the militia never fired a gun, we fired two rounds before we ran" -- uncommon courage for a company of draftees facing Lord Cornwallis' well-ordered British regulars advancing from all sides.
Daughters of the American Revolution
File Record: LONG, BENJAMIN JR *Ancestor #: A071242
- Service: NORTH CAROLINA, *Rank: PRIVATE
Birth: 10-8-1759 ORANGE CO NORTH CAROLINA Death: P 11- -1833 CASWELL CO., NORTH CAROLINA Pension Number: *S8851 Service Description:
- 1) CAPTS WHITE,SAMUELS
- 2) COLS YANCEY,SANDERS; NC LINE
Residence 1) County: CASWELL CO - State: NORTH CAROLINA Spouse 1)RACHEL MOORE
Sources
- Keister, Bernice Hubbard. The Van Hook and Allied Families, The American Historical Company, Inc., New York 1957 On Hathitrust.Org
- Heritage of Caswell County, North Carolina, Jeannine D Whitlow, ed.
- Revolutionary War Soldiers for NC and SC, Data provided by the website Carolana. (accessed 8 Sep 2022)
Ancestry Family Tree http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=13055949&pid=416 BROKEN LINK
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Benjamin by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Benjamin:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Benjamin by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Benjamin:
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~3.12%
Earl Langford
:
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch UU8214029 [compare], FTDNA kit #27600
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~1.56%
Mary Dayle Shults :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A437292 [compare], Ancestry member Sallie192752
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~0.78%
Ashley (Foster) Nuesmeyer :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch GE2984808 [compare], FTDNA kit #957884
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"North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPS9-X2W2 : 10 March 2021), Benjamin Long and Rachel Moore, 24 May 1780; citing Caswell, North Carolina, United States, p. , North Carolina State Archives Division of Archives and History; FHL microfilm .
The template can be copied and just change out the DAR # and rank for your other Revolutionary profiles. ALso view under FIND and then PROJECTS which will give you additional info. Might try SAR too, but they are going through Ancestry.com for their records so I couldn't. :(