[In previous Notes, I may have referred to the meeting of the Palatines to America, Pennsylvania Chapter, as occurring on the fourth Saturday of April, and on the last Saturday of April. Most years this would make no difference but this year there are five Saturdays in April. The meeting will be held on the fourth Saturday, April 23.]
A correspondent is attempting to complete a possible connection to George Long/Lang of the Robinson River community. Let me recount what I do know and ask if others know anything more.
George Lang was a signer of a petition in the fall of 1717 in London asking for financial help in returning to Germany. Adjacent signers are Christopher Uhl and Frederick Kappler, both of whom were from Sulzfeld; however, there is no clear church record in Sulzfeld for George Lang.
George Lang applied for a headright on 7 October 1729, saying that he came with his wife Rebecca "about twelve years since in the ship called the Mulberry." This record may be in error, considering that he apparently did not come in 1717 and that he had a late patent compared to the majority who came in 1717.
George Lang patented 300 acres of new land in Spotsylvania County, in the first fork of the Robinson river, adjacent to Andreas Kirker, John Huffman, and Mathias Castler. The patent was issued on 28 September 1731 (Patent Book 14, page 359). He paid for the land with 20 shillings and the head rights of George Lang and Rebeccah, his wife.
In 1739 he bought land (100 acres) of Matthias Castler. He also appears in the Orange Co. tithables in 1739 as George Lung with one tithable. In 1750 and 1751 he deeded land to Michael Russell and to Martin Hirsch.
In a land grant in Shenandoah County in 1776, Frederick Stoneburger was granted 210 acres adjacent to Zachariah Blankinbaker, Nicholas Long, and Philip Long. I have wondered if Nicholas and Philip were sons of George.
In general, it is not clear what happened to George Long after the land sales of 1750 and 1751. By this time, the original land would have been in Culpeper Co., and the will abstracts of Culpeper Co. for 1749 to 1770 do not show a George Long/Lang. I can find no clear land record for him after 1751.
If anyone else can help, please respond. My correspondent speculates that a daughter of George Long married Martin Hirsch (Deer) though I have not yet seen any proof of this.
(28 Feb 05)
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