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From Settlers of the Beekman Patent- A Jacob DeLong served in the 14th Albany and was in Pittstown in 1790 at 2-4-5 and was between Peter Doty and Andrew Dever (from Beekman). (His name was listed as Pelog). Jacob DeLong was on the tax roll for Schaghticoke in March 1779 at 50 pounds and was between Simon n. Cook and Henry Van Hoof. Nicholas DeLong was four away. In 1800 he was at 2-2-2-0-1 and 1-0-1-0-1 and between Edward Ryan and Samuel Pinckney. Jacob DeLong had a daughter Lydia who married Oliver Prentice who was born 1773. A Jacob DeLong was at the Lansing general store in Halfmoon c. 1773. He was noted as living at Cooksborough. They removed to Toronto c. 1801 then to Geauga Co., OH in 1815. Also have born Poughkeepsie
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1. Hannah Delong b: ABT 1772 in Of, New York 2. Mary Delong b: ABT 1774 in Of, New York 3. Son Delong b: ABT 1776 in Of, New York 4. Lydia Delong b: ABT 1778 in Of, New York 5. Nicholas Delong b: ABT 1780 in Of, New York 6. David Delong b: ABT 1781 in Of, New York 7. Rachel Delong b: ABT 1782 in Of, New York 8. Benjamin Delong b: ABT 1784 in Of, New York 9. Jacob Delong b: ABT 1787 in Of, New York 1828 Feb. 22- Jacob DELONG to Eliza SCARLET both of York. Wit: David & Fredema Clack. St James Church Toronto 1800-1821 Monday, 16 February, 1807, Banns, Jacob DELONG and Mary JILLSON. Many of the DELONG family went to the United States, but some are still in Toronto in 1898.
Genforum post Parents/Siblings of Jesse Delong born in Ohio 1841 Posted by: Peter Johnson (ID *****9074) For what it's worth, I have a line of DeLONGS in Ohio. They are the descendants of Jacob DeLONG 1740s-1816 from Pittstown NY. He was in the 14th Albany Co Militia in the Rev War. In 1801 Jacob, family and neighbours moved to the Toronto area in Canada. During the War of 1812 the pro-American sympathies of Jacob and some of his family proved annoying enough that he was either kicked out or left on his own for Geauga Co OH, where he died shortly after. Some of his family returned to Canada, but some DeLONGS remained in OH.
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb1372/is_2_46/ai_n31973907/ Capital in Flames, The American Attack on York, 1813 Loyalist Gazette, The, Fall, 2008 by Peter W. Johnson
.....It would seem that the Devins became loyal citizens in this country despite Rebel roots. The same cannot be said for the DeLongs and Prentices. Jacob DeLong Sr. and Oliver Prentice were both in the 3rd York Militia as well, but both were apparently American sympathizers. They had arrived from Pittstown, N.Y. in 1801, and Jacob was a Revolutionary War veteran of the 14th Albany Militia. The ranks of the 3rd York Militia had quite a number of relatively recent arrivals including others from Pittstown. As portions of the 3rd York Militia were not directly involved in the battle, the American sympathizers deliberately came to town afterwards to surrender and obtain a voluntary parole so they would not have to fight in the Militia against their American buddies. Needless to say, the Canadian authorities took a dim view of this, as it was quite different from the combatant who was captured in battle and then paroled. In addition, Oliver Prentice was also a disaffected person and accused of treason. By the end of 1815 both men were in Ohio where the elderly Jacob DeLong died soon thereafter. It is not certain if Oliver Prentice returned to Canada. His children did stay here and became loyal citizens. It is a digression, but it does give you a little more information about some individuals whose names do occur in this book. I am a direct descendant of Abraham Devins, Levi Devins, Prentice and DeLong. Isn't it ironic that the President of the UELAC (which I was when this was written), has Rebel ancestors including one who later supported the Americans in 1813. Of course I also have Loyalist ancestors and, before DeLong descendants get ruffled about it, there were branches of the DeLong family who were Loyalists--just not Jacob's branch.
http://www.prenticenet.com/news/97.3/oliver_prentice.htm Oliver Prentice was born about 1773. He married Lydia Delong about 1794. CarolAnne Chepurny indicates that Oliver, his wife Lydia, and children, Dorothea and Jacob, may have been living in the Jacob Delong household in the 1800 Pittstown, Rennselaer Co., NY census. Although individuals were not listed by name in 1800, there were two extra adults and two children.
Also, they were all in Jacob Delong's household in Toronto a year later. In 1813, Oliver was charged by the Canadian government with high treason, so he and his family moved to Ohio. In 1815 the census identified him as a farmer living in Painesville, Geauga, OH.
http://timetraces.ca/delong/delong_newsletter_1998/delong_newsletter_1998.pdf YORK COUNTY Jacob DELONG, possiblya son of Nicholas DELONG of New York, settled in York Township in about1800. He served as a poundkeeper andhighway overseer. Although Jacob left York by 1815 and died soon after, his children, Mary, Lydia, Jacob, and Nicholas remained and raised families in Ontario.
http://www.prenticenet.com/news/2001/oliver_prentice_pittstow... Oliver[1] Prentice was born circa 1773 [1]. Although conjecture, he may be a son of Ephraim Prentice, #29 on pg. 269 of our 1996 PRENTICE book who lived in nearby Grafton, Rennselaer Co., NY.
CarolAnne Chepurny indicates that Oliver, his wife Lydia, and children Dorothea and Jacob may have been living in the Jacob Delong household in the 1800 Pittstown, Rennselaer Co., NY census. Although individuals were not listed by name in 1800, there were two extra adults and two children. Also they were all in Jacob Delong's household in Toronto a year later.
In 1813, Oliver Prentice and Jacob Delong, his wife's father, were charged by the Canadian government with high treason. By email of 22 Feb 2007, a descendant, Randall Smart, #13i below, advises that the charges would have been levied in Upper Canada since Canada at that time was divided into Upper and Lower Canada and that the Dominion of Canada did not exist until 1867. A copy of the Poster listing those convicted of High Treason at Ancaster, including Jacob Delong, but not Oliver Prentice, can be found at Gov. of Canada Archives .
As a result of the charge, Oliver and his family moved to Ohio. It is not presently known what his actions were which resulted in the charge of high treason. In 1815 he lived in Painesville, Geauga, OH. Farmer. It is unknown whether the charges were dropped, but shortly after 1821 Oliver and his family returned to Canada. He does not appear in the Ohio 1820 Census index. Oliver Prentice married Lydia Delong, dau. of Jacob Delong, on 6 Nov 1796 in Pittstown, NY (per Peter Johnson, email, 14 Jan 2008). By email of 8 Sep 2008, Lane Prentice relates that the information was found in a "badly water stained notebook. . . of Simeon Button, Justice of the Peace." Jacob Delong on tax list Schaghticoke 1779 also Nicholas Delong, father
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb1372/is_1_47/ai_n31881975/ Jacob DeLong was born most likely in the 1740s, part of the widespread DeLong/DeLange family who settled in America in the 1600s. The various branches of the DeLong family hold a reunion every second year. It has been in Peterborough, Ontario in recent times. If you are interested, google "DeLong" and seek out Ann DeLong. The next reunion is in 2010.
There were DeLong Loyalists too. Jacob DeLong lived in the vicinity of Pittstown in what was then Albany Co., N.Y., (now part of Rensselaer Co., N.Y.). During the Revolutionary War he served in the 14th Albany Co. Militia. It is hard to determine why a person served in the Rebel Militia. Was it because of a genuine belief in the "Patriot" Cause? Was it intimidation or simply the easiest route to go to keep peace with Rebel neighbours? As his later behaviour suggests, Jacob was one who believed in the Cause.
in 1801 Jacob DeLong and his extended family moved to Upper Canada and resided in areas such as Markham Township. The War of 1812 disrupted the lives of the former Rebels and their children. According to Robed Malcomson's Capital In Flames The American Attack On York 1813, many within this group were rather reluctant members of the York Co. Militia and sought voluntary parole with the Americans so that they wouldn't have to fight them. None was more vocal in his support than the ageing Jacob DeLong. Soon after, Jacob and members of his family either left Canada voluntarily or were kicked out. They settled in Geauga County, Ohio, where Jacob died in 1816.
http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Capital+in+Flames,+The+American+Attack+on+York,+1813-a0191098659 Jacob DeLong Sr. and Oliver Prentice were both in the 3rd York Militia as well, but both were apparently American sympathizers. They had arrived from Pittstown, N.Y. in 1801, and Jacob was a Revolutionary War veteran of the 14th Albany Militia. The ranks of the 3rd York Militia had quite a number of relatively recent arrivals including others from Pittstown. As portions of the 3rd York Militia were not directly involved in the battle, the American sympathizers deliberately came to town afterwards to surrender and obtain a voluntary parole so they would not have to fight in the Militia against their American buddies. Needless to say, the Canadian authorities took a dim view of this, as it was quite different from the combatant who was captured in battle and then paroled. In addition, Oliver Prentice was also a disaffected person and accused of treason. By the end of 1815 both men were in Ohio where the elderly Jacob DeLong died soon thereafter. It is not certain if Oliver Prentice returned to Canada. His children did stay here and became loyal citizens.
http://timetraces.ca/delong/delong_newsletter_1998/delong_newsletter_1998.pdf Jacob Delong settled in York Township about 1800. He served as a poundkeeper and highway overseer. Although Jacob left York by 1815 and died soon after, his children, Mary, Lydia, Jacob and Nicholas remained and raised families in Ontario.
Our Pittstown Connections from Across the Border: Prentis/Delong History By CarolAnne Prentice Chepurny (resident of Ontario, Canada) In my almost twenty year genealogical journey through Prentis/Delong history, I am discovering lately that the road to learning more about my ancestors, and perhaps even solving a mystery, leads back to Pittstown. It appears that many families living in the Pittstown area during the 1790s had long term connections from the early settlers’ days in New England and other areas, as evidenced from numerous sources, both primary and secondary. The Delong family is a good example - Arie Fransen De Langet came to “New Amsterdam”, the present New York City, from Holland in 1659, eventually raising a family of at least 10 children with his wife, Rachel Jansen Pier, after their marriage in 1678. Many of their children went to Dutchess County with several Delong lines, moving up the Hudson River to Albany and beyond. The Settlers of the Beekman Patent, Dutchess Co. NY, Vol. IV is a useful source of Delong genealogical information. While there have been other Delong families, notably the Pennsylvania Delongs, who were said to have come from Germany, the Old Dutch Church records in Kingston and other records have been invaluable in tracking Arie’s descendants. There have been no primary sources found to prove that my ancestor, Jacob Delong of Pittstown, is descended from Arie’s line, but it appears likely that he is the great-grandson of the original settler. The Delongs are fortunate to have had a number of very conscientious and astute researchers over the past several years who have diligently uncovered many records pointing to this probable connection. Without positive proof we can only postulate that Jacob appears to be the son of Arie’s grandson, Nicholas, who was born in 1711, Kingston, Ulster Co. NY. Jacob Delong of Pittstown was born before 1755, served in 1776 as a Private in Capt. Matthew De Garmo’s Company, Van Rensselaer’s 14th Regiment, Albany Co. Militia (Fernow-NY in the Rev.), Page 2 PITTSTOWN HISTORICAL SOCIETY NEWSLETTER hIssue XX h Fall, 2011 Yates Regiment. He received 3 pounds, 6 shillings for his services in 1785, as recorded in the Revolutionary War Receipt Roll. Nicholas Delong, a brother perhaps, also served in the militia at the same time. Jacob’s name appears in the Pittstown Record of Roads & Marks book as “one of 40 Pittstown Overseers of Highways” in 1793. He is also listed, as is Nicholas Delong, on the 1779 Schaghticoke District Tax Assessment List. Jacob and his wife, Hannah, last appearing on the 1800 Pittstown census, are named as the previous owners of a 161 acre farm on an 1828 deed of the late Abram Hoag. The 1779 Schaghticoke District Tax Assessment List reveals some interesting information about the relative wealth of the property owners in the Pittstown area. Jacob Delong was assessed (sum of real and personal estate) for 29 pounds, 19 shillings, sixpence, while Nicholas Delong was assessed for 42 pounds, 12 shillings, sixpence. In comparison, Andrew Diver (at one time named the 2nd wealthiest man in Pittstown), father of John Diver, who was the husband of Jacob and Hannah’s daughter Mary Delong, was assessed for 101 pounds, 15 shillings. Since currency was often difficult to obtain, the barter system was used by many in that era, no doubt creating some uneasy moments for the smaller landowners, when the tax collector came to call. It had long been the hope of Prentis/Delong researchers to uncover any information about the marriage of our grgrgrgr grandfather Oliver Prentis and grgrgrgr grandmother Lydia Delong, Jacob’s daughter. A couple of years ago our wish came true, as a record written Nov. 16, 1796, was found in the digitalized version of The Account Book and Ledger of Simeon Button, Justice of the Peace and Merchant in Early Pittstown 1794-1855, thanks to the efforts of Dr. Ronald Bachman and the Pittstown Historical Society. The Sept. 5th, 1796, marriage of Lydia’s sister, Rachel Delong, is also listed, as she was the bride of James McNeal Weiant. The amazing thing about this find is that the original page is badly water-stained and the next page seemingly obliterated! Like many others who were attracted by the lands grants offered by Upper Canada, now the Province of Ontario, Jacob Delong, his wife, four sons, three daughters and their husbands came toYork, now Toronto area, in 1801, according to their land petitions. Jacob’s three sons-in-law are listed by name in his petition: John Diver (husband of Mary), Oliver Prentis (husband of Lydia) and James Weiant (husband of Rachel). According to the petitions they came with considerable resources including cattle and implements. The largely unsettled lands around York provided abundant opportunities once the settlement duties were fulfilled. Expectations were likely high with so many able-bodied young men and women in the family to forge a successful future in a nearby friendly land. Jacob Delong was granted 200 acres of land in Markham Township in 1801 and received approval for free and clear ownership by 1804, after the settling terms were completed. The Prentises, Divers and Weiants also received their land grants and settled nearby in Markham Twp.. Jacob’s son, Nicholas, came of age, was granted land, owned properties in the area at various times and was elected in 1807 as Town Clerk for York, Scarborough and Etobicoke Townships. (I was amused to read about the alleged teenage hijinks of a Nicholas Delong and another individual on Oct. 27th, 1796, court case recorded by Simeon Button. It appeared that the defendants “without law or right, took and carried away from the plaintiff’s (Wm. Douglas’s) wagon one large iron bolt which is to his damage of 2 pounds.” Or was it a young Nicholas Delong? (continued on Page 4) Historic farmhouse on property once owned by Jacob Delong, currently owned by Jonathan Morris, North Pole Rd, 2011, photo by Connie Kheel Page 3 PITTSTOWN HISTORICAL SOCIETY NEWSLETTER hIssue XX h Fall, 2011 (continued from Page 3) Perhaps he was an aged father or brother of Jacob Delong attempting retribution for a perceived wrong. Pleading not guilty, judgment was found in favor of the plaintiff.) Oliver & Lydia Prentis sold their Markham land and bought property in 1805 on Humber Bay, Etobicoke,York, where they and their growing family continued to establish a new life in a rural environment with neighbors familiar to them. It is interesting to note that many of their neighbors also came from the Pittstown and surrounding areas of NY and PA, including Dotys, Mattices, Christners, Chilsons, Lawrences, Devinses, Kaakes, Klocks and others. The histories of these families are interconnected, some from generations back in the USA, and continuning on this side of the border, according to a wealth of marriage records that have survived. The lives of the former Pittstown inhabitants appeared to progress and even prosper. There are numerous records of the time showing that the Delongs and their in-laws were given the usual official duties accorded to respectable citizens: pound keeper, fence-viewers, jury members, witnesses for the courts etc. Life seemed to be full of promise for the growing, extended Delong families and others of York County ………until the War of 1812. From many accounts it appeared that the respectable new citizens of Upper CA, who were welcomed with open arms and land grants little more than a decade earlier, were now treated with suspicion. The terms “Loyalist” and “Alien” were used to label people, and this created huge problems for many. At this time, up to 75% of the population in Upper CA was from the USA, including many United Empire Loyalists. Both Jacob Delong and his son, Benjamin, were charged with treason and appeared on the Treason Register, although they had served in the militia for the King. Jacob’s son-in-law, John Diver, a constable of the Humber in 1805, despite performing all required military duty and fulfilling his settlement terms, was repeatedly refused a patent for the land he had held for several years, probably because his son, Andrew, had deserted and was accused of treason. John and Mary Diver moved to Monroe, Michigan by 1820 with some of their children. On Aug. 18, 1813, Oliver Prentis of the Twp. of Etobicoke, Yeoman, was named by Jacob Anderson of the Twp. of York, Yeoman, in an oath sworn before Justice of the Peace Thomas Ridout: “sometime in the beginning of last winter endeavored to persuade the deponent to desert to the Enemy and carry some papers across in him offering him a horse and fifteen dollars to do it and to assist in getting him over.” This resulted in a charge of high treason for Oliver. One can see from the names in this oath that family life must have been quite tense for the Klock/Clock family, who intermarried with the Prentice/Delong/Diver families. Jacob Anderson accused both his father-in-law, Jacob Klock, and his wife’s brother-in-law, Edward Phillips, of various acts of disloyalty to the King. It is thought that these difficulties, arising from the political climate, influenced the Delong and Prentis families’ decision to leave CA and move to Painesville, Geauga Co., Ohio by 1815. It was relatively easy to travel to Ohio back then via water with frequent use of boat services. Nicholas Delong and his family may have preceded them by a couple of years, but it appears that his parents, Jacob and Hannah, some of his siblings and their families, including Oliver & Lydia Prentis, arrived sometime in 1815. Unfortunately, Jacob Delong died within a year or so of his arrival in Painesville. His widow and children, Nicholas, Jacob Jr., David, Benjamin and their spouses, all of Painesville, sold 63 acres of his land to Oliver and Lydia Prentis, also of Painesville on Jan. 28, 1817. Jacob and Hannah Delong’s family eventually dispersed to various locations in the US and Canada, Nicholas settling in Dubuque Co., Iowa, with Benjamin, Jacob Jr. and David in Henry Co., Ohio. Oliver Prentis and Lydia Delong returned to their land in Etobicoke, York Co., Ontario, CA, as their sons, Jacob and Solomon, had managed to purchase it back during the 1820s from the individual to whom it was sold in 1815. There are 12 children attributed to the couple, and most are found as residents of CA, with at least one who settled in the USA. We have found no burial records for Oliver or Lydia, which is not uncommon for the period. Oliver Prentis is the mystery man in our lineage…he is documented in Pittstown records, beginning as a young man of perhaps 21 in 1794, in Simeon Button’s justice of the peace ledger, which records Prentis’ involvement in various litigations, where he primarily collected money from debtors. A Page 4 PITTSTOWN HISTORICAL SOCIETY NEWSLETTER hIssue XX h Fall, 2011 Stanton Prentiss also appears in the Button ledger, but it is unknown if they were related. All attempts to link Oliver Prentis, who consistently signed his name that way, to the many individuals who bore the same name with variations, have not been successful, despite exhaustive efforts. Oliver does not seem to fit into any of the Prentice families who lived in the Albany area or indeed any other area… Oliver, as we familiarly call him after so many years of trying to find his family, could be connected to one or more of the old Prentice families that are so well documented in USA history. The three earliest New England Prentice settlers, Capt. Thomas, Valentine and Henry, came in the 1630s from the same area of Suffolk, England, and their succeeding generations spread outwards and upwards into CA. Extensive research has not revealed anything that would definitively connect Oliver to these lines. There are many clues, but not enough information to make a positive connection. Perhaps the turbulent political events that unfolded during Oliver’s youth influenced his appearance in Pittstown…….further investigation will continue. Despite the difficulties that beset Jacob Delong and his family in Upper CA, we descendants are grateful that in 1801, a group of settlers, full of hope, left Pittstown for a new life. We are fortunate to have many opportunities available to us, as we enjoy a relationship of mutual respect with our American neighbors. What a difference 200 years can make! Comments or information regarding this article would be appreciated. Please get in touch, with: carolanne.prentice@sympatico.ca Notes: I wish to acknowledge and express my appreciation to Constance Kheel, PHS Treasurer, who has been so helpful and generous with her time and resource materials. Thanks are due to my cousins and fellow Delong/Prentice researchers: Peter Johnson, U.E., Lane Prentice & Elizabeth (Rose) Maize for their untiring research efforts and contributions. My gratitude and thanks also to librarian and researcher Guylaine Petrin for sharing her skilled genealogical knowledge and invaluable research contributions. Acknowledgements to Bill Morris for researching and finding the Abram Hoag deed naming Jacob and Hannah Delong as previous owners of the Pittstown property. Further Reading: The Civil War of 1812: American Citizens, British Subjects, Irish Rebels & Indian Allies by Alan Taylor. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 2010, 634 pp, illus.
Soldier Jacob DELONG New York Birth: Circa 1755 Death: After 4 June 1816, Painesville, Geauga Co., Ohio
U.S. Census Reconstructed Records, 1660-1820 Name: Jacob Delong Gender: M (Male) State: Ohio Locality: Territory North West of Ohio River Residence Year: 1800 Household Remarks: Petition to Congress, 1799, by inhabitants settled below the mouth of the Great Miami River to the boundary line of the "Indain Tribes" telling of losses in the "Late Indian war"
Ohio, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1790-1890
Name: Jacob Delong State: OH County: Hamilton County Township: Miscellaneous Townships Year: 1808 Record Type: Tax list Page: 012 Database: OH Early Census Index
1790 United States Federal Census Name: Jacob Pelong [Jacob Delong] [Jacob Palong] Home in 1790 (City, County, State): Pitts Town, Albany, New York Free White Persons - Males - Under 16: 4 Free White Persons - Males - 16 and over: 2 Free White Persons - Females: 5 Number of Household Members: 11
New York, Tax Assessment Rolls of Real and Personal Estates, 1799-1804 Name: Jacob Delong Assessment Year: 1799 Assessment Place: Pittstown, Rensselaer, New York, USA Residence Year: 1799 Residence Place: New York, USA
New York, Tax Assessment Rolls of Real and Personal Estates, 1799-1804 Name: Jacob Delong Assessment Year: 1800 Assessment Place: Pittstown, Rensselaer, New York, USA Residence Year: 1800 Residence Place: New York, USA
1800 United States Federal Census Name: Jacob Delong Home in 1800 (City, County, State): Pittstown, Rensselaer, New York Free White Persons - Males - Under 10: 2 Free White Persons - Males -10 thru 15: 2 Free White Persons - Males - 16 thru 25: 2 Free White Persons - Males - 45 and over: 1 Free White Persons - Females - Under 10: 1 Free White Persons - Females - 16 thru 25: 1 Free White Persons - Females - 45 and over: 1 Number of Household Members Under 16: 5 Number of Household Members Over 25: 2 Number of Household Members: 10
New York, Genealogical Records, 1675-1920 Name: Jacob Delong Residence Date: 1776 Residence Place: Albany, New York, United States Comments: Fourteenth Regiment
New York, Genealogical Records, 1675-1920 Name: Jacob Delong Residence Date: 1800 Residence Place: Schaghticoke, Rensselaer, New York
New York, Genealogical Records, 1675-1920 Name: Jonas DeLong Baptism Date: 1761 Baptism Place: Rumbout
From Ohio History Central Painesville is the county seat of Lake County, Ohio. Established in 1805, the town was originally known as Champion, named for Henry Champion, the man who surveyed the community. Residents quickly changed the town’s name to Painesville, in honor of General Edward Paine, a hero of the American Revolution. The town’s most prominent resident during its first years of existence was Ohio Governor Samuel Huntington, who died in Painesville in 1817.
Painesville grew quickly, having 1,014 residents in 1840. In 1846, the town contained four churches, fourteen stores, one flour mill, one bank, and one newspaper office. It was the largest community between Cleveland, Ohio, and Erie, Pennsylvania. Perhaps Andrew Diver went with Jacob as a Mr. Diver was an early mail carrier between Cleveland, Eire and Ft. Meigs (Toledo area), (Eire was not identified by a state) In 1840 Lake County was created from portions of Geauga and Cuyahoga Counties; and Painesville was made the county seat and a court house erected.
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