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- possibly of this family http://www.stupakgen.net/Genealogy/Spencer/00374_dlon.htm , we match dna with someone with arie delong in their tree..
we match alot of people.. jonas delong / rachel pugh .. winans is common.. frans delong..dutchess fishkill.. pa.. ulster pa..
The census of 1790 shows over twen-
ty De Longs living in New York State,
who were married and heads of families.
Most of these were residents of Albany
county, although some were in Ulster and
Dutchess counties. The town of Half
Moon (now Saratoga county) was the
home of several of the name at that time.
The ancestor is said to have been a
French Huguenot, who fled from France
to Holland, married there and came to
New York with his family during the last
half of the eighteenth century. He was
first in New Jersey, then in Dutchess
county, New York, going thence to Cen-
tral New York, settling on a farm in the
Cherry Creek Valley, not far from Rich-
field Springs. His son, James, born Oc-
tober 24, 1749, married Mary Cronkite, of
Holland ancestry, and they were the par-
ents of John De Long, grandparents of
Damon H. De Long, and great-grandpar-
ents of Dr. F. S. De Long, of Utica, New
York.
There is standing in Otsego county,
New York, near Richfield Springs, in
what has long been known as the De
Long district, a house which John De
Long, grandfather of Dr. F. S. De Long,
built on land he cleared, and from brick
made on the farm by men brought from
Albany to mould and burn them.
James De Long, son of the founder of
the family, was an ensign in the Albany
County Militia of the 9th New York Re-
giment, and on December 19, 1775, was
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commissioned captain. He married Mary
Cronkite, daughter of James Cronkite,
born in 1728, and granddaughter of James
Cronkite, born in Holland in 1685, died
in 1777, in the old Sugar House, New
York, used as a prison by the British.
Captain James and Mary (Cronkite) De
Long were the parents of John De Long,
born March 26, 1780, died on the De Long
homestead farm near Richfield Springs,
Otsego county, New York, March 1, 1864.
John De Long married Diadanna Bab-
cock, born April 7, 1783, died June 5,
1836, and they were the parents of Damon
H. De Long, father of Dr. F. S. De Long.
Damon H. De Long was born at Rich-
field Springs, New York, September 11,
1825, and died February 20, 1901. He was
educated in the country district schools
and cultivated the old homestead farm,
located on the Stewart patent, in Fly
Creek township, Otsego county, and there
lived the peaceful life of the prosperous
agriculturist until 1881, when he retired
from farming and moved to Richfield
Springs, there built a substantial resi-
dence and lived until his death, two de-
cades later. He was a widely known and
highly respected citizen, enjoying the
confidence and esteem of his very large
circle of acquaintances. He was interest-
ed in church and school, and in a quiet
way aided these twin causes, giving them
the aid and support of his influence and
his personal effort. He was, for a long
time, a school trustee and a member of
the Universalist church of Richfield
Springs for many years. He lived more
than the Scriptural "three score years and
ten," and his passing was deeply regretted
by his community.
Damon H. De Long married, November
8, 1876, Mary J. Black, born in Vernon,
Oneida county, New York, daughter of
James and Elizabeth Stansfield (Austic)
Black. James Black was born in New-
port, New York, in 1812, son of Colin
Black, born in Aberdeen, Scotland, March
19, 1765, who came to America during the
War of the Revolution. He married, in
1792, Sarah Meecham, born in 1772, and
in 1776-1777 she was taken by her mother
to Fort Herkimer, where they were quar-
tered for protection from the British and
Indians. Her father, James Meecham,
born in Connecticut, was a soldier of the
Revolution. To Damon H. and Mary J.
(Black) De Long a son was born, Faust
S. De Long, of this review.
Faust S. De Long was born in Rich-
field Springs, New York, September 15,
1877, son of Damon H. and Mary J. (Black)
De Long, both representatives of ancient
New York families. He began his edu-
cation in the public schools, finishing in
high school, then prepared for Richfield
Academy, and later prepared for the medi-
cal profession at the College of Physicians
and Surgeons, Columbia University, New
York City. He received his M. D. with
the graduating class of 1901, and until
1903 served as interne at Faxton Hospital,
Utica, New York. In 1903 he began prac-
tice in Utica and there continued in honor
and success until 1907, having during that
time served upon the surgical staff of
Faxton Hospital, also caring for a large
private practice. He is an ex-president of
the Utica Medical Club, member of the
Medical Library Association, Oneida
County Medical Society, and the New
York Medical Society. While his profes-
sion was the great interest of his life, and
nothing was allowed to interfere with his
duty as a physician while practicing, Dr.
De Long acquired business responsibili-
ties and became president and treasurer of
the Utica Steam Engine and Boiler
Works, and an official of the Universal
Boiler Compound Company, these inter-
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ests later drawing him from professional
work.
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