The Family

   Long

 

Origin: English

 

Spelling variations include: Long, Longe, and others.

First found in Wiltshire where they were recorded as a family of great antiquity seated with manor and estates in that shire.

Some of the first settlers of this name or some of its variants were: Edward Long settled in Virginia in 1649; along with Henry in 1774; James in 1642; Jane in 1624; Catherine in 1635; Ralph in 1638; Richard in 1642 and others.

 

Coat of Arms: Black with a silver lion rampant surrounded by eight crosses.

Crest: A lion emerging from a crown.

Motto: Pieux quoi que preux

Motto Translated: Valiant through pious

 

Origin: French

Spelling variations include: Delong, DeLong, Delon, Long, Lelong, Longin, Longet and many more.

First found in Normandy, where the family was established in a seigniory, founded in 1463.

Some of the first settlers of this name or some of its variants were: Jean Delon, who settled in Louisiana in 1720; M. de Longrais, who was living in Natchez, Louisiana in 1726 and others.

Coat of Arms: a gold shield with a black five-leaf clover.

Crest: None.

 

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