Noah Long Family

Noah Long was born bout 1760 in Queen Anne's County, Maryland, and was brought as a child to Southwestern Pennsylvania where he grew up in Monongahela Township, of now Greene County. He married, sometime between 1781 and 1784, Sarah Gapen who was born on October 6, 1766 in New Jersey to Zachariah and Ruth Tindall Gapen. Zachariah was born on August 10, 1733 in New Jersey and died in March, 1812, in Greene County, Pennsylvania. Ruth was born September 8, 1740 in New Jersey and died in Pennsylvania. They were married on July 7, 1760, it is thought near Princeton, New Jersey. They then lived several years in Frederick County, Virginia. 1766 is thought to have been the year when Zachariah moved his family west of the Monongahela River into what is now southwestern Pennsylvania. The name is sometimes spelled "Gobean" and it presumed to have been French Huguenot. Zachariah Gapen belonged to the "Westland Meeting" of the Society of Friends, or Quakers. Zachariah's oldest son, Stephen Gapen, was a Captain of the Militia, and later active in the formation of Greene county in 1796, becoming it's first county surveyor. Sarah is named as Sarah Long in Zachariah Gapen's will.

Noah Long must have been well liked for from this time forward a sprinkling of first name "Noah's" appear among the Long and area families. The Census of 1790 lists Noah and his wife with three boys.

By 1800 the John and Ann Long descendants lived either in Dunkard Township of Greene County or in Monongahela Township. It is not known just when Noah's mother, Ann H. Long, died.

Noah, David, and Gideon Long (son of David) came to Butler County, Ohio, before 1805. Deeds show that David Long was the first owner of section number twenty. Butler County was formed in 1803 from land of Hamilton County, Ohio. It is thought that Noah and David, Sr. went together down the Ohio river to Butler County. Noah did not sell his farm, "The Ark", until 1808.

Apparently Noah Long died in 1815 in Butler County, Ohio, and left no will or recorded estate records. He had one hundred and fifty acres of land which he had purchased on December 20, 1813 from his brother, David, plus a farm bought in 1813 from Thomas Powers.

After Noah's death, Sarah Gapen Long married George Kelly on June 16, 1816, in Butler County, Ohio. George Kelly died about September, 1830 and apparently left no children from his marriage to Sarah. In 1850, Sarah was living with Elias Long and was then aged eighty-four years, and she must have died a short time later.

Issue of Noah and Sarah Gapen Long who were married about 1782 in what is now Greene County, Pennsylvania are as follows.

John Gapen Long was born about 1784 in Pennsylvania and married on October 13, 1816 in Butler County, Ohio, to Susannah K. VanSickle, a daughter of John Van Sickle. John G. Long died about 1835. His widow, Susannah married Charles Bailey in Butler County on December 8, 1836, and there are no known children of either marriage.

Zachariah Long was born about 1786 in Pennsylvania. He and his wife, Sarah, had only one child, Nancy Long. She was under twenty-one years old in 1822-24.

Rachel Long was born about 1788 in Pennsylvania and married Jonathan Wright. They lived in West Virginia in 1824, then moved to Paris, Illinois where they lived in 1833. Children not known.

Elial Long was born about 1790 and probably married before 1808 to Priscilla and they lived in Butler County, Ohio as late as 1834, and their children are not known.

Ruth Long was born about 1791 in Pennsylvania and married on January 10, 1808 to Eli Davis in Butler County, Ohio. They lived in Clermont County in 1824, and in March, 1848, Eli was deceased. They had a son Alfred E. Davis, it is thought.

Armel Long was born about 1792 in Pennsylvania. See below.

Nancy Long was born about 1800 and married on January 28, 1819 to David Hufford in Butler County. They were there in 1824. It is thought that David died and Nancy married George Scott Green of Middletown for she signed a deed with his in 1831. No known children.

Emeline Long was born about 1802 and married on January 29, 1824 to Jesse Page in Butler County. They were living there in 1829 and children not known.

David Long was born after 1803. In 1824 he was living in Clermont County with his married sister, Ruth Davis.

Eli Long was born after 1803 and nothing else known about him.

Noah Long, Jr., was born about 1806 and was living in Eaton, Preble County, Ohio with his wife, Barbara, in 1833.

Elias Long was born on January 8, 1808 in Madison Township, Butler County and married on January 24, 1835 to Phebe Gardner who was born in 1812 in New Jersey. They lived in Butler County all their lives. Elias died on November 9, 1876 and left his wife and children, Eli Long, of Boston, and Jane, Mrs. James Durrough. The Census of 1850 listed his children as Nancy, Sarah, Mary, Eli, and Emiline. His mother, Sarah Gapen Long Kelly was then eighty-four and lived with Elias.