The Longs of Longfield

Résumé du livre

Colonel Richard Hutchinson Long (1740-1814) was born in County Tipperary, Ireland, the son of Edward Long (ca. 1705-1773) and grandson of Robert Long (ca. 1665-1712) of Graystown. He joined the East India Company in 1769 and served in India until he resigned in 1783 for health reasons. While in India, he had an illegitimate daughter born in 1777. After his return to Ireland, He purcased an estate at Armayle, near Cashel, Tipperary, which he called Longfield. He married Charity Moore (1760-1842) at Dublin in 1790. They had six children, ca. 1791-1800. He was murdered on the front steps of his home. Descendants listed, especially descendants of his son, Edward Thomas Long (1799-1875), who immigrated to the United States in 1854 and died at Ironton, Wisconsin, lived in Ireland, England, Wisconsin, Ontario, Manatoba, Illinois, New York, California Sakatchewan, Alberta and elsewhere.