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Brumfield [Reynolds] Long, Jr.[1]

Male 1721 - 1778  (57 years)


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  • Name Brumfield [Reynolds] Long 
    • Mother's maiden name
    Suffix Jr. 
    Born 1721  St. Mary's Parish, Richmond, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 20 Jul 1778  St. Mark's Parish, Culpeper, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Person ID I24397  My Reynolds Line
    Last Modified 6 Apr 2025 

    Father Brumfield Long,   b. 1686, Rappahannock, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 1763, St. Georges Parish, Spotsylvania, Virginia Colony Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth [Merriman] Reynolds,   b. Est 1678, Essex Co., Virginia Colony Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 May 1738, St. Georges Parish, Spotsylvania, Virginia Colony Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 60 years) 
    Married 1713  Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Elizabeth and Brumfield became the parents of seven sons and an unknown number of daughters. Elizabeth (Reynolds) Long died before May 15, 1738. [5] After her death, Brumfield married a woman named Mary (?nee) and moved to newly formed St. George Parish, Spotsylvania County, Virginia, where he wrote his Will in 1763 [6]
    Family ID F9392  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S82] Wikitree, https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Long-9243.
      Brumfield "Bromfield" Long [Jr.]
      Son of Bromfield Long and Elizabeth (Reynolds)Long

      Brother of Reuben Long, William Long, Benjamin Long, Mary Long [half], Sarah (Long) Vaughan [half], Elizabeth (Long) Apperson [half] and John Bond Long [half] add sibling

      Husband of Elizabeth (Bond) Long ? married before 1749 in Saint Georges Parish, Spotsylvania, Virginia Husband of Sarah (Brown) Long ? married 1760 in St. Mark's Parish, Culpeper,

      Father of Gabriel Long, Benjamin Long, Nancy Ann (Long) Chism, Thomas Long and Mildred (Long) Head.
      Biography
      1776 Project
      Brumfield Long served with 1776 Project Needs Additional Sources during the American Revolution.
      Brumfield was born about 1721, in St. Mary's Parish, Richmond, Virginia, a son of a son of Brumfield Long, born circa 1686, and Elizabeth Reynolds, born circa 1696. Benjamin is remembered in his father's Will, probated August 1, 1763, in St. George's Parish, Spotsylvania County, Virginia. [1]

      Brumfield was twice married.
      His first wife was Elizabeth Bond, born circa 1734, in St George's Parish. Brumfield and Elizabeth became the parents of nine children. Elizabeth (Bond) Long died after 1760, in St Mark's Parish, Culpeper county, Virginia.
      Brumfield married secondly, Sarah (maiden name unknown). After his death, Sarah married Hezekiah Brown, a son of James Browne of St Mark's Parish, Culpeper county, Virginia. [2]
      According to Daughters of the American Revolution records, Betty Long, who married Frances Apperson is the daughter of Brumfield Long and his first wife, Elizabeth Bond. Application for membership for Frances (Carnahan) Ebaugh, National Number 406997, indicates that her ancestor, Reuben Long, who married Mary Harrison was the son of Brumfield's second wife, Sarah and gives her maiden name as Brown. [3]

      Brumfield died before July 20, 1778, when his Will was probated in St. Mark's Parish, Culpeper, Virginia. [4]
      Will

      Will of Bromfill Long of the County of Culpeper and Parish of St. Mark. Culpeper Co., VA, WB B, pp. 263-264, w. 21 Jan 1778, p. 20 Jul 1778. Digital image at Ancestry.com - https://preview.tinyurl.com/unyx7xp

      wife Sarah Long
      my two sons John Long and Bromfield Long - to maintain and educate my children
      son Thomas Long (under age)
      my children Reuben Long, John Long, Bromfield Long, Gabriel Long, Thomas Long, Nancy Chisham, Betty Long, Milly Long & my son Benjamin Longs son Benjamin.
      Exrs: sons John Long and Bromfill Long
      Wit: Robert Pollard, William Grimes, Joseph Hill

      A transcript of his Will may be found on this website: https://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/getperson.php?personID=I033266&tree=Tree1

    2. [S40] Will.
      Brumfield Long Will Probate Date