Barbara (Long)

1724 -

• Name	Barbara (Long)
  Birth	1724	Pennsylvania, USA
  Gender	Female
  Death	Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, USA
  Burial	Herman Long Farm Cemetery, Hempfield, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA   [1]
  Person ID	I2711	Tulpehocken Genealogy
  Last Modified	13 Nov 2023

  
  

  Family	Christian Long,   b. 1723, Hempfield, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA d. 31 Dec 1798, Lebanon, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 75 years)
  Children	+ 1. Elizabeth Long,   b. 7 Oct 1763, Schaefferstown, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, USA d. 14 Jun 1841, Schaefferstown, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 77 years)
  Family ID	F2996	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	10 Nov 2020

  
  

• Notes

  [Her year of birth is an estimate, included only because much undocumented information is circulating on Ancestry as to her identity. She would have been about her husband's age, as was his second wife Elizabeth. The range might be 1720 to 1725.] Barbara was the first wife of Christian Long. Christian was born in about 1723 (or possibly a few years earlier). She died before he married his second wife Elizabeth Custer in about 1747. Many Ancestry trees have now copied from the one that first speculated that her maiden name was Spitler/ Spitteler. No source has been given and no one in the Long/ Lang family ever knew of this name. Apparently someone found a Barbara Spitteler (1689-1759) married to Christian Schaublin/ Shively (1683-1752)* and decided that she might be Barbara's mother. No explanation is given as to why Barbara would have her mother's surname instead of her father's. No supporting records are shown on any of the trees except to cite other trees. Incorrect sources are given on the remaining trees and NONE of the records indicate a maiden name anyway. Some show a Philadelphia census record for a Barbara Lang (married!) in 1733 when THIS Barbara would have only been eight to thirteen years old and the purported mother, Barbara Spitler Schaublin was still living in Switzerland! Others show three DIFFERENT marriage records- one catholic marriage in Hungary, one marriage in Germany, and the record showing Barbara Spitler marrying Christian Shively (NONE for Barbara the daughter marrying Christian Long). It seems that these tree makers aren't paying attention to facts because they did not personally research her name or parentage, they just inserted an unverified name. Actually, Christian Long and Barbara Unknown were married in Pennsylvania (because that's where Christian was born- he never lived in Europe). And even if she was the daughter of Christian and Barbara, her maiden name would have been Schaublin/ Shively, not Spittler. A diligently prepared tree would have at least some record source for her maiden name. The name appears to have been added by someone in just the past three years or so (amazing how so many people will copy something with no source). She was buried on the Herman Long homestead with her husband, according to the book 'History of the Long Family' by William Gabriel Long. it states that Christian was buried there with both of his wives. His father Herman's farm was from a William Penn land patent. Their graves are located on a property line and were cemented over by the owner. *According to the research of contributor Terri Johnson (48080624), Christen Schaublin/ Shively and Barbara Spithaler Schaublin left Basel, Switzerland on April 8, 1736. They arrived in Philadelphia on September 15, 1736. That was a journey of 4 months and 17 days on the ship Princess Augusta from Rotterdam. Records show that they were accompanied by children Magdalena, Uhli, Catharina, Anna, Ursula, Barbara, and Christen, Jr. Christian and Barbara were originally members of the Reformed Church and their children were all baptized in that faith. Mennonite records on Ancestry confirm many members of this family. Christian and Barbara may have been the parents of 13 children, but several died in Switzerland. Seven were known to survive to adulthood. Their daughter Catharina married John Heckendorn and joined the Moravian Church. Apparently one or more of their children became Mennonite (hence the family is recorded in the Mennonite card files). Anyone who has a source for their daughter Barbara marrying Christian Long, please submit an edit or leave a message on my profile page. Given the absence of any verification on any of those family trees, at this point there is no reason to believe her maiden name was Spitler. In fact, if she was the daughter of Christian and Barbara, her maiden name would have been Schaublin or Shively!

  
  

• Sources

  [S64] Website: Find a Grave [text], https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/153966474/barbara-long.