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Philip Long - An Old Servant of Government. This is the working title for the book compilation that Benoit has begun on Philip Long's life. The first five chapters are now available for download and more chapters will be made available as soon as possible. It contains a lot of new and additional context information about Philip and the story of his life. The first five chapters are titled as follows:

Chapter 1 - Origins of our Ancestor(s)

Chapter 2 - Revolution! (1775-1781)

Chapter 3 - West Florida Royal Foresters (1781)

Chapter 4 - Kings American Regiment (1781-1783)

Chapter 5 - Loyalist and Courier (1784-1792)

We hope you enjoy your reading and we would truly appreciate any and all feedback about the book and its content. A printed version will be made available probably in time for Christmas with all twelve chapters. Best wishes. You can download the pdf version of the book by clicking on the title above. WARNING - it is about 300 pages long so please consider that before printing it on your own computers.

Benoît Long, Editor and Webmaster

Gilles Long is working on a genographic project to uncover our origins and those of our long lost ancestors. We have put a summary of early results on the website for your review - please contact Gilles directly for further information into this fascinating aspect of genealogical research.

Genographic Project and DNA

We are proud and thankful that we are able to provide everyone an electronic copy of John Lang's book. John worked with Mgr. Lang to translate and adapt the original book so that all anglophone members of the family could enjoy the story of Philip Long.

John has graciously given his permission to post this ebook - you can download a version at your leisure and for your enjoyment.

John Lang, From a Hero to a Zero, Finding Philip Long (1757?-1832): Loyalist of Northwest New Brunswick (1984) (English)

Would you like to own a copy on archival paper of this magnificent colour copy of Bouchette's Long's Farm?

Contact the webmaster to obtain details ...

Source: Library and Archives Canada, Peter Winkworth Collection

Romain Long - Innkeeper and Farmer (proprietor) - based on the census done in Clair in 1851.

Petition Signed by Philip Long - 1799

Gilles Long has discovered a new document that has Philip Long's signature. This is a remarkable find and should encourage all researchers in our ancestor's history to pursue their own studies. Please see the document entitled Letter- Philip Long Signs a Petition for further details and pictures of the originals.

Facts

Did you know that Philip Long lost an eye "in the service of the government"?

Did you know that the price of crossing Lake Temiscouata in a birch canoe was over 2£?

Did you know that Philip Long was once referred to as "landlord was an American..."

Discussion

Join the discussion groups on all things Philip Long.

Contribute to the various research hypotheses formulated around Philip Long's origins ...

Research

To come ...

Geneology

Gedcoms for the entire Long/Lang family of descendants Philip Long and Marie Julie Couillard Després are available here.

Sergent John Long From The King’s American Dragoons (KAD): Brother of Philip ?

This is the new text by Donald Long. Its thought provoking and will certainly captivate your interest in the possibilities of Philip having had a brother named John. Who was this John Long and is it really possible that Philip had a brother? You can find the document in both a Word and Acrobat PDF format.

The origins de Philip Long

Donald Long wrote an excellent research document on the origins of Philip Long. It is entitled: À la recherche des origines de Philip Long, l'ancêtre des Long et des Lang du Madawaska. It is exceptional in its completeness and thought provoking in every way. It is also available as a Word document but unfortunately it is only in French.

coat of arms for the long family

The family Coat of Arms are described as follows:

Arms: Sa. Within two flaunches and semee of cross-crosslets or, a lion rampant argent.

Crest: A lion’s head argent, erased or, holding in the mouth a dexter hand erased gu.

Motto: Pieux quoique Preux. (Pious though valiant)

Please visit our page on the history of the name Long and Lang ...

Doris Long has written a short story of a family legend about a Fortune that may never have existed. She takes us through a wonderful list of characters, through ambition and tragedy.

Please read the lovely text and review in great detail the Certificate. Do you believe there was ever a fortune?

Translated from the original by Jeannine Couture.

Le courrier

Although only in French, this newsletter contains all sorts of information about Philip Long, research areas into his origins and recent developments on the web site. You can subscribe to the newsletter by writing the editor / webmaster!

Le courrier

John Mann - travels in north america

This small book is a watershed in the history of our ancestor, certainly for those who have laboured to find information on how our ancestors lived in those difficult years at Lake Temiscouata.

Its in this book that Philip Long is referred to as "landlord was an American..." Discover another fascinating page in the history of our ancestor by clicking here.