1809 - Sponsors for d/o Gottlieb and Susanna Scheurer at Bowers.
1810 - Maxatawny 20010/40010 living next door to father.
1812 - Sponsors for d/o John and Elizabeth Neidlinger, Peter's sister, at Bowers.
1819 - Co-administrator with brother Abraham of father's estate.
1820 - Maxatawny 410001/41001 living near twin. But he was not over 45.
1821 - Co-administrator with twin of their father's estate.
1828 - Sponsors at Bowers for d/o Peter and Elizabeth Wile.
1830 - As Peter D. Long in Longswamp 00210001/00011001. The male 15-19 was Reuben, those 10-15 were Jesse and Peter. The females fit Maria and Henrietta. Sarah is omitted. Note: cousin Peter D. Long (5-1-3-6) also was in Longswamp in 1830.
1832 - Named administrator, 1 Feb 1832, for his mother's estate (Barbara (Bollenbach) DeLong) widow of Michael (5-1-6) [Berks Co. Vol. II, p.211.]
1833 - Peter died before 5 Oct 1833 when his son Benjamin DeLong was appointed administrator for his estate in Berks Co. [per administration papers 11:353]
IT IS PRESENTLY IMPOSSIBLE TO WORK OUT THE CENSUSES WITHOUT ENDING UP WITH A VERY LARGE FAMILY. The 1800 census accounts for the two sons born by that date. They are missing in 1810 unless they are misplaced in the under 10 instead of the 10-16 bracket. 1810 accounts for four daughters under 10, we know of two.
By 1820, there is one son under 16 who could be one of the boys under 10 in 1810, but we can account for only three of the four given as under 10. The female 10-16 could be the younger of the known two out of four in 1810. Then there are four more females under 10, and we know only of one (and one was born after the taking of the census.) This totals four unidentified from 1810 (two males, 2 females and four unidentified from 1820 (1 male, 3 females.) Summarizing we identify nine children with 8 unidentified. This would be 17 in a 23 year period; some must have been relatives or wards etc. All baptisms below are Bowers Church.
Children:
*5-1-6-2-1 BENJAMIN b. 30 Jun 1797; bp. 27 Aug 1797 (Hinke); md. Lydia Shappell.
5-1-6-2-1A JOHN b. & bp. same date as Benjamin. Hinke doesn't clearly show him as son of DeLang but the reported identity of birth & baptism suggests they are twins. Sponsors George & Mary Reber.
*5-1-6-2-2 GIDEON b. 11 Nov 1799; md. 1st perhaps _____(Bingaman) and 2nd Hannah Wagner.
5-1-6-2-3 ELIZABETH b. 17 Aug; bp. 20 Nov 1803, sponsors John Adam Heist & wife, Susanna DeLong (5-1-6-6.) Elizabeth prob. md. Peter Wile. The 1850 census for Longswamp, Berks, PA shows Peter Weil, 47 with wife Eliz, 46, Lovina 22, Jairis (male) 18, Cosmaz (male) 13, Sarah A. 12, and John 8. In addition, a child Henry Long age 2 is also in their household. Lovina would be the daughter baptised in 1828 at Bowers with grandparents as sponsors. The ages for Eliz., Lovina and John fit previous known data. [NA 1850 PA Roll 753, p.73, Berks, Longswamp.]
5-1-6-2-4 MARIA b. 10 Oct 1807; bp. 5 or 15 Nov 1807, sponsors Henry and Gertrude Grimm. Since Eliz. md. a Wile, is this the Maria DeLong who md. Samuel Wile? See (5-1-6-1-5).
5-1-6-2-5 HENRIETTA b. 1 Nov 1812 (Ziegler says 1 Oct); bp. __ ___ 1812, sponsors Solomon & Eliz. Grimm. Prob. this Henrietta who md. Benjamin Stoudt. 1850 census for Rockland, Berks shows Benj. Stout 37 with wife Harriet age 38, Sarah Ann 15, Emeline 14, Clara Ann 12, Lahan 10, Gideon 8, Inebri 8, Jonas 2 and infant 2/12. The age for Harriet fits Henrietta; the age for Emeline fits Emmaline (see below). Did the census taker mistake Harriet for Henrietta? [NA 1850 PA Film 754, Rockland, Berks Co. p. 233] Or did the transcriber make a mistake on the birth register?
*5-1-6-2-6 REUBEN b. 1814; md. Sarah E. Nevel?
*5-1-6-2-7 JESSE b. 1 Jan 1817; bp. 2 Feb 1817, sponsors Frederick and Maria Kiefer; md. Mary Ann _______.
*5-1-6-2-8 PETER b. 3 Oct 1818; bp. 15 Nov 1818, sponsors John and Catherine Miller; md. 1st. Amanda Carson, 2d. Elizabeth Umholtz. (Farrow Funeral Home Records 1876-1988, p.171) Name of first wife is from the death certificates of two of their children, Mary Caroline and Winfield Scott.
5-1-6-2-9 SARAH b. 30 Oct 1820; bp. 21 Nov 1820, sponsor Barbara Delong (grandmother.) She is not accounted for in the 1830 census so perhaps died young.
5-1-6-2-10 ANNA (per Mrs. Sell, but see Sarah above.)
5-1-6-2-11 CATHERINE (?): Reuben was in Orwigsburg, Schuylkill Co. 1846-50. Sister Sarah (Sarah Ann?) may have been there. Was another sister the Catherine who md. St. John's Ref. Ch. 23 Jun 1847 William Kerker?
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