This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Long, Benefiel/Benefield, Biddle, Robinette Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/VZB.2ACI/684 Message Board Post: Seeking information on the Samuel Long family. My ancestor Samuel Long b 12 May 1806 Washington Co., Maryland - d May 1878 Iowa m Hanah (Benefiel?) b 1813 (Washington Co. MD?) d ca 1855-1857 Decatur Co, Iowa . The family moved to Ross Co. Ohio ca 1840 and then onto Decatur Co. Iowa after 1850 Children: John b 1826 Wash Co., MD; Jacob b 1831 Wash Co. MD; Margaret Ann b 1835 Wash Co MD; Lydia b 19 July 1837 Hagerstown, Washington Co. MD - d 3 Aug 1903 Allegany Co. MD; Lucenda b 1839 Wash Co Md; Thomas Wesley b 1842 Ross, Ohio. I am a descendant of Lydia Long b 1837 and m 3x m #1 McCormick Zion Biddle; m#2 William A Bensfield/Benefiel; m#3 Jeremiah William Robinette