Rebecca Edward Long

(1795-1881)

Biographical Data

Important Dates

Rebecca Edward Long was born on July 9, 1795. She died on May 19, 1881, and was buried in St. Matthew's Churchyard in Hillsborough, NC.

Places of Residence

• Hillsborough, NC [1].

Relatives

• Spouse: Cadwallader Jones, [Jr.] (1788-1861), married from November 6, 1810 to 1861 [1].
  Children:
  
  • one son, Pride Jones (b. 1815) [1].
  • two daughters, Sally Rebecca Jones (1833-1892)  [1] and Mary Rebecca Jones (1823-1878)  [1].
• Other children: one son (Cadwallader [III] Jones (1813-1899) [1]).
• Others: Eliza Adam Jones  (granddaughter, 1839-1911) [1], Mary Cameron Jones  (granddaughter, 1843-1924) [1], Mary E. Cameron (daughter-in-law, d. 1845) [1], Martha Ann Cain (daughter-in-law) [1], Frances Iredell Jones  (granddaughter, b. 1837) [1], Annie Isabella Iredell (daughter-in-law, 1816-1897) [1], Josiah Collins, IV (son-in-law, 1830-1890) [1], Mary Riggs Collins (granddaughter, 1861-1912) [1], Josiah Collins, V (grandson) [1], Cadwallader Jones Collins (grandson) [1], Rebecca Allen Collins (granddaughter) [1], Lizzie Jones Collins (granddaughter, 1871-1900) [1], Althea Collins (granddaughter) [1], Peter Browne Ruffin (son-in-law, d. 1900) [1], Allen Jones Ruffin (grandson, b. 1857), Anna Kirkland Ruffin (granddaughter), Cadwallader Jones Ruffin (grandson), Joseph Roulhac Ruffin (grandson), Mary Browne Ruffin (granddaughter, b. 1850), Rebecca Edwards Ruffin (granddaughter, b. 1846), Sarah Jones Ruffin (granddaughter), Sarah Daisy Jones Ruffin (granddaughter), Susan Brown Ruffin (granddaughter, b. 1852), Sterling Ruffin, [Jr.] (grandson, b. 1857) and Thomas Ruffin, [Jr.] (grandson, b. 1852).

References

1. Mary Claire Engstrom. The Book of Burwell Students: Lives of Educated Women in the Antebellum South. (Hillsborough: Hillsborough Historic Commission, 2007).