The origin of the name Long is English and the Coat of Arms contains Black with a silver lion rampant surrounded by eight crosses. The Crest is A lion emerging from a crown. The family motto is Pieux quoi que preux.
Spelling variations include: Long, Longe and others.
First found in Wiltshire where they were seated from early times and their first records appeared on the early census rolls taken by the early Kings of Britain to determine the rate of taxation of their subjects.
Some of the first settlers of this name or some of its variants were: Edward Long settled in Virginia in 1649; along with Henry in 1774; James in 1642; Jane in 1624; Catherine in 1635; Ralph in 1638; Richard in 1642; Robert his wife and two sons in 1643.
