Family Tree Family Group Sheet
Born 1784
Son of William and Ann Long
Baptised at a time unknown
Married Elizabeth Hodge in 1810, Feb 28 in the Parish Church, Gwennap,
Cornwall
They had issue:-
| Name | Date of Birth | Birthplace |
| Mary | Abt 1814 | Gwennap, Cornwall |
| Elizabeth | Abt 1816 | Gwennap, Cornwall |
| Hugh | Abt 1819 | Gwennap, Cornwall |
| William | Abt 1821 | St Day, Cornwall |
| John | 1823, Jun 10 | St Day, Cornwall |
| Joel | Abt 1825 | Gwennap, Cornwall |
| Martha | Abt 1828 | Gwennap, Cornwall |
| Francis | Abt 1830 | Gwennap, Cornwall |
Hugh Long and Elizabeth Hodge were married at Gwennap on the 28th
February 1810. Hugh signed his name but Elizabeth signed with a
cross. The witnesses were William Hodge and Crastin Morcom.
At last the parish register gives a little more detail: each time one of
his children was baptised it was noted that Hugh was a tin miner and the
family were living at St Day.
Hugh and Elizabeth Long were the last of our Long family to live probably all their lives in St Day and Gwennap. By the time their children were adults the mines around St Day were closing and the younger generation had no choice but to go elsewhere in search of work. The eldest son Hugh and his wife and family emigrated to South Australia c1847. William is believed to have gone to Mexico to work in the mines and died there. His widow and three of his children emigrated to Australia. John, Joel, Martha and Francis went north to Stoke Climsland on the Cornwall-Devon border. Later Martha and her husband William Trethewey joined the rush to the Victorian goldfields.
Hugh Long is most likely buried at St Day. The 1840 Tithe Map of Gwennap and St Day records that Elizabeth Long rented a garden, area 5 perch, in the village of St Day. This Elizabeth may be Hugh's widow. There is no mention of Hugh. The 1841 Census of St Day is illegible in places but certainly there was no mention of Hugh or Elizabeth in the 1851 Census of St Day, suggesting that they had already died.
If any descendants of William, John, Joel or Francis still live in Cornwall they won't be tin miners. In 1986 the last tin mine operating in Cornwall closed. The principal industry in Cornwall is now tourism.