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Marilynn “Lynn” Alice Mast Long, a native of Flossmoor, Illinois, is the daughter of Maurene June Frey and Casper Leo Mast, Jr.   Maurene’s father was a 32nd degree Mason and also a Commander of the Englewood Commandery in Chicago.  He became a dedicated genealogist in his fifties, placed Lynn into C.A.R. when she was nine months old and transferred her into DAR when she was 22.  Lynn is married to Melvin Dwight Long, has three children, Jonathan, Laura, Richard, with grandchildren Alyssa, Melanie and Ryan living near them.   

Mrs. Long attended Denison University for two years and graduated from the University of Kentucky with an A. B. degree in Education.  While teaching in the elementary grades in the Homewood School District, she started graduate work at the University of Illinois where she met Mel. When Mel started a new job and they relocated, she retired from teaching.  After two more moves they settled in McHenry County, IL where they have been for forty-five years. Both enjoy many shared interests including travel, birding, gardening, reading and participated in activities with their grandchildren ranging from conservation, library programs, baseball and softball to C.A.R.

Memberships

  • National Gavel Society
  • Descendants of Sheriffs & Constables of Colonial & Antebellum America (Honorary President General; Founder; Nominating Committee Chair)
  • Order of the Descendants of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company (Past Governor General)
  • Continental Society Daughters of Indian Wars (former Nominating Chairman, former Reorganizing Historian)
  • National Society Dames of the Court of Honor (Honorary National Trustee for life, former Curator General, former National Chairman Historical and Grave Marker, former Illinois State President, former Illinois State 1st Vice President, former State Trustee)
  • Plymouth Hereditary Society (former Historian General, former Recording Secretary General)
  • Order of the First Families of Rhode Island & Providence Plantations (former Historian General)
  • Hereditary Order of the First Families of Massachusetts (Recording Secretary General)
  • Order of the First Families of New Hampshire (former Founding Secretary General)
  • First Families of Connecticut (former Councilor at Large; Charter Member)
  • National Society Sons and Daughters of the Pilgrims (former Illinois Branch Organizing Registrar)
  • National Society Daughters of the American Revolution (former State Vice-Chairman, Honorary Chapter Regent; former 1st Vice Chapter Regent; former 2nd Vice-Chapter Regent; former Chapter Chairman)
  • National Society Colonial Dames XVII Century (former National Meals and Reservations Committee Member, former State Chairman, former Chapter 1st Vice President, former Chapter Chairman)
  • National Society New England Women (former Colony Historian)
  • National Society Daughters of the Union 1861-1865 (former Chapter Director)
  • National Society Children of the American Revolution (former Senior State Chairman, Senior Society Vice President, former Senior Society President)
  • Flagon and Trencher, Descendants of Colonial Tavern Keepers
  • Order of Descendants of Colonial Physicians and Chirurgiens 
  • Illinois Cameo Society (Charter Member)
  • Sons and Daughters of the Colonial and Antebellum Bench & Bar 1565-1861 (Charter Member)
  • National Society Colonial Daughters Seventeenth Century, Inc.
  • First Families of the Twin Territories
  • Guild of Colonial Artisans and Tradesmen (Charter Member, Master Guilder)
  • Hereditary Order Descendants Loyalists and Patriots of the American Revolution (Librarian General)
  • National Society United States Daughters of 1812
  • Order of Americans of Armorial Ancestry
  • National Society Sons and Daughters of Antebellum Planters 1607-1861
  • Winthrop Society
  • Sons and Daughters of the Province and Republic of West Florida
  • Descendants of Old Plymouth Colony
  • Presidential Families of America
  • National Order of the Blue and Gray
  • Hereditary Order of the Family of Presidents and First Ladies (former Chaplain General)
  • National Society Descendants of Early Quakers
  • National Society Daughters of American Colonists
  • Jamestowne Society
  • National Society Southern Dames of America
  • Hereditary Order of Descendants of Colonial Governors
  • Colonial Dames of America
  • Dutch Colonial Society (former Patroon)
  • Descendants American House of Burgesses 1619-1699 (Charter Member)
  • Registry of Infamous & Famous Relatives in American Families
  • United Daughters of the Confederacy (Charter Chapter Member)
  • Hereditary Society of Teachers (Charter Member)
  • Sons and Daughters of the Founding Fathers of Virginia (Charter Member)
  • Descendants of Fossors 1607-1860 (Charter Member)
  • Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic (Illinois Circle, Charter Member)
  • Descendant of Cape Cod and the Islands (Charter Member)
  • Swedish Colonial Society
  • Founders Fellowship (Co-Founder)
  • Daughters of the Union Veterans of the Civil War 1861-1865
  • Descendants of Colonial Mothers (Founding Member)
  • Descendants of Early Postmasters (Charter Member)
  • Order of the Steel Magnolias (Charter Member)
  • Order of the Descendants of Pirates and Privateers
  • National Society Descendants of Colonial Indentured Servants (Founding Member)
  • Order of the Descendants of Native Americans and Friends (Founding Member)
  • National Society Descendants of American Farmers
  • The IX
  • Descendants of Miners (Founding Member, Miner General)
  • Bacon’s Rebellion (Charter Member)
  • Descendants of Continental Colonial Officers (Charter Member)
  • Descendants of American Prisoners of War (Charter Member)

Other Notes

Lynn belongs to St. Ann’s Episcopal Church, is secretary of her road association, has been an Election Judge in national elections, been a room mother for the fourth and fifth grades, a volunteer in the office of the Johnsburg High School and a member of the Citizens Advisory Council of Johnsburg High School.  She is also a life member of the Friends of the Johnsburg Library.

Due to her interest in genealogy she was a Charter Member of the McHenry County Illinois Genealogical Society, belongs to the McHenry County Historical Society, the New England Historic Genealogical Society and the Underhill Society.

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