William Tong

1756 - 1848  (91 years)

• Name	William Tong  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Birth	9 Aug 1756	Piscataway, Prince George's, Maryland, USA   [2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  DAR/SAR	Daughters of the American Revolution #: A114800; Sons of the American Revolution #: P-306022  [5, 6]
  		Seal-DAR Daughters of the American Revolution
  		Seal-SAR Sons of the American Revolution
  Military Service	Feb 1775	Maryland, USA   [4]
  	American Army - Revolutionary War; PVT Marbury's Maryland Regiment, Revolutionary War
  Residence	Between 1831 and 1848	Missouri, USA   [1]
  Death	8 Feb 1848	Mount Vernon, Jefferson, Illinois, USA   [3, 4]
  Burial	Old Union Cemetery, Mount Vernon, Jefferson, Illinois, USA   [4]
  	"PVT Marbury's Maryland Regiment, Revolutionary War"
  		Burial-TONG William William Tong "PVT Marbury's Maryland Regiment, Revolutionary War" - Old Union Cemetery, Mount Vernon IL + https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/41239669/
  Person ID	I8077	A Tree Called Smith
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	John Tongue,   b. 1732, Prince George's County, Maryland, USA d. 1780, Prince George's County, Maryland, USA (Age 48 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Jean Jane Warren,   b. 1741, Prince George's County, Maryland, USA d. 1780, Prince George's County, Maryland, USA (Age 39 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	1756	Prince George's County, Maryland, USA
  Family ID	F979	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Eleanor 'Ellen' Ford,   b. 1753   d. 1793 (Age 40 years)
  Family ID	F2800	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

  Family 2	Elizabeth Thomas,   b. 27 Jun 1774, Charles County, Maryland, USA d. 16 Oct 1857, Madison County, Missouri, USA (Age 83 years)
  Children	1. Henry Davidge Tong,   b. 29 Jan 1813, Hartford, Ohio, Kentucky, USA d. 1865, Ripley County, Missouri, USA (Age 51 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F2801	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 9 Aug 1756 - Piscataway, Prince George's, Maryland, USA Military Service - American Army - Revolutionary War; PVT Marbury's Maryland Regiment, Revolutionary War - Feb 1775 - Maryland, USA Residence - Between 1831 and 1848 - Missouri, USA Death - 8 Feb 1848 - Mount Vernon, Jefferson, Illinois, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Arms Icons & Insignia		Seal-DAR Daughters of the American Revolution
  		Seal-SAR Sons of the American Revolution

  
  

  Biographies and Histories

  Bio-TONG William Autobiography of William Tong

  
  

  Burials

  Burial-TONG William William Tong "PVT Marbury's Maryland Regiment, Revolutionary War" - Old Union Cemetery, Mount Vernon IL + https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/41239669/

  
  

• Sources

  [S3169] Ancestry.com, U.S., Revolutionary War Pensioners, 1801-1815, 1818-1872, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2007;), The National Archives; Washington, D.C.; Ledgers of Payments, 1818-1872, to U.S. Pensioners Under Acts of 1818 Through 1858 From Records of the Office of the Third Auditor of the Treasury; Record Group Title: Records of the Accounting Officers of the Depa. U.S., Revolutionary War Pensioners, 1801-1815, 1818-1872 The National Archives; Washington, D.C.; Ledgers of Payments, 1818-1872, to U.S. Pensioners Under Acts of 1818 Through 1858 From Records of the Office of the Third Auditor of the Treasury; Record Group Title: Records of the Accounting Officers of the Depa [S6756] Ancestry.com, Maryland Revolutionary War Records, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2000;). [S509] Sons of the American Revolution - Members, Volume: 303. U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 Volume: 303 [S8854] Find a Grave: TONG William 1756-1848, William Tong. - Birth: 8 Aug 1756, Prince George's County, Maryland - Death: 8 Feb 1848 (aged 91) Mount Vernon, Jefferson County, Illinois - Burial: Old Union Cemetery, Mount Vernon, Jefferson County, Illinois PVT Marbury's Maryland Regiment, Revolutionary War https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/41239669/william-tong [S4094] Daughters of the American Revolution - Ancestors, TONGUE, WILLIAM -- Ancestor #: A114800. Service: MARYLAND Rank(s): PRIVATE Birth: 8-9-1756 PRINCE GEORGES CO MARYLAND Death: 2-8-1848 MT VERNON JEFFERSON CO ILLINOIS Pension Number: S*W1333 Service Source: S*W1333 Service Description: 1) CAPTS BEALL, DENT; COLS SMALLWOOD, MARBURY http://services.dar.org/Public/DAR_Research/search_adb/default.cfm [S4149] Sons of the American Revolution - Patriots, William TONG -- SAR Patriot #: P-306022. State of Service: MD Rank: Private DAR #: A114800 Birth: 09 Aug 1756 / /MD Death: 08 Feb 1848 / /IL Citation: Revolutionary War Graves Register. Clovis H. Brakebill, compiler. 672pp. SAR. 1993. Also SAR Revolutionary War Graves Register CD. Progeny Publishing Co: Buffalo, NY. 1998 Spouse: Eleanor Ford, Elizabeth Thomas Children: Malinda, James, Joseph, Rebecca, William, Theodore http://sarpatriots.sar.org/patriot/display/306022