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Marilynn “Lynn” Alice Mast Long

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 32^nd 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.  Before retiring from teaching when Mel’s work relocated, she was the organizing treasurer of the credit union at Homewood Public Schools. 

Both enjoy many shared interests including travel, birding, gardening, reading and participating 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
   (Co-Founder, President General)
* Order of the Descendants of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company
   (Governor General, former Deputy Governor, former Marshal General)
* National Society Dames of the Court of Honor (Curator General, National
   Chairman Historical and Grave Marker, former Illinois State President,
   former Illinois State 1^st Vice President)
* Plymouth Hereditary Society (Secretary General)
* Order of the First Families of Rhode Island & Providence Plantations
   (Historian General)
* Hereditary Order of the First Families of Massachusetts (Secretary
   General)
* Order of the First Families of New Hampshire  (Founding Secretary
   General)
* First Families of Connecticut (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; Chapter Chairman)
* National Society Colonial Dames XVII Century (former National Meals and
   Reservations Committee Member, former State Chairman, former Chapter
   1^st Vice President, former Chapter Chairman)
* National Society New England Women (former Colony Historian)
* National Society Daughters of the Union 1861-1865 (Chapter Director)
* National Society Children of the American Revolution (Sr. State Chairman,
   Sr. Society Vice President, former Sr. 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
* 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
* 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
* 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)

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.