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JONES, JOHN, Jun.4 (John,3 Abraham,2 Thomas from Eng.1), b. in Hull, 1699;
m., 1st, Abigail Holbrook, July 1, 1723. She was a dr. of Cornelius and Experience Holbrook of Weymouth or Braintree, b. Aug. 19, 1697. Her oldest sister, Mehetabel, was the wf. of the first Dr. John Corbett of Bell .; and it was prob. in Dr. Corbett's family that Jones became acquainted with her. Their chn. were, -
CORNELIUS, b. April 20, 1727; grad. H. U., 1752; clergyman; set. in now Sandisfield, 1756.
ABIGAIL, b. March 28, 1731; untraced.
DAVID, b. Feb. 19, 1734; m. Hannah Pratt, April 25, 1754; lived and d. in Bell.
HANNAH, b. Aug. 20, 1736; m. Joseph Pratt, Bell., Jan. 30, 1755.
Abigail, the mr., d., date not found. The fr. m., for 2d wf., Elizabeth
date and particulars not found. She had one child, and d. Dec. 2, 1750.
ELIZABETH, bap. Dec. 2, 1750.
The fr., if I understand the somewhat obscure and defective records, m. a 3d wf., and had by her, -
MARY, bap. May 6, 1753; m. John Robinson, March 1, 1773.
JOHN, bap. March 28, 1756.
The fr. did not own covenant and join the ch. till after the death of his 2d wf .; i.e. until Dec. 2, 1750, when he had her child Elizabeth bap. He must have m. his 3d wf. soon enough thereafter to have Mary bap. May 6, 1753; but Mr. Frost's record of baptisms strangely leaves blank the name of this 3d wf. in both the last two cases. The next we learn of John Jones, jun., is, that he was dismissed and recommended, Oct. 8, 1758, to the ch. in No. 3, whereof Rev. Cornelius Jones was pastor. This No. 3, so called, was one of several townships laid out from the public lands by order of Gen. Ct. for sale and set- tlement. I think they were all designated at first by number, from No. 1 to No. 10. Afterwards, when sufficiently settled, their respective territories were either incorporated under a name, like the older townships, or variously divided and annexed, in convenient portions, to newly organized municipalities. This No. 3 became wholly or partly included in Sandisfield. The Rev. Cornelius Jones was the eldest son of John Jones, jun. He graduated at H. U. in 1752, studied for the ministry, and was ordained in a barn, 1756, first pastor of the infant ch. in No. 3. He had been a member of the Cong. ch. here, and, with a few other dismissed emigrants, assisted to form the young ch. in No. 3. It seems that his fr., for some reason, chose to spend his last yrs. with his son in that then new settlement. There he prob. died, and perhaps his youngest chn. I learn nothing more concerning him or them; but his other son, by the 1st wf., David Jones, lived and died in Bell. By his wf., Hannah Pratt, he had there, -
HANNAH, b. June 18, 1756; d. young.
DANIEL, b. April 2, 1759; lived and d. in Bell., wealthy.
MOLLY, b. March 28, 1761; not traced.
HANNAH, h. May 20, 1764; d. unm., Oct. 24, 1831; and I ministered at her funeral.
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I understand that there are no male descendants of these Bell. Joneses left, or at least not in that town. John Jones, jun.'s, lineage no further traced. JONES, Dea. NATHANIEL 4 (John,3 Abraham,2 Thomas 1), b. in Hull, 1702; m.,
1st, Priscilla Corbett of Bell., date not found. She was a dr. of Dr. John and Mehetabel (Holbrook) Corbett, birth-date not found. Their chn. : - NATHANIEL, Jun., b. July 19, 1723; set., lived, and d. in now Mil. SARAH, b. date not found; m. Azariah Newton, Feb. 20, 1745-46.
PRISCILLA, b. July 21, 1738; m. Daniel Gage, Jan. 1, 1756.
SAMUEL, b. Oct. 3, 1744 ; who was one of our most distinguished and influential citizens.
SETH, bap. April 17, 1748; for yrs., if not always, a citizen here.
No record of other chn. has come to my knowledge. The fr. was a deacon of the First ch. in Mendon, but ultimately connected himself with the Second ch. here. He set. here soon after mge., acquiring considerable landed est., partly by donation from his father and wf.'s father, and partly by purchase, either from the town proprietors or their assigns. He resided mostly, if not always, in the North Purchase, on an estate the bulk of which was a gift from his fr., and which he transmitted to his son Samuel, Esq., who gave it to Capt. Henry Nelson. His wf. Priscilla d. prob. in 1747, soon after the birth of Seth, the date not yet found. He m., for his 2d wf., Elizabeth Gage, Jan. 4, 1748. By her he had one dr. : -
ELIZABETH, b. June 12, 1749; d. Sept. 19, 1767.
Dea. Nathaniel appears to have acquired a handsome property for his day, to have maintained an influential standing in community, and to have left to his descendants, not only a fair heritage of worldly substance, but a good name. He settled much of his est. on his chn. before his death. He d. March 13, 1784; and his wid., Elizabeth, d. Oct. 9, 1791.
JONES, Eld. ABRAHAM4 (John,3 Abraham,2 Thomas1), b. in the Dale, July 2, 1708; m. Keziah Whitney, date not precisely ascertained, but not far from 1730. She was a dr. of Jonathan and Susanna Whitney, b. Holl., July 31, 1706. Their chn. were, -
SUSANNA, b. Feb. 8, 1732; d. young, Nov. 1, 1736.
JONATHAN, b. Nov. 13, 1733; d. young, Nov. 6, 1736.
KEZIAH, b. Nov. 23, 1737; d. young, between Sept. 6 and 21, 1744.
SARAH, b. Dec. 16, 1739; d. young, between Sept. 6 and 21, 1744.
HANNAH, b. Nov. 8, 1741; d. young, between Sept. 6 and 21, 1744. JOHN, b. March 23, 1744; m. Abigail Cheney, Dec. 9, 1762.
ABRAHAM, Jun., b. May 3, 1746; m. Olive Bates, Oct. 30, 1765. SOLOMON, b. April 3, 1748; d. young.
The fr. was an original member of the Cong. ch. here; chosen deacon 1743, and elder 1754. He was undoubtedly a solid and influential man among his Christian brethren and fellow-citizens. He d., according to his gravestone, Feb. 25, 1792, in his 84th yr. His wf., Keziah, preceded him, June 29, 1791, in her 85th yr. Their homestead was long the Dea. Nathaniel Rawson place, latterly known as the Jared Rawson place.
JONES, JOSEPH 4 (John,3 Abraham,2 Thomas 1), b. in the Dale, Dec. 27, 1709; m. Mary Whitney, date not precisely ascertained. She was a sister of his bro. Abraham's wf., and dr. of Jonathan and Susanna Whitney, b. Holl., May 28, 1710. Their chn., all b. in the Dale, were, -
SUSANNA, b. Nov. 10, 1733.
HANNAHI, b. July 3, 1736; d. young.
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JOSEPH, Jun., b. Sept. 29, 1737; m. Ruth Nelson, dr. of Nehemiah, Dec. 28, 1763.
MARY, b. Oct. 16, 1740; m. James Sumner, Esq., July 7, 1784.
LYDIA, b. April 2, 1744; untraced.
JONATHAN, b. Aug. 11, 1746; m. perhaps Mary Ball, dr. of Josiah, Sen., May 7, 1767.
DAVID, b. July 10, 1749; d. young.
TIMOTHY, b. April 25, 1751; m. Ann Scammell, Dec. 3, 1771.
Joseph Jones, being the youngest son of Eld. John, always res. with his fr. on the original homestead. I understand the records to show that his fr. gave him a part of the farm, and that they were, to a considerable extent, partners in the management of business from about the yr. 1730 downwards. As such, they reconstructed and greatly enlarged the Hopedale mansion, known in its latter days as the " Old House." Not long before the erection of that mansion, they put a crude dam across the river, near where the Hopedale Machine Shop dam now is, and set up a saw-mill on the west side, almost exactly where the Hopedale Community had theirs at one time. This must have been between 1730 and 1735, the last date being that at which their mansion was enlarged. How long afterward they continued to operate their saw-mill, I have not ascer- tained. Probably they allowed it to run down during the next 30 or 40 yrs. Joseph Jones must have been a large landholder in his time, and a man of prominent influence. He was one of the original members of the ch. organized in 1741, and an active upbuilder of the new Precinct, but not inclined to hold ch. offices. His wf., Mary, d. July 9, 1788, in her 78th yr. He d. April 3, 1796, in his 87th yr.
JONES, DEARING 4 (Abraham,3 Abraham,2 Thomas 1), b. in Hull, 1702; a nephew of our Eld. John; m., for his 1st wf., Rebecca Benson of Hull, Jan. 7, 1729-30. She was b. in 1709; and soon after mge. they removed to that part of Mendon now Mil., to within a mile of his uncle John's. He secured a farm of 60 acres or more on Magomiscock Hill, not far northerly and westerly of what we call the Scammell place. There is some confusion and contradiction in the records relating to this family, especially in those of Mendon. With the assistance of Mr. C. J. F. Binney, a valued Boston correspondent, who is well posted in the genealogy of Hull, I have been enabled to speak much more definitely of Dearing Jones than at one time seemed possible. Following my best light from him and our municipal records, I shall set down his chn. by the 1st wf. thus :-
REBECCA, b. 1730; no further traced.
SARAH BENSON, b. 1734; no further traced.
DEARING, Jun., b. 1738; no further traced.
Some little time after the birth of Dearing, jun., the mr., Rebecca, must have d .; though I find no record of it. But I find one of a second mge., from which it appears that Dearing Jones and Lois Bruce were m. April 11, 1744; cer. by Rev. A. Frost. From this mge. there resulted the birth of at least 1 dr. : -
ABIGAIL, who was bap. by Mr. Frost, May 5, 1745. No further traced.
The fr. d. that yr., and his estate was settled at Worcester by his bro., Abraham Jones, of Hull, whereof I found the record full and explicit.
JONES, NATHANIEL, Jun.5 (Nathaniel,+ John,3 Abraham,2 Thomas 1), b. July 19, 1723; m. Rachel Chapin, May 20, 1747; cer. by Rev. A. Frost. She was a dr. of Seth Chapin, jun., and his 2d wf. Elizabeth, b. 1730. Their chn. were, -
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SETH, b. March 21, 1748; removed to and set. in Charlton.
SARAH, b. Oct. 26, 1749; untraced.
SOLOMON, bap. May 3, 1751; removed to and set. in Charlton.
RACHEL, bap. July 21, 1754; untraced.
NATHANIEL, bap. Oct. 24, 1756; removed to and set. in Vershire, Vt.
The parents were both devoted ch. members. Their homestead consisted of 80 acres, with some 30 acres outside woodlands, situated in the westerly part of Mil., some of it extending from our present West St. to the river.
The fr. d. early in the yr. 1758, having made a considerate will, according to which his est. was duly settled. I noted among the smaller and peculiar legacies, provision that his drs. Sarah and Rachel should be furnished each with a "large Bible;" his son Solomon to have his "wearing apparel;" and Na- thaniel, his "great armed chair." His wid. m., for 2d hus., David Wheelock of Charlton, Nov. 5, 1760; cer. by Rev. A. Frost. Probably no descendants of the family now res. in Mil.
/JONES, SAMUEL, Esq.5 (Nathaniel,4 John,3 Abraham,2 Thomas 1), b. Oct. 3, 1744; in. Mercy Parkhurst, March 27, 1766; cer. by Rev. A. Frost. She was a dr. of Isaac and Lydia (Bigelow) Parkhurst, b. March 13, 1746. They had no chn., except by adoption. As elsewhere related. Esq. Jones and wf. adopted Henry Nelson, and made him their principal heir. The family homestead was the one in No. Purchase on which Dea. Nathaniel Jones ended his days, known for the last half-century as the Capt. Harry Nelson place. There Esq. Jones and Mercy, his wid., lived and died.
Samuel Jones, Esq., left the memory of a man highly intelligent, upright, and estimable in all his relations, on whom his townsmen had conferred all their most responsible offices, and who had proved himself eminently worthy of their confidence and honors. He was commissioned as justice peace by Gov. Samuel Adams, March 2, 1797, when that office was held in much higher esteem than in our day, and held it reputably for 21 yrs; i.e., till within a yr. or two of his decease. He d. Dec. 2, 1819. His wid. d. Jan. 25, 1835, a. 89 yrs.
JONES, JOHN 5 (Abraham,4 John,3 Abraham,2 Thomas 1), b. March 23, 1744; m. Abigail Cheney, Dec. 9, 1762; cer. by Rev. A. Frost. She was a dr. of William Cheney, jun., and Joanna (Thayer), his wf., b. Nov. 20, 1743. Their chn. were, -
ASA, b. Nov. 20, 1763; m. Hannah Nelson, twin dr. of Dea. Seth, Feb. 13, 1783.
KEZIAH, b. April 1, 1765 ; untraced.
ABIGAIL, bap. July 12, 1767; untraced.
SARAH, b. July 15, 1768; untraced.
JOHN, Jun., b. Aug. 15, 1770; untraced.
ABRAHAM, b. June 29, 1772; untraced.
LEVI, b. May 8, 1774; untraced.
EBENEZER, b. Oct. 14, 1775; untraced.
DAVID CHENEY, b. March 15, 1778; untraced.
If I correctly understand the ch. records, the fr., mr., and older chn. of this family were dismissed to a ch. being embodied in Wardsborough, Vt., about the yr. 1791. I therefore conclude that the whole family removed to and set. in that town about that time. So I trace them no further.
JONES, ABRAHAM, Jun.5 (Abraham,4 John,3 Abraham,2 Thomas 1), b. May 3, 1746; m. Olive Bates, Oct. 30, 1765; cer. by Rev. A. Frost. She was a dr. of Laban and Olive (Wheelock) Bates. Their chn. were, -
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SUSANNA, b. Sept. 25, 1766; m. Daniel Hazeltine, Mendon, May 8, 1788.
LABAN, b. Sept. 10, 1768; untraced.
NAOMI, b. March 17, 1770; d. April 25, 1770.
WHITNEY, b. March 22, 1771; m. Elizabeth Hazeltine, Sept. 13, 1792.
JONAS, b. Sept. 13, 1773; untraced.
SOLOMON, b. Aug. 7, 1775; untraced.
OLIVE, b. Oct. 29, 1778; untraced.
LUCRETIA, bap. Oct. 12, 1788; untraced.
It seems that this family, too, emigrated to Wardsborough, Vt., not long after the preceding; for the ch. records say that Abraham Jones, jun., and wf. Olive were dismissed to the ch. in Wardsborough, Vt., June 22, 1795. Likewise Whitney Jones and Elizabeth (Hazeltine), his wf. Daniel Hazeltine had been dismissed to the same ch., Dec. 2, 1792; and May 26, 1793, his wf., Susanna (Jones) Hazeltine, received a like dismission. I therefore trace this family no further.
JONES, JOSEPH, Jun.5 (Joseph,4 John,3 Abraham,2 Thomas1), b. Sept. 29, 1737; m. Ruth Nelson, Dec. 28, 1763; cer. by Rev. A. Frost. "She was a dr. of Nehemiah and Hannah (Sheffield) Nelson, b. Oct. 29, 1742. Their chn. were, -
ALEXANDER, b. Aug. 8, 1764; became a successful merchant abroad.
DAVID, b. March 24, 1767; res. here and in various places, but d. here.
NATHANIEL, b. March 22, 1769; d. prob.
LUCINDA S., b. June 4, 1771; d. Sept. 15, 1776.
JOSEPH, b. May 17, 1773; d. July 14, 1791, in his 19th yr.
HANNAH, b. June 28, 1775; d. Sept., 1776.
LUCINDA, b. Aug. 26, 1778; m. John King, Providence, R.I., Sept. 21, 1800.
BETSEY, b. Nov. 1, 1780; d. Nov. 13, 1800, a. 20 yrs.
NANCY, b. March 9, 1783; m. Elijah King, Providence, R.I., May 23, 1802. NOAH, b. Nov. 21, 1785; d. young, I suspect.
WISWALL, b. Oct. 22, 1788; d. young, I suspect.
In a conversation with the late venerable Jared Rawson, then over 90 yrs. old, whose mr. was sister to Ruth (Nelson) Jones, he extolled his aunt Ruth as one of the noblest women ever raised in this vicinity, but gave her hus. a very different character. From his statements it appeared that he caused his aged fr. and his own family considerable trouble by his untoward habits of life. His fr. set. him handsomely with himself on his homestead, but afterwards on a large farm in Bungay, so called, which at length he sold to Daniel Hunt. Later he came back, on some terms, to the old homestead. Whatever were his faults, he and his wf. reared up a large, talented, and enterprising family, several of whom made a notable mark in the world. Alexander, the oldest, went into mercantile life at the South, and d. wealthy in Providence, R.I. Others of them won considerable distinction in the pursuits of life. The fr. d., as nearly as I can ascertain, during 1799, and his wid. perhaps 1805.
JONES, JONATHAN 5 (Joseph,4 John,3 Abraham,2 Thomas1), b. in the Dale,
Aug. 11, 1746; m. Mary Ball, dr. of Josiah and Rachel (Corbett) Ball; cer. May 7, 1767, by Rev. A. Frost. Their chn. : -
ARCHIELAUS, b. Feb. 24, 1768.
LYDIA, b. Sept. 2, 1774.
POLLY, b. Aug. 21, 1779.
JONATHAN, b. Feb. 12, 1782.
This family emigrated, and, if my impressions are correct, set. somewhere in Vt. Be this as it may, I cannot trace them further.
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JONES, TIMOTHY5 (Joseph,4 John,8 Abraham,2 Thomas1), b. in the Dale, April 25, 1751; m. Ann Scammell, dr. of Dr. Samuel Leslie and Jane (Lib- bey) Scammell, bap. May 13, 1750; cer. Dec. 3, 1771, by Rev. Joseph Wil- lard. She was a sister of Gen. Alex. Scammell. Their chn .:-
ANN, bap. July 4, 1773.
JANE LIBBEY, bap. April 10, 1774.
JOHN SULLIVAN, bap. Aug. 4, 1776.
MARY WHITNEY, bap. March 1, 1778.
Must have emigrated. Cannot trace them further.
JONES, ASA6 (John,5 Abraham,4 John,3 Abraham,2 Thomas1), b. Nov. 20, 1763; m. Hannah Nelson, a twin dr. of Dea. Seth and Silence (Cheney) Nelson, b. Aug. 2, 1763; cer. Feb. 13, 1783, by Rev. A. Frost. Only a single child recorded here, -
SETH, bap. Nov. 25, 1785.
I infer from the ch. records that this family emigrated to Wardsborough, Vt., just previous to 1793; for it was voted, May 26th of that yr., to dismiss Hannah, the wf., and recommend her to the ch. in that place. No further traced.
JONES, DAVID, Esq.6 (Joseph,5 Joseph,4 John,3 Abraham,2 Thomas 1), b. March 24, 1767; m., 1st, Polly Strong of Williamsburg, Pa., parentage not ascertained; published in Mil., Dec. 25, 1790; cer. prob. in Jan., 1791. Their chn. : -
JULIANA, b. Oct. 14, 1792; untraced, but supposed d. young.
POLLY STRONG, b. Jan. 22, 1794; d. Sept. 14, 1798, in her 5th yr.
JOSEPH STRONG, b. Sept. 20, 1795.
JANE WILSON, b. Sept. 1, 1797; d. June 23, 1798, a. 10 inos.
NATHANIEL, b. Jan. 29, 1799; d. young.
DAVID NELSON, b. April 4, 1803; our well-known ice-cream caterer for sev- eral yıs.
David Jones, the hus. and fr., was a man of good intellectual powers, well informed by books, travel, and observation, a fluent and entertaining conver- sationist, a pleasing letter-writer, and a gentleman of much enterprise. He was for many yrs. an active citizen of his native place, and subsequently pros- ecuted his fortunes in other States for a considerable time. He lost his first wf., and I think most of his chn., in 179S and dates not ascertained. At length he returned hither to spend his declining days. Meantime he m., 2d, Mary Chapin, dr. of Adams and Olive (Sumner) Chapin, b. Aug, 28, 1793; cer. took place, I suppose, in Boston, 1833, prob. in October, but by whom I have not ascertained. He d. here, Sept. 29, 1841; and I ministered at his funeral. This date is according to my record, but his gravestone says Oct. 20. There is an error between the two; I think my record must be correct. His worthy wid. d. Sept. 17, 1866. His son David N. Jones, famous for his flowers and ice-cream, d. Oct. 20, 1861, a. 52 yrs. I am not critically informed in the details of his personal and domestic history, but infer that he left no descendants.
Another lineage of Joneses came into our territory from Holl. I know not what relationship, if any, the Holl. ancestor sustained to our Eld. John. His name was Thomas, and in Sherborn he was at one time its heaviest tax-payer. He had a son Jonathan; and he a son Jonathan. This grandson of Thomas owned a farm in Braggville, lying mostly in Holl., where his oldest chn. were b. He sold that farm to Aaron Pond. He then came up into our Centre, in 1767,
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and bought out Phinehas Lovett, who owned 86 acres of land, with what were then considered respectable buildings. This was afterwards known as the Col. Godfrey place and tavern-stand, or was at least the nucleus thereof. Lovett had been for some time a licensed retailer of spirituous liquors there, and Jones presently fitted up the premises for a tavern. The Worcester records show that he forthwith took out a regular innholder's license. He kept this establish- ment with success for several yrs., and at length sold it out to John Robinson, a son of the Ichabod Robinson who opened our first inn, some yrs. earlier. Just how Jonathan Jones disposed of himself after he sold out to Robinson, I have not learned, but have been told that he removed with his family to Orange, set. there, spent the remainder of his days comfortably, and has left behind him a numerous posterity. Concerning his descendants, out of this town, I know nothing. He appears to have been a man of much executive ability and enter- prise, and to have stood well, both in the church and general society, together with his wf. and family. In his day it was no scandal to piety for a man to be a licensed rumseller. I suppose that he and his wf. d. in Orange. I tabulate the family thus : -
JONES, JONATHAN3 (Jonathan,2 Thomas 1), b. Holl., July 12, 1731; m. Mary - -, parentage, birth-date, and particulars of mge. not traced; prob. not far from 1754. Their chn .:-
MELATIAH, b. June 1, 1756; m., 1st, James Sumner, jun., Oct. 29, 1772; 2d, Ebnr. Atwood.
EZEKIEL, b. March 11, 1758; m. Mary Wight, May 9, 1782; marketer and commnon carrier.
HANNAH, b. March 29, 1760; m. Dr. John Scammell, Nov. 24, 1782.
JONATHAN, Jun., b. Jan. 3, 1763; m. Deborah Nelson, May 28, 1786; set. in Orange.
MARY, b. Oct. 2, 1765; m. Oliver Chapin, April 29, 1784.
OLIVE, b. March 8, 1767; prob. Orange records tell the rest.
ABIGAIL, b. March 8, 1768; prob. Orange records tell the rest.
ELIZABETH, b. Oct. 8, 1769; prob. Orange records tell the rest.
RHODA, b. Dec. 30, 1771; prob. Orange records tell the rest.
AZUBAH, b. March 29, 1775; prob. Orange records tell the rest.
SARAH, b. Aug. 6, 1779; prob. Orange records tell the rest.
See records of Orange for further information.
JONES, Capt. EZEKIEL 4 (Jonathan,3 Jonathan,2 Thomas1), b. Holl., March 11, 1758; m. Mary Wight, dr. of Eleazer and Ruth (Legg) Wiglit, bap. March 27, 1763; cer. March 9, 1782, by Rev. A. Frost. Their chn. :- AZUBAH, b. Dec. 22, 1782; m. Jonathan Fisk Flagg, Hop., April 1, 1811. CLARINDA b. April 13. 1786; m. Benj. Gibbs, Nov. 24, 1805; d. Oct. 10, 1820. SOPHIA, b. Dec. 1, 1788; lived a worthy maiden life, and d. Dec. 15, 1871. JOHN, b. Oct. 5, 1795; m. Malinda Chamberlain, Aug. 23, 1821.
Capt. Ezekiel dwelt on or near what is now called Congress St. He was an honest, peaceable, laborious citizen. Our elderly and middle-aged inhabitants will remember him as a trustworthy marketman and common carrier, in ante- railroad days, even down to old age, driving that covered horse-wagon every week regularly to Boston, carrying and fetching many good things for his towns- men, and often wearily trudging on foot to favor his laden horse. His wf. d. June 1, 1829; and he d. Aug. 13, 1845, a. 87 yrs.
JONES, JOHN 5 (Ezekiel,4 Jonathan,3 Jonathan,2 Thomas 1), b. Oct. 5, 1795; m.
Malinda Chamberlain, dr. of Nathaniel and Pamela (Comee) Chamberlain, b. Hop., 1797; cer. Aug. 23, 1821, by Rev. D. Long. Their chn. :-
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AUGUSTUS CHAMBERLAIN, b. May 27, 1822; m. Mary A. Ellis, Med., Dec. 24, 1856.
JOHN WILLARD, b. Jan. 16, 1824; m. Clara Gillman.
CLARINDA SELINA, b. Jan. 17, 1826; m. Justin E. Eames, Oct. 10, 1849; he d. May 27, 1879.
CHARLES PRENTISS, b. Dec. 7, 1827; unm .; res. Mil.
MARY MALINDA, b. Feb. 8, 1830; m. Alfred A. Gibson, Hop., April, 1851.
JULIUS MONROE, b. Feb. 16, 1832; m. Jennie Olivia Fisher, March 4, 1869; res. Webster City, Ia.
CHARLOTTE, b. March 25, 1834; m. Joseph R. Pierce, June 22, 1862.
GEORGE, b. May 15, 1836; m., 1st, Charlotte Wight; 2d, Martha Wight; res. Nebraska.
LUCY, b. June 18, 1838; d. Nov. 18, 1843.
Mrs. Malinda d. Oct. 9, 1874, a. 77 yrs. The hus. d. July 23, 1876, a. 80 yrs. 9 mos.
JONES, AUGUSTUS CHAMBERLAIN 6 (John,5 Ezekiel,4 Jonathan,8 Jonathan,2 Thomas 1) b. Mil., May 27, 1822; m. Mary A. Ellis, dr. of Simeon and Mercy Ann (Grover) Ellis, b. Med., Feb. 3, 1822; cer. Med., Dec. 24, 1856, by Rev. David Sanford. Issue : -
MARY SOPHIA, b. March 21, 1858; d. May 31, 1860.
IRVING ELLIS, b. Oct. 8, 1860.
Their present res. is 58 Congress St.
JONES, JOHN WILLARD, promised to post me on his family record, and that of his relatives in Orange; but I received nothing from him, and must send this to press without further information concerning this lineage.
Another different race of Joneses has been represented among our inhabit- ants, and still is. These descended from John Jones, first of Boston, and after- wards of Hop. I can ascertain no family relationship between this John of Boston and our Eld. John of Hull; though it is possible they may have been of the same stock. This JOHN 1 from Boston m. Elizabeth, a dr. of Savil Simpson, Esq., of Hop. Their chn. were, -
ELIZABETH, b. date not given; m. Isaac Larned of Oxford, Jan. 1, 1736.
MARY, b. 1714; m. a Mr. Robinson.
SIMPSON, b. Dec. 3, 1716.
SARAH, b. July 9, 1718; m. a Mr. Chapman.
JANE, b. Nov. 29, 1719.
ANNE, b. Nov. 15, 1720; m. Abijah Stone, Oct. 20, 1739, etc.
JOHN, b. Jan. 9, 1722; m. - Mellen.
ANTHONY, b. June 8, 1723; m. Elizabeth Alden.
HANNAH, bap. Nov. 8, 1724; m. a Mr. Holmes.
ABIGAIL, bap. Feb. 9, 1726; m., 1st, Isaac Smith; 2d, Joseph Cozzens.
The parents appear to have res. in Framingham a few yrs., and then in that part of Hop. now Ashland. The fr. was a talented and influential man in his day, -colonel of militia, just. peace, leading town-officer, a widely employed land-surveyor, arbitrator of legal controversies, wealthy landholder, and withal the holder of several negro slaves. It was he who was called hither by our Easterly Precinct, with four other referees, April 13, 1743, to "state" the spot on which their meeting-house should stand. See Chap. V. He d. Feb. 7, 1773, a. 82.
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