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  JONES, c.1580-1809 Related Families:  Vassal | North | Whitman | Lobdell | Corbett | Gage

Maternal & paternal descent


Migration: England>Hull, MA>Hingham, MA>Milford, MA>Mendon, MA

 

        (1)  John Jones, born about 1580, died 14 May 1636 in Highgate, Essex, England, buried on 15 May 1636 in St. Nicholas Acons, Essex, England; married Anne Vassall, born 10 January 1585 in Stepney, Essex Co., England, christened 10 January 1585 in Stepney, Essex Co., England, died before 24 July 1640, buried on 24 July 1640 in St. Nicholas Acons, Essex, England.  Parents of:
 
 

        (2)  Thomas Jones, born in 1602 in Caversham, Oxfordshire, England, died on 9 March 1681 in Manchester, Essex Co., Massachusetts; married Mary North between 1625 and 1630 in England.  She died in 1650 in Hull, Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts.  There are varying accounts of Thomas's origins, but one tradition says that he came from Caversham in Oxfordshire, England and embarked from Southampton in the Confidence in 1638, setting sail on 24 April and initially settling in Plymouth.  Another tradition indicates that Thomas, born about 1598, came from England, in the second voyage of the Mayflower to Plymouth, Massachusetts, in 1629, and settled in Gloucester, Massachusetts. He removed to New London, Connecticut, in 1651, but went back to Gloucester the same year, where he was made a freeman in 1653.
        Thomas' will was made 2 December 1678, and he died at Hull about 1680, and his estate was settled in Essex Co, Massachusetts, in March 1680-81.  The will lists heirs Sarah Chamberlain, sons Abraham, Thomas, Ephraim, John (incompetent), step-mother Elizabeth, and Hannah Gooding.  As stated in his will, he was "by trade Black Smith."
        Mary, died 4 February 1682 as a widow, and was the daughter of Richard North of Greenwick, Kent Co., England, who died in Plymouth, Massachusetts, and his wife Ursula.  The historian Savage reports that Richard was one of the first proprietors of Salisbury, Massachusetts, in 1640, where he was made a freeman on 2 June 1641.  He removed to Salem,  Essex Co., where he made his will in 1649 in which he mentioned wife Ursula, children Sarah (who married an Oldham), Susanna (wife of George Martin of Salem), and Sarah wife of Thomas Jones of Gloucester.

Children:

  1. Abraham, mentioned below
  2. John, born in 1631 in England, died on 31 May 1694 in Hull, Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts.
  3. Sarah, born in 1635 in England, died on 3 December 1710 in Boston, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts; married Henry Chamberlin, born about 1619 in England, died 3 December 1678 in Hull, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts
  4. Hannah, born in 1636 in England, died on 4 February 1725 in Gloucester, Essex Co., Massachusetts.
  5. Thomas, born in 1640, christened on 29 March 1640 in Hingham, Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts.
  6. Mary, born in 1643, christened on 28 May 1643 in Hingham, Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts.
  7. Ephraim, born in 1649 in Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, christened on 27 July 1649 in Hingham, Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts.

 

        (3)   Abraham Jones, born about 1630 in England, died on 25 January 1718 in Hull, Plymouth, Massachusetts.  He sailed 24 April 1638 from Southampton aboard Confidence with his parents to Hingham, Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts.  Around 1653, he married Sarah Whitman, born about 1632 in England, died on 11 June 1718 in Hull, Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts.

Children:

  1. Thomas, born 1659 in Hingham, Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts, christened on 29 May 1659 in Hingham, Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts, died on 5 October 1735 in Hull, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts.
  2. Abraham, born in 1659 in Hull, Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts, died in 1735
  3. Joseph, born about 1667 in Hull, Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts, died after December 1740 in Raynham, Bristol Co., Massachusetts.
  4. Benjamin, born 1668 in Hull, Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts, died on 27 December 1748 in Hull, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts.
  5. John, mentioned below
  6. Josiah, born about 1665
  7. Ephraim, born about 1662, died in April 1747
  8. Sarah, born between 1660 and 1665 in Hull, Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts, died before February 1701/2 in Scituate, Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts

 
 

        (4)   John Jones, born about 1669 in Hingham, Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts, died on 28 March 1753 in Mendon, Worcester Co., Massachusetts; married before 1694 in Hull, Plymouth, Massachusetts, to Sarah Lobdell born in 1668 in Hull, Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts, died on 3 March 1750 in Mendon, Worcester Co., Massachusetts.

Children:

  1. Sarah, born on 20 October 1694 in Hull, Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts, died on 7 March 1776 in Milford, Worcester Co., Massachusetts; married 4 December 1717 Daniel Corbett, born on 29 December 1693 in Mendon, Worcester Co., Massachusetts, died on 21 Mar 1753 in Milford, Worcester Co., Massachusetts
  2. Bridget, born on 8 July 1696 in Hull, Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts.
  3. Mercy, born on 3 September 1697 in Hull, Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts.
  4. John, born on 27 September 1699 in Hull, Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts.
  5. Nathaniel, mentioned below
  6. Lydia, born on 17 September 1705 in Mendon, Worcester Co., Massachusetts.
  7. Abraham, born on 2 July 1708 in Mendon, Worcester Co., Massachusetts, buried in Vernon Grove Cemetery with his wife Kezia..
  8. Joseph, born on 27 December 1709 in Mendon, Worcester Co., Massachusetts

 
 

        (5)  Deacon Nathaniel Jones, born on 31 March 1702 in Hull, Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts, died on 13 March 1784 in Milford, Worcester Co., Massachusetts; married Priscilla Corbett, born 14 August 1706 in Mendon, Worcester Co., Massachusetts, died 1746 in Bellingham, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts.

Children:

  1. Nathaniel, born 19 July 1723 in Mendon, Worcester Co., Massachusetts, died 17 March 1758 in Mendon, Worcester Co., Massachusetts; married on 20 May 1747 in Mendon, Worcester Co., Massachusetts, Rachel Chapin
  2. Sarah, born 1724 in Mendon, Worcester Co., Massachusetts, died 17 July 1808 in Milford, Worcester Co., Massachusetts; married 20 February 1744/45 in Mendon, Worcester Co., Massachusetts, Azariah Newton
  3. Priscilla, born 21 July 1738 in Mendon, Worcester Co., Massachusetts, died 19 May 1809 in Hubbardston, Worcester Co., Massachusetts; married 1 January 1756 in Mendon, Worcester Co., Massachusetts, Daniel Gage, born 1 June 1734 in Milford, Worcester Co., Massachusetts, died 18 April 1810 in Hubbardston, Worcester Co., Massachusetts
  4. Samuel, born 3 October 1744 in Mendon, Worcester Co., Massachusetts,  died 2 December 1819 in Milford, Worcester Co., Massachusetts; married 27 March 1766 in Mendon, Worcester Co., Massachusetts, Mercy Parkhurst

 
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