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THE
JONES FAMILY
OF LONG ISLAND
DESCENDANTS OF
MAJOR THOMAS JONES
(1665-1726)
AND
ALLIED FAMILIES
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WHO THROUGH HER GREAT LOVE FOR HER HUSBAND, SUFFERED
ON IN SILENCE TO THE END, THAT HE MIGHT
NOT SUFFER THE MORE
AND TO
My Loving Parents
WHO WITH HER ARE NOW AT REST; THIS VOLUME IS
MOST AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED
John H. Jones (VI. 76.)
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IF HOWEVER, A MAN SAYS THAT HE DOES NOT
CARE TO KNOW WHERE HIS GRANDFATHER LIVED,
WHAT HE DID, AND WHAT WERE THAT GRAND-
FATHER'S POLITICS, AND RELIGIOUS CREED ; IT
CAN MERELY MEAN THAT HE IS INCAPABLE OF
TAKING INTEREST IN ONE OF THE MOST INTER-
ESTING FORMS OF HUMAN KNOWLEDGE ; THE
KNOWLEDGE OF THE DETAILS OF THE PAST."
PUBLISHER'S NOTE
The history contained in this volume is the re-
sult of many years of faithful and painstaking labor
on the part of the author. Spending most of
the evenings of an active business life, stealing time
also from his limited hours for rest in the summer
in collecting and recording most accurately what-
ever he found to be connected with the history and
growth of the Jones family tree since it was planted
in the soil of Long Island ; and tracing it in all its
branches down to the present time. That it did not
reach the perfection and finish intended by the
author is owing to his sudden illness and death.
Knowing that it was his wish that these records
should be made useful to the family and appre-
ciating their great value, to them, in the present as
well as the future, his friends have assisted in pub-
lishing this book, with the desire that it should be
a loving tribute to his memory.
Helen F. Jones.
April, 1907.
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PRLFACL
" By an exact and scrupulous diligence and observation
out of the monuments, names, words, proverbs, traditions,
private records, and evidences, fragments of stories, passages
of books that concern not story, and the like we do save
and recover somewhat from the deluge of Time."
How well this was understood and made an integral
part of the life-work of one of our collateral relatives is
plainly shown by the heritage he has left us in the shape
of family, and historical records (many of which were
unfortunately destroyed by fire just previous to his death),
from which the ground work of the one now before us
formed but a small part.
Some years before his death a friendship sprung up
between us that increased with time, during which in-
terval he gave me not only what was the nucleus of this
work, but many hours of historical instruction from a
mind well ripened by the observations and investigations
of one past three score years and ten, and for whose
scholarly learning so generously given, we are most deeply
indebted in the person of the late Mr. Charles B. Moore, a
charter member of the New York Genealogical and Bio-
graphical Society, and a long and well-known member of
the New York Bar.
This record of the Jones family, as we now have it,
is the result of investigations made by Mr. Moore and
myself after many years of labor.
All of the facts herein recorded pertaining to the
family ancestor. Major Thomas Jones (excepting as other-
wise specified), have been entirely compiled by me. Tliose
pertaining to the judicial career of David Jones (II. 2),
the first Judge; Thomas Jones (III. 3), the second Judge;
Samuel Jones (III. 8), the third Judge ; Samuel Jones
lo PREFACE
(IV. 3), the Chancellor ; and David R. Floyd- Jones (7),
the Lieutenant-Governor, are mostly the work and views
entertained by Mr. Moore ; to which are added many facts
obtained from other sources. (J. H. J., VI. 76).
The history of this family of Long Island has never
been written as yet to any great extent. Numerous bio-
graphical accounts of individual members have from time
to time found their way into print, and local historians
have pursued it in a measure. Edward Floyd de Lancey,
the editor of "Thomas Jones History of New York during
the Revolutionary War," in his introduction to the same,
has given us a very fair and satisfactory account of the
family embracing the first three generations. William
Alfred Jones (V. 49), called the family historian, a writer
of some repute, has written a sketch of the family in his
"Memorial of the Hon. David S. Jones" (IV. 7), his
father; and Mrs. Wm. Sidney Smith, a daughter of Major
William Jones (IV., 4), has given us a similar account in
her "Golden Wedding Mementoes" of herself and hus-
band.
Thompson in his "History of Long Island" has given
us the earliest account we have in printed form, but he
as well as more recent historians were prone to record
fictitious and hearsay family matters, which when put in
form of history are hard to disprove. His biographical
sketch of the family was, we are told, in the main written
by the Hon. David S. Jones (IV. 7).
Concerning the orthography of the family name we
are told by William Alfred Jones that the "primitive
orthography, Johnes, retained by the latest translators of
Froissart, and to be found in this city, is undoubtedly the
correct way of spelling it. It is sometimes written Johns,
evidently a contraction of the former, and which again
softened appears as one of the standard names of the
Welsh."
Long Island, the exclusive home of this family, con-
tains the descendants of several distinct families bearing
the name of Jones and Johns whose ancestors are of such
an early date, and concerning whom we have such meagre
PREFACE
1 1
records, that the existing kinship, if there is any, is
indefinable.
In the small village of Cold Spring Harbor we find
three distinct families of Jones with a similarity of
Christian names, that to a later day compiler would cause
much confusion. Thus in the Jolines family of Southamp-
ton, Suffolk Co., L. I., whose history has been written, we
find an evidence of this in the statement on page four,
that Rear- Admiral Melancton Smith married Mary Johnes,
daughter of Thomas Johnes, from which we would infer
that she was of that family, when in reality she was the
daughter of Thomas Jones (IV. 6) of this family.
In the matter of Armorial rights pertaining to this
family, there seems to be some diversity of opinion. So
far as can be learned the earlier generations did not use or
claim any coat-of-arms. Judge Thomas Jones (III. 3),
grandson of Major Thomas Jones (1. 1) appears to have
been the first of the family to use or have in his possession
a coat-of-arms. After his death in 1792 in England, his
widow became possessed of his seal ring which bore upon
its face the following device :
His widow being a daughter of Lieut. Gov. James de
Lancey, and leaving no issue, the ring descended to
certain members of that family, who at a very recent date
exhibited the same with the suggestion, that the coat-of-
arms was that of the Jones family.
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PREFACE
Another coat-of-arms, and one that has been in general
use by the family is shown by the following print :
The original print from which this is taken is now in
my possession, and which descended to me from Maj.
Walter Jones (III. 13) was formerly in the possession of
Samuel Jones (IV. 3), the Chief Justice and Chancellor,
and bears his name underneath the inscribed motto.
The Townsend coat-of-arms, to which family the mat-
ernal ancestor of the Jones family belonged, is as follows :
(See New England Hist, and Gen. Register, XXIX, p. 97.)
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Crest — A stag, passant, proper.
Motto — Faith gave these honors to our name.
(I.i) MAJOR THOMAS JONE.5
Ancestor of the Jones Family of Long Island
There were other and earlier Joneses on Long Island, some
of whom for their day and generation gained considerable repute
and were in good standing with the early Dutch and English set-
tlers.
There were some bearing the same family Christian names
who were contemporaneous with our ancestral immigrant, and
who must have been known to him at least; but no clue can be
found from any records, either private or public, to show that he
was in any way related to a single individual bearing his name
in this country.
On this point he was singularly reticent; even history, which
generally professes or assumes to know something about such
matters, is painfully quiet, and has not a word to say as to who
his progenitors were.
He himself sums up his whole life previous to his immigration
in these few words: "From distant lands to this wild waste he
came," and bequeathed that only information to us in letters of
stone, it being a part of the epitaph he caused to be placed upon
his headstone. Further in the same epitaph he prays "that nj
ill fate his offspring e'er annoy." This, generally speaking, has
been granted him, for his descendants (barring those who died
in infancy) with but few exceptions have lived long and honor-
able lives ; in fact, the longevity of the family is one of its noted
characteristics.
This apparent reluctance on his part to give to posterity his
earlier history became the entering wedge for local historians to
write fictitious stories concerning him. If his children knew of
his antecedents, the knowledge lies buried with them, and it is
only from very limited sources that any authentic facts or records
concerning him, previous to his immigration, can be found.
Mr. Charles B. Moore, of whom we have spoken, and who
married a great granddaughter of Maj. Thomas Jones (I. i), en-
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deavored to trace his ancestors in England, but his efforts were in
a measure fruitless.
Knowing the course he pursued here, and of those under the
Crown who favored him in this country, he sought to find and
connect with him, if possible, those bearing his name in Eng-
land who might have acted his part. Acting on this assumption
he was of the opinion that he was descended from Edward Jones,
Bishop of Cloyne in Ireland, who later became Bishop of St.
Asaph's in England, a son of Sir Thomas Jones, Chief Justice
of the Court of Common Pleas of Westminster.
The only memoranda we have seen regarding Major Thos,
Jones's antecedents are as follows, and were recently found among
the papers left by Charles H. Jones (IV. 34 ), and bear the date
of 1833, but no signature:
"The heiress and daughter of an Irish ( ) was said to be
the mother of Maj. Thos. Jones, and that he was probably born
in Ireland, his father having been a William from some part of
Wales."
The other, in a different handwriting, recites:
"Thomas Jones came from Strabane, in Ireland, to Rhode
Island, where he married Ereelove, daughter of Thos. Townsend.
He fitted out a privateer and was absent three years, during which
time he made several captures. His father-in-law moved to Oyster
Bay with his wife (perhaps meaning Mrs. Jones), and on hi?,
return he came to Oyster Bay also and from there he went to
Fort Neck, on the south side of Long Island." (Dated Aug.,
1833.)
There were many persons bearing the name of Thos. Jones
who came to this country from England previous to 1700, but no
records are extant to show that they were in any way related to
Maj. Thos. Jones. (See Hotton's "Original Lists of Persons of
Quality, &c., who came from Gt. Britain.")
An early Thos. Jones, who settled in Huntington, L. I., left
a will, proved at Southampton, 2 Mch, 1699, naming his wife
Katharine as executrix, with legacies to his children, Thomas,
John and Martha (Liber i, folio 72, N. Y. City). His widow
was living at Huntington in 1681 and conveyed land there to her
children. (Huntington Reeds, by C. R. Street, vol. i, p. 301.)
(For other early Joneses of L. L, see appendix.)
It is a matter of family tradition that Maj. Thomas Jones was
THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND 15
descended from an Irish family that intermarried with one from
Wales, supposed to have originated in Alerionetshire or Glamor-
ganshire.
The origin of the family is, beyond a doubt, Welsh ; not only
is the name indicative of this, but the traits and characteristics
of the Welsh race are very pronounced in all its leading members,
the transmission of which can be noted in the female lines in
many of its allied families.
To quote the words of Edward F. de Lancey, whose great
aunt, Anne Charlotte de Lancey, daughter of Gov. James de
Lancey, married Judge Thomas Jones (IIL 3), "The distinguish-
ing characteristics of the family are penetration, judgment, in-
dependence, resolution, clearness of intellect, strength of memory,
coolness, determination of action, and high honor, united with
a temperament sanguine and choleric, great fearlessness, and a dis-
position extremely social and hospitable."
Other characteristics of the family, those not based upon the
ideas of any one individual, are its longevity, the excellence of its
matrimonial alliances, the great eminence which many of its mem-
bers have obtained in legal jurisprudence, and the continuance of
the latter through successive generations. On this point the great
novelist, James Fenimore Cooper, in a letter to the Home Journal
under date of 6 May, 1848, wrote: "The Jones family has fur-
nished legislators and jurists to the colony and State for more
than a century."
To more fullv set forth the judicial calling of the family the
following resume will suffice:
Commencing with Maj. Thos. Jones (L i), we find him
shortly after his arrival on Long Island (about 1704) holding
the official position of High Sheriff, and in 17 10 was Justice of
the Peace for Queens Co. (Doc. Hist, of N. Y., Vol. III., p. 215).
After his decease his eldest son, David (11.2). became Judge
of Queens Co. in 1734, who in 1763 was 2d Justice of the Supreme
Court of N. Y., sitting for ten years, when he was succeeded by
his son Thomas (TIL 3), who was Recorder of the City of New
York and Judge of the Supreme Court, which latter office he
held until the close of the Revolutionary War, when for his ad-
herence to the Crown he was forced to leav2 the country for
England, where he wrote his history of "New York During the
Revolutionary War."
i6 THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND
Following him we have his cousin, Samuel Jones (III. 8), a
son of William Jones (II. 7), called the "father of the New York
Bar," who in 1789 was Recorder of the City of New York and
from 1797 to 1800 was Comptroller of the State of New York.
Next in order of succession we have his son, Samuel (IV. 3),
who in 1825 was Chancellor of the State of New York, and at
the age of 75 years was judge of the Supreme Court of the City
of New York, then judge of Court of Appeals, and later, after
his retirement from the Bench, practised law until his death in
1853, when he had attained the age of 85 years. Then Samuel
W. Jones (V. 13), son of Maj. William and nephew of Samuel
(IV. 3), who was County Judge, and Surrogate of Schenectady
Co. Then David S. (IV. 7), a brother of Samuel (IV. 3), and
lastly Samuel (V. 8), a son of Samuel (IV. 3), the seventh and
last judge of the family, who in 1892 was judge of the Supreme
Court of N. Y. City.
Thus for a period of nearly 200 years, embracing the time from
1700 to 1892, the Bar and Bench of the City and State of New
York have been represented by some member of the family and
almost without intermission.
The descendants of Maj. Thos. Jones, now at the close of the
19th century, are very numerous and widespread, and the families
of the earlier generations were large and generally attained great
age.
Maj. Thos. Jones left seven surviving children, who for the
third generation gave us thirty-five children. Beyond this we can
give no accurate estimate, as the records through the female lines
are somewhat incomplete. Of these thirty-five children, fifteen
were of the family of William Jones (II. 7), to whom we are
indebted for the preservation of the family name, as his elder
brother, Thomas (II. 4), never married, and the children of
David Jones (II. 2), his next oldest brother, left no male issue.
He, in all justice to his father, we might call the head of the fam-
ily. He was born in 1708, and died in the 72d year of his age,
leaving to posterity a record of fifteen children and ninety-five
grandchildren, eighty-five of whom were born previous to his de-
cease. His widow (daughter of the 2d Col. John Jackson), sur-
vived him twenty years and died at the age of 86, who previous
to her death stood a living testimonial of this large number of
grandchildren.
THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND 17
Another characteristic of the family is its longevity. Maj.
Thos. Jones (I- i) attained the age of 60 years (this is conject-
ural) ; his son, David (II. 2), died at age of 76, and his youngest
son. William (II. 7), died in his 72d year.
Of the children of this William (II. 7), David (III. 7), died
at the age of 85 ; Samuel (III. 8), at 85 ; William (III. 9), at 84:
John (III. 12), at 65 ; Walter (III. 13), at 71 ; Richard (III. 14).
at 84; Jackson (III. 15), at 76; Margaret (III. 20), at 71 ; Free-
love (III. 16), at 79; Phebe (III. 19), at 83 ; and Sarah (III. 18),
at 84.
John (III. 12), son of William (II. 7), left a family of nine
children, of whom William H. (IV. 25), died at the age of 83;
John H. (IV. 27), at 74; Sarah (IV. 28), at 84; Walter R. (IV.
30), at 62; Phebe (IV. 31), at jy \ Elizabeth (IV. 32), at 71;
Joshua T. (IV. 33), at 54; and Charles H. (IV. 34), at 78.
Following in the line of John H. Jones (IV. 27), son cf
John (III. 12), whose children are of the 5th generation, we note
Frances, who died at age of 80 years ; Townsend, at 70 ; William
E., at 66 : John D., at 81 ; and Samuel A., at 82.
In the matter of religious belief we find a remarkable fact.
From Maj. Thos. Jones down to the present time all, with but
very few exceptions, have been members of the Episcopal Church.
and where these exceptions have occurred their religious calling
has been that of the Friends.
In view of the fact that Maj. Thos. Jones's wife was the
daughter of a noted Quaker (who was forced to leave Long
Island by the Dutch settlers), we consider this quite remarkable.
This adlierence to the Episcopal Church seems to have been be-
queathed to the family as an inheritance (if I may use the ex-
pression) from its ancestral immigrant, Maj. Thos. Jones; for
we find him very soon after his arrival here strongly supporting
the Church of England against all dissenters, and at the same time
his wife baptized into the faith by the Rev. Geo. Keith,
while she in her turn also watched over the spiritual welfare of
her children and had them baptized in that faith also. Curiouslx'
enough his earliest identification in an official way on Long Island
was his election by the freeholders of the town of Oyster Bay
to the office of Church Warden, and later, at the close of his life,
we find him naming his "beloved wife, Freelove," and his "loving
friend. John Thomas," executors of his will. This John Thomas
i8 THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND
was the first and noted rector of St. George's Episcopal Church of
Hempstead, L. I.
In politics we find much diversity of opinion. The first three
generations generally supported the Court or Royal party, but
William Jones (II. 7), son of Maj. Thos. Jones (I. i), who to
all intents and purposes supported the Royal cause, yet at heart
was strongly in favor of the Congressional party, to which the
Jackson family (to which his wife belonged) vigorously adhered.
Matrimonial alliances and the prestige that in some cases fol-
lowed had much to do in shaping the political courses of the earlier
members.
Many during the Revolutionary War and after its close were
Whigs, but at the period of the Civil War (1861) those who
held positions in public life were mainly Democrats. Through-
out that war many supported the Republican party.
Some were in active service and took up arms in defence of
their country. Among the first were Lieut. David Jones (III. 5),
who lost his life in the French and English War, and Maj. Thomas
Jones (II. 4), a son of the first Major Thomas. Others, though
remaining passive throughout the Revolutionary War, received
at its close various military commissions. Of these Walter Jones
(III. 13), then living at South Oyster Bay, was commissioned
First Major of the Oyster Bay Militia in 1786. Of the later
ones we note Col. Delancey Floyd-Jones (16), who served with
distinction in the war with Mexico and also the Civil War.
As Maj. Thos. Jones (I. i), favored his posterity with no
account of himself previous to his immigration, various traditions
have descended to us concerning him. One of these represents
him to have been a pirate, in which vocation the same tradition
assures us "he amassed incredible wealth."
This alleged piracy we must refute, as no facts can be had
to sustain it. For this and other accusations of a like nature, we
have to thank Thompson, the Long Island historian, who no doubt
made up his story from an allusion to the same in William Smith's
History of N. Y„ or perhaps from Lieut. Gov. Colden's letter to his
son written in 1759 (now published in the N. Y. Hist. Soc, Pub-
lications for 1869, Vol. 2, p. 206) wherein he says, "While Colonel
Fletcher was Governor the inhabitants of New York carried on a
trade to Madagascar while that island was frequented by pirates,
and that many of the pirates came and dispersed on Long Island
THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND 19
and around Delaware Ray. It has often been remarked that none
of the pirates made any use of their money to any real advan-
tage excepting one Jones, who settled on the south side of Long
Island, and whose son made a remarkable figure as Speaker of
Assembly while Mr. Clinton was Governor; excepting this one
no remains of the others are to be discovered."
In refutation of this we will say that Maj. Thos. Jones (I. i)
was in action at the Battle of the Boyne, 1690, and as compensation
for services rendered King James II. granted him a commission
to cruise against Spanish property. If this constituted his so-
called piratical career it was a short one, for two years later he
was located at Portsmouth, Rhode Island, from whence in 1695
he removed to Long Island. Russel in his life of the noted pirate.
Dampier, and Esquemeling, in his history of the "Bucaniers of
America," printed in 1685, gives us many names of the pirates
of those times, but none bearing the name of Jones. Concerning
his movements during the period elapsed between his arrival in
Rhode Island and his removal to Oyster Bay on Long Island,
we know nothing. He then in all probability was engaged in the
privateering business, but that was far from being a pirate.
Privateers were private citizens, owners of vessels, whom the
government in times of war commissioned to proceed against the
enemy, who, if captured, the commission entitled them to be treat-
ed as prisoners of war. Todd, in his History of N. Y., states
that "these privateers sometimes returned to N. Y. and entered
their cargo in the Admiralty Court where it was sold ; others
would run to the island of Madagascar, where merchant ships
were to be found in waiting sent out by some firm in New York."
Privateering in those days was a legitimate business, and all
who could enter into it did so. Governor Fletcher openly granted
private captains licenses and shared their spoils ; for this he was
recalled.
From 1692 to 1698 (while Fletcher was Governor) Maj. Thos.
Jones was connected with the enterprising trader, Thomas Town-
send, of Rhode Island, who later became his father-in-law, and
who had interests on Long Island. Wilson, in his Hist, of N. Y..
Vol. III., p. 31, states "even Quakers tolerated occasional visits
from pirates because they spent their money freely." (Thomas
Townsend was a Quaker.)
That Maj. Thos, Jones was charged with being a pirate was
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nothing- strange. Coming as he did to Oyster Bay when it was
the chief centre of the privateering business during Gov.
Fletcher's administration, and being on friendly terms with him,
as he was also with Matthias NicoU and Thos. Willett, members
of Fletcher's Council, who later were suspended by Gov. Bello-
mont for being involved in piracy, we are not surprised that Maj.
Thos. Jones soon gained the ill will of the latter governor. Gov.
Bellomont was a strong supporter of William as against James
11., and his hostile attitude against Maj. Thos. Jones may have
commenced during the struggles between those two monarchs.
To show the extent of his bitterness against Maj. Thos. Jones,
we cite a letter written by Gov. Bellomont in 1698 to the Lords
of Trade, in which he says "that Col. Wm. Willet concealed pirate
money from him, and that one Jones, formerly a pirate, endeavors
in his deposition to clear Wm. Willett, besides which his oath is
negative, and he is under a very ill character in the country, and
T cannot for my part give credit to his evidence." (Doc. Relating
to Col. Hist. N. Y., IV., p. 398.)
In another letter written by him to the same under date of
22 Oct., 1698, he states that Nicoll (whom he removed from the
Council) stated that "by discountenancing piracy I should im-
poverish the county," and further in his letter Bellomont adds
"that Jones, formerly a pirate, endeavors in his deposition to clear
Willett." (Doc. Relating to Coll. Hist. N. Y., IV., p. 398.) "This
deposition of Jones is bound up in MSS. No. 8, along with those
of Whitehead, Walters and Harrisons." This we have not seen.
In another letter from Bellomont to same, dated 14 Nov.,
1698, he inclosed a letter from Jones which he states "will shew
what a madness the people are in, in this Province, because I
look sharp after pirates, etc." The letter is in Jones' own hand-
writing and refers to one Smith, a pirate, whose money was seized
last summer of £2,300." (Doc. Relating to Coll. Hist. N. Y.,
IV., p. 432.)
The inhabitants of Long Island, especially in the vicinity of
Oyster Bay, were at a very early period engaged in trading, both
legal and otherwise In 1660 Gov. Stuyvesant complained to the
Directors of the West India Company that the people near Oyster
Bay exchanged their cattle, etc., for beaver skins, the latter of
which were exported through New England and on which no duty
was paid. (Doc. Rel. Coll. Hist. N. Y., XIV., p. 469.) Gov.
THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND 21
Bellomont, speaking of this in 1699, complains of the private
trade carried on by the merchants of Oyster Bay and adds, "To
prevent this I have constituted one John Townsend a custom
house officer with a salary of £30 per annum." (Doc. Rel. to Coll.
Hist, of N. Y., IV., p. 516.)
This John Townsend (who was a brother-in-law of Maj.
Thos. Jones) soon resigned, saying "the people of his town were
mostly his relations, and had threatened his life."
In a letter from the Boards of Trade to Gov. Cranston, of
Rhode Island, dated 9 May, 1696, the Governor was warned that
piracy was not to be allowed in His Majesty's colonies, and that
complaints had been received charging one Wm. Mayse as a
pirate, who had fitted out at Rhode Island, and that Thomas Jones
was concerned in the "Old Bark" with Captain Want. The com-
plaint further alleges that Jones lives in Rhode Island, and that
Capt. Want gave up about three years ago. In reply to this, under
date of 8 May, 1698, the Governor informed the Boards of Trade
that "His Majestic had been misinformed in relation to the mat-
ter, and that Mayse had his clearance from the custom house
here, and as for Capt. Want we neither know the man or ever
had sight of his ship." (See J. Carter Brown MSS. cited in Col.
Records of Rhode Island, III., p. 322, 337.)
In a letter from Jeremiah Basse, Gov. of New Jersey, dated
London, 26 July, 1697, he speaks of one Ive, a pirate, that came
to Rhode Island and thence to New York, fitted out again and
carried with him one Want in a brigantine. Thev are said to have
since strengthened themselves by taking a vessel belonging to
merchants of New York, commanded by one Glover, and it is
reported they have made some remittances to the owners to make
some satisfaction for that depredation. (New Jersev Archives.
Vol. II., p. 158.)
From all this we can readily see that many false charges were
made, and all by persons who were directly connected with the
Crown, and in all probability personally interested themselves.
That some of the enterprising 17th century seafaring traders
occasionally picked up some Spanish trade we do not doubt, but
we must not confound such acts with the lawful captures of the
day and place them in the same category with Kidd and others.
When we consider that during the last quarter of the 17th
century there were more seafaring men, shipbuilding and the
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putting up of sea stores in New Amsterdam than any other part
of the country we can but claim that such men as Maj. Thos.
Jones, pirates or otherwise, had, and did play no little part in the
making of the New World. Their enterprises were widespread
and legitimate, but they were followed by a lawless set of sea
robbers, and early in 1700, when piracy reached its height, our
ancestor and his contemporaries were in their graves.
To further prove that Maj. Thos. Jones was a regularly com-
missioned privateer under King James IL, we have the following
remarkable record of the trial of a Thomas Jones and others in
England, for being pirates. The facts in this trial so tally with
the various family traditions, dates, and historical accounts handed
down to us concerning Maj. Thos. Jones there can be but little
doubt that it is one and the same person. The trial, which can
be read at length, is printed in the old English law reports en-
titled "State Trials," Vol. XII., paragraph 1269.
"Trial of Thomas Jones and others as pirates, though acting
under King James II. commission, 5 William and Mary, A. D.
1693—
" etc., since the commencement of King William's war
several privateers were taken and detained in prison acting by
King James II. commission."
On July, 1692, it was resolved by the Lords of the Privy
Council that they be tried as pirates having no commission from
Kings, and during that year Dr. Oldish was ordered to proceed
against them as pirates, but he declined and gave his opinion that
they were no pirates, etc., etc. He gave his reasons before the
Council that these men, viz., John Golding, Thomas Jones. John
Ryan, Darby Collins, Richard Shivers, Patrick Quidley, John
Slaughter and Constantine de Hartley showed a commission
signed J. R., dated at the Court of St. Germain, with articles of
instruction, etc., in the same form as privateers have, giving
caution and security to bring prizes into the Court of Admiralty,
etc. Dr. Oldish was removed as King's Advocate, and Dr. Lit-
tleton, who succeeded him, tried the case and condemned them.
All claimed that they were natives of Ireland and in actual ser-
vice of King James IL, and had acted under his commission from
the time the Prince of Orange invaded England to the surrender
of Limerick, etc., etc. After condemnation they petitioned the
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House of Peers that they might be tried by juries and have coun-
sel assigned them.
Thomas Jones in his testimony stated "we accepted the King's
commission and acted under it, and for wliich we were con-
denmed as traitors, and we never received any protection from
King WilHam, but served all along as subjects to King James II.,
etc., etc., and that after the surrender of Limerick we (and thou-
sands more) were conveyed as enemies into France with our
arms, brass guns and ammunition, and that being thus conveyed
to France continued to act under King James II. as our King,
and he all along, while we were in Ireland and after, commissioned
us as his subjects, and that the ship and goods we took by virtue
of a commission as privateers, etc., etc., and that therefore we
ought to be treated as only enemies and prisoners of war, etc.
Some of these men were executed, not all."
In the life of King James II., Vol II., p. 527, by the Rev. J.
S. Clarke, LL.B., it is stated that "these men were prosecuted by
order of the Prince of Orange as pirates, and although Mr. Oldish
declared it to be against all law and justice to repute those persons
as robbers in time of war who acted by commission from crowned
head, one Golding was judged as having no commission and was
hanged."
Prior to 1690 no trace of Maj. Thos. Jones (I. i) has been
discovered that can be fully relied upon. His family were early
in England, but undoubtedly were of Welsh extraction, and had
long lived in the north part of Ireland. He was born about 1665
in Strabane, Tyrone County, Ireland, and was actively engaged
in the civil war of his time.
"There were persons of his name born in Ireland who might
act his part, and one Thomas Jones, with others, including the
Clarendon family, who generally took the other side, followed
King James II. from England over to France and Ireland. This
one probably received a commission to serve in Ireland in his
support and was there in 1689. (MSS. C. B. Moore.)
King James arrived in Ireland in 1689 and called a Parlia-
ment in the following year.
"Many of the Protestant gentry of Ireland thought that tht
rights of the British Crown should not be forfeited because of the
religion or the political errors of the wearer of that crown for
the time being, and hence took up arms in defence." (Introduc-
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tion to Thos. Jones' Hist, of N. Y., by Edward F. de Lancey, Vol.
I., p. liv.)
'Xiving at the time, and in a country widely disturbed by the
political actions of James II., Maj. Thos. Jones actively supported
this idea, and was engaged in the battle of the Boyne, in 1690.
and remained there in service for a short time ; this is his earliest
identification, and although strongly supporting his royal master,
King James II., it is doubtful as to whether he was in action at
the battle of Aghrim ; but he may have been included in the capitu-
lation of Limerick in 1691." (MSS. C. B. Moore.)
By this defeat the Irish were obliged to sue for peace, and a
treaty was signed by which the Romanists were restored to the
enjoyment of those liberties in the exercise of their religion which
they possessed under Charles II., and the soldiers and others were
permitted to leave Ireland for any other country excepting Eng-
land and Scotland. (Hume's Eng., Vol. VII.). In consequence
of this over ten thousand persons who fought under James II.
went to France. This revolution of 1688 ended the Stuart power
and transferred the crown of England from James II to William
and Mary, (Green's English People.)
Maj. Thomas Jones sailed from Strabane in Ireland in 1692,
and landed at Port Royal in the island of Jamaica, where he was
at the time of the great earthquake in June of that year. Letters
of the rector of Port Royal and descriptive accounts appear in the
Gentlemen's Mag. for 1750, page 213. An armed vessel was
there called the Swan frigate, and another the Siam Merchant.
Morse in his Universal Geography (printed in 1796) has much
to say concerning the disaster and adds that the Swan frigate,
which lay in the dock, afforded a retreat to hundreds of people.
(See also Edward's West Indies.)
Tradition tells us one of these vessels was under the commanfl
of Maj. Thos. Jones, but there is nothing to verify it.
It is not known whether he possessed any distinguishing title
at the time of his arrival in Port Royal, but he was engaged there
in the privateering business under letters of marque from James
n.
On his arrival in Rhode Island in 1692, it is said he held a
commission as captain. Col. Fletcher was Governor of New
York from 1692 to 1698, and perhaps allowed him a commission
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or recognized him as a captain to cruise against Spain while she
was at war with England. (MSS. C. B. Moore.)
In Rhode Island he became associated with Capt. Thomas
Townsend, an active trader, married his daughter Freelove, and
took part in his numerous enterprises. Capt. Thomas Townsend
was a son of John Townsend and his wife Elizabeth, who were
very early on Long Island (N. Y. Gen. and Biog. Rec, Vol. IV..
p. 128).
Thompson's Hist, of L. I., Vol. II., p. 343, asserts that John
Townsend, with his brothers Henry and Richard, were in Boston
in 1637, from whence they removed to Flushing, L. I. He came
from Norwich, County of Norfolk, England, before 1645, as in
that year he had a patent, with others, from Gov. Kieft for the
town of Flushing. (Memorial Townsend Brothers, p. 121.) The
Townsends were Quakers and were soon at variance with the
Dutch authorities, both in politics and religion. John Townsend
was named by Gov. Stuyvesant as among those principal persons
who resist the Dutch mode of choosing sheriff, and who refuse
to contribute their share to the maintenance of Christian ministers,
and on Jan. 23, 1648, he with others were summoned to appear
before the Governor and Council at Fort Amsterdam. (Memo, of
Townsend Brothers.)
Capt. Townsend was baptized in the Reformed Dutch Church
of New York, having his uncle Henry Townsend (as spelled in
the record Hendrick Tousen), Rebecca Breton, and Claertje Ger-
rits as his sponsors, on 16 Dec, 1642. (N. Y. Gen. and Biog.
Rec. 5, p. 32.) From this we infer that his wife, Elizabeth, was
not of the Quaker faith.
Capt. Thomas Townsend was in Rhode Island after the Dutch
and English war, and was engaged in trading at that place, but
later returned to Hempstead Harbor and Oyster Bay, L. I. He
obtained land at the latter place and built a house there about
1673.
In 1677 he was named as a patentee, thereby securing his title
to land in Oyster Bay, and was next in Portsmouth, Rhode Island,
in 1686, where he was chosen sheriff in 1696. (Col. Rec. Rhode
Island, III., p. 312.)
At a town meeting held at Portsmouth, 4 May, 1698, it was
voted "that whereas Thos. Townsend, late sheriff, did by his
neglect let Wm. Downs, a pirate, escape from jail, voted that said
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Townsend be brot to trial for said act." (Col. Rec. R. I., III., p.
333.) Shortly after this he removed to Tiverton, as in a confirma-
tion of a deed dated July, 1702, to his daughter Sarah, now the
wife of Abraham Underbill, he calls himself "now living in Tiver-
ton, county of Bristol, Provmce of Mass." This deed, found among
the papers of Maj. Thomas Jones (I. i), was acknowledged before
Joseph Sheffield, assistant, on 6 July, 1702, at Portsmouth, R. I.,
and witnessed by Christopher Almy, John Hoggeshall (or Cogge-
shall) and Isaac Lawton.
His first wife, the mother of his children, according to the
MSS. of Geo. W. Cox, of Glen Cove, L. I., was Sarah, daughter
of Robert Coles, of Rhode Island, and his wife Mary, daughter
of Samson Hawxhurst.
If this is correct (which his researches seem to prove), then
his father John Townsend's wife Elizabeth must have been other
than a daughter of this same Robert Coles, as has been asserted
by Savage, and also by Austin in his Gene. Dictionary of Rhode
Island, and further it is highly improbable that the father and son
should have married sisters.
The three brothers, John, Henry and Richard Townsend, were
in Oyster Bay about 1661, and married, according to Savage and
Austin, respectively Elizabeth, Ann and Deliverance Coles, daugh-
ters of Robert Coles, of Rhode Island. In this the Townsend
family records differ, and state that the elder brother, John, mar-
ried Elizabeth Montgomery. The Hawxhurst family records, re-
cently published in the N. Y. Gen. and Biog, Soc. Reeds., Vol.
XXXII., p. 173, name her as a daughter of Robert Coles and his
wife Mary, daughter of Samson Hawxhurst. This we doubt, as
stated before, and hold that Elizabeth Montgomery is possibly
more correct.
Robert Coles, the ancestor of the Coles family of L. I., came
with Winthrop to Ipswich, Mass., about 163 1. He married Mary,
daughter of Samson Hawxhurst, of Warwick Co., Eng, (N. Y.
Gen. and Biog. Soc. Rec, XXXIL, p. 173). Fuller's Hist, of
Warwick, Conn., states he had at least three children ; a son, John,
and two daughters, who married Richard and Henry Townsend,
of Oyster Bay. His great grandson, Thomas Coles, of Muskeeta
Cove. L. I., married Amelia, daughter of Divine Hewlett, of Cold
Spring Harbor, L. I., 15 Nov., 1808.
Capt. Thomas Townsend married as his second wife Mary,
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widow of Col. Job Almy, and daughter of Christopher and Susan-
nah Unthank, of Warwick, R. I., by whom he had no issue.
(Austin Gene. Diet, of R. I.)
The children by his first wife were Temperance, Sylvanus,
Freelove, Sarah and John, of whom Freelove, the maternal an-
cestor of the Jones family, was born 29 Dec, 1674. He was a
man of "untiring energy and for many years took an active and
leading part in the early matters of Oyster Bay, and in the set-
tlement of the boundary disputes between the towns of Huntington
and Oyster Bay, and in the dealings between his townspeople and
the Indians the services of our trusty and beloved friend, Thos.
Townsend, were indispensable."
ITis title of captain was of military order, and during his so-
journ in Oyster Bay he held the offices of Constable, Recorder
and Justice. He appears there in an official way as late as 171 2,
when he returned to Rhode Island, where he died. His children,
as above named, were all born upon Long Island. In his official
position as Justice we find him performing the marriage ceremony,
and it has been thought he performed that rite between his daugh-
ter and Maj. Thos. Jones.
James Townsend (a brother of Capt. Thomas), whose grand-
daughter married into the Hewlett family of Long Island, and
died in 1697, married first Delivered, probably a daughter of Peter
Wright, of Oyster Bay, and secondly Jane Ruddick, 16 Oct..
1677. ^6 ^v^s town surveyor and laid out the lands upon Unqua
and Lattius Neck on Long Island, which later became the property
of his brother-in-law, Maj. Thos. Jones.
Ruemourn Townsend, son of James, married Mary, daughter
of Capt. John Allen, of Great Neck, L. I. She survived him and
married Wm. Moyles, by whom she had no issue. By her first
husband, Ruemourn, she had Mary, Sarah and Restore. Mary,
the eldest, b. 5 Dec, 1729, married Wm. Willis, and had issue six
children, one of whom, Esther, b. 21 Sept., 1762, married Walter
Jones (III. 13) ; another, named Townsend, married Hannah
Bowne, whose daughter, Abigail, married Samuel Jones as his
second wife. Sarah Townsend, another daughter of Ruemourn,
b. 18 March, 1736, d 9 Sept., 1808, married John Hewlett, of East
Woods, L. I., son of John and Hannah, his wife, daughter of Col.
John Jackson, of Jerusalem, L. I. Hannah Hewlett, daughter of
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this John Hewlett, b. 4 Feb., 1762, d. 9 Dec, 1850, married John
Jones (III. 12), son of William (II. 7).
This Ruemourn Townsend was a posthumous child, and tra-
dition states "that his mother comparing the bitterness of her
grief to rue named him Ruemourn."
John Townsend, son of Capt. Thomas, married in Rhode
Island 28 April, 1692, Rebecca Almy, and removed to Oyster Bay,
where he was Supervisor and Justice, and for his services in sec-
tling the new allotments of land in the "New Purchase of Oyster
Bay," the owners presented him with a tract of land. His wife
d. 24 Feb., 1703, and he married secondly Rose, daughter of
Mary Townsend and John Wright, and widow of Nathaniel Coles,
Jr. He d. on 6 Nov., 1709 of the smallpox. He is called in the
records "Rhode Island John," and by his deeds and his formal
family record in the Town Clerk's office of Oyster Bay (Liber C.
folio 177) furnishes very substantial data for his brother-in-law,
Maj. Thos. Jones (I. i).
The early history of Maj. Thomas Jones (I. i) and his allied
family, the Townsends, is so interwoven with the early settle-
ments of the towns of Oyster Bay and Hempstead that some ac-
count of these places seems necessary.
Long Island was originally peopled by several tribes of In-
dians, of whom the Merrick (or Merikoke) tribe claimed all the
lands south of the middle of the island from Rockaway on the
west to the west line of the town of Oyster Bay on the east, and
were probably a part of the Massapequa tribe, whose principal set-
tlement was at Fort Neck, and north to the middle of the island.
The Matinecock tribe claimed all the lands east of Newtown to
Smithtown (possibly to Nesaquake River). They were a large
tribe and had settlements at Flushing, Glen Cove, Cold Spring,
and Huntington.
The island was very much coveted by the Dutch and English,
each claiming ownership on the grounds of prior discoveries, the
Dutch having settled on the west, and the English on the east
end of the island. They had traded largely with the Indians, and
found the beaver skins very profitable, the largest beaver dams
being in the middle of the island, near Southampton. Difficulties
soon arose between them, and some of the English settlements
that were within the jurisdiction of the Dutch were forced to
swear allegiance to the latter by Gov. Stuyvesant, even after the
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boundaries had been settled by the commissioners, who met in
Hartford, Conn., on 15 Sept., 1650.
In 1640 the EngHsh attempted a settlement at Oyster Bay, but
the Dutch Gov. Keift drove them away. In 1644, Gov. Keift
granted a patent for Hempstead to John Fordham and other Eng-
lishmen, which extended from Hempstead Bay west to Matthew
Garetson's Bay, and extending southwardly to the South Sea ; this
included the present towns of Hempstead and North Hempstead.
In 1647 ^ division was made of this Patent between sixty-seven
proprietors.
"In the Dutch towns generally the lands were purchased by
the Governor, and by him granted out to individuals ; purchases
from the Indians and actual occupation being necessary to both
the Dutch and English for a good title. In the English towns on
Dutch territory the lands were bought directly from the Indian
chiefs." (MSS. C. B. Moore.)
The war of 1653-4 nearly destroyed the Hempstead settlement,
and many of the English went to Oyster Bay and Huntington.
In 1665 the English were in possession of the country, and
the first Provincial Assembly under British rule was held in that
year. The Dukes Laws "were passed, boundaries settled and
Long Island was divided into Ridings — what is now Suffolk Co.
constituted the East Riding, Newtown the West Riding, and the
remainder of Queens and what is now Nassau Co. the North
Riding ; also persons who had bought lands from the natives were
required to obtain patents of confirmation to establish their titles."
From 1672 to 1674 the Dutch were again in possession of the
colony, and orders were issued to the towns of Long Island to
send their commissioners to New^ York with powers to make their
submission to the Prince of Orange. Oyster Bay complied, but
Huntington refused.
In 1674 the government was again restored, and on 17 Oct.,
1683, the first Colonial Legislature (consisting of Gov. Dongan
and members chosen by the people) assembled in New York and
elected Matthias Xicoll their Speaker. The Ridings were abol-
ished, some of the Dukes Laws were repealed, a Court of Sessions
established in each county, and a court in each town on Long
Island.
In 1693, by an Act of Assembly, the name of Long Island was
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changed to Nassau, and although never repealed soon became ob-
solete.
Acts were passed for settling and maintaining the ministry,
subject to the approval of the Governor (who favored Episco-
pacy), and Queens County was taxed £120 for their maintenance.
Much dissatisfaction ensued. Lord Cornbury came over as Gov-
ernor in 1702. He was a son of Henry Hide, second Earl of Clar-
endon, and a brother of Anne, wife of King James H. He was
also a cousin of Queen Ann, and was among the first to desert
the army of James H. He was a strong supporter of the Church
of England, and his zeal caused him to commit acts in Queens
Co. that brought out strong opposition from the dissenters, who
were mainly Presbyterians, and who were the popular party of
the day.
The town of Oyster Bay was, as before stated, long disturbed
by dissensions between its early settlers. Its settlement in some
respects was peculiar. It was claimed by the Dutch who had early
settled there on what is now called the Oyster Bay Cove Road,
extending from the village of Oyster Bay to Syosset and the
Hempstead Plains. Some Englishmen had also settled there as
early as 1640, probably on Hog Island (now Centre Island), but
were driven away by the Dutch.
By the boundary line of 1650 the English were to have all
the land on Long Island east of a line drawn from the west side
of Oyster Bay Harbor, "and so in a straight and direct line to
the sea," and the Dutch all the land to the west of this line. This
boundary line was never ratified or signed by the Governors, and
therefore never became a regular boundary of the town, but for
a long time was adhered to as the division line between the two
parties. (MSS. C. B. Moore.)
In 1654 some English again settled at Oyster Bay, but at a
meeting of the Council (Gov. Stuyvesant being absent) orders
were given the commissioners to visit the "new settlement at
Oyster Bay, and order the withdrawal of all Englishmen who
had settled there during 1654." (Doc. Rel. Col. Hist. N. Y., Vol.
XIV., p. 311.)
The large trading business carried on at Oyster Bay was a
source of much trouble, and customs duties were wholly evaded.
To prevent this the Directors in Holland ordered a block house
to be built "at our limits advanced to Oyster Bay," but as the
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boundaries were then in dispute, the house was never built (Doc
Rcl. Col. Hist. N. Y., XIV., p. 430.)
Gov. Stuyvesant, alluding to this block house, states in a letter
to the Directors under date of 21 April, 1660, "We cannot assure
yon that it will prevent the invasions of the English, etc.," and
"that the English under your jurisdiction here sell their cattle, etc.,
for beavers, and take the latter overland to their villages, and ex-
change them for English goods imported there without inspec-
tion."
The disputes concerning the boundary line of 1650 can be
readily understood by reference to Gov. Stuyvesant's letter to the
Directors in 1659, wherein he remarks: "We have had but little
intercourse with our neighbors of New England, but we cannot
persuade them that they deviate from the boundary agreement of
1650. The only question is about the location of Oyster Bay ; the
oldest inliabitant of New Netherland places it two and a half
leagues farther east than the oldest inhabitant of New England.
The land comprised in these two and a half leagues is very poor,
but the convenient location of the bay is of greater consequence,
for if it remains in possession of and is settled by the English
it will be an open door for smugglers."
Speaking of the block house he adds : "If built according to the
statements of the Dutch, two and a half leagues further east, the
English village of Huntington would come within the limits of
New Netherlands, and we would meet with opposition." (Doc.
Rel. Col. Hist. N. Y. XIV., p. 440.)
The settlement of Oyster Bay began soon after the agreement
of 1650. The earliest conveyance for land there was from the
Matinecock sachem in 1653 to Peter Wright, Samuel Mayo, and
Wm. Leveridge. On 16 Sept., 1661, Henry Townsend had land
granted him there "on the west side thereof," for the purpose of
erecting a mill on the stream later called Mill River.
The scene now changed. The Westminster Treaty had been
signed in 1673, and by it all the New Netherlands was ceded to
the English. The Dutch power in America ended, and all those
who had been driven away began to return. y\ndros was made
Governor, and on 16 Sept., 1677, he issued a patent of confimia-
tion for the lands already purchased from the natives in the town
of Oyster Bay.
Many purchases of lands were now made from the Indians,
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and in 1695, when Maj. Thos. Jones (I. i) came upon the scene,
the Townsend family and others were firmly located there as free-
holders.
Capt. Thomas Townsend, and his son-in-law, Maj. Thos.
Jones, made many and large purchases of land from the Indians,
and their transactions in these matters show them to have been
on friendly terms with them. These purchases on the part of
Maj. Thos. Jones became very numerous, and at the time of his
death he was possessed of several thousand acres of land in the
town of Oyster Bay, a large part whereof is now {1900) in the
possession of his descendants.
From all this we can form some idea of the state of affairs
existing in Oyster Bay when Maj. Thos. Jones settled there in
'1695, with his young wife, then only twenty years of age. On
their arrival there her father gave them a house in which he had
formerly lived, and a lot of land on the easterly side of what was
called South Street. This house, now (1900) standing, is in a
good state of preservation, but somewhat changed in appearance
by the addition of two dormer windows, and is one of the oldest
houses in Ovster Bay.
Late in the year following ( 1696) they removed to Oyster
Bay "at the south," as it was called, where Maj. Thos. Jones had
erected a house on Fort Neck, on the easterly bank of Massapequa
River, which later became known as the "Old Brick House." This
river was sometimes called Brick House Creek, and Jones's Creek.
The house and lot of land first mentioned, in the "Town spot of
Oyster Bay," was built by Thomas Townsend in 1660. From
records left by Maj. Thos. Jones we learn that it was conveyed
by John Townsend, of Susum (now Jericho) to John Rogers on
14 Jan., 1686, and contained six acres of land. Rogers conveyed
to Ephraim Carpenter, Jr., 30 March, 1695, who on 9 June, 1696,
conveyed the same to Capt. Thos. Townsend (Liber B., folio 408,
Oyster Bay Reeds.) (Liber 4, foHo 118, Queens Co.) On 29
June, 1696, Capt. Thos. Townsend assigned his conveyance from
Carpenter to "Maj. Thos. Jones, of Rhode Island, my son-in-law,
and his wife Freelove, my daughter" (Liber B, folio 408, Oyster
Bay Reeds.), reserving the right to repurchase the same within
five years, for the sum of ^71. The deed from Carpenter embraced
several other small pieces of land.
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stay at Oyster Bay, or until 24 June, 1712, when Maj. Thos. Jones
sold the place to George Townsend for £80. (Liber 6, folio 496,
Queens Co.)
On 17 July, 1713, the surveyors of the town "laid out to Geo.
Townsend on ye right he bought of Thomas Jones" this house
lot, and by their report contained 7^2 acres of land. (Lib. D,
folio 2^, O. Bay.) From this time until about 1859 it remained out
of the possession of the Jones family, when they again became
possessed of some interest in it through Eleanor Burtis, daughter
of Elbert H. Jones (IV. 5), and wife of James M. Burtis, of
Oyster Bay.
The history of this house is interesting. We quote from an
article published in the Oyster Bay Pilot of 1896:
"Thos. Townsend and his wife lived there but a year or two,
when Joseph Weeks moved in. Joseph was a son of Francis,
owner of the land." (I have seen no such conveyance.) "John
Weeks, his son, married Rebecca Coles, and succeeded to the
homestead. Jane Summers, his daughter, lived there after her
parents, with her husband. Samuel S. Summers. In 1859 the place
was sold to Jane Summers' nephew, Townsend W. Burtis, when
it later came into possession of his son, James M. Burtis, who
with his wife Eleanor Jones lived there some years.
"A house more peculiarly constructed could not be found now.
It is bullet proof, although to look at it one might suppose a pin
might be thrust through its outer walls. Its exterior is covered
with shingles, then comes three inches of solid oak, behind which
are two inches of loam and sea weed. Wood covers this, and in
turn is covered with plaster, the whole making a wall seven or
eight inches in thickness. The house contains thirteen rooms, and
in some may be seen the portholes for rifles used in defending
the house against attack from the Indians."
Maj. Thos. Jones was now a freeholder, and this "Home Lot"
in the "Town Spot of Oyster Bay" gave him certain rights in the
common or undivided lands of the town, one of which was the
general herding of cattle in one large herd under the mutual pro-
tection of the freeholders. This necessitated marks of ownership,
called cattle marks, and each freeholder had one alloted to him
which was registered in the records of the town. In addition to
this, each town had its own mark, the town of Huntington being
the letter E, while that of Oyster Bay was F. These marks were
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branded upon the cattle, and furnished proof of ownership when
a pubHc division of them was made at the close of the season.
The original record of Maj. Thos. Jones' cattle mark is lost,
but his son William (II. 7), to whom it was assigned after his
father's death, caused it put on record in his name on 21 April,
1734. (Liber G, folio 19, Oyster Bay Conveyances.) This
record recites "it was his father's, Thomas Jones', mark." The
record is accompanied by the following diagram, and describes it
as " a swallow fork on ye right ear, and a half penny under ye
left ear."
Many of the earliest records of the town have been lost, some
of which were never recorded, and others were kept by the own-
ers and put on record several at a time long after the execution
of the papers, and even then, in many instances, only such ones as
the grantee or owner thought best.
The earliest and original book of records of the town (called
Vol. A), has long since disappeared and with it much early history.
The present Volume A is a copy in part of the old one, and was
transcribed by Samuel Underbill and Samuel Willis in 1742, who
were ordered to do so by the freeholders of the town, and who
at a town meeting held on 21 Jan., 1743, reported that they "had
transcribed 2d record into a new book, etc., etc., or so much
thereof as we convened to be any ways essential for the estab-
lishment of any title of land, etc., and such part of the old record
which we did not apprehend to be needful or worthy of memory,
which constitutes chiefly of Justice Courts, marriages, and such
like matter of small moment we have left blank." (Liber A, folio
I, Oyster Bay.)
In the following year the freeholders of the town were ordered
by David Seaman and Penn Townsend (Justices of the Peace) "to
assemble together at ye church or town house in order to viev/
the book of records A, which is now transcribed."
Major Thomas Jones (I. i), as well as some of the early
members of the Townsend family, had much to do in laying out
the town lands, and as late as 28 Apl., 17 13 (only eight months
before his death), he was engaged in laying out land for the
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Map of "The Town Spot" of Oyster Bay, L. I., showing (approximately) the relative positions of
the " Home Lots " of its early settlers, and the succeeding ownerships to each. The roads
or streets as indicated being the only ones probably in use at that day. The map
is not drawn to any scale, and distances cannot be calculated from it.
THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND 35
proprietors of the "New Purchase" of Oyster Bay, or Matinecock
lands, for which service rendered the town he and others were
granted eighteen acres of land in that purchase, at a town meeting
then held.
At this same meeting there were also granted him individually
37 acres of land lying upon the highway leading from Oyster
Bay to Cedar Swamp, "which land was laid out to Thomas Jones
in consideration of £21, which he paid for the proprietors of the
New Purchase in the law suit against Andrew Gibbs." (Liber
7, folio 45, Queens Co.)
Both families were noted for the active parts taken by them
in the development of the town, both politically and otherwise,
and at a later period, when some rivalry existed between them
as to political prestige, the warcry of the Townsend supporters
was. "The Joneses have the money, but the Townsends have the
brains."
On March 2, 1699, he was admitted (by deed under seal) as
associate freeholder under the original Patent of Oyster Bay,
granted by Gov. Andros on 29 Sept., 1677. This deed, executed
by Josias Latting and Maj. Thos. Jones' (I. i) father-in-law,
Thos. Townsend, recites "that at its date except themselves none
of the other patentees were left alive."
On 30 Dec, 1701, he and many other "Protestant subjects"
signed a petition to his Majesty King William III., begging to be
relieved of being unjustly accused of infamy, and of being un-
faithful subjects, and of being turned out of the government by
the late Earl of Bellomont (Doc. Rel. Col. Hist. N.Y., Vol. 4, p.-
937), and on 2d of Oct., 1702, he signed, with others, a petition
to Lord Cornbury declaring his "sincerity and fcrver of affection
to his Lordship." (Ibid., Vol. 4, p. 1008.)
Of the early settlers of the "Town Spot of Oyster Bay" —
those who were contemporaneous with him — we might say more.
The map on the preceding page will give some idea as to who
they were, and the relative situations of the "Home Lots," also
the boundary line established between the Dutch and English in
1650. The location of each "Home Lot," as indicated by dotted
lines, with the name of its owner, and those succeeding him, arc
mainly taken from the "Memorial of the Townsend Brothers."
Maj. Thos. Jones (L i) apparently never intended to reside
36 THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND
permanently in Oyster Bay, yet he was always more or less iden-
tified with it and its immediate vicinity.
On 29 June, 1696, his father-in-law gave him a large tract
of land on Fort Neck, on the south side of Long Island, where
he built the "Old Brick House," and remained there until his
death in 1713. The deed embraces two pieces of land, consisting
of 300 acres, and shows in a remarkable way the cordial relations
existing between father and son-in-law, and other points of note.
ABSTRACT OF DEED.
Thomas Townsend to Thomas Jones, June 29, 1696- (Liber 4, p. 114,
Queens Co.) Etc. "Be it known that I, Captain Thomas Townsend, of
Portsmouth, on Rhode Island, for and in consideration of my natural
love and affection to Thomas Jones, of Rhode Island, my son-in-law, and
to Freelove, his wife, my natural daughter ; and for their well demeaning
themselves to guarde me, and for other good causes and considerations,
me, ye sd Thomas Townsend especially moveing, have given, granted and
assigned unto this Thomas Jones, and Freelove, his wife, as a free
gift, all of a certain parcell of land, lying and being upon Massapequa on
Fort Neck at ye south of Oyster Bay in Queens Co., &c., &c., con-
taining in all, more or less, &c., &c., which said tracts is att large to be
seen in and by ye Indian deed to me bearing date ye 31st day of May, 1693.
and ye other ye first day of June, 1694. Together with all rights, &c., &c.,
with priveledge to set up mills on said Fort Neck River, &c., reserving to
myself the right to improve any of the above granted lands, and to build
and plow, and pasture, &c.„ and what I shall see cause, and ye same to
possess, and enjoy during my natural life, and the life of my new wife
Mary, and after her decease to return to sd Thomas Jones and his wife." —
Signed, sealed and delivered
in the presence of
John Newman,
Nathaniel Coles, Sr.,
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Sarah X Coles.
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Thomas Townsend [L. S.l.
Before these purchases (as cited in this deed) were made of
the Indians, Capt. Thomas Townsend obtained a license from (jOv.
Andros, on 18 Oct., 1677, "to purchase lands of the Indian pro-
prietors adjoining their meadows on the south, and also on the
north, so much of their land called Matinecock." (Doc. Rel. Col.
Hist., Vol. 14, p. 731.)
This deed to Maj. Thos. Jones, with several later ones, gave
THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND 37
him possession of the whole of Fort Neck, embracing some 680
acres, which at his death he bequeathed to his son David (II. 2).
Of these latter mentioned deeds, the principal one was from the
Indians under date of 21 Apl., 1707, and conveyed all their lands
at Alassapequa, bounded on the south by the Salt Meadow, on the
north by Thomas Powell's and Thomas Whitson's land or pur-
chase, and on the west to West Neck, and on east to make a
north and south line from the east side of Latting's Neck, con-
taining in quantity more or less. Consideration, £5.
This deed embraced a large extent of country, and ]\Iaj. Thos.
Jones' brother-in-law, John Townsend, was a joint purchaser
in it with him, but on 15 Nov., 1707, the latter released all his
rights in this deed to Maj. Thos. Jones.
On June 4, 1707 (after this purchase from the Indians), a
town meeting was held at Oyster Bay and "there was granted to
Thomas Jones and John Townsend, by a free and unanimous vote,
all their rights which they have to all the land at the south which
the sd Thomas Jones and John Townsend bought or purchased
of the Indians, bearing date ye 21 April, 1707, etc., reserving to
ourselves all }e land we formerly bought and laid out on Uncoway
Neck." (Liber B, No. 2, folio 662, Queens Co.) By referring
to map on previous page it will be seen that this deed included
Unqua Neck (excepting such as reserved), and also Little Neck.
Thompson's L. I. (publication of 1839, page 338) speaking
of the deed of gift to Maj. Thos. Jones in 1695, remarks "He re-
ceived a valuable tract of land called Fort Neck, and where he
erected the first substantial dwelling house made of bricks burned
upon the place, in that part of Long Island, and which stood for
more than one hundred and fifty years, and familiarly known for
the last fifty years as the "Old Brick House." He further states
(Vol. I, p. 508) "That of the many traditions of this extraordinary
personage very little can be relied upon."
When Maj. Thos. Jones built this house there was not an-
other one standing within several miles of it. It was a wild and
desolate region, and the Massapequa meadows (whereon the
house stood) were bounded on the north by dense woodland, the
abiding place, perhaps, of hostile Indians, and on the south by
the "Great South Bay."
Touching this we quote from Denton's Hist, of N. Y. : "Ap-
proaching westerly through the island we meet with an ancient
38 THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND
dwelling on Fort Neck, which a century ago or more was known
as the Haunted House, and had many strange and wonderful
stories connected with it, and a lonely grave marked by an old
tombstone some little distance from the house, on the banks of
a small stream; a most solitary spot surrounded by a low earth
wall."
An article in the New York Mirror (copied by Thompson)
states: "This venerable edifice is still standing though much di-
lapidated, and is an object of awe to all the people in the neigh-
borhood. The traveller cannot fail to be struck with its reverend
and crumbling ruins as his eye first falls upon it from the turn-
pike, and if he has heard the story he will experience a chilly
sensation and draw a long breath while he looks at the circular,
sashless windows in the gable end. Those windows have been
left open ever since the old man's death. His sons and grand-
sons used to try all manner of means in their power to close them
up. They put in sashes, and they boarded them up, and they
bricked them up, but all would not do ; so soon as night came their
work would be destroyed, strange sights would be seen and awful
voices heard."
Furman, in his Antiquities of L. I., has this to say of it : "Ap-
proaching westwardly through the island, we meet Fort Neck,
with an old-fashioned brick house which was many years ago
owned and occupied by a Captain Jones, who is reputed to have
been a pirate, and in it he died. Tradition (he adds) says that
at the time of his death a large black crow (which the people
supposed to be a demon) hovered over his bed, and when life was
extinct the crow made its exit through the west end of the house.
The story is still told by the oldest inhabitant as a fact, and further
that the hole through which the crow made his departure cannot
be stopped, and as often as it is closed it is opened by some un-
known means."
Furman tells us he saw the house in 1827, and it was then
a venerable looking building, "and was pointed out to me as the
Haunted House," and further he adds that Captain Jones was
buried not far from the house and his grave is to this day desig-
nated as the "Pirate's Grave."
This property of Maj. Thos. Jones (I. i), known as the Fort
Neck property, was at the confluence of the Massapequa River
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latter into the ocean, at a place called Jones' Inlet. The neck of
land lying- to the west of the Massapcqua River was called West
Neck, and adjoined land of the Seaman family, while that one to
the east of Fort Neck is called Unqua. On the east bank of the
Massapequa River, and but a short distance south of where the
highway now crosses it, stood the "Old Brick House," which
after withstanding the storms of one hundred and forty years was
taken down in 1837 by the Hon. David S. Jones (IV. 7).
Edward F. de Lancey in his introduction to Thomas Jones'
Hist, of N. Y. (Vol. I, p. Iv), describes it as "A large and heavy
building of two stories, with a wing on one side ; had a high roof,
windows in its gables, and walls of great thickness, which were
panelled inside with wood. The beams were moulded and cased
in the style of that day in England." (See also Thompson L.
I., Vol. i', p. 508.)
The Old Brick House was an object of much interest, and on
Feb. 7, 1867, at the first meeting of the Long Island Hist. Soc.
John Fowler, Jr., read a paper on the "Ancient Homestead of the
Jones Family of Queens Co." but no record of it appears to have
been kept by the society.
Respecting the so-called Indian forts on Fort Neck, which
were occupied by the Indians, and taken from them in 1653 by
Capt. John Underbill, under a commission from the English au-
thorities of Rhode Island "To go against the Dutch or any ene-
mies of the Commonwealth of England," Samuel Jones (III. 8)
addressed a letter to John Pintard, secretar}^ of the N. Y. Hist.
Soc, enclosing the following memoranda written by him in 1812:
"When this part of Long Island was first settled by the Euro-
peans they found two fortifications in the neighborhood upon a
neck of land ever since called Fort Neck ; one of which is nearly
square, each side of which is about thirty yards in length. The
breastwork or parapet is of earth, and there is a ditch on the
outside which appears to have been about six feet wide. The
other one was on the southernmost point of the salt meadow ad-
joining the bay, and consisted of palisadoes set in the meadow.
The tide has worn away the meadow where the fort stood, and
the place is now covered with water, but my father, Wm. Jones
(II. 7), has told me that in his memory part of the palisadoes were
standing." (N. Y. Hist. Soc. Col., Vol. III.)
See Furman's Antiquities of L. I., p. 95, respecting these forts.
40 THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND
These necks of land were on their southern extremity cov-
ered with salt meadows, and were separated from another body
of salt meadows (lying to the south of them) by the Great South
Bay. These were considered by the early purchasers as part and
parcel of the whole, and in general terms were called by the In-
dians their Massapeage meadows.
As Maj. Thos. Jones and his sons in course of time became
possessed of the greater part of all these necks and meadows
lying between the town of Hempstead on the west and the town
of Huntington on the east, their early history may not be out of
place here.
While the Colony was much disturbed by the alternating su-
premacy of the Dutch and English, the inhabitants of the town
of Oyster Bay procured a release of them from the Indians on
17 March, 1658, and were described as "All our meadows at the
south side of this island, commonly called by the name of Mas-
sapeage meadows ; on the west side bounded with the river called
Warrasketuck, and on the east with the river called Arras-
quaugue."
On 29 Sept., 1677, Gov. Andros issued Letters Patent confirm-
ing these purchases (cited Vol. i, p. 238, Mend. Repts.) to Henry
Townsend, Thomas Townsend and others, as patentees (the sam.'i
who had received the Indian deed).
In the Indian deed no mention is made of the southerly bound-
ary, but in the Patent the south bounds are particularly described
as being the "South Sea."
In 1771 this "South Sea" bound became the source of a long
lawsuit between the town of Oyster Bay and the Jackson and
Jones families. The town claimed that the South Sea meant what
we now call the Great South Bay, and not the Atlantic Ocean as
claimed by the Jacksons and the Joneses, the former of whom
had a patent from Gov. Cornbury, on 12 Sept., 1708, for "Beach
and meadow land, bounded on the south by the sea on the south
side of the beach to low water mark, and on the north by the
Bay," extending from the town of Hempstead on the west to the
town of Huntington on the east. This was granted to John
Jackson, Sr., and John Jackson, Jr. The meadows in dispute were
those lying on the south side of the Great South Bay, and next
to the Atlantic Ocean (see map on preceding page).
The Jacksons were defended by Samuel Jones (III. 8), and
THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND 41
the suit was decided in their favor by the Supreme Court of the
Colony, Judge David Jones (II. 2) sitting.
William Jones (II. 7), a brother-in-law of the Jacksons, held
a two-fifths interest in these meadows, and was much interested.
See under William Jones (II. 7.)
The beaches and meadows thus granted were held by the
Jacksons in joint tenancy, and on the death of John Jackson, St.,
his son John Jackson, Jr., had a lawful right to the whole, and at
his death bequeathed the whole equally between his sons John,
Samuel and Richard Jackson. These meadows were of but little
use in those days except to the Jacksons, who kept large herds
of cattle and horses there, and the property remained in their
hands until 19 Sept., 1762, when John, Samuel and Richard
Jackson sold a one-fourth interest in the whole to their brother-
in-law, William Jones (11. 7).
Shortly after this the Hempstead people began to cut grass on
the meadows and carry it away, which finally terminated, in 1769,
in a lawsuit against Charles Simonson as a trespasser, in the
Supreme Court, where judgment was rendered as just stated.
In order to consult what steps were necessary in this matter,
a special town meeting was called, and the freeholders of the town
of Oyster Bay assembled at the house of George Weeks, "Where
the elderly and most wise men of the town took a room upstairs
to consult upon proper measures, and in this cabinet it was agreed
that the town had no right to the beach and meadows southward
of the bay that divides the Massapeage meadows from the beach."
Notwithstanding this they agreed to assist Simonson in his suit,
and appointed Zebulon Seaman, Benjamin Townsend, and George
Townsend as his counsel, and the case went to the Supreme Court.
From this time until about the close of the Revolutionary Wa*-
the inhabitants did not attempt to trespass upon the meadows.
From its close until 1787 (during which time William Jones (II.
7) had died and the country was much disordered by the war)
the inhabitants frequently cut the grass from the meadows with-
out much interruption, and a movement was set on foot to put the
meadows under town regulations, and by that means make a
good title to the town. A town meeting was held, and it was
voted to raise the sum of i20O to go to law with the Jacksons.
After choosing their committee for that purpose, they were
informed by James Townsend, of Duck Pond (who had known
42 THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND
the Jacksons for a long time, and was well informed about their
former suit), "That the town had no right in them premises,"
and advised the town to purchase some rights under the Jacksons.
The committee acted in accordance with this advice, one of
whom, Isaac Smith, went to New York to purchase Thomas
Jones' (III. 3) confiscated rights of the commissioners of forfeited
estates, and the others went to Cold Spring to see if David Jones
(III. 7) would sell his right, which he finally did; and the town
thereby became tenants in common with the Jacksons and the
Joneses.
Just where the northerly limit of these necks of land was
considered to be by the early proprietors is difficult to say. In
1671 tlie owners professed to divide them into shares, and allotted
them in severalty, but this appears only to have applied to that
portion then covered by the salt meadows and adjoining the main-
land.
The earliest deed from the Indians (17 Mch., 1658) fails to
give any northerly boundary, but a later one from them, dated
20 Apl., 1690, to John Townsend, describes their extent "north-
ward to ye Great Plains." This deed was for the whole of West
Neck (exclusive of the salt meadows), of which no part came
into possession of the Jones family until after the death of Maj.
Thos. Jones (I. i), excepting such rights as the latter may have
had under the general assignment to him by Thomas Townsend on
II May, 171 1. These indefinite boundaries caused much trouble
later on.
On 18 of 8 month, 1695, the Indians executed a deed to
Thomas Powell, Sr., for a large tract of land in the central part
of the town of Oyster Bay, in which the bounds were fairly well
described. Of these the southerly boundary (as shown on the
map, opp. p. 31, and designated as Frost's and Jones' line), ap-
proximately gives us the northerly limits of these necks of land.
This places it a little south of the present village of Farming-
dale, and embraces an area of country extending into the interior
about four and one-half miles northerly, and two and one-half
miles east and west, or 7,000 acres of land. Deducting y^ from
this for the West Neck, we have 4,700 acres which was vested in
the children of Maj. Thomas Jones (I. i), which later became
the property of the Floyd- Jones family, and by actual survey
contained 4,792 acres. Of this, 1,138 acres is meadow land and
THE JONES FAMILY QF LONG ISLAND 43
lies south of the "Old Indian Path" that formerly led across these
necks, and now known as the South Side Tumpike Road.
The deeds of gift to Maj. Thcs. Jones (before alluded to) have
been claimed by historians as embracing the whole of Fort Neck
and much of the surrounding country. I do not so construe them.
They embraced but a small part of this neck, possibly 300 acres,
but gave him control of that part between the "Old Indian Path"
and the "Great South Bay," and had for its western boundary th^r
Massapequa River. Prior small purchases had been made by the
freeholders, individual allotments made, and the Indians were
gradually forced into the interior. Many of these allotments or
rights were given up or forfeited, and were transferred to Capt.
Thomas Townsend in consideration of his assuming the rates
levied upon them, and by him conveyed to Maj. Thomas Jones
(I. i) in consideration of various sums of money. More than
one hundred of these deeds and assignments of rights are now
in possession of the family.
On the north of the Powell purchase was an extensive tract of
land lying between Bethpage and the high ridge of hills within
the limits of Syosset, East Woods, Woodbury and Cold Spring.
This was purchased of the Indians by Maj. Thomas Jones, Capt.
Thos. Townsend, Edward White, John Williams and Hope Will-
iams, on the 2d June, 1697, for i6 current money and one barrel
of good cider. (Liber 4, folio 3, Queens Co.)
This was heavily wooded and valuable, and many controversies
arose over its relative boundaries between the Williamses, who
owned the Great Plains on the south and west, and the Mayos,
who had very early rights on the north, and other inhabitants of
the town.
This piece was described as beginning "at ye edge of ye
Plains on ye south side ye old cart path that leadeth from Hemp-
stead to Huntington town by ye head of Cold Spring, to ye line
of division between ye town of Oyster Bay and ye town of Hunt-
ington north bounder, thence from ye sd cart path south by ye
line of division to ye land of Thomas Powell, at ye place called
Bethpage, from thence westward by ye sd lands of Thos. Powell
to ye edge of ye Great Plains, and from thence northward by ye
edge of ye sd Great Plains to ye above sd cart way," etc.. etc.
Subsequently Maj. Thos. Jones purchased other rights or
shares in this, but disposed of the greater part of tliem before his
44 THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND
death, and bequeathed the remainder to his sons David and
William.
On the north of this purchase was a large tract of woodland
which he also owned in common with other people of the town,
mainly the Mayos and Wrights, the boundaries of which also dis-
turbed the people for several years, but was finally settled by ar-
bitrators in 170T, whose decision, signed by Peter Cortilieau, sur-
veyor, on 16 vSept. of that year, fixed its northerly boundary as
"Which line doth begin at a hole of water, ye head of Cold
Spring, or which is concluded to be ye head of ye sd spring, and
from thence west thirty-five degrees southerly to a point of trees
called Cantiague."
This was a long, narrow strip of land extending from Cold
Spring to Jericho and Hicksville, embracing the high ridge of
hills running between those places. Cantiague was within tlie
limits of Hicksville proper, and on line of division between the
towns of Oyster Bay and Hempstead. It was probably an Indian
settlement.
Maj. Thos. Jones' rights or allotments in this were mostly in
its eastern end, and extended westerly to "Round Swamp," now
a small pond just west of the village of Syosset. His interests
were large, as records show, but how he disposed of them is not
shown.
Some papers now extant show that Maj. Timothy Bagley
(who married his widow) obtained possession of some and dis-
posed of them later. His sons, Thomas and William Jones, ob-
tained some under his will.
On March 23, 1709, a Patent was issued by Queen Anne foi
3,000 acres of land in Orange Co., N. Y., to Rip Van Dam,
Adolph Phillipse, David Provoost, Jr., Lancaster Syms and
Thomas Jones.
It was situated about six miles west of Cornwall, and was
formerly a part of the land included in the Patent granted to
Capt. John Evans by Gov. Dongan in 1694. (Ruttenber's Hist.
Orange Co., p. 16.)
Evans' patent was annulled by an Act of Assembly in 1699,
and repatented at later dates.
On 21 Aug., 171 1, Maj. Thos. Jones conveyed one-half of his
interest in this to John Thomas, Rector of St. George Parish,
Hempstead, L. I. I do not find that he made any disposition of
THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND 45
his remaining interest, but on 2d Aug., 1721, his son David, "As
heir-at-law of Thomas Jones, late of Fort Neck on L. I., de-
ceased," conveyed his right in it, as did also the four surviving
patentees, to Vincent Mathews, of Ulster Co., for £1,000. (Liber
B, folio 284, Orange Co.) The considerations named in the
Patent were that the patentees should "pay every year from hence-
forth two shillings and sixpence for every 100 acres, reserving to
our heirs, etc., all trees of ye diameter of 24 inches in diameter,
as shall be fitt for our Royal Navy, and such other trees as shall
be fitt to make plank and knees for our Navy aforesaid, and also
all gold and silver mines, etc.
"Signed, Richard Ingoldesby,
"Lieut. Gov."
(Liber 7. folio 395 of Patents, Secy, of State office.)
Why Maj. Thos. Jones went to Rhode Island on his arrival
in this country is not known. He may have been known to the
Townsends before his advent here, and possibly had some busi-
ness relations with them. His religious convictions certainly
did not cause him to seek a home there, for he was a warm
supporter of the Church of England and would not have chosen
a place that was a refuge for all religious sects and where re-
ligious toleration worked little good for the Colony. As a pri-
vateersman he may have made use of the Rhode Island ports (as
many of his time did), but the records of the Colony contain no
records of him.
Shortly after his settling upon L. I. he was actively engaged
in Church matters, first at Oyster Bay and then at Hempstead
and Jamaica, where religious diflferences early commenced be-
tween the Church of England and the dissenters, who were of
the popular party, and who looked upon the Church of England,
or Court party, with distrust.
The Colonial Government was desirous that Episcopacy should
be established and that ministers of the Gospel be called and set-
tled in each town, to which it gave much the same offices and
form of government as the parish churches in England. The in-
habitants were compelled to contribute to their support by taxa-
tion, even though they difTered on points of religion. This to tlie
dissenters was obnoxious and was strongly opposed ; to them "the
libertv of all was the best guarantee for the liberty of each." This
46 THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND
hostile feeling reached its culmination during the Revolutionary
War, when the Court party, who were all Episcopalians, were
roughly handled.
Had Maj. Thos. Jones lived later he would have suffered much
at the hands of his political and religious opponents, but he died
long before the struggle for independence began and never knew
the extent of the religious controversies in which Queens County
became involved.
Lord Cornbury was Governor in 1702, and was a great pro-
moter of the English Church, especially on Long Island, and Maj.
Thos. Jones was soon in his favor.
On Jan. 12, 1703, Maj. Thos. Jones (under a colonial law for
organizing parishes and church wardens), was elected at Oyster
Bay at a general town meeting as church warden, and Edmund
Wright, Isaac Doty, Samuel Dickinson, Richard Willis and Na-
thaniel Coles as vestrymen. (State Reeds. D, page 114.) (Queens
Co. in Olden Times, Onderdonk.)
June 14, 1707, he was elected, with Thos. Gildersleeve, by a
"major vote of the people of Hempstead, as church wardens, to
which office he was annually re-elected until 1709." (Hempstead
Records, Vol. i, p. 429, etc.)
The office of church warden had jurisdiction in civil as well
as ecclesiastical matters, the authority for its jurisdiction being
vested in an Act of Legislature passed Sept., 1693. Under this
act ten vestrymen and two church wardens were to be annually
elected by the freeholders of each county, and the tax to be raised
for the support of the ministers was to be levied by the vestrymen
and justices, and to be paid to the church wardens, who were re-
quired to give an account to the vestrymen of all receipts and
disbursements, and to pay to their respective ministers their sal-
ary.
Although Maj. Thos. Jones married into a Quaker family he
strongly adhered to the Episcopal Church, and, as we have stated,
caused his wife to be baptized into that faith. Further than this
he intrusted the early education of his children to his "loving
friend John Thomas" (the first Rector of St. George's Epis.
Church of Hempstead), who was inducted as its rector by order
of Lord Cornbury, 26 Dec, 1704. His return or Certificate of
Induction was signed by Wm. Vesey, Wm. Urquhart, Thomas
Jones and Thos. Gildersleeve, wardens, on 2.y Dec, 1704. It is
THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND 47
written in Latin (much abbreviated), and recorded in New York
Surrogate's Office, Liber 7, folio 227 of Wills.)
Very little of the parish work of the Rev. John Thomas has
been preserved to us. In his letter to the "Society for the Propa-
gation of the Gospil in Foreign Parts," he states that his parish
register was used by the justices and civil vestry acting as over-
seers of the poor.
This church was built in 1648, and much can be read concern-
ing it in the Rev. John Keith's Journal, who was then a mis-
sionary on Long Island.
(See also Hist, of St. George's Church, by Moore, and Doc.
History of New York, Vol. III.)
On 29 Jan., 1702-3, Governor Cornbury issued a commission
to "our loyal subjects" Thos. Willet, John Jackson and others,
authorizing them to administer the oath appointed by Act of
Parliament instead of the oath of allegiance, to all officers, civil
and military, that are or shall be commissioned by us, etc., in our
county called Queens, and the commissions to continue in force
during our will and pleasure. (Liber A, folio 214, Queens Co.)
On 12 March, 1702-3, this oath was administered to all of the
officers of the Queens Co. Regiment, and a certificate to that ef-
fect was recorded by them. (Liber A, folio 215, Queens Co.)
Of the Oyster Bay company there were named : John Dickinson,
captn. ; Isaac Doty, lieut., and Nathaniel Coles, Jr., ensign, of yi
one company, and Thomas Jones, captn. ; John Townsend, lieut.,
and Samuel Dickinson, ensign, of ye other company.
On 14 Oct., 1704, Maj. Thos. Jones was appointed by Gov.
Cornbury as High Sheriff of Queens Co. (Commissions, Vol. 3,
p. 98, N. Y. State Library.) (Thompson's L. I., Vol. 2, p. 503.)
(Thomas Jones' Hist. N. Y., Vol. i, p. Iv.)
Thomas Jones, Commission as High Sheriff of Queens Co. :
"A commission to Thomas Jones to be High Sheriff of Queens Co. —
Anne, by the grace of God; of England, Scotland, France, and Ireland;
Queen defender of the Faith, to Thomas Jones, Esq. Greeting, \vc com-
mit unto you our county of Queens County to keep from the date of these
presents until the fourteenth day of October now next ensuing, 3'eilding
unto us, and our successors our dues, and other things to us belonging,
and we command all our loving subjects in our said county, that to you in
the execution of the office of High Sheriff, they be aiding, helping and
assisting.
In testimony whereof we have caused the great seal of our Province
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of New York to be hereunto affixed. Witness our Right Trusty, and well
beloved cousin, Edward, Viscount Cornbury, Captain General and Gover-
nor in Chief of the Province of New York, New Jersey, and of all the
Territories and Tracts of land depending thereon in America, and Vice
Admiral of all the same, &c., this fourteenth day of October, in the third
year of our Reigne.
On the 3d of April, 1706, he was appointed Major of the
Queens Co. Regiment of Militia. (Calendar of N. Y. Historical
MSS., page 352.) (N. Y. Colonial MSS., Vol. LIL, p. 13.)
On the 4th Sept., 1710, Governor Hunter appointed him as
Ranger General of the island of Nassau (now Long Island).
(Vol. 10, page 259 of Deeds, Secry. of State Office.)
Ranger General was a sworn officer of the Crown, to whom
was granted the royal rights or franchises of waifs, estrays, hunt-
ing, royal fish, forfeitures, etc. (Thos. Jones' Hist. N. Y., Vol.
I, p. Ivii.)
What rights and duties were conferred upon him under this
commission we are unable to say, but at a later period, during the
Revolutionary War, the duties of a Ranger "were arduous," and
no person was permitted to sell a horse or leave the Province
without being first viewed by the Ranger.
During Maj. Thos. Jones' time in all probability it had some
reference to a military watch against foreign attack. (MSS. C.
B. Moore.)
His original commission is now in possession of the family.
It is well preserved, and bears Gov. Hunter's seal of arms, and is
countersigned by George Clark, secretary. It is as follows :
Robert Hunter, Esq., Captain General and Commander in Chief of the
Provinces of New York, New Jersey, and Territories depending thereon
in America, and Vice Admiral of the same, &c. Major Thomas Jones,
greeting, be it known to all whom it may concern, that I, reposing special
trust and confidence in your ability, prudence and fidelity, have given and
granted, and by these presents do give and grant unto you, the said
Thomas Jones, the office of Ranger General of the island commonly called
Long Island, in the Province of New York, and I do hereby constitute
and appoint you, the said Thomas Jones, to be Ranger General, yourself,
your sufficient deputy or deputies in each respective county within the said
island, to have, hold, and exercise the said office of Ranger General,
together with all fees, salleries, profits, benefits, customs, tolls, perquisites
or advantages to ye said office, and place belonging, or which ought or
may in any ways belong or appertain, according to ye former usage and
custome of any of ye Rangers in her Majestie's Plantations in America;
given under my hand and seal att arms, att Fort Ann in New York, this
THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND 49
fourth day of September, 1710, in ye ninth year of ye reign of our Sover-
aign Lady Anne, by ye Grace of God, Queen of Gt. Brittain, France, and
Ireland, defender of ye faith, &c.
By His Excell'ys Command.
As early as 1705 Maj. Thos. Jones was engaged in the whale
fishery on Long Island. On the 13th of Dec. of that year he had
from Gov. Cornbury a license "to take drift whales on ye gut ad-
joining Mr. Nicoll's land, and the west end of Gravesend Beach."
(Calendar of N. Y. Hist. MSS., p. 340.) (Rev. MSS., Vol. L, p.
183.)
The Great South Beach, on Long Island, had been used as a
place to catch whales from, long before his arrival, and the busi-
ness being lucrative, was sought after by many persons.
Denton in his Hist, of N. Y., written in 1670, says: "Upon
the south side of Long Island, in the winter, lie store of whales
and crampasses, which the inhabitants begin with small boats to
make a trade, catching to their no small benefit also innumerable
multitude of seals which make excellent oyle."
While Lovelace was Governor no duty was demanded ; but
during Gov. Hunter's administration a duty was imposed on
whale fishery. Many early laws were passed concerning this in-
dustry and several lawsuits resulted concerning individual rights.
In 1672 Gov. Lovelace ordered that the hire for one Indian to
go whaling was not above one trucking cloth coat for each whale
he and his company shall kill, or half the blubber without the
whalebone. In the year following he granted the right to several
companies to use the beach for whaling, and to cut wood in the
adjacent woodland, and ordered the Indians not to disturb thetn
any more by demanding a barrel of oil out of every whale taken.
He also gave the right to persons engaged in the whale fishery
"to sell truck, powder and shot, and a moderate amount of strong
liquor to the Indians as shall be useful for their whaling de-
signe." (Doc. Rel. Col. Hist. N. Y. XIV., p. 646.)
Maj. Thos. Jones was engaged in this business for several
years, and as late as 4 Sept., T710, he had a license for this pur-
pos<=' granted by Gov. Himter, and is recorded in Vol. 10 of
Deeds, Secy, of State Office, and is as follows:
Robert Hunter, Esq., Captain General and Governor in Chief of the
Provinces of New York, &c.. &c., to Major Thomas Jones, reposing espe-
cial] trust and confidence in your care, and dilligencc, and integrity, I have
thought fit, and I do hereby impower you to sicze, secure, and take into
50 THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND
your custody and possession all Driffts, drifft whales, and whatsoever
other fish or wrecks you shall find floating upon the sea or shall be driven
or cast on shore or any part of the sea coast between the gut joining to Mr.
Nichols land, and ye west end of Gravesend Beach, and Brookhaven, com-
monly called Seatawcut, on the north side of Long Island, and saw, cut up,
try, and make into oyle, all such drifft whales or other fish as aforesaid
within said bounds, yeilding and paying unto me at New York, one half
part of the oyl, and whale bone which you shall make or gett thereout
aforesaid, and also one half of all other wrecks and driffts, detaining and
keeping ye other half thereof to your own proper use and behoofe, giving
me an account from time to time what you shall have done herein; and
for so doing this shall be your sufficient warrent; given under my hand
and seal at Fort Anne in New York, this 4th day of Sept., 1710.
Several of these returns (which this license required) were
made by him and can be seen in the N. Y. Coll. MSS., in the N.
Y. State Library, and are in his own handwriting, one of which,
filed in Vol. LIV., p. 179, is as follows:
"An acompt of what oyl and whale bone is taken one Mereck Beach."
Oyl. Bone.
Coll. Jackson 6 50
John Tredwell 6 50
Thos. Carman & Joseph Smith 20 300
Thos. Jones 80 900
At Rockaway Beach.
Thos. Cornell, John Cornell & others 21 300
To the eastward of me at Beach by Miles
and Richard Miles 60 600
A true acompt taken pr me the 26th day of March, 171 1.
Tho: Jones
^7f/
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Fac-simile of his signature to the above account.
This license gave him control of the whale fishery on Long
Island, and the returns as made by him show that he probably
sub-let the right to various persons. It was a lucrative business
THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND 51
and afforded employment to the Indians, whose pay was regulated
by laws made for that purjjose. Frequently they were paid in
"strong liquor," and Maj. Thos. Jones brought much to Long
Island, possibly for that purpose. This got him into trouble with
the custom house, and on 17 Sept., 1708, he petitioned Lord Corn-
bury "for some redress in relation to rum seized by the revenue
officers." (N. Y. Coll. MSS. LII., p. 167.)
It is as follows :
The petition of Thomas Jones, of Nassau Island, most humbly
sheweth that your petr having some eflfects at Rhode Island, ordered his
coorespondent there to send of it in Rum for his winter provision (Rum
being very cheap there then) and to consigne the same to Mr. Barthd
Furt, here in town, for your Pet'rs acc't, and at the same time ordered
sd Barth'd Furt to enter the same, and to pay the duty here at the Cus-
tome House, about two months ago a vessel coming from Rhode Island,
(the same whereof is yet unknown to your Pet'r) three small barrils con-
taining about eighty gallons in all, where at is seems among many other
things put on board said vessel, and for what reasons your Pet'r doth not
know said casks were put on shore at Doctor Taylor's at White Stone,
unknown to your Pet'r, and were there seized last Saturday by Mr. Byer-
ley and Mr. Chambers among other goods found there at the same time.
Where as all these has been transacted and done without your Pet'r's
knowledge, and contrary to his orders so farr that had not Mr. Chambers
sent him notice thereof your Pet'r should be a stranger to it to this day,
and whereas by ail the circumstances which yo'r Pet'r offers to prove
upon accts if required, it plainly appears that no fraud was intended or
designed, yor Pet'r humbly prays that he may have an order for to enter
the said Rum and receive the same paying the duty.
And yor Pet'r shall ever pray, &c., &c.
Tho: Jones.
Endorsement —
Major Jones petition read in Councill 17th Septr, 1708, and referred
to the Gent of the Councill or any 3, and the Pet'r Mr. Byerley or Mr.
Chambers to attend-
Reported 17th Septr, 1708.
(See N. Y. Coll- Mss., Vol ui, p. 167.)
On 21 May, 1709, Maj. Thos. Jones, Col. Henry Smith, and
Col. Richard Floyd were ordered by Lieut. Gov. Ingoldesby "to
engage the Long Island Indians to join the expedition to Canada."
(N. Y. Coll. MSS. LIII., p. 74.)
In 171 1 he subscribed £2 towards building Trinity Church
steeple in N. Y. (Bcrrian's Hist. Trinity Church.)
As early as 1710 he held the office of Supervisor of the Town
of Oyster Bay, and was annually re-elected until his death in 17 14.
52 THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND
(Liber D, folios 13 and 17, Oyster Bay Conveyances.) In 1710,
while holding- office, he was one of the Supervisors who applied
to the Assembly for a central hall and jail, and for authority to
sell the old hall and two jails not central, before used, which was
granted on day following. (Ass. Journal 1-274.) And on 2
March, 1712, he ordered the freeholders of the town of Oyster
Bay to meet in the church at that place to arrange for the sale
of land to pay the expenses of the town. (Oyster Bay Reeds. D,
p. 12.)
On 2d Sept., 1709, he was appointed assistant Justice of the
Court of Common Pleas for Queens Co., Thos. Willet, first Judge
and John Jackson, second Judge. (Liber A, folio 175, Queens
Co.) At a special meeting of that court, held at Jamaica, 8 March,
1709, there were present Thos. Willet, Esq., first Judge, John
Jackson, Esq., second Judge, and William Hallett and Thomas
Jones, assistant Justices. At this meeting the will of John Town-
send, dated 3 Aug., 1709, was proved. (Liber A, p. 175, Queens
Co.)
His name frequently appears as Justice in the "Minutes of
Court of Common Pleas, Queens Co." After 1692 this court had
power to grant marriage licenses, licenses to school masters, and
in taking proof of the installation of clergymen, and had control
over highways and apportioned the county tax. (See Redfield's
Law and Practise of Surrogate Court.)
Many anecdotes have been handed down concerning Maj.
Thos. Jones, but few of them are worthy of preservation. One of
these, founded upon facts, is as follows :
Having occasion to drive across the island with his wife from
Fort Neck to Cold Spring, she became very thirsty, and as they
approached the latter place she noticed a small stream of water
by the roadside, whereupon she insisted upon getting out to allay
her thirst. He remonstrated with her for wanting such poor
water, and remarked that there was much better drinking water
a short distance ahead. On reaching the place mentioned, he
sprang out and carried some water to her in his hat. Having
allayed her thirst, his own, and that of his horse in the same
manner, he resumed his journey, and remarked to his wife, "I
shall give this stream to the town for a watering place forever."
He kept his promise, and the place has ever since been known as
a "Public Watering Place" and is now known as "The Spout."
THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND 53
Its location is a short distance south of where the present Long
Island Railroad depot at Cold Spring Harbor is located. Tlie
highway on which they were journeying was the "Old Cart Path"
between Hempstead and Huntington, "by ye head of ye Cold
Spring" (so called in the early land conveyances), and was Uun
the northerly boundary of a large tract of land in which he liad
considerable interest. His right to this spring of water and land
was vested in a deed from the Indians under date of 2 June, 1697.
to Thos. Townsend (his father-in-law) and others, who on 6
June, 1697, admitted Maj. Thos. Jones with them as "an equal
partner." (Liber B, folio 363, Oyster Bay Reeds.) Of this we
have spoken before.
Many years after, when this "Old Cart Path" was laid out
by the road commissioners, it was ordered by them that "The
Spout be a public watering place" (Liber A, folio 20 of High-
ways, Oyster Bay), and on the 25 Nov., 1825, a confirmator>-
order was granted by them concerning the same. (Liber A,
folio 161 of Highways, Oyster Bay.)
Another anecdote (showing the cordial relations that existed
between Maj. Thos. Jones and Lord Cornbury) concerning a visit
made to him by the latter, of which Mr. C. B. Moore has told us
that he had seen a printed record, has come down to us from Maj.
Genl. Henry Floyd- Jones, a great grandson of Maj. Thos. Jones,
and is as follows:
"During the administration of Governor Cornbury, the Sheriff
issued a requisition for the arrest of Maj. Thos. Jones, but the
latter being forewarned of the approach of the Sheriff's posse,
caused a table to be placed before the entrance of his house that
completely blocked up the doorway, and had a fine luncheon
arranged upon it, while upon the side next the door were j^laccd
his pistols. The Sheriff's posse upon arrival encountered the
major in the doorway, who, after reading the papers served upon
him, sat down and wrote a note to Gov. Cornbury. This he
handed to them, remarking that he would not subject himself to
arrest, and, pointing to his pistols, added that if they insisted
upon arresting him he would then and there fight it out ; but if
Gov. Cornbury, after reading his note, would send him an answer
requesting him to give himself up he would go without further
resistance. After a short parley among themselves they con-
cluded not to push matters, and at his invitation sat down and par-
c
54 THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND
took of his feast. This over they returned with only the note,
and shortly after the Governor with his retinue visited the major,
and were royally entertained by him in the 'Old Brick House.' "
On 7 Dec, 1713, he made his will, and, as tradition states, wrote
it himself. It is not overburdened with the usual phraseology
of the early wills of his time, but is somewhat brief and made
with considerable care. It was proved in Queens Co., on 2d
Feb., 1714, and is recorded in N. Y. Surrogate's Office, Liber 9,
folio 259; new number Liber 8, folio 301.
By the provisions of his will his wife Freelove had the entire
use and control of his estate during her widowhood, and an equal
one-fourth part of i 1,109, the remaining three-fourths part he
gave equally between his three daughters. The principal part o
his estate, including the Old Brick House and land adjoining, he
devised to his eldest son David in-tail male.
To his sons Thomas and William he gave his lands at the east
end of the Great Plains, and northward of Mannetto Hill, and all
his lands near Cold Spring, and land adjoining the Plains ; also
forty acres of salt meadow on West Neck, lying on the east side
of the meadow given his son David.
He appointed as his executors his wife Freelove, and his
friend the Rev. John Thomas, to whom letters of adms. were
granted on 16 March, 171 3.
He died in the Old Brick House on 13 Dec, 1713, and was
buried a short distance south of the house on the east bank of
the Massapequa River. Thirteen years after his decease his
widow (who had married again) was buried at his side, and later
his son David and his wife Anne (nee Willet) found a resting
place there.
The ancient burialplace, not larger than thirty feet square, was
long kept sacred by his descendants, but serious inroads were
made upon it by the tides, which in 1893 necessitated its removal.
His headstone and that of his wife are of hard red sandstone, and
are now (1900) in a good state of preservation.
Thompson's Hist, of L- I., speaking of his grave, states that
he was interred agreeably to his own desire within one of the
Indian forts on Fort Neck, near the bottom of the upland upon his
farm, and Furman's Antiquities, in 1827, states his resting place
was then known as the "Pirate's Grave."
THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND
55
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For many years after his death it was the common beHef that
some of Maj. Jones' wealth was buried with him, and so deeply
rooted had this become that his grave was opened by vandals in
the quest of relics and the ancient bones left strewn upon the
ground. Shortly after their reinterment it was discovered that
one of his bones had been kept by some one in the hopes of get-
ting a reward. This finally came into possession of one of his
descendants, and was kept by him until 1893, when all that re-
mained of those who were interred in the little burial spot was
removed and placed in the burying ground adjoining Grace
Church at South Oyster Bay — this bone with the rest. This bone,
which was the upper half of the skull, was placed for a moment
in the hands of the writer, nearly one hundred and eighty years
after it had been first laid at rest.
The personal effects of Maj. Thos. Jones that have been pre-
served to us are few in number and widely scattered. A chair
of his is now (1900) in the possession of Mrs. Samuel B. Ro-
maine, and a very curious secretary is now owned by Mrs. John
D. Jones. This also has a story. It was sent from Spain to some
person of rank in Russia, and was captured by Maj. Thos. Jones
during one of his privateering cruises. His silver, which hi.«
daughters inherited, is lost to the immediate family. .A.n old silver
tankard of his, lately in the possession of the Smith family of
56 THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND
Centre Island, has, we are told, an ancient copper coin marked
with the letters T. J. inlaid upon its cover, and is one that in the
division of his estate fell to the lot of his daughter Freelove, who
married Jacob Smith, and whose descendants have guarded it with
religious care. Concerning its later ownership, many questions
have been brought to light, and its whereabouts were but little
known until the year 1893, when the will of Richard L. Parrish,
of Oyster Bay, disclosed the fact that he (the then doubtful owner
as claimed) had bequeathed it to an alien blood. (See under
Jacob Smith and Freelove Jones.)
The date of Maj. Thos. Jones' birth is only conjectural; he
died on 13 Dec, 1713, leaving six surviving children all under age.
After his death his widow married (before 1716) Major Timothy
Bagley, a retired British officer, by whom she had no issue. Lit-
tle is known respecting her after her second marriage, but there
are various traditions concerning her care for the property and
her children.
Although of a Quaker family she, shortly after her marriage
to Maj. Thos. Jones, was baptized into the Episcopal faith by the
Rev. John Keith, at Oyster Bay, on 19 Nov., 1702 (Keith's
Journal, p. 45.), and (Digest of the Records of the Soc. for the
Progagation of the Gospel, p. 57.) She remained steadfast in her
new faith and carefully watched over the spiritual welfare of her
children, in which matter she was much aided by the Rev. John
Thomas, Rector of St. George's Church, Hempstead, L. I.
WILL OF MAJOR THOMAS JONES (I. i).
In the name of God Amen — In the seventh day of December, in the
year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and thirteen, I, Thomas
Jones, of Fort Neck, in the township of Oyster Bay, in Queens County,
on the island of Nassau, in the Province of New York, Gentleman, being
very weak in body but of perfect mind and memory, thanks be to God
therefore, calling to mind the mortahty of my body, and knowing that
it is appointed for all men once to die, do make and ordain this my last
will and testament. That is to say, principally and first of all I give
and recommend my soul into the hands of God who gave it, and for my
body, I do recommend it to the earth to be buried in a Christian like and
decent manner at the discretion of my executors, nothing doubting but
at the general resurrection I shall receive the same again by the mighty
power of God. As to my worldly estate wherewith it hath pleased God to
bless me in this life, I do give, divide and dispose of the same in the
following manner and form —
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Imprimus — I give and bequeath unto my well beloved son David, and
his heirs legally begotten of his body, all my houses, mills, lands, and
meadows except what will be hereafter occupied, situate, lying and being
at the Massapcqua at the South side of Oyster Bay, bounded on the West
by West Neck purchase, and on the North by Powell's purchase, and East
so far as my lands extend, as may at large appear by my deeds and
conveyances ; the said houses, mills, lands, and meadows to have and to
hold to him the said David, and his heirs naturally begotten of his body
for ever, and in default of issue to my said son David, to my next sur-
viving male child, to him and his heirs naturally begotten of his body
for ever. Likewise I give to my well beloved son David,
and two horses, when capable of entering upon the estate aforesaid.
Then I give to my two sons Thomas and William Jones, all my lands
lying and being at the East end of the Great Plains, and northward of
Maunetto Hill, so called, containing in quantity more or less. Then
I give unto my said two sons all my lands lying and being at or nigh
to the head of Cold Spring, and all my land adjoining to the Plains,
both wood land, and Plain land, all to be equally divided between my
two said sons Thomas and William, freely to be enjoyed by them and
their assigns forever. Also I will and ordain that my right of land, and
meadow at Oak Neck, my twenty-five acres of land to be taken up in the
undivided land of the "New Purchase," to be sold and disposed of at
the discretion of my executors, and laid out in educating my two said sons
Thomas and William.
Then it is my will and desire that my sons Thomas and William, have
each of them two oxen and two horses out of my moveable estate when
at the age of being capable to improve the lands willed as aforesaid.
Then I give unto my two sons aforesaid, Thomas and William, forty
acres of salt meadow lying on West Neck at the South of Oyster Bay,
lying on the East side of the meadow bequeathed to my son David, twenty
acres to each of them, to have and to hold all and singular the said
meadows unto them my two said sons; the said forty acres to be equally
divided between them, freely to be enjoyed by them, their heirs and
assigns forever.
That it is my will and desire, that in case of death of either of my
said sons Thomas and William or default of issue, then the lands afore-
said bequeathed to them as above shall be the surviving of my said two
sons, to his own proper use and behoof, freely to be enjoyed by him, his
heirs and assigns forever.
Then I give unto my two sons Thomas and William Jones, all my
Neck at the South of Oyster Bay, to be equally divided between them,
to have and to hold to them, their heirs and assigns forever.
Then I give and bequeath unto my three sons, David, Thomas, and
William Jones, swords and pistols to be equally divided between them.
Then I give and bequeath to my dearly beloved wife Frcclovc. and
to my beloved daughters Freelove, Sarah, Margaret and Elizabeth Jones,
the sum of eleven hundred and nine pounds, to be equally divided between
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them, and in case my said daughters should die before marriage, or full
age, or having lawful issue, that her or their part to be equally divided
among the survivors, also it is my will and desire that whatever of my
moveable estate is not valued and comprehended within the eleven hun-
and nine pounds, be and remain in the hands of my beloved wife Free-
love, to rear and bringing up my said daughters, and that each of them
to receive their particular parts or portion of the said sum at their
marriage or full age in law.
Then I give unto my beloved wife Freelove, the whole command,
power and management of my whole estate, real and personal, during her
widow-hood, or my aforesaid sons being under age.
Then I constitute and ordain my beloved wife Freelove, and loving
friend John Thomas, executors of this my last will and testament. Lastly
I do appoint my well beloved friends John Treadwell, Jim, and Walter
overseers of this my last will and testament, to be aiding my beloved
wife, and to see this my last will duly and truly performed.
I do hereby utterly disannul and revoke all and every other testaments,
wills, legacies, executors by me, and in any ways before this time named.
Willed and bequeathed satisfying and confirming this and no other
to be my last will and testament.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal the day and
year above written.
Thomas Jones [L. S.J.
Signed, sealed, published and delivered by the said Thomas Jones as
his last will and testament, in the presence of us the subscribers.
Joseph Dickinson.
Samuel Macoune.
Abraham Underbill.
Proof of name and parentage of Thomas Townsend's wife.
State of New York,
Nassau Co.
This is to certify that I, George W. Cock, of Glen Cove, N. Y., skilled
genealogist, locril historian, through the grouping together of various
fragments of information, having discovered that which James and
Aurelia Townsend, in the "Memorial of the Townsend Brother;?," assert
in 1866 to have been hitherto unknown; i. e., the name and parentage of
the first wife of Capt. Thomas Townsend, and the mother of Freelove,
wife of Maj. Thos, Jones, Mary the wife of William McCoun, and Sarah
the wife of Abraham Underbill, consider I am justified in desigiiating
as the wife of said Thomas Townsend, Sarah, youngest daughter of Robert
and Mary (Hauxhurst) Coles, of Warwick, R. I.
Robert Coles died about 1654, and his estate was settled by the Town
Council of Warwick; in that settlement mention is made of a daughter
Sarah, and both Austin and Savage state that the widow, Mary Coles,
married Matthias Harvy (as he wrote it), and with her children removed
to Oyster Bay, L. I., and it would appear from the town records that
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Matthias Harvy with his stepsons settled on lots to the eastward of the
Church Yard, probably at Ship Point, and before 1684 he removed to
Flushing, N. Y.
Dr. Peter Townsend, of Oyster Bay, in company with a nephew
Isaiah, about 1844 made a pilgrimage to Rhode Island in quest of his-
torical matter concerning Townsend and allied families. They found in
the house of Peleg Almy, Portsmouth, an old memorandum book of
Thomas Townsend's, with a record of sundry transactions extending
over a period from 1676 to 1713. The items pertinent to the matter in
hand are as follows, viz. :
1685 John Robinson. Credit.
Sept. 16 By making my wife's coffin 05.00
By making my child's coffin 02.06
John Rogers. Credit.
By digging a grave 01.05
By digging my child's 01.03
By going to Flushing for father Harvy 04.00
(doubtless on account of the funeral.)
Having seen the writings of Robert Coles, the second (now in my
custody) a similar mention of father "Harvy," and believing that each of
these expressions refer to Matthias Harvey, and knowing his relationship
to Robert Coles was that of step-father, I feel justified in the deduction
that for Thomas Townsend to have been warrented in addressing Matthias
Harvy as "father," he must have been the husband of Sarah Coles, as
the most diligent search showeth neither any own daughter of Matthias
Harvy, nor any step-daughter other than Sarah for him to "wife." As
supporting this contention I have in possession an original instrument in
the hand writing of Matthias Harvy, of date of 1666, being a deed or
conveyance from Marke Meggs to Nathan Burcham of Matinecock, wit-
nessed by Matthias Harvy and Sarah Townsend. There being no record
of wife or daughter of any Townsend at that period bearing the name
of Sarah, and this witnessing having probably been done at the residence
of Matthias Harvy, and Sarah's mother, I am prone to believe that Sarnh.
daughter of Robert and Mary Hauxhurst) Coles was, in i665, the wife
of Thomas Townsend, the son of John and Elizabeth. The ancient ac-
count book also shows the existence of living children, John, Mary, Free-
love and Sarah.
Sworn to and subscribed before me
this Sept. 15, 1900. John H. NewhoflF,
Notary Public, Nassau Co., N. Y.
Geo. W. Cock.
Mary Hauxhurst is supposed to have been a sister of Christopher
Hauxhurst, of Warwick, R. I. and of Oyster Bay, on a reading of thi-
records at Jamaica, L. I., wherein Daniel and Nathaniel Coles mention
their uncle, Christopher Hauxhurst. (MSS. Geo. W. Cock.)
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(I. I) MAJOR THOMAS JONES, b. about 1665; d. Dec.
13, 1713, at Fort Neck, South Oyster Bay, Long Island; m. about
1695, Freelove, dau. of Capt. Thomas Townsend, of Rhode
Island. Sheb. Dec. 29, 1674; d. 1726. issue: (She m. 2dly Maj.
Timothy Bagley — noi issue) supra.
-j-II- I. Sarah L., b. 1695; d. Aug. 18, 1696.
+2. David, b. Sept. 16, 1699; d. Oct. 11, 1775.
-)-3. Freelove, b. 1700; d. before 1768.
+4. Thomas, b. 1701 ; d. Nov. 13, 1741.
-\-$. Sarah, 2d, b. 1703.
-j-6. Margaret, b. about 1706; d. before 1768,
+7. William, b. April 25, 1708; d. Aug. 29, 1779.
+8. Elizabeth, b. about 1710; d. after 1768.
RESUME.
1690 Engaged in the Battle of the Boyne under King James 11.
1692 At Port Royal in the island of Jamaica.
1693 In Rhode Island.
1693 Owner (probably) of a vessel called the "Old Bark."
1695 Married, and settled in Oyster Bay, L. I.
1696 Built the "Old Brick House" at Fort Neck, L. I.
1696 Removed and settled at Fort Neck.
1700 Engaged in purchasing lands from the Indians.
1702 Appointed Captain of the Queens Co. Militia.
1703 Elected Church Warden at Oyster Bay.
1704 Appointed High Sheriff of Queens Co.
1705 Engaged in making whale oil.
1706 Appointed Major of the Queens Co. Regiment.
1707 Elected Church Warden at Hempstead.
1708 In trouble with the excise commissioners.
1708 Ordered to be arrested by the Sheriff.
1709 Appointed Justice of the Peace for Queens Co.
1709 Recruiting Indians to go to Canada.
1 710 Elected Supervisor of Queens Co.
1 7 10 Appointed Assistant Justice of Court of Common Pleas.
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1710 Appointed Rangier General of Long Island.
171 1 Admitted as patentee under the original Patent of 1677.
17 1 3 Engaged in laying out lands for the town of Oyster Bay.
1713 Made his will.
MAJOR TIMOTHY BAGLEY, who m. Freelove, widow of
Maj. Thomas Jones (I. i), was a retired British officer. The
date of their marriage is not known, but it probably occurred
about 1 716, as on the 5th of June of that year, he and his wife
Freelove executed a deed to Samuel Prier, of Oyster Bay, for
land in the "New Purchase" of that town that was formerly Daniel
Whitehead's. (Liber 7, p. 372, Queens Co.) "Presumably he
was from Ireland, as the name there was one of military fame."
(MSS. C. B. Moore.)
Some papers now extant show he was in some way connected
with a Thomas Bagley, of Skibbereen, County of Cork, Ireland.
Soon after his marriage he became prominent in the town of
Oyster Bay, both in a civil and military' way, and had many
rights of land granted him. Some of these were possibly granted
him for some military service rendered. (Official notice can be
had of him in the N. Y. Hist. MSS. for 1664-1776, Report of
N. Y. State Historian, Vol. i, p. 449, and in the Colonial Laws
of N. v., by the Commissioners of Statutory Revision, Vol. 1, p.
756.) On 25 March, 1715, he was Capt. of a Troop of Horse
of Queens Co. (See N. Y. Hist. MSS. LX., p. 54-58.)
John Johnson, who was Mayor of N. Y., in a certificate dated
May 17, 1 7 16, states that Maj. T. Bagley and other British sub-
jects were sent over by Queen Anne in a regiment of foot for
the expedition against the French in Canada, and that he was
then alive. (N. Y. Hist. MSS. LX., p. 104-108.) Broadhead.
in a footnote to Vol. 5, p. 984 of Doc. Rel. to Coll. Hist, of N Y„
states that he had a license dated 12 Feby, 1720, to manufacture
oil from whale driven on shore on the south coast of Long Island,
and a commission dated 25 June, 1723, appointing him as Ranger
General on the island of Nassau, vice Hicks. "Vide Comms. III.,
p. 275, etc."
On 13 April, 1724, at a town meeting held in Oyster Bay. he
and others were chosen Trustees of that town and given power to
defend the town's rights in any court of law, with the right to
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sell any of the undivided lands in the "Old Purchase" of the town,
etc. (Liber E, p. 164, Oyster Bay.)
He was Justice of the Peace for Queens Co., and was fre-
quently chairman of the Grand Jury. (Minutes of Court of Genl.
Sessions.)
Between the years 1716 and 1730 he purchased and sold many
pieces of land in the town of Oyster Bay. During this period
he became possessed of a large piece of land near Cold Spring
Harbor, containing 312 acres, a large part of which in later years
came into the possession of the descendants of Maj. Thomas
Jones (Li).
This land was held by him until the 4th of Nov., 1741, when
for the consideration of £375 he conveyed it to James Doughty.
It embraced what is now (1899) the estate of Benjamin Schauck,
the lands of Joseph and John H. Doty (descendants of James
Doughty), a part of the lands of Helen Stewart and Samuel A.
Jones, and all of Memorial Cemetery. The deed (not recorded)
describes it as "being lands partly purchased by him, and partly
taken up by him on account of his rights in the same 'Old Pur-
chase' (of Oyster Bay), and was formerly surveyed and laid out
to me by James Townsend, surveyor (now deceased) and lately
to wit in the year 1736, resurveyed by Wm. Moyles, deputy sur-
veyor."
From what proprietors he purchased this land, and what part
of it was "taken up on his own rights" we are unable to state,
but it is supposed that some of "his rights" were derived in some
way through Maj. Thos. Jones (L i).
The earliest matter of record respecting this is the survey made
by James Townsend and recorded in Liber E, folio 17, Oyster
Bay. This survey made on 28 Nov., 1729, differs somewhat from
the one made by Moyles in 1736; the latter differing in some of
the boundary lines and included fifty acres "purchased of ye
Cooper's" (as shown by his map), apparently not included in
Townsend's survey. Notwithstanding this, Townsend's survey
embraced nearly the same in area, viz., 296 acres. For further
particulars and a reproduction of Moyles' map see under Walter
Jones (HL 13).
Later than this but little trace can be found of him on Long
Island. Wm. Pinhorne, who was 2d Judge of Supreme Court of
N. J., and who died in 1719, left a daughter, Elizabeth, who had
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married a Timothy Bagley. (Winfield's Hist. Hudson Co., N. J.,
p. 127.) (Do, "Land Titles, p. 131.)
Facsimile of his signature from his deed to Jas. Doughty, 4
Nov., 1 74 1. More frequently he spells his name Bagley.
(H. I) SARAH L. JONES, dau. of Maj. Thomas Jones
(I. i), b. probably 1695; d. Aug. 18, 1696, and was buried at
Newport, R. I., in the Quaker burying ground called Clifton
Grave Yard. (See records of Newport Hist. Soc.)
(H. 2) JUDGE DAVID JONES, son of Maj. Thomas
(I. i), ranking as the first judge of the family in America; b. at
Fort Neck, Long Island, Sept. 16, 1699; d. at that place in the
"Old Brick House," Oct. 11, 1775; m. Nov. 22, 1722, Anna, then
aged 18, called the 2d dau. of Col. Wm. Willett, of Willett's Point,
Westchester Co., and great granddaughter of the early settler
Thomas Willett, of Bristol, Eng., who m. Sarah Cornell, at New
York, in 1643 (N. Y. Gen. & Biog. Soc, Vol. 10, p. 18O, the
latter of whom left sons, William, b. 1644, and Col. Thomas, b.
1645.
His wife, Anna, d. Jan. 31, 1750, ae 46, and as Thompson Hist,
of L. I. states, m. as his second wife Margaret, widow of John
Treadwell, by whom he had no issue. His first wife, Anna, was
named in the will of her brother, Gilbert Willett (prob. 11 Mch.,
1732), also in will of her father. Col. William (prob. 4 May,
1733). Margaret, his 2d wife, was a dau. of Col. William
Willett. of West. Co., and his wife, Alice, dau. of Gov. Colden,
and therefore a niece of his first wife, Anna ; and may have been
the widow of John Treadwell. She was named in the will of
her brother, William Willett, prob. Dec. 13, 1765. Sarah Cornell,
the great gr. mother of Judge David Jones' (II. 2) children, came
from Essex, Eng., with her father, Thos. Cornell, and his wife,
64 THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND
Rebecca Briggs, about 1635. (See Ancestry of Adam and Anne
Mott, by Thos. Cornell.)
-}-in, I, Anna, b. 11 May, 1724.
2. Sarah, b. 12 Feb., 1728; d. April, 1828.
+3. Thomas, b. 20 April, 1731 ; d. 25 July, 1792.
+4. Arabella, b. 7 Dec, 1734.
+5. David, b. 30 April, 1737; d. 9 Sept., 1758.
+6. Mary, b. 29 April, 1743.
The date of Judge David Jones' (11.2) marriage, and the
dates of the births of his children as above, are taken from a
record of the same endorsed upon the back of a deed from Henry
Lloyd to Maj. Thomas Jones (I. i), dated May 19, 1713, and
somewhat differ from those given by E. F. de Lancey in his intro-
duction to Thos. Jones Hist of N. Y., Vol. i, p. Iviii. (See under
David Jones (HI. 5).
HERE
LIES INTERRD
THE BODY OF THE HONORABLE
DAVID JONES,
WHO WAS BORN
SEPT. 16, 1699,
AND DIED OCT. II, 1775,
AGED 76 YEARS AND I4 DAYS.
HERE LIES INTERED THE BODY OF
ANNA JONES
FIRST WIFE OF THE
HON. DAVID JONES, ESQ.
SHE WAS THE 2D DAUGHTER
TO COL. WILLIAM WILLET,
OF WESTCHESTER,
AND DIED 31 JANY, 1750,
AGED 46 YEARS.
They were originally interred in the old burying ground of
Maj. Thos. Jones (I. i), on Fort Neck, but were re-interred later
in Grace Church Yard, at South Oyster Bay. (See under Maj.
Thos. Jones (I. i.)
The father of Judge David Jones (H. 2) dying when the lat-
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ter was only fourteen years of age, we can suppose the boy sent to
a proper preparatory teacher, and that his father's plans were
probably followed by his mother and the Rev. John Thomas as
his guardians. Mr. Thomas had been to England for an ordi-
nation in 1703, and must have been a man of education. He was
at Hempstead, L. I., in 1704, and married, as believed, Margaret,
daughter of the 2d Richard Floyd, of L. I., and Margaret Nicoll,
his wife.
On Oct. II, 1723, he gave a deed to his stepfather, Maj. Tim-
othy Bagley, for sand on the north side of L. I., and was a wit-
ness with him to Col. John Jackson's will. Judge David Jones
(H. 2) was then of age, and must have been in fair accord with
the noted colonel (who had been many years in office and who
had married a daughter of John Seaman), and the strong and
numerous family of Seaman and Jackson (N. Y. Gen, & Biog.
Rec. 2, p. 3) doubtless increased his prestige. His father-in-law,
Wm. Willett, doubtless lived in Westchester Co., and associated
with but did not belong to the Quakers.
We can allow him only about ten years for pursuing the prac-
tice of the law, forming friends, but not attracting much atten-
tion. We have not the particulars of the legal studies of the young
man. It is inferred that his wife was not an Episcopalian.
After Queen Anne's death in 17 14, the Guelph Kings George
I. and George 11. favored Presbyterians and dissenters, and the
high church Episcopalians soon lost political power and popular
favor. His father, Maj. Thos. Jones, did not live late enougii
to see or be affected by it.
The next minister of Hempstead Parish after Mr. Thomas
was the Rev. Henry Jenney, in 1725, who has favored us with
records lately printed (N. Y. Gen. & Biog. Rec. 9, p. 183). Be-
fore this we have no records. Before 1731 we notice none of the
name of Willett or Jones, but many Cornells. Mr. Jenney 's father
was of Suffolk or Sussex Co., Eng., and had recently preached
in a small parish in Ireland, where it is probable there were some
Quakers. His father was perhaps one of the sons of George
Jenney, of England.
Wm. Vesey, at Hempstead, in 1695, called the first Episcopal
clergyman of N. Y. City, was of an old family settled in Ireland.
The war under Charles I. broke out in 1640. with the native
Irish, called Confederate Catholics, against the Protestants, called
66 THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND
Presbyterians, and was violently prosecuted and left irreconcilable
feelings of hostility between them. The Bishops supported the
King, who made terms with the Confederate Catholics, and were
all overthrown. In 1650 the Catholics were subdued by Cromwell
and their lands were parcelled out.
Charles II. recovered the throne in 1660 and tried to reinstate
tlie Episcopalians, but could not keep the Papists quiet. James II.,
after his second marriage, favored also the anti-Cromwellians, but
he and his supporters were mastered by William of Orange in
1690, and many were driven away.
Out of all this we must derive our opinions respecting those
who came from Ireland to America, and we find it clear that
Episcopalians and Presbyterians generally took different sides
in this country.
As early as 1734 Judge David Jones (II. 2) had from Gov.
Cosby (who came from Ireland) the appointment of Judge of
Queens Co., sitting in its Court of Common Pleas.
In 1735 Gov. Cosby and household and Chief Justice de
Lancey attended the consecration of the new Episcopal church
at Hempstead, L. I., favored by the Jones family (N. Y. Gen. &
Biog. Rec. 9, p. 183). This was after the Zenger trials, and the
Chief Justice, perhaps, was not long to gain favor from the neu-
trals which he had lost among the Presbyterians.
On June 2, 1737, at an election for Members of Assembly for
Queens Co., Col. Isaac Hicks had 432 votes, David Jones (II. 2)
390, Capt. Benj. Hicks 342, and Thos. Alsop 287. As reported,
the electors were treated handsomely by the two first when elected.
The Quakers were divided; only freeholders were permitted to
vote ; two women (widows) voted as freeholders.
The Hicks family, a large one, was generally voted for and
supported by the Quakers. No subsequent contest was so close as
affecting our estimate of him personally. (Queens Co. in Olden
Times, Onderdonk, p. 21.)
In 1738 he witnessed the will of his neighbor, the 2d Col.
John Jackson, into whose large family his brother William (II. 7)
had married before his election to Assembly.
From 1737 to 1758 he was Member of Assembly, and also in
1761, and for thirteen years presided as Speaker of the House ;
here he made a decided mark, a part of public history.
On Dec. 15, 1737, he introduced a bill in the Genl. Assembly
THE JONES FAMILY -OF LONG ISLAND 67
to repeal so much of the law of this Colony concerning Quakers as
required them to produce certificates.
This bill was lost, Chief Justice de Lancey dissenting. (Jour-
nals of Leg. Council of N. Y. S., 1743-1775-)
Oct. 20, 1737, he introduced a bill "to restrain tavern keepers
from selling strong liquors to servants and apprentices," etc.
Passed.
Sept, 14, 1738, he, with Col, Isaac Hicks and others, were ap-
pointed by the Legislature as a committee to prepare an address
of condolence to his Majesty on the lamented death of her late
Majesty Queen Charlotte.
Nov., 1739, a bill was introduced by him and passed, to prevent
setting on fire or burning the old grass on the Hempstead Plains.
At a meeting of Genl. Ass. held on 4 Oct., 1752, at the house
of Jacob Dyckman, in the Out Ward of N. Y. City, he was chosen
Speaker, "a choice His Excellency the Governor was pleased to
approve of." (Journal of Leg. Council, 1743- 1775.)
July 4, 1753, he and John Thomas and others were appointed
commissioners to examine and consider the encroachments made
on this Province by the neighboring Colonies. (N. Y. Coll. Laws,
pub. 1898, HL, p. 912.)
Sept. 3, 1750, at an election then held, the vote for David
Jones, late Speaker, was 452 votes, and for Thos. Cornell 477,
elected. For Judge Hicks 293, and David Seaman 288, both
defeated. (Queens Co. in Olden Times, p. 24.)
In 1752 the two late members, Jones and Cornell, "who car-
ried the election by a great majority," were said to be opposed to
the Court party, then directed, as supposed, by the English Ad-
miral Clinton, who did not favor de Lancey.
In 1758 there was a warmly contested election for Members
of Assembly. Mr. Hicks, who was called a partisan of the Gov.
Admiral Clinton, and also of his colleague, Zebulon Seaman, were
elected over Mr. Justice Jones and Mr. Cornell, who were termed
of the Livingston party. (Queens Co. in Olden Times, p. 31.)
Judge David Jones (II. 2), although an Episcopalian, was
not of the high church party that his son. Judge Thomas (III. 3),
adhered to, and, we infer, inclined somewhat to the Presbyterians
and other religious sects among whom, his son. Judge Thomas
(III. 3), tells us, "most of his constituents were." Allied as he
was to the VVillett family, and being strongly endorsed by the
68 THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND
Jackson, Seaman, and Livingston parties, we can readily under-
stand how his son, Thomas (III. 3), was not wilHng to endorse
him poHtically as against the de Lancey party.
In 1754, while Speaker of Assembly, he had much to do in
procuring the charter for the College of the City of N. Y, (now
Columbia). A clause in this charter provided that its president
should always be a member of the Church of England. This
created a furious storm of opposition, and David Jones was much
abused for favoring it. His son Thomas tells us "it threw the
whole Province into a ferment, and Presbyterian pulpits thun-
dered sedition." We infer from the following article that he was
not entirely in favor of this clause, but he lost much politically,
as later elections for Members of Assembly proved. We refer to
article published in the N. Y. Gazette and Weekly Post Boy of
July 28, 1755, and although not over his signature he was prob-
ably cognizant of it and allowed its publication, viz. :
"Whereas it has been reported to the reproach and predjudice of David
Jones Esq. Speaker of Gen. Assembly, that he used his endeavours for
obtaining a charter for establishing the college w^ith the exclusion of all
professions (but those of the Church of England) from being President.
These may serve to show^ that we have had great opportunities to know
his sentiments in the affair, and never have observed or discovered in any
one instance his application or inclination for having the charter in the
form and manner it now is touching the limitation aforesaid, but on the
contrary have often seen him shew his dislike thereunto, and have heard
him declare his opinion against it."
New York, July 5, 1755.
William Walton,
Eleazer Miller,
William Nicoll,
Jacobus Mynderse,
Johannes Lott,
Peter Winne,
Thomas Cornell.
Whatever his convictions may have been upon this point, he
nevertheless strongly supported the College against the attacks
made upon it by Presbyterians and others, based upon what they
were pleased to call its "narrow Church of England basis." He
was then Speaker of Assembly, and during the controversy he
was the recipient of many anonymous letters, and intense excite-
ment prevailed ; but James de Lancey was Lieut. Gov., the Epis-
THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND 69
copalian or Court party were in power, and the war between Gt.
Britain and France breaking out in 1775 the matter was dropped.
These attacks made apparently at the Church of England, were
but some of the not far distant rumblings of 1776. His son,
Thomas (III. 3), has much to say (in his Hist, of N. Y.) upon
this affair, and from his Royalistic standpoint denounces the on-
slaught in most bitter terms. For integrity of purpose and ad-
herence to the Church when it was one of the principal grievances
made against the mother country (which, unfortunately, became
a great factor in alienating the feelings of the people) we can but
allow both father and son the highest praise. We may not en-
dorse them politically, but both lived up to the truth of their
convictions through the most trying times. — J. H. J.
Feb. 24, 1 76 1, at an election for Members of Assembly for
Queens Co. (total vote 650), David Jones received 382, Thos.
Cornell 363, Thos. Hicks 342, and Zebulon Seaman 217. This
was close and not satisfactory. A new election was ordered, per-
haps by arrangement or compromise — de Lancey dying ; Mr.
Cornell and Mr. Seaman became seated as members. (Assembly
Journal, 2, 648.)
"It was common for a large town to nominate and generally
vote for two members, leaving other towns to vote for either or
to scatter their votes, by which course sometimes both were
elected. It was unfair toward the small towns, and it compelled
them to unite and have caucuses." (MSS. C. B. M.)
This election was successfully contested by Messrs. Hicks and
Seaman, and the Sheriff, who returned Jones and Cornell,
was reprimanded by the House for illegal behavior, and a new
election was held on 20 April, 1761, when he made a double re-
turn, viz., Thos. Cornell and David Jones, and Thos. Cornell and
David Seaman. On 9 June an examination of the votes was made,
and a decision made in favor of Seaman. (Ass. Jour. 2-648, 687.)
Onderdonk states that the poll clerks were cited before the com-
mittee, and the House decided that seven persons who had pur-
chased freeholds within three months of the time of voting, should
notwithstanding be allowed their votes, thus deciding in favor of
Seaman.
The second French War occurred in 1755 and greatly affected
the northern and western boundary of the Colony of N. Y. The
judge's son, Lieut. David Jones (III. 5), took part in it, and suf-
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fered an "ill fate." The soldiers were poorly protected, but as
natives probably fared better than stran^jers.
On Oct. 10, 175s, letters to Messrs. Jones and Cornell, mem-
bers of Assembly, were written by Genl. Sir Wm. Johnson, ex-
pressing thanks for cheeses and sheep sent from Queens Co. for
the relief of the army on the frontier. (Doc. Hist. N. Y., Vol.
II., p. 702). These show that the Genl. had received 69 cheeses
and 200 sheep, being part of the lopoo raised in Queens Co., and
further "Your cheeses were highly acceptable and reviving, for
unless among some of the officers, food was scarcely known among
us," etc. (N. Y. Gazette and Weekly Post Boy, Sept. 15, 1755.)
Tlie office of judge formed in popular estimation no objection
to action as a politician; nearly all of the judges were partisans,
but not all the lawyers. It was an old abuse in England to pro-
mote a partisan to be judge, but it has taken the course of having
the Chancellor and Chief Justice from the politicians, and the
others from the lawyers. There were four judges of the Supremx
Court of N. Y., ranking as first, second, third and fourth. (MSS.
C. B. Moore.)
Judge David Jones (II. 2) was a judge for fifteen years. He
was first appointed in 1758, as fourth judge, or youngest and low-
est in rank, when James de Lancey, the previous judge and Chief
Justice was acting as Governor. He was re-appointed in 1761
under George III. The rule was that all went out of office on
the death of a King, but Judges were generally re-appointed.
In 1762 he was re-appointed as third judge, and in 1763 as
second judge, Horsmanden being chief.
This position was apparently held by Mr. Jones until 1773,
when he probably resigned in favor of his son, Thomas (III. 3),
no other appointment as second judge in the meantime being
made.
William Smith became a junior judge in 1763, and held until
1769. Robert Livingston also became a judge in 1763. Geo.
Duncan Ludlow became a junior judge in 1769, and lived in
Queens Co.
We have very few accounts of their decisions. Perhaps the
absence of complaints, and the general good standing which the
Court attained until the war broke out are their best eulogy or
defense. We infer that Wm. Smith on the Bench more often
agreed with Jones than with Ludlow.
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David Jones' (II. 2) position and action as Speaker was more
prominent.
In 1737. when first elected, he perhaps had no occasion to act
as a partisan.
Admiral George CHnton was Governor from 1743 to 1753,
whose family was somewhat incHned to the Presbyterians, and who
did not favor de Lancey or the Episcopahans.
In 1745 England was still at war with France, and the great
grandson of James II. (called the Young Pretender) landed iii
Scotland and attempted to secure the crown of Great Britain.
The effect in this country was to exhaust Spain and France as
well as England, and make them less formidable here in the
Provinces.
The strain against Admiral Clinton as Governor of N. Y.
(1743-1753) while the English gained at sea turned much upon
reports made in the English Privy Council respecting occurrences
here, and directions made in England about affairs here werr
based upon such reports.
The reports had been made by the Governor, who would take
care to urge his own views and interests, and would take care
not to report the acts of the Colonial Legislature adverse to them,
and neglecting to protect colonial interests.
The Privy Council had called for the appointment of colonial
agents to reside in London and present the matters of the colony
and advocate colonial interests. The Governor had before ap-
pointed these agents and they had considered themselves bound to
advocate the views of the Governor. The result was the Colonial
Legislature of N. Y. resolved to appoint a London agent them-
selves, and appointed Robert Charles their agent and directed him
to correspond with their Speaker, David Jones (II. 2). The N.
Y. Coll. Documents (Vol. 5) give us some opportunity of study-
ing their acts. He died before serious fighting occurred on L. I.,
but not before the preparations for the war.
Lieut. Gov. Colden acted as Governor on the death of Lieut.
Gov. de Lancey in 1760, and repeatedly afterwards. He was
willing to disparage Judge David Jones (II. 2) when first ap-
pointed judge, and while still Speaker, and while by authority
of the Colonial Assembly he was corresponding with the colony's
agent residing in London.
We note a letter of Colden to his son, dated July 5, 1759
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(before he was Lieut. Gov.), which has been published in the
N. Y. Hist. Soc. Coll. for 1869, Vol. 2, p. 206. He was profess-
ing to comment upon Judge Wm. Smith's Hist, of N. Y., to whom
in politics he was much opposed, and who had criticised very
sharply and often inaccurately the character of the previous
Governors of the colony. Mr. Golden reviewing Gov, Fletcher's
course said "that while Col. Fletcher was Governor the inhab-
itants of New York carried on a trade to Madagascar while that
island was frequented by pirates, and many of the pirates came
and dispersed on Long Island and Delaware Bay." We notice that
everyone who came was called a pirate. He proceeded: "It has
often been remarked that none of the pirates made any use of
their money to any real advantage to themselves except one Jones,
who settled on the south side of Long Island, whose son made a
remarkable figure as Speaker of the Assembly while Mr. Clinton
was Governor; excepting this one no remains of the others are
to be discovered."
It is plain that Mr. Golden as well as Mr. Smith spoke of oc-
currences before he came to this country, and of which he per-
sonally knew nothing. We have no voucher but his own for the
slanderous story, as he did not tell us by whom "it had often
been remarked." It is true "no remains of the others are to be
discovered."
Persons named and directly accused by the blustering Irish-
man Coote, Earl of Bellomont, such as Gardiner of Gardiner's
Island ; Everett, the lawyer ; Thos. Clark, of New York, and the
like, who were never accused to their faces nor prosecuted so as
to have a trial, shook off without difficulty the vile accusations.
This Coote blindly speaks of one Smith and Jones having a
vessel which was seized or subject to seizure, but this is all we
know about it. No matter how many partisan tongues were
started nor how "often it has been remarked," by no one knows
whom, we have to conclude that there was no truth in the story,
and in fact no evidence of it deserving attention. (MSS. C. B.
Moore.)
Golden, who became Lieut. Gov. on the death of Chief Justice
de Lancey in 1760, was soon at variance with the Assembly, which
was then controlled by the Smith and Livingston party (or popular
party of the day), who were Presbyterians, and therefore strongly
opposed to the Royalists with their Church of England views.
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The popular party were desirous of having judges independent
of the Court party, while Colden, on the other hand, took op-
posite views, and refused to renew the commissions of the judges
of the Supreme Court excepting on terms of "during pleasure."
At the death of Chief Justice de Lancey, the puisne judges on
the Bench were John Chambers, Daniel Horsmanden and David
Jones (II. 2), men whom the latter's son. Judge Thomas Jones
(III. 3) characterized as "gentlemen of unblemished character,
undoubted ability and affluent fortune." Later, speaking of his
father. Judge David Jones (II. 2), he resumes, "He ever bore
the character of an honest, modest, sensible man ; his religion was
that of the English Church, and his reputation stood fair and un-
blemished in the estimation of mankind."
Mr. Piatt, who succeeded to the Chief Justiceship, died in
1762, and Daniel Horsmanden was appointed in his place, with
David Jones (II. 2) as 2d judge, Wm. Smith as 3d, and Robert
Livingston as 4th. The appointment of the last two, we are told,
"was a piece of policy." Before their appointment an attempt
was made by the Smith-Livingston party to have Wm. Smith
appointed as 2d judge in preference to David Jones, who had
been on the Bench many years. This, we are told by Judge
Thomas Jones (III. 3), was done because Horsmanden was an
old man and likely to die, and Smith would then succeed him,
and also because David Jones was a Churchman and a friend
to the established constitution.
Their petition was rejected and David Jones was appointed
as 2d judge. Smith died in 1769 and Ludlow (a strong Episco-
palian and Loyalist) was appointed. (MSS. C. B. Moore.)
This adherence of the Court party to the Established Church
caused bitter feelings and a long struggle between dissenting sects
and the government. (Lodge's Eng. Colonies in America.) It
had its beginning under Lord Cornbury, and what Maj. Thos.
Jones (I. i) supported in its infancy in this country, his son. Judge
David (IL 2), lived to be an active participator in, but died just
as the thunderings of 1776 broke upon the scene.
In 1773 Judge David Jones (II. 2), built a large house on his
estate at Fort Neck, which he called Tryon Hall in honor of Gov.
Tryon. (See particulars under Judge Thomas Jones (III. 3.)
In 1773 Judge David Jones (II. 2). being in ill health and in
the 75th year of his age, resigned his position as judge of the
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Supreme Court, and Gov. Tryon, with the advice of His Majesty's
Council, appointed his son, Thomas Jones (III. 3), to the seat
vacated by his father. He retired to his estate on Fort Neck
where he died in the 77th year of his age, on Oct. 11, 1775.
"He possessed the clearness of mind and incisiveness of char-
acter which is so marked a characteristic of his race, never hesi-
tated in doing anything he beheved to be right regardless of the
consequences, and always commanded the confidence of the public
throughout his long career." (Ed. F. de Lancey in Thos. Jones
Hist, of N. Y.)
For thirteen years he filled the office of Speaker of Assembly,
and on one occasion had the firmness to order the doors of the
Asssembly closed against the Governor until a bill then under dis-
cussion and about to be passed, which was not acceptable to the
Governor, which his Excellency had determined to prevent by an
immediate prorogation. (Thompson's L. I.)
"During his whole life he was the unyielding advocate of the
rights of the people against every species of royal encroachment,
and no m.an participated more largely of the public confidence and
respect." (Thompson's L. I.)
To Judge David Jones (H. 2) and his heirs in-tail was devised
the greater part of his father's estate at South Oyster Bay, who
by suffering a Common Recovery the life estate thus devised to
him was changed into a fee, which he devised to his son Thomas
(HI. 3) during life, with remainder on failure of issue, to his
(David (H. 2) daughter Arabella (HI. 4) and her issue in-
tail-male.
Common Recovery was a mode of conveying lands by matter
of record through the forms of law, formerly in frequent use but
now obsolete. The fee (or fee simple) being an estate of inherit-
ance belonging to the owner, and transmissable to his heirs abso-
hitely and simply, without condition attached to the tenure.
The entailment of the property by David Jones (H. 2) on his
son Thomas saved it from being forfeited, as he adhered to the
royal cause during the Revolutionary War. and on the restoration
of peace was "attainted" and forced to leave the country for Eng-
land, where he died without issue. The large estate thus devised
him under his father's will was by a provision in that will vested
in the testator's daughter Arabella (HI. 4) and her heirs in-tail-
male. She married Richard Floyd, who in accordance with a
THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND 75
further provision in the will of his grandfather, David Jones (II.
2) took the surname of Jones in addition to his own, and also the
entailed estate, hence the origin of the double name, Floyd-Jones.
The will of David Jones ;^II. 2) was a long and special one.
It was dated 26 July, 1768, and proved in N. Y. City, Oct. 27,
1775. To which he later added three codicils. (See Vol. 30, pages
36-45, N. Y. City Surrogate's Office.)
ABSTRACT.
After recommending his soul into the hands of Him who gave
it, he orders his body to be laid out in homespun linen, put in ■\
plain coffin and to be buried in his own burying ground on the
left side of his first wife, in a decent and Christianlike manner
without pomp.
All his beaches, lands, marshes, and grounds covered with
water in Oueens Co., he gives his son Thomas (III. 3) for his
use during his life, and after his death to the use of the first son
of his said son Thomas, and the heirs male of such first son, etc.,
and in failure of such issue to the use of the second son, and sons
of his said son Thomas during their lives, etc.
On failure of heirs male of his son Thomas, he gives all the
said real estate to and for the use of the oldest daughter of his
said son Thomas during life, etc. In case of a total failure of
issue of his son Thomas, he gives the same to and for the use of
his grandson David Richard Floyd, the oldest son of his daugh-
ter Arabella, for his life, and after his death to and for the use
of the first son of his said grandson, in-tarl forever, they taking the
surname of Jones.
In case of total failure of issue of all his children, he gives
said lands to the College of the City of N. Y., the rents and issues
to be applied yearly to the maintenance of charity schools, etc., two
of said schools always to be in Queens Co., one at Jamaica and
the other in the town of Oyster Bay.
To his wife Margaret he gives all the money, debts, slave.?,
goods and chattels she had as her own estate or was due her at
the time of her marriage with me, and all the increase thereof,
the large silver tankard and silver teapot which have been made
since our marriage and paid for with her money, my riding chaii*.
horse, and £500. and the use of his slave Lucretia to attend upon
her during her widowhood.
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To his daughter Anna ii,ooo for Hfe.
To his daughter Arabella i 1,500 and his slave girl Rose, with
all the children she now has or may have.
To his daughter Mary i 1,000 for life and his negro woman
Lilly and all her children ; also his secretary and all his plate and
silver.
To his grandson David Richard Floyd, and the eldest son of
his daughter Arabella, his gold watch, sleeve buttons, and knee
and shoe buckles.
To his grandson David Jones (IV. 13) the eldest son of his
daughter Mary, his lands in Ulster County on the Walkill River,
etc., and his Frontenack gun, with the initial letters of my son
David's name writt upon a silver plate on the stock.
To the Parish Church of Hempstead £300, the interest thereof
to be used for the instruction of poor children of the town of
Oyster Bay.
To his son Thomas he gives all the remainder of his estate
after his funeral expenses are paid, and my wife supplied with
provisions and firewood for herself and her domestics, and hay
and provender for her horse as long as she shall think proper to
live with my family not exceeding one year.
By a codicil dated 3 Oct., 1768, he revokes such part of his
former will as relates to lands in Queens Co., given his son
Thomas in-tail, and bequeaths the same to his said son Thomas
for life, with remainder to William Nicoll, Jr., of Suffolk Co.,
and Samuel Clowes, of Queens Co., and to their heirs during the
life of his said son Thomas, etc., to hold the same in-tail male,
and in default of such issue, to the eldest daughter of hi? said
son Thomas for life, with remainder to first son of said daughter,
etc., with express conditions that the devisee taking the estate
shall at the age of 21 years and always thereafter to take the sur-
name of Jones in addition to his own, etc., etc.
By a codicil dated Dec. 21, 177 1, he gives his daughter Mary
the use of his lands in Ulster Co. and £200 to build her a house
thereon, and to his grandson David all his meadows at West
Neck.
By a codicil dated Jan. 9, 1772, he orders that his son Thomas
shall live and dwell with my family on that part of my plantations
called Fort Neck, yearly during his life for the space of three
months at a time, and in case of his refusal, etc., then all his afore-
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said real estate shall immediately vest in and be the property of
such persons to whom it ought to go as if my said son Thomas
was naturally dead.
a
)a^icL iofvS^
Facsimile of his signature from his acknowledgment in the
deed from John Townsend to Thos. Townsend, June 19, 173 1.
The original will of David Jones (after its probate in 1775)
was in the possession of his daughter, Arabella Floyd, the wife
of Col. Richard Floyd, until 1783, when at her request and upon
the advice of her brother, Thomas Jones (III. 3), then in Eng-
land, it was given in charge of the wife of Genl. Nathaniel Wood-
hull, and deposited in her house along with the General's will for
safekeeping.
The reason for this we are told was "that there was at that
time reason to believe that the house of Mrs. WoodhuU was not
in danger of being plundered by the Americans," etc., but in the
year following her house was destroyed by fire, and the wills and
all Mrs. Floyd's plate entirely lost. (Thos. Jones Hist, of N. Y.,
Vol. II., p. 593.)
As the troubles of the Revolutionary War followed soon after
Judge David Jones' death, little was done toward administering
upon his estate. The executors named in his will had qualified,
but owing to the death of one, Wm. Nicoll, and of the treasonable
actions of the others, Thomas Jones and Richard Floyd, further
execution of the will was delayed. In 1786 letters of administra-
tion were granted to Samuel Jones (III. 8), of Oyster Bav (at-
torney of John Gale and Anna, his wife, and of Thos. Jones (III.
10), and Mary, his wife), the said Anna and Mary being daugh-
ters and legatees of David Jones; and to Samuel Clowes, Esq..
of South Hempstead. (Liber 39, folio 54, Queens Co. Adms.)
As the laws concerning the care of moneys for the poor, in force
at the time of his death, had later been repealed, there was no
one to whom his bequest of £300 could be paid, and it remained
in his administrators' hands until 24 March, 1795, when a special
Act was passed authorizing the Overseers of the Poor of the town
of Oyster Bay to receive the same.
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Following his noble example, a grandson of his brother Will-
iam (Samuel Jones (IV. lo), of Jericho, L. I., made a bequest
of $30,000 (to be called the "Jones Fund"), the interest of which
was to be used for the relief of the poor of that town. This was
in 1836. Fourteen years later (1850) a similar bequest of $5,000
was made by another member of the family, Walter R. Jones
(IV. 30) for the same purpose. The moneys thus bequeathed to
the town are now under the care and management of five trustees,
elected by the people, and officially known as "Trustees of the
Jones Fund."
Judge David Jones (11. 2) was long a member of St. George's
Episcopal Church, of Hempstead. A deed for his pew in this
church (now in the possession of the family) is curious; we give it
below :
The Rector and Inhabitants of the Parish of Hempstead, on Nassau
Island, in communion of the Church of England as by law established —
To all whom these presents shall come, greeting — Know ye that we, the
said Rector and Inhabitants, &c., for and in consideration of ten pounds
ten shillings New York money paid by David Jones, Esq., Thos. Cornell
and Micah Smith, gents : Have given and granted and by these presents
"do give and grant unto the said David Jones all that the full equal third
part of a certain pew in the body of St. George's Church in Hempstead
aforesaid marked number eighteen. To have, use and enjoy the said
third part of the said pew unto the said David Jones, and the heirs of
his body, he and they cleansing, maintaining and keeping the same in good
repair at his or their own proper costs and charges. Saveing and reserv-
ing unto the said Rector and Inhabitants and their successors not only
the reversion thereof failing the heirs of the said David Jones, but also
the free use and disposition thereof for the benefit and advantage of the
said Church during his or their absence from the Parish aforesaid. In
testimony whereof we have caused the seal of our corporation to be here-
unto affixed. Witness, the Rev. Mr. Robert Jenny, Rector, and John Cor-
nell, and Micah Smith, present Church Wardens of the said church this
I2th day of October in the year of our Lord 1740.
Per order of vestry
Gerardus Clowes.
Robert Jenny, Rector.
John Cornell, -> Church
Micah Smith, / Wardens
;}
(II. 3) FREELOVE JONES, dau. of Maj. Thomas (I. i) ;
b. about 1700, d. before 1768; m, 1719, Jacob Smith, of Herricks,
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Queens Co., L. I., prob. a son of Isaac and his wife Elizabeth,
dau. of Capt. John Underbill. Issue:
Thomas, b. Aug. 28, 1720; d. Aug. 26, 1795.
Isaac, b. Sept. 9, 1722.
Elizabeth,
Jacob, bap. June 5, 1744
Named in Bockie Family Genealogy.
Daughter; m. Miller, of Utica, N. Y
(See under Smith Family.)
(II. 4) MAJ. THOMAS JONES, son of Maj. Thomas (I
i); b. about 1702, drowned in Long Island Sound, Nov. 13,
1741, being the first of his father's family to suffer an "ill fate."
He never married, and died intestate.
In 1713 he was named in his father's will and then under age.
On Aug. 23, 1734, lie received his father's military title, and that
of his stepfather, being commissioned as Major of the Queens
Co. Regt., which regt. was Colonel John Jackson's and Major
Jones*.
"It was an old English fashion to call regiments by the names
of the colonels, and the titles would be kept in the same families
as long as possible." (MSS. C. B. Moore.)
In 1739 he was one of the incorporators of the ferry from
Matinecock, Long Island, to Connecticut, "Then ranking as a
public improvement." It was controlled and managed by him, and
was in active operation until his death in 1741. It was known
as a horse boat ferry from the fact that the motive power was
derived from a movable platform worked by horses. It was much
used because at that period there were no bridges across the
Harlem River (excepting King's Bridge), nor across the Bronx,
and other streams emptying into Long Island Sound ; and until
after the Revolutionary War the course of travel from New York
for New England was through Queens Co. to convenient crossing
places along the north shore of L. I.
By a newspaper report (copied in Queens Co. in Olden Times,
p. 22) we learn that "The ferryboat of Maj. Thomas Jones, of
Oyster Bay, was overset in the Sound, and himself, his negro,
three men and one woman who were passengers, with six horses,
were all drowned on Nov. 13, 1741."
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A patent for this ferry, which later became known as "Major
Jones' ferry,'" was granted on July 13, 1739, by His Majesty's
Council to John Budd, Hachaliah Brown and Jonathan Brown,
of Westchester Co., and gave the inhabitants of Oyster Bay the
right to establish a ferry between Oyster Bay Harbor and a point
between the Bryam and Mamaroneck rivers in Westchester Co
A "table of fees" was made by the Council on March 27, 1739,
regulating the charges. (Col. N. Y. Hist. MSS., p. 534-537.)
(Land Papers XH., p. 132.)
On 21 Aug., 1739, these three patentees admitted Saml. Mac-
coune, Thomas Jones, Penn Townsend and others of Oyster Bay
9S patentees with them, "as was proposed and designed by them
before obtaining their patent," for the consideration of £37.10,
which amount was due from them toward the expenses of pro-
curing the patent. (Liber 10, p. 369, Queens Co.), and on 27
Oct., 1739, a confirmation of this patent was obtained by them
from the town. (Liber F, p. 37, Oyster Bay.)
On Nov. 2, 1739, Maj. Thos. Jones (H. 4) purchased their
interests for £31.8, with the conditions that he should at his own
cost and charge keep sufficient boats of need required at some
convenient landing on ye bounds of Oyster Bay, with able and
skilful servants to attend said ferry from ye bounds of Oyster
-Bay to Rye in Connecticut. (Deed not recorded; in possession
of family.)
This purchase with others (Liber 10, p. 369, Queens Co.)
probably made him sole owner of the franchise, and on 12th of
Nov., 1739, he purchased of Wright Frost, Daniel Underbill, John
Prior, Henry Cock, Jonas Latten, Jacob Frost and Daniel Frost,
the then proprietors of Fox Island in Matinecock in the town of
Oyster Bay, all their interest in said island, "bounded on north
by the bank, on south by the edge of the meadow, on east by the
beach, and on the west by the beach, it being all woodland, three
acres more or less, with privilege to build a wharf and pier for
accommodating a ferry and boats, and also ye privilege of ye creek
called Fox Creek, nigh unto said island ; that is, to pass and repass
to and from said creek with passengers and freight to said island,
etc., etc. (Deed not recorded ; in possession of the family.)
After his death in 1741 the ferry was abandoned, and on Sept.
4, 1770, his brothers. Judge David Jones (H. 2) and William
Jones (H. 7) conveyed to Deborah Prindle, of Derby, Conn.
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(wife of Enoch Prindle), "all their right in the house and lands
at Matlnecock Ferry lately belonging to our brother Major Thos.
Jones, with the land at Fox Island, and the privilege of the ferry."
(Liber 12, p. 163, Queens Co.) On Sept. 13, 1783, Enos J. Prin-
dle, of Derby, Conn., conveyed the same to Daniel Cock. (Lib.
I, folio 34, Oyster Bay.)
For the privilege of running the ferry the patentees were to
pay to the town on the 25 of March (commonly called Lady's
Day), a yearly rental of two shillings and sixpence. Some of
the ferriage charges as fixed by the Council were as follows :
One per.son £0 o 6
One man and horse o 3 o
One full barrel o i o
One empty barrel o o 4
For every twenty sheep, hogs and sows o 5 o
Horned cattle, two years old and upwards. . . . o 2 o
Horned cattle, under one year old o i o
For each 100 weight of gunpowder o i 6
Under his father's will he was given jointly with his brother
William several pieces of land on the north and south sides of
Long Island, but dying without issue the lands thus bequeathed
to him reverted to his brother William. His estate does not ap-
pear to have been administered upon by any duly authorized
person. Some papers preserved to us show that his brother
David, "who called himself executor thereof/' submitted an ac-
count on 4 Oct., 1768, to the heirs at law, placing the value of his
personal estate at £768.15.0. This was divided into six equal
parts, one-sixth to each of the following: David Jones, Sarah
Clows, representatives of Margaret Johnson, William Jones.
Thomas Smith, and Elizabeth Lawrence, From this we infer that
a mutual division of his estate was to be made between his brothers
and sisters, or their representatives, and that his sisters Margaret
and Elizabeth had each married a second husband.
Judge David Jones (II. 2) died in 1775. and the estate (then
unsettled) was cared for bv the only surviving brother, William
(11.7).
The judge's son, Thomas (III. 3), in behalf of David R.
Floyd (the only son of his sister Arabella (III. 4), had already
laid claim to part of the estate, and some litigation may have en-
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sued. He evidently did not know of the deed from his father and
his uncle William (II. 7), of Sept. 4, 1770, cited under this article.
Cfkc^ J/^^i-ctf-
Facsimile of his signature from the deed of John Budd and
others, 21 Aug. 1739.
(II. 5) SARAH JONES, 2nd, dau. of Maj. Thos. Jones
(I. i) ; b. 1703 (the second child bearing that name in her father's
family) ; m. Oct. 19, 1719, Gerardus Clowes, b. 27 Apl, 1699; d.
Oct. 12, 1752, son of Samuel, of Jamaica, L. I., and his wife,
Catharine Douw. Issue:
Samuel, b. July 31, 1722; d. May 10, 1800.
Catharine, b. 1720.
John, b. 1727; d. 1758.
Timothy Bagley, b. Aug. 21, 1724.
(See under Clowes family.)
(II. 6) MARGARET JONES, dau. of Maj. Thos. Jones
(I. i) ; b. about 1706 ; d. before 1768 ; m. first, Ezekiel Smith, prob.
of Stoney Brook, near Princeton, N. J., and by another account,
Clark.
She m. as her 3d husband (perhaps as her 2d) John Hill, 3
strong Royalist who at the close of the Revolutionary War set-
tled in Canada in the vicinity of Niagara Falls. In the settlement
of the estate of her brother, Maj. Thos. Jones (II. 4) » her share
was called "the representatives of Margaret Johnson (perhaps
meaning Jones), and there was charged against it a bond of John
Hill for iioo, and of Ezekiel Smith of £50, leaving her share in
debt to the estate.
Issue by her last husband, John Hill : Margaret, who m. John
Robins, of Southampton, L. I., whose son Ezekiel left a dau.
Mary, b. Nov. 7, 1806, who. m. William Townsend Jones (IV.
42).
(II. 7) WILLIAM JONES, son of Maj. Thos. Jones (I. i) ;
b. Apl 25, 1708; d. Aug. 29, 1779, on West Neck, at the south
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side of Long Island; m. Apl 22, 1731, Phoebe, b. Aug. 6, 1715;
d. May 10, 1800. dau. of the 2d Colonel John Jackson (7), of
Jerusalem South, L. I., and his wife Elizabeth, dau. of Samuel
Hallett, and great grand dau. of Annie Winthrop, sister of Gov.
John, of Mass.
His father-in-law, the 2d Col., was the eldest son of the ist
Col. John Jackson, whose will was made Aug. 26, 1724.
This 2d Col. John Jackson had a large family ; his will, dated
Feby 2"], 1738, names his children, including his dau. Phoebe
Jones. (Lib. 15, p. 76, N. Y. City.)
(See under Winthrop and Jackson families.)
Issue :
-fill. 7. David, b. 1733; d. Feby 11, 1818.
-f8. Samuel, b. July 26, 1734; d. Nov. 21, 1819.
-I-9. William, b. Jan. 6, 1737 ; d. June 13, 1819.
-I" 10. Thomas.
+ 11. Gilbert.
-|-I2. John, b. June 26, 1755; d. Aug. 21, 1819.
+ 13. Walter, b. Feb. 14, 1757; d. May 7, 1828.
-f 14. Richard, b. July 10, 1760; d. Oct. 10, 1844.
+ 15. Jackson Hallett, b. 1761 ; d. Feby. 29, 1836.
-f 16. Freelove, b. 1742; d. Oct. 21, 1821.
-f-17. Elizabeth.
-f-i8. Sarah, b. 1756; d. Sept. 16, 1841.
-f-19. Phebe, b. 1758; d. Feby., 1841.
-|-20. Margaret, b. Feby. i, 1759; d. Mch. 31, 1825.
21. Esther.
This William, alone of the sons of Maj. Thos. Jones (I. i),
left descendants to perpetuate the family name, as neither of the
sons of David (II. 2) left issue, and Thomas (II. 4) died un-
married. From this fact he was commonly called "the head of
the family of Long Island." His family of fifteen children and
ninety-five gr. children gives him a good claim upon this title.
In 1726, at his mother's death (before he was of age), he
became possessed of land on West Neck under his father's will.
Some letters of his preserved indicate that he learned to write
very well, but his pursuits were mainly agricultural.
In 1 73 1 (by his marriage) he became connected with the large
84 THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND
and active Jackson family, which afterwards afforded great sup-
port to Congress.
His son Samuel (III. 8) did not fancy the same political set
as Thomas (III. 3), son of David (II. 2), but studied law in an
opposite office. In 1764 his son Thomas (III.), marrying a dau.
of Judge David Jones (II. 2), his family became much divided
in political action.
From 1764 to 1770 he was Justice of the Peace for Queens
Co., and the minutes of the Court of Gen. Sessions give evidence
of his frequent attendance at its sittings.
He built a house on West Neck, a little west of the "Old Brick
House" of his father's, which served for his large family during
his life. The house and land which later came into the possession
of the Bronson family stood a short distance east of the old Conk-
lin Vande water Hotel and just north of the present South Side
Turnpike Road. "A road north, across the island, was west of
and near his house."
He was largely interested in the raising of horses and cattle
with his wife's family (the Jacksons), who owned the salt mead-
ows lying on the south side of the Great South Bay, where they
jointly pastured large numbers of animals. These meadows in
which he was a tenant in common, by purchase from the Jack-
sons in 1762, became the source of a long and bitter lawsuit be-
tween the Jacksons and the Joneses, and the town of Oyster Bay.
For details, see under Maj. Thos. Jones (I. i).
The animals were carried to these meadows in boats, and
while there were comparatively safe from the marauding expe-
ditions of the British, and were easily cared for. Being the only
farmer in his father's family, he was given the cattle mark that
was assigned his father by the town, and on Sept. 21, 1734, the
same was transferred to him on the books of the town.
For his cattle mark see under Maj. Thos. Jones (I. i).
In 1749 he was chosen assessor for the town of Oyster Bay.
This was probably his earliest public office. (Liber — , p. 33,
Oyster Bay.)
On April 3, 1764, he was chosen overseer of highways for
the south part of the town of Oyster Bay. (Liber H, p. 4, Oyster
Bay.)
In 1757 he was named as an executor in the will of John Sea-
man, of Jerusalem,
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He adhered generally to the royal government during the war.
but not in arms. His family, as we have said, was much divided
politically, yet he himself, though favoring the royal cause, was at
heart strongly in favor of the other party.
In 1776, before the battle of Long Island, he signed the re-
monstrance against driving off the cattle from the Hempstead
Plains. Many of the freeholders signed this remonstrance, and
was a protest on their part against an order of the Provincial
Congress, "That all cattle and sheep south of the ridge of hills
in Queens Co. should be removed to the east end of the Plains
to prevent their falling into the hands of the British."
On 21 Oct., 1776, after the battle of Long Island, he with five
of his sons (some under age) petitioned for protection. Nearly
all of the male inhabitants of Queens Co. who had not left the
island signed this petition. It was addressed to the King's Com-
missioners, and prayed that Queens Co. might be restored to royal
favor. Many of the signatures were reluctantly given. (Revo-
lutionary Incidents of Queens Co., p. 117.)
On June 12, 1778, he made his will, and on July 24, 1779,
added a codicil. He named his sons John and Walter as execu-
tors, and gave them the homestead land on West Neck on condi-
tions, paying legacies, etc.
He gave all his beaches and marshes to his nine sons equally,
personal property to his wife, legacies of £100 each to his daugh-
ters, Elizabeth, Margaret, Phebe and Sarah; to Wm. Jones £100
for the use of my dau. Freelove, to Thomas £150 for use of Gil-
bert, and legacies to Richard and Hallett with minor directions.
It may be inferred from his will that at this time he despaired
of the success of the Congressional cause, whatever may have been
his wishes, and considering the dimension of the British army
on L. I. and in New York City, and the little knowledge he could
have in the remote interior, it may not be strange that he should
so despair. (MSS. C. B. Moore.)
His will was proved Jan. 17, 1781, and letters of adms. granted
nearly two years after his death.
He was buried (according to the MSS. of his son Walter) on
West Neck, in a new burying ground given for that purpose by
his sons John and Walter, by deed of gift, "containing y2 an acre
on the south side of the highway, east of or nearly opposite his
house, to be enlarged as required."
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His widow survived him over twenty years, and for some time
kept together the large family, with her sons John and Walter
as managers.
CiATkS.
Cn&i
(II. 8) ELIZABETH JONES, dau. of Maj. Thomas Jones
(I. i) ; b. about 1710; d. after 1768; m. (by license dated May 30,
1730) Jacomiah Mitchell, son of Robert, of North Hempstead,
L. I., and Hannah, his wife.
She probably survived her husband and married again, as in
the settlement of her brother, Maj. Thos. Jones (II. 4), her share
was called Elizabeth Lawrence (or Laremore). Issue by first
husband :
Phebe, bapt. Aug. 19, 1733.
Freelove, bapt. June 15, 1734-
Jacomiah, bapt. Nov. 20, 1746.
Margaret, bapt. Nov. 20, 1746.
Elizabeth, bapt. Nov. 20, 1746.
Sarah.
William, bapt. June 11, 173 1.
(See N. Y. Gen. & Biog. Rec. IX., p. 185.)
Will prob. June 17, 1747 (Lib. 16, p. 495, N. Y. City), naming
wife Elizabeth, his brother John, and Jacob Smith (husband of
Freelove Jones (H. 3), as executors; names son Jacomiah and
five daughters as above.
(III. I) ANNA JONES, dau. of Judge David Jones (II. 2) ;
b. May 11, 1744; m. by license, May 10, 1756, Dr. John Gale, of
Goshen, N. Y., great gr. son of Edmund Gale, of Boston, Mass.
Issue :
Arabella Jones, m. July 18, 1790, Sanford Clark, of Goshen.
Anna Mary, m. John Joline, of Goshen.
Margaret, m. John Hurtin, of Goshen.
(III. 3) JUDGE THOMAS JONES, son of Judge David
(II. 2), ranking as the 2d judge of the family ; b. Apl. 20, 1731, at
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Fort Neck, L. I., bapt. in St. George's Epis. Church, Hempstead.
Dec. 29, 1731. (N. Y. Gen. & Biog. Rec. IX., p. 185) ; d. in Hod-
desdon, Eng., July 25, 1792, without issue.
On Dec. 9, 1762, he m. Anne, dau. of Lieut. Gov. James de
Lancey. (See Reeds. Trinity Church and N. Y. Gen. & Biog.
Rec. v.. p. in). She b. 1746, survived her husband, and d. in
Hoddesdon, Eng., Dec. i, 1817, in the 72d year of her age.
He was hberally educated. In 1746 he entered Yale College
at the age of 15, when Thomas Clapp was prest., and during a part
of his collegiate course Ezra Stiles (who after became prest.) wa.*^
a tutor.
Among his fellow students were Richard Morris, who later
became Chief Justice ; Saml. Seabury, who after became Bishop ;
Rev. Dr. Ogilvie, Saml. Hopkins, Richard Woodhull, and Genl.
Gold S. Silliman, the latter of whom, 29 years later, in 1779, being
a prisoner of war in the hands of the British, was exchanged for
Thomas Jones.
The discussions which led to the Rev. War early appeared
there. (N. Y. Gen. & Biog. Rec. III., p. 57.) It seems Mr.
Jones disagreed with most of the other students in religion and
politics, and he did not endorse even their literary acquirements.
(See his (Thos. Jones) Hist, of N. Y., Vol. i, p. 5.)
In 1750 he graduated as A. B. and very soon commenced the
study of law with Joseph Murray, a lawyer of N. Y. City, and
not in the law office of Wm. Smith, St., or Jr., where his cousin,
Samuel Jones (III. 8), afterwards found a place, being about
three years his junior.
Their legal preceptors and associates were of different politics ;
they took different lines ver\^ early. Mr. Murray was a member
of the Governor's Council from 1744 to 1756, and a Governor
of King's College in 1756.
Thomas Jones was admitted to practise law (Doc. Rel, Coll.
Hist. N. Y., Vol. 8, p. 685), while James de Lancey was acting
Governor, and soon commenced the practice in N. Y. City. We
have little knowledge of what he did. Before 1769 he had trans-
acted legal business for Saml. Rogers, of Cold Spring Harbor.
L. I., who had sold out the greater part of his land at that place,
and who probably became an unsuccessful merchant or vessel
owner in N. Y. City. In July. ^7^7, Mr. Rogers confessed a judg-
ment in his favor for £266.16.6, penalty of a bond, and £18.5.6
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for costs of judgment. It is stated that the debt was for legal
services. An execution was issued to the Sherifif of Suffolk Co.,
and some small pieces of land on the east side of Cold Spring
Harbor were sold in Jan., 1768, for £39 15s. by Geo. Meurson,
Sherifif of Sufifolk Co., who had married into the "Tangier" Smith
family. Some deeds and records yet preserved give us informa-
tion respecting this.
On Feby. 8, 1757, Mr. Jones was appointed Clerk of the Court
of Common Pleas of Queens Co., an office then generally filled
by deputy. (N. Y. Comms., Vol. 84, p. 118.) (Doc. Rel. to Coll.
Hist. N.V., Vol. 8, p. 685.) (Lib. D, p. 213, Queens Co. Reeds.)
This office he held only one year, retiring when his father became
a judge of the Supreme Court. His appointment was much op-
posed and his right was contested by Whitehead Hicks, who
claimed to be such clerk, and by Benjamin Hinchman, who re-
fused to deliver up the records. (Col. N. Y. Hist. MSS., p. 671.)
In 1758 he was named as an executor of his legal preceptor,
Jos. Murray, who gave his library to the New York College,
then called King's, afterwards Columbia. This introduced him
favorably, and he was later attorney for King's College, and had
no good words for Yale.
King's College was founded in 1756, and its charter favored
the Church of England ; the consequence of this was a hostile feel-
ing which caused both political and family quarrels between the
Livingstons, who were of the Presbyterian party, and the de
Lanceys of the Church of England.
Mr. Jones adhered to the latter ; the war was fast approaching
and "these facts gave color to the larger strife to come, and de-
termined the taking of sides."
It may be remembered that Lieut. Gov. Jas. de Lancey plumed
himself upon the charter of this college, while Wm. Livingston
opposed it. Mr. Jones was one of the Governors of King's Col-
lege, and for several years was its attorney, his commission for
the same being signed by Whitehead Hicks, Mayor, Dec. 18, 1771.
In 1762 Mr. Jones' father, Judge David (II. 2), had attained
distinction as a member and Speaker of Assembly, and had become
a judge ; his harmony with the previous judge, Chief Justice, mem-
ber of the Council and Lieut. Gov. James de Lancey, who had
appointed him, can readily be traced. Mr. de Lancey was ap-
pointed Lieut. Gov. in 1753, and held until 1755. In 1757 he
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was acting- Gov., until July 30, 1760, when he died leaving a large
estate and a noted family. One of his sons, John P., of West-
chester Co. (the father of Bishop de Lancey), married Elizabeth,
dau. of Col. Richard P'loyd (5), and his wife Arabella, a sister
of this Thomas Jones.
It is fair to suppose that the marriage of the promismg lawyer
Thos. Jones (then aged 31) with Lieut. Gov. Jas. de Lancey 's
daughter Anne (then only 16 years of age) was a topic of much
discussion between Judge David Jones (II. 2) and her father's
eldest brother, James de Lancey, who had been a member of Genl.
Assembly of N. Y. and "the head of the family and the party
known by his name from his father's death to the Rev. War."
(Thos. Jones Hist, of N. Y., Vol. i, p. 658.)
It seems to have been an agreeable one to the family, and as
her mother, Anne de Lancey, was the daughter of Hon. Caleb
Heathcote and a sister of Sir Wm. Draper's wife, Mr. Jones
became connected with the families of Sir Peter Warren, of the
British navy, and of Sir Wm. Johnson, the latter of whom died
in 1774, and Mr. Jones (then judge of the Supreme Court) was
one of his pall bearers.
Some land set off to her is shown by deeds embracing a large
piece of land now bounded by Grand St., N. Y. City. Deeds re-
specting this recorded in 1780 and 1781 can be seen in Secy, of
State Office, Liber 21, folio 2;j, 64, 74-75.
In 1763 her brother, Jas. de Lancey, gave her two acres of land
in N. Y. City between the Bowery and the East River, where in
1765 Mr. Jones built a large house on its highest part known as
Mount Pitt or Jones' Hill. During the war the Americans
built a fort upon this place, called Jones' Hill Fort, which was
destroyed by the British. The house, by report, remained standing
until the early part of the nineteenth century.
On. Nov. 19, 1769, Mr. Jones was appointed Recorder of the
City of N. Y. by Lieut. Gov. Colden, and held until 1773. This
probably made him a member of the Common Council and of
the City Courts. (N. Y. Comms., Vol. VI., p. 91.)
This was his first judicial appointment ; two years later h.e was
reappointed by Gov. Tryon "during pleasure," and on Oct. 13.
1773, was succeeded by Robert Livingston, Jr., who held one year,
and the office was conferred upon John Watts, Jr., a cousin of
Judge Thos. Jones' wife.
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On Oct. 8, 1 77 1, Judge Thos. Jones was appointed attorney
or counsel for the Corporation of N. Y. City. (N. Y. Comms.
VI., p. 20.) This was in the line for promotion, and on Sept. 29,
1773 (his father retiring), he was appointed a judge of the Su-
preme Court of the Province. (N. Y. Comms. VI., p. 91.)
This appointment, which was made by Gov. Wm. Tryon, he
held until the close of the Rev. War, which with its results dis-
placed him.
Judge Thos. Jones held the last courts under the Crown in
the Province of N. Y., concerning which he gives us much in-
formation in his "Hist, of N. Y. during the Rev. War." As judge
of the Supreme Court his circuit embraced a large district, in-
cluding Westchester Co., and while sitting at the latter place in
1776 he discharged from custody several persons arrested for loyal
sentiments ; this he tells us was given as a reason for placing him
on the Act of Attainder and confiscating his property. This
judicial act was probably but the beginning of the end. His con-
nections with the de Lanceys and his training made him a devoted
Royalist and a far greater partisan than his father. We cannot
judge this a harsh measure when we consider his political career
and actions. His advice in the matter of the battle of Lexington
alone was enough to brand him an enemy to the American cause.
When the news of this battle reached N. Y. the whole city was
thrown into a state of great excitement and confusion. His
Majesty's Council was summoned at the house of the Lieut. Gov.,
who had requested the attendance of the judges of the Supreme
Court, the Attorney General, the Mayor and the Recorder of the
City. The Gov. desired their advice in the critical state of affairs ;
several things were proposed but to no purpose ; Judge Jones, then
present, proposed "that the military should be called out and the
riot act read, and if the mob did not thereupon disperse, to appre-
hend and imprison the ringleaders."
The war was now on, and Judge Jones retired to his home on
Fort Neck, L. I., where on June 27, 1776 (the year following),
he was arrested by Major Abell on an order of the Provincial
Congress, charged with being "an enemy to the American cause
on account of his holding offices from the King, and refusing to
associate with his fellow citizens." He was shortly afterwards
discharged by Gov. Morris upon his parole and returned to his
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home "tliere to await the further order of said Congress." On
Aug. nth of that year he was again arrested and carried before
Lord StirHng, Genl. Scott and Col. McDougal, and on an order
from Genl. Washington was sent to Connecticut as a prisoner of
war. On Dec. 7, 1776, he was again paroled, promising "not to
give notice or intelligence to the enemy of America, not to take up
arms, and to return to New York when required."
He returned to Long Island, where three years after his house
was broken open (as he tells us) "and robbed of everything that
could be taken," and he himself carried to Conn., where he was
kept a prisoner during the years 1779 and 1780, and was then
exchanged for Genl. Silliman, who some 30 years previous was
his classmate in Yale College. (Sabine's Loyalists, Rev. Incidents
of L. I. and Thos. Jones Hist, of N. Y.)
While a prisoner in Conn, much of his property, including his
horses and cattle, was taken by the Continental Army, which, after
the evacuation of L. I., fell into the hands of the British. After
his return he made a demand upon the British Commissary Genl.
for the value of his fat cattle, but payment was refused on the
grounds that the commissary did not know ''which regiment eat
the cattle."
Among those taken to Conn, and retained there, besides Judge
Jones, were Danl. Kissam, Jr., Adam Seabury, Benj. Hewlett and
Isaac Smith, some fourteen in all.
On Oct. 23, 1779, the N. Y. Legislature passed an Act of At-
tainder, by which all persons mentioned therein "were attainted,
their estates, real and personal, forfeited, and themselves pro-
scribed, and each and every one of them who shall at any time
hereafter be found in any part of this State shall be and are de-
clared guilty of felony, and shall suflfer death as in causes of
felony without benefit of clergy."
The judge's name was included in this Act of Legislature, and
on Mch. 21, 1781, he sold at auction at the house of James Dur-
yea, at Fort Neck, all his working oxen, cows, and horses, most
of them full blooded, etc., etc., and all his implements of farming.
In June, 1781, he sailed for England with his wife and niece.
Elizabeth Floyd, in one of a fleet of six vessels.
On their departure Dr. Benj. Moore (who later became P>ishop
of N. Y.) presented Mrs. Jones with the following tribute:
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"By the rude storms of faction blown,
Enough of dangers you have known.
Witness the hour when rebel bands
A husband seized with ruthless hands,
And dragged to vile captivity,
From comfort far and far from thee.
No pity touched the hardened train.
Affection prayed and prayed in vain."
Peace was declared in 1782, and as no treaty stipulations were
made in favor of Loyalists and the Act of Attainder not repealed
but became operative, Judge Jones was obliged to remain in exile,
and the remainder of his life was passed in Hoddesdon, Hertford-
shire, Eng., where he died.
Under the Act of Attainder all of his real estate not entailed
by his father's will was confiscated, and also all his personal prop-
erty, the former of which included lands in Queens, Westchester,
Ulster, Orange and Tryon counties. In compensation for these
losses the British Government paid him the sum of ^5,447.
On 2d Aug., 1785, his real estate in N. Y. City was sold by
the Commissioners of Forfeiture for ^970, described as being in
the Out Ward of the city, etc., and comprised about two acres
of land (Liber 43, p. 36, Conveyances N. Y. City), situated on
the highest part of Grand St., near the East River. It was known
as Mount Pitt, and here Judge Jones had his town house. This
land was given to the judge's wife Anne in 1765 by her brother,
James de Lancey. Much can be read concerning his confiscated
estates in the judge's Hist, of N. Y., before alluded to.
On 5 March, 1793, Simon De Witt, Surveyor General, adver-
tised for sale at Norwich, Queens Co., L. L, "all the lands deemed
to be forfeited by the attainder of Thos. Jones, viz., all the
meadow, fresh and salt, lying on the south side of L. I., joining
the beach between the gut called Massapage, west or thereabout,
and the west gut called Merrick Gut, and the hammocks and
broken meadow lying between Oyster Bay meadow and the beach,
with the privilege of the beach to the salt sea. Deed given without
warrantee." (Queens Co. in Olden Times, p. 82.) Conveyed
probably to Isc. Smith, who perhaps bought for the town of Oyster
Bay; see lawsuit concerning meadows under Maj. Thos. Jones
(Li).
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His house on Fort Neck, L. I. (then called Tryon Hall), in
which he was living at the time of his arrest, was built for him
by his father, Judge David (H. 2) in 1770. "It is ninety feet
long, east and west, and overlooks the Great South Bay. The
foundation is of free stone, and the framework is of hewn timber.
The entrance hall is thirty-six feet long by twenty-three wide,
floored with heavy Southern pine. The stairs of this house are
a puzzle to modern architects, as they are open underneath from
bottom to top and have no support except from the wall to which
they are attached, and yet have never yielded a particle in the
lapse of more than a century of continued use."
During the war it was commonly called the "Refugee House,"
from the fact that Judge Jones permitted several of His Majesty's
loyal subjects to live in it.
A story recently published (1900) under the title "For a
Maiden Brave," the scene of which includes the house of Judge
Jones and its immediate vicinity, gives a spirited account of his
capture.
Judge Thos. Jones was a man of "rare penetration and great
independence. He was very kind to his family, and in his business
transactions very exact. His legal papers preserved to us are
models of brevity and precision."
A letter of his to his nephew, David R. Floyd, under date of
1787, well portrays the man. Quoting from this he says, "Con-
sult your father-in-law in everything." This was Hendrick On-
derdonk, whom he calls in his History "an arrant rebel." "He
was a friend of your grandfather's ; he was a friend to all our
family ; he was a friend of mine, and tho' he and T differed in
politicks during the last war, T know him to be an honest man."
(Thos. Jones Hist, of N. Y., Vol. i, p. Ixxiv.)
Judge Thos. Jones left no issue. He adopted as his daughter
Anne Charlotte de Lancey, the eldest daughter of John P. de
Lancey (Mrs. Jones' brother), who later became the wife of
John Loudon McAdam, of N. Y. City.
While living in England, "where he sailed for," as he mildly
puts it in a letter to his sister, "on account of ill health, and that
his intentions were to return after peace was declared if he could
keep his neck out of the halter," he wrote his history, recently
published under the title of "History of New York During the
Revolutionary War." At his death the manuscript fell into the
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possession of his widow, who in 1817 bequeathed it (and all her
property) to her adopted daughter, Mrs. McAdam. The latter
gave it to her brother, Wm. Heathcote de Lancey (Bishop of N.
Y.), who in 1865 bequeathed it to his son, Edward Floyd de
Lancey. It remained in the latter 's possession until 1879, when
through the liberality of Mr. John D. Jones (V. 79), who had
donated the N. Y. Hist. Society a sum of $6,000 for historical
purposes, it was published by the society under the title above
named, Mr. de Lancey ofifering the MSS. to the Society "as the
first issue to be made under the terms of the endowment."
His history speaks for itself. He saw the beginning and the
end of the struggle for independence, and a loyalist of the strong-
est kind, he closely studied the tendencies toward revolution, and
had no love for the adoption of republican ideas. Historically
his work is of much value, and furnishes us with a clear view of
that period in our history as it appeared to those who lost all by
their loyalty to the British cause.
It has been stated that "Anne de Lancey's eyes determined his
politics, and was, therefore, a Tory of a savage sort." Be this
as it may, he has given us a clear account of the stirring events
of his day, and in a fairly impartial manner. He was, it is true,
embittered by party feelings, yet he does not hesitate to expose
the wrongdoings of his party. He tells us that "for resistance to
the Revolution he and others were rewarded by the utter and
inexcusable failure on the part of the ministry of Lord North to
protect them."
Shortly after its publication a book was published under the
title of "Observations on Judge Jones' Loyalist History of the
American Revolution : How Far is It An Authority ?" It was
edited by Henry P. Johnson, and questions many of the judge's
statements.
In 1785, Judge Thos. Jones made his will as follows —
I, Thomas Tones, late of the Province of New York, in North Amer-
ica, do make this my last will as follows : I give and devise unto my
wife, Anne Jones, and to her heirs and assigns forever, my whole real
and personal estate, in which I include whatever shall be owed me by
government as a compensation for my losses in America. I appoint my
said wife executrix of this my will. I hereby revoke all former wills. In
witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this gth day of
December, 1785.
Thomas Jones [L. S.].
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This with the attestation clause and the three witnesses names
is all. He died at Hoddesdon, near London, Eng-., on the 25th
July, 1792, and was buried under the south aisle of Broxbourne
Parish Church in Hertfordshire, where a slab recently covered
over bears his name. Near it is placed a mural tablet bearing
the following^ inscription ; also one to the memory of his widow,
and another to Mr. and Mrs. McAdam.
NEAR THIS PLACE
LYES INTERRED THE BODY OF
THOMAS JONES ESQ.
LATE ONE OF HIS MAJESTIES JUDGES OF THE SUPREME COURT FOR
THE PROVINCE OF NEW YORK IN NORTH AMERICA
WHO HAVING SUFFERED GREAT HARDSHIPS AND GREAT PERSONAL
INJURIES DURING THE TROUBLES IN AMERICA
FOR HIS FIRM ATTACHMENT TO THE BRITISH
CONSTITUTION, AND LOYALTY TO HIS PRESENT
MAJESTY, UNDER WHOM HE HELD DIFFERENT
CIVIL COMMISSIONS, CAME TO ENGLAND FOR
THE RECOVERY OF HIS HEALTH; AND BEING BY AN
ACT OF ATTAINDER PASSED IN THE STATE OF
NEW YORK, DEPRIVED OF HIS LARGE PROPERTY
AND PREVENTED RETURNING TO HIS
NATIVE COUNTRY, SETTLED AT HODDLESDON
IN THIS PARISH, AND HAVING BY
THE POLITE AND FRIENDLY
ATTENTIONS OF ITS INHABITANTS
FOUND IT A MOST
DESIRABLE RESIDENCE.
HE DIED THERE JULY 25"" 1792
AGED 61 YEARS
HIS WIDOW FROM TENDER RESPECT TO HIS MEMORY, ERECTED
THIS MONUMENT TO AN AFFECTIONATE AND MOST INDULGENT
HUSBAND, A SINCERE FRIEND, A KIND MASTK.R, A BENEVOLENT
MEMBER OF SOCIETY, AND A LOYAL SUBJECT.
" BY STRANGERS HONOURED
AND BY STRANGERS MOURNED."
Next to this mural tablet is one to the memory of his wife
Anne, bearing^ the followinp^ inscription:
96 THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND
ANNE JONES
SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF MRS. ANNE JONES OF HODDLESDON,
WIDOW OF THOMAS JONES ESQ, WHO AFTER A LIFE BASED
IN THE EXERCISE OF EVERY CHRISTIAN VIRTUE, DIED UNIVERSALLY
LAMENTED ON THE I** OF DECEMBER 1817 IN THE 72"* YEAR
OF HER AGE.
Between these tablets is the Jones escutcheon, having the Jones
arms blazoned in full in their appropriate color.
Mrs. Jones' will, copied from the Registry of the Consistory
Court of London, is as follows:
I, Anne Jones, of Hoddesdon Herts, widow, do make and ordain this
to be my last will and testament, I give, devise and bequeath unto my
dear and adopted daughter, Anne Charlotte de Lancey, all my personal
property, of what kind it may consist of at the time of my decease, in-
cluding all my property in the funds in the Bank of England, be it in
any of the stocks, as also the lease of the cottage and premises I now hold
for twenty-one years under Genl. John Adolphus Harris, together with
all the household furniture, pictures, linen, plate, glass, china of any and
every description whatsoever, and to her the said Anne Charlotte de
Lancey, and to her heirs assigns absolutely for ever, and I hereby con-
stitute, nominate and appoint the said Anne Charlotte de Lancey, my
nephew. Major John de Lancey, at present on the island of Guernsey, and
Capt. Walton, of the Royal Navy, executors of this, my said last will.
In witness whereof I hereunto set my hand and seal this 8th day of
December in the year of our Lord 1807.
Anne Jones [L. S.].
Signed, sealed, published and declared to be the last will and testa-
ment of the testatrix in our presence and in the presence of each other —
Edward Arthur Bush, Minister H.
W. Worthington, Surgeon, Hoddesdon Herts H.
Martha Dunn, Servant to Mrs. Jones.
Sworn under
Five thousand
Pounds.
This will of Anne Jones, late of Hoddesdon, in the County of Hert-
ford, widow, deceased, was proved at London, 12th day of Dec, 1817, be-
fore the worshipful Samuel Pearce, Parson, Doctor of Laws and Surro-
gate, by the oaths of Anne Charlotte de Lancey, spinster, the niece of the
said deceased, and Jacob Walton, Esq., a Captain in the Royal Navy, the
executors to whom administration was granted having been first sworn
duly to administer.
Jno. Sheppard,
Dep. Register.
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(III. 4) ARABELLA JONES, dau. of Judge David Jones
(IL 2) ; b. Dec. 7, 1734; bapt. as an adult, Jan. 26, 1750, in St.
George's Epis. Church at Hempstead, L. L; d. May 29, 1785; m.
Nov. 2, 1757, Col. Richard Floyd (5) (fourth of that name), of
Brookhaven, L. L ; b. Feb. 26, 1731 ; d. at Halifax, N. S., Feb. 6,
1791, a son of Richard (3) and his wife Elizabeth, dau. of Benj.
Hutchinson. Issue :
8. David Richard, b. Nov. 14, 1764; d. Feb. 10, 1826.
9. Elizabeth, b. Aug. 8, 1758; d. May 7, 1820.
10. Anne Willett, b. Aug. 17, 1767; d. June 8, 1813.
(See under Floyd family.)
Of this Arabella (III.4) we have little personal history. Her
husband supported the Royalists with the de Lanceys ; under arms
in the Rev. War, and, failing, became a refugee and died in a
foreign land. He was a Or. Master in de Lancey's 3d Battalion
in 1782, and Col. of the Suffolk Co. Militia under a commission
from Gov. Try on.
It is supposed that she did not follow her husband to Halifax,
but if she did she shortly returned. On the death of her brother
Thomas (III. 3), in 1792, without issue, and of her husband,
it appears she had not been attainted by statute, nor done anything
to forfeit her title to land, and her father's will by the entailment
(then valid and operative) had vested his large landed estate in
her and her heirs male.
In pursuance with his will, and with her consent, and with that
of her brother. Judge Thos. Jones (III. 3) (who became civilly
dead by reason of the Act of Attainder), her only son, David R.
Floyd (8), took the whole of the Fort Neck estate and further,
in compliance with his will, took also the name of Jones, thereby
becoming David Richard Floyd-Jones (i). This change of name
was confirmed by Act of Legislature on 14 March, 1788.
See under David Jones (II. 2) and Thos. Jones (III. 3).
The large landed estate thus entailed by Judge David Jones
(II. 2) was enjoyed by his grandson David Richard Floyd-Jones
(i) until 1826, when the latter's son. Brig. Gcnl. Thomas Floyd-
Jones (3) succeeded to it, and was its last possessor under the en-
tail. At his death the estate was divided between his four chil-
dren, the eldest of whom, David Richard Floyd-Jones (7), re-
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ceived the Fort Neck house, the old homestead of Judg^e Thomas
Jones (III. 3),
Col. Richard Floyd (5), the husband of Arabella Jones, lived
on his father's farm at Mastic, L. I. (a part of the manor of St.
George), which was forfeited by his adherence to the British
cause and sold by the commissioners of forfeited estates on 5 Aug.,
1784, to his brother, Benjamin Floyd, who sold the same for
^2,750.
He was a leading man in the town of Brookhaven, a strong
supporter of the Crown, and suffered much at the hands of the
Americans. Judge Thos. Jones (III. 3) calls him "as loyal a
subject as ever the King could boast of."
In 1776, after the capture of N. Y. City by the British, he, with
others, signed a petition to re-establish the civil government, but
the Declaration of Independence soon following put an end to it.
Among those who signed the petition we note Genl. de Lancey,
Benj. Seaman and Christopher Billop, all of whom were included
in the Act of Attainder of 22d Oct., 1779.
(III. 5) LIEUT. DAVID JONES, son of Judge David (II.
2) ; b. April 30, 1737; d. Sept. 9, 1758; bapt. in St. George Prot.
Epis. Church, Hempstead, L. I., Jan. 26, 1750. Never married.
In 1754 he attended school at Hempstead, L. I., under the
tuition of the Rev. Saml. Seabury, father of the Bishop. This
school obtained much repute, and many of the leading families of
Queens Co. sent their sons there, among whom were Wm. Law-
rence, Jos. Kissam, Benj. Onderdonk (son of Hendrick), and
Thos. Truxton, afterwards the Commodore.
In 1758 he was appointed First Lieut, in the 3d Company of
the Queens Co. Regt. in the campaign against the French in
Canada.
The quota of soldiers to come from Queens Co. was fixed at
290 men, divided into three companies, and on April 18, 1758, a
list of these companies then under pay of the Province was given.
Of the 3d Co., Petrus Stuyvesant was Capt., and David Jones
First Lieut. (See Report N. Y. State Historian, Vol. i, p. 847.)
The 2d Co. was under the command of Capt. Richard Hewlett.
(Queens Co. in Olden Times, p. 30.)
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more efficient than the "English Regulars" (so-called), who were
billeted upon the inhabitants and acquired their hatred.
The Regt. fell under the command of Col. Bradstreet and Col.
Chas. Clinton, and were sent to Lake Ontario.
On 27 Aug., 1758, they captured Fort Frontenack, but were
obliged to endure great hardship and labor, besides being short of
supplies. (N. Y. Gen. & Biog. Rec. IX., p. 173). Lieut. David
Jones was taken sick shortly after the capture and died at the
"Oneida Carrying Place," near Rome, N. Y., on 9 Sept., 1758.
Among the MSS. papers of his grandfather, Maj. Thos. Jones
(Li), we find the following record concerning him. It is en-
dorsed on the back of a deed from Henry Lloyd to Thos. Jones
(I. i), dated 19 May, 1713, viz.: "David Jones married to Anna
Willet, daughter to Col. Wm. Willet, of Westchester Co., on
Nov. 22, 1722. Had by her:
Anna Jones, b. Tuesday, May il, 1724.
Sarah Jones, b. Saturday, Feb. 12, 1728; d. Apl. following.
Thomas Jones, b. Tuesday, Apl. 20, 1731.
Arrabella Jones, b. Saturday, Dec. 7, 1734.
David Jones, b. Saturday, Apl. 30, 1737.
Mary Jones, b. Friday, Apl. 29, 1743-
"David Jones died Sept. 9, 1758, at the Oneida Carrying Place,
after his return from taking Fort Frontenac while under Col.
Bradstreet's regiment, with whom he went a volunteer officer in
that regiment, and it is said 'behaved in the action with becom-
ing bravery.' "
Another memorandum concerning him states "he went to the
north in the army, having one of the McCoons for his waiter, and
died of fatigue during the march ; his powder horn was brought
home." (MSS. Chas. H. Jones (IV. 34)).
He was brevetted Captn., and a sword presented him by Col.
Hewlett, of East Woods (now Woodbury, L. I.), is still in pos-
session of the family, and has the following inscribed upon the
hilt.
Capt. JOHN HULOT
TO DAVID JONES Jun'r
In Commissary Wilson's Orderly Book (now in the Lenox
Library) relative to this expedition (pub. in 1759), no mention
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is made of either Lieut. Jones or Capt. Hewlett. This book has
many biographical notes. This omission may, perhaps, be ac-
counted for from the fact that "in England little notice was taken
of the Colonial officers, while the English officers, seeking pro-
motion, glorified their acts."
(III. 6) MARY JONES, dau. of Judge David Jones (II.
2) ; b. April 29, 1743 ; bapt. St. George Prot. Epis. Church, Hemp-
stead, L. I., 26 Jan. 1750; m. by license. May 24, 1764, her cousin,
Thomas Jones (III. 10), son of William (II. 7). Issue, nine chil-
dren. (See under Thomas Jones (III. 10)
(III. 7) CAPTAIN DAVID JONES, son of William (II.
7) ; b. 1733, at West Neck, L. I. ; d. Feb. 11, 1818; m. by license,
Jan. 4, 1768 (then aged 35), Elizabeth, b. Nov. 19, 1749; d.
March 26, 183 1, dau. of Thomas Seaman, of Jerusalem, L. I.
Issue :
4-IV. I. William D., b. Sept. 5, 1771 ; d. Sept. 2, 1845.
-f 2. Thomas, b. June 30, 1776; d. Jan. 13, 1847.
On 14 July, 1772, by a certificate of that date, he was an
Ensign, ae 39, in Capt. John Hewlett's Company, acting in place
of Lieut. Thos. Van Wyck, who refused to go after being drafted
from the militia for the expedition against the French, when Fort
Wm. Henry was taken by the latter. He went with the Co.
until orders from the commander-in-chief directed their return.
(MSS. C. H. Jones.)
In 1779 he was Capt. of a local militia force and had a swivel
gun near his house, which he used more than once. (Revo. In-
cidents Queens Co., p. 195.)
On 25 Sept., 1 78 1, he and Capt. Thos. Seaman attempted to
capture the sloop Restoration, then driven on shore in the town
of Hempstead, but were taken prisoners and soon after exchanged.
(Revo. Inc. Queens Co., p. 201.)
On 12 Jan., 1782, he was ordered by Col. Upham, who was
then in command of Lloyds Neck, to accompany Benj. Birdsall
back to that place, as John Hewlett, Esq., in whose care Birdsall
was, was obliged to go to New York. Col. Upham was then in
command of the British troops, and Birdsall was a son of Col.
Benjamin Birdsall, the Revolutionary patriot. (War Claims in
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Huntington Town Reeds., Vol. i, p. 57.) He probably parted
with his interest on the south side of L. I. or had it protected by
his brother Samuel (HI. 8), and after the close of the Rev. War
removed to Cold Sprin^ Harbor, L. I.
He had a deed from Philip Youngs for some land at that place
on 12 Feb., 1785, which was subject to mortgages. He obtained
title also under the mortgages. This land was on the westerly
side of the Harbor, and extended southerly to or near the head
of the same. By report he rebuilt some portion of the house then
standing thereon, and was living there in 1791. This house later
became the homestead of John H. Jones (IV. 27), but was de-
stroyed by fire in 186 1. It was one story and a half high, covered
with shingles, and had one large chimney in the centre. On its
westerly end was a smaller chimney leading to a large brick oven
standing upon four wooden posts.
In 1790, Sept. 14, he joined with his brothers in adjusting
and releasing claims to the South Beach and meadows. (Lib.
29, p. 329, Queens Co.)
On 2d May, 1794, he received a deed from Samuel Jackson
and Jemima, his wife, for 43 acres of land at Cold Spring Harbor,
and woodland adjoining the pond and the fulling mill dam, on
the east side of Ireland's path, surveyed by Saml. Willis on 24
June. 1767 (map professed to be copied in the town record book),
called an allotment in the right of Abraham Underbill, and 28
acres on the west side of the Upper Mill Dam.
In 1801 he signed, with his brother John, a paper about the
Episcopal church at Oyster Bay.
In 1806, by deed dated 15 of 5 month, he conveyed to his
brother John Jones land at Cold Spring Harbor where he had
resided, and released beaches. On the same day he conveyed to
his cousin, Maj. Wm. Jones (IV. 4), son of his brother Samuel,
land on the west side of Cold Spring Harbor north of that con-
veyed to John,
After these transfers were made he returned to Jerusalem
South, Queens Co., where on 15 June, 1806, he made his will,
naming his wife Elizabeth, and sons Thomas and William, the
latter receiving the remainder of his estate on condition that he
support his son Thomas for life.
Witnesses, Joseph and Freelovc Birdsall and Solomon Sea-
man. (W^ill prob. 18 May, 181 5. Liber C, p. 423, Queens Co.)
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(III. 8) JUDGE SAMUEL JONES, the Senator and
Judge, ranking as the 3d judge of the family ; son of William (IT.
7) ; b. 26 July, 1734; d. 21 Nov., 1819; m. first, Oct. 31, 1765,
Eleanor, dau. of Cornelius Turk, son of Ahasuerus, of New York
City, by whom he had no issue.
M. 2d, July 7, 1768, Cornelia, b. Feb. 15, 1741 ; d. July 29,
1821, dau. of Elbert Haring (now spelled Herring) and his wife
Elizabeth, dau. of Nicholas Bogart by his 2d wife, Margaret,
dau. of John Conselyea, and widow of Jan Van Tilburg. They
were married at the home of her brother-in-law, Cornelius Roose-
velt, in N. Y. City, by Johannes Ritzema, minister of the Old
Dutch Church. (See Dutch Church Marriages, by E. S. Purple,
p. 229.) Issue:
-fIV. 3. Samuel, b. May 26, 1770; d. Aug. 9, 1853.
4-4. William, b. Oct. 4, 1771 ; d. Sept. 16, 1853.
+5. Elbert H., b. Aug. 6, 1773; d. Sept. 5, 1854; twin.
-f6. Thomas, b. Aug. 6, 1773; d. Feb. i, 1852; twin.
-I- 7. David S., b. Nov. 3, 1777; d. May 10, 1848.
8. William, 2d; d. in infancy.
9. Walter, b. March 13 ; d. Sept. 14 of the same year.
Cornelia (Haring) Jones' great grandfather, Jan Louis Bo-
gart (the first of his name in this country), came from Schoonder-
wold in 1663 and settled in Bedford, L. I., with his wife, Cornelia
Everts, and several children, one of whom, Nicholas, b. 1668, m.
1703, Margaret Conselyea as his 2d wife. Nicholas d. Jan. 5,
1727, leaving many children, one of whom, Elizabeth, b. 1714, m,
Elbert Haring (as his 2d wife) and had a dau., Cornelia, who m,
Samuel Jones (III. 8).
The Haring fam.ily was a large and influential one. The an-
cestor, John Haring, son of Peter of Hoorn, Holland, b. 1633,
m. 1662 Margaret Cozine, and d. 1683. John Haring's eldest son,
Peter, m. Dec. 4, 1687, Margaret, dau. of Jan Louwrie Bogart
and Cornelia Evert, his wife. Elbert, b. 1706 (son of Peter), m.
2d, his cousin Elizabeth, dau. of Nicholas Bogart (his mother's
brother), by whom he had Margaret, b. 1733, m. Cornelius Roose-
velt; Elbert, b. 1735; Elbert, b. 1737; Peter, b. 1738; Cornelia,
b. 15 Feb., 1741, m. Samuel Jones (III. 8) ; EHzabeth, b. 1743,
m. John de Peyster. Besides these he had other children, and a
dau. Sarah, b. 1753, who m. Gardiner Jones, a descendant of
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Johnes family of Southampton, L. I., who by an Act of Legis-
lature changed his name to Jones. He was named in the will of
his mother-in-law, Elizabeth Herring, with his son Nicholas and
dau. Elizabeth Jones.
Judge Samuel Jones' early education was rather limited ; he
went to school at Hempstead, L. I., and was probably instructed
there by the Rev. Saml. Seabury.
He did not enter college, and when young made several voy-
ages to Europe as a sailor in the merchant service. Shortly after
this he became a clerk in the office of Judge Wm. Smith, and
studied law with him or his son, Wm. Smith, the historian and
Judge, with whom George Clinton also studied law.
This Wm. Smith (the judge) had been one of the counsel
for Zenger in 1732, and had been ill treated, being discharged by
Judge de Lancey, but afterwards restored, and in 1763 became
Judge of the Supreme Court.
Judge David Jones (II. 2) was well acquainted with both,
and, for aught that appears, on good terms with the senior sit-
ting on the Bench with him for six years, but the breach between
Wm. Smith and the de Lancey party or family was never made
up, and political and religious parties perpetuated it.
Mr. Smith ranked as a Presbyterian (N. Y. Gen. & Biog. Rec.
4, p. 99) and followed generally the course of the Presbyterians
in N. Y. Presbyterians and Episcopalians had been at war and
became political antagonists, and the studying of Saml. Jones
with Wm. Smith perhaps led him to a set of opinions and action,
or at least brought him into association with a set of legal and
political friends very different from his cousin, Judge Thomas
Jones (III. 3).
The date when Saml. Jones commenced to study law is not
known. It is stated that a part of the time he devoted to legal
studies was passed in the office of the old lawyer, Samuel Clowes,
of Jamaica, L. I., whose son Gerardus married Sarah Jones
(ii.'s).
We have little account of the struggles of the young lawyer.
It is inferred that he was practising law in N. Y. City before his
first marriage in 1765. His father-in-law, connected with the
Dutch, was a merchant in N. Y. City (N. Y. Gen. & Biog. Rec.
13, p. 84) and his associations and intermarriage with the Dutch'
indicate him not an Episcopalian, and as early as i76<S there are
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strong indications of legal differences between the families of
David Jones (11. 2) and William Jones (II. 7). His 2d marriage
in 1768 was with a stronger family; the name had been spelled
Haring among the Dutch, and his 2d wife's gr. father was a
member of Congress with Geo. Clinton which voted the Declara-
tion of Independence (N. Y. Gen. & Biog. Rec 39, p. 11, 36; 12,
p. 124; 13, p. 79). His father-in-law, Elbert Haring, became pos-
sessed of a large real estate in N. Y. just outside of the city. It
extended on both sides of modern Broadway between Canal St.
on the south and Art or Stuyvesant St. on the north, and between
the Bowery on the east and 6th Ave. on the west, in the rising
value of which his children participated.
The de Lancey property on which Judge Thos. Jones (III. 3)
resided was southeast of this.
In 1771 Mr. Jones was in N. Y. and probably had official
charge of the lawsuit prosecuted by his father and the Jacksons
against the town of Oyster Bay in 1769, concerning the South
Beach Meadows, and probably advised the agreement of 1769.
(See under Maj. Thos. Jones (I. i.) It may be assumed that he
and his cousin, Judge Thos. Jones (III. 3), taking such different
sides, were soon antagonists. Their fathers living near each other
in the country must be the vehicles of intercourse on topics of
mutual interest. The title to the beaches and meadows, and some
land of their fathers in which they and their deceased brother
Thomas (II. 4) were concerned, were such topics of mutual in-
terest. Some letters touching these are preserved. (MSS. C.
B. Moore.)
In 1774 the citizens of N. Y. took a decided stand against
the attempt of England to tax America. Mr. Jones favored the
former and on 22d of Nov. of that year he was appointed on the
Committee of Correspondence (consisting of 60 members) in
N. Y. City. He as a member voted in favor of the letter which
invited Continental action. Col. Benj. Seaman (from the L. I.
family), sitting as Member of Assembly from, Staten Island, was
willing to press this letter, but soon shrank from the result. Its
object was to secure obedience to the Genl. Congress of 1774, and
advised non-intercourse with Gt. Britain, and its members styled
themselves "the guardians of the rights and liberties of the Col-
onies." On March 6, 1775, this committee called a meeting of
the freeholders of N. Y. City and voted Phil. Livingston, James
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Duane, Wm. Floyd, Phil. Schuyler and others as representatives
in the Continental Congress. (Wilson's Memo. Hist. N. Y. 2,
P- 443-)
In May following the committee chose another body of men
known as the "Committee of One Hundred," whose object was
to enforce the laws of the Continental Congress; of this body
Samuel Jones was No. 47.
On the outbreak of hostilities he removed to Connecticut, and
thence to Orange Co. He did not take up arms, but having con-
siderable business requiring attention he returned with his family
in 1776 to West Neck, L. I.
In a letter written by John Morin Scott, dated 15 Nov., 1775,
descriptive of the general situation of the city, he says : "Every
office shut up almost but Saml. Jones, who will work for 6/ a
day and live accordingly." (Todd's Hist. N. Y. City, p. 292.)
In the Hist, of N. Y. by his cousin. Judge Thos. Jones (III.
3), he was taken very little notice of and was called " a clerk
in the office of Wm. Smith." The judge further represents him
as "claiming some land for relatives or himself when holding a
mortgage upon it although confiscated and forfeited by the
owner." This we are told by Mr. C. B. Moore was "put in a shape
designed to blame the new government, but we understand that
Mr. Jones succeeded as far as was fair and regular."
"If the land was worth more than the incumbrance, a fair
mortgage was paid ; if not, it was abandoned to the claims of the
mortgagee. During the war little notice was taken of a mort-
gage unless the mortgagee got possession, nor of remote interests
or remainders, the possessors being looked to as carrying the pro-
ceeds of the lands to the side they espoused. But after the war
a mortgagee who had not forfeited his right would be recognized
by the Commissioners of Forfeitures or other officers who sold
out the title of the person attainted, and probably would be en-
forced by the courts against a purchaser, though no foreclosure
suit was then allowed against the State or its officers." (MSS.
C. B. Moore.)
"Afterwards when the State was interested in land subject to
a mortgage the Attorney General was made a party, and being
waited upon and paid his costs would appear and answer, and
the court would decide whether the mortgage was prior, or for
a just debt, and unpaid, etc.
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"Many instances of foreclosures might be given. One comes
to mind : In 1760 a mortgage of Alexander Golden was executed,
covering lands in Brooklyn which were forfeited. In 1795 a deed
was executed to Treadwell Jackson, by the Sheriff of Kings Co.,
on the foreclosure of Colden's mortgage and recorded in Kings
Co. But receipts for valuable land foreclosures were not neces-
sary, nor before the new Statutes of 1830 were they much used.
The land was taken possession of by the mortgagee, and he could
defend the title as legal owner except against a bill to redeem."
C. B. M.
At the close of the war Mr. Jones came rapidly into practice,
and soon required repute as an able real estate lawyer, and was
well acquainted with the common law. He came upon the scene
in an eventful time. With the close of the war the Legislature
directed its attention to the laws of the States. Laws affecting real
estate were passed, and estates tail were changed into fee simple,
and the law of primogeniture was abolished.
In 1782 Mr. Jones and Richard Varick were appointed to col-
lect and reduce into proper form for re-enactment all such statutes
of Gt. Britain as were contained in force under the Constitution
of 1777. The whole statute law of England was revised and the
bills thus reported were generally adopted by the Legislature.
The revision of Jones and Varick became authoritative and "may
be regarded as the only comprehensive digest or revision of the
laws of N. Y. down to 1800." (Wilson's Hist. N. Y. 2, p. 622.)
On 28 April, 1786, Mr. Jones and Saml. Clowes were op-
pointed adms. of the est. of David Jones (II. 2), of Fort Neck.
In 1786 he was elected a Member of Assembly from Queens
Co. and held until 1789.
In 1788 his political opponents treated him as an active sup-
porter of Gov. Geo. Clinton, and the Governor's public address
was referred to as naming him. (N. Y. Advertiser, Feb. 28,
1788.) Many persons who had remained quiet under the British
rule and whose estates had not been forfeited now claimed pro-
tection of the Americans. This was the first question that divided
the State for a long time, and the Hamilton party favored it. The
Clinton party strongly upheld for State Rights and opposed the
restoration of the Tories, yet though opposed to the Constitution
of the U. S. agreed to accept it on condition of future amend-
ments. The proposal was made by the Clinton party on the sug-
THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND 107
g-estion of Samuel Jones into an expression of "full confidence"
that the amendments would be made, and the Constitution was
adopted by a majority of three votes. (See Loudon Papers and
Life of Genl. Lamb.)
On 27 May, 1788, at an election in Queens Co. for members
of Assembly, he had 408 votes, the highest on the list.
On 30 May, 1788, at an election in Queens Co. for delegates
to the State Convention to determine whether the State should
adopt the Constitution of the United States, he received 517 votes,
and John Schenck 518. Of the 517 votes received by Saml. Jones,
105 came from the town of Oyster Bay. In the Convention he
"deferred considerably" to Mr. Clinton, who presided, but he
voted in favor of the Constitution. Those who fought so strongly
for the amendments now reorganized themselves under the name
of Federal Republicans (see Tillinghast Papers, in N. Y. Hist
Soc. Coll.), and on Oct. 30, 1788, met at Fraunce's Tavern to fur-
ther the adoption of the new constitution.
In 1789 he was appointed Recorder of the City of N. Y., a
judicial office for the city (which had been filled by his cousin,
Judge Thomas Jones (III. 3) , and held until 1796, when he was
succeeded by James Kent.
Sept. 4, 1790, he joined with his brothers in releasing claims
of rights in the South Beaches and meadows, to the town, reserv-
ing small pieces. The struggle for legal rights, based upon a
Royal Patent, was against a whole town ; many of the voters
wanted hay from the meadows. The Quakers firmly believed in
Indian titles in preference to royal, and a large number of voters
had no respect for royal prerogatives. We can infer that all this
affected voters and injured his popularity, and the intermarriages
of his brothers with families interested against him had weak-
ened his support, even from them, but it was only local. (MSS.
C. B. Moore.)
In 1791 he was elected State Senator for the Southern District
of N. Y. (composed of several counties), and held for six years.
A print of most of the Senators was made (See Vol. IV., Doc.
Hist. N. Y. S.) including Saml. Jones, which was copied in Wil-
son's Memo. Hist. N. Y. III., p. 371.
In 1796 he was requested by Gov. Jay to draft a law for es-
tablishing and regulating the office of Comptroller, to which office
he was appointed in 1797.
io8 THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND
As Comptroller it became his duty to act as State canvasser,
and with others report whether Geo. Clinton or John Jay was
elected Governor. At the regular day the votes were counted
and Clinton declared Governor, but late messengers arrived, claim-
ing to have been delayed by storms, bringing returns of more
votes from the west, and it appeared that Jay had the greatest
number of votes. The canvassers were blamed for not waiting
and lost reputation.
Mr. Jay submitted to defeat. (Wilson's Memo. Hist. N. Y.
III., p. 8i).
In 1800 he retired from the Senate, but did not resume the
practice of the law. The death of his mother soon followed, and
the old homestead at West Neck was broken up.
On 18 Apl., 1801, he entered into an agreement with his
brother Walter to purchase the homestead. A fine was agreed
to he levied (in old English style) in favor of him and his son
Thomas, and the heirs of Thomas. The old house was much
altered and it finally became his permanent home.
"His suburban home in 1799 was valued at £2,000." While
residing here he devoted himself to farming pursuits, and his
cattle mark recorded in Liber A of Highways, Oyster Bay, is as
follows :
"Samuel Jones, son of William of the south, marks all h's
creatures with a hole in the near ear and a latch the under side
of the ofif ear, entered 5 Dec, 1791.
"This mark is transferred to David W. Jones, of Cold Spring
Harbor."
He still took much interest in public afifairs, and on 10 May,
1806, was called the Federal candidate for State Senator. Queens
Co. gave him 436 votes, and Benj. Coe (as Republican) 444.
In 1807 he was again voted for, receiving in Queens Co. (as
a Federalist) 531 votes, while De Witt Clinton (as a Republican)
received 710.
In 1818, July 1st, he made his will, calling himself "counsellor
at law, then living at West Neck." Prob. 16 Dec, 1819. To his
wife Cornelia he gives £411, which he received from her out
of her father's estate, and all money she may have in her name.
To his sons Samuel and Elbert H., his law books. His land in
N. Y. City he gives to his son Samuel for life, and after to the
latter's wife Catharine during widowhood, with remainder to my
THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND 109
daug-hter Mary Ann Schuyler Jones in-tail-male. To his five
sons he gives the remainder of his estate, with legacies to his
various grandchildren. (Liber D, folio 251, Queens Co.)
His widow, Cornelia Jones, survived but a short time, leaving
a will. 18 Dec, 1820, prob. 7 Aug., 1821 (Liber E, folio 4, Queens
Co.), with legacies to her several grandchildren, and remainder
of her estate to her daughter-in-law Keziah, wife of Wm. Jones.
Executor, her son David S. Jones.
Judge Samuel Jones (IIL 8) was distinguished for "great
coolness and deliberation in debate," and his ability as a jurist
needs no better proof than the words of the late Dr. Hosack
and Chancellor Kent. "I rely (says the former) on the testimony
of others when I speak of the legal talents of the late Samuel
Jones ; common consent has indeed assigned him the highest at-
tainment in jurisprudence and the appellation of the 'Father of
the New York Bar.' He justly ranked among the most profound
and enlightened jurists of this or any other country, and acted
a useful and conspicuous part in organizing our courts and the
judiciary system after the Revolution."
"No one (says Chancellor Kent) surpassed him in clearness
of intellect and in moderation and extreme simplicity of char-
acter ; no one equalled him in his accurate knowledge of the
technical rules and doctrines of real property, and in familiarity
with the skillful and elaborate but now obsolete and mysterious
black letter learning of the common law."
(lU.g) WILLL'UI JONES, son of William (H. 7) ; b. 6
Jan., 1737; d. 13 June, 1819; m. 25 July, 1762, by license 7 June,
1762, Mary, b. 20 of 3 mo., 1739; d. 27 of 12 mo., 1782, dau. of
Timothy Townsend, of Cedar Swamp, L. L, and Sarah Hewlett,
his wife, dau. of Daniel Hewlett. Issue :
-f IV. 10. Samuel, b. 9 of 3 mo., 1765; d. 19 of 5 mo., 1836.
+ 11. Townsend, b. 5 July, 1769; d. 26 Aug., 1818.
His home, called Peach Village, was situated on the north
side of the Smithtown and Jericho Turnpike, about a mile south
of Syosset, and is now intersected by the L. I. Railroad.
By his will dated 10 of 3 mo., 1818, prob. 17 Feb., 1821 (Liber
D, p. 340, Queens Co.), he gave 20 shares of the Jericho Turn-
pike and a cupboard to his niece Mary T. Jones, dau. of John
no THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND
(III.) ; to his nephew Hallet Jones, £50 and a watch ; wearing ap-
parel to my brother Richard, and remainder of his estate to his
son Samuel.
In 1778 (under his father's will) trustee for his sister Free-
love.
In 1790 united with his brothers in release of South Beach and
Meadows. (See under Thos. Jones (I. i) and Wm. Jones (II.
7.)
(III. 10) THOMAS JONES, son of William (II. 7) ; m.
by license dated 24 May, 1764, his cousin Mary, b. 29 April, 1743,
dau. of Judge David Jones (II. 2). Issue:
4-IV. 12. Thomas, m. Huyder.
+13- David.
-fi4. William.
+15. Anna; m. Edward Hallock.
-f-i6. Arabella; m. Jos. Barney, no issue.
-t-17. Phebe.
-I-18. Mary.
-f-19. Cornelia.
20. Oliver; d. young.
They were married by Rev. Ebenezer Prime, at Huntington,
L. I., 7 Nov., 1764. (See Reeds, of First Church, Huntington,
L. I., p. loi.) He removed from L. I. and settled in Orange Co.,
about six miles back of Newburg. He was living on his father's
farm in 1766 and had his cattle mark registered at that time.
His wife Mary, under her father's will in 1771, was given the
use of lands on the Walkill River, Ulster Co., for life, and £200
to build her a house thereon.
June 20, 1807, he executed a deed to the town of Oyster Bay,
releasing his right to the South Beach on L. I., in which he was
described as now or late of Shawangunk, Ulster Co. (Liber K,
p. 171, Queens Co.) (See under Thos. Jones (I. i) and William
(11.7)
Among the MSS. papers of Charles H. Jones is a memo, writ-
ten by J. J. Thorne (gr. son of this Thomas Jones) stating that
"he lived in Orange Co. near the Walkill, owned a farm and mill,
and removed from there a little west of Albany."
THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND in
Thomas Jones, of Shwangunk,
William W. Jones do.
to
Willett Titus.
20 May, 1807.
Liber 75, p. 318, Ulster Co,
Conveyed land formerly granted by letters Pattent, 25 Mch, 1709,
to Rip Van Dam, Thos. Jones, & others.
"sd land since conveyed to sd Wm. W. Jones by sd Thos. Jones,
&c., excepting out of same a burying ground east of the grist
mill for use of Thos. & Wm, W. Jones and their descendants,
&c.
Witness, Phebe Jones.
(III. II) GILBERT JONES, son of William (n.7); m.
Hannah, dau. of Wood, of Newburg, called by Walter
Jones (HI.) a dau. of Theophilus Jones, of Ulster Co. Issue:
-HV. 21. Gilbert.
+22. Hannah.
+23. Mary.
+24. Elizabeth ; d. 5 of 10 mo., 1824.
On 13 Oct., 1774, he had a deed from Israel Conkling, of
Huntington South (a father of his bro.-in-law, Jacob Conkling),
for a lot or share in the "Bating Place Purchase of Huntington,"
which his children (as above named) conveyed to Walter Jones
(III. 13), on April 18, 1818.
On 26 May, 1776, he as a member of the "Oyster Bay Com-
mittee" assisted in the capture of seven Royalists who had landed
on Fort Neck. They were examined before John Ketcham and
Benj. Birdsall the same day. (Rev. Inc. of Long Island, part 2,
p, 27.)
Aug., 1776, he and his father signed the "remonstrance"
kgainst driving cattle of the Hempstead Parish into the woods
where they could get no water, etc., (Cal. N. Y. Hist. MSS. I.,
p. 461.), amounting legally to a claim for compensation for the
cattle if lost.
Soon after the battle of Long Island he, by report, removed
to Orange Co.
In March, 1777, at Newburg, he received a permit from Genl.
112 THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND
McDougal (Congressional) to go to L. I. and obtain leave to
remove his sister Freelove, and the family and furniture of his
bro.-in-law, Col. Birdsall. (Cal. N. Y. Hist. MSS., Vol. 2, p.
55,) It seems she did not then remove.
By report he joined the American forces (probably with Col.
Birdsall) and was disabled in New Jersey. He died before 1804,
and his estate was administered upon by his bro.-in-law, Abraham
Wood, "at the request of the widow," on 28 Oct., 1804. (Adms.
Lib. C, folio 134, Orange Co.)
Hannah, his widow, survived him, and her brother, Abraham
Wood, was appointed adms. of her estate, 7 Sept., 1808. (Liber
D, folio 13, Orange Co.)
(HL 12) JOHN JONES, son of William (H. 7), and the
head of that branch of the family whose descendants mainly set-
tled on the north side of Long Island, was b. June 26, 1755 ; d. at
Cold Spring Harbor, Aug. 21, 1819. Under license of March 7,
1779 (N. Y. Gen. & Biog. Rec. XIV., p. 118) he m. on 3 May,
1779, Hannah, b. at Woodbury, L. I., Feb. 4, 1762; d. Dec. 9,
1850; dau. of John Hewlett, called "Squire John," and Sarah
Townsend his wife. Issue:
+IV. 25. William H., b. Oct. 14, 1780; d. July 7, 1863.
26. Walter, b. July 20, 1783; d. Aug. 14, 1789.
-I-27. John H., b. May 18, 1785 ; d. Dec. 20, 1859.
+28. Sarah H., b. July 22, 1787; d. July 26, 1871.
+29. Mary T., b. June 4, 1790; d. Oct. 12, 1858.
+30. Walter R., b. April 15, 1793; d. April 7, 1855.
-f3i. Phebe J., b. Dec. 13, 1795; d. Jan. 3, 1873.
+32. Elizabeth, b. Dec. 9, 1798; d. Jan. 13, 1869.
+33. Joshua T., b. July 10, 1801 ; d. Sept. 14, 1854.
+34. Charles H., b. Nov. 6, 1804; d. Jan. 23, 1882.
In Aug., 1776, he signed with his father and brother Gilbert
the "Remonstrance" before the battle of Long Island, and in
October following the "Petition" asking for Royal protection.
(See under Wm. Jones (II. 7) He was then just of age and
was residing with his father on West Neck at the South Side of
L. I.
On 30 Aug., 1779 (just after his father's death) he signed
with his brother Walter an agreement with their brothers and
THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND 113
sisters (children of William (II. 7)) that one acre of land on
West Neck be set aside for a burying ground for all the children
of William (11. 7) and their descendants. (See under William
(11.7))-
In 1779, remaining on Long Island and marrying, he was en-
rolled in a troop of horse (local militia to keep the peace), of
which Israel Youngs, a connection of his wife, was captain.
His father-in-law, John Hewlett, a large landholder at East
Woods (now Woodbury), in the town of Oyster Bay, near the
Suffolk Co. line, was a justice of the peace, and, having sworn
allegiance to the King, and being forty-five years of age, refused
to take arms on either side. This was treated by the supporters
of Congress as excusable, and he was not harshly dealt with, nor
were the Quakers, which some members of the family joined.
There were many Quakers in the town located between the Royal-
ists on the west, and the supporters of Congress on the east.
The Hewlett family was numerous ; an early George on L. I.
in 1668 had four sons, who all left descendants, including George
and the first John, living in 1683, whose son John, b. 1703, m.
Hannah, dau. of 2d Col. John Jackson, and was the father of the
third John Hewlett, the justice above mentioned. The mother
of the justice being a Jackson, he doubtless was befriended by
that large family.
Capt. Richard Hewlett, son of Daniel, who had served in the
French war, supported the English government. He became
Colonel, Qr. Master, and Commissary, was active on L. I. during
the war, and assumed the right to order the local militia or Eng-
lish subordinates. He or his captn. gave some orders to this
John Jones (TIL 12) which required acts that were unpopular,
such as collecting assessments of hay. Some of the hay collected
and stacked was burned by the Continentals. Although not ac-
cused of any misconduct, the fact of losing the hay may have
deprived his troop of reward from the British, who occupied the
place in force during the winter.
The justice of the peace, by order, took charge of collecting
the assessment imposed as they would a tax. The Judge George
Duncan Ludlow (called a "Superintendent of Police") took
charge of them and their local action. The native officers prob-
ably acted with more moderation than the foreigners.
Until 1784 John Jones (III. 12) and his brother Walter re-
114 THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND
sided at the homestead on West Neck, and carried on the busi-
ness together as farmers. John then agreed to sell out his right
in the homestead to his brother Walter on April i, 1784, and
removed to "The Hill," on the west side of the river at Cold
Spring Harbor, where he later built a "house with a deep well/'
and resided there during his life.
The fact of his settling upon the hill at that place gave rise
to the appellation of the "Hill Folks," in order to designate in
a general way his family from those of his son John H., who
settled at the foot of the hill near the head of the harbor.
On 14 July, 1791, he and his wife received a deed from her
father for large pieces of land at Cold Spring Harbor, and one-
third of the mills and ponds, and in company with two of her
brothers they entered largely into the business of furnishing flour
at high prices, then affected by the foreign wars.
On 30 May, 1794 he, with his brothers-in-law, received a fur-
ther confirmatory deed for the mills and mill dams.
On 6 May, 1799, he and his wife executed a deed to their son
William H. (soon after his marriage), of a farm at East Woods
(probably derived from her father), expressing as a considera-
tion "divers good causes and love, etc., etc." William H. had
a house and farm buildings erected there, and resided there dur-
ing his life.
In 1801 he signed with his brother David a claim about the
Episcopal Church at Oyster Bay.
His father-in-law. Justice John Hewlett, lived until 4 April.
18 12, and was buried on a hill near his home at East Woods
called "Mount Nebo." The justice divided his large landed es-
tate among some of his children by deeds in 1791, etc. His daugh-
ter Mary married Isaac Youngs ; his eldest son, Townsend, mar-
ried a sister of this John Jones. His second son, Isaac Hewlett,
married Rhoda Van W>ck, and his son Divine married Ann, dau.
of Jac. Coles, of Duck Pond. His dau. Elizabeth married Samuel
Jones, son of William.
It will be noticed how strongly the members of the family
were tied together ; living near the boundary line between Queens
and Suffolk Co., through a long civil war, the hostilities and
jealousies which convulsed the whole country doubtless taught
them to adhere firmly to each other and avoid giving offence.
(MSS. C. B. Moore.)
THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND iic
The East Woods extended across L. I., east of the Hempstead
Plains and near the county Hne, embracing what is now Wood-
bury.
Several grantees of these deeds may be noticed ; one, his son
Isaac Hewlett, had land in Suffolk Co. on the high ground east
of the mill ponds at Cold Spring Harbor, on which Isaac lived ;
one, his son Divine had land also in Suffolk Co., bounding Isaac's
on the north, on which Divine lived ; and another his dau. Han-
nah, whom this John Jones had married, had land in Queens Co.
on the west side of the mill ponds, near which John and Hannah
Jones had fixed their residence.
The deeds to these parties embraced the mills, mill ponds, mill
dams and water rights at Cold Spring Harbor, ^ to each as ten-
ants in common.
On 30th of 3 mo., 1804, this John Jones received from Divine
Hewlett and his wife, for his son John H. (IV. 27), then under
age. a deed for two small pieces of land on the east side of Cold
Spring Harbor (cons. $175), which in 1807 he conveyed to his
son John H. Here commenced the large general store and whal-
ing business carried on by the latter for many years, and here
was his first dwelling house.
In 1807 he conveyed to his son, John H. Jones, land on the
west side of Cold Spring Harbor, which had been conveyed to him
by his cousin, David Jones (III. 7) and in i8to conveyed to him
a share in the "Lower Mill" property (grist mill, dams, etc.).
In 1812 the second war with Gt. Britain broke out. a great
expense was incurred at a time of high war prices upon a new
and large grist mill, and in starting also a woollen factory. Grain
was purchased at the mill, ground and barrelled up for sale, and
sent to New York. Divine Hewlett and Wm. H. Jones (IV. 25)
undertook to keep a store at New York for the sale of flour. The
war ended in 181 5 before expensive arrangements could be recom-
pensed, and prices fell with flour on hand. Some losses also oc-
curred by seizures of shipments by the French ; John Jones and
Divine Hewlett had to suspend payments, bargain with their cred-
itors for time, and raise money on their lands to settle with their
creditors. Mr. Jones' health failed and he soon became disabled.
On 21 Aug.. 1814, he made his will giving the use of lii'^ property
to his wife for life to bring up and educate his minor children, and
ii6 THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND
appointed his three eldest sons executors with a large power of
sale. (MSS. C. B. Moore.)
Hannah Hewlett, the wife of this John Jones, was a woman of
strong personal character and of untiring energy. She inherited
that strong religious feeling and love of family so marked in
her ancestors, and we are told "her will was a law in the land."
Her few letters preserved to us are well and neatly written, and
indicate a woman of no small learning for her day. Of these the
following strongly marks the woman :
Cold Spring, 4th day, 5th mo., 1812.
Dear Brother and Sister.
These will inform you that we have experienced great changes in our
family since you left the island. On the 22d of the 2d mo. our son John,
in returning from New York in a severe gale of wind, was thrown over-
board by the jib sheet cleut giving way, he having at that instant the
mainsail halliards in his hand, which proved an instrument in the hands
of God to save him, to the astonishment of all the beholders. He was
much strained in the breast and arms by the vessel carrying him with such
velocity, and so far through the water before the hands on board could
get him in, but through the mercy of God he is in prospect of recovery.
On the 4th of the 4th mo., our aged parent departed this life, being
but two days confined to his bed; nine days after, our brother John de-
parted this life, being confined from the day our father was buried.
On the first day of this month our little granddaughter, Anne
(William's daughter), who lived with us, departed this life after four
days' illness.
Physicians do not agree what disorder prevails, but certain it is there
is a great mortality prevailing here, many depart this life from a few hours
to one day. There have been several of the family attacked with, we be-
lieve, the same complaint. Divine has been slightly, those of brother
John's children more severe, brother Townsend, and Isaac Hewlett,
. . . but we are in hopes they are all in prospect of recovery, but when
the malady will cease or the cause be known, God only knows. The sea-
son is very much against health, the snow is now several inches deep, and
is still falling.
We have been much disappointed in not receiving a letter from you
since you left the island after having a promise from so many sincere
friends, and so near relations. I still flatter mj'self with the pleasing hope
of once more reading a letter from some of you, but especially from thee,
my dear sister, who is near and dear to me, although at so great a dis-
tance from each other; if not, I shall still indulge the pleasing hope
through the mercy of that good God, and meritorious suffering of a
blessed Saviour Jesus Christ, when time to us shall be no more we shall
meet on the happy shores of eternal blessedness, never more to be sep-
arated, is the prayer of thy sister, and not only us, but my desire and
THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND 117
prayer to God is that thy dear partner and all thy family, as well as my
own, with all the heritage of God, may so walk in this world that when
time shall be no more, that they may enjoy that happy ... 01 eternal
rest which God has in store for all those that love him. Tell
and ... I often think of the pleasing hours we spent when they were
here, and hope they will pursue the path of kindness with unimpaired
faith, love and charity to their life's end, that they may receive the reward
of well doing. Tell them to kiss the dear babe for me. Our particular
family, through the mercy of God, are enjoying health at present, thanks
be to Him for the same, and all other blessings we enjoy, and my prayer
to Him is that you and all yours may enjoy the same blessing.
My family all join with me in unfeigned love to you and all the family
and friends, and remain your sister and well wisher, farewell.
Hannah Jones.
(III. 13) MAJOR WALTER JONES, son of William (II.
7) ; b. Feb. 14, 1757; d. May 7, 1828; m. 1784, Esther (his first
wife), b. Sept. 21, 1762; d. June 2, 1800, dau. of William Willis,
b. 1721, of Cedar Swamp, L. I., and his wife Mary, dau. of Rue-
mourn Townsend ; m., 2d, Phebe, b. i Apl, 1779; d. June 22, 1863,
dau. of Samuel Hewlett, of Gt. Neck, and his wife Ruth, dau. of
William Willis, of Cedar Swamp, L. I., by whom he had no issue.
She was a niece of his first wife, Esther. Issue by first wife,
Esther Willis :
+IV. 35. John Jackson, b. Sept. 6, 1785; d. Oct. 12, 1824.
36. Mary Willis, b. Sept. 17, 1787; d. Sept. 22, 1872,
unm.
37. Sarah Willis, b. Jan. 16, 1789; d. Nov. 22, 1855,
unm.
-I-38. Phebe, b. Apl. 27, 1791 ; d. 1858.
+39. Abagail, b. July 12, 1794; d. Oct. 12, 1836.
40. Walter, b. Apl. i, 1796; d. Sept. 8, 1797.
41. Elizabeth, b. Nov. 9, 1789, twin.
+42. William Townsend, b. Nov. 9, 1789, twin.
This Walter Jones was not of ag^e at the commencement of
the Rev. War, and, according with the Quakers, avoided taking
arms. It appears he had a good education.
In 1779 the farm at West Neck, on the south side of L. L
being left to him and his brother John, charged with debts and
legacies, some to be paid at their father's death, some at their
mother's, and younger children to be educated and apprenticed, he
ii8 THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND
remained on the place and carried on the farm with John until
1784. They delayed proving the will until 1781.
The agreement in 1779 about the burying plot has been de-
scribed under John (III. 12), and the sale by John to Walter and
John's removal to the north side of L. I.
The name of his eldest son, after the war ended, indicates that
he (Walter Jones) looked to the Jackson family, then powerful
under the new government. The 4th John Jackson was at this
date the head of that family and had married Charity Treadwell,
of a strong family supporting Congress.
In Nov., 1786, he was appointed first Major of the Queens
Co. Regiment, then commanded by Col. Samuel Youngs, with
Nathaniel Coles, Jr., as 2d Major. (See Council of Appointment
of State of N. Y., by Hastings, Vol. i, p. 74.)
A letter preserved to us concerning his appointment may be
of interest:
Oyster Bay, nth Nov., 1786.
Sir.
Col. Samuel Youngs, who is commissioned on the new establishment
of the militia has requested me to inform you that he has received a letter
from M. Clerkson, Brig. Genl., enclosing an extract from General Orders,
and a list of the officers appointed, in which you are appointed first Major,
also the Adjutant General's orders for the regiments or the companies to
be paraded this fall, he therefore in concurrence with the other officers
appointed this way has concluded to meet all the officers appointed in this
regiment on Tuesday next at the house of Daniel Dodges, in Jericho, at
one o'clock in the afternoon. Inclosed you have a roll of your officers in
the 2d Battn. and he requests you will give them which are on the South
speedy notice of the day which they are to meet to accept or refuse their
commissions, which acceptance or refusal must absolutely be done in a few
days, according to law.
I am, with respect,
Your most obedient servant,
WiL TOWNSEND.
On 26th March, 1787, he was commissioned by Gov. Clinton as
"Salvor or Wrecker," to aid vessels in distress on the coasts of
Queens Co. This office was created by an Act of I^egislature
passed Feb. 16, 1787. He was the first to be appointed under
this act, and was to hold office "during pleasure." (See Comms.,
Vol. 6-D, 1770-1789, folio 407, Secy, of State office.) Under this
commission he was obliged to keep all vessels or merchandise cast
up by the sea and cause the same to be appraised, so that any per-
THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND 119
son within a year who could prove ownership might have his
goods restored to him on his paying the expenses of saving, etc.
His pay was a "reasonable allowance out of the goods so saved.''
(Laws of N. Y., Vol. i.)
On 9 Aug., 1786, there was a release executed to him by Jacob
Conkling (his brother-in-law) of rights in the "Bating Place Pui-
chase" of the town of Huntington, near modern Amityville.
He became the active representative of his father and mother
and the scattered family. On 30 of 7 mo., 1788, John and Walter,
with their wives Hannah and Esther, conveyed to their brother
William meadow land at Oyster Bay South, cons. £210. On 30
Aug., 1790, receiving a deed from John, he conveyed the home-
stead to his brother Samuel (the Judge and Senator) who at that
time was a strong and important man, and who rebuilt the old
house. Walter remained still in charge. On 4 Sept., 1790, he
united with his brothers in releasing to the town, the large claim
to the South Beach and Meadows, reserving some by agreement.
(Liber 69, p. 329, Queens Co.) He signed as attorney for Gilbert
(HL 11), and it is stated he acted for and with Samuel (HL8)
and was in fair accord with him.
On 16 Apl., 1801, he signed a formal covenant with his brother
Samuel, and the latter's son Thomas, for levying and acknow^ledg-
ing a Fine and Recovery for the West Neck homestead and land
(to give Samuel a formal title and bar all entails and limitations).
A Fine was levied. He still agreed to remain on the farm, and to
board the carpenters while repairing the house.
On 28 May, 1802, he received a further release of land from
Jacob Conkling and Elizabeth, his wife, for land in the Bating
Place Purchase.
Shortly after this date he removed to the north side of L. L
and settled on land he bought of Garret Van Cott, Mch. 12, 1802.
This land was situated next west of his brother John, and was
separated from it by the highway leading from Cold Spring Har-
bor to Syosset, then called Ireland's Path, and contained 120 acres.
After their removal the family resided in a very old house then
standing on the westerly side of Ireland's Path, and directlv in
front of the residence now ( 1900) owned bv Mrs. Oliver L. Jones.
This old house, of which only the foundation stones (and an old
well still used) now remain, was by report built by John Wooden
(or Worden) who owned land there as early as 1736.
120 THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND
In May, 1806, he received a deed from his brother David and
his wife EHzabeth for 43 acres of land joining this purchase (of
12 March, 1802) on the south.
These two pieces of land, with several smaller pieces purchased
later, comprised his homestead of 180 acres, on which he erected
a new house, the cornerstone of which bears the mark W. J.
18 10. Later he erected two stone walls marked with the dates
1819 and 1822, forming, with his barns, an enclosure for his cattle.
One of these barns, of which no vestige remains, contained a
curious and crude machine used for threshing grain, and must
have been made at a very early period. It consisted of a circular
depression in the earth lined with stones set in mortar, with a
post erected in its centre, around which a large stone drawn bv
horses moved freely. Tradition tells us it was sometimes used as
a cider mill and was probably made or used by John Wooden be-
fore mentioned.
On 7 Feb., 1820, he and his 2d wife, Phebe, united in a con-
veyance of his real estate to his son, John Jackson Jones, who had
advanced money to build and improve the place, and who, in 1822,
conveyed the same to his four sisters.
On 25 Jan., 1850, Sarah and Mary Jones, two of the four sis-
ters just named, who had become possessed of the entire real es-
tate of their father, Walter Jones, conveyed the same to Samuel
A. Jones (V. 81), who had married a granddaughter of this
Walter Jones (III. 13).
Walter Jones preserved many old memoranda about the
family, and it is to him we are indebted for many facts concerning
it. He took much interest in public affairs, and was instrumental
in having a public highway laid out across the island, following
generally an old route called Ireland's Path, which on the north
side of the island ran between his house and his brother John's,
passing through Syosset and east of Hicksville. On the south
side of the island it passed near his father's house, terminating at
the highway running east and west across the various necks of
meadow land on that part of the island.
Milestones were set up on this road throughout its entire ex-
tent. One of these, still standing, is on the westerly side of the
highway a short distance south of his old homestead, and near
the southeast corner of the land he purchased of David Jones in
THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND 121
1806. It is marked W. J. XIII., and indicates that number of
miles from the south side of the island.
His will, dated 28 April, 1828, was proved on 9 June following
He bequeathed to his wife Phebe everything that belonged to her
at the time of "our marriage." To Mary Esther Mott, daughter
of James and Abigail Mott, a set of silver plate of the value of
$150. To his daughters, Mary, Phebe, Sarah, and Abigail, all his
furniture and cattle and implements of husbandry. To William
H. Jones and John H. Jones (his brother John's children) a piece
of Plains Lands near the island of Trees, bequeathed him by his
father William. To his son Townsend, a piece of salt meadow
called the "Bating Place Purchase," being all the land I own in
Suffolk Co. Residue of his real estate to his daughters Mary ai:d
Sarah Jones, and wife Phebe. To his wife Phebe his Bank of
America stock. His son, Wm, Townsend Jones, and David W.
Jones, executors.
All of his homestead at Cold Spring Harbor (excepting per-
haps the piece he bought of his brother David in 1806) and much
of the adjoining land, all of which is still in possession of the
Jones family, was between the years 1716 and 1740 owned by Maj
Timothy Bagley, who married the widow of Maj. Thomas Jones
(I. i), much of which (as we have formerly stated) possibly be-
longed to the latter at an earlier date.
The original map embracing this land of Maj. Timothy Bag-
ley is now (1895) ^n the possession of John H. Doty, of Cold
Spring Harbor.
The highway or "Ireland's Path," as indicated by dotted lines,
is not in the original map, but has been added by me to shov/
approximately the location of the land with reference to the pres-
ent time.
Esther, his first wife, was interred in the West Neck burying
ground at South Oyster Bay, and Phebe, his 2d wife, in the Epis-
copal Church Yard at Manhasset, L. I.
(III. 14) RICHARD JONES, son of William (II. 7) ; b. July
10, 1760; d. Oct. 10, 1844; m. Ruth, dau. of John Mott (by one
account of Ulster Co., and called by Walter Jones (III. 13) as
"late of Long Island"). She b. Jan. 11, 1775; m. as above, Oct.
30, 1794 ; d. Aug. 22, 1834. He settled in Michigan about 1837.
Issue :
122 THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND
+IV. 43. Phebe, b. Aug. 10, 1795; d. Dec. 31, 1849; ^- 21
Feb., 1840.
John Hammond, no issue.
44. Abigail, b. Jan. 31, 1798; d. Aug. 4, 1830; not m.
445. Gideon M., b. Oct. 10, 1799; d. Sept. 11, 1876.
+46. James, b. Nov. 21, 1801 ; d. 1863.
-I-47. Lydia Mott, b. Feb. 28, 1803 ; d. Aug. 3, 1861.
+48. William R., b. April 21, 1805; d. Feb. 13, 1880.
+49. Esther, b. Oct. 20, 1806; d. June 24, 1888.
4-50. John Mott, b. Nov. 4, 1808; d. 1867.
+ 51. Thomas Elwood, b. Oct. 3, 1813; d. Dec. 7, 1869.
By report he removed from L. I. to Dutchess Co., thence to
Jonesville, near Rochester, and from there he went to Michigan,
where he died at the home of his son Gideon, in Litchfield, Hills-
dale Co. In 1778. under his father's will, he was spoken of as
under age and directed to be brought up at some trade.
Walter A. Scott, the son of his daughter Esther, states that his
grandmother, Ruth Jones, was the daughter of John and Lydia
Mott, and that she came from L. L to Poughkeepsie, N. Y., where
she died before her husband's removal to Michigan.
(III.I5) JACKSON HALLETT JONES, son of William
(II.7), commonly called Hallett Jones, b. 1761 ; d. Feb. 29, 1836;
m. 8 mo. 31st, 1784, Keziah, d. Dec. 13, 1837, dau. of Daniel
Aldrich, of Suffolk Co., who by report was living in Newburg
during the Rev. War. Issue:
IV. 52. David, b. July 19, 1785; d. July 15, 1809; unm.
53. Gilbert, b. Jan. i, 1788; d. Oct. 14, 1813.
54. Richard, b. Oct. 30, 1790; d. Oct. 27, 1796; unm.
+55. Hallett, b. Oct. 18, 1792; d. April 1, 1847.
4-56. Richard Restored, b. April 21, 1797.
57. Mary, b. April i, 1798; d. April 26, 1826; unm.
+58. Daniel, b. Jan. 8, 1801.
+59. Elizabeth, b. March i, 1803 ; d. Jan. 10, 1882.
He took an active part in the Rev. War against the British.
and in 1779 seized a gunboat (the crew of which had gone on
shore) and by firing a gun drew a company of militia to the
spot who captured the crew. (Onderdonk's Queens Co., p. 203.)
THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND 123
He studied medicine but did not follow the profession. In 1785
he was living in Newburg but soon returned to L. I. and lived on
his place at Cold Spring Harbor, on the easterly side of what is
known as "Turkey Lane."
(HI. 16) FREELOVE JONES, dau. of William (H. 7) ; b
1742; d. Oct. 21, 1821 ; m., Jan. 5, 1763 (by license Dec. 30.
1762), Lieut. Col. Benjamin Birdsall, b. 1736; d. 20 July, 1798
son of Capt. John of Jerusalem South, L. L In Thompson's L. I.
2, p. 492, he was called a son of Thomas Birdsall, which we must
treat as an error. Issue, eight children.
(See under Birdsall family.)
Her will, dated 28 of 7 mo., 1821, prob. at Rocky Hill (near
Flushing), Dec. 19, 1821, names son-in-law James Jackson, gr.
daus. Margaret Elizabeth and Deborah Ann Jackson, daus. Mar-
garet Tredwell, Mary Wright, and Elizabeth Althouse. Ex. my
dau. Margaret Tredwell.
Margaret Tredwell died before the probate of the will, and
Wm. Wright. Jr., of Flushing (a gr. son of Freelove Jones Bird-
sail) was appointed adms. Dec. 19, 1821. (Liber E, p. 34, Queens
Co.)
Lieut. Col. Benj. Birdsall was of an old Queens Co. family,
and of a branch that intermarried with the Seamans and Jacksons
of the north side of L. I. He was called a "drover farmer,"
one who raised cattle on the Hempstead Plains, and fed them in
winter on the wild meadow grass. He lived on the south side
of L. I. a short distance west of his father-in-law, Wm. Jones,
He took an active part in the Rev. War. His colonel was John
Sands, an active supporter of Congress. In 1777- 1783 was Mem-
ber of Assembly. In 1776 he mustered 60 volunteers and aided
Gen. Putnam in erecting intrenchments on Brooklyn Heights. He
was captured by the British and imprisoned in the "Provost," at
which time Genl. Washington had his wife and children conveyed
to Dover, in Dutchess Co., where they remained during the war
In 1794 he disposed of his property and settled in Jerusalem,
where he died. (MSS. C. B. Moore.)
(III. 17) ELIZABETH JONES, dau. of William (II. 7).
By license of Jan. 28, 1757, m. Jacob Conkling, son of Israel, of
124 THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND
Huntington, Suffolk Co., h. I. By report he survived her and
married a 2d wife. Issue, nine children.
(See under Conkling family.)
Israel Conkling, the father of Jacob, lived in the town of
Huntington, on the south side of L. I. He was a son of Jacob,
who was a son of the 2d Timothy, a son of the first Timothy, who
was a younger son of the first John, of Southold and Huntington.
In 1775 he signed to support Congress and was a soldier in Capt.
Rogers' Company.
On 6 Aug., 1778, he made his will, naming eight children, in-
cluding Jacob. Prob. 4 July, 1780. (Lib. 32, p. 476, N. Y. City.)
In 1774, Oct. 13, the deed from Israel Conkling to Gilbert
Jones (HI. 11) has been noticed, whose children conveyed to
Walter Jones (HI. 13), 18 April, 1818.
(HI. 18) SARAH JONES, dau. of William (II. 7);' b.
1756; d. Sept. 16, 1841 ; m. John Willis; d. 1837, son of John,
of Cedar Swamp, L. I., and his wife Margaret, dau. of Caleb
Cornwell and Elizabeth Hayner, his wife. Issue, five children
(See under Willis family.)
(HI. 19) PHEBE JONES, dau. of William (IL7); b.
1758; d. 1841 ; m. by license of 6 March, 1775, Benjamin Row-
land, of Flushing, h. I., son of Jonathan. (N. Y. Gen. & Biog.
Rec. XIV., p. 71.) Issue:
Cornelia, m. John Hoagland, or (Hoogland), and had issue:
Benjamin.
Susan.
Cornelia.
Elbert.
Catharine.
William.
Ludlow.
Deborah.
Elizabeth.
(IH.20) MARGARET JONES, dau. of William (H.7);
b. Feb. I, 1759; d. March 31, 1825; m. Feb. i, 1779 (license Jan.
THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND 125
12, 1779), Tovvnsend Hewlett, b. June 7, 1753; d. Aug. 6, 1832,
son of John Hewlett, the justice. Issue, six children.
(See under Hewlett family.)
In 1778 she was named in her father's will as unmarried, and
given a small legacy.
(IV. I) WILLIAM DAVID JONES, of Jerusalem, L. I.,
son of Capt. David (III. 7) ; b. Sept. 5, 1771 ; d. Sept. 2, 1845;
m. Almy, b. Feb. 5, 1787; d. April 6, 1843, (^^u. of Israel Seaman,
of Jerusalem, L. I. Issue :
V. I. David, b. May 23, 1807; d. Jan. 28, 1831.
+2. Samuel S., b. March 26, 1809; d. Nov. 27, 1893.
+3. Israel S., b. Aug. 12, 1812; d. Jan. 21, 1893.
+4. William D., b. June 17, 1814; d. July 23, 1866.
+5. Elbert T., b. April 5, 1816; d. Aug. 16, 1846.
+6. Townsend, b. March 16, 1818; d. Oct. 21, 1884.
+7. John, b. April 20, 1822; d. Aug. 9, 1874.
His will, 13 of 5 mo., 1843, prob. Sept. 22, 1845, gives his sons
as above certain legacies. To his brother Thomas (IV. 2), the
use of certain sums of money for his support during life.
(IV. 2) THOMAS JONES, son of Capt. David (in.7):
b. June 30, 1776; d. Jan. 13, 1847; unm. He proved unfortunate
or ill, and settled in Cold Spring Harbor with his father after the
Rev. War. In 1806 he was named in his father's will and directed
to be supported.
(IV. 3) SAMUEL JONES, the Chancellor and Chief Jus-
tice, ranking as the fourth judge of the family, son of Judge
Samuel (III. 8) ; b. May 26, 1770; d. Aug. 9, 1853, at Cold Spring
Harbor, L. I. ; m. Catharine, b. 1793 ; d. Nov. 20, 1829, dau. of
Phil. J. Schuyler and his first wife, Sarah Rutsen, of Rhinebeck,
N. Y. Both were interred in the Schuyler Cemetery at Rhine-
beck, but removed in 1893 to the cemetery at Poughkeepsie, N. Y.
Issue :
-f-V. 8. Samuel, b. 1825; d. Aug. 11, 1892.
+9. Mary Ann S., d. Feb. 6, 1890.
-f-io. Catharine C, d. Nov. 4, 1893.
+ 11. Catharine, d. Aug. 9, 1853.
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-{-12. Sarah.
Cornelia (doubtful).
He practiced law and during his father's lifetime was known
as Saml. Jones, Jr. He resided in N. Y. City, and from 1809
to 1817 was Alderman.
In was Corporation Counsel.
He prepared the draft of the long statute relating to the City
of N. Y. contained in the Revised Laws of 18 13.
In 181 1 he was one of the original members of the Committee
of Defense, appointed by the Common Council, which consisted
of four Aldermen and three Assistant Aldermen. (Wilson's
Memo. Hist. N. Y. 3, p. 239.)
He was the last surviving member of the "Drone," a literary
society founded in 1792. (See Francis "Old New York"), and
also a member of the Kent Club.
His mother's family (Herring) brought him into familiarity
with the real estate of the city. The Kip family employed him
in the partition and conveyancing of a farm on Kip's Bay. Be-
fore the regular streets were laid out by law, the owners had
laid out roads and lots, which were intersected and injured by
the new streets. A great deal of conveyancing and law was the
result, in which he had a large share.
In 1812-1814 he was a Member of Assembly from N. Y. City,
sitting during the principal part of the period of the 2d war with
Great Britain, and generally sustaining De Witt Clinton and the
war.
In 1812 his brother William became a member, and in 1813
to 181 5 his brother Elbert H. was in the Senate.
His wife's father was only a few years his elder, born in 1768
Mr. Schuyler married first Sarah Rutsen, connected with the De
Witts, and 2d Phebe Carman, probably from the L. I. family.
He was a son of Genl. Phil. Schuyler, and he became a member
of Congress from Dutchess Co. in 1817-1818. These items may
be sufficient to indicate the political position and standing of Mr.
Jones.
As a lawyer he had a general practice, and was counsel for
several insurance companies (most of which were crippled by
the war), and particularly for the United States Ins. Co., after his
cousin, Walter R. Jones (IV. 30), was connected with it. This
THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND 127
compelled him to study maritime law, and many cases argued by
him are scattered through the books. (See Johns Report 15, 523;
14, 22'j; 16, 128; 17, 23, etc.) His mother dying in 1821, he with
his brothers became interested in the Herring farm, above Canal
St., N. Y. City.
In 1823-4, he was Recorder of N. Y. City, following the career
of Judge Thos. Jones (HI. 3), and of his father. Judge Samuel
Jones (HI. 8).
On 24 June, 1825, he was nominated by Gov. De Witt Clinton,
and confirmed by the Senate, as Chancellor of the State of N. Y.
(the highest law office in the State) in the place of Nathan San-
ford chosen as U. S. Senator, who had presided over the con-
stitution that framed the new constitution of 182 1. Both were
from L. I., and on no other occasion had the island filled such
high places, both at once.
The appointment of Mr. Jones was treated by many as ema-
nating especially from the personal estimate of him by De Witt
Clinton, who was sure of his knowledge, fairness, and industry,
and no one denied his general competence. He was recognized as
"very learned in the law."
He had counselled patiently and examined the cases argued
before him with great thoroughness. After writing an opinion
he would hear a further argument, if an error was strongly urged,
and be very ready to correct an error if he discovered one. His
written opinions reviewed the disputed questions of law and fact
in various aspects, answering objections, and perhaps with too
great minuteness. As Chancellor Mr. Jones was a member of
the Court for the correction of Errors to decide upon writs of
error returned from the Supreme Court. He was near sixty
years of age, the new limit appointed by the new constitution in
hostility to his friends Kent and Spencer. He must have found
the office laborious and more than any man could master. His
patron, De Witt Clinton, who had been elected Governor in op-
position to the party of the new constitution, died on 11 Feb..
1828. The Lieut. Gov. was not unfriendly, and Mr. Jones re-
signed the office of Chancellor in April, 1828, sitting three years,
and took the office of Chief Justice of the Superior Court in the
City of N. Y., a new court of common law, called local and in-
ferior, to which the limited term of sixty years of age was held
128 THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND
not to apply, and he was succeeded in the office of Chancellor
by Judge Walworth.
Mr. Jones filled the office of Chief Justice of the Superior
Court from the first organization in 1828 until by the new third
constitution of 1846 judges were made elective, and the limited
term of sixty years of age was changed. In 1848 he was elected
Judge of the Supreme Court of the City of N. Y. for the short
term, and held only for two years. He was then nearly seventy-
seven years of age.
About 1833 he entered into an arrangement with Jas. Lorimer
Graham (then an active lawyer) for Mr. Graham to attend to
all the work (and have about one-quarter), while the judgment
of both would be consulted in purchasing city lots, relying upon
the growth of the city for a rise of prices. They bought largely,
and gave many mortgages, but the political warfare about cur-
rency and fall of prices overtook them and they fell, mortgages
were foreclosed, property lost, and no profits realized, and he
met with disaster. He bore all courageously, he abandoned house
and home and lived at boarding houses. He lost his library, but
was permitted to use it, and, laboring until the last, went to his
brother William's in the country to bear his illness. He lamented
for his family, and was anxious at the very last to have a long
report engrossed on opening a street in time to have his signature
to it, so that the pay for it might be fully earned and his son
might secure it. But all in vain. After all we are obliged to
lament that his long life so worthily spent had so poor an appre-
ciation of it by those he benefited.
He attended the Church of the Annunciation in N. Y. City
(Rev. Dr. Seabury) and became one of its wardens. He had
decided religious opinions, but made little show of them. His
family seemed to have acquired a strong religious disposition, but
not in the line he favored or desired to lead them. (MSS. C. B.
Moore.)
At his death in 1853 a meeting of the New York Bar was held
(Hon. Judge Duer presiding), and resolutions were passed eulo-
gistic of his high public and private character. Quoting from
one of these resolutions, "his profound learning, his astute dis-
cernment, and great powers of endurance, his close reasoning,
and skilful logic, placed him in the first rank of that Bar of which
his honored parent was called 'the father.' He brought to the
THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND 125
Bench a vast professional experience, great learning, sound judg-
ment, spotless integrity, and a pure love of justice. Before a
Bench which reflected high honor upon our State, our late ven-
erable brother maintained his high standing until 1826, when Gov.
Clinton appointed him Chancellor of the State of N. Y. He per-
formed the duties of this office with great dignity and firmness
until 1828, when he was appointed Chief Justice of the Superior
Court of N. Y. City. The duties of this important office at the
head of the Court which had been more occupied with important
questions of commercial law than any other tribunal in our coun-
try, were discharged with unbending integrity, unsullied purity,
and gentlemanly courtesy for a period of twenty years."
(IV. 4) MAJOR WILLIAM JONES, son of Judge Samuel
(III. 8) ; b. Oct. 4, 1771 ; d. at Cold Spring Harbor, L. I., Sept.
16, 1853; m. Oct. 4, 1790, Keziah, b. Feb. 12, 1773; d. May i,
1847, d^u- o^ Capt. Daniel Youngs, of Oyster Bay, L. I., and his
wife Susanna, dau. of Timothy Kelsey, of Huntington, L. I. Is-
sue :
+V. 13. Samuel W., b. July 6, 1791 ; d. Dec. i, 1855.
-t-i4. David W., b. May 3, 1793; d. July 6, 1877.
-4-15. Cornelia H., b. April 22, 1796; d. Dec. 29, 1839.
-f 16. Susan M., b. April 20, 1802.
17. Elbert W., b. July 17, 1803; d. Jan. 14, 1826; unm.
-I-18. Eleanor T., b. May 7, 1805.
-f-19. Hannah A., b. June 10, 1807; d. Sept. 18, 1852.
4- 20. Daniel Y., b. July 9. 1809.
He was educated at the Academy in Oyster Bay, of which he
later, in 1802, became one of its trustees. He was baptized in
the New Dutch Church, N. Y. City, Elbert and Elizabeth Haring
being his sponsors (his maternal grandparents) ; at an early age
he was sent to live with Townsend Hewlett and his wife Martha,
at Buckram, L. I.
He was married by Rev. Andrew Fowler, of the Episcopal
Church, at Oyster Bay, and settled at South Oyster Bay, residing
there imtil 1793. when they removed to Cold Spring Harlx)r,
where, in 1806, he built a large house on the westerly side of the
Harbor at the foot of a beach called "Major Jones' Beach."
In 1796, before his removal to Cold Spring Harbor, he was
I30 THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND
appointed Captn. of a troop of horse formed from the Queens
Co. Regt. commanded by Lieut. Col. Nathaniel Coles (see Council
of Appointment, Vol. i, p. 326), and in 1807 (after his removal)
he was appointed Major of a company of cavalry (Council of
Appointment, Vol. i, p. 937). In 1814, the cavalry being trans-
formed into horse artillery, he was appointed as Lieut. Col. of 2d
Regt. of Horse of Queens Co. (Council of Appointment, Vol.
2, p. 1491.)
In 18 1 5 he was elected to the Assembly by 1,057 votes as a
Federalist, the Republican vote being about 750, and from 1816
to 1825 he was regularly re-elected (except in 1818, 1820 and
1822). In 1817 the previous members, Carman, Jones and Kis-
sam, were elected without opposition. In that year an Agricultural
Society was formed for Queens Co., which he favored, assisting
on the Committee of Arrangements,
In 1818 two of the old members of Assembly, Kissam and
Carman, were elected from the other towns, and John A. King
(son of Rufus, the U. S. Senator) was chosen from Jamaica as
a new member. There were five towns in the county, and this
probably was an alternation claimed by that town. In 1819 Wm.
Jones, from Oyster Bay ; John A. King, from Jamaica, and Thos.
Tredwell, from Hempstead, were elected by 752 votes over 483.
In 1819 Mr. Jones was Vice Pres. of the Agricultural Society.
In 1820 Kissam, Jones and Tredwell were defeated by John A.
King, and others ; King, 972 and Jones, 866 votes. In 1821, Jones,
Tredwell and Nostrand were elected; Jones, 1,378, and King,
1,018; a large vote, indicating a sharp contest.
In 1822 (under the new constitution, two members for the
county) there was much disaffection, and he was defeated ; Jones,
653 votes; for others 715 and 703.
In 1823 he was elected with Tredwell by 669 and 616 votes,
others having only 499 and 446.
In 1824 he was elected by a larger vote, viz., 923 and 985,
over 708 and 649.
In 1825 he was again elected with the same associate by 965
and 895 votes over 767 and 723.
He was not again a candidate ; the brother of his son-in-law,
viz., Henry Floyd- Jones (5), became the representative of the
family from the town of Oyster Bay.
"He was noted for his fondness for thoroughbred horses, with
THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND 131
which his stables were well filled, which brought him in close as-
sociation with turfmen of high and honorable repute." (Gen. of
Youngs family.) His house was known as "an open house,
where always was to be had good brandy and Holland Gin," and
from his great love for horses it was commonly said of him "that
next to his family he loved his horse." Directly in front of his
house was the long, sandy beach that divides Cold Spring Harbor
into two bodies of water. This beach, called Maj. Jones' Beach,
is about half a mile in length, and was used by him as a training
ground for his horses.
His daughter Eleanor (who married William Sidney Smith)
in her "Golden Wedding Mementos" of herself and husband,
writes of him thus: "While a member of the State Legislature,
Mr. Jones exhibited those marked traits of character for which
he was so eminently distinguished and which rendered him one of
the most popular and useful members of that body."
His wife Keziah was a woman of strong religious principles,
and inherited all of the estimable qualities of her mother and
grandmother, the latter of whom was Hannah, dau. of Peter Un-
derbill.
Throughout her whole life she was devoted to the Church, and
a mural tablet was erected to her memory in St. John's Prot. Epis.
Church at Cold Spring Harbor, with the following inscription:
Sacred to the memory of Keziah, wife of
William Jones, a devoted communicant,
and constant worshipper in this church.
Born Feb. 12, 1773; died May i, 1847. In
grateful remembrance of their mother
this tablet is erected by her children.
"Her strong religious principles and personal traits are
strongly marked in her four daughters and their descendants, all
of whom are Church members and, with few exceptions, com-
municants. Of her daughters all were eminently qualified by
inherent virtues and early training for wives and mothers ; all of
them attained this state." ("Gen. of Youngs Family," by D. K,
Youngs.)
(IV. 5) ELBERT HARING JONES, son of Judge Samuel
(HL 8) : b. Aug. 6, 1773 ; d. Sept. 5. 1854; m. Dec. 26, 1825, Mar-
132 THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND
gery Fleet Youngs, b. Sept. 2, 1808; d. Sept. 6, 1863, dau. of
Samuel Youngs, of Oyster Bay, L. L, and his wife Hannah, dau.
of John and Margery (Tobias) Fleet, of Oyster Bay, L. I. Issue:
4-V. 21. Elbert Haring, b. April 3, 1827 ; d. Nov. 2, 1862.
-f-22. Susan Cornelia, b. Nov. 10, 1828; d. Mch. 17, 1852.
23. George Washington, b. Aug. 30, 1831 ; d. June
22, 1854 , at Havana, Cuba, of the yellow fever;
unm.
+24. Samuel Youngs, b. Aug. 4, 1832; d. June 22, 1858;
unm,
25. Sarah Eliza, b. Oct. 15, 1834; d. Mch. 24, 1850;
unm.
26. William E., b. July i, 1836; d. Dec. 6, 1884; unm.
-\-27. Thomas E., b. Feb. 18, 1838.
28. John Jay, b. May 6, 1840 ; d. unm. Kept a store at
Oyster Bay, I,. I.
29. Twin with John Jay, b. May 6, 1840; d. May 6.
1840.
+30. Eleanor Turk, b. Mch. 19, 1842.
31. Frederick F., b. Feb. 9, 1844; twin.
-I-32. Marianna F., b. Feb. 9, 1844 ; twin.
-I-33. Samuel Seabury, b. June i, 1846.
In May, 1812, he was a candidate for the State Senate as a
Federalist and received in Queens Co. 791 votes, and Maj. Robert
Moore, of Newtown, 153 votes as a Republican.
From 1 8 12 to 181 5 he was a member of the State Senate, sup-
porting De Witt Clinton. He resigned his seat in the Senate on
6 March, 181 5, on account of ill health.
In June, 1821, he was elected a member of the convention
to revise the State Constitution, Rufus King receiving 1,138 votes
and he 814.
He lived with his brother, William Jones, until his marriage
in 1825. He was then 52 years of age, and removed to Oyster
Bav Cove, where he settled upon lands formerly in the possession
of Billop Seaman, whose granddaughter, Catharine Howard, mar-
ried Tov/nsend Jones (VI. 80).
(IV. 6) THOMAS JONES, son of Judge Samuel (III. 8) ;
b. Aug. 6, 1773: d. Feb. i, 1852; m. ist, Mary, b. Nov. 6, 1784;
THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND 133
d. Nov. 24, 1801, dau. of Jacob S. Jackson (64), son of Obadiah,
of Jerusalem, L. I. Issue :
V. 34. Child, not named; b. Nov. 20, 1801 ; d. Nov. 21, 1801.
M. 2d, Ruth, b. Sept. 2y, 1786; d. Jan. 11, 1807, dau. of
Thomas Jackson, son of Samuel. Issue :
+V. 35. Samuel Jackson, b. Dec. 8, 1803 ; d. June 27, 1873.
36. Infant.
37. Infant.
M. 3d, Elizabeth, b. Feb. i, 1796; d. Nov. 17, 1868, the 2d dau.
of Jacob S. Jackson (64) and sister of Mary, his first wife. Issue :
+38. Jacob S. Jackson, b. Aug. 31, 181 1 ; d. March 5, 1894.
+39- Cornelia Alma, b. Sept. 26, 1813; d. Nov. 6, 1891.
-f-40. Mary Jackson, b. March 7, 1817; d. April 4.
+41. Thomas William, b. March 21, 1821.
-I-42. Phebe Elizabeth, b. May 9, 1823.
Obadiah Jackson, b. 1730, d. 1802, was the eldest son of Justice
John Jackson, son of the 2d Colonel John, who was a brother
of Phebe, wife of William Jones (II. 7). He m. Almy, dau. of
Jacob Seaman, and lived at Jerusalem South, near the old mill
where his father lived. His brother Parmenas was murdered dur-
ing the Rev. War. (See Thos. Jones Hist. N. Y., Vol. 2, p. 93.)
By the death of an older brother this Jacob S. Jackson, b. 1763,
became the only son and heir, and succeeded to his father's estate.
He became a Major, in 1789, of one of the Queens Co. regiments
(Council of Appointment, Vol. i, p. 169), and Brig. General in
1808 (ibid, Vol. II., p. 1019). His oldest son dying in , his
two daus., who successively married this Thos. Jones, became his
only heirs at law.
Thomas Jones' pursuits were mainly agricultural and the rais-
ing of cattle and horses.
He had two cattle marks registered in Queens Co., Aug. 14,
1829.
(IV. 7) JUDGE DAVID SAMUEL JONES, the sixth
judge of the family, son of Judge Samuel (III. 8) ; b. Nov. 3,
1777; d. at South Oyster Bay, L. I., .May 10, 1848; m. ist, Nov.
I, 1802, Margaret, d. 2j Jan. 1825, dau. of Dr. Thomas Jones, of
134 THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND
N. Y. City, and his wife — , b. 1782; d. July 2, 1855, dau. of
Philip Livingston, "The Signer." Catharine Jones, sister of Mar-
garet (above), m. Gov. De Witt Clinton as his 2d wife. Dr.
Thomas Jones was of an entirely distinct family from the one
we are tracing. Issue:
-(-V. 43. Henry Philip, b. Aug. 9, 1803 ; d. March i, 1883.
44. Cornelia Catharine, b. June 24, 1805 ; d. 1817; unm.
45. Samuel, b. July i, 1807; d. July 27, 1808.
46. Ellinor, b. May 5, 1809 ; d. March 30, 1822 ; unm.
4-47. Philip Livingston, b. Sept. 24, 1812; d. Oct. 10,
1883.
48. Rensselaer Westerlo, b. April 30, 181 5; d. May 18,
1815.
+49. William Alfred, b. June 26, 1817 ; d. May 6, 1900.
50. Clinton, b. Sept. 27, 1820 ; d. Aug. 2, 1822.
51. De Witt Clinton, b. Dec. 23, 1824; d. May 28, 1825.
M. 2d, Feb. 13, 1827, Susan, d. May 25I, 1832, dau. of Her-
man Le Roy, of N. Y. City, and his wife dau. of Hon.
Samuel Cornwell, of Flushing, L. L, son of Samuel, of South
Carolina. Issue :
~|-V. 52. Herman Le Roy, b. Oct. 23, 1827 ; d. Nov. 24, 1880.
53. Margaret Livingston, b. March 2, 1829; d. March
5, 1832.
54. Mary Le Roy, b. May 28, 183 1 ; d. April 27, 1880 ;
unm.
M. 3d, 1833, Mary, d. Aug. 19, 1872, dau. of Gov. De Witt
Clinton and his first wife, Maria, dau. of Walter Franklin and
his wife, Maria Bowne. Issue:
+V. 55. De Witt Clinton, 2d., b. June 30, 1834.
56. John Jay, b. Nov. 10, 1835; d. Oct. 13, 1836.
57. David Thomas, b. March 13, 1837; d. March 21,
1837.
-I-58. Walter Franklin, b. Feb. 16, 1840.
59. Julia Catharine, b. Sept. 6, 1842.
60. Florence Clinton, b. March 14, 1847 ; d. 189 — .
Judge David S. Jones was a graduate of Columbia College,
class of 1796. Soon after leaving he was appointed by Gov. Jay
as his private secretary, which position he held for three years.
THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND 135
He then returned to New York and was soon admitted to the Bar.
From 1813 to 1816 he was Corporation Counsel of the City of
New York ; 1833 to 1848, trustee of Columbia College ; 1840 to
1843, County Judge of Queens Co., L. I.
In the quasi war with France he was First Lieut, in a vol-
unteer Co., commanded by Peter A. Jay. (MSS. William Alfred
Jones, his son.)
Mr. Jones was a churchman and was at the time of his death
senior warden of St. Saviour's Church, Maspeth, L. I., which
church he greatly aided in organizing.
From 1 82 1 to 1829 he was Lay Delegate from St. Mark's
Church, N. Y. City, and in 1822 trustee of the General Theologi-
cal Seminary.
In 1836 he relinquished his practice in N. Y. and retired to
his place at Massapequa, South Oyster Bay, L. I., where he
erected a handsome residence, but owing to financial troubles was
forced to give up his property and return to the Bar.
The last five years of his life were spent at his residence at
Maspeth, L. I. (the former country seat of De Witt Clinton). His
remains were interred in St. Mark's Church Yard Vault, at that
place.
Chief Justice Duer speaking of him said, "He had few su-
periors in our profession," and further adds, "as one of the oldest
of his friends, no one had a deeper sense of thjs responsibility
which the relation of lawyer and client creates — none more faith-
ful in discharging the duties which the relation imposes."
(IV. 10) SAMUEL JONES, son of William (III. 9) ; b. 9
of 3 mo., 1765; d. 19 of 5 mo., 1836; m. first. May 9, 1785, Eliz-
abeth, b. March 15, 1771 ; d. Dec. 28, 1816, dau. of John Hewlett,
and his wife Sarah Townsend, and sister of Hannah Hewlett, who
m. John Jones (III. 12). No issue.
M. 2d, March 24, 1825. Abigail, b. Oct. 15, 1792; d. i of 9
mo., 1866, dau. of Townsend Willis, of Jericho, by whom he had
no issue. She survived her husband and m. Robert Seaman, b.
T79T. d. 1870. of Jericho, L. T.. as his 2d wife.
THE MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE.
Samuel Jones, of Jericho, Town of Oyster Bay, County of
Queens and State of New York, son of William Jones and Mary.
136 THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND
his wife, deceased, and Abigail Willis, daughter of Townsend
Willis and Hannah, his wife, of Cedar Swamp, town, county and
state aforesaid, having laid their intentions of marriage with each
other before two Monthly Meetings of the Religious Society of
Friends held at Westbury in the county and state above said,
they having consent of Surviving parents and nothing appearing
to obstruct, their proposal of marriage was allowed by the Meet-
ing: These are to certify that for the accomplishment of their
intention this twenty-fourth day of the third month in the year
of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty-five they the
said Samuel Jones and Abigail Willis appeared in a public Meet-
ing of the Said Society held at Matinecock, and the said Samuel
Jones taking the said Abigail Willis by the hand did on this Sol-
emn occasion declare that he took her to be his wife, promising
through Divine assistance to be unto her a faithful and affectionate
husband until separated by death ; or words to that effect : And
the said Abigail Willis did in like manner declare that she took
the Said Samuel Jones to be her husband, promising through
Divine assistance to be unto him a faithful and affectionate wife
until separated by death, or words to that import; and they the
said Samuel Jones and Abigail Willis, she according to the custom
of marriage assuming the name of her husband, as a further con-
summation thereof did then and there to these present set their
hands —
And we being present have subscribed our names as Witnesses
Thereof,
SAMUEL JONES,
ABIGAIL JONES.
Elias Hicks, Isaac Downing,
Phebe Rushmore, George Townsend,
Silas Valentine, Charles Latting,
Obadiah Willets, Roland R. Willets,
Mary Robbins, Joseph L. Townsend,
Joseph Hicks, William Hicks,
Sarah R. Seaman, Elizabeth Hicks,
Mary Thorne, Harmot C. Willis,
Henry Coles, Margaret Simonson,
John Weeks, Richard LTnderhill,
Samuel Weeks, Pamelia Underbill,
Abigail Townsend, David Cock,
THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND 137
Sarah T. Jackson, Sarah T. Underhill,
CaroUne Hicks, Mary Wood,
Ehzabeth VV. Jackson, Mary T. Hicks,
Amy Kirby, Alfred Underhill,
Phebe T. Rushmore, Mary T. Jones,
Elizabeth H. Jones, Oliver H. Jones,
Phebe Jones, Jacob B. Willis,
William M. Willis, John J. Hewlett,
Mary J. Hewlett, Hannah Willis,
Sarah W. Simonson, Obadiah Jackson,
Thomas Jones, Joshua T. Jones,
Eliza A. Hewlett, Martha R. Wicks.
Charles H. Jones, Betsey J, Franklin,
Stephen Rushmore,
Mr. Jones became a lar^e land owner, some of which prob-
ably included the homestead of his father, whereon he resided, a
little south of the village of Syosset.
He left a remarkable will (Liber i, p. 213, Queens Co.) cre-
ating the "Jones Fund," for the support of the poor in the towns
of Oyster Bay and North Hempstead, for which purpose he be-
queathed the sum of $30,000, to be put in charge of five trustees,
who were to be appointed by the Legislature and to be known as
the "Trustees of the Jones Fund," the income of which sum he
directed to be used for the support of the said poor, who were to
be kept in some suitable place where they may be engaged in
some manual employment. Other small legacies were given to
friends. To his wife he gave $175 yearly during widowhood, and
in case of her remarriage she was to receive only $50 yearly for
life. The probate of his will in 1836 was objected to by his
widow, on the ground that he was not of sound mind, but proof
was allowed by the Surrogate.
In pursuance of this bequest the Legislature in 1838 passed an
act naming three of the inhabitants of the town of Oyster Bay, and
two of the town of North Hempstead as such trustees, to hold for
two years, whose successors were to be chosen by the inhabitants
of said towns at their annual meetings. This "Fund" was later
augmented by a bequest from Walter R. Jones of $5,000.
(IV. II) TOWNSEND JONES, son of William (III. 9) >
b. July 5, 1769; d. Aug. 26, 1818; m. Phebe, b. Feb. 23, 1774; d.
138 THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND
June 8, 1841, dau. of Capt. Charles Hewlett, and a sister of Capt.
John Hewlett. No issue.
Will prob. Sept. 25, 1818, calling himself of Flushing. Legacy
to wife of iioo in furniture, and £700 in provisions, and use of
his house, and right to get five loads of salt hay yearly. Also the
right to keep poultry for her use during widowhood. Remainder
of est. to his brother Samuel, he paying my wife Phebe $60 year-
ly, etc.
(IV. 12) THOMAS JONES, son of Thomas (HI. 10) ;
d. near Albany, N. Y., ae about 74 years ; m. Huyder (or Huy-
den). Issue:
V. 61. David.
62. Mary Ann, d. unm.
63. Cornelia, m. Eaton.
64. A daughter.
He was a merchant in Albany. His wife survived him and
lived with her two sisters and brother, near Albany.
(IV. 13) DAVID JONES, son of Thomas (III. 10) ; named
in the will of his gr. father, David Jones (II.—), m 1771, and
given land at South Oyster Bay, L. I.
Went to Orange Co. with his father.
Studied law with Samuel Jones in N. Y.. and died at age of
30 years, being hurt by the upsetting of a carriage.
(IV. 14) WILLIAM JONES, son of Thomas (IIL 10).
Issue :
V. 65. A daughter.
(IV. 15) ANNA JONES, dau. of Thomas (III. 10) ; m. Ed-
ward Hallock; b. 22 of 4 mo., 1754; m. as his 2d wife, a son of
Edward and his wife, Phebe Clapp. (See Bunker's L. I. Gen.)
Issue :
Arabella.
Mary.
Ann.
Susan.
THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND 139
They lived near Pleasant Valley. Ed. Hallock's first wife was
Susanna Smith.
(IV. 16) ARABELLA JONES, dau. of Thomas (III. 10) ;
m. Joseph Barney.
(IV. 17) PHEBE JONES, dau. of Thomas (III. 10) ; m.
Henry Hombeck, M. D., of Montgomery, Orange Co., N. Y.
Issue :
Henry. Lived in Phillipsburg, Orange Co. ; m. Phillips.
(IV. 18) MARY JONES, dau. of Thomas (III. 10) ; m.
James Halliday. Issue:
A daughter.
(IV. 19) CORNELIA JONES, dau. of Thomas (III. 10) ;
m. Jonathan Thorne.
They lived in the town of Cornell, Orange Co. Issue:
Mary J,, m. James Isaacs.
Phebe Jane, m. Wm. P. Roach.
Anna Eliza, m. Wm. Caldwell.
Jonathan J,
Jonathan Thorne was born in Westchester Co. and settled
with his family near Orange Lake (the west side). He had a
brother.
After his wife's death he m. 2d, Charity C. Ryder, dau. of
King Ryder, by whom he had a dau. named . They lived in
the town of Cornwall, 6j^ miles south of Newburg.
Cornelia Jones moved from Orange Co. to Warwasing, Ulster
Co. Had a farm there and died six years after removal. Her
husband moved back to Monroe, Orange Co., and lived there
twelve years, and thence to Cornwall, where he lived upon a place
his 2d wife's father gave him. (MSS. C. H. Jones.)
(IV. 21) GILBERT JONES, son of Gilbert (III. 11) ; m.
Hannah, dau. of . Settled in Orange Co. and in 1816 was
living in Carmel, Putnam Co. Issue:
I40 THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND
V. 66. Elizabeth, named in 1822 in will of her aunt, Elizabeth
Jones (IV. 24).
In 1816, May i, he with his sisters, Elizabeth Jones and Mary
Hull (the two latter under date Aug. 19, 1816), gave a power of
atty. to Walter Jones (III. 13) to sell their rights in meadow land
at Jones Creek, L. I. (Liber 69, p. 331 and 355, Queens Co.)
(IV. 22) HANNAH JONES, dau. of Gilbert (HI. 11) ;
m. David Woodruflf, of Montgomery, Orange Co, Issue :
A daughter.
(IV. 23) MARY JONES, dau. of Gilbert (HI. n); m.
Hull, of Newburg, Orange Co.
(IV. 24) ELIZABETH JONES, dau. of Gilbert (III. 11) ;
d. 5 of 10 mo., 1824. Not married ; lived and died in Newburg.
Orange Co. Will Oct. i, 1822, prob. June 5, 1824. (Liber G,
p. 215, Orange Co.)
To Elizabeth Jones, my brother's daughter, I give my best bed and
silver when she arrives at age of 18 years; to Abigail Jones, daughter of
Walter Jones, of Long Island, my gold beads. To Phebe Hombeck,
Merinda Wood and Esther Young, small legacies. To my sister, Mary
Hull, the remainder of my estate. Two years' interest of the money she
has at her death she directs to be used in purchasing a library for the
benefit of persons who are deprived of attending Christian worship, the
books to be marked with my name, and put in the dwelling of my sister
Mary, etc., and to remain in her care for her life, and after to be under
the care and direction of the New Jerusalem Church. Executors, Solomon
Thorne, of Newburg, and Henry I. Hornbeck, of Montgomery, Orange
Co. Witnesses, Jonathan Thorne, John T. Birdsall and Simeon Wood.
(IV. 25) WILLIAM H. JONES, son of John (HI. 12) ; b.
Aug. 13, 1780; d. July 7, 1863; m. Feb. 11, 1798, Elizabeth, b.
Sept. 8, 1780; d. Nov. 12, 1864, dau. of Isaac Hewlett and Rhoda
Van Wyck, his wife. Issue:
-f-V. 67. Oliver H., b. Feb. 11, 1801 ; d. Dec. 16, 1870.
68. Eliza, b. March 29, 1804; d. July 2, 1805.
+69. Isaac H., b. Oct. 6, 1805; d. Oct. 13, 1887; unm.
THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND 141
70. Hannah Anne, b. June 11, 1807; d. May i, 1812.
71. Martha, b. Feb. 16, 1809; d. May 2, 1865; wnm-
^2. Henry J., b. April 11, 1810; d. Feb. 22, 1865; unm.
-^-y}). EHzabeth, b. Aug. 11, 1813; d. Dec. 9, 1893.
+74. Hannah, b. June 16, 1816; d. Feb. 9, 1904.
+75. Samuel W., b. Nov. 5, 1818; d. Feb. 8, 1878.
+76. Walter R., b. May 7, 1821 ; d. Dec. 28, 1884.
jj. Arabella S., b. Dec. 29, 1824 ; d. July 26, 1845 ; unm.
Lived on his farm at East Woods (Syosset) that was conveyed
to him by his parents on May 6, 1799 (before he was of age). He
became interested in the management of the mills at Cold Spring
Harbor with his father and others, and with Divine Hewlett
opened a store in New York for the purpose of selling flour made
in the mills; see under John Jones (HI. 12).
In 1828 he was elected Justice of the Peace in Queens Co.
(IV. 2y) JOHN H. JONES, son of John (III. 12) ; b. May
18, 1785; d. Dec. 20, 1859; m. Oct. 6, 1810, Loretta, b. June 25,
1791; d. Feb. 2y, 1838; dau. of Judge Divine Hewlett and his
wife Anne, dau. of Jacob Coles. Issue :
-|-V. 78. Frances Maria, b. Oct. 7, 181 1 ; d. May 28, 1891.
+79. John Divine, b. Aug. 15, 1814; d. Sept. 22, 1895.
+80. Helen, b. Feb. 23, 1817.
-|-8i. Samuel A., b. June 20, 1819; d. Oct. 4, 1901.
+82. Townsend, b. Oct. 28, 182 1 ; d. Dec. 21, 1891.
+83. William Edward, b. April 9, 1824; d. Jan. 20, 1890.
-1-84. Sarah Elizabeth, b. Jan. 16. 1827 ; d. Mch. 19, 1853.
+85. Walter R. T., b. Feb. 20, 1830; d. March 26, 1906.
86. Anne Josephine, b. Oct. 3, 1833 ; d. Aug. 18, 1838.
He was named for his grandfather, John Hewlett, and when a
boy went to live with him in his old age and assist in taking care
of him, but returned to Cold Spring Harbor before the death of
the aged man.
In 1804 Mr. Jones' father-in-law, Judge Divine Hewlett, con-
veyed to Mr. Jones' father two small pieces of land just north
of the grist mill on Cold Spring Harbor, and on the west side of
the highway on which were afterwards built the first dwelling
house and store of John H. Jones.
142 THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND
On June lo, 1807, Mr. Jones received from his father a deed
for these two pieces of land, including also land on the west side
of Cold Spring Harbor which his father had received from David
Jones (III. 7). The store became the place of his first business
enterprise and the centre of a widespread business, embracing a
large whaling industry and grist and woolen mills. The grist mill
first mentioned was built in 1809. He enlarged and improved the
house on the west side of the Harbor (which had been built by
his uncle, David Jones (HI. 7)), and removing there made it his
home for the rest of his life, building around it at different dates
houses, factories and shops, and improving the place, which was
much dilapidated.
The title to that portion of the David Jones (HI. 7) purchase
(about ten acres), on which stood the old house of John H. Jones,
is interesting. On 2d July, 18 10, he received from his father and
mother a deed for one-half of the Lower Mills, north of the Lower
Mill Dam, with the canal down to the Harbor, and the grist mill
and its site, and one-half of the Cooper's Shop, land, shore and
Harbor as conveyed in 1791 and 1794 to his father, and to Isaac
and Divine Hewlett, in equal thirds. (Liber D, p. 316, Suffolk
Co., May, 1814.) (MSS. C. B. Moore.)
On 20 Oct., 1819, a deed was executed by Wm. M. Hewlett
to John H. Jones and Walter R. Jones (his brother) to give them
color of title, for the site of the Lower Factory building just west
of the house of John H. Jones, extending westerly one hundred
and eighty feet on the highway (one-quarter to Walter R. Jones) ;
this, it is understood, was before the death of their father. (MSS.
C. B. Moore.)
In 1820 he and his brother, Walter R., having erected build-
ings and obtained machinery, commenced the prosecution of the
Woolen Factory. Their advertisement may be deemed of inter-
est, viz. :
Cold Spring Harbor Woolen Factory.
Wool will be received and manufactured into Broadcloth, Ker-
seymeres, Satinets, Flannels, Blankets and Carpetings. Cloth will be
given in exchange for wool. Fulling, dressing and coloring cloth at any
season of the year. Extra machines having been put into operation for
the purpose of carding only, it can be done with dispatch, and in the best
manner. Persons in haste by taking their wool to the factory can have it
carded immediately. Wool for manufacturing and carding, and cloth for
dressing will be received and forwarded by Jacob Smith at the turnpike
I
THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND 143
gate, Brooklj-n ; Skidmore Hendrickson, on the Plains ; David Seely, at
the Court House, Long Island, or by Wm. R. Hitchcock & Co., corner of
Peck Slip and South St., N. Y.
John H. and Walter R. Jones.
Cold Spring, 29 May, 1820.
In Oct., 1 82 1, they exhibited their manufactures at a fair held
in N. Y. City, and were awarded premiums for cassimeres, cloths,
and blankets, and in 1823 for flannels and blankets.
The woolen mills were kept running until the death of Walter
R. Jones in 1855, but business dwindled until in later years the
coarse flannels and thick cloth (which were used by the whale
men of that place) became the principal productions.
In 1823 Isaac Hewlett and wife conveyed to John H. Jones
one-sixth of four pieces of land, comprising the Upper Factory,
with machinery and fixtures in the mill, and Woolen Factory (3^
was conveyed by Mr. Hewlett to Walter R. Jones, and yi to
Wm. H. Jones). In 1825, Jan. 12, Wm. H. Jones conveyed to
John H. Jones Ye of the four pieces comprising the Upper Factory
property, and John H. conveyed to Walter R. Jones 1-12 of the
Lower Factory property.
On 1827, Mch. 10, Mr. Jones and his brother Walter R. applied
to the Legislature to incorporate the Cold Spring Steam Boat
Company. They had to buy or hire land and build a dock in the
lower Harbor. The steamboat American Eagle (Capt. Peck),
made daily trips from there to New York.
In July, 1827, he was secretary of a meeting held at the Court
House of "Friends of the American System," so-called, favoring
a protective tariff, and was appointed delegate to a State Con-
vention held in Albany. The tariff failing to protect manufact-
urers he turned his attention to the whaling business (an incor-
porated Co.), of which he was the managing agent. This for
a while was a profitable business, but a scarcity of whales, the
loss of several ships and the outbreak of the Civil War caused
a dissolution of the company.
Mr. Jones was always a leading spirit in his native place, and
during the last years of his life was actively engaged in building
an extension of the Long Island Railroad from Hicksville to
Syosset.
Regarding this Mr. C. B. Moore tells us: "The L. I. R. R. Co.
(incorporated in 1832) consumed its stock and all the money it
144 THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND
could borrow in getting as far as Hicksville, and then, turning,
took a route through the middle of the island via Farmingdale
to Greenport.
"It forfeited stock not paid for, and gave its bonds to contract-
ors in such a way that its apparent cost to stockholders was over
$50,000 a mile from Jamaica to Hicksville, and over $30,000 a
mile from Hicksville to Greenport. It needed branches, and had
power to build them, but had neither money nor credit sufficient.
It was deemed important to show that the cost in money need not
be so great, and also desirable to approach Cold Spring much
nearer with the road. So he (Mr. Jones) and his sons and his
brother Walter, and some friends, obtaining a charter of the
Hicksville and Cold Spring Branch R. R. Co., chose him its pres-
ident and built a branch from Hicksville to Syosset (four miles)
at a cost of less than $11,000 a mile, under an agreement with
the L. I. R. R. Co. to run their cars on the road and to pay seven
per cent, interest on the cost, and the taxes imposed on the road,
being allowed to superintend the building and permitted to pur-
chase the road at cost when they choose.
"It was successful and much increased the number of passen-
gers. It was used about ten years, when the L. I. R. R. Co.
wanted it built further east, and Mr. Jones had his hopes strongly
enlisted. The work of extension was commenced under his su-
perintendence, but he died and war prices occurred, and about
1863, after his death, the L. I. R. R. Co. professed to elect to
purchase and pay the cost in greenbacks (then worth much less
than the money by which the branch road had been built) ; when
this was ready to be accepted and deed executed the L. I. R. R-
Co. made objections and tried to keep the road without paying
either the purchase money or the rent for its use. Oliver Charlick
was then the Co.'s president, but after a sharp litigation (Horace
F. Clark assisting Charlick) this plan failed, and its officers paid
principal and interest and costs, and, building a continuance of the
branch road less convenient for Cold Spring, borrowing funds by
bonds payable ahead when money would be more valuable, it suc-
ceeded in making a much more costly road and in crowding aside
from public view the injustice committed." (MSS. C. B. Moore.)
Mr. Jones' early education was derived in the public schools
near his home, and was eminently a self-made man. He was a
THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND 145
churchman and warden of St. John's Epis. Church at Cold Spring
Harbor from its organization in 1835 until his death in 1859.
He made his will Aug. 15, 1851, and on 31 Oct., 1857, he
added a codicil. His will was in favor of his children. Prob.
Jan. 23, i860, Queens Co.
(IV. 28) SARAH H. JONES, dau. of John (HI. 12) ; b. 22
July, 1787; d. July 26, 1871. She did not marry, and lived at
home. As her parents grew infirm (and her brothers had left
home) she became the active head of the family. She was a
woman of great mental activity and was familiarly known as
"Lawyer Sarah." In 185 1 her brother Walter R. made her one
of his executors. She left a long and curious will, generally in
favor of her younger brother Charles H., and her sister Phebe,
who had lived at home with her. (Prob. Nov. 3, 1871, Queens
Co.)
(IV. 29) MAkY TOWNSEND JONES, dau. of John (III.
12) ; b. June 4, 1790, d. Oct. 12, 1858. She never married, and
when young went to live with her cousin, Samuel Jones (IV. 10),
and remained there until his death. She had some legacies by
his will. Her religious calling was that of the Friends. Will
prob. Dec. 13, 1858.
(IV. 30) WALTER RESTORED JONES, son of John
(III. 12); b. April 15, 1793; d. April 7, 1855. Mr. Jones never
married ; his middle name of "Restored" was added to his original
Christian name at the request of his mother. His eldest brother
Walter having been killed in an accident, it was her wish to pre-
serve the name, hence the epithet "Restored."
When only eleven years old his elder brother, Wm. H. Jones,
employed him in his flour business in N. Y. City. While here he
devoted all his spare time to school and studies. The embargo of
1807 destroyed the business, and his gr. father, John Hewlett, sent
him to Fresh Meadows, where he stayed for a short time. He
later became associated with his brother, John H., in the general
store business at Cold Spring Harbor, and in 1820 in the man-
agement of the woolen factory (see advt. under John H. (IV.
27)). He kept an interest in the latter during his life, and in
several of the enterprises conducted by John H. Jones (IV. 27).
10
146 THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND
In 1809 he returned to New York and became a clerk in the
United States Insurance Co., favored by his cousin, John Jackson
Jones (IV. 35), which situation he held until the losses by the
French decrees against commerce and the subsequent war with
England injured the marine insurance business. This company
was one of the first if not the first marine insurance company in
this country, and in it Mr. Jones laid the foundation for his later
high standing in marine insurance.
In 1816 he was appointed Secy, of the Co., but its diminished
capital induced the directors to close the business. In 1817 a
new company was formed called the Pacific Ins. Co., of which
Mr. Sands was Vice Prest. and John Jackson Jones Secy.
Mr. Jones became a clerk in that company, and later they
being promoted he became secretary, which office he held until
1824. During that year he became connected with the Niagara
Ins. Co. (then incorporated) and soon with the first Atlantic In-
surance Co. (chartered in 1824) as Vice Prest., of which Arch-
ibald Gracie was Prest., holding until 1828, when its capital was
divided and paid off and a new company was chartered.
From 1829 to 1842 Mr. Jones was Vice Prest. of the second
Atlantic Insurance Co., with Josiah L. Hale as Prest. Mr. Hale
had procured a majority of the stock to be subscribed in Boston
on account of the difficulty of obtaining subscriptions in New
York in consequence of the large losses of marine insurance com-
panies ; the new company was a very successful one. It did a
large business on a small capital, and its dividends of profits were
large. Its most successful competitors were mutual companies.
The great fire of 1835 demonstrated that it needed a larger capi-
tal for safety.
On nth April, 1842, a charter was obtained from the Legis-
lature for a mutual Co., and in May following the Atlantic Mutual
Insurance Co. was organized and it was resolved to transfer the
business to that company, of which Walter R. Jones was elected
Prest. and Mr. Hale, Vice Prest., and in 1843 John D. Jones (V.
79) became Secretary.
In 1849 Mr. Hale retiring, John D. Jones was elected Vice
Prest. This company became one of the largest insurance com-
panies in the world, and Walter R. Jones remained at its head
until his death in 1858. The great success which had attended the
company's work on the mutual plan was largely attained by the
THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND 147
judicious management of its president. It may be stated here
that from 1844 to 1854 an actual dividend of 35% had been de-
clared annually by this company.
Mr. Jones was one of the incorporators of the "Life Saving
Benevolent Association of N. Y.," incorporated under an Act of
Legislature passed March 26, 1849, ^^^ it is principally owing to
his labor and zeal that this institution was formulated. He
was chosen its first Prest. and John D. Jones its Secy.
At the time of his death he also held the following offices :
Prest. of Board of Directors of the American Exchange Bank,
which office he held for ten years; director of the Leather Manu-
facturers' Bank ; director of the Screw Dock Company ; member
of the Chamber of Commerce ; director of the N. Y. Life and Fire
Insurance Co. ; president of the Board of Underwriters.
In 1850 he received a deed for six acres of land near the old
homestead of his father, on which he commenced the erection
of a large mansion house that was barely completed when his
death occurred. The mansion later became the residence of
Charles H. Jones (IV. 34).
On 22 Nov.. 1853, a complimentary dinner was given Mr.
Jones by the trustees of the Atlantic Mutual Ins. Co. and other
merchants of N. Y. City. It was held in the Astor House, and
a handsome silver dinner service was presented him. Toasts and
speeches were made which were published in the papers of the
day. and an account published in the U. S. Insurance Gazette,
Vol. I, No. II, June, 1855. At this dinner there were present all
of the directors of the Co. and many other distinguished persons.
The then directors were: Walter R. Jones, Josiah L. Hale,
Thos. Tileston, Henry Coit, E. D. Hurlburt, Wm. S. Wetmore,
Elisha Riggs, Leroy M. Wiley, Henry W. Hicks, Danl. S. Miller,
S. T. Nicoll, Jos. Gaillard, Jr., Robt. C. Cxoodhue. Augustine
Averill, John D. Jones, Lovell Holbrook, Benj. ^'. Nash, P. A.
Hargous. Lewis Curtis, J. H. Bugy, Jas. Brice, Cornelius Grin-
nell, David Lane, Joshua J. Henry, W^m. E. Dodge, Hamilton
McCall. E. H. Gillian, M. Cans, Wm. C. Pickersgill, Ramsay
Crooks, Caleb Rarstow, A. P. Pillot. L. S. Suarez, Wm. Sturges,
Jr.. Henry K. Bogart, A. A. Low, Dennis Perkins, Mortimer Liv-
ingston, and Wm. Wood.
Thos. Tileston acted as Prest.. and Henry Coit, Ramsay
Crooks, J. J. Henry, Jas. Brice and Wm. E. Dodge, Vice Prests.
148 THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND
On the left of the Prest. sat Mr. Jones ; on his right the Rev. Mr.
Osgood ; elsewhere sat Hon, F. B. Cutting, ex-Mayor Kingsland
and others.
On a table parallel with this one was arranged the presenta-
tion plate, consisting of the following articles, viz. : Eight large
dishes, four vegetable dishes with covers, two gravy tureens, two
large salvers, six covers for dishes, two large pitchers, one large
waiter, two large soup tureens, and one magnificent epergne with
branching candelabra, the base surmounted by a cover worked in
imitation of a sea shell, upon which stood a figure of Neptune
with his trident, all except the epergne bearing the inscription:
TO
WALTER R. JONES
FROM
THE TRUSTEES OF THE
ATLANTIC MUTUAL INSURANCE CO.
1853.
On 26 July, 185 1, he made his will, appointing his brother,
Charles H. Jones, and his three sisters as executors. He gave
legacies to the amount of $150,000, and life interests to five of his
brothers and sisters, with remainders to the children of his brother
Charles H., and sister Elizabeth. He left also a legacy of $1,000
to St. John's Prot. Epis. Church, at Cold Spring Harbor, and
another of $t,ooo to the trustees of a school to be erected within
100 rods of the said church. To the Trustees of the "Jo^^s Fund"
as founded by Samuel Jones, he gave $5,000.
He died April 7, 1855, and his funeral service was held in
Trinity Church, N. Y. City, the Rev. Drs. Higbee, Seabury and
Hale, Prest. of Geneva College, officiating.
His remains were deposited in the family vault at Cold Spring
Harbor, toward the erection of which he bequeathed the sum of
$500.
(IV. 31) PHEBE JACKSON JONES, dau. of John (HI.
12) ; b. Dec. 13, 1795; d. Jan. 3, 1873; m. Mch. 20, 1839, Charles
Hewlett, b. Aug. 13, 1801 ; d. Oct. 9, 1874, son of John, of East
Woods, L. I. No issue.
She became possessed of the old house of John Hewlett, at
Inscription on monument on ivesi side of St. John's Church,
Cold Spring Harbor, L. I.
WALTER RESTORED JONES
SON
OF JOHN AND HANNAH JONES
DIED
APRIL 7 A. D. 1855
IN HIS 62'' YEAR
DEPOSITED IN THE FAMILY VAULT.
AS MANAGING PRESIDENT OF THE
ATLANTIC MUTUAL INSURANCE CO. OF N. V.
FROM 1828 UNTIL HIS DEATH
HE GREATLY SERVED
THE COMMERCE OF HIS COUNTRY.
BY
HIS WISDOM AND UPRIGHTNESS
THE KINDNESS OF HIS HEART
AND THE VIGOR OF HIS CHARACTER
HE ADORNED
AN EMINENT PRIVATE POSITION
OF A LIFE
WITHOUT REPROACH.
ACTIVE IN PRACTICAL BENEVOLENCE
HE DREW TO HIMSELF
EVERY MARK OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE ESTEEM.
B\ HIS DEATH
HE LEFT
A NAME WHICH OUGHT NOT TO BK. FORGOTTEN
HE THAT WALKETH UPRIGHTLY WALKETH SURELY
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East Woods (Syosset), and preserved it, but she and her husband
lived with her brother, Charles H. Jones.
(IV. 32) ELIZABETH JONES, dau. of John (III. 12);
b. Dec. 9, 1798; d. Jan. 13, 1869; m. Dec. 31, 1828, Jacob C.
Hewlett, b. Sept. 23, 1800; d. Dec. 28, 1879, son of Judge Divine.
Issue:
Mary Elizabeth, b. July 2, 1831 ; m. Townsend Jones (V. 82).
John Divine, b. Feb. 3, 1834.
Sarah E., b. July 6, 1836; m. Wm. E. Jones (V. 83).
Walter R., b. Sept. 30, 1839.
Phebe Jones, b. Feb. 18, 1842; d. March 27, 1870.
(See under Hewlett family.)
Jacob C. Hewlett resided at Cold Spring Harbor on a farm
which his father had conveyed to him. He deeded to his wife a
lot on this farm on which she built a house, and which by will
she gave to her son, John Divine Hewlett.
He held several public offices and for several years was Sur-
veyor of the Port of that place under a special statute passed to
favor the whaling industry established there.
(IV. 33) JOSHUA T. JONES, son of John (III. 12) ; b.
July 10, 1801 ; d. Sept. 14, 1854. Never married.
In was interested with John H. Jones (his brother) in
the management of a general store at Cold Spring Harbor under
the name of J. T. Jones & Co. Shortly after this he obtained
considerable property at Haverstraw, on the Hudson River, where
he conducted large brick yards, but later becoming financially em-
barrassed sold out his interest to his brother, Charles H. Jones.
(IV. 34) CHARLES HEWLETT JONES, son of John
(III. 12) ; b. Nov. 6, 1804; d. Jan. 23, 1882; m. July 12, 1838,
Elizabeth Gracie, b. Oct. 13, 1815; d. Sept. 26, 1871, dau. of Jon-
athan Gardiner, of Eaton's Neck, L. I., and his wife, Fanny Ry-
sam Peck, b. 1792; d. April 12, 1849, ^^^- of Jabez Peck and his
wife, Nancy Rysam. Issue:
V. 87. John Gardiner, b. June 22, 1839; d. March 10, 1873;
unm.
ISO THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND
88. Fanny Hannah, b. April i8, 1842 ; d. Aug. 27, 1871 ;
unm.
89. Phebe Jackson, b. Aug. 20, 1845; d. July 8, 1870;
unm.
+90. Mary Elizabeth, b. July 5, 1854; m. Oliver L. Jones
(VI. 65).
Mr. Jones, the youngest of the ten children of John Jones
(III. 12), was born at Cold Spring Harbor in the house built
there by his father in 1783-4. The house, still (1900) well pre-
served, stands on the easterly side of the highway and near the
one built by Walter Jones (III. 13) on the westerly side of the
highway in 18 10.
His early education was obtained at the public schools of his
native place. His two elder brothers, Wm. H. and John H., hav-
ing settled in their respective homes on lands given them by their
father, he remained at home with his parents, and at his father's
death in 1819 succeeded to the old homestead. This was the
nucleus of what later became, under his care, the largest agri-
cultural interest in the possession of any one person in that part
of L. I.
During his younger days he greatly aided his father in his
agricultural pursuits, and later was interested with him in his
woolen and flouring mills at that place.
On the death of his uncle, Walter R. Jones (IV. 30), he fell
heir to the large mansion he (Walter R. Jones) had just com-
pleted in 1855, very near the old home of John Jones (III. 12),
and shortly after removed there with his family, and in it he
died, having survived all of his children excepting his daughter,
Mary E., who became the wife of Dr. Oliver L. Jones (VI. 65).
His new home has since been known as "Jones Manor House."
On the death of Mr. Jones' only son, John G., without issue,
his descendants in the male line became extinct, but through his
daughter, Mary E. (who married as above stated), the male line
was restored.
In later life Mr. Jones owned and conducted large brick yards
at Cold Spring Harbor, and also at Haverstraw, the latter of
which he purchased of his brother, Joshua T.
In 1870 he was elected Prest. of the Queens Co. Agricultural
THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND 151
Soc, a position of honor, to which he was re-elected for several
years.
As a churchman he was devout and sincere. In the organiza-
tion of St. John's Church, of his native place, in 1835, he bore a
prominent part, and from that time until his death he was its
senior warden, a period of forty-seven years.
He was a man of great firmness of character and deliberation,
and commanded the respect of all who knew him. His varied
business interests brought him in close touch with the leading
men of his day, and also afforded employment to a large number
of laboring men, whose friend, it can be truly said, he was. "His
hospitality to the poor was unbounded, and no applicant, either for
charity or work, who was in any way deserving was ever turned
away unaided."
(IV. 35) JOHN JACKSON JONES, son of Major Walter
(HI. 13); b. Sept. 6, 1785; d. Oct. 12, 1824. He never married.
A curious certificate now in possession of the family recites
that "he first entered school March ye 28th, A. D., 1790, being
then but four years, seven months, and nine days old."
He was sent to New York at an early age and became a clerk
in the Pacific Insurance Co. His advancement there was rapid,
becoming its Secy, in 1823, and in the year following its Vice
Prest.
Mr. Jones was the first one of the Jones family to engage in
the insurance business, and it was through his influence that his
cousin, Walter R. Jones (IV. 30), was introduced into the ofiice
of the United States Ins. Co. as a clerk.
He greatly aided his father in keeping up the old homestead
and perhaps advanced him money for that purpose.
On 7 Feb., 1820, he received a deed from his father for the
farm and homestead at Cold Spring Harbor, and in 1822 con-
veved the same to his four sisters. (See under Walter Jones
(III. 13)).
(IV. 38) PHEBE JONES, dau. of Major Walter (III. 13) ;
b. April 27, 1791 ; d. 1858; m. Augustus Hammett, son of Jona-
than and his wife, Mehitable Woodward, of Brooklyn, L. I. Au-
gustus Hammett had been previously married and had a son,
Samuel. Issue by second wife :
152 THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND
Augustus Jones Hammett, b. March 30, 183 1 ; d. June 8,
1898; m. April 13, 1852, Lucy, b. Dec. 4, 1832, dau. of
John Westcott, of Almeyville, Conn., and had a dau. Clara
Jones Hammett, b. Oct. 9, 1857; m. Feb. 17, 1887, Frank-
lin D. Fuller, son of Jos. B. Fuller, M. D., of Norwich,
Conn.
(IV. 39) ABIGAIL JONES, dau. of Major Walter (III.
13) ; b. July 12, 1793; d. Oct. 12, 1836; m. 15 of 4 mo., 1824,
James Willis Mott, b. June 18, 1793 ; d. Feb. 22, 1849, son of Will-
iam, and his wife, Mary Willis, and gt. grandson of Lieut. Adam
Mott, of Hempstead, L. I. Issue:
William Jones, b. Feb. 22, 1825; d. May 13, 1894.
Mary Esther, b. Oct. 11, 1827; d. July 3, 1898; m. Samuel
A. Jones (V.81).
James Henry, b. Sept. 26, 1830; d. Dec. 8, 1830.
John Jones, b. July 23, 1833; d. Aug. 8, 1892; unm.
(See under Mott family.)
(IV. 42) WILLIAM TOWNSEND JONES, son of Major
Walter (III. 13) ; b. Nov. 9, 1789; d. Feb. 6, 1865; m. April 12,
1828, Mary, b. Nov. 7, 1806; d. Feb. 25, 1891, dau. of Ezekiel
Robins, of N. Y. City. Issue :
-j-V. 91. Clara, b. Sept. 4, 1831 ; m. June 9, 1862, Saml. B.
Romaine.
William T. Jones lived at Southampton, L. I. In 1855 he was
Secy, of the Atlantic Mutual Ins. Co. of N. Y.
Will, 25 May, 1843; prob. April 6, 1865 (Liber 158, p. 243,
N. Y. City) giving all his property to wife Mary.
(IV. 45) GIDEON MOTT JONES, son of Richard (IIL
14); b. Oct. 10, 1799; d. Sept. II, 1876; m. March 3, 1841,
Samantha, d. Sept. 9, 1887, widow of Frisbie, and dau. of
Ira Spencer, of Litchfield, Michigan. Issue:
+V. 92. Annie R., b. Feb. 23, 1842; d. Aug. 31, 1901 ; m.
Jacob Walker.
-f93. Mary E., b. March 24, 1844; d. June 22, 1888; m.
Hugh Pruden.
THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND 153
4-94. Louisa M., b. March 8, 1847; ^- John S. Warn.
-{-95. Emma M., b .Aug. 11, 1857; m. F. A. Hunt.
-f-96. Rinda E., b. Feb. 6, 1853 ; m. E. D. Crittenden.
+97. Walter R.
He removed with his father and settled in Litchfield, Hills-
dale Co., Michigan. His wife Samantha had two sons by her
first husband, Frisbie, viz., John S. and .
(IV. 46) JAMES JONES, son of Richard (HL 14) ; b.
Nov. 21, 1801; d. 1863; settled in Michigan; m. ist, Sarah David-
son (or Davison).
M. 2d, Phebe Austin. Issue:
V. 98. William.
(IV. 47) LYDIA MOTT JONES, dau. of Richard (III.
14) ; b. Feb. 28, 1803 ; d. Aug. 3, 1861 ; m. Feb. 3, 1841, Austin
Wright, b. in Vermont, May 11, 1802; d. July 3, 1891. Settled
in Michigan. Issue :
William Willis, b. July 2:^, 1842; m. 1866, Mary Bellany,
and settled in Hespiria, Hewaygo Co., Mich. Issue, two
sons and two daughters.
Edward A., b. June 23, 1844 ; settled in Pentwater, Mich. ;
m. Oct. 3, 1866, Eva Tuller, of Jonesville, Mich. Issue:
Edna, b. 1877.
William A., b. 1883.
(IV. 48) WILLIAM R. JONES, son of Richard (III. 14) ;
b. April 21, 1805; d. Feb. 13, 1880. Settled in Litchfield Co.,
Michigan ; m. Jan. 5, 1840, Lucinda Shipman, dau. of John, of
New Jersey. She b. Nov. 14, 1818, in Columbia Co., Pa. Issue:
+V. 99. Mary E., b. Nov. 14, 1841 ; d. Nov. 25, 1865.
-fioo. Elizabeth P., b. March 2, 1843.
loi. Walter S., b. June, 1847; d. June, 1848.
-|-I02. Jennie L.
103. John R., b. 1845; d 1851.
-f 104. Estella Y., b. March i, 1858.
105. William W., b. Aug., 1850; d. July, 1851.
154 THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND
(IV. 49) ESTHER JONES, dau. of Richard (III. 14) ; b.
Oct. 20, 1806; d. June 24, 1888; m. Nov. 9, 1839, Archibald
Scott, of Litchfield, Mich. Issue:
Walter A., b. Aug. 5, 1847 ; m. 12 July, 1868, Luella Miller.
They settled in Litchfield, Hillsdale Co., Mich., and had
a dau., Carrie M., b. Oct. 30, 1869, who m. Dec. 4, 1889,
William Moore, of Allen Township, Mich.
(IV. 50) JOHN MOTT JONES, son of Richard (III. 14) ;
b. Nov. 4, 1808; d. 1867. Settled in the northern part of Mich-
igan. M. first ; m. 2d ; m. 3d . Issue :
V. 106. Richard, d. 1867.
107. Miles, d. 1866.
108. Philo, d. 1863.
(IV. 51) THOMAS ELWOOD JONES, son of Richard
(III. 14) ; b. Oct. 3, 1813; d. Dec. 7, 1869. Was a farmer and
lived in Michigan. M. first, Oct. i, 1837, Cynthia Warner. Issue:
V. 109. Miles L. Living in 1892 in Michigan ; served in the
Civil War, and was married three times.
M. 2d, Ruth, dau. of St. John Young. Issue:
V. no. Hattie, d. young.
(IV. 55) HALLETT JONES, son of Jackson H. (III. 15) ;
b. 18 Oct., 1792; d. April i, 1847; m. first, Feb. 15, 1822, Char-
lotte Kelsey, b. 1795 ; d. 12 April, 1825. He resided in Hunting-
ton, L. I.; constable there in 1827. Issue:
V. iioa. Keziah, b. 23 May, 1827; d. 26 Dec, 1903; m.
Richard Higbee, of Babylon, L. I. Issue :
Richard (the Senator).
Samuel.
Louisa.
Marie.
Eugene.
M. 2d, 10 June, 1825, Mary, dau. of Henry Peters, of Melville,
L. I. She b. 1799; d. 27 May, 1830. Issue:
V. nob. William, b. 9 Feb., 1830; d. 10 Feb., 1830.
THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND 155
M. 3d, 9 Oct., 1830, Elizabeth (sister of his 2d wife, Mary),
b. 1812; d. 30 Sept., 1852. Issue:
V. HOC. Mary Jane, b. 18 Sept., 1831; d. 29 Sept., 1887;
unm.
nod. Phebe Elizabeth, b. 19 Sept., 1833 ; m. first, Richard
Conkling ; m. 2d, .
iioe. William C. H., b. 23 Nov., 1835 ; killed in the Civil
War.
+ iiof. Richard H., b. 8 Sept., 1838.
irog. Antoinette, b. i Oct., 1840; d. 1858.
(IV. 56) RICHARD RESTORED JONES, son of Jack-
son H. (III. 15) ; b. 21 April, 1797. Issue:
V. III. Richard.
(IV. 58) DANIEL JONES, son of Jackson H. (III. 15) ;
b. 8 Jan., 1801 ; m. i Jan., 1824, Mary, b. 1799; d. 30 Jan., 1871,
dau. of Smith. Issue:
H-V. 112. David.
(IV. 59) ELIZABETH JONES, dau. of Jackson H. (III.
15) ; b. I March, 1803; d. Jan. 10, 1822; m. 3 March, 1827, Car-
man Smith, of Huntington, L. I., b. 5 Feb., 1801 ; d. Oct. 9, 1877,
son of Carman, of Hoboken, N. J. (of the Rock Smith family of
L. I.), and his wife, Hannah Rogers, sister to Moses Rogers, of
Cold Spring Harbor, L. I. Hannah Rogers m. 2d, Titus Lefferts,
of Cold Spring Harbor. Issue :
a. Mary Elizabeth Smith, b. 14 April, 1829; m. 23 June, 1852,
Joseph Sammis, of Huntington, L. I. Issue:
Emma E., b. 29 April, 1853.
Edgar S., b. 19 May, 1855.
Bethia F., b. 12 March, 1861.
Luella J., b. 24 March, 1865.
b. Gilbert Carman Smith, b. 2 Feb., 1832 ; d. 14 May, 1898.
c. Richard H. J. Smith, b. 29 Dec, 1835 ; d. 19 June, 1836.
d. Jones Smith, b. 27 Aug., 1839; d. 27 Aug., 1839.
IS6 THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND
(b) GILBERT CARMAN SMITH, son of Elizabeth
Jones, (IV. 59), and Carman Smith, b. 2 Feb., 1832; d. 14 May,
1898; m. 16 Feb., 1851, Sarah J. Ketcham, b. 10 May, 1831 ; d. 27
Dec, 1900; dau. of Phineas, of Clay Pitts, L. I., and his wife
Phebe A. Smith. Issue :
A daughter, named Frank Gladson, b. 27 Nov., 1856; m.
27 Nov., 1875, John S. Caire, of Huntington, L. I., son of
Fredk. J. Caire and Angeline Ketcham. Issue:
A son, Gilbert F. Caire, b. 4 Nov., 1876; m. 29 Jan.,
1897, Bessie Longbotham, dau. of George S. and his
wife, Anna Tappen.
(V. 2) SAMUEL S. JONES, son of William D. (IV. i) ;
b. March 26, 1809; d. Nov. 27, 1893; m. 7 June, 1834, Eleanor,
b. Oct. 26, 1816; d. July 31, 1875, dau. of Elwood S. Althause,
d. 29 March, 1859; son of John, and Martha Seaman, his wife,
of Jerusalem, L. I., now Seaford. Issue :
-fVI. I. Edgar Townsend, b. Nov. 27, 1839; ^- ^^y ^7'
1890.
-|-2. Albert Gallatin, b. June 13, 1842.
In early life he lived at Cold Spring Hbr., and later at Jerusa-
lem.
(V. 3) ISRAEL S. JONES, son of William D. (IV. i) ;
b. Aug. 12, 1812; d. Jan. 21, 1893; m. Elizabeth, b. Sept. 5, 1814;
d. Jan. II, 1887, dau. of Thomas Seaman, of Jerusalem, L. I. They
resided at Jerusalem, L. I. Issue :
-fVI. 3. David S., b. Sept. 27, 1836.
4. Sarah E., b. Oct. 12, 1838; unm.
4-5. Marrietta A., b. Dec. 24, 1840; d. Jan. 31, 1873.
6. Alma, b. April 24, 1843; d. Oct. 6, 1892; unm.
+7. Phebe W., b. April 14, 1845 ; d. July 19, 1875.
8. Emma A., b. July 30, 1849; d. unm.
9. Eleanor, d. se 6 months.
(V.4) WILLIAM D. JONES, son of William D. (IV. i) ;
b. June 17, 1814; d. July 23, 1866, at Jerusalem, L. I. ; m. Dec. 18.
1841, Martha, dau. of Elwood Althause. Issue:
THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND 157
VI. 10. Adelia, b. July 25, 1845 ; d. Nov. 15, 1845.
II. Sarah Maria, b. March 23, 1848.
(V. 5) ELBERT T. JONES, son of William D. (IV. i) ;
b. Apri 5, 1816; d. Aug. 16, 1846; m. Mary Jane, b. July 31, 1820;
d. Sept. 14, 1849, dau. of Samuel and Jemima Seaman, of Jerusa-
lem, L. I. Issue :
+VI. 12. William Henry, b. March 10, 1841.
-I-13. Samuel Seaman, b. April 21, 1842.
14. Martha, b. 1845 '> unm.
(V. 6) CAPT. TOWNSEND JONES, son of William D.
(IV. i) ; b. March 16, 1818; d. Oct. 21, 1884. He never married
and for several years followed the sea. In 1862 he gave up his
sea life and was later in the employ of the Atlantic Mutual Ins.
Co. for twelve years as an inspector of captains, an office which
required him to pass upon them relative to their qualification and
standing. He was a member of the Society of Friends.
(V. 7) JOHN JONES, of Jerusalem, L. I., son of William
D. (IV. i) : b. April 20, 1822; d. Aug. 9, 1874; m. July 9, 1843,
Elizabeth, b. Feb. 5, 1823; d. Aug. 18, 1890, dau. of Stephen
Wood, son of Miles, of Hicks Neck, L. I., and his wife Anne, dau.
of Joseph Smith, of Merrick E. I. Issue :
-f VI. 15. Margaret Ann, b. Aug. 21, 1844.
+ 16. John Tredwell, b. Oct. 6, 1847.
(V. 8) JUDGE SAMUEL JONES, the seventh judge of the
family, son of Judge Samuel (IV. 3) ; b. 1825; d. Aug. 11, 1892;
m. Martha, dau. of Judge Joseph F. Barnard of the Supreme
Court of the State of New York.
Judge Jones left no issue. He commenced the practice of the
law when young, and in 1866 was elected Judge of the Superior
Court of N. Y. City, holding until 1872. He was prominent in
political circles, favoring the Tammany party. On the downfall
of that party in he failed of re-election and resumed the
practice of the law. After his retirement from the Bench he was
appointed reporter of the Superior Court, and at his death in 1892
was Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas.
158 THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND
Will March 19, 1881 ; prob. Sept., 1892. (Liber 484, p. 146,
N. Y. City.)
(V. 9) MARY ANN SCHUYLER JONES, dau. of Judge
Samuel (IV. 3) ; d. Feb. 6, 1890, at Cambridge, Mass; m. Rev.
Samuel Seabury, D. D., son of Rev. Charles, and gr. son of
Samuel Seabury, D. D., Bishop of Connecticut. She was his
third wife.
(V. 10) CATHARINE CORNELIA JONES, dau. of Judge
Samuel (IV. 3) ; d. Nov. 4, 1893; m. Rev. Isaac Peck, rector of
Christ's Prot. Epis. Church, of . She later embraced the
Roman Catholic faith. Issue:
Samuel Jones.
(V. II) CATHARINE JONES, dau. of Judge Samuel (IV.
3) ; d. Aug. 9, 1853. She did not marry, and became a Sister
in the Order of the Holy Communion of the Prot. Epis. Church,
and also a member of St. Luke's Hospital, founded by Rev. Dr.
Muhlenberg.
(V. 12) SARAH JONES, dau. of Judge Samuel (IV. 3).
She embraced the Roman Catholic faith and later became Abbess
and Superior Vicar of the Convent of the Sacred Heart, near
Albany, N. Y.
(V. 13) JUDGE SAMUEL WILLIAM JONES, the fifth
judge of the family, son of Major William (IV. 4) ; b. July 6,
1791; d. Dec. I, 1855; m. Nov. 26, 1816, Maria Bowers Duane,
b. Oct. 23, 1793 ; d. Dec. 23, 1858, dau. of James Chatham Duane
and his wife, Marianne Bowers, of Schenectady, N. Y., son of
Hon. James Duane and Maria Livingston, of N. Y., and Duanes-
burgh, N. Y.
Marianne Bowers, wife of Charles C. Duane, was a dau. of
Henry Bowers and his wife, Mary Meyer, and was b. Nov. 29,
1773; d. Feb. 10, 1828. Mary Meyer was a dau. of John Ray
Meyer and Ann Crommelin. Issue :
VI. 17. James Duane, b. Nov., 1818 ; d. Dec. 26, 1822.
THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND 159
i8. William Samuel, b. April 19, 1820 ; d. Dec. 9, 1898 ;
unm.
19. Henry Duane, b. Feb. 14, 1822; d. July 24, 1824.
20. Marianne Duane, b. Dec. 9, 1823 ; d. Jan. 10, 1887 ;
unm.
-\-2i. Cornelia, b. Dec. 2y, 1825; d. Dec. 7, 1901.
+22. James Duane, 2d, b. Jan. 20, 1828; d. Dec. 31, 1879.
-f 23. Daniel Francis, b. Feb. 27, 1830; d. July 26, 1863.
Judge Jones was a graduate of Union College, Schenectady,
N. Y., and from 1827 to 1850 was vestryman of St. George's
Church, Schenectady. In 1833 he was Judge of the Court of Com-
mon Pleas, and from 1835 to 1840 was County Judge of that
county.
In 1842 he was Corporation Counsel, and later Surrogate and
Mayor of Schenectady. He later removed to New York and
occupied a position in the Custom House until his death in 1855.
His widow was buried in St. George's Church Yard at Schenec-
tady, where a mural tablet is placed to her memory on the walls
of the church.
(V. 14) DAVID WILLIAM JONES, son of Maj. William
(IV. 4) ; b. May 3, 1793; d. July 6, 1877; m. July 4, 1822, Dor-
othy, b. Dec. 30, 1792 ; d. May 7, 1885, dau of Thomas Adams and
his wife Dorothy. Issue:
+VI. 24. Edmund, b. March 10, 1824; d. Feb. 11, 1900;
unm.
25. Robert, b. Dec. 14, 1825; d. Aug. 22, 1868; unm.
-f 26. David, b. Dec. 2, 1828.
+27. Charles, b. April 30, 183 1.
-f 28. Elbert W., b. Jan. 9, 1834.
29. Kezia, b. Nov. 9, 1837; d. Sept. 13, 1838.
Comms. 1816, Capt. 117 Reg. Queens Co. Infantry; comms.
1821, Lieut. 117 Reg. Queens Co. Infantry. (See Vol. 2, p. 1682;
Vol. 3, p. 2296, Council of Appointments.)
He resided upon his father's farm at Cold Spring Harbor,
and was a farmer and breeder of horses and cattle. He was a
frequent contributor to the "Spirit of the Times" under the nom
de plume of "Long Islander." He wrote an article on the "Horses
i6o THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND
of Long Island,'' which was embodied in Henry W. Herbert's
book upon horses.
(V. 15) CORNELIA HARING JONES, dau. of Maj. Will-
iam (IV. 4); b. April 22, 1796; d. Dec. 29, 1839; m. Jan. 28,
1812, Brig. Genl. Thomas Floyd-Jones, son of David R, Floyd-
Jones. Issue: (See under Floyd-Jones family.)
(V. 16) SUSAN MARIA JONES, dau. of Maj. William
(IV. 4) ; b. April 20, 1802; m. Dec. 10, 1818, James H. Weeks, of
Oyster Bay, L. I., and his wife, Miriam Doughty. Issue :
William Jones, d. Sept. 2, 1897.
(See under Weeks family.)
They lived at Oyster Bay, L. I., where their only child, Will-
iam Jones Weeks, was born. In 1828 they removed to Yaphank,
L. I., where they resided during their lives. They were buried
in St. Andrew's Epis. Church Yard at that place. This church
was erected through their instrumentality, and the land on which
it stands was given by them for that purpose.
(V. 18) ELEANOR TURK JONES, dau. of Maj. Will-
iam (IV. 4) ; b. May 7, 1805; m. May 7, 1823, William Sidney
Smith, b. 1797; d. Feb. 2, 1879, eldest son of William and Han-
nah P. Smith, of Yaphank, L. I. Issue, ten children.
(See under Smith family.)
(V. 19) HANNAH AMELIA JONES, dau. of Maj. Will-
iam (IV. 4); b. June 10, 1807; d. Sept. 18, 1852; m. Nov. 17,
1835, Rev. Samuel Seabury as his 2d wife; son of Rev. Charles.
Issue :
William Jones (D. D.), b. Jan. 25, 1837.
Susan Maria.
Kezia.
Mary.
Ellen.
(See under Seabury family.)
(V. 20) DANIEL YOUNGS JONES, son of Major Will-
iam (IV. 4); b. July 9, 1809; m. June 15, 1848, Eliza, b, Jan.
THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND i6i
15, 1824; d. Dec. 4, 1869, dau. of William Hall and Amy Rogers,
his wife, of Cold Spring Harbor, a sister of Scudder Hall, of
Huntington, L. I. Issue:
-f-VI. 30. Kezia, b. Oct. 9, 1849.
31. Hannah Amelia, b. Sept. 19, 1852; d. Aug. 14,
1853 ; unm.
32. Amelia, b. July 9, 1855; d. Dec. 31, 1855.
+33. Alice S., b. 1858.
34. Infant son, b. Nov. 14, i860; d. Nov. 21, i860.
Lived near Jamaica, L. I., and later at Flushing.
(V.21) ELBERT HARING JONES, son of Elbert H.
(IV. 5) ; b. April 3, 1827 ; d. Nov. 2, 1862. Never married. Was
a private in the Civil War in a regt. of cavalry called Harris Light
Cavalry, 2d Regt., and died at Alexandria, Va.
(V. 22) SUSAN CORNELIA JONES, dau. of Elbert H.
(IV. 5) ; b. Nov. 10, 1828; d. March 17, 1852; m. April 28, 1847,
Elijah Peck, b. 1825; d. Feb. 2, 1856, son of Capt. Elijah Peck,
of Flushing, L. I. Issue:
Francis, b. April 24, 1850; d. Nov. 24, 1851.
Julia Cornelia, b. Feb. 19, 1848; m. 1869, John H. Tredwell,
of Port Washington, L. I., son of John H., and Martha
Dodge, his wife. Issue:
Margaret U., b. 1870.
Emma A., b. 1874 ; d. young.
Martha D., b. 1876.
Henry Edmund, b. 1877.
(V.24) SAMUEL YOUNGS JONES, son of Elbert H.
(IV. 5) ; b. Aug. 4, 1832; drowned at St. Louis, June 22, 1858.
Not married.
(V. 27) THOMAS E. JONES, son of Elbert H. (IV. 5) ;
b. Feb. 18, 1838. Issue, two children ; probably more.
VL 35-
36.
II
i62 THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND
Removed from Oyster Bay, L. I., and settled in the West.
Living in Shanghai, China, in 1883.
(V.30) ELEANOR TURK JONES, dau. of Elbert H.
(IV. 5) ; b. March 19, 1842; m. Oct. 22, 1862, James M. Burtis,
of Oyster Bay, L. L Issue:
James Munroe, b. 1865.
Margery Jones, b. 1867; m. June 25, 1894, Adolph Bierck.
Susan Cornelia, b. 1873.
(V. 32) MARIANNA FLEET JONES, dau. of Elbert H.
(IV. 5); b. Feb. 9, 1844; m. Sept., 1872, Alfred S. Jewell, of
Anersbury, Mass., son of Alfred and Sally Clifford Jewell, of
Southampton, New Hampshire. Issue:
Adelaide Clififord, b. 1873.
Margery Youngs, b. 1875.
Edith Jones, b. 1882; d. young.
(V. 33) SAMUEL SEABURY JONES, M. D., son of El-
bert H. (IV. 5) ; b. June i, 1846; m. March 6, 1877, Maude, dau.
of Matthews. Issue:
VI. 37. Elbert Haring, b. Nov. 6, 1880 ; d. Dec. 17, 1880.
38. Beatrice Cleveland, b. April 24, 1882.
39. Natalie Rathbone, b. 1887.
He was a physician and resided in N. Y. City.
(V. 35) SAMUEL JACKSON JONES, son of Thomas
(IV. 6) ; b. Dec. 8, 1803. Lived at South Oyster Bay, L. I., where
he was murdered by negroes on June 27, 1873. He never mar-
ried and was commonly known as "the Recluse." The murderers
were hung Jan. 15, 1875. (See N. Y. Times, Jan. 16, 1875.)
(V.38) JACOB SEAMAN JACKSON JONES, son of
Thomas (IV. 6), and his 3d wife, Elizabeth Jackson, b. Aug. 31,
181 1 ; d. at Jerusalem, March 5, 1894; m. Rebecca T., b. Nov. 27,
1815 ; d. June 4, 1887, dau. of Obadiah Jackson and his wife,
Sarah Boerum. Issue:
THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND 163
VL 40. Thomas Jackson, b. July 14, 1834; d. Oct. 12, 1880;
unm.
41. Elizabeth, b. Jan, 18, 1840; d. May 19, 1882; m.
Jan. 22, 1868, Wm. Henry Jackson, son of Hon.
Thos. B., and had only one child, William L., b.
May 19, 1882; d. Aug. 21, 1882.
42. Melancton Smith, b. Aug. 21, 1842 ; d. April 2, 1891 ;
unm.
-I-43. Samuel Jackson, b. June 12, 1844.
-j-44. Clarence, b. Oct. 15, 1846; m. Mary Smith.
45. Emily Glentworth, b. Nov. 22, 1850; m. Dec. 10,
1873. Clarence, son of Isaac Rapelyea, of New-
town, L. I.
46. Mary Smith, b. June 26, 1852; m. June 26, 1889,
William H. Jackson, son of Hon. Thos. B. Jack-
son.
46a. Eleanor Turk, b. July 4, 1857; d. May i, 1891.
(V. 39) CORNELIA ALMA JONES, dau. of Thomas (IV.
6) ; b. Sept. 26, 181 3 ; d. Nov. 6, 1891 ; m. Henry Rabineau.
(V.40) MARY JACKSON JONES, dau. of Thomas (IV.
6) ; b. March 7, 1817; d. at South Qyster Bay, L. I., April 4,
18 — , interred in Green Bay, Wisconsin ; m. Admiral Melancton
Smith, U. S. N., commissioned as Rear Admiral, July i, 1870. He
was a gr. son of Hon. Melancton Smith, member of the first Pro-
vincial Congress of 1775, and his wife, Margaret, b. Sept. 21,
1749, dau. of Richbell Mott, of Hempstead, L. I., and his wife,
Deborah Dodge, son of Edmund Mott.
(V.41) THOMAS WILLIAM JONES, son of Thomas
(IV. 6) ; b. March 31, 1821 ; d. at Massapequa, L. I.; m. Miriam,
dau. of Samuel T. Jackson. Issue:
VI. 47. Albert.
48. Mary.
49. Samuel T.
50. James.
51. Alice.
^iC£f !
>4.U-
164 THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND
(V.42) PHEBE ELIZABETH JONES, dau. of Thomas
(IV. 6) ; b. May 9, 1823; m. 1842, John Mildeberger Smith, of
Richmond, Va. Issue:
Anne, d. Dec. i, 1900.
Catharine Mildeberger.
Emily Glentworth, m. Andrew Jackson, son of Hon. Thos.
B. Jackson.
(V.43) HENRY PHILIP JONES, son of Judge David S.
'4^ (IV. 7) ; b. Aug. 9, 1803; d. March i, 1883.
■ ^, , Studied law and in 1833 was an attorney in N. Y. City, but
went to Marshall, Mich., thence to Burlington, Mich., where he
died. He was an astronomer of some reputation, and an artist.
(V.47) PHILIP LIVINGSTON JONES, M. D., son of
Judge David S. (IV. 7) ; b. Sept. 24, 1812; d. Oct. 10, 1833; m.
Elizabeth, dau. of Kellogg, of N. Y. City.
(V. 49) WILLIAM ALFRED JONES, son of Judge David
S. (IV. 7) ; b. June 26, 1817; d. May 16, 1900; m. first, Dec. 15,
1841, Mary, b. in Norwich, Conn., Jan. 18, 1808; d. March 14.
1872, dau. of Gurdon Bill, and sister of Rev. Dr. Samuel Sea-
bury's first wife, by whom he had no issue.
M. 2d, Sept. 4, 1873, Mary Judith Davison, by whom he
had no issue.
Graduate of Columbia College, class of 1836, and from 185 1
to 1865 was librarian of that college. He was educated as a
lawyer, but turned his attention to literary pursuits. He was in
charge of the literary department of the Churchman under the
editorship of the Rev. Samuel Seabury, and in 1841 he wrote for
the Church Record a series of articles on the great divines
of the Church of England. Besides many articles for periodicals
he was the author of several books, viz., the Analyst, Literary
Studies, Essays on Authors and Books, and Characters and Crit-
icisms. Mr. Duyckinck, editor of the Literary World, said of
him in 1847, "No man has done more through the American
periodicals to introduce among unprofessional readers a knowl-
edge of the great minds of the literature of the Church of Eng-
land than Mr. Jones."
THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND 165
He also published two valuable pamphlets, "The First Century
of Columbia College," and "The Library of Columbia College."
(V. 52) HERMAN LE ROY JONES, son of Judge David
S. (IV. 7) ; b. Oct. 23, 1827 ; d. Nov. 24, 1880; m. April 15, 1868.
Augusta L., dau. of Ambrose C. Kingsland, of N. Y. City, and
Mary Lovatt, his wife. Issue :
VI. 52. Ambrose Kingsland, b. April 24, 1869.
4-53. Mary Kingsland, b. Oct. 4, 1870.
4-54. Herman Le Roy, b. Oct. 19, 1872.
(V. 55) DE WITT CLINTON JONES (2nd), son of
Judge David S. (IV. 7); b. June 30, 1834; m. Dec. 18, i860,
Josepha, b. March 17, I835 ; d. 4 Aug., 1904, dau. of William H.
Crosby, b. June 28, 1808 ; d. 1892, and his wife Josepha, dau. of
Dr. John Neilson, of New York City. William H. Crosby was
a son of Wm. Bedlow Crosby, b. 1768 ; d. 1865. and his wife,
Harriet Ashton Clarkson. Issue:
-f VI. 55. De Witt Clinton, b. Dec. 25, 1862.
56. Josephine Neilson, b. April 17, 1865; d. July 12,
1865.
57. Mary Franklin, b. July 9, 1866.
58. Henry Crosby, b. Nov. 13, 1868.
4-59. Ellen Roosevelt, b. Feb. 23, 1874.
He practised law in N. Y. Citv, and resided in Elizabeth,
N. J.
(V. 58) WALTER FR-A.NKLIN JONES, son of Judge
David S. (IV. 7) ; b. Feb. 16, 1840; m. June 12, 1867, Henrietta,
(iau. of Daniel Glover, of N. Y., and his wife Mary, dau. of
Bertram Cruger, of N. Y. and the island of Santa Cruz, Danish
West Indies. Issue :
VI. 60. Catharine De Nully, b. 1868.
61. Walter Clinton, b. 1871.
62. Mary Glover, b. 1878.
(V. 67) OLIVER HEWLETT JONES, son of William H.
(IV. 25) ; b. Feb. 11, 1801 ; d. Dec. t6, 1870; m. March 30, 1848,
i66 THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND
Louisa, b. May 5, 1826; d. April 13, 1876, dau. of James Duane
Livingston, and his wife, Sarah Swift. Issue:
VL 63. Alice Livingston, b. Jan. 2, 1849; d- Aug. 19, 1849.
-j-64. Elizabeth Coralie, b. Dec, 185 1.
-I-65. Oliver Livingston, b. May 4, 1850.
+66. Rosalie Adele, b. Nov. 16, 1853.
-i-67. Martha Louisa, b. March 19, 1856.
-f-68. Lilian, b. March 17, i860.
He was born at East Woods, L. L, and when young went
to N. Y. City, where he became interested in the insurance busi-
ness, and in later life dealt considerably in real estate. His coun-
try home was on the west side of Cold Spring Harbor, at a place
lately called Laurelton, and is now (1904) owned by Louis C.
Tiffany.
In he was elected Prest. of the N. Y. Fire Insurance
Co., afterwards the N. Y. Fire and Marine Ins. Co., of which
Co. he was also Prest. for several years. His brother, Walter R.,
and his uncle, Walter. R (IV. 30), were on its board of directors.
(V.69) ISAAC HEWLETT JONES, son of William H.
(IV. 25) ; b. Oct. 6, 1805; d. Oct. 13, 1887. Never married, and
lived in the old homestead of his father's at East Woods. He
was buried in the old burying ground of the Hewlett family at
that place on a hill called Mount Nebo.
(V.73) ELIZABETH JONES, dau. of William H. (IV.
25) ; b. Aug. II, 1813; d. Dec. 9, 1893; m. April 27, 1836, Piatt
Stratton, of College Point, L. I. Issue:
Mary.
William.
Jane.
Eliphalet Piatt.
(See under Stratton family.)
(V. 74) HANNAH JONES, dau. of William H. (IV. 25) ;
b. June 16, 1816 ; d. Feb. 9, 1904 ; m. Sept. 16, 1844, Josiah Wood-
hull, b. Sept. 13, 1815; d. June 29, 1863, at San Antonio, Texas.
Issue, seven children.
(See under Woodhull family.)
THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND 167
(V. 75) SAMUEL WILLIAM JONES, son of William H.
(IV. 25) ; b. Nov. I, 1818; d. Feb. 8, 1878; m. Sept. 28, 1S52,
Susan, b. March 2, 1827 ; d. May 29, 1900. dau. of Joseph L. Hew-
lett, of Great Neck, L. I., and his 2d wife, Elizabeth Van Wyck.
Issue:
+VI. 69. Helen, b. July 13, 1853.
+70. Elizabeth Hewlett, b. July 29, 1856.
+71. Samuel Van Wyck, b. June 6, 1858; d. 1902.
-f 72. Susan M., b. Dec. 17, 1863.
73. William Robert, b. Nov. 27, 1865; d. Dec. 21,
1900; unm.
Was a merchant in San Francisco, Cal., for several years,
but returned and resided on his place at Oyster Bay Cove, and
later in Huntington, L. I.
(V.76) WALTER R. JONES, son of William H. (IV.
25) ; b. May 7, 1821 ; d. Dec. 28, 1884; m. Jan. 8, 1848, Virginia
E., b. in London, Eng., Aug. 13, 1828, dau. of William Sidney
Warwick, late of Woodstock, Va. Issue :
4-VI. 74. Virginia, b. Oct. 21, 1848.
+75. William Hewlett, b. March 18, 1855.
He went to N. Y. City in early life, and later became a part-
ner in the firm of Jones & Johnson, Marine Adjusters. He was
interested in a line of steamers running between New York and
Havana.
(V. 78) FRANCES MARIA JONES, dau. of John H. (IV.
2.-]^ ; b. Oct. 7, 181 1 ; d. May 28, 1891 ; m. March 21, 1839, Charles
B. Moore, b. Dec. 8, 1808; d. Dec. 10, 1893, son of Col. Jere-
miah, of Southold, L. I., and his wife, Julia Brush. Issue:
Caroline Loretta, m. Theophylact B. Bleecker.
Frances Maria.
(See under Moore family.)
Mr. Moore was born in Southold, L. I., and was a lineal de-
scendant of the first Thomas Moore, who settled there in 1651.
Though brought up as a Presbyterian he never sought to en-
force his religious views upon his family, preferring to remain
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a passive agent and allowing them to follow in that faith so
strongly adhered to by his wife and her ancestors, viz., the Prot.
Epis. Church.
He came to N. Y. when quite young, and was soon admitted
to the Bar. In 1834 he became the law partner of Mr. C. G.
Havens, and in 1844 he was associated with Francis B. Cutting,
under the firm name of Cutting, Moore & Havens, which finally
merged into the firm of Moore, Hand and Bonney, in which firm
he remained an active partner until his death in 1893. In his
later years he became an indefatigable genealogist, and was a
charter member of the New York Genealogical and Biographical
Society. In 1872 he was its corresponding secy., and for the
first ten years of its existence "his pen yielded more for its Quar-
terly Record than any other man." His labors in this line closed
only with his death, and it is to him we are indebted for much
of this Jones genealogy (see under preface). He was a warm
and trusted friend of this family, and especially so of that branch
to which his wife belonged. For many years he was their sole
legal adviser, and his death was a great loss to them as well as
others.
Politically he was a strong JefTersonian Democrat, but in the
struggle for the Union he was a warm supporter of Prest. Lin-
coln.
No more fitting tribute to his memory can be paid than to
quote from the resolutions passed upon at his death by the Havens
Relief Fund Society, viz., "His private life was pure, unselfish
and irreproachable. As friend and adviser he was loyal and svm-
pathetic, and every trust undertaken by him was discharged as a
sacred duty."
(V. 79) JOHN DIVINE JONES, son of John H. (IV.
27) ; b. Aug. 15, 1814; d. Sept. 22, 1895, at his home in South
Oyster Bay, L. I. ; m. June 9, 1852, Josephine Katharine, dau.
of Maj. General Henry Floyd-Jones, by whom he had no issue.
Mr. Jones was born in the old homestead of his father at
Cold Spring Harbor, L. I., built upon land that was at one time
in the possession of Maj. Thomas Jones (I. i), the first ancestor of
the family in this country.
His early education was obtained from the public schools of
his native place. In 1829, at the age of fifteen years, he went to
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N. Y. City and accepted a clerkship in the Atlantic Insurance
Co. (commonly designated as the 2d Atlantic Co.), of which his
uncle, Walter R. Jones (IV. 30), was then vice-prest. Here was
laid the foundation of his future high standing in the mercantile
world ; here was the beginning of a good and exemplary career.
For several years he lived with his brother-in-law, Mr. C. B.
Moore (who later became his legal adviser), employing much of
his spare time in attending night schools, and in study. His ad-
vancement was rapid. His early letters to his father and the
various members of the latter's family are examples of neatness
and precision, and from the Christian-like spirit and fairness as
evidenced by them in his dealings with the younger members of
the family we can readily portray the character of the rising man.
At the death of his father in 1859 the old homestead descended
to Mr. Jones, who greatly improved the place and made it his
country residence until it was destroyed by fire in 1861. This
occurred during the excitement of the Civil War, and as Mr. Jones
had many negroes in his employ (descendants of slaves once
owned by his father) the destruction of his house was supposed
to have been the outcome of various threats of a similar character
directed against him and other members of the family. Mr. Jones
and his brothers were strong supporters of the Union and had
no love for slavery and secession.
Soon after this Mr. Jones made his country residence at
South Oyster Bay, L. L, in the house formerly owned by his
wife's father, Maj. Genl. Henry Floyd-Jones. Here he continued
to reside during the summer months and in it he died.
In 1842 the business of the 2d Atlantic Insurance Co. was
transferred to a new company organized on the mutual plan, and
in the year following Mr. Jones was chosen its secy., with Walter
R. Jones (of the old Atlantic) as prest., and Josiah L. Hale,
vice prest. In 1849 Mr. Hale retired, and John D. Jones was
elected as 2d vice prest. of the new company (organized under
the name of the Atlantic Mutual Ins. Co.), and on 15 Feb., 1854.
he became its vice prest.
In 1859, after the death of Walter R. Jones, Mr. Jones became
prest., and continued in that office by annual elections until his
death in 1895, at which time his relations with the two Atlantic
companies embraced a period of sixty-six years. The success
of this company was phenomenal, and its officers under Mr. Jones'
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long administration as president were men of ability and sound
business principles.
Mr. Jones died Sept. 22, 1895, widely lamented and mourned,
and it is for other pen than mine to speak of his personal char-
acteristics and private life. His funeral took place from old
Trinity Church, N. Y. City. The services were conducted by
Bishop Littlejohn, assisted by the Rev. Dr. Dix and others. The
buildings in Wall St. displayed their flags at half mast, and the
U. S. Sub-Treasury lowered its flag during the services. He was
interred in Memorial Cemetery, at Cold Spring Harbor, L. I.
We quote from a beautiful tribute to his memory written by
C. A. Hand, a personal friend of Mr. Jones:
"The record of the company has, from the beginning, been
a proud one, not only by reason of its extraordinary material
prosperity, but for the better reason that in its department of na-
tional and international commerce it has uniformly upheld the
highest standards of equitable and honorable dealing and ad-
ministration. While the foundations were well laid by Josiah
L. Hale and Walter R. Jones, yet the carrying up and mainte-
nance of the superstructure was, to a greater degree, under the
wise direction and fostering care of John D. Jones. His policy
was broad and enlightened, his sense of justice was clear and un-
equivocal, his judgment was far-sighted and well balanced, his
devotion to trust duty was unfaltering, his integrity was unas-
sailable, and his zeal was indefatigable. It was intended that
no honest merchant need appeal, beyond the president, to an out-
side tribunal. No deserving claimant could hope to win favor
through underhanded diplomacy. In the light of these salient
characteristics of management, so steadily and resolutely upheld
for so many years by Mr. Jones and the officers associated with
him and the employees selected and disciplined by them, the re-
markable success of the company is but the natural result of ob-
vious and adequate causes.
"Beyond the daily routine of business there were, moreover,
exceptional emergencies which tested the institution and its con-
trol. A notable instance was that of the Civil War, adding, as
it did, critical peril of the nation to the ordinary perils of its
commerce. The "Atlantic" was a prompt subscriber to the first
issue of government bonds for replenishing an empty treasury to
THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND 171
enable President Lincoln to meet his extraordinary expenditures.
Soon arose the grave and delicate responsibility of so dealing
with the hazards of privateers as, consistently with other rights
and interests, to shield, in so far as might be, the American mer-
chant marine, not merely from physical destruction but from
total disuse occasioned by fear of such destruction. The major-
ity of the underwriting organizations betrayed an inclination to
stand aloof from this hazard. Not so with the 'Atlantic' In
company with Capt. Chas. H. Marshall, then one of the trustees,
Mr. Jones visited Washington and had full and frank conferences
with Mr. Lincoln and Mr. Seward, who welcomed his explana-
tions of the co-relations of American credit and war resources
with American commerce. Ascertaining from them that not a
single cruiser was, at that moment, available to patrol the main
commercial highways, he obtained assurances that this need would
be supplied as soon as practicable, and a further assurance that
the administration would receive and duly represent claims upon
England, for losses inflicted by cruisers issuing from her ports,
and for which, as he contended, she ought to be held responsible.
Upon the faith of these assurances, Mr. Jones promised that his
company would do its full part in sustaining the government by
undertaking the risks in question. How faithfully and amply the
promise was fulfilled is best shown by the company's record of
war risks freely assumed, and of losses promptly paid through-
out the period of devastation wrought by the 'Alabama' and
'Shenandoah' and their comrades. How faithfully Mr. Lincoln
and his Secy, of State performed their part of the mutual under-
standing was testified by the receipt of claims and proofs (sup-
plied to a large extent by the company) and by the presentment
of and insistence upon them at London. It needs not to be said
that these great statesmen were in no wise blamable for the ulti-
mate diversion of proceeds of the claims, long after they had
passed from the stage, through misinformation and evil influences
prevailing with Congress in its disposition of the fund. And in
this connection it would be interesting to trace the substantial
although unproclaimed services of Mr. Jones in promoting the
final settlement of post-bellum disputes between the two kindred
nations, a settlement of infinitely greater consequence than the
collection of a sum of money, in that it was a grand precedent
for a peaceful arbitrament and in that it established rules of
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neutral duty and obligation of incalculable benefit to ocean com-
merce."
While the attention of Mr. Jones to the interests under his
immediate care was never relaxed, yet it was not limited to them.
He was a member of the Chamber of Commerce, and prest. of
the N. Y. Board of Underwriters for twenty-five years.
The pilot, the wrecking, and the coast life-saving systems are
among the affairs of public concern which owe him a heavy debt
of gratitude. To the pilots in particular, as a reliable licensed
and disciplined force, he was a life long bulwark against adverse
legislation as well as against errors of policy on their own part.
So with the merchant marine ; it is indebted to his foresight and
humanity for the nautical school, and its tendency to gradually
lift the sailor out of his degradation and to make his calling skilled
and properly trained and self respecting.
In all things and always Mr. Jones proved himself to be one
of nature's noblemen, true as steel, incorruptible, unselfish and
magnanimous, modest and retiring, gentle as a woman, yet in-
flexible for the right. In the expressive language of Mr. George
Bliss (one of the members of the Board of Directors), "He was
one of those pure men who always inspired confidence, and of
that child-like nature that those who really knew him could not
but love him."
In his annual address to the Convention of the Diocese of
L. I., May 19, 1896, Bishop Littlejohn paid the following tribute
to Mr. Jones:
"The Church at large and the Church in this diocese have suf-
fered less by death than in previous years. Only one of our
bishops, and comparatively few leaders among the clergy or laity,
have been taken. In the death of the late John D. Jones, and
Wm. Floyd-Jones, this diocese has lost two of its most promi-
nent and useful laymen. They belonged to the same parish, Grace
Church, Massapequa, and were members of its vestry for more
than a generation. For many years John D. Jones was a trustee
and the treasurer of our Episcopal Fund. He cared for this fund
as he would have cared for a private interest. His constant and
most generous gifts to the Archdeaconry of Queens Co. will be
sadly missed. To me he was most helpful in emergencies that
demanded the ready will and the open hand. He was as much
respected and beloved in the business world as in the Church.
THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND 173
Everywhere his name was a sign and pledge of integrity and
sagacity that no man ever doubted. He was a man whose strict
regard for duty in all the relations of life proved how thoroughly
his religion was wrought into his character. His faith, at once
simple and sincere, was so much in his life that no one had oc-
casion to ask what he believed. Without question he now dwells
in God's holy hill, for he walked uprightly, worked righteous-
ness, spoke the truth from his heart, and did no evil to his neigh-
bor."
Mr. Jones was a member of the Church of the Annunciation
of N. Y. City and one of its vestry during the rectorship of the
Rev. Dr. Samuel Seabury. He was Junior Warden of the parish
from 1853 to 1871, and from that time until his death in 1895 its
Senior Warden. He greatly aided in the maintenance of this
parish, and was, in fact, its principal supporter. Touching this
we quote from an entry made upon the minutes of its vestry at
a meeting called by its Rector in regard to the decease of Mr.
Jones. "It is natural that those who have had the care of the
maintenance of a parish struggling against vicissitudes and bur-
densome want of means should recur particularly to the bounty
of one who was in this respect their chief helper. It would, in
the judgment of this vestry, be an injustice to Mr. Jones not to
commemorate at this time the fact that without his munificence
they would have been unable to maintain the services of the
church so long as they were maintained, and they think it only
due to say that without his aid the vestry would have been obliged
to close its doors thirty years ago."
Of the many positions of trust held by Mr. Jones we can but
briefly note : He was one of the founders of the Atlantic Trust
Co., and a director of the Citizens' Insurance Co. for twenty-five
years. He was also a director of the Equitable Life Assurance
Society of the U. S. for twenty years, and one of the trustees of
the Metropolitan Throat Hospital, an institution that owes its
existence mainly to his bounty, and of which he was its first
president. He was one of the Board of Managers of the Prot.
Epis. Church Missionary Society for Seaman in the City of N.
Y., and "liberally contributed to its treasury." his connection with
that society as manager covering a period of twenty-seven years.
(V. 80) HELEN JONES, dau. of John H. (IV. 27) ; b. Feb.
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23, 1817, at Cold Spring Harbor, L. I. ; m. Jan. 24, 1839, Charles
P. Stewart, b. Oct. 8, 1814; d. April 12, 1900, son of Charles, of
N. Y. City, and his wife, Ann Pers. Issue:
Anne, b. Nov. 4, 1839; d. Jan. 24, 1898; unm.
Charles Jones, b. Sept. 21, 1842; d. Nov. 6, 1887.
Elizabeth Jones, b. Oct. 25, 1847 ; d. Oct. 9, 1849.
Helen Jones.
John H. Jones, b. Feb. 7, 1851.
Walter Jones, b. Sept. 17, 1852.
(See under Stewart family.)
Charles P. Stewart resided in N. Y. City until his marriage,
when he removed to Cold Spring Harbor, where he erected a fine
residence and lived there during the remainder of his life.
(V.81) SAMUEL A. JONES, son of John H. (IV. 27) ;
b. June 20, 1819; d. Oct. 4, 1901 ; m. May 13, 1847, Mary Esther,
b. Oct. II, 1827 ; d. July 3, 1898, dau. of James W. Mott, of Great
Neck, L. I., and his wife Abigail, dau. of Walter Jones (III. 13).
Issue :
-t-VI. 76. John Henry, b. Dec. 27, 1851 ; d. Jan. i, 1905.
-^-77. Walter Mott, b. Sept. 6, 1854 ; d. Feb. 7, 1902.
7'^. Abbie Estelle, b. Aug. 3, 1862.
79. Mary Katharine, b. July 29, 1865 ; d. Aug. 8, 1867.
He alone of all the children of John H. Jones remained at
liome, and at an early age was taken as a clerk in his father's
business at Cold Spring Hbr. His younger brother, William E.,
returning from N. Y. City, later became a partner with Mr. Jones
in their father's business under the name of John H. Jones &
Sons. After their father's death in 1859 they continued on the
business for many years, but the whaling industry and the woolen
mills formerly carried on by them and their father not remain-
ing profitable, the business resolved itself into a large general
country store. This proved successful for a while, but the large
and extended credits they were forced to give (many of which
were never collected) on account of many new competitors in
the neighboring villages, caused them to discontinue it in 1867.
Mr. Jones retired to his farm at that place, where he spent
the remainder of his life, and his brother, Wm. E., formed a new
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partnership with his brother-in-law, Walter R. Hewlett. This
co-partnership existed for several years, when Mr, Hewlett with-
drew, and Mr. Wm. E. Jones was left the last manager of what
was once the largest and most extended enterprise in that part
of Long Island. At the latter's death, in 1890, the business be-
came a thing of the past, and shortly after the old store of John
H. Jones, once the centre of many large industries, was destroyed
by fire.
Mr. Jones (the subject of this sketch) was much interested
in the affairs of his native place. For several years he was one
of the trustees of the Public School, and at the outbreak of the
Civil War he was engaged in enlisting men for the army, for
the advancement of which he was authorized at a special meeting
of the inhabitants of the town of Oyster Bay to borrow certain
funds, or to use his own, if necessary, for which the town further
agreed to hold itself responsible.
He was a Republican in politics, and for many years was
postmaster of his native place. He was a Churchman, and from
1850 until his death in 1898 was one of the vestry of St. John's
Prot. Epis. Church.
(V.82) TOW^NSEND JONES, son of John H. (IV. 27) ;
b. Oct. 28, 1821 : d. Dec. 21, 1891 ; m. June 15, 1852, Mary Eliz-
abeth, b. July 2, 183 1 ; d. Feb. 8, 1901, dau. of Jacob C. Hewlett,
of Cold Spring Harbor, and his wife Elizabeth, dau. of John
Jones (III. 12). Issue:
-|-VI. 80. Townsend, b. May 14, 1854.
-|-8i. Joshua Thomas, b. Sept. 8, 1855; d. Oct. 5, 1905.
He went to N. Y. City when a boy as a clerk in the auction
house of John Rudderow & Co. This business was originally
established by John Broome previous to 1800. Broome was Lieut.
Gov. in 1804, and his daughter married in 1806 James Boggs, of
Phila., who in 1808 established the house of Boggs & Livingston
(Livingston was his brother-in-law), who in 1815 were succeeded
by Boggs, Livingston & Thompson, then Boggs, Thompson &
Samson, then Thompson & Samson, then Joseph Samson & Co.,
then John Rudderow & Co.. then Rudderow, Jones & Co.. then
Jones, Underbill & Scudder, then Jones & Underbill, then again
Jones, Underbill & Scudder, and finally Underbill & Scudder. It is
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worthy of note that throughout this long period of successive
partnerships, at each change thereof one of the old firm continued
in the new.
Mr. Jones became an associate in the business under the firm
of John Rudderow & Co., and during his day was considered one
of the ablest auctioneers of the city.
He resided at Cold Spring Harbor, and was vestryman of St.
John's Church from 1858 to 1869, when he was elected Junior
Warden. At the death of Mr. Chas. H. Jones, in 1882, Mr.
Jones succeeded him as Senior Warden, and held successively
until his death in 1891.
In politics he was a Republican, and at the outbreak of the
Civil War was one of a committee of five persons appointed by
the town of Huntington to raise the sum of $30,000 for the ex-
penses of procuring its quota of soldiers, and was chairman of
the financial committee that controlled the disbursement of the
funds so raised. He was one of sixty-two persons who pledged
their credit to the amount of $500 each to this fund. (Hunting-
ton Town Reeds., Vol. 3, p. 474.)
(V.83) WILLIAM EDWARD JONES, son of John H.
(IV. 27) ; b. April 9, 1824; d. Jan. 20, 1890; m. April 16, 1856,
Sarah Elizabeth, b. July 6, 1836, dau. of Jacob C. Hewlett, of
Cold Spring Harbor, and sister to his brother, Townsend Jones',
wife. Issue :
VI. 82. Alice, b. Sept. 28, 1859; d. Nov. 28, 1862.
83. Sarah Elizabeth, b. April 12, 1857.
84. Florence Loretta, b. Jan. 20, 1862.
85. Harriet Augusta, b. Jan., 1866; d. May 22, 1867.
-|-86. W^illiam Edward, b. Nov. 10, 1869; d. Nov. 30, 1906.
He was for a time in the employ of the Atlantic Mutual Ins.
Co. of N. Y. City, but resigned on account of ill health, and be-
came an associate with his father in his various enterprises, and
also with his brother Samuel, and brother-in-law, Walter R.
Hewlett. (See under Samuel A. Jones (V. 81).
He resided at Cold Spring Harbor, on the easterly side of
the "Lower Mill Pond" (St. John's Lake), in the old house of
his wife's grandfather, Judge Divine Hewlett. He was a de-
voted member of St. John's Church, being on its board of vestry
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(V. 85) WALTER R. T. JONES was long prominent in
American underwriting circles as the leading marine in-
surance adjuster of the country, whose ancestors settled at
South Oyster Bay, now Massapequa, where some of the land
acquired by them is still in the hands of their descendants,
the country seat of W. R. T. Jones being on this ground. He
received his rudimentary education in the Jamaica schools,
subsequently taking a course at Columbia College, from which
he was graduated in 1850, being a classmate and close friend
of F. R. Coudert, afterward destined to attain high eminence
as a lawyer, the intimacy thus established continuing through-
out his entire life.
It was Mr. Jones' original purpose to adopt the legal pro-
fession, with which end in view he prepared himself for the
bar, but he never practiced and took up the interests in which
he achieved distinction, although it must be conceded that his
knowledge of law proved of the fullest value to him in his
other field of effort. Making a special study of admiralty law
in all its phases, he became the authority on everything per-
taining thereto, and had no superior as an expert adjuster of
averages in marine losses. He founded the firm of Jones &
Whitlock, with offices on Wall street, in New York, and the
concern was unquestionably the most representative enterprise
of its class in the United States, enjoying a standing, influence
and support that placed it foremost among the undertakings
of like type. Mr. Jones possessed a natural ability that
peculiarly fitted him for the adjusting business, and the
accuracy of his findings won him a wide repute as one of the
ablest men ever allied with the marine insurance calling.
He was a Republican in his political affiliations, but never
active as a politician. He was noteworthy as the only man
not a practicing lawyer who held membership in the New York
Bar Association. He was also a member of the Union League,
the University Club, the St. Nicholas Society, the Seawanhaka
Corinthian Yacht Club, the Downtown Club, the New York
Chamber of Commerce, the Shipmasters' Association, the
Association of Average Adjusters, and the American Bureau
of Shipping. He was treasurer of the American Geographical
Society, and governor of the Wawepex Society at Cold Spring
Harbor, which was founded by his brother, John D. Jones.
He was an attendant at the Protestant Episcopal Church of
176 B THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND
the Incarnation, New York, and was a gentleman of upright,
moral character, richly endowed with intellectual strength,
and well deserving of the general regard in which he was
so widely held. He visited Europe frequently, and it was one
of his pleasant recollections that he had been in London on
the occasion of the America winning the Queen's Cup in the
first of the international contests for that trophy. He was
married in 1854 to Anna Pierson Bailey, daughter of Rear
Admiral Theodorus Bailey, of the United States Navy, a
gallant officer, whose place in the history of his country is
assured by his famous achievement in leading Admiral Farra-
gut's fleet past Fort Jackson and Fort St. Philip during the
Civil War. To this marriage were born two children, a son
and a daughter, namely, Theodorus B., who was educated at
St. Paul's School at Concord, N. H., and who died there in
1879, before he completed his sixteenth year, and Josephine
Katherine, who became the wife of Major Charles William
Whipple, of the United States Army, an officer well and
favorably known for his efficient services in connection with
the ordnance department, but who is now retired, five children
being the resulting issue as follows: Walter Jones, William,
Sherburne, a second lieutenant in the regular service, Annette
Bailey, and Eleanor Sherburne. Mr. Jones died at his home
in New York City, March 26, 1906.
The Bulletin of the American Geographical Society in an
obituary says:
" Mr. Jones possessed rare qualities of mind and heart, yet
modesty and simplicity were his chief characteristics. He
was wise in counsel and of unswerving integrity; strong in
attachments, generous and considerate with his adversaries,"
The Association of American Adjusters of the U. S. pay
the following high tribute to Mr. Jones in resolutions adopted
at the time of his decease:
"The members of this association will miss our friend's
sturdy form and kindly personality at their meetings, where
he was wont to take part in discussions, and by his large ex-
perience and ripe judgement, frequently aided in the solution
of difficult questions.
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from 1855 until his death in 1890, twenty years of which period
he was its secy, and collector.
(V. 84) SARAH ELIZABETH JONES, dau. of John H.
(IV. 27) ; b. Jan. 16, 1827; d. March 19, 1853; m. May 12, 1852,
J. Otis Averill, of Brooklyn, L. I., b. Sept. 22, 1830; d. Dec. 29,
1889, son of Augustine, and his wife, Caroline Beach, of Wood-
bury, Conn. Issue:
Sarah Elizabeth, b. March 16, 1853 ; d. May 28, 1853.
He m. 2d, Mary E., dau. of ; she b. Jan. 25, 1834; d.
March 21, 1894, leaving several children.
(See under Averill family.)
(V.85) WALTER R. T. JONES, son of John H. (IV.
27) ; b. Feb. 20, 1830; d. March 26, 1906; m., 1854, Anna Pierson
Bailey, d. July 5, 1882, dau. of Rear Admiral Theodorus Bailey,
U. S. N., and his wife, Sarah Piatt, of Plattsburg, N. Y. Issue :
-I- VI. 87. Josephine Katharine, b. July 3, 1855.
+88. Theodorus Bailey, b. Oct. 10, 1863 ; d. March 27,
1879.
(V.90) MARY ELIZABETH JONES, dau. of Charles
H. (IV. 34) ; b. July 5, 1854; m. Nov. 5, 1873, Oliver Livingston
Jones (VI. 65) ; b. May 4, 1850, son of Oliver H. (V. 67), and his
wife, Louisa Livingston. Issue:
-|-VI. 89. Louise Elizabeth, b. Sept. 18, 1875.
+90. Charles Herbert, b. Dec. 18, 1877.
+91. Oliver Livingston, b. April i, 1880.
-f92. Rosalie Gardiner, b. Feb. 24, 1883.
+93. Arthur Eaton, b. Aug. 20, 1884.
+94. Philip Livingston, b. May 5, 1890.
Oliver Livingston Jones (VI. 65), familiarly known as "The
Doctor," after his marriage as above, settled at Cold Spring
Harbor in the Jones Manor House, built by Walter R. Jones (IV.
II
178 THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND
30). He graduated at Bellevue Hospital Medical College in 1871 .
Studied surgery under Dr. James R. Wood, of N. Y. City, but
did not follow the profession.
In 1875 was treasurer of St. John's Epis. Church, Cold Spring
Harbor, L. I., and in 18 — was elected one of the vestry.
1876 vice prest. of Queens County Agricultural Society.
(V.91) CLARA JONES, dau. of William T. (IV. 42) ; b.
Sept. 4, 183 1 ; m. June 9, 1862, Samuel B. Romaine, b. Aug. 6,
1819; d. Oct. 22, 1889. Issue:
Mary Robins, b. Feb. 13, 1863.
William Jones, b. Feb. 15, 1865.
(See under Romaine family.)
(V.92) ANNIE R. JONES, dau. of Gideon M. (IV. 45) ;
b. Feb. 23, 1842; d. Aug. 31, 1901 ; m. Jacob Walker, of St.
Johns, Michigan. Resided in Clinton Co., Mich. Issue:
Frederick.
(V.93) MARY E. JONES, dau. of Gideon M. (IV. 45) :
b. March 24, 1844; d. June 22, 1888; m. Oct. 19, 1862, Hugh
Pruden, of Clinton Co., Mich. Issue:
Dora A.
Frederick.
Ella.
Edith.
Sophia.
Louisa.
Efiie.
Eva.
John.
(V. 94) LOUISA M. JONES, dau. of Gideon M. (IV. 45) ;
b. March 8, 1847; "i- May 12, 1875, John S. Warn,* of Aliens
* John S. Warn, d. June 19, 1881.
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Prairie, Hillsdale Co., Mich., son of John T., and his wife Mary,
dau. of Mason Fuller. Issue:
Leslie, b. Sept. 10, 1877.
(V.95) EMMA M. JONES, dau. of Gideon M. (IV. 45)';
b. Aug. II, 1857; m. Sept. 15, 1880, Francis A. Hunt, of Jackson,
Mich., son of Philo and his wife Maria, dau. of Wm. Howard.
Settled in Battle Creek, Michigan. No issue in 1901.
(V.96) RINDA E. JONES, dau. of Gideon M. (IV. 45) ;
b. Feb. 6, 1853 ; m. Sept. 4, 1889, E. D. Crittenden, of Howell,
Mich., son of Rev. A. S. Crittenden. Resided in Charlotte, Eaton
Co., Mich. Issue:
«
Olin M., b. Sept. 12, 1893 ; d. Aug. 10, 1894.
(V. 97) WALTER R. JONES, son of Gideon M. (IV. 45).
Settled in Jonesville, Michigan. Issue:
VI. 95. A son.
(V. 99) MARY E. JONES, dau. of William R. (IV. 48) ; b.
Nov. 14, 1841 ; d. Nov. 25, 1865; m. Aug. 13, 1861, Justus Todd,
of Elkhart, Ind.
(V. 100) ELIZABETH P. JONES, dau. of William R. (IV.
48) ; b. March 2, 1843; m- Sept. i, 1861, Myron H. Wolcott, son
of Rev. William, of Genesee Co., N. Y. Settled near Jonesville,
Michigan. Issue:
Leroy R., b. Aug. 28, 1862.
William W., b. March 8, 1864 ; d. March 30, 1866 ;.
A daughter, b. Oct. 22, 1874 ; d. Oct. 22, 1874.
Merton Newell, b. March 17, 1876.
(W. 102) JENNIE L. JONES, dau. of William R. (IV.
48) ; m. Samuel Roluson. Issue:
Henry, b. 1883.
Clyde, b. 1885.
Ida L., b. 1887.
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(V. 104) ESTELLA Y. JONES, dau. of William R. (IV.
48) ; b. March i, 1858; m. April 9, 1879, Barker Allen, son of
Lewis. Issue :
Mary C, b. 1880.
— ■■ , b. 1881.
Roswell W., b. 1887.
(V. iiof) RICHARD H. JONES, son of Hallett (IV. 55) ;
b. 8 Sept., 1838 ; m. 24 Oct., 1870, Mary E., dau. of James P. Roe,
of Huntington, L. I., son of Joseph Smith Roe, son of Thomas.
of Port Jeflferson, L. I. Issue:
H-VI. 96. Richard Everett, b. 26 Oct., 1874.
(V. 112) DAVID JONES, son of Daniel (IV. 58). Lived
at Gravesend, L. I. Issue:
+VI. 97. Walter.
98. Daughter.
99. Daughter.
(VI. I) EDGAR T. JONES, son of Samuel S. (V. 2) ; b.
Nov. 27, 1839; d. May 17, 1890; m. first, June 8, 1865, Sarah W.
Van Wyck, dau. of John, of Flatlands, L. I. Issue :
VII. I. William D., b. Aug. 29, 1866; d. March, 1890; unm.
I a. Eleanor Townsend, b. Feb. 20, 1869.
M. 2d, 1872, Elizabeth, widow of Williams, of Brook-
lyn, L. I. (She had three children by her first husband.) Issue:
VII. 2. Samuel S., b. May 15, 1873 ; m. and has one child in
1903.
(VI. 2) ALBERT GALLATIN JONES, son of Samuel S.
(V. 2) ; b. June 13, 1842; m. Dec. 27, 1865, Mary E., b. Aug. 8,
1842, dau. of Edward N, Applegate, of Brooklyn, L. I., and his
wife, Cordelia Sheffield. They reside in Morristown, N. J. Is-
sue:
VII. 3. Lily May, b. July 19, 1868; m. Harris A. Freeman,
THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND i8i
son of Cornelius W and Susan H., of Morristown,
N.J.
(VI. 3) DAVID S. JONES, son of Israel S. (V. 3) ; b. Sept.
2y, 1836: m. Sept. 25, i860, Sarah Clem. Issue:
VII. 4. Nellie, b. March 28, 1863 ; m. Edgar J. Phillips.
Was in the flour business, 15 Whitehall St., N. Y. City; firm
of D. S. & A. G. Jones.
(VI. 5) MARRIETTA A. JONES, dau. of Israel S. (V. 3) ;
b. Dec. 24, 1840; d. Jan. 31, 1873; m. Abraham C. Underbill.
Issue :
Townsend.
Harry.
(VI. 7) PHEBE W. JONES, dau. of Israel S. (V. 3) ; b.
April 14, 1845 ; d. July 19, 1875 ; m. Asa C. Hendrickson. Issue:
, d. in infancy.
, d. in infancy.
(VI. 12) WILLIAM HENRY JONES, son of Elbert T.
(V. 5) ; b. March 10, 1841 ; m. Alma, dau. of Benjamin and
Jemima Seaman. Resided at Rockville Centre, L. I., and is en-
gaged in the coal business in Brooklyn, L. I., firm of Wm. H.
Jones & Co. Issue:
VII. 5. Mary E., b. April 2, 1862 ; m. Oscar L. Tuthill, son
of Samuel H. and his wife, Henrietta Oswald, of
Jerusalem.
+6. Edith S., b. July 18, 1864; m. Clemence De Mott
Davison.
+7. Alice P., b. Feb. 28, 1869; m- Winfield Davison.
8. Ella A., b. April 7, 1867 ; d. Aug. 18, 1867.
9. Elbert B.. b. July 17, 1871.
-(-10. Townsend S.. b. June i. 1876; m. Agnes, dau. of
Herman J. and Anna Masters, of Baldwins, L. I.
(VI. 13) SAMUEL SEAMAN JONES, son of Elbert T.
i82 THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND
(V, 5) ; b. April 21, 1842; m. Mary E., dau. of Benjamin and
Harriet Southard.
(VI. 15) MARGARET ANN JONES, dau. of John (V.
7) ; b. at New Bridge, now Belmore, L. I., Aug. 21, 1844; m.
April 25, 1867, Stephen H. Linington, b. Feb. 23, 1843; d. 1903,
son of Stephen, of Brooklyn, L. I., and his wife Maria Anne, dau.
of Timothy and Maria A. Baxter, of Brooklyn, L. I. Issue:
Stephen Wood, b. Nov. 30, 1868; m. Oct. 18, 1900, Gertrude
Ellen, b. May 27, 1875, dau. of Joseph Watson, of Newport,
R. I., and his wife Mary Anna, dau. of Wm. Bradley Win-
die, of England, and Sophia Clausen, of N. Y. City, his
wife. Issue :
Argyle Watson Linington, b. Oct. 4, 1901.
(VI. 16) JOHN TREDWELL JONES, son of John (V. 7) ;
b. Oct. 6, 1847; m. Nov. 27, 1876, Anne, dau. of Wm. H, Smith,
of Baldwins, L. I. Issue:
VII. II. Elizabeth, b. Feb. 4, 1878.
12. George T., b. Jan. 11, 1883.
(VI. 21) CORNELIA JONES, dau. of Judge Samuel W.
(V. 13); b. Dec. 27, 1825; d. Dec. 7, 1901 ; rn. Dec. 26, 1850.
John Bleecker Miller, of Utica, N. Y., son of Judge Morns Smith
Miller, and his wife Maria, dau. of Rutger Bleecker, of Albany,
N. Y., and his wife, Catharine Elmendorph, of Kingston, N. Y.
Issue:
Maria Duane Bleecker, m. Dec. 26, 1896, Wilmot Townsend
Cox, son of Townsend Cox, and his wife, Anne Helme
Townsend.
John Bleecker, m. Sept. 9, 1893, Mary Berthenia Dunn, of
Baltimore, Md., dau. of Rev. Ballard Dunn, of Vir., and his
wife. Elizabeth Stansbury, of Md. Issue:
Cornelia Stansbury.
John Bleecker, b. Jan. 29, 1899 ; d. Sept. 14, 1900.
Cornelia Jones, m, Nov. 20, 1878, Rear Admiral French
THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND 183
Ensur Chadwick, U. S. N., son of Daniel C. Chadwick, and
his wife, Margaret Eliza Evans, of Morgantown, W. Va.
(VI. 22) JAMES DUANE JONES, 2d, son of Judge Sam-
uel W. (V. 13) ; b. Jan. 20, 1828; d. Dec. 31, 1879; m. 1873, Mary
Yates Dollilier, widow of . No issue.
(VI. 23) DANIEL FRANCIS JONES, son of Judge Sam-
uel W. (V. 13) ; b. Feb. 27, 1830; d. in Florida, July 26, 1863;
not married. He was a Lieut, in the Confederate Army during
the Civil War in Col. Dummitt's Reg.
(VI. 24) EDMUND JONES, son of David W. (V. 14) ; b.
March 10, 1824; d. Feb. 11, 1900; not married. Went to Cali-
fornia when young and was interested there in gold mining and
assaying. He later became shipmaster, and during the Civil War
served as on the monitor "Itaska," under Admiral Farragut.
(See Commander Mahan's "The Navy in the Civil War," Vol. 3,
p. 67-72.) At the close of the war he went to the West, but
soon returned and settled in Cold Spring Harbor, where he died.
(VI. 26) DAVID JONES, son of David W. (V. 14) ; b.
Dec. 28, 1828; m. Aug. 2, 1870, Julia, b. 1838; d. Dec. 22, 1903.
dau. of William Coles Neilson, of N. Y., and Maria, his wife, dau.
of Henry Kelsey, of L. I., by whom he had no issue.
They resided in the old homestead of his father at Cold Spring
Harbor until 1895, when he sold the place and settled in Flush-
ing, L. I.
William Coles Neilson was a son of James, of N. Y., and
his wife Sarah, dau. of Genl. Nathaniel Coles, of Dosoris, L. I.
(VI. 2-]) CHARLES JONES, son of David W. (V. 14) ;
b. April 30, 183 1 ; m. Aug. 25, 1862, Clara Patterson Forrest, b.
Feb. 20, 1846, dau. of Alexander Patterson Forrest and his wife,
Mary Drummond, dau. of William and Jannet Drummond, who
lived at Perth, of Perthshire, Scotland, and came to this country
in 1829. William and Jannet Drummond were married in N. Y.
City in 1835. «^"^ resided there until 1854.
Mr. Jones removed from Cold Spring Harbor when young
i84 THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND
with his brother Elbert W., and settled in Waupun, Wis., where
they conducted a large general store. Issue:
VII. 13. Eleanor Forrest, b. July 29, 1863 ; d. July 24, 1890.
-[-14. Mary Dorothy, b. Nov. 16, 1872.
15. Robert Edmund, b. Feb. 23, 1877; d. Jan. 31, 1880.
16. Edith Lenore, b. Feb. 27, 1881 ; d. Sept. 14, 1880.
(VI. 28) ELBERT WILLIAM JONES, son of David W.
(V. 14) ; b. Jan. 9, 1834; m. Aug. 29, 1864, Margaret Hope For-
rest, b. April 10, 1843, ^ sister of his brother Charles' wife, Clara.
Issue :
+VII. 17. David William, b. Aug. 11, 1865.
18. Frederick Elbert, b. May 9, 1869.
He resides in Waupun, Wisconsin.
(VI. 30) KEZIA JONES, dau. of Daniel Y. (V. 20) ; b.
Oct. 9, 1849 ; "^- July 16, 1872, Henry F. Aldworth, of Brooklyn,
L. I., son of Henry and his wife, Almira Baxter, b. 1826, dau.
of Francis Baxter, and his wife, Rebecca Ham. Issue:
Daniel Jones, b. Feb. 16, 1873.
Henry Francis, b. April ii, 1875.
Rosetta Baxter, b. Dec. 23, 1878.
Alfred, b. March 19, 1881 ; d. July 16, 1881.
Eliza, b. July 27, 1885.
(VI. 33) ALICE S. JONES, dau. of Daniel Y. (V. 20) ; b.
1858 ; m July 5, 1883, Harris Dobell Baker, of Flushing, L. L, son
of George C. Baker, and his wife Phebe, dau. of Robert White,
and his wife, Hannah Gibbs. No issue in 1892.
(VI. 43) SAMUEL JACKSON JONES, son of Jacob S. J.
(V. 38) ; b. June 12, 1844; m. Oct. 21, 1869, Julia Elizabeth Wel-
wood, dau. of Arthur Welwood and his wife Elizabeth, dau. of
George and Elizabeth Overis, of England. Issue:
VII. 19. Florence C, b. Oct. 20, 1875.
20. Ella Margarite, b. Oct. 24, 1877.
21. Julia Elizabeth, b. Oct. 9, 1880.
Lived at Jerusalem, now Wantagh, L. I.
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(VI. 44) CLARENCE JONES, son of Jacob S. J. (V. 38) ;
b. Oct. 15, 1846: m. Mary Smith, dau. of . Issue:
VII. 22. Laura.
(VI. 53) MARY KINGSLAND JONES, dau. of Herman
Le Roy Jones (V. 52) ; b. Oct. 4, 1870; m. Feb. 8, 1892, William
H. Bradford, son of Wm. H., and his wife, Anna A. Issue :
William, b. Nov. 20, 1893 ; d. March 20, 1900.
George Dexter, b. June 12, 1897.
(VI. 54) HERMAN LE ROY JONES, son of Herman Le
Roy Jones (V. 52) ; b. Oct. 19, 1872; m. Feb. 17, 1896, Margaret,
dau. of Philip Hone, of N. Y. City, and Emma Alward, his wife.
Margaret Hone had been married twice before ; her first husband
was Archibald K. Mackay, and her second Paul T. Wilkes, from
each of whom she was divorced. Issue by her 3d husband
(Jones) :
VII. 23. Philip Hone Le Roy Jones, b. Jan. 19, 1899.
By her husband Mackay (from whom she was divorced in
1892), she had one daughter. She m. her 2d husband, Wilkes,
in Oct., 1892.
(VI. 55) DE WITT CLINTON JONES, son of De Witt
C. (V. 55) ; b. Dec. 25, 1862; m. Jan. 20, 1891, Bessie Duncan
Cannon, dau. of Henry Rutgers Cannon, M. D., of Elizabeth,
N. J., and his wife, Mary C. Brinkerhoff. They reside in Eliz-
abeth, N. J. Issue:
VII. 24. De Witt Clinton, b. Nov. i, 1892.
24a. Rutgers Brevort, b. Nov. 12, 1897.
(VI. 59) ELLEN ROOSEVELT JONES, dau. of De Witt
C- (V. 55) ; b. Feb. 23, 1874; m. Sept. 23, 1891, Frederick Glover
Pyne, U. S. N., son of Rev. Charles M. Pyne and Eliza Glover,
his wife, dau. of Daniel and Mary (Cruger) Glover. Living in
1904 at Richmond Hill, L. I. Issue :
Frederick Cruger, b. Sept. 8, 1902, at U. S. Naval Station,
Ag^na, Island of Guam.
i86 THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND
Frederick G. Pyne is asst. paymaster in U. S. N., and is a
descendant of Genl. Phil. Schuyler and Alexander Hamilton.
(VI. 64) ELIZABETH CORALIE JONES, dau. of Oliver
H. (V. 67) ; m. John Lyon Gardiner, the twelfth Proprietor of
Gardiner's Island, L. I. Issue:
Coralie Livingston; m. Nov. 10, 1892, Alexander R. Cox.
Adele G.
Lion.
Winthrop.
John.
(See under Gardiner family.)
(VI. 65) OLIVER LIVINGSTON JONES, son of Oliver
H. (V. 67) ; b. May 4, 1850 ; m. Nov. 5, 1873, Mary E. Jones, dau.
of Charles H. Jones (IV. 34). Issue, six children.
(See under Mary E. Jones (V. 90)
(VI. 66) ROSALIE ADELE JONES, dau. of Oliver H.
(V. 67) ; b. Nov. 16, 1853; m. Jan. 20, 1876, Walton Oakley, b.
Dec. 13, 1839; d. Feb. 11, 1883, son of Chief Justice Thos. J.
Oakley, of N. Y. City. Issue:
Walton Livingston, b. Jan. 14, 1877.
Louisa Cruger, b. May 9, 1879; d. Feb. 26, 1881.
Henry Cruger, b. May 11, 1882; d. March 26, 1884.
Walton Oakley was a son of Chief Justice Thomas Jackson
Oakley and his 2d wife Matilda (whom he married March 29,
1831), dau. of Henry Cruger, of N. Y. City, and a grandson of
Jesse Oakley, of Huntington, L. I. ; b. 28 April, 1748 ; d. 9 Nov.,
1827, who m., Feb. 12, 1775, Jerusha, b. Feb. 23, 1756; d. 12 Feb.,
1808, dau. of George Peters (4A).
Chief Justice Thos, Jackson Oakley was b. Nov. 10, 1783; d.
May II, 1857.
(VI. d-]) MARTHA LOUISA JONES, dau. of Oliver H.
(V. 67) ; b. 1856 ; m. June 7, 1877, Walter Rutherfurd, son of
Walter, b. 1812, d. 1868, and his wife Isabella, dau. of Capt.
THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND 187
David Brooks, U. S. A., and his wife, Frances Morris. Issue, two
children.
(See under Rutherfurd family.)
(VI. 68) LILIAN LIVINGSTON JONES, dau. of Oliver
H. (V. 6^) ; b. March 17, i860; m. Charles Remsen, son of Will-
iam and his wife, Jane, dau. of John Suydam, of N. Y. City.
Issue :
Charles, b. 1891 ; d. March 22, 1899.
William.
(See under Remsen family.)
(VI. 69) HELEN JONES, dau. of Samuel W. (V. 75) ; b.
July 13, 1853; m. Feb. 24, 1876, Rev. Timothy O'Connell, by
whom she had no issue.
(VI. 70) ELIZABETH HEWLETT JONES, dau. of Sam-
uel W. (V. 75) ; b. July 29, 1856; m. Nov. 19, 1879, William W.
Wood, son of William W., of Huntington, L. I., and his first
wife, Eliza S. Scudder, widow of W. W. Kissam, and dau. of
Henry and Elizabeth (Hewlett) Scudder. Issue:
Elizabeth Hewlett, b. Oct. 25, 1880.
Anna Lawton, b. May 30, 1882.
William Wilton, b. Aug. 2, 1883.
Susan Jones, b. May 11, 1886.
Henry Lawrence, b. Nov. 10, 1893.
(See under Wood family.)
(VI. 71) SAMUEL VAN WYCK JONES, son of Samuel
^- (V. 75) ; b. June 6, 1858; m. first, June 5. 1882, Anna, d.
July 25, 1882, dau. of Cyrus W. Lawton, of New Rochelle, and
his wife Sally, dau. of Newbury Davenport (2d), son of New-
bury. 1st, and his wife Elizabeth, dau. of Joseph Hewlett. Issue:
VII. 25. .
M. 2d, Sept. 14, 1892, Elena, dau. of Sefior Pedro Pont, of
Largos, State of Jalisco, Mexico, and his wife, Librada Zamora.
i88 THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND
He bom in France, came to America and served in Maximilian's
army. Issue :
VII. 26. Elena Maria, b. 1894.
27. Samuel William, b. 1895.
28. Maria Louisa, b. 1896.
29. Joseph Robert, b. 1898.
When young he went to N. Y. City, and in 1877 he went to
Texas where he was interested in wool growing. In 1887 he
removed to Mexico, where he became a dealer in agricultural im-
plements.
(VI. 72) SUSAN M. JONES, dau. of Samuel W. (V. 75) ;
b. Dec. 17, 1863 ; m. Oct. 6, 1885, William Negley, of Texas, for-
merly of Hagerstown, Md. He b. 1854; was a son of Peter, and
his wife, Laura Rickenbaugh. Issue:
William Robert, b. July 17, 1886.
Richard Van Wyck, b. Dec. 22, 1887.
William Walter, b. 1895.
Gertrude, b. 1896.
William Lewis, b. 1898.
(VI. 74) VIRGINIA JONES, dau. of Waher R. (V. 76) ;
b. Oct. 21, 1848; m. Oct. 19, 1875, Oliver Jones Woodhull, b.
Nov. 19, 1846, son of Josiah and his wife Hannah, dau. of Will-
iam H. Jones (IV. 25). They removed from Woodbury, L. L,
and settled in San Antonio, Texas, where he is engaged in the
cattle and wool growing business. No issue in 1904.
(See under Woodhull family.)
(VI. 75) WILLIAM HEWLETT JONES, son of Walter
R. (V. 76) ; b. March 18, 1855 ; m. first, Jan. 7, 1879, Lucy, b.
i860; d. June 17, 1886, dau. of Van Gaasback Du Mont, of Bath-
on-the-Hudson, and his wife, Henrietta Mosier, of Esopus. Issue :
VII. 30. Henrietta L., b. July 29, 1885.
31. Child, d. in infancy.
M. 2d, Jan. 21, 1891, Helen Agnes, dau. of Charles C. Smith,
THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND 189
of Huppague, L. I., and his wife, Adelia Hawkins, of Islip, L. I.
Issue :
VII. 32. Virginia Martha, b. May 21, 1894.
33. Adele, b. Feb. 8, 1896.
He resided in the old homestead of his father at Woodbury,
L. I., and for several years was Commissioner of Highways. In
he was elected Supervisor of the town of Oyster Bay.
(VI. 76) JOHN HENRY JONES, son of Samuel A. (V.
81) ; b. Dec. 2^, 185 1 ; m. first, Oct. 2, 1879, Nora Jarvis Scudder,
b. March 30, 1854; d. June 7, 1886, dau. of Henry G. Scudder, of
Huntington, L. 1., and his first wife, Eleanor E. Murray, of New
Jersey; no issue. (See Scudder family.)
M. 2d, June 18, 1890, Helen Folsom Baker, b. Feb. 4, 1868,
dau. of Rev. E. Folsom Baker and his 2d wife, Sarah A. Watson,
of Unadilla, N. Y. (See Baker family), by whom he also had no
issue.
He received his early education at the schools of his native
place (Cold Spring Harbor, L. I.) and in 1866 was sent to Col.
Marlborough Churchill's Military Academy at Sing Sing (now
Ossining), N. Y., where he remained until 1869, when he went
to N. Y. City as a clerk in the office of his uncle, Townsend Jones
(V. 82), then of the firm of Jones, Underbill & Scudder, and
remained in their employ and in that of their successor, Underbill
& Scudder, until the latter's dissolution in 1902, when a new firm
was formed under the name of Ladd, Burling & Co., with John
H. Jones as a member of the company. In 1904 Mr. Jones with-
drew and settled upon his father's place at Cold Spring Harbor,
L. I., where he finished the compilation of this Jones genealogy.
(See preface.)
(VI. Tj) WALTER MOTT JONES, son of Samuel A. (V.
81); b. Sept. 6, 1854; d. Feb. 7, 1902; m. Dec. 4, 1886, Ellen
Shepherd Van Cleef, dau. of James Spencer Van Cleef, of Pough-
keepsie, N. Y., and his wife, Harriet Mulford Howell, of East-
hampton, L. I. Issue:
VII. 34. Walter Rysam, b. Oct. 7, 1887.
35. Elizabeth Van Cleef, b. June 22, 1889.
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36. Esther Mott, b. June 6, 1893.
37. Harriet Howell, b. Dec. 4, 1894; d. June 15, 1896.
His early education was derived from the same schools as that
of his brother, John H. In 1872 he accepted a clerkship in the
Atlantic Mutual Ins. Co., of N. Y. City, of which his uncle, John
D. Jones (V. 79), was then prest. Under the latter's guidance
he arose from one official position to another and was finally ap-
pointed by him as assistant secy. The duties of this office were
faithfully and conscientiously carried out by Mr. Jones, and dur-
ing the last three years of his life he was, by reason of the illness
of the secretary, discharging the duties of that office also. It
was the wish of the prest. and of those under him that Mr. Jones
might succeed to the secretaryship, but he did not live to see his
wishes fulfilled. In 1902 the secy, resigned, and Mr. A. A. Raven,
who had in the meantime succeeded Mr. John D. Jones as prest.,
not favoring the latter's nephew as secretary, handed in to the
Board of Directors the name of another, who confirmed the same.
This was a terrible disappointment to Mr. Jones and had much
to do with the latter's illness and subsequent death. Thus were
the wishes of one undone by those of another who had been most
befriended by him.
Throughout his long career in the employ of the company Mr.
Jones faithfully and honorably discharged the duties incumbent
upon him, but an early death cut short a career of untiring energy
and devotion in all his business and family relations.
(VI. 80) TOWNSEND JONES, son of Townsend (V.
82) ; b. May 14, 1854; m. April 30, 1879, Catharine, b. May 21,
1858, dau. of Rev. Robert T. Howard, of Cold Spring Harbor,
L. I., formerly of Charleston, S. C, and his wife, Hester M., dau.
of Billop Seaman. Issue:
VII. 38. Mary Catharine, b. March 19, 1880; m. Nov. 6,
1905, MacAllaster Moore. Issue:
Townsend Merriam Moore, b. Aug. 26, 1906.
39. Townsend Howard, b. April 30, 1882; d. Feb. 19,
1884.
40. Elise Howard, b. Nov. 26, 1886.
41. Marguerite Howard, b. Dec. 31, 1890.
THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND 191
Mr. Jones is a graduate of Columbia College, class of 1876.
He studied law in the office of Moore, Hand &. Bonney, of N. Y.
City, and was soon admitted to the Bar. In 1882, Mr. C. B. Moore
withdrawmg, he was admitted as the junior partner. Mr. C. A.
Hand dying later, his nephew, Augustus N. Hand, took his place,
and the business continued under the firm name of Hand, Bonney
& Jones.
(VI. 81) JOSHUA THOMAS JONES, son of Townsend
(V. 82); b.'Sept. 8, 1855; d. Oct. 5, 1905; m. June 16, 1886,
Alethea Augusta, dau. of Isaac Labagh, of N. Y. City. No issue.
In 1872 he was in the employ of the Atlantic Mutual Ins. Co.
of N. Y. City. In 1879 he was engaged in the manufacture of
chemicals in Burlington, Vt., but returned to N. Y. City, where
in 1885 he was connected with the Ship Masters' Association.
In 1886-1889 he was again connected with the Atlantic Mutl. Ins.
Co., but in 1890 resigned and returned to Cold Spring Harbor,
L. I., and resided in the homestead of his father.
(VI. 86) WILLIAM EDWARD JONES, son of William
E. (V. 83) ; b. Nov. 10, 1869; d. Nov. 30, 1906. Resided in the
old homestead of his father at Cold Spring Harbor, L. I., and was
engaged in the real estate business in N. Y. City. At the time
of his death he was Warden and Treasurer of St. John's Church,
and held several other offices of responsibility and trust in the
town in which he resided.
(VI. 87) JOSEPHINE CATHARINE JONES, dau. of
Walter R. T. (V. 85) ; b. July 2, 1855 i m- April 3, 1877, Major
Charles William Whipple, U. S. A., son of Major Genl. Amiel
Weeks Whipple, and his wife, Eleanor Mary, dau. of Col. John
N. Sherburne. Issue:
Walter Jones, b. July 17, 1878.
William, b. Jan. 27, 1880.
Sherburne, b. May 2, 1881.
Annette Bailey, b. Aug. 21, 1883.
Eleanor Sherburne, b. May 13, 1887.
(See under Whipple and Sherburne families.)
192 THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND
(VL88) THEODORUS BAILEY JONES, only son of
Walter R. T. (V. 85) ; b. Oct. 10, 1863, and d. at St. Paul's School,
Concord, N. H., March 27, 1879, from the effects of a violent
fever caused by overexertion in gymnastic exercises. He was an
exceptionally bright and promising young man, and his early
death was a great loss to the family. He was a great favorite
with both teachers and scholars, and stood high in his class, rank-
ing first or second among thirty-three members. His teachers
spoke of him as "a young man of pure and tender feeling, and
left a high record for one dying on the threshold of life." We
quote from a tribute to his memory by the members of his class :
"We testify to the honorable and conscientious conduct of our
fellow scholar, to his perfect truthfulness, to his pure and un-
stained life and conversation, and to his loyalty and manliness in
all his relations to the school and to his classmates."
(VI. 89) LOUISE ELIZABETH JONES, dau. of Oliver
L. (VI. 65) ; b. Sept. 18, 1875.
(VI. 90) CHARLES HERBERT JONES, son of Oliver L.
(VI. 65) ; b. Dec. 18, 1877.
(VI. 91) OLIVER LIVINGSTON JONES, son of Oliver
L. (VI. 65) ; b. April i, 1880.
(VI. 92) ROSALIE GARDINER JONES, dau. of Oliver
L. (VI. 65) ; b. Feb. 24, 1883.
(VI. 93) ARTHUR EATON JONES, son of Oliver L.
(VI. 65) ; b. Aug. 20, 1884.
(VI. 94) PHILIP LIVINGSTON JONES, son of Oliver
L. (VI. 65) : b. May 5, 1890.
(VI. 96) RICHARD EVERETT JONES, son of Richard
H. (V. iioF) ; b. 26 Oct., 1874. Lived in Huntington, L. I. Not
married in 1904.
(VI. 97) WALTER JONES, son of David (V. 114) ; b. at
Gravesend, L. I.
THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND 193
(VII. 2) SAMUEL S. JONES, son of Edgar T. (VI. i),
and his 2d wife, Elizabeth, b. May 15, 1873. Issue:
VIII. I. Child, b. before 1903.
(VII. 6) EDITH S. JONES, dau. of WilHam H. (VI. 12) ;
b. July 18, 1864; m. Clemence De Mott Davison, son of Lewis
and Mary, of Rockville Centre, L. I. Issue:
Hazel Osborne, b. Aug. 15, 1896.
Lois Stanhope, b. Dec. 5, 1897.
Lewis William, b. July 2, 1899.
Edith Mildred, b. April 26, 1901.
(VII. 8) ALICE P. JONES, dau. of William H. (VI. 12) ;
b. Feb. 28, 1869; m. Winfield Davison, son of Alexander and
Mary, of Rockville Centre, L. I. Issue:
Edith Lam, b. Nov. 27, 1889.
Marion C, b. Dec. 15, 1890.
Alma Mary, b. Oct. 16, 1900.
(VII. 10) TOWNSEND S. JONES, son of William H.
(VI. 12) ; b. June i, 1876: m. Agnes Mastens, dau. of Herman
J. and Anna, of Baldwins, L. I. Issue:
VIII. 2. Catharine A., b. June 3, 1901.
3. William H., b. March 10, 1903.
(VII. 14) MARY DOROTHY JONES, dau. of Charles
(VI. 27) ; b. Nov. 16, 1872; m. Oct. 9, 1895, George Edgar New-
comb, of Atchison, Kansas. Issue:
Clara Forrest, b. Aug. 21, 1898.
(VII. 17) DAVID WILLIAM JONES, son of Elbert W.
(VI. 28) ; b. Aug. II, 1865; m. July 21, 1891, Maud Jennings,
dau. of . They reside in Waupun, Wisconsin. Issue:
VIII. 4. Margaret Elizabeth, b. April 26, 1892.
5. Elbert William, b. March 31, 1894.
6. Mabel Jennings, b. May 6. 1898.
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194 THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND
(i) COL. RICHARD FLOYD, the first of his name on
Long Island; b. in Wales about 1620; came to Setauket, L. I.,
1656; d. about 1690; m, Susannah, b. 1626, d. 1706, dau. of .
Was a justice and Col. of the Suffolk Co. Militia.
(2) COL. RICHARD FLOYD, son of Col. Richard (i) ; b.
May 12, 1661 ; d. Feb. 28, 1737; m. Sept. 10, 1686, Margaret, b.
1662, d. 1718, dau. of Col. Matthias Nicoll (Secy, of Colony of
New York), and his wife, Abigail, dau. of . Issue:
Susannah, b. 1688 ; m. Edmund Smith, son of Adam, son
of Richard, of the "Bull" Smith family, of Smithtown.
Margaret, b. 1690; m. Rev. John Thomas, of Hempstead.
Charity, b. 1692; d. 1758; m. ist, Benjamin Nicoll; m. 2d,
Dr. Samuel Johnson.
Eunice, b. 1694; m. Wm. Stephens.
Ruth, b. 1699; m. Walter Dongan.
3. Richard, b. 1703; d. 1771 ; m. Elizabeth Hutchinson.
4. Nicoll, b. 1705; d. 1752; m. Tabitha Smith.
(3) COL. RICHARD FLOYD, son of Col. Richard (2) ; b.
Dec. 29, 1703; d. April 21, 1771 ; m. Elizabeth, dau. of Col. Sam-
uel Hutchinson, of Southold, L. L, March 4, 1730. Issue:
+5. Richard, and others.
(4) COL. NICOLL FLOYD, son of Col. Richard (2), b.
Aug. 27, 1705; d. 1752; m. Tabitha, dau. of Jonathan Smith, of
Smithtown. He resided at Mastic, L. I. Issue:
6. Ruth; m. Genl. Nathaniel Woodhull.
7. William, b. Dec. 17, 1734 (the "Signer" of the Declara-
tion of Independence) ; m. ist, , dau. of Wm.
Jones, of Southampton (not of this Jones family) ; m.
2d, , dau. of Selah Strong, of Setauket, L. I.
Nicoll.
Charles, and other children.
(5) COL. RICHARD FLOYD, son of Col. Richard (3) ; b.
Feb. 26, 1731 ; d. Feb. 6, 1791 ; m. Nov. 2, 1757, Arabella, b. Dec.
7, 1734; d. May 29, 1785; dau. of Judge David Jones (II. 2).
Issue :
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-f-8. David Richard, b. Nov. 14, 1764; who became David
Richard FLOYD-JONES (i).
+9. Elizabeth, b. Aug. 8, 1758; m. John P. de Lancey.
-|-io. Anne Willett, b. Aug. 17, 1767; m. Samuel B. Nicoll.
(See account of Col. Richard (5), under Arabella Jones (III.
4).)
(9) ELIZABETH FLOYD, dau. of Col. Richard (5); b.
Aug. 8, 1758; d. May 7, 1820; m, Sept. 28, 1785, John P. de Lan-
cey, b. July 15, 1753 ; d. Jan. 30, 1828, son of Lieut. Gov. James
de Lancey and his wife Anna, dau. of Hon. Caleb Heathcote.
Issue:
Thomas James, b. Aug. 12, 1789; d. Dec. 22, 1822.
Edward Floyd, b. June 18, 1795 ; d. Oct. 19, 1820.
William Heathcote, b. Oct. 8, 1797; d. April 5, 1865. The
first Bishop of Western New York.
Anne Charlotte, b. Sept. 17, 1786; d. May 29, 1852; m. Dec.
10, 1827, John Loudon McAdam ; no issue.
Susan Augusta, b. Jan. 28, 1792; d. Jan. 20, 1852; m. Jan. i,
181 1, James Fenimore Cooper (the novelist).
Maria Frances, b. Aug. 3, 1793 ; d. Jan. 17, 1806.
Elizabeth Caroline, b. March 4, 1801 ; d. Feb. 25, i860.
Martha Arabella, b. Jan. 10, 1803.
John P. de Lancey was Major of the Pennsylvania Loyalists,
a corps of provincial troops commanded by Col. Wm. Allen.
James (eldest brother of John P. de Lancey), b. 1732, became an
aide to Genl. Abercrombie, with the rank of Captain. After his
father's death in 1760 he became "the head of the family and of
the party known by his name until the Revolution." He was a
member of the Genl. Assembly. 1768- 1775, and member of the
Governor's Council. His whole family opposed the Congressional
Party and supported the English King. He went to England in
1775, and was later attainted and banished by the Act of Attainder
of 1779. in which his brother-in-law. Judge Thomas Jones (III.
3). who had married his sister Anne, was included.
( 10) ANNE WILLETT FLOYD, dau. of Col. Richard ( 5) ;
b. Aug, 17, 1767: d. June 8, 1813 ; m. Dec. 6, 1784, Samuel Ben-
J96 THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND
jamin Nicoll, b. Sept. 4, 1764, son of William, of Shelter Island,
L. I., commonly called "Clerk Nicoll." He d. Sept. 19, 1828, with
issue as follows:
Richard Floyd.
William, b. Dec. 6, 1787.
Elizabeth Floyd, b. Feb. 9, 1790.
Anna Willet, b. Feb. 14, 1792.
Samuel B., b. March 25, 1794.
Thomas E., b. Jan. 2, 1796.
Maria C, b. Nov. 2, 1798.
John C, b. April 17, 1800.
Glorianna, b. May 24, 1803.
Arabella Jones Floyd, b. Jan. 26, 1807.
FLOYD-JONLS FAMILY
OF LONG ISLAND.
David Richard Floyd (8), son of Col. Richard Floyd (5)
and his wife, Arabella Jones (III. 4), in pursuance with the
will of his grandfather, Judge David Jones (II. 2), and an Act of
the Legislature of March 14, 1788, took in addition to his own sur-
name that of Jones, and thereby became known as David Richard
Floyd-Jones, the first of the family bearing that double name on
Long Island.
(i) DAVID RICHARD FLOYD-JONES, formerly David
Richard Floyd (8), b. Nov. 14, 1764; d. Feb. 10, 1826; m. Sept.
20, 1785, Sarah, b. March 26, 1758; d. Feb. 29, 1844, dau. of
Hendrick Onderdonk and his wife Phebe, dau. of Col. Benjamin
Tredwell. Issue :
2. David Thomas, b. April 25, 1787; d. June 12, 1787.
-f3. Thomas, b. July 23, 1788; d. Aug. 23, 1851 ; Brig. Genl.
4. Arabella, b. Feb. 6, 1790; d. May 5, 1790.
+5. Henry Onderdonk, b. Jan. 3, 1792; d. Dec. 20, 1862; Maj.
Genl.
6. Andrew Onderdonk, b. Jan. 9, 1794; d. Feb. 11, 1794.
Hendrick Onderdonk, his father-in-law, was of the 3d genera-
tion of America, being a son of Andries and his wife, Gertrude
Lott. Some of his family supported the American side. He was
b. Dec. II, 1724; d. March 31, 1809. His wife Phebe, whom he
m. May 20, 1750, was b. July 12, 1730; d. Dec. 19, 1801.
As David Richard Floyd-Jones' grandfather, Judge David
Jones (11.2), by his will entailed his Fort Neck property in-tail
male upon his only son, Judge Thomas Jones (HI. 3), and in
default of such issue, to his daughter Arabella in tail-male, this
David Richard Floyd- Jones (i), by reason of such default, and
being the only son of Arabella, became possessed of the large
landed estate and enjoyed it during his life.
Shortly after his succeeding to the estate he was admonished
iqS the JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND
by his uncle, Judge Thomas Jones (III. 3) in the following words :
"Behave with caution and prudence, and let me beg of you by
your conduct never to disgrace the families of your two grand-
fathers. Always remember, one was first in Queens, the other
in Suffolk." That he regarded this advice and lived with probity
and honor there is every evidence. He was a faithful churchman,
never failing on Sunday mornings to drive ten miles to St.
George's Church, at Hempstead, which was his nearest parish
church.
(3) BRIG. GENL. THOMAS FLOYD-JONES, son of
David R. (i) ; b. July 23, 1788; d. Aug. 23, 185 1; m. Jan. 28,
1812, Cornelia H. Jones, b. April 22, 1796; d. Dec. 29, 1839, dau.
of Maj. William Jones (IV. 4). Issue:
+7. David Richard, b. April 6, 1813 ; d. Jan. 8, 1871 (the
Lieut. Gov.).
+8. William, b. March 10, 1815 ; d. Feb. 7, 1896.
+9. Elbert, b. Feb. 7, 1817; d. Feb. 17, 1901.
-f 10. Sarah Maria, b. Dec. 10, 1818; d. Jan. 2, 1892.
He succeeded to the Fort Neck estate on his father's death in
1826, and was the last possessor under the entail created by his
great-grandfather, Judge David Jones (II. 2), in 1768. In 1830
the law of entail was abolished, and he became possessed of the
whole estate in fee simple. He died in 185 1, intestate, and the
estate was divided between his four children above named, each
one receiving about 1,200 acres of land.
(5) MAJ. GENL. HENRY O. FLOYD-JONES, son of
David R. (i) ; b. Jan. 3, 1792; d. Dec. 20, 1862; m. Helen, b.
Nov. 24, 1792 ; d. July 18, 1872, dau. of Charles Watts, of South
Carolina. Issue :
11. Sarah, b. Oct. i, 1818; d. Aug. 10, 1900; unm.
12. Henry, b. March 10, 1820; d. Feb. 20, 1849; unm.
-f-13. Charles, d. 1874.
-I-14. Josephine K., m. John D. Jones (V. 79).
H-I5. Edward, b. Jan. 26, 1823; d. Jan. 23, 1901.
-|-i6. De Lancey, b. Jan. 23, 1826; d. Jan. 19, 1902.
17. Helen Watts, b. Dec. 9. 1827; d. July 25, 1855; unm.
In 1829 and 1830 was Member of Assembly from Queens Co.,
THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND 199
and from 1836 to 1840 was Senator for First District, comprising
Long Island, Staten Island, and the City of New York.
(7) LIEUT. GOV. DAVID RICHARD FLOYD-JONES,
son of Brig. Genl. Thomas (3) ; b. at Fort Neck, L. I., April 6,
1813; d. Jan. 8, 1871 ; m. June 25, 1845, Mary Louisa, b. Aug.
14, 1818, dau. of George W. Stanton, of Albany, N. Y., and his
wife Sally, dau. of Theophilus Morgan, of Killingworth, Conn.
Issue :
18. Stanton, b. June 11, 1846; d. Feb. 17, 1848.
-I-19. George Stanton, b. Dec. 25, 1848.
20. Thomas Richard, b. Dec. 15, 185 1 ; d. Feb. 4, 1857.
21. Mary Louisa, b. Sept. 29, 1853.
22. Henrietta, b. Oct. 22, 1855; d. Nov. 13, 1897.
+23. Sarah Hall, b. Sept. 18, 1857.
24. Thomas Langley, b. Oct. 7, 1859; d. Aug. 30, 1861.
His early education was obtained at a public school near his
father's homestead on Fort Neck. He commenced his classical
studies in Christ Church School. Manhasset, L. I., and en-
tered the sophomore class in Union College, Schenectady, where
he graduated in 1832. He studied law in the office of Judge
Samuel W. Jones (V. 13). of Schenectady, and in 1835 com-
menced practice in N. Y. City with Jas. P. Howard. In 1840
he began his political career in N. Y. City and prominently iden-
tified himself with the Democratic party.
In 1840 to 1842 he was a Member of Assembly from N. Y.
City, and from 1844 to 1846 was a member of the State Senate.
In 1847 he was appointed Clerk of the Superior Court of N. Y.
City by Chief Justice Oakley, which office he held until 1852, when
he retired from public life.
In 1857 he again entered public life and represented his native
county of Queens in the Assembly. In 1859 he was nominated
for the office of Secy, of State, and after being unanimously rati-
fied by the State Convention at Utica was elected to that office.
At the outbreak of the Civil War he took a decided stand
against the Southern States, and in a speech made by him on
July 4, 1862 (then printed), he set forth his views upon the crisis
in strong and unmistakable words.
In the fall of that year he was elected Lieut. Governor of the
200 THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND
State of N. Y., "The duties of which he discharged with un-
swerving devotion to the Union."
One who had known him intimately in pubHc Hfe, and was a
pohtical opponent, spoke of him in the following manner in the
House shortly after his death: "He passed through life from
the beginning to the end of it, I believe, without a single blemish
upon his reputation or standing before the entire community of
this State. No man in the heat of party strife or conflict, no
man in the heat of debate upon the floor in either branch of the
Legislature, was ever heard to say aught against his pure and
upright character, and no man who watched him can say aught
than that he worked with his whole heart and soul for the benefit
of those who had placed him in position."
He was a devout churchman, and, quoting from an article in
the Church Journal of 1871, "His influence and usefulness in the
councils of the Church need no other record than the important
positions which he filled in the Diocese of N. Y. previous to its
recent division, and subsequently in the Diocese of Long Island.
In the new diocese his important services were immediately rec-
ognized and acknowledged at its Primary Convention by his be-
ing elected a member of the Standing Committee, a deputy to the
General Convention, and also a deputy to the Federal Council.
He was appointed on the Special Committees on Canons, and on
the Revision of the Constitution and Canons, in both of which he
served with marked ability.
"As a churchman he has left his record, 'read and known of
men.' "
(8) WILLIAM FLOYD-JONES, son of Brig. Genl.
Thomas (3) ; b. March 10, 1815; d. Feb. 7, 1896; m. Caroline
Amelia, b. July 31, 1822; d. Dec. 9, 1886, dau. of Robert Black-
well, of N. Y. City, Issue:
-f-25. Fanny, b. 1849.
26. Robert Blackwell, b. 1850.
+27. Ella, b. 1852.
-h28. Jeannie, b. 1853.
29. William Chauncey, b. 1855.
30. Royal Phelps, b. 1859; d. March 18, 1900.
+31. Frederick, b. i860.
+32. William, b. 1867 ; d. Dec. 16, 1899.
THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND 201
He resided at Massapequa, L. L, the former home of Hon.
David S. Jones (IV. 7). Unlike his brothers he took but Httle
active interest in poUtics, and was engaged in the hardware busi-
ness in N. Y. City until 1856. He succeeded his brother, Lieut.
Gov. David R. (7), in the Councils of the Prot. Epis. Church on
L. I., being a member of the Standing Committee of the Diocese,
and a Trustee of the "Cathedral Foundation."
(9) ELBERT FLO YD- JONES, son of Brig. Genl. Thomas
(3) ; b. Feb. 7, 1817; d. Feb. 17, 1901 ; m. first, June 5, 1838,
Emily, b. 1815, d. April 29, 1845, dau. of Plunket F. Glentworth,
M. D., of Phila., and his wife, Harriet Bostock, dau. of James
Budden, of Phila. Issue:
-I-33. CorneUa, b. April 23, 1839; d. Nov. 24, 1890.
-I-34. Thomas, b. March 21, 1841.
+35. George, b. Dec. 31, 1842.
-t-36. Emily Glentworth, b. April 18, 1845.
M. 2d, Jan. 25, 1848, Mary Caroline, b. April 16, 1828; d.
Nov. 19, 1867, dau. of Isaac Wigham, of N. Y. City, and his
wife, Mary Seaman. Issue:
37. William, b. Jan. 24, 185 1; d. Oct. 14, 1857.
38. Mary Wigham, b. Aug. 12, 1853; d. June 16, 1855.
39. Elizabeth Underbill, b. March 31, 1858.
-i-40. Edward Pearsall. b. Oct. i, i860.
41. Arthur, b. Oct. 31, 1862.
42. Elbert, b. April 7, 1867.
M. 3d, Oct. 21, 1869, Martha A., b. March 24, 1836; d. Oct.
17. 1870, dau. of Thorne, of Middletown, Conn., and his
wife Sarah, dau. of Townsend, of N. Y. City. Issue :
43. Sarah Thorne, b. Oct. 9, 1870; d. Oct. 12, 1870.
M. 4th, Jan. 17, 1872, Elizabeth Morrison, dau. of Jeremiah
Smith, of N. Y. City, and his wife Emily, dau. of , by
whom he had no issue.
He was educated at Clinton Academy, Easthampton, L. I. In
politics he was a Democrat of the old school of Jefferson and
Jackson, and during the Civil War was an ardent supporter of
the l^nion. In 1844 he was elected as Member of Assembly
202 THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND
from Queens Co., and after thirty years of retirement he was
again elected a Member of Assembly in 1877 and 1878.
The Glentworth family to which Mr. Floyd- Jones' first wife
belonged are descended from Thos. Glentworth (i), and his wife,
Mary Green, who came from London to Phila. in the 17th century.
(See Debrett's Peerage, p. 468.) He had a son Thomas (2),
of Phila.. who m. Bankson. Dr. George (3), a son of
Thomas (2), b. in Phila., 1735; d. 1792, was a surgeon in the
British Army. He m. 1764, Margaretta Linton, b. in Phila. 1743,
d. 181 5, dau. of John and Martha Linton. Dr. Plunket F. Glent-
worth (4), son of Dr. George (3), and father of Emily, who m.
Elbert Floyd-Jones, was b. in Phila. 1768, d. 1832, m. 1794, widow
Bostock, of Barbadoes (nee Harriet Buden), dau. of Capt. Jas.
Buden, of Phila., and a son of Wm. Buden and Marguerite de
Vandie.
(10) SARAH MARIA FLOYD-JONES, dau. of^ Brig.
Genl, Thomas (3), b. Dec. 10, 1818; d. Jan. 2, 1892; m. 1854,
Coleman Williams, b. 1805 ; d. Dec. 27, 1891, of N. Y, City, for-
merly of Halifax Court House, Virginia, and his wife, Mary
Lewis. Issue :
Coleman Gandy, b. 1858; d. May 28, 1900, at Massapequa,
L. I. ; m. Jan, 24, 1894, Edith Hawley, b. 1868, dau. of
Henry E. Hawley and his wife, Elizabeth Lockwood.
Issue :
Sarah Floyd-Jones, b. Feb. 5, 1895.
Edith, b. May 3, 1896.
Coleman Hawley, b. March 3, 1898.
(13) CHARLES FLOYD-JONES, son of Maj. Gen. Henry
O. (5) ; d. 1874; m. Isabella M. Semple, d. Nov. 3, 1888, dau. of
. Issue :
43a. Robert.
43b. Henry.
44. Semple.
(15) EDWARD FLOYD-JONES, son of Maj. Genl. Henry
O. (5) ; b. Jan. 26, 1823; d. Jan. 23, 1901 ; m. Mary, b. Dec. 14,
THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND 203
1839; d. May 23, 1874, dau. of Dr. Frederick Lord, of Greenport,
L. I. Issue :
45. Helen Watts, b. Sept. 9, 1863.
-t-46. Louisa Ackerly, b. Sept. 13, 1867.
+47. Edward Henr>', b. Jan. i, 1869.
He received his education at the Union Academy, Jamaica,
L. I. In 1849 he went to California and was engaged in the sell-
ing of agricultural implements under the firm of Jones & Hewlett,
at Stockton. Cal. Henry Hewlett, his partner, later was prest. of
the Bank of Stockton.
On his return from California Mr. Floyd- Jones settled in the
old homestead of his fathers at South Oyster Bay, and in 1886 was
elected Supervisor of Queens Co.
In 1891 he was elected State Senator, receiving in Queens Co.
r 1,537. while Roswell P. Flower, who was elected Governor,
received 11.543 votes. The Senatorial district was No. i, and
consisted of the counties of Queens and SuflFolk.
(16) COL. DE LANCEY FLOYD-JONES, son of Maj.
Genl. Henry O. (5) ; b. Jan. 23, 1826; d. Jan. 19, 1902; m. first,
June 24, 1852, Laura Jeannie, dau. of Warcham Whitney, of
Rochester, N. Y., by whom he had no issue.
M. 2d., .
Graduated from West Point in June, 1846, when he was only
twenty years of age, and in Sept. of that year was commissioned
2d Lieut, in the 7th U. S. Infantry, serving under Genl. Zachary
Taylor in Mexico, and served with distinction throughout the
Mexican War. In 1848 he was commissioned ist Lieut, for gal-
lant conduct in the battle of Molino del Key, and on 31 July, 1854,
promoted to the captaincy. In 1856 he was sent to California
to serve against the Kalmath Indians.
On 14 May. 1861. he was commissioned as Major of the nth
Infantry, and served in the battles of Yorktown, Gaines Mill and
Malvern Hill. In 1863 he became Lieut. Col. of the 19th Infantry.
On 25 June, 1867, he was made Colonel of 3d Regt. of Infantry
and served against the Indians in the West from 1868 to 1879,
when he retired from active service.
204 THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND
( 19) GEORGE STANTON FLOYD-JONES, son of Lieut.
Gov. David R. (7) ; b. Dec. 25, 1848; m. Feb. 4, 1880, Anita,
dau. of Thomas J. Owen, of N. Y., and his wife, Emihe Ketchum,
d. Aug-. 21, 1901, dau. of Medad Piatt. No issue in 1904.
He was for many years connected with the Atlantic Mutl. Int
Co. of N. Y. City, and in 1902 succeeded Mr. G. Mitchell as
secy, of the Co.
He was a member of St. Ignatius' Church, N. Y. City, and was
a member of its vestry until 1894, when he and his wife joined
the Roman Catholic Church.
He resided at South Oyster Bay, L. L
(22) HENRIETTA FLOYD-JONES, dau. of Lieut. Gov.
David R. (7) ; b. Oct. 22, 1855; d. Nov. 13, 1897. She was a
graduate of St, Mary's Hall, Burlington, N. J., and spent much
of her time in study and intellectual pursuits. In 1892 she joined
the Sisterhood of St. John the Baptist and devoted the remaining
years of her life to religious work under the direction of that
community. She died of pneumonia in St. Andrew's Hospital.
Just before her death she had been spoken of as the possible suc-
cessor of the "Mother Superior" of that Sisterhood.
(23) SARAH HALL FLOYD-JONES, dau. of Lieut. Gov.
David R. (7) ; b. Sept. 18, 1857 ! m- J""^ 28, 1892, Capt. Nathaniel
W. Barnardiston, an officer in the Duke of Cambridge's "Own
Middlesex Regt.," England, eldest son of Col. Nathaniel, of the
Ryes, Sudbury, Suffolk Co., Eng., and Lady Florence Barnardis-
ton, dau. of the 4th Earl of Dartmouth. Issue :
Joan, b. Jan. 31, 1897, at Colchester, Eng.
(25) FANNY FLOYD-JONES, dau. of William (8) ; b.
1849; "1- 1870, Charles D. Leverich. Issue:
Caroline Duncan, b. 1875 ; m. Dec. 12, 1900, John L. Riker
(the second), a son of Samuel Riker, of Corona, L. I., and
his wife, Mary Stryker.
Mathilde Gertrude, b. 1880.
Gertrude Riker, b. 1887.
(27) ELLA FLOYD-JONES, dau. of William (8), b. 1852 ;
THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND 205
d. Oct. 9, 1892; m. 1878, Wm. Carpender, of New Brunswick,
N. J., son of J. S. Carpender and gr. son of Col. William, of U.
S. Army. His maternal grandfather was Dr. John Neilson, of
N. Y. City. Issue:
Edith, b. 1880.
Noel Lispenard, b. 1882,
Jeannie, b. 1887.
(28) JEANNIE FLOYD-JONES, dau. of William (8), b.
1853; m. Nov. 9, 1880, William Robinson. Issue:
Margaret, b. 1881.
(31) FREDERICK FLOYD-JONES, son of William (8),
b. i860 ; m. 1882, Florence L., d. Feb. 28, 1888, dau. of Jas. W.
Conroy, of South Orange, N. J., by whom he had no issue,
(32) WILLIAM FLOYD-JONES, son of William (8) ; b.
1867; d. Dec. 16, 1899; m. Nov., 1896, Lillian I. Ferris, dau. of
Dr. E. H. Ferris, and a stepdaughter of Oscar Livingston. Issue :
48. William.
(33) CORNELIA FLO YD- JONES, dau. of Elbert (9) ; b.
April 23, 1839; d. Nov. 24, 1890; m. Jan. 11, 1857, R. V. W.
Thome, of Brooklyn, L. I. ; d. 1875, son of Richard and his wife,
dau. of Sullivan. Issue:
Richard, d. young.
Ellen Cox, b. Sept. 12, 1859; m. Feb. 17, 1881, Frank Wash-
bume, Jr., of Brooklyn, L. I. ; d. 1891, son of . Issue:
Margfuerite Glentworth, b. July 24, 1882.
At the time of Cornelia Floyd- Jones' (33) birth she had five
grandparents living, viz., great-great-grandmother, Susannah Kel-
sey Youngs; great-grandparents, Maj. William and Kezia
(Youngs) Jones (IV. 4) ; gr. parents Brig. Genl. Thomas Floyd-
Jones (3), and his wife Cornelia.
(34) THOMAS FLOYD-JONES, son of Elbert (9) ; b.
March 21, 1841 : m. Dec. i, 1870, Julia Haines, b. April 31, 1851.
2o6 THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND
dau. of Napoleon J. Haines, of N. Y., and his wife, Mary E.
Husted. Issue :
49. Maud Glentworth, b. Jan. 5, 1872 ; m. Nov. 18, 1887, Al-
fred B. Sturges.
50. Thomas Linton, b. Aug. 5, 1875 ; m. Sept. 24, 1901, Sarah
N. Boese.
51. Grace Floyd, b. June 8, 1879; m. March i, 1897, Oscar
Bayard. Issue :
Jas. Swinton Bayard, b. Dec. 28, 1897.
(35) GEORGE FLOYD-JONES, son of Elbert (9) ; b.
Dec. 31, 1842; m. June 18, 1865, Annette, b. Sept. 6, 1844, dau.
of Royal Wood, of Suffolk Co., and his wife, Charlotte Kort-
right. Issue :
52. George, b. Oct. 29, 1865 ; d. April 16, 1866.
53. Emily Glentworth, b. Dec. 22, 1869; d. Oct. i, 1870.
54. Glentworth, b. July 25, 1876; d. June 26, 1890.
(36) EMILY GLENTWORTH FLOYD-JONES, dau. of
Elbert (9) ; b. April 18, 1845 ; m. Jan. 7, 1869, Howard Malcom
Giles, b. July 7, 1842; d. Oct. 17, 1900, son of John, of N. J., and
his wife, Morse. Issue :
Clara Butler, b. Oct. 5, 1869; d. June 13, 1878.
Robert Malcom, b. June 28, 1875 ; d. July 24, 1875.
John Randolph, b. Sept. 26, 1876; m. Sept. i, 1900, Jennette
Cecil.
Howard Glentworth, b. April 26, 1879 ; m. Dec. 4, 1900, Alice
W. Lockwood.
Gertrude Evelyn, b. July 8, 1881 ; d. March 3, 1882.
Lillian Willard, b. Feb. 9, 1885.
(40) EDWARD PEARSALL FLOYD-JONES, son of El-
bert (9) ; b. Oct. I, i860; m. April 17, 1894, Margaret, d. Nov.
24, 1900, dau. of Peter Duff, of Brooklyn, L. L, and his wife
Elizabeth. Issue :
55. Kenneth, b. Feb. 7, 1895.
56. Constance Muriel, b. June 24, 1899; d. April 18, 1900.
(46) LOUISA ACKERLY FLOYD-JONES, dau. of Ed-
ward (15) ; b. Sept. 13, 1867; m. Oct. 30, 1889, Conde Raguet
Thome, son of Mortimer, of N. Y. City. Issue :
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56a. Edward Floyd-Jones, b. Aug. 16, 1890.
56b. Conde Raguet, b. Feb. 26, 1898; d. April 19, 1901.
56c. Katherine de Lancey, b. Nov. 19, 1900.
(47) EDWARD HENRY FLOYD-JONES, son of Edward
(15); b. Jan. 1, 1869; m. Nov. 22, 1905, Edith, b. April 1,
1880, dau. of Ella Floyd-Jones, dau. of William (8).
Every early settler of Long Island should have on record a
full and authentic account of himself and family. His descend-
ants will take especial interest in it. By intermarriages these may
extend into many families and be very numerous. His account
may largely aid others, and will be read by many students, and
all combined are needed to make out a thorough and reliable gen-
eral history. The family origin of each in the old country aids
to a correct general view, but is remote and cannot be expected
with certainty nor in much detail.
The Jones family emanating from Wales was numerous in
England before the emigration to America. The Welsh origin
and English cultivation, which bore their own marks in the Long
Island family, need no other verification. The Welsh retain
personal types and training with local and family customs fully
as long as any other race. A similar mode of reasoning justifies
us in taking some notice of prominent persons of Welsh descent
and English training bearing the same name in England.
Those of the legal profession, viz., one named William and
one named Thomas, are most attractive for an introduction to the
history of several American lawyers and judges. The lawyer.
Thomas Jones, who became an M. P., sergeant-at-law. Knight,
Judge of K. B. and C. J. of C. P., deserves notice historically,
though he may not have been the immediate ancestor of any early
settler of Long Island. He was rather the cotemporary of the
earliest settlers of New England. Born about 16 14, in the reign
of King James, he lived through an exciting and eventful period
until May. 1692. As reported, he was the second son of Edward
Jones, of Sandford in Shropshire, adjoining Wales, by his wife
Mary, daughter of Robert Powell. Esq.. of that county. His
descent was traced by the Welsh Heralds from a period earlier
than the Conquest, but upon that we need not rely.
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Of the Powell family we may read a little in the life of Milton.
It was numerous, and from Wales, and it was early on Long
Island.
Roger Jones became an alderman of London, and was wealthy
in the time of King James, and, attaining property in Ireland,
he sent his son Thomas to flourish there. We suspect him a rela-
tive.
In 1629 (at the age of 15) Thos. Jones entered college, and
at the same time had his name entered at Lincoln's Inn, in Lon-
don, as a law student, then a common course with the ambitious
to secure a precedence. The early care taken of him is note-
worthy. He had profited by a free school at Shrewsbury to pre-
pare for this, and probably the success of Judge William enticed
him. In 1632 he graduated as A. B. In 1634 he was called
to the Bar, and then for some years we have no account of
him. But of the "ill-fated" period embracing the agitations, etc.,
which preceded the evil war and the convulsions of it, we can read.
His brother (not named), as reported, was Recorder of Shrews-
bury, and from the Bench declared him "well afifected" to the
Parliament, and was chosen "Town Clerk" by the Parliamentary
party, from which office he was dismissed before the Restoration.
The first distinct account we have of the future judge is that he
was elected to fill up the old House of Commons dispersed by
Cromwell, just before the return of Charles II. to England, and
it is further stated that Sir Edward Hyde, son of Judge Nicholas
Hyde, a lawyer, afterwards the first Earl of Clarendon, wrote
letters from abroad, where he was the advisor of Charles II., to
his friends in England, requesting them to get elected, of which
letters this Thomas Jones received one. In 1669 he was Knighted
and made a sergeant-at-law. In 1671 he was prosecuting officer
for the King. He is not supposed related to Col. John, the regi-
cide. In 1676 he was appointed associate Judge of the King's
Bench. In 1680 he was impeached with Scroggs for irregularly
stopping a prosecution of Duke James by dismissing a grand jury,
etc., but Parliament was soon prorogued and the proceedings
were not renewed.
In 1685 he would not declare to James II. in favor of his
kingly claim of a general power to dispense with statute law or
to dispense with the law as settled by the courts.
In 1686 he was dismissed and retired to private life.
THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND 209
In 1689, under William of Orange, it was apprehended that
he was using his influence in favor of James 11. against William
of Orange, and was committed to prison by the House of Com-
mons. He died in 1692 and was buried in St. Alkmund's Church,
Shrewsbury.
Foss, in his "Lives of the Judges," gives only a slight account
of his family and states that he married Jane, dau. of Daniel
Bernard, of Chester. In Le Neve's Knights, p. 269 (which may
be doubtful), he states that of his sons, the first, William,* married
1st, a daughter of Andrew Floyd, of Ashton, Co. Silop, and 2d.
Grace, daughter of Peter Pindar, and that he had a daughter
Mary (not traced), and a son Thomas, who was living in 1705.
but no marriage nor children of this Thomas were mentioned.
If he was abroad that would be a good excuse for not reporting
his family. The 2d son, Thomas, married Jane, daughter of
Wilkinson, of Kirkbred, Yorkshire, and had issue: Charles (not
the Earl of Ranelagh), Grace, Jane and Elizabeth. Capt. Daniel,
the third son, was Capt. of Windsor Castle, but no marriage nor
children are mentioned. Edward, the 4th son, was Prebendary of
Windsor, and Sub-Dean. He married a daughter of the Rev.
Dr. Fulliam, and as Foss says, "From this Edward descended
Catharine, daughter of Rev. John Jones, who married Capt. John
Tyrwhett. " (See i Burke's Commoners.)
Another (or possibly the same) clergyman, Edward Jones,
attracts attention in another line. He was appointed Bishop of
Cloyne, in Ireland, and in 1692, when William of Orange would
soon reach and disturb the prelates of James, was translated from
Cloyne to be Bishop of St. Asaph's, in England, to succeed Bishop
Wm. Lloyd. The diocese of St. Asaph's was in Wales. Bishop
Jones was tried on charges in 1699 . Burnett says that the Bishop
of that diocese generally named the clergyman for parishes. The
charge against Jones related to his receiving rewards from clergy-
men for promoting them. It was a time of great struggling for
places between different sets of clergy. The old Bishops were re-
quired to swear allegiance to William and Mary, and upon refusal,
excluded. In Ireland the Bishops had received a share of the
tithes or other payments collected in a parish ; he might say.
*See letter in appendix concerning Sir Wm. Jones, by Sarah Van
Deusen Merritt.
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"why not in Wales ?" We have . little of his history. It
seems he left issue. If he left a son or relative Thomas, in Ire-
land, would not the latter, of course, resist William of Orang-e?
These accounts do not mention daughters of the Judge (Thomas
Jones), nor have we trace of any. But one of the twelve sons of
Sir Thos. Littleton (member of Parliament in 1642), by report
married a daughter of Judge Jones, and died in America. ( i . . . .
Bar. 322.) If his wife was a daughter of this Judge, the move-
ments of the Lyttletons would aid in an understanding of the
Judge's family. (MSS. C. B. Moore.)
Constantine L>'ttleton, son of Sir Thomas, died in Jamaica in
the West Indies, Dec. 31, 1662. (See 7 Coll. Peer, 445 and 450.)
Sir Charles, another son, early took arms and was in Col-
chester when it surrendered. He escaped to France and returned
to England in 1659. He was praised by Sir Ed. Hyde, and was
sent to Jamaica (and succeeded Lord Windsor as Governor),
where he rebuilt the town of Port Royal after its destruction. We
note that Major Thomas Jones (I. i) was, by report, in Port
Royal at the time of its destruction. (J. H. J., VI. 76).
Patent to Thomas Jones and others for 3,000 acres of land in Orange
Co., N. Y.
Anne, by the grace of God of Great Britain, France and Ireland,
Queen, Defender of the Faith, &c., To all whom these Presents may come
or in any wise concern, sendeth greeting. Whereas, our loving subjects,
Rip Van Dam, Adolph Phillipse, David Provoost, Junr., Lancaster Symes,
and Thomas Jones, by their humble Petition presented to our trusty and
V, ell beloved Richard Ingoldesby, Esqr., our Lieut. Governor and commander
in chief in and over our Province of New York and territories depending
thereon in America, and Vice Admiral of ye same, &c., in Councill have
prayed our grant and confirmation of a certain tract of land situate, lying
and being in the county of Orange on the west side of the Hudsons River
(being part of ye land fonnerly granted to Capt. John Evans and now
resumed), beginning at a certain station bearing from Maringemand Wig
wam West 24° South 85 chains, and runs thence North 11° East 120
chains, thence East 11° South 200 chs, thence South 11° West 180 chs,
thence West 2^° North 211 chs to the station above said, Bounded on all
four sides by unpatented lands, containing in the whole three thousand
acres be it more or less, the which petition we being willing to grant.
Know ye yt of our especial grace, certaine knowledge and mere motion
wee have given, granted, ratified and confirmed and by these presents for
ourselves, our heirs and successors do give, grant, ratify and confirm
unto the said Rip Van Dam, Adolph Phillipse, David Provost, Junr.., Lan-
caster Symes and Thomas Jones, all andi singular the said tract of land
THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND 211
above mentioned and all and singular the hereditaments and appurtenances
thereunto belonging within the bounds and limits above in these presents
mentioned and expressed, together with all woods, underwoods, trees,
timber, feedings, pastures, meadows, marshes, swamps, pounds, pooles,
water, watercourses, rivers, rivolets, runs and streams of water, ffishing,
flFowling, hawking, hunting, mines and minerals standing, growing, lyeing,
and being or to be used, had or enjoyed within the bounds and limits
aforesaid, and all other profits, benefits, priviledges, liberties, advantages,
hereditaments and appurtenances whatsoever unto ye said tract of land and
premises or any part or parcell thereof belonging or in anywise apper-
taining, and all our estate, right, title, interest, benefit, advantage, claim
and demand of in or to ye said tract of land and premises, with their
appurtenances or any part or parcell thereof, and the revercon and rever-
cons, remainder & remainders, together with the yearly & other rentS;
issues and profitts of ye premises and of every part and parcell thereof in
five equall parts to be divided, except and always reserved out of this our
present grant unto us, our heirs and successors, all trees of ye diameter
of twenty-four inches and upwards att twelve inches from ye ground or
root thereof, as shall be fitt for masts four our Royall Navy, and also
all such other trees as are or shall be fitt to make plank, &c., for knees
for the use of our Navy aforesd, Only which are now standing, growing
and being and which hereafter shall stand, grow and be in and upon the
said tract of land and premises or any part or parcell thereof, with ffrec
liberty and license for any person or persons whatsoever by us thereunto
appointed, with workmen, horses, waggons, carts and carriages, or without,
to enter in and come into and upon said tract of land and premises hereby
granted or any part thereof, there to fell, cutt, root up, hew, sawe, rive,
have, take, cart and carry away the same at his and their will and pleasure
for the use aforesaid, and also except and reserved out of this our grant
all gold and silver mines, To have and to hold one ffith part of the said
tract of land and premises with their appurtenances hereby granted as
aforesd (except before excepted) unto ye said Rip Van Dam, his heirs
and assigns forever, to the only proper use and behooff of ye said Rip Van
Dam, his heirs and assigns forever, one other ffifth part thereof unto ye
said Adolph Phillipse, his heirs and assigns forever, one other ffifth part
thereof unto ye said David Provost, Jr., his heirs and assigns forever,
one other ffifth part to ye said Lancaster Symes, his heirs and assigns for-
ever, and the other ffifth part thereof unto the said Thomas Jones, his
heirs and assigns forever. To be holden of us, our heirs and successors
in fFree and common soccage as of our Mannor of Elast Greenwich in ye
County of Kent within our Kingdom of Great Brittain, yeilding, rendring
and paying therefore yearly and every year from henseforth unto our
heirs and successors at our Custome House att New York to our collector
or receiver Generall there for the time being att or upon ye flFeast of St.
Michael the Arch Angell (commonly called Michaelmas Day) the rent or
sume of two shillings and six pence of current money of our Province
of New York for every one hundred acres of land of the beforementioned
212 THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND
three thousand acres of land herein before granted and confirmed, in lieu
and stead of all other rents, dues, duties, services and demands whatso-
ever. Provided always, and these presents are upon this condition, that
they ye said Rip Van Dam, Adolph Phillipse, David Provost, Lancaster
Symes & Thomas Jones, some or one of them or some or one of their
heirs and assigns shall and will within the space of three years now next en-
sueing from ye date hereof settle, clear and make improvement of three
acres of land at the least for every ffifty acres of ye said tract of land
and premises of three thousand acres hereinbefore granted, and in default
thereof or if the said Rip Van Dam, Adolph Phillipse, David Provost,
Lancaster Symes and Thomas Jones, their heirs and assigns or any other
person or persons whatsoever by their means, consent or procurement, or
by the means, consent or procurement of any or either of them shall sett
on fire or burn ye woods on ye said tract of land and premises hereby
granted or any part or parcell thereof to clear ye same, that then and in
either of these cases this our present grant and every clause and article
herein contained shall cease, determine and be uttrly void, anything herein
contained to ye contrary hereof in anywise notwithstanding, and we doe
hereby will and grant that these our Letters Pattents or the record thereof
in our Secretaries office of our said Province of New York shall be good
and eflfectuall in the law to all intents and purposes notwithstanding the
not true and well reciteing or menconing of ye premises or any part thereof
or the limitts and bounds thereof or of any former or other Letters Patents
or grants whatsoever made or granted of ye said premises or of any part
thereof by us or of any of our progenitors unto any person or persons
whatsoever. Body poUitick or corporate or any law or other restraint,
incertainty or imperfection whatsoever to ye contrary in anywise not
withstanding. In Testimony whereof we have caused these our Letters
to be made Patents and ye seal of our said Province of New York to our
said Letters Patents to be affixed and ye same to be recorded in our
Secretary's Office of our said Province. Witness our trusty and well be-
loved Richard Ingoldesby, Esqr.., our Lieut. Govr. and Commander in
cheife in and over our said Province of New York and Territories de
pending thereon in America and Vice Admirall of ye same, &c., in councill
at our Fortt at New York this twenty-third day of March in the ninth
year of our reigne Anno Domini 1709.
I do hereby certify the aforegoing to be a true copy of the origmal
record, Word any, 44th line, page 435, being obliterated.
Compared therewith By me,
Lewis A. Scott, Secretary.
Record of the oaths administered to the officers of the Queens
Co. Regiment, recorded in Liber A, foHo 215 of Conveyances.
Queens Co., L. I.
"In pursuance of her Majesties writ of Dedimus protestatem (dated
the 29th day of January last past in the first year of her Majestiess reigne")
to us directed, we have this day administered the oaths appointed instead
THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND 213
of ye oath of allegiance and supremacy unto Thos. Willet, Jr., captain,
Elbert Willet, Lieut., and Jonathan Whitehead, Colonel of ye troop in
Queens Co. ; George Woolsey, Capt., Anthony Waters, Lieut., and John
Smith, Ensign of one of ye foot companies of ye militia for ye town of
Jamaica in ye said county ; John Carpenter, Capt., Joseph Smith, Lieut., and
Daniel Smith, Ensign, of ye other foot company for ye said town. John
Maston, Capt., Wm. Fowler, Lieut., and Thos. Yates, Ensign, of ye foot
company of ye militia for ye town of Flushing in said County; Peter Titus,
Ensign of one of ye foot companies of militia for ye town of Hempstead
in said county, and John Jackson, Jr., Ensign of another foot company
in said town. Joseph Dickinson, Captn., Isaac Doty, Lieut., and Nathaniel
Coles, Jr., Ensign of one of ye foot companies of ye militia for the town
of Oyster Bay, in said County. Thomas Jones, Captn., John Townsend,
Lieut., and Samuel Dickinson, Ensign, of ye other foot company of ye
militia for said town, and unto Jonath Hight, Quarter Master to ye regi-
ment for Queens Co., and have also seen them all subscribe ye test, as
witness our hands at Jamaica in Queens Co. this 12th day of March, 1702-3.
Thos. Willet,
John Jackson,
Daniel Whitehead,
Ed. Burroughs.
This oath was administered to Col. Thomas Willet, Lieut. Col.
John Jackson, Major Daniel Whitehead, and Capt. Samuel Moore,
on the 22 Mch, 1702-3. (Liber A, folio 215, Queens Co. Con-
veyances.)
The above oaths were administered by order of Lord Corn-
bury, under date of Jan. 29, 1702-3. (See Liber A, folio 214,
Queens Co. Conveyances), viz., "Our loving subjects, Thos. Wil-
let, John Jackson, Daniel Whitehead, Ed. Burroughs and Samuel
Moore, are authorized to administer the oath appointed by Act of
Parliament, instead of the oath of allegiance, to all officers, civil
and military, that are or shall be commissioned by us or our
Captain General and Govcrnor-in-Chief within our County called
Queens, and this commission to continue in force during our will
and pleasure.
Witness our Right trusty and well beloved cousin Edward.
Viscount Cornbury, Captn. General and Govemor-in-Chief of the
Province of New York. &c.. this 29 day Jan., 1702-3.
HoNAN, Secy.
Letter of Sara A. Van Deu.sen Merritt relative to Sir William
Jones of London.
214 THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND
Kingston, N. Y., May 3, 1904-
Mr. J. H. Jones,
Dear Sir: I greatly regret that I cannot give you any information
concerning the Joneses excepting that my grandmother, Arabella Jones
Gale, was distinctly related to Sir Wm. Jones, of London, Eng., and to
some of the Joneses of Babylon, Long Island.
An engraving fac-simile of the statue erected to Sir William, in St.
Paul's Cathedral, London, was sent to some of those in America who
were "related by blood" was the wording. My grandmother received one.
I am exceedingly desirous of ascertaining how I am related to Sir William,
and I hope you will be able to inform me. My cousin, Arabella Clark
Bucklin, now in her eighty-sixth year, told me that a Gale or a Jones
married a De Lancey. She thought he was a brother of the De Lancey
who was Provincial Governor of New York. I will just add that I am
the only surviving one of fourteen children of my parents, Dr. and Mrs.
Jacob Lansing Van Deusen.
Yours sincerely,
Sarah Van Deusen Merritt.
273 Clinton Ave.
Arabella Jones Gale, above named, was a granddaughter of
Judge David Jones (IL 2), through his daughter Anna, the wife
of Dr. John Gale.
ADDENDA
Since the untimely and lamented death of Mr. John H.
Jones, the undersigned has had correspondence with Mrs.
Sara A. Van Deusen Merritt, and has received from her a
dainty little volume from the Knickerbocker Press, written by
her for private circulation entitled, " My Mother's Girlhood."
From this, and from her letters to me, I have taken what
relates to Sir William Jones.
Had Mr. Jones lived longer, he might have found here
a clue to the relationship of Sir William, with the Jones fam-
ily ; and with his energy and untiring perservance he might
have traced the parentage and early history of Maj. Thomas
Jones (i).
A few words about Mr. John H. Jones seem to be due to
him, and may be of interest to those members of the family
who did not know him.
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An acquaintance with him of more than twenty years, and
during the last ten years of his life an intimate acquaintance
with him, gave me the opportunity of knowing him well.
He was in the first place a man of strict integrity, and in-
dependence of thought and action, and religiously conscien-
tious, and he was a man of fine literary tastes. He was a
friend to those in the humble stations of life, generous to a
fault, sympathetic, just, and fearless.
It was characteristic of him, when he once said: " I would
like to be rich enough to give a man ten dollars when he asked
for o?te."
His last illness was induced, probably, by his unselfish
work for others, by which his strength was overtaxed.
For several years he had been an active and useful vestry-
man in the parish of his father and forefathers; and he had
the same love and loyalty for that church which he has chron-
icled as a peculiar trait of his ancestors.
Requiescat In Pace.
At an early age the mother of Sara A. Van Deusen, and
the daughter of Sanford and Arabella (Jones) Clark, was sent
to the classical school at Goshen, N. Y., of which at one time
Noah Webster, the lexicographer, was the preceptor.
In this place she had "kinsfolk living," with whom she
spent Saturdays and Sundays.
In the little book of her "girlhood " she says: " One great
source of pleasure to me, on Saturdays, was reading and re-
reading old letters of wh' my kinsfolk had several packets,
many of them more than a hundred years old." * * * ♦
" I was especially interested in the ones wh' had been written
by the DeLanceys, who were kinsfolk of my mother's family,
the Jones." * * * * "My kinsfolk had also a small packet
of letters written by Sir William Jones, letters he had written
to his kinsfolk during the time he was Judge of the Supreme
Court in Bengal, India. He was a very intelligent man, and
also a great linguist, speaking and writing in more than twenty
languages. For translating Hindu and Mohammedan law,
morals, religion, etc., he was knighted by King George III.
He was not only distinguished for learning, my kinsfolk told
me, but also for his sincere piety." * * * * "The Most
Honorable East India Company erected a life-size statue to
his memory in St. Paul's Cathedral, London; and a monument
2i6 THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND
in Bengal where he died." * * * * "A facsimile of the
statue erected in St. Paul's Cathedral had been sent to ' those
living in America who were related to Sir William by blood,'
was the wording. My kinsfolk at Goshen received one, and
also my mother. That engraving was burned in a fire which
destroyed the house and nearly all its contents. In the house
at the time there was an old mahogany desk, wherein in a
secret drawer were valuable legal documents, old letters, and
the engraving of the statue of Sir William."
In this little book from which these quotations are taken,
Dinah, the old family servant, is made to say to the mother of
the writer of it: ' You are a good child Miss Nancy, and so is
Miss Katherine, but neither of you will ever be just like your
mother in this wide world.' ****<' g^t your blessed
mother ! Why I heard Aaron Burr say that your mother,
' Madam Clark ' he called her, was the most queenly mannered
lady he had ever known. I heard him say that with my own
ears."
INSCRIPTION ON THE STATUE IN ST. PAUL's CATHEDRAL.
" To the memory of Sir William Jones, Knight. One of the Judges of
the Supreme Court of Judicature at Port William in Bengal.
This statue was erected by the Most Hon. East India Company in testi-
mony of their greatful sense of his public services, their admiration of his
genius and learning, and their respect for his character and virtues.
He died in Bengal, Apr. 27th, 1774, aged 47. (John Bacon, R. A. Sculp-
ture in 1777)." (Sic.)
In one hand of the statue is a book, and on it is:
"Translations
of Die.
Institutes
of
Menu."
In the other hand, hanging by his side, is a map, which
has on it:
" Plans of the
Asiatic Society."
It is unfortunate that the letter which came with the en-
gravings has been lost.
Mrs. Merritt writes that none of her "kinsfolk" at Goshen
are now living.
It is evident that the one who wrote the letter accompany-
ing the engraving of the statue knew the relationship between
Sir William Jones and Maj. Thomas Jones.
Why these engravings were sent to the "kinsfolk" living
in Albany and Goshen, and none to those living on Long
Island is a mystery which will probably never be solved.
E. F. B.
ALLIED FAMILIES
WILLETT FAMILY
Ancestry of Anna and Margaret Willett, the first and second
wives of Judge David Jones (II. 2), and of Deborah Willett, the
wife of Joseph Hewlett, and great-great-grandmother of Eliza-
beth H. Jones (VI. 70), wife of William Wilton Wood.
(i) THOMAS WILLETT, of Bristol, Eng., probably a
relative of Capt. Thomas Willett, the first Mayor of New York
City, settled in Westchester Co., where on ist Sept., 1643, he
married Sarah, dau. of Thomas Cornell, the first of his name in
this country, and his wife, Rebecca Briggs, of Essex, Eng.
(Reeds, of Dutch Church, N. Y.) (Ancestry of Adam and Anne
Mott, p. 334.) Issue:
2. William, bap. 6 July, 16/^4; d. 1701 ; no issue,
-7-3. Thomas, bap. 26 Nov., 1645; d. 1722; the Colonel.
(3) THOMAS WILLETT (the Colonel), son of Thomas
(i) ; bap. 26 Nov., 1645; <J- 1722; settled in Flushing, L. I., and
in 1683 was Sherifif of Queens Co. He married Helena, dau. of
Elbertse Stoothoflf. (See deed from them 8 Jan., 1703, shortly
before his death, conveying lands derived by her from her father,
Elbertse StoothofT. Lib. 2, p. 32, Gravesend Town Records.)
He m. as his second wife, Charity Stevenson ; issue, a daughter.
His will prob. 11 Oct. 1722, names children as follows:
4-4. William, b. 1676 (the Colonel) ; d. 173:
+5. Thomas, d. 1724.
6. Abraham.
7. John, m. Mary Rodman.
8. Elizabeth, m. Stephenson.
9. Sarah, m. Jacobus Dekey.
10. Mary, m. Richard Willett.
11. Elbert, not named in his father's will; named as wit-
ness to deed from his father and mother, Helena, i
2i8 THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND
Nov., 1701 (Lib. 26, p. 29, N. Y. C), conveying the
marriage portion of their deed, daughter Mary, to
Richard Willett, her husband.
(4) COL. WILLIAM WILLETT, of West. Co., son of Col.
Thomas (3) ; b. 1670; d. 1733; m. Mary Doughty. (See Ances-
try of Adam and Anne Mott, by T. C. Cornell.)
Will dated 20 April, 1733; prob. 4 May, 1733, naming wife
Mary and children as follows :
12. Gilbert, b. 1723; d. 1732.
+13. William, d. 1775; m. 2d, Alice Colden.
14. Mary, m. Rodman.
15. Anna, b. 1704; d. 1750; m. Judge David Jones (II. 2).
16. Isaac, d. 1774; m. Margaret Graham.
17. Thomas.
18. Cornelius.
(5) CAPT. THOMAS WILLETT, son of Col. Thomas
(3); d. 1724; m. first, 24 Aug., 1695, Sarah, b. 1670; d. 1722,
dau. of Thomas Hinchman ; m. 2d, 20 July, 1723, Keziah, dau. of
Samuel Thorne, Jr., and Hannah Doty. (N. Y. Gen, & Biog.
Rec, 1872-1873.) His will 30 Nov., 1724; prob. 9 Dec, 1724,
names children as follows :
4-19. John, b. 1700; d. 1787.
20. Thomas.
21. Sarah, m. Adam Lawrence.
22. Helena, m. Whitehead.
23. Elizabeth.
24. Keziah.
(13) COL. WILLIAM WILLETT, of West. Co., son of
Col. William (4) ; d. 1775 : m. first, , no issue ; m. 2d, Alice,
b. 1725, dau. of Govr. C. Colden, and had:
25. Gilbert C, m. Susan, dau. Robert Murray.
26. Alice, m. Henry Nicoll.
27. Anna, m. Thomas Colden.
28. William, d. 1765 ; unm.
THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND 219
4-29. Margaret, m. Judge David Jones (II. 2).
30. Gloriana, m. Edward Stevenson.
(29) MARGARET WILLETT, dau. of Col. William (13),
named in the will of her brother William (28), as the "wife of
David Jones, Esq.," and given £25 (will 28 Nov., 1755, prob. 13
Dec, 1765). She must have been previously married as Thomp-
son's L. I. calls her "the widow of John Tredwell."
( 19) JOHN WILLETT, of Flushing, son of Capt. Thomas
(5) ; b. 1700; d. 1787; m. 24 Jan., 1722, Elizabeth, b. 1706; d.
19 Oct., 1773, dau. of William and Deborah Lawrence, of Flush-
ing; will 7 Dec, 1785, prob. 19 Jan., 1787, naming, besides several
gr. children, two daughters as follows:
31. Deborah, m. Joseph Hewlett.
32. Helena, m. Willett.
Elizabeth, his wife, was a sister of Adam Lawrence, who m.
Sarah, dau. of Capt. Thomas Willett (5).
WASHBURNE FAMILY
(i) WILLIAM WASHBURNE came to Hempstead, L. I.,
with the Rev. Mr. Leverich about 1653 (see under Robert Jackson
(i) and in 1658 he had land allotted him there. (Hemp. Reeds.
A, p. 19.) He d. before 1659. (See release to his widow, 14
March, 1659, Hempstead Reeds. A, p. 32.) He m. Jane, dau. of
Issue :
-f-2. John.
3. Daniel.
4. Agnes (see N. Y. Gen. & Biog. Rec XL, 150), m.
Robert Jackson ( i ) .
5. Martha, b. 1637: d. 1727; m. Edmond Titus (3).
6. Phebe, d. before 1666 ; m. John Ashman, of Great Neck
(prob. son of Robert). Issue, a dau. (Hemp. Reeds.
B, p. 146.)
-[-7. Hope.
8. Mary, b. 1629; d. 1713; m. Richard Willets.
220 THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND
9. Sarah, m. Robt. Williams. (See Bunkers' L. I. Gen-
ealogies.)
(2) JOHN WASHBURNE, son of William (i) ; m. 7 June,
1665, Mary, dau. of Richard Butler, and widow of Thos. Hicks.
Issue :
10. John, b, 20 Nov., 1657.
(7) HOPE WASHBURNE, son of William (i) ; d. 1696,
in Derby, Conn. ; m. Mary, dau. of Francis Stiles. Issue :
11. Sarah.
12. John, b. 1666.
13. William, b. 1668.
14. Samuel, b. 1670.
15. Ephraim.
16. Mary.
17. Jane.
(See survey of his land, Liber D, p. 441, Hempstead Reeds.)
(See Washburne Gen., by W. C. Sharpe.)
A John Washburne, prob. a brother of William (i), calling
himself late of Flushing, L. I., husbandman, now living in Parish
of St. Bullaeph without Algate, London, left a will 23 Feb., 1687
(adms. in N. Y. City, 19 Jan., 1688), naming son John, wife
Sarah, and daus. Susannah and Mary ; exec, wife Sarah, and
father-in-law Richard Cornwell. The widow, Sarah, was the one
who probably m., 30 Oct., 1691, Isaac Arnold. (N. Y. Gen. &
Biog. Rec. IV., 31 ; XL, 153.) The dau., Mary, prob. m. Thos.
Hicks, b. 1640, son of John, son of Robert (i), of Hempstead.
(See Ancestry Adam and Anne Mott, p. 372.)
(For Washburne pedigree see Coll. Essex Institute, Vol. 17.)
WILLETS FAMILY
(i) RICHARD WILLETS (sometimes spelled Willitts and
Willetts), and his wife Mary, settled in Lusum (now Jericho,
THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND 221
L. I.) and was one of the first settlers there.* They were
"Friends," and his widow, Mary, d. in 1713, ae 85. He d. before
1678. Whether he was a relative of Thomas Willett ( i), of West.
Co., or of Capt. Thos. Willett, the first Mayor of New York City,
I am unable to say (see note below). Issue:
2. Thomas, b. 1650; m. Dinah Townsend.
3. Hope, b. 1652 ; m. Mercy.
4. John, b. 1655 ; m. Margaret, dau. of John and Abigail
Hallock, of Brookline.
-(-5. Richard, b. 1660.
6. Mary, b. 1663; m. 1691, Thos. Powell, of Bethpage,
L. I. (Bunker's L. I. Ancestry says m. 1686, John
Fry.)
(5) RICHARD WILLETS, son of Richard (i) ; b. 25 of
10 mo., 1660; d. 14 of 3 mo., 1703 ; m. 1686, Abigail, dau. of John
Bowne, of Flushing; m. 2d, Abigail, b. 1668,, dau. of Thom.as
Powell, of Huntington, L. I. Issue:
7. Hannah, b. 24 of 11 mo., 1687 (by his first wife).
Issue by his second wife, Abigail Powell:
8. Abigail, b. 23 of 12 mo., 1691 ; m. John Willis.
9. Mary, b. 1693; m. 1710, Henry Scudder; m. 2d, Thomas
Williams.
10. Martha, b. 1695: m. 1715, Obadiah Valentine.
11. Jacob, b. 1697; m. 1717, Mary, dau. Jas. Jackson.
12. Phebe, b. 14 of 2 mo., 1699; m. 5 of 11 mo., 1731, Adam
Mott, "the younger"; son Lieut. Adam (i). He d.
1739, and she m. 2d, 1741, Tristam Dodge.
13. Elizabeth, b. 1701 ; d. 1722.
WILLETT FAMILY OF RHODE ISLAND
(i) CAPT. THOMAS WILLETT, of Plymouth, Mass.,
later the first Mayor of New York City, came to this country
* Mary, wife of (i) Richard Willetts, according to Bunker L. I. Gen-
ealogies, was dau. of Wm. and Jane Washburn. (See also Ancestry of
Adam and Anne Mott, p. 238.)
222 THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND
earlier than any of his name. Born in 1610, he was in Plymouth,
Mass., in 1632, where in 1633 he m. Mary, dau. of John Brown,
of Leyden.
It is not possible to connect him with any of the variously
spelled families of that name. ,
He was one of the Commissioners who represented the Dutch
in the Hartford Treaty of 1650, between the English and Dutch
on L. I. (See under Maj. Thos. Jones (I. i.) He d. 4 Aug.,
1674, leaving issue thirteen children by his first wife, Mary, (Car-
penter Genealogy, p. 63), and (Ancestry of Adam and Anne
Mott.)
(2) ANDREW WILLETT, son of Capt. Thomas (i) ; b.
5. Oct., 1655 ; d- 6 April, 1712. Settled in R. I. He m. 30 May,
1682, Ann, b. 1663, dau. of Gov. Wm. Coddington, of R. I.
Issue :
3. Francis, m. Mary, dau. of Francis Taylor, of Jamaica, L. I.
4. Thomas, b. 1696; d. 1725.
5. Martha, m. Simon Pearse, of R. I.
6. Ann, m. Joseph Carpenter, son of Joseph, of Oyster Bay,
L. I. No issue.
7. Mary, b. 21 Feb., 1690; m. 1711, Joseph Carpenter (who
had married her sister Ann) and had issue nine chil-
dren, one of whom, Ann, b. 24 Sept., 1716; d. 1803. m..
1737, Samuel Underbill (grandson of Capt. John and his
wife Helena), and had with other issue, a dau. Mary,
b, 31 Jan., 1745, who m. 1765, James Mott.
(8) SAMUEL WILLETT, youngest child of Capt. Thomas
(i) ; b. 22 Oct., 1658. SheriflF of Queens Co.
(9) EDWARD WILLETT, eldest son of Samuel (8) ; b.
1701 ; d. 1794; m. Aletta, dau. Samuel Clowes, of Jamaica, L. I
(10) COL. MARINUS WILLETT, son of Edward (9) ; b.
31 July, 1740, in Jamaica, L. I. Mayor of N. Y. City, 1807.
This descent (through Edward (9), Samuel (8), Capt.
Thomas (i), has been questioned by some (see Mail & Express in-
THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND 223
quiries Nos. 225, 282, 398, etc.), but his son, Wm. M. Willett,
who in 183 1 wrote a "Narrative of His Father's MiHtary Opera-
tions," g^ves the descent as above.
VAN WYCK FAMILY
(1) CORNELIUS BARENTSE VAN WYCK emigrated
to this country from Wyck, near Teck, Holland, in 1660, and set-
tled in Flat Lands, L. L ; m. Anna, dau. of Rev. Theodorus Pol-
hemus and Catharine Van Werven. Riker claims that he m. a
second wife, Jannetje, in 1684, which we must treat as an error,
as the baptismal records of his two youngest daughters read "daus.
of Anna." Issue:
+2. Theodorus,, bap. 19 Sept., 1668.
-^-3. Johannes, bap. 1677; m. Femmetje Kortright (Riker's
Harlem).
4. Altje, bap. 1679.
5. Anna.
6. Maritje.
7. Elizabeth, bap. 1685 ; m. Adrian Hegeman.
8. Adriantje, bap. 1688; m. Joseph Hegeman.
(2) THEODORUS VAN WYCK, son of Cornelius (i),
bap. 19 Sept., 1668; d. 4 Sept., 1753. Settled on Great Neck, L.
I.; m. 29 April, 1693, Margretia, b. 1675; d. 1741, Aug. 27, dau.
of Abraham and Aeltie (Strycker) Brinckerhoff. Issue:
9. Cornelius, b. 21 April, 1694; d. 28 June, 1771 ; m. Han-
nah Thorne.
+ 10. Theodorus, b. 15 Oct., 1697; m. Elizabeth, dau. Wm.
Creed.
II. .-Xbraham, b. 7 Nov., 1695; m. Catharine Provost.
-1-12. Barent, b. 4 March, 1703; m. Hannah Carman.
13. Catharine, b. 15 July, 1699: m. Isaac Seabring.
14. Susanah, b. i March, 1701 ; m. Elbert Peterse Monfort.
15. Altje, b. 19 May, 1706: m. Richard Thorne, brother
of Hannah, who m. Cornelius Van Wyck.
224 THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND
(12) BARENT VAN WYCK, son of Theodoras (2) ; b. 4
March, 1703; d. 1749; m. 12 Nov., 1727, Hannah, b. 1704; d. 9
June, 1790, dau. of Thomas Carman, of Merrick, L. I. They set-
tled in East Woods (now Syosset), where they built a house
next west from the old homestead of John Hewlett, which later
became the property of Stephen Robbins. His will, prob. 13 Feb.,
1749, names wife Hannah, brother-in-law Richard Thorne, and
children as follows:
16. Thomas, b. 1728; d. 27 April, 1815; m. Rachel, dau. of
Luke Eldert.
17. Theodoras, b. 1730; d. 1819.
-f-81 Samuel, b. 4 Aug., 1735; d. 6 Nov., 1810.
+ 19. Abraham, b. 22 March, 1738; d. 5 Feb., 1809 (the
Captain).
20. Sarah, m. Simon Cortelyou.
21. Abigail, m. Thomas Wickes.
22. Mary, m. John Polhemus.
(18) SAMUEL VAN WYCK, son of Barent (12); b. 4
Aug., 1735; d. 6 Nov., 1810. Settled in Cornell's Neck, West-
chester Co.; m. 3 Sept., 1766, Hannah, b. 26 April, 1734; d. 16
May, 1808, dau. of John Hewlett, and his wife, Hannah Jackson.
Issue :
"i-23. Abraham, m. Zeruah, dau. of Capt. Abraham Van
Wvck.
24. Samuel H., m. Mary, dau. of Daniel Thorne.
( 19) CAPT. ABRAHAM VAN WYCK, son of Barent ( 12) ;
b. 22 March, 1738; d. 5 Feb., 1809. Settled at West Neck, Hunt-
ington, L. L ; m. Elizabeth, d. 21 Jan., 1823, dau. of John Wright,
of Cedar Swamp, L. I. Issue:
25. Zeruah, b. 15 Oct., 1771 ; d. 22 May, 1851 ; m. 24 Jan.
1 791, Abm. Van Wyck (23).
26. Rhoda, b. Ti Sept., 1762: d. 6 June, 1852; m. 24 Feb.,
1779, Isaac Hewlett.
27. Sarah, b. 16 Oct., 1769; d, 9 Aug., 1795; m. Coles Wort-
man.
THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND 225
(2^) ABRAHAM VAN WYCK, son of Samuel ( 18) ; b. 21
Oct., 1767; d. 30 Jan., 1852. Lived at West Neck, L. I.; m. 24
Jan., 1791, Zeruah, b. 15 Oct., 1771 ; d. 22 May, 1851, dau. of
Capt. Abraham Van Wyck (19). Issue:
28. Mary, m. Henry Fleet.
-f-29. Joshua H., m. Sarah M. Hewlett.
30. Samuel A., m. Van Wyck.
31. Abraham H.. m. Catharine E. Fletcher.
-f-32. William, m. Lydia A. Maverick.
33. Elizabeth, m. Joseph L. Hewlett.
(29) JOSHUA H. VAN WYCK, son of Abraham (23) ; b,
9 Sept., 1800; d. II Feb., 1874. Settled in Jamaica, L. I.; m. 30
Oct.. 1822. Sarah, b. 31 July, 1803; d. 16 March, 1890, dau. of
Whitehead and Mar>' (Allen) Hewlett, and gr. dau. of George
and Susannah (Peters) Hewlett. Issue:
34. Mary, b. 28 Feb., 1828; d. 9 Jan., 1890; m. 13 Sept.,
1848. N. S. Mills.
35. Anne.
36. Susannah.
37. Jane.
-f-39. Whitehead H., m. Mary K. Fleet.
{ 39) WHITEHEAD H. VAN WYCK, son of Joshua (29) ;
b. 7 March, 1838 ; d. 26 May, 1888, at Huntington. L. I. ; m. 17
Dec, 1857, Mary K., b. 24 Sept., 1840; d. 6 Jan., 1884, dau. of
John and Margaretta (Selleck) Fleet. Issue:
40. Helen, m. 15 Oct., 1901, Myron A. Lockman.
41. Francis, d. Jan. 30, 1890.
42. Albert B.
43. Edward W.
44. Mary K.
(3) JOHANNES VAN WYCK, son of Cornelius Barentse
(i) ; bapt. 1677; m. Femnetze Kortwright (Riker's Harlem).
Issue :
+45. Cornelius, m.ist, Mary Hicks; m. 2d, Sarah Ryerson.
46. .
15
226 THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND
(45) CORNELIUS VAN WYCK, son Johannes (3) ; m.
1st, Mary Hicks; m. 2d, Sarah Ryerson. Issue:
-\-47. Gilbert.
(47) GILBERT VAN WYCK, son of ComeUus (45) ; m.
Abigail, dau. of Rev. Samuel Seabury (sister of the Bishop).
Issue :
48. Maj. Cornelius, b. 1769; d. 11 June, 1844; unm., at
Hempstead, L. I.
49. Elizabeth, b. 1771 ; d. 1851 ; unm.
50. Samuel, m. Sarah Bartow.
51. Mary, b. 1773; m. Samuel Hewlett, son of Lieut. Daniel
Hewlett.
(32) WILLIAM VAN WYCK, son of Abraham (23), b.
1803 ; d. at Huntington, L. I. ; m. Lydia, b. 1814, dau. of Samuel
Maverick, of Charleston, S. C, and his wife Elizabeth, dau. of
Genl. Robt. Anderson. Issue:
52. Samuel M., m. Margaret A. Broyles.
53. Robert, b. 1849; Mayor of N. Y. City, 1900-1901.
54. Augiistus, m. Lela Wilkins, of Brooklyn.
55. William, m. Mary Battelle.
56. Zeruab, m. Charles, son of David Banks.
57. Lydia, m. Robert Hoke, of N. C.
58. Mary.
59. Benjamin S. (M. D.)
60. Son.
61. Son.
62. Son.
(10) THEODORUS VAN WYCK, son of Theodorus (2) ;
b. 15 Oct., 1697; d. 15 Sept., 1776; m. Elizabeth, b. 26 March; d.
5 Jan., 1764, dau. of William Creed. Both are interred in Fish-
kill, N. Y. His will, I Oct., 1775, prob. 14 Aug., 1782, names
his wife Janiche (prob. Dutch for Elizabeth), and children as
follows: ^J^
63. Theodorus. "^ ^ "^
64. William.
THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND 227
65. Margaret, m. Isaac Adriance.
66. Letitia.
67. Elizabeth, m. Graham.
68. Altje; m. John Bailey (5), the Colonel. 1^,. . fSlt^Mt^
69. Mary, m. -Zephaniah^ Piatt. > j^-j/^'^''^ > ^
WOOD FAMILY OF HUNTINGTON,
SUFFOLK CO., L. I.
(i) EDMOND WOOD, the ancestor of this family, came
with his two sons, Jonas (2), and Jeremiah (3), from Oakham,
Eng., to Stamford, Conn., thence to Hempstead, L. I., where
his sons were two of the Patentees named in Govr. Kieft's Patent
of 1643. Jeremiah (3) d. in Hempstead, 1686, leaving sons Jere-
miah, Joseph and John. (Printed Hempstead Reeds., Vol. i, p.
63.)
(2) JONAS WOOD, son of Edmond (i); b. in Eng.,
^595; removed to Huntington, L. I., with his father, "then an
aged man," and died there 12 June, 1689. Will dated 20 Feb.,
1688. He m. Elizabeth, dau. of — '■ — Smith, perhaps James
Smith, Magistrate 1660, Lieut. 1687. (See Huntington Reeds.,
Vol. I, p. 347-506.) In a record of his land (Huntington Deeds,
Vol. I, p. 11) in 1669 he was called a son of Edmond. Issue:
+4. Jonas.
5. John. ^
A.
fr
6. Phebe, m. Isaac Piatt. - ;>>>^^
7. Elizabeth, m. Epenetus Piatt,
(4) JONAS WOOD, son of Jonas (2); d. before 1711;
m. Elizabeth, dau. of John Conklin, "the first." Issue:
8. Elizabeth, b. 26 Feb., 1668.
9. Phebe, b. 14 May, 1671.
10. Martha, b. 29 Jan., 1675.
11. John, b. 15 April, 1677.
-|-I2. Jeremiah, b. 18 Aug., 1679.
228 THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND
13. Jonas, b. 8 Dec, 1681.
14. Timothy, b. 17 July, 1683.
15. Anne, b. 11 Aug., 1687.
Children as above recorded in Huntington Printed Reeds, i,
P- 503-
(12) JEREMIAH WOOD, son of Jonas (4) ; b. 18 Aug.,
^ 1679; d. 1748. Issue.
+ 16. Jeremiah, b. 17 Nov., 1713.
17. Jonas.
18. Abigail.
(16) JEREMIAH WOOD, son of Jeremiah (12); b. 17
Nov., 1713; m. Mary , b. 30 May, 1715; d. 26 June, 1797.
Issue :
19. Stephen, b. 18 Sept., 1738.
20. Mary, b. 15 March, 1741.
21. Jeremiah, b. 10 Jan., 1744.
22. Anne, b. 18 Aug., 1746.
23. Isaac, b. 9 Oct., 1749.
-I-24. Peleg, b. 10 April, 1752.
25. Anne, 2d, b. 11 Feb., 1755.
(24) PELEG WOOD, son of Jeremiah (16) ; b. 10 April,
1752; m. 10 Sept., 1785, Esther, d. 12 Sept., 1796, dau. of Joseph
Brush. Issue :
+26. John, b. 6 June, 1788.
(26) JOHN WOOD, son of Peleg (24) ; b. 6 June, 1788;
d. 3 Nov., 1853 ; m. 18 Nov., 1812, Deborah, b. 9 Sept., 1795 ; d.
6 April, 1862, dau. of Arnold and Judith Fleet, of Oyster Bay,
L. I. Issue:
-f-27. William Woodend.
28. Judith Fleet, m. Isaac Hull.
29. Esther, m. Ruben Rolph.
30. Elizabeth, m. Ruben Rolph.
31. James, m. Mary Frances.
THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND 229
32. Arnold, m. Sarah Reynolds.
33. John, m. Sarah Slote.
(27) WILLIAM WOODEND WOOD, son of John (26) ;
b. II Sept., 1818; m. 1st, Eliza S. Scudder (widow of W. W.
Kissam), and dau. of Henry and Elizabeth (Hewlett) Scudder;
she d. 10 Nov., i860. Issue:
34. Henry Scudder, b. 16 Oct., 1849 5 d. 19 April, 1875.
+35. William Wilton, b. 6 March, 1852.
M. 2d, Sarah Amelia, d. 27 July, 1865, dau. of Coles.
No issue.
M. 3d, Anna J. Hewlett. No issue.
(35) WILLIAM WILTON WOOD, son of William W.
{27) ; b. 6 March, 1852; m. 19 Nov., 1879, Elizabeth, dau. of
Samuel William Jones (V. 13), and his wife, Susan Hewlett,
dau. of Joseph L. Hewlett. Issue:
36. Elizabeth Hewlett, b. 25 Oct., 1880.
37. Anna Lawton, b. 30 May, 1882.
38. William Wilton, Jr., b. 2 Aug., 1883.
39. Susan Jones, b. 11 May, 1886.
40. Henry Lawrence, b. 10 Nov., 1893.
ANCESTRY OF ISAAC S. ALLEN, ^A^HO
MARRIED SUSAN S. MOTT
( 1) INCREASE ALLEN, came with his brothers, Othaniel
and Jedadiah, from Devonshire, Eng., to Dartmouth, R. I. (now
Dartmouth, Mass.), thence to Nine Partners, Dutchess Co. He
m. Rachel . Issue:
Benjamin, b. 27 Jan., 1682, and seven others.
(2) JEDADIAH ALLEN, the fourth child of Increase (i) ;
b. 22 Jan., 1691 ; d. 26 Oct., 1745 ; m. June 2, 1721, Penelope Trip.
(3) INCREASE ALLEN, the fifth child of Jedadiah (2) ;
230 THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND
b. 12 Dec, 1731 ; d. at Queensbury, N. Y., 2 Feb., 1809; m. first,
Mary M. Springer. Issue, nine children, all of whom died in
infancy. M. 2d, Mary Spencer, by whom he had fifteen children.
(4) SAMUEL ALLEN, the eleventh child of Increase (3),
and his 2d wife, Mary, was b. ii Oct., 1779; d. 8 May, 1862; m.
16 April, 1803, Rachel, dan. of Buffett, of Huntington, L. I.
Issue :
+5. Isaac Spencer, b. 5 Jan., 1804; d. 10 Oct., 1881.
6. Josiah Buffett, b. 7 March, 1806; d. 21 Oct., 1885.
7. Hannah, b. 26 Sept., 1807; d. 6 Dec, 1883.
8. Mary, b. 30 April, 1810; d. 1812.
9. Mary Ann, b. 7 March, 1815 ; d. 1830.
(5) ISAAC SPENCER ALLEN, son of Samuel (4) ; b.
5 Jan., 1804 ; d. at Auburn, N. Y., 10 Oct., 1881 ; m. 18 Aug.,
J831, Susan, dau. of Joseph Mott. She b. 10 May. 1802; d. 5
Dec, 1883. Lived at Auburn, N. Y. He was the editor of the
Cayuga Patriot, published in Auburn, and later was a director in
the National Bank of Auburn, of which bank his son Frederick
later became vice-president. Issue:
10. Elizabeth, b. 2 Aug., 1832.
-f-ii. Henry Mott, b. 7 July, 1834.
■4-12. Frederick, b. 5 Nov., 1836.
13. Susan, b. 24 April, 1839.
(Ti) HENRY MOTT ALLEN, son of Isaac (5); b. 7
July, 1834; d. 29 Oct., 1865, at Binghamton, N. Y. M. 25 Aug.,
1859, Sarah, dau. of Chubbock. Issue :
14. Susan Mott. b. 2 July, 1862.
15 Mary Louise, b, 25 June, 1865 ; m. 10 June, 1896, Henry
Hayes, of Newark, N. J.
(12) FREDERICK ALLEN, son of Isaac (5) ; b. 5 Nov.,
X836 ; m. 7 Oct., 1874, Harriet A. Grandine, of Waterford, N. Y. ;
1900, vice-prest. of Aubiirn National Bank. Issue:
16. Henry Mott, b. 21 Aug., 1875.
17. Harriet 0., b. 12 Jan., 1877; d. 12 Feb., 1877.
18. Frederick G., b. 3 April, 1878.
THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND 231
BELL FAMILY
(i) ISAAC BELL, b. 20 Sept., 1736; d. 1809; ancestor of
the New York Bells. Was a son of James, b. 1709, in Stamford,
Conn., and his wife Sarah, and a gr. son of Francis Bell. (See
Selleck's Norwalk, p. 94); m. ist, Hannah Holly; m. 2d, 14
Sept., 1761, Susannah, d. 1807, dau. of Ephraim Smith, of Stam-
ford. Issue :
4-2. Isaac, b. 1768, and other children.
(2) ISAAC BELL, son of Isaac (i) ; b. 16 Feb., 1768; m.
18 10, Mary, dau. of John Ellis, and his wife, Marie Fangeres,
b. 1767, dau. of Lewis Fangere and his wife. Eve Remsen, of New
Lotts, L. I. Issue :
-f 3. Isaac, and others.
(3) ISAAC BELL, son of Isaac (2) ; b. 4 Aug., 1815; d.
in N. Y. City, 30 Sept., 1897 ; m. 4 Sept., 1844, Adelaide, dau. of
Dr. Valentine Mott. Issue :
4. Isaac, b. 1846; d. 1889; m. 1878, Jeanette, dau. of
Bennett, and a sister of Jas. Gordon Bennett. Issue, four
children :
5. Valentine Mott, d. young.
6. Olivia, d. 1896 ; m. James Barclay.
7. Louis v., m. Anna, dau. of Dr. James R. Wood, of N. Y.
City. She d. 10 May. 1896. Issue, a dau., Louisa Mott
Wood, m. 15 Oct., 1895, Stephen Whitney.
8. Edward, b. 1862 ; m. Helen A. Wilmerding.
(See Selleck's Hist, of Norwalk.) (Prominent Families of
N. Y., by L. H. Weeks.)
WEEKES— WICKES FAMILY
(0 THOMAS WEEKES (probably a brother of the early
Francis Weekes, of Oyster Bay), was born in England in 1612,
whence he left for New England in 1635, and settled in Hunting-
232 THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND
ton, L. I., 1640, thence to Oyster Bay, where he died, leaving a
will dated 30 June, 1670.
He married Isabella, dau. of Richard Harcutt, of Oyster Bay,
and left several children, who changed the spelling of their name
to Wickes.
(2) THOMAS WICKES, son of Thomas (i) : b. about
1650 ; m. Deborah, dau. of .
(3) THOMAS WICKES, son of Thomas (2) ; b. about
1676; d. 24 Oct., 1749; m. Margaret, b. 1682, d. 18 Sept., 1767,
dau. of . Issue :
4. Thomas, b. 1703 ; d. 20 Dec, 1749.
5. Silas.
-J-6. Eliphalet
(6) ELIPHALET WICKES, son of Thomas (3) ; b. 1707;
d. 30 June, 1761 ; m. ist, 1730, Hannah Piatt, d. 1731 ; m. 2d,
8 Dec, 1732, Jemima Scudder, b. 1708; d. 3 Nov., 1776. Issue,
six children.
(7) THOMAS WICKES, son of Eliphalet (6) ; b. 10 Aug.,
1744; m. 13 May, 1762, Sarah Brush. M. 2d, 8 Sept., 1767,
x\bigail, b. 1748; d. 15 March, 1816, dau. of Barent and Hannah
r Carman) Van Wyck, of Oyster Bay. Issue, ten children.
(8) HANNAH WICKES, dau. of Thomas (7) ; b. 1781 ; d.
8 March, 1816; m. 20 Aug., i8<x>, Joseph L. Hewlett, of Great
Neck, L. I.
(9) VAN WYCK WICKES, son of Thomas (7) ; b. 29
April, 1779; m. 19 Sept., 181 1, Eliza, b. 16 Dec, 1789; d. 24 May,
1864, dau. of Stephen Herriman, of Jamaica, L. I. Issue, ten
children.
( 10) VAN WYCK WICKES, son of Van Wyck (9) ; b. 24
April, 1832; m. 3 Oct., 1861, Josephine L., dau. of Joseph L.
Hewlett. Issue :
11. Albert E., b. 10 Sept., 1862.
12. Eliza H., b. 3 Oct., 1867.
THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND 233
(13) MARY WICKES, dan. of Van Wyck (9) ; b. 28 Jan.,
1817; d. 24 May, 1864; m. 29 Aug., 1843, Lucius T. Rossiter, he
b. 1810 ; d. 1879, leaving a large number of children, one of whom,
Edward Van- Wyck Rossiter, b. 13 July, 1844, m. Estelle, dau. of
Joseph L. Hewlett.
(14) JOHN WICKES, son of Thomas (i) ; b. 1653; m.
1673, Hester Ketcham, of Huntington, L. I.
(15.) JONATHAN WICKES, son of John (14) ; b. 5 July.
1686; will prob. 1749; m. Mary ,
(16) HEZEKTAH WICKES, son of Jonathan (15); b.
1729; d. 26 Nov., t8oo; m. 1755, Louisa, dau. of Stephen Jarvis,
of Centreport. L. I. She d. 1819.
(17) NATHANIEL WICKES, son of Hezekiah (16); b.
rj April, 1768; m. Betsey Scudder; d. 1807; m. 2d, 1809, Sarah
Pine (widow).
( 18) JOHN H. WICKES, son of Nathaniel (17). Lived at
Deer Park, L. I.; b. 16 Oct., 1798; m. 1821, Abigail Hayward,
of Taunton, Mass.
(19) GEORGE F. WICKES, of Deer Park, L. I., son of
John H. ,(i8) ; b. 6 Sept., 1832; m. 19 Feb., 1855, Maria Louisa
Mott : b. 10 Nov., 1830.
BIRDSALL FAMILY
(i) NATHAN BIRDSALL, the gr. grandfather of Benja-
min Birdsall, who m. Freelove Jones (HI. 16), settled in Jerusa-
lem, L. I., where he bought land of Thos. Ireland in 1679. In 1666
he appears among the first purchasers of land at Matinecock, L. I.
By report he was of a Huguenot family who fled from France in
1640-1650 and settled in Queens Co. He d. 1696, having mar-
ried Temperance, dau. of Richard and Elizabeth (Alsop) Bald-
win. Issue:
+2. Benjamin.
234 THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND
3. Stephen.
4. Nathaniel.
5. WilHam.
6. Henry.
7. Nathan,
8. Samuel.
(2) BENJAMIN BIRDSALL, son of Nathan (i); m.
Mercy, dau. of Samuel Forman and his wife, Miriam Hoyt. Lived
at Jerusalem, L. I. Issue:
9. Elizabeth, b. 1683 ; m. Townsend.
10. Susannah, b. 1685; m. Underbill.
11. Samuel, b. 1687; m. 1716, Rose, dau. of ; m. 2d,
1726, Sarah, dau. of Townsend.
12. Benjamin, b. 1691.
-I-13. John, b. 1696; d. 1764.
14. Nathan, and other children.
(13) JOHN BIRDSALL, son of Benjamin (2) ; b. 1696; d.
1764; m. first, Elizabeth, dau. of Thos. Langdon, of Jerusalem
(she named in her father's will, prob. 27 May, 1734) ; m. 2d, .
Issue :
15. Thomas.
16. John.
17. Joshua.
+ 18. Benjamin.
19. Joseph, m. Mary, dau. of Saml. Clowes.
20. Samuel.
(18) BENJAMIN BIRDSALL (Lieut. Col.), son of John
(13) ; d. 1799; m. 1763, Freelove, dau. of William Jones (II. 7).
Issue :
21. David, m. Smith.
22. Benjamin, m. ist, a sister of S. Nichols; m. 2d,
Mott, of Rockaway.
23. Phebe, m. James Jackson.
24. Elizabeth, m. Jackson Althouse (issue, Jackson and
Jane).
THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND 235
25. Margaret, m. ist, Jacob Seaman; m. 2d, Timothy Tred-
well (M. D.).
26. Mary, m. Wm. Wright.
27. Charlotte, b. 1764; m. Zebulon Seaman.
28. Thomas, m. Phebe, daii. of Jacob Jackson (issue, Jackson
and Eleanor),
For further account of Lieut. Col. Benjamin (18), see under
Freelove Jones (III. 16).
ANCESTRY OF MAJ. CHARLES WILLIAM
WHIPPLE, WHO MARRIED JOSEPHINE K.JONES
(I) MATTHEW WHIPPLE, b. about 1605; d. 28 Sept.,
1647. Came from Essex, Eng., and settled in Ipswich, Mass.,
1638. Issue:
-\-2. Joseph, d. 1708.
3. John, m. 1658, Sarah , and had a son Matthew, the
gr. grandfather of Genl. William Whipple, "the Signer."
4. Mary.
5. Ann.
6. Elizabeth.
7. Matthew, d. 1658.
(2) JOSEPH WHIPPLE, son of Matthew (i) ; d. 1708.
Issue :
8. Joseph, b. 31 Oct., 1666.
9. Margaret, b. 28 Aug. 1668.
10. Sarah, b. 16 March, 1670.
11. Matthew (Capt.), b. 1672
12. Mary, b. 1674.
+ 13. James, b. 1681.
14. John.
15. Jonathan.
16. Ruth.
17. Anna.
236 THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND
(13) JAMES WHIPPLE, son of Joseph (2) ; b. 1681 ; d. 3
Nov., 1766; m. 1703, Mary Fuller. Issue:
18. James, b. 12 ApL, 1705 ; d. 1759.
-f-19. Jacob, b. 1707.
20. Daniel, b. 17 13.
21. Mary.
(19) JACOB WHIPPLE, son of James (13); b. May,
1707; m. Jerusha, b. 1710; d. 1789, dau. of Leland. Issue:
-f-22. James, b. 1732, and other children.
(22) JAMES WHIPPLE, son of Jacob (19) ; b. 1732; d.
1767; m. 29 Dec, 1750, Lydia Powers. Issue:
23. Lydia, b. 1753.
24. Jacob, b. 1755.
+25. David, and others.
(25) DAVID WHIPPLE, son of James (22) ; b. 1759; d.
1842 ; m. first, Betsey Davis ; m. 2d, Thayer ; m. 3d, Arethusia
Brooks. Issue by 3d wife:
-f-26. David, b. 1783, and other children.
(26) DAVID WHIPPLE, son of David (25) ; b. 1783, in
Hadwick, Mass.; m. first, 1806, Abigail (Brown) Pepper, of
Easthampton, Mass. She d. 1823, and was a gt. grand dau. of
Constant Southworth, and gr. niece of Constant Freeman, senior
officer of artillery upon the reorganization of the army after the
Revolution. Issue :
27. Emeline, m. John Farwell, of Amherst, Mass.
+28. Amiel W.
By his 2d wife, Deborah Phinney, he had a son, George (29).
(28) AMIEL WEEKS WHIPPLE, son of David (26) ; b.
1818, in Greenwich, Mass.; graduate of West Point, 1841. Bvt.
Maj. Genl. U. S. A., commanding 3d Division, 3d Corps, Army
of the Potomac. Killed at battle of Chancellorsville, Va., May,
THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND 237
1863. Married 12 Sept., 1843, Eleanor Mary, d. April, 1874,
dau. of Col. John N. Sherburne (21). Issue:
30. Elizabeth Sherburne, m. 18 Sept., 1879, Capt. Robert W.
Huntington, U. S. Marine Corps.
+31. Charles William (Major).
32. David, Lieut. U. S. Marine Corps ; m. 1872, Georgiana
Colgate, of Washington, D. C. She d. 20 Aug., 1873 ;
he d. I March, 1884.
(31) CHARLES WILLIAM WHIPPLE (Major), son of
Amiel (28) : graduate of West Point, 1868; b. Sept. 28, 1846; m.
3 April, 1877, Josephine Katharine Jones, dau. of Walter R. T.
Jones (V. 85), and his wife, Anna Pierson Bailey, dau. of Rear
Admiral Theodorus Bailey, U. S. N. Issue:
33. Walter Jones, b. 17 July, 1878.
34. William, b. 27 Jan., 1880; m. June, 1905, Genevieve Ran-
dolph. Issue : Walter Jones, b. 22 March, 1906.
35. Sherbime, b. 2 May, 1881.
36. Annette Bailey, b. 21 Aug., 1883; m. Nov. 14, 1906,
Arthur Morris Colleus.
37. Eleanor Sherburne, b. May 13, 1887.
SHERBURNE FAMILY
Ancestry of Eleanor M. Sherburne, whose son. Major Charles
William Whipple, married Josephine K. Jones.
(i) JOHN SHERBURNE, b. 1617; d. 1692; settled in
Portsmouth, N. H., 1646; married Elizabeth Turk. Issue:
-f-2. John.
3. Henry.
4. Mary.
5. Elizabeth.
(2) JOHN SHERBURNE, son of John (i); b. 1650; d.
1690; m. Mary, dau. of Thos. Jackson. Issue:
-\-6. Joseph.
238 THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND
7. John.
8. Edward.
9. Ambrose.
ID. Samuel.
(6) JOSEPH SHERBURNE, son of John (2); b. 1680;
d. 1744; m. Mary, d. 1745, dau. of . Issue:
4-1 1. John.
12. Joseph.
13. Mary.
14. Nathaniel.
(II) JOHN SHERBURNE, son of Joseph (6); b. 1705;
d. 1745; m. Eleanor Mendrum. Issue:
»
+ 15. Nathaniel.
(15) NATHANIEL SHERBURNE, son of John (n) ; b.
before 1735 ; d. 1805 ; m. Elizabeth, dau. of Capt. Tobias and
Elizabeth (Hall) Lear. Issue:
16. Eleanor.
17. John.
+ 18, Nathaniel.
19. Tobias.
20. Elizabeth.
(18) NATHANIEL SHERBURNE, son of Nathaniel (15) ;
b. 8 Oct., 1746; d. 5 Aug., 1794; m. 26 Jan., 1792, Elizabeth, dau.
of Samuel and Elizabeth (Wentworth) Warner, and gr. dau.
of Gov. John Wentworth. His wife Elizabeth d. 16 Feb., 1846.
Issue :
-f-2i. John Nathaniel, b. 1793 (the Colonel).
(21) COL. JOHN NATHANIEL SHERBURNE, son of
Nathaniel (18) ; b. 20 Sept., 1793; d. 30 June, 1859; m. June 6,
1822, Eveline, dau. of Charles and Abigail (Leighton) Blunt.
Col. of N. H. Militia and member of State Legislature. Issue:
22. Elizabeth.
THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND 239
-I-23. Eleanor M.
24. Charles.
25. Nathaniel,
26. John, Adjt. Genl.
(23) ELEANOR MARY SHERBURNE, dau. of Col.
John N. (21) ; d. 1874; m. Amiel Weeks Whipple (28), 12 Sept.,
1843, ^t Portsmouth, N. H. (Issue, see under Amiel W. Whip-
pie (28).)
BAILEY FAMILY
Ancestry of Ann Pierson Bailey (21), wife of Walter R. T.
Jones (V. 85).
(i) NICHOLAS BAILEY, of Westchester, N. Y. Magis-
trate and Deputy to Genl. Court at Hartford, 1663.
(2) JOHN BAILEY, son of Nicholas (i); d. 1719; m.
Elizabeth, dau. of , who survived him, and m. as her 2d
husband, Wm. Collins. Issue :
+3. John.
4. Sarah.
(3) JOHN BAILEY, son of John (2). Lived at Fishkill,
N. Y. ; b. 1704: m. 1731, Mary, dau. of Johannes Ter Boss, of
Fishkill. Issue:
+5. John (the Colonel) ; b. 1732.
6. Esther, b. 1735, and others.
(5) COL. JOHN BAILEY, son of John (3). Lived at
Poughkeepsie, N. Y. ; b. 1732; d. 1806; m. 1756, Altje, dau. of
Theodorus Van Wyck (10). She b. 10 Nov., 1740; d. 9 Nov.,
1807; was gr. dau. of Abraham Joris Brinckerhoff. Issue:
7. Theodorus (the Genl.), b. 1758; d. 1828; m. Elizabeth
Hoffman, dau. of Col. Robert, of N. Y.
+8. William (the Judge), b. 1763; d. 1840.
240 THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND
9. Mary, b. 1766.
10. Elizabeth, m. Chancellor Jas. Kent.
11. James, b. 1770; d. 1832.
12. Esther, b. 1780.
(8) JUDGE WILLIAM BAILEY, son of Col. John (5),
of Plattsburg, N. Y. ; b. 1763; d. 1840; m. first, Hannah Hege-
man, b. 1763; d. 1798, dau. of . Issue:
13. Catharine, b. 1791 ; m. Maj. John Walworth, U. S. A.
14. Charlotte, b. 1796; m. Maj. Mordecai Myers, U. S. A.
M. 2d, Phebe Piatt, b. 1779; d. 1859, dau. of . Issue:
15. Phebe A., b. 1799; m, first, Capt. Sidney Smith, U. S. A. ;
m. 2d, Asa Hascall,
16. William.
17. John.
18. Mary.
-I-19. Theodorus (Rear Admiral), b. 1805.
20. John W., b. 1807.
And other children.
(19) THEODORUS BAILEY (Rear Admiral), son of
Judge William (8) ; b. 12 April, 1805 ; d. 10 Feb., 1877 ; m. Sarah
Ann, dau. of Isaac S. and Dolly (Smith) Piatt, son of Nathaniel,
of Plattsburg, N. Y. Issue:
+21. Anna Pierson, m. Walter R. T. Jones (V. 74).
22. Theodora,
23. Sarah, m. T. Salter Tredick.
24. Mary.
25. Margaret.
26. Edmund S., m. Mary Beekman McKnight.
He was appointed midshipman, i Jan., 1818, and promoted
Lieut, in 1827. In 1846 he was in command of the Lexington
and rendered valuable service during the Mexican War. In 1855
he was appointed Captn., and a little later commissioned as Com-
modore. In 1862 he was in command of the Gulf blockading squad-
ron with the rank of Acting Rear Admiral, and was second in
command at New Orleans under Admiral Farragut. when he
THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND 241
was sent to demand the surrender of New Orleans. In his offi-
cial report of that victory he wrote, "It was a contest of iron
hearts in wooden vessels against iron clads with iron beaks ; and
the iron hearts won." On 25 July, 1866, he received his com-
mission as Rear Admiral, and in 1876 was placed upon the re-
tired list, his death occurring soon after.
On 5 Dec, 1899, at the launching of the torpedo boat de-
stroyer named the "Bailey," in honor of the Admiral, his family
presented that boat with a loving cup bearing the following in-
scription :
"In honor of Rear Admiral Theodorus Bailey, born 1805, ^^^^
1877, who in peace or war for fifty-nine years so gallantly served
in the navy of our land, this cup is dedicated.
"In the U. S. S. Cayuga he led the fleet of Admiral Farragut
through the fire of forts Jackson and St. Philip and opposing
vessels, April 24, 1862."
(Then follows his memorable words quoted above.)
(21) ANNA PIERSON BAILEY, dau. of Rear Admiral
Theodorus Bailev ( 19) ; d. 5 Julv, 1882 ; m. Walter R. T. Jones
(V.74).
UNDERHILL FAMILY
(I) CAPT. JOHN UNDERHILL, the ancestor of all of
that name in this country, came from Warwickshire, Eng., to
Boston, 18 Aug., 1630, in a vessel under his command called the
"Mary and John," named for his father and mother. He brought
with him from Holland his wife, Helena Kruger. He was b.
7 Oct., 1597 (O. S.), and was a son of Sir John E. and Mary
(Moseley) Underbill. He removed to Matinecock, L. I., where
he d. 21 of 7 mo., 1672. His wife Helena d. 1649. Issue:
2. Benoni, went to New Hampshire.
3. Elizabeth, bap. 14 Feb., 1636; d. in Southold, L. I.
-I-4. John, b. 1642; settled on L. I.
He m. 2d, Elizabeth, d. 1674, dau. of Robert Fceke, of Water-
town, Mass., and his wife Elizabeth, dau. of Thomas Fones. and
widow of Henry Winthrop, son of Gov. John. Robert Feeke had
by his wife Elizabeth (nee Fones) another dau., Hannah, who m.
16
242 THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND
John Bowne, of Flushing, L. I. Robert Feeke died in , and
his widow, Elizabeth, m. as her 3d husband WilHam Hallett (see
"Evidences of the Winthrops of Groton"), who removed to Flush-
ing, L. I., "taking with him her children." (N. Y. Gen. & Biog.
Rec, Vol. IL, p. 17.) Issue by 2d wdfe, Elizabeth:
5. Deborah, b. 29 Nov., 1659; m. Henry Townsend, of
Oyster Bay.
6. Nathaniel, b. 1663.
7. Hannah, m. Richard Alsop, of Newtown, L. I.
8. Elizabeth, b. 1669; m. Isaac Smith, of Herricks, L. I.
-\-g. David.
(4) JOHN UNDERHILL, son of Capt. John (i) ; b. 11
April, 1642 ; d. 29 Oct., 1692 ; m. i of 8 mo., 1668, Mary, b. 1652 ;
d. 1698, dau. of Matthew Prior, of Matinecock, L. I. Issue:
-f-io. John.
II. Daniel.
-|-I2. Samuel. •
13. Mary.
14. Abraham.
15. Deborah.
-I- 1 6. Sarah.
17. Jacob.
18. Hannah.
(9) DAVID UNDERHILL, son of Capt. John (i); b.
1672: m, dau, of Moses and Hannah Forman. Issue.
+ 19. Peter. ■
20. Benjamin.
21. Samuel.
(10) JOHN UNDERHILL, son of John (4); b. i July,
1670; d. at Cedar Swamp, L. I., 28 July, 1728; m. Elizabeth, b.
1674, d. 1713, dau. of Thomas and Dinah (Townsend) Willets,
of Jericho. Issue:
22. Daniel, b. 1700.
THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND 243
+23. Amos, m. 1729, Elizabeth, b. 1710, dau, of Benjamin and
Jane (Mott) Seaman.
24. Isaac, and other children.
(12) SAMUEL UNDERHILL, son of John (4); b. 18 of
12 mo., 1674; m. Hannah, d. 1753, dau. of Thos. Willets. Issue:
25. Amee, b. 1702.
26. Dinah.
-\-2y. Samuel.
28. Abraham.
(16) SARAH UNDERHILL, dau. of John (4); b. 17 of
6 mo., 1687; m. 25 of 9 mo., 1708, Thomas PearsoU, b. 1679,
son of Nathaniel, of Hempstead ; they had a dau., Sarah Pearsoll,
who m. first, Richard Mott, and 2d, Richard Alsop.
(27) SAMUEL UNDERHILL, son of Samuel (12) ; b. 8
of 9 mo., 1708; d. 1780; m. 1737, Ann, b. 1716; d. 1803, dau. of
Joseph Carpenter, of Oyster Bay. He settled in Mamaroneck,
and had with other children a dau., Mary (29), b. 31 of i mo.,
1745; d. 1776; m. James Mott.
(25) AMEE UNDERHILL, dau. of Samuel (12) ; b. 9 of
9 mo., 1702; d. 7 Sept., 1779; m. 27 July, 1729, William Latham.
(22) DANIEL UNDERHILL, son of John (10) ; b. 1700;
d. 29 May, 1790; m. 1728, Abigail, b. 1703; d. 1765 (prob. a dau.
of Wm. and Sarah (Hauxhurst) Crooker, of Wheatley, L. I.).
Issue :
-f-30. John, and other children.
(23) AMOS UNDERHILL, son of John (10); m. 1729,
Elizabeth, b. 1710, dau. of Benjamin and Jane (Mott) Seaman.
Issue :
31. Isaac, b. 1732.
32. David, b. 1743 ; m. 1773, Elizabeth, b. 1747, dau. of Wm.
Mott.
33. Solomon, b. 1749; m. 1780, Lydia, dau. of Adam and
Sarah Mott.
244 THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND
(30) JOHN UNDERHTTX, son of Daniel (22) ; b. 25 Jan.,
1729; d. 22 Oct., 1798; m. Rebecca, b. 1731, d. 17 April, 1808,
dau. Geo. and Anne (Underbill) Frost. Issue:
34. Daniel, b. 1764; and others.
(34) DANIEL UNDERHILL, son of John (30); b. 11
July, 1764 ; d. 23 March, 1842 ; m. 22 June, 1785, at Centre Island,
Margaret, b. 23 June, 1764; d. 16 April, 1841, dau. of Thomas
and Phebe (Allen) Smith, of Oyster Bay. Issue:
35. Ann, b. 1787.
36. Smith, b. 1790.
37. Elizabeth, b. 1793.
38. Phebe Smith, b. 1798.
39. Sarah, b. 1804.
40. Thomas F., b. 24 April, 1813; m. 1847, Anna, dau. of
William Coles.
(19) PETER UNDERHILL, son of David (9); m.
Penelope, dau. of Abraham and Mary (Hauxhurst) Ailing. Issue:
-|-4i. Rev. Peter.
42. Hannah ; m. Daniel Youngs.
43. Daniel ; m. Sarah Townsend.
44. Joseph.
45. Theodosia; m. Townsend Weeks.
(41) REV. PETER UNDERHILL, son of Peter (19),
resided in Oyster Bay; b. 24 Jan., 1737; d. 24 June, 1806; m. (by
license, 31 Jan., 1760), Ethelinda, b. 1740, dau. of John and Sarah
(Wright) Townsend. Issue:
46. Jacob, b. 31 July, 1776; d. 21 April, 1812; m. Sarah,
dau. of Ebenezer Sillock, of Stamford, Conn.
HOWARD FAMILY
Ancestors of Katharine Howard, who married Townsend Jones
(VI. 80). The Howards came from England to the Barbadoes
in , and thence to South Carolina.
THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND 245
C I ) ROBERT HOWARD was an active and zealous Whig,
and was one of the twenty-six men who met after the repeahng
of the "Stamp Act" around the famous "Liberty Tree," in
Charleston, and pledged themselves to resist the fetters of Gt.
Britain. He is said to have descendants living in England of
whom the Whitticlds are perhaps the best known.
He had a son Robert (2), and perhaps other children.
(2) ROBERT HOWARD, son of Robert (i) ; b. 10 Jan.,
1773; d. 21 Feb., 1850; m. 10 April, 1810, Harriet, b. 25 July,
1786; d. II May, 1859, dan. of Lee. Issue:
3. Theus, b. April, 1812; m. Frances Beekman Lee. Issue,
one son and five daus. The family went to Alabama.
4. Lee, b. March, 1813 ; d. in infancy.
5. Beekman, b. April, 1815; d. in infancy,
-\-6. Robert Theus, b. 2 May, 1816; d. 16 Jan., 1885; m. 11
Oct., 1838, Hester Mary Seaman, b. 27 July, 1818; d.
5 May, 1897, dau. of Billopp Seaman.
7. William Lee, b. April, 1817; d. in infancy.
8. Henry Middleton, b. Aug., 1818; d. 10 Sept., 1858; m.
Rebecca Lee, of Camden, S. C. No issue.
9. Thomas Lee, b. Feb., 1821 ; d. 1862 ; unm.
10. Stephen Lee, b. March, 1822 ; m. Emily Chisholm. Is-
sue, two children ; d. young.
11. Mary Lee, b. June, 1823; m. Wm. E. Snowden. Issue:
Wm. Henry.
Robert.
Theodore.
12. Harriet Lee, b. May, 1824; m. Charles Snowden. Issue:
Thomas.
William.
Robert.
Harriet.
13. Susan Lee, b. April, 1825; d. in infancy.
14. Beekman, b. July, 1826 ; d. in infancy ; twin.
15. Lee, b. July, 1826; d. unm.; twin.
16. Joseph Lee. b. Dec, 1827; d. 1868; unm.
246 THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND
17. Susan S., b. March, 1829; d. 2 Dec, i860; m. Richard
Taylor Walker. Issue, seven children, all dec. before
1894. One of these. Sue Howard Walker, m.
Gaston Hardy, and died without issue.
(6) REV. ROBERT THEUS HOWARD, son of Robert
(2) ; b. at Charleston, S. C, 2 May, 1816; d. 16 Jan., 1885, at
Cold Spring Harbor, L. I., where he was rector of St. John's
Prot. Epis. Church from 1872 until 1882. He m. 11 Oct., 1838,
Hester Mary, b. 27 July, 1818, at Oyster Bay, L. I. ; d. 5 May,
1897, dau. of Billopp Benjamin Seaman and his wife, Hester
Mary, dau. of John Kortright and Catharine Seaman, his wife,
dau. of Edmund Seaman. They were married at St. Luke's
Church, N. Y, City, by Rev. Dr. Forbes. Issue :
18. Harriet Kortright, b. 14 Aug., 1839; d. 14 Aug., 1870.
19. Billopp Seaman, b. 7 Oct., 1840.
20. Gouvenour Kortright, b. 4 Dec, 1842 ; d. 4 April, 1843.
21. Edmund Kortright, b. 27 March, 1844.
-j-22. Alice, b. II Dec, 1846; m. 4 April, 1866, Chas. Henry
King, M. D. ; b. 3 Aug., 1844; d- 18 March, 1883.
+23. Hess Lee, b. 30 July, 1850 ; d. 25 Dec, 1896; m. 17 April,
1879, Timothy B. Linington.
-I-24. Henry S., b. 14 May, 1853 ; m. 18 Sept., 1879, Cornelia
Ketchum.
25. Robert Lee, b. 7 Feb., 1857; ^' '5 June, 1857.
26. Katharine Seaman, b. 21 May, 1858; m. 30 April, 1879,
Townsend Jones.
(22) ALICE HOWARD, dau. of Rev. Robert T. (6) ; b.
II Dec, 1846; m. 4 April, 1866, C. Henry King, M. D. Issue:
Hester Mary, b. Mch. 2, 1867 ; d. Aug. 12, 1867.
Charles Henry, Jr., b. April 2, 1868; d. July 24, 1870.
Alice Howard, b. June 19, 1872; m. Oct. 30, 1901, Julian
Verplanck, Jr.
Robert Howard, b. Aug. 2, 1873.
Ross Woodruff, b. June 27, 1876; d. Dec. 19, 1905.
THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND 247
Eleanor Jane, b. July 30, 1880; d. July 3, 1882.
William Bruce, b. July 30, I880; d. July 18. 1881.
Harry Lee, b. May 3, 1882.
(23) HESS LEE HOWARD, dau. of Rev. Robert T. (6) ;
b. 30 July, 1850; d. 25 Dec., 1896; m. 17 April, 1879, Timothy B.
Linington, son of Stephen, of Brooklyn, L. I. Issue:
Howard, b. Feb. 26, 1880.
Maud, b. Dec. 6, 1883; m. Nov., 1904, Henry Martindale
Clark.
24. HENRY S. HOWARD, son of Rev. Robert T. (6) ; b.
14 May, 1853 ; m. 18 Sept., 1879, Cornelia, dau. of Ketchum.
KORTRIGHT FAMILY
(1) CORNELIUS JANSEN KORTRIGHT, the ancestor
of Hester Mary Kortright, who m. Billopp Seaman, was b. 1645,
at Beest, in Gelderland ; m. Metje, dau. of Bastiaen Elyessen,
widow of Caes Van Appledorn.
(2) LAURENS CORNELIUS KORTRIGHT, son of Cor-
nelius Jansen ( i) ; b. 1681 ; d. 1704; m. 1703, Helena, dau. of Capt.
John Benson.
(3) CORNELIUS KORTRIGHT, son of Laurens Cor-
nelius (2) : b. 1704; d. 1745; m. Hester, dau. of John Cannon, of
N. Y. City. (See Riker's Harlem, p. 516-518.)
(4) LAWRENCE KORTRIGHT, son of Cornelius (3) :
b. 1728; d. 1794; m. 6 May, 1755, Hannah, dau. of John and
Sarah Aspinwall.
(5) CAPT. JOHN KORTRIGHT, son of Lawrence (4) ;
248 THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND
d. i8io; m. 2 May, 1793, Catharine, dau. of Edmund Seaman,
and had with others a dau., Hester Mary Kortright, who m.
Billopp Seaman.
ASPINWALL FAMILY
(i) PETER ASPINWALL, ancestor of that name in this
country, m. as his 2d wife, Rember, dau. of John Palfrey.
(2) JOSEPH ASPINWALL, son of Peter (i) ; b. 9 Oct.,
1673 ; m. 1700, Hannah, dau. of Christopher Deane.
(3) JOHN ASPINWALL, son of Joseph (2) ; b. 1705; d.
5 July, 1774. Settled in Flushing, L. I.; m. 28 Aug., 1728,
Sarah, d. 1765, dau. of Capt. James and Sarah (Cornell) Sands,
of Oyster Bay, L. I.
(4) HANNAH ASPINWALL, dau of John (3) ; m. 6
May, 1755, Lawrence Kortright, b. 1728; d. 1794, son of Cor-
nelius Kortright and his wife Hester, dau. of John and Maria
(Le Grand) Cannon (she, Hester, b. 1706; d. 1784). Issue, five
children. Their eldest son, Capt. John Kortright, m. 2 May,
1793, Catharine, dau. of Edmund Seaman, and had a dau. Hester
Mary, who m. Billopp Seaman.
REMSEN FAMILY
Ancestry of Charles Remsen, who married Lillian Livingston
Jones (VI. 64).
(i) REM JANSEN VANDERBECK (ancestor of the
Remsen family), came from Westphalia to Albany, N. Y., in 1650.
He m., 1652, Annetje Rapelye, and removed to L. I. He left a
large family of children, "Who took as their surnames their
father's Christian name, with a suffix to denote the sonship, which
is the origin of the Remsen family." (See Prominent Families of
N. Y., by L. H. Weeks.)
THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND 249
(2) HENDRICK (HENDRICK REMSEN), son of Rem
Jansen Vanderbeck (i), b. 1780.
(3) HENRY REMSEN, son of Hendrick (2) ; b. 1762; d.
1843 ; m. Elizabeth, dau. of Abraham R. de Peyster.
(4) WILLIAM REMSEN, son of Henry (3) : b. 13 Jan..
t8t5 : ni. Jane. dau. of John Suydam, of N. Y.
(5) CHARLES REMSEN, son of William (4) ; m. Lillian
Livingston Jones, dau. of Oliver H. Jones (V. 67). Issue:
6. Charles, b. 1891 ; d. 22 March, 1899.
7. William.
RUTHERFORD FAMILY
(i) MAJ. WALTER RUTHERFURD, b. 1724, in Scot-
I ij Iffi ' '^"*^ • ^- ^^40. in N. Y. City, was a son of Sir John, of Edgerston,
Scotland. He m. Catharine (her 2d husband), b. 1727, dau. of
James Alexander, of Scotland.
(2) JOHN RUTHERFURD, son of Maj. Walter, b. 1760;
d. 23 Feb., 1840; m. 1781, Magdalena, dau. of Lewis Morris.
(3) ROBERT W. RUTHERFURD, son of John (2) ; b.
T788; d. 185 1 : m. Sabina. dau. of Col. Lewis Morris.
(4) WALTER RUTHERFURD. son of Robert W. (3) :
b. 1812; d. 1868; m. Isabella, dau. of David Brooks, Capt. U. S.
A.., and his wife, Frances Morris.
(5) WALTER RUTHERFURD. son of Walter (4) ; m
7 June, 1877. Martha Louisa Jones, dau. of Oliver H. Jones (V.
57). Issue:
6. John Morris Livingston, b. 23 Sept., 1888.
7. Ronald Gordon Stirling, b. 26 Sept., 1897.
(See N. Y. Gen. & Biog. Rec, Vol. 12, p. 159.)
250 THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND
SMITH FAMILY ("TANGIER SMITH FAMILY")
Ancestry of William Sidney Smith, husband of Eleanor T.
Jones (V. i8).
(i) COL. WILLIAM SMITH, b. , in Eng.; m. 26
Nov., 1675, Martha, dau. of Henry Tunstall. He was appointed
by Charles II., in 1675, as Gov. of Tangier, Africa. He came
to this coimtry in 1686 and settled in Setauket, L. I., where he
died 18 Feb., 1705, having been Chief Justice of Supreme Court
from 1693 to 1700.
(2) WILLIAM HENRY SMITH (Maj.), son of Col. Wm.
(i) ; b. 13 March 1690; m. as 2d wife, Hannah Cooper, of South-
ampton, L. I.
(3) WILLIAM SMITH, son of Wm. Henry (2) ; b. 1720;
d. 1799; m. as his 2d wife, Ruth, dau. of Nathaniel Woodhull,
a sister of Genl. Nathaniel.
(4) WILLIAM SMITH, son of William (3) ; b. 30 April,
1768; m. Hannah, dau. of Philetus Smith, of Smithtown, L. I.
(He, William, d. 22 July, 1803.)
(5) WILLIAM SIDNEY SMITH, son of William (4)
(the eldest son) ; b. 1797; d. 2 Feb., 1879, at Yaphank, L. I.; m.
7 May, 1823, Eleanor Turk Jones (V. 18), dau. of William (IV.
4). Issue:
+6. William Henry, b. 1824 ; d. 1890.
7. Elbert Jones.
+8. Charles Jeffery.
-I-9. Robert Russell.
-f 10. Amelia, b. 1832; d. 27 Jan., 1899.
-f-ii. Apollos.
-f-i2. Sidney Tangier.
13. James Weeks, d. 30 Sept., 1901.
+ 14. John Tredwell.
THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND 251
15. Susan Maria W., b. 1840; m. 1867, Rev. Hamilton
Bishop ; no issue.
Supervisor of town of Brookhaven and Treasurer of SuflFolk
Co.
(6) WILLIAM HENRY SMITH, son of William S. (5) ;
b. 1824; d. 1890; m. 1st, 1854, Alice, dau. of Miles White, of N.
Y. City. M. 2d, 1881, Jean M. Berrien. No issue.
(8) CHARLES JEFFRY SMITH, son of William S. (5) ;
b. 1828; killed by a cloudburst in Plainsburg, Cal., 1880; m. 1864,
Julia, dau. of Anson Russell, and his wife, Harriet Riggs Spauld-
ing, of Westminster, Mass. Issue:
16. Jeffry Tangier, b. 1864.
17. Elbert Haring, b. 1866.
18. William Sidney, b. 1869. .
19. Julia Riggs, b. 1871.
20. Amelia, b. 1874.
(9) ROBERT RUSSELL SMITH, son of William S. (5) ;
b. 1829; d. 1885; m. 1875, Cornelia, dau. of Henry and Cornelia
(Kelsey) Thorne, of Lakeville, L. I. Settled in Yaphank, L. I.
Issue :
20a. William Henry T., b. 1877, d. 1879.
20b. Helen Tangier, b. 1880.
21. William Sidney, b. 1883.
(ro) AMELIA vSMITH, dau. of William S. (5); d. 27
Jan., 1899. Resided at Yaphank, and was President of the
Women's Home and Foreign Missionary Soc. of the Presbytery
of L. I., from its organization in 1883 until her death in 1899.
(II) APPOLLOS SMITH, son of William S. (5), b. 1844;
d. 2 June, 1891 ; m. 1877, Caroline R., dau. of Asa Cook Brownell
and Caroline Field, his wife, of Brooklyn, L. I. Issue:
22. Hamilton Holmes, b. 1878 ; d. 1879.
23. Russell Brownell, b. 1883.
24. Miriam Tangier, b. 1890.
252 THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND
25. Eleanor S., b. 1880 ; d. 4 Feb., 1900.
26. Royal H., b. 1885.
(12) SIDNEY TANGIER SMITH, son of William S. (5) ;
b. 1834; m. 1865, Edith, dau. of Philip Rhinelander and Frances
Blackwell Robert, his wife, of Brooklyn, L. I. Issue:
27. Eleanor Jones, b. 1866.
28. Henry Youngs.
(14) JOHN TREADWELL SMITH, son of William S.
(5); b. 1838. Settled at Beaver Dam, Wis.; m. 1872, Emilie,
dau. of Isaac P. and Julia Langlois Perritt-Gentil, of Prairie du
Chien, Wis. Issue:
29. Edith S., b. 1875.
30. Amelia T., b. 1877.
31. Julia Jones, b. 1880.
32. Clara Forest, b. 1884.
33. Emilie M., b. 1890.
KISSAM FAMILY
(i) JOHN KISSAM, b. in Eng., 1644, settled in Flush-
ing, L. I. The earlier spelling of his name, Ockersen (probably
Dutch), was retained by some of his children, and in the early
records of Hempstead was generally spelled Okeson. He m.
10 June, 1667, Susannah, dau. of Wm. Thorne, of Jamaica, L. I.
Issue:
-f-2. Daniel.
+3. John.
4. Thomas (went to New Jersey).
(2) DANIEL KISSAM, son of John (i) ; b. in Flushing,
L. I., 1669; d. 26 Dec, 1752; will prob. 10 Jan., 1753; m. Eliza-
beth Coombs, b. 1673, d. 1736. Settled on Great Neck, L. I.
(She was dau. of Francis Coombs.) Issue:
5. Hannah, b. 1699; d. 3 July, 1750; m. Lewis Hewlett (2d
wife).
THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND 253
-\-6. Daniel.
7. Elizabeth.
4-8. Joseph.
9. Martha.
10. Levina.
(3) JOHN KISSAM, son of John (i) ; m. Elizabeth, dau.
of Lieut. Adain Mott (i), of Great Neck, and settled in Freehold,
N.J.
(6) DANIEL KISSAM, son of Daniel (2), of Gt. Neck;
b. 1 70 1, d. 1728; m. Ann, b. 1700; d. 20 Sept., 1796, dau. of Rich-
bell Mott. She after m. ii Oct., 1730, Jotham Townsend, of
Oyster Bay. Issue:
+ 11. Daniel.
12. Elizabeth.
(8) JOSEPH KISSAM, son of Daniel (2); b. 1705; m.
7 Feb., 1727, Deborah, dau. of Jonathan Whitehead and Sarah
Field. Issue :
+ 13. Joseph, b. 22 Aug., 1731.
+ 14. Elizabeth, and others.
(II) DANIEL KISSAM, son of Daniel (6); b. 13 Oct.,
1726; d. 1782; m. 20 April, 1746, Peggy, b. 1728, dau. of Col.
Benjamin Tredwell. Issue:
15. Maj. John.
4-i6. Phebe, b. 1750; m. i April, 1767, Richard Jackson,
And other children.
(13) JOSEPH KISSAM, son of Joseph (8) ; b. 22 Aug.,
173 1 ; m. 9 Oct., 1752, Mary, b. 1725, d. 13 June, 1804, dau. of
George and Hannah Hewlett (nee Hannah Smith). Issue:
-I-17. Benjamin.
18. Phebe.
+ 19. Daniel Whitehead.
20. Hewlett.
254 THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND
(14) ELIZABETH KISSAM, dau. of Joseph (8) ; m. 20
Oct., 1761, Jacob Mott. Issue:
Mary Whitehead, m. Morris.
Deborah.
(16) PHEBE KISSAM, dau. of Daniel (11) ; b. 1750; m.
I April, 1767, Richard Jackson, b. 1740, d. 1826. Issue, several
children. (See under Richard Jackson.)
(17) BENJAMIN KISSAM, son of Joseph (13) ; b. 1753,
d. 1808; m. 20 Dec, 1773, Martha, b. 20 Jan., 1745; d. 8 Nov.,
1805, dau. of Hewlett, of Oyster Bay. Issue :
-|-2i. Charles.
-f-22. Samuel, and others.
(19) DANIEL WHITEHEAD KISSAM (M. D.), son of
Joseph (13) ; b. 1763; d. 21 Nov., 1839; m. ist, 26 June, 1787,
Elizabeth, b. 1767, d. 1803, dau. of Dr. Benjamin Tredwell. Issue:
-}-25. Elizabeth, and others.
M. 2d, Phebe, b. 1777 ; d. 1861, dau. of Wilmot Oakley. Issue:
+26. William.
+27. Edward, and others.
(25) ELIZABETH KISSAM, dau. of Daniel (19); b. 26
Nqv., 1798 ; d, 1875 ; m. Jud^e Richard M. Conklin, of Cold
Spring Harbor; he d. 22 Aug., 1877. Issue:
Richard M., m. Emma J. Seaman.
Elizabeth, m. Wm. Kissam.
Benjamin K., m. Sarah A. West.
Mary.
Margaret S., m. Eben G. Piatt.
Buel, d. 5 April, 1882.
(26) WILLIAM KISSAM, M. D., son of Daniel (19) ; b.
1806, d. 1842; m. 1st, 1 83 1, Jane, dau. of Whitehead Hewlett.
THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND 155
No issue. M. 2d, Eliza Strong, b. 1820, d. 10 Nov., i860, dau.
Henry Scudder. Issue:
William Wilmot. '
(27) EDWARD KISSAM, son of Daniel ( 19) ; b. Hunting-
ton, L. I., 28 April, 1818; m. ist, 1846, Ellen, b. 1859, dau. N.
R. Van Brunt ; m. 2d, 16 Sept., 1863, Mary Ann, dau. of Samuel
Fleet, of Brooklyn, a descendant of Admiral Fleetwood, of Eng.,
whose son Thomas dropped the latter part of his name and set-
tled in Huntington, L. I.
(21) CHARLES KISSAM, son of Benjamin (17); b.
Whitestone, L. I., 1775 ; m. 25 June, 1790, Elizabeth, b. 1781 ; d.
1863, dau. of Mott. Issue:
Jackson, b. 1804; m. Sarah A. Mott. (And other children.)
(22) SAMUEL KISSAM, son of Benjamin (17); b. 5
April,, 1788; m. Phebe Mott, b. 1788; d. 1855. Issue:
Joseph.
Charles, m. Elizabeth Mott.
And other children.
CORNELL FAMILY
(i) THOMAS CORNELL (in Eng. spelled Comewell) ; b.
in Eng., 1595, came to Boston with wife, Rebecca Briggs, and d.
in Rhode Island, 1655. She d. 1673, leaving issue, nine children.
Issue :
-f2. Richard, b. 1630; d. 1694.
+3. John, b. 1637, fl- 1704-
4. Rebecca, m. Geo. Woolsey.
5. Sarah, m. ist, 1643, Thos. Willett; m. 2d, Chas. Bridges;
ro- 3cl. John Lawrence.
6. Elizabeth, m. Christopher Almy.
256 THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND
(2) RICHARD CORNELL, son of Thomas (i) ; b. 1625,
d. 1694. Settled in Rockaway, L. I. Issue:
4-7. Thomas, b. 1675, d. 1719.
8. Elizabeth, m. John Lawrence.
9. William, m. ist, Smith; m. 2d, Jane Whitehead.
(3) JOHN CORNELL, son of Thomas (i) ; b. 1637, ^^
1704; settled on Cow Neck; m. Mary Russell. Issue:
10. Richard.
11. Joshua, m. Sarah, dau. of John Thorne.
iia. Caleb.
(10) RICHARD CORNELL, son of John (3) ; b. 1678, d.
1757 ; m. Hannah, dau. of John Thorne, son of William. Issue:
+ 12. Benjamin.
13. Deborah, b. 1705 ; m., 1723, Matthew Franklin.
(12) BENJAMIN CORNELL, son of Richard (10); b.
1723, d. 1771 ; m., 1742, Abigail, dau. of Stephen Stephenson, of
Rye, and his wife Jane Clement, of Flushing, L. I. Issue, ten
children.
(14) BENJAMIN CORNELL, son of Benjamin (12) ; b.
1761, d. 1841 ; m. 1st, 1783, Alice, dau. of Wm. Sutton, of Green-
wich, Conn., and had with others a son, Silas Cornell (15), b.
1789, d. Rochester, N. Y., 1864; m. 181 5, Sarah, dau. of Adam
Mott, whose eldest child, Thos. C. Cornell (16), m. Jane Bashford,
of Yonkers. N. Y. (He, Thos. (16), was compiler of "Ancestry
of Adam and Anne Mott.")
(iia.) CALEB CORNELL, son of John (3) ; lived on Cow
Neck, L. I. ; b. 1683 ; m. 1705, Elizabeth Hagnei. Issue:
17. John, b. 1716 ; m. ist, Martha, dau. of Lewis Hewlett ; m.
2d, Phebe, dau. of Lewis Hewlett.
18. William, b. 1721, m. Ruth, dau. of Lewis Hewlett.
(7) THOMAS CORNELL, son of Richard (2) ; b. 1675,
d. 1719; m. and had son.
THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND 257
19. Thomas, b. 1702, d. 1764; m. Sarah Doughty, who had
son,
20. Thomas, b. 1722, d. 1766; m. Helena, dau. of
Whitehead.
(21) WHITEHEAD CORNELL, son of Thomas (20).
m. Abigail Hicks, and had son Thomas (22), who m. Hannah
Hewlett.
(9) WILLIAM CORNELL, son of Richard (2) (m. twice;
see under No. 2). Issue:
23. Richard, m. Miriam Mott.
VALENTINE FAMILY
Thomas Valentine (and his brother Robert) lived on the farm
of their father in West Hills, L. I., which later was in possession
of Benjamin Brush.
( I ) THOxM AS VALENTINE, m. Elizabeth Hewlett, sister
of Capt, Chas. Hewlett. Issue:
2. Obadiah, m. Rachel Waters.
3. Abraham.
4. Hewlett.
+5. Jeremiah.
6. Elizabeth, m. Benj. Waters, of West Hills.
7. Hannah, m. Danl. Travis.
8. Ruth, m. Wm. Weeks (called Penn).
9. Mary, m. Gerrit Suydam, of East Woods (now Syosset).
10. Sarah, m. Gerrit Van Nostrand, of East Woods.
11. Martha, m. Saml. Wright, of Rockaway.
(5) JEREMIAH VALENTINE, son of Thos. (i) ; b. 21
June, 1762; d. 15 June, 1850; m. 28 May, 1784, Mary Van Velsor.
(12) SAMUEL VALENTINE, son of Jeremiah (5) ; b. 30
Aug., 1792; d. 1865; m. 1st, Maria Riker; m. 2d, Mary Mott
258 THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND
ADAMS FAMILY OF SUFFOLK CO., L. I.
Thomas Adams and his wife Dorothy came from Eng, in 1790,
to Smithtown, L. I. He d. 12 Feb., 1792. She d. 11 Nov., 1793
(prob.), and left a dau. Dorothy, b. 30 Dec, 1792; d. 7 May,
1885, who. m. David W. Jones (V. 14). Thomas and Dorothy
Adams had other children.
A prayer book in possession of Edmund Jones, son of this
David W. Jones (V. 14), contains the following names, but can-
not be placed:
William Adams, b. 10 Nov., 1784; d. 7 June, 1876.
Mary Adams, b. 14 Dec, 1795 ; d. 13 June, 1872.
Dorothy Ann Adams, dau. of Wm. ; d. 18 Feb., 1896.
Thomas Adams, son of Wm. ; d. 26 July, 1896.
George Adams, son of Wm. ; d. 11 Oct., 1896, se 60 yrs.
THORNE FAMILY
Ancestors of Conde R. Thorne, husband of Louisa A. Floyd-
Jones.
(i) WILLIAM THORNE, probably from Eng., came to
Flushing, L. I., from Lynn, Mass., with his wife Sarah, in 1638.
Issue :
2. William, settled on Great Neck, L. I. (prob. the ancestor
of Elizabeth Thorne, who m., 1696, Richbell Mott).
-f 3. John.
+4. Joseph.
-f 5. Samuel.
-1-6. Susannah, m., 1667, Wm. Kissam.
(3) JOHN THORNE, son of William (i) ; b. 1643, d
1709; will 5 Jan., 1697, prob. 3 July, 1709; m. Mary.
(4) JOSEPH THORNE, son of John (3); d. 1753; m.,
1695, Martha J. Bowne, dau. of John Bowne, of Flushing, L. I.
THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND 259
(5) THOMAS THORNE, son of Joseph (4) ; b. 1704, d.
1764, in Flushing; m. 1st, Penelope, dau. of Joseph and Elizabeth
(Wright) Coles, of Oyster Bay.
(6) DANIEL THORNE, son of Thos. (5) ; b. 1726, d.
1765; m. Mary, dau. of Wm. and Susannah (Coles) Frost.
(7) CHARLES THORNE, son of Daniel (6) ; b. 1755, d.
1818; m. Anne, b. 1752, d. 1845, dau. of Daniel and Hannah
(Latting) Kirby.
(8) WILLIAM THORNE, son of Chas. (7) ; b. 1777, d.
1861 ; m. Anne Knapp, of Greenwich, Conn.
(9) LEONARD M. THORNE, son of Wm. (8) ; b. 1816;
m., 1858, Augusta A. Raguet.
LAWRENCE FAMILY
(1) WILLIAM LAWRENCE, b. 1623, in Eng. ; d. 1680,
in Flushing, L. I., where in 1645 he was one of the Patentees. M.
(by license) 4 March, 1664, as his 2d wife, Elizabeth, dau. of
Richard Smith, Patentee of Smithtown, L. I.
(2) MAJ. WILLIAM LAWRENCE, son of Wm. (i), and
his first wife, Elizabeth Hager; m. first, 1675, Ann Edsall ; m. 2d
(by license), i June, 1680, Deborah, dau. of Richard Smith,
Patentee of Smithtown. Issue:
3. William
4-4. Obediah.
5. Samuel.
+6. Adam.
7. Richard
8. Daniel.
9. Joshua.
10. Caleb.
a6o THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND
11. Elizabeth, m. John, son of Capt. Thos. Willett.
12. Stephen.
(4) OBEDIAH LAWRENCE, son of Maj. Wm. (2) ; d.
1732 ; m. Sarah . Issue.
13. Sarah, m., 1735, Joseph Brown.
+ 14. William, M. D.
15. Deborah, m. Jonathan Willett.
And other children.
(6) ADAM LAWRENCE, son of Maj. Wm. (2) ; was
Sheriff of Queens Co.; m. Sarah, dau. of Capt. Thos. Willett.
Issue :
16. Deborah, m. S. Van Wyck.
17. Sarah, m. James Hewlett.
And other children.
(14) WILLIAM LAWRENCE, son of Obediah (5) ; set-
tled in Oyster Bay; m. Zipporah. Issue:
18. Elizabeth, m. Seaman.
19. Deborah, m. Jacob Mott, son of Jacob.
20. Mary, m. Richard Lawrence.
21. Jordan, m. 11 June, 1747, Ruth, dau. of Jacob Mott.
22. William, M. D.
(23) JOSEPH LAWRENCE, son of William (i), and his
2d wife, Elizabeth Smith.
(24) RICHARD LAWRENCE, son of Joseph (23).
(25) JOSEPH LAWRENCE, son of Richard (24); b.
1741 ; m. Phebe, dau. of Henry Townsend. Issue :
26. Elizabeth.
27. Henry, m. ist, Harriet Van Wyck ; m. 2d, Ann Pearsoll.
28. Phebe, m. Obadiah Townsend, and had a dau., Lydia,
who m. James W. Mott.
THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND 261
CHASE FAMILY
( i) JOHN CHASE, of Eastport, Maine ; b. 1770; m. Louisa
Spinney. She survived him and m. 2d, Timothy Jones.
(2) JOHN CHASE, son of John and Louisa; b. 1800; m.
Carohne E. Simes.
(3) JOHN E. CHASE, son of John and Caroline, b. 1837,
in Portsmouth, N. H. ; d. 25 Oct., 1886, in Brooklyn, L. I. M. ist,
Phebe, J., dau. of Jacob C. Hewlett, and his wife, Elizabeth Jones
(IV. 32).
M. 2d, 17 Sept., 1873, Helen, dau. of Charles P. Stewart.
Issue :
Caroline, b. 17 July, 1875.
John, b. 27 March, 1878.
SHELTON FAMILY
(i) DANIEL SHELTON (and his brother Richard) came
from Norfolk, Eng., before 1690. Richard settled in Virginia and
Daniel in Stratford, Conn.
(0 DANIEL SHELTON, b. about 1668, d. 1728; m., 4
April, 1692, Elizabeth, b. 1670, d. i April, 1747, dau. of Hon.
Samuel Welles, of Wethersfield, Conn., and his wife Elizabeth,
dau. of John Hollister Jr., and his wife Joanna, dau. of Hon.
Richard Treat. (Saml. Welles was son of Hon. Thos., Gov. of
Conn.). Issue:
2. Elizabeth, b. 2 Jan., 1693.
+3. Joseph.
+4. Samuel, and others.
(4) S.\MUEL SHELTON, son of Daniel (i), b. 1704; d.
\2 Nov., 1772; of Huntington, Conn.; m. Abigail, b. 1714, d. 21
262 THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND
Feb., 1794, dau. of Capt. Joseph and Mary (Curtis) Nichols.
Issue :
5. Mary, b. 13 Feb., 1736.
-j-6. Andrew, and others.
(6) ANDREW SHELTON, son of Samuel (4) ; b. 5 Nov.,
1746; m. Sarah, dau. of Booth. Issue:
+7. Nathan (M. D.), and others.
(7) NATHAN SHELTON, M. D., son of Andrew (6) ;
b. 6 June, 1784; settled in Jamaica, L. I., in 1806, where he prac-
tised medicine for fifty years. He m. ist, Eliza H, Starman, dau.
of Frederick and Mary (Dundass) Starman. Issue:
8. Frederick W., d. 2 May, 1813.
9. Frederick 2d.
10. Mary S.
-j-ii. John Dundass.
12. Sarah Graves.
(11) JOHN DUNDASS SHELTON, M. D., of Jamaica,
L. I., son of Nathan, M. D. (7) ; b. 11 July, 1816; d. 10 Dec,
1862; m. Fanny P., b. 9 Sept., 1817; d. 28 April, 1896, dau. of
Jonathan Gardiner, and his wife, Fanny Peck, on 21 June, 1843.
Issue :
13. Eliza, b. 31 Aug., 1844; d. 25 Aug., 1845.
14. Nathan, b. 12 Oct., 1846; d. 7 July, 1896; m. 4 June,
1872, Maria, dau. of Robert and Mary Jordan. Issue :
Nathan, b. 12 Oct., 1873.
15. Eliza H. S., b. 30 April, 1848.
-|-i6. John D., b. 12 Aug., 1850; m. 11 Sept., 1890, Susan, dau.
of Wm. and Henrietta (List) Mentz, of Bethlehem, Pa.
17. Fanny G., b. 11 July, 1853 ; d. 8 July, 1854.
18. Mary A., b. ii Jan., 1856; d. 6 June, 1878.
19 Fanny G. 2d, b. 20 June, 1857.
20. Charles Jones, b. 7 Sept., 1858 ; d. 23 May, 1896.
THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND 263
(3) JOSEPH SHELTON, son of Daniel (i) ; b. 24 June,
1696; d. 10 Aug., 1782; m. II May, 1726, Mary, dau. of Joseph
Hollister, of Conn. She b. 1704, d. 26 May, 1782. Issue :
21, Joseph, b. 1727
Ann.
Elizabeth
Mary.
William.
Esther.
WILLIAM SHELTON, son of Joseph (3), b. 26 July, 1733:
d. 2'j Jan.. 1812; m. i Oct., 1764, Susannah, b. 1743, d. 13 April,
1816, dau. of Thomas Strong, of Brookhaven, L. I., son of Selah,
son of John, the emigrant.
MARY SHELTON, dau. of Joseph (3), b. 1735; d. 12 Jan.,
1819; m. Andrew Hurd, of Stratford, Conn., b. 1730. Issue:
William, b. 14 Oct., 1756; d. 1826; m. Martha, dau. of
Smith, of L. I. Issue, 3 children.
Abigail, b. 26 Nov., 1758 ; m. Wm. Birdsall, of Peekskill, N.
Y. Issue :
William.
And a dau., who m. Bloodgood, of Flushing,
L. I.
ESTHER SHELTON, dau. of Joseph (3) ; b. 1746, d. 1799;
m. George Tliompson, of Scotland, b. 1744, d. 1777, They had
issue several children, one of whom Polly (the eldest), m. Capt.
Wm. Whitney, of Derby, Conn., who left, besides others, a dau.,
Harriet Whitney, who m. Dr. Kellogg, of Oyster Bay, L. I.
JAMES DUNDASS, b. 1734. Came to America after the
battle of Coloden. He had a dau., Eliza, b. 1761, who m. Fred-
erick Starman. The latter's dau., Elizabeth H., m. Dr. Nathan
Shelton (7), of Jamaica, L. I.
(16) JOHN D. SHELTON, son of John D. (11); b. 12
Aug., 1850; d. 1904; m. 1st, II Sept., 1890, Susan, dau. of Will-
264 THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND
iam and Henrietta (List) Mentz, of Bethlehem, Pa. ; m. 2d, 1904.
No issue by either wife. Resided in Orange, N. J.
JAGGAR FAMILY
Jaggar ancestors of Mary Robins, wife of Wm. T. Jones (IV.
41).
JOHN JAGGAR came to Southampton, L. L, 1650. Issue:
John.
Sarah, b. 21 July, 1669.
Jeremiah.
Benjamin.
JEREMIAH JAGGAR, son of John ; m. Hannah . Issue :
John.
Jeremiah.
William.
Nathan.
Daniel.
Sarah, m. Hildreth.
Hannah, m. Halsey.
Patience, m. Howell.
His will, 31 March, 1742, prob. 23 Oct., 1744, ex. wife Han-
nah.
WILLIAM JAGGAR, son of Jeremiah and Hannah. Issue:
Jeremiah.
Jehial.
JEREMIAH JAGGAR, son of William. Issue: Clara, m.
Ezekiel Robins, and had a dau., Mary Robins, b. 7 Nov., 1806 ; d.
25 Feb., 1891 ; m. William T. Jones (IV. 42), and another dau.,
Mary Robins.
THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND 26?
WEEKS FAMILY
Ancestors of and descendants of James H. Weeks, who m.
Susan Maria Jones (V. 16).
JAMES WEEKS, of Oyster Bay, L. I. ; m. Mirriam Doughty.
Issue :
James H.
JAMES H. WEEKS, son of James and Miriam; m. 10 Dec,
1818, Susan Maria, dau. of William Jones (IV. 14). Lived
at Cold Spring Harbor until 1828, when they removed to Yap-
hank, L. I. Issue:
William Jones, b. 1820; d. 2 Sept., 1897.
WILLIAM JONES WEEKS, son of James H. and Susan M.,
b. 1820, d. 2 Sept., 1897; m. Mary, dau. of Archibald Croswell,
of Gilboa, N. Y. Issue :
Susan Maria.
Archibald C.
Susan A.
James E.
William J.
Harry C.
Harriet P.
Clara W
Julia E.
Francis W.
Laura A.
Reginald C.
HARRISON FAMILY
(I) DR. HARRISON, and his brother, Admiral Har-
rison, were in the British Admiralty service. Dr. Harrison came
to this country and m. Elizabeth, dau. of Capt. Thomas Barnes,
of N. Y., and had issue :
266 THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND
-f 2. David, b. March 24, 1769.
And dau. Phoebe, who m. Fortescue Cuming, of Roches-
ter, N. Y. His wife survived him and m. 2d, Fry.
(2) DAVID HARRISON, son of Dr. Harrison (i); m.
Abigail, b. 1759, dau. of James Ferris,* of Westchester Co.. and
his wife Charity, dau. of John Thomas, son of Rev. John, of
Hempstead, L. I. Issue :
-f-3. Thomas.
4-4. David.
(3) THOMAS HARRISON, son of David (2), m. May 19,
1796, Hannah, dau. of Divine Hewlett, of Cold Spring Harbor.
Issue :
5. Abby Ann, b. Dec. 3, 1819; m. William H. White, of
Watertown, N. Y. Settled in Cold Spring Harbor,
and had issue :
a. Thomas Harrison White, b. Nov. 8, 1839; d. Feb.
7, 1884.
b. Wm. Hubbard White, b. Aug. 10, 1841.
c. James Cameron White, b. Jan. 19, 1847 ; settled in
Penn.
6. Harriet Augusta, b. May 20, 1827 ; d. Sept. 20, 1865 ; m.
first, James Fraser ; m. 2d, John D. Hewlett.
(4) DAVID HARRISON, son of David (2) ; m. Mary
Conkling, of New Rochelle, a sister of Richard M. Conkling, of
Cold Spring Harbor. Issue:
7. Mary.
8. David, m. and had a son Francis.
AVERILL FAMILY ^
ISAAC AVERILL came from Wales to Kent. Co., Conn., in
♦James Ferris will, 4 Feb., 1780, prob. 11 June, 1783 (Lib. 36, p. 114,
N. Y. City), naming wife Charity, sons James, David, George, Thomas
and Edward, and daus. Ann, Abigail and Marcy.
THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND . 267
1748. He had three sons of whom Samuel, b. 1775, m. Patience
Perry, of Rehoboth, Mass., and d. 1786, leaving a son, Perry.
PERRY AVERILL, son of Samuel, b. 1754; m. 1774,
Dorothy Whittlesey, and had a son, Augustine, b. 1795, m. 1825,
Caroline Beach, gr. dau. of Hezekiah Thompson, of Woodbury,
Conn. She b. 1802, d. 1837.
AUGUSTINE AVERILL, son of Perry, resided in N. Y. City
and had several children, one of whom, James Otis Averill, b. 22
Oct., 1830, d. 29 Dec, 1889; m. first, 12 May, 1852, Sarah E.,
b. 16 Jan., 1827, d. 19 March, 1853, dau. of John H. Jones (IV.
27), of Cold Spring Harbor, L. I., and had a dau., Sarah E., b.
r6 March, 1853 ; d. 28 May, 1853. He m. 2d, Mary E., b. 25
Jan., 1834; d. 21 March, 1894. Issue by 2d wife:
Helen A., b. 16 March, 1856; d. 10 Sept., 1856.
Henry R., b. 20 Aug., 1861 ; d. 6 July, 1894.
William Judson, b. 27 May, 1870; d. 21 Jan., 1896.
Ellen M., m. 17 Sept., 1895, Charles M. Charmley.
Mary F., d. 28 Oct., 1901.
And prob. a son called Otis.
PECK FAMILY OF CONNECTICUT
d) HENRY PECK, d. 1651 ; will 30 Oct., 1651 ; ancestor
of Jabez, who m. Nancy, dau. of Capt. Wm. Johnson Rysam ; set-
tled in New Haven, Conn., 1638, where he was a member of Gen-
eral Court. He had a son Benjamin (2), bap. 1647; will 3 March.
1730, who m. Mary, dau. of Richard Sperry, who had a son Ben-
jamin (3) ; d. 31 May, 1742, at Norwich, Conn., who m. Mary
d. 1728 ; issue, a son, Joseph (4).
(4) JOSEPH PECK, son of Benjamin (3) and Mary, b. 14
Nov., 1706; m. as his first wife. 1729, Hannah Carrier, b. 1708.
d. 1741, and had a son Simeon (5), b. 1732, who m. 29 Jan., 1775.
Ruth Willis, and had a son, Jabez (6), d. 1791.
(6) JABEZ PECK, son of Simeon (5) ; d. 1791, m. Nancy,
dau. of Capt. Wm. Johnson Rysam. who survived him, and m. as
268 THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND
her 2(1 husband, Archibald Gracie, of N. Y. Jabez Peck (6) had
issue a dau., Fanny R., who m. i May, 1813, Jonathan Gardiner,
of Eaton's Neck, h. I., and perhaps other children.
LIVINGSTON FAMILY
Ancestors of Louisa Livingston, wife of OUver H. Jones (V.
67).
REV. JOHN LIVINGSTON, b. 21 June, 1603; d. 1672; m.
23 June, 1635, Janet Flemming, dau. of Bartholomew Flemming,
and his wife, Marion Hamilton.
ROBERT LIVINGSTON, son of Rev. John, b. 13 Dec,
1654; d. 20 April, 1728; m. 9 July, 1679, Alida Schuyler, b. 28
Feb., 1655 ; d. 27 March, 1729, dau. of Philip Pieterse Schuyler, of
Beverwyck ; d. 1683, and his wife, Margaret Van Schlichtenhorst,
d. 22 Jan., 171 1. Robert Livingston came to this country in 1640,
and was Magistrate of Albany, 1656-79; Capt. of Militia, 1669.
PHILIP LIVINGSTON, son of Robert, b. 9 July, 1686; d.
15 July, 1749; m. 9 Sept., 1707, Catharine Van Brugh, bapt., 10
Nov., 1689; d. 20 Feb., 1756, dau. of Peter Van Brugh, b. 14
July, 1666; d. in New Amsterdam, 1738, and his wife, Sarah
Cuyler, d. 1742, whom he m. 2 Nov., 1688. He was Mayor of
Albany, 1699, and was son of Johannes Pieterse Van Brugh, b.
in Holland, 1624; d. in New Amsterdam, 1697, and his wife,
Catrina Roeloffe Jansen, who were m. 24 April, 1658.
ROBERT LIVINGSTON, son of Philip and Catharine, b. 16
Dec, 1708; d. 27 Nov., 1790; m. 30 May, 1731, Maria Thonge, b.
3 June, 171 1 ; d. 30 May, 1765, dau. of Walter Thonge, d. 1724,
and his wife Sarah, b. 31 Oct., 1686, dau. of Rip Van Dam, b.
1660, d. 1749 (the Gov. of New Amsterdam, 1731) (Walter
Thonge and Sarah, m. by license 16 Oct., 1704.) (Rip Van Dam
m. 24 Sept., 1684, Sarah, dau. of Laurens Vanderspiegle).
ROBERT CAMBRIDGE LIVINGSTON, son of Robert and
Maria, b. 1742, d. 23 Aug., 1794; m. 22 Nov., 1778, Alice Swift,
THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND 269
b. 1750, d. 4 Feb., 1816, dau. of John Swift, b, 1720, d. 1802, who
m. 20 May, 1749, Magdalen Kollock, b. 1724, d. 27 March, 1790,
dau. of Hon. Jacob Kollock, of New Castle, Del., and widow of
Jasper McCall. Hon. Jac. Kollock was Justice and member of
Assembly from Sussex Co., 1760, and Col. of Sussex Co. Regt.,
1771. He m. 7 Sept., 1718, Alice Shepard, dau. of Hercules
Shepard, and his wife Mary, dau. of Capt. John Avery, Justice of
Peace, Sussex Co., Del. (See Book B, No. 16, p. 130, Georgetown
Reeds., Sussex Co., Del., and Whitney Genealogy.)
See Return of Proprietary Quit Rents, Sussex Co., for 18 of
12 mo., 1756, wherein John Avery divided certain lands between
his two daus., Mary and Jemima ; "Mary intermarried with Her-
cules Shepard, and R. Hinman married her, being his widow."
The marriage of Jacob Kollock (as stated in N. Y. Gen. & Biog.
Rec. 7, p. 184) to Alice Phillips is incorrect, vide. Georgetown
Reeds., B. 16, p. 130.
JAMES DUANE LIVINGSTON, son of Robert C, bapt. i
Sept., 1786; m. 9 Oct., 1809, Sarah Swift, b. 14 Dec, 1716; d.
17 June, 1835, dau. of Chas. Swift, b. 26 Aug., 1756; d. 8 Oct.,
1813, son of John 2d, of Philadelphia, b. 1720, d. 1802, mem. of
Ass. of Phil., 1763, son of John (i), member of Ass. from Bucks
Co., Pa., 1689-1718. Chas. Swift m. 31 Dec, 1783, at Phila.,
Mary, b, 1775, dau. of Thomas Riche, b. on Long Island, 22 Dec,
1725; d. 2 Nov., 1792, and his wife, Sarah Peel, b. 1732, d. 29
June, 1791. whom he m. 19 Dec, 1751. He was son of Philippe
Riche, b. in France ; d. in Hempstead, L. I., 1733-4, who m. 25
June, 1718, at Jamaica, L. I., Mary, b. 1694, d. 19 Aug., 1763,
dau. of Thos. Hicks, b. 1640, d. 1717, and his 2d wife, Mary
Doughty, whom he m. 6 July, 1677. Sarah Peel, wife of Thos.
Riche, was dau. of Oswald Peel, of Peel Hall, Phila. Co., Pa., and
his wife, Lydia Robinson (See Reeds. Christ Church, Phil., Pa.).
(Archives Penn., 2d Series, VIII., p. 208.)
LOUISA LIVINGSTON, dau. of James D., b. 5 May, 1826;
d. 13 April, 1876; m. 30 March, 1848, Oliver Hewlett Jones (V.
67) ; b. II Feb., 1801 ; d. 16 Dec, 1870,
Oliver Livingston Jones (VI. 65), son of Oliver Hewlett Jones
270 THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND
(V. 67) ; m. 5 Nov., 1873, Mary E. Jones (V. 90), dau. of Chas.
H. Jones (IV. 34). Issue:
Louise Elizabeth Jones (VI. 89).
Charles Hewlett Jones (VI. 90).
Oliver Livingston Jones (VI. 91).
Rosalie Gardiner Jones (VI. 92).
Arthur Eaton Jones (VI. 93).
Philip Livingston Jones (VI. 94).
(See under Mary E. Jones (V. 79)).
GARDINER FAMILY OF EATON'S NECK, L. I.
( I ) JOHN GARDINER, of Eatons Neck, L. I., son of John,
the 5th Proprietor of Gardiners Island, b. 19 May, 1747; d. 29
May, 1813; m. first, 9 Sept., 1771, Joanna, b. 1745, d. 1809, dau.
of Conkling; m. 2d, Rachel, b. 175 1, d. 181 1, dau. of Col.
Abraham Gardiner and widow of Maj. David Mulford; m. 3d,
Hannah, widow of Havens. She b. 1762, d. 1813.
Issue by first wife only, viz. :
2. Matthew, b. 2'j March, 1772.
-j-3. Jonathan, b. 13 Aug., 1773 ; d. 7 March, 1833.
4. Elizabeth, b. 18 July, 1775.
5. John H., b. 17 Sept., 1777; d. 9 June, 1854; m. Abigail
Scidmore.
6. Phebe, b. 8 June, 1779.
7. Abigail, b. 18 May, 1782; d. 1793.
8. Mary, b. 6 June, 1784; d. i860.
9. Jerusha, b, 3 May, 1786; m. Azel Lewis.
10. Phebe, b. 10 July, 1789; d. 20 Oct.; m. Henry C. Mather.
(3) JONATHAN GARDINER, son of John (i); b. 13
Aug., 1773; d. 7 March, 1833; m. ist, Sally, d. 10 Sept., 1803,
dau. of John and Phebe Gelston. Issue :
11. Albert G., b. 6 Aug., 1803 ; d. 22 Dec, 1842 ; unm.
M. 2d, I May, 1813, Fanny, b. 1792, d. 12 April, 1849, dau. of
GARDINER FAMILY OF GARDINER'S ISLAND.
LION GARDINER, the First Proprietor,
of Gardiner's Island, b. 1599; d. 1663; m. Mary VVilemson, b, 1601;
d. 1665; dau. (jf Derike Wilemson Darcant.
DAVID (2d Proprietor),
b. 29 April, 1636; d. July 10, 1689;
in. June 4, 1657, Mary Lering-
man of England, wid. of .
MARY,
b. Aug. 30, 1638;
d. June 15, 1727;
m. about 1658,
Jeremiah Conk-
ling(^).
ELIZABETH,
b. 14 Sept., 164 1 ; m.
about 1657, Arthur, son
of Edward HowellC).
She d. Feb., 1657-8.
JOHN (3d Proprietor),
b. 19 April, 1661 ; d. 25 June, 1738; m. (i) Mary, h. 1670;
(1. 4 July, 1707; dau. of Samuel King of Southold, L. I.
UAVID (4th Proprietor),
(son of John by first wife Mary King), b. 3 Jan., 1691; d. 4 July,
1751; m. (I) 15 April, 1713, Rachel, d. 16 Dec, 1744; dau. of
Abraham Schellinger and his wife Joana Hedges.
JOHN (5th Proprietor),
b. 9 June, 1714; d. 19 May, 1764; m. 26 May, 1737, Elizabeth, b
22 Aug., 1714; d. 21 Oct., 1754; dau. of Matthew Mulford(*') and
his wife Elizabeth Chatfield.
DAVID (6th Proprietor),
b. 8 Oct., 1738; d. 8 Sept., 1774; m.
15 Dec, 1766, Jerusha, dau. of Rev.
Samuel Buell; she b. 5 Nov., 1749;
d. 24 Feb., 1782.
JOHN LYON (7th Proprietor),
b. 8 Nov., 1770; d. 22 Nov., 1816; n^
4 March, 1803, Sarah, dau. of John
Griswold of Lyme, Conn.; she b.
Aug. 12, 1781; d. 10 Feb., 1863.
SAMUEL B. doth Proprietor)
1). 6 April, 1815; d. 5 Jan., 1882; m.
Mary G., dau. of Jonathan and
Elizabeth (Havens) Thompson ; she
b. 23 March, 1807; d. 5 Aug., 1887.
JOHN LYON (i2th Proprietor)
m. Elizabeth Coralie Jones, dau. of
Oliver H. Jnnes (V, 57). Issue:
Coralie L.
Adele G.
Lion.
John.
Winthrop.
JOHN, of Eaton's Neck, L. I.,
b. 19 May, 1747; d. 29 May, 1813; m.
(i ) Joanna Conklin of East Hampton, 9
Sept., 1771; she b. 8 Dec, 1745; d. 30
Sept., 1809.
JONATHAN, JOHN,
b. 13 Aug., 1773; d. 7 1j- 1777-
March, 1833; m. (2) i
May, 1813, Fanny R.,
dau. of Jabez Peck ; she
d. 12 April, 1849,36.57.
ELIZA GRACIE GARDINER,
b. 30 Oct., 1815; d. 27 Sept., 1871; m.
12 July, 1838, Charles H. Jone.s (I\',
34).
MARY E. JONES,
b. 5 July, 1854; m. 5 Nov., 1873, Oliver
L. Jones (VI, 65). Issue:
Louise E. (\T, 89)
Charles H.(\T,9o)
Oliver L. (\'l,9i)
Rosalie G. (VI, 92)
Arthur E. (VI, 93)
Philip L. (VI. 94)
I
THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND 273
Jabez Peck and his wife Nancy, dau. of Capt. Wm. Johnson
Rysam. Issue :
12. Ehza G., b. 30 Oct., 1815; d. 27 Sept., 1871 ; m. 12 July,
1838, Chas. H. Jones (IV. 34).
13. Fanny P., b. 9 Sept., 1817; d. 28 April, 1896; m. 2i June,
1843, John D. Shelton.
+ 14. George C, b. 21 June, 1819; m. 5 Jan., 1843, Mary C.
Bryant.
+ 15. William G., b. 29 March, 1821 ; m. 30 Aug., 1846, Mary
Scudder.
-f 16. Nancy R., b. 6 March, 1823; m. 6 Sept., 1842, John J.
Van Nostrand.
17. Sally G., b. 9 Jan., 1827 .
(14) GEORGE CONKLIN GARDINER, son of Jonathan
(3) ; b. 21 June, 1819; m. 5 June, 1843, Mary C. Bryant, b. 1823,
d. 21 May, 1888. Issue:
18. Fanny Rysam, m. Hen-v Brush, of Huntington, L. I.
Issue :
Henry,
(15) WILLIAM GRACIE GARDINER, son of Jonathan
(3) : b. 29 March, 1821 ; m. 30 Aug., 1846, Mary, b. 5 March,
1825, d. 13 Feb., 1885, dau. of Charles Scudder. Issue:
19. Nannie V. N., m. 1875, Joseph H. Raymond, M. D., of
Brooklyn, L. I.
20. Mary E., m. 1872, James H. Bach. Issue :
Mary, b. 26 Jan., 1874.
James B., b. 17 Nov., 1879.
21. Louise C, m. D. Willis James.
(16) NANCY RYSAM GARDINER, dau. of Jonathan
C3) ; b. 6 March. 1823; m. 6 Sept., 1842, John J. Van Nostrand.
of Brooklyn, L. I. Issue :
22. John. b. II Aug.. 1843; "i- Louise Leonard.
23. Sarah Middagh. b. 7 Sept., 1844; ni. 16 April, 1868, Geo.
H. Marvin. M. D., of Brooklvn. L. I. Issue:
274 THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND
Nannie V. N., b. 8 Dec, 1870.
Mary E., b. 18 Dec, 1872.
John James, b. 19 Jan., 1875.
24. Gardiner, b. 9 Nov., 1852; m. 15 April, 1875, Anna B.
Stanton.
25. Fanny, b. 10 May, 1861.
HALLETT FAMILY
(1) WILLIAM HALLETT (prob. a brother of Andrew, of
Lynn), b. in Eng., 1616, d. on Long Island, 1705; m. Elizabeth
(her 3d husband), widow of Robert Feeke, of Watertown, Mass.,
and dau. of Thomas Fones and his wife Anne, dau. of Adam
Winthrop, brother of Gov. John, of Mass. (See "Evidences of
the Winthrops of Groton," p. 25-87.) ("Some Colonial Man-
sions," by Glen, Vol. II., p. 116.) Her first husband, Henry
Winthrop, whom she m. in 1629, died in 1630, and she m. 2d be-
fore 1632, Robert Feeke, from whom she was divorced about 1647.
William Hallett removed to Flushing, L. I., in 1649, taking with
him his wife Elizabeth and her children by her 2d husband,
Robert Feeke. (N. Y. Gen. & Biog. Rec. 11, p. 18.) Appointed
Sheriff, 1656. (See foot note.)
(For earlier Halletts see Howland Gene, and "Freeman's Cape
Cod," Vol. 2, p. 199.)
(2) WILLIAM HALLETT, son of William (i) ; b. 1647,
d, 18 Aug., 1729; m. Sarah, dau. of Geo. Woolsey, of Jamaica
(see Riker's Newtown, p. 403), Justice of Peace She (Sarah)
b. 1650, named in her father's will, 1691. Issue;
3. William, b. 10 I>ec., 1670.
4. Sarah, b. 19 March, 1673.
-I-5. Rebecca, b. 1675; m. Jas. Jackson (8).
6. Joseph, b. 1678.
And other children.
(5) SAMUEL HALLETT, son of William (i) ; b. 1651, d.
27 Dec, 1724, at Mastic, L. I.. Issue:
WINTHROP, FONES and HALLETT Ancestry of PHEBE
JACKSON(') WIFE OF WILLIAM JONES (11,6).
(I) ADAM WINTHROP, of Suffolk, Eng.,
m. Joane, dau. of .
(2) ADAM WINTHROP, of Groton. Eng.,
b. g Oct., 1498; d. 9 Nov., 1562; m. (2d wife) 20
July, 1534, Agnes, b. 1516; d. 1565; dau. of
Robert Sharpe.
(3) ADAM WINTHROP, of London, Eng.,
b. 10 Aug., 1548; d. 28 March, 1623; m. (2d wife)
20 Feb., 1579, Anne, d. 19 April, 1629; dau. of
Henry Browne.
(4) JOHN,
Gov. of Mass.,
b. 12 Jan., 1587;
d. 26 Jan, 1649.
(5) JANE.
(6) ANNE,— m.
b. 16 Jan., 1585;
d. 16 May, i'6i9.
(I) THOMAS FONES,
m. Priscilla, dau. of John
Burgess, D.D., of War-
wick, Eng.
-(2) THO.MAS FONES,
m. Anne, dau. of Adam
Winthrop(3),
(7) JOHN,
Gov. of Conn., b. 12 Feb.,
1606; d. 5 April, 1676; m.
1635, Elizabeth (2d wife),
dau. of Henry Reade.
(8) HENRY.
(3) ELIZABETH FONES,
m. (I) Henry Winthrop (8),
brotherof Gov. John ofConn.;
m. (2) Robert Feake of
Watertown, Mass.; m. (3)
William Hallett(i), of
L. I., b. 1616.
SAMUEL HALLETT(3),
b. 165 1 ; d. 27 Dec, 1724.
Col. JOHN JACKS0N(6),—m.— ELIZABETH HALLETT(6)
PH^,BE JACKS0N(i7),
b. 1715; d. 1800: m. VViL-
LiAM Jones (11^).
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t'Ci .d
THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND 277
7. Hannah, m. 14 Oct., 1704, John Washburn. (N. Y:
Gen. & Biog. Rec. 2, 27.)
8. Samuel, b. 1678, d. 1756; m. Bridget, dau. of Robt.
Blackwell.
9. EHzabeth, m. Col. John Jackson.
10. Grace, m. Lewis Hewlett, son of George.
11. Mercy, m. Cornell.
12. Martha.
Note. — Wm. Hallett (i) survived his wife Elizabeth, and, according
to MSS. of G. W. Cock, of Glen Cove, m. Susannah (widow Thome),
mother of Joseph Thorne.
One Wm. Hallett, Senr., m. Katharon. See deed from him, 9 Apl, 1684.
One Wm. Hallett, Senr., m. Rebecca. See deed from him, 30 Nov., 1686.
See Newtown Reeds., Vol. I., p. 385, and Queens Co. Reeds. B. No.
I, p. 69.
Wm. Hallett, according to MSS. of C. B. Moore, m. before 1648, Susan-
nah Booth, and before 1693 m. Rebecca, widow of John Bailey, who died
at Setauket, L. I.
MULFORD FAMILY
(I) WILLIAM MULFORD, and his brother John (2).
came from Devonshire, Eng., to Salem, thence to East Hampton,
L. I., in 1643. He (i William), b. 1620, d. 1687, m. Sarah Akers.
Issue :
-I-3. Thomas.
William.
Benjamin.
Sarah.
Rachel.
(3) THOMAS MULFORD, son of William (i) ; b. 1650,
d. 2 Nov., 1732; will 14 Feb., 1726, m. Mary G., b. 1658, d. 15
June, 1743, dau. of Jeremiah Conkling and his wife, Mary Gardi-
ner, dau. of Lion Gardiner, the first Proprietor of Gardiner's
Island. Jeremiah Conklin was son of Anannias, of Salem, Mass.
(4) JEREMIAH MULFORD, son of Thomas (3) ; b. 1687.
d. 5 Oct., 1766; m. Abigail, b. 1689, d. 10 May, 1764.
18
278 THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND
(5) EZEKIEL MULFORD, son of Jeremiah (4) ; bap. 24
Sept., 1727; d. 15 April, 1819; m. Amy Mulford, widow of ,
Capt. in Col. Smith's Suffolk Co. Regt.
(6) EDWARD MULFORD, son of Ezekiel (5) ; b. 17
Sept., 1767 ; m. Fanny Rysam, dau. of Capt. Wm. Johnson Ry-
sam. Issue :
William R.
Jeremiah.
Ezekiel.
Nancy.
Eliza Grade.
Ursula Pierce, m. Georg^e Howell.
(2) JOHN MULFORD, brother of William (i) ; b. 1606,
d. 1686; m. Friedeswiede, widow of Wm. Osborn, of Salem,
Mass. (Hist. Easthampton, L. L, Hedges). Issue:
-\-y. Samuel.
John, b. 1650.
Mary, m. Jeremiah Miller.
Hannah, m. Benjamin Conkling.
(7) SAMUEL MULFORD, son of John (2) ; b. 1644, d.
1725; m. ist, Esther ; m. 2d, Sarah Howell, b. 1663, d. 6
April, 1760. Issue by first wife:
Samuel, b. 1678.
Timothy.
Elias.
Matthew.
(8) MATTHEW MULFORD (the Capt.), son of Samuel
(7) ; b. 1687, d. 1754; m. 25 Dec, 1712. Elizabeth Chatfield. Is-
sue:
9. Elizabeth, b. 22 Aug., 1714; d. 21 Oct., 1754; m. 26 May,
1737, Hon. John Gardiner (5th Proprietor of Gardi-
ner's Island).
10. Jerusha (twin with Elizabeth), m. 1736, Jeremiah
Hedges.
THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND 279
11. Esther, b. 10 July, 1719.
12. Col. David, b. 10 Sept., 1722; d. 1778; m. Phebe Hunting.
13. Mary, b. 1725, d. 30 June, 1729.
STEWART FAMILY
(i) CHARLES STEWART, b. 175 1, in Edinburgh, Scot-
land, d. in N. Y. City, 28 March, 1805. When very young he
sailed for this country under the care of his uncle, then in the
British Admiralty service, bearing by report the name of Grant
or Marshall. During the voyage he was taken sick with yellow
fever and left in charge of an old woman then living on the
island of , where the vessel touched. He recovered and re-
turned to Edinburgh, where he studied navigation, and later en-
tered the British navy. At a later period he was in command
of a trading vessel running between N. Y. City and the West
Indies. On 24 Jan.. 1780 (then called Captain), he was elected
a member of the New York Marine Society. Nov, 11, 1790,
elected member of the St. Andrew's Society. He m. 27 Oct..
1781. Katharine, b. 6 Dec, 1752, d. 31 Jan., 1812, dau. of Capt.
Thomas Bagley. Issue :
2. Charles, b. 2 March, 1783 ; d. 5 June, 1783.
-I-3. Charles 2d. b. 23 Nov., 1784; d. 8 May, 1819.
4. James, b. 3 April, 1787; d. 3 March, 1789.
5. Catharine, b. 26 Jan., 1790; d. 10 Aug., 1791.
6. James, b. i Jan., 1793 ; d. 1795.
(3) CHARLES STEWART (2). son of Charles (i); b.
23 Nov., 1784; d. 8 May, 1819; m. 19 Aug., 1810, Ann, b. 1790,
d. 14 Sept., 1849, dau. of William and Elizabeth Pers, of N. Y.
City. Issue :
fl 7. Catharine, b. 8 Dec, 1812; d. 30 Dec, 1870: m. Wm. A.
Hunter, M. D.
-|-8. Charles Pers, b. 8 Oct.. 1814; d. 12 April, 19CXD.
9. Elizabeth, b. 2 May, 1816; d. 10 Aug., 1816.
(8) CHARLES PERS STEWART, son of Charles (3);
b. 8 Oct., 1814; d. 12 April, 1900. Resided at Cold Spring Har-
bor, L. I.: m. 24 Jan., 1839. Helen Jones (V. 80) : b. 23 Feb.,
1817. dau. of John H. Jones (IV. 27). Issue:
28o THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND
lo. Ann, b. 4 Nov., 1839; d. 24 Jan., 1898; unm.
+ 11. Charles Jones, b. 21 Sept., 1842; d. 6 Nov., 1887.
12. Helen Jones, b. 18 March, 1845 5 ^n- John E. Chase.
13. Elizabeth Jones, b. 24 Oct., 1847; ^- 9 Oct., 1849.
14. John H. Jones, b. 7 Sept., 185 1.
+ 15. Walter Jones, b. 17 Sept., 1852.
(11) CHARLES JONES STEWART, son of Charles P.
(8) ; b. 21 Sept., 1842; d. 6 Nov., 1887; m. 22 April, 1873, Jane
Elma, dan. of James A. Fleury, of Jamaica, L. I., and his wife
Hannah M., dau. of William Seaman. Issue:
16. Helen, b. 12 Dec, 1874; d. 6 Aug., 1875.
17. Charles, b. 15 July, 1876.
+ 18. James F. (M. D.), b. 21 Nov., 1877; d. 11 Dec, 1900.
(15) WALTER JONES STEWART, son of Charles P.
(8) ; b. 17 Sept., 1852; m. 16 Sept., 1875, Helen Paris. Settled
in San Francisco, Cal., 1874. Issue:
19. Catharine, b. Dec, 1878.
20. Robert Wakefield, b. i April, 1881.
21. Helen Elizabeth, b. 21 Jan., 1887.
(18) JAMES STEWART (M. D.), son of Charles J. (11) ;
d. II Dec, 1900, not married.
Was a graduate of the Friends Academy at Locust Valley, L.
I. He was continuing a post graduate course of the College of
Physicians and Surgeons in New York at the Smith Infirmary,
Staten Island, when death ended a career that was unusually
promising.
PERS FAMILY
WILLIAM PERS, d. 1816, son of William; m. Elizabeth,
dau. of Thomas Collister, and his wife Hannah.* Issue :
Phebe, m. 29 April, 1805, James Wallace.
*Hannah Collister, will prob. 15 March, 1803, calling herself of N. Y.
City, "mantua maker," names her son Thomas, and dau. Elizabeth, wife
of Wm. Fers.
THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND 281
David, b. 8 Jan., 1784.
Sarah, m. 10 Nov., 1807, Fredk. McCready.
Ann, b. 1790, d. 14 Sept., 1819; m. 19 Aug., 1810, Charles
Stewart.
Archibald, b. 16 June, 1794.
Thomas.
William, m. Elizabeth.
His will, prob. 11 Feb., 1817 (Lib. 53, p. 430, N. Y. City),
names only two children, viz. : Thos. and Wm.
FLEURY FAMILY
BALTHAZAR FLEURY, m. Anne, dau. of Archibald Elliot,
of town of Manlius, N. Y. Issue :
James A.
JAMES A. FLEURY, of Jamaica, son of Balthazar, m. Han-
nah M., dau. of William Seaman, and his wife, Hannah Weed,
of Stamford, Conn. His wife, Hannah M., d. 2 Sept., 1888, at
Jamaica, L. I. Issue:
Henry.
John B.
Jane E., m. Charles J. Stewart (10).
Margaret.
Martha.
Hannah.
James.
YOUNGS FAMILY
(T) REV. JOHN YOUNGS, b. 1597, in Eng., came to New
England, 1638, with his wife, Joan Herrington, thence to South-
old, L. I., 1640, where he was pastor of First Church of Southold
from 1640 to 1672. M. 2d, Mary Warren, d. 1678, dau. of Thomas
Warren, of Southold, England.
(2) THOMAS YOUNGS, son of Rev. John (i), and his
282 THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND
first wife, Joan, b. 1625, d. after 1707. Came to Oyster Bay in
1670, from Elizabeth, N. J. ; m. Rebecca Mapes.
(3) SAMUEL YOUNGS, son of Thomas (2), b. 1680; m.,
1 7 14, Penelope Allen.
(4) DANIEL YOUNGS, son of Samuel (3), b. 1718; m.
1746, Hannah, d. 1769, dau. of Peter Underbill. Issue:
-I-5. Capt. Daniel.
6. Samuel.
7. Penelope.
M. 2d, Hannah, dau. of Rev. Benj. Woolsey (widow of Saml.
McCoun).
(5) CAPT. DANIEL YOUNGS, son of Daniel (4) ; b.
T748; m. Susannah, b. 1752, dau. of Timothy Kelsey, of Hunting-
ton, L. I. Issue :
8. Hannah, b. 1770; m., 1786, Joseph Townsend, son of
Joseph.
9. Kezia, b. 12 Feb., 1773; m., 1790, Maj. William Jones
(IV. 4).
+ 10. Samuel, b. 1777; m., 1800, Hannah, b. 1782, d. 1814, dau.
of John and Margery (Tobias) Fleet, of Oyster Bay
Cove, L. I. Issue:
a. Margery F. Youngs, b. 1808; m., 1825, Elbert
Harring Jones (IV. 5).
b. John F., and other children.
II. Daniel, b. 1783; m., 1815, Maria, d. 1864, dau. of John
Baker, b. 1794, d. 1884. Issue:
a. Daniel K., b. 1817, d. 16 Oct., 1894; m., 1850,
Sarah E., b. 1823, d. 20 March, 1895, dau of
Daniel and Frances (Wortman) Smith, of Centre
Island, Oyster Bay. Issue: William Jones
Youngs, b. 1851.
b. William Jones.
c. Thomas.
d. Susan M.
Five other children, d. young.
THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND 283
( 10) SAMUEL YOUNGS, m. 2d, 181 5, Phebe, dau. of Jas.
Reynolds, of Oyster Bay. Issue : David Jones, and Hannah.
WOODHULL FAMILY
WoodhuU ancestry of William Sidney Smith, husband of
Eleanor T. Jones (V. 30).
(1) RICHARD WOODHULL, b. in Eng., 13 Sept., 1620;
d. 17 Oct., 1690, at Brookhaven, L. L, where he emigrated to
with his wife Deborah about 1650. Issue :
+2. Richard, b. 9 Oct., 1649.
3. Nathaniel, d. 16 June, 1680.
4. Deborah, b. 1654; d. 6 Jan., 1742; m. John, son of
Thomas Lawrence, of Newtown, L. I.
(2) RICHARD WOODHULL, son of Richard (i) ; b. 9
Oct., 1649; d. 18 Oct., 1699; m. 19 Aug., 1680, Temperance, dau.
of Rev. John Fordham, of Southampton, L. I. ; m. 2d, Temper-
ance, dau. of Topping. (Southampton Reeds., also MSS. of
F. S. Woodhull, Wading River, L. I.) (This 2d marriage not
noted in N. Y. G. & Biog. Rec, Vol III., 1872.) Issue:
+5. Richard, b. 1691.
+6. Nathaniel, d. 9 March, 1760.
+7. Josiah, b. 9 Sept., 1695.
8. John.
9. Dorothy.
TO. Temperance.
(6) NATHANIEL WOODHULL, son of Richard (2);
d. 9 March, 1760. Lived at Mastic, L. I.; m., 1716, Sarah, dau.
of Richard Smith (Bull Smith), of Smithtown, L. I. Issue:
4-II- Genl. Nathaniel, b. 30 Dec, 1722.
12. Richard, b. 22 May, 1729.
+ 13. Ruth.
284 THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND
14. Juliana, b. 6 April, 1736; d. 1816; m., 1767, Hezekiah
Howell.
And other children.
(13) RUTH WOODHULL, dau. of Nathaniel (6); b. 5
Dec, 1740; m. first, 1755. M, 2d, Judge WilHam Henry Smith,
("Tangier Smiths") ; b. 1720, d. 17 March, 1799.
Issue, a son, William Smith, b. 30 April, 1768; d. 22
July, 1803 ; m. Hannah, dau. of Philetus Smith, of
Smithtown, L. I., who left a son, William Sidney
Smith, d. 1879 ; m. 7 May, 1823, Eleanor T., dau. of
Maj. William Jones (IV. 14).
(11) GENL. NATHANIEL WOODHULL, son of Na-
thaniel (6) ; b. 30 Dec, 1722; d. 10 Sept., 1776; m., 1761, Ruth,
b. 1732, d. 1822, dau. of Hon. Nicoll Floyd, and sister of Genl.
Wm. Floyd, "The Signer." Issue:
15. Elizabeth, b. 30 Nov., 1782; d. 14 Sept., 1839; ^- i^t,
Henry, son of Benjamin Nicoll. Issue, Edward H., m.
Mary, dau. of Solomon Townsend ; Eliza W., m. Richard
Smith (Bull), and Henry W., m. Mary, dau. of John
Ireland.
Elizabeth survived her husband, and m. 2d, Genl. John Smith
(Tangier), and had Egbert T., Robert, Chas. Jeffrey, and
Sarah.
WOODHULL FAMILY
Ancestry of Harriet L. Woodhull, wife of E. Piatt Stratton.
(5) RICHARD WOODHULL, son of Richard (2) ; b. 2
Nov., 1691 ; m. Mary, dau. of John Homan. (N. Y. G. & Biog.
Rec, April, 1873, p. 54; ibid. Jan., 1872, p. 10.)
(16) JOHN WOODHULL, son of Richard (5) ; b. 15 Jan.,
1719; d. 3 Jan., 1794; m. 27 Nov., 1740, Elizabeth, b. 1718, d.
1761, dau. of Maj. Wm. Henry Smith ("Tangier Smiths").
THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND 285
(17) JEFFREY AMHERST WOODHULL, son of John
(16) ; b. I Jan.. 1759: d. 19 Jan., 1839; m. 3 Nov., 1784, Eliza-
beth, b. 16 Oct., 1765 : d. 9 Feb., 1843, dau. of William Davis.
(18) SMITH WOODHULL, son of Jeffrey (17); b. 27
March, 1797: d. 6 Jan.. 1868; m. first, 7 Jan., 1818, 'lannah ; d.
23 May, 1835, dau. of Samuel Skidmore. Issue:
+ 19. Jeffrey Amherst.
20. Harriet.
21. Samuel.
22. Caleb.
23. ^Eleanor.
M. 2d, 21 June, 1836, Mary, d. 1843, dau. of Timothy Case ;
no issue.
M. 3d, 28 Jan. 1845, Marrietta, dau. of John Saxton ; she d.
1867.
(19) JEFFREY AMHERST WOODHULL, son of Smith
( 18) ; b. 18 Feb., 1822. Lived at Hempstead, L. I. ; m. Ann Eliza,
dau. of Chas. Scudder. Issue:
24. Charles Smith.
25. Harriet Louise, m. 27 April, 1871, E. Piatt Stratton, son
of Piatt Stratton, and his wife, Elizabeth Jones (V.
73). Issue:
Jeannie.
Harriet.
WOODHULL FAMILY
Ancestors of Josiah Woodhull (41), who married Hannah
Jones (V. 74).
(7) JOSIAH WOODHULL, son of Richard (2) ; b. 9
Sept., 1695; d. 4 Dec, 1761 ; m. Clemence, d. 15 March, 1774,
dau of Homan. Issue :
26. John.
286 THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND
27. Zebulon.
28. Benjamin.
29. Temperance.
-I-30. Josiah.
31. Clemence.
32. Charity.
33. Nancy.
(30) JOSIAH WOODHULL, son of Josiah (7) ; b. 1733,
d. 1787; m. Hannah, b. 1742, d. 21 Oct., 1805, dau. of Robert
Terry. Issue :
34. Hannah.
35. Nathaniel.
36. Polly.
37. Experience.
38. Fanny.
-I-39. Samuel T.
(39) SAMUEL TERRY WOODHULL, son of Josiah
(30); b. 1784, d. 1847; m. Hannah, b. 1786, d. 1857, dau. of
Daniel Emmons. Issue:
40. Daniel E.
-I-41. Josiah.
42. Samuel.
43. Helen.
(41) JOSIAH WOODHULL, son of Samuel (39); b. 13
Sept., 1815; d. 29 June, 1863; m. 16 Sept., 1844, Hannah, b. 16
June, 1816, dau. of William H. Jones (IV. 25). Issue:
44-46. Three children, died in infancy.
+47. Oliver Jones, b. 19 Nov., 1846.
48. Samuel T., b. 26 Sept., 1848.
-i-49. Josiah T., b. 3 Oct., 1853.
50. Martha L., b. 22 Aug-., i860 ; d. 27 July, 1894 ; m. 5 Dec,
1893, Louis A. Abbott, of St. Stephens, New Bruns-
wick, Canada.
Josiah WoodhuU (41) removed from Wading River, L. L,
THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND 287
to Woodbury, L. I., and after his death his widow and children
settled in San Antonio, Tex.
(47) OLIVER JONES WOODHULL, son of Josiah (41) ;
b. 19 Nov., 1846; m. 19 Oct., 1875, Virginia Warwick Jones, dau.
of Walter R. Jones (V. 76), of Woodbury, L. I. Settled in Texas.
(49) JOSIAH TOWNSEND WOODHULL, son of Josiah
(41) ; b. 3 Oct., 1853 ; m. 3 June, 1885, Lula, dau. of Frost,
of San Antonio. Issue:
51. Thomas Frost, b. 2 June, 1887.
52. Josiah Townsend, b. 15 March, 1890.
53. Josephine, b. 27 April, 1894.
MOORE (MORE) FAMILY
(i) THOMAS MORE, b. in Eng. before 1600, d. before
July, 1636; m. Ann , who survived him and was living in
Aug., 1668. Issue:
-}-2. Thomas.
3. Mary, who before 1636 m. Thomas Grafton, and d. Nov.,
1674.
And other children.
(2) THOMAS MORE, son of Thomas (i); b. in Eng.
about 1615-16; d. at Southold, L. I., 27 June, 1691. Before July
II, 1636, m. 1st, Martha, dau. of Rev. Christopher Youngs, vicar
of Revdon, Suffolk Co., Eng., and of Margaret, his wife. She
bapt. July I, 1613 ; d. before 1680. He m. 2d, in 1682, Katharine,
widow (i) of Thomas Doxy, of New London, and (2) of Daniel
Lane, of Brookhaven. Issue :
-f4- Thomas, bapt. Oct. 21, 1639.
5. Martha, bapt. Oct. 21, 1639; m. John Seaman, of Hemp-
stead.
6. Benjamin, bapt. Aug. 2, 1640; m. Anne, dau. of James
Hampton, of Southampton.
288 THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND
7. Nathaniel, bapt. July 3, 1642; m. Sarah, dau. of Robert
Jackson, of Hempstead. (See under Sarah Jackson
(4).)
8. Hannah, bapt. Dec. 29, 1644; m. (prob. Richard) Sy-
mons.
9. Elizabeth, bapt. Aug. 31, 1647; ^- Simon Glover.
10. Jonathan, bapt. June 3, 1649; "^- Martha Herbert.
11. Mary, bapt. Dec. 15, 1650.
12. Sarah, m. Samuel Glover.
1636, July II, with wife admitted inhabitant of Salem, Mass.
1642, Dec. 22, admitted freeman of Mass.
165 1, removed with family to Southold, L. I.
1658-9, Deputy to New Haven General Court.
1673, named Magistrate by the Dutch, but refused to serve
under them.
1685, Magistrate. He was a shipbuilder and mariner.
(4) THOMAS MORE, son of Thomas (2) ; bapt. at Salem.
Oct. 21, 1639; d. at Southold, L. L, about 171 1 ; m. about 1662,
Mary (prob. dau. of John Herbert, bapt. at Salem, 29 March,
1640). Issue:
-)-i3. Thomas, b. 1663.
14. Nathaniel, m. prob. Patience, dau. of John Mayhew.
15. Samuel, b. about 1674; unm.
16. Martha, b. about 1675 ; m. John Peck.
17. Eliza.
18. John (prob.).
(13) THOMAS MOORE, son of Thomas (4) ; b. Jan. 8,
1663; d. 30 Dec, 1738; m. 1695, J^^e, dau. of (prob.) John Mott,
of Hempstead or Mamaroneck; b. about 1677, d. Nov. 18, 1736.
Issue :
19. Mary, b. Jan. 11, 1696; m. Silvanus Davis.
20. Rachel, b. 1698.
21. Phebe, b. 1701 ; m. Alsop Paine.
22. Deborah, b. 1703.
+23. Thomas, b. 1706; d. 1767.
24. James, b. 1708.
THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND 289
25. Joshua, b. 8 Nov., 1710. .
26. David, b. 25 Nov., 1713 ; m. Hepsibah, dau. of Alexander
VVilmot.
2^. Samuel, b. 8 Feb., 1717; m. Rachel, dau. of Jas. Landon.
28. Henry, b. 17 Dec, 1719; m. (i) Temperance, dau. of
Henry Conkline; (2) Patience Youngs; (3) Mary.
29. John.
30. Lydia.
(23) THOMAS MOORE, son of Thomas (13); b. at
Southold, L. I., 10 April, 1706; d. same place, 10 May, 1767; m.
30 Nov., 1732, Hannah, dau. of (prob. Jacob) Conkling, b. 1705,
d. 31 Dec, 1783. Issue:
+31. Thomas, b. 1733.
32. Luther, b. 1741 ; m. Mary, dau. of Samuel Hazard.
33. Calvin, b. 14 Feb., 1744; m. Margaret, dau. of John
King.
34. Hannah, m. Rev. John Storrs.
35. Mary, b. 28 Aug., 1747 ; m. Silvester Lester.
36. Dau., d. 1737.
37. Jonathan, d. 1754.
(31) THOMAS MOORE, son of Thomas (23); b. Oct.
6, 1733; d. Aug. 6, 1803; m. Sept. 17, 1755, Mary, dau. of Jere-
miah Vail. b. July 20, 1736; d. 20 Feb., 1806. Issue:
38. Thomas, b. 14 March, 1756-7 ; m. Elizabeth, dau. of
Joseph Wickham.
39. Jonathan, b. May 15, 1759.
40. Benjamin, b. May 3, 1761 ; m. Matzey, dau. of Christo-
pher Tuthill.
41. Jane, b. Aug. 16, 1763; m. Rev. Joseph Hazard.
42. Hannah, b. Jan. 2, 1766; m. Samuel Billard.
43. Mary, b. Sept. 28, 1770; ni. Elcazer Hutchinson.
44. Elizabeth, b. July 30, 1772; m. (i) James Bailey; (2)
David Fanning.
45. Luther, b. Dec. 24, 1774.
46. Jeremiah, b. Aug. 13, 1776.
-f47. Jeremiah, b. 6 March, 1779; d. 1837.
290 THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND
(47) JEREMIAH MOORE, youngest son of Thomas (31) ;
b. 6 March, 1779; d. 21 Jan., 1837; m. 26 Sept., 1807, JuHa, dau.
of Daniel Brush ; she b. July, 1782 ; d. 29 Aug., 1873. Issue :
-)-48. Charles Benjamin, b. Dec. 2, 1808.
49. Frances Maria, b. 28 Feb., 1810; m. Rev. Wm. Huntting.
50. Mary Adaline, b. 7 Dec, 1813.
51. Julia Brush, b. 19 Feb., 1816; d. Nov. 19, 1886.
52. Jeremiah, b. 5 May, 1820; d. 9 June, 1890; unm.
53. William Henry Helm.e, b. Feb. 13, 1824; m, 1862, Ade-
line Louise, dau. of Isaac Lewis.
1805 Capt. of Suffolk Co. Regt.
1812 Lieut. Col. of Suffolk Co. Regt.
(48) CHARLES B. MOORE, son of Jeremiah (47) ; b. 2
Dec, 1808; d. 10 Dec, 1893; m. 21 March, 1839, Frances Maria
Jones (V. 78), dau. of John H. Jones (IV. 27). Issue:
(See under Frances Maria Jones (V. 78).
Ancestry of Gardiner Jones (formerly Johnes), of the South-
ampton, L. I., family of that name.
(i) EDWARD JOHNES, in Charlestown, Mass., 163 1 ; m.,
1640, Anne, dau. of George Riggs. Settled in Southampton, L. L,
1650; d. 1659. Issue:
-|-2. Samuel.
3. Mary, b. 1641 ; m. John Trumbull, of Mass.
4. Elizabeth.
(2) SAMUEL JOHNES, son of Edward (i) ; d. 1693; m.
Sarah. Issue :
5. Phebe, m. Joshua Howell, of Southampton.
4-6. Samuel.
7. Ephriam.
(6) SAMUEL JOHNES, son of Samuel (2) ; b. 1672; d.
1760; m. Esther, dau. of Capt. Thos. Stevens. Issue:
8. Samuel.
THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND 291
9. Stephen.
+ 10. Obediah.
11. Timothy.
12. Mary,
-f 13. WilHam.
(10) OBEDIAH JOHNES, son of Samuel (6) ; b. 7 Feb.,
T715; d. 8 Dec, 1790; ni. first, 1741, Esther Fithian, b. 1720, d.
1759; m. 2d, Elizabeth Miller. Issue:
14. Edward, b. 1742.
15. David.
16. Thomas.
17. Mary, m., 1777, Capt. Jeremiah Rogers.
-f-i8. Gardiner.
And other children.
(18) GARDINER JOHNES, son of Obediah (10); b. 16
Feb., 1745. By Act of Legislature he changed the epelling of his
name to Gardiner Jones ; m. Sarah, dau. of Elbert Harring, and
a sister to Cornelia, who m. Samuel Jones (III. 8) "The Sena-
tor." Issue:
19. Nicholas.
20. Elizabeth.
21. Mary, m. Genl. Osborne.
22. Cornelia, m. Col. Melancton Smith, son of Hon. Melanc-
ton Smith, of Dutchess Co., and his wife Margaret,
dau. of Richbell Mott.
23. William G., m. Cornelia, dau. of Elbert Haring.
Other children.
(13) WILLIAM JOHNES, son of Samuel (6); lived in
Southampton, L. I., where he was a privateer, and in 1812 his
descendants removed to Central, N. Y. ; m. Mary . Issue:
24. Hannah, b. 1741.
25. Phebe.
26. Elias.
27. Paul.
28. Isabella, m. Wm. Floyd, "The Signer."
292 THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND
SMITH FAMILY
HON. MELANCTON SMITH was a son of Samuel Smith,
of Jamaica, L. I., where he was born, 1744. He removed to
Dutchess Co., and was one of the first proprietors of Plattsburg.
In 1775 he represented that county in the First Provincial Con-
gress, and Judge of Court of Common Pleas, 1780. He d. 29
July, 1798, in N. Y. City; m. (i) Sarah, d, 1770, dau. of
Smith, of N. J. ; m. 2d, 1771, Margaret, dau. of Richbell Mott,
of Cow Neck, L. I. Issue:
Richbell, b. 1780; d. 23 Oct., 1800.
Col. Melancton.
Sidney, capt. U. S. Army.
Phebe, m. John Bleecker.
COL. MELANCTON SMITH, son of Hon. Melancton; m.
first, Cornelia, dau. of Dr. Gardiner Johnes, M. D., of N. Y.
City ; m. 2d, Anna, dau. of David Green, of Dutchess Co. Issue :
a. Rear Admiral Melancton, m. Mary Jackson Jones (V. 40),
dau. of Thomas Jones (IV. 6).
b. Dau., m. Martin, of Green Bay, Wisconsin.
SKIDMORE FAMILY
GENL. JAMES H. SKIDMORE, of Great Neck, L. I., m.
1st, 17 Sept., 1826, Susannah Peters Hewlett, dau. of Whitehead
Hewlett, and Mary Allen ; no issue. M. 2d, 27 April, 1835, Mary
Ann Hewlett, b. 1812, d. 6 April, 1901, sister to his first wife.
Issue :
Susannah Hewlett, m. 6 Oct., 1859, John T. Willis.
Samuel Tredwell, m. 2 June, 1870, Rosa Messinger.
Mary Jane, m. 15 Oct., 1874, Fredk. K. Edwards.
Sarah Maria, m. 15 Oct., 1869, Daniel R. Porter.
Caroline.
George Whitehead, m. 17 Nov., 1870, Josephine Delatour.
Charles Peters.
James H.
THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND 293
WILLIS FAMILY
Ancestors and descendants of John Willis, who m. Sarah
Jones (III. 18), dau. of William Jones (II. 7),
(i) HENRY WILLIS, b. in Eng., 1628, came to Oyster
Bay, 1675 ; m. Mary Pease.
(2) WILLIAM WILLIS, son of Henry (i) ; b. in Eng.,
1663; d. at Westbury, L. I., May, 1736; m., 1687, Mary, dan.
of Edmund Titus (she b. 1665, d. 1747) and his wife Martha, dau.
of Wm. Washburne.
(3) JOHN WILLIS, son of William (2) ; b. 15 Feb., 1693;
d. 9 May. 1777: m. about 1713 Abigail, dau. of Richard Willets,
of Jericho, and his 2d wife, Abigail, dau. of Thos. Powell.
(4) JOHN WILLIS, son of John (3) ; b. 1726, d. 1813 ; m.
Margaret Cornell, dau. of Caleb and his wife, Elizabeth Hayner.
(5) JOHN WILLIS, son of John (4) ; b. 3 Jan., 1764; d.
26 March, 1833; m. Sarah Jones (III. 18), dau. of William Jones
(II. 7) ; she b. 15 Feb., 1758; d, 16 Sept., 1841. Issue:
+6. Samuel Jones, b. 20 Feb., 1796; m. Maria Miller.
7. William Townsend, b. i May, 1798; d. 28 Aug., 1864;
unm.
-f 8. John, b. 7 Oct., 1800 ; m. Phebe Cornell.
9. Phebe, b. 5 Nov., 1792; d. 17 May, 1863; unm.
10. Margaret, b. 6 July, 1794; d. 1858; m. Thomas Town-
send, prob. son of Richard. Issue :
Mary, b. 1833 ; d. 1835.
(6) SAMUEL JONES WILLIS, son of John (5) ; b. 20
Feb., 1796; d. 20 April, 1867; m. Anna Maria, b. 23 Nov., 1804;
d. 22 March, 188 1, dau. of Nicholas Miller, of Denmark, and his
wife, Sarah Clarke, dau. of George Terry, of Wales, and his wife,
Anna Maddox. Issue:
11. Sarah, b. 18 Feb., 1830; m. William J. Willis.
19
\
294 THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND
12. Mary Townsend, b. 29 Aug., 1843; d. 5 July, 1874; m.
Isaac Smith.*
13. Virginia, b. 17 Aug., 1834; d. 21 Oct., 1879; unm.
4-14. John Townsend, b. 6 July, 1832.
(8) JOHN WILLIS, son of John (5) ; b. 7 Oct., 1800; d.
at Roslyn, L. I., 15 April, 1867; m. 1824, Phebe, dau. of Hewlett
Cornwell, of Port Washington, L. I., and his wife, Elizabeth
Willis. Issue :
+ 15, William Jones, b. 21 June, 1829.
16. Elizabeth, b. 24 July, 1825 ; d. 24 Aug., 1886 ; unm.
17. Sarah, b. 24 Dec, 1836.
18. John, b. I June, 1833; d. 31 Aug., 1838.
(15) WILLIAM JONES WILLIS, son of John (8) ; b. 21
June, 1829; m. 15 March, 1854, Sarah, b. 18 Feb., 1830, dau. of
Samuel Jones Willis (6). Issue:
19. Samuel Jones, b. 24 July, 1856.
20. William Townsend, b. 23 Feb., 1858.
(14) JOHN TOWNSEND WILLIS, son of Samuel Jones
(6); b. 23 July, 1832; d. 1904; m. Susannah, b. 29 July, 1836,
dau. of Genl. James H. Skidmore, of Gt. Neck, L. I., and his 2d
wife, Mary Ann, dau. of Whitehead Hewlett. Issue:
21. Caroline, b. i July, i860.
(3A) SAMUEL WILLIS, son of William (2) ; b. 30 June,
1704; d. 24 Dec, 1782; m. 2 Aug., 1728, Mary, dau. of John
Fry, of Jericho, L. I. Issue:
22. Mary, b. 173 1 ; m. Thomas Jackson.
+23. John, b. 1734, d. 1789; m., 1755, EHzabeth, dau. of Adam
Mott, and his wife, Phebe Willits.
24. Sarah, b. 1735, d. 1783 ; m. 5 of 3 mo., 1755, Adam Mott,
son of Adam Mott.
25. Amy, b. 1738; m. Stephen Mott, son of Adam.
26. Jane, b. 1741 ; m. James Parsons.
*Isaac Smith was son of Chas. H. and Lucretia. Issue, Spencer, b.
1874, d. 1878.
THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND 295
2y. Fry, m. Ann, dau, of Thos. Seaman, of Westbury.
And four other children.
(23) JOHN WILLIS, son of Samuel (3A) ; b. 8 Feb.,
1734; m., 1755, Elizabeth, dau. of Adam Mott; she b. 31 of 5
mo., 1733; d. 13 of 9 mo., 1783. Issue:
28. Adam, b. 13 of 7 mo., 1757; d. 9 of 3 mo., 1758.
-j-29. Samuel, b. 7 of 3 mo., 1759.
30. Phebe, b. 5 of 4 mo., 1761. (See N. Y. Gene. & Biog.
Rec. XVII., p. 220.)
(4A) WILLIAM WILLIS, son of John (3) ; b. 23 March,
1 72 1 (See "Ancestry of Adam and Anne Mott,'^ by Cornell, p.
281) ; m. Mary, b. 5 Dec, 1729, dau. of Ruemourn Townsend.
Issue :
31. Ruth, b. 7 Sept., 175 1 ; m. Samuel Hewlett.
32. Sarah, d. 8 May, 1787; unm.
33. Abigail, b. 18 Nov., 1755 ; m. Richard Townsend, son of
George.
-{-34. Townsend.
35. Mary.
36. Esther, b. 21 Sept., 1762; d. 2 June, 1800; m, Walter
Jones (in. 13).
(34) TOWNSEND WILLIS, son of William (4A) ; b. 23
June, 1757; m. March, 1783, Hannah Bowne, b. 17 Aug., 1762.
Issue :
37. Mary, b. 13 Dec, 1783; m. John J. Hewlett, son of
Townsend, of East Woods, L. I.
38. Sarah, m. William Simonson.
-I-39. Townsend, m. Mary Coles.
40. Hannah, d. unm.
41. Abigail, b. 15 Oct., 1792; d. i of 9 mo., 1866; m. first to
Samuel Jones (IV. 11); 2d to Robert Seaman.
42. Jacob, m. Phebe, dau. of Hewlett.
43. William, m. Letitia Downing.
(39) TOWNSEND WILLIS, son of Townsend (34) ; m.
Mary Coles. Issue:
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44. Townsend, m. Mary, dau. of Jacob Jackson.
45. Ethelinda, m. Timothy Jackson.
46. Hannah, m. Whitson.
47. Esther, m. Thos. Jackson.
(29) SAMUEL WILLIS, son of John (23) ; b. in Syosset,
L. I., 7 of 3 mo., 1759; d. 1839; "i- Rachel, dau. of Thos. Pear-
sail and his wife, Ann Williams, a gr. dau. of Thos. Powell, of
Hempstead, L. I.
(48) HENRY WILLIS, son of Samuel (29) ; b. 1786, d.
1865 ; ni-j 1813, Phebe, dau. of Edmund Post.
(49) SAMUEL WILLIS, son of Henry (48) ; b. in Syos-
set, L. I., 17 Jan., 1815; d. 4 June, 1870; m. 5 Dec, 1865, Cath-
arine Post. Issue:
50. Mary, m. 7 June, 1888, Augustus Albertson.
RYSAM FAMILY
(i) CAPT. WILLIAM JOHNSON RYSAM, b. 1734, d.
in Sag Harbor, L. I., 1806. It is not known when he first came
to this country. His earliest identification here is found in the
records of the Fourth Church, of Portsmouth, N. H., where on
26 Dec, 1773, three of his daughters, viz., Mary, Nancy and
Phanny, were baptized by the Rev. Samuel Haven.
During the Rev. War he was in command of a privateer
named the "British Queen," and by report made his headquarters
at Norfolk, Va., where his two youngest daughters, Hanna Frippe,
and Sophia, were born. His first wife, the mother of his chil-
dren, was Ursula, dau. of Thomas Pierce, of Portsmouth, N. H.
On 8 Oct., 1777, Mrs. Rysam, then in Portsmouth, was permitted
"under a flag of truce" to go with her husband to Rhode Island,
and in the following year his name was included in an Act of
Legislature of N. H.. "as one who had left the State and joined
the enemy." In 1780 his property in Portsmouth was "sett oit"
or confiscated. (See N. H. State Papers, VIII., p. 703-850.)
He was a strong Tory, and at the burning of Norfolk, Va., by
THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND 297
the British in 1779, he, his wife and five daughters (the youngest.
Sophia, being then eight months old) were forced to leave. He
made his escape on his vessel, but was intercepted by the Ameri-
cans who, finding nothing contraband on board, allowed them
to depart.
He landed in Rhode Island, and soon after left for East Hamp-
ton, L. I., where he arrived in 1780, when by report his youngest
daughter, Sophia, was fifteen months old, and his eldest daugh-
ter, Mary, was fifteen years of age. It is supposed he crossed
L. I. Sound and landed on Lloyds Neck, where the British had
their headquarters under Col. Oliver De Lancey, and proceeded
overland to his destination. This seems evident from the fact
that during his journey there his wife died from exposure and
was buried in the "Old Cemetery" at Huntington, L. I. He mar-
ried in Easthampton, L. I., as his 2d wife "the widow Mulford,"
by whom he had no issue. He died there in 1806 leaving five
daughters who, as tradition says, "not being pleased with their
father's will, burned it up." Issue:
2. Mary, b. 1765; m. Col. Abraham Miller; no issue.
3. Nancy, m. first, Jabez Peck; issue, a daughter, Fanny
R., b. 1792, d. 12 April, 1849; m- Jonathan Gardiner,
of Eatons Neck, L. I. (his 2d wife), who had with
others a dau., Eliza Gardiner, b. 181 5, m. Charles H
Jones (IV. 34). She, Nancy (3), m. 2d, Archibald
Gracie, of N. Y., and had issue, Mar}', William and
Archibald.
4. Fanny, m. Edward Mulford.
5. Hannah, m. Cornelius Sleight
6. Sophia, b. 1778; m. Sayre.
NEVIUS FAMILY
(I) JOANNES NEVIUS, b. in Holland, 1627 (the name
being variously spelled Nevyus, Neafe, Neefus, etc.), came to
this country with his wife, Adriaentje Bleijck, whom he m. 18
Nov., 1653. (Vol. 5, p. 158, N. Y. Gene. & Biog. Rec.) She
was dau. of Swantje Jaus, wife of Cornelius Potter. She, Adri-
aentje, was probably a dau. by a first husband, Bleijck. He be-
298 THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND
came Clerk of the Council in New Amsterdam, and d. in Brook-
lyn, L. L, 1672. (Wilson's Memo. Hist. N. Y., i, p. 319.)
(2) PIETER NEVIUS (OR PETRUS), son of Joannes
(i) ; bapt. 4 Feb., 1663; d. 29 April, 1740; settled in Flatlands,
L. I. ; m. 22 June, 1684, Janetje Roelifse Schenck, dau. of Roelof
Martense Schenck, and Neeltje Gerritse Van Couwenhoven, she
being then nineteen years of age. (Holland Soc. Year Book,
1898, p. 91.)
(3) MARTEN NEVIUS (OR MARTINUS), son of
Pieter (2), of Marlboro, Monmouth Co., N. J.; b. 1693, d. 1766;
m. 27 Aug., 1715, Willemptje Lucasse Van Voorhees.
(4) LUCAS NEVIUS, son of Martin (3), of Millstone,
N. J.; b. 1725; d. 18 Sept., 1783; m. 23 May, 1749, Mayche
Cornell, b. 20 Sept., 1729; d. i July, 1795. In the Haelingen
Church Records she was called Martha.
(5) WILLEMPE NEVIUS, dau. of Lucas (4); b. 25
Dec, 1756, in Harlingen, or Millstone, N. J. ; d. 9 May, 1837; m.
24 Nov., 1774, Cornelius Kershaw, b. 2 Sept., 1750; d. 1834, at
Harlingen, N. J. Issue:
George Kershaw, b. 4 Aug., 1776; m. Elsie Baird.
Margaret Kershaw, b. 7 Sept., 1778; d. 20 April, 1856; m.
17 Feb., 1798, Cornelius Van Cleef, of Poughkeepsie.
VAN CLEEF FAMILY
(i) JANS VAN CLEEF, b. 1628, settled in New Utrich,
L. I., 1659; m. before 1661, Enjelye Lowerens, dau. of Lowerens
Preterse. Issue: Catharine, bapt. 1681 ; Benjamin, bapt, 1683;
Joseph, Angelica, Isbrant, Nelke and Cornelius, whom. Femmetje
Van Dewater, and had issue : John, of Gravesend, L. I., and Lau-
rens, of New Jersey.
(2) BENJAMIN VAN CLEEF, son of Jans (i) ; bapt.
THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND 299
1683. Issue: Lysbcth, m. Wm. Cowenhoven ; Jans, m. ist, Maria
Kreffert; 2d, Sarah Cowenhoven; Derick, Marike, m. Jane Ber-
ken ; Derrick, m. Elizabeth Leek; Benjamin, m. Helen Cowen-
hoven, in 1741 ; Nelke. m. Hendrick Vanderbilt; Laurens, Helen,
m. John Brown; Joseph, Elsie and Antje.
(3) LAURENS VAN CLEEF, son of Benjamin (3) ; d.
before 1780; m. Jannetje Laan. Issue: Jacob, b. 1731 ; Fcm-
metje, b, 1733 ; Laurens, Jannetje, Isaac and Jacob.
(4) ISAAC VAN CLEEF, son of Laurens (3) ; b. 1742;
d. 30 June, 1804; m., 1769, Doreas Pumyea, b. 13 April, 1749;
d. 28 March, 1812. Issue: Jane, b. 1770, d. 1851 ; Mary, b. 4
Oct., 1771 ; d. II Feb., 1861 ; Laurens, b. 1773, d. 1852; Peter,
Cornelius, Jacob, b. 27 March, 1779; d. 19 Nov., 1847; Isaac, b.
16 Feb., 1781 ; d. 2 Feb., 1863 ; Abraham John, b. 1786, d. 3 Dec,
1858; m. Jane Duryea, of Millstone, N. J.; Margaret, b. 1789,
d. 1790 ; and Van Marter, b. 21 May, 1792.
(5) CORNELIUS VAN CLEEF, son of Isaac (4) ; b. 21
Jan., 1779; d. 10 July, 1855; m. 17 Feb., 1799, Margaret, b. 7
Sept., 1778, dau. of Cornelius Kershaw, and his wife Willempe,
dau. of Lucas and Martha (Cornell) Nevius. Issue:
-(-6. Cornelius (the Rev.), b. 16 Sept., 1799; d. 13 June, 1875.
7. Isaac, of Harlingen, N. J. ; b. 15 Aug., 1801 ; d. 6 Aug.,
1877.
8. George, b. 2 July, 1804; d. 4 Dec, 1865.
9. Jane, b. 8 Feb., 1808 ; d. i June, 1834.
TO. Matilda, b. 13 June, 181 1 ; d. 24 Nov., 1889.
(6) CORNELIUS VAN CLEEF (the Rev.), of Pough-
keepsie, N. Y., son of Cornelius (5); b. 16 Sept., 1799; d. 13
June, 1875; m. 15 Oct., 1828, Sophia Sommers Stilwell, of Phil-
adelphia; b. 1800, d. 1852, dau. of James Savage Stilwell, and
Susannah Mason. Issue:
1 1. Sophia, b. 1829.
-|-I2. James Spencer, b. i Aug., 1831.
He m. as his 2d wife, 30 Oct., 1856, Ellen Shepherd, of Al-
bany, N. Y.
300 THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND
(12) JAMES SPENCER VAN CLEEF, of Poughkeepsie,
N. Y,, son of Rev. Cornelius (6) ; b. i Aug., 1831 ; d. 1902; m.
17 May, 1862, Harriet Mulford Howell, dau. of George Howell.
Issue :
13. Elizabeth Howell, m. Beverly O. Kinnear, M. D.
14. Ellen Shepherd, m. Walter Mott Jones (VI. yy).
15. Henry Howell.
Howell ancestry of Ellen S. Van Cleef, wife of Walter Mott
Jones (VI. 77).
(i) HENRY HOWELL, of Westbury in Marsh Gibbon.
County Bucks, Eng., d. July, 1625, was descended from Howell,
Prince of Caerleon upon Uske, in Monmouthshire, whose arms are
gules, three towers, triple towered ar. (See Memorial of Reading
Howell, Yerkes and Latham Families, by J. G. Leach.)
(2) EDWARD HOWELL, son of Henry (i), came to
Lynn, Mass., in 1638, with his family, and in 1640 he and others,
under an agreement with Lord Stirling's agent, Wm. Farret, en-
deavored to make a settlement at Cow Neck, Long Island, but
were driven off by Gov. Kieft, and proceeded to the eastern end
of Long Island, where in April of that year they commenced the
settlement of the town of Southampton. May 20, 1647, chosen
Magistrate. (See Col. Reeds, of Conn., 1636-1665.) 1647-1653
member of the Governor's Council of Conn. (See Newhall's
Lynn, p. 171, 193, 214, etc. ; also New Eng. Hist, and Gene.
Register, 1861.) He d, at Southampton, L. I., 1655. He m. as
his first wife, Frances, d. 1630 ; m. 2d, Eleanor. Issue :
-\-\ Major John, b. 1625 ; d. 3 Nov., 1696, at Southampton,
L. I.
4. Edward, b. 1626, d. 1699.
4a. Arthur, m. Elizabeth, dau. of John Lion Gardiner, the
first Proprietor of Gardiners Island.
4b. And other children.
(3) MAJOR JOHN HOWELL, son of Edward (2) ; b.
1625, d. 3 Nov., 1696; m. Susannah . He probably came to
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Wm. Farret, but was not named as one of the grantees. Much
trouble arose concerning this Patent between the Dutch and Eng-
Hsh, and on i Xov., 1676 (after the Dutch power became extinct),
a confirmatory Patent was obtained and Capt. John Howell and
Edward Howell were two of the patentees. Later, a second
Patent was obtained from Gov. Dongan, in 1686, in which John
Howell (then called Major) and Edward Howell were included
as patentees. 1644-1651, Deputy to Genl. Court of Conn., and
165 1 -1658 was Justice of town of Southampton, that town then
being under the jurisdiction of Conn. Commissioned Major on
2 June. 1684.
(4) EDWARD HOWELL (LIEUT), son of Edward (2) ; b.
1626, d. 1699; ni- 1st, II Nov., 1664, Sarah, b. 1645, dau. of Lieut.
Joseph Judson, of Stratford, Conn. He b. 1619, d. 1690; m., 1644,
Sarah, b. 1626, d. 16 March, 1696, dau. of John Porter, of Wind-
sor, Conn., and was a son of William Judson, of Yorkshire, Eng.,
who died in Stratford, Conn., 1660. (See Cothren's Hist. Ancient
Woodbury. Vol. i. p. 587; Vol. 3, p. 684). M. 2d, Mary, dau.
of Robert Fordham, of Southampton, L. L (See New Eng.
Hist, and Gene. Register 54. p. 136.) In a division of the estate
of Robert Fordham in 1672, her share was 40 acres of land. (See
Liber i, p. 185 Wills, N. Y. City.)
BAKER FAMILY
Ancescry of Helen Folsom Baker, 2d wife of John H, Jones.
(i) EDWARD BAKER came to Boston in 1630 with Win-
throp, and in 1638 was freeman in Lynn, where he d. 16 March,
1687; m. Joan. d. 9 April, 1693. Issue:
+2. Edward, and other children.
(2) EDWARD BAKER, son of Edward (i) ; m. 7 April,
1685, Mar)-, dau. of Capt. Thomas Marshall (see Newhall's Lynn,
p. ri6), of Lynn, Mass. Capt. Thos. Marshall returned to Eng.
and was given a captain's comm. in the Parliamentary anuy under
Cromwell. He returned to Lynn and was Rep, to Genl. Court,
304 THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND
1659-1668, and Captain in the "Ancient and Honorable Military
Co." of Mass. (See Hist, of Ancient and Honorable Military
Co., Vol. I, p. 108.) (Hurd's Hist. Middlesex Co., Vol. i, p.
322-4, 508.)
Edward Baker (2), was Ensign of Militia in Lynn. Issue:
+3. Edward, and others.
(3) EDWARD BAKER, son of Edward (2) ; b. in Lynn,
Mass., 16 July, 1696 ; settled in Westborough, Mass. ; m. 22 Nov.,
1721, Persis, dau. of Samuel and Elizabeth (Howe) Brigham, of
Marlborough. Issue, ten children. He was the third child bearing
the name Edward.
(4) JOSEPH BAKER, son of Edward (3); b. 19 May,
1736; d. 19 Nov., 181 1, in Limerick, Maine; m. 15 Nov., 1758,
Martha Death, b. 1738, d. 13 May, 1809. He settled, in 1789, in
Bakersfield, Vt., and was Commissary Genl. in Rev. War. He
left issue, eleven children.
(5) EDWARD BAKER, son of Joseph (4), b. 9 Oct., 1772 ;
d. in Enosburgh, Vt.; m., 10 June, 1795, Achsah Griswold, b. in
Windsor, Conn., 20 Oct., 1772; d. 23 July, 1861. (See Hist.
Enosburgh, Vt.) He left issue, ten children.
(6) EDWARD WORTLEY BAKER, son of Edward (5) ;
b. in Enosburgh, Vt., ii July, 1796; d. 2 Aug., 1880; m. 20 Aug.,
1823, Clarissa Edna, b. 4 April, 1800; d. 10 Oct., 1890, dau. of
Thomas and Edna Folsom. Issue: Joseph D., b. 18 Nov., 1824:
d. 13 April, 1834; Louisa Folsom, b. 19 Sept., 1826; m. 5 June,
1849, Stevens G. Palmer, of Boston; Edna Ela, b. i Dec, 1828;
d. 16 Dec, 1896; Rev. Edward Folsom, b. 1831 ; Charles, b. 1834,
d. 1836 ; John White, b. 1837, d. 1871, and George Folsom, b. 1840,
d. 1843.
(7) REV. EDWARD FOLSOM BAKER, son of Edward
W. (6) ; b. 8 Nov., 1831 ; m. ist, Frances H., b. 15 Jan., 1839;
d. II Dec, 1861, dau. of Abraham N. Wagener, of Penn Yann,
N. Y. Issue:
8. George, b. and d. 1859.
FOLSOM. — Ancestry of Hklen Folsom Baker,
2D WIFE OF John H. Jones (VI, 76).
JOHN FOLSOM,
came from England in 1638; b. ; d. 27 Dec,.
1681; m. 4 Oct., 1636, Mary, dau. of Edward and
Mary Oilman.
Samuel. JOHN, Nathaniel Israel. Lt. PETER, Mary. Ephriam
b. 1640; d. 1715; m.
Abigail, dau. of
Abraham Perkins,
10 Nov., 1675.
ABRAHAM,
b. 1678; d. 1740; m. (i)
Anna, dau. of Aquila
Chase; m. (2) Elizabeth,
dau. of .
DANIEL,
b. 1704; d. 1756; m. (I)
prob. dau. of Nathul. Fol-
snm; m. (2) Huldah East-
man, dau. of John.
ABRAHAM (by 2d wife),
b. 1741; m. 1772, Eliza-
beth Moody.
ASA.
b. 1782; d. 1813; m. Fanny
Beimett.
JOHN B..
b. 181 1 ; m. Clarinda C.
Harndeii.
OSCAR,
b. 1832; d. 1873; m. 1863,
Emma C. Harmen
b. 1649; d. 1717; m.
Susanna Cousins
(or Coffin).
ER,
PET
m. Catharine, dau. of
Oilman.
JAMES,
b. 171 1 ; d. 1748; m. Eliza-
beth, dau. of Capt. Jona-
than Thing.
lAMES,
b. 27 June, 1737; m. 1763,
Elizabeth, dau. of Thos.
Webster, b. 1740; d. 1824.
THOMAS,
b. 10 Mav. 1769; m. Edna
Ela, dau. of ohn Ela.
CLARISSA EDNA,
b. 4 April, 1800; m. 20
Aug., 1823, Edward Wort-
leyC*) Baker, son of Ed-
ward(').
REV. E. FOLSOM BAKER(-
b. 1831.
FRANCES,— 7th cousin of-HELEN FOL.SOM BAKER,
m. Hon. Orover Cleve- m. John H. Jones (\T, 76)
land, Pres. United States.
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THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND 307
9. Edward F., b. i860, d. 1865 .
M. 2d, 4 Jan., 1865, Sarah A., dau. of Arnold B. Watson, of
Unadilla, N. Y., and his wife Susan, dau. of Isaac Hayes. Issue:
10. Susan Watson.
11. Helen Folsom, b. 4 Feb.; m. 18 June, 1890, John H.
Jones (VI. 76).
12. Edna Ela.
-{-13. John Henry,
14. Arnold Watson.
15. Francis Folsom, m. June 26, 1906, Geraldine, dau. of
George Rumsey Howard, of Buffalo.
(13) JOHN HENRY BAKER, son of Rev. Edward F.
(7) ; m. 24 Oct., 1900, Blanche, dau. of Edward H. Hutchinson,
of Buffalo, N. Y. Issue :
16. Sarah Hutchinson, b. 15 Oct., 1901,
17. Jean Watson, b. 27 April, 1903.
18. John Hutchinson, b. 9 July, 1905.
Folsom ancestry of Helen Folsom Baker, the 2d wife of John
H. Jones (VI. 76).
(i) JOHN FOLSOM came from Eng., 1638; d. 27 Dec,
1681 ; m. 4 Oct., 1636, Mary, dau. of Edward and Mary Oilman.
(2) PETER FOLSOM (LIEUT.), son of John (i), b.
1649, ^- ^l^T^ '^- Susanna Cousins, of Wells, Me.
(3) PETER FOLSOM, son of Lieut Peter (2) ; m. Cath-
arine, dau. of John Oilman.
(4) JAMES FOLSOM, son of Peter (3) ; b. 1711, d. 1748;
m. Elizabeth, dau. of Capt. Thomas Thing.
(5) JAMES FOLSOM, son of James (4); b. 27 June,
1737; m. 1763, Elizabeth, b. 1740, d. 1824, dau. of Thos. Web-
ster.
3o8 THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND
(6) THOMAS FOLSOM, son of James (5) ; b. 10 May,
1769; m. Edna, dau. of John Ela.
(7) CLARISSA EDNA FOLSOM, dau. of Thomas (6) ;
b. 4 April, 1800; m. 20 Aug., 1823, Edward Wortley Baker (6),
son of Edward (5), and had a son. Rev. E. Folsom Baker (7),
whose dau., Helen Folsom Baker (11), m., 18 June, 1890, John
H. Jones (VL76).
SCUDDER FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND
THOMAS SCUDDER, of Salem, Mass., ancestor of the
Scudders of L. L, was in all probability a near relative of Wm,
Scudder, of Darent, Kent, Eng., who left a will, prob. 4 Nov.,
1607, naming wife Margary, and daus. Pamel, Mary, Margaret
and Joan ; legacy to Henry Scudder, the son of my deceased
brother, John; also Thomas and Henry Scudder, sons of my
deceased brother, Henry. Thos. Scudder and others, executors.
(See New Eng. Hist. & Gene. Register, July, 1893.)
One John Lowers, of Darent, Kent, Eng., by his will (prob.
5 Feb., 1650), gave his sister "Scudder and Henry Scudder, her
son," part of Rugby Wood; also "to my sister Scudder's sons,
Thomas, Henry, William and John, and to her daus., Elizabeth
and Martha Scudder, 10 shillings each." (New Eng. Hist. &
Gene. Reg., July, 1893.)
(i) THOMAS SCUDDER, d. 1658, in Salem, Mass.; m.
Elizabeth, d. 1666. Issue:
2. John. I
-{-3. Thomas.
4. Henry.
5. Elizabeth, b. 1622, d. 1682 ; m. Henry Bartholomew, of
Mass., b. 1600, d. 1692.
6. William, d. about 1658, who left a son, Thomas (7).
who m. Sarah Maverick.
(3) THOMAS SCUDDER, son of Thomas (i), came from
THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND 309
Salem, Mass., in 165 1, to Huntington, L. I., where he d. 1690; m.
Mary. Issue :
-\-y. Timothy.
+8. Benjamin.
9. Mary, m. Robert Arthur.
10. EHzabeth, m. Waher Noaks.
11. Sarah, m. Conkling.
12. Cleman, m. Clements.
13. Mercy.
(8) TIMOTHY SCUDDER, son of Thomas (3) ; d. 1740;
m. Sarah Wood, d. 1738. Issue:
4-14. Timothy.
15. Henry.
16. John.
17. Abigail, m. Jos. Lewis.
(9) BENJAMIN SCUDDER, son of Thomas (3) ; d. 1735 ;
m. first, Mary; m. 2d, Sarah. Issue:
18. Thomas.
19. Ezekiel.
20. Benjamin.
21. Joseph.
22. Isaac, who removed to Conn.
23. Isaiah.
24. Moses, who d. before 1754, and left a son Samuel, of
N. Y. City.
25. Peter.
26. Sarah, who m. Epenetus Piatt.
27. Ruth, m. Rogers.
28. Anne.
( 14) TIMOTHY SCUDDER, son of Timothy (8) ; b. 1696,
d. 25 April, 1778; m. Mary, dau. of Daniel Whitehead. Issue:
29. Jemima, b. 1728; m. David Roscoe.
30. Hannah, b. 1730; m. Ananias Carll.
31. Jerusha, b. 1732 ; m. Timothy Carll, who had a dau., Julia
310 THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND
Carll; m. Scudder Lewis, and a son, Phineas Carll,
who left issue, Selah (M. D.), David, Piatt, and Mary.
32. Timothy.
33. Sarah, b. 1736; m. Jesse Buffett.
34. John, b. 1740.
+35. Henry, b. 1743.
36. Joel, b. 1746.
(35) HENRY SCUDDER, son of Timothy (14); d. 21
Jan., 1822. Served in Rev. War as aide to Genl. Nathaniel Tal-
madge. He was a member of State Legislature. M. Phebe, dau.
of Ananias and Hannah Carll. Issue:
37. Youngs Prime, b. 30 June, 1771.
-f-38. Henry, b. 26 April, 1778.
39. Phebe, b. 21 May, 1782; m. Azel Lewis, and had a dau.,
Gloriana Lewis, who m. John Bunce.
39a. Phebe.
39b. Henry, who settled in Central New York.
39c. Joel, m. Charity Lewis.
39d. Amelia, m. Piatt Lewis.
(38) HENRY SCUDDER, son of Henry (35) ; b. 26 April,
1778; d. in Huntington, L. L, 1863; m. ist, Phebe, dau. of Jonah
Wood. Issue :
40. Amelia, m. Seabury Bryant.
41. Phebe, m. Melancton Bryant, and had dau., Henrietta
Bryant; m. F. L. Blanchard.
M. 2d, Elizabeth, dau. of Judge Divine Hewlett, of Cold
Spring Harbor, L. I. Issue:
42. Eliza Strong, b. 1802; m. ist, Wm. W. Kissam, M. D. ;
and 2d, William W. Wood, of Huntington, L. I.
43. Anne Cornelia, b. 26 April, 1822; d. 15 April, 1884; m.
Henry G. Scudder (90).
+44. Henry Joel, b. 18 Sept., 1825.
45. Townsend, b. 14 Dec, 1829.
46. Hewlett, b. 25 July, 1833.
THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND 311
(44) HENRY JOEL SCUDDER, son of Henry (38) ; b.
18 Sept., 1825; d. 10 Feb., 1886; member of 426 Congress, 1872.
M. first, 21 June, 1853, Louisa Henrietta, d. 28 Dec, 1864, dau.
of Chas. Davies. Issue:
+47. Henry Townsend (the Rev.), b. 7 Sept., 1854.
+48. Charles Davies (M. D.)., b. 24 Sept., 1856.
49. Edward Mansfield, b. 1 May, 1858.
50. Mary E., b. 21 Sept., 1859; d. 22 Jan., i882.
51. Elizabeth, b. 26 Feb., 1861; d. 31 Aug., 1865.
M. 2d, Emma, dau. of John H. Willard, of Troy, N. Y. She
d. 23 May, 1893. Issue:
52. Willard.
53. Louisa Henrietta.
54. He>'ward.
55. Emma Willard, b. 27 Feb., 1871; m. 17 Nov., 1898,
Edward Loughborough Keyes, M.D. Issue: Edward
Lawrence, b. 5 Nov., 1899; Emma Willard, b. 11
Oct., 1902; Elizabeth Hewlett, b. 27 Sept., 1905.
56. Annie Hewlett.
57. Hewlett.
(45) TOWNSEND SCUDDER, son of Henry (38) ; b. 14
Dec, 1829; d. 30 July, 1874; m. Sarah, dau. of Philomen Frost.
Issue :
+58. Philomen Halstead.
+59. Elizabeth Hewlett.
+60. Townsend.
61. Lorin Kent.
+62. Sarah Maria.
+63. Cornelia.
His wife survived him and m. 2d, Seigfried Strakosh, and had
issue a dau., Josephine, d. 13 April, 1889, ae 6 ms. and 22 dys.
(47) REV. HENRY T. SCUDDER, son of Henry J. (44) ;
m. 5 June, 1889, Margaret Mott Weeks, dau. of Jac M. Weeks.
Issue:
64. Edna Hewlett, b. 28 April, 1890.
65. Henry Holloway, b. 24 Sept., 1895.
66. Dorothy Weeks, b. 3i March, 1899.
312 THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND
(48) CHARLES DAVIES SCUDDER (M. D.), son of
Henry J. (44); b. 24 Sept., 1856; d. 19 July, 1892; m. 3 April,
1883, Louisa Wardner, dau. of Hon, Wm. M. Evarts. Issue:
67. Louisa Henrietta, b. 14 April, 1884,
(58) PHILOMEN HALSTEAD SCUDDER, son of
Townsend (45) ; b. 22 July, 1861 ; m, 14 Aug,, 1889, Sarah E.,
dau. of George H. Townsend, of Glen Cove, L. I, Issue:
68. Townsend, b, 1892; d. Nov., 1895.
69. Hazel L.
(59) ELIZABETH HEWLETT SCUDDER, dau. of
Townsend (45) ; b. 20 Oct., 1871 ; m, Edward V, Thebaud; d, 21
June, 1900, ae 'j'j (as his 2d wife). He was a son of Edward
Thebaud and Emma Van Schalkwyck de Boisauvin, of New York.
Issue:
70. Leo Hewlett, b, 15 Feb., 1880.
(60) TOWNSEND SCUDDER, son of Townsend (45) ;
b. 26 July, 1865 ; m. 3 June, 1891, Mary Dannet, dau. of Geo. A.
Thayer, of Brooklyn, L. I. Issue :
71. Atela.
^2. Thayer.
73. Elizabeth Hewlett.
74. Townsend.
(62) SARAH MARIA SCUDDER, dau. of Townsend
(45) ; b. 22 Oct., 1869; m, Thos, Irving Van Antwerp, of Albany,
N. Y.
(63) CORNELIA SCUDDER, dau. of Townsend (45) ; b.
2 Oct., 1871 ; m. 16 May, 1893, James B. Hendrick, son of Col.
James, of Albany.
( 18) THOMAS SCUDDER, son of Benjamin (9) ; d. 1775 ;
m. Rebecca, dau .of Sammis. Issue :
75. Gilbert.
-f-76. Thomas, b, 1725.
THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND 313
(76) THOMAS SCUDDER, son of Thomas (18); d. 25
Feb., 1809; m. Abigail, dau. of John Sammis, she d. on the same
day as her husband. Issue :
-]■]. John.
78. Rebecca.
+79. Gilbert, b. 1764.
80. Thomas.
(79) GILBERT SCUDDER, son of Thomas (76) ; b. 1764,
d. 1855; m. Abigail Buffet. Issue:
4-81. Isaiah, b. 1791.
82. Hetty, m. Phil. Udall.
83. Sarah, m. Jos, Lewis.
84. Phebe.
85. Mary, m. Moses Jarvis and had issue Abigail Jarvis, who
m. Theodore Lounds, of Conn.
86. Naomi, m. Prof. Shallum B. Street. Issue, Chas. R.
Street, of Huntington.
87. Gilbert, of Conn.
88. Judge Henry C, of Idaho.
89. Mary A., m. Fayette Gould.
(81) ISAIAH SCUDDER, son of Gilbert (79) ; b. 1791, d.
13 Feb., 1875; m. Rhoda, dau. of Daniel Jarvis. Issue:
-I-90. Henry G.
(90) HENRY G. SCUDDER, son of Isaiah (81); b. 24
May, 1818; d. 27 Jan., 1886; m. ist, Eleanor, dau. of Mur
ray, of Middletown, N. J. Issue:
91. Wm. Murray, d. 1881 ; m. Ella Handley ; no issue.
92. Nora Jarvis, b. March 30, 1854; d. June 7, 1886; m. John
H.Jones (VI. 76).
93. Henry G., m, 1883, Harriet Lewis.
M. 2d, Anne Cornelia, dau. of Henry Scudder (38). Issue:
94. Gilbert, m. Nellie, dau. of ex-Gov. Wm. G. Ritch, of
Santa Fe, New Mexico. Settled in Huntington, L. I.
Issue, two children.
314 THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND
95. Elizabeth, d. unm.
96. Victor, d. unm.
97. Hewlett, m. Ella, widow of his half brother, Wm. M.
Scudder (91).
(34) JOHN SCUDDER, son of Timothy (14); b. 1740;
m. Mary Budd. Issue:
4-98. John B.
99. Mary.
(98) JOHN B. SCUDDER, son of John (34) ; m. Hannah,
dau. of Skidmore. Issue:
100. Richard.
loi. Deborah, m. Havens Kelsey.
102. Timothy.
+ 103. Charles.
104. Joseph.
105. John.
106. Hannah.
107. Sarah, m, Joseph Lewis. Issue: Egbert, Joseph S., m.
Phebe, gr. dau. of Henry Scudder (35), and others.
(103) CHARLES SCUDDER, son of John B. (98); m.
Sarah Vail. Issue:
108. Ann Eliza, m. J. Amherst Woodhull, of Huntington,
who had son Charles V., m. Martha Leek, and a dau.
Harriet, wife of E. Piatt Stratton.
109. Mary, m. William G. Gardiner, son of Jonathan,
no. Charles, m. dau. of John Fleet.
III. Louisa, m. Covert.
SCUDDER FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND AND
NEW JERSEY
(2) JOHN SCUDDER, son of Thomas (i), of Salem,
Mass. ; m., 1642, Mary, dau. of Dorothy King. Came to South-
old, L. I., 1651, thence to Newtown, L. L, 1660. Issue:
THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND 315
-f-ii2. Samuel.
4-113. John.
114. Mary.
115. Elizabeth.
115a. Hannah.
(112) SAMUEL SCUDDER, son of John (2); d. 1689,
at Newtown, L. I. ; m. Phebe, dau. of Edmond Titus, of West-
bury, L. I. Issue :
116. Samuel.
117. Mary.
118. Sarah.
119. Deborah.
120. Samuel, d. 1771.
(113) JOHN SCUDDER, son of John (2); m. 1669,
Joanna, dau. of Capt. Richard Betts, of Newtown, L. I. Issue :
-f-i2i. Richard B.
122. John.
(121) RICHARD B. SCUDDER, son of John (113) ; b.
1671, d. 14 March, 1754. Settled in Trenton, N. J.; m. Hannah
Reeder. Issue :
-I-123. John, and others.
(123) JOHN SCUDDER, son of Richard B. (121) ; d. 10
May, 1748, ae 47 yrs. ; m. Phebe, dau. of Daniel Howell. Issue:
-j-124. Amos.
125. Daniel, and others. (See Early Settlers of Trenton,
by Cooley.)
(124) AMOS SCUDDER, son of John (123) ; b. 14 Feb.,
1739; d. II May, 1824; m. Phebe, dau. of John Rose. (See
Early Settlers of Trenton, p. 212; Cooley.) Issue:
-f-126. John, and others.
(126) JOHN SCUDDER, son of Amos (124) ; b. 1764; d.
3i6 THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND
15 April, 1830; m, Mary, dau. of John Keen and Hannah Holme.
Issue:
127. Phebe, d. 8 Sept., 1834, ae 42; m. Gershom, son of John
Mott, and had issue, Maj. Genl. Gershom Mott, and
other children.
ROMAINE (ROMEYN) FAMILY
(i) CLAES JANSEN ROMEYN came to this country in
1660 and settled in Amersfort, L. I. He was a son of Jan Ro-
meyn, of Amsterdam, who, as the family claim, was a descendant
of Peter de Ferentino (of Italian lineage), who had been edu-
cated in Rome and took the surname of Romaeyn (Peter the
Roman).
Claes Jansen Romeyn, m. about 1680, Styntie Alberts Terhune,
and removed to Hackensack, N. J., and later to New York City,
where he died. (Gene. Hist. Hudson and Bergen Co., p. 142;
Harvey.) His will, 30 Oct., 1719, prob. 16 Nov., 1730, names his
wife Christyntie, and several sons and daughters.
(2) JOHN ROMEYN, son of Claes Jansen (i), left a son,
3. Isaac, with issue, Elias (4), and others.
(5) BENJAMIN ROMAINE, son of Elias (4) ; b. 1762 ; d.
1844; m. Mary Brower, b. 1763; d. 1845, ^au. of Samuel, of
N. Y. Issue:
6. Washington.
-I-7. Samuel B.
(7) SAMUEL B. ROMx\INE, son Benjamin (5) ; b. 4
Oct., 1789; d. 28 Nov., 1861 ; m. Grace, b. i Nov., 1793; d.
6 Jan., 1865, dau. of George Hunter and his wife, Grace Brick.
Issue:
8. Benjamin, b. 4 Jan., 1818 ; d. 31 Dec, 1841.
+9. Samuel B., b. 1819.
10. George H., b. 1821, d. 1886.
11. Worthington, b. 1822, d. 1888.
THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND 317
-f-i2. Charles, b. 2 March, 1827; d. 1884.
12a. Graham, b. 1829, d. 1854.
-I-13. William, b. 28 Oct., 1837; d. 7 Sept., 1864.
14. Mary, b. 1816, d. 1896; m. Lawrence,
15. Grace J., b. i Aug., 183 1 ; d. 15 Feb., 1852.
t6. Washington, b. 1834, d. young.
(9) SAMUEL B. ROMAINE, son of Samuel B. (7) ; b.
6 Aug., 1819; d. 22 Oct., 1889; m. 9 June, 1862, Clara, b. 4 Sept.,
1831, dau. of William T. Jones (IV. 42). Issue:
17. Mary Robins, b. 13 Feb., 1863.
18. William Jones, b. 15 Feb., 1865; ^n. 3 April, 1893, Rose,
b. 8 May, 1868, dau. of George W. Bond, son of
George W., of Boston, and his wife Rebecca, dau. of
Alfred Huidekoper. Issue :
Lawrence Bond, b. 13 Oct., 1900.
(13) WILLIAM H. ROMAINE, son of Samuel B. (7) ; b.
28 Oct., 1837; d. 17 Sept., 1864; m. Victoria, dau. of John W.
Hite. Issue :
19. Grace H.
20. George H., b. 1861, d. 1862.
21. Elizabeth; all died young.
(12) CHARLES ROMAINE, son of Samuel B. (7) ; b. 2
March, 1827; d. 8 March, 1884; m. Victoria A., dau. of Joseph
Mason ; she b. 4 Jan., 1836. Issue :
+22. Charles, b. 1862, d. 1894.
23. Mason, b. 1857.
24. Dora, b. 1864; m., 1895, John F. Peebles, of Norfolk, Va.
25. Grace, b. 1855; d. 1861.
26. Elizabeth, b. i860, d. infant.
(22) CHARLES ROMAINE, son of Charles (12) ; b. 1862,
d. 1894; m. Ella, dau. of Thos. Lawrence. Issue:
27. Charles, b. 1889.
28. Lawrence, b. 1892.
29. Mason, b. 1894.
3i8 THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND
DUANE FAMILY
Ancestors of Maria B. Duane, wife of Hon. Samuel W,
Jones (V. 13).
(i) AIsTTHONY DUANE, born of a Protestant family in
Co. Galway, Ireland, in 1682; came to America in 1700 as Pay-
master in the British Navy. He resigfned from the navy and
settled in N. Y., v^^here he d. 14 Aug., 1747. In 1741 he pur-
chased a large tract of land in what is now the town of Duanes-
burg, near Schenectady, He m. first, 171 7, Eve, dau. of Dirk
Benson, of New York. He m. 2d, 24 May, 1730, Altea, dau. of
Abraham Keteltas and Anneke Coerten.
(2) HON. JAMES DUANE, the fourth child of Anthony
(i), and his 2d wife, Altea, was b. 6 Feb., 1733; d. at Duanes-
burg, I Feb., 1797. Was delegate to Genl. Congress, 1774, and
Mayor of N. Y. City, 1784-1789. He m., 21 Oct., 1759, Maria,
dau. of Robert Livingston (3d Lord of the Manor), and Mary
Thong. His wife Maria d. 6 May, 1821.
(3) JAMES CHATHAM DUANE, son of James (2) ; b.
3 Dec, 1770; d. 25 Dec, 1842; m. 6 Dec, 1792, Marianne, d. 10
Feb., 1828, dau. of Henry Bowers, of Swansea, Mass., and his
wife Mary Meyer. Issue :
James, m. Harriet Constable.
Maria Bowers, b. 23 Oct., 1793 ; m. Hon. Saml. W. Jones
(V.13).
William N. (M. D.), m. Eliza, dau. Capt. Jonathan Walton.
Robert L.
John B.
Elizabeth, m. Rev. Thos. Reed.
MILLER FAMILY
Ancestors of John Bleecker Miller, who married Cornelia,
dau. of Hon. Samuel W. Jones (V. 13).
(i) JOHN MILLER came from Maidstone, Kent, Eng.,
and settled in Easthampton, L. I., in 1649.
THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND 319
(2) JEREML\H MILLER, son of John (i) ; lived at East-
hampton, L. L
(3) ELEAZER MILLER, son of Jeremiah (2) ; b. 1697, d.
at Easthampton, 13 March, 1788; m., 1718, Mary, dau. of Mathias
Burnett, she b. 1701, d. 1743. He was a member of Colonial
Assembly, 1746- 1769. Issue:
4-4. Burnett, b. 3 Jan., 1719.
5. Elizabeth, b. 3 Dec., 1721.
6. Jeremiah, b. 12 June, 1724.
7. Mary, b. 18 Sept., 1725.
8. Mehitable, b. 29 April, 1733.
9. Eleazer, b. 18 April, 1736,
10. Annanias, b. 17 Dec, 1737.
11. Abraham, b. 23 Jan., 1743.
Some of his sons went to Dutchess Co. and there intermarried
with the Smiths of Long- Island, who had settled there just be-
fore the Rev. War. (See under Freelove Jones Smith (4).)
(4) BURNET MILLER, son of Eleazer (3) ; b. 3 Jan.,
1719; m., 1748, Elizabeth, dau. of John Hunting- and Clemence
Parsons, widow of Henry Conkling (all of Easthampton). He
removed to Dutchess Co. in 1777, but returned to N. Y. after the
Revolution.
(12) MATTHIAS BURNET MILLER, son of Burnet
(4) ; b. 15 Oct., 1749, at Easthampton, L. I.; m. Phoebe, dau. of
Judge Isaac Smith, of Dutchess Co., and Margaret Piatt, 9 March,
1777. He d. in N. Y. City, 2 Feb., 1792.
( 13) MORRIS SMITH MILLER, son of Matthias B. ( 12) ;
b. 1779, d. 16 Nov., 1824. Lived at Utica, N. Y. M., 1804,
Maria, dau. of John Rutger Bleecker and Catharine Elmendorf, of
Esopus. Issue :
14. Rutger Bleecker. b. 18 July. 1805; m. Mary Seymour,
28 July. 1828. dau. of Henry (brother of the Gov.).
15. Genl. Morris Smith (U. S. A.) ; m. Jane, dau. of Genl.
Alexander Macomb, U. S. A.
320 THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND
i6. Sarah, m. Edward S. Brayton, of Utica,
17. Charles Dudley, m. Elizabeth, dau. of the Abolitionist,
Gerrit Smith, of Peterborough.
18. John Bleecker, b. 1820, m. 26 Dec, 1850, Cornelia, dau.
of Hon. Samuel W. Jones (V. 13).
PETERS FAMILY
(i) DR. CHARLES PETERS, of Hempstead, L. I.; will
17 Feb., 1731, prob. 3 April, 1733 ; m. Mary, dau. of George Hew-
lett. Issue :
+2. Dr. Charles, d. 1766.
3. Mary, m. by license, 8 April, 1736, Richard Titus, son of
Peter and his wife Martha, dau. of Col. John Jackson.
4-4. Valentine Hewlett.
-|-4a. George, b. 1726.
(2) DR. CHARLES PETERS, son of Dr. Charles (i) ; b.
about 1710; d. 1766; m. 22 May, 1736, Jeane Denton. M. 2d,
1759, Rachel Latham, who survived him and married as her 2d
husband, John Symonson. Issue:
5. Charles, bapt. 1739.
6. Jane, m. Samuel Skidmore.
7. Mary, m. 1761, James Willis.
8. Susannah, m. 1776, George Hewlett, son of Benjamin.
9. Charity, b. 25 Aug., 1756; d. 9 Jan., 1836; m. 13 July,
1777 (as her first husband), Lawrence Hewlett.
10. And other children.
(4) VALENTINE HEWLETT PETERS, son of Dr.
Charles (i), b. in Perth Amboy, N. J., 10 Aug., 1716; d. at
Hempstead, L. I., 6 Oct., 1786; m. Ruth, b. 18 Nov., 1720; d. 14
Aug., 1783. Issue:
11. Miriam, b. 18 April, 1742; d. 1786; m. Adam, son of Rev.
Saml. Seabury.
12. Rebecca, b. 17 Nov., 1748; m. 1767, Jacob Smith (See
Peter's Gene., p. 48).
THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND 321
13. Sarah, b. 16 Dec, 1751 ; m. 29 Dec, 1767, Wm. Tredwell
(M. D.), son of Col. Benjamin and Sarah Allen.
14. Catharine, b. 25 Feb., 1756; m. 10 July, 1770, Jacob
Jackson.
15. And other children.
(4a) GEORGE PETERS, son of Dr. Charles (i); b. at
Hempstead, L. I., 13 April, 1726; d. in Pleasant Valley, Dutchess
Co., 1782; m. 23 July, 1749, Sarah, b. 31 Oct., 1732, dau. of Abel
Smith and Ruth Jackson, dau. of Samuel Jackson. Issue :
16. Jerusha, b. 1756; m. Jesse Oakley, of Huntington, L. I.
And other children.
TITUS FAMILY
(i) ROBERT TITUS, b. in Eng., 1600; settled on L. I.
probably first at Huntington, in 1654 ; m. in Eng., Hannah, b. 1604,
d. 1769, Issue:
2. John.
+3. Edmond.
4. Samuel, settled in Huntington, L. I.
5. Susannah.
+6. Abial.
7. Content, of Huntington, L. T.
(3) EDMOND TITUS, son of Robert (i); b. 1630, d.
1715; m., 1655, Martha, dau. of Wm. Washburne. Issue:
8. Samuel.
9. Phebe, m. ist, Samuel Scudder ; m. 2d, Robert Field.
10. Martha.
11. Mar>'. m. William Willis.
12. Hannah.
13. Jane.
+ 14. John.
15. Peter.
16. Silas.
322 THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND
17. Patience.
18. Temperance.
(6) ABIAL TITUS, son of Robert (i) ; b. 1640; d. in Hunt-
ington, L. I. ; m. Mary, dau. of Scudder. Issue :
19. Mary, b. 1673.
20. Rebecca, b. 1676, and others.
(14) JOHN TITUS, son of Edmond (3) ; m., 1695, Sarah,
dau. of Henry and Mary Willis. Issue:
21. Mary, b. 1696.
-\-22. John, b. 1698.
23. Sarah, b. 1708; m. (as her 2d husband), Isaac Doty.
And other children.
(22) JOHN TITUS, son of John (14) ; b. 1698, d. 1757;
m. Sarah, d. 1753, dau. of George Pearsoll. Issue:
24. Mary, b. 1724; m. 1751, John, son of Jas. Mott.
And other children.
(15) PETER TITUS, son of Edmond (3) ; b. 1674, d. 23
of 10 mo., 1753 ; m. Martha, d. 10 of 12 mo., 1753, dau. of Col.
John Jackson. Issue:
25. James, m. Jane Seaman.
26. John.
+27. Richard, m. Mary, dau. of Dr. Chas. Peters (i),
28. Elizabeth, m. Henry Townsend.
29. Peter, m. Mary Scudder.
30. Robert.
{27) RICHARD TITUS, son of Peter (15) ; m. by lie, 8
April, 1736, Mary. dau. of Dr. Charles Peters (i). Issue:
31. Charles P.
+32. Peter.
33. Mary.
34. Zipporah.
THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND 323
(32) PETER TITUS, son of Richard (27); m. by lie, 3
Jan., 1761, Elizabeth Mudge. Issue:
35. Mary, m. Leonard Seaman.
26. Sarah, m. Oliver Hewlett.
37. Phebe, m. Jacob Carle.
-(-38. Michael, m. Alice Hicks.
39. Margaret, m. Whitehead Hicks.
(38) MICHAEL TITUS, son of Peter (32); m. Alice
Hicks. Issue :
40. William H., m. Eliza Mott.
And other children.
(33) MARY TITUS, dau. of Richard {27) ; m. 20 Dec,
1 76 1, Richard Townsend. Issue:
41. Richard Townsend, m. by lie, 20 April, 1781, Mary Hew-
lett.
42. Mary Townsend, m. Samuel Titus.
COLES FAMILY
^ (1) ROBERT COLES, b. in Eng., came to New England,
1630, and d. before 1656. In 1632 was member of the first rep-
resentative body from Roxbury, Mass. He removed to R. I. and
is said to have died in 165 1 at Providence, where an order of the
court was issued for the distribution of his estate. His wife Mary
survived him, and removed with her 2d husband, Matthias Har-
vey, to Oyster Bay, L. I. Issue :
2. John, d. 1676; m. Ann.
+3. Daniel, d. 1692; m. Maer Gorton (prob. Martha).
4-4. Nathaniel, b. 1640 ; m. 1677, Martha Jackson.
-I-5. Robert, d. 1715; m. 1670, Mercy, dau. Nicholas Wright.
6. Ann, m. Henry Townsend.*
7. Elizabeth, m. John Townsend.*
*Gene. of Coles Family, by F. T. Coles, states that Henry and John
Townsend were sons of Thos., of Lynn, Mass., and that they settled in
Oyster Bay, L. I.
324 THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND
8. Deliverance, m. Richard Townsend.
9. Sarah, m. Capt. Thomas Townsend.
Authority for Nos. 2-8, Austin's Gene. Diet. R. I.
Authority for No. 9, MSS. of Geo. W. Cocks, Glen Cove, L. I.
Mary, his wife, was prob. a dau. of Rev. Sampson Hauxhurst,
Vicar of Nuneaton, Eng. She d. 2 Nov., 1684 (MSS. G. W.
Cocks), and was prob. a sister of Christopher Hauxhurst, of O.
Bay.
(2) JOHN COLES, son of Robert (i) ; m. Ann , who
survived him and m. about 1683 Wm. Lynes. Will in her favor.
Release to her son Solomon in 1683.
J (3) DANIEL COLES, son of Robert (i); b. 1642, d. 9
Nov., 1692; m,, according to Austin, Mahershallalhasbaz (prob.
Martha), dau. of Samuel and Elizabeth Gorton, of R. I. Set-
tled in Oyster Bay, L. L Issue:
ID. Samuel.
II. Benjamin.
-f-i2. Joseph.
13. Susannah.
14. Anne.
15. Mary.
16. Dinah.
17. Sarah.
His will (Lib. B, p. 289 Conveyances, Oyster Bay) names be-
sides children as above, sons-in-law Ichabod Hopkins and Derrick
Albertson, and gr. son Samuel.
1693, Sept. 12, instrument executed to children: Sarah Hop-
kins, Susannah Latting, Ann Coles, Josiah Latting, Mary Down-
ing and Benj. and Jos. Coles, by Martha L. H. Coles (prob. his
widow).
(4) NATHANIEL COLES, son of Robert (i) ; b. 1640;
d. about 1712, in Oyster Bay, L. I. ; m. ist, 30 Aug., 1667, Martha
THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND 325
Jackson, dau. of Robert.! She d. 17 Dec, 1668; m. 2d, Deborah
Wright.
(See under Hauxhurst Family, N. Y. G. & Biog. Rec., July,
1901, p. 174.)
(5) ROBERT COLES, son of Robert (i) ; d. 16 April,
1715: m. T May, 1670, Mercy, d. 21 Oct., 1708, probably dau. of
Nicholas Wright. Issue:
+ 18. Nathan, b. 18 March, 1672; m. Rachel, dau. of
Hopkins.
19. Tamar, b. 18 May, 1673 ; m. 1690, Nathaniel Carpenter.
19a. Dorcas, b. 15 May, 1675.
20. Robert, b. 9 April, 1677; d. 12 June, 1703.
20a. John, b. 15 Nov., 1678.
20b. Charles, b. 4 March, 1679.
20c. Freegift, b. 1682; d. 1683.
2od. Mary, b. 30 March, 1686 ; m. Wm. Thorneycraft.
2oe. Mercy, m. Wm. Carpenter. (MSS. C. B. Moore.)
1689, Feb. 19, he was comm. by Gov. Leisler as Capt. of a Co.
of Foot of Oyster Bay. (Rept. N. Y. State Historian, Vol. i,
p. 409-)
Will. 17 March, 1689, naming wife Mercy, cousin John Town-
send, mv sister Ann's son, and my cousin Nathaniel Coles, my
brother's son. Codicil 27 July. 1712, sons Nathan and John, execs.
(12) JOSEPH COLES, of Mosquito Cove, L. L, son of
Daniel (3) ; b. 1675, d. 20 May, 1767. ae. 92, at Glen Cove, L. L;
m. Temperance, dau. of David Valentine or Derrick Albertson.*
Issue:
21. Caleb.
22. Albert.
23. Joseph.
+24. Daniel.
tSee American Ancestry, Vol. 10, p. 83.
*Jos. Coles (12), will prob. 5 Jan.. 1769; ex. his bro.-in-law, Derrick
Albertson. r /- 1 1 a
Munsell's Am. Ancestry says he m. Elizabeth, dau. of Caleb and
Elizabeth Wright.
326 THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND
25. Anna, m. John Weeks.
26. Jemima, m. Rushmore.
26a. Phebe.
26b. Amelia.
26c. Derrick.
26d. William.
26e. Benjamin.
26f. Rachel, m. Wm. Hopkins.
See under David Valentine (supra), who names his gr. dau.,
Phebe Coles.
Will, 5 Aug., 1768; prob. 5 Jan., 1769; ex. his bro. -in-law.
Derrick Albertson, and friend Jacob Albertson.
(18) NATHAN COLES, son of Robert (5) ; b. 18 March,
1672; m. 21 Feb., 1691, Rachel, b. 12 April, 1672, dau. of
Hopkins. Issue :
26a. Anne, b. 3 Dec, 1692; m. Saml. Cheeseman, of West.
Co. (Will 1722.)
26b. Charity, b. i Sept., 1695 ; m. David Valentine.
26c. Deborah, b. 10 Jan., 1697; m. Benj. Carpenter.
26d. Content, b. 25 April, 1700.
26e. Rachel, b. 15 Jan., 1703.
26f. Martha, b. 4 Nov., 1706 ; m. 4 April, 1726, John Latting.
26g. A dau., prob. m. Jos. Horton.
26h. A dau., prob. m, Wm. Mudge, gr. son of Coles Mudge.
(24) DANIEL COLES, son of Joseph (12); b. 1713; d.
24 Oct., 1804, ^t Cedar Swamp, L. I. ; m. Ann, dau. of Benjamin
Carpenter and his wife Mercy, dau. of Robert Coles (5).t Issue:
-I-27. Jacob, b. 3 March, 1743 ; m. Sarah, dau. of Daniel Cock.
+28. Isaac, b. 6 Nov., 1746; m. Keziah, dau. of Henry Whit-
son.
(27) JACOB COLES, son of Daniel (24) ; b. 3 March,
1743 ; d. 3 June, 1808. Lived at Duck Pond, near Glen Cove, L.
I. M. prob. 1765, Sarah, dau. of Daniel Cock, of Duck Pond.
fCarpenter Genealogy.
THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND 327
She b. 6 of 3 mo,, 1748; d. 18 of 9 mo., 1798. (See Cock family.)
Issue:
30. Sarah, b. 18 of 9 mo., 1766; m. Isaac, son of Thomas
Titus.
31. Anne, b. 23 Augf., 1768; d. 22 April, 1855; m. Divine
Hewlett (122).
+32. Daniel C, b. 24 May, 1771 ; d. 27 Dec, 1827.
-I-33. Amelia, b. 7 of 5 mo., 1773; d. 1799; m. Benjamin
Hicks.5
34. Loretta, b. 2 of 4 mo., 1775 ; d. 10 of i mo., 1802 ; m.
Richard Kelsey. Issue: Loretta, b. 1800; d. 2 Dec,
1878.
-(-35. Solomon, b. i of 5 mo., 1778; d. 31 of 10 mo., 1834.
36. Jacob, b. 15 of 12 mo., 1780; d. 5 Sept., 1798.
37. Ethelinda, b. 9 of 7 mo., 1782; m. Hewlett Townsend.
38. Martha, b. 5 of 8 mo., 1784; m. William M. Hewlett.
39. Phebe, b. 22 of 5 mo., 1792 ; d. 7 of 9 mo., 1793.
40. Joshua, b. 21 of 4 mo., 1794; d. 28 of 8 mo., 1798.
(28) ISAAC COLES, son of Daniel (24) ; b. 6 Nov., 1748;
d. 5 Dec, 1819; m. 5 March, 1777, Keziah, b. 1753, d. 6 July, 1788,
dau. of Henry and Hannah (Powell) Whitson. Issue:
-f-4i. Thomas, b. 11 April, 1782; d. 26 Jan., 1859.
(32) DANIEL COCK COLES, son of Jacob (27); m.
Eleanor, dau. of John Kashow, and niece of Margaret, wife of
Samuel Mott. Issue:
41a. Jacob, m. Matilda Bedell ; 2d, Lydia Simonson.
41b. Silas ; unm.
41C. Sarah, m. Henry Eldert.
4id. John, m. Lydia Davis.
4ie. Solomon ; unm.
41 f. Joshua, m. Mary Jennings.
4ig. Daniel, m. Mary Van Cott.
4ih. Margaret, m. Thomas Clowes.
4ii. Elizabeth, m. Auning Maubry.
§Son of Silas and Rachel (Seaman) Hicks.
328 THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND
(35) SOLOMON COLES, son of Jacob (27) ; b. i of 5 mo.,
1778; d. 31 of 10 mo., 1834; m. Phebe, dau. of Samuel and Eliza-
beth (Jimerson) Travis. Lived at Cold Spring Harbor, L. I.
Issue :
42. Sarah, m. Capt. Bunce.
43. Ann, m. Valentine.
44. Daughter, d. unm.
45. Susan, m. Wm. H. Wood.
(41) THOMAS COLES, son of Isaac (28); b. 11 April,
1782; d. 26 Jan., 1859; m. 15 Nov., 1808, Amelia, b. 28 Sept.,
1789, d. April, 1878, dau. of Divine Hewlett. Issue:
46. Isaac, b. 7 Jan., 1817; d. 3 Nov., 1897; m. 20 Nov., 1845,
Mary, b. 1821, d. 5 June, 1895, dau. of Richard and
Mary (Titus) Willets. Issue: Thomas H., Isaac R.,
Franklin A. and Oscar L.
47. Sarah Amelia, m. Wm. W. Wood.
48. William Hewlett, b. 1832 ; d. 2 March, 1900,
(33) AMELIA COLES, dau. of Jacob (27) ; b. 7 of 5 mo.,
1773 ; m. 22 Feb., 1763, Benjamin, son of Silas and Rachel (Sea-
man) Hicks. Issue:
Sarah, m. Saml. Willets.
Jacob.
TREDWELL FAMILY
COL. BENJAMIN TREDWELL, b. 1702; d. Sept., 1782; m.
first, 25 Aug., 1727, Phebe, dau. of Epenetus Piatt, of Huntington,
L. I. Issue: Benjamin, b. 11 May, 1735; d. 19 June, 1830.
M. 2d, 6 Jan., 1739, Sarah Allen. Issue: William (M. D.),
b. 19 Oct., 1744.
BENJAMIN TREDWELL, son of Col. Benjamin, b. 11 May,
1735; d. 19 June, 1830; m. 7 Dec, 1762, Elizabeth, dau. of Rev.
Samuel Seabury, of Hempstead (sister of the Bishop).
BENJAMIN TREDWELL, son Benjamin; b. 6 May, 1770;
THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND 329
d. 16 Nov., 1855 ; m. 13 May, 1803, Rebecca, dau. of Richard
Hewlett.
TIMOTHY TREDWELL, son of Benjamin and Rebecca, b.
25 Feb., 1848 ; m. 10 June, 1874, Anne M., dau. of Henry T. Hew-
lett, of Great Neck, L. I.
WILLI A^I TREDWELL (M. D.), son of Col. Benjamin
and his 2d wife Sarah, was b. 19 Oct., 1744; d. 15 June, 1818; m.
29 Dec, 1767, Sarah, b. 6 Dec, 1751 ; d. 12 May, 1806, dau. of
Valentine Hewlett Peters. Issue:
James (M. D.).
Henry b. 6 March, 1771 ; d. 21 March, 1813; m. Sarah, dau.
of Lawrence Hewlett.
William, and others.
SAMUEL TREDWELL, of Success, L. I.; m. by lie, 21
Nov., 1764, Susannah, dau. of Benjamin Hewlett. Issue, as by
his will, prob. 18 June. 1782: William, Elizabeth and Susannah.
His will names as exs. his father-in-law, Benjamin Hewlett,
his brother, Benjamin Tredwell, and his bro.-in-law, Uriah Piatt.
COCK FAMILY OF OYSTER BAY
(1) JAMES COCK came from Setauket, L. I., to Oyster
Bay in 1662. Will, 23 July, 1699 : probate 10 of 11 mo., 1699 ; m.
Sarah, d. 16 Oct., 1715.
(Register of children in Friends Records, 20th St. Meeting
House, N. Y. City. See N. Y. Gene. & Biog. Rec, about 1880.)
(2) JOHN COCK, son of James (i) : b. 22 Nov., 1666; d.
1716 Will, 1716; m. 1st, ; m. 2d, Dorothy, will, 31 Jan.,
1739, dau. of Richard and Elizabeth (Potter) Harcurt, of R. I.
(3) DANIEL COCK, son of John (2) ; b. 5 Aug., 1699;
will prob. 1778; m., 1748, Sarah, dau. of Thomas Rushmore* and
♦Thomas Rushmore, at Hempstead, 1698. Issue: Ann, Martha,
Thomas, John, Sarah. 1698 on Hempstead census list.
ai
330 THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND
wife Sarah ; m. 2d, 1765, Susannah, dau. of (prob.) Ogden, and
had a dan. Sarah, who m. Jacob Coles (28).
MSS. of G. W. Cocks states he m. 2d Susannah Prince, widow
of Joseph Youngs,
HEWLETT FAMILY
Crest: — An owl's head erased and a£frontee arg. ducally gorged or.
Family tradition states that "George Hewlett, the first of his
name in America, was a judge of the Court under Cromwell's
Commonwealth who refused allegiance to Charles II. and fled to
America with his four sons, Daniel, George, Lewis and John.
They settled at Merrick, on the south side of L. 1., where Daniel,
the eldest son, succeeded to the homestead and left five sons and
three daughters. George settled on Great Neck, L. I., and left
three sons and two daughters. Lewis settled on Cow Neck, and
left two sons and five daughters, and John settled at Rockaway
and left two sons and four daughters, and from this John are de-
scended all the Hewletts of L. I."
Another tradition recites that "George Hewlett came to L. I.
with his brothers John and Lewis, and settled on Riker's Island,
but were driven away by the Indians to L. I., where, excepting
George, all died without issue." Thompson's L. I. states he "mar-
ried the widow of Guisbert Riker," but of this we can find no
proof.
There were many Hewletts in the New England Colonies at
any early period. One Thomas went to Ipswich, Mass., with John
Winthrop, Jr., in 1633. (Shurtliff's Mass. Hist. Reeds, i, p. 103).
Another, one William, came to Virginia in 1635, ^ ^9^ from Lon-
don. (Hotton's Original Lists.)
In 1664 Gov. Wm. Coddington came from Rhode Island to
Monmouth Co., N. J., bringing with him George Hulate, "then in
his employ." Gov. Coddington returned to R. I., and Hulate
became one of the early settlers of Monmouth Co., N. J. In 1675
warrants were issued to the proprietors for the location of their
lands, and George Hewlett and his wife's share was 240 acres,
(Salter's Monmouth Co.)
Austin's Gene. Dictionary of R. I. states that his wife was
THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND 331
Mary, b. 1647, dau- of Robert Taylor of R. I. The N. J. Archives,
Vol. I, p. 51, name him on 27 Feb., 1667, as then Hving in Nave-
sink. By one account he had a dau. EHzabeth, who in 1694 m.
Geo. Allen, of Shrewsbury.
We cannot identify him as the first George Hewlett, of L. I.,
but believe him to be a near relative.
An early Louis Hewlett (claimed by the compiler of the
Peters Gene, to have been the ancestor of the Long Island fam-
ily) came to New Amsterdam from Buckinghamshire, Eng. In
1644 he was ordered by the Dutch to prove that one Jas. Bier was
his servant. (Trans. Dutch MSS., Albany, Vol. IV., Part i, p.
199.) On 15 Aug., 1646, he m. Helena Appelgate, widow of Thos.
Farrington. (N. Y. Gene. & Biog. Rec. 6. p. 37. Reeds. New
Amsterdam, Vol. i, p. 235.) This was his 2d wife. He m. 3d,
1648 (according to Peters Gene., p. 9) Marwyn, of Eng., and
had issue: Jane, m. Adam Mott ; John, Lewis and George, the
latter of whom by the same authority is identified as the first
George Hewlett, of Hempstead, L. I., who m. Mary Bayles. This
we must regard as an error, as the first George of Hempstead was
born in 1634 and could not have been a son of Louis, at least by his
3d marriage.
JENNE HULET, of Buckingham, Eng. (prob. dau. of Louis,
above named), m. 28 July. 1647, Adam Maet (so spelled), mean-
ing Mott of Essex, Eng. (N. Y. Gene. & Biog. Rec. 6, p. 37.)
(See under Lieut. Adam Mott (i).)
( I ) GEORGE HEWLETT, of Hempstead, L. I., ancestor of
the Long Island Hewletts, b. 1634, d. 1722; m. 1680, Mary b. 1654
d. 1733, dau. of John and Rebecca Bayles, of Jamaica, L. I. She
is named in her father's will dated 18 Oct. 1682, Liber i, p. 451,
N. Y. City. (See N. Y. Gene. & Biog. Rec. 4, p. 199.)
He and his wife Mary were buried in the "Old Town Burying
Ground" at Hempstead. Their headstones are simply marked
G. H. 1722. M. H. 1733, ge. 78.
In 1681 his wife, then giving her age as 2'] years, was witness
in a lawsuit in Hempstead. (Hemp. Reeds., Vol. i, p. 373.)
He first appears in the Hempstead Reeds, in 1^)57, and after
held various local offices. In 171 5 he was in Capt. Joshua Cor-
332 THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND
nell's Co. of Foot in Queens Co. (N. Y. State Hist. MSS., LX.,
p. 6i.) Issue:
-\-2. George, d. about 1770 ; m. Hannah Smith.
+3. John, d. 1717; m. Mary Smith.
4. Mary, d. 1744; m. Dr. Chas. Peters.
-I-5. Lewis, b. 1686.
+6. Daniel, b. 1689; d. 1757; m. Sarah, b. 1697, dau. of Col.
John Jackson (7) and Elizabeth Hallett.
(2) GEORGE HEWLETT, son of George (i) ; d. about
1770 ; m. Hannah Smith. (According Van Wyck family MSS., of
Great Neck, L. L) Issue:
+7. George, d. 1778; m. Hannah Emery.
8. Hannah, b. 1712; d. 1798; m. John C. Toflfey, b. 1705, d.
1792.
+9. Benjamin, b. 1715, d. 1782; m. I737(?)» Susannah, b.
1717, d. 1802, dau. of Jonathan Whitehead and Sarah
Field.
4-10. Joseph, d. 1777 ; m. Deborah, dau. of John Willets.
11. Phebe, b. 1721 ; d. 1757; not married.
12. Rebecca.
13. Mary, b. 1725; d. 1804; m. Oct. 9, 1752, Joseph, b. 1731,
d. 181 5, son of Joseph Kissam and Deborah White-
head.
1742 was Justice of the Peace. Will, 15 Sept., 1756, prob. 26
June, 1770. Liber 27, p. 534, N. Y. City.
(3) JOHN HEWLETT, son of George ( i ) ; b. before 1683 ;
d. 1717-18 ; m. Mary Smith, who before or after was the wife of
Jones, of N.J. (MSS. C. B. Moore.) Issue:
+ 14. John, b. 1702, d. 1790; m. 1728, Hannah, b. 1697, d.
1787, dau. of Col. John Jackson and Elizabeth Hallett.
15. Mary, m. John Jones, of N. J.
Tradition says he had two sons and four dauo.
(5) LEWIS HEWLETT, son of George (i) ; b. 1686; m.
THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND 333
first, 1710, Grace, b. 1686, dau. of Saml. Hallett; m. 2d, Hannah,
b. 1699, d. 1750, dau. of Daniel Kissam. Issue:
-|-i6. Samuel, b. 1712; d. 1800; m. 19 Nov., 1775, Ruth, b.
1751, d. 1837, dau. of William Willis and Mary Townscnd.
17. Mary, b. 1713, d. 23 June, 1781 ; m. about 1744, Francis,
b. 171 5, d. 1797, son of Francis Davenport and Martha
Newberry.
18. Sarah, b. 1715; m. 8 April, 1740, Joshua Carman.
+ 19. James, b. 1717, d. 1805; m. ist, Sarah, dau. of Adam
Lawrence ; m. 2d, Oct. 25, 1772, Jemima, b. 173^
1741, dau. of Saml. Jackson and Mary Townsend.
20. Phebe, b. 1719; m. 1761, John, b. 1715, d. 1790, son of
Caleb Cornell.
21. Ruth, b. 1721 ; m. Nov. 2, 1749, William Cornell, b. 1721,
d. 1797, son of Caleb.
22. Martha, b. 1723: m. 13 Feb., 1750, John Cornell, same
who m. her sister Phebe (his 2d wife).
23. Hannah, b. 1725; m. 22 Oct., 1758, Joshua Cornell, b.
1726, d. 1800.
Lewis Hewlett (5) lived at the head of Cow Bay (now Man-
hasset) on land lately owned by Henry T. Hewlett.
(6) DANIEL HEWLETT, son of George (i) ; b. 1689, d.
1757-8; m. Sarah, b. 1697, d. 1765, dau. of Col. John Jackson (7)
and Elizabeth Hallett. Lived at Merrick, L. I. Issue:
-t-24. Daniel, d. 1778; m. 1737, Elizabeth Dusenbury.
25. Sarah, m. 19 Feb., 1738, Timothy Townsend, son of
Richard.
+26. George, b. 1723 ( ?), d. 1787; m. 13 Jan., 1754, Elizabeth,
b. 1724, d. 1794, dau. of Thos. Williams and his first
wife.
4-27. Richard (the Colonel), b. 1729, d. 1789; m. 1753, Mary,
b. 1734, d. 1 81 9, dau. of John Townsend and Phebe
Carmen,
-■-28. Stephen (the Capt.), b. 1734, d. 1809; "i- 1761, Hannah
Hewlett, dau. of James and Sarah.
29. Jemima, b. 1738, d. 1821 ; m. 12 Nov., 1766. Capt. Ben-
jamin Hewlett, b. 1739, d. 1829, son of Benjamin.
334 THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND
30. Mary, in. April 9, 1761, William, son of Israel Horsfield.
+31. John, d. 1797; m. 1766, Anne, b. 1737, d. 1799, dau. of
Justice John Jackson ( 16) and Kezia Alott.
Will, 5 Aug., 1757 ; prob. 3 April, 1758. (Liber 20, p. 498, N.
Y. City.)
Sarah (his widow), will 20 June, 1765; prob, 29 Oct., 1765.
(7) GEORGE HEWLETT, son of George (2) ; d. 1778 ; m.
Hannah Emery. Issue:
+32. William, b. 1744, d. 1781 ; m. 1762, Phebe Kirby.
-I-33. Richard, b. 1746, d. 1794; m. 6 April, 1778, Martha Car-
man, b. 1752, d. 1835.
34. Emery, b. 1754; m. Mary Baker.
35. Hannah, b. 1755-8; d. 1821-4; m. 4 March, 1778, Richard
Hewlett, son of Col. Richard and Mary Townsend.
Will, 12 Feb., 1778; prob. 10 Nov., 1778.
(9) BENJAMIN HEWLETT, son of George (2) ; b. 171 5.
d. 1782; ni. 1738, Susannah Whitehead, b. 1717, d. 1802. Issue:
+36. Benjamm (the Capt.), b. 1738, d. 18 Aug., 1829; m. 1766,
Jemima, b. 1738, d. 3 Feb., 182 1, dau. of Daniel Hew-
lett and Sarah Jackson.
-i-37. George, b. 1740, d. 1824; m. 1766, Susannah, b. 1748, d.
1806, dau. of Dr. Chas. Peters and Jeane Denton.
38. John.
39. Rebecca, bapt. i May, 1743; m. 1764, John Mitchell.
40. Susannah, b. 1744, d. 1808; m. ist, Saml. Treadwell ; m.
2d, Daniel Stevenson.
41. Deborah, bapt. 1748; m. 6 Dec, 1785, Saml. Wooley.
42. Hannah, b. 1752, d. 1809; unm.
43. Jane, b. 1754; m., 1793, John Mitchell.
44. Sarah, bapt. 1764; m.. 1807, Richard Townsend, son of
Timothy and Sarah Hewlett.*
Will, 13 Aug., 1782: prob. 3 Oct., 1782.
*Richard Townsend m. ist, 1775, Deborah Underbill; m. 2d, 1781,
Mary, dau. of Geo. Hewlett; m. 3d, 1807, Sarah, dau. of Benj. Hewlett.
THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND 335
(10) JOSEPH HEWLETT, son of George (2) ; d. 20 Oct.,
1777 ; m. Deborah, dau. of John Willets. Lived at Great Neck,
L. I. Issue :
45. Siisannali, b. lO Nov., 1761 ; d. i March, 1773.
4-46. Lawrence, b. 1750, d. 17 Feb., 1790; m., 1777, Charity,
dau. of Dr. Charles Peters.
47. EHzabcth : m. 20 Feb., 1774. Newberry Davenport, son of
Francis and Mary Hewlett.
48. Helena ; ni. 1772, John Boyd.
Will, 28 Sept., 1777 ; pi"ob. 7 Nov., 1777.
(14) JOHN HEWLETT, of East Woods (now Wood-
bury), L. L, son of John (3) ; b. 1702, d. 5 March, 1790; m. 3
Sept.. 1728, Hannah, b. 1697, d. 3 March, 1787, dau. of Col. John
Jackson and Elizabeth Hallett. Issue :
+49. John (Esq.) b. 16 Feb., 1731 ; d. 4 April, 1812; m. 29
June, 175 1, Sarah, b. 27 March, 1736; d. 9 Sept., 1808,
dau. of Ruemourn Townsend.
50. Hannah, b. 26 April, 1734; d. 16 May, 1808; m. 3 Sept.,
1766, Samuel, b. 15 Aug., 1739; d. 5 Nov., 1810, son of
Barent Van Wyck.
+51. Charles (the Capt.), b. 2 Aug., 1742; d. 18 Jan., 1801 ;
m., 1770, Martha, b. 24 Nov., 1748; d. 18 June, 1829,
dau. of Francis Davenport and Mary Hewlett.
52. Mary, b. 16 June, 1737 ; d. 23 Oct., 1771 ; m. i Nov., 1767,
Jacques Cortelyou, son of Peter and Agnes De Hart.
53. Martha, b. 1745, d. 1808; m. 20 Dec, 1773, Benjamin, b.
1 753) son of Joseph Kissam and Mary Hewlett.
54. Elizabeth, bapt. 20 May, 1736; m. Thos. Valentine.
54a. Ruth, bapt. 20 May, 1736. (N. Y. Gene. & Biog. Rec.
9, p. 187.)
'775 Justice of the Peace.
He was buried in the family burying ground on his place, on a
small hill called Mount Nebo. He was Superintendent of Forage
on L. I. during the Rev. War, and one of the first orders issued
by the British while in possession of N. Y. City was to John
Hewlett, Esq.. of Long Island, by Commissary General James
Christie, on Oct. 2, 1776, "to seize all the cattle of the Rebels who
336 THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND
have left their habitations and bring them to me."' (See "The
Market Book," p. 163. See also the New York Packet, 20 Feb.,
1786.)
(16) SAMUEL HEWLETT, son of Lewis (5); b. 1712,
d. 1800; m., 1775, Ruth, b. 1751, d. 1837, ^^^- o^ William Willis
and Mary Townsend. Issue:
55. Lewis S., b. 1776, d. 1846; m. ist, 1802, Hannah, b. 1777,
d. 1812, dau. of Lieut, Danl. Hewlett and Mary Mott.
M. 2d, 1817, Phebe, dau. of Archibald Cornell.
56. Samuel, ist, b. 1777, d. 1781.
57. Phebe, b. 1779, d. 22 June, 1863; "^v 1819, Walter Jones
(HI. 13), his 2d wife, son of William (II. 7).
58. James, b. 1780, d, 1805.
59. Samuel, 2d, b. 1782; m., 1822, Mary V. W., dau. of Isaac
Hewlett and Rhoda Van Wyck.
60. William H., b. 1784, d. 1866; m. ist, 1812, Martha, dau.
of Thos. Thorne; m. 2d, 1852, Susan Armstrong.
(19) JAMES HEWLETT, son of Lewis (5) : b. 1717, d.
1805 ; m. 1st, Sarah, dau. of Adam Lawrence. Issue:
61. Hannah, b. 1741, d. 1800; m., 1761, Capt. Stephen Hew-
lett, b. 1734.
62. Katharine, bapt. 1745, d. infancy.
M. 2d, 25 Oct., 1772, Jemima Jackson, dau. of Samuel and
Mary Townsend. No issue.
(24) DANIEL HEWLETT, son of Daniel (6); d. 1778;
m., 1737, Elizabeth Dusenbury. Issue:
63. Jane, m. 1760, Benj. Creed.
64. Daniel (the Lieut), d. 1816; m. 22 Jan., 1769, Mary
Mott, b. 1744, d. 1804.
65. Elizabeth, m. 28 Dec, 1766, Adam Mott.
66. William, m. 16 June, 1769, Elizabeth Dusenbury.
67. John, b. 1765, d. 1843 ; m., 1790, Martha Denton, b. 1772,
d. 1841.
(26) GEORGE HEWLETT, son of Daniel (6) ; b. 1723,
THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND 337
bapt. 7 June, 1733, d. 1787; m. ist, 1754, Elizabeth, b. 1724, d.
1794, dau. of Thos. Williams. Issue:
68. Anne, b. 1755, d. 1824; m., 1774, Hewlett Townsend, son
of Timothy and Sarah Hewlett.
69. Mary,* b. 1758, d. 1805 ; m., 1781, Richard Townsend,
son of Timothy.
70. George, b. 1763; d. 1847; m. ist, Jane, dau. of Valentine
Williams; m. 2d, 1825, Phoebe (Hewlett) Jones, b.
1774, d. 1841, widow of Townsend Jones, and dau.
of Capt. Chas. Hewlett (no issue).
(^2-]) RICHARD HEWLETT (the Colonel), son of Dan-
iel (6) ; b. I Nov., 1729; d. 1789; m., 1753, Mary Townsend, b.
1734, d. 1819, dau. of John and Phebe Carman. Issue:
71. Phoebe, b. 1754, d. 1793; m., 1774, Jacob Hicks, son of
John.
72. Richard, b. 1755, d. 1836; m., 1778, Hannah Hewlett,
dau. of George.
73. Thomas (Capt.), d. 1780; unm.
74. Mary, b. 1785, d. 1831 ; m., 1777, Stephen Hicks, son of
John.
75. Jane, b. 1761, d. 1826; m. 9 Nov., 1777, Samuel Cornell,
son of William, and Mary Mott, his wife.
76. Oliver, b. 1762, d. 1833; m., 1786, Sarah, dau. of Peter
Titus.
']']. Ruth, m., 1785, Richard Townsend, son of Richard and
Mary.
78. Sarah, m. John Van Nostrand.
79. Hannah, m. ist, 1785, Geo. Watts ; 2d, Peter Henderson.
80. Charlotte, b. 1770. d. 1794; m. Thos., son of John Leon-
ard.
8t. Joseph, b. 1772, d. 1821 ; m. Clarissa, dau. of Ephraim
Winslow.
Lived at East Rockaway, L. I., and died in Gagetown, New
Brunswick.
(28) CAPT. STEPHEN HEWLETT, son of Daniel (6) ;
♦Mary was 2d wife of Richard Townsend. He was a son of Richard
and Mary Titus. (Bunker 125.)
338 THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND
b. 1734, d. 1839; m., 1761, Hannah Hewlett, dau. of James and
Sarah. She b. 1744, d. 1803.
(31) JOHN HEWLETT, son of Daniel (6), bapt. 7 June,
1733 ; d. 1797 ; m., 24 Aug., 1766, Anne Jackson, b. 1737, d. 1799,
dau. of John and Kezia (Mott). (N. Y. Gene. & Biog. Rec.
XHL, p. 141.) Issue:
82. Daniel, b. 1767, d. 1809.
83. Sarah, b. 1768, d. 1799; m., 1797, Jacob Seaman, son of
Thos.
84. Hannah, b. 1770; m., 1791, Hermones Lott.
85. Jemima, b. 1771, d. 1797.
86. Nancy, b. 1773, d. i860.
87. John J., b. 1776, d. 1862; m. ist, Elizabeth Hewlett; m.
2d, Jane Hewlett ; m. 3d, Jemima Hewlett, daus. of
Wm. and Elizabeth Hewlett.
88. Stephen, b. 1778, d. 1803.
89. George, b, 1780, d. 1803.
(32) WILLIAM HEWLETT, son of George (7) ; b. 1744,
d. 1781 ; m., 1762, Phoebe Kirby. Issue:
90. Isaac, m. Anne Wheaton.
91. Samuel, m. Charlotte Kipp, dau. of James.
92. Rosannah.
93. Phoebe.
94. Hannah, m. Benjamin H. Hewlett, son of George and
Susannah.
Removed to Westchester Co.
(33)RICHARD HEWLETT, son of George (7), b. 1746, d.
1794; m., 1778, Martha Carman, b. 1772, d. 1835. Issue:
95. James.
96. Rebecca, b. 1779, d. 1852; m., 1804, Dr. Benjamin Tread-
well.
97. Mary.
98. Richard, b. 1788, d. 1857; unm.
(36) BENJAMIN HEWLETT (CAPT.), son of Benjamin
THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND 339
(9): b. 1738, cJ. 18 Aug.. 1829; m., 1766, Jemima Hewlett, b.
1738, d. 3 Feb., 1821, dau. of Daniel. Issue:
99. Stephen, b. 1767, d. 1849; m., 1788, Mary, dau. of Thos.
Moore.
100. Lewis, b. 1769, d. 7 Aug., 1832; m., 1793, Jemima Bird-
sail, dau. of Samuel.
loi. Benjamin, b. 4 July, 1772; d. 2 Feb., 1846; m., 1799,
Mary Sands, b. 1776, d. 10 Aug., 1831.
T02. James, b. 6 May, 1775 ; d. 21 Dec, 1844; ""m.
103. Whitehead D.. b. 1779. d. i Sept.. 1817. (Called Daniel.)
(37) GEORGE HEWLETT, son of Benjamin (9) ; b. 1740,
d. 19 June, 1824; m., license, 1766, Susannah, b. 1748, d. 11 Jan.,
1806, dau. of Dr. Chas. Peters and Jane (Denton). Issue:
104. Jane. b. 1769, d. 1794; m., 1789, Wm. Mitchell, b. 1761.
105. Susannah, b. 1772, d. 22 Aug., 1780.
106. George, m. Rebecca Wooley, dau. of Joseph, and had
son George.
107. Charles P., b. 1778, d. 1791.
+ 108. Whitehead, b. 1784, d. 1845; "i. ist, Hannah Hewlett,
dau. of William and Phebe ; m. 2d, 1831, Maria T.
Mitchell. No. issue.
109. Mary. b. 1785, d. 185 1.
-(-109a. Benjamin.
(46) LAW^RENCE HEWLETT, of Great Neck. L. I., son
of Joseph (10); b. 1750. d. 17 Feb.. 1790; m. 13 July, 1777,
Charity, b. 25 Aug., 1756, d. 9 Jan., 1836, dau. of Dr. Charles
Peters and Jane Denton. Charity P. H. m. 2d, 1796, Philip
Allen, Jr. Issue:
+ 110. Sarah, b. 14 Jan., 1778; d. 20 July, 1817; m. Capt. Henry
Treadwell, b. 1771, d. 1813.
111. Joseph L., b. 1780, d. 1849: m. ist. 1800, Hannah, dau.
of Thos. Wicks ; m. 2d, Elizabeth, dau. of Abraham
Van Wyck.
112. Elizabeth, b. 1782, d. 28 Sept.. 1783.
113. Susannah, b. 1784, d. i860; m., 1804. Henry W. Thorne.
114. John Willett, b. 1788, d. 31 July, 1793.
340 THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND
114a. Henry Willett, b. 1786, d. 1793.
114b. Charles, b. 1787.
Will, 8 Jan., 1790; prob. 2 March, 1790. (Liber A, folio 68,
Queens Co.)
CHARITY (PETERS) HEWLETT, widow of Lawrence
Hewlett (46) ; m. 2d, 20 Feb., 1796, Philip Allen, Jr. Issue:
a. Charles P., b. 14 Sept., 1797.
b. Sally M., b. 21 March, 1799; d. 11 May, 1836; m. 26 June,
1816, Newbury Davenport, b. 1785, son of Newbury
Davenport and Elizabeth Hewlett (47), son of Francis
and Mary Hewlett (17). (New Eng. Hist. & Gene.
Reg. IX., p. 146.)
NEWBURY DAVENPORT, b. 1785, and Sally M. Allen,
had issue several children, one of whom, Sally M., m. 14 Jan.,
1852, Cyrus Lawton, and had a dau., Anna Lawton, who m. 5
June, 1882, Samuel Van Wyck Jones, of Huntington, L. I.
(49) JOHN HEWLETT, ESQ., son of John (14) ; b. 17
Feb., 1731 ; d. 4 April, 1812; m. 30 June, 1751, Sarah, b. 18
March, 1736; d. 9 Sept., 1808, dau, of Ruemourn Townsend and
Mary Allen. Issue:
115. Townsend, d. in infancy.
116. Mary, b. 11 May, 1756; d. 20 Aug., 1819; m., 1773
(by license, 7 Jan., 1772), Isaac Youngs.
-f-117. Townsend (Lieut.), b. 7 June, 1758; d. 6 Aug., 1832;
m. I Feb., 1779, Margaret, b. 2 Aug., 1754; d. 21
March, 1825, dau. of William Jones (11. 7).
-|-ii8. Isaac, b. 28 March, 1760; d. 16 May, 1838; m. 24 Feb.,
1779, Rhoda, dau. of Capt. Abraham Van Wyck.
119. Hannah, b. 4 Feb., 1762; d. 9 Dec, 1850; m. 3 May,
1779, John Jones (III. 12),
120. Sarah, ist.
121. John, 1st, b. 1764, d. 1766.
+ 122. Divine, b. 5 Feb., 1767; d. 23 Oct., 1846; m. 25 May,
1786, Anne, b. 1768, d. 1855, dau. of Jacob Coles.
123. Sarah, 2d, b. 28 June, 1769; d. 14 June, 1772.
THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND 341
124. Elizabeth, b. 15 March, 1771 ; d. 8 Dec, 1816; m. 9
May, 1785, Samuel Jones (IV. 10) (his first wife),
son of William (III. 9).
125. Martha, b. 30 June, 1773 ; d, 8 June, 1781.
-(-126. John, 2d, b. 3 Dec, 1775 ; d. 13 April, 1812; m. 31 Oct.,
1797, Mary, b. 18 May, 1782; d. 18 July, 1848, dau.
of Capt. Chas. Hewlett.
Will, 14 Aug.. 181 1 ; prob. 8 April, 1812. Liber C, p. 202,
Queens Co.
Resided at Woodbury where his gr. son, John J. Hewlett,
afterwards lived.
Some account of him under John Jones (III. 12).
Following the record of the marriage of John Hewlett (49)
and Sarah Townsend in the family Bible of John Hewlett ( 14) , is
this memorandum:
First God hath endowed her with virtue.
Her fortune given by her father £1,040
By her mother 500
By her stepfather Moyles 460
By heirship from her cousin, Noah Townsend. . . 1,000
£3,000
(51) CHARLES HEWLETT (CAPT.), son of John (14) ;
b. 27 Aug., 1742 ; d. 18 June, 1801 ; m. 1770. Martha Davenport.
b. 2 Jan., 1748 ; d. 18 June, 1829, dau. of Francis and Mary (Hew-
lett). Issue:
127. Lewis, b. 4 Dec, 1770; d. i Sept., 1856; m., 1793, Eliz-
abeth, b. 28 Oct., 1768; d. 2 June, 1838, dau. of Henry
Wooley.
128. John C, b. 23 April, 1772; d. 10 Oct., 1827; m., 1804,
Sarah, dau. of Divine Hewlett.
129. Phoebe T., b. 23 Feb., 1774: d. 8 June. 1841 : m. ist,
Townsend Jones; m. 2d. George Hewlett, b. 1763,
son of George.
130. Charles, b. 2 July. 1776; d. 1829: m. ist. 1807, Sarah
Piatt, dau. of Benjamin ; m. 2d, Sarah Brush.
342 THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND
131. Hannah, b. 22 Feb., 1780; d. 19 Jan., 1856; unm.
132. Mary, b. 18 May, 1782; d. 18 July, 1848; m. 31 Oct.,
1797, John Hewlett (126), b. 1775, son of John.
133. Henry, b. 19 April, 1784; d. 24 Oct., 1847; "^- 22 July,
1824, Mary Harper.
134. Frances, b. 31 Oct., 1786; d. 1856; m. Abitha Rhodes,
b. 1774, d. 1850.
135. Newberry, b. 31 May, 1789; d. 12 Jan., 1821 ; m. Celesta
Hicks, dau. of John M.
-I-136. Martha, b. 14 May, 1793 ; d. 28 April, 1852 ; unm. ; intd.
Grace Church Yard, Jamaica, L. I.
(108) WHITEHEAD HEWLETT, son of George (37) ; b.
1784; d. 12 Oct., 1802; m. Mary Allen. Issue:
136a. Sarah Maria, m. 30 Oct., 182 — , Joshua H. Van Wyck.
136b. Susannah P., m. 17 Sept., 1826, Jas. H. Skidmore.
136c. Jane, m. 21 Dec, 1831, Wm. W. Kissam, M. D.
I36d. Mary Anne, m. 27 April, 1835, Jas. H. Skidmore.
(109a) BENJAMIN HEWLETT, son of George (37) ; m.
first, Hannah Hewlett ; m. 2d, Maria Mitchell.
(no) SARAH HEWLETT, dau. of Lawrence (46) ; b. 14
Jan., 1778; d. 20 July, 1817; m. Capt. Henry Tredwell, b. 1771,
d. 1813. Issue:
1366, Henry.
i36f. James.
I36g. Edward L., b. 1808, d. 1873; m., 1837, Sarah V. W.
Hewlett.
I36h. Nancy.
(Ill) JOSEPH L. HEWLETT, son of Lawrence (46) ; b.
12 July, 1780; d. 3 July, 1849; ^n- ist, 1800, Hannah, b. 1782, d.
8 March, 1816, dau. of Thomas and Abigail Wicks. Issue :
+ I36a. Joseph L., b. 4 Jan., 1809; d. 23 Dec, 1898 ; m. 20 Jan.,
1836, Mary T. Cornell.
136b. Harriet W., b. i Nov., 1814; m. 23 May, 1838, Wm. N.
Smith, son of Wm. M., of Gt. Neck.
THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND 343
Thomas, b. and d. 1816.
M. 2d, 1818, Elizabeth, b. 15 March, 1796; d. 29 Aug., 1875,
dau. of Abraham and Zeruah Van Wyck. Issue:
136c. Sarah V. W., b. 1820; m. Edward L., son of Henry
Treadwell.
I36d. Ehzabeth, b. 5 Oct., 1822; d. 26 Dec, 1833; unm.
I36e. Mary, b. 1824; d. unm.
I36f. Susan M,, b. 2 March, 1827; d. 29 May, 1900; m.
Samuel W. Jones.
i36g. Abraham V. W., b. 1829.
I36h. Helen, b. 30 May, 1833 ; d. 14 June, 1849.
136J. Josephine L., b. 1837, d. 1841 ; m. Van Wyck Wickes,
Jr. Issue, 2 children.
136k. Cyrus, b. 23 May, 1839; d. 14 Feb., 1841.
+ 136I. George, b. 1841 ; m. Maria Livingston Wells.
(117) LIEUT. TOWNSEND HEWLETT, son of John
(49) ; b. 1758, d. 1832; m. i Feb., 1779, Margaret, b. 1754, d.
1825, dau. of William Jones (11. 7). Issue:
137. William Moyles, b. 1779, d. 1864; m., 1801, Martha,
b. 1784, d. 1859, dau. of Jacob Coles.
138. John J., b. 1781, d. 1868; m., 1804, Mary, b. 1783, d.
1865, dau. of Townsend Willis.
139. Sarah, ist, b. 1783, d. 1784.
140. Phoebe, b. 1785, d. 1831.
141. Mary, b. 1788. m., 1808, Jacamiah Allen.
142. Sarah, 2d. b. 1789, m. ist, Walter Frost, b. 1775 ; m. 2d,
Jacob Tilley,
143. Hannah, b. 1793, d. 1845; unm.
(118) ISAAC HEWLETT, son of John (49) ; b. 28 March,,
1760: d. 16 May, 1838; m. 24 Feb., 1779, Rhoda, b. Sept. 11,
1762 : d. 6 June, 1852, dau. of Capt. Abraham Van Wyck. Issue:
144. Elizabeth, b. 8 Sept., 1780; d. 12 Nov., 1864; m. 11
Feb., 1798, WiUiam H. Jones (IV. 25), son of John
(IIL 12).
+ 145. John V. W., b. 22 Feb., 1783; d. 15 Dec, 1863; m.,
1807, Mary, dau. of Peter Waters.
344 THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND
146. Sarah V. W., b. 20 July, 1787; d. 16 April, 1871 ; unm.
147. Isaac, b. II July, 1789; d. 15 Sept., 1856, at Omaha,
Neb.; m. Juliana Lewis, b. 1791.
148. Mary V, W., b. 14 May, 1793 ; m., 1822, Samuel, b. 1782,
son of Samuel Hewlett.
T49. Martha, b. 28 July, 1798; d. 13 March, i860; unm. Will,
Lib. 7, p. 270, Suffolk Co.
150. Abraham V. W., b. i May, 1800; d. 28 July, 1855.
-)-i5i. Alfred J., b. 9 May, 1807; d. 5 Aug., 1889; m. i Dec,
1840, Lydia Darling.
152. Oliver, b. 25 April, 1802; d. 10 May, 1867; unm.
152a. Van Wyck, b. 13 March, 1785 ; d. 15 Nov., 1790; unm.
152b. Van Wyck, 2d, b. 14 May, 1790. (See Alfred J. Hew-
lett's (151) Bible.)
Lived at Cold Spring Hbr., on east side of the Lower Mill
Pond. Some account of under John Jones (HL 12).
Will, 3 April, 1838; prob. 13 Feb., 1839 (Liber H, p. 31,
Suffolk Co.), calls himself of Huntington; names wife Rhoda,
daus. Sarah and Martha, and sons Abraham, Oliver and Alfred.
(122) DIVINE HEWLETT (the Judge), son of John
(49) ; b. 5 Feb., 1767, d. 23 Oct., 1846; m., 25 May, 1786, Anne
Coles, b. 23 Aug., 1768, d. 22 April, 1855, dau. of Jacob Coles
and Sarah Cock.* Issue:
153. Sarah, b. 22 Feb., 1788; d. 4 Sept., 1871 ; m. ist, 1804,
John C. Hewlett, b. 1772, son of Capt. Charles ; m. 2d,
183 1, Judge Singleton Mitchell.
154. Amelia, b. 28 Sept., 1789; d. 7 April, 1878; m., 1808,
Thomas Coles.
155. Loretta, b. 25 June, 1791 ; d. 27 Feb., 1838: m., 1810,
John H. Jones.
156. Elizabeth, b. 22 Oct., 1792; d. 1870; m., 1818, Henry
Scudder.
157. Martha, b. 16 March, 1795; d. 3 Mav, 1800.
158. A son, b. 18 June, 1797; d. 15 July, 1797, ae. 28 days.
159. Hannah, b. 17 Aug., 1798, d. 1884; m., 1819, Thomas,
b. 1796, d. 1885, son of David Harrison.
*Jacob Coles, b. 3 March, 1743; d. 3 June, 1808. Sarah Coles, b. 6
March, 1748; d. 18 Sept., 1798.
THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND 345
+ 160. Jacob C, b. 23 Sept., 1800; d. 28 Dec, 1879; m. 31 Dec,
1828. Elizabeth H. Jones, daii. of John Jones (IV, 32).
i6r. Phoebe, b. 5 May, 1803; d. 22 Feb., 1807.
+ 162. John Divine, b. 30 Sept., 1805 ; d. 23 Nov., 1863 ; m. ist,
1829, Jane P. Townsend, b. 1806, d. 1832, dan. of
Hewlett Townsend and Ethehna Coles. M. 2d, 1833,
Elizabeth T. Townsend, b. 181 1, d. 1841, sister of Jane
P.
163. William, b. 22 Aug., 1808; d. i860; unm. (Will, Liber
7, p. 253, Sufifolk Co.)
164. Margaret Ann, b. 16 June, 181 1 ; d. 1850; m., 1837, Ed-
ward K. Bryar, b. 1814, d. 30 May, 1890, son of James.
Some account of under John H. Jones (IV. 27).
(126) JOHN HEWLETT, son of John (49), b. 3 Dec, 1775 ;
d. 13 April, 1812; m. 31 Oct., 1797, Mary, b. 18 May, 1782; d.
18 July, 1848, dau. of Capt. Charles Hewlett and Martha Daven-
port. Issue :
165. John, b. 25 June, 1799; d. 4 June, 1840.
166. Charles, b. 13 Aug., 1801 ; d. 1874; m., 1839, Phoebe J.
Jones, b. 13 Dec, 1795; d. 3- Jan., 1873, dau. of John
Jones (III. 12).
+ 167. Townsend, b. 21 Oct., 1803; m. Sarah Key.
+ 168. Samuel, b. 10 June, 1806; d. 21 Sept., 1876; m. 21 Jan.,
1861, Catherine Key.
+ 169. Divine, b. 10 June, 1809; d. 1881 ; unm.
170. Martha, b. 21 March, 1812; d. 11 July, 1863; """''•
Buried Grace Church Yard, Jamaica, L. I.
i7aA. Catharine, prob. See under Divine Hewlett (169).
( 136a) JOSEPPI LAWRENCE HEWLETT, son of Joseph
L. (ill) ; b. 4 Jan., 1809; d. 23 Dec, 1898; m. 20 Jan., 1836.
Mary Tredwell Cornell, of Gt. Neck. L. L, b. 26 Jan., 1820; d.
23 Nov., 1899. Issue:
170B. Mary E., b. 6 Aug., 1838; d. 21 Feb., 1840.
17OC. Estelle, b. 30 March, 1845; "i- 16 June, 1869, Edward
V. W. Rossiter.
170D. Joseph L., b. 18 Jan., 1843; d. 19 Jan., 1843.
17OE. Mary Cornell, b. 25 Nov., 1840; d. 6 Nov.. 1881.
22
346 THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND
(136I) GEORGE HEWLETT, of Gt. Neck, son of Joseph
L. (in) ; b. 1841 ; m. Maria L. Wells. Issue:
170f. Grace.
17oG. Josephine.
Removed to Huntington, L. I.
(i45j JOHN VAN WYCK HEWLETT, of Woodbury, L.
1., son of Isaac (118) ; b. 22 Feb., 1783; d. 15 Dec, 1863; m.
Mary, dau. of Peter Walters. She b. 3 Nov., 1786; d. 6 Feb.,
1849. Issue :
170a. Louisa, b. 4 Sept., 1807; d. 22 May, 1863; m. Paul H.
Borland, of Maryland, b. 8 Aug., 1802; d. 15 Feb.,
1855-
170b. Julia, b. 15 Feb., 1809; d. 17 July, 1886.
1 70c. Susannah.
4-i7od. Abraham V. W., m. Jane Withensbusy, b. 1816, d.
1892.
i7oe. Marian, b. 15 Sept., 1812; d. 17 March, 1892.
-f i7of. Edgar, d. 30 Sept., 1853, ae. 43, 5, 3.
i7og. Ruth.
i7oh. Elizabeth.
(151) ALFRED J. HEWLETT, son of Isaac (118) ; b. 6
May, 1807; d. 5 Aug., 1889; m. i Dec, 1840, Lydia Ann Darling,
b. 9 Feb., 1813; d. 27 July, 1849. Issue:
-f-i7oi. Jane Augusta, b. 6 Oct., 1841 ; m. 13 Aug., 1868, Jas.
B. Simonson.
170J. Alfred Alonzo, b. 6 Jan., 1846; d. 31 Oct., 1848.
170k. William Divine, b. 8 April, 1848; d. 26 July, 1849.
170I. Edgar.
( i7oi) JANE AUGUSTA HEWLETT, and Jas. B. Simon-
son (he b. 6 May, 1843), had issue: John H. Simonson, b. 24 Feb.,
1871. Jas. B. S. was son of Geo. Simonson, of Norwich, L. I-,
and his wife Eliza, dau. of Chas. Peters, of Oyster Bay, and his
wife, Catharine Doughty.
( 160) JACOB C. HEWLETT, of Cold Spring Harbor, son
THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND 347
of Divine (122) ; b. 23 Sept., 1800; d. 28 Dec, 1879; m. 31 Dec.,
1828, Elizabeth, b. 9 Dec., 1798; d. 13 Jan., 1869, dau. of John
Jones (III. 12), and Hannah Hewlett. Issue:
171. Mary Elizabeth, b. 2 July, 1831 ; d. 1901 ; m. Townsend
Jones (V. 82).
-)■ 172. John Divine, b. 3 Feb., 1834; d. 1903; m. ist, 1863,
Harriet Augusta, b. 1827, d. 20 Sept., 1865, dau. of
Thos. Harrison and widow of James Eraser ; m. 2d, 19
June, 1872, Emma E. Labagh, dau. of Isaac Labagh.
173. Sarah E., b. 6 July, 1836; m., 1856, William E. Jones
(V.83).
4 174. Walter R., b. 30 Sept., 1839; m,, 1866, Henrietta Muhl.
175. Phoebe A., b. 18 Feb., 1842; d. 27 March, 1870; m. 10
Nov., 1868, John E. Chase.
Some account of under John Jones (III. 12).
Some account of under Elizabeth Jones (IV. 32).
Elizabeth, his wife; will, 6 Feb., 1866; prob. 16 March, 1869.
(Lib. 10, p. 183, Suffolk Co.)
(162) JOHN DIVINE HEWLETT, son of Divine (122) ;
b. 30 Sept., 1805 ; d. 1863 ; m. ist, 1829, Jane, b. 1806, d. 1832,
dau. of Hewlett Townsend. Issue:
176. Anna Jane, b. 183 1 ; m. William W. Wood.
M. 2d, 1833, Elizabeth H. Townsend, b. 181 1, d. 1841, a sister
of his first wife, Jane, Issue:
177. Elizabeth, b. 1835 ; d, 1836.
178. Emma. b. 1838.
179. Edward T., b. 1839; d. 1897; m. Eliza Marriott.
( 167) TOWNSEND HEWLETT, son of John ( 126) ; b. 2t
Oct., 1803. Settled in the island of Abico, West Indies. M. Sarah
Key, of that place. Issue :
179a. John A., m. in the West Indies and returned to L. I.,
and settled at Plain Edge, near Farmingdale, with
his wife and children.
179b. Mary, m. Key.
348 THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND
(i68) SAMUEL HEWLETT, son of John (126); b. 10
June, 1806; d. 21 Sept., 1876; m. 21 Jan., 1861, Catharine Key,
of Abico, West Indies, who survived him and m. again, Issue :
179c. Charles N., b. 25 June, 1874; d. 9 Oct., 1876.
(169) DIVINE HEWLETT, son of John (126); b. 10
June, 1809; d. 1881. Will prob. 16 Jan., 1882 (Liber 15, p. 438,
Suffolk Co.), naming following as legatees. He settled in South-
ampton, L. I. : Nephew, John A. Hewlett (the son of my brother),
and his children, nieces Elizabeth Sparks and her children ; Martha
F. Key and her children, Mary Key, Jane Kates and Phoebe
Saunders ; Solomon Divine Key, son of my niece, Martha F.
Key, sister Catharine K. Worthington, Florence Key, dau. of my
niece Martha F. Key, John A. Hewlett, son of my nephew, John
A. Hewlett, and gr. son of my brother Townsend; Mary Key,
dau. of my brother Townsend ; Hannah Ann Key.
(I70d) ABRAHAM VAN WYCK HEWLETT, son of
John V. W. (145); m. Jane Withensbury, b. 1816, d. 1892, of
Conn. Issue:
I79d. John.
I79e. George.
I79f. Walter R.
I79g. Walter R., 2d.
I79h. Susan L. ; m. Rev. John Faucett, Montclair, N. J.
179!. Jennie V. W.
179J. Fanny Cook.
(I70f) EDGAR HEWLETT, son of John V. W. (145);
b. 2y April, 1810; d. 30 Sept., 1853; m. Harriet, dau. of Richard
CoUyer, of West Hills, L. I., uncle of Richard C. Collyer, of Wood-
bury. Issue:
179k. Sarah E. ; m. Dudley Velsor, son of Charles, of Cold
Spring Hbr. He survived her and m. 2d, a dau. of
John Nichols, of same place.
179I. Mary W. ; m. Edward Bassett.
179m. Julia E. ; m. Edgar Sammis.
I79n. A dau., d. 1843.
THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND 349
( 172) JOHN DIVINE HEWLETT, son of Jacob C. ( 160) ;
b. 3 Feb., 1834; d. 1903; m. ist, 1863, Harriet Augusta, b. 1827,
d. 20 Sept., 1865, dau. of Thomas Harrison and widow of James
Fraser, Issue :
1790. A child.
M. 2d, 19 June, 1872, Emma E. Labagh, dau. of Isaac, by
whom he had no issue.
He was for many years connected with the Atlantic Mutual
Ins. Co., of N. Y. City, being its 3d Vice President from 1864 to
1875, when he retired to his place at Cold Spring Hbr., L. I.
Vestryman of St. John's Church, and Warden.
( 174) CAPT. WALTER RESTORED HEWLETT, son of
Jacob C. (160) ; b. 30 Sept., 1839; d- 4 Nov., 1904; m. 18 Sept.,
1866, Henrietta, b. 17 March, 1844, dau. of Louis Muhl, of
Germany, and his wife, Smith. His wife Henrietta was a
niece of Dr. Rudolph Fernau, who d. in Fulda, Germany. Issue :
180. John Jacob, b. 26 June, 1867; d. 1870.
181. Walter Jones, b. 13 Jan., 1869; twin.
182. Thomas F., b. 13 Jan., 1869; d. 1870; twin.
183. Phoebe E., b. 23 Jan., 187 1 ; m. 9 June, 1906, Joseph
Hewlett Willets.
184. Louis, b. 17 Nov., 1872.
185. Frederick W., b. 20 July, 1875 ; d. 18 Feb., 1876.
186. Robert, b. 27 May, 1877.
187. Henrietta A., b. 10 May, 1880.
188. Rudolph C, b. July, 1883.
At the outbreak of the Civil War he organized a company
of volunteers and entered the service as Capt. in the I02d Rcgt.,
Company C. He resigned on account of ill health and was hon-
orably discharged on 27 Nov., 1862. The company was mustered
into service 27 Nov., 1861, under the command of Col. Thos.
Van Buren. Chas. E. Jayne, ist Lieut. ; Geo. T. Walters, 2i\ Lieut.
(See Huntington Town Reeds. III., p. 529, pub. 1889.)
350 THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND
TOFFEY FAMILY
JOHN TOFFEY, b. 1705, d. 1792; m. Hannah, b. 1712, d.
1798, dau. of George Hewlett. Issue :
John.
Georg-e.
Mary ; m. Jos. Wooley, of Poughkeepsie.
Rebecca ; m. Jas. Hutchins, of Hempstead.
Phoebe ; m. Thos. Pell, of West. Co.
Sarah; m. Thos. Smith.
Levine; m. Saml. Searing.
Daniel, m. Phebe.
DANIEL TOFFEY, son of John ; m. Phebe Hewlett (prob.
a Kirby and widow of Hewlett) . Issue :
Mary; m. Smith.
Phebe ; m. Schenck.
Hannah ; m. Isc. Hagner, and had son : Judge Henry Hagner,
of Jamaica, L. I. ^
MARY TOFFEY, dau. of Daniel ; m. Smith, and had
dau. Lavinia; m. 2d, John L. Riker.
REBECCA TOFFEY, dau. of John; m. Jas. Hutchins, of
Hempstead. She left a will dated 17 Sept., 1810; prob. 11 Feb.,
181 1 (C. P. 160, Queens Co.), naming sisters, Sarah Smith and
Levina Pearsoll ; brother, George Toffey ; nephews, Richard and
George Smith ; nieces, Rebecca Hewlett, and her son, Geo. Hew-
lett, Hannah Underbill. Names Thos., son of Peter Underbill,
and Thomas's mother, Hannah Underbill. Exs. Peter Underbill,
of Oyster Bay; Benj. Hewlett, of Great Neck.
JACKSON FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND
ROBERT JACKSON, of Scrooby, Eng., was accused of being
a Separatist, and on 15 Sept., 1607, he was imprisoned in the
Guildhall along with Wm. Brewster and others. He later fol-
THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND 351
lowed Brewster to New England. (Pilgrim Fathers in New
England, J. Brown, D. D., p. 98-109.)
(1) ROBERT JACKSON, of Hempstead, L. I., probably
a near relative of' Robert, of Scrooby, settled in Stamford, Conn.,
in 1640^ but being dissatisfied with the franchises granted by the
New Haven Colony, he and other colonists "left there and settled
on land under the Dutch Government on the south side of Long
Island." (Allison Family Gene., p. 249.) They settled at Hemp-
stead, L. I., on land patented them by Gov. Kiefe on 16 Nov.,
1644. Land laid out to him there 29 Nov., 1658, and on 21 June,
1671, he was chosen Constable. (Hemp. Reeds., Vol. i, p. 278.)
He b. about 1620; d. 1684; m. Agnes, dau. of William and Jane
Washburn. Will, 25 May, 1683, Liber A, p. 11, Queens Co.
Conveyances. Issue :
+2. John (Colonel), d. 1725.
3. Samuel.
+4. Sarah ; m. Nathaniel Moore.
5. Martha, d. 1668, m., 1667, Nathnl., son of Robert Coles
(I)-
-f-6. Mary ; m. John Ferris, of Westchester Co.
George W. Cocks, of Glen Cove, L. I., says Robert Jackson
was b. 1620, and was son of John and his wife Sarah, dau. of
Jas. Hubbard and Nannie Cooke.
(2) COL. JOHN JACKSON, of Jerusalem, L. I., son of
Robert (i) ; b. about 1645-50; d. 1725 ; m. Elizabeth, dau. of Capt.
John Seaman, and his first wife, dau. of John Strickland, of
Hempstead, L. I. (MSS. C. B. Moore.) Will 26 Aug., 1724;
prob. 6 Dec, 1725. (Liber 10, p. 106, N. Y. City.) Issue:
+7. John (Colonel) ; b. about 1692; d. 1743.
-f-S. James.
-f-9. Samuel, b. 1684.
+ 10. Martha; m. Peter Titus, son of Edmond. (N. Y. Gene.
& Biog. Rec. 12, p. 94.)
-f-ii. Elizabeth; m. Charles Doughty (his will 30 May, 1733).
-f-i2. Hannah; m. Richard Seaman,
13. Mary; m. Jacomiah Scott (issue 4 daughters).
352 THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND
14. Sarah ; m. Joshua Barnes.
15. Richard.
His will recites that his dau, Martha had a dau. Elizabeth,
and his dau. Mary Scott was then deceased.
Sheriff, 1691-1695 (Cal. N. Y. Hist. MSS., p. 213). Member
of Assembly, 1693-1700. Judge, Queens Co., 1685. (Cal. N. Y.
Hist. MSS., p. 141.) Lieut. Col. Queens Co., 1700. (Rept. N.
Y. State Historian i, p. 421.)
(4) SARAH JACKSON, dau. of Robert (i) ; d. 18 June,
1733; m. before 1683, Nathaniel Moore, son of Thomas (2), of
Southold, L. I. Issue : Nathaniel ; Hannah, m. John Terry ;
Abigail, m. Isc. Overton; Elizabeth, m. Christopher Youngs, of
Southold; Debora, m. John Boisseau. (MSS. C. B. Moore.)
(6) MARY JACKSON, dau. of Robert ( i ) ; m. John Ferris,
Patentee of Westchester Co.; b. 1639, d. 1715 (his first wife).
She was not named in her father's will, but is named in a deed
from him to his son John, and the latter's two sons, John and
James, under date 5 May, 1653, conveying "all his lands in Hemp-
stead, etc., excepting that which I have already given my daugh-
ter, Mary Ferris, of Westchester Co." (See Vol. 7, p. 32 of
Deeds, Secy, of State Office, Albany, N. Y.) Their dau., Hannah
Ferris, b. 3 of 5 mo., 1679; d. 24 of 6 mo., 1759; m. 2 April, 1705,
William Mott, son of Lieut. Adam Mott, of Hempstead, L. L
(MSS. Wm. J. Mott, Great Neck, L. L), and left issue, four
children, of whom Hannah, b. 22 of 2d mo., 1714; m. 5 of 3 mo.,
1731, Philip Pell, of Westchester Co., son of Hon. Thomas and
his wife Anna, who, as Bolton says, was a dau. of an Indian chief
of Westchester Co.
(7) COL. JOHN JACKSON, son of Col. John (2) ; b.
about 1692; d. 1743; m. Elizabeth, dau. of Samuel Hallett (5),
son of William (i), and brother of William (2), who m. Sarah
Woolsey. Will, 27 Feb., 1738; prob. 3 Aug., 1743; Liber 15, p.
70, N. Y. City. Issue:
-f-i6. John ; m. Keziah, dau. of Richbell Mott, son of Adam (i).
-ri7. Samuel.
-t-i8. Richard; m. Jane Seaman, dau. of Jacob and Mary.
THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND 353
19. Sarah, b. 1697, d. 1765; ni, Daniel Hewlett (6).
20. Hannah; m. John Hewlett (14).
21. Mary; m. Samuel Titus.
22. Phebe, b. 6 Aug., 1715; d. 10 May, 1800; m. William
Jones (H. 7).
23. Elizabeth.
(8) JAMES JACKSON, of Flushing, L. I., son of Col.
John (2) ; m. Rebecca, b. 1675 ; d. 12 of 2 mo., 1730, dau. of
William Hallett (2). (See Riker's Newtown.) Lived in Flush-
ing, L. I. Issue:
24. James; m, 10 of 12 mo., 1725, Sarah, dau. of Joseph
Thorne. ( N. Y. G. & B. Rec. VI., 104.)
25. Elizabeth; m., 1725, Nathan Field, son of Thomas, of
Flushing.
26. Phebe; m. 3 Oct., 1734, Edward Fitzrandolph, son of
Edward, of Woodbridge, N. J.
2y. Mary; m. 26 Dec, 1717, Jacob Willets, son of Richard.
-f-28. Thomas ; m. Mary Townsend.
29. Martha.
July 24, 1724, he collected funds for Queens Co. Court House.
(See Vol. 2, p. 231, Colonial Laws N. Y.)
(Some account of in Shotwell's Ancestry, p. 265.)
(9) SAMUEL JACKSON, son of Col. John (2) ; m. first,
Ruth ; m. 2d, Abigail, dau. of Thos. Seaman, son of Capt.
John Issue :
30. Samuel, d. unm.
31. Richard, d. unm.
32. Jemima.
33. Ruth, b. 1709 ; m. Abel Smith, son of John, of Hempstead.
4-34. Thomas, m. Mary, dau. of Saml. Willis. (See Ancestry
of Adam and Anne Mott, p. 282.)
4-35. Isaac.
36. Jerusha.
37. Abigail; m. Jacob Mott, 16 July, 1735.
His wife Abigail survived him and m. David Battey, whom her
354 THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND
son, Isaac Jackson (35), calls in his will "his father-in-law."
and by him had issue: John, Elizabeth and Abigail Batty.
One Geo. Battey, mariner of Newport, R. I., master of the
brigantine Mary, left a will, 20 Aug., 1796; prob. 15 May, 1799
(Liber 42, p. 475, N. Y. City), naming his mother Phoeby, and
bro.-in-law Benj. Thayer, of R. I,
(10) MARTHA JACKSON, dau. of Col. John (2) ; d. 10
Dec, 1753 ; m. Peter Titus, b. 1674, d. 1753, of Westbury, L. I.
Issue :
38. James ; m. Jane Seaman,
39. John; m. Amy Barker, dau. of Samuel.
40. Richard; m. Mary Peters.
41. Elizabeth; m. Henry Townsend.
42. Peter; m. Mary Scudder.
43. Robert.
(11) ELIZABETH JACKSON, dau. of Col. John (2) ; b.
1668, d. 1758 ; m. Chas. Doughty, of Flushing. His will, 30 May,
1733, names children, viz. :
44. John.
45. Hannah.
46. Phebe.
47. Sarah.
48. Martha.
49. Benjamin.
49a. Samuel.
(12) HANNAH JACKSON, dau. of Col. John (2); m.
Richard Seaman, son of Thomas, son of Capt. John. Issue:
Thomas, and Richard, who went to Dutchess Co.
THOMAS SEAMAN, son of Richard and Hannah; m.
Martha, dau. of John Jackson (16), and Kezia Mott. Issue:
50. John Jackson; m. Jemima, b. 1766, dau. of Saml.
Birdsall.
51. Braddock; m. 1783, Almy Seaman, dau. Benjamin,
52. Rosetta ; m. 1770, Richard Townsend.
THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND 355
53. Mary ; m. 1778, Townsend Jackson.
54. Elizabeth; m., 8 Feb., 1769, David Jones (III. 7).
(16) JOHN JACKSON (The Justice), son of Col. John
(7) ; d. intestate, 12 Jan., 1773 ; m. Keziah, dau. of Richbell Mott,
son of Adam (i). Issue:
-(-55. Obadiah.
+ 55a. John.
-|-55b. Parmenas.
55c. Martha, b. 1737, d. 1799; m. Thomas Seaman.
55d. Elizabeth ; m. Col. John Sands.
55e. Ann; m., 1766, John Hewlett (31), son of Daniel (6).
56. Mary; m. Benj. Sands.
56a. Jerusha ; m. Morris Peace.
57. Rosetta; m. Richard Jackson, son of Richard (18).
58. Abigail ; m. Jac. Robbins.
Letters of Adms. to his widow, Keziah, 14 June, 1784. Vol. 2,
p. 115, N. Y. City.
(17) SAMUEL JACKSON, son of Col. John (7) ; b. about
1706; m. r6 July, 1738, Mary, dau. of Timothy Townsend. Issue:
59. Richard.
60. Townsend.
-{-61. Thomas.
62. Ruth.
63. Elizabeth.
64. Jemima; m., 25 Oct., 1772, James Hewlett (19).
65. Letitia; m.. 1776, Sol. Pool.
66. Mary.
67. Martha ; m. Saml. Birdsall.
Will, 6 July, 1778, naming children Nos. 62, 65, 64, 66, 67, 60,
61, 59. Gives his son Richard one-half of the land he bought of
Joseph Lockwood and Thomas and Elanthan Hanford, at Cold
Spring, and remainder of lands to Townsend and Thomas, whom
he makes executors with his nephew, Geo. Hewlett. By codicil.
17 Feb., 1780, he revokes the gift of land to son Richard, and
gives same to Samuel Jackson, son of his son Richard. (See deed,
Richard to Samuel, 15 May, 1790, F, p. 38, Queens Co.) This
356 THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND
land given his gr. son Richard became later a part of the estate
of Chas. H. Jones.
He was called by Judge Thos. Jones Hist of N. Y., Vol. 2, p.
39, "a Quaker and a loyal subject."
(18) RICHARD JACKSON, son of Col. John (7); m.
Jane, dau. of Jacob and Mary Seaman. Issue:
-f68. Richard; m. Rosetta, dau, of John Jackson (16).
69. Micah.
70. Jacob; m. (license, 4 July, 1770) Catharine Peters, dau,
of Hewlett Peters.
71. Phebe.
72. Mary ; m, first, John Tredwell ; m. 2d, Creed.
73. Jane ; m. Zebulon Seaman.
(28) THOMAS JACKSON, son of James (8) ; m. Mary
Townsend. Issue :
74. Robert.
75. James.
4-76. Thomas.
yj. Samuel ; m., T773, Deborah Seaman, dau. of Solomon.
78, Amy.
79, Daniel.
80, Benjamin.
82. Rebecca.
83. Phebe ; m,, 1763, Isaac Seaman.
(55a) JOHN JACKSON, son of John (16); b. 1733, d.
about 1821; m. ist, by license, 2 Feb., 1756, Charity, dau. of
Thos. Tredwell ; m. 2d, Margaret, dau. of Wright and
widow of Noah Townsend. (See Bunker's L. I. Gene., p. 223.)
Issue by ist wife:
84. Thomas T. ; m. Catharine Britt.
85. John : m. Sarah Udall,
86. Tredwell.
87. Samuel.
Issue by 2d wife :
88. Charity ; m. John Seaman, son of Willett.
THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND 357
89. Noah,
90. Obadiah.
91. Mary ; ni. Danl. Underbill.
92. Keziah.
(34) THOMAS JACKSON, son of Samuel (9) ; d. at
Jerusalem, L. I., 10 July, 1750; m. Mary, dau. of Saml. Willis.
She b. 1731 ; m. 2d, Thomas Jackson, of Jericho, son of Thos.
(see Ancestry of Thomas and Anne Mott, p. 282), by license, 26
May, 1764. Will, 3 Sept., 1750; prob. 7 Oct., 1750. Liber 17, p.
234, N. Y. City. Issue:
93. Mary, b. 1749 ; m. Wm. Seaman, son of Robert, of
Jericho.
(76) THOMAS JACKSON, of Jericho, son of Thos. (28) ;
m., 1764, Mary (Willis) Jackson, widow of Thomas Jackson
(34). Issue:
94. David.
95. Charles.
96. Amy,
(35) ISAAC JACKSON, son of Samuel (9) ; d. 1750; m,
Mary, dau. of Thos. Cornell. No issue.
His will, 4 Dec, 1750; prob. 24 Dec, 1750; Liber 17, p. 291,
N. Y. City, reciting legatees as follows : Wife Mary, dau. of Thos.
Cornell; sisters, Ruth Smith and Abigail Mott; cousin, Mary
Jackson, the dau. of my brother Thomas ; mother, Abigail Batty
(see under Saml. Jackson (9)) ; father-in-law, David Batty, half
brother, John Batty; half sisters, Elizabeth and Abigail Batty.
Brothers-in-law, Abel Smith and Jac Mott. Cousins, Samuel,
Morris, Sarah and Jennie Smith, children of my sister, Ruth
Smith. Cousins, Joseph, Isaac, Miriam, Ruth and Jerusha Mott,
children of my sister, Abigail Mott.
(55) OBADIAH JACKSON, son of Justice John (16);
d. 1802; m., 1756, Alma, dau. of Jacob Seaman. Issue:
97. Isaac, d. 1767.
358 THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND
+98. Jacob S., b. 22 May, 1763.
99. Elizabeth; m. Thos., son of Samuel Jackson.
(55b) PARMENAS JACKSON, son of Justice John (16) ;
bapt. 1744, d. 19 Jan., 1781 ; m. ist (by license), 13 Feb., 1768,
Elizabeth, dau. of Thos. Birdsall; m. 2d, Downing; m. 3d,
. Issue :
100. Parmenas.
loi. Thomas.
102. Elizabeth ; m. Micah Jackson.
103. Rosannah, m. Saml. Nichols.
104. John.
(59) RICHARD JACKSON, son of Samuel (17). Settled
in Dutchess Co. ; m., 1767, Phebe, dau, of Daniel Kissam. Issue :
105. Samuel.
106. Townsend.
107. Margaret.
108. Phebe.
109. Daniel,
no. John.
111. Mary.
112. A dau., who m. Saml. Mitchell.
(49) TOWNSEND JACKSON, son of Samuel (17) ; m.,
by license, 1778, Mary, dau. of Thos. Seaman, son of Richard.
No issue. His wife's sister, Elizabeth, m. David Jones, son of
William.
(68) RICHARD JACKSON, son of Richard (18); m.,
license, i Feb., 1768, Rosetta, dau. of John Jackson (16). Issue:
Micah.
Jane ; m. John Althouse.
Almy ; m. Henry O. Seaman, son of Jordan.
(61) THOMAS JACKSON, son of Samuel (17); b. 24
Dec, 1752-4; d. 25 Nov., 1842; m. Elizabeth, dau. of Obadiah
Jackson. Issue :
THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND 359
-I-113. Obadiah ; m. Sarah Boerum, dau. of John.
114. Jacob; ni. Phebe Duryea.
-j- 115. Samuel T. ; m. Martha Hewlett, dau. of Lewis.
116. Alma.
1 17. Ruth ; m. Thomas Jones.
(113) OBADIAH JACKSON, son of Thomas (50); m.
Sarah, dau. of John Boerum. Issue:
+ 118. Timothy.
119. Thomas.
120. Townsend.
121. Ruth.
122. Rebecca; m. Jacob S. J. Jones.
123. Sarah.
124. Margaret
(64) JACOB S. JACKSON, son of Obadiah (38); b.
1763, d. 1828; m. Phebe Coles (by license, i Nov., 1783), dau.
of Benjamin Coles. Issue:
125. Thomas Jones, b. 1801, d. 1802.
126. Mary, b. 1784, d. 24 Nov., 1801 ; m. Thomas Jones (IV.
6) ; he m. 2d, Ruth, dau. of Thos. Jackson (50).
127. Elizabeth, b. 1796; m. Thomas Jones (IV. 6), as his
3d wife.
(115) SAMUEL T. JACKSON, son of Thomas (50) ; b.
1803, d. 24 July, 1879; m. Martha, dau. of Lewis Hewlett, son of
Capt. Charles (51). Issue:
128. Thomas T.
129. Elizabeth.
130. Marian; m. Thomas W. Jones (V. 41), son of Thomas
(IV. 6).
131. Phebe.
132. Hannah.
(118) TIMOTHY JACKSON, son of Obadiah (66); m.
Ethelinda, dau. of Townsend Willis. Issue : Samuel Jones, Caro-
line, Oscar, Edward, Belle, Julia.
36o THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND
SAMUEL JACKSON, son of Richard (48). He had a
deed from his father, 15 May, 1790, for land at Cold Spring
Harbor, near the upper mill ponds. (Liber F, p. 38, Queens Co.)
SCOTT FAMILY
CAPT. JOHN SCOTT ; d. before 1667. Came from Hart-
ford, Conn., to Southampton, L. L, where he was made freeman
in 1657; m. Deborah. Issue:
Jeckamiah, d. about 1749.
He first appears at Hempstead, L. 1., in 1657. Hemp. Rec.,
Vol. I, p. 22, and v/as attorney for the town in 1664. Ibid., Vol.
I, p. 156. He died before 1667, as on 7 Nov., 1667, his property
at Hempstead was sold for benefit of his widow, Deborah, and
her children, to Geo. Hewlett and Wm. Osborne. (Patents,
Secy, of State Ofiice, i, p. 97.)
JECKAMIAH SCOTT, son of Capt. John ; d. 1749; m. Mary,
dau. of Col. John Jackson (2). Issue: Deborah, Mary, Sarah,
Anne.
Issue, prob. by a 2d wife : John, Lazarus, Jeckamiah, Jackson,
Thomas.
Will, 5 April, 1749 ; prob. Lib. 16, p. 433, N. Y. City. Justice
of the Peace.
Lazarus, son of Jeckamiah, prob. removed to Greenwich, Conn.
See deed from him to his brothers, 25 March, 1751.
Robert Scott, of Boston, prob. brother of Capt. John, sued
Jonas Wood, of Southampton, 1652.
CONKLING FAMILY
(Conklin, Conkline, Conkling.)
(i) ANNANIAS CONKLIN came from Salem, Mass., to
East Hampton, L. I., 1650; m. Mary Launder, 23 Feb., 1630, at
St. Peter's, Nottingham, Eng., and he and John (14) had first
"glas hous" at Salem. Issue :
THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND 361
2. Lewis, b. 1643
3. Jacob, bapt. 18 May, 1649.
4. Elizabeth.
(N. Y. Gene. & Biog. Rec. 27, p. 153). According to East
Hampton Records he had also :
5. Jeremiah.
6. Cornelius, and others.
(5) JEREMIAH CONKLIN, son of Annanias (i) ; b. 1634,
d. March 14, 1712; m., 1658, Mary, b. 30 Aug., 1638; d. 15 June,
1727; dau. of Lion Gardiner, and his wife, Mary Deurcant. (Rec.
XXXL, 47.) Issue:
8, Jeremiah.
9. Cornelius.
10. David.
11. Lewis.
12. Annanias.
13. Mary; m. Thomas Mulford.
(East Hampton Reeds. 3, p. 198-326.)
(14) JOHN CONKLING, probably brother of Annanias
(i), came to Southold, L. I., 1650. Born in Nottinghamshire,
Eng. ; d. at Huntington, L. I., Feb. 23, 1684. (N. Y. Gene. &
Biog. Rec. 29, p. 117.) M, ist, Elizabeth Allsaebrook, Jan. 24,
1624-5. (See Reg. St. Peter's Church, Nottingham, Eng.) M.
2d, Mary . Issue:
+ 15. Timothy.
16. Capt. John.
17. Benjamin.
18. Joseph.
On TO March, 1664, he laid claim to Horse Neck (now Lloyds
Neck), but could not prove his claim. (Huntington Reeds, i, p.
59.) Hedge's Hist. E. Hampton says he d. 1694. Capt. John
d. 1699.
(15) TIMOTHY CONKLING, son of John (14). Settled
in Huntington, L. I. Issue :
23
362 THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND
19. Martha, b. 20 Oct., 1668.
-}-2o. Timothy, b. 16 Dec, 1670.
21. John, b. 14 March, 1672.
22. Thomas, b. 10 March, 1674.
23. Jacob, b. 15 March, 1676.
24. EHzabeth, b. 15 June, 1679.
24a. Rebecca, b. Jan. 10, 1680-1.
24b. Mary, b. June 10, 1684.
24c. CorneHus, b. Feb. 20, 1686-7.
(Huntington Reeds, i, p. 483). Ibid, i, p. 408; 4, p. 436.
Sept. 22, 1698, deed to his son Timothy, land that formerly was
his father's, John Conkling. (Vol, i, p. 513, Conveyances, Hunt-
ington, L. I.)
(20) TIMOTHY CONKLING, son of Timothy (15); b.
16 Dec, 1670; d. 1743; m. Abigail . Lived at West Neck,
Huntington, where he owned land that was his gr, father John's.
This land he received from his father, Timothy, in 1698. (Vol.
'» P- 5^3? Conveyances, Huntington.) Issue:
-I-25. Jacob, b. I March, 1697.
26. Timothy, b. Feb. 21, 1698; went to North Castle, West.
Co.
27. Elizabeth, b. Aug. 14, 1702; m. Rogers.
28. Thomas, b. Dec. 12, 1704.
29. Jeremiah, b. Aug. 12, 1708.
29. Sarah, b. Jan. 28, 1710; m. Joseph Ketcham, July 28,
1729.
29a. David, b. March 29, 1714; twin.
29b. Mary, b. March 29, 1714; m. Josiah Wickes, May 30,
1729; twin.
Will, 13 Dec, 1734; prob. 14 Dec, 1743. (Liber 15, p. 147.
N. Y. City), naming son Stephen (not cited above) ; gr. son
Jacob, and daus. Mary Wickes, Elizabeth Rogers, and Sarah
Ketcham. Names as sons, only Thos., Stephen and David.
(25) JACOB CONKLING, son of Timothy (20); b. i
March, 1697 (Old Times in Huntington, 51) ; m. Hannah Piatt,
dau. of Epenetus; d. 1754-5. Will, 15 Dec, 1752; prob. 20 Jan.,
THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND 363
1755 (Liber 19, p. 207, N. Y. City), naming children as follows:
30. Epenetus.
31. Piatt.
32. Jesse.
+33. Israel.
34. Phebe ; m. Jacob Smith,
35. Hannah , m. Solomon Smith, of Smithtown.
(Names also gr. dau. Phebe, dau. of his dau. Hannah. )
Gives land in the Bating Place purchase to son Israel.
(33) ISRAEL CONKLING, son of Jacob (25) ; d. 1780;
m. Deborah Smith, April 7, 1743. (Huntington First Ch., ']']^
Lived at Huntington South. Will, 6 Aug., 1778; prob. July 4,
1780. (Liber 23, p. 477, N. Y. City.) Issue:
+36. Jacob.
37. Isaac.
38. John.
39. Hannah ; m. Zebulon Ketcham,
40. Deborah ; m. Ketcham.
41. Susannah.
42. Israel.
43. Alexander.
44. Smith.
Gives land in Bating Place purchase to sons Jacob and Isaac.
In 1775 he signed to support Congress, and in 1776 was private
in Capt. Rogers's Company, On 13 Oct., 1774, he deeded land
in the Bating Place purchase to Gilbert Jones (III. 11), whose
children conveyed same to Walter Jones (III. 13), 18 April, 1818.
(36) JACOB CONKLING, son of Israel (33) ; m. Jan. 28.
1767 (N. Y. Marriage Bonds, XL, 17), Elizabeth (III. ), dau.
of William Jones (II. ). Issue:
45. Phebe; m. ist, David Seaman, son of John; m. 2d,
Jacobs.
46. Hannah ; m. Smith.
47. Hallett.
48. Jacob; m. prob. Whitman.
364 THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND
49. William.
50. Elizabeth; m. Smith, of Stoney Brook, L. I.
+51. Deborah; m. Phil. Waters.
52. Sarah ; m. Isaac Powell.
53. Rebecca; m. Israel Ketcham.
By report he survived his wife Elizabeth and married again.
(51) DEBORAH CONKLING, dau. of Jacob (36); m.
Phil Waters, prob. of Deer Park, L. I.
JONATHAN CONKLIN WATERS; killed in battle of
Cedar Mountain, 9 Aug., 1862, a volunteer in Capt. Walter R.
Hewlett's Co.; m. Eliza J., d. 5 June, 1863. Issue:
Ida B., b. 19 June, 1857.
Carrie R., b. 20 April, 1859.
Winifred, b. 16 July, 1861 ; d. 2 April, 1864.
EPENETUS CONKLING, prob. son of Jacob (25); m.
Eunice, b. 171 1, d. 25 Oct., 1775 (buried Deer Park, L. I.) (See
Mail and Express inquiries, 28 March, 1896.)
MOTT FAMILY
The ancestors of the Mott family in this country came
over at a very early period, and many bearing that name are
to be found in the early New England records,
John Mott, the ancestor of the family in England, came
with the "Conqueror" from La Motte in Normandie, and his
descendants settled in Essex and Cambridge, Eng. From
them we are told " came the ancestors of all the Motts in this
country." (N. Y. Gen. & Biog. Rec, Vol. XX., p. 34.) Talcotfs
Gen. Notes of New England cites an early John Mott of
England and many descendants, but no particulars.
Gov. Winthrop, of Massachusetts, in a letter to his son
John (then living in England), dated 9 Oct., 1629, writes: " I
have sent down all the late news from New Eng. I would
have some of you read it to your mother, and let forth out the
observations, and all that follows the J^" and the letter in the
THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND 365
end and show it Mr. Mott." (See Chronicles of the First
Planters of Col. of Mass., by Alden Young, p. 264; Savages
Ed. of Winthrop's New Eng., Vol. I., p. 361.)
In another letter of his, to his wife, under date of 16 July,
1630, he writes: "Commend me heartily to all our friends . . .
remember me to them at Codenham Hall . . . Mr. Alston,
Mr. Mott and their wives." etc. (Savage's Ed. of 1825 of
Winthrop's New Eng., Vol. I., p. 373.)
The Mr. Mott alluded to was probably Thomas Mott, who
was one of the 42 adventurers who signed the agreement
with Isaac Allerton (the agent of the Mass. Bay Colony) on
15 Nov., 1626, whereby the sum of ^1,800 was advanced the
Colonists with conditions. (Bradford's Letter Book in First
Mass. Hist. Coll, Vol. III., p. 48.)
It is inferred that he did not come to this country, but was
instrumental in the immigration of and closely related to
Adam Mott, who came in the ship "Defense" on 2 July, 1635,
and in 1636 was freeman in Ipswich, Mass. This Adam Mott
was probably one of the twelve men who founded the plan-
tation of Agawan (after called Ipswich) under Gov. Winthrop's
brother John. Of these twelve men nine are mentioned by
Winthrop, viz.: Robert Coles, clerk, John Briggs, John Sage,
Thomas Hewlett, Thomas Hardy, Wm. Perkins, Thorn-
dike, Wm. Sargeant. (Winthrop's New Eng., Ed. 1852, Vol. I.,
p. lOI.)
Of these, Robert Coles was the ancestor of the Coles
family of Long Island, and Thomas Hewlett, was probably a
near relative of the early George Hewlett of Long Island, and
we think a brother to Jane Hewlett (of Essex, Eng.), the first
wife of Adam Mott ("the first") of Hempstead, L. I.
Following closely upon the Puritan exodus from Great
Britain to New England, came the ship "Defense" on 2 July,
1635, with Thos. Bostwick as master, having among its passen-
gers Adam Mott (the one just alluded to) and Sarah, his wife,
with five children; or in the words of the ship's manifest —
"a taylor Adam Mott, 39 years old; uxor, Sarah Mott, 31 years,
Jo., 14 years, Adam, 12 years, Jonathan, 9 years, Elizabeth,
6 years, and Mary, 4 years."
He landed in New England, and "bro't testimony from the
justices and ministers of Cambridge that he had taken the
oaths of allegiance, and had also acknowledged his conformity
366 THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND
to the discipline and orders of the Church of England." (Hot-
ton's Original Lists, p. 99.)
In 1636 he had land granted him in Hingham, Mass. (New
Eng. Hist. & Gen. Reg., Vol. IL, p. 251), and in the latter part
of that year he and his wife were members of the first church
at Roxbury. His Church of England views soon got him into
trouble, and in 1683 he was ordered to be brought before the
Governor, in charge of the constable of Hingham. (Mass. Col.
Rec, Vol. I., p. 241.) Two years later he removed to Ports-
mouth, R. L, where on 2^ of 11 mo., 1638, he was admitted as
a freeholder (Col. Rec, R. L, Vol. L, p. 6;^) at a meeting then
held by the General Assembly of the Colony. There were
eleven members present besides Adam Mott, and rules were
enacted for their government, one of which was "that the
judge with the elders shall rule and govern according to the
general rule of the word of God, and when they have no
particular rule from God's word; by the body proscribed as a
direction unto them in the case." Roger Williams sought
refuge here two years previous. Quakers were tolerated, and
one might have whatever religious views he saw fit.
Even here he seems to have hesitated about settling, for
he was soon ordered to build on land granted him in 1638
within six months, or the land would be disposed of by the
company. (Col. Rec, R. I., Vol. L, p. 59.)
In 1638 he and his eldest son John were admitted "to be
inhabitants of the island of Aqueedneck (now Rhode Island).
He seems now to have fully determined to settle in Ports-
mouth, R. I., and on 12 of i mo., 1640, at a session of General
Court of Newport, he desired to be reunited to that body and
** was readily embraced by it."
In 1665 he, and his sons Adam, Jr., John and Jonathan,
appear on a roll of freeman at Portsmouth.
Austin in his Gen. Diet, of R. I., has given us an account
of some of Adam Mott's descendants for several generations.
This Adam Mott left a son Adam, 2d, whom Austin says
m. 1647 Mary Lott, and d in Portsmouth in 1673.
Many conflicting statements have been made concerning
this Adam Mott, 2d. Thompson's L. I., Vol. II,. p. 57, says his
first wife was Phebe, and that he removed to Hempstead, L. I.,
in 1665. Savage, Vol. III., p. 247, states his wife was Mary, but
does not claim he removed to Long Island. Bolton's West-
THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND 367
Chester Co. copies Thompson, while Scharf in his Hist, of
West. Co., Vol. I., p. 830, inserts an article written by Win. S.
Pelletreau of L. I., wherein it is claimed that both Adam the
ist, and his son Adam 2d, of Rhode Island, settled and died
upon Long Island,
All this we must treat as an error, as no records can be
found to show that the first Adam Mott of Hempstead was in
any way connected with the Motts of Rhode Island, and
furthermore the late Thos. C. Cornell of Yonkers, N. Y., in his
"Ancestry of Adam and Anne Mott," states "that neither
Adam, ist, or his son Adam, 2d, ever came to Hempstead, and
that they and their marriages and children can be traced in
Massachusetts and Rhode Island till long after the Adam Mott
of Hempstead settled there."
LIEUT. ADAM MOTT (i).
Ancestor of the Long Island family of that name, came
from Essex, Eng., and is probably the Adam who emigrated
in the ship "Bevis" in 1638, then aged 19 years, and by pro-
fession a taylor. As a possible relative of the Motts of New
England, he may have followed them there and perhaps was
in Rhode Island where the Indian wars not suiting his fancy,
he returned to New Amsterdam where under Gov. Kieft's
administration lands were granted to many of the New Eng-
land immigrants.
In 1644 and 1645 he was a witness in the Shepens and
Burgomasters Court in New Amsterdam. (See trans, of
Dutch Mss. Vol. II., pp. 236-270; Vol. III., pp. 24-265, Albany,
N. Y.)
On 23 Aug., 1646, Gov. Kieft granted him a patent for 25
morgans of land (50 acres) on the west side of Mespatches
Kills (now Newtown Creek, L. I.), opposite the plantation of
Richard Brundel. (Doc. Rel. to Col. Hist., N. Y., Vol. XIV.,
p. 66.)
In the year following this grant, he m. on 28 July, 1647,
in the Dutch Church of New Amsterdam, Jane, dau. of
Lewis Hulett of Buckingham, Eng., which record recites that
neither had been previously married. (N. Y. Gen. & Biog.
Rec, Vol. VI., p. 37.) See under Lewis Hewlett.
This grant of land he soon conveyed to one Wm. Golding,
368 THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND
but continued to reside in New Amsterdam where he was
engaged in trading, and also as an agent for Richard Smith,
as late as 165 1. (See Trans. Dutch Mss., Albany, N. Y.)
In 1656, he removed to town of Hempstead, L. I., and
settled in the village of that name, where he was probably-
living when chosen townsman on 17 March, 1657. Feb. 4,
1663, he was one of the commissioners who signed the agree-
ment between John Scott, president of the English towns of
Long Island, and Gov. Stuyvesant to provide for the free
intercourse between the inhabitants under the Dutch and the
English. (Doc. Rel. to Col. Hist., N. Y., Vol. XIV., p. 544.)
April 22, 1665, he was commissioned by Gov. Richard
Nicolls as Lieut, of the Hempstead Militia. (Liber. 2, p. 26,
Conveyances, Sec'y of State's Office, Albany.)
He m. 2d about 1667, Elizabeth, dau. of Ann Parsons, wife
of John Richbell of Westchester Co., by her first husband,
Redman. (Descendants of Adam Mott by E. D. Harris.)
On 23 April, 1669, John Richbell conveyed to John Ryder
of N. Y. City, certain lands in Mamaroneck for the support of
his present wife Anne, after his decease, etc. It recites that
his marriage with her had long since been solomenized.
(Liber., 4, p. i, Deeds, Office of Sec'y of State, Albany.)
Adam Mott's will, dated 12 March, 1681, prob. at Queens
Co., April 8, 1690. On 5 April, 1690, his estate was inventoried
and valued at ^182.9.6. This will was recorded in N. Y. City,
Liber., 3 & 4, p. 129, and as no executor was named, the widow,
Elizabeth was appointed administratrix by Gov. Leisler, May
12, 1690.
On Sept. 25, 1 69 1, Adam Mott (the oldest son) was also
appointed administrator on the estate, his petition reciting
that his father had died intestate. (See Calendar Hist. Mss.,
part II., p. 217; Liber. 3 & 4, p. 285, N. Y. City.) Then on
p. 292, Letters of Administration were granted to Elizabeth
Mott, widow, and Adam Mott, eldest son of Adam Mott of
Hempstead, reciting "that since Adam Mott appeared for
administration and same was granted him, the said Elizabeth
has produced a codicil of the same, and the witnesses being
present, etc., etc., do grant to said Adam and Elizabeth ad-
ministration, and any grant formerly made to said Adam to
the contrary notwithstanding," dated at Fort Wm. Henry,
30 Oct., 1 69 1 Then on p. 294 is recorded the codicil (so called)
THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND 369
which in all respects is same as the one recorded on p. 129,
and was again proved before Richard Ingolsby, 30 Oct., 1691.
Lieut. Adam Mott in his will describes himself as " about
sixty years of age," this places the date of his birth in 1620,
which coincides with the birth of Adam Mott of the ship
"Bevis." In 1670, Jan. 28, he purchased land of Henry Dis-
browe on Madnans Neck (Great Neck), L. I., that was formerly
in the possession of Capt. John Seaman, and settled there
soon after.
He d. prior to April, 1690, and his widow Elizabeth m. in
1691, Robert Hubbs of Mad Nans Neck.
Much controversy arose between Elizabeth Hubbs and
her "son-in-law Adam Mott, Jr.," as she calls him, concerning
her late husband's will, but on 5 Nov., 1691, an agreement was
entered into which recites that "the will of her deceased
husband Adam Mott shall stand good, etc., etc., in all par-
ticulars hereinafter mentioned, etc., etc." This was signed
by Elizabeth Hubbs, and her son Richbell Mott (Mott Family
Mss.). This agreement gave Adam Mott, "the elder" son,
lands on Mad Nans Neck not bequeathed him under the will,
which he conveyed on 12 April, 1694, to "the children his
deceased father had by his last wife Elizabeth being six in
number." (Queens Co. Conveyances, Liber., B, p. 114.)
On 28 June, 1696, Mary Anna Mott, one of the six children
named ("then being of full age"), released her rights under
the will to her brothers Richbell, William, Charles and Adam
"the younger."
On 29 Oct., 1703, Elizabeth, another of the six children, and
her husband John Okeson, released their rights to same
children for ^82.
In 1707, April 2, a final agreement was made between the
four brothers by which Adam, "the younger," William and
Richbell received lands on Great Neck, and Charles land on
Cow Neck and Rockaway, each one settling on their respective
lands excepting Adam, "the younger," who settled on Cow
Neck. The latter in 17 15 conveyed his land on Great Neck to
his brother William, whose descendants retained the same
until 1870, when the old homestead of seven generations
passed into the hands of Wm. R. Grace.
Lieut. Adam Mott, and his neighbor Henry Disbrowe, and
Cornelius Mott of Hempstead (whom we cannot trace) were
370 THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND
engaged in the growing of tobacco, and between 1660 and 1670
each one had during that time tobacco houses on Mad Nans
Neck. (B, p. 19, Wills, N. Y. City; Hemp. Records, B, p. 156.)
The translations of the Dutch Mss., Albany, N. Y., show him
as engaged in some enterprise in the South River (now the
Delaware). This was in 165 1, and he was in all probability
then buying tobacco which at that period was sold in large
quantities by the Long Island traders to the neighboring
Dutch plantations. Adam Mott was then living in New Am-
sterdam, and occupied with Randel Hunt a house owned by
Richard Smith, Jr., son of Richard of Conn. (See Trans.
Dutch Mss., part 3, p. 265, N. Y. State Library.) He was
commissioned by Gov. Rich'd Nicolls as Lieutenant of the
Hempstead Militia on 22 April, 1665. The commission is
recorded in Liber., 2, folio 26 of Deeds in Sec'y of State Office,
Albany, and also name John Symons (Seaman) as Capt., and
John Rushmore as Ensign.
The old homestead on Mad Nans Neck, where he finally
settled and died, and which later became the home of his son
William, was purchased on 28 Jan., 1670, of Henry Disbrowe
(120 acres, cons. ;!^6i). This was formerly laid out to Capt.
John Seaman, who conveyed it to Thos. Seabrooke, 29 Aug.,
1669, and from him it passed to Disbrowe (original deeds in
possession of Mott family).
(i) LIEUT. ADAM MOTT, of Mad Nans Neck (Great
Neck), b. 1620; d. 1690; m. ist 28 July, 1647, Jane Hulet (see
ante). Issue:
+2. Adam, "the elder," bap. 14 Nov., 1649 (N. Y. Gen.
& Biog. Rec, Vol. VII., p. loi).
+3. James, bap. 5 Oct., 1651.
4. Grace, b. about 1653.
+5. John, b. 1658 (see Hemp. Rec, Liber., C, p. i).
+6. Joseph, b. about 1661; d. 1735.
+7. Gershom, b. about 1663.
+8. Henry, b. about 1657.
M. 2d Elizabeth (about 1667), dau. of John Richbell of
Westchester Co., claimed by E. D. Harris (see ante) to have
been a dau. of John Richbell's wife by a former husband
Redman. Issue:
THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND 371
+9. Richbell, b. about 1668.
+ 10. Mary Anna, b. about 1670.
+ 11. Adam, "the younger," b. about 1672.
+ 12. William, b. 20 Jan., 1673; d. 31 of 6 mo., 1740.
+ 13. Charles, b. 1676.
+ 14. Elizabeth, b. 1674.
(2) ADAM MOTT ("the elder"), son of Lieut. Adam (i);
bap. 14 Nov., 1649 (N. Y. Gen. & Biog. Rec, Vol. VII., p. loi);
m. Mary, dau. of Nicholas and Ann Stilwell. He settled in
Rockaway, L. I. In 17 19, he conveyed land there to John
Mott, by deed recorded in Hempstead Rec, Liber, 3, p. 130,
at Jamaica, in vi^hich he names his wife Mary. Dec. 9, 1683,
chosen Town Assessor (Hemp. Rec, 1898, Vol. I., p. 419).
Issue:
+ 15. Adam.
16. Jane, m. Richard Seaman.
17. Ann.
18. Mary.
(3) CAPT. JAMES MOTT, son of Lieut. Adam (i); bap.
15 Oct., 1651; d. 1707, at Mamaroneck, West. Co. (see N. Y.
Col. Mss., Vol. LII., p. 41). In 1679, then a prisoner in N. Y.,
he petitioned to be forgiven for selling liquor to the Indians
(Col. Hist. Mss., p. 77), and in April of that year he was given
a home lot in the town of Hempstead.
On July 14, 1690, then calling himself of Mamaroneck, he
conveyed to his brother Joseph of Hempstead, land at Rock-
away, which the latter sold in 1692 to his brother Adam
(Hemp. Rec, 1898, Vol. I., p. 54). He appears to have left
Long Island about this time and settled in Mamaroneck,
where he was captain of a company of militia, and on 10 Feb.,
1690, was commissioned as Justice (Col. Hist. Mss., p. 194).
He ra. (according to Bolton) in 1670, Mary, step-dau. of John
Richbell. On 20 Dec, 1670, John and Ann Richbell conveyed
to their "son-in-law James Mott, and our daughter Mary, his
wife" land in Mamaroneck. There is on file in Albany a
marriage license dated 5 Sept., 1670, whereby James Mott is
licensed to marry " Mary Redman, daughter-in-law of John
Richbell." (See under Lieut. Adam Mott (i).)
372 THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND
She d. before 1698, and he m, 2d Elizabeth , who ad-
ministered upon his estate on 27 Nov., 1707. Issue:
+ 19. James(?), (m. Jane, dau. of Edward Burling).
20. Grace.
21. Phebe.
22. Martha.
Cited in letter to Geo, Clark, Secy., as having d, intestate at
Mamaroneck, West. Co. in 1707. (N. Y. Col. Mss., Vol. LII.,
p. 41.)
(5) JOHN MOTT, son of Lieut. Adam (i); b. 1658; lived
at Rockaway, L. I.; land given him by his father in 1682; m.
i6p Sarah, dau. of Capt. John Seaman (Bunker's L. I. Gen.;
N; Y. Gen. & Biog. Rec, Vol. XL, p. 150). Issue:
+23. Henry.
+24. John, named as executor in 1734 in will of his uncle
Joseph Mott.
25. James.
26. Sarah.
27. Martha.
28. Jane.
29. Patrick.
Deed to his son Patrick, 16 Feb., 1726 (Hemp. Rec, Vol.
IV., p. 245), land at Rockaway, reciting his sons John and
James, and wife Sarah.
(6) JOSEPH MOTT of Cow Neck, L. I., son of Lieut.
Adam (t); b. about 1661; d. 1735; m. Mariam . Will 24
March, 1734; prob. 6 Feb., 1735. Executor: John Mott, son of
my brother John. Issue, as by his will:
+30. Joseph, settled in Dutchess Co.
+31. Samuel.
+32. Jacob, b. 9 Aug., 17 14.
^:^. Mariam, m. Samuel Cornell.
34. Jane, d. before 1734; m. Benjamin Seaman.
(7) LIEUT. GERSHOM MOTT, son of Lieut. Adam (i);
b. about 1663; will prob. 30 March, 1733. On 2 Dec, 1703, he
THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND 373
took the oath of alleg'iance as Lieut, of Militia at Newtown,
L, I. (Queens Co. Conveyances, B, No. 2, p. 11.) He settled
in Monmouth Co., N. J. (See account of his descendants in
N. Y. Gen. & Biog. Rec, Vol. XXV., p. 49.)
(8) HENRY MOTT, son of Lieut. Adam (i); b. about
1657; d. 21 Nov., 1680; m. Hannah . Administration
granted the widow Hannah, 13 Nov., 1682. (Liber., i & 2, p.
446, N. Y. City.) Issue, three children, living in 1682.
Had land on Mad Nans Neck 1680. (Hemp. Rec, C, p. iii).
(9) RICHBELL MOTT, son of Lieut. Adam (i); d. 1734;
m. 1696, Elizabeth Thorne of Flushing, L, I,; m. license 14
Oct., 1696, Liber. 5 & 6, p. 128 of Wills, N. Y. City); will 22
Sept., prob. 3 Dec, 1734. Issue:
+35. Edmond, b. 1700; d. 1743/4; m. 1726, Catharine
Sands.
;i6. Richbell, d. young.
+37. Richard.
38. Elizabeth, m. Adam Mott.
39. Mary, m. John Tredwell.
40. Jemima, m. Stephen Wood.
41. Keziah, m. John Jackson.
42. Deborah, m. Joseph Mott.
43. Ann, m.(i) Daniel Kissam; m.(2) Jotham Townsend.
The widow Elizabeth left a will, prob. 16 April, 1739,
naming besides the above children, gr. son Danl. Kissam, gr.
daus. Mary Tredwell, Elizabeth Mott and Phebe Wood, and
cousin Phebe Thorne, dau. of Richard. Executor, Richard
Thorne.
(10) MARY ANNA MOTT, dau. of Lieut. Adam (i).
June 28, 1696, release to her brother for her portion of her
father's estate.
April I, 1700, named in will of her gr. mother Ann Richbell.
(11) ADAM MOTT ("the younger"), son of Lieut.
Adam (i); b. 1672; d. 1738; will 3 Nov., 1738, prob. 28 Feb.,
374 THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND
1739 (Liber., 13, p. 208, N. Y. City); m. 5 of 11 mo., 1732, Phebe,
b. 1699; d. 7 of 9 mo,, 1782; dau. of Richard Willets of Jericho.
Issue:
44. Elizabeth, b. 31 of 5 mo., 1733; m. John Willis.
+45. Adam, b. 10 of 10 mo., 1734.
46, Stephen, b, i of 2 mo., 1736.
Settled at Cow Neck, his widow m. 2d Tristam Dodge.
See " Ancestry of Adam and Anne Mott " by Thos. C. Cornell
for descendants of this branch of the family.
(12) WILLIAM MOTT, son of Lieut. Adam (i); b. 20 of
I mo., 1673; d. 31 of 6 mo., 1740; m. 12 Feb., 1705, Hannah, b.
3 of 5 mo., 1679; d. 24 of 6 mo., 1759; dau. of John Ferris of
Westchester Co., and not as stated in "Ancestry of Adam and
Anne Mott," by T. C. Cornell, as a dau. of John Seaman.
Lived at Great Neck, L. I., and was a Friend. Will 22
April, 1740, prob. 13 June, 1740. (Liber., 15, p. 226, N. Y. City.)
Hannah, his widow, left will 14 of 4 mo., 1756, prob. 20 April,
1760, naming gr. daus. Hannah, the wife of Danl. Stephenson,
and Martha, the wife of John Allyn, Jr., dau. Martha and Ex.
son William and cousin Adam Mott of Cow Neck. Issue:
47. Elizabeth, b. i of i mo., 1706; d. 25 of 12 mo., 1721;
unm.
+48. William, b. 6 of 8 mo., 1709; d. 25 of 3 mo., 1786.
+49. Hannah, b. 22 of 2 mo., 17 14.
50. Martha, b. 18 of 9 mo., 17 17; d. unm.
(13) CHARLES MOTT, son of Lieut. Adam (i); b. before
1676; d. 1740. Will 10 Feb., 1740, prob. 11 March, 1741, naming
gr. son Joseph Starkins, the son of his dau. Mary Ann Carroll,
and gr. son Jos. Mott. Lived on Cow Neck, Executor, son
Amos. M.Elizabeth . Issue:
+51. Charles, b. about 1695,
+52. Jacob.
+53. Amos.
54. Elizabeth, m. Hunter.
THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND 375
4-55. Gershom.
56. Mary Ann, m. (i) Jos. Starkin; m. (2) Patrick Car-
roll in 1730.
+57. John.
+58. Benjamin.
+59. Adam.
1 70 1 he and his brothers Richbell and William had land
laid out to them in Hempstead. 1721 deed to his son Gershom.
1726 deed to his son Charles, Jr. 1738 deed to his son Adam.
He had land at Kakiat (New Hempstead), Orange Co.
(14) ELIZABETH MOTT, dau. of Lieut. Adam (i); b.
1674; m. John Okeson (so spelled) of Freehold, N. J, See re-
lease executed by them 29 Oct., 1703, to her brothers, Liber.,
B, No. I, folio 115, Queens Co.
This John Okeson was a son of John Kissam of Flushing,
L. 1. (See Kissam family.)
(15) ADAM MOTT, son of Adam (2); d. before 1750;
m. Elizabeth, dau. of Richbell Mott. Settled in Staten Island.
1 7 13, June 15, deed from his father for land at Rockaway.
Issue:
60. Richard, d. before 1778, and left a son Richbell (see
under Richard Seaman).
61. Elizabeth, m. Benjamin Seaman.
62. Ann (probably).
6;^. Mary (probably).
His widow calling herself of Richmond Co., left a will
30 Jan., 1777, prob. 2 April, 1778, naming children as above,
and gr. dau. Elizabeth, the dau. of my dau. Elisabeth Seaman;
gr. son Richard Seaman and John Micheau, both of Richmond
Co., executors.
Member of Assembly from Richmond Co., 1737/1739.
County Clerk of Richmond Co., 1728. He d. before 1756, see
proof of will of Matthew Johnson, Liber., 20, p. 9, N. Y. City.
(19) JAMES MOTT, perhaps son of Capt. James; m.
1717, Jane, b. 17 of 5 mo., 1684, dau. of Edward and Grace
376 THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND
Burling of Flushing. (N. Y. Gen. & Biog. Rec, Vol. VI.,
p, I02, Vol. III., p. i88.)
(23) HENRY MOTT, son of John; d. 1767; will 21 Nov.,
1767, prob. 14 April, 1768. Issue:
+64. Henry, m. Mary, dau. of Saml. Southard,
65. Richard.
66. John.
67. Adam.
68. Hannah, m. Lewis.
69. Sarah, not m. in 1767.
70. Mary, not m. in 1767.
71. Abigail (prob.), m. Foster.
72. Elizabeth, m. 1765, Benj. Hicks.
Will names also a gr. son, the son of his son Richard; gr.
son, the son of his daughter Elizabeth; gr. sons Elkanah and
Richbell, the sons of his son Richard. Executors, sons Adam
and Henry, and my brother Patrick Mott.
(24) JOHN Mott, perhaps son of John; will 5 April, 1750,
prob. 20 April, 1751; m. Rebecca . Issue:
+73. Samuel, m. Hannah .
+74. Jacob, m. 1754, Keziah Seaman.
+75. Jehu, m. 1748, Ruth Powell, dau. of Thomas.
+76. Micajah, m. Rachel .
77. John, d. before 1750.
78. Sarah, m. Benjamin Hulse.
79. Martha, m. Daniel Carman.
80. Phebe, m. Daniel Wright.
81. Rebecca.
Resided at Rockaway, where he reserved land when his
son John was buried (see his will).
(35) EDMOND MOTT, son of Richbell; b. 1700; d. 1743/4;
will 4 of 6 mo., 1741, prob. 13 June, 1744; m. 1726, Catharine,
dau. of Capt. John Sands of Cow Neck. Issue:
82. Margaret.
THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND 377
+8;^. Richbell, b. 3 of 6 mo., 1728.
84. Edmond, b. 25 of 8 mo., 1730; d. unm.
+85. John, b. I of 8 mo., 1732; d. about 1781.
He was a Friend, and resided on Cow Neck.
(37) RICHARD MOTT, son of Richbell; b. about 1710;
d. 15 of 8 mo., 1743; will 7 of 8 mo., 1743; m. 26 of i mo., 1741,
Sarah, b. 17 14; d. 1800; dau. of Thomas and Sarah (Underbill)
Pearsall of Hempstead. Issue:
85 A. James, b. 8 of 8 mo., 1742.
(30) JOSEPH MOTT, son of Joseph; settled in Charlotte,
Dutchess Co.; will 28 Sept., 1762, prob. 13 March, 1765 (25, p.
44, N. Y. City); m. ist, Deborah, dau. of Richbell Mott; m. 2d,
1759, Catharine Boerum.* Issue:
86. Joseph, m. 1748, Phebe Smith.
87. Samuel.
88. Jacob.
89. Richard.
90. Martha.
91. Jane.
92. Elizabeth.
93. Jamima.
"Ex., my brother Jacob of Queens Co., and Lawrence
Maston of L. I"
(31) SAMUEL MOTT, son of Joseph; b. 1707; d. 15 Feb.,
1736; m. 27 May, 1728, Martha Smith, who survived him and
m. John Hicks.
Will 21 Dec, 1736, prob. 26 March, 1737, naming wife
Martha, children under age. Exs., brother Joseph Mott,
uncle Elias Dorian, brother Saml. Cornell and Jac Smith.
(32) JACOB MOTT, of Hempstead Harbor, L. I., son of
Joseph; b. 7 Aug., 1714; d. 6. Oct., 1805; will 3 Aug., 1803; m.
* (Authority Ed. D. Harris.)
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378 THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND
i6 July, 1735, Abigail, b. 18 Nov., 1720; d. 28 Sept., 1781 (N. Y,
Gen. & Biog. Rec, Vol. XII., p. 80); dau. of Samuel Jackson,
named in will of Samuel's brother Isaac Jackson. She was
bap. St. George Church, Hempstead, i Sept., 1743 (N. Y. Gen.
& Biog. Rec, Vol. X., p. 19). Issue:
94. Joseph, b. 18 Oct., 1736.
95. Samuel.
96. Jackson, b. 16 Aug., 1740.
+97. Isaac, b. 6 May, 1743; d. 1780; m. Anne Coles.
98. Miriam, b. 30 April, 1745; d. young.
99. Ruth, b. 6 June, 1747; m. ist, Jordan Lawrence;
m. 2d, Stephen Coles.
100. Samuel J., b. i Feb., 1753.
+ 101. Jacob, b. 30 June, 1756.
102. Miriam, b. 7 Sept., 1759; m. Benj. Birdsall.
+ 103. Richard, b. 9 May, 1761; m. 3 Oct., 1780, Martha
Sutton.
104. Joseph, b. 21 Aug., 1763; went to S. Carolina.
105. Jerusha, named in will Isaac Jackson, 4 Dec, 1750.
(45) ADAM MOTT, son of Adam ("the younger"); b. 10
of 10 mo., 1734; d. 18 of 12 mo., 1790; m. ist, 5 of 3 mo., 1755,
Sarah, b. 1736; d. 1783; dau. of Samuel Willis. Issue:
105A. Elizabeth, b. 19 of 7 mo., 1756; d. 10 of 4 mo., 1782;
unm.
105B. Lydia, b. 24 of 11 mo., 1759; d. 17 of 5 mo., 1791; m.
Sol. Underbill.
+105C. Adam, b. 11 of 10 mo., 1762; m. 1785, Anne Mott,
dau. of James of Mamaroneck, West. Co.
105D. Samuel, b. 29 of 7 mo., 1773.
He m. 2d, 1785, Abigail, dau. of Danl. Beatty of Hempstead.
(105c) ADAM MOTT, son of Adam (45) and Sarah; b.
II of 10 mo., 1762; m. 1785, Anne Mott, dau. of James Mott of
Mamaroneck, gr. son of Richbell Mott, and had issue seven
children. Their dau. Sarah, b. 1791; d. 1872; m. 1815, Silas
Cornell of Rochester, N. Y., and had issue: Thomas C. Cornell,
(the eldest), b. 1819; m. 1850, Jane Bashford of Yonkers, N. Y.,
THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND 370
who published in 1894, "The Ancestry of Adam and Anne
Mott."
He settled on Cow Neck, L. I. For record of his children
see N. Y. Gen. & Biog. Rec, Vol. XVII., p. 219.
(48) WILLIAM MOTT, of Great Neck, L. I., son of Wil-
liam; b. 6 of 8 mo., 1709; d, 25 of 3 mo., 1786; m, 18 of 6 mo.,
1742, Elizabeth, b. 17 19; d. 6 of 11 mo., 1780; dau. of Henry
and Mary Allen of Great Neck, L. I., and not as stated in the
"Ancestry of John and Anne Mott" by T. C. Cornell, "as dau.
of Valentine." (See will of Mary Allen, prob. 22 June, 1747,
16, p. 170, N. Y. City.) Issue:
+ 106. William, b. 8 of i mo., 1743; d. 30 of 3 mo., 1826.
107. Hannah, b. 4 of 6 mo., 1744; d. 15 of 3 mo., 1750.
+ 108. James, b. 29 of 8 mo., 1745; d. 16 of 9 mo., 1782.
+ 109. Elizabeth, b. 5 of 2 mo., 1747; d. 7 of 9 mo., 1829.
no. John, b. 17 of 2 mo., 1749; d. 7 of 3 mo., 1750.
+ 111. Samuel, b. 16 of 12 mo., 1750/1; d. i of 4 mo., 1791.
112. Hannah, b. 18 of 4 mo., 1753; d. 8 of 2 mo., 1805.
+ 113. John, b. 24 of 6 mo., 1755; d. 20 of 11 mo., 1823.
+ 114. Henry, b. 31 of 5 mo., 1757; d. 1840.
+ 115. Richard, b. 20 of 8 mo., 1759; d. 25 of 9 mo., 1795.
+ 116. Joseph, b, II of I mo., 1762; d. 4 of 12 mo., 1801.
+ 117. Benjamin, b. 19 of 3 mo., 1765; d. 21 of 10 mo., 1816.
All of the above dates appertaining to the children of Wm.
Mott, as well as those of his wife, and her name also are taken
from a memorandum book left by his son Benjamin, endorsed
"Benjamin Mott's Little Book, Great Neck, L. I., 4 mo., 2 d.,
1784." Now (1901) in the possession of Miss Elizabeth Allen
of Auburn, N. Y., a gr.-granddau. of this William Mott. (See
Allen Family.)
(49) HANNAH MOTT, dau. of William; b. 22 of 2 mo..
1714; m. 5 of 3 mo., 1731, Philip Pell, son of Hon. Thomas, of
Pelham, West. Co. Issue:
118. Philip J., b. 2 of 9 mo., 1732; d. 1788; m. Glorianna
Tredwell.
119. Hannah, b. 9 of 7 mo., 1734; m. Danl. Stevenson.
120. Martha, b. 17 of i mo., 1735; ^n- John Allyn.
38o THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND
(51) CHARLES MOTT, son of Charles; b. about 1695; d-
before 1740; m. Deborah . (See deed from them to Joseph
Mott, land in Hempstead, 17 June, 1729.) Issue:
121. Joseph.
122. Samuel.
123. Sylvanus.
(52) JACOB MOTT, son of Charles; will 4 Dec., 1737,
prob. 16 Sept., 1738, giving land in Orange Co. to his father
Chas., and also his interest in the schooner " Fortune " of N. Y.
City.
(53) AMOS MOTT, son of Charles; resided in Oyster
Bay, L. I. Will 20 March, 1745, prob. 9 March, 1746, giving
land to his bro. Benjamin with remainder to Jacob Mott the
eldest son of my brother Adam. Exs., brother Adam and
Thos. Jackson, the son of Samuel.
(55) GERSHOM MOTT, son of Charles; d. 1758. Lived
in Kakeat, Orange Co. Issue:
124. Solomon.
125. Gershom.
126. Mary, m. Peter Lott.
127. Elizabeth, m. Chas. Clark.
128. Benjamin.
(57) JOHN MOTT, son of Charles; m. . Issue:
129. Benjamin, named in will of his uncle Benjamin Mott
in 1748.
130. Maryann.
(59) ADAM MOTT, son of Charles; m. Elizabeth Sraith(?).
Issue:
131. Jacob, named in will of his uncle Amos Mott.
132. David.
133. Jonathan.
134. Maryana.
THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND 381
(58) BENJAMIN MOTT, of Oyster Bay, L. I., son of
Charles; will 17 Sept., 1748, prob. 29 Sept., 1748, Liber., 16, p.
352, N. Y. City, naming his cousin Samuel Mott, son of my
brother Charles; brother David, brother Adam and his four
children, cousin Joseph, the son of my brother Charles, Ben-
jamin Mott, the son of my brother John, Jacob Mott the son
of my bro. Adam, cousin Joseph Starkins and Jacob Mott of
Oyster Bay.
(64) HENRY MOTT, son of Henry; m. Mary, prob. a
dau. of Saml. Southard of Hempstead, whose will, prob. 1764,
names his dau. Mary, the wife of Henry Mott, Jr. Issue:
135. William.
136. Henry.
137. James.
138. Mary (prob.).
139. A posthumous child b. 1768.
Will 12 Dec, 1767, prob. 15 March, 1768.
(73) SAMUEL MOTT, of Hempstead, son of John; will
6 of 9 mo., 1775, prob. 23 April, 1781; m. Hannah Wood. Issue:
140. John.
141. Samuel.
142. Richard, m. and had issue before 1775, viz.: Amy;
James.
143. Hannah.
(74) JACOB MOTT, son of John; b. 1723; d. 1787; m.
1754, Kezia Seaman. Lived in Hempstead, L. I. Munsell's
Am. Ancestry, Vol. VII., p. 73, calls him a son of Jacob. This
we must treat as an error, as by his will he calls himself "a
brother of Jehu." Issue:
144. Samuel N.
(75) JEHU MOTT, son of John; will 30 of 12 mo., 1781;
prob. 15 Feb., 1783; m. Ruth Powell. Issue:
145. John.
382 THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND
146. Jehii.
147. Joseph.
148. Mary, m. 1774, Benj. Hicks (his 2d wife) *
149. Ruth, m. 1777, Jos. Carman. (N. Y. Gen. & Biog.
Rec, Vol. XIV., p. 73.)
150. Rebecca, m. John Raynor.
(76) MICAJAH MOTT, son of John; will 17 of 8 mo.,
1781, prob. 24 Jan., 1783; m. Rachel . Issue:
151. Sarah, m. Stephen Beats or Betts.
152. Rebecca.
153. Rachel.
154. Micajah.
155. Israel.
156. John.
(83) RICHBELL MOTT, son of Edmond; b. 3 Aug., 1728;
d. 9 May, 1758; will 28 April, 1758, prob. 3 June, 1758; m. 1749,
Deborah Dodge, b. 15 April, 1728. Issue:
Margaret, b. 21 Sept., 1749; m. Hon. Melancthon Smith.
Phebe, b. 21 Aug., 1751.
(85) JOHN MOTT, son of Edmond; b. r of 8 mo., 1732;
d. 1780/1; will 8 of 2 mo., 1773, prob. 15 March, 1781; legacy to
Society of Friends, also to niece Margaret, the wife of Melanc-
ton Smith, and brother Edmond of unsound mind.
(loi) JACOB MOTT, of Hempstead, son of Jacob; b. 30
June, 1756; d. 16 Aug., 1823; m. 25 Aug., 1776 (N. Y. Gen. &
Biog. Rec, Vol. XIV., p. 72), Deborah, dau. of William Law-
rence of Mosquito Cove, L. I., son of John. Issue:
157. Jordan L., b. 12 Oct. 1798; d. 8 May, 1866.
158. William L., b. 16 Jan., 1777; m. Dorothy Scudder.
159. Richard L., b. 6 June, 1782; m. Elizabeth Deal.
160. Jacob L., b. 13 Sept., 1784; m. Hannah Riker.
Benj. Hicks' first wife was Elizabeth, dau. of Henry Mott.
THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND 383
161. Mary, m. Ezekiel Smith.
162. Deborah, m. Charles Smith.
Will of the widow Deborah, 3 of 6 mo., 1825, prob. 20 March,
1827, naming besides the above, viz.: the children of my son
Wm. L. Mott, gv. dau. Jane Nicoll Mott, the dau. of my son
Richard; gr. dau. Mary Smith, the children of my dau.
Deborah Smith, and gr. son Jacob Mott", son of Jacob L. Mott.
He removed to N. Y. City and was Alderman 1804/18 10.
(97) ISAAC MOTT, son of Jacob; b. 1743; will 5 March,
1780, prob. 7 May, 1780; m. Anne Coles of Glen Cove, L. I.;
she b. 1748; d. 16 July, 1840. Issue:
163. Samuel, of Sing Sing, N. Y.
164. Jordan, b. 1768; d. 1840; m. Sept. 24, 1801, Lavinia
(after called Winifred), dau. of James Striker of
Strikers Bay, and Mary Hopper, his wife. Issue:
several children, of whom Hopper Mott, b. 1815;
d. 1864; m. Ruth A. Schuyler, and had issue:
Hopper Striker Mott, b. 19 April, 1854; m. Mary,
dau. of E. S. Lenox of N. Y. City. Issue, a son.
Hopper Lennox Mott.
165. Jacob.
166. Jerusha, m. Rev. Geo. Strebeck of Jamaica, L. I.
Isaac Mott was in the distillery business with Jordan and
Stephen Coles. His wife was a sister of Robert Coles.
(103) RICHARD MOTT, son of Jacob; b. 9 May, 1761;
d. I Nov., 1814 (See Liber., Q, p. 120, Queens Co. Deeds); m.
3 Oct., 1780, Martha Sutton. Descendants in Munsells' Am.
Ancestry, Vol. X.)
(106) WILLIAM MOTT, of Great Neck, L. I., son of
William, b. 8 of i mo., 1743; d. 30 of 3 mo., 1826; m. 2 Dec,
1789, Mary, b. 5 June, 1761; d. 5 of 8 mo., 1842; dau. of William
Willis. Issue:
+ 167. William Willis, b. 20 Feb., 1791; d. 5 of i mo., 1831.
168. James Willis, b. 18 June, 1793; d. 15 Jan., 1795.
384 THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND
+ 169. Robert Willis, b. 26 Oct., 1796; d. 19 Nov., 1846.
+ 170. James Willis, b. 21 April, 1799; d. 22 Feb., 1849.
(108) JAMES MOTT, son of William; b. 29 of 8 mo.,
«745; d, 16 of 9 mo., 1782.
(109) ELIZABETH MOTT, dau. of William; b. 5 of 2
mo., 1747; d. 7 of 9 mo., 1829; m. David Underbill, d. 7 Feb.,
181 1. Issue:
171. William, b. 9 of 11 mo., 1774.*
172. Elizabeth, b. 2 of 5 mo., 1784.
(no) SAMUEL MOTT, of N. Y. City, son of William; b-
i6 of 12 mo., 1750/1; d. I of 4 mo., 1791; m. 7 of 4 mo., 1784,
Sarah, b. 25 July, 1756; d. 11 Dec, 1801; dau. of Henry Frank-
linf and his wife Mary, dau. of Thos Seaman. Issue:
+173. William Franklin, b. 11 Jan., 1785; d. 1867.
174. Walter, b. 4 Dec, 1786; d. unm.
175. Robert, so called in his father's will, but lately
called Samuel Franklin, b. 7 Feb., 1789; d. 7 June,
1859-
176. Sarah (posthumous), b. 25 Sept., 1791; m. John Wood.
(113) JOHN MOTT, of N. Y. City, son of William; b. 24
of 6 mo., 1755; d. 20 of II mo., 1823; will 9 of 7 mo., 1823, prob.
23 Dec, 1823; not married, naming with other legatees Eliza-
beth and Cornelia Underbill, daus. of Wm. Underbill (see under
Elizabeth Mott, his sister).
(114) HENRY MOTT, M. D., of New York, son of Wil-
liam; b. 31 of 5 mo., 1757; d. 17 Dec, 1839; m. i Jan., 1783,
Jane, b. 1761; d. 12 April, 1834; dau. of Samuel Way of Mas-
peth, L. I., and his wife Esther, dau. of Obadiah Valentine and
his wife Martha Willets. Issue:
177. John Way, b. 19 Oct., 1783; d. 25 Oct., 1827; unm.
* Wm. Underbill, had daus. Elizabeth and Cornelia named in will of
John Mott, prob. 23 Dec, 1823.
t Henry Franklin, b. I of 11 mo., 1731; d. i of 5 mo., 1763; m. Mary,
dau. of Thos. Seaman.
THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND 385
+ 178. Valentine, b. 20 Aug., 1785; d. 26 April, 1865.
179. Esther Way, b. 16 April, 1789; d. 20 March, 1854;
unm.
180. Eliza, b. 25 Aug., 1792; d. i April, 1866; unm.
181. Maria, b. 31 Jan., 1796; d. 8 Feb., 1877; m. Setli M.
Hobby, and had issue: Henry Mott Hobby, b. and
d. 1826.
(115) RICHARD MOTT, son of William; b. 20 of 8 mo.,
1759; d. 25 of 9 mo., 1795. His estate adms. upon 1798.
(116) JOSEPH MOTT, of N. Y. City, son of William; b.
II of I mo., 1762; d. 4 of 12 mo., 1801; will 30 of 11 mo., 1801,
prob. 18 March, 1802; m. 17 of 3 mo., 1799, Abigail, dau. of
Philip and Elizabeth Thorne. His widow Abigail, b. 4 Sept.,
1780; d. 3 July, 1836, m. 2d Griffin, by whom she had no
issue. Issue:
+ 182. Joseph S., b. 6 April, 1800; d. 27 Feb., 1881.
183. Susan (posthumous), b. 10 May, 1802; d. 5 Dec, 1883;
m. Aug. 18, 1831, Isaac S. Allen, b. 5 Jan., 1804; d.
10 Oct., 1881; son of Samuel and his wife Rachel
Buffett of Huntington, L. I. (see under Allen
Family).
(117) BENJAMIN MOTT, of New York City, son of
William, b. 19 of 3 mo., 1765; d. 21 of 10 mo., 1816; m. 27 of 12
mo., 1798, Elizabeth, b. 11 Oct., 1779; d. 3 Feb., 1838; dau. of
Jacamiah Akerly of N. Y. Issue:
+ 184. Benjamin Akerly, b. 31 Dec, 1808; d. 20 Nov., 1838.
185. Alfred Akerly, b. 11 July, 1811; d. 18 June, 1867;
unm.
i86. Eliza Akerly, b. 26 Oct., 1815; d. 23 Nov. 1888; m.
1832, Wm. H. Titus of N. Y. City, b. 24 March,
1809; d. II Oct., 1874. Issue: Benj. Mott Titus,
d. ae. 2 months.
Will 21 Oct., 1816, prob. 25 Oct., 1816.
(167) WILLIAM WILLIS MOTT, of N. Y. City, son of
386 THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND
William; b. at Great Neck, L, I., 20 Feb., 1791; d. 5 of i mo.,
183 1, intestate; m. Susan, dau. of Henry Franklin and his wife
Sarah, dau. of Jackamiah Akerly.* Issue:
+187. Mary Franklin, b. 29 May, 1817; d. 1888; m. ist
Benjamin A. Mott; m. 2d Wm. P. Jones of Conn.
188. William, b. 29 Jan., 1819; m. Eleanor P. Waring.
189. Henry, d. in infancy.
See Liber., 12, p. 331, of Guardianship N. Y. City, for dates
above given.
(169) ROBERT WILLIS MOTT, son of William; b. 26
Oct., 1796; d. 19 Nov., 1846; m. 17 Sept., 1819, Harriet Broome
Cogswell, b. 16 March, 1790; d. 6 Sept., 1843; dau. of Dr. James
Cogswell of N. Y. City, and his wife Abigail, dau. of John
Lloyd and his wife Sarah Woolsey of Dosoris, L, I. Issue:
+200 Harriet Stella, b. 13 Sept., 1820; d. 12 Dec, 1904; m.
7 June, 1843, Wm. H. Onderdonk.
(170) JAMES WILLIS MOTT, of Great Neck, L. I., son
of William; b. 21 April, 1799; d. 22 Feb., 1849; m. ist 15 of 4
mo., 1824, Abigail, b. 12 July, 1793; d. 12 Oct., 1836; dau. of
Walter Jones. Issue:
+201. William Jones, b. 22 Feb., 1825; d. 12 May, 1894.
202. Mary Esther, b. 11 Oct., 1827; m. Samuel A. Jones.
203. James Henry, b. 26 Sept., 1830; d. 8 Dec, 1830.
204. John Jones, b. 23 July, 1833; d. 8 Dec. 1892; unm.
M. 2d 22 of II mo., 1838, Lydia F., b. 24 of 8 mo., 1806; d. 19 of
II mo., 1879; dau. of Obediah Townsend, and his wife Phebe,
dau. of Joseph Lawrence, by whom he had no issue.
(173) WILLIAM FRANKLIN MOTT, of N. Y. City,
son of Samuel; b. 11 Jan., 1785; d. 3 May, 1867; m. 10 Dec,
1807, Phebe, b. i March, 1789; d. 20 Aug., 1859; dau. of John
and Phebe (Weeks) Merritt. Issue:
* Jackamiah Akerly, m. Susannah, dau. of Amos Dodge, whose wife
Sarah was dau. of Thomas Pell.
THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND 387
205. Mary Franklin, b. 27 Feb., 1809; m. 8 July, 1829,
Alfred Willis.
206. Anna M., b. 20 Sept., 1813; m. i Sept., 1831; Walter
M. Franklin.
+207. William Franklin, b. 17 Aug., 1820; d. 25 May, 1882.
208. Edward, b. 15 Oct., 1822; d. 27 Jan., 1824.
209. Maria, b. 15 Aug., 1835; d. 4 Sept., 1847.
(175) SAMUEL FRANKLIN MOTT, son of Samuel; b.
7 Feb., 1789; d. 7 June, 1859; m. Anne, b. 1793; d. 25 Sept.,
1854; dau. of Thomas Leggett. Issue:
210. Caroline, b. 26 March, 1815.
211. A son, b. and d. 1817.
212. Margaret L., b. 9 of 8 mo., 1818; m. ist George Ring;
m. 2d Lindley M. Hoffman.
213. Louisa v., b. 9 of 11 mo., 1820; m. ist James Ring;
m. 2d Clinton Graham.
214. Samuel F., b. 22 of 9 mo., 1822.
215. Charlotte, b, 8 of 9 mo., 1824; d. i Aug., 1826.
216. Ann Eliza, b. 17 of 3 mo., 1835; d. 1842.
(178) VALENTINE MOTT, M. D., of N. Y. City, son of
Henry; b. at Glen Cove, L. I., 20 Aug.. 1785; d. 26 April, 1865;
m. 181 7, Louisa D. Munn, dau. of and Sarah of Phila-
delphia. She survived her husband and left a will 24 Feb.,
1869, prob. 1873. Issue:
217. Luttson, b. 1819; d. before 1872; unm.
218. Louisa D., b. 1820; d. 17 Oct., 1893; m. Wm. H.
Vanburen, M. D.. and had a dau. Sarah.
+ 2 £9. Valentine, b. 22 July, 1822.
+ 220. Henry A., b. 1825.
+221. Alexander B., b. 31 March, 1826; d. 1890.
222. Adelaide, b. 1828; m. 1844, Isaac Bell.
223. Olivia M., b. 1830; m. Blacque.
+224. Thaddeus Phelps, b. 7 Dec, 1831; d. 23 Nov., 1894.
+225. Francis R., b. 5 July, 1833.
(182) JOSEPH S. MOTT, son of Joseph; b. 6 April, 1800;
d. 22 Feb., 1881; m. 1829, Mary, dau. of Nicholas Thorne of
388 THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND
Skaneateles, N. Y. He resided at Delavan, Wis., where he d.
Issue:
225. Alice, b. 1833; d. 1868; m. E. W. Bryant.
226. Louisa, b. 27 Oct., 1835; d. May 3, 1837.
227. Robert M., b. 22 March, 1838; d. 1878; m. 1871, Angie,
daughter of A. H. Thomas. They resided in
Marcellus, N. Y. Issue: Edwin, b. 13 Nov., 1872.
Frederic, b. i Aug., 1874. Mary T., b. 3 May, 1877.
228. Benjamin, b. 7 March, 1842.
229. Louisa, b. 3 April, 1844.
230. Alfred, b. 1846.
231. Jennie, b. 1848; d. 4 Dec, 1891; unm.
(184) BENJAMIN AKERLY MOTT, son of Benjamin;
b. 31 Dec, 1808; d. 20 Nov., 1838; m. 18 June, 1834, Mary F.,
b. 29 May, 1817; d. 1888; dau. of William Willis Mott, by whom
he had no issue. She survived him and m. 2d William Parkin-
son Jones of N. Y. City, and d. 7 Nov., 1888, leaving issue, viz.:
Franklin M. Jones, b. 1850; d. J7 Oct., 1895; m. 6 June,
1889, Carrie C, dau. of Frederick W. Bruggerhoff of
Norton, Conn.
Eleanor Mott Jones.
William P. Jones.
Mary Mott Jones?
Virginia R. Jones?
(200) HARRIET STELLA MOTT, dau. of Robert Willis
Mott; b. 13 Sept., 1820; d. 12 Dec, 1904; m. 7 June, 1843,
William H. Onderdonk of Great Neck, L. I., b. 5 March, 1820;
d. II Dec, 1882; son of Benjamin T. and his wife Eliza, dau. of
Rev. Moscrop and Eliza Handy. Issue:
+232. Harriet Cogswell, b. 9 July, 1844; d. 23 March, 1881.
233. Robert Mott, b. 26 Feb., 1846; d. 23 March, 1857.
(232) HARRIET COGSWELL ONDERDONK, dau. of
William H. Onderdonk; b. 9 July, 1844; d. 23 March, 1881; m.
2 Feb., 1870, S. Vernon Mann, son of Edward J. and his wife
Abbey, dau. of Edward Martin. Issue:
THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND 389
+234. Edith Vernon Mann, b. 2 March, 1871.
235. Alice Mann, b. 11 March, 1872; d. Aug., 1872.
+236. Samuel Vernon Mann, b. 2 May, 1873.
(234) EDITH VERNON MANN, dau. of S. Vernon
Mann; m. 15 June, 1892, Francis May Simonds, son of Frederick
W., of England, and his wife Sophie, dau. of Louis Phillippe
de Luze (Swiss Consul). Issue:
237. Eleanor Hearn, b. 7 June, 1893.
238. Francis May, b. 17 Oct., 1894.
239. Samuel V. M., b. 25 July, 1899; d. 4 March, 1900.
240. Edith V. M., b. 22 Feb., 1901.
(236) SAMUEL VERNON MANN, son of S. Vernon
Mann, b. 2 May, 1873; m. n April, 1899, Helen Wagstaff
Colgate, dau. of Robert Colgate and Henrietta Craig. Issue:
241. Samuel Vernon, b. 16 Aug., 1900,
(201) WILLIAM JONES MOTT, son of James W.; b. 22
Feb., 1825; d. 13 May, 1894; m. 21 June, 1854, Catharine, b. 7
Dec, 1 831; dau. of Theodore Saunders of Albany, N. Y. Issue:
+242. James Willis, b. 23 Aug., 1855.
+243. William Saunders, b. 19 Feb., 1865.
He resided at Great Neck, L. I., on the old homestead of
Lieut. Adam Mott(i) (the progenitor of the L. I. family), until
1873, when he sold the homestead to Wm. R. Grace (Mayor of
N. Y. City), and later (1879) removed to Dixondale, Gloucester
Co., Virginia.
(207) WILLIAM FRANKLIN MOTT, of N. Y. City, son
of William F.; b. 17 Aug., 1820; d. 25 May, 1882; m. 13 Oct.,
1841, Jane, b. 18 June, 1818; d. 23 July, 1891; dau. of John L.
Bowne, of N. Y. City, and his wife Elizabeth Howland. Issue:
244. John L. Bowne, b. 23 Sept., 1842; m. 1882, at Bellport,
L. I., Lucy Latham Barney.
245. William Franklin, b. 29 April, 1845, of Toms River,
N.J.
390 THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND
246. Henry Franklin, b. i Oct., 1847; d, 22 June, 1888; m.
Mary Jeffrey. Issue: Edith J. Mott, b. 27 Jan., 1876;
m. 7 June, 1899, Horace A. Doan.
247. Minnie Howland, b. 7 May, 1851; d. 8 Sept., 1895; m.
18 June, 1879, Edward W. Perry.
(219) VALENTINE MOTT, M. D., son of Valentine,
M. D.; b. 22 July, 1822; d. 20 Sept., 1854; m. Isabella Fitzpat-
rick of Edinburg. Will 26 April, 1852, prob. 11 Oct., 1854,
disinheriting his wife. Issue:
248. Frances S. L., m. Samuel Campbell, d. Feb., 1901; son
of Geo. W. Campbell. Issue: Frances, and a dau.
who m. John J. Boyd of Orange, N. J.
(220) HENRY A. MOTT, of N. Y., son of Valentine,
M. D.; b. 1825; d. 5 Feb., 1894; m. 1847, Mary, dau. of Joseph
B. Varnum* of N. Y.; she d. in N. Y. Oct., 1905. Issue:
249. Mary V., b. 1848.
250. Joseph v., b. 5 Sept., 1849; d. 23 Jan., 1904, in
Boston, and had a dau. Marie L., m. 14 Feb., 1899,
Edgar Auchincloss of N. Y. City.
251. Emma A., b. 1850; m. Sidney Whittemore.
+252. Henry A., b. 1852; d. 1896 at Staten Island. Issue:
two daus.
253. Louisa D., b. 1859; d. 1885; m. Frank D. Gunther.
(221) ALEXANDER B. MOTT, M. D., son of Valentine,
M. D,, b. 31 March, 1826; d. 12 Aug., 1889; m. 1851, Arabella
Upson Phelps, b. 1829; d. 1871; dau. of Thaddeus Phelps of
Vermont, b. 1785; d. 1847; and his wife Dorintha Ellsworth.
(See Loomis Gen., Vol. II., p. 713.) Issue:
254. Louisa.
255. Valentine, b. 17 Nov., 1852; m. Emily L. Irving (or
Ervine).
* Hon. Jos. B. Varnum, b. 1818, was a son of Hon. Jos. B., b. 1786, and a
gr. son of Maj.-Gen. Jos. B., 1750-1781. He m. Mary, dau. of Nathan B.
Graham, and his wife Jean, dau. of Jas. Lorimer of London. He left issue
as by his will, Julia M., Mary, the wife of Henry A. Mott, and Margaret,
wife of James Underbill, a son of Benjamin T. of Oyster Bay.
THE JONES FAMILY OF LONG ISLAND 391
He m. 2d Minnie, dau. of Edmund T. Smith, from whom he
was divorced.
(224) GEN. THADDEUS P. MOTT, son of Valentine
(178), M. D.; b. 7 Dec, 1831: d. 23 Nov., 1894, in Spain; m, 1858,
Emily J. Daunton, d. 21 Aug. 1893. Issue:
256. Marie Louise, b. 13 May, i860; d. 21 Jan., 1901; m. W.
V. Carolin of N. Y. City.
257. Valentine, b. 7 July, 1861.
(225) FRANCIS R. MOTT, son of Valentine (178), M. D.;
b. 5 July, 1833; d. in Cheshire, England; m. Catharine R. Saul.
Issue:
258. Louisa Valentine, m. Dr. Reed of N. Y. City.
259. A son, d. in infancy.
(242) JAMES WILLIS MOTT, son of William J. and
Catherine Saunders Mott, b. 23 Aug., 1855; m. 25 Oct., 1904,
Jennie Baine MacKay.
(243) WILLIAM SAUNDERS MOTT, son of William J.;
b. 19 Feb., 1865; m. 3 June, 1895, Anne L., dau. of S. J. C.
Moore of Clark Co., Virginia, and his 2d wife Ellen Kounslar.
Issue:
260. Ellen Kounslar, b. 12 Feb., 1896.
261. James Willis, b. March, 1898.
262. Catharine Saunders, b. 5 March, 1900.
He resided at Dixondale, Gloucester Co., Virginia.
(252) HENRY A. MOTT, of Staten Island, son of Henry
A.; b. 1852; d. 8 Oct., 1896; m. Ella M. . Issue:
263. Genevieve Moffett, m. 15 June, 1897, Isaac B. Brennan
of N. Y.
264. Florence M., m. 1905, James Finck.
He was Professor of Chemistry in N. Y. Medical College.
INDLX
Abbott, Louis A., 286
Abell, Major, 90
Abercrombie, Gen., 195
Adams, Dorothy, 159, 258
Dorothy Ann, 258
George, 258
family, 258
Mary, 258
Thomas, 159, 258
William, 258
Adriance, Isaac, 227
Akerly, Elizabeth, 385
Jacamiah, 385
Jackamiah, 386
Sarah, 386
Akers, Sarah, 2^]
Aibertson, Augustus, 296
David Valentine, 325
Derrick, 324, 325, 326
Jacob, 326
Temperance, 325
Aldrich, Daniel, 122
Keziah, 122
Aldworth, Alfred, 184
Daniel Jones, 184
Eliza, 184
Henry, 184
Henry P., 184
Henry Francis, 184
Rosetta Baxter, 184
Alexander, Catharine, 249
James, 249
Allen, Barker, 180
Benjamin, 229, 321
Charles P., 340
Elizabeth, 230, 379
family, 379, 385
Frederick, 230
Frederick G., 230
Geo., 331
Hannah, 230
Harriet G., 230
Henry, 379
Henry Mott, 230
Increase, 229, 230
Isaac, 230
Isaac S., 229, 385
Isaac Spencer, 230
Jacamiah, 343
Jedadiah, 229
John, 27
as
Allen, Josiah Buffett, 230
Lewis, 180, 230, 292
Mary, 27, 340, 342, 379
Mary Ann, 230
Mary C, 180
Mary Louise, 230
Othaniel, 229
Penelope, 282
Philip, Jr., 339, 340
Rachel, 229
Roswell W., 180
Sarah, 321,328, 329
Sally M., 340
Samuel, 230
Susan, 230
Susan Mott, 230
Wm., 195
Allerton, Isaac, 365
Ailing, Abraham, 244
Mary (Hauxhurst), 244
Penelope, 244
Allyn, John, 379
John, Jr., 374
Martha, 374
AUsaebrook, Elizabeth, 361
Almy, Christopher, 26, 255
Job, 27
Mary, 26, 27
Peleg, 59
Rebecca, 28
Alsop, Richard, 242, 243
Thos., 66
Althause, Elwood, 156
Elwood S., 156
John, 156
Eleanor, 156
Martha, 156
Althouse, Elizabeth, 123
Jackson, 234
Jane, 234
John, 358
Alward. Emma, 185
Anderson, Elizabeth, 226
Robt., 226
Andros, gov., 35, 36, 40
Applepate, Edward N., 180
Helena, i^i
Mary E., 180
Armstrong, Susan, ^2,6
Arnold, Isaac, 220
Arthur, Robert, 309
394
INDEX
Ashman, John, 219
Robert, 219
Aspinwall family, 248
Hannah, 247, 248
John, 247, 248
Joseph, 248
Peter, 248
Sarah, 247
Auchincloss, Edgar, 390
Austin, Phebe, 153
Averill, Augustine, 147, 177, 267
Ellen M., 267
family, 177, 266
Helen A., 267
Henry R., 267
Isaac, 266
James Otis, 267
J. Otis, 177
Mary E., 267
Mary P., 267
Otis, 267
Perry, 267
Samuel, 267
Sarah E., 267
Sarah Elizabeth, 177
William Judson, 267
Avery, Jemima, 269
John, 269
Mary, 2^
Bach, James B., 273
James H., 273
Mary, 273
Bacon, John, 216
Baker, Arnold Watson, 307
Charles, 304
Edna Ela, 304, 307
Edward, 303, 304, 308
Edward F., 307
Edward Folsom, 304
Edward W., 304
Edward Wortley, 304, 308
E. Folsom, 189, 308
family, 189, 303
family chart, 305
Francis Folsom, 307
George, 304
George C, 184
George Folsom, 304
Harris Dobell, 184
Helen Folsom, 189, 303, 307, 308
Jean Watson, 307
Joan, 303
John, 282
John Henry, 307
John Hutchinson, 307
John White, 304
Joseph, 304
Joseph D., 304
Baker, Louisa Folsom, 304
Maria, 282
Mary, 334
Sarah Hutchinson, 307
Susan Watson, 307
Bagley, Freelove, 55
Katharine, 279
T.,6i
Timothy, 44, 55, 56, 60, 61, 63, 65,
121
Thomas, 61, 279
Bailey, Anna Pierson, 177, 237, 240, 241
Ann Pierson, 239
Catharine, 240
Charlotte, 240
Edmund S., 240
Elizabeth, 239, 240
Esther, 239, 240
family, 239
James, 240, 289
John, 227, 239, 240, 277
John W., 240
Margaret, 240
Mary, 240
Nicholas, 239
Phebe A., 240
Rebecca, 277
Sarah, 239, 240
Theodora, 240
Theodorus, 177, 237, 239, 240, 241
William, 239, 240
Baldwin, Elizabeth (Alsop), 233
Richard, 233
Temperance, 233
Banks, Charles, 226
David, 226
Bankson, , 202
Barclay, James, 231
Barker, Amy, 354
Samuel, 354
Barnard, Joseph F., 157
Martha, 157
Barnardiston, Florence, 204
Joan, 204
Nathaniel W., 204
Barnes, Elizabeth, 265
Joshua, 352
Thomas, 265
Barney, Jos., no
Joseph, 139
Lucy Latham, 389
Barstow, Caleb, 147
Bartholomew, Henry, 308
Bartow, Sarah, 226
Bashford, Jane, 256, 378
Basse, Jeremiah, 21
Bassett, Edward, 348
Battelle, Mary, 226
.L !
INDEX
395
Battey, Abigail, 354
David. 353
Elizabeth, 354
Geo., 354
John, 354
Phoeby, 354
Batty, Abigail, 357
David. 357
Elizabeth, 357
John. 357
Baxter, Almira, 184
Francis, 184
Maria A., 182
Maria Anne, 182
Timothy, 182
Bayard, Jas. Swinton, 206
Oscar, 206
Bayles, John, 331
Rebecca, 331
Mary, 331
Beach, Caroline, 177, 267
Beats (Betts), Stephen, 382
Beatty, Abigail, 378
Danl., 378
Bedell, Matilda. 327
Bell. Edward, 231
family, 231 1
Francis, 231
James, 231
Isaac, 231, 387
Louis v., 231
Olivia, 231
Sarah, 231
Valentine Mott, 231
Bellany, Mary, 153
Bellomont, Gov., 20, 21
Bennett, , 231
Jas. Gordon, 231
Jeanette, 231
Benson. Dirk, 318
Eve, 318
Helena, 247
John. 247
Berken. Jane, 299
Bernard, Daniel, 209
Jane, 209
Berrien. Jean M.. 251
Betts. Joanna. 315
Richard. 315
Bier, Jas., 331
Bierck. Adolph. 162
Bill, Gurdon, 164
Mary, 164
Billard. Samuel, 289
Billop. Christopher, 98
Birdsall, Benjamin, 100, 123, 233, 234,
235
Benj., 100, III, 378
Charlotte, 235
Birdsall, Col., 112
David, 234
Eleanor, 235
Elizabeth, 234, 358
family, 123,233
Freelove, lOi
Freelove Jones, 123
Henry, 234
Jackson, 235
Jemima, 339, 354
John, 123, 234
John T., 140
Joseph, loi, 234
Joshua, 234
Margaret, 235
Mary, 235
Nathan, 233, 234
Nathaniel, 234
Phebe, 234
Rose, 234
Saml., 354, 355
Samuel, 234, 339
Susannah, 234
Stephen, 234
Thomas, 123, 234, 235
Thos., 358
William, 234, 263
Wm., 263
Bishop, Hamilton, 251
Blacque, , 387
Blackwell, Bridget, 277
Caroline Amelia, 200
Robert, 200
Robt., 277
Blanchard, F. L., 310
Bleecker, John, 292
John Rutger, 319
Maria, 182, 319
Rutger, 182
Theophylact B., 167
Bleijck. Ardiaentje, 297
Bliss, George, 172
Bloodgood, , 263
Blunt, Abigail (Leighton), 238
Charles, 238
Eveline, 238
Bockie family, 79
Boerum, Catharine, 2>77
John, 359
Sarah. 162, 359
Boese, Sarah N., 206
Bogart, Elizabeth, 102
Henry K., 147
Jan Louis, 102
Jan Louwrie, 102
Margaret, 102
Nicholas, 102
Boggs, James, 175
Boisseau, John, 352
396
INDEX
Bond, George W., 317
Rose, 317
Booth, , 262
Sarah, 262
Susannah, 277
Borland, Paul H., 346
Bostwick, Thos., 365
Bowers, Henry, 158, 318
Marianne, 158, 318
Bowne, Abigail, 221
Hannah, 27, 295
Jane, 389
John, 221, 242, 258
John L., 389
Maria, 134
Martha J., 258
Boyd, John, 335
John J., 390
Bradford, Anna A., 185
George Dexter, 185
William, 185
William H., 185
Wm. H., 185
Bradstreet, Col., 99
Brayton, Edward S., 320
Brennan, Isaac B., 391
Breton, Rebecca, 25
Brewster, Wm., 350, 351
Brice, Jas., 147
Brick, Grace, 316
Bridges, Chas., 255
Briggs, John, 365
Rebecca, 64, 217, 255
Brigham, Elizabeth (Howe), 304
Persis, 304
Samuel, 304
Brinckerhoff, Abraham, 223
Abraham Joris, 239
Aeltic (Strycker), 223
Margretia, 223
Mary C., 185
Britt, Catharine, 356
Bronson family, 84
Brooks, Arethusia, 236
David, 187, 249
Isabella, 186, 249
Broome, John, 175
Brown, Hachaliah, 80
J-, 351
John, 222, 299
Jonathan, 80
Joseph, 260
Mary, 222
Brownell, Asa Cook, 251
Caroline R., 251
Brower, Mary, 316
Samuel, 316
Broyles, Margaret A., 226
Bruggerhoff, Carrie C, 388
Frederick W., 388
Brundel, Richard, 367
Brush, Benjamin, 257
Daniel, 290
Esther, 228
Henry, 273
Joseph, 228
Julia, 167, 290
Sarah, 232, 341
Bryant, E. W., 388
Henrietta, 310
Melancton, 310
Mary C, 273
Seabury, 310
Bryar, Edward K., 345
James, 345
Budd, John, 80, 82
Mary, 314
Budden, Harriet Bostock, 201
James, 201
Buden, Harriet, 202
Jas., 202
Wm., 202
Buffet, Abigail, 313
Buffett, , 230
Jesse, 310
Rachel, 230, 385
Samuel, 385
Bugy, J. H., 147
Bunce, Capt., 328
John, 310
Burcham, Nathan, 59
Burling, Edward, 372, 375
Grace, 375, 376
Jane, ^-72, 375
Burnett, Mary, 319
Mathias, 319
Burr, Aaron, 216
Burtis, Eleanor, 2,2)
James M., 2,Z^ 162
James Munroe, 162
Margery Jones, 162
Susan Cornelia, 162
Townsend W., 2>Z
Bush, Edward Arthur, 96
Butler, Mary, 220
Richard, 220
Byerley, Mr., 51
Caire, Fredk. J., 156
Gilbert F., 156
John S., 156
Caldwell, Wm., 139
Campbell, Frances, 390
Geo. W., 390
Samuel, 390
Cannon, Bessie Duncan, 185
Henry Rutgers, 185
INDEX
397
Cannon, Hester, 247, 248
John, 247, 248
Maria (Le Grand), 248
Carle, Jacob, 323
Carll, Ananias, 309, 310
David, 310
Hannah, 310
JuHa, 309, 310
Mary, 310
Phineas, 310
Piatt, 310
Selah, 310
Timothy, 309
Carman, Daniel, 376
Hannah, 223, 224
John, 337
Jos., 382
Joshua, 333
Martha, 334, 338
Phebe, 126, 337
Thomas, 224
Thos., 50
Carmen, Phebe, 333
Carpender, Edith, 205
Jeannie, 205
J. S., 205
Noel Lispenard, 205
William, 205
Carpenter, Ann, 222, 243, 326
Benj., 326
Benjamin, 326
Joseph, 222, 243
Ephraim, Jr., 32
Mary, 243
Nathaniel, 325
Wm.. 325
Carolin, W. V., 391
Carrier, Hannah, 267
Carroll, Patrick, 375
Mary Ann, 374
Case, Mary, 28t;
Timothy, 285
Cecil, Jennctte, 206
Chadwick, Daniel C, 183
French Ensur, 183
Chambers, John, 73
Mr., 51
Charles, Robert, 71
Charlick, Oliver, 144
Charmley, Charles M., 267
Chase family, 261
John E., 261, 347
Chatfield, Elizabeth, 278
Cheeseman, Saml., 326
Chisholm, Emily, 245
Christie, James, 335
Chubbock, , 230
Sarah, 230
Churchill, Marlborough, 189
Clapp, Phebe, 138
Thomas, 87
Clark, , 82
Arabella (Jones), 215
Chas., 380
Geo., 372
George, 48
Henry Martindale, 247
Horace F., 144
Sanford, 86, 215
Thos., 72
Clarke, J. S., 23
Clarkson, Harriet Ashton, 165
Clausen, Sophia, 182
Clem, Sarah, 181
Clement, Jane, 256
Clements, , 309
Clerkson, M., 118
Clinton, Chas., 99
De Witt, 108, 126, 127, 132, 134,
135
Geo., 104, 106, 108
George, 71, 103
Gov., 19, 20, 67, 118, 129
Mary, 134
Clowes, Alctta, 222
family, 82
Gerardus, 78, 82, 103
Mary, 234
Saml., 106, 234
Samuel, 76, 77, 82, 103, 222
Thomas, 327
Clows, Sarah, 81
Cock, Daniel, 81, 326, 329
David, 136
family, 327, 329
George W., 58, 59, 277
Henry, 80
James, 329
John, 329
Sarah, 326, 329, 330, 344
Cocks, G. W., 324, 330, 351
Coddington, Ann, 222
Wm., 330
Wm., 222
Coe, Benj., 108
Coerten, Anncke, 318
Coggeshall, John, 26
Cogswell, Harriet Broome, 386
James, 386
Coit. Henry, 147
Colden, Alexander, 106
Alice, 63, 218
Gov., 63
Henry, 218
Lieut. -Gov., 18, 71, 72, 89
Colleus, Arthur Morris, 237
Coles, , 229
Albert, 325
398
INDEX
Coles, Amelia, 326-328
Ann, 26, 114 323, 324, 328
Anna, 244, 326
Anne, 141, 324, 326, 327, 340, 344,
378, 383
Benjamin, 324, 326, 359
Caleb, 325
Charity, 326
Charles, 325
Content, 326
Daniel, 59, 323, 324, 325, 326, 327
Daniel C, 327
Daniel Cock, 327
Deborah, 326
Deliverance, 26, 324
Derrick, 326
Dinah, 324
Dorcas, 325
Elizabeth, 26, 323, 327
Elizabeth (Wright), 259
Ethelina, 345
Ethelinda, 327
family, 26, 323, 365
Franklin A., 328
Freegift, 325
F. T., 323
Henry, 136
Isaac, 326, 327, 328
Isaac R., 328
Jac, 114
Jacob, 141, 326, 327, 328, 330, 340,
343, 344
Jemima, 326
John, 26, 323, 324, 325, 327
Jos., 325
Joseph, 259, 324, 325, 326
Joshua, 327
Loretta, 327
Margaret, 327
Martha, 326, 327, 343
Martha L. H., 324
Mary, 26, 58, 59, 295, 323, 324, 325
Mercy, 325, 326
Nathan, 325, 326
Nathaniel, 28, 46, 59, 130, 183, 323,
324, 325
Nathaniel, Jr., 47, 118
Nathaniel, Sr., 36
Nathnl., 351
Oscar L., 328
Penelope, 259
Phebe, 326, 327, 359
Rachel, 326
Rebecca, 33
Robert, 26, 58, 59, 323, 324, 325,
326, 3SI, 365, 383
Samuel, 324
Sarah, 26, 36, 58, 59, 183, 324, 326-
328
Coles, Sarah Amelia, 229, 328
Silas, 327
Solomon, 324, 327, 328
Stephen, 378, 383
Susan, 328
Susannah, 324
Tamar, 325
Thomas, 26, 327, 328, 344
Thomas H., 328
William, 244, 326
William Hewlett, 328
Colgate, Georgiana, 237
Helen Wagstaff, 389
Robert, 389
Collins, Darby, 22
Wm., 239
Collister, Elizabeth, 280
Hannah, 280
Thomas, 280
Collyer, Harriet, 348
Richard, 348
Richard C., 348
Conklin, Anannias, 277, 360, 361
Benjamin K., 254
Buel, 254
Cornelius, 361
David, 361
Elizabeth, 227, 254, 361
Jacob, 361
Jeremiah, 361
John, 227, 360
Lewis, 361
Margaret S., 254
Mary, 254, 361
Richard M., 254
Conkline, Henry, 2819
Temperance, 289
Conkling. , 270, 309
Abigail, 362
Alexander, 363
Benjamin, 278, 361
Conklin, Conkline family, 124, 360
Cornelius, 362
David, 362
Deborah, 363, 364
Elizabeth, 119, 362, 364
Epenetus, 363, 364
Eunice, 364
Hallet, 363
Hannah, 289, 363
Henry, 319
Isaac, 363
Israel, iii, 123, 124,363
Jacob, III, 119, 123, 124, 289, 362,
363 .
Jeremiah, 277, 362
Jesse, 363
Joanna, 270
John, 124, 361-363
INDEX
399
Conkling, Martha, 362
Mary, 266. 361, 362
Mary G., 277
Phebe, 363
Piatt, 363
Rebecca, 362, 364
Richard, 155
Richard M., 266
Sarah, 362, 364
Smith, 363
Stephen, 362
Susannah, 363
Timothy, 124, 361, 362
Thomas, 362
William, 364
Conroy, Florence L., 205
Jas. W., 205
Conselyea, John, 102
Margaret, 102
Constable, Harriet, 318
Cooke, Nannie, 351
Coombs, Elizabeth, 252
Francis, 252
Cooper, Hannah, 250
James Fenimore, 15, 195
Cornell, , 277
Archibald, 336
Benjamin, 256
Caleb, 124, 256, 293, 333
Deborah, 256
Elizabeth, 255, 256
family, 255
John, 50, 78, 255, 256, 333
Joshua,2s6, 331,332, 333
Margaret, 293
Martha, 298
Mary, 357
Mary T., 342
Mary Tredwell, 345
Mayche, 298
Phebe, 293, 336
Rebecca, 255
Richard, 255, 256, 257
Samuel, 337, 372
Saml., 377
Sarah, 63, 217, 255
Silas, 256, 378
T. C, 218, 379
Thomas, 68, 217, 255, 256, 257
Thomas C, 378
Thos., 50, 63. 64, 67, 69, 78, 357
Thos. C, 256, 367, 374
Whitehead, 257
William, 256. 257, 333, 337
Cornwell, Hewlett, 294
Margaret, 124
Phebe, 294
Richard, 220
Cornwell, Samuel, 134
Cortelyou, Jacques, 335
Peter, 335
Simon, 224
Cortilieau, Peter, 44
Cosby, Gov., 66
Cousins, Susanna, 307
Covert, ,314
Cowenhoven, Helen, 299
Sarah, 299
Wm., 299
Cox, Alexander R., 186
Geo. W., 26
Townsend, 182
Wilmot Townsend, 182
Cozine, Margaret, 102
Craig, Henrietta, 389
Cranston, Gov., 21
Creed, , 356
Elizabeth, 223, 226
Benj., 336
William, 226
Wm., 223
Crittenden, A. S., 179
E. D., 153, 179
Olin M., 179
Crommelin, Ann, 158
Crooker, Abigail, 243
Sarah (Hauxhurst), 243
Wm., 243
Crooks, Ramsay, 147
Crosbv, Josepha, 165
William H., 165
Wm. Bedlow, 165
Croswell, Archibald, 265
Mary, 265
Cruger, Bertram, 165
Henry, 186
Mary, 165
Matilda, 186
Cuming, Fortcscue, 266
Curtis, Lewis, 147
Cutting, F. B., 148
Francis B., 168
Cuyler, Sarah, 268
Darling, Lydia, 344
Lydia Ann, 346
Daunton, Emily J., 391
Davenport, Francis, 333, 335, 340, 341
Martha, 335. 341,345
Newberry, 187, 335, 340
Sally, 187
Sally M.. 340
Davidson (Davison), Sarah, 153
Davies, Chas.. 311
Louisa Henrietta, 311
400
INDEX
Davis, Betsey, 236
Elizabeth, 285
Lydia, 327
Silvanus, 288
William, 285
Davison, Clemence De Mott, 181, 193
Edith Larn, 193
Edith Mildred, 193
Hazel Osborne, 193
Lewis, 193
Lois Stanhope, 193
Mary Judith, 164
Lewis William, 193
Alma Mary, 193
Marion C, 193
Mary, 193
Winfield, 181, 193
Deal, Elizabeth, 382
Deane, Christopher, 248
Hannah, 248
Death, Martha, 304
de Boisauvin, Emma Van Schalkwyck,
312
de Ferentino, Peter, 316
De Hart, Agnes, 335
de Hartley, Constantine, 22
Dekey, Jacobus, 217
de Lancey, Anne, 87, 89, 92, 94, 195
Anne Charlotte, 15, 93, 96, 195
Ed. P., 74
Edward P., 15,24,39
Edward Floyd, 10, 94, 195
E. P., 64
Elizabeth Caroline, 195
Floyd, 203
Genl, 98
James, 11, 15, 68, 70, 87, 89, 92, 195
Jas, 88, 89
John, 96
John P., 89, 93, 195
Judge, 103
Lieut.-Gov., 71, 73
Maria Frances, 195
Martha Arabella, 195
Oliver, 297
Susan Augusta, 195
Thomas James, 195
William Heathcote, 195
Wm. Heathcote, 94
Delatour, Josephine, 292
de Luze, Louis Phillippe, 389
Sophie, 389
Denton, Jane,339
Jeane, 320, 334
Martha, 336
de Peyster, Abraham R., 249
Elizabeth, 249
John, 102
Deurcant, Mary, 361
de Vandie, Marguerite, 202
De Witt, Simon, 92
Dickinson, John, 47
Joseph, 58
Samuel, 46, 47
Disbrowe, Henry, 369
Dix, Rev. Dr., 170
Doan, Horace A., 390
Dodge, Amos, 386
Deborah, 163, 382
Martha, 161
Susannah, 386
Tristam, 221, 374
Wm. E., 147
Dodges, Daniel, 118
Dollilier, Mary Yates, 183
Dorian, Elias, 2)77
Dongan, Gov., 29, 44, 303
Walter, 194
Doty, Hannah, 218
Isaac, 46, 47, 322
John H., 62, 121
Joseph, 62
Doughty, Benjamin, 354
Catharine, 346
Charles, 351
Chas., 354
Hannah, 354
James, 62
Jas., 63
John, 354
Martha, 354
Mary, 218, 269
Miriam, 160
Mirriam, 265
Phebe, 354
Samuel, 354
Sarah, 257, 354
Douw, Catharine, 82
Downing, , 358
Isaac, 136
Letitia, 295
Mary, 324
Downs, Wm., 25
Doxy, Katharine, 287
Thomas, 287
Draper, Wm., 89
Drummond, Jannet, 183
Mary, 183
William, 183
Duane, Anthony, 318
Charles C, 158
Elizabeth, 318
family, 318
James, 104, 105, 158, 318
James Chatham, 158, 318
John B., 318
Maria B., 318
INDEX
401
Duane, Robert L., 318
Maria Bowers, 158, 318
William N., 318
Duer, Chief Justice, 135
Hon. Judge, 128
DufF, Elizabeth, 206
Margaret, 206
Peter, 206
Dummitt, Col., 183
Du Mont, Lucy, 188
Van Gaasback, 188
Dundass, Eliza, 263
James, 263
Dunn, Ballard, 182
Martha, 96
Mary Berthenia, 182
Duryea, James, 91
Jane, 299
Phebe, 359
Dusenbury. Elizabeth, ^33, 336
Dyckman, Jacob, 67
Eatop, Cornelia, 138
EdsalL Ann, 259
Edwards, Fredk. K., 292
Ela, Edna, 308
John, 308
Eldert, Henry, 327
Luke, 224
Rachel, 224
Elliot, Anne, 281
Archibald, 281
Ellis, John, 231
Mary, 231
Ellsworth, Dorintha, 390
Elmendorf, Catharine, 319
Elmendorph. Catharine, 182
Emery, Hannah, 332, 334
Emmons, Daniel, 286
Hannah, 286
Evans, John, 44, 210
Margaret Eliza, 183
Evarts, Louisa Wardner, 312
Wm. M.,312
Evert, Cornelia, 102
Everts, Cornelia, 102
Elyessen, Bastiaen, 247
Metje, 247
Fang^res, Lewis, 231
Marie, 231
Fanning, David, 289
Farragut, Admiral, 240
Farret, Wm., 300
Farrington, Thos., 331
Farwell, John, 236
Faucett, John, 348
Feeke, Elizabeth, 241, 242
Hannah, 241
Robert, 241, 242, 274
Fernau, Rudolph, 349
Ferris, Abigail, 266
Ann, 266
David, 266
Edward, 266
E. H.,205
George, 266
Hannah, 352, 374
John, 351.352, 374
James, 266, 352
Lillian I, 205
Marcy, 266
Mary, 352
Thomas, 266
Field, Caroline, 251
Nathan, 353
Robert, 321
Sarah. 253, 332
Thomas, 353
Finck, James, 391
Fithian, Esther, 291
Fitzpatrick, Isabella, 390
Fitzrandolph, Edward, 353
Fleet, Arnold, 228
Deborah, 228
Hannah, 132, 282
Henry, 225
John, 132,225,282,314
Judith, 228
Margaretta (Selleck), 225
Margery (Tobias), 132,282
Mary Ann, 255
Mary K., 225
Samuel, 255
Fleetwood, Admiral, 255
Thomas, 255
Flemming, Bartholomew. 268
Janet, 268
Fletcher, Col., 18, 24
Gov., 19, 72
Catharine E., 225
Fleury, Balthazar, 281
family. 281
Hannah, 281
Henry, 281
James, 281
James A.. 280, 281
Jane E., 281
Jane Elma, 280
John B.. 281
Margaret. 281
Martha, 281
Flower, Roswell P.. 203
Floyd, Andrew, 209
Anne Willett, 97, ig.S
Arabella, 77
402
INDEX
Floyd, Benjamin, 98
Charity, 194
Charles, 194
David R., 81, 93, 97
David Richard, 75, 76, 97, 195, 197
Elizabeth, 89
Eunice, 194
family, 97
Margaret, 65, 194
Nicoll, 194, 284
Richard, 51, 65, 74, 77, 89, 97, 98,
194, 195, 197
Ruth, 194, 284
Susannah, 194
William, 194
Wm., 105, 284, 291
Floyd-Jones, Andrew Onderdonk, 197
Arabella, I97
Arthur, 201
Charles, 198, 202
Cornelia, 201, 205
David R., 10, 160, 198, 201, 205
David Richard, 97, 195, 199
David Thomas, 197
Delancey, 18, 198
Edith, 207
Edward, 198, 202, 206, 207
Edward Henry, 203, 207
Edward Pearsall, 201, 206
Elbert, 198, 201, 202, 20?, 206
Elizabeth Underbill, 201
Ella, 200, 204, 207
Emily Glentworth, 201, 206
family, 160, 197
Fanny, 200, 204
Frederick, 200, 205
George, 201, 206
George Stanton, 199, 204
Glentworth, 206
Grace, 206
Helen Watts, 198, 203
Henrietta, 199, 204
Henry, 53, 130, 168, 169, 198, 202
Henry O., 198, 202, 203
Henry Onderdonk, 197
Jeannie, 200, 205
Josephine Katharine, 168, 198
Kenneth, 206
Louisa A., 258
Louisa Ackerly, 203, 206
Mary Louisa, 199
Mary Wigham, 201
Maud Glentworth, 206
Muriel, 206
Robert, 202
Robert Blackwell, 200
Royal Phelps, 200
Sarah, 198
Sarah Hall, I99, 204
Sarah Maria, 198, 202
Floyd-Jones, Sarah Thome, 201
Stanton, 199
Semple, 202
Thomas, 97, 160, 197, 202, 205
Thomas Langley, 199
Thomas Linton, 206
Thomas Richard, 199
William, 198, 200, 201, 204, 205, 207
William Chauncey, 200
Wm., 172
Folsom, Clarissa Edna, 304, 308
Edna, 304
family chart, 305
James, 307, 308
John, 307
Peter, 307
Thomas, 304, 308
Fones, Elizabeth, 241, 242, 274
Thomas, 241
Fordham, John, 29, 283
Mary, 303
Robert, 303
Temperance, 283
Forman, Hannah, 242
Mercy, 234
Moses, 242
Samuel, 234
Forrest, Alexander Patterson, 183
Clara Patterson, 183, 184
Margaret Hope, 184
Foster, , 376
Fowler, Andrew, 129
John, Jr., 39
Frances, Mary, 228
Franklin, Betsey J., 137
Henry, 384, 386
Maria, 134
Matthew, 256
Sarah, 384
Susan, 386
Walter, 134
Walter M., 387
Eraser, James, 266, 347, 349
Freeman, Constant, 236
Cornelius V., 181
Harris A., 180
Susan H., 181
Frisbie, , 152, 153
John S., 153
Frost, , 287
Frost, Anne (Underbill), 244
Daniel, 80
Geo., 244
Jacob, 80
Lula, 287
Mary, 259
Philomen, 311
Sarah, 311
Rebecca, 244
INDEX
403
Frost, Susannah (Coles), 259
Walter, 343
Wright, 80
Wm., 259
Fry, — , 266
John, 221,294
Mary, 294
Fulham, Rev. Dr., 209
Fuller, Franklin D., 152
Jos. B., 152
Mary, 179, 236
Mason, 179
Furt, Barthd., 51
Gaillard, Jos., Jr., 147
Gale, Anna, "jj
Arabella Jones, 86
Edmund, 86
John, 77, 86 ■ •
Margaret, 86 '
Gans, M., 147
Anna Mary, 86
Gardiner, Abigail, 270
Abraham, 270
Adele G., 186
Albert G.; 270
Coralie Livingston, 186
Eliza, 297
Elizabeth, 270, 300
Elizabeth Gracie, 149
Eliza G., 273
family, 186, 270
family chart, 271
Fanny P., 262, 273
Fanny Rysam, 273
George C., 273
George Conklin, 273
Jerusha, 270
John, 186, 270, 278
John H., 270
John Lion, 300
John Lyon, 186
Jonathan, 149, 262, 268, 270, 273,
297, 314
Lion, 186, 2TJ, 361
Louise C., 273
Mary, 270, 277,361
Mary E., 273
Matthew, 270
Nancy R., 273
Nancy Rysam, 273
Nannie V. N., 273
Phebe, 270
Rachel, 270
Sally G., 2JT,
William G., 2yz, 314
William Gracie, 273
Winthrop, 186
Garetson, Matthew, 29
Gelston, John, 270
Phebe, 270
Sally, 270
Gerrits, Claertje, 25
Gibbs, Andrew, 35
Hannah, 184
Gildersleeve, Thos., 46
Giles, Clara Butler, 206
Gertrude Evelyn, 206
Howard Glentworth, 206
Howard Malcolm, 206
John, 206
John Randolph, 206
Lillian Willard, 206
Robert Malcom, 206
Gillian, E. H., 147
Gilman, Catharine, 307
Edward, 307
John, 307
Mary, 307
Glentworth, Emily, 201
family, 202
George, 202
Plunket F., 201, 202
Thomas, 202
Thos., 202
Glover. , 21
Daniel, 165, 185
Eliza, 185
Henrietta, 165
Mary Cruger, 185
Samuel, 288
Simon, 288
Golding, John, 22
Wm., 367
Goodhue, Robt. C, 147
Gorton, Elizabeth, .324
Maer (I\Lnrtha). 323
Mahershallalhasbaz (Martha),
324
Samuel, 324
Gould, Fayette, 313
Grace, Wm. R.. 369, 389
Gracie. Archibald, 146, 268. 297
Mary, 297
William, 297
Graham. , 227
Clinton. 387
Jas. Lorimer, 128
Margaret. 218
Mary, 390
Nathan B., 390
Grafton. Thomas. 287
Grandine. Harriet A., 230
Green. Anna, 292
David, 292
Mary, 202
Griffin. .385
Grinnell, Cornelius, 147
404
INDEX
Griswold, Achsah, 304
Gunther, Frank D., 390
Hager, Elizabeth, 259
Hagner, Elizabeth, 256
Henry, 350
Isc, 350
Haines, Julia, 205
Napoleon J., 206
Hale, Josiah L., 146, 147, 169, 170
Rev. Dr., 148
Hall, Eliza, 160
Scudder, 161
William, 161
Hallett, Andrew, 274
Elizabeth, 83, 277, 332, 333, 335, 352
family, 274
Grace, 277, 333
Hannah, 277
Joseph, 274
Katharon, 277
Martha, 277
Mercy, 277
Rebecca, 274, 277, 353
Saml., 333
Samuel, 83, 274, 277, 352
Sarah, 274
William, 52, 242, 274, 352, 353
Wm., 277
Wm., Sr., 277
Halliday, James, 139
Hallock, Abigail, 221
Ann, 138
Arabella, 138
Ed., 139
Edward, no, 138
John, 221
Margaret, 221
Mary, 138
Susan, 138
Halsey, , 264
Ham, Rebecca, 184
Hammett, Augustus, 151
Augustus Jones, 152
Clara Jones, 152
Jonathan, 151
Samuel, 151
Hammond, John, 122
Hampton, Anne, 287
James, 287
Hand, Augustus N., 191
C. A., 170, 191
Hamilton, Alexander, 186
Marion, 268
Handley, Ella, 313, 314
Handy, Eliza, 388
Han ford, Elanthan. 355
Thomas, 355
Harcurt, Dorothy, 329
Elizabeth (Potter), 329
Richard, 329
Harcutt, Isabella, 232
Richard, 232
Hardy, Gaston, 246
Thomas, 365
Hargous, P. A., 147
Haring, Cornelia, 102, 291
Elbert, 102, 104, 129, 291
Elizabeth, 102, 129
family, 102
John, 102
Margaret, 102
Peter, 102
Sarah, 102
Harper, Mary, 342
Harring, Cornelia, 291
Elbert, 291
Sarah, 291
Harris, E. D., 368, 370
Ed. D., 377
John Adolphus, 96
Harrison, Abby Ann, 266
Admiral, 265
David, 266, 344
Dr., 26s
family, 265
Francis, 266
Harriet Augusta, 266, 347, 349
Mary, 266
Phoebe, 266
Thomas, 266, 344, 349
Thos., 347
Harvey, Matthias, 323
Harvy, Matthias, 58, 59
Hascall, Asa, 240
Hauxhurst, Christopher, 59, 324
family, 325
Mary, 58, 59, 324
Sampson, 324
Havens, , 270
C. G., 168
Hannah, 270
Hawkins, Adelia, 189
Hawley, Edith, 202
Henry E., 202
Hawxhurst family, 26
Mary, 26
Samson, 26
Hayes, Henry, 230
Isaac, 307
Susan, 307
Hayner, Elizabeth, 124, 293
Hayward, Abigail, 233
Hazard, Joseph, 289
Mary, 289
Samuel, 289
INDEX
405
Heathcote, Anna, 195
Caleb, 89, 195
Hedges, Jeremiah, 278
Hegcman, Adrian, 223
Hannah, 240
Joseph, 223
Henderson, Peter, T,i7
Hendrick, James, 312
James B., 312
Hendrickson, Asa C, 181
Skidmore, 143
Henry. Joshua J., 147
Herbert, Henry W., 160
Martha, 288
Mary, 288
Herriman, Ehza, 232
Stephen, 232
Herring, Cornelia, 102
Elbert, 102
Elizabeth, 103
Joan, 281, 282
Hewlett, , 254, 295
Abraham Van Wyck, 348
Abraham V. W., 343, 344, 346
Alfred Alonzo, 346
Alfred J., 344, 346
Amelia, 26, 328, 344
Anna J., 229
Anna Jane, 347
Anne, ?,27
Anne M., 329
Beni.,91,334, 350
Benjamin, 320, 332, 334, 338, 339,
342
Benjamin H., 338
Capt., 100
Catharine, 345
Charity (Peters), 340
Charles, 138, 148, 335, 340, 341,
344, 345, 359
Charles N., 348
Charles P., 339
Charlotte, 2>37
Chas, 257, 337, 341
Col., 99
Cyrus. 343
Daniel. 109, 113, 226, 330, 332,
334. i3(^,?,2,9, 353, 355
Danl., 336
Del)orah, 334
Divine. 26. 114, 116, 141. 142, 149,
176, 266, 310, 327, 328, 340, 341,
344, 345, 347, 348
Edgar, 346, 348
Edward L., 342
Edward T., 347
'Eliza A., 137
Hewlett, Elizabeth, 114, 135, 140, 187,
257. 310. 329. 33 1. J35. 336, 338.
341, 344, 346, 347
Emma, 347
Emery, 334
Estelle, 233, 345
family, 27, 1 13, 125, 149, 166, 330
Fanny Cook, 348
Frances, 342
Frederick W., 349
Geo., 334, 350, 355, 360
George, 113, 225, 253, 277, 320,
330, 339, 341, 343, 346, 348, 350,
365
Grace, 346
Hannah, 27, 112, 115, 116, 135,
224, 253, 257, 266, 332, 334, 336,
340, 342, 344, 347, 350
Harriet W., 342
Helen, 343
Helena, 335
Henrietta A., 349
Henry, 203, 342
Henry T., 329, 333
Henry Willctt, 340
Isaac, 114, 116, 140, 143, 224, 336,
i3^. 340, 343, 344, 346
Jacob C, 149, 175, ^7(>, 261, 345,
346. 349
James, 260, 333, 336, 338, 339, 342,
355
Jane, 254, 331, 334, 336, ^37, 339,
342, 365
Jane Augusta, 346
Jemima, 2,2,?,, 334. 338, 339
Jennie V. W., 348
John, 27, 28, 100, 112, 114, 125,
135, 138, 141, 145, 148, 224, 330.
i?,2, 334, 336, c,?,^, 340, 342, 345.
347, 348, 353, 355
John A., 347, 348
John C, 341.344
John D., 266
Jolin Divine, 149, 345. 347. 349
John J., 137^295, 338, 341, 343
John Jacob. 349
John Van Wyck, 346
John V. W.. 343. 348
John Willctt, 339
Joseph. 1S7. 217, 219, 332, 335.
i?,7, 339
Josephine, 346
Josephine L.. 232, 343
Josepli L., T67, 225, 229. 232, 233.
339. 342, 345
Joseph Lawrence, 345
Julia. '546
Julia E.. 348
Katharine, 336
4o6
INDEX
Hewlett, Lawrence, 320, 329, 335, 339,
340, 342
Lewis, 252, 256, 2yT, 330, ZZZ> 336,
339, 341, 359, 367
Lewis S., 336
Loretta, 141, 344
Louis, 331, 349
Louisa, 346
Margaret Ann, 345
Marian, 346
Martha, 129, 254, 256, 333, 335,
341, 342, 344, 345, 359
Mary, 114, 320, 2>^i, 332, 333, 335,
338, 343, 345, 347, 353
Mary (Allen), 225
Mary Ann, 292, 294
Mary Anne, 342
Mary Cornell, 345
Mary E., 345
Mary Elizabeth, 149, 175, 347
Mary J., 137
Mary V. W., 336, 344
Mary W., 348
Newberry, 342
Nancy, 338, 342
Oliver, 323, 337, 344
Phebe, 117, 137, 138, 256, 261, 295,
332, 333, 336, 339, 350
Phebe Jones, 149
Phoebe, 337,33^, 343, 345
Phoebe A., 347
Phoebe E., 349
Phoebe T., 341
Rebecca, 329, 332, 334, 338
Richard, 98, u 3, 329, 333, 334,337,
338
Rhoda, 344
Robert, 349
Rosannah, 338
Ruth, 256, 333, 335, 337, 346
Rudolph C, 349
Samuel, 117, 226, 295, 333, 336,
338, 344. 345, 348
Sarah, 109, 329, 333, 334, 337, 344
Sarah E.. 149, 347, 348
Sarah Elizabeth, 176
Sarah M., 225
Sarah Maria, 342
Sarah V. W., 342, 343, 344
Stephen. 333, 336, 338, 339
Susan, 167, 229
Susan L., 348
Susan M., 343
Susannah. 329. 335. 338, 339, 346
Susannah P., 342
Susannah Peters, 225, 292
Thomas, 330, 337, 343, 365
Thomas P., 349
Hewlett, Timothy, 334
Townsend, 114, 116, 125, 129, 295,
340, 345, 347, 348
Van Wyck, 344
Walter Jones, 349
Walter R., 149, 174, 176, 347, 348,
364
Walter Restored, 349
Whitehead, 225, 254, 292, 294, 339,
342
Whitehead D., 339
William, 330, 334, 336, 338, 339, 34S
Whitehead, 225, 254, 292, 339, 342,
William Divine, 346
William H., 336
William M., 327
William Moyles, 343
Wm., 338
Wm. M., 142
Hicks, Abigail, 257
Alice, 323
Benj., 66, 376,382
Benjamin, 327, 328
Caroline, 137
Celesta, 342
Elias, 136
Elizabeth, 136
family, 66
Henry W., 147
Isaac, 66, 67
Jacob, 328, 337
John, 220, 337, 377
John M., 342
Joseph, 136
Mary, 225, 226, 269
Mary T., 137
Rachel (Seaman), 327, 328
Robert, 220
Sarah, 328
Thos., 69, 220, 269
Silas, 327, 328
Stephen, 337
Whitehead, 88, 323
William, 136
Hide, Henry, 30
Higbee. Eugene, 154
Louisa, 154
Marie, 154
Richard, 154
Samuel, 154
Higbie, Rev. Dr., 148
Hildreth, , 264
Hill, John, 82
Hinchman, Benjamin, 88
Sarah, 218
Thomas, 218
Hinman, R., 269
Hitchcock, Wm. R., 143
INDEX
407
Hite, John W., 317
Victoria, 317
Hoagland, Benjamin, 124
Catharine, 124
Cornelia, 124
Elbert, 124
(Hoogland), John, 124
Ludlow, 124
Susan, 124
William, 124
Hobbv, Henry Mott, 385
SethM.,385
Hoffman, Elizabeth, 239
Lindley M., 387
Robert. 239
Hoggeshall, John, 26
Hoke, Robert, 226
Holbrook, Lovell, 147
Hollister, Elizabeth, 261
John, Jr., 261
Joseph, 263
Mary, 263
Holly, Hannah, 231
Holme, Hannah, 316
Homan, , 285
Clemence, 285
John, 284
Mary, 284
Hone, Margaret, 185
Philip, 185
Hopkins, , 325, 326
Ichabod, 324
Rachel, 325, 326
Saml., 87
Sarah, 324
Wm., 326
Hopper, Mary, 383
Hornbeck, Henry, 139
Henry I., 140
Phebe, 140
Horsfield, , 334
Israel, 334
Horsmanden, Daniel, 73
Hosack, Dr., 109
Horton, Jos., 326
Howard, Alice, 246
Beekman, 245
Billopp Seaman, 246
Catharine, 1.32, 190
Edmund Kortright, 246
family, 244
George Rumsey, 307
Geraldine, 307
Gouvcnour Kortright, 246
Harriet Kortright, 246
Harriet Lee, 245
Henry Middleton, 245
Henry S., 246, 247
Hess Lee, 246
Howard, Jas. P., 199
Joseph Lee, 245
Katharine, 244
Katharine Seaman, 246
Lee, 245
Maria, 179
Mary Lee, 245
Robert, 245, 246
Robert Lee, 246
Robert T., 190, 247
Robert Theus, 245, 246
Susan Lee, 245
Susan S., 246
Theus, 245
William Lee, 245
Wm., 179
Howell, , 264
Arthur, 300
Daniel, 315
Edward, 300, 303
Eleanor, 300
family, 300
Mulford, Conkling, Van Cleef
and Gardiner family chart, 301
Frances, 300
George, 278, 300
Harriet Mulford, 189, 300
Henry, 300
Hezekiah, 284
John, 300, 303
Joshua, 290
Phebe, 315
Sarah, 278
Susannah, 300
Howland, Elizabeth, 389
Ho}^, Miriam, 234
Hubbard, Jas., 351
Sarah, 351
Hubbs, Elizabeth, 369
Robert, 369
Huidekoper, Alfred, 317
Rebecca, 317
Hulate, George, 330
Hulet, Jane, 370
Jenne, 331
Hulett, Jane, 367
Lewis, 2,67
Hull, , 140
Isaac, 228
Mary, 140
Hulot, John, 99
Hnlse, Benjamin, yj6
Hunt. F. h., 153
Francis A., 179
Philo, 179
Randel, 370
Hunter, , 374
George, 316
Grace, 316
4o8
INDEX
Hunter, Gov., 48, 49
Robert, 48, 49
Wm. A., 279
Hunting, Elizabeth, 319
John, 319
Phebe, 279
Huntington, Robert W., 237
Huntting. Wm., 290
Hurd, Abigail, 263
Andrew, 263
William, 263
Hurlburt, E. D., 147
Hurtin, John, 86
Husted, Alary E.. 206
Hutchins, Jas., 350
Hutchinson, Benj., 97
Blanche, 307
Edward H., 307
Eleazer. 289
Elizabeth, 97, 194
Hyde, Ed., 210
Edward, 208
Nicholas, 208
Huyder. , no
(Huyden), 138
Ingoldesby, Lieut.-Gov., 51
Richard. 45. 210,212
Ingolsby. Richard, 369
Ireland, John, 284
Mary, 284
Thos., 233
Irving or Ervine, Emily L., 390
Isaacs, James, 139
Ive, , 21
Jackson. Abigail, 352, 353, 355, 378
Alma, 359
Almy, 358
Amy, 356, 357
Andrew, 164
Ann, 355
Anne, 334. 338
Belle. 359
Benjamin, 356
Caroline, 359
Charity, 356
Charles. 357
Coll., 50
Daniel, 356, 358
David, 357
Deborah Ann., 123
Edward. 359
Elizabeth, 133, 162, 351, 355. 358.
359
Elizabeth W., 137
Debora, 352
Jackson, family, 18, 83, 84, 118, 350
Hannah, 27, 113, 224, 332, 335,
351,354-359
Isaac, 353, 354, 357, 378
Jacob, 235, 296, 321, 356, 359
Jacob S., 133, 358, 359
James, 123, 234, 351, 353, 354, 356
Jane, 356, 358
Jas., 221, 274
Jemima, loi, 333, 336, 353, 355
Jerusha, 353, 355
John, 16, 27, 41, 47, 52, 65, 66, 79,
83, 113, 118, 133, 277, 320, 322,
332, 335, 338, 351, 352, 358, 360,
373
John, Jr., 40, 41
John, Sr., 40, 41
Julia, 359
Keziah, 357
Kezia (Mott),338
Letitia, 355
Margaret, 358, 359
Margaret Elizabeth, 123
Marian, 359
Martha, 320, 325, 351,355
Mar>', 132, 133, 221, 237, 296, 351,
352, 355. 360
Mar}- (Willis). 357
Micah. 356, 358
Miriam, 163
Nathaniel, 352
Noah, 357
Obadiah, 133, 137, 162, 355, 357,
359
Oscar, 359
Parmenas, 133, 355. 358
Peter, 354
Phebe, 235, 353, 356, 358, 359
Phoebe, 83
Rebecca, 356, 359
Rebecca T., 162
Richard, 41, 253, 254. 352, 356,
358. 360
Robert, 219, 288, 325, 350, 352,
354- 356
Rosannah, 358
Rosetta, 355, 356, 358
Ruth, 133, 321,353, 355. 359
Samuel. 41, loi, 133, 321, 336, 351,
353. 355. 358, .360, 378
Samuel Jones, 359
Samuel T., 163. 359
Saml., 333. 357
Sarah, 288, 332, 334, 351, 353
Sarah T., 136
Thomas, 133, 294, 353. 355. 359
Thomas Jones. 359
Thomas T.. 356, 359
Thos., 237, 29(5, 358, 359, 380
INDEX
409
Jackson, Thos. B., 163, 164
Timothy, 296, 359
Townsend, 355, 358, 359
Treadwell. 106
Tredwell, 356
William H., 163
William L.. 163
Wm. Henry, 163
Jacobs, , 363
Jaggar, Benjamin, 264
Clara. 264
Daniel, 264
family, 264
Hannah, 264
Jehial. 264
Jeremiah, 264
John, 264
Nathan, 264
Patience, 264
Sarah, 264
William, 264
James, D. Willis, 273
Jansen, Catrina Roeloffe, 268
Jarvis, Abigail, 313
Louisa, 2^2
Moses, 313
Rhoda, 313
Stephen, 233
Jaus, Swantje, 297
Jay, Gov., 107, 134
John, 108
Peter A., 135
Ja\Tie, Chas. E.. 349
Jeffrey, Mar>-, 390
Jenney. George, 65
Henn.-. 65
Jennings, Mary, 327
Maud, 193
Jenny. Robert. 78
Jewell. Adelaide. 162
Alfred. 162
Alfred S.. 162
Edith Jones. 162
Margerv Youngs, 162
Sally Clifford. 162
Johnes. . 10
Cornelia, 292
David. 291
Edward. 290, 291
Elias, 291
Elizabeth, 290
Ephraim, 290
family, 11, 103
Gardiner. 291, 292
Hannah, 291
Isabella, 291
Mary, 11, 290, 291
Obediah, 291
Paul, 291
a6
Johnes, Phebe, 290, 291
Samuel, 290, 291
Sarah, 290
Stephen, 291
Thomas, 11, 291
Timothy, 291
William, 291
Johns, , 10
Johnson, Henry P., 94
John, 61
Margaret, 81. 82
?\Iatthew, 375
Samuel, 194
Wm., 70, 89
Joline, John, 86
Jones, — , 332
Abagail, 117
Abbie Estelle, 174
Abigail, 121, 122, 140, 152, 174, 386
Adcle, 189
Adelia, 157
A. G., 181
Albert, 163
Albert Gallatin, 156, 180
Alice, 163. 176
Alice Livingston, 166
Alice P.. 181. 193
Alice S.. 161, 184
Alma. 156
Ambrose Kingsland, i6<;
Amelia. 161
Anna, 64, 76, 77, S6, 99. 1 10, 138
Anne. 54. 94. 95. 96. 116
Anne Josephine, 141
Annie R., 152, 178
Antoinette, 155
Arabella. 64, 74. 75. 76, 81. 89, 97,
98, no, 139, 194, 197
Arabella S., 141
Arrabella, 99
Arthur Eaton, 177, 192, 270
Beatrice Cleveland, 162
Capt.. 38
Catharine. 82, 108, 125, 134, 158,
209
Catharine A., 193
Catharine C. 125
Catharine Cornelia, 158
Catharine De Nully, 165
C. H.. 100, 139
Ch-irlcs. 159. 183. 184. 193. 209. 210
Charles H., 14. 17. no. 112, 137,
145. 147. 148. 149. 177. 186. 297
Chas. H.. 99, 176, 270. 273, 356
Charles Herbert, 177, 192
Charles Hewlett. 149, 270
Clara. 152. 178, 317
Clarence, 163, 185
I
410
INDEX
Jones, Clinton, 134
Cornelia, 108, no, 124, 126, 138,
139, 159. 182, 291, 318, 320
Cornelia Alma, 133, 163
Cornelia Catharine, 134
Cornelia H., 129, I9i8
Cornelia (Haring), 102, 160
Daniel. 155, 180,209
Daniel Francis, 159, 183
Daniel Y., 129, 184
Daniel Youngs, 160
David, 9, 15-18, 37, 41, 42, 44, 45,
54, 57, 60, 63-71, 73-78, 80, 81,
83. 84, 86, 88, 89, 93, 97-100, 103,
104, 106, no, 114, 115, 120-122,
125, 138, 142, 155, 159, 180, 183,
192, 194, 197, 217-219, 355, 358
David S., 10, 16, 39, 102, 109, 134,
156, 164, 165, 181, 201
David Samuel, 133
David Thomas, 134
David W., 108, 121, 129, 183, 184,
258
David William, 159, 184, 193
Deborah, 124
De Witt C, 185
De Witt Clinton, 134, 165, 185
D. S., 181
Edgar T., 180, 193
Edgar Townsend, 156
Edith Lenore, 184
Edith S., 181, 193
Edmund, 159, 183,258
Edward, 14, 207, 209
Elbert B., 181
Elbert H., 33, 102, 108, 126, l6l,
162
Elbert Haring, 131, 132, 161, 162
Elbert Harring, 282
ElbertT., 125, 157, 181
Elbert W., 129, 159, 184, 193
Elbert William, 184, 193
Eleanor, 33, 130, 156
Eleanor Eorrest, 184
Eleanor Mott, 388
Eleanor T., 129, 250, 283, 284
Eleanor Townsend, 180
Eleanore Turk, 132, 160, 162, 163,
250
Elena Maria, 188
Elise Howard, 190
Eliza, 140
Elizabeth, 17, 57, 60, 79, 83, 85,
86, loi, 103, III, 112, 117, 120,
122-124, 140, 141, 148, 149, 155,
156, 163, 166, 175, 182, 193, 209,
229, 261, 28s, 291, 347, 363
Elizabeth Coralie, 166, 186
Elizabeth H., 137, 217, 345
Jones, Elizabeth Hewlett, 167, 187
Elizabeth P., 153, 179
Elizabeth Van Cleef, 189
Ella A., 181
Ella Margarite, 184
Ellen Roosevelt, 165, 185
Ellinor, 134
Emily Glentworth, 163
Emma A., 156
Emma M., 153, 179
Esther, 83, 119, 121, 122, 154
Esther Mott, 190
Estella Y., 153, 180
family. 7, 9, 11, 12, 13, 15, 27, 121,
207, 214
Fanny Hannah, 150
Florence C, 184
Florence Clinton, 134
Florence Loretta, 176
Frances, 17
Frances Maria. 141, 167, 290
Franklin M.. 388
Frederick Elbert, 184
Frederick F., 132
Frederick G., 186
Freelove, 17. 54-56, 57, 58, 60, 61,
78, 83, 85, 86, no, n2, 123, 233-
235
Gardiner, 102, 290, 291
George T., 182
George Washington, 132
Gideon M., 122, 178, 179
Gideon Mott. 152
Gilbert, 83, 85, ni, n2, n9, 122,
124, 139, 363
Grace, 209
Hannah, ni, n2, 115, 117, ng.
139-141, 166, 188, 285, 286
Hannah A., 129
Hannah Anne, 141
Hannah Amelia, 160, 161
Hallet, no
Hallett,85, 122, 154, 180
Harriet Augusta, 176
Harriet Howell, 190
Hattie, 154
Helen, 141, 167. 173, 187, 279
Helen F., 7
Henrietta L., 188
Henry Crosby, 165
Henry Duane, 159
Henry J.. 141
Henry Philip, 134, 164
Herman Le Roy, 134, 165, 185
Isaac, 79
Isaac H., 140
Isaac Hewlett, 166
Israel S., 125, 156, 181
Jackson, 17
INDEX
411
Jones, Jackson H., 154, 155
Jackson Hallott, 83, 122
Jacob, 79
Jacob Seaman Jackson, 162
Jacob S. J., 184. 185, 359
Jacob S. Jackson, 133
James, 122, 153. 163
James Duane, 158, 159, 183
Jennie L., 153, 179
Jane, 209
John, 14, 17. 28, 82-86, loi, 109,
112-121, 125, 135, 140, 141, 145,
148-150, 157, 175, 182, 208, 209,
340, 341-345. 347
John D.. 17. 94, 146, 147, 169, 170,
172. 190, 198
John D., Mrs., 55
Jolin Divine, 141, 168
John G., 150
John Gardiner, 149
John H., 3, 17, loi, 112, 114, IIS,
121, 141-143. 145. 149. 152, 167,
168, \Ty\7'I, 189, 214, 215, 267,
279, 290, 303, 307, 308, 313, 344,
345
John Henry, 174, 189
John Jackson, 117, 120, 146, 151
John Jay, 132, 134
John Mott, 122, 154
John R., 153
John Tredwell, 157, 182
Joseph Robert, 188
Josephine Catharine, 191
Josephine K., 235
Josephine Katharine, 177, 237
Josephine Neilson, 165
Joshua T., 17, 112, 137, 149, 150
Joshua Thomas, 175, 191
Julia Elizabeth, 184
Julia Catharine, 134
J- T., 149
Katharine, 14
Kezia, 159, 161, 184
Kezia (Youngs), 205
Keziah, 109, 130. 154
Laura, 185
Lieut., 100
Lilian, t66
Lilian Livincrston, 187, 248, 249
Lily May, iSo
Louisa A. Floyd, 258
Louisa M., 153, 178
Louisa Elizabeth, 177, 192,270
Lydia Mott, 122, 153
Mabel Jennings, 193
Margaret, 17. 57. 60, 75, 82, 83, 85,
124. 133, 134. 340. 343
Margaret Ann, 157, 182
Jones, Margaret Elizabeth, 193
Margaret Livingston, 134
Marguerite Howard, 190
Maria Louisa, 188
Marianna F., 132
Marianna Fleet, 162
Marianne Duane, 159
Marietta A., 156, 181
Martha. 14, 141, 157
Martha Louisa, 166, 186, 249
Mary, 36, 64, 76, 77, 99. 100, no,
III, 120-122, 135, 139, 140, 152,
163, 209, 291
Mary Ann, 138
Mary Ann S., 125
Mary Ann Schuyler, 109, 158
Mary Catharine, 190
Mary Dorothy, 184, 193
MaryE., 150, 152, 153, I77-I79.
181, 186, 270
Mary Elizabeth, 150, 177
Mary Franklin, 165
Mary Glover, 165
Mary Jackson, 133, 163,292
Mary Jane, 155
Mary Katharine, 174
Mary Kingsland, 165, 185
Marv Le Rov, 134
Mary Mott, 388
Mary Smith, 163
Mary T., 109, 112, 137
^Tary Townsend, 145
Mary Willis, 117
Melancton Smith, 163
Miles, 154
Miles L., 154
Natalie Rathbone, 162
Nellie, 181
Nicholas, 103, 291
Oliver, no
Oliver H., 137, 140, I77. 186,
249. 268
Oliver Hewlett. 165, 269
Oliver L., 150, 192
Oliver L., Mrs., 119
Oliver Livingston, 166, 177,
192, 269, 270
Phcbe, 17, 83. 85, no, in,
120, 121, 122, 124. 133, 137,
145. 151
Phcbe Elizabeth, 133, 155, 164
Phcbe J.. 112
Phcbe Jackson, 148, 150
Phcbe W., 156, 181
Philip Hone Lc Roy, 185
I'hilip Livingston, 134, 164, 177,
102. 270
Philo, 154
187,
186,
117.
139,
412
INDEX
Jones, Phoebe, 83
Phoebe (Hewlett), 337
Phoebe Jane, 345
Rensselaer Westerlo, 134
Rinda E., 153, 179
Richard, 17, 83, 85, no, 121, 122,
152, 153, 154, 155
Richard Everett, 180, 192
Richard H., 155, 180, 192
Richard Restored, 122, 155
Robert, 159
Robert Edmund, 184
Roger, 208
Rosalie Adele, 166, 186
Rosalie Gardiner, 177, 192, 270
Rutgers Brevort, 185
Ruth, 122
Samantha, 153
Saml., 103, 105, 107
Saml., Jr., 126
Saml. W., 318
Samuel, 9, 12, 16, 17, 27, 39, 40, ^^,
78, 82-84, 87, 101-103, los-iio,
114, 119, 125, 127, 129, 131-136,
138, 14s, 148, 157, 158, 176, 291,
29s, 341
Samuel A., 17, 62, 120, 141, 152,
174, 176, 189
Samuel Jackson, 133, 162, 163, 184
Samuel S., 125, 156, 180, 193
Samuel Seabury, 132, 162
Samuel Seaman, 157, 181
Samuel T., 163
Samuel Van ^A^yck, 167, 187, 340
Samuel W., 16, 129, 141, 182, 183,
187, 188. 199, 318, 320, 343
Samuel William, 158, 167, 188, 229
Samuel Youngs, 132, 161
Sarah, 17, 57, 60, 64, 82, 83, 85, 99,
103, 120, 121, 124, 126, 158, 293
Sarah E., 156, 267
Sarah Eliza, 132
Sarah Elizabeth, 141, 176, 177
Sarah H., 112, 145
Sarah L., 60, 63
Sarah Maria, 157
Sarah Willis, 117
Susan Cornelia, 132, 161
Susan M., 129, 167, 188
Susan Maria, 160, 265
Theodorus Bailey, 177, 192
Theophilus, in
Thomas, 9, 10, 11-16, 18. 21,23,24,
26, 28, 7,z-Z7, 39, 42-49. .'12, 54-58,
60-64, 67-70, 73-81. 83-87, 89, 94-
96, 100, 102, 103, 104, 107, 108,
III, 119, 121, 125, 132-134, 137,
1.38, 139, 162-164, 168, 195, 197,
198, 207-212, 211-216, 292, 359
Jones, Thomas E., 132, 161
Thomas Elwood, 122, 154
Thomas Jackson, 163
Thomas W., 359
Thomas William, 133, 163
Timothy, 261
Timothy Bagley, 82
Thos., 14, 24, 27, 28, 32-38, 40, 42,
53, 55, 56, 58, 62, 64, 65, Tz, 74,
77, 80-84, 86, 89, 90-93, 98, 99,
104, 105, no. III, 127, 133, 208,
222, 356
Townsend, 17, 109, 121, 125, 132,
137, 141, 149, 157, 17s, 176, 189,
190, 191, 244, 246, zzT, 341, 347
Townsend Howard, 190
Townsend S., 181, 193
Virginia, 167, 188
Virginia Martha, 189
Virginia R., 388
Virginia Warwick, 287
Walter, 12, 17, 18, 27, 62, 83-86,
102, 108, I11-114, 117-121, 124,
140, 144, 145, 150-152, 174, 180,
192, 295, 336, 363, 386
Walter Clinton, 65
Walter Franklin, 134, 165
Walter Mott, 174, 189, 300
Walter R., 17, 78, 112, 126, 137,
141-148, 150, 151, I.S3, 166, 167,
169, 170, 177, 179, 188, 287
Walter Restored, 145
Walter R. T., 141, 177, 191, 192,
237, 239, 240, 241
Walter Rysam, 189
Walter S., 153
William, 10, 14, 16-18, 28, 34, 41,
44, 54, 57, 60, 66, 78, 80-83, 100-
102, 104, 108-113, 116, 117, 119,
121-124, 126, 128, 129, 131-133,
13s, 137, 138, 153. 154, 159, 160,
198, 207, 208, 209, 214-216, 234,
250, 265, 282, 284, 293, 336, 340,
341, 343, 353, 358, 363
William Alfred, 10, 134, 135, 164
William C. H., 155
William D., 100, 125, 156, 157
William David, 125
William E., 17, 132, 174, 191, 347
William Edward, 141, 176, 191
William G.,291
William H., 17. 112, 114, 121, 140,
165-167, 188, 193, 286, 343
William Henry, 157, 181
William Hewlett, 167, 188
William R., 122, 153, 179, 180
William Robert, 167
William P.. 388
William Parkinson, 388
INDEX
413
Jones, William Samuel, 159
William T., 152, 178, 264, 317
William Townseiul, 82, 117, 152
William W., m, 153
Wm., 39, 85, 86, loi, 109, no, 112,
123, 130, 194, 209
Wm. E.. 149, 174, 175
Wm. H., 115, 143,145,150,181
Wm. P., 386
Wm. T., 264
Wm. Townsend, 121
Wm. W., Ill
Jordan. Maria, 262
Mary, 262
Robert, 262
Judson. Joseph, 303
Sarah, 303
William, 303
Kashow, Eleanor, 327
John, 2,2-]
Kates. Jane, 348
Keen. John, 316
Mary, 316
Keift, Gov., 29
Keith, Geo., 17
John, 47. 56
Kelsey. Charlotte, 154
Havens, 314
Loretta, 327
Maria, 183
Richard, 327
Susanna, 129
Susannah, 282
Timothy, 129, 282
Kellogg, , 164
Dr., 263
Elizabeth, 164
Kent, Chancellor, 109
Jas., 240
James, 107
Kershaw, Cornelius, 298, 299
Margaret, 299
Ketch am, , 363
Angeline, 156
He?ter, 233
Israel, 364
John, III
Joseph, 362
Phineas, 156
Sarah J., 156
Sarah, 362
Zebulon, 363
Ketch urn, . 247
Cornelia, 246, 247
Ketcltas, Abraham, 318
Altea, 318
Key, , 347
Catharine, 345, 348
Key, Florence, 348
Hannah Ann, 348
Martha F., 348
Mary, 348
Sarah, 345, 347
Solomon Divine, 348
Keyes, Edward Lawrence, 31 1
Edward Lougliborough, 311
Elizabeth Hewlett, 311
Emma Willard, 311
Kieft, Gov., 25, 227. 300, 367
King. Alice Howard, 246
Charles Henry, Jr., 246
Chas. Henry, 246
C. Henry, 246
Dorothy, 314
Eleanor Jane, 247
Harry Lee, 247
Hester Mary, 246
John, 289
John A., 130
Margaret, 289
Mary, 314
Robert Howard, 246
Ross Woodruff, 246
Rufus, 130, 132
William Bruce, 247
Kingsland, Ambrose C, 165
Augusta L., 165
Ex-Mayor, 148
Kinnear Beverly O., 300
Kip family, 126
Kipp. Charlotte, 338
James. 338
Kirby, Amy, 137
Anne, 259
Daniel, 259
Hannah (Latting), 259
Phebe, 334
Phrebe, 338
Kissam, Benjamin, 253, 254, 255, 335
Charles, 254, 255
Daniel, 252, 253, 254, 2,2,},, 358, 373
Daniel Whitehead, 253, 254
Danl.. Jr.. 91
Edward. 254, 255
Elizabeth. 253, 254
family. 252. 375
Hannah, 252, 333
Hewlett, 253
Jackson, 255
John. 252, 253, 375
Jos., 98
Joseph. 253. 254, 255. 332, 335
Levina, 253
Martha. 253
Phcbe. 253. 254. 358
Samuel. 254. 255
Thomas. 252
William, 254
414
INDEX
Kissam, William Wilmot, 255
Wm., 254, 258
Wm. W., 3iO, 342
W. W., 187, 229
Knapp, Anne, 259
Kollock, Jacob, 269
Magdalen, 269
Kortright, Charlotte, 206
Cornelius, 247, 248
Cornelius Jansen, 247
family, 247
Femmetje, 223
Femnetze, 225
Hester Mary, 246, 247, 248
John, 246, 247, 248
Laurens Cornelius, 247
Lawrence, 247, 248
Kounslar, Ellen, 391
Kreffert, Maria, 299
Kruger, Helena, 241
Laan, Jannetje, 299
Labagh, Alethea Augusta, 191
Emma E., 347, 349
Isaac, 191,347,349
Lamb, Gen., 107
Landon, Jas., 289
Rachel, 289
Lane. Daniel, 287
David, 147
Langdon, Elizabeth, 234
Thos., 234
Laremore, Elizabeth, 86
Latham family, 300
Rachel, 320
William, 243
Latten, Jonas, 80
Latting, Charles, 136
John, 326
Josias, 35
Josiah, 324
Susannah, 324
Launder, Mary, 360
Lawrence, , 3'^7
Adam, 218, 219, 259, 260, 333. 336
Caleb, 259
Daniel, 259
Deborah, 219, 260, 382
Elizabeth, 81, 86, 219, 260
Ella, 317
family, 259
Henry, 260
John, 255, 256, 283
Jordan, 260, 378
Joseph, 260, 386
Joshua, 259
Mary, 260
Obediah, 259, 260
Phebe, 260, 386
Lawrence, Richard, 259, 260
Samuel, 259
Sarah, 260, 333, 336
Stephen, 260
Thomas, 283
Thos., 317
Wm., 98, 259, 260
William, 219, 259, 260, 382
Zipporah, 260
Lawton, Anna, 187, 340
Cyrus, 340
Cyrus W., 187
Isaac, 26
Leach, J. G., 300
Lear, Elizabeth, 238
Elizabeth (Hall), 238
Tobias, 238
Lee, , 245
Frances Beekman, 245
Harriet, 245
Rebecca, 245
Stephen, 245
Thomas, 245
Leek, Elizabeth, 299
Martha, 314
Lefferts, Titus, 155
Leggett, Anne, 387
Thomas, 387 >
Leisler, Gov., 325, 368
Leland, , 236
Jerusha, 236
Lenox, E. S., 383
Mary, 383
Leonard, John, 337
Louise, 273
Thos., 337
Le Roy, Herman, 134
Susan, 134
Lester, Silvester, 289
Leverich, Rev. Mr., 219
Caroline Duncan, 204
Charles D., 204
Gertrude Riker, 204
Mathilde Gertrude, 204
Leveridge, Wm., 31
Lewis, , 376
Adaline Louise, 290
Azel, 270, 310
Charity, 310
Egbert, 314
Gloriana, 310
Harriet, 313
Isaac, 290
Jos., 309, 313
Joseph, 314
Joseph S., 314
Juliana, 344
Mary, 202
Piatt, 310
INDEX
415
Lewis, Scudder, 310
Lincoln, Mr., 171
Linington, Argyle Watson, 182
Howard, 247
Maud, 247
Stephen, 182, 247
Stephen H., 182
Stephen Wood, 182
Timothy B., 246
Linton. John, 202
Martha, 202
Margaretta, 202
Littlejohn. Bishop, 170, 172
Littleton, Dr., 22
Thos., 210
Livingston family, 268
James D., 269
James Duane, 166, 269
John, 268
Louisa, 166, 177, 268, 269
Maria, 158,318
Mortimer, 147
Oscar, 205
Phil, 104, 134, 268
Robert, 70, T^, 268, 318
Robert, Jr., 89
Robert C., 269
Robert Cambridge, 268
Wm.,88
Lloyd, Abigail, 386
Henry, 64, 99
John, 386
William, 209
Lockman. Myron A., 221;
Lockwood, Alice W., 206
Elizabeth, 202
Joseph, 355
Longbotham, Bessie, 156
George S., 156
Lord, Frederick, 203
Mary, 202
Lorimer, Jas., 390
Jean, .390
Lett, Gertrude, 197
Johannes, 68
Mary, 366
Peter, .180
Hermones, 338
Lounds, Theodore, 313
Lovatt. Mary, 165
Low. A. A.. 147
Lowers, John, 308
Ludlow, George Duncan. 113
Geo. Duncan, 70. "jz
Lynes, Wm., 324
Lyttleton, Constantine, 210
Mackay, Archibald K., 185
MacKay, Jennie Baine, 391
Macomb, Alexander, 319
Jane, 319
Macounc, Samuel, 58
Saml., 80
Maddox, Anna, 293
Maet (Mott), Adam, 331
Mann, Alice, 389
Edith Vernon. 389
Edward J., 388
Samuel Vernon, 389
S. Vernon, 388, 389
Mapes, Rebecca, 282
Marriott, Eliza, 347
Marshall, Chas. H., 171
Mary, 303
Thomas, 303
Martin, • , 292
Abbey, 388
Edward, 388
Marvin, Geo. H., 273
John James, 274
Mary E., 274
Nannie V. N., 274
Marwyn, ,331
Mason, Joseph, 317
Susannah, 299
Victoria A., 317
Mastens, Agnes, 193
Anna, 193
Herman J., 193
Masters, Agnes, 181, 193
Anna, 181
Herman J., 181
Maston, Lawrence, 2,yy
Mather, Henry C, 270
Mathews, Vincent, 45
Matthews, , 162
Maude, 162
Maubry, Auning, 327
Maverick, Lydia, 226
Lydia A., 225
Samuel, 226
Sarah, 308
Mayhew, John, 288
Patience, 288
Mayo, Samuel, 31
Mayse, Wm., 21
McAdam, John Ix)udon, 93, 195
Mrs., 94, 95
McCall, Hamilton, 147
Jasper, 269
McCoon, , 99
McCoun, Mary, 58
Samuel, 282
William, ■;8
McCrcady, Frcd'k, 281
McDougal, Col., 91
Genl.. 112
McKnight, Mary Beckman, 240
4i6
INDEX
Meggs, Marke, 59
Mendrum, Eleanor, 238
Mentz, Henrietta (List), 262, 264
Susan, 262, 263
William, 264
Wm., 262
Merritt, John, 386
Mrs., 216
Phebe, 386
Phebe (Weeks), 386
Sara A. Van Deusen, 214
Sarah Van Deusen, 209
Messinger, Rosa, 292
Meurson, Geo., 88
Meyer, John Ray, 158
Mary, 158, 318
Micheau, John, 375
Miles, Richard, 50
Miller, , 79
Abraham, 297, 319
Anna Maria, 293
Annanias, 319
Burnet, 319
Burnett, 319
Charles Dudley, 320
Cornelia Jones, 182
Cornelia Stansbury, 182
Dan'l S., 147
Eleazer, 68, 319
Elizabeth, 291, 319
family, 318
Jeremiah, 278, 319
John, 318, 319
John Bleecker, 182, 318, 320
Luella, 154
Maria. 293
Maria Duane, 182
Mary, 319
Mathias B., 319
Matthias Burnet, 319
Mehitable, 319
Morris Smith, 182, 319
Nicholas, 293
Rutger Bleecker, 319
Sarah. 320
Mills, N. S., 225
Minnes, Jannetje, 298
Mitchell. Elizabeth, 86
Freelove, 86
G., 204
Margaret, 86
Maria, 342
Maria T., 339
Hannah. 86
Jacomiah, 86
John, 86, 334
Phebe. 86
Robert. 86
Sam'l. 358
Sarah, 86
Mitchell, Singleton, 344
William, 86
Wm., 339
Monfort, Elbert Peterse, 223
Montgomery, Elizabeth, 26
Moore, Anne L., 391
Benjamin, 289
Benj., 91
Calvin, 289
Caroline Loretta, 167
Charles Benjamin, 290
Charles B., 9, 10, 13, 23, 24, 25,
2g, 30, 290
C. B., 48, 53, 61, 70, 72, yz, 79, 85,
104, 105, 107, 114, 116, 123, 128,
142-144. 167, 169, 191, 210, 277,
325.332,351. 352
David, 289
Deborah, 288
Elizabeth, 289
family, 167
Frances Maria, 167, 290
Hannah, 289
Henry, 289
James, 288
Jane, 289
Jeremiah, 167, 289, 290
John, 289
Jonathan, 289
Joshua, 289
Julia Brush, 290
Lydia, 289
Luther, 289
MacAllaster, igo
Mary, 288, 289, 339
Mary Adaline, 290
(More) family, 287
Nathaniel, 351, 352
Phebe, 288
Rachel, 288
Robert, 132
Samuel, 289
S. J. C, 391
Thomas, 167, 288, 289, 290, 352
Thos., 339
Townsend Merriam, 190
William, 154
William Henry Helme, 290
More, Ann, 287
Benjamin, 287
Eliza. 288
Elizabeth, 288
Hannah, 288
John, 288
Jonathan, 288
Martha. 287. 288
Mary, 287, 288
Nathaniel, 288
Sarah. 288
Samuel, 288
INDEX
417
More, Thomas, 287, 288
Morgan, Sally, 199
Theophilus, 199
Morris, , 254
Frances, 249, 287
gov., 90
Lewis, 249
Magdalena, 249
Richard, 87
Sabina, 249
Morse, , 206
Moscrop, , rev., 388
Eliza, 388
Mosier, Henrietta, 188
Mott. , 234, 255
Abigail, 121, 357, 376
Adam, 64, 152, 217, 218, 220, 222,
243, 256. 294, 295, 331. 336, 352,
353, 355. 365, 367, 369. 370, 27^,
37 i, 374, 376. 378, 380, 381, 389
Adam, Jr., 366, 369
Adelaide, 231, 387
Alexander B., 387, 390
Alfred, 388
Alfred Akcrly, 385
Alice, 388
Amos, 374, 380
Amv, 381
Ann, 253. 371, 373, 375
Ann Eliza, 387
.A.nna M., 387
Anne, 64, 217. 218, 220, 222, 256,
295, 353, 357, 367, 374, 378, 379
Benjamin, 375, 379-381. 385. 388
Benjamin A., 386
Benjamin Akerly, 385, 388
Caroline, 387
Catherine Saunders, 391
Charles, 369, 371, 374, 380, 381
Charlotte, 387
David, 380, 381
Deborah, 254, 373, Z77, 380, 383
Edith J., 390
Edmond, 373.376,377.382
Edmund, 163
Edward, 387
Edwin, 388
Eliza, 323
Eliza Akerlv, 385
Elizabeth, 243. 253, 255. 294, 295,
365. 368, 369. 371, 372, 273, 374-
378. 380, 382, 384, 385
Elkanah, 376
Ella M., 3QI
Ellen Kounslar, 391
Emma A., 390
Esther Way, 385
family, 152. 364. 370
Florence M.. 391
Frances S. L., 390
Mott, Francis R., 387, 391
Frederic, 388
Genevieve Moflfett, 391
Gcrshom, 316, 370, 272, 375, 380
Grace, 370, 272
Hannah, 373. 374, 376. 379, 381
Harriet Stella, 386, 388
Henry, 370, 2,7^, 2,72, 376, 379,
381, 382, 384. 386, 387
Henry, Jr., 381
Henry A., 387, 390, 391
Henry Franklin, 390
Hopper, 383
Hopper Lennox, 383
Hopper Striker, 383
Isaac, 357, 378, 383
Israel, 382
Jac., 357
Jackson, 378
Jacob, 254, 260, 2S2, 272, 374. 27^,
277, 378, 380, 381, 382, 383
Jacob L.. 382, 383
James, 121, 222, 243, 370, 371, 272.
375. 277, 378, 379, .381, 384
James Henry, 152, 386
James W., 174, 260, 389
James Willis, 152, 383, 384, 386.
389, 391
Jamima, 277
Jane, 288. 371, 372, 377
Jane NicoU, 383
Jas., 322
Jehu. 376, 381, 382
Jemima, 373
Jennie, 388
Jerusha, 357, 378, 379, 383
Jo.. 365 „^ ^
John, 121, 122. 288, 316. 222, 364.
365, 370, 371, 372, 375, 376, 277,
379, 381, 382, 384
John Jones, 152, 386
John L. Bowne, 389
John Way, 384
Jonathan. 365, 366, 380
Jordan, 383
Jordan L., 382
Jos., 374
Joseph, 230. 3=^7. 370. 371. 372.
373. 377. 378, 379. 380, 381. 382.
385. 387
Joseph S.. 385. 387
Joseph v., 390
Kezia, 334. 354
Keziah. 2'^2, 2SS, 272
Louisa. 388, 290
Louisa D.. 387. 390
Louisa v.. 387
Louisa Valentine, 391
Luttson, 387
4i8
INDEX
Mott, Lydia, 122, 243, 378
Margaret, 163, 291, 292, 327, 376,
382
Margaret L., 387
Maria, 385, 387
Maria Louisa, 233
Mariam, 372
Marie L., 390
Marie Louise, 391
Martha, zy-z, 374, 376, z^^
Mary, 257, 336, 2,2,7, 365. 37i, 2,7Z,
375, 376, 380, 381, 382, 383
Maryana, 380
Maryann, 380
Mary Ann, 375
Mary Anna, 369, 371, zii
Mary Esther, 121, 152, 174, 386
Mary F., 388
Mary Franklin, 386, 387
Mary T., 388
Mary V., 390
Mary Whitehead, 254
Micajah, 376, 382
Minnie Howland, 390
Miriam, 257, 357, 378
Olivia M., 387
Patrick, 372, 376
Phebe. 255, y72, 376, 382
Rachel, 376, 382
Rebecca, 376, 382
Richard, 243, Z7Z, 375, 376, 377,
378, 379, 381. 383, 385
Richard L., 382
Richbell, 163, 253, 258, 291, 292,
352, 355, 369, 371, y?Z, 375, 376,
Z77, 378. 382
Robert, 384
Robert M., 388
Robert Willis, 384, 386, 388
Ruth, 121, 260, 357, 378, 382
Samuel, 327, 372, 376, 377, 378,
379, 380, 381, 383, 384, 386, 387
Samuel F.. 387
Samuel Franklin, 384, 387
Samuel J., 378
Samuel N., 381
Sarah. 243, 256, 365, 7,7^, Z7(i, 378,
382, 384
Sarah A., 255
Solomon, 380
Stephen, 294, 374
Susan, 230, 385
Susan S., 229
Sylvanus, 380
Thaddeus P., 391
Thaddeus Phelps, 387
Thomas, 357, 365
Valentine, 231, 385, 387, 390, 391
Mott, Walter, 384
William, 152, 352, 369, 370, 371,
374, 375, 379, 381, 383, 384, 385.
386
William F., 389
William Franklin, 384, 386, 387,
389
William J., 391
William Jones, 152, 386, 389
William L., 382
William Saunders, 389, 391
William Willis, 383, 385, 388
Wm., 243, 379
Wm. J., 352
Wm. L., 383
Moyles, , 341
Wm., 27, 62
Mudge, Coles, 326
Elizabeth, 323
Wm., 326
Muhl, Henrietta, 347, 349
Louis, 349
Mulford, Abigail, 277
Amy, 278
Benjamin, 277
David, 270, 279
Edward, 278, 297
Elias, 278
Eliza Gracie, 278
Elizabeth, 278
Esther, 278, 279
Ezekiel, 278
family, 277
Hannah, 278
Jeremiah, 277, 278
Jerusha, 278
John, 277, 278
Mary, 278, 279
Matthevir, 278
Nancy, 278
Rachel, 277
Samuel, 278
Sarah, 277
Thomas, 277, 361
Timothy. 278
Ursula Pierce, 278
William, 277, 278
William R., 278
Munn, Louisa D., 387
Sarah, 387
Murray, , 313
Eleanor E., 189, 313
Joseph, 87
Jos., 88
Robert, 218
Susan, 218
Myers, Mordecai, 240
Mynderse, Jacobus, 68
INDEX
419
Nash, Benj. F., 147
Negley, Gertrude, 188
Peter, 188
Richard Van Wyck, i88
William. 188
William Lewis, 188
William Robert, 188
William Walter, 188
Neilson, James, 183
Josepha, 165
John, 165, 205
Julia, 183
William Coles, 183
Nevius family, 297
George Kershaw, 298
Joannes. 297, 298
Lucas, 298, 299
Margaret Kershaw, 298
Martin (or Martinus), 208
Martha (Cornell), 299
Martin, 298
Pieter (or Petrus), 298
Willempe, 298, 299
Nevyus, Neafe, Neefus, 297
Newberry, Martha, 333
Newcomb, Clara Forrest, 193
George Edgar, 193
Newhoff, John H., 59
Newman, John, 36
Nicoll, Abigail, 194
Anna Willet, 196
Arabella Jones Floyd, 196
Benjamin, 194, 284
Edward H., 284
Elizabeth Floyd, 196
Eliza W., 284
Glorianna, I9i5
Henry, 218, 284
Henry W., 284
John C, 196
Margaret, 65, 194
Maria C, 196
Matthias. 20, 29, 194
Richard Floyd, 196
Samuel B., 195, 196
Samuel Benjamin, 196
S. T., T47
Thomas E.. 196
William, 68. 196
William, jr., 76
Wm.. 77
Nicoll"?. Richard, 368
Rich'd, 370
Nichols. Abicail, 261
John. 348
Joseph. 262
Marv (Curtis), 262
S., 2^4
Sam'l. 3S8
Noaks, Walter, 309
Oakley, Henry Cruger. 186
Jesse, 186, 321
Louisa Cruger, 186
Phebe, 254
Thomas Jackson, 186
Thos. J., 186
Walton, 186
Walton Livingston, 186
Wilmot, 254
O'ConncIl. Timothy. 187
Ogden, Susannah, 330
Ogilvie, rev. dr., 87
Okeson, John, 369, 375
Oldish, dr., 22
Onderdonk, Andries, 197
Benj., 98
Benjamin T., 388
Harriet Cogswell, 388
Hendrick, 93, 98, 197
Phebe, 197
Robert Mott, 388
Sarah, 197
William H., 388
Wm. H., 386
Osborn. Friedeswiede, 278
Wm.. 278
Osborne, gen'l, 291
Wm.. 360
Osgood, rev. mr.. 148
Oswald, Henrietta, 181
Overis. Elizabeth. 184
George, 184
Overton. Isc. 352
Owen. Anita, 204
Thomas J., 204
Palfrey. John, 248
Rember, 248
Paine. Alsop, 288
Paris. Helen. 280
Palmer. Stevens G., 304
Parrish. Richard L., 56
Parsons, Ann, 36S
Clemcnce. 319
James. 294
Peace. Morris. 355
Pearcc. Samuel. 96
Pcarsall. Rachel, 296
Sarah. "^77
Sarah (Underbill). ^77
Thomas, 377
Thos.. 296
Pease. Mary. 293
Pearse. Simon. 222
Pearsoll. Ann. 260
Nathaniel, 243
Lcvina. 350
George. 322
Snrah. 243, 322
Thomas, 243
420
INDEX
Peck, Benjamin, 267
capt., 143
Elijah, 161
family, 267
Fanny, 262, 270
Fanny R., 268, 297
Fanny Rysam, 149
Francis, l6l
Henry, 267
Isaac, 158
Jabez, 149, 267, 268, 273, 297
John, 288
Joseph, 267
Julia Cornelia, 161
Samuel Jones, 158
Simeon, 267
Peebles, John F., 317
Peel, Oswald, 269
Sarah, 269
Anna, 352
Pell, Anna, 352
Hannah, 379
Martha, 379
Philip, 352, 379
Philip J., 379
Sarah, 386
Thomas, 352, 379, 386
Thos., 350
Pelletreau, Wm. S., 367
Pepper, Abigail (Brown), 236
Phelps, Arabella Upson, 390
Thaddeus, 390
Phillips, , 139
Alice, 269
Edgar J.. 181
Phillipse, Adolph, 44, 210, 211, 212
Phinney, Deborah, 236
Pickersgill, Wm. C, 147
Pierce, Thomas, 296
Ursula, 296
Pillot, A. P.. 147
Pindar, Grace, 209
Peter, 209
Pine, Sarah, 233
Pinhorne, Elizabeth, 62
Wm., 62
Pintard, John, 39
Perkins, Dennis, 147
Wm.. 36s
Perritt-Gentil, Emilie, 252
Isaac P., 252
Julia Langlois, 252
Perry, Edward W., 390
Patience, 267
Pers, Ann, 174, 279, 281
Archibald, 281
David, 281
Elizabeth, 279, 281
family, 280
Phebe, 280
Pers, Sarah, 281
Thomas, 281
Thos., 281
William, 279, 280, 281
Wm., 281
Peters, Catharine, 321, 356
Charity, 320, 335, 339
Charles, 320, 321, 322, 335, 339
Chas., 322, 332, 334, 339, 346
Eliza, 346
Elizabeth, 155
family, 320
George, 186, 320, 321
Henry, 154
Hewlett, 356
Jane, 320
Jane (Denton), 339
Jerusha, 186, 321
Alary, 154, 155, 320, 322, 354
Miriam, 320
Rebecca, 320
Richard, 322
Ruth, 320
Sarah, 321, 329
Susannah, 320, 334, 339
Valentine Hewlett, 320, 329
Piatt, Benjamin, 341
Dolly (Smith), 240
Eben G., 254
Emilie Ketchum, 204
Epenetus, 229, 309, 328, 362
Hannah, 232, 362
Isaac, 227
Isaac S., 240
Margaret, 319
Medad, 204
mr., -JZ
Phebe, 240, 328
Sarah, 177. 341
Sarah Ann, 240
Uriah, 329
Zephaniah, 227
Polhemus, Anna, 223
John, 224
Theodorus, 223
Pont, Elena, 187
Pedro, 187
Pool, Sol., 355
Porter, Daniel R., 292
John, 303
Sarah, 303
Post, Catharine, 296
Edmund, 296
Phebe, 296
Potter, Cornelius, 297
Powell. Abigail, 221, 293
family, 208
Isaac, 364
Mary, 207
Robert, 207 ,
INDEX
421
Powell, Ruth, 376,381
Thomas, ^7, 43, 221, 376
Thomas, Sr., 42
Thos., 221, 293, 296
Powers, Lydia, 236
Pretense, Enjelye Lowerens, 298
Lowerens, 298
Prime, Ebenezer, no
Prince, Susannah, 330
Prindle, Deborah, 80
Enoch, 81
Enos J., 81
Prior, John, 80
Mary, 242
Matthew, 242
Provoost, David, Jr., 44, 210
Provost, Catharine. 223
David, Jr., 211, 212
Pruden, Dora A., 178
Edith, 178
Effie, 178
Ella, 178
Eva, 178
Frederick, 178
Hugh, 152, 178
John, 178
Louisa, 178
Sophia, 178
Pumyea, Doreas, 299
Purple, E. S., 102
Putnam, gen., 123
Pyne, Charles M., 185
Frederick Cruger, 185
Frederick Glover, 185
Quidley, Patrick, 22
Rabineau, Henry, 163
Raguet, Augusta A., 259
Randolph, Genevieve, 237
Rapelye, Annetje, 248
Rapelyea, Isaac, 163
Clarence, 163
Raven. A. A., 190
Raymond, Joseph H., 273
Raynor, John, 382
Redman, , 368, 370
Mary. 371
Reed. , dr., 391
Thos., 318
Reeder. Hannah, 315
Remsen. Charles, 187. 248, 249
Eve, 231
family. 187, 248
Hendrick. 249
Henry, 249
Willirim. 187, 249
Rej-nolds. Jas., 283
Phebe, 283
Sarah, 229
Rhinelander, Edith, 252
Philip, 252
Rhodes. Abitlia. 342
Richbell, Ann, 371, yji
Elizabeth, 368, 370
John, 368, 370, 371
Mary, 371
Riche, Mary, 269
Philippe, 269
Thomas, 269
Rickenbaugh, Laura, 188
Riggs. Anne, 290
Elisha, 147
George, 290
Riker. Guisbert, 330
Hannah, 382
John L., 204, 350
Maria, 257
Samuel, 204
Ring. George. 387
James, 387
Ritch, Nellie, 313
Wm. G., 313
Ritzema, Johannes, 102
Roach, Wm. P.. 139
Robbins. Jac, 355
Mary, 136
Stephen, 224
Robert, Frances Blackwell, 252
Robins, Ezekiel, 82, 152, 264
John. 82
Mary, 82. 152, 264
Robinson. John, 59
Lydia. 269
^iargaret, 205
William, 205
Rodman, , 218
Mary, 217
Roe, James P.. 180
Joseph Smith. 180
Mary E., 180
Thomas, 180
Roger, capt, 124
Rogers, , 309. 362
Amy, 161
capt.. 363
Elizabeth. 362
Hannah. 155
Jeremiah. 291
John. 2,2, 59
Moses. it^S
Sam'l. ?>7
Rolph. Ruben. 228
Rokison. Clyde. 179
Henry. 179
Ida L.. 179
Samuel. 179
Romainc. Benjamin. 316
Charles, 317
Dora, 317
422
INDEX
Romaine, Elizabeth, 317
family, 178
George H., 316, 317
Grace, 317
Grace H., 317
Grace J., 317
Graham, 317
Lawrence, 317
Lawrence Bond, 317
Mary, 317
Mary Robins, 178, 317
Mason, 317
Samuel B., 178, 316, 317
Samuel B., Mrs., 55
Sam'l B., 152
Washington, 316, 317
William, 317
William H., 317
William Jones, 178, 317
Worthington, 316
Romeyn family, 316
Christyntie, 316
Claes Jansen, 316
Elias, 316
Isaac, 316
Jan, 316
John, 316
Roosevelt, Cornelius, 102
Roscoe, David, 309
Rose, John, 315
Phebe, 315
Rossiter, Edward Van Wyck, 233
Edward V. W., 345
Lucius T., 233
Rowland, Benjamin, 124
Jonathan, 124
Rudderow, John, 175
Ruddick, Jane, 27
Rushmore, , 326
Ann, 329
John. 329, 370
Martha, 329
Phebe, 136
Phebe T., 137
Sarah, 329, 330
Stephen, 137
Thomas, 329
Russell, Anson, 251
Julia, 251
Mary, 256
Rutherfurd family, 187, 249
John, 249
John Morris Livingston, 249
Robert W., 249
Ronald Gordon Stirling, 249
Walter, 186, 249
Rutsen, Sarah, 125, 126
Ryerson, Sarah, 225, 226
Rysam family, 296 '
Fanny, 278, 297
Hannah, 297
Hanna Frippe, 296
Mary, 296, 297
Nancy, 149, 267, 273, 296, 297
Phanny, 296
Sophia, 296, 297
William Johnson, 296
Wm. Johnson, 267, 273, 278
Ryan, John, 22
Ryder, Charity C, 139
John, 368
Sage, John, 365
Sammis, , 312
Abigail, 313
Bethia F., 155
Edgar, 348
Edgar S., 155
Emma E., 155
John, 313
Joseph, 155
Luella J., 155
Rebecca, 312
Sands, Benj., 355
Catharine, 373, 376
James, 248
John, 123, 355, 376
Mary, 339
Mr., 146
Sarah, 248
Sarah (Cornell), 248
Sanford, Nathan, 127
Sargeant, Wm., 365
Saul, Catharine R., 391
Saunders, Catharine, 389
Phoebe, 348
Theodore, 389
Saxton, John, 285
Marrietta, 285
Sayre, , 297
Schauck, Benjamin, 62
Schenck, , 350
Janet je Roelifse, 298
John, 107
Roelof Martense, 298
Schuyler, Alida, 268
Catharine, 125
Phil, 105, 126, 186
Philip Pieterse, 268
Phil J., 121;
Ruth A., 383
Scidmore, Abigail, 270
Scott, Anne, 360
Archibald, 154
Carrie M., 154
Deborah, 360
family, 360
Gen., 91
INDEX
423
Scott, Jackson, 360
Jacomiah, 351
Jeckamiah, 360
John, 360, 368
John Morin, 105
Lazaraus, 360
Lewis A., 212
Mary, 352. 360
Robert, 360
Sarah, 360
Thomas, 360
Walter A., 122, 154
Scudder, , 322
Abigail, 309
Amelia, 310
Amos, 315
Anne, 309
Anne Amelia, 310
Ann Eliza, 285, 314
Anne Cornelia, 313
Annie Hewlett, 311
Atela, 312
Benjamin, 309, 312
Betsey, 233
Charles, 273, 314
Charles Davies, 311, 312
Chas., 285
Cleman, 309
Cornelia, 311, 312
Daniel, 315
Deborah, 314, 315
Dorothy, 382
Dorothy Weeks, 311
Edward Mansfield, 311
Edna Hewlett, 311
Elizabeth, 308, 309, 311, 314, 31^
Elizabeth (Hewlett), 187, 229,
311. 312
Eliza S., 187, 229
Eliza Strong, 310
Ella, 314
Emma Willard, 311
family, 189, 308, 314
Gilbert, 312, 313
Hannah, 309, 314, 315
Hazel L., 312
Henry, 187, 221, 229, 255, 308, 309,
310,311,314,344
Henry C, 313
Henry G.. 189,310,313
Henry Holloway, 311
Henry J., 311, 312
Henr>' Joel, 310, 311
Henry T., 311
Henry Townsend, 311
Hetty, 313
Hewlett, 310, 311, 314
Heyward, 311
Isaac, 309
Isaiah, 309, 313
Scudder, Joan, 308
Joel, 310
John, 308-310, 313-31S
John B., 314
Joseph, 309, 314
Jemima, 232, 309
Jerusha, 309
Leo Hewlett, 312
Lorin Kent, 311
Louisa, 314
Louisa Henrietta, 311, 312
Margaret, 308
Margary, 308
Martha, 3C^
Mary, 273, 308, 309, 313-315. 322,
354
Mary A., 313
Mary E., 311
Mercy, 309
Moses, 309
Naomi. 313
Nora Jarvis, 189, 313
Parnel, 308
Peter, 309
Phebe, 310, 313, 314, 316
Philomen Halstead, 311, 312
Rebecca, 313
Richard, 314
Richard B., 315
Ruth, 309
Samuel, 309, 315, 321
Sarah, 309.310, 313. 3^4, 3^5
Sarah Nlaria, 311, 312
Thayer, 312
Timothy, 309, 310, 314
Thomas, 308, 309, 312-314
Thos., 308
Townsend, 310-31 1
Victor, 314
Willard, 311
William, 308
Wm., 308
Wm. M.,314
Wm. Murray, 313
Youngs Prime, 310
Seabring, Isaac, 223
Seabrooke, Thos., 370
Seabury, Abigail, 226
Adam. 91, 320
Charles, 158, 160
Elizabeth, 328
Ellen, 160
family. 160
Kezia. 160
Marv, 160
Rev.' Dr., 128, 148
Samuel, 150, 160, 161, 173,226,328
Saml., 87, 98, 103,320
Susan Maria, 160
William Jones, 160
J
424
INDEX
-,260
Seaman, —
Abigail, 353
Alma, 181, 357
Almy, 125, 133, 354
Ann, 295
Benj., 98, 104
Benjamin, 181, 243, 35^ 372, 375
Billop, 132, 190
Billopp, 245, 247, 248
Billopp Benjamin, 246
Braddock, 354
Catharine, 246. 248
David, 34, 67, 69, 363
Deborah, 356
Edmund, 246, 248
Elisabeth, 375
Elizabeth, 100, 243, 351, 35s, 358
Emma J., 254
Hannah M., 280, 281
Henry O., 358
Hester M., 190
Hester Mary, 245, 246
Isaac, 356
Israel, 125
Jacob, 133, 235, 338, 352, 356, 357
Jane, 322, 352, 354, 356
Jane Mott, 243
Jemima, 157, 181
John. 65, 84, 287, 351, 353, 354,
356, 363, 369, 370, 372, 374
Jordan, 358
Kezia, 381
Keziah, 2>](>
Leonard, 323
Martha, 156
Mary, 201, 352. 355, 356, 358, 384
Mary Jane, 157
Richard, 351, 354, 358, 371, 375
Robert, 135, 295, 357
Rosetta, 354
Samuel, 157
Sarah, 2i7^
Sarah R., 136
Solomon, loi, 356
Thomas, 100, 156, 354, 355
Thos., 100. 295, 338, 353. 358, 384
Willett,3s6
William, 280. 281
Wm.. 357
Zebulon, 41, 67, 69, 235, 356
Searing, Saml., 350
Semple, Isabella M., 202
Seely, David, 143
Seward, Mr., 171
Seymour, Henry, 319
Mary, 319
Sharpe, W. C, 220
Sheffield, Cordelia, 180
Joseph, 26
Shelton, Andrew, 262
Ann, 263
Charles Jones, 262
Daniel, 261, 263
Eliza, 262
Elizabeth, 261, 263
Eliza H. S., 262
Esther, 263
family, 261
Fanny G., 262
Frederick, 262
Frederick W., 262
John D., 262, 263, 273
John Dundass, 262
Joseph, 261, 263
Mary, 262, 263
Mary A., 262
Mary S., 262
Nathan, 262, 263
Richard, 261
Samuel. 261, 262
Sarah Graves, 262
William, 263
Shepard. Alice, 269
Hercules, 269
Shepherd, Ellen, 299
Sheppard, Jno., 96
Shipman, John, 153
Lucinda, 153
Shivers, Richard, 22
Sherburne, Ambrose, 238
Charles, 239
Edward, 238
Eleanor, 238
Eleanor M., 237, 239
Eleanor Mary, 181, 237, 239
Elizabeth, 237, 238
family, 191,237
John, 237, 238, 239
John N.. 191, 237, 239
John Nathaniel, 238
Joseph, 237, 238
Henry, 2},^
Mary, 237, 238
Nathaniel, 238, 239
Samuel, 238
Tobias, 238
Silliman. Gen., 91
Gold S., 87
Sillock. Ebenezer, 244
Sarah, 244
Simes. Caroline E.. 261
Simonds, Edith V. M., 389
Eleanor Hearn. 389
Francis Mav, 389
Frederick W., 389
Samuel V. M.. 389
Simonson. Charles, 41
Geo., 346
Jas. B., 346
INDEX
425
Simonson, John H., 346
Lydia, 327
Margaret, 136
Sarah W., 137
William, 295
Skidmore, , 314
Caroline, 292
Charles Peters, 292
family, 292
George Whitehead, 292
Hannah, 285, 314
James H., 292, 294
Jas. H., 342
Mary Jane, 292
Samuel, 285, 320
Samuel Trc-dwell, 292
Sarah Maria, 292
Susannah, 294
Susannah Hewlett, 292
Slaughter, John, 22
Sleight, Cornelius, 297
Slote, Sarah, 229
Smith, , 20, 155, 227, 234, 256,
292, 349, 350, 363. 364
Abel, 321, 353, 357
Adam, 194
Amelia, 250, 251
Amelia T., 252
Anne, 157. 164, 182
Apollos, 250, 251
Carman, 155, 156
Cartharine Mildeberger, 164
Charles, 383
Charles C, 188
Charles JefFery, 250
Charles Jeffry, 251
Chas. H., 294
Clara Forest, 252
Col., 278
Daniel, 282
Deborah. 259, 363. 383
Edith S., 252
Edmund, 194
Edmund T., 391
Egbert T., 284
Elbert Haring, 251
Elbert Jones, 250
Eleanor Jones, 252
Eleanor S., 252
Elizabeth, 79, 227, 259, 260, 284,
320, 380
Emilie M.,252
Emily. 201
Emily Glentworth, 164
Ephraim. 231
Ezckiel, 82, 383
family, 55. 160, 250, 292
Frances ( Wortman), 282
Prank Gladson, 156
Freelove Jones, 319
Smith, George 350
Gerrit, 320
Gilbert Carman, 155, 156
Hamilton Holmes, 251
Hannah, 250, 253, 284, 332
Hannah P., 160
Helen Agnes, 188
Helen Tangier, 251
Henry, 51
Henry Youngs, 252
Isc, 92
Isaac, 42, 79, 91, 242, 294, 319
Jac, 377
Jacob, 56, 78, 86, 142, 320, 363
James, 227
James Weeks, 250
Jeffry Tangier, 251
Jennie, 357
Jeremiah, 201
John, 353
John Mildeberger, 164
John (Tangier), 284
John Treadwell, 252
John Tredwell, 250
Jonathan, 194
Jones, 155
Joseph, 50, 157
Julia Jones, 252
Julia Riggs, 251
Lavinia, 350
Lucretia, 294
Margaret, 244
Mary, 155, 163, 185, 383
Mary Elizabeth, 151;
Mary Morrison, 201
Martha, 263, 377
Melancton, 11, 163,291,292,382
Micah. 78
Minnie. 391
Miriam Tangier, 251
Morris, 357
Phebe, 292, 363. 377
Phebe A., 156
Phebe (Alien). 244
Philetus, 250, 284
Phoebe, 319
Richard, 194, 259, 350. 368
Richard, Jr., 370
Richard (Ruil).284
Richard (Bull Smith), 283
Richard ]l.J., 155
Richbcll. 292
Robert. 284
Robert Russell, 250, 251
Rock. 155
Russell Rrownell, 251
Ruth. 357
Royal H., 252
Samuel. 292. 357
Sarah, 283, 284, 292, 321, 350, 357
426
INDEX
Smith, Sarah E,, 282
Sidney, 240, 292
Sidney Tangier, 250, 252
Solomon, 363
Susan Maria W., 251
Susanna, 139
Susannah, 231
Tabitha, 194
Thomas, 81, 244
Thos., 350
William, 18, 70. 160, 250. 284
William Henry, 250, 251
William Henry T., 251
William Henry (Tangier
Smiths), 284
William S., 251,252
William Sidnev, 130,160,250,251,
283, 284
Wm., 70, ■/2, 73, 103, 105
Wm.. Sr. or Jr.,87
Wm. H., 182
Wm. Henry, 284
Wm. N., 342
Wm. Sidney, Mrs., 10
Sparks. Elizabeth, 348
Spaulding, Harriet Riggs, 251
Spencer. Ira, 152
Mar}-, 230
Samantha, 152
Sperry, Mary, 267
Richard, 267
Spinney, Louisa, 261
Springer, Mary M., 230
Southard. Benjamin, 182
Harriet, 182
Mary. 376. 381
Mary E., 182
Saml., 376, 381
Southworth, Constant, 236
Snowden, Charles, 245
Harriet, 245
Robert, 245
Theodore, 245
Thomas, 245
William, 245
Wm. E., 245
Wm. H.. 245
Stansbury. Elizabeth, 182
Stanton, Anna B., 274
George W., 199
Mary Louisa, 199
Starkin, Jos., 375
Starkins, Joseph, 374, 381
Starman. Elizabeth H., 263
Eliza H., 262
Frederick, 262, 263
Marj^ (Dundass), 262
Stephens, Wm., 194
Stephenson, •
— ,217
Abigail, 256
Danl., 374
Hannah, 374
Stephen, 256
Stevens, Esther, 290
Thos., 290
Stevenson, Charity, 217
Daniel, 334
Danl., 379
Edward, 219
Stewart, Ann, 280
Anne, 174
Caroline, 261
Catharine, 279, 280
Charles, 279, 280. 281
Charles J., 280, 281
Charles Jones, 174, 280
Charles P., 174, 261, 280
Charles Pers, 279
Elizabeth. 279
Elizabeth Jones, 174, 280
family, 174, 279
Helen, 62, 261, 280
Helen Elizabeth, 280
Helen Jones, 174, 280
James, 279, 280
James F., 280
John, 261
John H. Jones, 174, 280
Robert Wakefield, 280
Walter Jones, 174, 280
Stiles, Ezra, 87
Francis, 220
Mary, 220
Stilwell. Ann, 371
James Savage, 299
Mary, 371
Nicholas, 371
Sophia Sommers, 299
Stirling. Lord, 91, 300
Stoothoff. Elbertse, 217
Helena, 217
Storrs, John, 289
Strakosh. Josephine, 311
Seigfried, 311
Stratton. E. Piatt, 284, 285, 314
Eliphalet Piatt, 166
family, 166
Harriet, 285
Jane, 166
Jeannie, 285
Mary. 166
Piatt. 166, 285
William, 166
Strebeck, Geo., 383
Street, Chas. R., 313
Shallum B., 313
Strickland, John, 351
INDEX
427
Striker, James, ^83
Lavinia (Winifred), 383
Strong, Eliza, 255
John, 263
Selah, 194, 263
Susannah, 263
Thomas, 263
Sturpes, Alfred B., 206
Wm., Jr., 147
Stuyvesant, Gov., 20, 25, 28, 30, 31, 368
Petrus. 98
Stryker, Mary, 204
Suarez, L. S., 147
Sullivan, , 205
Summers, Jane, 33
Samuel S., 33
Sutton, Alice, 256
Martha, 378, 383
Wm., 256
Suydam, Gerrit, 257
Jane, 187, 249
John, 187, 249
Swift, Alice, 268
Chas., 269
John, 269
Sarah, 166, 269
Symons, Richard, 288
( Seaman ) , John, 370
Symonson, John, 320
Symes, Lancaster, 210, 211, 212
Syms, Lancaster, 44
Talmadge, Nathaniel, 310
Tappen, Anna, 156
Taylor, Dr., 51
Francis, 222
Mary, 222, 331
Robert, 331
Zachary, 203
Ter Boss, Johannes, 239
Mary, 239
Terhune, Styntie Alberts, 316
Terry, George, 293
Hannah, 286
John, 352
Robert, 286
Sarah Clarke, 293
Thayer, , 236
Bcnj., 354 ;
Geo. A., 312
Mary Dannet, 312
Thebaud, Edward, 312
Edward V., 312
Thing, Elizabeth, 307
Thomas, 307
Thomas, A. H.,388
Angic, 388
Charity, 266
John. 44. 46, 47. 54. 56-58, 65, 67,
194, 266
Thompson, George, 263
Hezekiah, 267
Polly, 263
Thong, Mary, 318
Thonge, Maria, 268
Walter, 268
Thorndike, , 365
Thorne, , 201
Abigail, 3815
Anna Eliza, 139
Charles, 259
Conde R., 258
Conde Raguet, 206, 207
Cornelia, 251
Cornelia Kelsey, 251
Daniel, 224, 259
Edward Floyd-Jones, 207
Elizabeth, 258, 373, 385
Ellen Cox, 205
family, 258
Hannah, 223, 256
Henry, 251
Henry W., 339
John, 256, 258
Jonathan, 139, 140
Jonathan J., 139
Joseph, 258, 259, 277, 353
J. J., no
Katherine de Lancey, 207
Keziah, 218
Leonard M., 259
Martha, 336
Martha A., 201
Mary, 136, 224, 258, 387
Mary J., 139
Mortimer, 206
Nicholas, 387
Phebe, 373
Phebe Jane, 139
Philip, 385
Richard, 205, 223, 224, 373
R. V. W., 205
Samuel, 258
Samuel, Jr., 218
Sarah, 256, 258, 353
Solomon, 140
Susannah, 252, 258, 277
Thomas. 259
Thos., 336
William, 256, 258, 259
Wm., 252
Thorneycraft. Wm.. 325
Tiffrmy. Louis C, 166
Tillcy, Jacob, 343
Tilcston, Thos., 147
Titus, Abial, 321, 322
Henj. Mott,385
Charles P., 322
Content, 321
Edmond, 219. 315, 321, 322, 351
428
INDEX
Titus, Edmund, 293
Elizabeth, 322
family, 321
Hannah, 321
Isaac, 327
James, 322
Jane, 321
John, 321, 322
Margaret, 323
Martha, 321
Mary, 2Q3, 321, 322, 323, 337
Michael, 323
Patience, 322
Peter, 320, 321, 322, 323, 337, 351,
354
Phebe, 315, 321, 323
Rebecca, 322
Richard, 320, 323
Robert, 321, 322
Samuel, 321, 323, 353
Sarah, 322, 323, 337
Silas, 321
Susannah, 321
Thomas, 327
Willett, III
William H., 323
Wm. H., 385
Zipporah, 322
Todd, Justus, 179
Toffey, Daniel, 350
family, 350
George, 350
Hannah, 350
John, 350
John C, 332
Levine, 350
Mary, 350
Phebe, 350
Phoebe, 350
Rebecca, 350
Sarah, 350
Topping, , 283
Temperance, 283
Tousen, Hendrick, 25
Townsend, , 201, 234
Abigail. 136
Anne Helme, 182
Aurelia, 58
Benjamin, 41
Dinah, 221
Elizabeth, 25, 26, 59
Elizabeth H., 347
Elizabeth T., 345
Ethelinda, 244
family, 26, 32
Freelove, 14, 25, 27, 32, 36, 59-61
Geo., 33
George, 33, 41, 136, 29s
Townsend, George H., 312
Henry, 25, 26, 31, 40, 242, 260, 322,
323, 354
Hewlett, 327, 337, 345, 347
Isaiah, 59
James, 27,41, 58, 62
Jane, 347
Jane P., 345
John, 17, 21, 25-28, 32, 37, 42, 47,
52, 59, 77, 244, 323, 325, 333
Joseph, 282
Joseph L., 136
Jotham, 253, 373
Lydia, 260
Lydia P., 386
Mary, 27, 28, 59, 109, 117, 284, 293,
295, 323, 333, 334. 336, 337, 353.
355, 356
Noah, 341, 356
Obadiah, 260, 386
Phebe, 260
Penn, 34, 80
Peter, 59
Restore, 27
Richard, 25, 26, 293, 295, 323, 324,
333, 334, 337, 354
Ruemourn, 27, 28, 117, 295, 335, 340
Sarah, 26, 27, 58, 59, 112, 135, 201,
234, 2zi4, 335, 340, 341
Sarah E., 312
Sarah (Wright), 244
Solomon, 284
Sylvanus, 27
Temperance, 27, 322
Timothy, 109, 333, 337, 355
Thomas, 19, 25-28, 32, 35, 36, 40,
43, 55, 58-60, 293, 324
Thos., 14, 25, 26, 27, 32-35, 43, 53,
77
Wil. 118
Travis, Danl., 257
Elizabeth (Jimerson), 328
Phebe, 328
Samuel. 328
Treadwell, Benjamin, 338
Charity, 118
Edward L., 343
Henry, 339, 343
John, 58. 63
Margaret, 63
Saml., 334
Treat, Joanna, 261
Richard. 261
Tredick, T. Salter, 240
Tredwell, Benjamin, 197, 253, 254, 328.
329
Chanty, 356
Elizabeth, 254, 329
Emma A.. 161
family, 328
INDEX
429
Tredwell, Glorianna, 379
James. 329
John, 50, 219, 356, 272
John H., 161
Henry, 329, 342
Henry Edmund, 161
Margaret, 123
Margaret U., 161
Martha D., 161
Mary, 2,7 i
Peggy, 253
Phebe, 197
Samuel, 329
Susannah, 329
Thos., 130, 356
Timothy, 235, 329
William, 328
Wm., 321
Trip. Penelope, 229
Trumbull, John, 290
Truxton, Thos., 98
Tryon. Gov., 72,, 74, §9, 97
Wm.. 90
Tuller, Eva., 153
Tunstall. Henry, 250
Martha, 250
Turk, Ahasuerus, 102
Cornelius, 102
Eleanor, 102
Elizabeth, 237
Tuthill, Christopher, 289
Matzey, 289
Oscar L., 181
Samuel H., 181
Tyrwhett, John, 209
Udall, Phil, 313
Sarah, 356
Underbill, , 234
Abraham, 26. 58, lOi, 242, 243
Abraham C, 181
Alfred, 137
Amee, 243
Amos, 243
Ann. 244
Benjamin, 242, 390
Benoni, 241
Cornelia, 384
Daniel, 80, 242, 243, 244
Danl., 357
David. 242-244, 384
Deborah, 242. 334
Dinah, 243
Elizabeth, 79. 241, 242, 244, 384
family, 241
Hannah, 131, 242, 244, 282, 350
Harry, 181
Helena, 222
Isaac, 243
Jacob, 242, 244
Underbill, James, 390
John, 39, 79, 222, 241, 242, 243, 244
John l''., 241
Joseph, 244
Mary, 222, 242
Mary (Moseley), 241
Nathaniel, 242
Pamelia, 136
Peter, 131, 242, 244, 282, 350
Phebe Smith, 244
Richard, 136
Samuel, 34, 222, 242, 243
Sarah, 58, 243, 244
Sarah T., 137
Sol, 378
Solomon, 243
Smith, 244
Theodosia, 244
Thomas F., 244
Thos., 350
Townscnd, 181
Wm., 384
Unthank, Christopher, 27
Mary, 27
Susannah, 27
Upham, Col., 100
Urquhart, Wm., 46
Vail, Jeremiah, 289
Mary. 289
Sarah, 314
Valentine. , 328
Abraham, 257
David. 326
Elizabeth, 257
Esther, 384
family. 257
Hannah, 257
Hewlett, 257
Jeremiah, 257
Martha, 257
Marv. 257
Obadiah,22i,257. 384
Robert, 257
Ruth, 257
Samuel, 257
Sarah, 257
Silas, 136
Thomas. 257
Thos., 257. 335
Van Antwerp, Thos. Irving, 312
Van .Applcdorn, Cnes. 247
Van Brugli, Catliarine, 268
Johannes. Pieterse, 268
Peter, 268
Van Brunt. Ellen, 255
N. R..255
Van Buren. Thos.. 349
Sarah. 387
Wm. H..387
430
INDEX
Van Cleef, Abraham John, 299 Van Wyck,
Angelica, 298
Antje, 299
Benjamin, 298, 299
Catharine, 298
Cornelius, 298, 299, 300
Derick, 299
Derrick, 299
Elizabeth Howell, 300
Ellen S., 300
Ellen Shepherd, 189, 300
Elsie, 299
family, 298
Femmetje, 299
George, 299
Helen, 299
Henry Howell, 300
Isbrant, 298
Isaac, 299
Jacob, 299
James Spencer, 189, 299, 300
Jane, 299
Jannetje, 299
Jans, 298, 299
John, 298
Joseph, 298, 299
Laurens, 298, 299
Lysbeth, 299
Margaret, 299
Marike, 299
Mary, 299
Matilda, 299 '
Nelke, 298, 299
Peter, 299
Sophia, 299
Van Marter, 299
Van Cott, Garret, 119
Mary, 327
Van Couwenhoven, Neeltje Gerntse,
298
Van Dam, Rip, 44. "i» 210, 2ii, 212,
268
Sarah, 268
Vanderbeck, Rem Jansen, 248, 249
Vanderbilt, Hendrick, 299
Vanderspiegle, Laurens, 268
Van Deusen, Sara A., 215
Van Dewater, Femmetje, 298
Van Nostrand, Fanny, 274
Gardiner, 274
Gerrit, 257
John, 273, 337
John J., 273
Sarah Middagh, 273
Van Schlichtenhorst, Margaret, 268
Van Tilburg, Jan, 102
Van Velsor, Mary, 257
Van Voorhees, Willemptje Lucasse,
298
Van Werven, Catharine, 223
,225
Abigail, 224, 232
Abraham, 223, 224, 225, 236, 339,
340, 343
Abraham H., 225
Adriantje, 223
Albert B., 225
Altje, 223,227, 239
Anna, 223
Anne, 225
Augustus, 226
Barent, 223, 224, 232, 335
Benjamin S., 226
Catharine, 223
Cornelius, 223, 225, 226
Cornelius Barentse, 223, 225
Edward W., 225
Elizabeth, 167, 223, 225, 226, 227,
339, 343
family, 223, 332
Francis, 225
Gilbert, 226
Hannah (Carman), 232
Harriet, 260
Helen, 225
Jane, 225
Janiche, 226
Jannetje, 223
Johannes, 223, 225, 226
John, 180
Joshua H., 225, 342
Letitia, 227
Lydia, 226
Margaret, 227
Maritje, 223
Mary, 224, 225, 226, 227
Mary K., 225
Theodorus, 223, 224, 226, 239
Thomas, 224
Thos., 100*
Rhoda. 114. 140, 224, 336, 340, 343
Robert, 226
S., 260
Samuel, 224, 225, 226, 335
Samuel A., 225
Samuel H., 224
Samuel M., 226
Sarah, 224
Sarah W., 180
Susanah, 223
Susannah, 221;
Whitehead H., 225
William, 225, 226
Zeruah, 224, 225, 226, 343
Varick, Richard, 106
Vamum, Joseph B., 390
Julia M., 390
Margaret, 390
Mary, 390
INDEX
431
Vclsor, Charles, 348
Dudley, 348
Verplanck, Julian, Jr., 246
Vesey, Wm., 46, 65
Wagener, Abraham N., 304
Frances H., 304
Walker, Frederick, 178
Jacob, 152, 178
Richard Taylor, 246
Sue Howard, 246
Wallace, James, 280
Walters, Geo. T., 349
Mary, 346
Peter, 346
Walton, Capt., 96
Eliza, 318
Jacob, 96
Jonathan, 318
William, 68
Walworth, John, 240
Judge, 128
Want, Capt., 21
Waring, Eleanor P., 386
Warn, John S., 153, 178
John T., 179
Leslie, 179
Warner, Cynthia, 154
Elizabeth, 238
Elizabeth (Wentworth), 238
Samuel, 238
Warren. Mary, 281
Peter, 89
Thomas, 281
Warwick, Virginia E., 167
William Sidney, 167
Washburn, Agnes, 351
Jane, 221,351
John, 277
William, 351
Wm.,22i
Washburne, Agnes, 219
Daniel, 219
Ephraim, 220
family, 219
Frank, Jr., 205
Hope, 2 1 9, 220
Jane, 219, 220
John, 219, 220
Marguerite Glentworth, 205
Martha, 219, 293, 321
Mary, 219, 220
Phebe,2i9
Samuel, 220
Sarah, 219, 220
Susannah, 220
William, 219, 220
Wm., 293, 321
Washington, Gen., 91, 123
Waters, Bcnj., 257
Carrie R., 364
Eliza J., 3O4
Ida B., 364
Jonathan Conklin, 364
Mary, 343
Peter, 343
Phil., 364
Rachel, 257
Winifred, 364
Watson, Arnold B., 307
Gertrude Ellen, 182
Joseph, 182
Sarah A., 189, 307
Watts, Charles, 198
Geo., 237
Helen, 198
John, Jr., 89
Way, Jane, 384
Samuel, 384
Webster, Elizabeth, 307
Noah, 215
Thos., 307
Weed, Hannah, 281
Weekes-Wickes family, 231
Francis, 231
Thomas, 231
Weeks, Archibald C, 265
Clara W., 265
family, 160, 265
Francis, 2>?,
Francis W., 265
George, 41
Harriet P., 265
Harry C, 265
Jac. M., 311
James, 265
James E., 265
James H., 160, 265
John, 2,3< 136, 326
Joseph, 33
Julia E., 265
Laura A., 265
L. H.,231,248
Margaret Mott. 311
Miriam, 265
Reginald C. 265
Samuel, 136
Susan A., 26';
Susan M., 265
Susan Maria, 265
Townsend, 244
William J., 265
William Jones, 160,265
Wm., 257
Welles F.li/abeth,26l
Samuel, 261
Thos.. 261
Wells. Maria L.. 346
Maria Livingston, 343
432
INDEX
Welwood, Arthur, 184
Julia Elizabeth, 184
Wentworth, John, 238
West, Sarah A., 254
Westcott, John, 152
Lucy, 152
Wetmore, Wm. S., 147
Wheaton, Anne, 338
Whipple, Amiel W., 236
Amiel Weeks, 191, 236, 237, 239
Ann, 235
Anna, 235
Annette Bailey, 191, 237
Charles William, 191, 235, 237
Daniel, 236
David, 236, 237
Eleanor Sherburne, 191, 237
Elizabeth, 235
Elizabeth Sherburne, 237
Emeline, 236
family, 191
George, 236
Jacob, 236
James, 235, 236
John, 235
Jonathan, 235
Joseph, 235, 236
Lydia, 236
Margaret, 235
Mary, 235, 236
Matthew, 235
Ruth, 23s
Sarah, 235
Sherburne, 191,237
Walter Jones, 191, 237
William, 191, 235, 237
White, Alice, 251
Edward, 43
James Cameron, 266
Miles, 251
Phebe, 184
Robert. 184
Thomas Harrison, 266
William H., 266
Wm. Hubbard, 266
Whitehead, , 218
Daniel, 309
Deborah, 253, 332
Helena, 257
Jane, 256
Jonathan, 253, 332
Mary, 309
Susannah, 332, 334
Whitman, ■
-, 363
Whitney, Harriet, 263
Laura Jeannie, 203
Stephen, 231
Warcham, 203
Wm., 263
Whitson, •
-,296
Hannah (Powell), 327
Henry, 326, 327
Keziah, 326, 327
Thomas, 2>7_
Whittemore, Sidney, 390
Whittlesey, Dorothy, 267
Wickes, Albert E., 232
Deborah, 232
Eliphalet, 232
Eliza H., 232
George F., 233
Hannah, 232
Hezekiah, 233
John, 233
John H., 233
Jonathan, 233
Josiah, 362
Margaret, 232
Mary. 233, 362
Nathaniel, 233
Silas, 232
Thomas, 224, 232, 233
Van Wyck, 232, 233
Van Wyck, Jr., 343
Wickham, Elizabeth, 289
Joseph, 289
Wicks, Abigail, 342
Hannah, 339, 342
Martha R., 137
Thomas, 342
Thos.,339
Wigham, Isaac, 201
Mary Caroline, 201
Wiley, Leroy M., 147
Wilkes, Paul T., 185
Wilkjns, Lela, 226
Wilkinson, Jane, 209
Willard, Emma, 311
John H., 311
Willet, Thos., 52
Willets, Abigail, 221, 293
Deborah, 332, 335
Dinah (Townsend),242
Elizabeth, 221, 242
Hannah, 221, 243
Hope, 221
Jacob, 221, 353
John, 221, 332, 335
Joseph Hewlett, 349
Martha, 221, 384
Mary, 220, 221, 328
Mary (Titus), 328
Mercy, 221
Obadiah, 136
Phebe, 221,374
(Willitts, Willetts), Richard, 220
Richard, 221, 293, 328, 353, 374
Roland R., 136
Saml., 328
INDEX
433
Willets, Thomas, 221,242
Thos., 243
Willett, , 219
Abraham, 217
AHce, 63
Andrew, 222
Ann, 222
Anna, 63, 99. 217, 2i8
Anne, 54
Cornehus, 218
Deborah, 217, 219
Edward, 222
Elbert, 217
Ehzabeth, 217,218
family, 67, 217
Francis, 222
Gilbert, 63, 218
Gilbert C, 218
Gloriana, 219
Helena, 218, 219
Isaac, 218
John, 217, 218, 219, 260
Jonathan, 260
Keziah, 218
Margaret, 63, 217, 218
Marinus, 222
Martha, 222
Mary, 217, 218, 222
Richard, 217, 218
Samuel, 222
Sarah, 217, 218, 219, 260
Thomas. 63, 217, 218, 219, 221, 222
Thos.. 20, 47, 221, 255, 260
William, 63, 64, 217, 218, 219
Wm., 20, 63, 65, 99
Wm. M., 223
Willetts, Mary, 221
Richard, 219,221
Williams, , 180
Ann, 296
Coleman, 202
Coleman Candy, 202
Coleman Hawley, 202
Edith, 202
Elizabeth, 180, 333. 337
Hope, 43
Jane, ^37
John, 43
Robt., 220
Roger, 366
Sarah Floyd-Jones, 202
Thomas, 221
Thos., 333. 337
Valentine, 337
Willis, Abigail, 27, I35. UO, 295
Adam, 295
Alfred, 387
Amy, 294
Caroline, 294
Elizabeth, 294
Willis, Esther, 27, 117, 295, 296
Ethelinda, 296, 359
family, 124, 293
Fry, 295
Hannah, 136. 137, 295, 296
Harmot C, 136
Henry. 293, 296, 322
Jacob, 295
Jacob B., 137
James, 320
Jane, 294
John, 124, 221, 293, 294, 295, 296,
374
John T., 292
John Townsend, 294
Margaret, 293
Mary, 152, 294, 295, 296, 322, 343.
353. 357, 383
Mary Townsend, 294
Phebe, 293, 295
Richard, 46
Ruth, 117. 267, 295, 333, 336
Saml., 101,353. 357
Samuel, 34. 294, 295- 296, 378
Samuel Jones, 293. 294
Sarah, 293, 294, 295, 2>22. 378
Townsend, 27, 135. 136, 295, 296,
343. 359
Virginia, 294
William. 117. 293. 294, 295, 321,
333, 336, 383
William J., 293
William Jones, 294
William M., 137
William Townsend, 293, 294
Wm., 27
Willits, Phebe, 294
Wilmerding, Helen A., 231
Wilmot, Alexander, 289
Hepsibah, 289
Windle, Mary Anna, 182
Wm. Bradley, 182
Winne, Peter, 68
Winslow, Clarissa, 337
Ephraim, 337
Winthrop, Adam, 274
Anne, 274
Annie, 83
Fones and Hallett family chart,
275
family, 83
Gov.,'364
Henry, 241,274
John. 83. 241,274
John. Jr.. 330
Withensbusv. Jane, 346. 348
Wolcott. LcroyR.. I79
Morton Newell, 179
Mvron H., I79
I William, 179
I'-L
INDEX
Wolcott, William \\\ 179
Wood, , III
Abigail, 228
Abr?.ha"rn, 112
Anna. 231
Anna Lawton, 187, 229
Anne, 228
Annette, 206
Arnold, 229
Edmond. 227
Elizabeth, 157. 227. 228
Elizabeth Hewlett, 187. 229
Esther, 228
family. 187. 227
Hannah, 1 11. 381
Henry Lawrence, 187, 229
Henry Scudder, 229
Isaac, 228
James. 228
Jeremiah, 227. 228
John, 227, 228, 229, 384
James R,. 178, 231
Jonah, 310
Jonas. 227. 228, 360
Joseph. 227
Judith Fleet, 228
Lotrisa Mott, 231
Martha, 227
Mary. 137, 228
Merinda, 140
Miles. 157
Peleg, 228
Phebe, 227, 31a 373
Ro>aL 206
Sarah. 309
Simeon. 140
Stephen, 157, 228, 373
Susan Jones, 187. 229
Timothy, 228
William W.. 187. 229, 310. 347
William Wilton, i^. 227. 229
William Wilton, Jr., 229
William Woodend. 228, 229
Wm.. 147
Wm. H.. 328
Wm M.. 328
Wooden. John, 120
rWorden). John, 119
Woodhul!. Benjamin, 286
Caleb. 285
Charity. 286
Charles Smith, 285
Charies v., 314
Qemence, ^6
Daniel E.. 286
Deborah. 283
Dorothy. 283
Eleanor. 285
Elizabeth, ^
Experience, ^6
Woodhull, family, 166, iSS, 283-285
Fannv. 2S6
F. S ..'283
Hannah. 286
Harriet, :^^, 314
Harriet L.. 284
Harriet Louise, 285
Helen. 286
J.Amherst, 314
Jeffrey .\mher5L 285
John, 283, 284.285
Josephine. 287
Josiah. 166. 188, 283, 285, 286, 2^
Josiah T., 286
Josiah Townsend, 287
Juliana. 284
Martha L.. 286
Xanc>-. 286
Natiianiel. 77. 194, 2W. ^3, 284.
286
Oliver Jones. 188, 286. 287
Pollv. 286
Richard. S7. 283. 284. 285
Rnth. 250, 283, 284
Samuel. 28^. 286
Samuel T.. 286
Samuel Terry. 286
Smith. 285
Temperance, 286
Thomas Frost, 2^
Zebulon. 286
Woodruff. David. 140
Woodward. Mehitable, 151
Woolen-. Elizabeth, 341
Henry. 341
Jos.. 350
Joseph, 339
Rebecca, 339
SamL.334
Woolsey, Benj., 282
Geo.. 255. 274
Hannah, 282
Sarah. 274. 352, 386
Worthineton. Catharine K 348
W.. 96
Wortman, Coles, 224
Wright, , 356
-Austin, 153
Caleb, 325
Daniel. 376
Deborah. 325
Delivered. 27
Edmund, 46
Edna, 153
Edward A., 153
Elizabeth. 224. 325
John, 28. 22s
Margaret 356
Mary, 123
Mercy, 323, 325
INDEX
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Wright, Nicholas, 325, 383
Peter, 27. 31
Rose, 28
Saml., 257
William A.. 153
William Willis, 153
Wm., 235
Wm., Jr., 123
Yerkes family, 300
Young, Alden, 365
Esther. 140
Ruth. 154
St. John. 154
Youngs. Christopher. 287, 352
Daniel, I2q. 244. 282
Daniel K.. 2S2
David Jones, 2S2
D. K.. 131
family, 130, 281
Hannah. 282, 283
Isaac, 114,340
Youngs, Israel, 113
John. 2S1
John F., 2S2
Joseph, 330
Kezia. ^
Keziah, 129
Margaret, 2S7
Margen.- P., 282
Margery Fleet, 132
Martha. 2S7
Patience. 289
Penelope, 282
Philip. loi
Samuel, i iS. 132. 282. 283
Susan M.. 2S2
Susannah Kelsey. 205
Thomas. 281. 2$3
William Jones, 282
Zamora. Librada. 187
Zenger. . 103
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