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Arrived on Unknown Vessel in 1643
The line below is currently for the progenitor of the United State branch of this family line.
The immigrant, Ralph Jones, came to the United States in 1643.
The English branch is not presently included.
Generation One:
Ralph Jones- b. abt 1623 at England; m. 17 April 1650 Mary Fuller at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; d. 1692 at Barnstable, Barnstable, MA, aged 69 years.
Their Children:
1.Mehitable b. abt 1651 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; m. John Fuller
2. Matthew b. abt 1653 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA;
3. Shubael b. 27 August 1654 at Barnstable, Barnstable, MA;
4. Jedidiah b. 4 January 1656 at Barnstable, Barnstable, MA; m. 18 March 1682 Hannah Davis
5. John b. 14 August 1659 at Barnstable, Barnstable, MA; d. abt 25 February 1730 at Barnstable, Barnstable, MA, aged 70 years.
6. Mercy b. 14 November 1666 at Barnstable, Barnstable, MA
7. Ralph b. 1 October 1669 at Barnstable, Barnstable, MA; m. Deborah Coombs; d. aft 1696, aged 26 years
8. Samuel b. abt 1671 at Barnstable, Barnstable, MA; m. 26 June 1718 Mary Blish at Barnstable, Barnstable, MA
9. Ephraim b. abt 1673 at Barnstable, Barnstable, MA;
10. Mary b. abt 1675 at Barnstable, Barnstable, MA
Ralph was listed as able to bear arms in Plymouth, Plymouth, MA in 1643. He later removed to Barnstable, Barnstable, MA in 1654. He settled at Scorton. The house stood on the main land within a few feet of the boundary of Sandwich, Barnstable, MA. He was a farmer. In 1657 he was fined for not regularly attending meeting. He later became a member of the Quaker Society in Sandwich, MA. He took the oath of fidelity in 1657. In June 1657 Ralph Jones and Edward Dillingham arrested for having Friend's meeting. Jones fined and Dillingham admonished.
Ralph Jones will dated 11th of 3rd month (May) 1691 and proved 20 April 1692, he "being aged". In it he asked to be buried at the "Quaker Buring Place" in Sandwich and left money to the Quakers, Mentioned wife (unnamed) his father Fuller, sons Shubael, Jedediah, Ralph, Samuel, Mathew, John and Ephraim, the last not yet 21 and daughters: Mercy, Mary and Hittable son Shubael, executor.
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Generation Two:
Matthew Jones- b. abt 1653 at Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; m(1) Unknown Nee Unknown: m(2). 14 January 1688 Mercy Goodspeed at Barnstable, Barnstable, MA; d. abt 1 August 1749 at Barnstable, Barnstable, MA, aged 96 years.
M(2) Children:
1. Benjamin b. 3 January 1690 at Barnstable, Barnstable, MA; m. 30 August 1721 Hannah Gifford
2. Ralph b. 5 January 1692 at Barnstable, Barnstable, MA; m. 17 March 1721 Abigail Linnell
3. Experience b. 1 March 1697 at Barnstable, Barnstable, MA
4. Josiah b. 14 June 1702 at Barnstable, Barnstable, MA
5. Ebenezer b 6 June 1706 at Barnstable, Barnstable, MA
6. Rebecca b, abt 1708 at Barnstable, Barnstable, MA
Matthew owned Mr. Nathaniel Bacon's Great Lot at Cotuit. On 16 October 1690, he exchanged this land for 30 acres on the west of John Dunham's land near Santuit. Matthew had a wife before Mercy but the name is unknown. He married at age 18 and remarried Mercy at the age of 22 years.
Generation Three:
Ebenezer Jones- b. 6 June 1706 at Barnstable, Barnstable, MA; m(1) 19 march 1728 Jane King at Marshfield, Plymouth, MA; m(2) 1 March 1732 Hannah Jones at Barnstable, Barnstable, MA; m(2). 20 March 1740 Rebecca Crocker at Barnstable, Barnstable, MA;
M(1) Children:
1. Hannah b. 20 December 1728 at Barnstable, Barnstable, MA M(2) Children:
2. Josiah b. abt 1734 at Barnstable, Barnstable, MA
M(3) Children:
1. John b. 1740
2.Tabitha b. abt 1742
3. Remember b. abt 1744
4. Barnabas b. abt 1746
5. Hannah b. abt 1748
6. Josiah b. abt 1750
7. Crocker b. abt 1752
8. Silvanus b. abt 1754
Generation Four:
Sylvanus Jones- b. abt 1754; m(1) abt 1779 Rachel Taylor; m(2) 25 September 1796 Ruth Taber at Dartmouth, Bristol, MA
M(1) Children:
1. Tabitha b. 1 October 1780 at Sandwich, Barnstable, MA; m. 1808 Levi Gifford
2. Hannah b. 2 November 1783 at Sandwich, Barnstable, MA; m. 1816 Alden Allen
3. Deborah b. 11 December 1787 at Sandwich, Barnstable, MA; m. 1806 Silas Valler
4. Ruhamer b. 16 September 1790 at Sandwich, Barnstable, MA; m. 1819 Peter Taber
5. Rachel b. 18 April 1793 at Sandwich, Barnstable, MA; m. Simeon Valler M(2) Children:
6. Saul b. 24 March 1798 at Sandwich, Barnstable, MA; m. 1826 Sarah Hoxie; d. 1 November 1876, aged 78 years.
7. Taylor b. 11 March 1800 at Sandwich, Barnstable, MA
8. Lydia b. 22 October 1802 at Sandwich, Barnstable, MA; m. 15 March 1832 Sylvanus Valler
9. Rebecca Crocker b. 1 December 1804 at Sandwich, Barnstable, MA; m. 1823 Branch Harlow;
10. Remember b. 10 June 1809 at Sandwich, Barnstable, MA; m. 19 February 1839 Edmund Mieggs
11. Hepzibah Wing b. 3 April 1812 at Sandwich, Barnstable, MA; m. 1831 at William B. Godfrey at Fairhaven, Bristol, MA; d. 11 December 1898 at Hanson Plymouth, MA, aged 86 years.
12. Ebenezer b. 19 March 1815 at Sandwich, Barnstable, MA
Sources:
1. Genealogical Notes of Barnstable Families, Col. 2, Amos Otis, pp. 106-111
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