Mary (Alden) Jones (1767 - 1831)

Born 4 Aug 1767 in Middleborough, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Wife of Nehemiah Jones — married 2 Oct 1791 in Raynham, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States

Descendants

Died 7 Jan 1831 at age 63 in Raynham, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

Mary "Polly" Jones was born in early August of 1767, probably at Middleborough, Massachusetts Bay; she was the daughter of Ebenezer Alden and Ruth (Fobes) Alden (later, Faunce) -- and through her father, a descendant of the Mayflower's John Alden and Priscilla (Mullins) Alden.

Polly married Nehemiah Jones at Raynham, Massachusetts, in early October of 1791. She survived her husband by just four days, dying at Raynham on January 7, 1831, aged 63.

Sources

• Birth, family, death, and burial (with image of gravestone; limited inscription): Find a Grave, database and images (www.findagrave.com/memorial/111444634/polly-jones : accessed 26 May 2021), memorial page for Polly “Mary” Alden Jones (4 Aug 1767–7 Jan 1831), Find a Grave Memorial ID 111444634, citing Pleasant Street Cemetery, Raynham, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by Chip5610 (contributor 46997557); https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/111444634/polly-jones

• Marriage: (NEHGS, image of handwritten transcribed record): "Nehemiah Jones with Polly Alden, both of R. [by Dr. Fobes] m. Oct 2, 1791" -- Raynham VRs, Vol. 1, p. 40; Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016); https://www.americanancestors.org/DB190/i/13777/40/245597318 (by subscription)