Ann (Linney) Jones (bef. 1603 - abt. 1650)

Born before 26 Dec 1603 in Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire, England

Wife of Thomas Jones — married 24 Nov 1626 (to 1650) in Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire, England

Descendants

Died about 1650 after about age 46 in Hull, Massachusetts Bay Colony [uncertain]

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Biography

Ann (Linney) Jones is related to US President Abraham Lincoln. Here is the trail.

This person is an ancestor of President Abraham Lincoln. ^[1]

Narrative of Ann's Life

Ann Linney was baptized December 26, 1603 at Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire, England; the daughter of Floris Linney and his wife Helen (Benson) Linney.^[2]

On November 24, 1626 at Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire, Ann married Thomas Jones who is probably the same as the Thomas Jones baptized at Caversham on January 23, 1602/3; the son of Roger Jones.^[2] He was a tailor by trade.^[3]

In April 1638, Ann and her husband Thomas Jones immigrated to New England on the ship Confidence, along with four underage children.^[4] Those children who sailed with them were Abraham, Sarah, John, and possibly Hannah. Fellow passengers on the ship were John Benson of Caversham, his wife Mary Benson, and children John and Mary who settled in Hingham; these may have been related to Helen (Benson) Linney, Ann's mother.^[2] Two servants, William Baunche and Jude Denley accompanied the Jones family on their transatlantic journey.^[4]

The family settled in Hingham where Ann's husband was a proprietor in 1638.^[5] Her last three children were born there.^[2]

Ann (Linney) Jones died about 1650, probably at Hull, Massachusetts Bay Colony or possibly Hingham. Her husband was married two additional times; secondly to Abigail (unknown surname) Sumner, Ellithorpe in 1657 and then, thirdly, to Elizabeth whose surname is not known. Thomas Jones died before March 9, 1680/1 at Manchester, Massachusetts Bay Colony.^[2]

Children of Thomas and Ann (Linney) Jones:^[2][3]

1. Abraham Jones, baptized Henley on Thames, 19 October 1628; married Sarah Whitman.
2. Sarah Jones, baptized Caversham, 28 January 1630/1, died at Boston, 3 December 1710 at about 75 years of age; married, probably at Hull, about 1651, Henry Chamberlain.
3. Hannah Jones, born perhaps 1633, died at Gloucester, Massachusetts, 4 February 1724/5 at the age of 80 years; married at Gloucester, 20 November 1666, Richard Goodwin, son of Richard Goodwin and probably his first wife.
4. John Jones, baptized Caversham, 5 November 1636, died at Hull, May 31, 1694, seemingly unmarried, "son of Thomas, Sr."
5. Thomas Jones, baptized Hingham, Massachusetts Bay Colony, 29 March 1640; married Elizabeth Pitts.
6. Mary Jones, baptized Hingham, 28 May 1643, died before 1681; no children.
7. Ephraim Jones, baptized Hingham, 27 July 1649, died after 1717; married Mary _____. He removed to Manchester, Massachusetts, with his parents before 1658 and inherited his father's land there.^[6]

Disputed Origins and Parents

This profile has been detached from Abel Greenwood and Elizabeth Mitchell as parents due to lack of evidence. The birth place of Halifax West Riding, Yorkshire, England has also been removed.

Note: The Ann associated with Thomas Jones with rumored maiden name Heywood/Haywood or Cowdrie is associated with Thomas Jones-3291 (as his wife). This profile was detached as mother of Thomas Jones-38155. ~ Noland-165 22:38, 29 February 2020 (UTC)

Research Notes

1. The first child of this couple may have been "Maria Johnes filia Thome Johnes" who was buried Henley on Thames, 14 November 1627.^[7] The following is a post-publication comment from author Robert Battle: "I wonder if Threlfall took the baptism in Caversham of "Marie Johns d [?Nicolas]" on 26 Sep 1627 as that of a daughter of Thomas, as this would account for him claiming that there were three baptisms of Thomas Jones's children in the Caversham PRs. My article relied on a transcription of the Caversham PRs which gives the entry as noted here, but perhaps Threlfall (or a researcher hired by him) was able to view the original PRs and thought that the father in this entry was Thomas. There would be no chronological problems for a child to be born to Thomas and Ann (Linney) Jones in September 1627 (they had been married 10 months earlier, and their next child Abraham was baptized about 13 months after this Mary). She may very well have been the Mary Jones, daughter of Thomas, who was buried in Henley on Thames in November 1627 (see note 19)."^[8]

2. There is uncertainty about the birth order of daughter Hannah.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ Roberts, Gary Boyd; Ancestors of American Presidents
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6} Robert Battle, "The Identity of Ann, Wife of Thomas Jones of Hingham, Hull, and Manchester, Massachusetts," The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 176 (2022):369-373; digital images via AmericanAncestors (free article).
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Ethel Farrington Smith. "Thomas Jones" in "Seventeenth Century Hull, Massachusetts, and Her People" (a series), The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. 143 (1989):125-131 (Thomas Jones) at 125; digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Samuel Gardner Drake. "Results of Some Researches Among the British Archives for Information Relative to the Founders of New England: made in the years 1858, 1869 and 1860; originally collected for and published in the New England Historical and Genealogical Register, and now corrected and enlarged." Office of the New Eng. Hist. and Gen. Register, Boston (1860). p. 59. see at archive.org
5. ↑ Claude W.Barlow. "Descendants of Thomas Jones of Hingham, Hull, and Manchester, Mass.," New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 113 (1959): 42-52+ at 42; digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors.
6. ↑ Claude W.Barlow. "Ephraim Jones" in "Descendants of Thomas Jones of Hingham, Hull, and Manchester, Mass.," New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 113 (1959): 46 (Ephraim Jones); digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors.
7. ↑ Citing "[Registers of St. Mary, Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire, 1558–1734 (images on Ancestry.com) ...]," Robert Battle, "The Identity of Ann, Wife of Thomas Jones of Hingham, Hull, and Manchester, Massachusetts," The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 176 (2022):369-373 at 372n (note19); digital images via AmericanAncestors (free article).
8. ↑ Robert Battle, WikiTree profile comment, 5 January 2023.

See also:

• "Olive Tree Genealogy" Ships Passenger Lists: Confidence, 1638. Transcriber: Laura Freeman.see at olivetreegenealogy.com
• List of passengers emigrating aboard the Confidence, by Sharry Anne Stevens, Packrat Productions; https://www.packrat-pro.com/ships/confidence.htm
• Keiser, David S., "Lincoln's Ancestors Came from Ireland", Lincoln Herald, Winter 1977, Vol. 79, No. 4, page 150.
• Lea, James Henry and John Robert Hutchinson, The Ancestry of Abraham Lincoln, Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company (1909), 89.
• Threlfall, John B. "50 Great Migration Colonists to New England and Their Origins," John B. Threlfall, Madison, Wisconsin, 1990, p.205-209. View on FamilySearch (go to online page 211). (contains errors)
• Hingham, Massachusetts, Book of Possessions (original) p. 89.
• Anderson, Robert Charles. "The Great Migration Directory" New England Historic Genealogical Society (2015). p. 188.