John Peyton Jones (1809 - 1891)

Born 29 Jan 1809 in Lydd, Kent, England

Ancestors

Husband of Eliza (Dumas) Jones — married 20 Feb 1837 in Newtown, Tasmania, Australia

Descendants

Died 21 Nov 1891 at age 82 in Wesbury, Tasmania, Australia

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Biography

Military Record

63rd Regiment Of Foot (The Bloodsuckers) pre 1st Manchester Reg ^[1]

Posting: May 1829 Tasmania, Australia

Rank: Ensign

Discharge Date: July 1841

Rank at Discharge: Captain

Captain John Peyton Jones "of Ardnaglass Castle“ was born 29 Jan 1809 in Lydd, Kent, England, the son of Lewis Tobias Jones and Mary Gerrish (Gray) Jones. He was christened on 26 February 1809. ^[2]

Captain Jones

John Peyton Jones arrived in Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania) with the 63rd Regiment Of Foot on 16 October 1830. After a short time, he was placed in charge of a military party at Eagle Hawk Neck on the Tasman Peninsula, south of Hobart. On his initiative, a chain line of savage dogs were placed across the narrow isthmus at Eagle Hawk Neck. This, along with feeding the sharks in the bay, prevented the escape of convicts from the work gangs in the Port Arthur area.

Visit of Sir John and Lady Franklin to Eaglehawk Neck 1837

John married Eliza Dumas of Caithness, Scotland, the daughter of Capt. John Craig Dumas of the same regiment, in St John’s Church, New Town on 20 February 1837. ^[3] They had ten children.

On 30 July 1841, Governor Franklin appointed John Peyton Jones to the position of Police Magistrate at Westbury . Later he was elected the first Warden of the Westbury Municipal Council in 1863. Mr Jones died at the age of 82 on the 21 November 1891 and was buried in the Anglican and General Cemetery in Dexter Street, in Westbury, Tasmania.

Capt John Peyton Jones died on 21 November 1891 in Westbury, Tasmania, Australia.^[4] He is also remembered as an artist. His only known artwork is a watercolour of Westbury (1837, private collection, photographic reproduction in Mitchell Library). ^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ Image 311. National Archives: Reference: WO 25/797 Description: WO 25. 61-65 Foot
2. ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J7LR-F2X : 11 February 2018, John Peyton Jones, ); citing it 4 p 193, index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 1,736,874.
3. ↑ "Australia, Tasmania, Civil Registration, 1803-1933," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q279-9Y2X : 16 March 2018), John Peyton Jones and Eliza Dumas, 20 Feb 1837; citing Marriage 20 Feb 1837, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, line #7541, Archives Office of Tasmania, Hobart; FHL microfilm 7,368,152.
4. ↑ "Australia, Tasmania, Civil Registration, 1803-1933," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q279-MP73 : 16 March 2018), John Peyton Jones, 21 Nov 1891; citing Death 21 Nov 1891, Westbury, Tasmania, Australia, line #91745, Archives Office of Tasmania, Hobart; FHL microfilm 7,368,148.
5. ↑ Design and Art, Australia online Biography: John Peyton Jones b. 29 January 1809 Artist