Born in Weston, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay
Ancestors 
Daughter of Nathaniel Allen
and Lydia (Brewer) Allen
Wife of
Elisha Jones
— married
24 Jan 1734 in Weston, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Descendants 
Mother of
Nathan Jones, Elisha Jones Jr., Daniel Jones, Josiah Jones UEL, Mary (Jones) Minot, Ephraim Jones UE, Simeon Jones UE and Stephen Jones
Died after
after age 50
in Nova Scotia
Profile last modified
| Created 2 Jun 2011
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Biography
Mary (Allen) Jones was born in Massachusetts.
Mary was the daughter of Nathaniel and Lydia Allen.
Elisha's widow Mary went to Nova Scotia with son Josiah taking a walnut Pembroke table said to have been damaged in the sacking of their house in Sep 1774. The table now resides in "The Jones House" in Kings Landing Historical Settlement in New Brunswick.
Marriage & Family
Elisha Jones filed his intention of marriage to Mary on 30 December, 1733, in Weston, Middlesex, Massachusetts and the actual marriage took place on 24 January 1734 in Weston and they were the parents of 14 sons and 1 daughter:
- Nathan, Elisha, Israel, Daniel, Elias, Josiah, Silas, Mary, Ephraim, Simon, Stephen, Jonas, Philomen, Charles. (An unnamed son died in infancy)
- Sons Elisha, Josiah, Ephraim, Simon and Charles were Tories and left the country -- Ephraim to Ontario; Simon, Charles, Elisha and Josiah to Nova Scotia.
- Daughter Mary Jones married the Rev. Asa Dunbar and their daughter Cynthia Dunbar married John Thoreau and they were the parents of 4 children:
- Helen L., John, Sophia Elizabeth and Henry David Thoreau
Sources
- Henry Bond, Genealogies of the Families and Descendants of the Early Settlers of Watertown, Massachusetts, Two volumes, Boston: NEHGS, 1860, https://archive.org/details/familymemorialsg00bond.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Mary:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Mary:
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~0.39%
~6.25%
Claire (Farley) Michaels 
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23andMe, GEDmatch A559121 [compare]
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A559121 [compare], Ancestry member clairemichaels1
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~0.39%
Pete Pedersen :
23andMe, GEDmatch M750965 [compare]
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~0.39%
Brian Rogers :
AncestryDNA
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~0.39%
Janet Grigsby :
AncestryDNA
Rejected matches › Mary (Gilpin) Allen (abt.1847-1909) › Mary Elizabeth Allen (1913-) › Mary (Grant) Hosford (1713-1771) › Mary (Allen) Ashwell (bef.1705-) › Mary Allen (1707-1733)
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Categories: Weston, Massachusetts
This Mary Allen that did marry Elisha Jones was the daughter of Nathaniel and Lydia. Likely birth 1717 at Weston.