John Jones (abt. 1743 - abt. 1776)

Born about 4 Feb 1743 in Dedham, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony [uncertain]

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth Hapgood — married 19 Oct 1769 in Barre, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Descendants

Died about 4 Jul 1776 at about age 33 in Charlotte, New York Colony [uncertain]

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Biography

Captain John Jones served with 18th Massachusetts Bay Provincial Regiment (1775), Continental Army during the American Revolution.

John Jones was born on February 04, 1743 in Dedham, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony. His father was John Jones. ^{[1] [2]}

Baptized, 5 February 1743, in Natick, Massachusetts. ^[3]

He married Betty Hapgood in Barre, Massachusetts, Oct, 19, 1769. ^{[4] [2]}

Captain John Jones of Princeton was a Lieutenant in Captain Boaz Moore's Company in Colonel Ephraim Doolittle's Regiment of Minute Men April 19, 1775. He was engaged April 24th as Captain in Colonel Epraim Doolittle's Regiment, was at the Battle of Bunker Hill and served under the same commander through the rest of the year . ^{[5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]}

He died on July 04, 1776 in Fort Crown Point, Charlotte, New York Colony. ^{[citation needed]}

Research

What were the circumstances of his death? Do we assume he was he still in the service?

Sources

1. ↑ Early Records of Dedham, Massachusetts
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001
3. ↑ ital Records of Natick, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850
4. ↑ Vital Records of Barre, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849
5. ↑ The Massachusetts Magazine
6. ↑ DAR
7. ↑ Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War
8. ↑ Massachusetts, Revolutionary War, Index Cards to Muster Rolls, 1775-1783
9. ↑ United States Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1783
10. ↑ History of Princeton, Massachusetts

• Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 2021-09-22), "Record of John Jones", Ancestor # A062332.

• History of Princeton, Massachusetts (Boston, 1915); p. 226,228

• Hill, Don Gleason. Early Records of Dedham, Massachusetts (Dedham Transcript, Dedham, Mass., 1886-1899); Vol. 1, p. 72

• The Massachusetts Magazine (Salem, Mass., 1908-1918); Vol. 2, p. 11

• "Massachusetts, Revolutionary War, Index Cards to Muster Rolls, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch
  • (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGJW-XTD5 : 19 February 2021), John Jones, 19 Apr 1775; citing Military Service, Princeton, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm .
  • (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGJW-XTDB : 19 February 2021), John Jones, 24 Apr 1775; citing Military Service, Princeton, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm .
  • (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGJW-XTDR : 19 February 2021), John Jones, 12 Jun 1775; citing Military Service, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm .
  • (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGJW-XTDY : 19 February 2021), John Jones, 17 Jun 1775; citing Military Service, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm .
  • (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGJW-XTDT : 19 February 2021), John Jones, 17 Jun 1775; citing Military Service, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm .
  • (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2R4-ZWWY : 17 March 2018), John Jones, 29 Jun 1775; citing Military Service, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America, Massachusetts State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 2,056,796.
  • (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGJW-XT6M : 19 February 2021), John Jones, 3 Oct 1775; citing Military Service, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm .
  • (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGJW-XTD1 : 19 February 2021), John Jones, 6 Oct 1775; citing Military Service, Princeton, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm .
  • (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2R4-ZWHP : 17 March 2018), John Jones, 05 Dec 1775; citing Military Service, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America, Massachusetts State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 2,056,796.
  • (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2R4-92FD : 17 March 2018), John Jones, 14 Dec 1775; citing Military Service, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America, Massachusetts State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 2,056,796.

• Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War (Wright & Potter Printing Co., Boston, 1896); Vol. 8, p. 931-2

• "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4J8-P2N : 10 November 2020), John Jones, 4 Feb 1743; citing Birth, Dedham, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009369.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPZF-Y7T4 : 19 April 2021), John Jones and Betty Hargood, 19 Oct 1769; citing Marriage, Barre, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007462595.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPWR-4ZSG : 19 April 2021), John Jones and Betty Hapgood, 19 Oct 1769; citing Marriage, Barre, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007462595.

• "United States Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGKL-1ZHC : 1 March 2021), John C Jones, Apr 1775; citing Military Service, United States, Citing various published state rosters, United States; FHL microfilm 103140774.

• Vital Records of Barre, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 (Franklin P. Rice, Worcester, Mass., 1903); p. 146

• Vital Records of Natick, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (NEHGS, Boston, Mass., 1910); p. 57 "John, s. of John and Hannah, bp. Feb. 5, 1743-4. C.R. (sic: from church records)"