Benjamin Jones (1651 - 1718)

Born 31 Jul 1651 in Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Wildes) Jones — married 22 Jan 1679 in Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Descendants

Died 25 Jun 1718 at age 66 in Enfield, Hartford, Connecticut

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Biography

Benjamin, son of Thomas and Mary, born July 31, 1651,^[1] in Gloucester,Massachusetts. Benjamin Jones,and Elezebeth Willes,were married 22: 11m; 1678/9,^[2] in Gloucester,Massachusetts. The first settlement of the eastern part of the Township including the territory now called Somers, commenced by Benjamin Jones who erected a small house about half a mile east of the present village. He with family resided there several years alone in the summer season. In the Winter he used to return to the old settlement in Enfield. In 1713 four additional settlers removed to Somers viz Edward Kibbe James Pease 1715 Timothy Root 1715 & John Megregory.

Sources

1. ↑ Vital records of Gloucester, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849 .. by Gloucester, Mass. [from old catalog]; Topsfield historical society, Topsfield, Mass. [from old catalog]; Essex institute, Salem, Mass. [from old catalog],Vol. 1,page 387,https://archive.org/details/vitalrecordsglo00socigoog/page/387/mode/2up?q=Jones+
2. ↑ Vital records of Gloucester, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849 by Gloucester (Mass.),Vol. 2,page 311, https://archive.org/details/vitalrecordsofgl02glou/page/310/mode/2up?q=Jones

• Jones, George Robert Genealogy of the Jones Family (Jones, Los Angeles, California, 1912), p.6-7

• Ancestry.com: North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000. Averill-Averell-Avery family, A Record of the Descendants of William and Abigail Averell of Ipswich, Mass.

• History and genealogy of the ancestors and descendants of Captain Israel Jones who removed from Enfield to Barkhamsted, Conn., in the year 1759 (1902). Parker, L. N. Jones, Asahel Washington. Pg 19.20

• Ancestry.com, Massachusetts, Town & Vital Records, 1620-1988. Elizabeth Wildes.

• Dickinson Family Tree.ged on 31 March 2011.

• WikiTree profile Jones-6793 created through the import of BDM7-7-11.ged on Jul 8, 2011 by Brian McCullough.

• AN HISTORICAL SKETCH OF THE TOWN OF ENFIELD, BY JOHN CHAUNCEY PEASE, M. D., 1829.

• The Essex Institute Historical Collections, Vol. XLII-1906, pg. 151

Entered by Don Harris, Jun 10, 2011