Person:Benjamin Jones (11)
Benjamin Jones
b.31 Jul 1651 Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
d.25 Jun 1718 Enfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. Bef 1637
  1. Ruth Jones1644 - Aft 1705/06
  2. Benjamin Jones1651 - 1718
Spouse and Children
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m. 22 Jan 1678/79
  1. Thomas Jones1679/80 - 1765
  2. Priscilla Jones1681 -
  3. Benjamin JonesCal 1683 - 1754
  4. Ebenezer Jones1684 - 1758
  5. Elizabeth Jones1685/86 -
  6. Ephraim Jones1688 - Abt 1688
  7. Samuel Jones1690 - Abt 1691
  8. Eleazer Jones1693 - 1755
  9. Gershom Jones1695 - 1696
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Facts and Events
Name[1] Benjamin Jones
Gender Male
Birth[1][2][3] 31 Jul 1651 Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
Military[1][2] Bet 1675 and 1676 Served during King Philip's War.
Residence[1] 1678 Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
Marriage 22 Jan 1678/79 Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts, United Statesto Elizabeth Wildes
Residence[1] 1686 Enfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Death[1][2] 25 Jun 1718 Enfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States
Probate[1][2] 6 Jul 1718 Administration to son Thomas.
Estate Inventory[2] 8 Jul 1718
Estate Settlement[2] 4 Mar 1723/24
References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 6 Elizabeth Wild, in Davis, Walter Goodwin, and Massachusetts) Topsfield Historical Society (Topsfield. The Wildes Family of Essex County, Massachussetts. Essex Institute Historical Collections. (Essex Institute Press, Ap, Jul 1906)
    42:150-52.

    6 Elizabeth Wild, married Benjamin Jones of Gloucester on January 22, 1678. They lived in Gloucester until about 1687, when they moved to Connecticut and settled in Enfield. She was living in 1718. Benjamin Jones, son of Thomas and Mary (North) Jones, was bom in Gloucester in 1651. He served in King Philip’s War in Capt. Brocklebank’s company, which was stationed at Marlborough, and received one pound, four shillings for this service on August 24, 1676. In 1685 he became the first settler of that part of the town of Enfield which was afterward known as Somers. The family lived on their farm during the summers, but returned to Enfield, which was more thickly settled, in the winter. He owned about 200 acres of land in the town in 1703. His house lot was described as follows:—'Next to Tho Hayward jur southerly lies the house lot or home lot of Benjamin Jones 12 rods in breadth and running from the street on the west back Eastward in length 160 rods.' He served several times as town officer and died June 25, 1718. Administration of his estate was granted to his son Thomas Jones of Enfield, July 6, 1718."

  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 9 Benjamin Jones, in Parker, L. N. (Linus Newton). History and Genealogy of the Ancestors and Descendants of Captain Israel Jones Who Removed from Enfield to Barkhamsted, Conn. in the Year 1759. (Norwalk, Ohio: Laning Co., 1902)
    13-21.

    "'Administration on the estate of Benjamin Jones, Sr., of Enfield, deceased; granted to his son, Thomas Jones, 6th July 1718. Inventory dated 8th July, 1718, taken by Edward Kibbe, James Pease, Jr., and Nathaniel Horton. This inventory was not presented for probate until 22d May, 1723. In it is an account of what Benjamin Jones had given his children during his lifetime in land, viz: To Thomas Jones £6 Benjamin Jones, Jr., £20 Ebenezer Jones £8 Eleazer Jones £20 To John Howard (his son in law) in money £7.10s.' (Northampton Probate Records, Book 4, pp. 7 to 81.)

    'March 4, 1723/24, the heirs of Benjamin Jones, Sr., presented to Court an agreement in settlement of his estate, which the Court accepted.' The signers to this agreement are Elizabeth Jones, his widow; Thomas Jones, Ebenezer Jones, Eleazer Jones, Benjamin Jones, and John Howard in the right of his wife Priscilla. This agreement did not include 'any lands in Gloucester belonging to Benjamin Jones, Sr., Dec'd.' (Northampton Probate Records, Book 4, p. 100.)"

  3. ↑ Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records of Gloucester, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849. (Salem, Massachusetts.: Essex Institute, 1917)
    1:387.

    "Jones, … Benjamin, s. Thom[as] and Mary, [born] July 31, 1651."

  4.   Allen, Francis Olcott. The History of Enfield Connecticut: Compiled from all the Public Records of the Town Known to Exist, Covering from the Beginning to 1850 …; Together with the Graveyard Inscriptions and those Hartford, Northampton and Springfield Records which Refer to the People of Enfield. (Lancaster, Pennsylvania: Wickersham Printing, 1900)
    2:1865.

    "Benjamin Jones senr died ye 25th of June 1718."

  5.   Benjamin Jones, in Find A Grave
    4 Oct 2020.

    Memorial is in error. This man was not buried at Andover.

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