Person:John Jones (400)

Portion of Obituary published in NYGBS 'The Record' July 1905, pg 228: JONES, John Henry, a member of the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, died Jan. 1, 1905, in New York City, aged fifty-three years. He was born Dec. 27, 1851 at Cold Spring Harbor, L.I., and was the son of Samuel A. Jones and Mary Esther MOTT, daughter of James W. Mott and Abigail Jones. His father was the son of John Henry (sic) Jones and Loretta HEWLETT, daughter of Judge Divine Hewlett by his wife Anna, daughter of Jacob COLES; who was the son of John Jones and Hannah Hewlett, daughter of John Hewlett by his wife Sarah TOWNSEND; who was the son of William Jones and Phoebe JACKSON, daughter of the second Col. John Jackson of Jamestown, L.I.; who was the son of Major Thomas Jones of Oyster Bay, L.I. . . .

After retirement in 1894 he settled upon his father's place in Cold spring Harbor, where he devoted himself to the early history of Long Island and the "Jones's Genealogy", which latter work was practically finished at the time of his death. "Had his life been spared until threescore years and ten, his researches and his indefatigable industry would have added much to what is known of the early history of Long Island . . .

1.   Jones, John Henry. The Jones family of Long Island: descendants of Major Thomas Jones (1665-1726) and allied families. (Tobias A. Wright, 1907)
   174.
2.   The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record. (New York, New York: New York Genealogical and Biographical Society)
   July 1907, pg 228.