Person:John Jones (5)

Jones Family of L.I., pg 141: "In 1804 Mr. Jones' father-in-law, Judge Divine Hewlett, conveyed to Mr. Jones' father two small pieces of land just north of the grist mill on Cold Spring Harbor, and on the west side of the highway on which were afterwards built the first dwelling house and store of John H. Jones."

John Hewlett Jones' grandson, John Henry Jones, is the author of "The Jones Family of Long Island". He states on pg 141 that John H. was named for his grandfather, John Hewlett. So John Henry Jones' obit naming his grandfather as John Henry Jones is probably an error.

From the book, "A History of Long Island, 1903:" He was a strong character and most enterprising man. In his early days he was engaged in the outfiiting of whaling vessels and the manufacturing of woolen goods. His large agricultural interests and management of a general country store, the largest of its kind in that part of the Island, brought him very prominentrly before the public. He left a family of nine children"

1.   Jones, John Henry. The Jones family of Long Island: descendants of Major Thomas Jones (1665-1726) and allied families. (Tobias A. Wright, 1907)
   112, 141.
2.   Ross, Peter. A history of Long Island: from its earliest settlement to the present time. (New York and Chicago: Lewis Publishing Company, 1902).