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Noble Jones, Esq., of Wormsloe
Facts and Events
| Name[1] |
Noble Jones, Esq., of Wormsloe |
| Gender |
Male |
| Birth[2][3] |
Est 1702 |
England[est based on age at death] |
| Marriage |
Bef 1723 |
Englandto Sarah Hack |
| Immigration[2] |
1732 |
to Americaaccompanied Gen. Oglethorpe (founder and 1st Governor of British Colony of Georgia) on his first voyage to America |
| Military[4] |
From 1739 to 1748 |
EnglandWar of Jenkins' Ear - commanded Georgia's Northern Company of Marines |
| Death[2][3][4] |
2 Nov 1775 |
Savannah, Chatham, Georgia, United Statesage 73 - died at his home, Wormsloe Plantation |
| Burial[2] |
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Bonaventure Cemetery, Savannah, Chatham, Georgia, United States[Note: Originally interred at Wormsloe Plantation, then moved to colonial burying ground in Savannah, and later moved to Bonaventure Cemetery] |
Working Research Notes
Birth
- per Harden (1913): 2 his ancestors were born and resided in Westminster which lies opposite Lambeth on the south side of the river Thames. Note: Lambeth is in Surrey.
- per Wikipedia: 4 place of birth = Herefordshire. Source not specified.
Military Service
- Colonel of the First Georgia Regiment
- per Wikipedia: 4 part of Gen. Oglethorpe's 42nd (old) Regiment of Foot, where he commanded Georgia's Northern Company of Marines during the War of Jenkins' Ear (1739–48). Source not specified.
Civil Life
- per Wikipedia: 4 - he was a carpenter. Source not specified.
- Senior Judge of the General Court and Acting Chief Justice of the Province of Georgia
- Member and Sometimes President of His Majesty's Council for 21 years
- Freemason - 2nd Provincial Grand Master of Solomon's Lodge, Savannah
References
- ↑ Family Recorded, in Bulloch, Joseph Gaston Baillie. A History and Genealogy of the Habersham Family: in connection with the history, genealogy and mention of the families of Clay, Stiles, Cumming, King, Elliott, Milledge, Maxwell, Adams, Houstoun, Screven, Owens, Demere, Footman, Ellis, Washington, Newell, deTreville, Davis, Barrington, Lewis, Warner, Cobb, Flournoy, Pratt, Nephew, Bolton, Bowers, Cuthbert, and many other names either as having a connection to some other family or showing of the name as related or connected to some family in this work. (Columbia, S.C.: The R. L. Bryant Co., 1901)
p 49. - ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Family Recorded, in Harden, William. A history of Savannah and south Georgia. (Chicago: Lewis Pub. Co., 1913)
Vol 2, pp 533-539.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Grave Recorded, in Find A Grave.
[Includes headstone photo.]
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Noble Jones, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.
Last accessed 16 Jun 2015.
"Noble Jones (1702, Herefordshire – November 2, 1775), an English carpenter, was one of the first settlers of the Province of Georgia and one of its leading officials. As part of Gen. James Edward Oglethorpe's 42nd (old) Regiment of Foot, he commanded Georgia's Northern Company of Marines during the War of Jenkins' Ear (1739–48). He was the father of Noble Wimberly Jones, a physician and prominent leader of the Georgia patriots during the American Revolution.
Noble Jones established the Wormsloe Plantation eight miles from Savannah in the late 1730s. Most of the plantation is now open to the public as a state historic site."
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