Family:Robert Jones and Elizabeth Alexander (1)

Note: The will of Robert Jones dated 20 Apr 1688, explicitly mentions two sons named Benjamin, one by each wife.

Source:History of the Town of Hingham, Massachusetts shows a son named Ephraim, bp. Hingham 29 Jul 1649. This baptism may be found in the Hobart Journal (NEHGR, p. 121:22) but the baptism record does not mention the parents. Since Ephraim is not mentioned in the will of Robert Jones, this baptism may belong to Thomas and Ann Jones? This family arrived in Hingham in 1638 and apparently moved to Hull or Manchester by 1658 and Thomas is often said to be Robert's brother.

Source:History of the Town of Hingham, Massachusetts shows a son named John in the first marriage with a baptism in 1652. However as sources suggest the second marriage took place by 1646, it appears that John was actually a child of the second marriage.

1. ↑ Lea, James Henry, and J. R. Hutchinson. The Ancestry of Abraham Lincoln. (Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin, 1909)
   88.

   Robert Jones m. (2) widow Elizabeth Curtis, whose maiden name had been Alexander.

2. ↑ Aspinwall, William. A volume relating to the early history of Boston containing the Aspinwall notarial records from 1644 to 1651. (Boston, Massachusetts: Municipal Printing Office, 1903)
   49.

   On 4 Dec 1646 "Elizabeth Curtes & Jane Curtes" asked "Robert Jones of Hingham theire father in law" to look into the legacies due them from "Jane Alexand'r theire grandmother".