Person:Elisha Jones (1)
Col. Elisha Jones
b.19 Nov 1710 Watertown West Precinct, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, New England
d.13 Feb 1775 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. Bef 1693
  1. Daniel Jones1692/93 - 1740
  2. Abigail Jones1694 -
  3. Josiah Jones1700 - 1769
  4. William Jones1706/07 - 1761
  5. Col. Elisha Jones1710 - 1775
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Col. Elisha Jones1710 - 1775
  • W.  Mary Allen1707 -
m. 24 Jan 1733/34
  1. Daniel Jones1740 - 1786
  2. Mary Jones1748 -
  3. Simeon Jones1751 - 1823
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Facts and Events
Name Col. Elisha Jones
Gender Male
Birth[1] 19 Nov 1710 Watertown West Precinct, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, New England
Christening[2] 26 Nov 1710 Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
Marriage 24 Jan 1733/34 Weston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United Statesto Mary Allen
Death[3] 13 Feb 1775 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
References
  1. ↑ Weston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. Town of Weston, Births, Deaths and Marriages, 1707-1850: 1703-gravestones-1900, church records, 1709-1825. (Boston: McIndoe Bros., 1901)
    p. 1.

    Elisha, son to Josiah & Abigail Jones was born in Watertown West Precin(c)t ye 19th Day of November 1710.
    [Also recorded in Watertown VR, v.2 p.42]

  2. ↑ Weston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. Town of Weston, Births, Deaths and Marriages, 1707-1850: 1703-gravestones-1900, church records, 1709-1825. (Boston: McIndoe Bros., 1901)
    p. 390.

    Church Records. Person Baptized.
    Nov'r. 26. [1710.] Elisha Son to Josiah & Abigail Jones - week old.

  3. ↑ Thoreau, Henry David. Writings of Henry David Thoreau.
    Vol. 14, p. 187.

    "A Boston newspaper, of [Wednesday] Feb. 15, 1775, says, 'On Monday last [Feb. 13, 1775], died, in this town, in the sixty-sixth year of his age [age 65, so born 1710], Elisha Jones Esq., late of Weston, for many years a magistrate, Col of a Regiment of Militia, and member of the General Assembly. In the many departments in which he acted, he eminently showed the man of principle, virtue,' &c. He married, Jan. 24, 1733-4, Mary Allen, and occupied his father's homestead."

  4.   Bond, Henry, M.D. Family Memorials. Genealogies of the Families and Descendants of the Early Settlers of Watertown, Massachusetts, Including Waltham and Weston (1855): To Which Is Appended the Early History of the Town. With Illustrations, Maps and Notes. (Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown, and Company, 1855)
    v.1 p.312.

    3 26 (III.) CAPT. JOSIAH JONES, of Weston, m. ABIGAIL BARNES. He was elected deacon, Feb. 13, 1714-15, as successor of his father, but refused to accept. He died Dec. 21, 1734, and his wid. d. in Stockbridge, Nov. 4, 1749.

    5. Elisha, b. Nov. 20 [19], 1710; d. Feb 1775; a Col. and Justice of the Peace.

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