Person:Jackson Jones (3)

Jones Family, pg 122: "He took an active part in the Rev. War against the British, and in 1779 seized a gunboat (the crew of which had gone on short) and by firing a gin drew a company of militia to the spot who captured the crew. (Onderdonk's Queens Co., p. 203.)

"In 1785 he was living in Newburg but soon returned to Long Island and lived on his place at Cold Spring Harbor, on the eaterly side of what is known as 'Turkey Lane'."

1.   Jones, John Henry. The Jones family of Long Island: descendants of Major Thomas Jones (1665-1726) and allied families. (Tobias A. Wright, 1907)
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2.   International Genealogical Index. ( The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saint, 1999-2008).