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Facts and Events
I, Janie, did not find this family in the 1850 census and I would have expected them to be there in Hempstead Town. It looks like the 1860 census below is the right Thomas & Miriam but since I have not verified it by any other means, I have not included the 1860 children in the data base. But we can be assured that the 1870 & 1880 below are the correct family.
I think it is strange that the two youngest children, James and Alice do not show up on the 1870 census. Oddities like this usually means more research is needed. I note that from the 1860 through 1880 the ages of the children do not exactly jibe. **Later: See note below as I have found a different 1870 census records that needs to be compared.
1860 Census 81, Hempstead, Queens Co., New York
Thomas Jones 40 M farmer 8,000 1,000 NY
Maria Jones 34 F NY
Alfred Jones 15 M farm laborer NY
Mary Jones 11 f NY
Susan Jones 8 F NY
Thomas Jones 8/12 M NY
1870 Census 77, Hempstead, Queens Co., New York (#1)
Jones, Thomas W. 50 M W farmer 20,000 5,000 NY
Jones, Mariam 45 F W Keeping House NY
Jones, Albert 23 M W clerk in store NY
Jones, Mary 18 F W at home NY
Jones, Samuel 16 M W at school NY
Jones, William 13 M W at school NY
Jones, Sarah 12 F W at school NY
Seaman, Jackson 28 M W farm laborer 500 250 NY (as of Feb 2008, I, Janie do not know who this is.)
Seaman, Latetia 19 F W keeping house NY (probably wife, but no relationship given)
Now these similarities are strange. It is possible that these are Thomas' wife Mariam's parents with their dau Phoebe. Perhaps Marian was on an extended visit with them and had children Albert, Mary and Alice with her. And the whole household was enumerated.
1870 Census Oyster Bay, Queens, New York (#2)
Jackson, Samuel T. or Samuel J. 74 M W farmer 10,000 5,000 NY
Jackson, Martha W. 68 F W keeping house NY
Jones, Marian W. 45 F W at Home NY
Jackson, Phoebe A. 42 F W at Home NY (Sam & Martha's dau)
Jones, Albert W. 22 M W farming NY
Jones, Mary E. 20 F W NY
Jones, Alice 8 F W NY
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Gorman, Edward 14 M W farm labor NY
Dorlan, Mary 40 F W domestic Ireland
Dorlan, Peter 7 M W NY
Jackson, Hannah 40 F W NY (insane) (Sam & Martha's dau)
1880 Census Dist 269, Queens, New York City-Greater, New York
Jones, Thomas W. W M 59 M saw mill NY NY NY
Jones, Mariam W F 54 wife M keeping house NY NY NY
Jones, Mary W F 25 dau S NY NY NY
Jones, James W M 19 son S NY NY NY
Jones, Alice W F 16 dau S NY NY NY (note that Alice was not in the 1870 census (#1) but she is in the (#2) 1870)
References
- ↑ Jones, John Henry. The Jones family of Long Island: descendants of Major Thomas Jones (1665-1726) and allied families. (Tobias A. Wright, 1907)
133, 163, 359. - United States. 1870 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publications M593 and T132)
77, Hempstead, Queens Co., New York.
- United States. 1880 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication T9)
Dist 269, Queens, New York City-Greater, New York.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 New York, Historic Newspapers
http://nyshistoricnewspapers.org/lccn/sn84031477/1905-01-13/ed-1/seq-1/.
The Suffolk County news., January 13, 1905, Page 1, Image 1
Image provided by: Suffolk Cooperative Library System
"Thomas W. Jones, probably the oldest resident of Massapequa, died on Saturday of old age, and gangrene at his home in the woods north-west of that village, where he had lived the life of a recluse since his wife died, some years ago. He was 84 years old. It is said he was descendant of "Pirate Jones," who once lived near Massapequa. The deceased was a son of Thomas Jones and was born in Massapequa on March 31, 1820, in the old Jones homestead, now known as the Bronson place."
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