Thomas Jones, b. about 1598, d. Gloucester, 2 Sept. 1671, of Gloucester, Mass., m. Mary North, d. Gloucester, 4 Feb. 1681/2, daughter of Richard and Ursula North, q.v. He was among the settlers who came from Gloucester to New London, Conn., in March 1651, but he returned to Gloucester the same year. He may have come from Chepstow, Monmouthshire, with the Rev. Richard Blinman, the ministerial leader of this group, who was from Chepstow. The name Jones is common in the Chepstow register. One Thomas Jones was churchwarden there in 1610; two others of the name appear, one a baker in 1630, the other in 1632. The Gloucester settler could have been the Thomas baptized at Chepstow 25 Nov. 1615 as son of "Thomas Jones the younger." The age is about right, but the identity is not proved. The will of Thomas Jones of Gloucester, dated 7 Aug. 1671, proved 26 Sept. 1671, made his dear and loving wife sole Executrix, giving her his goods and cattle, with half of the house and homestead land for life; to son Benjamin Jones he gave the other half of the house and land, and to have his mother's half also after her decease; to son Thomas Jones three acres with orchard adjacent to the house, and six acres upon the Lower Neck. To "my Daughter Winslow of Salisbury," one shilling; to "my Daughter Ruth Haward of Salem," £1. 10s.; to "my Daughter Remember Jones," 20s.; to "my son Thomas Jones," £5 to be paid by "my son Benjamin" after the decease of "my wife"; to "my son Sanuel Jones," 1 s.; to "my son North Jones," 20 s. at the decease of "my wife" if he comes in his own person to demand the same; to "my Grandchild John Jackson," one Ewe Sheep; other small legacies. He signed by mark. [Probate Records of Essex County, vol. 2, pp. 243-245.]
