Person:William Jones (392)

From the Jones Family book, pg 129: "He was educated at the Academy in Oyster Bay, of which he later, in 1802, became one of its trustees. He was baptized in the New Dutch Church, N.Y. City, Elbert and Elizabeth Haring being his sponsors (his maternal grandparents); at an early age he was sent to live with Townsend Hewlett and his wife Martha, at Buckram, L.I.

Jones Family book gives date of marriage at 4 Oct 1790; but that may have been date of license. He was married by Rev. Andrew Fowler, of the Episcopal church, at Oyster Bay, and settled at South Oyster Bay, residing there until 1793, when they removed to Cold Spring Harbor, where, in 1806, he built a large house on the westerly side of the Harbor at the foot of a beach called "Major Jones' Beach."

The Jones book records eight children: Samuel, David, Cornelia, Susan, Elbert, Eleanor, Hannah and Daniel.

1. ↑ Judd, Peter Haring. Genealogical Biographical Notes on the Haring-Herring, Clark, Denton, White, Griggs, Judd and related families. (Newbury Street Press of the New England Historic Genealogical Society).
2.   Rootsweb chart of Judith Railton: Dick Railton. (http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:1470939).
3.   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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