Jacob JONES

1708 - 1791  (83 years)

• Name	Jacob JONES
  Birth	20 Mar 1707/08	New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1743	Ridgefield, Fairfield County, Connecticut   [3]
  Death	11 Apr 1791	Ridgefield, Fairfield County, Connecticut   [4]
  	"In the 85th year of his age"
  Notes	Moved to Ridgefield in 1732. At a special Ridgefield town meeting n the 30th of January 1775, Jacob Jones was one of the men chosen as a Committee of Inspections in agreement with the 11th article of the Continental Congress regarding the measures directed for securing and defending the rights and liberties of the United American Colonies. It was at this town meeting that an earlier resolve of April 10th supporting the king was rejected in favor of transferring loyalty to the Continental Congress. [5]
  Person ID	I1048	Ellingboe
  Last Modified	6 Jan 2011

  
  

  Marriage	Married by Dep. Gov. William Jones He grew up with his uncle and aunt (Knut and Bella Estrem) in Goodhue County, Minnesota.
  Family ID	F636	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S30] NEHGR, Vol. 60, p. 166 (Reliability: 3). [S159] Vital Records, New Haven 1649-1850, Part 1, p. 102, F104/N6N66/V. 1/1917 (Reliability: 3). [S30] NEHGR, Vol 60, p. 166 (Reliability: 3). [S60] Barbour, Lucious Barnes, Barbour Collection, (Connecticut State Library, 1918-1928), Ridgefield, Fairfield County, p. 50, REF/F93/C7. (Reliability: 3). Vol. 1, p. 226; in the 85th year of his age. [S322] Silvio A. Bedini, Ridgefield in Review, (Ridgefield, Connecticut: The Ridgefield 250th Anniversary Committee, Inc., 1958.), pp. 55-57., CT/RID/78. (Reliability: 3).