William JONES, Hon.^{[1, 2]}

1625 - 1706  (81 years)

• Name	William JONES
  Suffix	Hon.
  Birth	1624-1625	London, Middlesex County, England   [3]
  Gender	Male
  Baptism	prob 20 Mar 1624/25	St. Martins in the Field, London, Middlesex County, England   [4]
  Immigration	27 Jul 1660	Boston, Massachusetts   [5, 6]
  	From England
  	Arrived on the ship Prudent Mary.
  Freeman	23 May 1662	New Haven, New Haven Colony   [7, 8]
  	Took oath of fidelity and was admitted as a freeman
  Occupation	Lawyer; Deputy Governor of New Haven Colony
  Burial	Oct 1706	New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut   [9]
  	He was buried next to Theophilus Eaton in the "City Burial Ground," which was the name used by Jacobus, in Families of Ancient New Haven, 4:1058 (1927). This cemetery is now called the Grove Street Cemetery.
  Death	17 Oct 1706	New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut   [10, 11]
  	ae 82
  Notes	Described as Gentleman of St. Martins-in-the-Field, London. See "Inscriptions on Old Tombstones prior to 1800," Grove St. Cemetary, Vol. 3. The idea that William Jones may have been the son of Col. John Jones, the Regicide, has been disproved, but has been perpetuated in most Jones genealogies. According to the "Dictionary of National Biography," Col. John Jones had no children. A London record giving David and Jane Jones as parents of William Jones, baptized at St. Martins in the Field, seems to be a more credible source for parentage, and the birth date agrees with the birth date used by William Jones in New Haven. William Jones was a lawyer of London. He came to Boston on same ship as the regicides Walley and Goffe, accompanied by his second wife Hannah Eaton, his daughter, and his sons William and Nathaniel, both from his first marriage. Soon after his arrival in Boston, he removed to New Haven, where his wife had property. Soon after his appointment as a magistrate in the New Haven Colony, he became a negotiator between the settlements in the Connecticut and New Haven Colonies. Many of the documents are in his handwriting. In May of 1664 he was made the Deputy Governor of the New Haven Colony. After union with the Connecticut Colony, he served as the Assistant of the Connecticut Colony from 1665 to 1687, Deputy Governor from 1691 to 1697, and Judge of the New Haven County Court. When the county court held its first session on 13 June 1666, he was one of three Assistants. On 2 February 1686, the indian Quatabacot, also known as Nausup, sold his right to lands in Guilford to the planters who had settled there and acknowledged the deed before William Jones, assistant of His Majesty's Colony of Connecticut." Jones's Bridge in Guilford took its name from him. In 1661 [?] he is listed as #234 in the list of members of the First Church of Christ (Center Church) of New Haven and his parents are given as David and Jane Jones of London. Although his will is not recorded, the New Haven County Court files contain articles of agreement concerning his estate, dated 20 January 1706/07. Mrs. Hannah Jones "widdow relict and administratrix on the estate of William Jones Esq late of Newhaven......deceased, daughter of Theophilus Eaton Esq deceased" and Mr. John Jones, Mr. Isaac Jones, Mr. James Clark in right of his wife Hannah, Mrs. Sarah Morrison, and Mr. John Morgan in right of his wife Elizabeth, "children (of the whole blood) of the said William Jones Esq deceased and the said Hannah Jones his widow and relict." These heirs made a mutual agreement for distribution among themselves, and agreed that the farm given by deed to Mr. William Jones late of Guilford deceased as also one cow received by him and a silver spoon to be received do not amount unto one sixth part of the personal estate, they will make up his sixth part by equal contributions and they will resign all their right and interest unto the estate in England unto Caleb Jones son of William Jones of Guilford deceased; "William Jones Esq did by his last will and testament give a farm to Mrs. Susanah Wilson at Pilgrims Harbour and the same being devised by her last will unto her sonn Do therefore confirme ye same to him his heirs and assignes for ever" [2-297]. [2, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16]
  Person ID	I1051	Ellingboe
  Last Modified	12 Jul 2012

  
  

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• Sources

  [S30] NEHGR, Vol. 60, pp. 164 (Reliability: 3). Smyth, Ralph D., "Lieutenant Governor William Jones, of New Haven Jurisdiction, and his Descendants. [S205] Ullmann, Helen Schatvet, Jones - Ullmann, (Acton, Mass.: H.S. Ullmann, 2001), Mss A 1055. [S30] NEHGR, Vol. 60, pp. 164 (Reliability: 3). [S200] NYGBR, Vol. 12, p. 49 (1881) (Reliability: 3). [S30] NEHGR, Vol 60, p. 164 (Reliability: 3). "arrived in Boston, July 27, 1660, in the same ship with Whaley and Goffe [the two regicide judges], and brought his sons William and Nathaniel with him, born by a first wife." [S197] Hoadley, Charles J., New Haven Records 1653-1664, (Hartford, 1858), p. 451, comment in a note (Reliability: 3). "Mr. Jones with his wife, the daughter of Gov. Eaton, and the rest of his family, arrived at Boston July 27, 1660, in the same ship which brought the two regicide judges, Goff and Whalley." Whalley and Goffe arrived on the ship Prudent Mary. [S196] Atwater, Edward E., New Haven History, (2 vol. (2nd ed., Meriden, CT: Journal Publishing Co., 1902; reprint, Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, 1989)), p. 422, F98.A81 1902. (Reliability: 4). [S197] Hoadley, Charles J., New Haven Records 1653-1664, (Hartford, 1858), p. 451 (Reliability: 3). "On the 23rd of May, 1662, he took the oath of fidelity, with the following caution, 'That whereas the King hath beene proclaimed in this colony to be of Soueraigne & we his loyall subjects, I doe take the said oath with subordination to his Majestie, hopeing his Majestie will confirme the said gouernment for the advancement of Christs gospell, kingdom & ends, in this colony, vpon the foundations already laid; but in case of alteration of the gouernment in the fundamentalls thereof, then to be free fro the said oath. He was also on the same day admitted a freeman and nominated to be propounded to the court of election for a magistrate. N.H. Town Rec. ii. 372." [S203] Hale Collection. [S30] NEHGR, Vol 60, p. 164 (Reliability: 3). [S199] New Haven Vital Records, (New Haven: Colonial Society of the Order of the Founders and Patriots of America, Part I, 1917), p. 65 (Reliability: 3). [S196] Atwater, Edward E., New Haven History, (2 vol. (2nd ed., Meriden, CT: Journal Publishing Co., 1902; reprint, Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, 1989)), p. 478, F98.A81 1902. (Reliability: 3). [S197] Hoadley, Charles J., New Haven Records 1653-1664, (Hartford, 1858), p. 451. comment in a note (Reliability: 3). [S173] TAG, Vol 14, p. 52 (Reliability: 3). [S30] NEHGR, Vol. 26, p. 92 (1872) (Reliability: 3). [S288] Franklin Bowditch Dexter, Members of First Church of Christ New Haven, (New Haven, Connecticut: n.p., 1914.), p. 16. (Reliability: 3).