Consul John Coffin Jones, Jr.

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John Coffin Jones, Jr. (1796–1861) was the first United States Consular Agent to the Kingdom of Hawaii.

Life

John Coffin Jones Jr. was born in 1796 in Massachusetts. His father was John Coffin Jones, Sr. (1750–1829), Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives.

He was appointed as the first Consul to Hawaii in 1820. He was considered an advocate for commercial interests in Hawaii, and was often in conflict with missionary elements in the island. His career was full of turmoil and complaint, and had limited support or instruction from Washington, DC. One issue was that although he was married to Hannah Holmes Davis in 1823, he also had three children by Lahilahi Marín, daughter of Don Francisco de Paula Marín: John (Huanu) Coffin Jones III (died 1863), Rosalie, and Francis (died young). Hannah Holmes was mother of William Heath Davis who became an early settler of San Diego, California.

In 1838 he moved to Santa Barbara, California and married Manuela Carrillo. John Coffin Jones Jr. died December 24, 1861.