Josiah Jones

1/4/ Native American from his mother's side.

Josiah Jones Birth • 1 Sources about 1661 Yarmouth, Plymouth Colony, British Colonial America

Age 84 Death • 1 Sources before 12 March 1745 East Greenwich, Kent, Rhode Island, British Colonial America

Josia [Josiah Jones & Elizabeth Berry, Record of marriage on 28 Nov 1677 in Yarmouth, Barnstable, Plymouth Colony, "Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988"

SPOUSES AND CHILDREN

Josiah Jones 1661-1745

Marriage: 28 November 1677 Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America

Elizabeth Berry 1656-1714

Children (7)

Elizabeth Jones 1680-1741

Andrew Jesse Jones 1680-1754

Seth Jones 1683-

Jeremiah Jones 1684-1730

Dorcas Jones 1685-1722

Ann Jones 1687-

Sarah Jones 1697-

PARENTS AND SIBLINGS

Teague Jones 1620-1683

Marriage: about 1649 Yarmouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America

Ruhamah Samoset 1624-

Children (6)

Ruhamah Jones 1650-1735

Jeremiah Jones 1651-1705

Samuel Jones 1655-

Teague Jones Jr. 1657-

Josiah Jones 1661-1745

Elizabeth Jones 1664-1728

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Jones-1601

Josiah Jones (bef. 1661 - bef. 1745)

Josiah Jones

Born before 1661 in Rhode Island

Son of Teague Jones and [mother unknown]

Brother of Ruhamah (Jones) Nickerson, Jeremiah Jones and Elizabeth (Jones) Eldredge

Husband of Elizabeth (Berry) Jones — married 28 Nov 1677 in Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Father of Elizabeth (Jones) Bassett, Dorcas (Jones) Aylesworth, Seth Jones, Jeremiah Jones and Ann (Jones) Hamilton

Died before 12 Mar 1745 at about age 84 in East Greenwich, Kent, Rhode Island

Profile last modified 29 Dec 2021 | Created 21 Oct 2010

Biography

Birth

Josiah was born sometime between 1653 and 1661 probably at Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts, the son of Teague Jones.[1][2]

Parents

Father - Teague Jones
Born - Nov 1620, Harwich, Essex
Died - 21 Jul 1683, Yarmouth, Plymouth colony
Mother - Ruhamah Samoset
Born - About 1630
Married - About 1649
Marriage

Josiah married Elizabeth Berry, on 28 November 1677 at Yarmouth Massachusetts.[3] She was born on 5 Mar 1656 in Yarmouth, Plymouth Colony.

Children

Josiah and Elizabeth had at least the following children probably all born at East Greenwich, Kent Co., Rhode Island.[1]

Dorcas Jones, born about 1681, married John Aylesworth.[1]
Seth Jones, born about 1683.[1]
Jeremiah Jones, born about 1684.[1]
Ann (Jones) Hamilton, born about 1687, married William Hamilton.[1]
Andrew J Jones, born about 1688.
Jesse Jones, born about 1690.
Katherine Jones, born about 1693.
Elizabeth (Jones) Bassett, born about 1695, married Samuel Bassett.[1]
Sarah (Jones) Reynolds, born about 1697, married James Reynolds.[1]
Lydia Marie Jones birth date unknown
Death

Josiah died between his signing and the proving of his will at East Greenwich, Kent Co., Rhode Island. His will was dated 28 January 1743/4, proved 12 March 1744/5, mentions wife Elizabeth, sons Jeremiah and Seth, and daughters Elizabeth Bassitt, Dorcas Aylesworth, Sarah Reynolds, and Alice or Ann Hamilton.[1]

Timeline

1661
Birth of Josiah
East Greenwich, Kent County, Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
1677
November 28, 1677
Marriage of Josiah to Elizabeth Jones
Yarmouth, Plymouth Colony
1683
Birth of Seth Jones
East Greenwich, Kent, Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
1684
Birth of Jeriamah Jones
East Greenwich, Kent, Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
1686
Birth of Dorcas Aylesworth
East Greenwich, Kent, Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
1687
Birth of Ann Hamilton
East Greenwich, Kent, Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
1688
Birth of Andrew J Jones
East Greenwich, Kent, Birth of Andrew J Jones Greenwich, , Rhode Island, USA
1690
Birth of Jesse Jones
1693
Birth of Katherine Jones
DNA Information

www.jones-dna.org Y-DNA pedigree site. Family Group: R1b-M269 #24 FTDNA kit: 88036.
Josiah was born about 1652. He passed away in 1743.

Sources

↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 Parsons, Gerald J. 1955. Josiah Jones of East Greenwich, R. I. The American Genealogist 32:110.
↑ West, Edmund, Family Data Collection - Individual Records, http://search.ancestryinstitution.com
↑ Massachusetts Marriages, 1633-1850, http://search.ancestryinstitution.com
Josiah Jones
http://capecodhistory.us/genealogy//getperson.php?personID=I38243&t...
http://www.familycentral.net/index/search.cfm?ref1=5215:979
Pedigree file at [1]
Acknowledgments

Thanks to Lisa Hill for starting this profile.
This person was created on 21 October 2010 through the import of master 11_12.ged.
Thank you to Bobbie Bicknell for creating WikiTree profile Jones-17834 through the