Lt. Thomas Jones

From https://www.geni.com/documents/view?doc_id=6000000025596111997& The Wildes Family in America, p. 15 of the pdf.

12. Thomas 3 Jones (Elizabeth 2 Wild, John 1 ) was born 13 Mar 1679/80 in GLOUCESTER, Massachusetts, and died 04 Nov 1763 in ENFIELD, Massachusetts. He married Mary Meacham 24 Apr 1708. She died 08 Nov 1744. Notes for Thomas Jones: He was a very prominent citizen of Enfield, and is mentioned in the records as Lieut. Thomas Jones, gentleman. He was the first representative of the town to the General Assembly of Connecticut after its separation from Massachusetts. He was a Lieutenant of the Ninth Massachusetts. Regiment at the siege of Louisburg in 1745. His son, Isaac Jones, was the first descendant of John Wild to graduate from a college. He died Nov. 4, 1763. His wife died Nov. 8, 1744. Their gravestones are still standing. The settlement of his estate mentions his children, Israel Jones (eldest); Rev. Mr. Isaac Jones of Weston; Mary, wife of Abraham Whipple; Jerusha Spencer, deceased; Bathsheba, wife of John Rees; and Elizabeth, wife of David Kellog.

More About Mary Meacham: Residence: Enfield, CT
More About Thomas Jones and Mary Meacham: Marriage: 24 Apr 1708
Children of Thomas Jones and Mary Meacham are:

• 75 i. Mary 4 Jones, born 02 Apr 1709.
• 76 ii. Jerusha Jones, born 08 Apr 1711.
• 77 iii. Thomas Jones, born 15 Mar 1711/12; died in Before 1763.
• 78 iv. Israel Jones, born 18 Mar 1714/15.
• 79 v. Bathsheba Jones, born 12 May 1715.
• 80 vi. Isaac Jones, born 28 Jan 1716/17.
• 81 vii. Bathsheba Jones, born 25 Feb 1718/19.
• 82 viii. Samuel Jones, born 29 Oct 1725; died 19 Sep 1743.
• 83 ix. Elizabeth Jones.

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From https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/26648860/thomas-jones

in his 84th year

[from "History of Enfield," Vol. III, by Francis Olcott Allen, c. 1900, page 2343] [He was a very prominent citizen of Enfield, and is mentioned in the records as Lieut. Thomas Jones, gentleman. He was the first representative of the town to the General Assembly of Connecticut after its separation from Massachusetts. He was a Lieutenant of the Ninth Mass. Regiment at the siege of Louisburg in 1745.]

9 children: Mary Whipple, Jerusha Spencer, Thomas Jr, Bathsheba dy, Israel, Isaac, Bathsheba Pease, Elizabeth Kellogg, Samuel.

References

• History and Genealogy of the ancestors and descendants of Captain Israel Jones : who removed from eSource Information Ancestry.com. North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016. Page 23. link