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September 2009 I am doing research in the Goshen area and have concluded that Cornelius Jones of Warwick, NY, son of Samuel as shown by the tree below has a very high probability of being the father of our known ancestor William Jones.Realize that there is no hard documentation to support this, only names in the bible.
 
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Hannah Jones b. 1639 (2nd row, first column), is shown in the first Jones bible as is Cornelius and Abigial (2nd row, last 2 columns).  Hannnah Jones b. 1763 (6th row, 5th column) is shown as wife of John Vandegrift in Vandegrift records. John Vandegrift and their son William are shown in the first Jones bible.

If this is correct, the descent from William B Jones would be this.



This, then would have been William's father Cornelius who signed the Jones bible with his last wife Abigail.
The copy below is taken from Probable Jones Ancestors.


16. Cornelius5 Jones, yeoman ,born 1736/7, was living as late as 1813, when he was listed in Purling Brook School District, Warwick. He was assessed for 4£ 7s 5d. on the Assessment Rolls of Sept., 1775. He was an Overseer of the Poor in Warwick in 1789. There is no will or administration and the family graveyard was destroyed by later tenants. He married, according to family records, Catherine Cunningham and had the following children all born in Warwick Township: ..

29. i. Rebecca6 b. ca 1757, married John Chandler.

30. ii. Cornelius6 born June 1759.

31. iii Nathan6 b. ca 1760 married Dec 26, 1780, Temperance Sawyer, dau of James and Elizabeth Sawyer. They had one dau. Elizabeth and perhaps a son, James who married Abigail Clark. (Goshen Presb. Church Records)

32. iv. Hannah6 b ca 1763, m_____ Westlake and had John Cornelius, Samuel and Juliia. This family removed to Hempsted. L.I.
*This is a problem as bible records show her married to John Vandegrift, perhaps Westlake died and she remarried or there may be a problem with the Vandegrift records or these records.


A search of early Wawick Presbiterian church records does not show the Cornelius Jones family as members but does show his brother Capt. Samuel Jones who died during the Revolution fighting Loyalist Indian forces commanded by Joeseph Brant. My anncestor Anthony Westbrook was a Brant's Volunteer and was probably in that raiding party.

Although he is listed in the census as living in Warwick, it is Warwick Township, not Warwick Village. Cornelius may have attended the church at Florida or nearby New Milford. His son Cornelius founded the New Milford church. Unfortunately it, and New Milford were consumed by fire and no records survive.
There are two Jones family Bibles, one belongs to Noel Jones jr. and the other belongs to Ross Jones. Only the front page remains of Ross's bible, which is the oldest, dating to 1791. On the back of that page are the dates of birth for the William Jones family of Warwick. A very bad electrostatic copy of the inside cover of an earlier bible which appears to have been belonged to Cornelius and Abigail Jones also exists which has family signatures on it. My brother Robert Jones has the Jones Hayward Bible which shows later generations.

INSIDE FRONT COVER OF 1791 BIBLE

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From earliest Cornelius Jones Bible - names from top to bottom,
William B Jones, unintelligble, Cornelus Jones, Abigail Jones,
William Jones -
his book, - Wlm B Jones - his hand,
William Vandergrift a son of John Vandegrift born March 25, 1794,
William

TITLE PAGE OF 1791 BIBLE
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Back of 1791 William Jones bible title page

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This is the front page of the 1791 William Jones. It was tucked inside of the one donated to the Bath Historical Society, the bible is in the posession of Noel Jones and the page belongs to Ross Jones. The bible was printed in 1791 in Scotland. Below are the names and dates as best I can make out. The top corner was torn or worn off so we do know that some of the information is missing.
Wri
August the 26th
Hannah Jones born in the year 1748 March the fourth
Sary Jones Born March the 22nd in the year 1799
Abigail Jones Born December the 17th - 1801
William Jones Born November the 8 - 1803
Milia (Amelia) Jones Born September the 28th, 1808
Samuel Jones Born July the 27th - 1810
Nancy Jones Born March the 23rd - 1813
Abiah (Raplee) Jones died 31 day of August, the year 1834
Thomas Whitman Jones Born the 11th of October 1811?
Phebe Riley Born July the 18th - 1813
William B Jones was born November ??
Abia Jones was born Sept 183?
Wlm B Jones was married September 1821
Stephen R. Jones was born the 15th of October 1826
Isabel Jones was born in the year 1775,
June the 16th - Died May 16th 1835

The 1810 census shows a William Jones residing in Warwick. He is between 26 and 45 as is his wife. This may or may not be our William Jones

Quoting William B Jones's obituary: " Seventy six years ago he came from Warwick, Orange County, N.Y., his birthplace, to the town of Wayne. There he lived for about fifteen years and came to Bath about 1835."  My research in Bath shows that he lived in Wayne, Urbana and Howard before moving on to Bath. It appears that his brother Samuel remained in Howard, NY. They came to Wayne about 1820, when William B was about 18.

There is a reference to a William B Jones who lived in Painted Post about that time who delivered mail by horse and buggy into the Indian territory. Painted Post was the southern edge of Indian territiry then. Shortly after the Finger Lakes area was taken from them. This man died in 1834 or 35. A William Jones is shown in Wayne in 1820. None is shown in 1830. A William B Jones is shown in both Addison (pg 361) and Bath (pg 274) in 1830. It is possible that these are father and son. Wayne was settled by Veterans who had been given property as bounty for their sevice in the Revolution and the War of 1812. I will do a search for any military records of a William B Jones from Warwick who was given property in Wayne.

I recently found records of a Hannah Jones b. July 30, 1763 whose parents were Cornelius and Abigail Jones of New York City. She may be William's sister. She married a John Vandegriff b. April 23, 1756 in New York City. Both died in Hamilton, Ohio. This could be the Hannah in our bible records and William B Jones's aunt. They had a son William Vandegriff b. March 25, 1795 in New York City. This could be the William Vandegriff on the inside cover of the first bible. The inscription appears to be "William Vandegriff, son of John".




Jones house in Bath, NY

The following letter was written by Mildred Dascomb to Noel Jones in 1973. She was the last surviving descendent of William B. Jones still living in Bath, New York at that time.

"This book belonged to my grand mother's father, William B. Jones. He evidently purchased it, He lived to be in his nineties - An old man with silver hair. I remember watching him eat, his hand shaking so hard I wondered if he could get it to his mouth. * (NOTE: this is a familial problem. It is not Parkenson's disease. My father had it and I have it, and obviously my great great grandfather had it, it is controlable with medication. -- Dale C. Jones)
My brother Forest used to sit on a blue stool in front of him and grandad would hand him a pipe (unused) and Forest would pretend smoking too.
In his young days he drove a mule along the canal they had no gasoline engines in those days. He owned a house just above the old Jonesville school house. It had a white picket fence around it and was a lovely place. - Now being torn down I believe. - His daughter, Aunt Sarah kept house for him.
This Bible must be at least 200 years old
Mildred Dascomb, 1973


William B's sister, Amelia as school teacher at Jonesville school



We know that William B. Jones was born in 1802 or 1803 because we have his death certificate. We also have his obituary. Unfortunately none of these records including land records show who his parents are.


WILLIAM B.'s OBITUARY.

Wlm B gravestone

MORE THAN FOUR SCORE AND TEN .......
Obituary of William B. Jones
One of the oldest residents of this town passed away when death claimed and took from this world, William B. Jones on Saturday morning, March 9th.
His death occurred at the home of his youngest daughter, Mrs. Clarence A McCartney, who resides at East Union; his end came calmly, and like a peaceful sleep was his transition from the mortal to the spiritual world. he had been ill but a week and died of old age.
Mr, Jones died aged 92 years, 4 months and 6 days, and most of that time has been passed in this county. Seventy six years ago he came from Warwick, Orange County, N.Y., his birthplace, to the town of Wayne. There he lived for about fifteen years and came to Bath about 1835. where he has since resided- most of the time on the same farm south of the village. He was thrice married, the last Mrs. Jones having died about sixteen years ago. One Sister, Mrs. Nancy Baily of Wayne, and four children survive him. They are Willaim C. Jones who lives in Montana, Mrs. Sarrah M. Carregan, Mrs Isabelle Emerson and Mrs C.A. McCartney, all of this town. Mr. Jones was a man well and favorably known; he had been a reader of the "Advocate" since he came to this county. and in politics was an unswerving Democrat of the Jacksonian type, having voted at every general election since his twenty first.

Map of Unionville
Map showing Jones farm in Unionville a few miles southwest of Bath, NY,
right above the number 27.



Grave stones in Union Cemetery near Bath, N.Y.

William B. Jones d. 9 Mar 1895 - Age 92y 4m 6d
Sarah Ann Jones d. 13 Apr 1879 - Age 59y 2nd
Wife of William B.
Elizabeth Jones d. 5 Apr 1852 - Age 54y
Wife of William B.
Alonzo Jones d. 20 Feb 1865 - Age 24y 5m 8d
Son of William B & Elizabeth
MARKER ONLY - Died in Confederate POW Stockade - Florence, SC Civil War
His body is buried in a common grave at Florence with approx 1800 other POWs.

Last Trench Marker at Florence National Cemetery
Alonzo is probably buried here


Florence Stockade

Burial of Union POWs at Andersonville
Alonzo had survived imprisonment in the worst confederate prison camps, Richmond, Andersonville, and Florence only to die when Sherman was some 80 miles away laying seige to Columbia, S.C.
Family Civil War Soldiers Buried Elsewhere
George M Jones
Left 4 children - George, Stephen, Della, Mable
William C Jones, 1830 - 1900 Veterans Home Columbia Falls, Montana



Descendants of William B. Jones

Numbers denote generations from W.B. Jones

1 William B. Jones 1803 - 1895
.. +Byer (Abiah) Raplee 1803 - 1830
. 2 Alonzo Jones 1826 -
. 2 Charlotte L. Jones 1828 -
. 2 William C. Jones 1830 - 1900
..... +Catherine Mary Hayward 1832 - 1904
..... 3 Milo Jones - January 30, 1861
......... +Jane Elizabeth Hills - d. 1939
......... 4 Howard Vincent Jones 1887 -
............. +Eva Mandana Stockwell 1887 - 1953
............. 5 Howard Vincent Jones jr. 1921 -
................. +Eugenia Maxine Jones
................. 6 Phillip Charles Jones 1943 - 2006
..................... +Lynda Sands
..................... 7 Vincent Jones Jones 1969 -
..................... 7 Shannon Marie Jones 1972 -
......................... +Jeffrey Paul Nibur
................. 6 David Vincent Jones 1948 -
..................... +Alice Kathleen Hart 1946 -
..................... 7 Kenneth Jones 1965 -
......................... +Sharie Mohn 1965 -
......................... 8 Jena Jones 1984 -
......................... 8 Kile Jones 1986 -
......................... 8 Andrea Jones 1988 -
..................... 7 Dale Jones 1966 -
......................... +Kim Wheeler 1965 -
......................... 8 Kelsie Jones 1991 -
......................... 8 Shellia Jones 1993 -
..................... 7 Barbara Jones 1969 -
......................... +Eddie Basham
......................... 8 Jessica Basham 1988 -
..................... *2nd Husband of Barbara Jones:
......................... +Stacy Smith
......................... 8 Morgan Lee Smith
......................... 8 Zachary Dal Smith
................. 6 Dianne Jean Jones 1955 -
..................... +Robert Ruth 1954 -
..................... 7 Robert Vincent Ruth 1979 -
..................... 7 Erika Diana Ruth 1981 -
................. *2nd Husband of Dianne Jean Jones:
..................... +George Geiger
......... 4 William Cornelius Jones 1889 - 1965
............. +Julia Dorothy Finster 1907 - 1983
............. 5 Kay Janet Dorothy Jones 1938 -
................. +Roger Wayne Thyr 1935 -
................. 6 Brian DonaldThyr 1965 -
..................... +Danita Jo Carlson 1966 -
..................... 7 Nicholas James Thyr 1994 -
..................... 7 Ingrid Caroline Thyr 1997 -
................. 6 Lisa Karen Thyr 1962 -
..................... +Scott James Barker 1962 -
..................... 7 Charles James Barker 1985 -
..................... 7 Natalia Lynn Barker 1987 -
............. 5 Cornel Robert Finster Jones 1939 -
................. +Merryalice Maki 1939 -
................. 6 David Bruce William Jones 1964 -
..................... +Ann Summerville Kelly 1964 -
..................... 7 Isobel Alina Kelly Jones 1998
..................... 7 Seamus Dylan Summerville Jones 1995 -
................. 6 Corey Robert Nicholas Jones 1966
..................... +Virginia Trice
..................... 7 Conor Robert Trice Jones 2002
................. 6 Sarah Kay Louise Jones 1969 -
..................... +John William Clapp 1960 -
..................... 7 Ashley Elizabeth Clapp 2000 -
..................... 7 Michael John Clapp 2003 -
............. 5 Dale Chester Westbrook Jones 1940 -
................. +Jeanne Adelle Finkelstein d. 1985
................. 6 Terrence Flom Jones 1972 -
..................... +Autumn Hickenbotham
..................... 7 Iryche Jones adpt 1996 -
..................... 7 Zayde Tatania Jones 2001 -
..................... 7 Aiko Jones 2003 -
................. 6 Tod Simeon Hayward Jones 1976 -
......... 4 Percy Milo Jones 1894 -
............. +Dorothy Phillips - 1968
............. 5 Jane Jones
................. +Jack Quigley
................. 6 John Quigley
................. 6 David Quigley
................. 6 Francis Quigley
..... 3 Charles Edward Jones July 17, 1854 - 1906
......... +Harriet R. Shoemaker
......... 4 Francis Jones - 1907
..... *2nd Wife of Charles Edward Jones:
......... +Ellen Banks - 1889
......... 4 Franklin A. Jones
......... 4 Florence Helen Jones
......... 4 Joseph Rosslyn Jones 1882 - 1956
............. +Grace Irene Muller 1881 - 1960
............. 5 Noel Paul Jones 1913 -
................. +Doris Ellen Wishart 1915 - 1979
................. 6 Noel Jones
................. 6 Rosslyn Jones
................. 6 Charles Jones
............. 5 Lucien Henry Jones 1909 - 1981
................. +Kathaleen Rosslyn 1914 - 1988
................. 6 Michael Rosslyn Jones 1937 -
..................... +Patricia Kay Harris Bedford 1937 -
..................... 7 Shaun Michael Jones 1965 -
......................... +Michelle Mary Van Kirk 1967 -
......................... 8 Amanda Mary Jones 1988 -
......................... 8 Nichole Kayleen Jones 1991 -
..... 3 Kattie Jones "Catherine" September 8, 1864 -
......... +John Howard
. 2 Stephen Jones 1826 - 1893
..... +Alvira S Miller 1827 - 1893

*2nd Wife of William B. Jones:
.. +Elizabeth Bailey
. 2 Sarah M. Bailey Jones 1823 -
. 2 George M Jones 1832 -
..... 3 George M Jones 1875
..... 3 Stephen Jones 1877
..... 3 Della Jones 1880
..... 3 Mable Jones 1875
. 2 Isabel (Beth) Jones 1837 - 1916
....+ Oliver H Emerson - 1899

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..... 3 Charles P Emerson 1875
......... 4 Mildred Belle Emerson 1890 - 1978
............+ William Dascomb 1887 - 1965
............. 5 Harry E Dascomb 1916 -
...............+ Helen Bowyer
............. 5 Katharine E Dascomb 1918 -
...............+ John D Blum
............. 5 Mary Jane Dascomb 1920 -
...............+ Cecil R Rhodes
............. 5 Doris L Dascomb 1922 -
...............+ Ralph E Rhodes
. 2 Alonzo Jones 1841 - 1865

*3rd Wife of William B. Jones:
.. +Sarah Anna Fenton Dunlop
. 2 Mary Ann Dunlop Jones 1846 -
. 2 Anna Laura Jones 1857 -

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Last updated September 30, 2009 by Dale C Jones