Information on these Joneses was taken from a few pages of a document in the New York Genealogical Society about thirty years ago.. As they did not seem directly related, I only copied these pages. The document is a small folder of perhaps 40 pages and titled "Other Joneses". As the quality of the copies was particularly bad, it may be worth checking the original documents for accuracy.

It is possible that my family from Warwick and Bath are related to this family but no solid link has been found.

The family starts in 1693 with one Cornelius Jones of perhaps Bristol, Mass. I will attempt to copy the documents as accurately as I can although they are somewhat confusing.

---

FIRST GENERATION

---

Cornelius Jones¹
b. perhaps in Bristol, Mass. 1 Nov. 1693 -- perhaps twin of Ichabod Jones, sons of Cornelius and Mercy (Corey) Jones.
m. Abigail ____________
d. Probably in Dighton, Mass, between 9 Feb. 1744/1745 and April 6, 1747.
r. Tauton, Mass.; Dighton, Mass.

Cornelius Jones, earliest of our Jones ancestors known at this time, first appears in Tauton (Bristol County, Mass.) land records on 22 Dec. 1722 when he bought of John Tisdale of Tauton, one acreon the east side of Tauton Great River (Bristol County Mass. Deeds, 14:411). On March 16 1723/24, he bought a lot in Dighton from John Kink (Ibid., 15:309). He was living in Tauton on both occasions, but he was a shipwright of Dighton when he bought land in Berkley, which he mortgaged on Jan 14, 1742, this mortgage was acknowledged at Newport, Rhode Island on 9 Feb. 1744/45 (ibid., 31:178).

There is no estate record in Tauton for Cornelius Jones, but on April 6, 1747, George (?) Pitts (?) of Dighton was appointed guardian of Charles Jones, over 14 years, son of Cornelius Jones late of Berkley deceased (Bristol Co., Mass. Probates, 11:237).



Cornelius and wife, Abigail had eleven children recorded in Dighton:

(1) Priscilla
b. August 16, 1718
m.
d. prior to 8 may 1741
r.

(2) Henry
b. April 25, 1721
m.
d.
r.

(3) Cornelius
b. March 21, 1723
m.
d.
r.
Served during French and Indian War, returned dated Feb. 28 1756.
(Samuel H. Emery, History of Tauton, 1893, p. 424) intentions registered 24 Jan, l747 to Deborah Austin
d. probably after 1777
r. Dighton, Mass.; probably Attleboro, Mass, in 1777

Elijah Jones,² son of Cornelius and Abigail _____ Jones, was married to Austin in Berkley, Mass, on 9 April 1747 when Deborah was 16 and Elijah 22. Deborah was born 26 November 1730, daughter of Jonah Austin IV and ____ (Vital Records of Dighton. See "Austin" in Appendix for information on her predecessors.)

On 3 April 1765, Elijah and Deborah Jones of Dighton sold 7¹/₂ acres Dighton to Simeon Williams, On 9 April 1777, Elijah Jones of Attleboro, Mass, 60 1/2 acres in Rehoboth to Sarah Sanford (Bristol Co., 65-90). If these are one and the same Elijah Jones, it would seem likely that Deborah had died by 1777 since her name was not on the deed. Attleboro, Rehoboth, and Dighton are within about 16 miles of each other (see above map).



Elijah and Deborah's first four children were recorded in Dighton town These were Elijah, Priscilla, Aquilla, and Increase. Three other Sons, born in Dighton, are identifiedby later records: Seth Income, and Benson. there is Oliver - - a fairly likely candidate for this family, as you will see the evidence. There are three others about whom we are uncertain enough they are not now placed in the list of Elijah and Deborah' s children: Comfort, and Charles.



It is through the Revolutionary pension application of Seth's widow, Zither that we know he was born in Dighton, son of Elijah Jones (application abstracted in National Genealogical Society Quarterly, Vol. 18, p. 48). Benson was probably born in Dighton. He is established as a brother of Seth since Benson, having no children of his own, was partial to a nephew-- Philip Jones - a son of Seth (Gallia Co., Ohio, Deeds, 1:22-23).



Our reasons for feeling rather certain that Income belongs in this famuy are on the word of his gr t.-grandson,- Edson Salisbury Jones of Providence, Rhode Island, born in 1849. This Edson Jones supplied information which was used in the Ancestral Dictionary of Rhode Island, edited by John Osborne Austin (p. 33).

Income's line of descent is listed there as "Income (Elijah, Cornelius, Cornelius?)." Other sources, in addition to this one (Annals of Brattleboro Vermont, by Cabot, 1895, p. 154: and Income's Revolution pen on aplication-18905) state that Income was born in Dighton, Mass, on 16 June 1757. Income resided in Swansea ane then Rehoboth before 1800, Three of his children were Benjamin, Elijah, and Benson-- "Elijah" and "Benson" 'were names also of two of Elijah and Deborah's sons, and "Benjamin" was also the name of Elijah's brother.



Allowing Income as a son of Elijah and Deborah means that we must open the door to Oliver. Oliver and Income moved to Brattleboro, Vermont in 1797 and 1799, respectively--Oliver from Castelton, Vermont, and Income from Rehoboth, Mass. Their farms in Brattleboro were almost adjoining, and they are buried in adjoining plots in the West Brattleboro Cemetery. If Oliver was a member of this family, it seems likely that he was a twin to Income, We have the information that Oliver died 24 Dec. 1832 at 74 years of age; this, then, places his birth in the 12 months prior to 24 Dec. 1758. But the age given on his pension application places his birth in the 12 months prior to 20 April 1758. With Income' s birth established as June 1757, there seems no other way for Oliver to be a member ot the family than as a twin to Income We do not know Oliver' $ place of birth, but his widow in 1839 declared that he had enlisted in 1775 at Rehoboth, Mass.-when he was 17 or 18 years old, Income, on the other hard, had enlisted in 1778. (missing sentence) But even if their father lived in Attleboro in

(Missing sentence)

But, even if their father lived in Attleboro, Swansea and Rehoboth are not many miles away.



Increase Jones, who we are sure was a son of Elijah and Deborah (Dighton town records), moved from Rheboth, Mass. To Putney, VT sometime between 1776 and 1781 when his first child was born. Similar locations further substantiate Oliver's being a member of this family; in 1790. Increase had lived in Putney until around 1788, when he moved to Granville, N.Y. Sometime between 1791 and 1796, Oliver moved to Castleton in Rutland County, Vermont -- a distance of 14 miles from Granville, N.Y. But in Nov. 1797, Oliver moved from Castleton back to within 10 or 12 miles of Putney -- to Brattleboro. It was 2 years later -- in December 1799 -- that Income Jones bought the second lot north of Oliver's property and sometime after that moved there from Rehoboth, Mass. (Brattleboro Deeds, D:68, 262; f:150, 152, 153; L:378).



Now concerning the three who might be of out family -- Deborah, Comfort, and Charles.



Perhaps the Deborah Jones who married in Dighton, Daniel Bowen of Rehoboth on 7 Oct. 1773 was a daughter of Elijah and Deborah; here would be from for another child between Increase 1752, and Seth 1755.



It is tempting to place comfort Jones in this list tentatively because he lived in Granville, N.Y. in the 1790's when Increase did (Early Settlers of New York State: Their Ancestors and Descendants, 3 vols., collection of monthly publications, ed. Janet Wethy Foley, July 1934 - June 1937, p. B83). With a son over 16 in 1790, Comfort must have been born before 1755 -- so he also would "fit" between 1752 and 1755.



It would seen the on way Charles' birth date could fit into this family is provided he was a twin of Seth. The reasoning for this is that his application for Revolutionary pension (#W 21482), dated 5 August 1823, stated that Charles' age as 67, Charles lived in Rehoboth during the Revolution and enlisted there is 1776. By 1779, when he married, he was living in Putney, Vermont (James Richard Joy, Thomas Joy and His Descendants, 1900, p. 75; and Putney VT. Deeds, 2:185, 209) and he was still there is 1790. Within the next 10 years, he moved, but none of the ensuing places of residence was in the vicinity of other Joneses mentioned here.



Despite Their locations, these three -- Deborah, Comfort, Charles -- may very well have been of another family. For there were other Jones families living in Rheoboth, Swansea, Berkley and Dighton; one was Robert Jones who moved to Rehoboth before Sept. 1654 and his many descendants (Melvin Elijah Jones, Descendants of Robert Jones, 1934.)



Other names and places which draw our attentions are:

(1) the federal census of 1790 of Whitehall, N.Y. (Not far from Granville) lists two Joneses next to each other, each the head of a family -- Cornelius Jones and Oliver Jones; Also listed in that Whitehall census were three other heads of families -- Ruben Jones, William Jones and Israel Jones.

(2) The list of Revolutionary soldiers who lived at some time in Brattleboro, Vermont included -- besides Income Jones and Oliver Jones -- Elias Jones and Israel Jones (Hemenway's Vermont Historical Gazetteer, Vol. 5 pp. 51, 53).

(3) A Cornelius Jones was in the service for 14 days in October 1781 from Castleton, VT. (Goodrich, Vermont Rolls of Soldiers Rev. War, 1904). These show some of the difficulties in pinning down our specific family.

---

Second Generation

---

Children of Elijah and Deborah (Austin) Jones, then, so far as we have been able to determine, the first four recorded in Dighton town records:



(1) Elijah Jones
b. 24 Nov. 1747 in Dighton, Mass.
m.
d.
r.

(2) Priscilla Jones
b. 16 August 1749 in Dighton
m. 9 Sept. 1773 Elisha Johnson of Taunton, Mass.; Mar. intentions registered in Dighton on 25 June 1773
d.
r.

(3) Aquilla Jones
b. 10 March 175]. in Dighton
m.
d.

(4) Increase Jones
b. 8 May 1752 in Dighton
m. int. registered April 1776 to Hannah Bowen (b. 19 Aug 1759), dau. of Vinton and Mary Bowen of Rehoboth
d. 18 Dec. 1825 in Minerva, N. Y.; bur. Ninerva cem. Jones.
r. Dighton, Mass.; Rehoboth, Mass, in 1776; Putney, Vermont; to Granville, N. Y. ca 1788; to Minerva, N. Y. ca 1804.

(5) Seth Jones
b. 28 Sept. 1755 in Dighton
m.. (1st) at Dighton 27 Sept. 1778 Sarah Pitts (1757 1810), dau. of Henry and Sarah (Pitts) Pitts; (2nd) in Meigs Co., Ohio, 26 August 1810 Esther (Adams) Ford, Seth was her second husband and, after his death, she married (3rd) John Kountz. He died before 1832.
d. Meigs Co., Ohio on 10 Sept. 1824 r. Enlisted in Dighton to serve 3 times in Revolution between 1775 and 1779; Newfane, Vt. (near Putney in 1790; moved in 1797 to Ohio--first Middleport, later to Letart, Meigs County (National Genealog icalical Quarterly, Vol. 26).
By two wives, Seth had 18 children born between 1780 and ca 1825.

(6) Income Jones
b. 16 June 1757 in Dighton, Mass.
m. 20 Feb. 1779 Mary Kingsley (1757-1825), dau, Asa K,
d. 19 Jan. 1845 bur. W. Brattleboro, Vt. cemetery
r. Enlisted twice during Revolution at Swansea, Mass.; Rehoboth, Mass, in 1790; Brattleboro, Vt. in 1800. Had 5 sons, 2 daughters--mentioned in 1845 will.

(7) Oliver Jones
b. twin of Income or b. 1758
rn. ca March 1782 Susannah Smith (b. 1747-48, d. 2 March 1840--92 years) (Brattleboro, Vt. Probates 16:45)
d. 24 Dec. 1831--74 years old; buried in plot adjoining Income Jones, W. Brattleboro cemetery
r. Enlisted three times during Rev, between 1775 and 1782--twice from Rehoboth and once at Townshend, Vt.; Putney, Vt. in 1790; Castleton, Vt., Rutland County in 1797; 1800 in Brattleboro, Vt.; 1819 in Guilford, Vt, (near Brattleboro).
Had 1 son, 3 daughters.

(8) Benson Jones
b. ca 1760 in Dighton, Mass.
m. before 1790 Lucy _____ (b, 1770-75; d. 1830-1833)
d. Salisbury Township, eigs Co., Ohio in 1830 or 1831,
r. Sea captain of Ptitney, Vt, in 1790; Ohio in 1796 or 1797, with his brother, Seth.
No children,

---

Third Generation

---

Increase Jones³ (Elijah Jones,² Cornelius Jones¹)
b. 8 May 1752 in Dighton, Mass.
m. intentions registered in Rehohoth, Mass, on 14 April1776 to
Hannah Bowen (19 Aug. 1759 -- 25 May 1830), dau. of
Vintori and Mary Bowen of Rehoboth, and granddaughter
of Daniel Bowen. d. 18 Dec. 1825.

Increase and Hannah were married when he was almost 24 and she 16 1/2. Their children:

(1) Deborah Jones
b 8 March 1781 in Putney, Vermont
m. James Williams probably before 1802
d.
r. Probably Granvifle, N. Y.; possibly Minerva

(2) Increase Jones
b. 22 March 1784 in Putney, Vermont
m.
d.
r. Said by Morris Flinn to have gone to Neigs Co., Ohio--probably before 1810

(3) Charles Jones
b. 17 Feb. 1786 in Putney, Vermont
probably the Charles mentioned in Minerva Baptist Church records,
r. Meigs Co., Ohio (Morris Flinn rec.) baptised 1808 Meigs Co., 1820 census lists Chas. Jones -- age 26-45.

(4)Elijah Jones
b. 1789 probably in Granville, N.Y.
m. 26 Aug. 1810 Polly West (b. July 1792 in Vershire, Vermont), dau, of Nathan and Martha (Titus) West (See "West" Family in Appendix)
d. after 1871
r. Minerva, N, Y.; Granvil1e, N. Y.

(5) Elias Jones
b. 8 Aug. 1790 in Granvii1e, N, Y.
m.
d.

(6) Patty Jones
b. 9 July 1792 in Granville, N.Y.
m. _______ Perrin, according to Morris Flinn's records. Perhaps he was the son of Thomas Perrin, listed in 1790 census of Granville with 2 sons 16 and over, 2 sons under 16 and 3 daughters.
d.
r. perhaps in Granville, N.Y.

(7) Hannah Jones
b. 4 May 1794 in Granville, N.Y.
m. ________ Smith, according to Morris Flinn's records
d.
r. perhaps in Granville, N.Y.

(8) Daniel Jones
b. 12 December, 1795 in Granville, N.Y.
before 1819, Barbara _______ , b. Wash. Co. (N.Y.) 1801
d. probably before 180
r. Minerva, N.Y. in 1820; Pawlet, Vt. in 1830; Granville, N.Y. in 1835; Chester (Igerna), N.Y. 1844


(9) James Jones
b. 23 Oct. 1795 in Granville (probable -- but not recorded)
m. Polly ______ (b. 1799 -- d. after 1865)
d. 28 Dec. 1863; burried in Sherman, N.Y. (Chau. Co.)
r. Minerva, N.Y.; in 1832 to French Creek, N.Y.

(10) Levi Bowen Jones
b. 1800 (probably Granville, but not recorded)
m. ca. 1824 Hannah Mathews (1804 -- 1880)
d. 1878; buried Minerva Cemetery
r. Said by Morris Flinin to have gone to IvIeigs Co., Ohio



Increase and Deborah registered their children in Granville, N. Y. on 8 March 1796 as follows: "Born in Putney, Vermont.-.-Deborah, Increase, and Charles; born in Granville, N, Y. -- Elias, Patty, Hannah, and Daniel," This 1796 listing omitted the name of Elijah, born in 1789 and, of course, those born after 1796, But there is such to indicate Elijah' s being a child of Increase and Deborahg Elijah Jones, b. 1789, is listed in the census records of Minerva and he and Increase owned ad.joining lots in Ninerva, also Elijah named one of his sons "Increase."

From Granville, Increase moved to Minerva, N. 1. about 1804. Until 1817, Minerva was part of the Town of Schroon and was sometimes referred to as Dominick, since Francis Dominick owned much of the land. Increase bought the easterly half (100 acres) of lot 39 In what is now Bailey Patent in Township 25, Totten and Crossfield Purchase It was then owned by John Woodworth and It was from him that Icrease bought. Lot 39 extends from the Grant Road on the north past the present John Curtis place and It may be that he lived about where they do now. This lot lies on both sides of the highway but mostly on the west side. Increase's son, Elijah, later bought the westerly half (100 acres) of lot 39. Map, p. 24a shows lot divisions In Dominick and Bailey Patents.

Increase's wife, Hannah, joined the Baptist Church on October 18, 1807 - the day after It was organized and she was baptized that day. However, she was excluded in 1815 because of her neglect of the church. There is no record to show that Increase was a member, although he had a grandson named Increase who was given a license to preach in the Mirierva Baptist Church (p. 101).

The 1810 census or Schroon (copy loaned to me by Mrs.Hargreaves of Schroon)- Minerva was part of Schroon then -— lists Increase Jones with 6 children at home then:

3 males 10-15 [Daniel, James and Levi],
2 males 15-25 [probably Elias and Elijah], and
1 daughter 15-25 [probably Patty had married and this was Hannah at home].

Increase Jones was the only Jones among the 23 families living in that part of Minerva. The census lists the looms and the number of yards of cloth made; Increase had no loom and made no cloth.

On September 29, 1825, Increase sold his farm to his two Sons Daniel and James for the sum of $100. He died December 18th of that same year at the age of 73 and was buried in the Minerva Baptist Cemetery, His stone is the oldest one now standing. The inscription on It reads:

Hark from the tomb a doleful sound,
My ear attend the cry.
Ye living men come view the ground
Where you must shortly lie.

Hannah lived five years longer and died May 25, at the age of 71. She was buried beside her husband

Levi Bowen Jones⁴(Increase Jones³, Elijah Jones,² Cornelius Jones-¹),
according to our records, was the youngest child of Increase and Hannah Bowen Jones
b. ca. 1824 Hannah Matthews (1804 - 1880)
d. 1878
r. Minerva, N. Y.; North East, Pa.; Minerva, N. Y.


From the records of the Ninerva Baptist Church, it is known that Increase and his family were living in Ninerva in 1807 when the church was organized, as Hannah (Levi's mother) was taken in for baptism the day after it was organized.
About 1824, Levi married Hannah Matthews, sister of Rachel Matthews who married David Gates David and Rachel Gates and family moved to Ninerva in 1824 or earlier, Levi and Hannah were both baptized in the spring of 1830. The following September they were given letters of dismission, as they were going "West." Several other families from Minerva went about the same time--among them James Jones and his wife, Polly, who settled in Chautauqua County,

Levi and Hannah went to North East, Pa. and several of their children were born there. In 1838, Levi became so homesick that he left his family, perhaps in Oayuga County with Matthews relatives, and rode horseback to Minerva in time to plant his crops. Elias, the oldest child, who was then 13, drove the covered wagon home, bringing the family.

Levi, for a time, owned what was later known as the King place and he may be the one who built the house there (behind what is now the Minerva Hill Hotel). Emil Kraeling saw the house before it was torn down and he says it was a very well built house. Levi later bought the place now occupied by John Curtis, but the house is not the same.
Levi and Hannah had the following children:

(1) Elias
b. 27 June, 1825 in Nirierva, N. Y.
m. Diantha Gates, dau. of David and Rachel Matthews Gates (March 22, 1828 - 1903)
d. 15 Jan., 1861
r. North East, Pa.; Minerva, N. Y.; Adirondack, N. Y.

2. Diana
b. 1828 in Minerva, N, Y.
m. 18 April, 1847 Loren Gates
d. in Nielsv:Llie, Wisconsin; buried in Christie, Wise.
r. Minerva, N, Y.; Christie, Wisconsin

(3) Stephen
b. Jan., 1830 in Minerva, N.Y.
m. in 1853 Ruth N. West (1834-1908), dau. of Levi G. and Rhoda Smith West, great-granddaughter of Increase and Hannah Jones through daughter Deborah.
d. 17 March, 1911, buried in Salem, Oregon
r. Minerva, N Y. Christie Wisconsin’ Salem, Oregon

(4) Levi Philonzo
b. 23 Feb., 1834 in North East, Pa.
m. 12 Dec., 1852 Almira Gates, dau. of David and Rachel
d. 20 Nov., 1865 in Minerva
r. Minerva, N. Y.

(5) Dardana
b. 1836 in North East, Pa. In census record she said Cayuga Co.
m. William Flinn
r. Erie, Pa,

(6) Byron
b. 1 May, 1841 in Minerva, N. Y.
m. 26 May, 1863 Diantha Gates Jones, his brother, Elias’ widow.
d. 10 May, 1917
r. Minerva, N. Y.

(7) Matilda
b, 1842
d, 1843

(8) Freeman b. 1845 in Minerva, N.Y.
m. (1st) Helen Morse (1855-1874), dau, of William C.and Jane Chambers Morse, (Sister of Orville,)
(2nd) Emeline Shaw, dau. of John Shaw, Jr. and sister
d. 1889
r. Minerva, N. Y.

---

Following is Levi’s last will and testament:

In the name of God. amen:

I Levi B. Jones of the town of Minerva, County of Essex, and state of New York, being of sound mind and memory, and considering the uncertainty of this life, do make, ordain, publish, and declare this to be my last will and testament, that is to say:

First, after all my lawful debts are paid and discharged, I give and bequeath the sum of $25 to my daughter Dardana Flinn, to be paid at the expiration of two years from my decease.

Secondly, I also give and bequeath to my grandson, David Jones, the sum of $50 to be paid when he arrives at the age of 21.

Third, I give and bequeath all the rest, residue and remainder of my property both real and personal, except the interest of my wife Hannah Jones therein, to my sons Byron and Freeman, to be divided equally,
Levi B. Jones
Levi and Hannah are both buried in Minerva.