John Jones[1, 2, 3]
Abt 1623 - 1673 (~ 50 years)
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Name John Jones Born Abt 1623 prob. Wales or England 
Gender Male _COLOR 8 _FSFTID MN1Q-1QJ _UID FDA980189DE04632B8E3BC8EE05D1D9204EF Died 22 Jun 1673 Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts [1, 2, 3] Person ID I1723 McPherson History Last Modified 1 Jan 2018
Family Dorcas, d. 22 Nov 1709, Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts Married Bef 1648 Children 1. Samuel Jones, b. 8 Oct 1648, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts , d. 5 Jan 1718 (Age 69 years)2. Ephraim Jones, b. 6 Jan 1650, Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts , d. 16 Jan 1677, Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts (Age 27 years)3. Elizabeth Jones, b. 11 Feb 1652, Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts , d. Yes, date unknown4. Joseph Jones, b. 8 Jun 1654, Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts , d. Bef 20 Jun 1682 (Age < 28 years)5. John Jones, b. 6 Jul 1656, Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts , d. 1726, Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts (Age 69 years)6. Dorcas Jones, b. 29 May 1659, Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts , d. 24 Sep 1746, Lexington, Middlesex, Massachusetts (Age 87 years)7. Rebecca Jones, b. 8 Mar 1663, Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts , d. 17 Jul 1712, Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts (Age 49 years)8. Nathaniel Jones, b. 1665, Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts , d. 22 Mar 1746, Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts (Age 81 years)Last Modified 15 Mar 2020 Family ID F421 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - John Jones was made a freeman with other Concord men on 22 May 1650. In 1723, John Flint, as town clerk of Concord, prepared a list of the proprietors of Concord as of 1666 “who had rights in Acton (Concord Village). Each of the inhabitants of 1666 or 1684 had a 5-acre right which belonged to his heirs or assigns.” This list named “John Jones (for where Samuel Jones lives).”Concord town records list his property, which begins, “26: 10: 1666,” John Jones owned “imp[rimis]: his house lot Eight acres, bounded upon the north by John Smedly, upon the east by Humphrey Barrat upon the south by James Blood and Humphrey Barrat upon the west by the old brooke running from the mill into the river.” It ends with “All these p[ar]cels being by Estimation three hundred fifty-one acres and a halfe be they more or less: 351 acres.” The land was in the “North Quarter” of Concord. Several children, when selling land that had been their father’s, described it as being in the north part of the town. On 10 January 1671/2 “an agreement between Deacon Luke Potter & John Jones, both of Concord [was] made & concluded . . . whereas thereis a purpose of marriage between Samuel Jones son of the sd John Jones & Elizabeth the daughter of the sd Luke Potter, it is agreed between the sd parents that the sd marriage be consummated on the conditions hereunder expressed.” The indenture specified the land, including a house, and “twenty acres of woodland lying in the 400 acres belonging to twenty families on the north side of the South river . . . except the sd John shall see cause to remove to the sd house in his own person or settle it upon his present wife Dorcas at the time of his death.” Soon after this agreement, Samuel Jones and Elizabeth Potter were married at Concord on 16 January 1671/2.The inventory of John Jones’s estate, taken on 17 July 1673 by John Smedly Senr, James Blood Junr, and Edmund Wigly, shows that Jones owned two guns, a pair of pistols, “a payer bandelears, sword and belt,” husbandry utensils, one lead weight, iron tools, taylers utensils, and books. His land under cultivation that summer included 3½ acres of rye, six acres Indian corn, 1½ acres of wheat, and ¼of an acre of flax. His livestock consisted of five oxen, four cows, one bull, two heifers, four steers, three yearlings, two calves, twelve swine, two mares, and a colt.The dwelling house and barn were valued at £60; the eleven acres of land in tillage at £33; an acre of orchard at £8; and twelve acres of meadow at £36. Another 276 acres of unimproved land belonging to the farm was appraised at £70 as well as another twenty-nine acres of “unimproved land at Ralfes” valued at £12. The total, both real and personal, equaled £371 and 9 shillings. - Ann L. Dzindolet, The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Volume 163, April 2009
There is some discrepancy when he actually arrived in the New World. Some suggest he may have arrived in Cambridge in 1635 on the Abigail at age 15 while others suggest he arrived in 1648 when he was 25. He would marry in that same year his wife Dorcas (maiden name unknown) who would give birth to their first child a son Samuel Jones in October of that year. John would relocate his family to Concord, Massachusetts in about 1650. Family lore suggests John came from Wales. Many records and historians identify "England" as his place of birth. However, this reference may not be the geographical location of his birth but rather the country that controlled Welsh society at the time - England. Alternatively the reference may indicate the location where the immigrant ship departed from. - www.findagrave.com
- John Jones was made a freeman with other Concord men on 22 May 1650. In 1723, John Flint, as town clerk of Concord, prepared a list of the proprietors of Concord as of 1666 “who had rights in Acton (Concord Village). Each of the inhabitants of 1666 or 1684 had a 5-acre right which belonged to his heirs or assigns.” This list named “John Jones (for where Samuel Jones lives).”Concord town records list his property, which begins, “26: 10: 1666,” John Jones owned “imp[rimis]: his house lot Eight acres, bounded upon the north by John Smedly, upon the east by Humphrey Barrat upon the south by James Blood and Humphrey Barrat upon the west by the old brooke running from the mill into the river.” It ends with “All these p[ar]cels being by Estimation three hundred fifty-one acres and a halfe be they more or less: 351 acres.” The land was in the “North Quarter” of Concord. Several children, when selling land that had been their father’s, described it as being in the north part of the town. On 10 January 1671/2 “an agreement between Deacon Luke Potter & John Jones, both of Concord [was] made & concluded . . . whereas thereis a purpose of marriage between Samuel Jones son of the sd John Jones & Elizabeth the daughter of the sd Luke Potter, it is agreed between the sd parents that the sd marriage be consummated on the conditions hereunder expressed.” The indenture specified the land, including a house, and “twenty acres of woodland lying in the 400 acres belonging to twenty families on the north side of the South river . . . except the sd John shall see cause to remove to the sd house in his own person or settle it upon his present wife Dorcas at the time of his death.” Soon after this agreement, Samuel Jones and Elizabeth Potter were married at Concord on 16 January 1671/2.The inventory of John Jones’s estate, taken on 17 July 1673 by John Smedly Senr, James Blood Junr, and Edmund Wigly, shows that Jones owned two guns, a pair of pistols, “a payer bandelears, sword and belt,” husbandry utensils, one lead weight, iron tools, taylers utensils, and books. His land under cultivation that summer included 3½ acres of rye, six acres Indian corn, 1½ acres of wheat, and ¼of an acre of flax. His livestock consisted of five oxen, four cows, one bull, two heifers, four steers, three yearlings, two calves, twelve swine, two mares, and a colt.The dwelling house and barn were valued at £60; the eleven acres of land in tillage at £33; an acre of orchard at £8; and twelve acres of meadow at £36. Another 276 acres of unimproved land belonging to the farm was appraised at £70 as well as another twenty-nine acres of “unimproved land at Ralfes” valued at £12. The total, both real and personal, equaled £371 and 9 shillings. - Ann L. Dzindolet, The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Volume 163, April 2009
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Sources - [S100] Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988.
Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 - [S158] Massachusetts, Town Death Records, 1620-1850.
- [S139] The New England Historical & Genealogical Register, 1847-2011.
- [S100] Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988.