Samuel Jones

Brief Life History of Samuel

When Samuel Jones was born on 6 December 1719, in Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States, his father, John Jones, was 40 and his mother, Hannah Cotton, was 33. He died on 6 October 1791, at the age of 71, and was buried in Scarborough Early Family, Scarborough, Cumberland, Maine, United States.

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Family Time Line

John Jones
1679–1758
Hannah Cotton
1686–1756
James Jones
1706–1781
Mary Jones
1712–
Hannah Jones
1723–1807
Abigail Jones
1727–1800
Elizabeth Jones
1708–
John Jones Jr
1710–1792
William Jones
1717–1792
Samuel Jones
1719–1791
Sarah Jones
1721–1805

Sources (1)

  • Samuel Jones, "Find a Grave Index"

World Events (3)

1760

Historical Boundaries: 1760: Cumberland, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America 1776: Cumberland, Massachusetts, United States 1820: Cumberland, Maine, United States

1776

Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.

1776

New Hampshire is 9th state.

Name Meaning

English and Welsh: from the Middle English personal name Jon(e) (see John ), with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s. The surname is especially common in Wales and southern central England. It began to be adopted as a non-hereditary surname in some parts of Wales from the 16th century onward, but did not become a widespread hereditary surname there until the 18th and 19th centuries. In North America, this surname has absorbed various cognate and like-sounding surnames from other languages. It is (including in the sense 2 below) the fifth most frequent surname in the US. It is also very common among African Americans and Native Americans.

English: habitational or occupational name for someone who lived or worked ‘at John's (house)’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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