Brief Life History of Timothy
When Timothy Jones Jr was born on 1 October 1737, in New Haven, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America, his father, Timothy Jones, was 40 and his mother, Jane Harris, was 32. He married Mary Trowbridge on 20 June 1765, in Newhaven Towne, New Haven, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He died on 14 May 1800, in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States, at the age of 62, and was buried in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States.
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- Timothy Jones, "Connecticut, Births and Christenings, 1649-1906"
- Timothy Jones, "Find A Grave Index"
- Timothy in entry for Infant Jones, "Connecticut, Charles R. Hale Collection, Vital Records, 1640-1955"
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1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1781 · British Forces Capture Fort Griswold
The capture of Fort Griswold was the final act of treason that Benedict Arnold committed. This would be a British victory. On the American side 85 were killed, 35 wounded and paroled, 28 taken prisoner, 13 escaped, and 1 twelve year old was captured and released.
1786 · Shays' Rebellion
Caused by war veteran Daniel Shays, Shays' Rebellion was to protest economic and civil rights injustices that he and other farmers were seeing after the Revolutionary War. Because of the Rebellion it opened the eyes of the governing officials that the Articles of Confederation needed a reform. The Rebellion served as a guardrail when helping reform the United States Constitution.
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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