Brief Life History of Jonathan
When Jonathan Jones was born on 27 March 1749, in Burlington, New Jersey, United States, his father, William Jones, was 28 and his mother, Elizabeth Atkinson, was 20. He married Mary Owen on 12 April 1775, in Mount Holly, Lumberton Township, Burlington, New Jersey, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. He died in December 1831, in Maurice River, Cumberland, New Jersey, United States, at the age of 82.
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- Jonathan Jones in entry for Wm. Jones, "New Jersey, Deaths, 1670-1988"
- Jonathan Jones Family Trees - MyHeritage
- Jonathan Jones Family Trees - MyHeritage
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1775
During the six-year Revolutionary war, more of the fights took place in New Jersey than any other colony. Over 296 engagements between opposing forces were recorded. One of the largest conflicts of the entire war took place between Morristown and Middlebrook, referred to as the "Ten Crucial Days" and remembered by the famous phrase "the times that try men's souls". The revolution won some of their most desperately needed victories during this time.
1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment
The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.
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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