Brief Life History of James
When James Jones was born in 1760, in Fairfield, Connecticut, United States, his father, Benjamin Jones, was 25 and his mother, Jemima Delavan, was 32.
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Parents and Siblings
1735–1814 Male
1728– Female
Siblings (10)
1760– Male
1761– Male
1763–1835 Male
1763–1842 Female
1765–1790 Male
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World Events (3)
1776
Age 16
1776 · The Declaration to the King
Age 16
1788
Age 28
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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