James Jones

Male1760–

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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Benjamin Jones
1735–1814
Jemima Delavan
1728–
James Jones
1760–
John Jones
1761–
Benjamin Jones
1763–1835
Rhoda Jones
1763–1842
Jonahan Jones
1765–1790
Elizabeth Jones
1766–1849
Lewis Jones
1771–
Harry Jones
1773–
Major Jones
1774–
Samuel Jones
1775–1851

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    World Events (3)

    1776

    Age 16

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

    1776 · The Declaration to the King

    Age 16

    """At the end of the Second Continental Congress the 13 colonies came together to petition independence from King George III. With no opposing votes, the Declaration of Independence was drafted and ready for all delegates to sign on the Fourth of July 1776. While many think the Declaration was to tell the King that they were becoming independent, its true purpose was to be a formal explanation of why the Congress voted together to declare their independence from Britain. The Declaration also is home to one of the best-known sentences in the English language, stating, “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."""""""

    1788

    Age 28

    Date of Statehood: February 6, 1788, the fifth 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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