William Jones

Brief Life History of William

When William Jones was born on 18 May 1779, in Hartford, Connecticut, United States, his father, Amasa Jones, was 52 and his mother, Hope Lord, was 43. He married Eunice Buckland on 8 October 1810, in Connecticut, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Manchester, Hartford, Connecticut, United States in 1860. He died on 16 February 1865, in East Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Northwest Cemetery, Manchester, Hartford, Connecticut, United States.

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William Jones
1779–1865
Eunice Buckland
1787–1859
Marriage: 8 October 1810
William Jones
1811–1811
Aaron Buckland Jones
1812–1892
William Henry Jones
1814–1903
Mary Lord Jones
1822–1850
Albert Jones
1827–1849

Sources (24)

  • William Jones in household of Aaron Jones, "United States Census, 1860"
  • William Jones, "Connecticut Marriages, 1630-1997"
  • William Jones, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1781 · The First Constitution

Serving the newly created United States of America as the first constitution, the Articles of Confederation were an agreement among the 13 original states preserving the independence and sovereignty of the states. But with a limited central government, the Constitutional Convention came together to replace the Articles of Confederation with a more established Constitution and central government on where the states can be represented and voice their concerns and comments to build up the nation.

1783

The area came to be called Orford Parish, and was part of East Hartford, which had separated from Hartford in 1783.

1803

France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.

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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