William Jones sailed from the port of Baltimore in 1769 (his son William being then six years old), and the vessel was never afterward heard from. The son, William Jones, was born May 3, 1763, at Ellicot’s Mills, Md., and died March 14, 1863. He was married April 23, 1789, to Elizabeth McClung, who was born November 24, 1769, and died January 27, 1829. About 1791 they emigrated from Maryland to Washington county, Penn., near Ginger Hill, six miles from Monongahela, where they settled on a farm on which they passed the remainder of their days, and which farm is still owned by a son, William McKendree Jones. They had twelve children, viz: (1) John Jones, born in Maryland, May 23, 1790, died July 16, 1875; was twice married, first time to Rachel Frew; second time to Margaret Blaine, who was born October 12, 1805, and died October 29, 1890; by his first marriage he had six children: William (married Miss West), James (married to a Miss Cleaver), Elizabeth (married to David Ritchie), Joseph (married to a Miss Watkins), David (married to Miss Phillips), Samuel V. Cook (deceased, married to Miss Gregg), Polly ( married to Manuel Stoody). By his second marriage Mr. Jones had two children- Rachel and Jennie. (2) Elijah Jones, born in Maryland November 20, 1791, died June 15, 1855; was married to Mary Warren, and their children were William (married to a Miss Frye), Eliza Jane (married to John M. Bedall), Margaret (married to John S. Carson), James (married to a Miss Van Voorhis), Wesley (married in the West), Issac (married to a Miss McIlvaine), Noah (married to a Miss Frye). (3) Mary Jones, born November 1, 1793, died August 15, 1856; married March 8, 1819, to Joseph Alexander, who was born April 1, 1795. (4) Ruth Jones, born September 4, 1795, died January 22, 1892. (5) Delilah Jones, born February 14, 1797, died July 22, 1882; married to James Mills, who was born in 1801, died May 23, 1878, and their children were William (deceased), Andrew Bascom (died May 14, 1888, married to ------Deering), Mary (married to a Mr. Dalby), Rebecca (married to a Rev. Dr. Watkins), James (married), Charles S., Wilber Fisk (married). (6) Jesse Jones, born December 4, 1798, died February 11, 1888; married Eleanor Few, and their children were Alexander (deceased), Jackson (married to Miss Black), Elizabeth (married to a Rev. Mr. Snyder), Charles (married), Carrie B. (married), Nancy (married to a Mr. Rankins, now deceased), Jesse (died June 21, 1888), Ellen (married to Mr. McDonald, and now deceased); others have been lost sight of in the West. (7) Samuel Jones, born August 25, 1800, accidentally killed June 14, 1867; was twice married, first time to Jane Fell, and for his second wife to Mary Thomas; the children by his first wife were William (married to a Miss Shepler), S. Fell (married to a Miss Thomas), Mary (married to a Dr. Watkins, both deceased), and James (married to a Miss Finley). By the second marriage Mr. Jones had children as follows: Elizabeth, Melissa, Retta, Amanda, Homer, Luther, John and Celia. (8)Rebecca Jones, born March 8, 1802, died July 3, 1838; married Andrew Mills, and had one child, James Mills, editor of the Pittsburgh Post, who married Elvira Alexander. (9) Rose Ann Jones, born May 4, 1804, died September, 1870; married Francis Hull Williams, and their children were Elizabeth (married to Greer McIlvaine), Elmira, John W., William, David, James, and Harvey. (10) Elizabeth Jones, born January 15, 1806; died in September, 1830; married James McCauley, and their children were Ann, Eliza, and Mary. (11) Ann Jones, born April 22, 1808, died June 30, 1889; married John Hess, born 1818, died 1883, and their children were John, Elizabeth, Westley, Alcinous, Amanda, and Maggie. (12) William McKendree Jones, born October 29, 1809, married Sarah Fulmer, who died in 1886; their children were Leonidas, Mary, Edward, James Mills, Margaret, Kate, Snyder, Albert, Florence and Rose. The children born to (2) Elijah and Mary (Warren) Jones were as follows: (1) William, born in Fallowfield township, married Miss Eliza Jane Fry, and afterward moved to Brighton, Washington Co., Iowa, and still resides there; their children are as follows: Samuel W., married to Rachel, daughter of Manuel Stoody, of this county; Mary, married to Mr. William Hide, of Washington county, Iowa; Henry, married to Miss McCain; Irilla Jane, married; Amy, married to Mr. Johnson; Josephine, married; Della (now deceased), married to Mr. Hedge. (2) Eliza Jane, married to John McCutchen Bedall, as already mentioned. (3) Margaret, married to John S. Carson, both deceased (their children were eleven in number, as follows: Issac, married to Miss Fry; Cornelius, married to Miss Beazell; John C. (now deceased), married to Miss Raymond; Henry, married to Miss Furnier; Robert F., married to Miss Odvert; Mary Elizabeth, deceased; Van Curtis, deceased; Margaret M., married to I. N. Carson; Caroline Jane (now deceased), married to J. W. Carson; Noah T., married to Miss Sprowls; and Joseph, married to Miss Greenlee). (4) John Westley, married to Jane Davison, in Logan county, Ohio, and now living near Linneus, Linn county, Mo. (they have nine children, viz.: Margaret J., married to George Hide, of Brighton, Iowa; Arabelle, married to a Mr. Waterhouse, in Iowa; Ella, married to a Mr. Hossick; James, married and living in Iowa; John C., living near Linneus, Mo.; Annie Neal, also living near Linneus, Mo; Helen, Hestor and Issac Willfred, unmarried and living at home). (5) James Jones (now deceased), married to Miss Van Voorhis, and had children. (6) Noah, married to Mary Fry, and their children are nine in number, as follows; John T. K., married to Miss Gamble; Florence C., married Miss Bradley, in Missouri; Annie M., married to Mr. Huffman; Mortimore, married to Miss Huffman (now deceased); Eunice, married to Warren Gibson; and Frank, Bert, Noah King, Lilley, all four unmarried. (7) Issac Warren, married to Mary Agnes McIlvaine; their children are as follows: Dora B., married to William Morrow; William, unmarried; Issac L., married to Miss Rettig; McIlvaine, Harry and Mary A., all unmarried.

Text taken from page 143 of: Beers, J. H. and Co., Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893). Transcribed January 1997 by Larry Jones of Pittsburgh, PA as part of the Beers Project. Published January 1997 on the Washington County, PA USGenWeb pages at http://www.chartiers.com/.

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