Ebenezer Jones b. 4 Apr 1718 Coventry, Conn. d. 1800 Sanisfield, MA: Our Family History

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Ebenezer Jones

1718 - 1800 (81 years)

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Name	Ebenezer Jones [1, 2]
Birth	4 Apr 1718	Coventry, Conn.
Gender	Male
Death	1800	Sanisfield, MA
Burial	Beech Plain Cemetary
Person ID	I7247	Cecilie Family
Last Modified	9 Jan 2006

Father	Benjamin Jones, Sr., b. 1696, Pascommuck, Conn. d. 1 Feb 1783, Coventry, Conn (Age 87 years)
Mother	Patience Evarts, b. 2 May 1695, Guilford, New Haven, CT d. 24 Apr 1770, Coventry, Conn. (Age 74 years)
Family ID	F3188	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family 1	Abigail Long d. 16 Dec 1743, Coventry, Conn.
Marriage	5 May 1743	Coventry, Conn.
Family ID	F3194	Group Sheet \| Family Chart
Last Modified	22 Feb 2009

Family 2 Zerviah Loomis, b. 24 Sep 1724, Lebanon, CT d. 1808, Sanisfield, MA (Age 83 years)

Marriage 4 Dec 1745 Coventry, Conn.

Children

	1. Abigail (1) Jones, b. 24 Feb 1747, Coventry, Conn. d. 18 Sep 1750, Coventry, Conn. (Age 3 years)
	2. Adonijah Jones, b. 20 Aug 1748, Coventry, Conn. d. 18 Dec 1820 (Age 72 years)
	3. Dinah Jones, b. 11 Oct 1750, Coventry, Conn. d. Yes, date unknown
	4. Ebenezer Jones, Jr., b. 19 Apr 1752, Coventry, Conn. d. Yes, date unknown
	5. Israel Jones, b. 24 Oct 1753, Coventry, Conn. d. 7 Nov 1829, Sandisfield, Mass. (Age 76 years)
	6. Abigail (2) Jones, b. 2 Feb 1756, Coventry, Conn. d. Yes, date unknown
	7. Ester Jones, b. 24 Apr 1758, Coventry, Conn. d. Yes, date unknown
	8. Benoni Jones, b. 5 Nov 1759, Coventry, Conn. d. Yes, date unknown
	9. Eber Jones, b. 4 Jun 1761, Coventry, Conn. d. Yes, date unknown
	10. Miles Jones, Sr., b. 28 Jul 1764, Coventry, Conn. d. 17 Apr 1812, Otis, MA (Age 47 years)
	11. Lucretia Jones, b. 9 Sep 1772, Palmer, Mass d. Yes, date unknown

Family ID F3195 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 22 Feb 2009

Event Map

	Birth - 4 Apr 1718 - Coventry, Conn.
	Marriage - 5 May 1743 - Coventry, Conn.
	Marriage - 4 Dec 1745 - Coventry, Conn.
	Death - 1800 - Sanisfield, MA
	Burial - - Beech Plain Cemetary

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Notes

Moved from Coventry, Conn to Palmer Mass ABT: 1770. Listed, together with Adonijah Jones and Miles Jones as some of the first settlers of Bethlehem, Mass. (Historical Collections) Ebenezer was an active patriot during the revolution. In 1774 he served on the committee of inspection. He was the town Tax collector. He was highway surveyor in 1775. He is called lieutenant on the Palmer records and doubtless fought in the French and Indian war. He was chosen on a committee to provision the minutemen at the time of the Lexington call with a barrel of biscuit, a barrel of pork, a barrel of flour. He served on the committee of correspondence in 1776; and on the committee to care for the families of revolutionary soldiers in 1777. He was a selectman 1777-79. Ebenezer lost a sum of money he had collected for taxes and was granted twelve months to repay the funds. Also in the Public Records, in 1774 Ebenezer was voted a member of the "Committee of Inspection." In 1776 he was chosen member of the Committee of Correspondence. In 1777 he was "Selectman of the town of Palmer, CT. (Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut compiled by Charles Hoadly, State Librarian, in 1885) DAR mention for Patriotic Service.
For more information see the Our Folk - Hart family Web Site

[S1232] Judy Weaver, Descendants of Griffith Jones / Judy's Family, (http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~wefamily/Jones.htm).
[S1112] Barber, John Warner, Historical collections, (Worcester Mass.. W. Lazell. 1848).