Captain Ezekiel Jones

1758 - 1845  (86 years)

• Name	Ezekiel Jones
  Birth	11 Nov 1758	Holliston, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Christening	27 Mar 1763	Milford, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
  Married	9 May 1782 (23 years)	Milford, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [2, 3, 4]
  Mary Wight, the daughter of Eleazer and Ruth (legg) Wight. She was christened on 27 March 1763 in Milford, Worcester County, Massachusetts. She died on Monday 1 June 1829 in Milford, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Azubah Jones (1782-1824) 2. Clarinda Jones (1786-1820) 3. Sophia Jones (1788-1871) 4. John Jones (1795-1876)
  History	say 1840 (81 years)  [2]
  Ballou (1882) writes: "He was an honest, peaceable, laborious citizen. Our elderly and middle-aged inhabitants will remember him as a trustworthy marketman and common carrier. In ante-railroad days, even down to old age, driving that covered horse-wagon every week regularly to Boston, carrying and fetching many good things for his townsman, and often wearily trudging on foot to favor his laden horse."
  Death	13 Aug 1845	Milford, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [2, 3, 4]
  Siblings	1 brother and 9 sisters
  1. Melatiah Jones,   b. 1 Jun 1756, Holliston, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 13 Dec 1813, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 57 years)   2. Captain Ezekiel Jones,   b. 11 Nov 1758, Holliston, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 13 Aug 1845, Milford, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 86 years)   3. Hannah Jones,   b. 29 Nov 1760, Milford, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 9 Sep 1823, Milford, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 62 years)   4. Jonathan Jones,   b. 3 Jan 1763, Milford, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 14 Mar 1843, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 80 years)   5. Mary Jones,   b. 2 Oct 1765, Milford, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 27 Aug 1849, Brattleboro, Windham County, Vermont, U.S.A.  (Age 83 years)   6. Olive Jones,   b. 8 Mar 1767, Milford, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   7. Abigail Jones,   c. 8 Oct 1768, Milford, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 20 Nov 1768, Milford, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age ~ 0 years)   8. Elizabeth Jones,   b. 8 Oct 1769, Milford, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   9. Rhoda Jones,   b. 30 Dec 1771, Milford, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   10. Azubah Jones,   b. 29 Mar 1775, Milford, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. + 11. Sarah Jones,   b. 6 Aug 1779, Milford, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 14 Oct 1862, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 83 years) ▻ Deacon Daniel Ward,  m. 20 Oct 1795
  Patriarch & Matriarch	William Jones,   b. Abt 1589, England d. 8 Mar 1677/78, Charlestown, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 89 years)  (3 x Great Grandfather)  Mary Adams,   b. 1663  (2 x Great Grandmother)
  Person ID, Branch	I14954
  Last Modified	5 Jul 2018

  
  

  Father	Jonathan Jones,   b. 12 Jul 1731, Holliston, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Mary Wood,   b. 23 Feb 1733/34, Upton, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
  Relationship	Birth
  Family ID	F419	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Pedigree

  ← Click to display 1Captain Ezekiel Jones(1758 – 1845) 2Jonathan Jones(1731 – ) 4Jonathan Jones(1701 – ) 8Thomas Jones(1674 – 1729) 16Thomas Jones(Abt 1645 – 1679) 17Sarah Crouch( – 1707) 9Elizabeth Bullard(1681 – ) 18Benjamin Bullard(Abt 1634 – 1689) 19Elizabeth Thorpe( – 1719) 5Hannah Adams(12 Feb 1701/02 – ) 10Jonathan Adams(1679 – 1744) 20Deacon Jonathan Adams(1619 – 1690) 21Mary Ellice 11Thomezine Sheffield(1673 – 1743) 22William Sheffield(1619 – 1700) 23Mary Webb(Abt 1636 – 1714) 3Mary Wood(23 Feb 1733/34 – ) 6Samuel Wood(1706 – 1799) 12Capt. Ebenezer Wood(1671 – ) 24Thomas Wood(1633 – 1687) 25Ann Hunt(1637 – 1714) 13Rachel Nichols(1677 – 1717/18) 26Thomas Nichols(1630 – 1720) 27Mary Moulton(Abt 1632 – ) 7Mary Albee(1710 – 1792) 14James Albee(1681 – ) 28James Albee(1649 – 1718) 29Hannah Cook(1650 – 1717) 15Mary Thayer(1689 – ) 30Captain Thomas Thayer(1664 – 1738) 31Mary Adams(1663 – )

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 11 Nov 1758 - Holliston, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Christening - 27 Mar 1763 - Milford, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Married - 9 May 1782 - Milford, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Death - 13 Aug 1845 - Milford, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources 🟢 Primary Evidence 🟡 Secondary Evidence 🟠 Tertiary Evidence 🔴 Unreliable Evidence

  [S991] Foster, F. Apthorp. Vital Records of Holliston, Massachusetts to the Year 1850, (Boston: New England Historic-Genealogical Society, 1908). [S461] Ballou, Adin. History of the Town of Milford, Worcester County, Massachusetts From its First Settlement to 1881, ( Boston: Franklin Press: Rand, Avery, & Co., 1882). [S462] Baldwin, Thomas W. Vital Records of Milford, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850, (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1917). [S1019] Wight, William Ward. The Wights, A Record of Thomas Wight of Dedham and Medfield and of his Descendants 1635-1890 , (Milwaukee: Swain & Tate Printers, 1890).