Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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William Jones and Elizabeth McClung


Husband William Jones 1 2 3 4 

           Born: 3 May 1763 - Ellicott's Mills, MD 2 5
     Christened: 
           Died: 14 Mar 1863 5
         Buried: 


         Father: William Jones (      -      ) 6
         Mother: Unknown (      -      )


       Marriage: 23 Apr 1789 5

   Other Spouse: Elizabeth Matthews (      -      ) 7

Wife Elizabeth McClung 9 

            AKA: Elizabeth McClelland 10
           Born: 24 Nov 1769 5
     Christened: 
           Died: 27 Jan 1829 5
         Buried:

Children
1 M John Jones 9 

           Born: 23 May 1790 - Maryland 5
     Christened: 
           Died: 16 Jul 1875 - Jonestown, Fallowfield Twp, Washington Co, PA 5
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Rachel Frew (      -      ) 9

         Spouse: Margaret Blaine (1805-1890) 9

2 M Elijah Jones 5 

           Born: 20 Nov 1791 - Maryland 5
     Christened: 
           Died: 15 Jun 1855 - ? Washington Co, PA 5
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Mary Warren (      -      ) 5

3 F Mary Jones 11 12 

           Born: 1 Nov 1793 5
     Christened: 
           Died: 15 Aug 1856 - Monongahela, Washington Co, PA 13
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Joseph Alexander (1795-1871) 12 14 15 16 17
           Marr: 8 Mar 1819 13

4 F Ruth Jones 5 

           Born: 4 Sep 1795 5
     Christened: 
           Died: 22 Jan 1892 - Monongahela City, Washington Co, PA 5
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Did Not Marry

5 F Delilah Jones 5 

           Born: 14 Feb 1797 5
     Christened: 
           Died: 22 Jul 1882 - Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co, PA 5
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Rev. James Mills (1801-1878) 18 19

6 M Jesse Jones 5 

           Born: 24 Dec 1798 5
     Christened: 
           Died: 11 Feb 1888 5
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Eleanor Frew (      -      ) 5

7 M Samuel Jones 3 4 5 8 

           Born: 25 Aug 1800 - near Ginger Hill, Washington Co, PA 3 4 5
     Christened: 
           Died: 14 Jun 1867 3 4 5
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Jane Fell (1805-1836) 3 4 5
           Marr: 19 Feb 1826 or 1828 3 4 8

         Spouse: Mary Thomas (      -Aft 1893) 3 5 20

8 F Rebecca Jones 5 

           Born: 8 Mar 1802 5
     Christened: 
           Died: 3 Jul 1838 5
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Andrew Mills (      -      ) 5

9 F Rose Ann Jones 5 

            AKA: Rosanna F. H. Jones 10
           Born: 4 May 1804 5
     Christened: 
           Died: Sep 1870 5
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Francis Hull Williams (      -      ) 5

10 F Elizabeth Jones 5 

           Born: 15 Jan 1806 5
     Christened: 
           Died: Sep 1830 5
         Buried: 

         Spouse: James McCauley (      -      ) 5

11 F Ann Jones 5 

           Born: 22 Apr 1808 5
     Christened: 
           Died: 30 Jun 1889 5
         Buried: 

         Spouse: John Hess (1818-1883) 5

12 M William McKendree Jones 5 

            AKA: William H. Jones 10
           Born: 29 Oct 1809 5
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Sarah Fulmer (      -1886) 5
           Marr: 1 May 10

General Notes: Husband - William Jones


He was born in Baltimore County, Maryland. He was reared in his native county, and learned the trade of blacksmith, which he followed for a time in the town of Harper's Ferry. [CBRWC, 338]

About 1791 he and his wife emigrated from Maryland to Washington County, Pennsylvania, near Ginger Hill, six miles from Monongahela, where they settled on a farm on which they passed the remainder of their days.

He came to Washington County, Pennsylvania, prior to 1790, and settled on a partly improved farm of 350 acres in Somerset township, which he had purchased. This property he improved, at the same time carrying on a blacksmith shop, where, during the "Whiskey Rebellion," he shod the horses of the cavalry that were sent to suppress the uprising. He died at the patriarchal age of one hundred years, lacking twenty days. Of the M. E. Church he was long a member, and was frequently elected to office in the same, but whilst truly loyal to his own particular persuasion, he contributed freely of his means to all churches. "He was strictly temperate in all things, of a quiet disposition, calm in judgment, firm in principle, inflexible in the performance of all his duties to God and to man as was given him to see right." [CBRWC, 338]

He was born near the city of Baltimore, Maryland. It is presumed that he was of Welsh extraction, but this is not certain as nothing definite is known of his parents or their place of birth. William Jones was a farmer and blacksmith, a large property holder, and a man of affairs in his day. He was prominently identified with the Methodist Episcopal church, an official member for many years, and contributed liberally to the support of the same. He owned a large tract of land in Rostraver township, Westmoreland County, which he purchased from Philip Shepler, and this was subsequently owned by his son Samuel. He was a Whig in politics. He lived to a ripe old age, at the time of his death only lacking two months of being one hundred years old. William Jones was twice married; his first wife bore him twelve children. [HWC 1906 III, 13]

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Sources

1 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 137, 143, 338, 1380.

2 John S. Van Voorhis, The Old and New Monongahela (Pittsburgh, PA: Nicholson, Printer and Binder, 1893), Pg 156.

3 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 13.

4 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 140.

5 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 143.

6 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 143, [338], 1380.

7 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 1146.

8 John S. Van Voorhis, The Old and New Monongahela (Pittsburgh, PA: Nicholson, Printer and Binder, 1893), Pg 157.

9 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 143, 1380.

10 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 338.

11 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 137, 143.

12 John S. Van Voorhis, The Old and New Monongahela (Pittsburgh, PA: Nicholson, Printer and Binder, 1893), Pg 164.

13 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 137.

14 Boyd Crumrine, History of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 596.

15 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 121, 137.

16 Joseph F. McFarland, 20th Century History of Washington and Washington County, Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1910), Pg 625.

17 F. S. Reader, Some Pioneers of Washington County, Pa. - A Family History (New Brighton, PA: F. S. Reader & Son, 1902), Pg 69.

18 —, History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia and Chicago: A. Warner & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 732.

19 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 143, 338.

20 John S. Van Voorhis, The Old and New Monongahela (Pittsburgh, PA: Nicholson, Printer and Binder, 1893), Pg 158, 160.

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