William Jones and Elizabeth Matthews

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Husband William Jones ^{1 2 3 4}

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           Born: 3 May 1763 - Ellicott's Mills, MD 2 5
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           Died: 14 Mar 1863 5
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         Father: William Jones (      -      ) 6
         Mother: Unknown (      -      )

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       Marriage: 

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   Other Spouse: Elizabeth McClung (1769-1829) 7 - 23 Apr 1789 5

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Wife Elizabeth Matthews ⁸

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            AKA: Mrs. Jane Philips 9
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   Other Spouse: [Unk] Paden (      -      ) 8

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   Other Spouse: William Phillips (      -Abt 1817) 8

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Children

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• They had no children.

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General Notes: Husband - William Jones

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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]

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

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

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

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

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