Robert Jones and Mary Bebb

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Husband Robert Jones ^{1 2}

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           Born: Abt 1781
     Christened: 
           Died: 10 Feb 1865 3
         Buried: 

       Marriage: 

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• Family History: from Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914).
To read a history of the Reese and Jones families, click here.

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Wife Mary Bebb ^{1 2}

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           Born: Abt 1789
     Christened: 
           Died: 1856 - Brady's Bend, Armstrong Co, PA 3
         Buried: 

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Children

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1 M Thomas Jones ¹

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           Born: 27 Nov 1813 - Llanbrynmair, Wales 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 21 Apr 1855 - Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co, PA 3
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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2 M Humphrey Jones ⁴

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           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: when eight years old
         Buried:  - Llanbrynmair, Wales

         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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3 F Mary Jones ¹

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           Born: 30 Aug 1818 4
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

         Spouse: William Hopkins (      -      ) 4

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4 F Elizabeth Bebb Jones ^{1 2}

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           Born: 21 Feb 1824 - Llanbrynmair, Wales 1 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 2 Jun 1898 4
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Isaac Reese (1821-1908) 5 6
           Marr: 24 May 1844 1 2

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5 M John Jones ¹

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           Born: 9 May 1832 4
     Christened: 
           Died: 22 Dec 1891 - Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co, PA 4
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Mary Scarm (      -      ) 4

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General Notes: Husband - Robert Jones

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He and his wife emigrated to America from Llanbrynmair, in northern Wales, with their two children, Elizabeth and John, in 1841. Their eldest two children, Thomas and Mary, came over the year previous with Dr. Chidlaw, a personal friend of this family. The Jones family settled at Brady's Bend, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania.

After Robert and Mary (Bebb) Jones had settled in Brady's Bend they ventured their all with their son Thomas in a blast furnace in Clarion County. The panic of 1849 swept everything away and left them strangers in a strange land in their old age. Mrs. Jones, to help eke out the living for the family, took in a few boarders, and one of these men later related how every boarder was obliged either to go to church on the Sabbath or seek shelter elsewhere. It was the custom of Mr. and Mrs. Jones to close the house on that day, as everyone was expected to attend divine service. This man, almost a lifetime a trusted officer in a Congregational Church of Pittsburgh, said: "Mrs. Robert Jones gave me my first start in regular churchgoing." Grace before meals and daily family worship had left its impress on those young men, far away from their family influence. Rev. Samuel Roberts had called this woman in Wales "A mother in Israel."

1 —, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 484.

2 John W. Jordan, LL.D, A Century and a Half of Pittsburg and Her People, Vol. IV (New York: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1908), Pg 131.

3 —, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 486.

4 —, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 487.

5 —, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 480.

6 John W. Jordan, LL.D, A Century and a Half of Pittsburg and Her People, Vol. IV (New York: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1908), Pg 128.