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Jedediah JONES

SAR Patriot #: P-226217

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State of Service: MA Qualifying Service: Private

Birth: 05 Sep 1760
Death: 04 Apr 1840 / / MA

Qualifying Service Description:

Private, Capt Micah Hamblin's co.; service from Nov. 1, 1775, to Dec. 31, 1775, in defense of seacoast

Additional References:

56th-77th Annual Reports DAR
Senate documents (United States Congress, Senate). Government Printing Office: Washington, DC
MA Soldiers and Sailors in the War of the Revolution, Vol 8, pg 927
Muster/Payrolls of the Rev War (MA & RI) Vol 36, pg 64 (image 94)

Spouse: (1) Mehetable Hamblin; (2) Olive Fish
Children: Asa; Temperance; Silas; Marian; Hannah; Lydia; Ann;

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Burial:

West Barnstable Cemetery_(C-0372602)

Location:

West Barnstable / Barnstable / MA / USA

Find A Grave Cemetery #:

245129

Grave Plot #:

Grave GPS Coordinates:

41.708172 / -70.373440

Find A Grave Memorial #:

5762913

Marker Type:

SAR Grave Dedication Date:

Comments:

The grave stone of Jedidiah Jones is made of slate, and measures 20" wide, 44" tall, and 2" thick. At its upper section are carved two Weeping Willows draping an urn. The gravestone of his wife Olive is to the right with similar carving.
Image taken and provided by compatriot David C. Schaffer member 159259 (MA)

Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:

Cemetery is located southwest side of the intersection of Route 6A (Main Street) and Rt 149 (Meetinghouse Way) in West Barnstable MA
From the Rt. 6A cemetery entrance travel on the cemetery road taking the first left lane. From the bend in this lane travel 28 yards, and walk easterly another 28 yards to the grave site of Jedidiah Jones

Photo: 1 of 1

Author: David Crandall Schafer

Jedidiah Jones, son of Simon and Hannah (Linnel) Jones, was born on 5 September 1760, at Barnstable. His siblings were Joseph, Mariah, Simon, Asa, and Hannah.¹

With the outbreak of war, defense of the seacoast from attack by British vessels necessitated the stationing of local militia companies of Barnstable County along their coastline. Captain Micah Hamblin raised his first company in July 1775, joining other companies of Barnstable County to prevent British vessels from landing troops. The muster roll for Captain Micah Hamblin’s militia company from the first day of November to the last day of December 1775 lists 50 men from Barnstable. The list included Jedediah Jones, receiving wages of £3, 18 shillings, and 3 pence for 61 days of service.²

Aged 20 years, Jedidiah Jones was married to Mehitable Hamblin of Barnstable on 26 July 1781, by Rev. Oakes Shaw. No records provide children of this marriage nor the death of Mrs. Mehitable (Hamblin) Jones. Jedidiah’s second marriage was to Olive (Fish) Hamblen, widow of Thomas Hamblen and daughter of Silas and Lydia Fish, on 19 April 1787, at Barnstable. Together Jedidiah and Olive had seven children Asa, Temperance, Silas, Mariah, Hannah, Lydia, and Ann.³

At the Barnstable Town meeting held on 9 March 1786, Jedidiah Jones was selected as one of five towns' “Surveyors of Highways.” The 1798 land assessment for Jedidiah Jones reports his home, including eight acres, was valued at $170; and that he had an additional 56 acres valued at $540. Jedidiah was a yeoman (property owner) conducting a number of purchases and sales recorded at Barnstable County from 1800 to 1835. The 1800 census reports the household of Jedidiah Jones with seven household members, and the 1820 census with five household members.

Aged 79 years, Jedidiah Jones died at Barnstable on 4 April 1840 and was buried in the West Barnstable Cemetery. Mrs. Olive (Fish) Jones, aged 93 years, died on 8 November 1852 at Barnstable and was buried beside her husband, Jedidiah.

Sources:

Barnstable Town Records, 1713-1781, Vol. 2, page 234.
Muster/Payrolls of the Revolutionary War (MA & RI) Vol. 36, page 64 (image 94)
Hamlin Family, A Genealogy of James Hamlin of Barnstable, page 168.

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