My 4X-Great Grandfather Hezekiah Jones

Hezekiah Jones
b. 1727/8 Mt. Holly, NJ
d. 20 August 1806
Mt. Holly, NJ

Hezekiah was the father of Benjamin Jones.

Hezekiah's first wife was Lavinia (also: Lavina, Levina) Shinn. They were married on 9 June 1749. Lavinia gave birth to one daughter, Margaret, but she didn't live very long, possibly dying in childbirth with Margaret or a later unsuccessful birth.

His second wife was Margaret Haines, born around 1730-1735 in Mt. Holly NJ. They were married 7 April 1755 in Mt. Holly. They had 7 children, the last of which was Benjamin.

  • According to the Religious Society of Friends, Hezekiah was active in Friends Meetings in Mt. Holly, New Jersey from 1776 – 1793.
  • Hezekiah Jones is listed in the June 1793 Tax List of Northampton Township, Burlington County, N.J.(source: ancestry.com)
  • a possible descendant of "our" Hezekiah Jones, from a line still living in Springfield Township, Burlington County, NJ; NJ 1860 Federal Census Index, p. 191 (source: ancestry.com 1860 census)
  • There's a Joseph Jones in Burlington County, a member of the Society of Friends in the 1704 listing of the NJ Early Census Index (source: ancestry.com)
  • Edward Jones, Elizabeth Jones, Ewan Jones, Jonathan Jones, Mary Jones, Richard Jones 1717 Crosswicks Township, Burlington County, NJ source: NJ Early Census Index
  • Benjamin Jones, Election Returns of 1739, Burlington County NJ (source: ancestry.com)
  • Several Jones listed in Nottingham Township, Burlington County for 1758, 1762 Early NJ Census Returns
  • Jones listings in the Burlington Township, Burlington County Census for 1773: William Jones
  • Jones listings in te Willingborough Township, Burlington County Census for 1773: Richard Jones, Aug. tax list p. 001; Richard Jones, Aug. tax list p. 118; Richard Jones, Aug. tax list p. 118
  • Jones' in Evesham, New Hanover (2 Benjamin Jones') 1774
  • Jones' in Northampton, Burlington County for the 1774 Tax Listing: David p. 073; Hesekiah p. 073; Samuel p. 073; Sarah p. 079;
  • Willingboro Township: Richard Jones p. 003;
  • There are ample names representing "Jones" in Burlington County thru these early tax lists, but no way to definitively attach these references to our ancestry.

    • Hezekiah Jones' Children

    Hezekiah and Lavina Shinn Jones' Children
    Child's Name Birth Date Death Date SPOUSE'S NAME
    Lavina aft. 1750 ? ?
    Margaret aft. 1751 ? Leeds
    Martha aft. 1752 ? unknown
    Job or John? aft. 1751 ? ?
    Hezekiah and Margaret Haines Jones Children
    Child's Name Birth Date Death Date SPOUSE'S NAME
    Hezekiah 13 May 1761 10 June 1849 Lettice Rogers
    Martha 9 June 1768 aft 1850 Caleb Burr
    Mary Elizabeth abt. 1769 ? unknown
    Lavina abt. 1770 bef. 1806 William Bishop
    Rebecca abt. 1771/2 ? Furman Woodward
    Benjamin 13 May 1775 10 June 1849 1. Elizabeth Eldridge
    2. Nancy Brown
    Charles? ? ? ?

    Get out your salt

    This information has been included on this page although it has no reliable source and really consists of hearsay evidence gleamed from other possibly flawed research. It has been included because it is all I know at this point in time.

    Is Hesekiah Jones the father of our Benjamin?

    Most of my assumption that Hesekiah is the father of Benjamin is based on the fact that my grandfather, Sheldon Jones, had included his name as such. His sources in the early 1950's would have been based on memory of older family members and his childhood experiences. It is not too far-fetched to think that his father and other relatives in the 19th century would have heard the stories of their ancestors and family history. Estella Jones Kimble, a granddaughter of Benjamin Jones, who was born in 1851 and died in 1936, was one of Sheldon's oral sources. I would consider her information reliable, but there is no proof! Sorry!