1Joseph Gardner Bartlett, Hugh Jones of Salem, Mass., and His Descendants, NEHGR Vol. 61, pp. 156-157 (Apr 1907).
"8. LIEUT. JONATHAN3 JONES (Samuel,2 Hugh1), born in Woburn, July 26, 1702, located in the northern part of the town, which was established as Wilmington in 1730, and died there, May 24, 1753. He was a farmer and a man of enterprise, acquiring extensive landed property in Wilmington and Monson, N. H., and attaining the rank of Lieut. of the local military company. His will, made May 23, 1753, the day before his death, mentions wife Elizabeth, son Jonathan and William, who had received their portion; sons Joshua and David, to whom was left real estate in Wilmington; sons Caleb and Josiah, whose received lands in Monson, N. H.; son Samuel, who was to have a trade and £13. 6. 8 when of age; and daughters Martha Carter and Elizabeth and Mary Jones. (Middlesex Co. Probate.)
He married in Woburn, Aug. 7, 1721, Elizabeth, born about 1703, died after 1765, daughter of William and Ruth (Richardson) Russel of Salem Village, and granddaughter of William Russel of Salem Village by Elizabeth Nurse, his wife, whose mother, Rebecca Nurse, was a victim of the Salem witchcraft delusion of 1692.
Children:
i. ELIZABETH,4 c. Dec. 9, 1721; d. Feb. 18, 1738.
21. ii. JONATHAN, b. Jan. 20, 1722-3.
22. iii. WILLIAM, b. Aug. 23, 1724.
23. iv. CALEB, b. Apr. 8, 1726.
v. MARTHA, b. Aug. 13, 1727; d. Nov. 3, 1812; m. Jan. 23, 1752, Nathan, b. Jan. 2, 1727-8, d. July 21, 1807, son of Ebenezer and Lydia (Butters) Carter of Wilmington. They lived in Wilmington, and had seven children, of whom Mary, b. Apr. 22, 1756, d. Feb. 26, 1853, m. Joseph Holt of Reading, and was the great-grandmother of the compiler.
vi. MARY, b. May 15, 1729; d. Feb. 5, 1738.
24. vii. JOSHUA, b. Mar. 23, 1731.
25. viii. JOSIAH, b. Mar. 23, 1731.
ix. SAMUEL, b. Sept. 19, 1733, d. Mar. 3, 1738.
x. JAMES, b. Aug. 9, 1735; d. Feb. 14, 1738.
26. xi. DAVID, b. April 29, 1737.
xii. ELIZABETH, b. Mar. 1, 1740.
xiii. SAMUEL, b. Feb. 27, d. Feb. 28, 1741-2.
xiv. MARY, b. July 28, 1743; d. Dec. 8, 1809; m. Mar. 8, 1768, Ebenezer, b. Apr. 10, 1743, d. Oct. 2, 1809, son of Ebenezer and Deborah (Roberts) Foster of Wilmington. They lived in Wilmington, and had no children.
xv. SAMUEL, b. Aug. 27, d. Aug. 27, 1745.
27. xvi. SAMUEL, b. Dec. 19, 1746.".