Isaac Jones and Mary Pidding of Mildenhall, Wiltshire, England
Last update: Jan 1, 2010
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John Pidding Jones, Isaac's son, b. 10 Jun 1819
personally began
gathering the genealogy of his family because of his conversion and
baptism into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints on 2
Aug
1846. His brother's and sisters births were scattered because of
the
affiliation of his father with the military.
Children of Isaac Jones and Mary Pidding: If you would like to
add your family, please contact me. New:
Isaac Jones Home Pictures
John Pidding Jones family,
emigrated to the
United States of
America
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William
Henry Jones family,
and
Samuel Frazer Jones family
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Frederick Isaac Jones (b. 1801) family
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Joseph Jones and Jane Thorton family,
emigrated to the
United States of America
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New
information about William (The Younger)
Jones of the Woodlands, Mildenhall, Wiltshire |
NEW
!!! Thomas Samuel Jones, b 21 Apr 1809 was the son of Isaac and
Mary Pidding Jones. Eliza Jones, the daughter of Thomas Samuel
was born 19 Oct 1848, Blackburn, , Lancashire, England.
Her descendants emigrated to Australia.
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Isaac Jones was
brother to Samuel Jones and Rachel Edwards.
One branch of this family emigrated New Zealand
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New
April 25, 2009 Biography of
John Lee Jones, son of John Pidding Jones, son of Isaac Jones and Mary
Pidding
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Isaac Jones b. 1839 was a son of Thomas Samuel Jones
and married to Selina Crossley, daughter of James and Martha.
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The following from "John Pidding Jones, His Ancestors and
Descendants"
- J.P. Jones Family Organization
CHAPTER X
Research
A DETAILED
HISTORY IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER OF RESEARCH
ON THE JOHN PIDDING JONES AND
MARGARET LEE FAMILY LINES
DONE OVER THE YEARS BY ELDON A.
JONES, FAMILY GENEALOGIST, SINCE 1937
So far as I
have been able to ascertain, the first
attention given to our
ancestors seems to have been
in 1859. John Pidding
Jones, residing in Cedar,
wrote to his 10-year older
brother, Thomas Samuel
Jones in Preston,
Lancashire Co., England, requesting
that he send him a copy of
the family record of
all the family of their
father and mother, Isaac
Jones and Mary Pidding,
his wife. John Pidding,
being the 12th child of
the family, next to the
youngest, remembered very
little of his mother,
being only 7 years of age
when she died. He knew
very little of his older
brothers and sisters, much
less the family records.
When the letter arrived in
Preston, Thomas
Samuel, a mechanical
engineer, had already been
sent to Austria to
introduce and install the first
stationary steam engines
in that country. His second
and youngest son, Isaac -
20 years of age, an
excellent penman -
answered the letter, giving a
very fine and complete
family group record of
Isaac and Mary and 13
children, including names,
birth dates and places of
birth - but that was all. (I
am having a copy of the
letter made for the family
book.)
This then, was all John
Pidding Jones knew of
his father’s family. He
knew little of his grandparents
and nothing at all of his
great-grandparents.
He undoubtedly
corresponded with some other
members of the family and
gained little from them,
if anything.
A careful search of the
records, both church
and civic, reveal very
little of the childhood, youth
and teen-age of Isaac. His
family was on the poorhouse
rolls of the church in
Marlborough and Mildenhall
during the period from
about 1785 to
1795. It is assumed that
William, the father, must
have been incapacitated
for some reason or other,
thereby being unable to
fully support his family.
The vicar’s receipt
records show the names of the
boys, Isaac, Thomas, and
Samuel coming every few
days for food, etc.
Isaac’s name did now show near
as much as the other boys.
The next we hear of
Isaac was on the account
of his wedding, 22 Feb
1793, to Mary Pidding in
Wiltshire Co., England.
When you realize that
Isaac’s first three children
were born in different
countries - the first in
France, the second in
Prussia, the third in England
- and the next three also
in England, each in a
different county, the
seventh in Scotland, the
eighth in Ireland, the
next three in Lancashire,
England, and the last
three in Yorkshire, England,
the question is just where
is the old homestead?
Where was Home?
Very shortly after his
marriage to Mary Pidding,
he joined the English
army. From then on,
during the rest of his
life, he left a record showing
daily entries of his
activities for the country he
served and his posterity.
His activities indicated a
steady climb up the ladder
of adventure until he
became captain of the
fighting state militia of Manchester,
England and Cork, Ireland.
His loyalty to
the armed forces was
admirable, but his loyalty,
devotion and love for his
wife and their 13 children,
and his second wife and
her four small children,
was godlike.
During the two decades he
served in the army,
he became very closely
associated with his superior
officer, Sylvester Frazer,
who was of higher rank
by several steps. As he
advanced in rank, Isaac likewise
advanced, and it was to
the credit of this good
man and officer that he
wrote the letter to the king
recommending Isaac for
promotion out of the
army to that of captain in
the state militia of Manchester.
Thereafter he served for
some years over
the militias of
Manchester, England and Cork, Ireland.
In 1798, Aaron, youngest
brother of Isaac,
joined the army; a
different regiment than Isaac.
While both men were in
Spain and Portugal in the
war with Spain, Aaron was
killed in battle. Isaac
was saddened and depressed
by the death of his
brother Aaron. Discouraged
with army life, Isaac
confided to his friend and
superior officer, Captain
Frazer, his desires to
leave the service. Immediately,
Captain Frazer awakened to
the idea of keeping
this good man in the
service. In consultation, Frazer,
with his own superior
officer, decided upon a
promotion in rank for
Isaac by promoting him out
of the army as lieutenant
and into the militia as
captain.
In 1817, Isaac, while
still captain of the state
militia of Manchester,
settled in a new home built
for him and his family on
the banks of the Leeds-
Liverpool Canal at
Greenberfield, Barnoldswick,
Yorkshire Co., England.
Isaac had been appointed
canalmaster of the new
canal (longest in England -
200 miles long). He was
located at the highest
point on the canal with
the responsibility of keeping
a constant level of water
at all times. The locks
he attended had a 90-foot
drop. Later the drop was
changed to three 30-foot
locks.
It was here in
Greenberfield that the last three
children were born:
Joseph, John Pidding, and William
Henry. Six years later, in
1827, Mary, wife of
Isaac, died; John Pidding
was only seven years old,
and there were six
children under 21 years of age,
at the time, at home. A
year later Isaac married a
young widow, Ann Beanland,
mother of four small
girls. This young widow
outlived Isaac by about 16
years - he died in 1854.
Ann was then mother to
John Pidding for about 14
years - John remembered
little of his own mother.
I’m proud to give this
brief account of Isaac
Jones, for I believe him
to be our outstanding ancestor.
He advanced to the top as
a boy, teenager,
husband, and father; as a
soldier, adjutant, captain
and canalmaster, and
outstanding citizen. To be
admitted as a young man
into the services of “The
Mounted Royal Dragoon of
His Majesty the King”
- the “elite” regiment of
all the Armed Services of
England - and then to go
to the top in that kind
of competition shows the
caliber and stamina of
this man. Thus he was
promoted out of this regiment,
23 Oct 1807, rather than
mustered out. He
spent his entire married
life, 1793 to 1854, in the
service of his country as
soldier, captain, mister,
and master.
At the death of his
esteemed wife, Mary Pidding
Jones, Isaac erected a
lovely large tombstone
in the churchyard of Gill
Church. The epitaph
read: “In memory of Mary,
his wife, who departed
this life April 8, 1827,
in her 53rd year of her age.
She was a good mother and
a virtuous wife,
A faithful friend all the
days of her life.
For her last tribute paid
to me,
I erect this tomb to cover
she.”
After he died, the
following epitaph was put on the
tombstone also:
“The remains of Mr. Isaac
Jones.
Late captain in the army,
who departed
this life, the 11th day of
June 1854
in the 84th year of his
age.”
The boys, Joseph and John
Pidding, carried
much of the responsibility
of tending the locks and
caring for the three large
draft horses used in pulling
the boats. A change of
horses was made here at
these locks - one horse to
a boat - as well as
operating the large pump
which was used to pump
water from the large lake
some three or four miles
away, to keep necessary
water in the canal. Fees
were collected from every
boat passing through,
making bookkeeping a daily
chore.
John Pidding, however,
left home at about 13
years of age to work for
his older brother, Sylvester
Frazer Jones, where he
could learn the trade of
iron moulder. He served a
seven-year apprenticeship
in the capacity of iron
moulder. Having
learned a trade proved a
blessing to him as he came
to America, settling in
Cedar City, Iron County,
Utah.
William Jones, father of
Isaac Jones, became a
widower in the second or
third year of his married
life. He then married a
young widow, Jane Shipway,
19 June 1762 at
Marlborough, Wiltshire
County, England. They
became the parents of six
sons and one daughter,
Isaac being the fifth child
and fourth son.
In research on the father,
William, we find that
for some reason or other
he was unable to provide
for his family. They
therefore were upon the poor
rolls for years. Receipts
issued by the week and
month by the vicar gives
names of the different
sons receiving and signing
for food, clothing, etc.,
for the family. The vicar
referred to them as the
Jones boys.
This condition of poverty
undoubtedly had a
bearing on Isaac and
Aaron, his younger brother,
joining the army. As at
this particular time a great
financial depression held
England in its grip. There
was very little
employment. The burial record of
William, the father, lists
him as a pauper. Yet from
the loins of this good
couple came seven children -
and only one daughter and
one son died as children.
Aaron enlisted 15 Nov 1798
and was killed in
battle at Lisbon,
Portugal, 8 Nov 1809, holding the
rank of sergeant. This
left four sons who all married;
three of whom stayed in
Mildenhall, from
which a great posterity
came forth, and from the
fourth, Isaac, came a
multitude of thousands and
the line through which the
Gospel came to us.
Praise be to His name and
thanks to God for a
John Pidding who heard and
received the Gospel in
his heart. William Jones
was a noble man and great
father in spite of his
affliction, which incapacitated
him. You will note that
Isaac was born in Mildenhall,
Wiltshire County, as was
his father, William.
Isaac left Mildenhall to
join the army, never to
return again to live
there. When Isaac left the army
it was to reside in
Lancashire County, 200 miles to
the north of Wiltshire
County. Our line of research
divides at this time,
everything before Isaac’s time
back to about 1550 was in
Wiltshire, and then
from 1550 back to about
1050 the family lived in
Wales.