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Captain Ezekiel Jones

Male 1758 - 1845  (86 years)


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  • Name Ezekiel Jones 
    Relationshipwith Robert Alan Roy
    Birth 11 Nov 1758  Holliston, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4
    Christening 27 Mar 1763  Milford, Worcester County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 9 May 1782 (Age 24)  Milford, Worcester County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4
    History say 1840  [2
    Ballou (1882) writes: "He was an honest, peaceable, laborious citizen. Our elderly and middle-aged inhabitants will remember him as a trustworthy marketman and common carrier. In ante-railroad days, even down to old age, driving that covered horse-wagon every week regularly to Boston, carrying and fetching many good things for his townsman, and often wearily trudging on foot to favor his laden horse.
    Death 13 Aug 1845  Milford, Worcester County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4
    Siblings 10 Siblings 
    Person ID I14954 
    Last Modified 5 Jul 2018 

    Father Jonathan Jones,   b. 12 Jul 1731, Holliston, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother Mary Wood,   b. 23 Feb 1733/34, Upton, Worcester County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage 29 May 1754  Upton, Worcester County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Age at Marriage He : 22 years and 10 months - She : 20 years and 3 months. 
    Family ID F419  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 11 Nov 1758 - Holliston, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsChristening - 27 Mar 1763 - Milford, Worcester County, Massachusetts Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 9 May 1782 - Milford, Worcester County, Massachusetts Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 13 Aug 1845 - Milford, Worcester County, Massachusetts Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S991] Foster, F. Apthorp. Vital Records of Holliston, Massachusetts to the Year 1850, (Boston: New England Historic-Genealogical Society, 1908).

    2. [S461] Ballou, Adin. History of the Town of Milford, Worcester County, Massachusetts From its First Settlement to 1881, ( Boston: Franklin Press: Rand, Avery, & Co., 1882).

    3. [S462] Baldwin, Thomas W. Vital Records of Milford, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850, (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1917).

    4. [S1019] Wight, William Ward. The Wights, A Record of Thomas Wight of Dedham and Medfield and of his Descendants 1635-1890 , (Milwaukee: Swain & Tate Printers, 1890).