This may have been posted before but I just found it in my files and it may
be of interest to some. Gives background on ancestry of the wife of Whitman
Goit, one of the earliest settlers in northern LaPorte County, and mentions
the Eastons, early settlers as well. They are mentioned at the bottom
under Pliny Jones. The Eastons and Goits came from the Oswego NY area.
Whitman is related to my line.
Regards and Merry Christmas to all.
Rick
Found at:
http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyoswego/towns/richland/index.html
Biography of Thomas, Israel and Pliny Jones, Richland, NY
Biography of Thomas, Israel and Pliny Jones,
Town of Richland, NY
Many thanks to Esther Rancier for contributing this information. For
Further information please see the Town Historians or Historical
Societies
Page.
Thomas Jones who was born 1598 in England was found living in
Gloucester, MA by 1642. This Thomas Jones began a huge family who
have
Spread across America. By 1646 the first English settlement at New
London, CT had been made. Thomas went to New London probably about
1651.
Thomas Jones, born 1680, married Mary Meacham on 24 April 1708. He
Died 4 November 1763. His son Israel, born 1718, wed in 1744 Jemina
Clark. He died 28 December 1798 having removed to Barkhamsted, CT
Becoming its second settler in 1759.
The son of Thomas and Jemina was another Thomas, born 1751, who
married
Susannah Adams. He fought in the Revolutionary War as a sergeant
for
The town of Barkhamsted. In 1791 with his brother William Clark
Jones,
He immigrated to Litchfield, Herkimer Co., NY. In 1802 William C.
Pushed on to the Ohio Territory.
In 1804 Thomas and several other families traveled to the Salmon
River
Near Lake Ontario. At the time this area was in Oneida County and
Exceedingly sparsely settled. People followed trails blazed on tree
Trunks, using oxen to move their sleds. No inns were established.
To
Get out of the snow, a home had to be found where the travelers
could
Shelter. The journey was an ordeal never forgotten. Thomas and
Susannah
Were accompanied by their five sons and three daughters. Daughter
Orpha
At 9 years old Thomas wrapped in a greatcoat to keep her warm.
At Richland Thomas picked a crossroads spot later known as Jones
Corners, located at what in 2003 is the intersection of U.S. 11 and
County Route 41. Thomas and his sons cleared the forest to build a
new
Home.
All but one of one of Thomas and Susannahs children were born in
Connecticut. Their baptisms were recorded at the East Hartford
Church.
The portion of Barkhamsted where the Jones resided lay in the
Ecclesiastical district of East Hartland. The youngest child, Orpha,
was
Probably born in Litchfield, NY.
The children of Thomas and Susannah:
1. Israel Jones b. 20 June 1775; m. 6 Jan. 1799 Hartland, CT Sabra
Miner; d. 9 Sept. 1847.
2. Pliny Jones b. 31 Aug. 1777; m. 4 Feb. 1802 Olive Goff; d. 9
Sept.
1847.
3. Chauncey Jones b. 11 May 1780; m. 28 Aug. 1803 Vernon, OH
Ursula
Crosby; d. 9 Mar. 1860.
4. Rebecca Jones b. 7 July 1782; m. 3 Feb. 1803 Litchfield, NY
Stephen
Brace; d. 26 Mar. 1866 Greene, Erie Co., PA.
5. Clarissa Jones b. 7 Feb. 1784; m. 1806 Joseph Spaids; d. 24 Mar
1870, age 86. Issue: 7 children.
6. Horace Jones b. 11 Aug. 1786; m. (1) 11 Jan. 1809 Laura
Underwood
Of Paris, NY who d. Pulaski, NY 5 Mar. 1833; (2) Rachel Patten; d.
Mar. 1850. Laura had 9 children; Rachels son Howard Patten Jones
b.
1840; m. Amelia w. Wilgus; d. 31 Aug. 1876 Pike, NY.
7. Jemina Jones b. 3 Mar. 1788; m. David Willson; d. 8 June 1860
Lima,
WI.
8. Erastus Lyman Jones b. 3 May 1790; d. 15 Jan. 1854 Grant Co.,
WI.
9. Orpha Jones b. 12 Oct. 1795; m. 1811 Timothy Steele; d. 9 Nov.
1865
Crawford Co., WI.
Israel Jones bride Sabra Miner came from Hartland, CT. Where she
was
Born 3 October 1776. Israel took her to Litchfield by 1799 when
their
Oldest child was born. Israel then settled permanently at what was
then
Called Williamstown, NY. He built the first sawmill that operated
on
Grindstone Creek. On 5 March 1805 at the first Williamstown Town
Meeting Israel was elected tax collector and Sealer of Weights and
Measures. In 1806 his son Uzel was the first white child born in
the
Portion of Williamstown which became Richland, NY. Israel lived to
be
72 years old, dying in September 1847. Sabra, born 3 October 1776,
died
At Richland 3 August 1837.
Children of Israel and Sabra:
1. Joel Miner Jones b. Litchfield, NY 15 Nov. 1799; m. Richland 10
Oct. 1824 Rebecca Hendrickson of Salem, NY; d. 6 Oct. 1843 Pulaski
NY. She d. 30 Apr. 1851 at Elgin, IL.
2. Electa Jones b. Litchfield, NY 28 Oct. 1801; d. 1 July 1802.
3. Erastus Jones b. Williamstown, NY 12 Aug. 1804; d. 17 June 1805
4. Uzel Jones b. Richland 14 Mar. 1806; m. 14 Mar. 1834 Maria
Hough;
d. 28 Feb. 1885. Buried at Pulaski, NY.
5. Electa Jones b. Richland 4 Apr. 1808; d. 16 Sept. 1837.
6. Temperance Jones b. Richland 1 Jan. 1811; m. 20 Feb. 1844
Nathan
Averill; d. 31 July 1854 Pulaski.
7. Erastus Chauncey Jones b. Richland 31 Jan. 1813; m. 22 Jan.
1838
Betsey Walworth; d. 3 June 1854 Richland.
8. Susan C. Jones b. Richland 12 May 1815; m. 31 July 1837
Chauncey R.
Jones; d. 2 Feb. 1884.
9. Milo M. Jones b. Richland 22 May 1817; d. 6 Jan. 1839.
10. Phebe Ann Jones b. Richland 26 Feb. 1820; d. 6 Dec. 1824.
Pliny Jones married Olive Goff of Hartland, CT. She had been born 9
October 1781 at Granville, MA, dying 10 April 1849. After his move
to
Richland, he built a tavern at Jones Corners one mile south of
Richland.
One road was called the old Salt Road because salt was transported
from
Syracuse to Pulaski along it. Pliny was present at the first
Richland
Town Meeting where he was elected to collect taxes for Albion and
Richland. He also was a town constable. In 1811 a Methodist
Episcopal
Church was organized which for lack of a building met in Plinys
tavern.
The church building wasnt erected until 1832. The question of
alcoholic beverages being served during church services had to be
resolved. It became an unwritten rule not to dispense hard liquor
during church. Pliny himself protested as he made his living from
the
sale of distilled corn brew, but the deacon was adamant.
When Pliny built first at Jones Corners, his wife Olive found it
inadequate. She demanded and got a cabin with a door and two
windows.
There also was a fireplace. Many cabins were just piles of logs,
airless in summer and freezing in winter.
The tavern provided lodging for 6 cents per night. A meal cost 15
cents
which included fresh bread made by Olive. The Jones hospitality
locally found great acceptance, although the tavern could only seat
10
at a time.
Pliny built the first frame barn in Richland which was still
standing in
1901 when it was used by J.S. Farmer. Plinys family held the first
wedding in the town for Joseph Spaids and Clara Jones. Joseph had
to go
into Oswego for a preacher. They came back by rowboat along Lake
Ontario. Then they had to trek four miles to the brides home.
Children of Pliny and Olive:
1.Cornelia Jones b. Richfield, Otsego Co., NY 10 Aug. 1803; m. 14
Sept. 1823 John Ledyard; d. 25 Oct. 1894. Buried at Pulaski.
Issue:
7 children.
2.Pliny Harlow Jones b. Bridgewater, NY 11 Aug. 1805; m. 8 Jan.
1827
Hannah Valentine; d. 15 Dec. 1891.
3.Lydia JONES b. Richland, NY 27 Sept. 1808; m. 25 Dec. 1827
Whitman
GOIT; d. 21 July 1870.
4.Emily JONES b. Richland 12 Sept. 1811; m. 31 Aug. 1836 William
EASTON; d. 22 June 1884 Three Oaks, MI.
SOURCES:
Churchill, John C. Landmarks of Oswego County, New York. Syracuse:
mason,
1895.
Johnson, Crisfield. History of Oswego County, New York. Phildelphia:
Everts, 1877.
Lee, William Walker. A Catalogue of Barkhamsted Men Who Served in the
Various Wars. Meride, CT: Republican, 1897.
Marston, Hope Irwin. Salmon River Odyssey: The Town of Richland and
Its
Hamlets. Syracuse: Pulaski Historical Society, 2002.
Parker, L. N. History and Genealogy of the Ancestors and Descendants
of
Captain Israel Jones. 1902.
Records of Connecticut Men in the Revolution. Hartford: Case, 1889.
U.S. Census Herkimer Co., NY 1800.
U.S. Census Oswego Co., NY 1820, 1830, 1850, 1860, 1880, and 1920.
U.S. Census Erie Co., PA 1850.
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