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Joel Jones Joel Jones was born January 31, 1788,. He married Mary Ward. On page 96 of A Towner's History of the Valley and County of Chemung, (1892), we find: One of Simeon R. Jones' brothers who followed him to the valley from New Jersey was Joel Jones, who was a tailor by trade, having his shop in Elmira on the river bank east of the railroad bridge. His business was good and he was active in the affairs of the village, especially in those of the church over which his brother had the care. He bought a farm up the valley of Seeley Creek, where he spent the latter years of his life. His children were numerous being Ward, who became a merchant in Brooklyn, N.Y. City (1892); Richmond, long time merchant in Elmira, whose wife will long be remembered in connection with the public charities of that city, and whose son Millard, is winning distinction and fortune as a lawyer in New York; John R. thirty-five years ago the most enterprising merchant in Elmira, and whose wife was a member of the Wisner family of whom I have heretofore spoken; and George, the youngest." In Vol. 10 of the Genealogical Magazine of New Jersey, pp. 72 we find: Essex County Marriage Records, Liber A by the Rev. James Richards, First Presbyterian Church, Newark, New Jersey: Joel Jones to Mary M. Ward both of Newark, Nov. 18, 1810. In The History of Tioga, Chemung, Tompkins & Schuyler Counties, N.Y. pp. 279: "Richmond Jones (Joel's son), was born in Bloomfield, Essex County, N.J. Sept. 4, 1811. His great-grandfather Jones emigrated from Wales with six brothers and settled at different placed in the United States. His grandfather, Elijah Jones, lived and was married in Norwalk, Conn. to Hannah Raymond, of a distinguished family: was a messenger of dispatches in the Revolutionary War for Gen. Washington and served until its close ant about which time he first settled in New Jersey and subsequently in the year 1798, came and settled in Newtown (now Elmira) with his family, which at that time add afterwards consisted of 17 children, 14 of whom lived to an average age of 65 years. The religious tenets of the family of Jones are Presbyterian; its members have taken leading parts in establishing churches in that denomination; particularly characteristic of the family is its sprightness, honesty, general intelligence, devout Christian principles and liberal opinions on all matters relative to any enterprise tending to educate and elevate the rising generation and to build up and improve the county and a strong advocacy of temperate principles." Joel Jones, the father of the subject of this narrative was the third son of the family, was married before leaving New Jersey to Mary Munn Ward, a lady belonging to one of the most wealthy and influential families of that State, settled in Elmira in 1814, died at age 75, Dec. 10, 1863. His wife died Jan. 10, 1863." Joel and Mary Ward Jones are buried in the Second Street Cemetery, Elmira, New York: |
