Jones, Jonah

Family/Spouse: Fowloe, Mary. Mary was born about 1805; died about 1872. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Jonah married Pechkam, Mary on 18 Nov 1817. Mary (daughter of Peckham, John and Cook, Susannah) was born on 5 May 1794; died about 1840; was buried on 30 Aug 1840 in Trinity, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
TRINITY BAY MARRIAGES 1808 - 1819, Nov. 18th Married JONAH JONES son of the late ??? and Mary Jones (now Hiks?) and MARY Daughter of John and the late Susannah PECKHAM - both of this Harbour.

This is to certify that JONAH JONES of Trinity and MARY PECKHAM of Trinity were married at Trinity this twenty ninth day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty three, by me David Martin, Clergyman in Holy Order.

This marriage was solemnized between us \endash Jonah Jones, Mary (X-her mark) Peckham. In presence of Aaron (X) Fifield, Jonah (X) Jones Jr (X-their marks), witnesses present at the said marriage.

1. Jones, Robert Newell was born on 24 Nov 1818 in Trinity, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland, Canada; died on 6 Mar 1902 in Trinity East, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland.
2. Jones, Jonah was born on 3 Feb 1821; died on 12 Apr 1892.
3. Jones, Elizabeth was born on 16 Sep 1823; and died.
4. Jones, Mary was born on 10 Feb 1826; and died.
5. Jones, John was born on 5 Oct 1828; died on 23 May 1881.
6. Jones, Amy Anne was born on 1 Sep 1831; died about 1836.
7. Jones, Amelia was born about 1849; died about 1874.

Notes:

1788 Sep 6 - married Robert Jones of Liver Poole in Lancashire in Great Britain and Mary Newell daughter of Jonah Newell Esq of this harbour, planter

Captain Robert's residency at this time of marriage is recorded in the Church of England's Trinity records as Liverpool, Lancs, England.

He is believed to be the master of an ocean-going vessel the "BRITANNIA" a picture of which exists on record at the Trinity Museum as entering NAPLES HARBOUR 1789 under the command of Captain ROBERT JONES.

Although, the said Captain ROBERT JONES appears to be the earliest ancestor in this connected JONES family tree line; there is on the Trinity records ROBERT JONES born 1760 to Stephin & Catherine believed part of the STICKLEY ancestral records an d the possibility must not be excluded that the ROBERT born to Stephin & Catherine is the Captain ROBERT of our search. It is conceivable that at a time when seamanship plans usually emerged early in youth; it was customary to complete midshipman ship and pursue master's papers in the seaports of England accounting for the residency at Liverpool. Young ROBERT could have made his way there - bent on acquiring a vessel and subsequently returned to his native harbor to proudly display his ve ssel in the harbor of his birth and ancestry and married MARY NEWELL after what could be one of several return voyages to Trinity prior to 1788 and for some years later.

Robert married Newell, Mary on 6 Sep 1788 in Trinity, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland, Canada. Mary (daughter of Newell, Jonah and Mears, Hannah) was born about 1760 in Trinity, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland, Canada; died in 1841 in Trinity, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

1. Likely the daughter of Jonah Newell ( a prominent Planter) J.P. at Tinity, 1780.
2. Also, likely a decendant of Thomas Newell buried at Trinity East on his plantation site, June 20, 1724.
age 78 years. (See the oldest headstone article, Downhomer May 1999 issue)
3. Mary Newell remarried years later to Dennis Kitt

Notes:

They buried a daughter named Catherine on June 14, 1763.

From: "Cecil Vivian"
To: "Chaz and Lori Strong"
Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 1999 8:37 AM
Subject: Re: [NFLD-LAB-L] NEWELL of Trinity, TB

...

> I have NEWELL connections on my Father's side. I have the Jonah/Hanna
> family, including the Thomas b 1758 and Katherine b 1762 but nothing later
> on them as my link is through their sister Grace b 1771.
>
> Going back earlier, I have 1727/8 as the birth/bap date for Jonah, father
> of Thomas & Katherine. His father, another Jonah, had brothers Edward,
> James, Nehemiah, and Thomas (no dates for any of them) and their father was
> a Thomas b/bap 1645/6 (don't know where in England, but died 30 Jun 1724 at
> Trinity, Nfld).
>
> I hope this will add something to what you already have.
>
> Regards,
>
> Cecil Vivian

Jonah married Mears, Hannah. Hannah was born about 1736; died about 1788. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

JONAH1 NEWELL (4377) (It is not proven that Jonah is the father of Jonah b. cir 1728 but is likely the case)1 lived on October 18, 1730 at Trinity,
Trinity Bay, Newfoundland.1
Children of Jonah1 Newell (4377) include:
2. i. JONAH2 (609), born circa 1728; married (--?--) Hannah (610).

Jonah married Catherine. Catherine died about 1753. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]