Samuel Jones D.D. (1735 - 1814)

Born 11 Jan 1735 in Cardiff, Wales

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Died 7 Feb 1814 at age 79 in Bustleton, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA

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Samuel Jones D.D. is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A062603.

Chaplain Samuel Jones D.D. served with Flying Camp, Pennsylvania Militia during the American Revolution.

JONES, SAMUEL^[1]

Ancestor #: A062603

Service: PENNSYLVANIA

Rank(s): CHAPLAIN

Birth: 1-14-1735 WALES

Death: 2-7-1814 PHILADELPHIA PHILADELPHIA CO PENNSYLVANIA

Service Description: 1) COL HUGH'S REGT

SPOUSE: 1) SYLVIA SPICER

Child daughter: SARAH JONES, [Spouse #] Spouse: [1] THEOPHILUS HARRIS

On findagrave.com:

Rev Samuel Jones BIRTH 11 Jan 1735 Cardiff, Wales DEATH 7 Feb 1814 (aged 79) Bustleton, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA BURIAL Old Pennepack Baptist Church Cemetery Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA MEMORIAL ID 24998280 · View Source

Born to Thomas Jones and Martha (nee Morris). Samuel was the last of his brothers and sisters born in Wales. He was three when his father emigrated to America. He studied at Hopewell, NJ and at the College of Philadelphia, graduating at the latter May 15, 1762. The records of the First Baptist Church of Philadelphia state that on December 5, 1761, Samuel Jones was "received into the Church by a letter of dismission and recommendation from Tulpehokon". On January 2, 1763, he was ordained pastor of the Lower Dublin Baptist Church (Pennepek) in Philadelphia County, the mother Baptist Church of Pennsylvania and Delaware. The ordination service being had, at the request of the Philadelphia Baptist Church, in the College Hall. For some years after becoming pastor of Lower Dublin, he also had pastoral charge of Southampton Baptist Church, Bucks County, relinquishing the latter in 1770, and continuing as pastor with Lower Dublin until his death. The Philadelphia Baptist Association, showing a trust, somewhat remarkable, in one so young, in the latter part of 1763, sent him to Newport, RI to assist in remodeling the charter of Rhode Island College, now Brown University. In 1769 that college conferred upon him the ad eundum degree of A.M., and in 1786 that of D.D., which latter degree was also, in 1788, conferred upon him by the University of Pennsylvania. He was the author of the following works: "Doctrine of the Covenants", Philadelphia, 1883; "A Treatise on Church Discipline', Philadelphia, 1797; " a Selection of Psalms and Hymns" etc. Burlington, NJ, 1800; "A Century Sermon before Philadelphia Baptist Association", Philadelphia, 1807. He and his wife Sylvia Spicer were married on November 10, 1764. They had five children: Thomas Spicer, Samuel Spicer, Samuel, Sarah, and Sylvia.

Married Rev. Samuel Jones, D.D. married Sylvia (Spicer) Jones on November 10, 1764. They had five children: Thomas Spicer, Samuel Spicer, Samuel, Sarah, and Sylvia.

Sources

1. ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 17 Jan 2024), "Record of Samuel Jones", Ancestor # A062603.

• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/24998280/samuel-jones
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/24998491/sylvia-jones
• Ancestry Record 61157 #1997895 North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 for Samuel Jones