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Source: Benaiah Jones III - American Frontiersman by Ralph M. Powers, Jr.,
Chapter 1 – BENAIAH JONES III’s ANCESTORS 1639-1795
Benaiah Jones I (1728-1807), a son of Daniel, was born and married in Hebron, and here was living when the Revolution broke out. His sons Benaiah II (1755-1839) and Elkanah (1761-1849) served in the Continental Army.
Benaiah II returned to Hebron after the Revolution and there in 1781 married Jemima Skinner. The promise of better lands led them to remove to new lands being settled in Berkshire County of western Massachusetts. Many other Hebron-area families likewise moved at this time to Berkshire County, Mass.... In 1781, when newlyweds Benaiah and Jemima Jones II arrived the area was an undeveloped wilderness and two hundred years later we wondered how any pioneer family could subsist on that rocky set of Green Mountains.
Benaiah Jones II and Abraham Skinner, a brother of Jemima, went to England in 1795 to bring back thoroughbred horses for breeding stock. Farming and sheep grazing were their lot in the Berkshires. Six daughters were born to Benaiah and Jemima Jones II in these Green Mountains before sons Benaiah III arrived in 1795, followed by their youngest, Edmund, in 1799. Benaiah II was the fifth generation of Jones’ man who were local leaders in their pioneer communities, each generation holding positions of trust and each supporting their church, schools and country and thus the pioneering urge was passed on to Benaiah II’s children.
Chapter 3 - PAINESVILLE, OHIO, YEARS - Sept 1808 to 1828
Benaiah and Jemima Jones II left their Berkshire County life of “severe labor and close economy” for their second home in the wilderness during September 1808. Behind in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, was left a 28-year investment from their lives as well as their two eldest daughters, Abigail (Mrs. Jonathan Goldsmith) and Nellie (Mrs. Joel Nicholson). Thus the family taking the long trip to Geauga County, Ohio, consisted of the next three girls with the two younger boys, Benaiah III, age 13, and Edmund, age 9. Surely the trip was a major project by ox-drawn wagons over very primitive roads.
Geauga County and the embryonic village of Painesville, Ohio, in 1800-10 were only beginning to be settled and the whole area was covered by dense forest which had to be cleared before farm operations could be started. At this time Cleveland, nearby, had less than 200 citizens. Benaiah II settled just west of present day Painesville which is now in Lake County, it being formed from Geauga County of the 1800s, and on this farm he included one of the finest orchards in the area.
In 1810, Benaiah II donated two acres of land to the community for a cemetery which is now known as “Old Mentor” or “Blish” or “Nye” Cemetery, being in present Mentor, which lies immediately to the west of present day Painesville… In this cemetery are many gravestones of family members and one tells of Blish-Goldsmith-Jones people, because the three families had intermarried. This monument tells of Benaiah II, his wife, Jemima Skinner, and his brother, Elkanah, all three being Revolutionary War veterans, but it does not state that they are buried therein. Jemima and Elkanah Jones were buried there, but Benaiah II went on to Michigan Territory and was buried in Jonesville, Michigan, in 1839.
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Source: Benaiah Jones III - American Frontiersman by Ralph M. Powers, Jr.,
Chapter 1 – BENAIAH JONES III’s ANCESTORS 1639-1795
Benaiah Jones I (1728-1807), a son of Daniel, was born and married in Hebron, and here was living when the Revolution broke out. His sons Benaiah II (1755-1839) and Elkanah (1761-1849) served in the Continental Army.
Benaiah II returned to Hebron after the Revolution and there in 1781 married Jemima Skinner. The promise of better lands led them to remove to new lands being settled in Berkshire County of western Massachusetts. Many other Hebron-area families likewise moved at this time to Berkshire County, Mass.... In 1781, when newlyweds Benaiah and Jemima Jones II arrived the area was an undeveloped wilderness and two hundred years later we wondered how any pioneer family could subsist on that rocky set of Green Mountains.
Benaiah Jones II and Abraham Skinner, a brother of Jemima, went to England in 1795 to bring back thoroughbred horses for breeding stock. Farming and sheep grazing were their lot in the Berkshires. Six daughters were born to Benaiah and Jemima Jones II in these Green Mountains before sons Benaiah III arrived in 1795, followed by their youngest, Edmund, in 1799. Benaiah II was the fifth generation of Jones’ man who were local leaders in their pioneer communities, each generation holding positions of trust and each supporting their church, schools and country and thus the pioneering urge was passed on to Benaiah II’s children.
Chapter 3 - PAINESVILLE, OHIO, YEARS - Sept 1808 to 1828
Benaiah and Jemima Jones II left their Berkshire County life of “severe labor and close economy” for their second home in the wilderness during September 1808. Behind in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, was left a 28-year investment from their lives as well as their two eldest daughters, Abigail (Mrs. Jonathan Goldsmith) and Nellie (Mrs. Joel Nicholson). Thus the family taking the long trip to Geauga County, Ohio, consisted of the next three girls with the two younger boys, Benaiah III, age 13, and Edmund, age 9. Surely the trip was a major project by ox-drawn wagons over very primitive roads.
Geauga County and the embryonic village of Painesville, Ohio, in 1800-10 were only beginning to be settled and the whole area was covered by dense forest which had to be cleared before farm operations could be started. At this time Cleveland, nearby, had less than 200 citizens. Benaiah II settled just west of present day Painesville which is now in Lake County, it being formed from Geauga County of the 1800s, and on this farm he included one of the finest orchards in the area.
In 1810, Benaiah II donated two acres of land to the community for a cemetery which is now known as “Old Mentor” or “Blish” or “Nye” Cemetery, being in present Mentor, which lies immediately to the west of present day Painesville… In this cemetery are many gravestones of family members and one tells of Blish-Goldsmith-Jones people, because the three families had intermarried. This monument tells of Benaiah II, his wife, Jemima Skinner, and his brother, Elkanah, all three being Revolutionary War veterans, but it does not state that they are buried therein. Jemima and Elkanah Jones were buried there, but Benaiah II went on to Michigan Territory and was buried in Jonesville, Michigan, in 1839.
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Source: Benaiah Jones III - American Frontiersman by Ralph M. Powers, Jr.,
Chapter 1 – BENAIAH JONES III’s ANCESTORS 1639-1795
Benaiah Jones I (1728-1807), a son of Daniel, was born and married in Hebron, and here was living when the Revolution broke out. His sons Benaiah II (1755-1839) and Elkanah (1761-1849) served in the Continental Army.
Benaiah II returned to Hebron after the Revolution and there in 1781 married Jemima Skinner. The promise of better lands led them to remove to new lands being settled in Berkshire County of western Massachusetts. Many other Hebron-area families likewise moved at this time to Berkshire County, Mass.... In 1781, when newlyweds Benaiah and Jemima Jones II arrived the area was an undeveloped wilderness and two hundred years later we wondered how any pioneer family could subsist on that rocky set of Green Mountains.
Benaiah Jones II and Abraham Skinner, a brother of Jemima, went to England in 1795 to bring back thoroughbred horses for breeding stock. Farming and sheep grazing were their lot in the Berkshires. Six daughters were born to Benaiah and Jemima Jones II in these Green Mountains before sons Benaiah III arrived in 1795, followed by their youngest, Edmund, in 1799. Benaiah II was the fifth generation of Jones’ man who were local leaders in their pioneer communities, each generation holding positions of trust and each supporting their church, schools and country and thus the pioneering urge was passed on to Benaiah II’s children.
Chapter 3 - PAINESVILLE, OHIO, YEARS - Sept 1808 to 1828
Benaiah and Jemima Jones II left their Berkshire County life of “severe labor and close economy” for their second home in the wilderness during September 1808. Behind in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, was left a 28-year investment from their lives as well as their two eldest daughters, Abigail (Mrs. Jonathan Goldsmith) and Nellie (Mrs. Joel Nicholson). Thus the family taking the long trip to Geauga County, Ohio, consisted of the next three girls with the two younger boys, Benaiah III, age 13, and Edmund, age 9. Surely the trip was a major project by ox-drawn wagons over very primitive roads.
Geauga County and the embryonic village of Painesville, Ohio, in 1800-10 were only beginning to be settled and the whole area was covered by dense forest which had to be cleared before farm operations could be started. At this time Cleveland, nearby, had less than 200 citizens. Benaiah II settled just west of present day Painesville which is now in Lake County, it being formed from Geauga County of the 1800s, and on this farm he included one of the finest orchards in the area.
In 1810, Benaiah II donated two acres of land to the community for a cemetery which is now known as “Old Mentor” or “Blish” or “Nye” Cemetery, being in present Mentor, which lies immediately to the west of present day Painesville… In this cemetery are many gravestones of family members and one tells of Blish-Goldsmith-Jones people, because the three families had intermarried. This monument tells of Benaiah II, his wife, Jemima Skinner, and his brother, Elkanah, all three being Revolutionary War veterans, but it does not state that they are buried therein. Jemima and Elkanah Jones were buried there, but Benaiah II went on to Michigan Territory and was buried in Jonesville, Michigan, in 1839.
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Source: Benaiah Jones III - American Frontiersman by Ralph M. Powers, Jr.,
Chapter 1 – BENAIAH JONES III’s ANCESTORS 1639-1795
Benaiah Jones I (1728-1807), a son of Daniel, was born and married in Hebron, and here was living when the Revolution broke out. His sons Benaiah II (1755-1839) and Elkanah (1761-1849) served in the Continental Army.
Benaiah II returned to Hebron after the Revolution and there in 1781 married Jemima Skinner. The promise of better lands led them to remove to new lands being settled in Berkshire County of western Massachusetts. Many other Hebron-area families likewise moved at this time to Berkshire County, Mass.... In 1781, when newlyweds Benaiah and Jemima Jones II arrived the area was an undeveloped wilderness and two hundred years later we wondered how any pioneer family could subsist on that rocky set of Green Mountains.
Benaiah Jones II and Abraham Skinner, a brother of Jemima, went to England in 1795 to bring back thoroughbred horses for breeding stock. Farming and sheep grazing were their lot in the Berkshires. Six daughters were born to Benaiah and Jemima Jones II in these Green Mountains before sons Benaiah III arrived in 1795, followed by their youngest, Edmund, in 1799. Benaiah II was the fifth generation of Jones’ man who were local leaders in their pioneer communities, each generation holding positions of trust and each supporting their church, schools and country and thus the pioneering urge was passed on to Benaiah II’s children.
Chapter 3 - PAINESVILLE, OHIO, YEARS - Sept 1808 to 1828
Benaiah and Jemima Jones II left their Berkshire County life of “severe labor and close economy” for their second home in the wilderness during September 1808. Behind in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, was left a 28-year investment from their lives as well as their two eldest daughters, Abigail (Mrs. Jonathan Goldsmith) and Nellie (Mrs. Joel Nicholson). Thus the family taking the long trip to Geauga County, Ohio, consisted of the next three girls with the two younger boys, Benaiah III, age 13, and Edmund, age 9. Surely the trip was a major project by ox-drawn wagons over very primitive roads.
Geauga County and the embryonic village of Painesville, Ohio, in 1800-10 were only beginning to be settled and the whole area was covered by dense forest which had to be cleared before farm operations could be started. At this time Cleveland, nearby, had less than 200 citizens. Benaiah II settled just west of present day Painesville which is now in Lake County, it being formed from Geauga County of the 1800s, and on this farm he included one of the finest orchards in the area.
In 1810, Benaiah II donated two acres of land to the community for a cemetery which is now known as “Old Mentor” or “Blish” or “Nye” Cemetery, being in present Mentor, which lies immediately to the west of present day Painesville… In this cemetery are many gravestones of family members and one tells of Blish-Goldsmith-Jones people, because the three families had intermarried. This monument tells of Benaiah II, his wife, Jemima Skinner, and his brother, Elkanah, all three being Revolutionary War veterans, but it does not state that they are buried therein. Jemima and Elkanah Jones were buried there, but Benaiah II went on to Michigan Territory and was buried in Jonesville, Michigan, in 1839.
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