Hon. Ephraim Jones

1750 - 1812  (61 years)    Has 36 ancestors and 97 descendants in this family tree.

• Name	Ephraim Jones
  Prefix	Hon.
  Birth	27 Apr 1750	Weston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
  Gender	Male
  Death	24 Jan 1812	Augusta, Leeds, ON, Canada
  Burial	Augusta, Leeds, ON, Canada
  Siblings	1 Sibling
  + 1. Mary Jones,   b. 11 Jul 1748, Weston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA d. 2 Aug 1830, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA  (Age 82 years) ▻ Asa Dunbar + 2. Hon. Ephraim Jones,   b. 27 Apr 1750, Weston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA d. 24 Jan 1812, Augusta, Leeds, ON, Canada  (Age 61 years) ▻ Charlotte Coursolles
  Person ID	I355032	Geneagraphie
  Last Modified	19 Dec 2001

  
  

  Father	Elisha Jones,   b. 20 Nov 1710, Norwich, New London Co., Connecticut, USA d. 13 Feb 1775, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA (Age 64 years)
  Mother	Mary Allen,   b. 13 Dec 1714, Weston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA d. 26 Apr 1751 (Age 36 years)
  Marriage	24 Jan 1733
  Family ID	F140251	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Charlotte Coursolles,   b. 1745, Verchères, Quebec, Canada d. 28 Sep 1805, Augusta, Leeds, ON, Canada (Age 60 years)
  Children	+ 1. Sophia Jones,   b. 21 Feb 1785   d. 30 Mar 1837 (Age 52 years)   2. Charles Jones,   b. 1781   d. 21 Aug 1840, Brockville, Leeds, Ontario, Canada (Age 59 years)
  Family ID	F140242	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 Dec 2001

  
  

• Notes

  Ephraim Jones was the member for Grenville in the first Legislature of Upper Canada, 1792-96. For some particulars of his life and family of four sons and four daughters, see "The First Legislators of Upper Canada," by C. C. James, Trans. Roy. Soc. Can., second series, 1902-3. Vol. VIII, p. 102 The Hon. Ephraim Jones, M.L.C., known also as Mr. Commissary Jones, was the ninth son of Col. Elisha Jones (1710-1775), M.L.A., J.P., a Loyalist, and a great-grandson of Lewis Jones (1600?-1684), who migrated from Berkshire, England to Watertown, Mass., in 1620. Ephraim Jones (b. April 27, 1750. d. January 21, 1812) had lived in the Mohawk Valley in the province of New York, and had served in the Seven Years War, apparently, for which he received a pension. He was one of the earliest settlers in Elizabeth Town and one of the earliest merchants in Brockville. He was a J.P., a Member of the Land Board for Grenville and Leeds, of the first Parliament of Upper Canada (1792-6), representing Grenville, and of the Land Claims' Board (1800-1). He was twice married, having issue by the first wife only. His first wife was Charlotte Coursolles ("obiit 28th September, 1803, Aet. 50"), a daughter of Michel Coursolles (or Coursol?), of Verchères. His second wife was Margaret S. Beek (or on the tombstone "Beke"), who died "January 9, 1852, aged 84 years," The most distinguished of his six sons were the Hon. Charles, who married Mary Stuart, q.v., and the Hon. Jonas, who became a Justice and the father, among others, of Mrs. John McCaul, Mrs. John Strachan, Jr, Mr. Clarkson Jones, and the Revd. Professor Jones, of Trinity College, all deceased.