Fifth Generation

645. Samuel JONES Se was born on 29 Jun 1781 in Barkhamstead, Litchfield , Connecticut.^5,26,346 He died on 16 May 1880.³⁴⁶ He was buried in Hayes cemetery, Wayne , Fayette , Ohio.³⁴⁶ Biography of⁶⁹⁶ THE JONES FAMILY
SAMUEL JONES, SR.
Among the many worthy citizens of Ashtabula County, none stand higher in the estimation of his acquaintances than Samuel Jones, Sr., of Wayne Township, at this date (1878) in his ninety-seventh year. Upright in business, cheerful and hopeful in manner, of sound judgment, and of irreproachable morals, he enjoys the respect and esteem of his fellow-citizens when the frosts of ninety-seven winters have left their impress upon his head, visible in the silver which crowns it honorably and becomingly.
He was born in Litchfield County, Connecticut, June 29, 1781. May 11, 1803, he married Miss Deborah Hayes, of Hartford, Connecticut. Both of these were school teachers in their native State of Connecticut. Mr. Jones' father's name was Samuel and his grandfather's, Israel. His mother's name was Ruth Ackley. He was a member of a family of three sons and four daughters. Elijah Jones, one of the brothers, was a member of the Connecticut legislature, and Lucien C. Jones, a nephew, was a member of the Ohio Senate in 1872. Deborah Hayes' family was composed of four sons and three daughters. Her father, Titus Hayes, was a soldier in the army of the Revolution. Her family suffered from exposures and necessities incident to that struggle. All of her brothers - Richard, Titus, Linus, and Lester - were soldiers during the War of 1812, Richard being Colonel of the regiment that marched through Ashtabula County for the frontier during that war.
Mr. and Mrs. Jones, with five small children between the ages of one and seven years, left Old Connecticut for the New on September 10, 1811, and in ten years from that very day, they started on a visit to their native State of Connecticut in company with The Honorable Jonathan Tuttle, of Williamsfield. On their arrival at the place now known as Kelloggsville, they were met by Mrs. Jones' brother, Titus - afterwards known as The Honorable Titus Hayes - with a team of oxen. They pursued their way through the forest, on a rude road having been cut, part of it being but a little more than a blazed tree path, over brush, across logs, fording streams, and, what was worse, getting through the mud, Mr. Hayes carrying the second son, Flavel, a boy of five years, across the stream by taking hold of his coat-collar with his teeth. They arrived at the close of the second day, at the house of Mr. Zadoc Steele, in Andover. Near the close of the third day they arrived in sight of Mr. Hayes' cabin, accomplishing the journey from Kelloggsville to Wayne in three days. A few months after their arrival in Wayne they settled upon lot 28, where they continued to reside until after the death of Mrs. Jones (September 5, 1863); since which he has lived with the families of his children.
Mr. Jones was well pleased with the new country after he settled upon his own land and was never homesick; but his wife used to stand in the door of their cabin looking towards the east with tearful eyes. Mr. Jones was drafted for service for the War of 1812 but was excused by Dr. Peter Allen, on account of lameness caused by cutting his ankle. In the late Rebellion, all of his grandsons who had arrived at sufficient age, with a single exception, were in the service for long or short terms, and nearly all met with the casualties of war.
Mr. and Mrs. Jones united with the Congregational Church in Wayne previous to the year 1819. Mr. Jones, when called upon to aid in any worthy benevolent enterprise, asked only one question: "-What is my part?" or "What ought I to give for this?" and cheerfully and liberally responded. Benevolence was Mrs. Jones' crowning virtue, and it can truly be said of her: "She hath done what she could."
Very few men have lived a long life, more respected as useful and influential citizens, than "Uncle Sam" as he was familiarly called. He was no aspirant for office or other places of distinction; did not encumber his mind with the provisions of the statute book; except as necessary in the ordinary transactions of business and sometimes as supervisor or township trustee. Yet in matters of public improvement and the promotion of the common interests of the community, and in the adjustment of differences where interests came in conflict, the judgment of no man was more readily accepted and approved than his.

Samuel JONES Se and Deborah HAYES were married on 11 May 1803 in Litchfield, Litchfield , Connecticut.^80,346 Deborah HAYES (daughter of Living) was born on 13 Aug 1782.³⁴⁶ She died on 1 Sep 1863 in Wayne, Ashtabula, Ohio.^80,346 Samuel JONES Se and Deborah HAYES had the following children:

+1508	i.	Linus Hayes JONES.
+1509	ii.	Flavel JONES.
+1510	iii.	Statira JONES.
+1511	iv.	Almira JONES.
1512	v.	Anson JONES was born on 31 Mar 1810 in Hartland, Hartford , Connecticut.695,696 Biography of696 Anson Jones, third son of Samuel Jones, was born in Hartland, Connecticut, March 31, 1810. He was married to Miss Fanny Barber, November, 1838, who died January 3, 1865. June 7, 1866, he married Miss Margaret Jane Beatty, of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. His children are Hannah Barber, born August 17, 1840, who married William B. Smilie of Wayne, October 30, 1860. Roderich Merrick, born August 5, 1842, who enlisted in August, 1862 in Company I, One Hundred and Fifth Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He served to the close of the war, and was captured twice by the enemy, being paroled once, and making his escape at the second capture. January 17, 1867, he married Miss Charlotte R. Wilcox, of Wayne; their only child Fanny, was born Janury 19, 1873, and died in Wayne, July 19 of the same year. Emma Elizabeth, youngest daughter of Anson Jones, was born September 23, 1854; married Charles H. Smith of Wayne, March 26, 1876. Their only child, Walter Anson, was born in Wayne, in June 1877.
+1513	vi.	Emily JONES.
+1514	vii.	Samuel JONES Jr.