Captain John Fones

Notes:

John Fones settled at Kingston in 1669.

He may be the John Fones who was Town Moderator at Jamestown about 1680 (see Proprietors Records at town hall, p. 4).

From "Graveyards of North Kingstown, RI" by Althea H. McAleer (RIGS), Lot 4: "the Foneses were early settlers in North Kingstown. In 1672, John Fones and others negotiated with the Indians for a tract of land north of Devil's Foot and west of the Post Road now known as the Fones Purchase. Jeremiah, son of John, and Daniel, grandson of John, both settled on this land. Two old Fones houses, Jeremiah's and that of his son Daniel, the privateer and commander of the colony sloop "Tartar" stood until well into the 20th century on the NW corner of Post Road and Devils Foot Road. [My note: This area has recently been changed due to road construction and rerouting.] According to Hunter White, a Fones house, probably Jeremiah's, was on Namcook Road. It was owned by the Foneses until 1784, then by the Vaughans, the Reynoldses, and the Madisons. The old Fones Graveyard was found by George Harris in 1883 near the NE corner of Newcomb and Post Roads."

My note: this land of the Fones family is near or adjacent to the land of my Austin ancestors.

John married Margaret Unknown Abt 1660. Margaret was born Abt 1640. [Group Sheet]

1. Samuel Fones was born , North Kingstown, RI; died 14 Dec 1757, North Kingstown, RI.
2. John Fones, Jr. was born Abt 1662; died 17 Feb 1736/37; was buried , North Kingstown, RI.
3. Jeremiah Fones was born 1664; died 29 Apr 1747; was buried , Chestnut Hill Cemetery, Rt. 102, Exeter, RI.
4. Mary Fones was born 1668; died 20 Mar 1721/22, Warwick, Kent Co., RI.

Thomas — Anna Winthrop. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Anna was sister to Gov. John Winthrop of Massachusetts Bay Colony.