Jones, Captain Robert

Abt 1759 - Bef 1801  (~ 41 years)

• Name	Jones, Robert  [1, 2]
  Prefix	Captain
  Born	Abt 1759	Liverpool, Lancashire, England   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Died	Bef 1801
  Person ID	I1904	Loder
  Last Modified	17 Feb 2018

  
  

  Family	Newell, Mary,   b. Abt 1760, Trinity, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland, Canada ,   d. 1841, Trinity, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland, Canada  (Age ~ 81 years)
  Married	6 Sep 1788	Trinity, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland, Canada   [3]
  Children	1. Jones, Captain Robert Newell,   b. 4 Jun 1790,   d. Abt 1835  (Age 44 years)   2. Jones, Jonah,   b. 7 Feb 1793, Trinity, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland, Canada ,   d. 11 Mar 1873, Trinity East, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland  (Age 80 years)
  Last Modified	17 Feb 2018
  Family ID	F689	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos		The Britannia This is how it all started Captain Robert Jones. A painting of his ship The Britannia entering Naples Italy , he was sailing for the Slade's of Trinity at the time. This painting now hangs at the Garland premises in Trinity.
  		Captain Roberts Ship, Britannia

  
  

• Notes

  1788 Sep 6 - married Robert Jones of Liver Poole in Lancashire in Great Britain and Mary Newell daughter of Jonah Newell Esq of this harbour, planter Captain Robert's residency at this time of marriage is recorded in the Church of England's Trinity records as Liverpool, Lancs, England. He is believed to be the master of an ocean-going vessel the "BRITANNIA" a picture of which exists on record at the Trinity Museum as entering NAPLES HARBOUR 1789 under the command of Captain ROBERT JONES. Although, the said Captain ROBERT JONES appears to be the earliest ancestor in this connected JONES family tree line; there is on the Trinity records ROBERT JONES born 1760 to Stephin & Catherine believed part of the STICKLEY ancestral records an d the possibility must not be excluded that the ROBERT born to Stephin & Catherine is the Captain ROBERT of our search. It is conceivable that at a time when seamanship plans usually emerged early in youth; it was customary to complete midshipman ship and pursue master's papers in the seaports of England accounting for the residency at Liverpool. Young ROBERT could have made his way there - bent on acquiring a vessel and subsequently returned to his native harbor to proudly display his ve ssel in the harbor of his birth and ancestry and married MARY NEWELL after what could be one of several return voyages to Trinity prior to 1788 and for some years later.

  
  

• Sources

  [S68] Michael Cooper (Reliability: 3). Date of Import: Oct 11, 1999 [S55] Jones Family Tree (Reliability: 3). Date of Import: May 30, 2000 [S87] St. Paul's Anglican Church, Trinity.