Abraham Jones (1725–1792) was a member of the 1st New York State Legislature 1777 to 1778 from

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. Jones was expelled from the New York Assembly on June 8, 1778, for being with the enemy. Jones was born to a

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family which bought their original land in what is now the

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section on Staten Island from Governor Dongan. He commanded a company in Billopp's Battalion of Staten Island, a Loyalist militia group. During the course of the

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he was captured by American rebels, who brought him to

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for a brief period, but upon returning to the States in 1792 he died at sea, where he was buried.New York Magazine, 1792

Family

Jones was married to Jannetje Personet (1731-1808), daughter of George Personet and Jenneke Mangels. They had two sons and one daughter.

References

1725 births 1792 deaths American people of Welsh descent People from Staten Island Loyalists in the American Revolution from New York (state) Members of the New York State Assembly Expelled members of the New York State Assembly 18th-century American people 18th-century American politicians Loyalist military personnel of the American Revolutionary War {{NewYork-NYAssembly-stub