Solomon Jones (1760-1865) served in the Connecticut militia as a solder in Captain Abyah Rowles 6th Company and was later ordered to Boston. Solomon Jones was born in Saybrook, Connecticut in 1760. He married Hannah Friday, his second wife, and they had seven children. He came to Michigan in 1843 and settled in Springfield. Solomon Jones died in 1865, at the age of 104-105. He is buried in the Davisburg Cemetery located in Davisburg, Oakland County, Michigan. SAR Patriot Number P-226534 DAR Patriot Number Not Available Find-A-Grave Number 15928412
From the History of Oakland County, Michigan by Thaddeus D. Seeley (1912)
Solomon Jones came to Michigan in the fall of 1843 and first stopped in Springfield where his wife died. He lived five years afterward with his son, Jesse, in Groveland, and then went back to New York where he stayed some time and finally returned to Michigan and lived with Jesse until June 1865, when he died at the extreme age of one hundred and five years. He had served in the Revolutionary war, although but fifteen years old when called upon to bear arms.
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Solomon Jones (1760-1865) served in the Connecticut militia as a solder in Captain Abyah Rowles 6th Company and was later ordered to Boston. Solomon Jones was born in Saybrook, Connecticut in 1760. He married Hannah Friday, his second wife, and they had seven children. He came to Michigan in 1843 and settled in Springfield. Solomon Jones died in 1865, at the age of 104-105. He is buried in the Davisburg Cemetery located in Davisburg, Oakland County, Michigan. SAR Patriot Number P-226534 DAR Patriot Number Not Available Find-A-Grave Number 15928412From the History of Oakland County, Michigan by Thaddeus D. Seeley (1912)
Solomon Jones came to Michigan in the fall of 1843 and first stopped in Springfield where his wife died. He lived five years afterward with his son, Jesse, in Groveland, and then went back to New York where he stayed some time and finally returned to Michigan and lived with Jesse until June 1865, when he died at the extreme age of one hundred and five years. He had served in the Revolutionary war, although but fifteen years old when called upon to bear arms.