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He was buried in the family burying ground on his place, on asmall hill called Mount Nebo. He was Superintendent of Forageon L. I. during the Rev. War, and one of the first orders issued by the British while in possession of N. Y. City was to John Hewlett, Esq., of Long Island, by Commissary General James Christie, on Oct. 2, 1776, "to seize all the cattle of the Rebels who have left their habitations and bring them to me." (See "The Market Book," p. 163. See also the New York Packet, 20 Feb., 1786.) (Jones, op cit, p.335)
- Title: "Jones Family of Long Island, The"
Author: JONES, John Henry
Publication: NY, 1907 \ http://FTM.genealogy.com/_glc_/5205/
Call Number: @S3548@ R929.2 J775
Media: Book
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