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Jan 6, 2017 · From my resent research of Teague I do not believe that he is a child of Christopher Jones (Mayflower captain) and his wife. Christopher Jones died in 1622 and it is speculated that Teague was born 1624. Also all eight of Christophers other children are documented and there is no mention of the name Teague anywhere.
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Gabriel Wheldon came to New England in about 1620. He is believed to have married the daughter of chief Massasoit's younger brother. She later became known as Margaret. They had four known children and lived in Mattacheese. Teague Jones is first mentioned in the records of Yarmouth in 1645. He is also believed to have married a Native American ...
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Teague Jones was born about 1620-24 probably in England. 1. Some online trees claim that he was the son of Mayflowershipmaster Christopher Jones, but no reliable sources support such a claim. He may have been born in Ireland, given his first name, but that is not known with any certainty. Teague or Teige is Irish for Thaddeus or Timothy, and despite the way it is sometimes ridicules by people who don't know any better, it is a perfectly 'respectable' Christian name and for ages past it has be...
Emigration
Teague Jones is not in the list of those able to bear arms in 1643, ages 16 to 60, which shows that he had probably not yet arrived in the Colony unless he was under sixteen. There is no record by what ship he arrived or whence he came or with whom. He first appears in the Massachusetts records in 1645. (See Court Records, below.) 1. Some online trees claim, without source, that he arrived in the 1630s on the Confidence.
Wife
While he appears in many records, there are no records that specifically name a wife. If he did marry, he is estimated to have married about 1650. 1. Some online trees, again without source, claim that he married a Native woman and some give her the name Rahama and even claim she was daughter of a specific Sachem. There is no reliable documentation to support these claims.
Serg. Joseph Eldredge, son of Robert and Elizabeth (Nickerson) Eldredge, perhaps married first a daughter of Teague Jones, a neighbor at Monomoit from 1675 to 1683. He acquired land and probably lived for a time in the south part of Yarmouth on the western side of Bass river. His land adjoined land of Teague Jones and his sons, and the circumstance...
Plymouth Colony Wills and Inventories, vol 4, pt. 2, p 48Old Barnstable Deeds, Book 4, Folio 86- Male
Oct 8, 2011 · Teague’s name did not appear on the 1643 list of Yarmouth men. He was probably newly arrived in Yarmouth in 1645 as a single man. In 1645 Teague was one of the "soldiers sent out against the Naragansetts, in the late expedition.”. Each soldier received one pound powder, three pounds bullets and one pound tobacco.
Jan 28, 2024 · When Teague Jones was born in 1620, his father, Master Christopher Jones Jr., was 50 and his mother, Josian Thompson, was 45. He married Ruhamah Jones. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Yarmouth, Cumberland, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America in 1664.
Around the plinth is written: “To the memory of Christopher Jones 1570 - 1622, Master of the Mayflower. He landed 102 planters and adventurers at Plymouth Massachusetts 21 Dec 1620. They formed the Mayflower Compact & the first permanent colony in New England.”. Explore Harwich's connections with the Mayflower.
Christopher Jones is believed to have been born in Harwich, Essex, around 1570, although baptismal records are blank for his parish church for the period of time between April 1565 and June 1571. [1] [2] [3] He was the son of Christopher Jones Sr. and his wife Sybil. The senior Jones was also a mariner and ship owner who died in 1578, leaving ...
