This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------C52616AADCBCE5F453DFB229 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit --------------C52616AADCBCE5F453DFB229 Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Received: from mail.genexchange.com ([209.96.137.125]) by mtiwgwc04.worldnet.att.net (InterMail v03.02.07 118 124) with ESMTP id <19990427191824.WYXO19354@mail.genexchange.com>; Tue, 27 Apr 1999 19:18:24 +0000 Received: from imo11.mx.aol.com [198.81.17.1] by mail.aplusdata.com with ESMTP (SMTPD32-5.00) id A87F102E0338; Tue, 27 Apr 1999 14:57:03 EST Received: from Soyamaven@aol.com (14407) by imo11.mx.aol.com (IMOv20) id qBDUa10058 for <LI-Rooters@genexchange.com>; Tue, 27 Apr 1999 14:55:47 -0400 (EDT) From: Soyamaven@aol.com Message-ID: <c7b5ab1f.24576232@aol.com> Date: Tue, 27 Apr 1999 14:55:46 EDT To: LI-Rooters@genexchange.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: AOL 4.0 for Windows 95 sub 4 Reply-To: Soyamaven@aol.com Subject: [LI-Rooters] NEWSDAY: Maj.Thomas Jones Left His Mark On LI Genealogy Precedence: bulk Sender: LI-ROOTERS-owner@mail.genexchange.com X-Mozilla-Status2: 00000000 Dear LI-Rooters, etc., In its regularly scheduled Tuesday LI history segment, today's NEWSDAY (page A30) has a story (the first 4 paragraphs appear after my signature) about Maj. Thomas Jones and his marriage to Freelove Townsend, and through marriages of their offspring, his giant contribution to genealogical history on Long Island. For all those LI-Memories who wish to see the entire story but can not access the web, please e-Mail me directly and I will then e-Mail the entire story to you. Regards, Walter Greenspan LONG ISLAND: OUR PAST / A Name Etched in LI's Sand / Thomas Jones left his mark on the beach, and his descendants also shaped the Island --By Rhoda Amon. STAFF WRITER Three hundred years ago, near the site where the East Bathhouse now stands on the beach called Jones, Maj. Thomas Jones plied the whaling trade. And a few other trades as well. He was an Irish adventurer who fought in the Battle of the Boyne in Ireland and reportedly had a royal commission to prey on Spanish ships. After a brief career as a quasi-official buccaneer in the West Indies, he turned up in Rhode Island in 1692. Here fortune smiled on the soldier of fortune in the form of Freelove Townsend, whom he married in 1696. Some say the world-famous playland that would be named for him should have been named for her. Not only because of the blithe spirit of her name but because she brought with her most of what is now Massapequa - a wedding gift from her father, John Townsend. Though history is not clear on whether the Joneses also got the half-mile-wide windswept sandbar known to the Indians as Great Water Land, Jones decided that he owned it and set up a whaling station on the outer beach. History is more precise on the fortunes of the Jones family, the Long Island dynasty begun by Thomas and Freelove. For the next two centuries, family members launched industries, built mills and mansions, served as judges and assemblymen, fought on both sides of American wars, wrote books, entertained lavishly, and left giant footprints in the sands of both the South and North Shores. Long Island history writer George DeWan is on leave. This page will appear occasionally on Tuesdays. Copyright 1999, Newsday Inc. LONG ISLAND: OUR PAST / A Name Etched in LI's Sand / Thomas Jones left his mark on the beach, and his descendants also shaped the Island., pp A30. ----------------------- To Unsubscribe to LI-Rooters send email to: Listserv@genexchange.com with the message: Unsubscribe LI-Rooters List Owner joanne@genexchange.com NYGenExchange http://www.genexchange.com/ny/index.cfm --------------C52616AADCBCE5F453DFB229--