Jones, Samuel, 1735-1814
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Samuel Jones was a prominent member of the Philadelphia Association and was instrumental in the founding of Brown University. He was born in 1735 and educated at Hopewell Academy. He was the pastor of the Baptist church at Pennepek in Pennsylvania for fifty-one years and conducted an academy for the education of young men. He was a friend of President James Manning and on Manning's death was aked to be president of the College, but declined because of his advanced age. He died on February 7, 1814.
The Rev. Samuel Jones (1735-1814) was born in Wales and was brought to Philadelphia by his parent in 1737. He graduated from the College of Philadelphia in 1762 and was ordained to the Baptist Ministry in 1763. In that same year he became pastor of the Lower Dublin Baptist Church and held that office until his death. He was very prominent and influential in the Baptist denomination in the United States. Thomas Jones, although noted as born in 1742 by the Library of Congress, was born in Wales in 1733. He moved to Philadelphia with his family in 1737. In 1762, he married Mary Broomfield. Thomas was the commissioner of Berks County from 1779 until 1786.
Baptist clergy; member of the Philadelphia Baptist Association.
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Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
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Wales
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Savannah (Ga.)
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Philadelphia (Pa.)
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