Loyalist Burial

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Occupation- Physician

Burial Location- Blue Church Cemetery- on County Road #2

between Brockville and Prescott

SACRED

To the memory of

Doctor

SOLOMON JONES

who died September 22

1822 in the 66^th year

of his age. Here also

lies interred the remains

of his wife MARY

Tunnicliff who depart

this life April 23^rd 1820

lived 65 Years

 

Dr. Solomon Jones came to Augusta Township around 1784 from New York state. He was educated for the medical profession and served as a surgeon’s mate with the British forces from 1776 to 1783. He came with his mother and his wife, Mary Tunnicliffe. They lived in a simple log dwelling on the banks of the St. Lawrence River (C1 lot 22) for 15 years. They had a family of seven: Mary b.1785, Ann Hawley b.1786, Jonathan b. 1788, Maria b. 1791, Dunham b. 1793, Solomon b. 1797 and William b. 1802.

In the years 1799 to 1804, he built a stately Georgian style mansion, constructed by a Montreal contractor, Louis Briere. It is one of the oldest houses in Ontario. This house and property was bought in 1972 by Dupont Canada. The company donated the house and eleven acres of land to the Ontario Heritage Foundation in 1974. It opened as Homewood Museum in 1982 and is still open.

Dr. Jones was the area’s first physician and the second member from Leeds and Frontenac to be elected to the Parliament of Upper Canada, (1796-1800). He was one of the first magistrates in the province, a trustee of the public school and a Judge of Johnstown district.

He was one of seven brothers. Two died in the revolution serving their King. One settled in Nova Scotia. Daniel, John and David came to Upper Canada. His stone house was built on land originally granted to his brother, David, which he acquired on his brother’s death (1785). Homewood remained in the Jones family for seven generations until 1972. Early in the 20^th century, Homewood became internationally known for producing award winning apples.

Credits

1. History of New Oswegatchie and the Blue Church Cemetery-Edwin A. Livingstone U.E.

2. Augusta Royal Township Number Seven- Goldie A. Connell

Compiled by Don Clunas U.E.