Jones, Caleb

• DICTIONARY OF CANADIAN BIOGRAPHY ARTICLE: W. A. Spray, “JONES, CALEB,” in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 5, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003–. https://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/jones_caleb_5E.html
• DCB profile notes:
  • Slave owner and office holder; b. c. 1743, probably in Maryland; m. 11 Feb. 1773 Elizabeth Wheatley (she was sometimes called Betty) in Somerset County, Md; d. 21 Dec. 1816 in Saint Marys parish, N.B.
  • At the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War, Caleb Jones was a planter and slave owner, and the sheriff of Somerset County. After he fled to New York City aboard the frigate Brune, he was declared an outlaw by the General Court at Annapolis. He then travelled to Philadelphia and joined the Maryland Loyalists, with whom he served throughout the war as a captain.
  • Before the evacuation of New York City in 1783, Jones was given six months’ leave of absence to explore lands in what would become New Brunswick, and after the arrival of the loyalists there, he obtained a grant on the Nashwaaksis Stream near St Anne’s Point (Fredericton).
  • By the beginning of the 19th century there were several people in New Brunswick interested in the abolition of slavery, and in February 1800 Jones became involved in an attempt to test its legality in the colony.
• United Empire Loyalist listed in Loyalist Directory: https://uelac.ca/loyalist-directory/detail/?wpda_search_column_id=4281
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