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  USS Jacob Jones (Destroyer No. 61)
One of six Tucker-class “1000-tonners,” Jacob Jones was laid down 3 August 1914 at New York Shipbuilding, Camden, New Jersey, joined on the ways a month later by Wainwright, Destroyer No. 62.
Named for 1812-era Commodore Jacob Jones, she was launched 29 May 1915 and commissioned 10 February 1916.
A second Jacob Jones, Wickes-class Destroyer No. 130, was launched from the same shipyard in 1918 and became one of the US Navy’s first destroyer losses of World War II, sunk by a U-boat in 1942.
www.destroyerhistory.org /early/ussjacobjones.html   (1220 words)

  
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Captain Jones assumed command of the Mediterranean Squ adron in 1821, and in 1824 he was appointed to the Board of Navy Commissioners.
Jacob Jones transited the Panama Canal 22 March and sailed for maneuvers in the Caribbean.
Jacob Jones received 2 months of upkeep and inspection at Norfolk and on 1 December 1941 departed for convoy escort tra ining along the New England coast.
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 Jacob Jones - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jacob Jones (March 1768 - 3 August 1850) was an officer in the United States Navy during the Quasi-War with France, the War of 1812 and the Barbary Wars.
Captain Jones assumed command of the Mediterranean Squadron in 1821; and in 1824 he was appointed to the Board of Navy Commissioners.
Three ships, USS Jacob Jones, were named for him.
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 USS Jacob Jones (DD-61) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
USS Jacob Jones (DD-61), named for Commodore Jacob Jones USN (1768–1850), was a Tucker-class destroyer in the United States Navy and the first US destroyer ever to be lost to enemy action.
Jacob Jones was laid down by the New York Shipbuilding Corporation at Camden in New Jersey on 3 August 1914, launched on 29 May 1915 by Mrs.
Jerome Parker Crittendon, great-granddaughter of Jacob Jones and commissioned on 10 February 1916, Lt. Comdr.
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 Ancestors of David Kipp Conover - Person Page 122
Jacob Johnson was shown in the census on 30-Sep-1850 as a farmer.
Jacob Johnson was shown in the census on 29-Jul-1870 as a farmer.
Jacob Johnson was the son of Jacob Johnson and (Unknown) (Unknown).
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 Haverford History: Jacob Jones   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Jones had been very close with his only son, and was grateful for the influence the College had on the boy during his short life.
Jacob Jones died in 1885, and upon the death of his widow in 1896, Haverford received the majority of his $1.4 million estate, with the stipulation that none of the original capital could be spent.
Jones' Endowment Fund continues to be one of the largest segments of the Haverford endowment.
www.haverford.edu /publications/spring98/hchistory.html   (472 words)

  
 Jacob Jones   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Jacob Jones, a devout Quaker, seemed to believe in education for all children whether they could afford it or not.
Jacob Jones provided a trust and appointed trustees to make his dream become a reality.
The Trustees fulfilled Jacob's wishes by constructing a building, hiring teachers, governing the free school and admitting as many poor and orphan children from the Township as the proceeds of the trust would dictate.
www.lowermerionhistory.org /texts/lma/2jacob.htm   (211 words)

  
 US People--Jones, Jacob (1768-1850)
Jacob Jones was born in Delaware in March 1768.
Jones was a Navy Commissioner in Washington, D.C., between those tours at sea and held important commands ashore at Baltimore and New York during the 1830s and 1840s.
Engraving by Spencer, depicting both sides of the gold medal awarded by the U.S. Congress to Captain Jacob Jones, USN, in honor of his victory in the 18 October 1812 action between USS Wasp and HMS Frolic.
www.history.navy.mil /photos/pers-us/uspers-j/ja-jones.htm   (716 words)

  
 The John Frederick Miller Home Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Jacob Miller, the son of Haman and Frances (Roberts) Miller, was born during the Revolutionary War, about 1779, in Randolph County, North Carolina, in the Piedmont section of the state, shortly after his parents had moved from Halifax County, Virginia.
Jacob at the time was living on a plantation owned by his father, and after the death of both Haman and Frances, this and other land was to go to Jacob's son, Jones F.; and Jones F. inherited one slave, Zilpa, on his grandfather's death.
Jacob was not a land owner in Kentucky, according to the 1842-51 tax list and the 1850 federal census.
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 Jacob Jones
Jacob Jones' birth was recorded in the Merion Meeting book of births and deaths for 1682-1806 as "Jacob, son of Joriathan & Gainor Jones...Born...Day, 14; Month, 5; Year, 1713." (This date is from the Julian Calendar).
Jonathan was the son of Dr. Edward Jones, one of the founders of the "Welsh Tract," and one of the original patent holders of Penn's Experiment.
Jacob was part of the Committee of Suffering which helped those Quakers who refused to serve in the Revolutionary War by paying the fines that were levied against them (August 8, 1777).
www.lowermerionhistory.org /texts/lma/8jones.htm   (486 words)

  
 Jacob Jones II dd 130
The second Jacob Jones (DD-130) was laid down 21 E`ebruary 1918 by the New York Shipbuilding Corp., Camden, N.J., 20 November 1918; sponsored by Mrs.
Jacob Jones departed Norfoik for New London, Conn., where her crew underwent intensive ASW sound school training.
Jacob Jones remained adoat for about 45 minutes, allowing her survivors to clear the stricken ship in four or five rafts.
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 Jacob Jones -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Jones was born near (Click link for more info and facts about Smyrna, Delaware) Smyrna, Delaware.
Commissioned Captain 3 March 1813, Jones then commanded (Click link for more info and facts about Macedonian) Macedonian and later in the war rendered valuable service to Commodore (Click link for more info and facts about Isaac Chauncey) Isaac Chauncey on (The smallest of the Great Lakes) Lake Ontario.
Captain Jones assumed command of the Mediterranean Squadron in 1821; and in 1824 he was appointed to the (Click link for more info and facts about Board of Navy Commissioners) Board of Navy Commissioners.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/J/Ja/Jacob_Jones.htm   (320 words)

  
 Trustees
With the death of Jacob Jones in 1810 and the death of his wife Mary in 1811, his wishes and the trust were established.
Jacob apppointed five men and their heirs and assignees to oversee the trust...Jonathan Jones, Algemon Roberts, Henry Bowman, Jonathan Walters and David Roberts.
Replacing the vacancies of Roberts and Walters was not settled until 1819 when Jonathan Jones and David Roberts petitioned the General Assembly of Pennsylvania to have the Trustees appoint the successors with the consent of the Orphan's Court, Montgomery County.
www.lowermerionhistory.org /texts/lma/9trust.htm   (442 words)

  
 USS Jacob Jones (DD-130) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
USS Jacob Jones (DD-130), named for Commodore Jacob Jones USN (1768–1850), was a Wickes-class destroyer.
Cazenove Doughton, great-granddaughter of Commodore Jacob Jones and commissioned on 20 October 1919, Lieutenant Commander P.
Jacob Jones was decommissioned on 24 June 1922 and placed in reserve until recommissioned on 1 May 1930, and was assigned to Neutrality Patrol duties out of Charleston, South Carolina on 4 April 1940.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/USS_Jacob_Jones_(DD-130)   (1858 words)

  
 Allotropy - Wikipedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
allos, other, and tropos, manner), a name applied by Jons Jacob Berzelius to the property possessed by certain substances of existing in different modifications; the various forms are known as allotropes.
Jones Jacob Berzelius' used the name in an entirely different sense (see Macmillan Encyclopedia of Chemistrty, edited by J.J.Lagowski, 1997, Simon Schuster)
Some classic examples of elements that have allotropes, are phosphorus (in "red" and "white" forms) and carbon (in the form of graphite, diamond, or fullerenes).
wikipedia.findthelinks.com /al/Allotropes.html   (390 words)

  
 III.b2. Phillip Pettypool (of William[1] , William[2] ,William[3] , ?Stephen[4] )
Jacob Jones owned land in Prince George County, Virginia, on Stony Creek, next to Sappony Creek, where Phillip's father, William[3] Pettypool, lived in 1745 (4).
Jacob Jones purchased the above Edgecombe County land as part of a larger tract from William Bryant of Northampton County, North Carolina (5).
Jacob Jones of Edgecombe County to Wm Pinnell, 200 acres
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 Jacob Jones Janeway
JANEWAY, Jacob Jones, clergyman, born in New York city, 20 November, 1774; died in New Brunswick, New Jersey, 27 June, 1858.
His family came from England early in the 17th century, one of whom bore with him the charter of Trinity church, of which he was a vestryman.
Jacob was graduated at Columbia in 1794, and after studying theology with Dr. John H. Livingston was ordained in 1799 a colleague of Dr. Ashbel Green in the 2d Presbyterian church of Philadelphia, where he remained till 1828.
www.famousamericans.net /jacobjonesjaneway   (693 words)

  
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1955 Cibicidoides mundulus (Brady, Parker and Jones); Loeblich and Tappan: pl. 25, fig.
The two taxa exhibit a similar range of variability in the degree of curvature of their sutures and in the size of their test and cannot, therefore, be distinguished as separate species on the basis of these criteria.
Cibicidoides mundulus (Brady, Parker, and Jones) can be distinguished from Cibicidoides pachyderma (Rzehak) by looking at the peripheral view: Cibicidoides pachyderma has an asymmetrical appearance, reminiscent of the central saucer of the Starship Enterprise, whereas C.
palaeo-electronica.org /2001_2/foram/gen_cib.htm   (2427 words)

  
 Jacob Jones
JONES, Jacob, naval officer, born near Smyrna, Delaware, in March, 1768; died in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Jones was given a vote of thanks and a gold medal by congress (see illustration), which also appropriated $25,000 as a compensation to the commander and crew of the " Wasp" for the recapture of their prize.
Jones was described in a sketch that was written during his life as of "about the middle size, of an active mind and vigorous make, and an excellent constitution."
www.famousamericans.net /jacobjones   (580 words)

  
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Jacob, if you are going to stalk someone, you click around on the site and find out..
Jacob, you are in a perpetual state of intellectual bewilderment.
Jacob, try writing "in the same way as I was confused about Strawman and ABL".
www.libertarian.org.au /blog/readArticle.jsp?articleID=694306   (309 words)

  
 USN Ships--USS Jacob Jones (Destroyer # 130, later DD-130)
Jacob Jones was again in the Pacific from early 1932 into the spring of 1933, but was thereafter stationed in the Atlantic area, where she was involved in tactical exercises, training duties and diplomatic missions.
USS Jacob Jones was named in honor of Commodore Jacob Jones, USN, (1768-1850), a naval hero of the War of 1812.
USS Jacob Jones (DD-130) is on the opposite side of the pier.
www.history.navy.mil /photos/sh-usn/usnsh-j/dd130.htm   (917 words)

  
 UTPA Baseball Adds Former Red Raider to Roster :: Jacob Jones comes to the Broncs after spending one year at Texas Tech.
Jacob Jones comes to the Broncs after spending one year at Texas Tech.
Along with playing a number of positions, Jacob has speed and can hit from both sides of the plate so he's going to be a great fit for our team," said Gawlik.
Jones was part of a Red Raiders' team that concluded the 2004 season with a 40-21 record and third-place finishing in the Big 12 Conference.
www.cstv.com /sports/m-basebl/stories/082004aae.html   (444 words)

  
 BBC - North West Wales Family History - Jacob Owen's diary from Kansas to North Wales
In the Summer of 1909 Jacob O Jones travelled from America to Britain on the Mauritania with his father, Owen R Jones, to visit their family in Wales.
Owen was born in Aberffraw, Anglesey, in 1835 and died in 1913 at Barrett, Kansas.
Bryan Jones of Old Colwyn, pictured above is a descendant of the family and has passed on the diary Jacob kept of the trip.
www.bbc.co.uk /wales/northwest/sites/familyhistory/pages/jacobsdiary.shtml   (263 words)

  
 William F. Laskon   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Jacob Jones, a Tucker-class destroyer, was launched 29 May 1915 at the New York Shipbuilding Corporation shipyards in Camden NJ.
The Jacob Jones served along the East Coast during the next year and conducted war patrols in the same area for a month after the United States' April 1917 entry into the First World War.
On December 6, 1917 Jacob Jones was one of six destroyers returning from Brest after escorting a convoy to France.
www.dvrbs.com /WW1-WilliamFLaskowski.htm   (606 words)

  
 Criteser Crossroad, Douglas county, Oregon   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
A pioneer of Ohio, Indiana and Oregon, Jacob JONES, left Boone county Indiana in 1852 and settled in Douglas county Oregon.
Jacob's last wife was Jane H. Jacob died December 1866 and is buried in the family cemetery in Douglas county.
One of Jacob's older sons is Isaac JONES who also travelled to Oregon in 1852 with his family.
ourworld.compuserve.com /homepages/waltcr/douglas.htm   (781 words)

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