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	John Paul Jones - Biography of John Paul Jones, a naval legend
		JOHN PAUL JONES, the popular naval hero of the Revolution, the son of John Paul, a gardener in Scotland, was born July 6, 1747, at a cottage on the estate of his father's employer, Mr.
		Paul's first adventure--the appendix of Jones was an after-thought of his career--was in the service of Mr.
		John Paul Jones was one of nature's self-made men; that is, nature gave the genius, and he supplied the industry, for he knew how to labor, and must have often exerted himself to secure the attainments which he possessed.
	www.2020site.org /pauljones (417 words)

	John Paul Jones
		John Paul Jones (1747–1792), American Revolutionary War naval hero, often called the “Father of the American Navy,” was born in Kirkbean, Kirkcudbright county, Scotland, on July 6, 1747.
		Jones passed 20 months in obscurity in America, chiefly in Fredericksburg, Va. A tradition assumes he changed his name during this period from John Paul to Paul Jones and John Paul Jones in gratitude to two brothers, Willie and Allen Jones of North Carolina.
		Jones escaped in the Serapis to Holland, accompanied by the captured Countess of Scarborough.
	www.americanrevwar.homestead.com /files/JONES.HTM (2150 words)

	John Paul Jones - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		John Paul Jones was born John Paul in 1747 in Kirkcudbrightshire on the southern coast of Scotland.
		Jones accepted the honour, and desired the title to be used thereafter: when the Continental Congress in 1787 resolved that a medal of gold be struck in commemoration of his "valour and brilliant services" it was to be presented to "Chevalier John Paul Jones".
		John Paul Jones' marble and bronze sarcophagus at the USNA
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/John_Paul_Jones (2492 words)

	John Paul Jones - A founder of the American Navy
		Jones, however, proceeded to fire the ships within his reach; but the inhabitants were by this time alarmed, and hasting to the protection of the port; and he was compelled with his small party to retreat, after having set fire to three ships, one of which only was totally destroyed.
		Jones now took the command of the Alliance, the captain of which had been summoned to Paris to answer for his insubordination, in deserting the commodore on the coast of Ireland; but his situation was now perilous in the extreme.
		Jones weighed anchor and escaped through the straits of Dover, almost under the eyes of the English men-of-war, all of which had strict orders to secure him, and were, besides, inflamed against him in a high degree from the repeated defeats that British ships had sustained at his hands.
	www.electricscotland.com /history/other/johnpaul.htm (3354 words)

	John Paul Jones (musician) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		John Baldwin (born January 3, 1946), better known by his stage name John Paul Jones was the bassist and keyboardist for Led Zeppelin until the band's breakup after the death of John Bonham in 1980.
		Jones learned his keyboard skills from his father, Joe Baldwin, who was a pianist and arranger for big bands in the 40's and 50's, notably with the Ambrose Orchestra.
		John Paul Jones' first solo recording was a single for Pye Records in April 1964 which featured "A Foggy Day in Vietnam".
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/John_Paul_Jones_(musician) (1407 words)

	John Paul Jones (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		John Paul Jones was born on July 6, 1747, in Kirkcudbright, Scotland.
		Although his smaller vessel was on fire and sinking, Jones rejected the British demand for surrender; "I have not yet begun to fight," he replied.
		In 1792 Jones was appointed U.S. Consul to Algiers, but on July 18 of that year he died before the commision arrived.
	www.geocities.com /CapitolHill/Lobby/3020/jones.html (573 words)

	JPJ
		John Paul is born on 6 July in the gardener's cottage of the Arbigland Estate, Kirkbean, Scotland.
		John Paul is apprenticed to a merchant at age 13 and goes to sea on the brig Friendship, voyaging between Whitehaven, England, Barbados, and Virginia with cargoes of rum, sugar, and tobacco.
		Jones is laid to rest on 26 January in Annapolis in the Naval Academy Chapel crypt.
	eorr.home.netcom.com /JPJ/jpj.html (1213 words)

	The American Revolution (John Paul Jones)
		John Paul Jones, the boldest of American naval commanders of that period, first entered the service on May 10, 1776, in command of the sloop-of-war Providence, one of the American squadron of thirteen war-vessels built in 1776.
		On learning the character of the fleet, Captain Jones gave the signal for chase, and displayed signs of hostility which alarmed the English ships and caused a hurried flight for safety, while the Serapis hauled out to sea, until far enough to windward, when she stood in again to cover her convoy.
		Anyone familiar with the life of John Paul Jones, one of America's most popular naval heroes, would agree that in fighting spirit the commodore was perhaps equal to any officer in the history of the United States Navy.
	theamericanrevolution.org /ipeople/jpjones.asp (3286 words)

	John Paul Jones (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Born John Paul in Kirkbean, Kirkcudbright county, Jones became master of the merchantman John at the age of 21.
		The carpenter later died of malaria, and Jones was forced to clear himself of wrongdoing in the affair.
		Jones rested in an unmarked Paris grave until his remains were moved to the chapel of the U.S. Naval Academy in 1905.
	www.tartans.com /articles/famscots/johnpauljones.html (487 words)

	John Paul Jones (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		John Paul Jones was one of the hero figures of the navy during the Americam Revolution.
		Jones was commissioned as a captain on 8 August 1776 and appointed to the command of ALFRED.
		Jones landed with a body of armed men and learnt that the Duke was in London, but that Lady Selkirk and her children were at the castle.
	www.cronab.demon.co.uk /br11.htm (1725 words)

	John Paul Jones a brief biography
		aptain Paul was arrested when he returned to Kirkcudbright and charged with murder but evidence from Tobago and a declaration from the master of the Barcelona Packet that Maxwell was in perfect health when he came on board was sufficient to acquit him.
		Jones' boat did so bloodlessly and spiked the fort's cannon but when he went to the other fort he discovered that the other boat's crew had gone to the pub instead.
		Jones had to transfer his crew to the 'Serapis' and together with her sister ship the 'Pallas' which had captured the 'Scarborough' he sailed to the Texel in Holland with over 500 prisoners.
	www.jpj.demon.co.uk /jpjlife.htm (2331 words)

	JOHNPAULJONES
		Jones, John Paul (1747-1792) Naval Commander: Jones began his naval career in his native land, Scotland, at the age of 12, advancing from apprentice to merchant captain by adulthood.
		Jones' ship sank but, when he was asked to surrender, he is reported to have said, "I have not yet begun to fight." In this most famous naval battle of the war, Jones was able to sink the enemy ship despite the destruction of his own vessel.
		Known as a vain, ambitious, and contentious individual, Jones was nevertheless a courageous man. After the war, he served in the Russian Navy, then retired in France.
	www.multied.com /Bio/RevoltBIOS/JonesJohnPaul.html (227 words)

	John Paul Jones (1959) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		His work on the life of Jones was so damaging to scholars that the great historian Samuel Eliot Morison wrote an in-depth appendix of the lies Buell wrote.
		In the earlier instance Jones knocked down a mutinous (or seemingly mutinous) seaman, and the other crewmen were ready to bring charges against him with the British authorities.
		Jones was (with John Barry and Joshua Barney) the only American Revolutionary naval heroes to win battles against the British.
	www.imdb.com /title/tt0052946 (980 words)

	John Paul Jones (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Born in Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland to John Paul, gardener at Arbigland and mother of MacDuff clan.
		In December Jones is first to raise "Grand Union" liberty flag (not the Stars and Stripes) and is the first-ever to be commissioned as lieutenant in the Continental Navy in December.
		Jones' reports of the seige are blocked from reaching Catherine the Great by her own military leaders.
	www.wealth4freedom.com /history/JPJ.htm (897 words)

	FAQ: John Paul Jones, 250th anniversary of his birth
		Jones immediately went ashore to give himself up, but the death of the ringleader had so stirred up local sentiment that John Paul's friends prevailed upon him to escape to Virginia at once.
		Jones' immortal reply, "I have not yet begun to fight," served as a rallying cry to the crew.
		During the nineteenth century, John Paul Jones was idolized by popular writers and extravagantly praised as a man of action.
	www.history.navy.mil /faqs/faq58-1.htm (1695 words)

	John Paul Jones
		When war broke out between England and her American colonies, John Paul Jones was commissioned as a first lieutenant by the Continental Congress, on the 22nd of December 1775.
		On the 1st of November 1777 he sailed in the sloop-of-war "Ranger" for France with despatches for the American commissioners, announcing the surrender of Burgoyne and asking that Jones should be supplied with a swift frigate for harassing the coasts of England.
		Jones was a seaman of great bravery and technical ability, but over-jealous of his reputation and inclined to be querulous and boastful.
	www.nndb.com /people/281/000049134 (1056 words)

	JOHN PAUL JONES - LoveToKnow Article on JOHN PAUL JONES (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		His father, John Paul, was gardener to Robert Craik, a member of parliament; and his mother, Jean Macduff, was the daughter of a Highlander.
		The owners gave him and the crew 10% of the cargo; after 1768, as captain of one of their merchantmen, John Paul made several voyages to America; but for unknown reasons he suddenly gave up his command to live in America in poverty and obscurity until 1775.
		Jones engaged the greatly superior Serapis, and after a desperate battle of three and a half hours compelled the English ship to surrender.
	www.1911ency.org /J/JO/JONES_JOHN_PAUL.htm (1186 words)

	JOHN PAUL JONES
		Jones departed for Russia to accept a commision as rear admiral in the Czarist Imperial Navy from Catherine the Great (Bette Davis).
		In the movie, Jones is on assignment from the US government to study the building of a real navy; in reality Jones was out of work and needed a job.
		Jones probably would have enjoyed the uniqueness of his burial: the first unnoticed almost without ceremony in the foreign cemetary in Paris seething with its own revolution.
	www.angelfire.com /bc/RPPS/fullosia_press_2002/nov_thanksgiving_2002/john_paul_jones_movie.htm (1330 words)

	John Paul Jones
		Jones wears the French Cross of the Institution of Military Merit [the gold medal hanging from blue ribbon through top left buttonhole].
		Peale knew of the congressional honor and he may have taken Jones's portrait during the six-month period in 1781 when the captain was in America to receive it.
		On the other hand, Jones returned to Philadelphia in 1783; that may have been the occasion of this portrait.
	www.nps.gov /history/museum/exhibits/revwar/image_gal/indeimg/jpjones.html (396 words)

	Reader's Companion to American History - -JONES, JOHN PAUL (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Jones was born in Scotland and was apprenticed in 1761 to a merchant.
		Jones proved himself a capable officer in action on the Alfred and on the sloop Providence which he commanded in 1776.
		With the two vessels lashed together, the British captain asked Jones if he wished to surrender and received the famous reply, "I have not yet begun to fight." Indeed Jones had not, and when the night's work was done, he accepted the surrender of his enemy.
	college.hmco.com /history/readerscomp/rcah/html/ah_048500_jonesjohnpau.htm (554 words)

	Bonhomme Richard
		John Paul Jones was a American naval hero during the AMERICAN REVOLUTION.
		Replied Jones: "Sir, I have not yet begun to fight." The American crew finally boarded the Serapis after the British had struck her colors, and from the deck of the Serapis they watched the U.S.S.Bonhomme Rich ard sink into the North Sea.
		John Paul Jones essentially founded the U.S. Navy, and he sustained its life during the Revolutionary War through the force of his indomitable will against vastly superior British forces.
	www.schoonerman.com /jpaulj.htm (751 words)

	John Paul Jones (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		John Paul Jones, as we know him, owes much for his appointment as a naval officer to his being a Mason, and to the friendship of men who were Masons.
		Jones remained in France to see to the disposal of his prizes and made his way ultimately to Paris.
		John Paul Jones is immortal; not because he won a naval engagement, but because he built himself into human lives.
	www.grandlodgescotland.com /website/john_paul_jones.htm (2272 words)

	John Paul Jones
		John Paul Jones: Later Life - Later Life After the Revolution Jones was sent to Europe to collect the prize money due the United...
		John Paul Jones: Early Life - Early Life John Paul went to sea when he was 12, and his youth was adventure-filled.
		John Paul Jones: Revolutionary War Hero - Revolutionary War Hero In 1777, Jones was given command of the Ranger, fresh from the Portsmouth...
	www.infoplease.com /ce6/people/A0826570.html (280 words)

	John Paul Jones Arena, home of UVA Cavaliers Basketball >> About Us
		Paul Tudor Jones II, a 1976 U. Va. graduate, made an extraordinary $35 million commitment to the University of Virginias newest arena and was granted his naming request to honor his father, John Paul Jones.
		Jones the younger was the first alumnus to voice concern that the University needed to replace the aging University Hall.
		The John Paul Jones Arena is the first facility in the country built by a public university almost entirely from private funds.
	www.johnpauljonesarena.com /about.asp (1579 words)

	John Paul Jones III (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		John Paul Jones's research interests lie at the intersection of human geography, social science methodology, and social theory.
		Disciplinary contributions to geography include analysis of objectivity in human geography, the theorization of contingency in contemporary geographic methodology (Jones, Dixon and Sui, 2003), and the development of quantitative analysis using the expansion method (Jones and Casetti, 1992).
		John Paul Jones served as editor of the world's top-ranked geography journal, the Annals of the Association of American Geographers from 1996-2000, and for the next two years remained the journal's People, Place, and Region section editor.
	geog.arizona.edu /jones.html (636 words)

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