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| | Thomas Jones |
 | | Thomas Jones, jurist, born in Fort Neck, L. I., 30 April, 1731; died in Hoddesdon, England, 25 July, 1792, was graduated at Yale in 1750, studied law, was licensed in 1755, and began his practice in New York. |
 | | Judge Jones, like his father, was often called the "father of the New York bar."--Another son, David S., lawyer, born in Westneck, L. I., 3 November, 1777; died in New York city, 10 May, 1848, was graduated first in his class at Columbia in 1796. |
 | | Jones was largely interested also in manufacturing enterprises, and especially in whaling operations, at a day when that was a lucrative department of our national industries. |
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