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	The Dispatch - Serving the Lexington, NC - News
		Thomas ap Catesby Jones (1790 - 1858) was a U.S. Navy officer during the War of 1812 and the Mexican-American War.
		Thomas ap C. Jones began his naval career during the War of 1812, receiving honors for bravery at Lake Borgne, Louisiana, delaying the British before the Battle of New Orleans.
		Jones' brother, Roger Jones, was Adjutant General of the United States Army from 1824 to 1852.
	www.the-dispatch.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Thomas_ap_Catesby_Jones (357 words)

	Catesby ap Roger Jones
		Catesby was in commanded the CSS Virginia (a rebuilt USS Merrimack) in the famous battle of the first Ironclads against the USS Monitor on March 9, 1862 at Hampton Roads.
		Catesby ap Roger Jones was shot down on the streets of Selma, Alabama, June 29th, 1877, as a result of a feud among his and other children.
		Catesby ap Rogers Jones is Catesby, son of Roger Jones.
	myselma.net /people/jones.htm (441 words)

	al.com: Newslogs
		Jones was captured in the engagement and took a musket ball in the left shoulder that partially disabled his arm for the rest of his life.
		Jones came to the Gulf of Mexico to fight pirates and slave traders in 1808, after enlisting in the Navy in 1805, when he was 15 years old.
		Jones spent the rest of his life writing letters and filing lawsuits to the government, in vain, that he had been stiffed for money he had paid from his own pocket to rig his ships to sail the Pacific, said Schell.
	www.al.com /newslogs/bookreviews/index.ssf?/specialreport/mobileregister/index.ssf?20-a261994a.html (1223 words)

	Roger ap Catesby Jones, Major General, 1788-1852
		A description of the presentation of swords on Feb. 22, 1841, to Thomas ap Catesby Jones and his brother Roger Jones, in "Southern literacy messenger; devoted to every department of literature and the fine arts" Vol.
		In Roger Jones case, I believe it may be that the few available slots of the rank he was brevetted to only went to officers in the field.
		A portrait of Roger Jones is(was) on the halls of Northumberland Court House.
	cssvirginia.org /tyson/jones/racj.htm (453 words)

	Jones Family (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Thus Catesby ap Roger Jones indicates that Catesby is the son of Roger Jones.
		Commodore Catesby ap Roger Jones, 1821-1877, in command of the CSS Virginia (often called the Merrimack) when it fought the USS Monitor.
		Commodore Thomas ap Catesby Jones, Admiral of the Pacific Fleet, 1790-1858
	www.ai.sri.com /~tyson/AOL/genealgy/jones/jones.htm (178 words)

	Catesby ap Roger Jones, Commander, 1821-1877
		Catesby ap Roger Jones's uniform is on display in Columbus, GA. The (burned-out) hull of the C.S.S. Chattahoochee, commanded by Jones is there.
		Catesby's father, Roger Jones, was the Adjutant General of the United States from 1824 until his death in 1852.
		Catesby's uncle, Thomas ap Catesby Jones, was an influential USN Commodore.
	www.cssvirginia.org /tyson/jones/carj.htm (981 words)

	Conquest of California - Commodore Thomas ap Catesby Jones
		Occupation of Monterey by Commodore Thomas ap Catesby Jones - 1842
		Jones was aware that a large French fleet and an English naval squadron were in the Pacific and worried that they might have designs on California.
		Jones was publicly censured by the United States and recalled from his command of the Pacific Fleet.
	www.inn-california.com /Articles/history/californiaconquest.html (750 words)

	The Jones Incident
		It all started when Commodore Thomas ap Catesby Jones, an impetuous young naval officer, got wind of a rumor that the United States and Mexico were at war.
		Jones was under standing orders that, in the event of such a war, he was to set sail and seize Monterey, the capital of Mexican California.
		The marines lowered the Mexican flag, raised the Stars and Stripes, fired a salute, and proclaimed California to be under the benevolent protection of the United States of America.
	www.californiahistory.net /5_PAGES/harbingers_jones.htm (198 words)

	Chapter 2: The American Conquest of California
		Commodore Thomas Ap Catesby Jones of the American Navy was the first to move.
		Commodore Jones' premature conquest of Monterey from the sea in 1842 had all the fanciful airiness of comic opera.
		Thomas Larkin who was American Consul and confidential informant (that is, intelligence agent) of the State Department living at Monterey.
	elane.stanford.edu /wilson/Text/2e.html (2838 words)

	Thomas Jones - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Thomas Jones is the name of several people:
		Thomas ap Catesby Jones, (1790-1858), U.S. Navy officer
		Thomas Jones CH (1870–1955), Welsh civil servant and educationalist.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Thomas_Jones (123 words)

	Historic California Posts:: Posts at Monterey: (El Real Presidio de San Carlos de Monterey, Fort Mervine, Ord Barracks, ...
		El Castillo was renamed Fort Catesby (popularly called Jones' Fort in many journals of the day) and remained such for one day, until Jones learned of his error, apologized, and reinstated the Mexican standard.
		Jones recounted the reports he had heard while in Lima: not only did a state of war exist between the United States and Mexico, but English and French fleets were competing to occupy Northern California.
		Jones noted that even though "we had 150 seamen and Marines on shore 30 hours, not one private house was entered, or the slightest disrespect shown to any individual; nor was any species of property, public or private, spoiled, if I may except the powder burnt in the salutes, which I have returned twofold."
	www.militarymuseum.org /Monterey.html (2998 words)

	Career of Catesby ap Roger Jones
		Catesby ap Roger Jones served in both the U.S. Navy and the Confederate Navy.
		Under Commodore Thomas ap Catesby Jones (his uncle), a number of smaller boats took a practice cruies beyond the capes from Hampton Roads.
		Catesby ap Roger Jones was the Executive Officer under Admiral Buchanan (picture from LOC), and because of an injury to the Admiral on March 8, 1862, commanded the CSS Virginia (a rebuilt USS Merrimack) in the famous battle of the first Ironclads against the USS Monitor on March 9 at Hampton Roads.
	www.ai.sri.com /~tyson/AOL/genealgy/jones/carjcar.htm (615 words)

	Virginia Libraries - volume 46, number 3
		Prior to the publication of this book, Virginia-born naval officer Thomas ap Catesby Jones (1790-1858) was best known for ordering a premature seizure of Monterey, California, from Mexican officials in 1842.
		Jones immediately relinquished the town and set about to repair relations, but it was too late to avoid the diplomatic damage and the stain on his service record.
		Jones was born on a plantation in Westmoreland County, Virginia, in 1790.
	scholar.lib.vt.edu /ejournals/VALib/v46_n3/campbell.html (1846 words)

	Josiah Belden Information
		By 1842, Belden was living in Branciforte (now Santa Cruz), when the USS United States, under the command of Commodore Thomas ap Catesby Jones, captured the near-by Presidio of Monterey on October 20.
		Jones appointed Belden alcalde, a political position that combines the functions of a mayor, a judge, and a sheriff.
		On October 21, Jones discovered that the U.S. and Mexico were not at war, and returned the Presidio back to the Mexican forces; Belden's short term as alcalde also ended.
	www.bookrags.com /wiki/Josiah_Belden (333 words)

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		Most Catesby births and deaths are based on Sasfrid de Catesby, known alive in 1086, and generally are those living outside America.
		Nelson Catesby Gagnet was born 02 Nov 2005 in New Orleans, LA. He is the 7th great grandson of Elizabeth “Betty” Cocke.
		Catesby ap Catesby Jones died 5 Feb 2005 in Wilmington, NC.
	www.cockecatesby.homestead.com /files/chronicle0206.doc (1261 words)

	News Shorts
		Thomas ap Catesby Jones was one of the most controversial officers in the U.S. Navy during the first half of the nineteenth century.
		A fascinating representative of a period of tumultuous change for both the navy and the country, he was a firebrand with a desire for reform and willingness to experiment.
		At the time Jones seemed to have created a national crisis, yet that episode, like Jones himself, was more complicated and had far greater ramifications than appeared on the surface.
	geowww.geo.tcu.edu /his/n-shorts.htm (942 words)

	Guarding International Secrets: The Pacific Fleet 1841-1844
		His particular duties included guarding the quarters of Admiral Thomas ap Catesby Jones and escorting him ashore in foreign ports during the 3-year voyage.
		Through consular sources such as Thomas O. Larkin, Admiral Jones learned that the American President and political parties had changed, and he was to be relieved of his station.
		Jones fled with the U.S. fleet to the Hawaiian Islands to buy more powerful time at the helm.
	www.rosewindpress.com /guardingintlsecrets.html (506 words)

	Thomas ap Catesby Jones - HighBeam Encyclopedia
		Jones, Thomas ap Catesby 1789-1858, American naval officer, b.
		Westmoreland co., Va. He joined the navy in 1805 and helped suppress piracy and the slave trade in the Gulf of Mexico (1808-12).
		Thomas ap Catesby Jones: Commodore of Manifest Destiny.(Book Review)
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-JonesTh.html (225 words)

	Thomas ap Catesby Jones, Commodore, 1790-1858
		A letter (April 1826) is from Jones to William Tudor regarding differences in expenses in Peru.
		In 1836, his nephew was expecting to join him on this expedition, but Captain Jones withdrew from this due to the lack of suppport by Congress.
		His nephew, Catesby ap Roger Jones, refers to him numerous in his private journal.
	cssvirginia.org /tyson/jones/tacj.htm (525 words)

	Antique Marine Prints
		Catesby Jones.-Was built in New York in 1820.
		It was during this last period that she was commanded by Commodore Thomas ap Catesby Jones (1789-1858), as is shown here.
		Jones began his naval career during the War of 1812, and served during the Mexican-American War.
	www.philaprintshop.com /marine.html (1640 words)

	USS Ohio (1820) Information
		On June 26 she sailed to bolster the Pacific Squadron, first carrying the U.S. minister to Brazil and operating off the east coast of South America until December.
		In Valparaíso, on January 21, 1848, Commodore Thomas ap Catesby Jones took her as the flagship of the Pacific Squadron, intending to blockade the western Mexico ports.
		Jones used the fleet to help transport to Monterey, California, those that had aided the United States in the war, arriving there October 9.
	www.bookrags.com /wiki/USS_Ohio_(1820) (703 words)

	Discover the Wisdom of Mankind on Thomas Jones (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Thomas Jones 12.31.06 tackled by KGB and AJ H...
		Thomas More in the '75 season and transferred to Roman only because that school closed.
		Thomas Jones, the Bears' leading rusher, was forced out of Sunday night's game against San Francisco in the first......
	www.blinkbits.com /blinks/thomas_jones (956 words)

	Lewinsville Presbyterian Church - Cemetery
		Retaining its character as a simple country church cemetery throughout these years, it is peaceful and unpretentious, and possesses a quiet natural beauty that inspires reverence and meditation.
		The land for the church as well as the cemetery was donated in the late 1840's by the family of Dr. Mottram Ball, one of the early settlers of the community, to a Trust headed by Commodore Thomas ap Catesby Jones, who is generally considered the actual founder of the church.
		Jones, who enjoyed a distinguished if controversial career in the US Navy, was the church's first trustee.
	www.lewinsville.org /ab-cemetery.shtml (391 words)

	AllRefer.com - Thomas ap Catesby Jones (U.S. History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
		AllRefer.com - Thomas ap Catesby Jones (U.S. History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
		Thomas ap Catesby Jones 1789–1858, American naval officer, b.
		Westmoreland co., Va. He joined the navy in 1805 and helped suppress piracy and the slave trade in the Gulf of Mexico (1808–12).
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/J/JonesTh.html (238 words)

	The Mariners' Museum : Birth of the U.S. Navy
		As the British forces headed to the mouth of the lake, they found their way blockaded by an American naval force under the command of Lieutenant Thomas ap Catesby Jones and his force of 185 men and five gunboats.
		Jones had been instructed and armed as a lookout, but on December 14, the small American contingent faced a British force of forty-five boats and twelve hundred men.
		Approximately forty Americans were killed or wounded and Jones, his ships, and his men were captured.
	www.mariner.org /usnavy/09/09e.htm (592 words)

	NPS Historical Handbook: Jean Lafitte
		Catesby Jones with 5 gunboats, 1 tender, and a dispatch boat to watch the enemy.
		He galloped to his headquarters on Royal Street and dictated orders steadily for a day and a night, even though his illness forced him to lie on a sofa much of the time.
		Express letters to Generals William Carroll, John Coffee, and John Thomas ordered them to hasten to New Orleans with their forces.
	www.cr.nps.gov /history/online_books/hh/29/hh29g.htm (655 words)

	RG45: Appendix A.
		Report from Thomas ap Catesby Jones, commanding the Peacock, May 14, 1827, with enclosures dated May 1826-May 1827, relating to commercial agreements between Jones, representing the United States, and the rulers of the Sandwich Islands and of Tahiti.
		The first document in the volume is a copy, in the handwriting of Commander Finch, of an agreement between Capt. Thomas ap Catesby Jones, commanding the Peacock, and Pomene, King of Otaheite (Tahiti), September 1826.
		Letters from Capt. Thomas ap Catesby Jones, appointed to the command after the resignation of Captain Jones; from applicants for employment in the expedition; from employees discharged before it sailed; and from other interested persons.
	www.history.navy.mil /library/guides/rg45-a.htm (1237 words)

	United States Exploring Expedition at AllExperts
		The United States Exploring Expedition was an exploring and surveying expedition of the Pacific Ocean ("the Southern Seas") conducted by the United States Navy from 1838â"1842.
		The original appointed commanding officer was Admiral Thomas ap Catesby Jones.
		Originally the Expedition was first organized under Commodore Thomas Ap Catesby Jones, however he subsequently resigned the station.
	en.allexperts.com /e/u/un/united_states_exploring_expedition.htm (1753 words)

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