Catalog of Manuscript Collections

Creator: Edwin Allston Hill (1850-1929); Isaac Jones, Sr. (d. 1812); Rev. Isaac Jones (1775-1850); Jones family Extent: 330 items and 7 vols. Description: Chiefly genealogical notes on the Jones family of New Haven, descended from the English regicide, Col. John Jones (1579-1660), compiled by Edwin Allston Hill (1850-1929); together with notes and other material relating to genealogies of the Benjamin, Brown, Eaton, and Maunsell families; a few letters and other papers of Isaac Jones, Sr. (d. 1812) and his son, Rev. Isaac Jones (1775-1850), including biographies of prominent family members; and other miscellaneous papers of the Jones family. Oldest original document is dated 1869. In part, transcripts (handwritten) of early documents. Research Topics: Genealogy of the Jones family; regicide Colonel John Jones