Tribute to Charles Newton Cone

Today we are celebrating the 118th anniversary of my grandfather Charles Newton Cone's birth near Worthington, Nobles County, Minnesota. The son of Frederick Naaman and Helen Brown (Newton) Cone, he was their fourth child and second son. Before he was two the family relocated, with his Newton grandparents and his great grandfather John Champion Clarke, to Mapleton, Utah.

Charles Newton Cone circa 1899 from family collection.

The family were Presbyterians in a community that was overwhelmingly Mormon. He said that he often felt ostracized by his neighbors which made both his biological and church family paramount in his youth. In fact, it was through the generosity of the Springville Presbyterian Church that he was able to study at Fairmont College in Wichita, Kansas (now Wichita State University) and earn his bachelor's degree in Chemistry.

Circa 1925 in Seattle, Washington

Working as a research chemist, and business developer was very important to Granddaddy. He worked for several companies, watching them reap the material rewards for patents he developed before he founded his own Pacific Adhesives Company (PACO).

We remember the grandfather who read us stories or carried us piggyback on endless walks through his neighborhood. Each time we visited our Cone grandparents in Oregon, a visit to PACO was included. It was important to him, and our parents, that we know the work that was being done, see his laboratory, offices, and manufacturing plant. It was fascinating, but the glue they produced for the plywood industry was made from blood and hundreds of stacks of 50 pound bags of dried blood do not smell very good. We perfected the ability to follow him on the facility tour without breathing through our noses.

Charles Newton Cone 1898-1988
circa 1987 at home of son Charles Newton Cone, Jr. in  Charlotte, North Carolina.

It is always interesting to know what friends and colleagues thought of our ancestors. They had different relationships with them than we did as family members. Going through some papers recently, my brother found this tribute to our grandfather Charles Newton Cone.

He worked until a month before his death, 27 January 1988. He was a very special man and I think of him often.

Cecily Cone Kelly
6 December 2016

Can you help identify the people in these Cone family photographs?

Recently, Flora Cone Brim's granddaughter Flora, sent me a couple of old family photographs asking for help in identifying people. Both cousin Stephen Zerwas, William Laurence Cone's grandson and I have had some luck but we still need help. Please take a look at the pictures below and see if you can help.

Identified so far... from left Frederick Naaman Cone, Helen Brown Newton Cone,
Row behind second from left, Charles Newton Cone. Date and location is unknown.
Photograph from the personal collection of Flora Long.

My grandfather, Charles Newton Cone, wore his hair in this style while he was in college. He graduated from Fairmont College, now Wichita State University, in 1920. The fir tree in the right background may indicate that it was taken after the family moved to Oregon. They are still in Mapleton, Utah in the 1920 census.

Frederick Cone with wife Helen and daughter Mary E are listed on line 39-41.
"1920 United States Federal Census," Utah County, Utah, population schedule,
Mapleton, ED 197, p 4, penned, dwelling 51, family 51, Frederick Cone: digital images
Ancestry (http//www.ancestry.com: accessed 21 August 2016; from National Archives
microfilm publication T625,

In January 1921, Fred has registered his Ford truck at R 3, Salem, Marion County, Oregon.

The next photograph is taken quite a bit later.

So far identified... from left standing: Bob Brim (?); Tommy and Molly Cone Acheson; Flora Cone Brim;
three unidentified women; Helen Newton Cone; (standing behind) William Laurence Cone holding
daughter Catherine; Helen's husband, Frederick Namen Cone; William's wife, Wauneta Watts Cone; Charles Newton Cone holding son Frederick Allen Cone; and wife Hazel Allen Cone. Seated third from left, Charles Newton Cone, Jr. Photograph from the personal collection of Flora Long.

William Cone's daughter Catherine was born in 1934. My Dad, who is seated, was born in 1927, his brother Fred was born in 1933. Fred appears to be no more than 3 years old in this photograph so perhaps the photograph was taken in 1935-36. It is most probably taken in Oregon.

If you can help, please comment on this post. Thank you for all your help.

Marriage Records for Charles Newton and Hazel (Allen) Cone and Frederick Naaman and Helen (Newton) Cone - Woman's History Month Post #4

Still following Liza Alzo's "Fearless Females Blogging Prompts" alternating between my "Cone Chronicles" and "Letters to My Grandparents" blogs. The 4th prompt asks us to post marriage records for our grandparents and great grandparents.

Above: Cover for Marriage Certificate
Chas N. Cone to Hazel Allen
August 31, 1926
Images were obtained from Shelby County Register of Deeds

My grandparents, Charles Newton Cone and Hazel Bynon Allen, were married Saturday, 4 September 1926 at St. Mary's Episcopal Cathedral in downtown Memphis. They applied for the marriage license the Tuesday before. Their ages are listed as 27. That was true for Charles but Hazel had turned 30 February 5th. She was always sensitive about being older that Charles so we do not know who provided the incorrect age.

Image of St. Mary's Episcopal Cathedral, Memphis Tennessee
from www.wikipedia.org

Great grandparents, Frederick Naaman Cone and Helen Brown Newton, were married on Wednesday, 29 May 1889 at the Congregational Church in Worthington, Minnesota by her family minister Franklin L. Fisk. Her grandfather, John Champion Clarke, was one of the founding members of the church. Fred was 30 and Helen was only 18.

Original Marriage Certificate is in collection of great granddaughter Cecily Cone Kelly

Photograph of Tenth Street, Worthington with Congregational Church in the background
taken by Edward F. Buchan (1845-1941) about 1890
from Minnesota Digital Library's Minnesota Reflections Collection

Tomorrow I'll cover the 5th prompt, the stories of how they met.

Shared Names: Post 3 for Women's History Month: Flora Maria Cone

Those of you who read my other blog "Letters to my Grandparents", know that I am trying to follow Lisa Alzo's "Back for the Sixth Year: Fearless Females Blogging Prompts" writing about female ancestors to celebrate their lives and National Womens' History Month.  Today we are prompted to write about a female ancestor with whom we share a name. I am named for an ancestor, my mother's father Cecil Oscar Werst. Cecily is the English feminine for Cecil. Writing about that does not seem to be in keeping with the spirit of these prompts. Instead, I thought I would write about a name, Flora, that was passed down on the female Cone side.

From collection of her great niece Flora Lee (Dunlap) Long

Flora Maria Cone was the first child and only daughter of William Warner and Elizabeth "Eliza" Harriet (Utley) Cone. Her parents married 30 November 1854 in Hornellsville, Steuben county, New York. Flora was born there fourteen months later on 7 February 1856. Three years later, the little family was complete with the birth of her brother and my great grandfather Frederick Naaman Cone 29 March 1859.

The family moved to Guilford, Chenango county, New York before 1 July 1863, when William is registered as a brick maker by the local draft authorities. Flora lost her mother before she was ten and according to my grandfather Charles Newton Cone's recollections of his father (Flora's brother Frederick) remembrances became a sort of surrogate mother to her younger brother. The family situation may have been complicated by William's frequent absences during passenger pigeon hunting trips. A large clan of their mother's family, Pratts and Utleys lived nearby, so the children may have been cared for by relatives during William's hunting trips.

On 6 December 1867, 40 year old William married Eliza's younger sister Hannah Utley age 24. This marriage allowed Flora to train as a teacher, a career she pursued until retirement. Most often, as a single teacher, Flora lived with extended family members. In 1875 she is teaching in Masonville, New York and living with her mother's sister Alice Temperance (Utley) Teed's family. By 1880 she is in Worthington, Minnesota teaching school and boarding with John C and Lydia (Hornell) Clarke (the Clarke's granddaughter Helen Brown Newton would eventually become her brother's wife). By 1895, Flora is back in Masonville teaching at the Pleasant Hill Academy and living with her father and step-mother.

Flora never married but family was very important to her. She was an avid genealogist, tracing her heritage back to passengers on the Mayflower. Certainly she was pleased when her brother named his second daughter, born 26 April 1894, Flora Harriet Cone.

Flora Harriet (Cone) Brim
born 26 April 1894 Worthington, MN
died 1 November 1990 Ephrata, WA
photograph from collection of granddaughter Flora Long

Flora Maria Cone also lived long enough to know that Flora (Cone) Brim continued the tradition naming her second daughter Flora Elizabeth Brim.

Flora Elizabeth (Brim) Dunlap
born 23 August 1920 Kirkland, WA
died 12 February 2013 Elmer City, WA
photograph from the collection of Flora Long

The tradition did not end there, as Flora Dunlap named her youngest child Flora Lee.

Certainly Flora Maria Cone would be proud of all the Floras who followed her.


 5 March 2015 Update

Flora Lee Dunlap Long has let me know that in fact there is a 5th Flora. She named her first child Flora Marie. She added that her grandmother Flora Harriet (Cone) Brim gave her a tintype of Flora Maria Cone when she was a young girl. I'm certain the original Flora Cone would be especially pleased to know of all the Floras who followed her.

Searching for Cone Cousins at RootsTech

In a departure of my usual topics about the Cone family and research, today I am fortunate to be attending the world's largest Family History Conference called Roots Tech held at the Salt Palace in Salt Lake City. More than 20,000 will attend the three day program that this year is being held in conjunction with the Federation of Genealogical Societies (FGS) Conference.
Since my grandfather Charles Newton Cone and his siblings grew up about an hour south of here in Mapleton, and his brother William L. Cone lived, worked and raised his family in Salt Lake, I expect I am not the only Cone in attendance. The problem is... how will we find each other? Cousins, if you see this comment on the post and we will figure out how to make contact.

Ebenezer Cone veteran of the French and Indian War

In going through my files, I came across a sheet of paper printed 17 August 2002 from http://www.geocities.com/conereseach/rev_rolls.html. Submitted by researcher Melinda McGibony under the heading Revolutionary War Rolls of 1775-1783. The listing is:

Ebenezer Cone   Serjeant   page 259     List of men detached from Capt. Olmsted's Company of
Roll Box 27 & CT Soldiers, French & Indian War, 1755-1762

More than 13 years after I printed this piece of information, I am a much better researcher who would be asking for a more detailed source citation.  Of course, I tried to access the page again but it is no longer available. However, www.google.com is available. What I found today provides some additional information.

Connecticut Historical Society, Rolls of Connecticut Men in the French and Indian War, 1755-1762, Volume 9, Hartford, Connecticut, 1903. Digital images, http://books.google.com, accessed 30 March 2014.

Beginning on page 258 and ending on page 259

CAPT. OLMSTED"S RETURN

[The following appears to be a list of the men detached from the company of Capt. William Olmsted of East Haddam, Aug. 10, 1757]

MILITIA COMPANIES

Joshua Smith                      Uriah Clarke

Deliverance Waters            John Chamberlin Jr.

Asabel Taylor                    Aaron Griswold    impressed

Nathanel Taylor                *Ebenezer Cone         "

*Also called Ebenezer Cone, Jr.

Though this information seems to come from the same page, it does not mention Ebenezer's rank. In fact, it implies that he was impressed into service. Impressment is not like registering for the draft and being called to serve. It is more like being kidnapped from one's everyday life and being forced to be part of the troops. Wikipedia quotes Gary Nash writing in The Urban Crucible, The Northern Seaports and the Origins of the American Revolution, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Harvard University Press, 1986, "One of the largest impressment operations occurred in the spring of 1757 in New York City, then still under British colonial rule. Three thousand British soldiers cordoned off the city, and plucked clean the taverns and other gathering places. All kinds of tradesmen and Negroes were hauled in, nearly eight hundred in all. Four hundred of these were "retained in the service."

Given East Haddam's close proximity to New York City it is hard to know if Ebenzer was caught in New York or in Connecticut. The timing of his release from the company of Capt. William Olmsted on 10 August 1757 could indicate that he was picked up during one of the large impressment operations earlier that spring.

This painting of an impressment gang was executed by Luke Clennell
image is from en.wikipedia.org 

It is not difficult to imagine why Ebenezer Cone volunteered to be the Moderator at the first meeting of the citizens of East Haddam held 26 March 1770, "to take into consideration the weighty and dangerous controversy subsisting between the Colonies and Great Britain." Reported by William Whitney Cone in Some Account of the Cone Family in America, Principally the Descendants of Daniel Cone who settled in Haddam, Connecticut in 1662, 1903, page 117 available at books.google.com.

Now the question remains, which Ebenezer Cone is the one who served in Capt. Olmsted's company?

There are three candidates in my family tree.

The first possibility is Ebenezer Cone, Jr. son of Ebenezer and Sarah Olmsted Cone, born about 1698 in East Haddam, Connecticut. He married Elizabeth Willey about 1720 and was the parent of Elijah (1723 - 1793, Ebenezer (1724 - 1804), Hannah (1726 - 1751) who married Shubael Fuller, Jr., Elizabeth (1730 - ?) who married Joseph Warner and Timothy (1735 -1800). In his fifties, he may have been considered too old for service in the militia. However, militia service did include all able bodied men and Ebenezer continued to be active in local affairs into his seventies.

The second is Ebenezer's son Ebenezer who married Mary Brainard 8 January 1746 in East Haddam. He would have been in his early thirties, a prime target for service in the militia.

Ebenezer and Mary Brainard Cone also had a son Ebenezer born 30 January 1748. He was probably too young to have been impressed. Ironically, he lost his life 5 October 1778 with the Continental Army at Upper German Flats, New York. 

This map from en.wikipedia.org show the approximate locations
of Forts Herkimer and Dayton. September 17, 1788 Joseph Brant
attacked the American troops under Colonel Bellinger. It is uncertain
if he was wounded in that raid, the retaliatory raid in early October
or if he died from wounds suffered in the earlier fighting.

This information about his death in the Revolution is unsourced. It comes from several online family trees and the date varies from 5 October 1776 to 1778. I chose to use the 1778 date as it coincides with the operations conducted around German Flats.

A Man Named Daniel

A Man Named Daniel by Joseph Cone, a tenth generation descendant of Daniel Cone of East Haddam, Connecticut, tells the story of the 'Scottish prisoner captured in the bloody last battle of the English Civil Wars and deported to New England in 1653."  Because Daniel became a servant of the Winthrops, a leading Puritan family in New England, Joe was able to discover "enough primary historical documents to construct a dramatic account of Daniel's life in these early years in the American colonies."  Daniel's story comes alive in Joe's rendition. The book is available from www.amazon.com

A Man Called Daniel cover

A descendant of Daniel Cone's youngest son Caleb, Joseph Cone is a writer, editor, documentary film maker and science communication researcher who is the assistant director of the Oregon Sea Grant program at Oregon State University. He was raised in New Haven, Connecticut, earned degrees from Yale and the University of Oregon. He has lived in Oregon since 1975.

Joseph Cone, 10th generation descendant of Daniel Cone
through his youngest son Caleb.

Joe invites questions and comments about A Man Named Daniel. You can email Joseph Cone here.

My family members will quickly understand why I included Joe's photograph in this post. There is definitely a family resemblance between Joe and our grandfather Charles Newton Cone, a descendant of Daniel Cone's
son Ebenezer.

Cones listed in Hornellsvelle Rural Cemetery

I've been doing some research on the cemeteries around Hornellsville (now Hornell) Steuben county, New York. My great grandfather Frederick Namaan Cone was born there 29 March 1859. His grandfather and namesake, Namaan Cone died there 29 October 1855.

Looking at Painted Hills Genealogical Society's web site, I found several Cones in the listing for the Rural Cemetery for the Town of Hornellsville. This cemetery is maintained by the Rural and Hope Cemetery Association (PO Box 177, Hornell, NY 14843, phone 607-276-6268. Among the updated listing of burial, I found the following Cones:

CONE, Catherine L , Born 1909 , Died 1979 
CONE, Dorr T , Born 1895 , Died 1943 
CONE, Edoth T , Born 1873 , Died 1955 
CONE, Gary P , Born 1936 , Died 1987 
CONE, Lela V , Born 1902 , Died 1972 
CONE, Leroy , Born 1894 , Died 1965 
CONE, Mildred , Born 1907 , Died 1976 
CONE, Nelson W , Born 1871 , Died 1927 
CONE, Paul W , Born 1909 , Died 1992 
CONE, Pauline , Born 1939 , Died 1989 

There are also Cones in the Panama Union Cemetery:

CONE, Betsy E.   Born 1827 Died 1898           
CONE, Celista Melissa     Died 10-26-1850 Age 14y10m23d    - Dau of David & Sarah Whitcomb Cone       
CONE, David Spouse of Sarah W  Born 1792 Died 1898           
CONE, Delancey D. Spouse of Julia L. P  Born 1842 Died 1920      - Vet-CW Co G 15 Reg NY Eng GAR star       
CONE, Julia L. (Palmer) Spouse of Delancey D.   Born 1850 Died 1939           
CONE, Luther     Died 4-19-1849      - Son of David & Sarah Whitcomb Cone       
CONE, Sarah (Whitcomb) Spouse of David   Born 1795 Died 1878           

And in the East Ripley Cemetery off Route 20 in Ripley, New York:

CONE, Almira T. Pratt Spouse of Charles P.   Born 7-09-1856 Died 2-23-1887 Age 30y7m14d    - Dau of Richard Edward & Mary Ann (Doan) Pratt, b. Crowland, Welland, Ontario, Canada LOT 22W        
CONE, Ellen            - One data--assume dod  LOT E46        
CONE, Mr.             - Book record 1919 LOT E46        
CONE?, H.            - May be Harvey Cone, recarved on old creek stone LOT E46   

And in Bath National Cemetery:   
  
CONE, Patricia A. , spouse of Raymond J. , died 29 Sep 2010 nee Castner
CONE, Raymond J. "Ray" , Spouse of Patricia Castner , born 3 Oct 1919 , died 7 Feb 2009 s/o Jay & Clara

Have not yet been able to determine if any of these Cones are related to my family.

Cones in the Apprentices of Connecticut 1637-1900

Researching in the library this morning, I came across Apprentices of Connecticut 1637-1900, compiled by Kathy A. Ritter and publishing by Ancestry Publishing, Salt Lake City, Utah in 1986.  There were three listings for Cones in this volume.

Page 6. "Bab, William of Middletown, aged about 11, child of Benjamin Bab dec. of Middletown bound to William Cone of Middletown until 21 which will be on 04 Nov 1781 to learn the trade of shoemaker."

Page 35. " Cone, Lucinda, of Middletown, child of Joseph and Sarah Cone, bound to Clarissa Redfield of Middletown until age 18, which will be on 25 Dec 1809 to learn the trade of housewifery."

Page 35. "Cone, Elijah, ran away from David Townsend, Jr. of Hebron. Elijah is age 17. Reward 3 pence."

Childhood was not about fun and games. 17th century children were expected to work and learn a trade either at their own home or to be bound out to someone else until the trade was perfected. If you were unlucky enough to be orphaned, the town leaders would insure that you were bound to someone to learn a trade, in return for your support. Thereby ensuring that you would not become a ward of the community.

In the case of Lucinda Cone, I have found another source. Maria R. Miller, writing in The Needle's Eye: Women and Work in the Age of Revolution, University of Massachusetts Press, 2006,  includes the following,

                  In 1804, Middletown selectmen bound an impoverished thirteen-year-old
                  Lucinda Cone, to the widow Clarissa Redfield, who promised to "give said
                  Apprentice a Bible, and to Board her whilst learning a Trade. (page 73)

Lucinda's father died in 1804. She was the fifth and youngest daughter among Joseph and Sarah (Starr) Cone's ten children. Her three younger brothers probably remained with their mother.

Originally, I thought Elijah Cone, the runaway apprentice, might be my 5th great grandfather. His age seems to indicate that he is the son of that Elijah Cone and brother to my 4th great grandfather Ira Cone. Searching on www.genealogybank.com, I found the image of the advertisement placed in the Connecticut Courant (Hartford) Monday, January 30, 1792 transcribed below:

                Run-away from the subscriber the 5th inst. an apprentice boy named Elijah Cone,
                17 years of age; had on when he went away an orange coloured coat, knit
                vest pattern, black sattinet breeches and felt hat. Whoever will take up said
                run-away and return him to the subscriber shall have Three Pence reward
                and no charges paid. All masters of vessels and others are forbid harbouring
                or carrying off said apprentice on penalty of the law.
                                                                               DAVID TOWNSEND, jun.
               Hebron, Jan. 10, 1792.

Hebron is less than 20 miles from East Haddam.

Frederick Naaman Cone's Descent from Stephen Hopkins of the Mayflower

Continuing my series of Pilgrims in the Cone Family Tree, today I add information on Stephen Hopkins another of the 'Strangers' who accompanied the 'Saints' on the Mayflower in 1620.

Frederick Naaman Cone, son of William Warner and Eliza (Utley) Cone
William Warner Cone, son of Naaman and Joanna (Warner) Cone,
Joanna Warner, daughter of Thomas and Rhoda (Hopkins) Warner,
Rhoda Hopkins, daughter of Elisha and Druscilla (Conant) Hopkins,
Elisha Hopkins, son of Nathaniel and Abigail (Merrick) Hopkins,
Nathaniel Hopkins, son of Nathaniel and Mercy (Mayo) Hopkins,
Nathaniel Hopkins, son of Stephen and Mary (Merrick) Hopkins,
Stephen Hopkins, son of Giles and Catherine (Wheldon) Hopkins,
Giles Hopkins, son of Stephen and Mary (?) Hopkins

Actually both Giles and Stephen were passengers on the Mayflower.

Because there were so few people in New England in those early years, one is often related in more than one way to those first settlers. Such is the case in our lines to Stephen Hopkins as demonstrated below;

Frederick Naaman Cone, son of William Warner and Eliza (Utley) Cone
William Warner Cone, son of Naaman and Joanna (Warner) Cone,
Joanna Warner, daughter of Thomas and Rhoda (Hopkins) Warner,
Rhoda Hopkins, daughter of Elisha and Druscilla (Conant) Hopkins,
Elisha Hopkins, son of Nathaniel and Abigail (Merrick) Hopkins,
Abigail Merrick, daughter of Joshua and Lydia (Mayo) Merrick,
Joshua Merrick, son of William and Abigail (Hopkins) Merrick,
Abigail Hopkins, daughter of Giles and Catherine (Whelden) Hopkins,
Giles Hopkins, son of Stephen and Mary (?) Hopkins

So we are descended from two of Giles and Catherine (Whelden) Hopkins' children Stephen and Abigail.
Nathaniel Hopkins and his wife Abigail Merrick were second cousins. Obviously with Merrick and Mayo in both trees they were cousins on more than one side. I'm afraid it may take me a few more days to nail down those relationships.

Stephen's life is among the most interesting of all the Mayflower passengers. He has been extensively researched by historian Caleb Johnson who's book "Here Shall I Die Ashore" tells his story.

Mr. Johnson is currently the editor of the scholarly historical and genealogical journal, the "Mayflower Descendant" and much of his research can be accessed at http://mayflowerhistory.com/,

Otsego County New York Cones in 1917

While researching at the Allen County Public Library's Genealogy Center in Fort Wayne, Indiana, I came across the "American Agriculturist Farm Directory and Reference Book of Otsego and Herkimer Counties, New York, 1917."  This book included a road map of both counties and was published by the Orange Judd Company of New York (and Minneapolis, Chicago, Atlanta and Springfield, Mass.) My Cone family ancestors were in Otsego County by 1800 but had moved on by the mid-19th century, so I wondered if there were any Cones remaining in the county by 1917.

Page 56 lists:
CONE, MONT S. (Bertha) 3ch "Cone Homestead" farmer engineer (asparagus) O 33a rd2 Unadilla Unadilla tn H54-1/2

The key to abbreviations helps us translate the entry.

Mont S. Cone and wife Bertha as well as 3 children are living on the "Cone Homestead". He works as a farmer and engineer and specializes in growing asparagus for sale. He owns 33 acres. His mail is delivered  to Rural Delivery 2. He lives in Unadilla Township. H indicates the highway on which he lives is 54.

It will require some further research to discover if this location involved any of the 300 acres owned by my ancestor Ira Cone.

Remembering Grandfather Charles Newton Cone on the 115th anniversary of his birth.

Charles Newton Cone was born December 6th, 1898 in Worthington, Minnesota. Son of Frederick Naaman and Helen Brown (Newton) Cone. He was their fourth child following older brother William, and sisters Molly and Flora.

Charles Newton Cone in Seattle Circa 1932
photograph from family collection.

Since yesterday was the anniversary of the 1933 passage of the 21st Amendment to the United States Constitution (it repealed the 18th amendment which had instituted a nationwide Prohibition on alcohol in 1920), I thought it might be interesting to provide a little information about Worthington and why our ancestors chose to live there. The truth is many of our ancestors would not have celebrated the repeal of Prohibition.

John Champion and Lydia (Hornell) Clarke and their daughter and son-in-law Charles Shepard and Mary Elizabeth (Clarke) Newton were among the first families to settle in "National Colony" a community founded on the principles of temperance and education. The Illustrated History of Nobles County, lists them as Charter Members of the Union Congregational Church in Worthington.

Today we might think those who would participate in this kind of settlement as reactionaries. In their time, living in a community focused on temperance and education would have been considered the goal of the educated, liberal class. In an advertisement that appeared in the Thursday, July 20, 1876 edition of the "Worthington Advance" seeking settlers, the community is described as,

"Temperance and Education... were among the chief inducements which brought to this locality the intelligent class of people, who have located here....The educational interests of the town and county are in the hands of advanced men, who appreciate the importance of superior education facilities and who will have them whatever they may cost."
The entire advertisement, including map can be found on the Worthington Minnesota website. It makes quite interesting reading.

This is the site of home of Charles Shepard Newton and family just outside Worthington
photo taken by Granddaughter Cecily Cone Kelly in 2009. House is no longer there.

Though many of the family maintained the temperate ways of the National Colony, Charles was not among them. He continued to enjoy an 'old-fashioned' each evening until the last days of his life.

Pilgrim William Bradford

Continuing my posts on how my great grandfather Cone was related to four of those hardy souls who made the 1620 trip on the Mayflower. Today I'm focusing on his relationship with William Bradford one of the most interesting Pilgrims and perhaps the person who first identified their group as such. Below is his relationship with William Bradford:

Frederick Naaman CONE son of
William Warner and Eliza (UTLEY) CONE
William Warner CONE, son of Naaman and Joanna (WARNER) CONE
Joanna WARNER, daughter of Thomas and Rhoda (HOPKINS) WARNER
Thomas WARNER, son of Eleazar and Joanna (HALE) WARNER
Eleazar WARNER, son of Thomas and Delight (METCALF) WARNER
Delight METCALF, daughter of Rev. Joseph and Abiel (Adams) METCALF
Abiel ADAMS, daughter of William and Alice (BRADFORD) ADAMS
Alice BRADFORD, daughter of William and Alice (RICHARDS) BRADFORD
William BRADFORD, son of William and Alice (CARPENTER)(SOUTHWORTH) BRADFORD
William "The Pilgrim" Bradford

More about William Bradford...

William was born in the Yorkshire English village of Austerfield, the son of William and Alice (HANSON) Bradford. He was baptized in Austerfield March 19, 1589/90. Orphaned very young, he was raised first by his grandfather then shuttled back and forth between a number of uncles. He was about 12 years old when he began attending Separatist services in Scrooby. It was against the wishes of his family that he joined that church when he was 16 becoming close with the family of fellow church member William Brewster.

When James I became King of England he tried to put an end to separatist church movements and imprisoned many of the Scrooby congregation. In 1607, the congregation voted to leave England for the Netherlands where freedom of religion was permitted. Immigration without permission from the Crown was banned. None the less, members of the Congregation singly and in small groups made their escape to Holland. Beginning in Amsterdam, and eventually settling in Leiden.

Bradford arrived in Amsterdam in August 1608, and lived with the Brewster family until he was able to claim his family inheritance when he turned twenty-one in 1611. Those funds allowed him to purchase his own home, to practice the trade of weaving and most importantly marry Dorothy May. Their son John Bradford was born in Leiden in 1617.

The story of the Congregation's decision to leave Leiden for the New World is well known. The 100 foot ship Mayflower with a crew of no more than 40 and 102 passengers must have been dreadfully crowded. The three month voyage probably seemed an unending night mare. They had planned to arrive in Virginia and ended up instead far to the north. Harsh weather prevented them from trying to continue south after their arrival in what would become Massachusetts. It was William Bradford who was responsible for applying the term "Pilgrim" to their party. He wrote in his journal;

     "With mutual embraces and many tears, they took their leaves of one another; which
     proved to be the last leave to many of them... but they knew they were pilgrims and 
     looked not much on those things, but lifted their eyes to heaven, their dearest country
     and quieted their spirits."

During the first harsh winter in Plymouth nearly half of the settlers died. Many do not remember that the first deaths happened before the group had even decided on the location for their settlement. Dorothy (May) Bradford slipped and fell over the side of the Mayflower and drowned in frigid Cape Cod Harbor while William was ashore with the exploration party. It must have been a bitter sweet debarkation for him after that.

William Bradford went on to become Governor of the Plymouth Colony. He was remarried to Alice Carpenter Southworth and had three children including our ancestor William Bradford. Much of what we know about the Plymouth colony comes from William. His Of Plymouth Plantation, a history of the colony from 1621 to 1646 and his Journal were published. The Pilgrim Hall Museum website  has a wonderful article on William Bradford including passages from his journal.The museum also contains a chair attributed to William Bradford that descended through the Bradford and Hedge families.

Among the legion of William Bradford's descendants celebrating Thanksgiving 2013        
                                                      Ed and 10th great grand daughter Cecily (Cone) Kelly with                                                 grandchildren Cooper and Cassidy (12th generation descendants)

Another Mayflower Passenger in the Cone Family Tree - Edward Doty

Yesterday I mentioned my great grandfather Frederick Naaman Cone's membership in the Mayflower Society which was traced to William Brewster. Today I add his descent from Edward Doty.

Frederick Naaman Cone son of
William Warner and Eliza (Utley) Cone
Eliza Utley, daughter of Philip and Harriet (Pratt) Utley
Harriet Pratt, daughter of Jeremiah and Jennet (Pratt) Pratt
Jeremiah Pratt, son of Edward and Mary (Pratt) Pratt
Edward Pratt, son of Daniel ad Mercy (Doty) Pratt
Mercy Doty. daughter of Edward and Sarah (Faunce) Doty
Edward Doty, son of Edward and Faith (Clarke) Doty

If one describes the passengers on the Mayflower as two groups "Saints and Strangers", then Edward Doty would have fallen in the later group. He is often listed as the servant of fellow passenger Stephen Hopkins. Some interpretations are that he was apprenticed to Hopkins. He was included in the signing of the Mayflower Compact.

His birth place and parentage in England have not been discovered. It is generally presumed that he was born some time between 1597-1602 based on his inclusion in the Compact but his exclusion from the distribution of lands. Claims that he was baptized May 14, 1598 have been discredited.

Edward had a bit of a temper, which he may or may not have passed on to his descendants, and was involved in 1621 in the only duel fought in the Plymouth Colony. He and Edward Leister (another servant to Stephen Hopkins) fought each other with swords and daggers. They were both wounded before others were able to separate them. Sentenced to be tied together at their heads and feet for one day, their piteous condition and continual pleadings led to their separation after only an hour.

He was declared a 'freeman' in 1633 so by then had obtained some stature in the community. William Bradford records that he was married twice but the name of his first wife is unknown. He married Faith Clarke January 1635 in Plymouth. She had arrived on the ship Francis with her father Thurston in April 1634. Edward and Sarah were the parents of nine children.

He died August 23, 1655 in Plymouth and is buried in the Plymouth Burying Hill.

For those who would like to pursue their relationship to Edward Doty, in addition to the Mayflower Society, there is also The Pilgrim Edward Doty Society

Edward Doty's oil lamp on display at the Mayflower House Museum
from the Pilgrim Edward Doty Society website

Mayflower Ancestors

     As Thanksgiving approaches, my thought turn to Plymouth and the story of the Pilgrims feast of thanksgiving with the Indians. I do not remember when I first learned that I was descended from some of the Pilgrims but I certainly knew as early as elementary school. My grandfather's brother William Lawrence Cone had produced an extensive Cone Genealogy which mentioned several of the Mayflower passengers but I did not know that he and his father were members of the Mayflower Society.

The General Society of Mayflower Descendants (commonly called the Mayflower Society) was organized in Plymouth, Massachusetts in 1897 in an effort to honor the memories of their Pilgrim ancestors. Membership is limited to those who can prove descent from one of the 102 passengers who arrived aboard Mayflower in 1620. I had always assumed that the Cones had traced their lineage to Stephen Hopkins for the acceptance into the Mayflower Society. My great grandfather Frederick Naaman Cone's great grandmother was Rhoda Hopkins and direct descendant of Stephen and Giles Hopkins. Today I was reading "Mayflower Ancestral Index, Volume 1" compiled by Milton E. Terry, PhD. and Anne Bordin Harding published by the Society in 1981 and discovered that they had proven their descent from William and Mary Brewster.

So for interested Cones out there, I will repeat the lineage here.

7859 Frederick Naaman Cone son of William Warner and Eliza (Utley) Cone*
7866 William Warner Cone, son of  Naaman and Joanna (Warner) Cone
36787 Joanna Warner daughter of Thomas and  Rhoda (Hopkins) Warner
17896 Rhoda Hopkins*, daughter of  Elisha and Drusilla (Conant) Hopkins
23368 Elisha Hopkins, son of Nathaniel and Abigail (Merrick) Hopkins
23368 Abigail Merrick, daughter of Joshua and Lydia (Mayo) Merrick
23197 Lydia Merrick, daughter of Thomas and Barbara (Knowles) Mayo
23261 Thomas Mayo, son of Nathaniel and Hannah (Prence) Mayo
27343 Hannah Prence, daughter of Thomas and Patience (Brewster) Prence
4708 Patience Brewster, daughter of William and Mary (?) Brewster, Pilgrims

William Brewster was born circa 1566 some sources suggest Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, England and others Doncaster, Yorkshire, England. The son of William and Mary (Smythe) (Simkinson) Brewster, joined a large family of half siblings. His father William was the postmaster in Scrooby for some time. He was the third William Brewster in a line going back to William Brewster 1510-1558 and his wife Maud Mann(1513-1558).

Pilgrim Brewster was an educated man who had studied at Peterhouse, Cambridge and then entered the service of diplomat William Davison. His skill in Latin proved extremely useful in his travels with Davison which included the Netherlands. Unfortunately, his employ was terminated when his mentor was imprisoned and William returned to Scrooby and was able to obtain the position of postmaster once held by his father.
It was in Scrooby that he became a member of the Separatist Congregation. Perhaps his earlier experiences in Holland helped him recommend that the Congregation relocate to that country.

While living in Leiden, William taught English at Leiden University and also printed pamphlets on religion directed at the English market. It was his publication of a pamphlet that criticized the English king and the royal effort to seize Brewster that led to the congregations decision to depart for the New World. Brewster was the lay leader of the congregation that sailed on the Mayflower and was accompanied by his wife Mary and sons Love and Wrestling. He remained the congregation's religious leader until Pastor Ralph Smith arrived in 1629.

The Brewsters moved to Duxbury in 1632 and began to farm there. His daughters Fear and Patience both died in the smallpox epidemic of 1634. William lived until April 10, 1644. He is buried in Burial Hill, Plymouth.

Eliza Utley Cone and Rhoda Hopkins have other lines to the Mayflower but those are stories for another day.

Deacon Cephas Cone, Revolutionary Soldier and Descendant of Daniel Cone of Haddam

My last three posts on Cones who served in the American Revolution, sparked an interest in further investigating each of those who served. How many of them, I wondered, could be traced back to the man acknowledged as the first Cone in America, Daniel Cone of Haddam. I'll begin by exploring Cephas Cone.

Cephas Cone was born 10 Oct 1756 in East Haddam, Connecticut. I found a reference to him in the U. S. Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 Collection available at www.Ancestry.com. His great great grandson, Robert D. Cone, had applied for membership in the SAR based on Cehpas' service. Robert had documented his descent beyond Cephas to Jonathan Cone, son of Nathaniel Cone born in 1674 in Haddam, Connecticut and his wife Sarah Hungerford.

I turned to my well-worn copy of William Whitney Cone's "Some Account of the Cone Family in America: Principally of the Descendants of Daniel Cone who settled in Haddam, Connecticut in 1662", for information on Nathaniel's line. On page 13, there is a list of nine children of Daniel Cone, including "Nathaniel, baptized June 4, 1675, m Sarah Hungerford;; d. about 1730." On page 161, the offspring of Nathaniel and Sarah Hungerford Cone are listed including the youngest "Johnathan, b. Jan. 11, 1716, m Ann Chapman; d. June 1, 1757. The children of Jonathan and Ann Chapman Cone are listed on pages 164-5, including "Cephas, b. Oct 10, 1756, m. Sarah Gates; d. Feb. 27, 1834."

Cephas seems to have been a man of some standing in his community. In Sept. 1788 he is listed as a Tax Collector.  He is listed as a Representative to the Connecticut Legislature for Colchester in 1822.  In a notice published in the Norwich Courier, on Wednesday October 2, 1833, his house is listed as the site where taxes for the town of West Chester will be collected at "3 o'clock, P. M.' (These sources were found at Genealogy Bank and are part of their collection).

Cephas is buried in the Westchester Cemetery, New London, Connecticut. Frank Grimes posted a photograph of his headstone at Find A Grave. Normally, I would not post the photo on my blog without receiving written permission from the photographer. Alas, Frank has passed away so I am hoping he will not mind my including his photograph.

People with surname Cone who served in the American Revolution, Part III

This is last of three posts for people with the surname Cone who served in or supported the American Revolution as listed in the Daughters of the American Revolution data base. This is by no means a complete listing of all Cones who served in the Revolution, these are only the names of those whose descendants have proven their service and qualified for membership in the DAR.

• Solomon Cone
• Born 1757 in Haddam Connecticut
• Died 1816 in Guilford, Connecticut
• Service - Sergeant for Captain Willey and Colonel Joseph Spencer, Lexington Alarm and East Haddam
• Spouse - Sally Richmond

• Sylvanus Cone
• Born 21 Jan 1734 in East Haddam, Hartford County, Connecticut
• Died 3 May 1812 in East Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut
• Service - Corporal Militia 1779
• Source - Bates, Rolls and Lists of Connecticut Men in the Revolution, Vol. 8, P 211
• Spouses - Hannah Ackley, Mary Elizabeth Graves, Eunice Spencer

• Timothy Cone
• Born 25 May 1735 in East Haddam, Connecticut
• Died 19 Dec 1800 in E. Haddam, Connecticut
• Service - Sergeant 5th Regiment
• Spouse - Abigail Dickson

• William Cone
• Born 14 Mar 1733 in East Haddam, Connecticut
• Died 22 Apr 1793 in East Haddam, Connecticut
• Service - Captain, soldier for Captains Meigs and Sumner, Captain Militia
• Spouse - Elizabeth Bailey

• William Cone
• Born 6 Apr 1755 in Middletown, Connecticut
• Died 1834 in Odstock, Vermont
• Service - Private for Captains Return and Jonathan Meigs
• Spouse - Abia Atkins

• William Cone
• Born (circa) 1745 on the Pee Dee, North Carolina
• Died (post) 24 Jun 1816 in Bulloch County, Georgia
• Service - Patriotic Service
• Source - O'Kelley & Warren, Georgia Revolutionary Land Records, P 26 and Hemperley, Military Certificates of Georgia 1776 - 1800, P 15.
• Spouse - Keziah Barber

• William Cone
• Born 14 Oct 1757 in Guilford, Connecticut
• Died (ante) 27 Nov 1827 in Grand Island, New York
• Service - Corporal, also Private for Captains Mills, Walker, Colonels Patterson, Voss
• Spouse - Roxanna Chadwick

• William Cone
• Born circa 1758 in North Carolina
• Died 1820 in Saunderville, Washington County, Georgia
• Service - Private in Richmond Company
• Spouse - X Beacham

• William Cone
• Born circa 1734 in North Carolina
• Died before 20 Feb 1801 in Martin County, North Carolina
• Service - Patriotic Service, soldier for Captain Samuel Allin, Colonel John Bradford
• Source - Haun, North Carolina Revolutionary Army Public Accounts 1775-1776, Vol A, P 100; Pruitt, Abstracts of Land Entries, Martin County 1778-1795, P 72
• Spouses - Elizabeth Morris, X X Hirst

• Zachariah Cone
• Born 23 Feb 1739 in East Haddam, Connecticut
• Died circa 1802 in Hebron, Connecticut
• Service - Private, Civil Service, Member of Grand Jury, Hebron
• Spouse - Mary Gilbert

If you are a descendant of one of these men and interested in becoming a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution, the Sons of the American Revolution, or the Children of the American Revolution  please follow the links above to contact the organization directly so that they may refer you to a local resource. Each prospective member is responsible for proving their own descent and each organization has resources to help.

Cecily Cone Kelly

Cones who served in the Revolution Part II

Continuing the list of people with the Cone surname who served in or provided support for the American Revolution as found in the Daughters of the American Revolution Genealogical Research System data base of ancestors. This is by no means a complete list of Cones who served. It is a list of Cones who have been proved by their descendants to have served.

• Jonah Cone
• Born 7 Mar 1721 in East Haddam, Connecticut
• Died 24 Jul 1809 in East Haddam, Connecticut
• Service - Minute Man responded to the Lexington Alarm
• Spouse - Elizabeth Gates
• Note- As no descendant of this man has been proven since the very early days of the DAR, a new applicant would need to prove his service again.

• Jonathan Cone
• Born 27 Sep 1729 in Haddam, Hartford County, Connecticut
• Died after 1781 in Grafton County, New Hampshire
• Service - Private in Companies of Captain John Willoughby, and Colonels Webster and Chase.
• Source - Hammond, Rolls of Soldiers in the Revolutionary War, New Hampshire State Papers, Vol. 15, P. 124
• Spouses - Elizabeth Smith, Elizabeth Bartlett

• Joseph Cone
• Born 20 Mar 1711 in East Haddam, Hartford County, Connecticut
• Died 1 Feb 1804 in East Haddam, Hartford County, Connecticut
• Service - needs to be proven because of confusion with following Joseph Cone
• Spouse - Mary Smith

• Joseph Cone
• Born 26 Jan 1794 in Haddam, Hartford County, Connecticut
• Died 1779 in Haddam, Hartford County, Connecticut
• Service - Patriotic Service, took Freeman's oath September 1777 at Haddam
• Spouse - Susanna Wells

• Joseph Cone, Jr.
• Born 2 Nov 1735 in East Haddam, Connecticut
• Died 1779 in Naval Station
• Service - Private in Naval Service
• Spouse - Martha Brainard Spencer

• Joshua Cone
• Born 1 Sep 1757 in Middletown, Connecticut
• Died 22 Jul 1807 in Reading, Connecticut
• Service - Sergeant, also Private, and Corporal for Colonels Meigs and Webb
• Spouse - Mehitable Blinn

• Joshua Cone
• Born circa 1761
• Died 8 Jul 1806 in Westminster, Windham County, Vermont
• Service - Private for Captain Benjamin Whitney and Colonel Bradley, Militia
• Spouse - Mary Wright

• Lemuel Cone
• Born circa 1755 in Haddam, Hartford County, Connecticut
• After 20 Apr 1826 in Wheatland, Monroe County, New York
• Service - Private for Captains Benjamin Whitney, Joseph Hatch, Michael Gilson, Colonel Bradley
• Source - Goodrich, Rolls of the Soldiers in the Revolutionary War 1775-1783, PP 35,266,807,833.
• Spouses - Susannah Norton, Dolly Parker

• Nathaniel Cone
• Born 22 Jun 1748 in Millington, Connecticut
• Died 27 Jun 1826 in Chatham, Connecticut
• Service - Private for Captain Timothy Percival, Colonel Jedediah Huntington
• Spouse - Margery Adams

• Oliver Cone
• Born 2 Dec 1755 in East Haddam, Hartford County, Connecticut
• Died 4 Dec 1844 in Shelby, Orleans County, Vermont
• Service - Private for Captains Holmes, Willey, Jewett, Dutton
• Source - Pension S12525
• Spouse - Anna Sterling

• Oliver Cone
• Born in East Haddam, Connecticut
• Died after 1830 in Haverstraw, New York
• Service - must be proved again
• Spouse - unknown

• Ozias Cone
• Born 8 May 1747 in Haddam, New London County, Connecticut
• Died 6 Mar 1823 in Paris, Oneida County, New York
• Service - Private for Captain Prior, Colonel Bradley in the Connecticut Line
• Source - Pension S43341
• Spouse - Mary Doane

• Phineas Cone
• Born 27 Sep 1752 in East Haddam, Hartford County, Connecticut
• Died 1833 in New London, New London County, Connecticut
• Service - Corporal in 2nd Regiment, General Joseph Spencer's, Invalid Pensioner
• Source - Johnston, Connecticut Men in the Revolution, PP 8, 45, 649.
• Spouse - Azubah Stocking

• Robert Cone
• Born 1758 in Saybrook, Connecticut
• Died 20 Oct 1821 in Colerain, Massachusetts
• Service - Private for Captains Ely, Kirtland, Shipman, Colonels Parsons, Wolcott, Ely, Cook
• Spouse - Sarah Cook

• Robert Cone
• Born in 15 Dec 1759 in Middletown, Connecticut
• Died in 19 May 1804 in Middletown, Connecticut
• Service - Private for Captain Savage and Colonel Sherburne
• Spouse - Margaret Paget

• Roswell Cone
• Born 29 Oct 1753 in East Haddam, Hartford County, Connecticut
• Died 27 Jun 1830 in Hadlyme, New London County, Connecticut
• Service - Private for Captain Eliphalet Holmes; Colonel Samuel Selden
• Source - Johnston, Connecticut Men in the Revolution, P. 404
• Spouses - Sarah Spencer, Lydia Hungerford

• Rufus Cone
• Born 10 Oct 1737 in East Haddam, Hartford County, Connecticut
• Died 27 Aug 1776 in service probably
• Service - Private for Captain Jewett, Colonel Huntington's Regiment, reported missing after the Battle of Long Island 27 Aug 1776.
• Source - Johnston, Connecticut Men in the Revolution, P. 102.
• Spouse - Esther Stewart

• Samuel Cone
• Born 20 Feb 1748 in East Haddam, New London, Connecticut
• Died 22 Apr 1825 in Leyden, Lewis County, New York
• Service - Private for Captains Osborn, John Shipman, Abraham Tyler, Colonels Jonathan Baldwin, Huntington, Ely
• Spouse - Betsey Wadsworth

Cones who served in the Revolution, Part 1

Yesterday I posted on my other blog "Letters to My Grandparents" some information about my ancestors who had served in or supported the Revolutionary War. I thought today, I would focus on people with the surname Cone who had participated in the American Revolution. This information comes from the Daughters of the American Revolution Genealogical Research System. This site is public and available for research. Information on applications associated with a particular ancestor can be purchased on line for download for $10 each. These will be posted in three parts.

The following individuals with the Cone surname are listed on the DAR website. This does not mean that they are the only Cones who served. These individuals' service has been proven by a descendant and recognized by the DAR.

• Cephas Cone 
•  Born 10 Oct 1756 in East Haddam, Hartford County, Connecticut
•  Died 27 Feb 1834 in Colchester, probably New London, Connecticut
•  Service - Private in Captain Eliphalet Holmes Company of Minute Men
•  Source - Johnston, Connecticut Men in the Revolution, page 611
•  Spouse - Sarah Gates, Falla Roberts

• Conant Cone 
• Born 6 July 1760 in East Haddam, Connecticut
• Died  1799 Princeton, Probably New Jersey
• Service - Private in the Companies of Captain Eliphalet Holmes and Regiment    of Colonel Jedediah Huntington
• Spouse - Alice Houghton

• Cyrus Cone
• Born 28 Jul 1761 in East Haddam, Hartford County, Connecticut
• Died 14 Oct 1825 in Middlefield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts
• Service - Private in Colonel McClellan's Regiment
• Source - Bates, Rolls & Lists of Connecticut Men in the Revolution, Vol. 8, P 185.
• Spouse - Ludy X

• Daniel Cone
• Born 7 July 1759 in East Haddam, Hartford County, Connecticut
• Died  28 Jun 1842 in Peru, Berkshire County, Massachusetts
• Service - Private in Captains Eliphalet Holmes' and Nehemiah Rice's Companies
• Source - Pension S17352
• Spouse - Olive Ackley

• Daniel Hurlburt Cone 
• Born 16 Jul 1753 in Haddam, Hartford County, Connecticut
• Died 16 Apr 1841 in Winchester, Litchfield County, Connecticut
• Service - Private in Captain Abner Prior's Company, Colonel Philip Bradley's Regt.
• Source - Pension S36473
• Spouse - Elizabeth Atkins

• Elijah Cone 
• Born 11 Aug 1723 in East Haddam, Hartford County, Connecticut
• Died 16 Sep 1793 in East Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut
• Service - Provided clothing for soldiers, 1778
• Source - Connecticut State DAR, Non-Military Service in the Revolution, Vol. 1, P 52
• Spouse - Elizabeth Cone

• Elisha Cone
• Born 1 Dec 1726 in East Haddam, Connecticut
• Died 10 Jan 1783 in East Haddam, Connecticut
• Service - Private in the Companies of Captains Cornelius Higgins & Charles Pond
• Spouse - Abigail Olmsted

• Elisha Cone  
• Born 3 Dec 1735 in Haddam, Connecticut
• Died 16 Jul 1794 in Middlefield, Connecticut
• Service must be proved as it has been confused with the Elisha Cone above.
• Spouse - Martha Bates

• George Cone, Jr.
• Born 3 Jun 1738 in Millington, Connecticut
• Died 3 Jan 1801 in Millington, probably Connecticut
• Service - Lieutenant of the 14th Company of Trainband, 25th Regiment
• Spouse - Elizabeth Brainard, Demaris Saxton

• Giles Cone  
• Born 1741 in Middletown, Connecticut
• Died 25 Oct 1785 in Middletown, Connecticut
• Service - Soldier in 1775 under Captain Giles Hall, sailor on Brigantine Minerva  and Galley Trumbull
• Spouse - Margaret X

• Henry Cone  
• Born 1744 in Haddam, Hartford County, Connecticut
• Died 15 Dec 1827 in Lyme, New London County, Connecticut
• Service - Private in the companies of Captains Champion and Miles
• Source -  Widow's pension W25432
• Spouse -  Waistill Champion

         

• Ichabod Cone
• Born 1757 in Middlesex County, Connecticut
• Died 9 Oct 1831 in Preble, Middlesex County, Connecticut
• Service - Captain Eliphalet Holmes' Company
• Spouse - Anna Holmes

• Israel Cone
• Born 21 Dec 1749 in East Haddam, Hartford County, Connecticut
• Died 4 Nov 1825 in East Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut
• Service - Private in Captain Holmes Company also Sergeant, Paymaster in Colonel Huntington's Regiment
• Source - Pension S36477
• Spouse - Lucy Ackley, Sarah Holmes

• James Cone
• Born 3 Sep 1729 in Haddam, Connecticut
• Died 31 Oct 1814 in Haddam, Connecticut
• Service - Soldier in Continental Troop
• Spouse - Deborah Smith

• James Cone
• Born 4 Sep 1742 in East Haddam, Hartford County, Connecticut
• Died 24 Jan 1797 in East Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut
• Service - Private in Captain James Green's Company
• Source - Johnston, Connecticut Men in the Revolution
• Spouse - Alice Crocker

• Jared Cone, Jr.
• Born 24 Jun 1769 in Bolton, Connecticut
• Died 7 Mar 1842 in Columbia, New Hampshire
• Service - Private in Lieutenant Olmstead's (company) Colonel Sherman's (regiment).
• Spouse - Elizabeth Wells, Caroline Wales Webb

• Jared Cone, Sr.
• Born 31 Dec 1733 in Bolton, Connecticut
• Died 11 Apr 1807 in Bolton, Connecticut
• Service - Captain under Colonel Wells, also Lt. under Capt. Thomas Pitkin
• Spouse - Christiana Loomis

• John Cone
• Born 25 May 1746 in Bolton, Connecticut
• Died 5 Oct 1777 in Spencertown, New York
• Service - Private in Captain Joel Loomis' Company of Light Horse, also under Captain James Smith and Colonel Meade
• Spouse - Patience Strickland

• John Cone
• Born circa 1754 in Northumberland County, Virginia
• Died before 25 Mar 1837 in Robertson County, Tennessee
• Service - Sergeant for Captain Wm Brinkley, Col. Samuel Jarvis and 1st Regiment
• Source - Roster of Soldiers from North Carolina in the American Revolution, P 623
• Spouse - Fanny Taylor

• John Cone
• Born Circa 1752
• Died before 13 Jun 1813 in Beaufort County, North Carolina
• Service - Soldier in New Bern District Militia
• Source - North Carolina DAR, Roster of Soldiers from North Carolina in the American Revolution P. 330
• Spouse - Mary X

Please note: This is the first part of a list containing 56 entries. There has been some confusion resulting from the similarity of names. If your Cone ancestor is not on the list, that does not mean that he was not part of the Revolution. It means that none of his descendants has used his service to join the Daughters of the American Revolution.

Speculation would indicate that those men originally from the East Haddam area of Connecticut are descendants of Daniel Cone, one of its founders, who died in Haddam in 1706. Interesting that there are Cones born in Virginia in the 1750s. I do not know if they are also descendants of Daniel.

Cecily Cone Kelly

Welcome to the newest member of our branch of the Cone Family

Yesterday, my niece Kristen Cone Dominguez, gave birth to her second son. Charles Alan Dominguez is named for his grandfathers Charles Newton "Rusty" Cone and Alan Moore. His arrival was more poignant because my sisters, brother and I had gathered in Golden, Colorado for a memorial service for our mother Betty Werst Cone on Friday. Charlie arrived a few weeks early but his timing was impeccable as June 8th is also the date of this great grandfather Charles Newton Cone, Jr.'s birth.

Charles Alan Dominguez

Charles Newton Cone with son Charles Newton Cone, Jr. about 1934

Congratulations on the newest member of our family Kristen and Raul.