- Ephraim Jones
Ephraim Jones (
April 27 1750 -January 24 1812 ) was a soldier, judge and political figure inUpper Canada .He was born in
Weston, Massachusetts in 1750. His father, Ephraim and five of his brothers served with the British during theAmerican Revolution . He was taken prisoner in theSaratoga_Campaign of 1777 and later served withEdward Jessup 's Loyal Rangers. After the war, he settled west of theOttawa River in the area of Augusta Township. He moved to theMontreal area and became justice of the peace there in 1786. In 1788, he became a justice of the peace in the new Lunenburgh District and received a large land grant in August Township. He operated a mill and iron foundry on theGananoque River .He served on the land board for Leeds & Grenville and was a judge in the district courts. He was elected to the
1st Parliament of Upper Canada representing Grenville. He introduced a bill introducing trials by jury and supported the 1793 act prohibiting the further introduction of slaves into Upper Canada.He suffered from frail health in his later years and died in Augusta Township in 1812, aged 61.
His sons Jonas and Charles both served in the legislative assembly. His daughter Charlotte married
Levius Peters Sherwood and his daughter Eliza marriedHenry John Boulton ; both of these men became members of the assembly and judges.External links
* [http://www.biographi.ca/009004-119.01-e.php?&id_nbr=2482 Biography at the "Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online"]
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