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    and Thoroas Sqckprr ^ afterwards i $ Sfehbisliof > of Ca&terbury /* It is now too late to expect any detailed memoir of the life of Mr . Jones . In the absence of a better account , I will send you such few particulars as I am able to , collect , and am happy to have it in my power to correct a mistake Or two of some importance , which have crept into his history , Mr . Samuel Jones was most ^ probably a native of Pennsylvania in North America , where his father , the Rev . Malachi Jones

    was many years minister of a dissenting congregation . But though tor a long period a resident in America , that country did not give him birth . Mr . Malachi Jo&es was a native of Britain , perhaps of . the' Principality of It docnot

    ^ ifjili's . s appear at what precise period &e went to America , though it piobajbjy happened during the persecuting rejgn of Charles the SecQn < jL when so > ' 40 m $ ny valuable ministers $ ed tlieir

    country . JJe preacl ^ d for a considerable number of year ? tc / «* congregation „ in Pennsylv ^ nia 3 where he died in J 72 § . fc >/ cing about eight or nine years $ ft £ r % h § death of his son . His wido . w , the

    mother of qujl- Mr . J <> nes , was hving in the y < w 1736 . Mr . Samuel Jonps received his education in Holland , under , tho& 6 learned persons Fr ^ dje ri / c Span * ^ cini , and Janies Peri ? ppius ; the former of whom taught divinity ^

    4 pd the latter the Greek language Had history , in the university of £ * e y d «» rw Hsivipg finished his studies ljp passed pv ; er to England » $ nd Gloucester appears to have been the firsjt sphere pf his ' public iabpurs ,. I ;) that city he opened 4 n * c «* 4 < yn >; , which , iu tbe yea *

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    1711 , appears to-have been in a flourishing conditions The reputation acquired by Mr . Jones was so great , and had spread so far that he received his pupils from remote parts of the kingdom ; and

    it was considered by many < rentkmen as a singular honour to place their sons undet- his care . While at Gloucester , Mr . Seeker , one of his pupils , wrote to his patron , the celebrated Dr . Isaac Wattbu a letter , which contains

    a very interesting account of Mr . Jones ' s method of education . It is dated Gloucester , Nov . 18 , 1711 ; and was first given to the public by Dr . Gibbons , in his 6 € Memoirs of Dr .

    Wfrtte /' - Though this letter is of considerable length , yet as it is of a very interesting nature , and contains , so many personal all u * si ^ ns to Mr , Jones , illustrative of his character and conduct , it WQuld be a great oinission not to

    insert it in an attempt to recover some meinoirs of Mr . Joaes ' s life and character . It is as ifollows :

    v ^ ev . Sir , Bc / oire I give you an account of the state of our % B $ demy , and those other things you desined me , please to accept of my hearty thanks for ttyaf service you hay ^ e ^ qneiip ^ e , pptl > iD-a 4 yising rpe to prosecute my studies in such an

    extraordinary glace of education ^ and m procurlag , me adniictance into , it , 1 wish my irnprovpmeOjts niay l ? p answerable . to jtb ^ a ^ yan ^^ I enjoy ; but , however that may happen , y ; ouV kindness has fixed me in a place where I may be very happy , and spend my time to good purpose ; an < J lyheje , if-1 dftnqt , % hp l ^ ult

    will l * e all my , own . I aw sensible now iijfKcult it is to give a character of any person or thmg , because the most probable guesses we make very often prove fal * # 9 ft . es , Put , sinc ^ ypu , are ? W # t <} desijce , i ? V thin ^^ ysejtf obliged t ^ eive you the best ana most impartial ac * count of matters I can . Mr . . Jones , M ^ cn , Iukc to be am **

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    052 Some Account of Mr . Samuel Jones .

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 2, 1809, page 652, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1743/page/2/