Life and Correspondence of John Paul Jones
by John Paul Jones (9780217304382)

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: JONES. PART I . John Paul, afterwards known as the celebrated Chevalier John Paul Jones, was born on the 6th of July, 1747, at Arbig- land, in the parish of Kirkbean, and stewartry of Kirkcudbright, in Scotland. The family was originally from the shire of Fife; but it appears that the grandfather of the subject of thjs memoir kept a garden, the produce of which he sold to the public in Leith. His son, on finishing his apprenticeship, entered as a gardener into the employment of Mr. Craik, of Arbigland, in which he remained until his death in 1767. It is abundantly proved that he was a man of uniformly res iectable character, and intelligence. In his profession he exhibited much skill and taste. The English memoir contains the following account of his family, which was furnished by his descendants. " Shortly after entering into the employment of Mr. Craik, John Paul married Jean Maeduff, the daughter of a small farmer in the neighbouring parish of New-Abbey. The Macduft's were a respectable rural race in their own district; and some of them had been small landed proprietors in the parish of Kirk- bean, for an immemorial period. Of this marriage there were seven children, of whom John, afterwards known as John Paul Jones, was the fifth: he may indeed be called the youngest, as two children born after him died in infancy. The first-born of the family, William Paul, yvent abroad early in life, andfmally settled and married in Fredericksburgh, in Virginia. He appears to have been a man of enterprise and judgment. Beyond his early education and virtuous habits he could have derived no advantage from his family; and, in 1772 or 1773, when he died, still a young man, he left a considerable fortune. Of the daughters, the eldest, Elizabeth, djpd unmarried; Janet, the secon...

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