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Christ Church parish in Calvert county. He was
also recomniended by the bishop of London, who
was the chancellor of the College of William and
Mary, as professor of mathematics, and he served
the college in that capacity, 1702-22, when he
returned to England. He also served as chaplain
of the general assembly which met at Williams-
burg, and as " lecturer" in the Burton parish
church, also preaching at Jamestown. He pro-
posed some radical changes in the college system,
including a professorship of history, and that the
college should be a training school for the civil
service of the colony. He recommended that
" the county surveyors should be appointed by
the president and masters, out of such as have
taken a Bachelor of Arts degree there, and that
clerks of the secretai'ies be also taken from the
college alumni." He also recommended six
chairs: one of divinity, the incumbent to be
chaplain and catechist; one of mathematics; one
of philosophy; one of languages; one of history
and one of humanity, the incumbent to be also
grammar master. The idea of a chair of history
and a school of administration was entirely
unique in America at this time. After a long
absence in Europe lie returned to Virginia, where
he resumed parochial work and finally removed to
Cecil county, Md., where he built up the parishes
of St. Mary Anne and North Sassafras. He
urged the building of brick churches, rather
than wooden structures. He continued in his
work until he was ninety years of age and had
spent sixty-tive years as an educator and clergy-
man. He was the first academic writer on
Virginia history, being the author of TJie Present
State of Virginia (London, 1724), which includes
sketches of Maryland and North Carolina. He
died in Cecil county, Md., Sept. 8, 1760.
JONES, Hugh Bolton, artist, was born in Bal- timore, Md., Oct. 20, 1848; son of Hugh Burgess and Laura Eliza (Bolton) Jones, and grandson of William R. and Jemima Jones and of Hugh and Maria L. Bolton. He studied art in Baltimore, and visited Europe, where he studied 1877-81. He was elected an associate of the National Academy of Design, New York city, in 1881, an Academician in 1883; a member of the Society of American Artists in 1881, and of the American Water Color society. He was awarded medals at the Paris exposition and at the World's Colum- bian exposition. His works include: Return \f the Coios (1877); Tangier (1878); Brittany (1878); October (1882); On Herring Run, Balti- more (1884).
JONES, Jacob, naval officer, was born near Smyrna, Del., in March, 1768. His father, a farmer, died in 1772, and he was brought up by a stepmother and was educated at Lewis academy. He studied medicine under Dr. Sykes at Dover,
1786-90, and attended a course of lectures at the
medical department of the University of Penn-
sylvania. He practised at Dover, but disliking the
profession, he obtained, through the influence of
Governor Clayton, the position of clerk of the
supreme court for Kent county, serving 1792-99.
On April 10, 1799, although thirty-one years of
age, he obtained a warrant as midshipman in the
U.S. navy and made his first voyage on board the
United States, Capt. John Barry, when that ves-
sel carried Chief-Justice Ellsworth and General
Davie to Fi-ance. He served on the Ganges and
subsequently on the Philadelphia under Captain
Bainbridge. When the Philadeljyhia was captured
by the Tripolitans, he was imprisoned for nineteen
months. Upon his return to the United States
he was promoted lieutenant, and after serving on
the New Orleans station, he was given command
of the Argus. On April 20, 1810, he was made
commander and was transferred to the Wasp,
and sent to Europe with official despatches.
When war was declared between England and
the United States in 1812, he returned home, and
after refitting the Wasjy, put out to sea. On Oct.
13, 1812, he fell in with the British sloop-of-war
Frolic, under Captain Whingates, which was act-
ing as envoy to a fleet of well-armed merchantmen
bound from Honduras to England, and tho mer-
chantmen under press of sail escaped, leaving the
Wasp and Frolic in action. The vessels got into
close quarters and the engagement continued
without intermission. The sea was verj^ rough
and the gunners on the ir«sp reserved their fire
until the side of their ship was descending, thus
bringing the effect of the shot below the deck of
the Frolic. The English, however, filled their
broadside as the ship was rising, and soon stripi:)ed
the Wasp of all her spars and rigging, leaving
her masts unsupix)rted. To prevent the escape
of the Frolic, Commander Jones ran down upon
her and fired a raking broadside, at the same
time giving the order to board. The effect of the
last broadside had been such that, when the men
from the Wasp gained the deck of the Frolic,
they found but one seaman at the wlieel and
tliree officers on deck, who immediately threw
down their swords. The Frolic was put under
the command of Lieutenant James Biddle, with
