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Jones
Timeline
January
20, 1798 - Born in Great Barrington, Massachusetts
1807-1809
- Embargo crisis with Britain begins, results in severe
economic hardship in New England
1810
- Mexican struggle for independence from Spain begins
1811
- Resumption of crisis with Britain leads to War of
1812 and continued economic depression in New England
1814
- Hartford Convention proposes New England secession
from U.S.; fails with news of U.S. victory in Battle
of New Orleans
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Anson Jones
A Joyless Boyhood
In his
memoirs, published after his death, Jones recalled
a boyhood of loneliness and frustration. |
Born in 1798, Anson Jones was the
thirteenth and next to last of the children of Solomon and
Sarah Jones, tenant farmers in western Massachusetts. The
area was rich in natural beauty and in political turmoil.
Before Jones's birth, it was the center of Shay's Rebellion,
an uprising against the fledgling United States government.
It is not known whether any of Jones's
family were rebels. In later life, Anson Jones would remember
a childhood marked by poverty and instability. The family
moved ten times before he reached the age of 18, trying
to better its situation with little success.
Anson was a frail boy who spent most
of his time helping his father with a small tanning business
and reading and studying when he could find the time. Life
was hard, and Jones came of age as an awkward, serious,
and timid young man.
Young
Doctor Jones>> |
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