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John Jones (Ojibwa chief)

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117:, which forced him to resign his position of schoolteacher at the Credit Mission's school. By 1835 Jones had recovered, and married Mary Holtby, the daughter of a local Methodist preacher. They lived at the Credit Mission and Mary was given the 133:, "Woman who Goes Along the Sky"). The couple had four children. Jones was elected one of the three chiefs of the Credit band around 1840. In 1845 he served as Secretary of the Grand Council of 106:. The year 1823 also saw Jones marry Christina Brant (Kayatontye), the granddaughter of his namesake Joseph Brant. Jones was licensed to exhort by the Methodist Church on August 22, 1828. 68:
during much of the year, and Tuhbenahneequay while surveying. In 1802, Tuhbenahneequay and Augustus Jones ended their relationship, and John Jones' care, as well of that of his full brother
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was licensed at the same time, and the pair became the second Indigenous persons to be licensed to exhort by the Methodist Church, only Jones' brother Peter having already been so licensed.
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valley. Augustus Jones and Tuhbenahneequay had been married in the 1790s in an Ojibwa ceremony. Jones was named Thayendanegea, sometimes spelt Tyantenagen, for his father's friend
79:. Both Peter and John were enrolled at a local school, as neither spoke much English. The next year, the family moved to the 102:, Jones took up work as a schoolteacher at the missions where Peter worked, first Davisville near Brantford, then the 165: 259: 264: 254: 279: 269: 249: 197: 113:
In 1830, Jones' wife died of disease, as did four of their five children. Jones himself was struck with
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woman, Sarah Tekarihogen, in a Christian ceremony. Augustus Jones lived with Tekarihogen on his farm at
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In 1816, their father fetched John and Peter to live with him and his wife at his farm in
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Sacred Feathers: The Reverend Peter Jones (Kahkewaquonaby) & the Mississauga Indians
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Political office-holders of Indigenous governments in Canada
56:. The year of Jones' birth, his father married a 231: 98:In 1823, upon his brother Peter's conversion to 16:Mississauga Ojibwa teacher, missionary and Chief 187: 147: 190:"JONES, JOHN (Thayendanegea, Tyantenagen)" 160:. University of Toronto Press. p. 3. 91:school to study his father's profession, 194:Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online 232: 30:, (July 10, 1798 – May 4, 1847) was a 183: 181: 179: 177: 153: 13: 174: 14: 291: 37:teacher, missionary and Chief. 213: 204: 188:Donald B. Smith (2005-05-02). 1: 140: 87:. Jones later enrolled in a 7: 198:Library and Archives Canada 10: 296: 72:, was left to his mother. 154:Smith, Donald B. (1987). 48:on July 10, 1798 in the 260:Canadian schoolteachers 137:. Jones died in 1847. 265:Converts to Methodism 255:Missionary educators 127:Anishinaabe language 280:Ojibwe Jones family 270:Methodist ministers 250:Mississauga people 135:Ojibwas at Saugeen 40:Jones was born to 221:Life and Journals 131:Bemi-giizhigookwe 287: 224: 217: 211: 208: 202: 201: 185: 172: 171: 151: 22:, also known as 295: 294: 290: 289: 288: 286: 285: 284: 230: 229: 228: 227: 218: 214: 209: 205: 186: 175: 168: 152: 148: 143: 123:Pamekezhegooqua 46:Tuhbenahneequay 17: 12: 11: 5: 293: 283: 282: 277: 272: 267: 262: 257: 252: 247: 242: 226: 225: 212: 203: 173: 166: 145: 144: 142: 139: 104:Credit Mission 42:Augustus Jones 15: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 292: 281: 278: 276: 273: 271: 268: 266: 263: 261: 258: 256: 253: 251: 248: 246: 243: 241: 238: 237: 235: 223:, (1860) 170. 222: 219:Jones, Peter 216: 207: 199: 195: 191: 184: 182: 180: 178: 169: 167:0-8020-6732-8 163: 159: 158: 150: 146: 138: 136: 132: 128: 124: 120: 116: 111: 109: 108:Joseph Sawyer 105: 101: 96: 94: 90: 86: 83:Valley, near 82: 78: 73: 71: 67: 63: 59: 55: 51: 47: 43: 38: 36: 33: 29: 25: 24:Thayendanegea 21: 220: 215: 206: 193: 156: 149: 130: 122: 112: 97: 77:Stoney Creek 74: 62:Stoney Creek 54:Joseph Brant 50:Humber River 39: 23: 19: 18: 245:1847 deaths 240:1798 births 115:consumption 81:Grand River 32:Mississauga 234:Categories 141:References 20:John Jones 210:Smith, 41 100:Methodism 93:surveying 85:Brantford 89:Hamilton 66:Ontario 164:  119:Ojibwa 58:Mohawk 35:Ojibwa 28:Ojibwe 121:name 70:Peter 162:ISBN 44:and 26:in 236:: 196:. 192:. 176:^ 129:: 95:. 64:, 200:. 170:. 125:(

Index

Ojibwe
Mississauga
Ojibwa
Augustus Jones
Tuhbenahneequay
Humber River
Joseph Brant
Mohawk
Stoney Creek
Ontario
Peter
Stoney Creek
Grand River
Brantford
Hamilton
surveying
Methodism
Credit Mission
Joseph Sawyer
consumption
Ojibwa
Anishinaabe language
Ojibwas at Saugeen
Sacred Feathers: The Reverend Peter Jones (Kahkewaquonaby) & the Mississauga Indians
ISBN
0-8020-6732-8



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