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Devon / Re: Jonas STONE of East Budleigh
« on: Saturday 11 January 20 16:27 GMT (UK) »
I too descend from Capt Jonas at Newfoundland, so we are distantly related. My line of ancestry is Capt Jonas Stone, his son George who had a son John Henry, who in turn had a daughter Elizabeth (Lizzie). Lizzie had a son, Joseph Jonas Patrick Meeghan who emigrated to England in 1919, and is my grandfather, who I remember very well. He always said that I was the double of his mother Lizzie. My father was John Christopher Meeghan.
Capt Jonas sailed on small sloops transporting cargoes for the Follet Bros between Spain, Portugal and Newfoundland before he settled in Newfoundland. The Follett Bros business was based in Topsham in Devon, England. Just to show that history can go full circle my sister moved to Exeter in Devon some 35 years ago. Exeter is just a few short miles up river from Topsham! Small world!
Capt Jonas sailed on small sloops transporting cargoes for the Follet Bros between Spain, Portugal and Newfoundland before he settled in Newfoundland. The Follett Bros business was based in Topsham in Devon, England. Just to show that history can go full circle my sister moved to Exeter in Devon some 35 years ago. Exeter is just a few short miles up river from Topsham! Small world!