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John Tone (1719-1791)

Last name is also spelled "Toan"

Born in St. Catherine's Parish, Dublin, Ireland. Arrived in America by 1742.

A painting of him is attributed to Henry Benbridge (1744-1812).

The label at the bottom reads

JOHN TOAN of NEW JERSEY
to America, Circa 1740
Married in Freehold, N.J. in 1742
Died in 1791

Painted by
Hendy Benbridge (1744-1812)

My archives include a Letter from Frank Jerome Tone about the painting.

The archives also include a transcript of John Tone's will from 1791, with a full inventory of his estate.

New Jersey farm location

In the 📄 Frank Jerome Tone family history letters, the location of his New Jersey farm is indicated on a map as being in Madison Township, NJ, renamed in 1975 as Old Bridge Township. The accompanying letter says that

The farm itself is bounded on the north side by a very pleasant brook, Deep Run.

(See the 📄 Letter to Frank Jerome Tone, May 4 1935 for the full text of the letter).

The included map (the same one that appears in "The Tone Book") corroborates this.

Looking at modern maps this appears to now be near to the intersection of NJ route 18 and US route 9, probably just north of this intersection along the current route 9. Deep Run is north of this intersection. The map in the F.J. Tone letter shows a road leading to Spring Valley, NJ, just to the south of the farm. This seems likely to follow the same route as the current Spring Valley Rd, between Deep Run and Route 18.

Google Maps shows several interlinked creeks marked as "Deep Run". Comparing current maps to the one with the F.J. Tone letter, it seems that the relevant branch runs roughly northwest to southeast, crossing Route 9 just north of the intersection with Ferry Rd on the west and "Trans Old Bridge Rd" on the east (the road changes names at Route 9; I don't know what the "Trans" part of one road's name means). Ferry Road seems especially relevant since the 1935 map marks the property as "Anna Ferry", apparently the owner at the time.

In case of future road changes, I add that this places the farm's location the approximate at lat/long of (40.384155, -74.308276). This is located within the current Old Bridge Township. A possible source of historical information is the Thomas Warne Museum and Library -- its most recent newsletter is dated 2012, but it seems to still be active, for example on Facebook and Youtube.

Deep Run apparently ran by the front of the house, though the exact location is unknown.

The Tone D.A.R. Manuscript describes John Tone's property as "extensive" and notes that in his will it was divided among his children.

Revolutionary War

The 📄 Tone D.A.R. ManuscriptTone D.A.R. Manuscript says in part that:

  • The Battle of Monmouth occurred near the Tone farm, and John Tone and his wife Margaret Harvey (1722-1817) nursed the wounded at Tennent church.
  • Either this John Tone or his son John (1751-1808) and William Tone (1755-1815) was a member of "Captain Nixon's Troop of Light Horse". Since members of this troop provided their own horses, this may be an indication of the family's financial status.
  • See also 📄 Tone D.A.R. Manuscript for more information

The Battle of Monmouth took place in 1778.

Marriage(s)

Most documentation, including for example the Tone D.A.R. Manuscript and the Tone Book, list Margaret Harvey (1722-1817) as John Tone's wife. However records at Ancestry indicate a second marriage to Abigail Worden (1725-unknown) that occurred during Margaret's lifetime. This would at first seem to be a mistake, probably related to their having been a number of people named John Tone at around the same time. But the Tone D.A.R. Manuscript notes that Margaret Harvey (1722-1817)'s will made no mention of some of John's children. The children who weren't mentioned were born around or after the date Ancestry reports for his marriage to Abigail.

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