P R E F A C F D UR I N G th e latter part of th e life-ti m e of th e late Commodore J acob J n es h e e en ex esse es e his bod o , fr qu tly pr d a d ir that y might fi nall e se en e th e s h i s n e S e w s e h e y r po b ath oil of ativ tat , for hich tat w s n h i s e en ee n es e th e s n es re had al ay , duri g v tful car r , ma if t d tro g t n gard and d eep est attachm e t . W en e e e th e n e en e hi s e een e e e h , th r for , i t llig c of d ath had b r c iv d i n th e \V i 1mi n ton th e z en s e e e e n e city of g , citi imm diat ly d t rmi d to adopt such m easures as wou ld enabl e th e m to comply w ith hi s often e x es se w s an d w would th e s e e es en e w pr d i h , hich at am tim pr t th m ith a n opportu n ity to exhibit that r esp ect a n d gratitud e for him which a long life of brillian t a nd m eritorious servic es i n th e d efen se of hi s c n so e nen en e . I n s n e s i n ou try , had mi tly titl d him pur ua c of thi e n n n was e L e . J P . G ss U . S . t tio , applicatio mad through i ut illi , N th e th e e ea se e th e e ns avy , to family of d c d , to p rmit mortal r mai of th e illu s trious Commodo r e to b e r emoved to th e S tate of D elaware th e \V i lmi ngto n a n d B ran dy wi ne Cemetery Company havi n g v ol u n tari ly an d gen erou sly offered a lot i n th eir c e m etery grou n d s for th e fin al r esti ng plac e of th e r emai ns of thi s di sti ngui sh ed office r. T h e n e es e i n th e e n family havi g r adily acqui c d r moval , accordi gly 2 th O e 1 850 th e as sad a n d s e n o e o n th e 6 day of ctob r , , l t ol m c r mo e a e a n d n s n i es wer e perform d with ppropriat civic military ho or . A s a co n nected biography of th e late Commodore J acob J o nes een s e n or et hi s e s 'n own h as n ot b publi h d , y much of privat hi tory n h i s e s n a nd en s t he H on . J n M . exc ept a mo g p r o al particular fri d , oh 3 4 n Wh o n se es e s een hi s w an d d e Clayto , for a lo g ri of y ar had b arm e en an d e s e n s u th ers was w vot d fri d , , p rhap mor tha mo t , familiar ith hi s e an d e was e es e e e i n th e privat public lif , r qu t d to d liv r city of W n n e on th e e e an d se es ilmi gto a ulogium lif , charact r , public rvic of Commodore J acob J ones . M r . n e e s e es an d on th e 1 7th Clayto promptly acc d d to thi r qu t , De e e 1 850 i n th e s n th e Odd F e ws H al' day of c mb r , , aloo of llo e e sse e th e zens Del w e on n e b for a large a mblag of citi of a ar , pr ou c d ” i n the ess n n e h e w n es addr co tai d t foll o i g pag . C OM MODOR E JA C OB JOH E S . C ON S C I OUS as I am of my inability to do full j ustice to J acob w h o h as refle c te d the memory of Commodore Jones , n a f so much ho or upon his country , yet I h ve not elt at liberty to decline the dutyas signed to me by those w h o have had the superintendence of the sad rites connected with the interment of his remains in the bosom of his ’ be i m native State . 1 have felt th at duty to the more erati ve e I a. p upon me , becaus had the honor of long had personal acquaintan ce with the deceased , which ripened into a friendship that terminated only with his life . The memory of the virtues of that gallant officer is engraved deeply on the hearts of those who enjoyed th e of pleasure of knowing him . But much of the history ' hi s earl l y ife is lost, or only to be restored by the remi n i scen ces w m a of of ancient men , who ere the co p nions m n his youth , very few of who still survive to recou t the H e was w incidents of that period . born near the to n of i n K Smyrna , the county of ent , in Delaware , i n the o f 1 76 8 e of h i s month March , ; so that at the tim death , 3d o f t w as on Saturday , the August las , he in the eighty third year of his age . Those who associated with him f n i n a in the bloom of manhood , have o te my he ring delighted to eulogize his character and relate events co n 5 6 n w ected with his early history . His father as an inde pendent farmer of exemplary moral and religious an d character , his mother was of a family greatly d a respecte . She died while he was an infant , his f ther w of soon follo ed her to the grave , an d at four years age a he was an orphan . But he received a liberal and cl ssi an d cal education in his youth , afterwards studied medi cine for four years under the direction of Dr . J ames and Sykes , of Dover , whose fame as a physician surgeon w H e as widely spread throughout the country . closed h is professional studies in th e University of P en n syl as vania , and returning to Delaware practiced a phy i i hi m H e s c an i n the county which gave birth . was there distinguished an d beloved for the benevolence , n i ntegrity and frankness of his character , and he e j oyed corffiden ee first of the entire , not only of the citizens , but i n . H e w as the highest authorities this , his native State appointed b y Governor J oshu a Clayton Clerk of the old H Supreme Court of Delaware . e married the daughter of the distinguished gentleman under whose direction e he commenced the study of his prof ssion , an d continued his residence in Kent until the death of that l adv to w n hom he was most devotedly attached . I the thirty t l 's v i t year of his age , he relinquished the pursuits of ci il a n d f N of professional li e, and entered the avy the United was s States , of which he de tined to become one of the b rightest ornaments . A t for that period , there was indeed strong inducement t s pirit as daring and patriotic as that of Jon es to abandon t he t ra n u i li tv o f a an d a q priv te life , gather l urels in the s e rvice o f his country ' and the ocean see med to present t he most approli r i ate theatre for one whose bosom glowed w o f f a was ith the love me , and whose character marked e by a contempt of danger . The aggressions of Franc and England o n the commercial marine of this coun tr y f h ad swept. n early ev e ryAmerican merchant ship rom the seas . of 1 800 It is said that prior to the Convention , France alone , under various pretexts , had captured and destroyed about t wo thousand American vessels .