Samuel Jones

Samuel Jones Jr. (May 26, 1769 – August 9, 1853) was an American lawyer and politician.

Early life Jones was born on May 26, 1769 in New York City, in the Province of New York, in what was then British America. He was the son of Cornelia (née Haring) Jones and Samuel Jones (1734–1819), who served as New York State Comptroller and Recorder of New York City. At his baptism, his sponsors were Cornelius Roosevelt and Elizabeth Haring, his maternal grandmother.

He graduated from Yale University in 1790 and Columbia University in 1793. Examples of his work may be found in Corning v McCullough (1 NY 47), involving a suit against a stockholder of a corporation, Ruckman v Pitcher (1 NY 392), an action to recover money deposited on an illegal wager, and Brewster v Striker (2 NY 19), concerning the legal interest that could pass by sale under judgment and execution.

Although then 80 years old, he returned to legal practice in 1849. The term "Father of the New York Bar", which first pertained to his father, also applied to him.

Personal life He was the father of Samuel Jones, who married a sister of Justice Joseph Barnard.

Jones died at the residence of his brother William in Cold Spring Harbor, New York on August 9, 1853.