Landmarks in Ancient Dover, New Hampshire by Mary P. Thompson, 
Durham, N.H. ©1892, Printed by the Republican Press Association, 
Concord, N.H. 


LANDMARKS:  Jones’s Creek

NAMES:  JONES, Stephen; JOHNSON, Thomas;

	Jones’s Creek.  This name is now generally given to the tidal portion of Johnson’s 
creek, in Durham, from Stephen Jones, who was at Oyster river as early as 1663, and 
acquired the lands of Thomas Johnson.  "Jone’s creek" is mentioned in the Durham 
records as early as March 27, 1785.  Jone’s bridge is also frequently alluded to in the town 
accounts, meaning the bridge near the mouth of Jone’s creek, on the turnpike-road.


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