The Hawaiian gazette., 1905-07-21
STORY Of PAUL JONES
WHOSE BODY NEARS HOME

liam Paul came here in 1860, and
shortly afterwards entered the mercan-
tile business, in which he was engaged
up to the time of his death. The store
occupied by him is on the corner of
Main and Market streets. and is the
same building in which George Wash
ington was made a Mason. Tradition
also says that one of the rooms in the
building was used by John Paul dur
ing his residence here, which was near
a., ly two years, as his lodging quarters.
It was also during his citizenship here
that he received the appointment from
! the Colonial Congress as lieutenant In
the navy. It was here, too, that he
, added Jones to his patronymic, which
1t is said was in token of the friendly
| act of Col. Willie Jones of North
Carolina, who became his bondsman
for $500 when he administered on his
brothers estate
AIDED JOHN PAUL MATERIALLY.
so it seems that Willie Jones gave
| young John Paul material succor as
we'll as aid in securing his commits
SION. Cyrus Townsend Brady, in his
hiS'oiS 'ii'iitoS
SPEAKS at lehs. III VI" inns
"rote 10 my ia'hef anu ni9se anu ~
'aiieu so'ie ua'h IA -
says 'naI young 'o"n
| coming to America, was in quite strin-
| gent circumstances and is said to have
| lived for nearly two years on the
small sum of $50. Brady says: 1T is
propaple thdt ms poverty was uue W
MS liido'i'.y 10 reailZe vi MS plo.nei
estate, anu the uiiIlcultg III getting
| return OF ms west indian investments
on account OIL the unsettled conultiohs'
In REGARD 10 MS name brauy says:
1t is claimed by the descendants OF
the Jones talnliy Oh North Carollha
that Whlle III FREDERICKSBURG the young
mariner MADE the acquaintance OF the
celebrated Willie pronounced WyHe)
Jones one OF the leading attorneys
ana poHticlahs OF North Carollha'
Jones' ana ms orother Aileh were peo-
PIE Oh great prominence In that pro-
vince IL was Jones influence py the
way Which In later years postponed
the ratlhcatlon OF the proposed Con-
stltutloh OIL the united states by North
|arollha'
Wine Jones seems 10 nave attend
eu 10 the legal side OF Pauls CLAIMS
TO ms deceased prothers estate, and
a warm friendship sprang up between
the TWO men so dissimilar in birth and
breeding winch led to an invitation to
young Paul to visit Jones and his
prother on their plantations. The
lonely, triendless little Scotsman CRATE
| So
clety of gentle people always delighted
| MIN ne ever ioVed TO mlhgle with
great people throughout MS nfe-and
passed a long period at The Grove"
IN northampton county, the residence
VI ,. w ,t'e' anu ~ MouiI Saiiaht' ,he
"oTha tones hrotbars ware nan If
culture and refinement They were
Elton boys, and had completed their
! education by travel and observation In
Europe. That they should have be-
come so attached to the young sailor
as to have made him their guest for
long periods and cherished the highest
regard for him subsequently Is an evil
dence of the character and quality of
| the man. 1t is not improbable, also,
that in the society in which he found
himself, and it must be remembered
that North Carolina was no less fer
wildly patriotic, no less DESTROYS of in
dependence, than Massachusetts-it
was at Mecklenburg that the first
/ declaration took place-the intense love
of personal liberty and independence
in his character which made him
abandon the slave trade. was further
developed, and that during this period
he finally determined to become a resi-
dent of the new land: a resolution that
made him cast his lot with the other
colonists when the inevitable came
about.
MARK OF AFFECTION FOR RENE
D,cro,s
is stated that in view OF this
determination on mis- part to begin life
anew IN THIS country ana as mark
OF the 'atection and gratitude he en-
tertalned FOR the family of his pene-
factors, he assumed the name of Jones.
He did not assume the name OF
! Jones, however out of any disregard
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