John Coffin Jones
John Coffin Jones, Jr. (1796–1861) was the first United States Consular Agent to the Kingdom of Hawaii.
Life
John Coffin Jones Jr. was born in 1796 in Massachusetts. His father was John Coffin Jones, Sr. (1750–1829), Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives.[1]
He was appointed as the first Consul to Hawaii in 1820. He was considered an advocate for commercial interests in Hawaii, and was often in conflict with missionary elements in the island.[2] His career was full of turmoil and complaint, and had limited support or instruction from Washington, DC.[3] One issue was that although he was married to Hannah Holmes Davis in 1823, he also had three children by Lahilahi Marín, daughter of Don Francisco de Paula Marín: John (Huanu) Coffin Jones III (died 1863), Rosalie, and Francis (died young).[4] Hannah Holmes was mother of William Heath Davis who became an early settler of San Diego, California.[5]
In 1838 he moved to Santa Barbara, California and married Manuela Carrillo. John Coffin Jones Jr. died December 24, 1861.
See also
- United States Minister to Hawaii
- Relations between the Kingdom of Hawaii and the United States
References
- ↑ Gast, Ross H. Contentious Consul: A Biography of John Coffin Jones, First United States Consular Agent at Hawaii. Dawson's Book Shop, 1976.
- ↑ Lightner, Richard, Hawaiian History: An Annotated Bibliography, p.71, (2004) Praeger/Greenwood, ISBN 0-313-28233-1
- ↑ Johnson, Donald D. and Best, Gary D., The United States in the Pacific: Private Interests and Public Policies, 1784-1899, p.59, Praeger Publishers, ISBN 0-275-95055-7
- ↑ "Land Commission Award 2938 ("Heirs of Lahilahi" Marin)" (PDF). Retrieved 2010-04-04.
- ↑ Andrew F. Rolle (1956). An American in California: the biography of William Heath Davis, 1822-1909. Huntington Library.
Further reading
- Gast, Ross H. Contentious consul: A biography of John Coffin Jones, first United States consular agent at Hawaii, Dawson's Book Shop (1976), ISBN 0-87093-175-X
External links
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- "A Brief History of the Consular Corps of Hawai". Consular Corps Hawaii. Retrieved 2010-02-26.
- Darlene E. Kelley (August 10, 2008). "Keepers Of The Culture, A Study In Time Of The Hawaiian Islands". US genweb archives. Retrieved 2010-04-04.
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