Rebecca Jones

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Other Names: None

Assumed Gender: Female

Birth Date: 1739

Birth Place: Philadelphia

Death Date: 1817

Death Place: Unknown

Affiliations: Society of Friends

Notes: Quaker minister and educator. Daughter of William Jones and Mary Jones, an Anglican who ran a school in her home; attended Quaker school run by Anthony Benezet; first appearance in Quaker ministry (1758); acknowledged a minster (1760); took over her mother's school (1761-aft. 1781); Ministerial travels in England (1784-88); shopkeeper, Phila. (aft. 1788); founder, Westtown School. Close friend of John Woolman.

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