Isaac Jones (132)

Issac Jones (17 July 1716–18 October 1773) was a merchant and public officeholder, and a member of the American Philosophical Society, elected in 1768. Born in Philadelphia, he successfully oversaw his family’s mercantile business until he retired in 1763. Jones otherwise directed his energies to public officeholding, beginning with his election to the Philadelphia Common Council in 1742. Eventually, he was elected city alderman in 1764 and mayor in 1767 and 1768. During this time he was also active in a number of Philadelphia institutions, serving  as a manager for the Pennsylvania Hospital, a trustee and treasurer for the College of Philadelphia, and a treasurer and lay delegate for the Baptist Church of Philadelphia. Jones died after a lingering illness in 1773. His son, Robert Strettel Jones, was an APS member. (PI)