In his memoirs, it is mentioned that this church had formerly been of the Baptist denomination, but had come in recent years into the Christian Connexion.
She along with several others would later be moved to the Assonet Burying Ground when the church reduced the size of its cemetery.
Elder Jones left Assonet in early 1838, moving first to Portsmouth, New Hampshire and then Upton, Massachusetts.
Abner Jones wrote many hymns, and together with Elias Smith he published multiple hymnals for use in the Christian Churches.
[2] In 1807, at the request of others, he wrote his autobiography, "The Life and Experience, Travels and Preaching of Abner Jones.