John Coffin Jones Jr.

[1] John Coffin Jones Jr. was born in 1796 in Boston, Massachusetts, and baptized on June 26, 1796, by the minister of the Brattle Street Church.

[11] His career was full of turmoil and complaint, and had limited support or instruction from Washington, D.C.[12] Although "his disposition was so unsteady and irascible",[2] he was known for his entertainment of visiting dignitaries, including John Sutter.

Still married to Hannah, she initiated a divorce, after which King Kamehameha III refused to acknowledge him as the Consul from the United States.

In 1846, after the United States invaded Mexico during the Mexican–American War and occupied California, John and his wife moved to his native Boston.

Two years later in 1859, both Jones and Thompson sold their remaining interests in Santa Rosa Island to brother Thomas, Alexander, and Henry More.