John Jones, also known as Thayendanegea in Ojibwe, (July 10, 1798 – May 4, 1847) was a Mississauga Ojibwa teacher, missionary and Chief.
[2] The year of Jones' birth, his father married a Mohawk woman, Sarah Tekarihogen, in a Christian ceremony.
Augustus Jones lived with Tekarihogen on his farm at Stoney Creek, Ontario during much of the year, and Tuhbenahneequay while surveying.
Jones himself was struck with consumption, which forced him to resign his position of schoolteacher at the Credit Mission's school.
They lived at the Credit Mission and Mary was given the Ojibwa name Pamekezhegooqua (Anishinaabe language: Bemi-giizhigookwe, "Woman who Goes Along the Sky").