 Jones was the great grandfather of Rhode Island governor Elisha Dyer and the great great grandfather of governor Elisha Dyer, Jr.

Jones was a member of the Beneficent Congregational Church, a fellow of Brown University, president of the Peace Society, and the member of the Rhode Island Bible Society.He was also elected a member of the American Antiquarian Society in 1813.He was buried at Swan Point Cemetery in Providence, Rhode Island.