This Exhibit is located in the Ryves Holt House Museum, 218 Second Street, Lewes, DE 19958. Jacob Jones was born in Smyrna, Delaware but lived in the Ryves Holt House for much of his formative years. The town of Lewes had a dramatic impact on raising a future naval hero.
This Exhibition highlights three periods of Jones’ life, with a focus on his upbringing in Lewes, his rising naval career, and the legacy of his life and service.