Back in the days of George Washington, men did not look the same as they do today. They wore powdered wigs. Therefore, women were attracted to a different look of men back then as they do today.
So, John Paul Jones may have been somewhat handsome, but it is hard to tell. There is a situation that is believed to have occurred where he raped a 12 year old girl. This was never confirmed to be true, but Jones did admit that he did associate with the girl.
This leads me to believe that he was probably not a very handsome man for women since he was associating with young girls. There were probably other handsome revolutionary fighters that women liked more than Jones.