I guess there are probably a lot of JONES's, but here is part of my wife's family, which may have some connection. Isaac JONES (b abt 1814) m Eliza ? (b abt 1825) Children: Ellen Eliza JONES (b 29 sep 1899) m 27 Mar 1921 William John BAKER (b 27 Aug 1898) Will JONES m Eva DORRINGTON Alfred JONES (b abt 1890) m Emily ? Sid JONES m Daisy ? Harold George JONES (b abt 1893) m Bertha YEARSLEY (?) Len JONES (b abt 1895) m Irene Leslie Jones (b abt 1906) m Irene TOVEY Amos JONES (b abt 1908) m Lillian WADE Lillian Louisa JONES (b abt 1903) m George CALLARD (b abt 1901) Cissie Hilda JONES (b abt 1910) m Kenneth George James HODGES (b abt 1909) Lillian JONES (died in infancy) Amos JONES (died in infancy?) Hope this may help someone Best wishes....Steve > >Hello Listers! > >Searching for any descendents of Edward JONES and Isabella SCOTT from the >Forst of Dean in the 19th c. Edward was a 'tinman' born in Lydrook. >Isabella was the daughter of a forgeman at Lydbrook. > >They were married at English Bicknor in 1842 and moved around a good deal. > >Their children were: > >*Edward JONES born 1843 Lydbrook, Gloucestershire >Isabella JONES born abt 1845 Wolverhampton, Staffordshire >*Edmund James JONES born 1847 Hartlebury Worcestershire >Mary JONES born abt 1850 Hartlebury Worcestershire >Sarah JONES born abt 1852 Hartlebury Worcestershire >*Absolom JONES born 1854 Birmingham, Warwickshire >Susannah JONES born abt 1857 Parkend, Gloucestrshire >*Adeline JONES born abt 1859 Parkend, Gloucestrshire >Louisa Ann (possibly Lois Ann) JONES born abt 1866 Parkend Gloucestershire >Belinda JONES born abt 1869 Parkend, Gloucestershire > >Amazingly, great-grandchildren of four of these JONES siblings (see names >with *) have found one another in the last 2 or 3 years and are cooperating >on a combined research effort from New Zealand, Canada and England. >And we are making progress! > >We'd like to find out about the rest of the other (not starred) siblings. >If this is your family please contact us. > >Good hunting, > >Lorraine >Victoria, BC > > Canada > > > > ==== ENG-GLOS-FOREST-DEAN Mailing List ==== > > There's a new mailing list for the Lost Conections web site > > [email protected] , dont forget >http://www.lostconnections.co.uk for all your UK needs, try out the >chatroom on our new look site > > > > ============================== > > Visit Ancestry's Library - The best collection of family history > > learning and how-to articles on the Internet. > > http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library > > >Lorraine > >My FOD JONES: > >John JONES m (1697 Newland) Dorothy BIRT > Dorothy b1702 Newland > Hannah b1703 Newland > Elizabeth b1712 Newland > Richard b1713 Newland d 1746 Newland > >Richard JONES m Elizabeth ? > Elizabeth b1728 Newland > Samuel b1737 Newland d1767 Newland > >Samuel JONES m (1758 Newland) Mary HARRIS > Mary b1759 Newland d1835 Newland > Anne b1763 Newland > >Mary JONES m 1787 John CONSTANT > > >My grandmother Elizabeth Jane CONSTANT was a great grandaughter of Mary >JONES and John CONSTANT. > > >It would be interesting to know if any of the various JONES lines hook >up further back. > > >In the Autumn 1994 edition of Forest Footsteps the Journal of the >defunct Royal Forest of Dean Family History Society the following >appeared on p8: > >"BETTY AND COLIN JONES have presented the Society with a large box >containing what appears to be the records of all the Jones families that >have ever lived in the Forest. We are very indebted to them both. It >may be a long job to present the data in a form accesible to all members >but in the meantime it is going to our librarian Bob JONES for >appraisal." > >I would be greatly interested to hear from anyone on the mailing list >who might have any clues as to the fate of this large box. > > >Gordon Morley >Orleans Ontario > > >==== ENG-GLOS-FOREST-DEAN Mailing List ==== >There is a Brain surname mailing list [email protected] > >============================== >Shop Ancestry - Everything you need to Discover, Preserve & Celebrate >your heritage! >http://shop.myfamily.com/ancestrycatalog > _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp