Mike, thanks for pointing that out. Yes, I had noticed the discrepancy in the 1750 date after having done research on William Penn; that's why I put it in quotes and also included the quote from "Keeping Up with the Jones." It is more logical that his father or possibly his grandfather came from Wales and John was born in America. I am pursuing information that he was born in NC or PA, and his father was maybe Richard Bright Jones or Francis Jones. Gayle ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Thorne" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, December 29, 2005 8:31 AM Subject: Re: [Jones] RE: Jones Roll Call > Gayle, your helping Sandy was great, but one of the sources you quoted had > a glaring error in it and I thought you (& Sandy) might be interested if > you hadn't already noticed it. Hope this is helpful --- > > I noticed what I'd call a glaring "error" contained in your quote from > "The John Jones Family Genealogy". The quote said: "...to America... > about 1750 with one of the groups who came to Pennsylvania with William > Penn." > > This could be really significant fact, if it were accurate, but it looks > like the author made a mistake. In any case: William Penn lived from 1644 > to 1718; was unquestionably an important figure in early American history; > but had been forced (by his demise) to give up bringing groups to North > America long before 1750. While it's beyond question that many (most?) of > our Jones ancestors came from Wales, such an error in a reference work > would concern me, especially when joined together with "presumably". > > Mike > > -- "Gayle Willis" <[email protected]> wrote: > > Sandy, according to "The John Jones Family Genealogy" compiled by ____ > ______, John Jones was born "presumably in Wales, and he is said to have > come to America with his parents about 1750 with one of the many groups > who came to Pennsylvania with William Penn." In "Keeping Up with the > Jones" by Inez Jones Johnson, "the first Jones ancestor came from Wales to > Philadelphia. Later, the Jones representatives moved from Philadelphia to > South Carolina." > > Gayle > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "SandyH" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, December 25, 2005 4:52 PM > Subject: Re: [Jones] RE: Jones Roll Call > > >>I can't put together a connection but it is interesting that there is some >>other Jones's not so far away. Laurens and Newberry are not that far >>apart >>(certainly by today's standards) so it is possible. >> >> Parental info for John Jones and his wife Margaret Benson? Perhaps a >> brother to my Samuel. Of course John didn't name any sons w/ Samuel. >> The >> first son (that I know of) for Samuel and Rebecca is John, born >> 2/27/1792. Other John's do follow in later generations. It is possible.. >> >> Is there a Irish or Scotch link? >> >> Sandy > > > ==== JONES Mailing List ==== > Need to unsubscribe? Just send a message to [email protected] > put the word "unsubscribe" in either the subject line or message body. > > > > > ==== JONES Mailing List ==== > Direct your questions, comments or problems to the listowner at > [email protected] > For detailed instructions on subscribing and unsubscribing visit this > site: > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/surname/j/jones.html > browse the archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/jones > search the archives: > http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=JONES > Unusual JONES given names, > http://members.aol.com/stjones/jones/oddnames.html > >