Helen My GGGrandfather,Russel Jones was born in wake county 1760. Any connection. ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, December 22, 2005 8:02 PM Subject: [Jones] Barbary Jones from Wake Co, NC > I have two sets of JONES families that I am looking for. Here is the info on > the first one. > These JONES were from the Wake Co, NC area. In fact, there were several > groups of JONES families in that area and I do not know which one my BARBARY > JONES was from. She was born abt 1760, NC and died 5/1848, Wake Co, NC. She was > married to THOMAS SMITH, Dec 4, 1797. They had at least three children before > he died. She remained a widow until her death. > Their children's names were 1) JONES SMITH, which we most likely can say he > was named for his mother's Sir name. Her second child was 2) THOMAS SMITH, > named for his father and the third 3) WILLIAM ELDRIDGE SMITH, named after his > grandfather and/or many others named WILLIAM in this line. No idea where the > ELDRIDGE came from. I have been trying to connect her with a JONES family for > a long time. With a name like BARBARY, I would think it would be easily to > find her parents but no luck yet. Hope someone knows abt her. > I have done a lot of research on the JONES that were in that area and would > love to hear from someone who has more info on them. I need info from the > 1760 to abt 1800. I even thought that BARBARY was female for BARNABAS, with no > luck. This JONES family may have come from Granville Co, NC, which was moved > over to Wake Co, NC later. Her husband, THOMAS SMITH, lived in Granville Co, > NC and is listed in the Granville Co, NC early census. I have found BARBARY > JONES, born 2/10/1810, who was a daughter of REUBEN JONES and SUSANNAH VANHOOK, > from Caswell Co, NC. REUBEN JONES was son of AMBROSE JONES, SR. and > CATHERINE COLLINS, who came out of Mecklenburg Co, VA and settled in Granville Co, > NC. My BARBARY JONES SMITH could have been a daughter but no proof at all. > Hoping that someone can help with this one. > Helen > > > ==== 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 > Did you know that only 7% of Rootsweb subscribers support Rootsweb? > Thank you for your generous financial support of Rootsweb! > RootsWeb Gen. Data Coop. Box 6798 Frazier Park, CA 93222 > http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.htm

Sam, Don't mean to be poking into this thread, but hadn't seen you post for a while. Just wanted to wish you a great Christmas and New Year. Happy hunting.... Bill Jones Winfield, KS Sam Jones <[email protected]> wrote: Helen My GGGrandfather,Russel Jones was born in wake county 1760. Any connection. ----- Original Message ----- From: To: Sent: Thursday, December 22, 2005 8:02 PM Subject: [Jones] Barbary Jones from Wake Co, NC > I have two sets of JONES families that I am looking for. Here is the info on > the first one. > These JONES were from the Wake Co, NC area. In fact, there were several > groups of JONES families in that area and I do not know which one my BARBARY > JONES was from. She was born abt 1760, NC and died 5/1848, Wake Co, NC. She was > married to THOMAS SMITH, Dec 4, 1797. They had at least three children before > he died. She remained a widow until her death. > Their children's names were 1) JONES SMITH, which we most likely can say he > was named for his mother's Sir name. Her second child was 2) THOMAS SMITH, > named for his father and the third 3) WILLIAM ELDRIDGE SMITH, named after his > grandfather and/or many others named WILLIAM in this line. No idea where the > ELDRIDGE came from. I have been trying to connect her with a JONES family for > a long time. With a name like BARBARY, I would think it would be easily to > find her parents but no luck yet. Hope someone knows abt her. > I have done a lot of research on the JONES that were in that area and would > love to hear from someone who has more info on them. I need info from the > 1760 to abt 1800. I even thought that BARBARY was female for BARNABAS, with no > luck. This JONES family may have come from Granville Co, NC, which was moved > over to Wake Co, NC later. Her husband, THOMAS SMITH, lived in Granville Co, > NC and is listed in the Granville Co, NC early census. I have found BARBARY > JONES, born 2/10/1810, who was a daughter of REUBEN JONES and SUSANNAH VANHOOK, > from Caswell Co, NC. REUBEN JONES was son of AMBROSE JONES, SR. and > CATHERINE COLLINS, who came out of Mecklenburg Co, VA and settled in Granville Co, > NC. My BARBARY JONES SMITH could have been a daughter but no proof at all. > Hoping that someone can help with this one. > Helen > > > ==== 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 > Did you know that only 7% of Rootsweb subscribers support Rootsweb? > Thank you for your generous financial support of Rootsweb! > RootsWeb Gen. Data Coop. Box 6798 Frazier Park, CA 93222 > http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.htm ==== 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.