Thanks Bill and a merry christmas to you. ----- Original Message ----- From: "William Jones" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, December 23, 2005 9:03 AM Subject: Re: [Jones] Barbary Jones from Wake Co, NC > 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. > > > > > > ==== 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