-------------- Original message -------------- > Hello Cousin Marilyn. Yes, I do believe the Peter Jones and the Cadwallader > Jones families are related. Much had been written about both of these > families. The classic is: Peter Jones and Richard Jones Genealogies, by Augusta > Fothergill, Old Dominion Press, Inc, Richmond, VA, 1924. If you have not seen a > copy of this, you should try and locate one, since it is the foundational work > on this family group. An additional reference is: A Genealogical History, By > Colonel Cadwallader Jones, published 1899. Both references are muddy about > the early immigration period, and leave many unanswered questions. I have > spent many years researching these families. To date my research suggest that > they originate from the ancient Cornovii tribal groups which occupied the > strategic, geographic land entrance to what was to become Wales. They occupied > the > land between the headwaters of the River Dee to the North, and the headwaters > of the River Severn to the South. Thus they controlled the only "land" access > to the bread basket of Wales. This became a key land bridge for the trade > between the tribal groups, and a key "military zone". The ancient trade routes > were constantly contested and Iron age hill-forts dot the landscape. A hotly > contested battle occurred here 5 August 642 AD, and a Christian King of > Northumberland was slain by a Pagan King of Merica. (This Pagan King was > recruited by > the King of NW Wales to fight!) Legend has it that the Christian King was > defeated, and to mock "Christianity", the Pagan King had his defeated foe's > body parts attacked to several crosses. The Welsh came to call the place Croes > Oswald. This to others became Oswestry. This area seems to be center of our > family group. As you can tell, there is much more to this family story. > Copies of the references quoted above are located at the Joseph Wheeler Jones > Memorial Library, Danville, KY. My personal research notebooks are also > available to the JONES researcher by appointment. Jerry. The Jones > Genealogist. > > > ==== 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. >